Chapter 17 Expedition: The bright moon at that time!
The Confucius Temple complex, which was once equivalent to a holy place of Confucianism and Taoism, has now been occupied by the main force of the barbarian army. .
Xi Mengkuang and Xi Yanshou, as the chief generals of the barbarian army, were the most domineering moments. Although they were once excused by Shen Ce Zongbei and the Queen of the Falcon, they were still indispensable when the war was about to come.
At this moment, they were temporarily requisitioning the luxury building. Since they went to war, they have achieved a series of victories and have successfully defeated a large number of Chinese soldiers and generals, blocking the advance of the enemy Shenwu Left Army and the Tunpeng Army.
"A weak chicken is still a weak chicken after all. These Chinese people have been tossing and struggling, but in the end they are just like that."
"Chache will actually be defeated by these people, and it is really a waste of reputation."
"It's not that the strength of the archechou is not good, but these Chinese people are really unable to fight and have many conspiracies and tricks. The Leopard King just fell into their trap."
"After all, there is courage but no strategy."
With the disdainful sneer, the two brothers clinked glasses with each other and drank loudly.
"Two generals!" A barbarian soldier rushed here, "The Lord Lu Wenjin under the Prime Minister said that he had been ordered by the Prime Minister and urgently asked for the two generals if there was an important matter."
"Lu Wenjin?" Xi Yanshou put down the big wine bottle made of bronze, "Is it the Chinese man next to Shen Ce Zongbei?"
Xi Meng sneered wildly: "It seems that it is this guy who took Shen Ce Zongbei to train the navy that he had done so many old money, and then was taken away by the Chinese? This guy is not dead yet?"
Xi Yanshou laughed and said, "Then listen to what he said and let him come over."
The barbarian soldier left after his order.
In the distance outside, soon, Lu Wenjin, dressed in a green robe, followed the barbarian army and walked among the gorgeous buildings.
As a symbol of Confucianism and Taoism, the many buildings around the Confucius Temple and its surroundings were not destroyed by war. Since the breaking of Haojing City, the barbarian army swept across the Central Plains and fought all the way to the south bank of the Changhe River, and basically did not encounter decent resistance. The preservation here is not because the barbarian army respects the Confucius Temple, but just because they did not encounter any resistance when occupying this place.
The tall buildings can be regarded as the best materials in the world. Before the Imperial College moved to Haojing, it was the highest institution in China. Even if it no longer served as the Imperial College, it was also a sacred place where many great scholars preached the meaning of the scriptures.
However, now, there is no sound of reading, no great scholars with gorgeous brocade robes, but only those rude barbarian soldiers and generals. Seeing the arrival of him, the Chinese, these people looked at him with hostile eyes.
Even though he had been accustomed to such a gaze, it was difficult for Lu Wenjin to explain what kind of feeling it was. Although he had already rebelled against China and the barbarians, now he finally knew that some things could not be changed. Even if he did his best to the rise of the barbarians, in the end he was just a driven dog.
These days, many barbarians have been killed, and they all have relatives and friends. He naturally understands the resentment of these people towards the Chinese. However, what is this? First, the barbarian army massacred a large number of Chinese people, and then the Chinese people who refused to accept the rule of the barbarian army, and in turn, they used various means to kill the barbarian army... naturally, they also included the barbarian people who moved from the north.
Then these barbarians were angry. We were just here to rule you. Why did you thieves refuse to accept rule honestly? If you are honest, we will naturally not kill you. Why don’t you understand such a simple truth?
People are always selfish, selfish and stupid, and stupid. Lu Wenjin also hopes that he can be as stupid as them, but unfortunately, he just can't do it. He knows that he will eventually leave an immortal reputation in history. If the South wins, he will be infamous and a traitor who leads the barbarian army to invade China. If the "New Dynasty" wins, for the sake of long-term rule, he will vigorously promote those loyal people. People like him will not have a good end.
He could see all this clearly...it didn't matter.
As the barbarians entered the luxurious and majestic building, they came to the tables of the two generals, and bent down: "I have seen two generals."
The two barbarian generals sitting opposite the table were too lazy to see him. Xi Meng casually held the dishes: "What did the prime minister ask you to do?"
Lu Wenjin tried his best to bend his waist to the lowest point: "An emergency line has been heard from the south. Ning Jiang, the general of Zhou Ting's world-class soldiers, has personally led his troops north. The prime minister asked the two generals to be careful and dare not be careless. Ning Jiang is good at suppressing people with power, and his scheming is unfathomable. The prime minister hopes that the two generals can shrink their defense line and defend..."
"Ningjiang is here?" Xi Yanshou couldn't help laughing, "So, as long as that guy is killed, the incompetent people in the south will be defeated without fighting?"
Lu Wenjin quickly said, "General..."
Xi Yanshou waved his hand and said, "I know, I know. It's worth taking it seriously just Ningjiang? Go back and tell your master that when we cut off Ningjiang's head, we will naturally take his head with him to trouble your master. Damn, how dare you lock us up?"
Lu Wenjin whispered: "General, this Ningjiang..."
Xi Meng raised his hand violently, and the wine in the bottle splashed on Lu Wenjin's face. Lu Wenjin trembled and did not dare to say more. Xi Meng sneered: "After all, Ningjiang is just a yellow-mouthed child. Just like your master, he will only make conspiracies and tricks behind his back. When the matter is about to come, it depends on us? What's so scary about Huang-mouthed child? Everyone says that he was destroyed by him. After all, he killed him? He killed the Leopard King's cavalry? If he is like your master who dares to hide in the dark and does not come out, we still have no choice but to run to the battlefield without overestimating our ability. He really doesn't know how to write the word "death".
Xi Yanshou said coldly: "Get out."
Lu Wenjin didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to say goodbye carefully, turned around and walked out. Suddenly, the wind blew behind him, and a foot kicked him hard on the back. He was unbalanced, rushed out and fell on the ground to eat shit. Xi Yanshou's laughter came from behind: "I told you to get out, how dare I not listen to the words of this general?"
The man who had fallen into a blue nose and swollen face hurriedly crawled out, and the barbarians laughed loudly outside.
"Chinese, this is Chinese..." Xi Yanshou pointed outside the door and laughed loudly.
In the west of Gwangju, after a heavy rain, the ground was filled with mud, with the new green grass trampling by horse hooves and the humid air being swept by snare drums.
The people who were driven away, like cattle and sheep, were tied with their hands on long ropes, bent over and hunched on their backs, and walked forward densely like ants under the sunlight that splashed after the rain.
In front of them was a large village established by the Chinese army who had emerged from Bashu. The artillery extended from the placement holes and was in their direction, dark and speechless, with such a slaughter that should not have been killed in such a season.
The military flag was spreading, with a large black bird embroidered on it. Under the military flag, the barbarian generals holding long weapons were ready to go, with chariots coming out and war horses neighing.
More and more people are driven in silence, suppression, no resistance, and no one even cried. Since when have they been used to such destruction? No one can explain clearly. Those who have been massacred and abused, and those around them are like this. What else can they do?
Inside, there were also people who wanted to break free from their bound hands. Anyway, they were all dead, and at least they could die with courage. However, the dead silence that seemed to separate everything else in this world from the outside was like a silent wave, carrying them, forcing them to take heavier and heavier steps, move forward, and keep moving forward until their thoughts were cleared and everything was cleared.
On the high platform behind, Li Hu, a general from Chunxin's tribe, looked at the helpless people who were constantly driving away from all directions, watched them being driven forward and rushed towards the southern soldiers who were trying to save them, and burst into laughter: "Chinese people, this is Chinese people!"
Around him, there was a burst of laughter.
In the distance behind, inside the city, Yueliduo, the "Falcon Queen" sat quietly in the mansion, peeling grapes.
On the stone ground outside the mansion, trembling people splashed the blood on the ground with clear water. These were all killed by the Falcons. The incompetent officials and generals in the Tianxiao Army. These people were originally members of China. When they treated the people at the bottom and other rebellious forces, they were all outrageously cruel. When they were massacred by the Falcons, no one dared to resist.
Some barbarians thought disdainfully that this is the Chinese.
Yueliduo in the mansion was indifferent.
Looking up, she looked at the light outside the window. The square window was filled with hazy light. What color is the sky outside? From such an angle, she couldn't understand it.
Before she knew it, she remembered the distant past. The desire for the hazy ray of light in that turbid and long period of time was her only expectation in her life.
There is no joy, no sorrow, more of a hazy curiosity, wanting to know what kind of world is beyond that ray of light, wanting to know how many existences are like her in such a world, wanting to know who that person is... Yes, at that time, she didn't know that such thing was called "people".
That was the distant years in her memory. How long did it last? From the later calculations... it was about a thousand years, right? In the long years of growth, she successfully came to this bright world, but she could no longer know whether such a choice was right or wrong. Perhaps, the hazy, yearning for that faint ray of light in the past was the happiest day in life?
No matter what... I can't go back anymore.
The more you understand, the more you lose. Is this life?
Slowly peeling the grapes in my hand, one by one, one by one, the red juice dyed the exquisite porcelain plate red, just like the blood splashed with clear water outside.
I recalled again that in the slim memory, when I opened my eyes for the first time and "see" the light, in that period of ignorance like a baby, the man who always reads books by her, the man who said he wanted to find but didn't know if it really existed... That was a Chinese.
With a bang, artillery fire rang out outside the city, shaking the earth, rolling horse hooves, the country was broken, blood stained the country, and the blood outside the palace was washed away by itself, and Taotian's blood had already flowed like a wave. From when, the blood-colored darkness was everywhere, unable to see the light or hope.
The woman sitting alone in the mansion... felt a little lonely...
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War reports from all over the country also flocked to Haojing. Although there were many good news, there were also many negative news. As the Grand Marshal of the World in the South crossed the long river and led his troops north, the heroes of the world responded one after another, and there were more and more unfavorable battle situations.
Under such circumstances, as the evil star in the entire barbarian army, the pressure from Shen Ce Zongbei was unprecedentedly huge. The military reform disrupted the original tribal system of the Qun. Among them, some people rose, and naturally some people suffered losses. In addition, his approach to forcing everyone to treat the Chinese people under his rule also made the barbarian generals dissatisfied.
As the war became more and more intense, not only in the south, but also in the Central Plains, the anti-barbarian bandits continued to surge out, and complaints about the Shenxiang began to rise and fall, and even appeared. The rumors that the Shenxiang had long been bribed by the Chinese side in secret, and some tribal leaders who had lost their power due to their military merit system reported one after another, requesting the replacement of the Prime Minister.
If the book of gods is not changed, it is difficult to determine the new dynasty... Such statements continue to spread in the dark.
"After all, the prime minister is too soft. These Chinese people dare to rebel because they were not killed enough, and they were afraid of each of them, so they naturally did not dare to rebel." Someone said angrily, "What is the method of long-term stability? Isn't it safe to kill all these guys who dare to rebel?"
"That's right, the Chinese are just that. Look at what the prime minister does, learn their words, wear their clothes, use their people, damn it, are we governing them, or are we making cows and horses for them? These Chinese people regard them as cows and horses slaves and often slap them a few times, so they will naturally become honest."
Such dissatisfaction continued to spread among the barbarian army, and even the Tiger Emperor gradually began to unable to stop such pressure.
That day, Emperor Hu Mengcha came to the side hall, and he placed a bunch of memorials in front of the Shen Ce Zongbei's case: "These are all memorials that require the rescinding of the minister."
Shen Ce Zongbei smiled and said, "Hehe, it's just that the situation is not good, and they can't think of any way, and they dare not admit that they are incompetent, so they just found me, the scapegoat." He was so sarcastic and learned from those people's tone: "After all, Shen Ce Zongbei is incompetent. As long as he is removed, no matter who he is replaced, it will be possible! That's right, no matter how bad someone does it is, anyway, it's impossible for someone to do worse than that old fool... Hehe, when he took them and seized this large territory, everyone regarded me as the savior of the entire barbarian race, and was a perfect god figure. Now, it's just this piece of land that I originally robbed for them, and some of it was taken away by others, and they couldn't stand it."
Meng Chasat naturally knew his already extreme temperament and didn't care. He just sat down, looked at him, and said, "Although this is the case, I also want to know your exact thoughts. It is undeniable that according to your actions, even if you can really succeed in the future, it is better to say that we rule the Chinese people than to rule the Chinese. We are like the Yue people in the south before, and we are integrated by the Chinese people. Is this really good?"
Chapter completed!