Tianyuan 832
"Attack! I almost took the northern city wall! ”
In the shouting siege battle, the Tianyang army of the attacking side has already let many soldiers climb the city wall with the siege ladder, and is engaged in a white-knife battle with the soldiers defending the city.
This is the hinterland of the Koji Kingdom, the last barrier in front of the Koji Castle, the Lonely City of Grass.
The walls here are only ordinary level, and there are no defensive facilities such as large towers, and the Tianyang Army is surrounded on all sides, and it seems that it will soon break through all the walls and enter the inner city.
"Yu Tian, you and Junxiu went to lower the Guangji military flag on the side and replace them with the banner of Tianyang!"
Wearing a new style of armor, Ah Fei stood on the castle tower and gave orders to his companions next to him. Subsequently, Ah Fei took the lead in joining the melee on the city wall, leading the way to resist the defenders pouring out of the city.
Junxiu's body has become larger in a year, and he looks like an adult who can stand alone.
He swung out the large axe in his hand with full force, and drew a semicircle in front of him, and several Mitsuji soldiers in front of him could not block this strange attack and fell to the ground in response.
Under the cover of Junxiu's fighting, Yu tian quickly ran to the bottom of the flagpole, cut off the fluttering Mitsuji flag with a knife, and then took the wooden pole of the Tianyang army flag from the rear flag-raising soldiers and planted it at the head of the northern city wall.
Yuda immediately shouted, "The northern city wall has been captured!" ”
The soldiers around them all saw the Tianyang Army flag, and the soldiers of the Tianyang Army all let out a loud battle roar, and with the assistance of the soldiers who came up through the siege ladder behind, they rushed to the city and the other three walls.
Mitsuji's city wall defenders were diametrically opposed, and seeing that the area had fallen, they could only turn around and flee towards the inner castle.
But Yuda didn't notice that a Mitsuji soldier was approaching him from behind, raising his sword in his hand and about to split it.
"Yuda bowed his head!"
Yuda only heard the shouting, and quickly lowered his head, and then a sharp arrow passed through the position in front of Yuda just now, hitting the Mitsuji soldier behind him.
"No thanks!" It was Chang Min, who had just ascended the castle tower, who saved Yuda with accurate archery.
Although the time of fighting side by side is not very long, the tacit understanding of growing up together from childhood has allowed them to save their companions on the brink of life and death several times and make battle achievements.
"Ah Fei, are we going to attack the inner city first, or are we going to help the friendly forces of the other walls first?"
Yun Hao and Zai Zhong also followed, except for Lan Bo, who was a little less skilled, who was not at the forefront, and the partners of Fulong Village had already arrived at Ah Fei's side.
"That also needs to be said, this time we also have to get the first merit, the first to capture the inner city!"
Under the leadership of Ah Fei, his five-hundred-man team marched rapidly all the way, taking advantage of the absolute superiority in morale, and it was indeed the first Tianyang army to rush into the inner city.
The siege lasted only half a day, and finally ended with the inland defenders being unable to resist and surrendering.
After capturing Cao lonely city, the Tianyang army rushed into the city in search of something that could be used as a trophy.
Ah Fei's team went to the granary to camp near the granary, which was Ah Fei's habit, first looking for grain and grass left by the enemy army after each victory, giving priority to taking some of the people distributed to the nearby people to reassure them not to panic.
Because of that kind of background, even Ah Fei, who was from the army, still took good care of the people, and his team never robbed the people's belongings, let alone hurt the people, so the reputation in various places was very good.
"Ah Fei, we have distributed all the grain and grass that we can take back, so let the soldiers rest well, everyone is very hard."
Rimbaud came to Ah Fei's side, and this kind of logistics work was all his and Yuda's responsibility, after all, using his brain and personnel was his strength.
"Well, thank you Rimbaud, every time I have to let you and Zaizhong come to the aftermath."
"What's this, you've been fighting in front of you, and if I can't even do this, how can I have the face to stand with you?"
Ah Fei sat on the stairs, watching the Heavenly Sun Army coming and going.
"It feels like time is passing really fast, in the blink of an eye we have been in the army for more than a year, and we have also fought with General Lu Xun all the way, not only to see the real war, but now we are about to witness the history of the collapse of the Country of Tianzi."
Rimbaud followed suit.
"Yes, General Lu Xun is probably really invincible in the world." The Koji Kingdom, which stood at the apex of the Nine Kingdoms, was about to be captured by General Lü Xun in just a few years. According to this trend, it is not impossible for the Tianyang Kingdom to seize the world. ”
This battle was launched by the Tianyang Kingdom, with Lü Xun as the commander-in-chief, to destroy the Guangsi Kingdom.
After capturing Shengjiang last year, the Tianyang Kingdom had obtained all the conditions for attacking Guangdu City.
Therefore, after repairing for half a year and mobilizing enough soldiers and grain and grass, Lü Xun, who had been promoted to grand marshal, led a large army to take the capital city directly.
After a month, more than a dozen cities were captured, and the last city before the Guangdu City was just taken.
As long as the Guangdu City is taken, it means that the Sima family is no longer the head of the Nine Kingdoms, and the world will officially enter a situation of chaos.
"By the way, Ah Fei, what do you think of the little beauty in our village?"
"Xiaomei? I was impressed by a very good girl, who could do anything by washing and cooking, and looked very cute. ”
"I want to marry her next time I go back."
"Oh... yes? What the?! Ah Fei opened his mouth wide.
"The last time we went back to the village to visit our relatives, I had a good chat with her and thought she was really a good girl. Of course, I've asked her what she thinks, and she thinks it's fine. ”
"Damn... Rimbaud, you stinky boy moves so fast, I didn't even have a stroke of the eight words. ”
"Well, you're going to become a great general in the future, you're bound to have a very beautiful wife, and maybe you'll take a lot of concubines."
Ah Fei smiled heartily: "Maybe the situation you said is also good, but well, I think it is best to have a confidant with a red face." If the girl I like is also a person who understands me, it would be great. ”
The two of them talked about trivia for a while, they have been fighting because of the hard work recently, and it is rare to have such a relaxing moment. However, the crying and shouting not far away suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two.
Just as Ah Fei could see, two Tianyang Army soldiers were dragging a peasant woman and several bags of grain out of the house. The peasant woman kept crying and struggling, begging the soldiers not to take the grain.
"This was given to my family by a general just now, please don't take it, or the child won't be able to live!" I will go with you, and beg you to leave your food behind!" ”
The soldier slapped the peasant woman hard, then dragged her away with all her clothes.
"We didn't kill you light untouchables, you should be thankful for Dade!" What general has given you grain, your people and all your possessions, must be confiscated! ”
The soldier saw that the peasant woman was still crying, and kicked her fiercely. But the peasant woman grabbed the soldier's leg, a move that completely made the soldier angry. He drew his sword and watched as he was about to slash at the peasant woman's neck.
With a clang, the soldier's sword was blocked by another sword. In front of the soldier's eyes, standing was an angry Ah Fei.
"You guys... Where are the troops..."
Ah Fei's voice trembled a little, and he was trying to control his emotions.
"You... I'm just going to ask where you are! Why stop us from looting! ”
"Answer... My question. Ah Fei's eyes stared dead at the soldier, and this momentum made the other party lose his temper in an instant, and immediately withdrew his sword.
"You... You wait! I will go back to our general and dare to hinder the friendly forces from engaging in infighting, you are finished! After saying a harsh word, the two soldiers left the scene in a daze.
Ah Fei quickly bent down, put away the grain bags on the ground, and then lifted up the peasant woman.
"Our Tianyang Army is forbidden to hurt the people, after that I will definitely deal with those two soldiers, you take back the grain, take care of the children."
The peasant woman thanked her with tears in her eyes, and then slowly dragged her aching body and a few bags of grain back to her house.
"Ah Fei..." Rambo, who was seeing him, didn't know what to say.
"I know, and then I'll go to the generals of the two soldiers to explain the matter." Ah Fei's back looked very sad in the dark night.
"The peasant woman doesn't look very big, and it is estimated that the men in the family have joined the army or have disappeared, leaving only themselves with children, which I can see at a glance." At that moment, I seemed to see my mother. ”
Rimbaud put his hand on Ah Fei's shoulder. He knew how deep the relationship between Ah Fei and Cao Shi was, although he was not biological, but Ah Fei completely treated Cao Shi like a mother.
Because cao shi brought Ah Fei up from a young age, although he was a widow, he did not let Ah Fei suffer any ill treatment compared to other children. Moreover, Ah Fei is stronger and more aware of the hardships of his mother and civilians.
At that moment just now, Ah Fei did not run up, which made Lan Bo look at him with astonishment. If it was the fool who had made a big fuss about everything before, I am afraid that the two soldiers would have landed directly on their heads.
"You've grown a lot, Ah Fei."
"Don't you talk like you're a mature uncle?"
The two of them eased their emotions for a while, but they were disturbed again.
"Just now, you were the one who stopped my soldiers?"
A majestic Tianyang officer came to Ah Fei and Lan Bo with dozens of soldiers.
"I'm General Ah Fei of five hundred men, which unit are you in?"
Seeing that Ah Fei was just a teenager, the officer showed a contemptuous smile.
"Oh, a doll can be a five-hundred-man general, is there something wrong with the establishment standard of our Tianyang Army, how to let a group of doll soldiers fight hahaha!"
Ah Fei did not get angry, but still asked in a calm tone, "If this general is a superior, the last general has just been rude, which unit does the general belong to?" ”
"Even if you have a bit of a brain for this doll." I am general Pao Hui under the account of the centurion, Lu Ren. When my soldiers were looting the spoils of war, they were taught a lesson by you, but is there such a thing? ”
Facing the bearded and glaring centurion, Ah Fei bowed his head and prayed, "There is indeed such a thing." I saw two soldiers under the general robbing the women and food of the people and preventing this violation of military orders. ”
Lu Ren rushed over and grabbed Ah Fei's neck and pulled him up. Rimbaud in the back just wanted to come forward and speak, but Ah Fei held out his hand to stop him.
When Lan Bo saw this, he stayed where he was, and according to Ah Fei's previous behavior, he felt that Ah Fei should know what was at stake, and now he could just admit his mistake.
"You boy, I heard that you have distributed grain to the untouchables of the Koji Kingdom?"
"Whether it is another country or Tianyang, the people are the people, and there is no distinction between nobles and lows. Appeasing the people and not harming the people's livelihood is the military order of our army, so I have distributed the grain that my troops have scavenged. In contrast, the general connived at the misdeeds of his subordinates, so why did he have to find trouble here? ”
Ah Fei's eyes were full of determination, staring straight at Lu Ren.
But Lu Ren not only did not flinch, but spoke in a more gloomy tone: "Boy, do you think that after fighting a few battles, you can teach me a lesson?" ”
Lu Ren let go of Ah Fei and then pointed his finger at the surrounding houses.
"Do you know how many of our brothers died at the hands of these Koji people?" That's the war, and we win it, so we can rob them of everything. You say that the people do not distinguish between high and low, noble and low, but if we lose, do you know how the other party will treat our people? ”
"It's the soldiers who do it, not the people. Men who fight on the battlefield will not be interested in bullying the people. Ah Fei replied calmly.
"If you win the war, you must grab it, this is the rule!" Make them afraid! Let them hear us coming later, and they'll have to run away! ”
Lu Ren suddenly motioned to his subordinates behind them and asked them to throw the torches they had brought at the surrounding houses.
Ah Fei had no time to stop so many people, he could only watch the houses gradually being ignited by the fire, and the people inside sensed that the situation was not good and fled, but Lu Ren's men waited outside and hacked the fleeing people to death, most of them women and children.
"This is the reward of victory!" Can't accept the cruel dolls of war, just go back to your mother to feed! Ha ha! ”
Lu Ren laughed at Ah Fei, who was shorter than him, and saw the trembling of his body.
"This doll is terrified." Lu Ren thought so in his heart, and he achieved his goal.
Originally, this practice was indeed contrary to military orders, but the Tianyang Army, which had practiced the military merit system for many years, would not really be punished for bullying the people of other countries, which was an unspoken rule that veterans understood.
After working hard for more than half a year and risking their lives to fight, how many people are just eating for a mixed meal, but they have lost the opportunity to return home from the battlefield. If you win the battle, you will get the right to deal with the city in front of you, so this time is the time when the lowest level of desire bursts out.
Rob things, rob women, satisfy material and carnal desires. Kill, set fires, satisfy the desire for destruction. The opportunity to exchange your life for how much you can take, because you won the battle, so these will be forgiven.
The superiors will not really deal with these soldiers because of this small matter, which will hurt morale and affect the motivation to fight.
So for a long time, the veterans have no fear, small fights, no problems.
Lu Ren was one of these old fritters, and his soldiers had lost a lot in the siege battle, so naturally they had to use this way to boost morale, so that they could also raise their courage in the hard battles that followed, fantasizing about the desire to vent after the victory and sell their lives.
But he did not expect that the teenager named Ah Fei in front of him had different ideas.
"You guys... Is it still a soldier of Tianyang! ”
Ah Fei suddenly roared, and the noise was so loud that the soldiers who committed violence were shocked and stopped moving, and looked at this side together.
Ah Fei's trembling was not because of fear, but because of anger, extreme anger.
The thought of his own parents dying in the war was probably the result of the actions of the thugs in front of him, and the flames in his heart burned more and more.
No matter how calmly he told himself before that he could not do it, this was a friendly army, but thinking of his self-esteem as a human being, the goal he envisioned, and the ideal world, Ah Fei did not allow himself to look at it coldly.
"This is not a reward for victory, it is just a despicable act of you venting the lust of the beast everywhere!" You have ruined the reputation of the Tianyang Army, and I will bring you to justice here!" ”
Ah Fei drew his sword and slashed forward. Lu Ren did not expect this kind of development, and his reaction was slow, and his left shoulder was slashed by the sword blade.
"You boy, there's a kind! Let me see how many pounds you have! ”
Lu Ren also launched a fierce attack, and also drew his sword to start slashing with Ah Fei. After three rounds, Lu Ren actually felt a little invincible.
First of all, Ah Fei's strength and speed were far beyond his imagination, and in terms of momentum, it was also this teenager who completely overshadowed himself.
"Ah Fei, you can't fight anymore, you know about your infighting from above, and you can't solve the problem after a few days of detention!" Stop! ”
Rimbaud shouted anxiously, and what he feared most had finally happened.
As a junior officer, even if you see more unpleasant situations, you can't be impulsive. Before becoming a superior person, this kind of behavior will not solve the root problem, but may also ignite the body and affect the career.
Ah Fei did not know that the punishment he would face was probably quite serious, but even so, he could not stop.
"If I could sit idly by and give up the people for my own selfish gain after seeing this atrocity... In the future, what a great general who commands the world! ”
Everyone watched ah fei and Lu Ren fight, and they all had their own ideas, but after hearing Ah Fei's words, they all had the same emotion.
"You ignorant little doll, what a great general you want to be!" Let you die here today and go to Hades as your dog-headed general! ”
Lu Ren was already ashamed and angry, he did not notice that even his own subordinates were no longer cheering for him.
Ah Fei half-squatted down, kicked Lu Ren's knee with his foot, and then swung the sword in his hand backwards upwards.
Lu Ren was kicked and bent down, his head was impartial, and he was just struck by the oncoming sword blade.
At this moment, all around them were quiet, and only the grass hut that had been engulfed in flames was still creaking.
……
An hour later, Ah Fei was taken to the big tent of commander-in-chief Lu Xun. The centurion-level officer was beheaded by friendly infighting, an incident so serious that a court-martial was called to deal with it.
Faced with the presence of all the senior officers of the army, Ah Fei unreservedly explained the whole story of the matter.
Among the crowd of observers, there was also Yu Qiujian, who was very familiar with Ah Fei, who was now a deputy general who could command eight thousand people.
After hearing Ah Fei's story, two opinions immediately appeared on the trial bench, and Lao Chengpai believed that this kind of infighting must be severely punished and sentenced to capital punishment;
The Shaozhuang faction supported Ah Fei's approach, believing that this was a manifestation of maintaining military discipline, and although the means were excessive, they should be taken lightly.
Ah Fei stayed under Lü Xun's men for more than a year, although he initially refused the invitation to join the [Wind Forest Volcano] special force, but his team also played an unusual degree of activity, and Lü Xun naturally admired this teenager.
On the side, Yu Qiujian, as the person who introduced Ah Fei before, speculated that Lü Xun should not take excessive punitive measures, after all, the first person to openly disobey the military order was Lu Ren, who was killed.
"Ah Fei, next announce your verdict."
After the opinions of all parties, Lu Xun finally had to make up his mind.
"You were expelled from the Tianyang Army, stripped of all ranks, distinguished in battle, restored to the body of a peasant, and could not join the army for five years."
The officers of the Young Zhuang Sect all showed expressions of disbelief, and Ah Fei himself widened his eyes.
"We are soldiers, brothers who depend on each other for life and death on the battlefield, and we are a group that entrusts our lives to each other. Infighting is the worst act of undermining this sense of trust.
Your starting point is not wrong, but you, a general of five hundred men, who attacked your superiors, even more violated the law and order of the army. Remembering your previous exploits, I will not take your life, but you can no longer stay here. ”
Lu Xun's face was full of indifference, and for the unity of the whole army, he chose to sacrifice Ah Fei.
Ah Fei lowered his head and accepted the verdict. His heart was very sad, and his mind kept flashing with the agreement with Cao Shi and the promise of his brothers, and now that he had ruined his military career, everything was irretrievable.
But he did not regret it, if he had chosen to ignore Lu Ren's atrocities at that time, I am afraid that he would never be able to hold the sword again.
Many people sighed and left the big tent, while Lu Xun left Ah Fei alone for a while, and he still had one last word to answer.
"Ah Fei, when you are in the position of the inferior, you must not violate the rules set above. Whether this is justice in your eyes or not, when you don't have the ability to change the rules, once you break it, you will only hurt yourself and others. ”
Ah Fei looked at Lu Xun, and a sad expression appeared on Lu Xun's face at this time. He now understood General Lu Xun's difficulties and shed tears.
"I failed the general's expectations."
Lu Xun lifted Ah Fei up and then stuffed him with two letters.
"This is the case in a chaotic world, and there are advantages and disadvantages. The eldest husband is not bound to one country and one country, and if you still want to fulfill your dreams, bring these two letters.
A letter that you open after you leave the barracks for yourself, and there is another letter in it, and that's all I can do for you. ”
Ah Fei knelt down and gave Lu Xun three prostrations and left the big tent.
After a brief explanation and farewell to the brothers in the group, Ah Fei removed the armor of the Tianyang Army and left the military camp in Caogu City with a little luggage.
Shortly after he stepped out, he caught up with several figures from behind.
"You guys..."
"I said I would leave, I was really not righteous enough."
"That is, I said that I could not be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but I wanted to die on the same day of the same month of the same year."
"Eh? When did we say that..."
Lan Bo, Yun Hao, Chang Min, Jun Xiu, You Tian, and Zai Zhong also changed their military uniforms and caught up with Ah Fei and left together.
"You fools! Why give up your life for me!" ”
Ah Fei couldn't help it and cried out again.
Rimbaud smiled and wiped away his tears with his sleeve.
"You are our captain, of course our life is with you, you are the one who says stupid things." 」
The seven embraced each other and then embarked on an unknown path together.
In the big tent of the Tianyang Army, someone soon discovered that the six people had left without permission and reported it to Lu Xun.
"They can just be stripped of their names from their military status, and they don't need to be treated as deserters." In addition, Ah Fei's five-hundred-man team was handed over to Deputy General Yuqiu Jian. ”
After waiting for the messenger to leave, Lu Xun walked out of the big tent, looked at the twinkling stars in the sky, and muttered to himself, "Teacher, if it were you, you would definitely do the same..."