The opening kaleidoscope writing wheel eye: the war on the top

Chapter 434 Buying People's Hearts
Hicks nodded and said: "Brother Yu Nan has meticulous observation. This is indeed the case. When the rebels first settled here, they sent people to recruit talents everywhere. As long as the countrymen who oppose the king can come here to eat food and join the army. "

Krabater gently pushed down the frame and said in a deep voice: "This will consume a lot of food. Although the number of rebels seems to be huge, they will inevitably be mixed, which will affect their combat effectiveness. If they really engage in battle with the regular army, they will probably lose most of them."

Hanan said in a deep voice: "Hey, putting aside the combat power for now, the greater significance of this move is to buy people's hearts. Just imagine the people who are short of food and clothing, what will they think when they hear that the rebels are so benevolent? What will you do?"

Krabatelle nodded, with a glint in his eyes and said with a sinister smile: "If there is any scheming, send people to pretend to be the king's army, and do some food grabbing and killing.

Evil things like slaughtering villages and destroying towns, and then setting up the blame afterwards, then the people's hearts must be completely in the opposite direction..."

In another life, Yu Nan read a lot of history books and subconsciously immersed himself in some peasant uprising events and whispered: "With people's hearts, people can be more intimidated, if the rebel leader is really ambitious.

You can completely use these rabble as cannon fodder, as long as you ensure that the direct troops are elite. "

"Hush," Hicks' expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly made a silent gesture before whispering, "Brother Hanan, be careful, this place is the stronghold of the rebels, and talking like this will lead to death." !"

Hanan smiled, and looked at Clabatel, neither of them mentioned this anymore.

Jessica and Harvey stared at them dumbfounded, with expressions of disbelief, while Akin remained indifferent and stood beside Hanan.Charlie, who was taking care of the wounded Saba in the back, didn't hear this.

While several people were talking, a guard came over to report that everything had been arranged and they could enter the city.

Hicks took Yu Nan and others over. The leader guarding the city gate recognized him and greeted him cordially. Hicks shook hands with the man for a long time before letting go.

Hanan noticed that Hicks' hands in his wide sleeves trembled twice, as if he had thrust something into the other party.

The leader put his hand into his pocket calmly, and took a document that Hicks took out.

A few guards were arranged to randomly check a few sacks. After seeing the black barrel, the leader showed joy and sent someone to report to the city.

The leader pulled Hicks aside, pointing at the long caravan, Hicks nodded and whispered.

After a while, the soldier who reported the message ran back panting and shouted to the leader: "Captain, the leader told the caravan to enter the city quickly."

With a wave of the leader's hand, a few soldiers drove all the refugees aside, and the mighty caravan began to enter the city. Yu Nan and the others were among them, and no one came to question them from beginning to end.

As a well-known oasis city, Katriya has a lot of vegetation.

It is completely different from the imagination, the city is quite disorganized, according to Hicks, it is only the outer city.

Rows of trees are planted on both sides of the outer city streets, and many soldiers-like people, sitting or lying lazily in groups, smoke and chat under the trees. When they see caravans, they all pay attention. Look back and forth.

The houses along the street were all requisitioned, and the shops were no exception. The rebel soldiers who came in and out were all armed with live ammunition. Unlike the guards guarding the city gate, most of them were thin and weak, and they didn't look like soldiers in their movements. They were obviously new to the industry.

But these people were all smiling and in a good mood. After a closer look, Hanan found something unusual. The doors of several shops were dilapidated and the glass windows were broken.

The messy things at the door were scattered all over the place, and there were still dried black blood stains in many places.

A few soldiers with bulging arms, with greedy faces, just came out of a house, and when they saw the young and beautiful Jessica, their eyes lit up immediately, they whistled, and began to gibberish.

Jessica glared at her, but Hicks knew that Jessica was not an ordinary person. He was afraid of a conflict and hurriedly came over to give instructions. Fortunately, Yu Nan persuaded Jessica, and Harvey and the others also looked gloomy. Apparently they did not expect that the rebels were Looks like this.

The caravan continued to move forward, Hicks came to Hanan's side, and explained in a low voice: "Oh, Brother Hanan, don't mind, these guys must be new recruits, and the old rebel battalion has strict discipline. He who loves his people like a son."

"Old battalion? There are old and new rebels?" Harvey heard this calligraphy for the first time.

Hicks said: "Old Camp is what the outside world calls it. In fact, it is the group of people who initially revolted. They are the core force of the rebels and the direct descendants of the leader 'Kosa'.

Not only is it the most powerful, but it also has the strictest military regulations. The place we are going now is the camp of the old camp. "

Clabatel interjected: "I think this 'new army' is mixed, and some of them are obviously not good people. It can be seen from the eyes that there are many lives in their hands."

Hicks lowered his voice, "That's right, in order to expand its military strength, the rebels have relaxed conditions, no matter farmers, rogues, or even Sand Bandits bullies, as long as they can take up arms, they can join. Auditing has been stepped up.”

Hanan said in a deep voice, "War and killing have always been the best catalysts to unleash the bestiality of human beings."

Jessica frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Hey, in peaceful times, the vast majority of people have things to do, food and clothing, but whenever social turmoil is violent, some people will rise up, perhaps with good intentions.

But human desires are endless, especially in a state of anarchy, burning, killing and looting are indispensable," Hanan's voice was very low, and he didn't finish the sentence.

Clabatel added: "That's right, even the originally honest peasants, once they have killed people, looted their property, experienced the pleasure of getting something for nothing, and controlling the lives and deaths of others.

The desire in the heart will inevitably give birth to evil thoughts, turning into a bloodthirsty demon. "

As the companions walked and listened, they all felt a chill in their hearts, and looked at the rebels with slightly different eyes.

A young man on the side of the road, his face is still childish, he looks about sixteen or seventeen years old, he is thin, wearing clothes that don't fit, the texture is extraordinary, but there are bloodstains, he is facing a group of "new soldiers" Show off loudly.

"You don't know that the grain store in the east of the city has mountains of food and an astonishing amount of money. We cleaned it out last month, but the boss still dared to resist.

Lao Tzu killed him with a knife. Look, the clothes belong to him, but they are made of silk. I used to farm the land, how could I have such clothes? "

A new middle-aged man next to him said enviously: "Duo Suo, lend me this robe. I have never tried silk clothes in my life."

The young man named Dosuo raised his head and said in disdain: "Gies, is this what you pursue? Now that we have joined the rebel army, we are no longer farmers. As long as we are brave enough, we dare to kill with a knife.

In the past, those aristocratic lords had to kneel down and beg for mercy. If they wanted something, they could just grab it. "

(End of this chapter)