From Chief to Ball

The soldiers were laughing and talking, of course they were not a model army that would freeze to death and never demolish houses and starve to death or loot. To put it bluntly, the Xiacheng army was an army of slave owners. The allocated and plundered goods are nothing compared to their future prospects, so naturally no one will take the risk.

After these people left, Chen Jian asked the messenger to blow the horn, and assembled a team of more than 50 people to the center of the city, and began to build wooden platforms and gallows.At this time, no one dared to come out to do activities on the street. Fortunately, the old leader's legacy, his son was quite famous, and he found some people who supported him to help with the labor.

When Su Tang arrived, two gallows had already been set up. He didn't understand what they were for, and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he called Chen Jian aside and said, "Ji Xia, why did you put that man's gallows on the ground?" All the goods are sealed up? My people almost clashed with your people. It’s just that my father handed over the jade ax to you, and I will listen to you too. I don’t know how to distribute these things?”

"I'm looking for you. Your people are looting on the street. I want to ask you to borrow something."

"There's no need to borrow it. If they snatch something, Ji Xia can just take it if he likes it."

"Their heads."

Su Tang was startled, and was about to shake his head when he saw Chen Jian laughingly said: "But if you have a debt, you have to pay it back. It's useless if you want a few heads. I'll give you back your reputation. Now that the covenant has been completed, after this one The siege and the breaking of the city are within ten days. Last winter, the alliance failed, and half of the relatives in the city left. Are they going to be killed or captured as slaves in the future? In that case, the people in the city will definitely resist desperately , we are cautious about death and injury. But if you don’t even plunder things as small as the hairs on the geese in autumn, the resistance in the city will be lighter. Several clans sent troops together, and our two clans did not commit any crimes, but they went to plunder. After the settlement, who will replace the city? You cut off their heads, and you got a reputation. Your father hopes that this city will still abide by the oath as before, and you will make your father value you more by doing so. .”

Of course, Su Tang knew that there would be many changes after this battle. The battle of siege and destruction would no longer be a long war lasting half a year or even a year, but would be more intense and faster. He understood Chen Jian's subtext, Once his father is old, his reputation will be an important thing to determine whether he can be elected by everyone.

Because of this battle, his eyes were no longer limited to Sucheng, but a wider land.

His heart was heated by Chen Jiangou, and in the end there was only a little hesitation left, and he said in confusion: "But...but they are all soldiers who have followed me for a long time. I killed them, and these soldiers inevitably hate me...and they are all from the same city... Kin..."

Chen Jian shrugged and said: "This is your choice, I just said so. It's not my Xiacheng people, I can't control it. It's just that people in the city dare to talk to Xiacheng people, but Don’t dare to talk to Sucheng people. You decide for yourself.”

Su Tang hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and said: "Since this is the city of relatives, looting them is like looting in Sucheng. Only by using some bloody methods can the people of the city country trust us."

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Okay! Well said. You will tell the people in the city when the time comes. I think they will be convinced and no longer hostile. These wooden frames are used to execute those who make mistakes. At this time Some bloody means must be used to make people remember it firmly."

Su Tang thanked him again and again, and led his personal guards to arrest people according to what Chen Jian said. Chen Jian looked at Su Tang's back and smiled secretly.

I made it clear before entering the city, and I have a lot of things that I can give the tribe more benefits than looting.

But Su Tang didn't say before entering the city that this is punishment without teaching. Although the people in the city are convinced, I'm afraid that the soldiers will inevitably complain.

Chen Jian wanted fame, Su Yue wanted fame, Su Tang wanted fame too, but what about the soldiers?

The problem is that these soldiers don't want fame.

Chen Jian has a large number of village slaves in the west of Xia City as rewards, supported by gunpowder workshops and metal smelting technology. This time, his reputation is in exchange for the shock of gunpowder. He has mastered gunpowder technology, forcing all cities to buy it, so He can reward the soldiers enough to help him achieve the fame he wants.

But how much can Suyue reward their soldiers?If the rewards are less, can this kind of intervention that does not benefit the soldiers in the future give the soldiers enough desire to do it?

The soldiers at this time are not Qiu Ba in the future, but the national class in the city, the ruling class of Awajo, and Awatake is just the spokesperson and navigator of this class. When the interests of the class conflict with the interests of the leader, Awa How long can Yue's fame last?

Compared with Xiacheng's military discipline, Su Yue had to restrain his clansmen, he had no choice, especially now that he dared not break up with Xiacheng, and was forced by Chen Jian's comparison to build a model army, At least do not plunder in the intervening war in the cultural circle.

But the soldiers around Chen Jianjian are off-duty. They were raised with Xiacheng's technology, Caohe's hegemony, and thousands of public slaves to raise 200 people. Can Sucheng afford such an army?

Chapter 68 Leader to the left Soldiers to the right

After Su Tang left, the people of Xiacheng continued to erect the gallows. A few people sat under the gallows to rest, and climbed up playfully, holding the rope with both hands and putting it around their necks, joking with others. Chen Jian shouted: "Come down!" Come down, don't scare the people in the city. This thing won't be used today, but it will be used tomorrow. Prepare tonight, and play a game of Cuju, wrestling, etc. on this venue, and show it to the people in the city. If someone from the city comes up to wrestle with you, you will lose if I cough."

Those people played with the noose like monkeys, wondering: "Last time when we sacrificed in the three cities of Caohe, Jixia said that we would fight to win, why should we lose this time? Isn't that called the inner city of this city?" People underestimate us?"

"You won in Xia City. Ten years later, when you go to exchange tofu in the morning, people will recognize you. Even if you win this place, who will remember? We have already captured the city, and the people in the city don't say anything. , I must be dissatisfied in my heart, give them some face, you can't do without anything. Stop playing, come down, let you do something."

"You guys go to the old leader's son and ask him to take you to the city to find some people. The new leader's family has a lot of land, and he is in charge of some things in the city on weekdays. Since the family is big, there must be people who make mistakes. Find it out and sue at the execution ground tomorrow."

Chen Jian looked at the layout of the city. The people in the northeast corner were all people with more land and property and some people with surnames, while the people in the southwest corner were all people without surnames and less land property. Considering Afterwards, Chen Jian instructed again: "But when suing, we must let them talk about the personal morality of the new leader and their family members, and don't involve the issue of having a surname or no surname, rich and poor. We will have to deal with this in the future. If the cities are exchanged, the people in the northeast corner will be the masters of the cities."

"Remember! People who make mistakes are only greedy because of their personal nature, not because those with power will naturally occupy more land. Let these poor people with no surnames believe that changing a good leader with high morals is a good thing. They make decisions about the distribution, and everything will be fine. Don’t let the southwest corner accuse the northeast corner. If it happens, the real master of the city will hate us for the rest of our lives.”

The crowd led away, Chen Jian let out a breath, and after ordering the place to be leveled, he took a few bodyguards and flute and drummers along the street to publicize, saying only that there would be a gathering in the center of the city when the sun was setting. , I hope everyone will not be afraid and will participate.

Since it is a gathering in the city, it is natural that there must be wine and meat to entertain everyone, and the son of the old leader will bear everything needed for this gathering.

Chen Jian told him that after tomorrow's trial, the new leader and his family's land slaves will return part of the city's public property, and the other part will be distributed to the old leader's sons to gain their support.

But this expedition was not invited by the city, and the person who was arrested during the expedition nominally represented the city, so the gunpowder, food, compensation for the dead and wounded soldiers, etc. spent in this expedition were all by The son of the old leader personally bears the responsibility, and the two cities of Xiasu will not take any of the city.

Although the number is large, the son of the old leader doesn't care, as long as he is still the leader, and he has the support of Su Xia and the city people whose property has been divided, these things are nothing compared to what he gets.

Not only did he take the responsibility, but he also praised Xia Su and Qiu Qiu for their innocence. The new leader of the property in his family did not move at all, and since he was basically confirmed to be the new leader, people with surnames in the city also supported him a lot. Bring pigs and sheep to slaughter, and ask female slaves to prepare meals.

When the setting sun was about to turn red, the soldiers of Xiacheng had already assembled there, and the flute players were playing the slang tunes that they used to seduce women in Xiacheng. The vulgar and seductive singing was sung under the gallows, temporarily covering up the The blood left by the fighting.

The fat sheep and big pigs were boiled in a pottery wok, and the wheat cakes used as military rations were also displayed. The only pity is that the professional actresses in Xiacheng are going around in various cities, and there will be such interference in the future In war, there must be people with propaganda.

In the joyous singing and laughing, the soldiers of Sucheng who looted before were tied to the pillars. At this time, Su Tang had not yet punished them in this way. Many people in Sucheng thought it was just a slight punishment and didn't care. Soup.

The drummers chanted all kinds of friendly slogans, and at the same time announced that the looters had been arrested. Since they are relatives, looting here is like looting in Sucheng. Ji Xiasutang is a fair person and will never let this kind of And so it happened.

People in the city have probably never seen such propaganda, and after adding that the Xiacheng army did not loot after entering the city, there are some novelty things outside that have never been seen before, and those slang songs have brought closer the daily life that is closely connected, and finally Someone walked out of the house and came to the center of the city.

After more and more people walked out of the house, Chen Jian asked someone to quietly identify the relatives of the Chinese people who were killed on the city wall, and secretly wrote down those children and women who were full of anger or fear—they may not have come here voluntarily. of.

After almost all the people were gathered, Chen Jian asked someone to pull out those who had already confessed, and forced them to retell some things that were processed by Chen Jian after the previous confession.

One person said it was not shocking, but when six or seven people were pulled out and said the same thing, the city finally became a sensation.

Chen Jian added a lot of details to his confession, some of which were deliberately used to sow contradictions. After the similar meaning was expressed in his polished language, the effect was different.

When everyone heard that the former leader laughed and burned the Chinese people to death, there were endless voices of anger, especially after some laborers were deliberately insulted and damaged by Chen Jian in his confession. It's just this kind of anger, and all the injustices in the city in the past were immediately recalled by them.

Those with a surname living in the northeast corner felt uneasy, but they couldn't blame Chen Jian, because no one knew that Chen Jian added these words, and they also pointed their anger at the new leader's accomplices, And the new leader who is now living and dying-this is the truth, but don't tell it?

Chen Jian waited until the anger of the crowd reached a certain level but it was too late to erupt. He stood up and told everyone to be quiet, and said, "Even if I am not from this city, I can't contain my anger after hearing these words. The one you elected The leader laughed and killed those who elected him and those who fought for him. His heart is as dirty as mud and as cruel as a hungry wolf. Is such a leader what you want? ?He deceived you, blinded you, but now it is different! You can elect a just leader who is truly trusted by everyone, and I believe everything will be fine, and such things will never happen again."

People from the side of the old leader's son who had prepared in advance shouted in the crowd: "Thank you Jixia, for letting us recognize this beastly beast! If it weren't for you, we don't know how long we would have been deceived by him! If he really We have succeeded, when the time comes, let us go to Dongyi because of anger, how can we have the face to meet our ancestors in the future? You are the hero of the city! Don’t you think so?”

The people below heard Chen Jian's angry and choked up words, coupled with someone's deliberate incitement, they all shouted: "Yes! Jixia is the hero of the city."

Chen Jian sighed, shook his head, and strode down the wooden platform. He untied the cloak he had deliberately put on his body before, and deliberately distanced himself from the guards. Beside the child, after attracting enough attention, he put a cloak symbolizing a hero on the terrified and angry orphan.

He stretched out his arms to pick up the child, held it up high, and said loudly: "I am not a hero, his father is, and everyone in the city is. Whether it is fighting us, or the anger at the new leader's crimes, is it true? Aren't you all for the betterment of the city?"

"Why are you being deceived? Isn't it because the city is in your heart? The child's father is not a relative of the previous leader, nor did he get half of the land slaves because of the new leader, but he still stood on the city wall."

"Why? Because he heard that the people of Xia City burned to death the people of the same family in the city, and burned to death the neighbors who plowed and grazed together on weekdays. He might be afraid of death. If the feather arrow has no eyes on the city wall, there is a danger of being shot. , but he still stood up, so that more people in the city would not be burned to death by Xiacheng people! He is the hero! What am I, Jixia?"

"Now you also know that the fire was not lit by the people of Xiacheng, because the soldiers of Xiacheng don't need to light the fire if they want to break through the city."

"In war, people always die. More than 30 people have died now, so that they will not die in the future. Let me ask, if you are really deceived by that person, you will die again if you have a blood feud with us or go to Dongyi in the future." How many people?"

"These people died at the hands of Xiacheng people, but it's like someone tricked you into angering a tiger but was eaten by a tiger. Will you hate the tiger? Or hate the person who lied to you? Who is the real enemy? ?”

He picked up the child, asked his personal guard to help the woman next to him onto the wooden platform, untied his other bronze saber and handed it to the child, saying, "Son, I hope you know that your father is a hero!" , is brave. I hope you leave this sword behind, be as brave as your father, and become a hero of the city in the future."

After he finished shouting loudly, the soldiers behind him took off their sabers as he said before. There were 32 swords in total, just enough for the number of dead Chinese.

Chen Jian held the bronze sword in his hand and said, "These bronze swords are not only given to this child, but also to the heirs of every person who died in battle. Xiacheng people respect heroes, and your fathers have left glory for this line of blood. These bronze swords will be given to you and passed on from generation to generation. As long as my Xia City is still there, you will always be the most honored guests when you go to Xia City;