[Wuxia] On System Traversal Errors

The battle lasted for three days and three nights. The soldiers and horses of the two sides came in wave after wave, and finally lost nearly a thousand troops before they won a disastrous victory. However, in comparison, Rong Di lost all The loss of three thousand soldiers and horses still gave enough comfort to the generals of the imperial court.

When Gong Shu entered the account to report the military situation, he lifted the tent and looked up. General Lin was staring blankly at the palm of his right hand in front of a few cases, and there seemed to be no sign of his usually indifferent eyebrows. Too many looks similar to panic or hesitation, but...

Gong Shu grinned at General Lin who was sitting upright in the tent, smiled, and suddenly asked, "General, is this your first time killing someone?"

General Lin retracted his hand and then put it down, slowly retracted his gaze, and said, "You will get used to it in the future."

Being able to kill people has nothing to do with whether a person can fight or not. Even a powerless scholar can kill a bearded man when he is in a hurry. What matters is a person's heart.Gong Shu thought to himself, for a general one may not know martial arts, but he must not be a coward who cannot kill.Now that a person is in command, he will inevitably appear on the battlefield. Things on the battlefield change rapidly. Thousands of miles away is certainly feasible, and when necessary, it is often indispensable to go out with the army. Since he appears on the battlefield, a person must be ruthless enough to kill people, even if he is a general.

In the most war-torn era, even a frail scholar was recruited more than once during the conscription. It doesn't mean that if you don't know martial arts, you can't kill people. Killing and practicing martial arts are actually two different concepts.

General Gong said again, "When I killed someone for the first time, I wasn't as easy to adapt to as you, General."

Gongshu has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his arm strength is superb. When he was not weak in his early years, Gongshu once accidentally killed a local rich man who rode his horse to murder him. He almost clearly remembered the sweet blood sprayed on his face. On the road, Gong Shu, who was exposed to the smell of blood for the first time, only felt that his eyes were full of dazzling red. After being imprisoned, Gong Shu joined the army, and then, nearly 20 years later, he became the current General Gong Shu.For the current Gongshu, killing people is already a very common thing. Even if he is red-eyed on the battlefield and suddenly splits the enemy's head in half, the soldiers in the army will not say that this person has a vicious heart. They will only say that he is brave and good at fighting, and he is a rare heroic general.

Gong Shu's words were indeed very sincere.On the battlefield, Gong Shu had seen General Lin kill people, although from the perspective of a real warrior, Gong Shu felt that he could easily run down a person who was not good at martial arts with just one finger. A man who can kill, General Lin's men didn't even kill as many as an ordinary soldier. The banner commanders almost surrounded him in a circle, lest there was something wrong with their general, but even so, as long as he appeared in the On this battlefield, there will be no one who does not kill people, let alone a general who is the leader of an army.

That being said, however...

General Gong grinned and said, "It's just that, General, if you want to go out to kill the enemy in the future, it's better to send more generals with you. The generals under you will always be worried, after all..."

— After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the first army.

Besides, after actually seeing how the general killed people, General Gong scratched his head and said in his heart, - if it is said that the commander of the army has only such a little ability in the end, he will not really be laughed out of his teeth by others.

General Lin: ...

After talking about this matter, Gong Shu remembered a serious matter, and respectfully presented the military report in his arms, and said, "General, this is the list of casualties in this battle." With a look on his face At this time, it was somewhat solemn.

General Lin casually flipped through the roster in his hand, before asking casually, "How many soldiers and horses were lost in total?"

After a simple military salute, Gong Shu said, "General, a total of 110 troops were lost, 570 were wounded, and 110 were seriously wounded."

I saw the movements of General Lin's hands suddenly paused, and said, "Afterwards, clean up the battlefield and choose a suitable place to bury our soldiers who died in battle. You first record the roster of these people by yourself. Before the end of the year, the money will be distributed according to the head, and people will be sent to send a share of five taels of silver per person to their relatives and friends. If the family's livelihood is really difficult, then it will be considered according to the situation."

Gong Shu frowned, and said, "General, these five taels of silver...isn't it too much?"

It has been a long-standing rule for generals to distribute silver taels to the families of generals who died in battle in their own battalion. The soldiers under him worked hard for themselves, and finally ended up dying in battle. If the generals above did not say something The soldiers under him felt a little chilled. However, these expressions generally did not exceed two taels of silver. When the military rations in the front were in short supply, if the military rations in the front were cut off, and the money was spent in the rear, then The problem is the real trouble.

Naturally, Gongshu is not opposed to arranging more comprehensive arrangements for the relatives of the soldiers who died in the rear. However, everything must be considered from the overall situation. made it clear.

But at this time, General Lin said, "I heard that your soldiers often go to the vacant houses on the Rongdi side to sweep things?"

After hearing this, Gong Shu touched his nose in embarrassment, and then said cautiously, "Isn't this greedy for the freshness of Rongdi's things, and wants to take some good things back? General, look..."

Although there is a clause in the military order that soldiers are not allowed to break into private houses, it is probably only limited to the common people in Yumen Pass, but it has never been said that the vacant houses on the Rongdi side cannot be entered at will. In fact, it is not only Gongshu The soldiers under him, and the soldiers in other battalions have also done some of this kind of deeds, but the gang of ruffians under Gongshu did it more openly, which made people itch.

General Lin said, "The merchants who escorted the military rations for us before are still there?"

Gong Shu said, "I have lived in the small town next to Yumen Pass for a while." Gong Shu curled his lips and said, "The few people who want money but don't want their lives have sex with Rong Di's gang of barbarians in private. When we started business, most of the soldiers turned a blind eye to the fact that they had sent us military rations before. They had business and made money. How could it be so easy to leave? "

General Lin said, "Send a soldier over to say hello to them and ask them if they are interested in the things captured on the battlefield?"

Gong Shu listened, thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, rubbed his hands together and said, "General, what do you mean..."

General Lin said, "It seems that it is not so convenient to carry all these things on the march. The ready-made buyers are here. If you can sell them, you can sell them all. Those who have good eyesight and understand the goods, don't turn around and let these merchants go. People get themselves involved." After that, he compared his own fingers and said, "At least ten times the price difference."

Gong Shu thought it sounded reliable at first, but when he heard the price difference of ten times, he almost jumped up in fright, "Ten times? Those old and cunning merchants are not idiots, so how could it be possible..." After jumping, With a shy face, he moved to General Lin's side again, giggled a few times, and then asked in a low voice, "General, do you think they will really agree?"

General Lin said, "At this time, when the two armies are at war, those merchants do business with Rong Di in order to take advantage of the war to make a fortune. Those who will do business with them are only those Rong Di The price offered by the nobles is not lower than ours, ten times the price difference, they can bear it, and it will be more than this price when they are transported to the capital and sold."

Gong Shu said, "When it comes to business matters, you know more about business than me, General. If you say it will happen, General, it will definitely come true. Then, see, General..."

General Lin said, "It's up to you to introduce people to those merchants. You can register again later. There is only one thing. Those sold items are exchanged for bright silver. I want two taels out of ten taels, which will be used as military silver."

After hearing this, Gong Shu rubbed his hands again, and then said bluntly, "Success! If this thing can be done, those little soldiers who are not sure will agree to it more happily than anyone else. Put a few taels of silver into the warehouse and forget it Niao, even if they lose half of the silver, they will definitely come back later."

To be honest, there must not be many of those soldiers who are really knowledgeable, and there must be a lot of good things in their hands, but they are not stupid, and they will not just find a price to sell. Merchants and merchants are not old and cunning, and they don't even know if they are cheated.Besides, fighting desperately here, the annual military salary is only two taels of silver. If the things on hand can be exchanged for silver ingots soon, and sent home, there is a guarantee in my heart, and I will not be afraid of my family's livelihood after I die in battle. There is no whereabouts, but now the military camp is willing to send someone to talk to those merchants, not afraid that they will play tricks at the expense of their lives.What's more, that's ten times the price difference!Even if you take it back and sell it in the capital, you may not be able to sell it at this price. It is nothing to be cheated out of a few taels of silver. If you count the elements of confiscated silver, it is a full eight times the price difference, which cannot be tempted.Gong Shu thought to himself, if this method is released, maybe it will really work.

Seeing Gong Shu, he somewhat understood, General Lin pondered for a moment, and then said, "Speak to your soldiers, let them search for more good things, and the money will come naturally, just grab more in the future." When things come, they are still waiting for their money to be used in the barracks, so don’t let them delay.”

When General Lin said this, he didn't blink his eyes, and his face was upright. His eyebrows, eyes, and nose, the more he looked at him, the more he looked like a gentleman like jade.Gong Shu watched carefully in secret, but sighed in his heart, thinking, so the general also had such a shameless time, it's just... It's just that he is getting more and more temperamental towards him.

Gong Shu grinned and said, "Succeed, General, I will take care of that for you in the future. Once I have the military silver, I will also arrange for sending money to the wives, sons, and parents of the soldiers under me." .”

Not long afterward, Gong Shu sent people to contact those merchants who wanted to come to the frontier to make some war money. When those merchants heard the news, they really agreed without any hesitation. Yes, the attitude is really earnest, it seems to be somewhat flattered, and the overjoyed look on his face doesn't seem to be forced out at all. Originally, when the soldiers sent out quoted ten times the price difference, how much did they feel? He was a bit guilty, but after seeing several merchants who looked like this, his tone became hardened all of a sudden.Come to think of it, those businessmen were usually cheated by the nobles of Rongdi, and they never showed any good looks. If they hurt their own army this time and become their backers, it would be really wonderful, so everyone agreed. It's honest and honest.

The deal was then considered to be truly settled.

And after this long-term business deal was settled, neither of them would have expected that because of General Lin's words, their soldiers would follow each other every time they harvested the spoils after a battle. Like locusts crossing the border, needless to say the contents of the vacant Rongdi civilian houses, waiting for a few Rongdi soldiers who died in battle, they will never give up until they are stripped naked and there is no oil or water left. When collecting things, at least I can pick and choose by myself, thinking that I can’t take many with me anyway, but now, the things I get can be exchanged for white silver ingots and silver notes in my pocket when I turn back. How can you give up if you are clean.

A group of bandits rushed over like locusts, and in the blink of an eye, the battlefield was almost clean except for the corpses. From time to time, a few swearing voices could be heard, "Why are you a poor man again?" "Today The luck seems to be good." "Is there anything left after pawing and pailing?" "..." This is not a group of troops, it is clearly a group of real bandits.

Over time, the reputation of the group of bandits under Gong Shu's hands has been completely established, and the old boy is quite proud of this matter with a straight chest in the future.What kind of people bring out what kind of soldiers, the soldiers under the other generals may not really be able to sweep it openly, at least they should do it secretly, and only General Gong and his soldiers will take this matter Do it openly and aboveboard.

After the matter was over, Gongshu sent people to lead nearly a thousand soldiers from the general camp, and Doctor Ye said that they were seriously injured and sent back to Chang'an City with the escort of the wounded soldiers who could no longer fight. It happened that the imperial court had recruited another group of soldiers in Chang'an City to meet them and bring the imperial court's reinforcements to the frontier battlefield.

Speaking of which, in the past few years, the Central Plains has suffered from Tai Sui. Locusts, floods, famine, drought, and disasters have occurred everywhere, causing refugees in the Central Plains to rise everywhere, and it coincides with wars. To be able to live a life full of food and clothing, and to receive military pay, such a life of refugees like them, they will die sooner or later, why not go to the battlefield with this life to fight, say It might be possible to find a way to survive, which also led to more and more people filling up the army, and the military bank was getting tight day by day, and it was somewhat unable to keep up with the front line.

Not to mention, the military silver that was agreed to come once a month usually comes only once a few months. General Lin pretended not to know, but he knew better than anyone else in his heart that who in this world would have the courage to even send someone from the emperor? If it wasn't for the tense battle on the front line at this time, he couldn't get away... General Lin rubbed one side of his forehead, thinking, - sooner or later he will settle the account with someone .

Not all merchants who do business with the army are honest. In the military camp, there are often people who send money to their homes with several merchants. On the surface, the merchants agree happily, but who knows where the money went secretly? However, Gongshu's subordinates would often escort wounded soldiers back to Chang'an, and some retired soldiers would also go back to Chang'an City together. Once, somehow, they found out that a business firm had swallowed up soldiers in the army and gave them to their families. After bringing the silver taels, a group of old soldiers directly led the soldiers and horses to demolish the business.

He was originally a soldier who had just retired from the battlefield, needless to say the fierceness in his hands, who hadn't had a few lives in his hands?Besides, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Those merchants' businesses can't run away no matter what they stand there, and those soldiers and soldiers have just returned from fighting hard for you on the front line. More or less they all turned a blind eye, and besides, what the firm did was indeed unethical.

It's not good to be greedy for any kind of money, you have to be greedy for the money of a few soldiers in the army.The silver is not the share money distributed by the soldiers who died in the battle, but the silver taels that the soldiers who are desperately fighting ahead want to give to the wives and children to make a living. Lord, they spit out a lot of money.

This also set an example for the other commercial firms that do business with the army, which can more or less make them feel a little bit cold in their hearts, and they are more disciplined and cautious in doing things. If you were greedy to make another fortune, those few commercial firms would not end up in such an end, and it sounded a bang for the rest of the commercial firms.

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