Lord of the Desert

Chapter 332 Rules
After the ten people introduced each other and exchanged greetings, the red sun was already leaning on the left shoulder of the mountain.

The dinner was held on a three-story terrace in the garden of the mansion, from which one could see the Yishan Lake and the sunset glow rippling in the lake.

"I have been to all three official warehouses in Duanli City, and they are full of food."

Duan Tiannan first mentioned what he had seen during this investigation.

"The city wall has been renovated, made taller and wider, and many new weapons have been installed - it looks like the inscriptions were all sent by Yunlan City."

"The morale of the generals in the city is not bad. I pretended to be a beggar and got a few coins from the patrol team."

As he spoke, he drank a bowl of rice wine by himself, just like drinking water.

"One county's food supplies one city, and the Tang family provides [-]% of the wages. The morale is good."

Xu Yuntao responded and raised his chin slightly.

"Feng Boyuan still has some skills."

He had heard that the man Hong Fan was from was a direct descendant of the Feng family. He was the garrison general of Duanli City and was stationed in the military camp outside the city.

"The last thing I expected this time was that the traitor Mr. Tang didn't leave and was hiding in the city with me."

Duan Tiannan continued.

"Fortunately, it happened that Brother Hong captured Qiandianxing. He was forced to take action and ate me alive. He had to vomit a few mouthfuls of blood."

There was a hint of laughter in his words, but there was no smile on his face.

"After being defeated twice, he is now very wary of us."

Qiu and Xu both calmed down after hearing this.

"Duanli City is indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Hong Fan also nodded.

"I made special calculations when I entered the city. The density of Ma Mian Wall is higher than that of my hometown Jinhai City."

Xu Yuntao sighed.

"Actually, if we had to attack by force before, we could win."

"Our army has over [-] elite soldiers."

"Using it as a bone, it is easy to raise an army of fifty thousand; if the gap in terms of warriors is not too big, I can still beat the Tianfeng Army!"

He made a fist.

"Duanli City's garrison is full of troops, but the total is less than [-]."

"It's just that the Tang family's Qiansi Nian is really sharp - leaning on the female wall to look down, flying swords back and forth, killing people is like mowing grass..."

Wu Yuan, who was sitting next to Xu Yuntao, couldn't help but recall his powerlessness when facing Tang Xingqing twice, so that his face turned pale.

"That's true."

Seeing this, Wen Kaige frowned at his brother.

"If I had known that Thousand Point Star was so powerful, the three of us would have done nothing to save you."

Everyone laughed.

"Duan Tiezhang is here today. Regardless of whether we come or not, Angkor will be a false alarm."

Qin Juzheng made a joke.

"No, I didn't plan to take action."

He picked up the wine cup and heard Duan Tiannan say.

The atmosphere on the table changed slightly.

Qin Juzheng thought that Duan Tiannan looked down on him and the others, so his hand holding the glass froze and he forced his smile.

On the other hand, Wen Kaige and Wu Yuan looked ordinary.

Duan Tiannan also felt something was wrong and quickly explained.

"It's not that I don't want to save you, it's really inconvenient."

He paused for a moment and began to speak.

"There are two situations in which warriors of my generation have no taboos in taking action."

"The first is to be alone, with nothing to worry about, not even your own life."

"For this kind of people, all the evil lists and martial arts schools are just floating clouds. They can be killed and left whenever they want. Every day they live is earned based on their ability."

Hong Fan immediately thought of Wan Guangji and Chewing Bones.

"The second type is a battle between chariots and horses. It can be a fight to the death between two people, or it can be a confrontation between two armies."

Duan Tiannan saw that Hong Fan listened carefully and spoke more carefully.

"After signing the life and death certificate and hearing the sound of the war drums, he would do anything - for example, Brother Hong used a poisonous blade in the battle against Su Peifeng, and others had nothing to say."

"Besides that, not to mention Yuanci and Tianren, even the few on the Heavenly Ranking have constraints - people about the size of a fist have become a crowd, and they must compromise with each other."

"When people compromise, there are rules."

"The first rule is legal principle."

"In Kyushu it is the imperial court, here it is the princes and kings."

He looked at Wu Yuan and others.

"For example, you assassinated the county captain of Yu County and were arrested and executed by Qian Mianfeng. This is a public matter and the king's law." "The second rule is morality."

"There is no reason that is recognized by the whole world. The big can't bully the small and can't do anything. This is a human principle."

"Today's situation at noon, if I calculate with intention and without intention, I can kill Tang Shengwang with one strike. Tang Shaoyou has nothing to do with me."

"But looking back, he can also come here and wash out Tingshan Pass and Longqiu Town with blood."

"The final outcome will be that neither he nor I can stand it."

"That's why even if I'm on the sidelines today, it's hard for me to take action against the Tang family's young lady."

Duan Tiannan spread his hands.

Qiu Yuankui and Xu Yuntao nodded in confirmation.

Hong Fan realized something in his heart.

In the early days of Jinhai, the highest force was the two innates, and the power structure was very simple.

Later, in Xijing, there was a Zhangwuyuan guarding him. Not only him, but every Tiqi just said "committing crimes" and "resisting the law". There was never any need to consider the unwritten rules.

[It sounds like I have always been a warrior, but in fact I have never entered the martial arts world. 】

Hong Fan thought about it and felt something was wrong.

"But today Tang Shaoyou took action against me."

he asked.

"Yes, but since you didn't kill the Tang family's daughter, Mr. Tang has no excuse to kill you. What's more, you are still on the list of geniuses?"

Duan Tiannan took it for granted.

"If he stops you, he may detain you for a while and send you gifts out of the country, or he may simply wait for your family to get money to redeem you."

"Why, you didn't know this before?"

He reacted again.

"I have been working as a Tiqi in Liangzhou since I left home. I don't know much about this."

Hong Fan said bluntly.

"Are you still Tiqi now?"

At this time, Qiu Yuankui suddenly interrupted and asked.

Xu Yuntao also looked solemn.

"Now I act on my own will."

Hong Fan answered sideways.

"Tiqi Butiqi has nothing to say - unless an admiral comes over, the moiré silk uniform is useless here."

Duan Tiannan casually revealed this.

"Back to just now.

The legal and moral principles I mentioned are good, but the premise is that the top warriors from several parties can collide with each other.

If innate versus heavenly beings, neither party can sit at the same table, there will be no rules at all. "

After listening to the whole process, Qin Juzheng was still confused.

But Hong Fan already understood.

To put it bluntly, this thing is similar to the sophistication of the world, there is no clear criterion, it all depends on grasping the "degree".

Immediately, he thought of the other rebels.

All five Yuanci masters of Huaiyang Kingdom came from local families, and only one Duan Tiannan stood on the side of the rebels.

"What about the rest of the Huaiyang rebels? Are they all protected by Brother Duan's intimidation?"

Hong Fan asked curiously.

Duan Tiannan immediately smiled.

"How can I keep so much?"

"Brother Hong, you think so highly of Brother Duan. Although he is happy, he also feels quite pressured."

He was silent for a moment.

"It's not that Feng Family Yuanci can't take action, but taking action is just to vent his anger and is meaningless."

This time it was Qiu Yuankui who answered.

"The territory of Huaiyang spans two thousand miles from east to west and one thousand miles from north to south."

"About one-third of the three counties and twenty cities have suffered disasters or chaos, and their hearts and institutions have been scattered."

"If the royal court wants to clean up, in addition to suppressing it, it also needs to send officials to restore the government, select strong people, and station troops for a long time - otherwise, basic functions such as statistics, governance, and tax collection cannot be restored."

“But this is all a long-term solution of paying first and reaping later.”

"With Taotie'er's expense and style, it's too slow to kill the goose and retrieve the eggs. How could he do such a thing?"

Qiu Yuankui said disdainfully.

(End of this chapter)