warring states careerist

Chapter 465
the other side of the river.

On the watchtower made of thatch and wood, a soldier of the volunteer army discovered the situation on the other side of the river, hurried to the watchtower, and shouted loudly: "Company commander! Company commander, someone has escaped again, and someone is chasing after him! "

Jumping over the thick pile of plant ash with both feet, the soldier who escaped from the other side of the river two years ago seemed to recall the punishment he had received back then, and subconsciously touched his missing half of his ear.

Although the wound had already healed, in the past few months, whenever he saw those who escaped like him back then, the missing ear would ache. The pain aroused the resentment in his heart, as if his chest was about to explode.

The ashes he jumped over were piled up here every night and ignited, just to guide those fugitives to find their way.If you are questioned face to face, just talk about me and light the fire on the other side, what are you waiting for?

At this time and early in the morning, the ashes of the grass were still hot, maybe the person on duty last night had burned potatoes in it, and a few others jumped and rolled out with the wind of soldiers.

In the camp, the soldiers hadn't had breakfast yet, they were washing their faces and brushing their teeth with bristles. This is the custom among volunteers, and everyone must abide by it.

The soldier's shout immediately caused a few soldiers who either lost their ears, or were tortured with ink on their faces to throw away what they were doing and hurried over.

When the soldier found the company commander, the sharp whistle sounded, and everyone quickly formed a team, picked up their weapons and ran towards the river.

The terrain here is slightly higher, and the river is shallow, which are several important places for crossing the river.

When they reached the river bank, the dozen or so fugitives were only about a mile away from the river, but the cavalry could already be seen behind them.

The fleeing farmers on the other side of the river also seemed to see hope, mustered up their strength, ignored the pursuers, and rushed towards the river.

But a man cannot run a horse in such a short distance. Even if the distance is only a few hundred steps, it seems that if it continues like this, it will be overtaken before crossing the river.

The stirrups that the Mohists aspired to "benefit the world" turned out to be tools for chasing and killing fleeing farmers. Otherwise, how many people in Fei Kingdom could ride horses?

Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, the soldier on the river bank with half of his ear missing couldn't help shouting, "Run! Run! We'll be fine when we get to the river!"

The shouting was so loud that it broke the sound, and the last few words sounded like birdsong.

What he said was right, it would be fine when we reached the river, because when we agreed on all this, the boundary was not the center of the river, but the opposite bank. Regarding the concept of the border line, Fei Guo didn't want to get too stiff with the Mohists because of these things, so he agreed.

This broken shout was not washed away by the wind because of the rush of the river, because after he finished shouting, there were dozens of anxious and expectant voices shouting together.

Those who shouted were Yue people, Song people, Lu people, and Fei people, but they used to be the same as those people on the other side, and they all had the same status...farmers under the fiefdom.

This kind of emotional resonance made this cry pierce the waves of the river, like the rain on the head of a desperate person traveling in the desert.I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems that those people on the opposite side are running faster.

Several soldiers stamped their feet anxiously, or hit their thighs with clenched fists, anxious for those who had the same identity as them on the opposite side.

They can't cross the river because it's the rule and it makes sense.

A few months ago, when they were first transferred here, they encountered an escape incident.

At that time, the young company commander who had just graduated from the military academy was going to lead people to rush over, beat up those who captured the fleeing farmers, and welcome those who suffered to cross the river.

However, the company representative convened a meeting of the company's ink masters and backbones. At the beginning, the company representative's opinion did not prevail, but in the end they persuaded everyone.

These soldiers remembered that the company representative told a story.

The story is simple.

Chu Fa Sui.Then he said: "I am not guilty."

Chu said: "I am a barbarian."

At that time, Representative Lian said: "Chu Fa Sui, Sui said that he is not guilty of governing China, so Chu State should not persecute Sui. But the King of Chu said, I am a barbarian and do not abide by Chinese rules."

"Nowadays, with the Mohist's policy, those on the other side of the river are not guilty. But with the other side's policy, those who are chasing and killing on the other side of the river are guilty. We have to wait for them to cross the river."

The representatives of this company are in their thirties, and their knowledge is far superior to these soldiers in the company, and they tell simple stories clearly.

After hearing this, a young soldier immediately said: "Chu says he is a barbarian, so he can be attacked. We say we want to benefit the world, so why can't we pay fines? Why should we abide by the existing rules of the world?"

At that time, after the soldier finished speaking, there were bursts of applause immediately.Even a few people yelled: "Company commander, company representative, cross the river and save!"

But then the representative of the company said again: "Chu is called a barbarian, and he wants to observe China's politics. The king of Chu said that now the princes are conquering, and our country of Chu happens to have some military strength, so I want to use this to participate in China's political affairs. Please recognize me. King's number."

"But, what are the consequences? Duke Huan of Qi used the rhetoric of respecting the king and fighting against the barbarians, and allied with the princes to attack Chu, and Chu was defeated."

"Of course we can now say that our Mohist family, benefiting the world is the rule, so you are sentenced to crimes, so you attack unrighteousness. But... what we have to face is the unanimous opposition of the princes and nobles of the world."

"Back then, Duke Huan of Qi dominated the world by respecting the king and defeating the barbarians. Now Wei Qi can also entangle the world's military strength by 'respecting the rites and cutting down the ink'. When the time comes, if the world is trapped, what is the benefit of the world?"

"It's like you have an enemy, but you are just a child now, so why don't you just kill the enemy? This is the same principle. Doing so is not beneficial to the world, but harmful to the world!"

This is an ordinary volunteer company representative, and it is also a daily conversation in a somewhat ordinary volunteer company.

Because it is ordinary, it is unusual in this world.

The enthusiasm of those soldiers was finally suppressed and persuaded by these words, and they were also persuaded by reasons such as "We must believe that the Mohist organization will not forget the heart of benefiting the world, and we must wait for the time being".

So today these people can only shout and cannot cross the river.

After shouting a few words in vain, the company commander, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had a whim, and said to the company representative beside him: "People on Sishang, traveling to and from Fei country is innocent. As long as we don't carry weapons, we haven't violated the rules. They Knowing our identities, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to do it."

"If you don't help, these people will definitely not be able to escape. If you want me to say, let me bring a few people over and stop them!"

When he said this, several people immediately shouted: "Good way!"

The matter was urgent, several people discussed it, and when Dang even agreed, the four threw down their weapons, took off their military uniforms, and waded across the not-deep river with their upper bodies naked under the leadership of the company commander.

The representative of the company calmly watched the situation on the other side. The soldiers clenched their muskets tightly and looked at the other side nervously.

The shirtless company commander crossed the river without any nonsense, and immediately rushed into the crowd with those strong men, and shouted at the dozen or so panicked and exhausted people: "It's all right!"

After all, these soldiers held hands, surrounded the dozens of people behind them, and stood with their chests upright in front of the noble private soldiers who came to chase after them on horseback.

Those private soldiers couldn't help frowning when they looked at the bare-chested Mohists volunteers. They didn't know what to do, but they didn't dare to directly confront these people.

So a few riders went around behind the crowd and blocked the way to escape by the river. The two sides refused to give in and confronted each other.

The other side didn't dare to rush in directly to arrest people, and they didn't want to just go back.The volunteer teacher can't move lightly here, let alone hit people on his own initiative. He can only do this like an eagle catching chickens, circling around the river.

After going around like this for a few times, a very ordinary volunteer soldier with bare upper body suddenly thought of a "cunning" idea.

Since the righteous teacher can't manage it if he crosses the river, what if he crosses the river?
This cunning thought flashed across, this very unremarkable soldier looked at the riders circling with them, stared at the long black lump under a stallion, and thought of how he was caught playing with others when he was a child. The pain of kicking there.

So, taking advantage of no one's attention, he stretched out his foot and slammed under the stallion.

The stallion was originally on the bank of the river, when Leng Bufan was approached by someone, he couldn't bear the pain immediately, as if stung by a wasp, he jumped up and rushed towards the river.

It was so close to the river bank that the horse's hooves were soaked in water almost instantly, and the soldier immediately shouted: "The pursuit has crossed the line! It has crossed the line!"

With this shout, the heads of the several strong men who came together felt hot. Thinking of their responsibilities that they usually talked about, their hearts were filled with anger and resentment. They had already rushed into the river, and they all said immediately: "Dare to cross the line!"

The words are about to fall, these people are all brave and brave people, and they don't care if they are bare-chested and have no armor and weapons on their bodies, so they have to fight against those riding horses.

There were about twenty of these pursuers on horseback. The company commander's head was hot, but he was still awake. He thought that a company was behind him, so what was he afraid of at this time?Since they crossed the border first, if I don't go up at this time, how can I lead the troops in the future?

Thinking of this, he took the lead bravely, grabbed the leg of a rider beside him with both hands, pulled it down forcefully, and punched the rider between the ribs.

On the other side of the river, everyone didn't see clearly what was going on. They only saw a rider rushing into the river, and the other side scuffled into a ball.

Representative Lian looked at it, heyed, and shouted, "Let's go! What are you waiting for?"

After finishing speaking, he threw away the firearm in his hand, lowered his head, picked up a stone from the river, and ran towards the opposite side.The soldiers had long been suffocating, and saw that even the representatives had already gone up, so needless to say, they either picked up a stone or a branch, and crossed the river screaming.

(End of this chapter)