warring states careerist

Chapter 576

This cry caused many young soldiers who saw such a tragedy for the first time and thought that "people" in the world should look like "people" howled in unison.

Gong Zaoye clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and subconsciously touched the sword at his waist, as if killing one person in ten steps could relieve the anger in his heart at this time.

A group of crows flew in the sky, and the howling soldiers held their muskets to their chests and cursed, "Get out! Get out!"

I don't know who fired first, those crows flapped their wings and flew away.

The sound of ping-pong gunshots was particularly loud in the ghostly quiet city.

But in the echo of the gunshots, a woman in the ashes in front was digging the ashes with her hands, but she didn't seem to hear the shocking gunshots at all, and she was still kneeling there, slowly and feebly digging up the ashes with her hands.

Gong Zaoye walked to the front and saw that the woman's fingers had been completely worn out, and the bones might have been exposed, and the blood had condensed the ashes into a ball.

The woman knelt on the ground, her clothes were torn, and her hands seemed to be no longer her own, just digging again and again.

There was something muttering in his mouth, Gong Zaoye bent down, and heard the woman repeating a sentence there.

"Dead...all dead."

"Dead...all dead."

Sentence after sentence, over and over again.

Several guards stepped forward and pulled the woman away. The woman's body was as stiff as a rock. After being pulled away, the guard let go, and the woman naturally lay on the ground with her legs spread apart, her gray eyes Being motionless is like a piece of wood carving.

Only then did the guard notice that the woman's lower garment had been torn apart, and quickly took off the military uniform on her body to cover the woman, but the woman still maintained this dumb posture with her legs spread apart, and she still murmured: : "Dead, all dead... dead, all dead..."

Gong Zaoye sighed, the muscles in his cheeks trembled, and he continued to move forward in silence.

Beside the market in front, a woman with a torn dress wrapped around her forehead as a sackcloth, lowered her head, glanced at the volunteer who was wearing a strange military uniform, suddenly bent down, picked up a stone, and rushed towards the station. Gong Zaoye, who was in front, threw it hard.

This woman obviously hasn't eaten for several days, her strength is weak, even if this woman is healthy, she can't hurt him with stones, let alone now.

But Gong Zaoye didn't dodge, but let the stone hit him in front of him, rolled a few times on the ground and landed on his boots lightly.

The woman threw the stone and rushed over. The guard hurriedly stopped the woman. The woman with a dull and weak face didn't say anything, but just cried there.

He recognized that this was the righteous teacher of the Mohist school.

Because her son was crushed to death by the nobles here a few months ago, the last thing he told everyone before he died was that his legs trembled because he was afraid of death.

Because her husband, father, brother, and the remaining sons were all beheaded by those nobles under the city wall a few days ago. They only said that they wanted to build the city wall and dug a big pit, and then killed everyone in the pit.

The woman cried crazily until the tears could no longer flow, leaving only a hoarse voice, and her struggling movements became increasingly weak, her legs finally couldn't support her, she fell limply on the ground, and said what she said in the past few days the first sentence of .

"Why did you come? Why did you come?"

Gong Zaoye's originally angry and strong heart was shattered by this simple question. He knelt on the ground with the current etiquette, bowed, and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, we are late."

The guard let the woman go, and the woman knelt on the ground weakly, crying loudly.

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In the evening, the army had already entered the city, and began to organize the remaining women to make fires, eat, and dig up corpses. The originally ghostly quiet city let out bursts of crying.

It was not very smooth for the volunteers to enter the city. Many women took stones and threw stones at the soldiers of the volunteers to vent their anger.

The righteous teacher had strict rules and could not resist. The soldiers lowered their heads, knowing that it was just a way of venting and there was no malice.

Xu Ruo, who came with the army, asked about Meng Sheng: "Now the people are angry. Before leaving, those nobles said that they killed people because of our righteousness..."

Meng Sheng pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "This is a good thing."

"The people are powerless unless they are organized. The people like to be tolerant to the bad guys, because they think they may pray to the bad guys and they won't be violent. But they are always harsh on the good guys, because they know that even if they throw stones at the righteous teachers , righteous teachers are righteous after all, and will not take any revenge against them."

"They recognized this as a righteous teacher, so they threw stones at us. The people are not ignorant, they can distinguish between good and evil."

"The nobles thought that the people were ignorant, and tried to deceive the people with these words, but it was in vain. Go, do what you should do..."

Xu Ruo tasted the words carefully, figured out the taste, nodded and left.

In the command post where he was dying, Lu Hua, who went out with the army to serve as the chief medical officer of the Ministry of Public Construction and Metallurgy this time, had red eyes from crying, and said in a hoarse voice, which was a suggestion, with a three-pointed tolerance: "The army cannot camp in the city. The living in the city must camp outside the city."

"Dead people must be infected with the disease. The water must be boiled before drinking, and the army must camp ten miles away from the city."

"Now a large amount of lime is needed to bury these corpses and clean up the city. It is summer, and the epidemic cannot be allowed to spread."

"Many of those women are already infected and must be treated in isolation. A large amount of spirits and lime must be brought in. Moreover, many corpses in the city are already rotten and cannot be cleaned up. They must be burned."

"This is the request of our Department of Healers. As for how to persuade, how to arrange, and how to deliver spirits and lime, you have to do well."

Gong Zaoye was still sitting there angrily, Meng Sheng then said: "You decide on this matter, and we will carry it out. The summer disease must be prevented."

"In addition, food and cloth are needed in the city. All of this needs to be planned and calculated. The lime, spirits, and cotton cloth you need to collect the total and report it together. Don't sleep tonight. You must have it before tomorrow morning." Set the number."

Lu Hua sighed, nodded, said nothing more, and went to make arrangements.

Meng Sheng walked up to Gong Zaoye, and couldn't help but said, "You should read the letter over there. Don't chase after him in anger, or you will be set in ambush."

"Shi is very firm. He also supports the issuance of the order to punish injustice. This matter cannot be rushed for a while..."

Since the afternoon, Meng Sheng noticed that Gong Zaoye was always in anger, just like when he was a ranger when he heard injustice, this was what Meng Sheng was worried about.

If Gong Zaoye insisted on sending troops to pursue him, Meng Sheng would call a meeting of the front committee to veto Gong Zaoye's opinion. He had the right and the obligation.

The silent Gong Zaoye nodded slowly and said, "I know the seriousness. It's just that I regret it..."

Meng Sheng said: "You can't blame this after all. At that time, Tian Qing's army was here, and the main force of our army was in Jishui. We may not be able to defeat Tian Qing in a field battle here..."

He thought that Gong Zaoye was guilty of being late, and Gong Zaoye shook his head and said, "I'm not regretting this. Animals can be killed, but killing animals requires the right of human beings? I regret voting to abolish the five punishments, corporal punishment, car cracking, Si Shang, who was hanged and cut in half, expressed his support, but he did not expect to face the beast one day."

"Now that we've captured Tian Qing, Tian Wu, and those fugitive nobles, they're just shot... I can't get over my hatred."

"40 years ago, I killed a villain and took his head off. Mozi met me that day and saw me using a human head for wine. After asking about it, he praised it as a righteous act."

"I gouged out the wicked man's flesh. His head was still smelling of blood, but that was the happiest time I ever drank. Forty armored men from Chu arrested me, and I wounded the forty armored men. Throwing his head on the ground, chopping it into pieces, and leaving with a big laugh, that would be fun."

"If you are not a human being, why should you enjoy the power bestowed on you by the Emperor of Heaven?"

"If you stick to me, you should catch these people and tie them up in Wucheng, and let the living people in the city eat their flesh, and you will be happy!"

Meng Sheng got up and said: "Gongzao, don't be carried away by anger. My Mohist school has the most rules. Although it is not satisfactory, only rules can benefit the world."

"After the death of Zimozi, your swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world, but if you want to quell the injustices in the world, how many of you are there?"

Gong Zaoye raised his head and took a long breath, and said with a wry smile, "I know, I understand, I understand. But I just don't like it."

Meng Sheng said softly: "There will always be an explanation for this matter. You have also read the appropriate letter. If Tian Qing Tianwu cannot be captured in the battle, and the order to punish injustice is issued, even if Tian Qing Tianwu fled to the small island in the East China Sea, we will He must be captured."

"Although Linzi is big, it sweats like rain, and its walls are several feet long, but in our eyes, it is not invincible!"

"The most important thing now is what Lu Hua said about moving the army, appeasing the women, transporting lime, spirits, grain, cotton cloth, etc. You still need to preside over this matter, and you must not invalidate righteousness because of anger."

"Zimozi said: each should perform his duties, and each should be good at his strengths. Shi also said that he specialized in art. Reed flowers follow suit for a long time, and he learned from Changsang Jun. You must listen to her about the epidemic."

Gong Zaoye nodded and said, "You're right. But tomorrow I'll take a division and go straight to Qufu. Take the main road, send out scouts, and don't chase after Tian Qing."

Meng Sheng nodded, expressing his understanding that Gongzaoye was going to take another route to attack Qufu to force Marquis Lu not to lend food to Tian Qing's army. Pengcheng had already sent people on the way, but the army had to bring this The power of the great victory of Jishui in Nannan and the tragic slaughter of Wucheng sent troops to Qufu, so Luhou made a statement.

What Meng Sheng was most afraid of was that the heroic spirit in Gong Zaoye's heart surpassed the discipline valued by the Mohists these years. Seeing what Gong Zaoye said, although he agreed with this approach, he still said: "This matter is feasible. But this matter, Ask me to lead the army. You should stay here. If you disagree, I will call a meeting to forcefully pass a resolution on this matter. I am afraid that your anger will ruin the event."

(End of this chapter)