Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning stood behind everyone and listened to the words and cheers of several leaders of the brigade. She knew very well that the reason why they openly complained in public was simply because they were dissatisfied with the regiment's handling and wanted to use this topic to arouse everyone's common hatred and hatred. heart of.

Sure enough, after several people exchanged words, someone immediately answered and cursed: "Damn it, we worked hard and fought tooth and nail to resist the rebels, buying time for the camp and Xuanying Pavilion to delay. In the end, they were each promoted and rewarded, and we Not only will there be no reward, but we will also be demoted. We are also under the Alliance Army. Are we just stepmothers?"

"What Xu Daoyou said is true. If we hadn't delayed the time for the camp and the Xuanying Pavilion defenders, how could they have won? They obviously put in the same effort, so why should they be rewarded and we have to be punished?"

"Brothers, let's go find a theory with the legion together. If we don't give a satisfactory answer, we'll submit a dismissal application together and go back to our homes. Why should we sacrifice our lives for this bullshit coalition army?"

"The coalition forces are acting unfairly and unkindly first. We are not waiting for injustice. Let's go. Let's go to the higher-ups of the army to discuss it."

"Fellow Taoists, calm down." Cheng Xianglang said loudly: "We must not act rashly. If we offend the higher-ups of the legion and are punished and convicted by them on the pretext of making trouble, wouldn't we lose both our wives and our troops? And just now, senior Chen An has already I’ve said it before, incidents like the large-scale siege of the Legislature’s Assembly Hall cannot happen again. I am a slave to others and I am a fish. We cannot commit crimes against the wind and resist forcefully. We can only deal with this matter wisely, not with force.”

"According to what Fellow Taoist Cheng said, what should we do?"

"We must first unite the brothers from the Fourth and Eighth Regiments to appeal to the higher-ups of the legion in batches. A new group of people will be changed every day and they will stay in front of their caves. If they are willing to see us, we can take the opportunity to complain to them. If they refuse to see us, we will keep waiting at their door. In short, we will let them know that we are very dissatisfied with the result. We will not stop complaining until they resolve it. "

"Fellow Daoist Cheng's method is gentle yet strong. I think it's feasible. Let's go see the higher-ups of the legion. They can't accuse us, and they can clarify our attitude. Brothers, let's do what Daoist Friend Cheng said!"

"In short, we will not give up until the Legion revokes its decision."

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Tangning was among the crowd, watching with cold eyes and saying nothing. He was one of the few people who had nothing to lose under the Legion's decision-making system of rewards and punishments. Because he had gained a lot in the battle with the rebels before, and his position was low. Even this squad leader is a temporary agent and has not been officially appointed by the alliance.

Therefore, the legion's punishment meant no loss to him at all. As long as the coalition forces did not cancel their meritorious rewards, he naturally had no reason to participate in the "trouble".

Everyone in the hall was still talking about each other.

"Brothers, we cannot sign the list of people who applied for rewards yet. Once signed, it will be equivalent to recognizing the Legion's decision. At that time, the Legion will hand over the file to the coalition forces, and it will be useless for us to appeal to anyone. , only by detaining this list can the Legion's decision be changed."

After hearing this, Tang Ning frowned. This meant that they wanted to kidnap everyone and follow them to complain to the higher-ups of the legion.

"Fellow Daoist Peng has considered it very carefully. In this case, the file will be kept in our hands for the time being. Don't send it out yet. Fellow Daoists, what do you think?"

"I agree, you can't sign or pledge it."

"agree."

Everyone agreed. Although Tang Ning was unwilling to do so, she also couldn't go against everyone's will and refute at this time, so she had no choice but to agree.

…

In front of the majestic and majestic cave, several rays of light shot out, and three men appeared. One of them took out a talisman in his hand and handed it in.

Inside, a woman with bright teeth and bright eyes was sitting cross-legged on the plate, practicing with her eyes closed. The storage bag around her waist shook. She opened her eyes, took out the array plate, took the talisman into her hand, and then stood up and left the cave.

"Junior has met senior." Several people outside saw a woman walking out and hurried forward to bow and salute.

The woman glanced at the three of them: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Juniors and others are all monks from the Fourth Regiment of the Seventh Column under the legion. I have something important to ask to see Senior Qu Wenyuan, the commander of the legion. I hope that the senior can let me know."

"What's up?"

The three of them looked at each other, and the leader responded: "As for the list of personnel issued by the legion, I have something to tell Senior Qu, please let him decide."

"You guys are waiting." The woman turned around and entered the inner room. She came to a room and knocked on the stone door.

Soon, the stone door creaked open, and an old man with white temples sat cross-legged inside. It was Qu Wenyuan: "What's the matter?"

The woman bowed and said, "Uncle, there are three monks from the Fourth Regiment of the Seventh Column outside who want to see you."

The old man frowned slightly: "Let them go."

"Yes." The woman left the cave in response and said expressionlessly: "My uncle ordered you to go back and don't bother him again."

The three of them looked at each other: "Senior Qu doesn't want to see us, so we will stay here until Senior Qu wants to see us."

The woman said coldly: "Are you threatening me in this way?"

"How dare you, junior? If seniors don't want to think of us, we can retreat ten miles and stay at the foot of the mountain." The woman said nothing, turned around and returned to the room, reporting to Qu Wenyuan: "Those three people refused to leave. , saying that they will stay at the foot of the mountain until you are willing to see them. "

The old man snorted coldly: "Instruct the direct column to arrest them."

The woman took the order and left. Not long after, several escaping lights shot down from a distance, and a group of people escorted the three people away from the place.

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At the same time, in another cave, a man led three monks from the 8th Regiment of the 7th Column into a spacious and bright hall.

"You guys just wait here, I'll call Master Wei's uncle." After saying this, the man turned around and left.

About a quarter of an hour later, a burly man strode in from outside. It was Wei Jin, the legion manager.

"I've met senior." The three of them quickly stood up and saluted.

Wei Jin walked to the main seat and sat down: "Why do you have to see me?"

The leader pulled out a file: "Junior Fang Qian, captain of the Third Battalion of the Eighth Regiment of the Seventh Column, has something important to report. If you have offended me, please forgive me. The juniors and others have doubts about the punishment decision of the legion. All of this department has The brothers unanimously believed that the regiment's treatment was really unfair, so they recommended the three juniors as representatives to complain to the seniors. This is a joint letter signed by a total of 1,162 people from the headquarters, the 7th Regiment, and the 4th Regiment. , please take a look at it, senior.”

Wei Jin's face was expressionless: "Just for this matter?"

Fang Qian replied: "Yes, in the eyes of seniors, this may be a trivial matter. But to a thousand bloody fighting monks in this department, it is an important matter. Therefore, I take the liberty to ask for permission and ask seniors to be patient and listen to what juniors have to say." Word."

"At that time, the junior's headquarters was stationed there with only half a regiment of troops, but the rebels had a complete regiment to besiege the headquarters. We tried our best, but in the end we were still outnumbered, exhausted, and held on for eight hours. , defeated and defeated."

"More than half of our headquarters suffered casualties. Even the commander of our wing was killed heroically. The wing managers were either killed or injured. Our headquarters fought until the last minute and had to evacuate until the formation was breached."

"But the legion ignores the objective fact that we are struggling to resist the enemy and are greatly outnumbered. They actually want to demote everyone to one level under the pretext of losing their position."

"Junior is afraid that once this metaphorical order is issued, it will shake up the three armies, chill hundreds of thousands of brothers, and lose the heart to fight against the rebels. For the sake of the great cause of the coalition, I risk my life to ask the legion to take back this order."

"Senior, please imagine that even our headquarters was punished by the coalition forces for desperately resisting the rebels. Who else is willing to serve like this in the future? Once the situation is unfavorable, he will immediately abandon the formation and flee. No matter how hard he tries or not, it will be difficult to punish him. Who would be willing to risk their lives to fight against the rebels if they don’t want to escape?”

"Furthermore, the task assigned by the column this time is extremely unfair to us. The column required Xuanyingting's troops who were attacked by the rebels to hold on for one day, but the headquarters only had half a regiment of troops, while the main camp had one regiment. And. The rebels besieging both of our locations are a united force."

"The strength of the large battalion is twice that of ours. Of course they will have no problem holding on for a day. Facing the same number of enemy troops, they also have a large defensive formation. If they lose their position because of this, the coalition forces will punish them. I don't think anyone will complain. "

"But half of our regiment, facing twice the strength of the rebels, is still required to hold on for one day. After we tried our best to defend and paid such a heavy price in casualties, we still have to punish us. This approach is not only unacceptable to the juniors. The recognition also chilled the sincere hearts of all the brothers.”

"If the juniors and others hadn't tried their best to delay the opposing rebels and reduce the pressure on the defenders of the camp and Xuanyingting City, how could they have easily defeated the besieging rebels?"

"We and several troops guarded Xuanying Pavilion together. We were originally like grasshoppers on the same boat. We were both prosperous and devastated. But after the war, we were forcibly divided and gave various kinds of services to the defenders of Xuanying Pavilion and the two camps. Rewards and rewards are given, but punishments are given to the headquarters.”

"How can we be convinced by this? I would like to say something offensive, junior, if the senior leaders of the coalition think that they are in a high position, they can disregard the facts and deal with us and other low-level monks at will. Then we are not needed to fight against the rebels. We can just let the senior leaders be punished. ”

"This junior has no status, and his words offended me, so I pray for forgiveness."