Have You Considered Xinyue to Be a Military Division?

Turner showed a smile between fear and gratitude: "Ah, at first I also thought that Master Neos really planned not to kill them, and then I asked him if he was joking."

Boudica swallowed, "How did he answer?"

"My lord said, of course it was a joke."

Turner recalls the man's smile with a shudder: "...only those Romans took the joke seriously."

Boudica fell silent, imagining Neos' iconic fox smile, before letting out a slight sigh.

At this time, the team passed the temple square, and several two-meter-long spears stood in the center. On the spearheads, there were several heads with messy hair. The spear shafts were stained with blood and dried in the air.

Among them was the head of the commander of the Second Roman Legion, which was picked up on the spear in the middle, staring down, looking down at the city that already belonged to the Celts, the fear on his face has not dissipated.

This cruel and silent deterrent of blood shocked all the passing crowd.

When Boudica passed by, he looked slightly sideways, unable to bear to look more.

Turner beside the horse smiled wryly: "Fortunately."

"Fortunately what?"

Turner looked at Her Lady Queen: "Fortunately, Lady Neos is on our side."

Boudica was taken aback. If it was before, she would definitely have the same thought as Turner, but now, when she thought of the scene where the man used the family members of the warriors to force them to fight to the death.

Who knows what he is thinking?

Her Lady Queen sighed faintly, and then made a certain determination as follows, her expression gradually became serious, and she said, "Where is he now, do I need to see him?"

......

On a mountain peak in the distance, a silver-haired man with his hands behind his back was looking out, his white clothes fluttering.

This is an excellent location. Looking down from here, you can have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield and city.

In the mountain forest below, the dead Roman soldiers were piled up in the pits, without a single piece of their bodies, piled up layer by layer like pigs, while the warriors responsible for digging and filling the pits looked at their bodies. Roman-style equipment, amazing.

Neos ignored the scraping of the corpse below, but instead stared intently at the city of Winchester.

Thick smoke rose from the city, and the smoke column soared into the sky. Looking east through the smoke column, behind the city is the vast plain of England. The Thames River traverses here. ..

Gradually, his eyes have crossed thousands of miles, as if the whole of Rome has been brought into his field of vision.

Behind him, two girls stood back and forth, one silent, wearing a hood, the other wrapped in a green robe, as quiet as water, looking at the group of corpses down the mountain from time to time, with a strange expression.

"This is a new lesson, so you both have to pay attention to it." Nios suddenly said.

Anya immediately sat upright without looking sideways; Fei sighed slightly and lowered her head a little more, as if she was taking a nap.

Neos pointed to the plain and said indifferently: "The reason why we chose to attack this city is not only because Gatus is the defender of the city."

"It's even more because of the vast area and easy maneuverability. Whether it is strategic transfer or offensive scheduling, it is very convenient."

"Secondly, the local Celts here are far more than the Romans, with a large population and good conditions for the masses."

"In the end, this place is fertile and wild, a land of abundance, not weaker than London, and fully enough for our development."

Neos scolded Fang Qiu: "So in summary, the location, people and the right time, all three, are a good place to establish a base."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and nodded slightly: "Do you understand?"

The two girls were silent for a long time, the leaves rustling.

Anya hesitated for a few seconds, then looked down the mountain again, her face turned pale, she suppressed the discomfort, and said, "Master, do we really... want to kill so many people?"

Classmates, don't ask about topics that have nothing to do with class, hey!

When Neos heard the question, he raised his eyebrows while complaining in his heart: "Of course we can't kill so many people..."

Anya looked slightly relieved.

I heard him say again: "After all, the world is so big, how can we kill it all?"

"..."

Aniya was displeased with her master's perfunctory, pouting and turning into a puffer fish.

Neos ignored.

"Although I am a little dissatisfied with you for not paying attention to the lecture, since the students have doubts, as a teacher, I should be puzzled by them."

After that, he shrugged, turned to another girl and said, "Girl, tell her why you killed all these soldiers."

Fei was in a daze, when she heard the question suddenly turned on her head, she froze for a moment, with question marks all over her face.

It's like a student who is distracted by a teacher asking a question.

"..."

Neos was silent for a long time, sighed, and pointed to the corpse at the bottom of the mountain to the two girls: "Actually, this question is very simple."

After a pause, he had a bitter expression on his face: "Because we can't afford to support these people."

Can't afford it?

Anya froze for a moment, and began to lower her eyes to think.

After seeing what happened to her, Fei moved back a little, retreated into the blind spot of Neos, and began to desperately reduce her sense of existence.

"The so-called can't afford it is literally."

Nios said: "Generally, after winning a battle and capturing a large number of enemy soldiers, there are often several methods."

"One is to treat the captives as hostages and exchange them with money and food, but I'm not stupid, so naturally I won't do such a thing like letting the tiger go back to the mountain."

"The second is to directly naturalize them, break them up and incorporate them into our army. The cost of this method is too high, and we can't guarantee their loyalty, so naturally it won't work."

"The third is to absorb the surrendered soldiers into the household registration, let them produce and work, and become ordinary people."

Anya frowned and asked, "Why not use the third method?"

"Didn't I answer it, I can't afford it,"

Neos sighed: "Winter is approaching, there is a shortage of food and firewood, and suddenly there are tens of millions of mouths, I am afraid that there will be another war in the future.

So, don't look at the cruel method I chose, but it is indeed the most suitable choice for the current situation. "

Aniya gave a somewhat desolate "hmm" and nodded obediently: "I know, I just... simply don't like taking people's lives..."

So even if you suffered so much on these Romans, would you feel pity for them?

Nios narrowed his eyes and rubbed her head: "Silly girl, you may think this is not a good thing, but if you don't do this, when winter comes, we will be the ones who will starve to death."

Then he paused, eyes wandering: "And, if you really don't want to take someone's life, why don't you learn to build a world that doesn't allow taking life?"

Anya's eyes flashed, as if the hut in her heart was suddenly lit up.

"An old man once taught me that everyone has a beast side in their hearts, which is violent and brutal, and the development of human beings is the process of overcoming the beast.

But if you want to end violence, you must become the greatest violence. If you want to save the world, you must first kill the world! "

Nios smiled: "So you don't need to be sad for these dead, because their death is a necessary condition for peace."

Anya nodded with a half understanding.

Fei hid in the dark, looking at Neos' smile, feeling inexplicably terrifying for some reason.

Not long after, the class here was just finished, and Turner, who had entered the city over there, had already been found.

"Lord Neos, Queen Boudica is looking for you."

......

The sky was getting dark, and the dim light of the setting sun shone on the pure white building, as if it was covered with an orange veil.

The building is brightly lit, shining on the golden cups in the cabinets on both sides, which is a bit dazzling.

It used to be the residence of Gatus, one of the residences of Emperor Claudius when he toured Britain, and it was converted from the big house of a tribal leader.

The atrium is extremely spacious, the long table is horizontal from the beginning to the end, and a row of candlesticks are placed on it, and the firelight dances, illuminating the round wooden pillars standing all around.

Compared with the standard Roman mansions seen in London, this mansion has a bit more rough and exotic beauty.

At this moment, Neos had no intention of appreciating, but just folded his hands in his sleeves, sat in a straight posture by the long table, looked at Queen Boudica at the end of the long table, and waited quietly.

It seemed that Her Majesty the Queen planned to act like a leader in front of him for the first time, and even the meeting places were no longer tents and bedrooms.

There is a big crisis of trust, and it will not be so easy to make decisions in the future.

Neos thought to himself.

Boudica suddenly asked, "Is it really necessary to kill them all?"

Mother and daughter both have the exact same problem.

But Nios would not give the same answer.

"Of course, this is a necessary deterrent for Your Lady Queen to rule this city better."

He paused, cupped his hands and said, "Only by making the masses fear you first, will they listen to you."

"But why only kill soldiers and not allow our warriors to kill people?"

"I want them to be afraid, not hate," Nios said.

"What's the use of them being afraid?" asked Boudica.

This kind of attitude of breaking the casserole and asking the end...

So, are you not going to let me go?

Nios slightly opened his eyes, looked at the queen, found her attitude was extremely firm, sighed indiscernibly, and said: "After breaking through the city, if the general wants to continue to occupy the city and develop the territory, he must Learn to calm down first."

"Comfort?"

Nios cleared his throat: "Yes, we should give both kindness and power, and rewards and punishments will advance together. Only in this way can the people in the city go out to work with peace of mind, the whole city can continue to operate normally, and we can collect taxes as usual."

"Tax collection?" Boudica frowned.

"Yes, Your Lady Queen, is there any question?" Neos asked.

"Have you already considered collecting taxes?" Boudica was a little surprised.

"In fact, collecting taxes has been on my mind for a long time."

Neos looked indifferent: "I believe that you should also consider it, Your Lady Queen."

No, I'm still thinking about what to eat tomorrow...