Why are the feelings so different between what I think, what is described in the books, what is drawn in the paintings, and what I have actually seen?
In fact, this is the difference between personal experience and watching videos or reading text.
Some things are hard to understand unless you experience them yourself.
How can watching war movies and videos ever be as shocking as experiencing it in person?
Those who say that they should forgive the ordinary people and that the grudges of that generation should not be continued, have not seen their relatives and comrades dying beside them, and have not seen that others are using their family members for experiments.
Letting them go to the battlefield would probably mean "Imperial Army, I'll lead the way for you."
Not to mention anything else, in those TV dramas about the Republic of China, many netizens stand at a bird's eye view and complain that this is not good, that is not good. In fact, if they are in trouble, they probably don't even need to be tortured, they will confess by being scared. After all, everyone can say the same thing if they have never experienced hardship or despair.
Ji Wennuo didn't even take a few glances before going to the city wall of Xuanmo Pass with Shen Lang and others. This time, it was Liu Bo who received them.
Liu Bo was wearing armor and beside him was his most loyal general, Long Aotian.
Two rows of soldiers were guarding both sides of the hall. Many of them had wounds on their faces, and there was little intact skin exposed, but none of them were missing arms or legs.
Although these people's faces were almost ruined, they all had firm eyes and were obviously elite soldiers who had fought in many battles.
Seeing these people, Ji Wennuo suddenly felt that the soldiers in Chang'an who were well-organized and looked very energetic seemed to be quite lacking.
These are the ones who are really fighting, and they are the ones who are truly protecting the Great Zhou...
"I am Shen Lang, the humble general, and I am honored to meet you, the great general..." Shen Lang saluted in a sonorous and powerful voice.
The others also hurriedly followed.
As expected, Ji Wennuo was half a beat slower, causing Liu Bo to look at her twice.
This is a bit stimulating for Ji Wennuo.
She found that these big shots were all acquaintances.
Looking at Liu Bo's solemn expression, Ji Wennuo was not used to it at all.
Ji Wennuo remembered that when he was eight years old, Uncle Liu Bo made a horse for him out of straw with a smile on his face, and even touched his head...
This man always smiles so kindly and even complains to himself that he is plain-looking, but the guard beside him, Long Aotian, is a handsome man.
When the two of them went out together, they didn't know who was the master and who was the guard, which made me laugh.
I never thought I would see this side of him.
"That's right." Liu Bo nodded: "I don't care what your background is, as long as you are here, you are all soldiers!"
"In Xuanmo Pass, what matters is the military achievements and the bloodiness of the soldiers."
"There are now four military camps outside the city, each with 5,000 soldiers."
"Shen Lang, you are the martial arts champion from Chang'an, but whether you can convince others depends on yourself!"
"General, I was born in Muyun City. I have experienced the battle of Muyun City and the battlefield of Kangcheng. I wish I could eat the flesh and drink the blood of those grassland people! I am not afraid of war, but I am afraid that I cannot kill many enemies before I die to repay my country!" Shen Lang said loudly: "Please leave the most dangerous places to me!"
Chapter 278 The Real World
"Okay! The Northeast Camp is the camp in the front, the camp closest to the grassland people. Do you dare to take this military token?" Liu Bo took out a military token.
"Why not?" Shen Lang stepped forward.
brush!
Liu Bo used his magic power to throw the military talisman towards Shen Lang.
Shen Lang's eyes focused, and the thousand-mile ice decisively spread towards the military talisman.
bang bang bang...
The military talisman penetrated Shen Lang's ice.
pat!
Shen Lang took the military token steadily in his hand and did not retreat a single step.
It was just a simple test, a simple handover of military tokens. For some reason, Ji Wennuo felt a little excited.
She suddenly thought, if Shen Lang wasn't there, she would go up to answer the call...
"Good skills!" Liu Bo's eyes lit up: "I saw that your true energy is only at the early stage of Xiaoyao Realm, and I thought you were a fool. Now I believe that you can defeat His Highness Changning."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Ji Wennuo was a little excited, and even wondered what the scene would be like when he handed over the military command.
But Liu Bo's words almost made her faint.
She found that she seemed to have become a stepping stone for Shen Lang to reach the top and the background board for Shen Lang's famous scenes.
Why do you use me as an example when talking about strength?
Ji Wennuo couldn't speak or take action now, so he could only pout to show his dissatisfaction...
After that, everyone talked for a few more words before Shen Lang and the others left.
This time, Uncle Wen still led Shen Lang and others to the Northeast Camp.
…………
Ji Wennuo followed Shen Lang and Zhou Wen on the road, watching many soldiers carrying stretchers from the front line to the rear. On the stretchers were wounded soldiers who had retreated, and he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.
"My arm..." A soldier who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, about the same age as Lu Fengxian, covered his broken arm and had not fainted yet.
He bit a dirty piece of cloth in pain, and his tears dried up.
Looking at the other wounded soldiers on stretchers, most of them were unconscious and looked in very bad condition.
Some of the injured were trembling on the stretchers, and their movements were unconscious, which was very distressing to watch.
Most of these soldiers are young, and many of them are not even as tall as their weapons.
Looking at these young soldiers in front of him, Ji Wennuo felt that his breathing was a little difficult.
Looking at his own people, his compatriots, young and old, being sent back on stretchers, Ji Wennuo was not a heartless person, nor was he a half-baked politician like Ji Wendi. How could he not be moved?
Just like watching some movies and TV shows, seeing little kids holding red flags and finally being shot dead by the enemy, most people will have their soft heartstrings touched, feeling sorry for them and hating the enemy back then.
However, Ji Wennuo was more confused than feeling distressed.
She couldn't speak, so she took out a pen and paper from her storage bag, quickly wrote down some words, and showed them to Lu Lingfeng beside her.
"Didn't they say that the front line was just a battle between generals? Why are there so many soldiers injured?"
"Just a fight between generals? From what I know about the front lines, small frictions have never stopped. Moreover, when fighting between generals before, they also led troops to attack." Lu Lingfeng turned his head and looked at Lu Fengxian: "Fengxian returned to Chang'an from the front line, you can ask him."
"There will be fighting, and people are dying every day. If people at the checkpoint want to go out, the grassland people will intercept them." Lu Fengxian said concisely: "Right now, all of these are trying to find a gap to explore further, so as to see the weak points of the places occupied by the grassland people and prepare for future counterattacks."
"Did they run back when they realized they couldn't win?" Ji Wennuo continued writing.
"There are indeed such defeated troops, but there are also those who are not." Lu Fengxian said: "When they encounter the enemy and are defeated, the enemy will not kill them all, but will help them send out distress signals."
"Why?" Ji Wennuo continued writing.
"Uncle Wen, let her speak..." Shen Lang pleaded for Ji Wennuo.
If it were any other time, seeing Shen Lang being so kind, Ji Wennuo would definitely think something like "I'm like this because of you."
However, she didn't have the heart to think about those things at this moment.
"Yeah." Zhou Wen waved his hand, and the restrictions on Ji Wennuo were lifted.
"Huh, why should we help them send out a distress signal?" Ji Wennuo asked, "Do those grassland people have humanity too?"
Now that he could speak, Ji Wennuo felt a lot more relaxed.
"No." Shen Lang said in a deep voice: "It is to increase the burden on the Great Zhou."
"These wounded soldiers will consume the medicine of Da Zhou, and Da Zhou will have to feed them."
This is a kind of open conspiracy.
During World War II, there were mines that only broke legs.
Shen Lang could even imagine the future fate of these soldiers...
The Great Zhou would not waste so many resources to rescue all the wounded soldiers. They would only save a part of the people within a reasonable range and give hope to more people.
After all, feudal rulers were more concerned about the stability of their rule, and stability was enough.
Make a show to let the people know that the Great Zhou will not give up on them, so they can continue to join the army and continue to work hard for the Great Zhou.
If we support and rescue every one of them, how much will the financial budget need to be raised?
Those officials can make a lot of money from disaster relief, let alone dealing with these wounded soldiers.
Shen Lang never overestimates human nature. He thinks those people are really capable of doing this.
As for some seriously injured people who are difficult to treat, as long as it is "not too late", they can be allowed to die reasonably, which can also reduce the burden on the country.
"These grassland people are simply beasts..." Ji Wennuo's pretty face turned pale with anger.
She stared at the grassland people's tent in the distance.
She used to think that war was just a normal fight between two sides for territory and soldiers fighting bloody battles.
I never expected that there were so many twists and turns in it.
"Do you feel that this place is very different from Chang'an?" Shen Lang said, "In Chang'an, we live a life of luxury and don't have to worry about so many things every day."
"Even if we encounter danger, most of them are petty thefts. If we encounter a few evil cultivators who kill people and refine corpses, it will be a major case."
"But at the border, people are dying every day. Many of them."
"The fate of these people was actually good. At least they had wars to fight in, military rations to eat, and the country would support them if they survived. Many people could not afford to eat and starved to death."
"Is there anyone who can't afford to eat?" Ji Wennuo widened his eyes: "Impossible..."
"Oh, don't be blinded by the prosperity of Chang'an." Shen Lang shook his head: "The world is so big, there are always places that we cannot take care of, and there are always corrupt officials who take human lives lightly."
"In places where we can't see, there are many people who eat each other's children."
In modern times, many people cannot afford to eat, let alone in this era.
"Exchange of children...cannibalism?" Ji Wennuo felt his head buzzing when he heard these four words.
The education she received since childhood told her that the Great Zhou was peaceful, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there was no situation where people could not afford to live.
"No, I don't believe it. With so many cultivators and good food production, even if a natural disaster strikes, there are still people in the Heaven Realm to solve it..."
"Just wait and see." Shen Lang didn't expect this girl who just came out of the ivory tower to be able to accept so much at once.
All I can say is, welcome the Seventh Princess of the Great Zhou, the future empress, to the real world.
"Mom...where is my mom..."
Another young soldier was carried in front of Ji Wennuo.
Looking at these children, Ji Wennuo felt even more worried.
They are not even as old as me, but they have already gone into battle to kill the enemy, and may even become disabled in the future.
"Why are there so many children?" Ji Wennuo finally realized this. He had just been thinking about why there were so many wounded soldiers. "Shouldn't the young and strong fight in the war?"
"That's the most ideal situation." Shen Lang let out a long sigh: "I used to be a military officer in Kangcheng. Many children lost their families. They either joined the army or became beggars. But even if they became beggars, how could there be so many people who could give them food?"
"Going to the battlefield is one of the few ways for them to survive."
"If they are deprived of even this right, they will just starve to death."
"But, but..." Ji Wennuo retorted: "Can't they think of other ways out? Going to the city to work, moving bricks, being a waiter, all these are ways to make a living!"
"You are the eldest daughter, you don't understand." Shen Lang turned around and looked at Ji Wennuo with a complicated expression: "What do you mean by working in the city? Are there so many workstations in the city?"
"Also, there is a disaster in the North right now!"
"To be a waiter, there must be an inn or restaurant, right? Even the owners of the inns and restaurants can't survive, so why are they still providing jobs and wages to these people?"
Ji Wennuo opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
"They are still children..." Ji Wennuo finally understood what Shen Lang had said to her.
What they are guarding is the territory of the Great Zhou.
Without them, how could Chang'an have had such luxurious days?
Fortunately, Shen Lang was not deceived by me. If Shen Lang or these soldiers were caught in the whirlpool of politics and were killed for no reason, how heartbroken would the other soldiers be?
Not to mention whether I feel heartbroken or not, I can't live with my conscience for harming these people.
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