I don't want to return

After so many times, everyone was a little impatient.Especially the little soldiers who followed behind began to commotion.

Also, in such severe cold weather, I couldn't choose the road several times, and the road was full of dust, no rest, and the trouble of collecting food and grass some time ago, it was really exhausting.

He Yuan glanced back at the impetuous team, frowned, and had no choice but to choose the last road - Hukou Ridge.

When Chen Kangsi saw the shadow of the grain team, his whole body trembled slightly.It was a thrill of excitement.

At that time, a dark cloud was passing by, and the wind and snow rolled up all over the ground, and the snow foam rushed towards people's faces like flying catkins.

Everyone in Yingtou Village hidden behind the thick snow on the mountains and rocks waited with bated breath.For this ambush, Mu Chongyu, Shen Qing, Li Yuanshan, Chen Kangsi and others made a detailed plan and deployment. Chen Kangsi, who is familiar with the terrain of this place, led 500 people to ambush here. In the middle of the mountain, he gave an order and launched a massive attack.And Shen Qing personally led 300 people to guard the front and rear of Hukou Ridge, cutting off his way out in front, cutting off his way out in the back, and flanking him from left to right, preparing to catch He Yuan's troops by surprise.

He Yuan was standing at the entrance of Hukou Ridge, listening to the scout's report.

Hukou Ridge is indeed as the rumors said, the terrain is difficult and dangerous, the terrain is narrow and long, and the road is impassable. If you want to pass through this place, you must be ten times more careful.But... It seems that because of this, even the bandits are reluctant to come here. The scouts searched several places, but they failed to find any traces of the bandits.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help showing joy.He Yuan didn't have any doubts either.

After all, no one would have thought that these bandits would set up two ambushes, one false and the other real.

The 2000 men and horses lined up in two slender teams, marching towards Hukou Ridge bit by bit.

Chen Kangsi counted silently in his heart.

One mile, half a mile, ten feet, five feet...until He Yuan's head is close at hand!

Chen Kangsi suddenly raised the bright red command flag under his body. Under the cover of the white snow with dead branches and fallen leaves, the command flag seemed to be stained with blood, which was shocking.

This is a bitter battle.Under the ice and snow, the stones wrapped in solid ice, so cold that they could cut people's hearts and bones, were thrown down from the mountain ridge by the people of Yingtou Village. Just by this action, He Yuan was hurt. Most of the people.

Furthermore, since Mu Chongyu's arrival, in addition to cleaning up military discipline, Shen Qing was also asked to train the young and strong men in Yingtou Village, changing the chaotic fights to riding and shooting swordsmanship. At this time, everyone heard When Chen Kangsi gave an order, he set up his bow and shot arrows in unison, and saw the arrows coldly falling on the bodies of He Yuan's people like raindrops.

The food team was shocked for a while, the whole team had completely lost discipline, and the distance between the front and back was too long, and the 2000 men and horses could not send messages to each other, and the escape and resistance were even more chaotic.

The defeat is only a moment away.

In this battle, Yingtou Village killed He Yuan's tribe almost effortlessly.More than half of the opponents were killed and injured, but there were almost no casualties on our own side. Not only that, except for He Yuan and other high-ranking officials who put up strong resistance, the surviving grain guards all surrendered without the slightest sense of resistance, and obediently captured them.

Being greedy for life and fear of death is one aspect. I am afraid that another important reason is that this trip to escort food is not at all what they like.

In addition, Yingtouzhai also gained a lot. Not only did they win more with less, they robbed a whole hundred carts of grain and grass as they wished, and even robbed thousands of weapons and treasures, all of which were carried by the soldiers of He Yuan's army. It can be seen that the army is extravagant The wind is very strong.

However, among the spoils of war, apart from the swords, guns and halberds that were left to be distributed to the people of Yingtou Village who had meritorious service in this battle, the gold, silver and treasures, and the hundred carts of food and grass, Mu Chongyu kept nothing.

He wants to return all of them to the people to compensate them for their corvee and taxation, and to comfort their family ruin and death during the war.

Shen Qing looked around at the faces of the people, the three hundred Nanyan patriots who had been following Mu Chongyu had no objection to Mu Chongyu's will, but everyone in Yingtou Village all put on an ugly face The complexion, I'm afraid it is dissatisfied.

He hesitated for a few times, and stepped forward to remonstrate: "Your Majesty...Third Lord, it's fine if you don't keep the gold and silver, but it's better to keep some of the food and grass?"

Mu Chongyu shook his head, his firm expression remained unchanged: "If we leave these food and grass behind, how is it different from Xu Lihui who raided the common people? Or, General Shen, you have forgotten your identity, consciously and truly robbing people The bandits of money and food are no different?"

His ending was light and fluttering, without any harshness, but it immediately made Shen Qing break out in a cold sweat.

"The last general dare not." Shen Qing's knees involuntarily softened, his legs trembled subconsciously, and he was about to kneel down to plead guilty, but he restrained himself under the warning of Mu Chongyu's eyes, and stood unsteadily on the spot .

"Tch, aren't we bandits in the first place!" Some people saw this scene, and were even more annoyed by Mu Chongyu's words and Shen Qing's fuss.

I really don't understand what is there about Mu Chongyu that deserves the careful attention of those few people, isn't it because of her amazing beauty?That's not the same as serving the emperor.This person cursed in his heart.

That's right, these little lauras don't have much contact with Mu Chongyu, and they are afraid of him only because of the strict military discipline established by Mu Chongyu, and the powerful and intimidating masters around him, for Mu Chongyu himself Not so much respect.

This remark immediately aroused the agreement and muttering of the people in Yingtou Village, and they whispered to each other, talking a lot.

It is one thing not to rob poor people, but it is another thing to keep the loot and throw it away to others.Even if they were intimidated by the set of military punishments set by Mu Chongyu, they still couldn't be swayed by the temptation at this time.

Mu Chongyu slowly swept his gaze across the crowd, stood up from his seat, and slowly walked to the center of the crowd.

"You all think that these grains and grass should belong to you?" His voice was not loud, but it was calm and powerful, and it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then someone shouted: "That's right! Why should we give to others what we call ourselves?"

"Things you call?" Mu Chongyu smiled instead of anger, a cool smile slowly creeping up his pale thin lips: "Yes, these grains are from you, but if there is no way to grow grain People, where did you 'call' these grains? Do you want to say that those farmers, those white-haired farmers like your parents, those lonely peasant women at home, are self-reliant and hardworking? Food, should it be plundered by Xu Lihui, a charismatic lizard, and should it be robbed by you mountain kings? It is because you are skilled in wielding strong bows and beheading enemies with swords, while those ordinary people have no strength to restrain chickens. So they can only be slaughtered by others?"

"How can there be such a reason in the world!" Mu Chongyu sneered, then paused suddenly, his face darkened, and his voice trembled slightly, and said: "If there is, only a militaristic gangster like Beiyu would do it." It's so unbearable. Although Mu San is down and out, he is determined not to be with the tyrant of Beiyu."

"I believe that you should be the same as me." Speaking of this, his voice suddenly became softer, paused for a while, and focused his attention on everyone's expressions.

Everyone felt sorry for them, and they couldn't help lowering their eyebrows slightly, and kept silent with some reluctance.

In fact, why don't they know the truth of what Mu Chongyu said?But right now, it's hard to protect yourself, and it's hard to live a good life, so how can you have the time to worry about others?They are not bodhisattvas in the temple...

There was only one point, but Mu Chongyu made it difficult for them to refute, that is, none of them present hated the Beiyu court deeply.

If it weren't for the arbitrariness of the Northern Chongqing court, they would not have become bandits in the mountains today.

Mu Chongyu had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, and he couldn't help feeling a little heavy in his heart. The tragic scene he saw that day came back to his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.He slowed down, and then slowly opened his mouth and said: "I don't want you to follow the example of the foolish monk in the temple and do all the things to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. It's just that in this troubled world, the more mud and sand, the more difficult the situation, the more important it is to lose." The ambition of being a man and doing things. If I leave the one hundred carts of grain and grass today, I and everyone will be able to solve the urgent need at that time. However, the current predicament can be broken, so what about the next day? What about the next year? Reaching out to grab it is no different from the benevolent and unrighteous Beiyu and Xu Lihui, and it is also self-defeating—do you want to hide in Heiyun Mountain for the rest of your life as bandits who rob people of money and plunder people? The inhumanity forced you to go to Liangshan and become bandits. Xu Lihui was inhumane and forced the people to run out of money and food. You also had the same experience with the poor in the fields, but instead of sympathizing with the people, you helped the evil and the evil. In the past, you helped Xu Lihui and his like plunder the people, and they have tried to seize wealth in the past and present, but if in the future, those common people are also forced to have nowhere to go, they will become bandits, and everyone in the world will be forced to ruin their families and revolt in Liangshan, so what should we do?"

"In the chaotic world, burning, killing, and looting never seem to end. Maybe you have long been disappointed with the state of the world and people, and have no expectations. But if we first let go of good and evil, give up this ambition to be a human being and do things, mess around and indulge in dreams, what will happen?" Can you hope for the peace of the world and the great stability of the world? How can you relive the happiness of your wife, daughter and children, and enjoy the grace of Chunxuan and luxuriant? It depends on people's efforts and aspirations. Mu San believes that if you and I don't lose this life and work If you have the ambition, even if you are still in a predicament today, what is there to fear?"

When Mu Chongyu said this, the handsome face that had always been gentle and modest turned out to be as firm as ice at this moment, but also in a trance and deserted like a cold moon, with a faint light that made people unable to take their eyes off.

Needle drop could be heard in the hall.The young man's loud and loud words are sometimes like thunder in the sky, rumbling, and sometimes like stones thrown into the water, causing ripples in everyone's hearts, sometimes far and near, making people confused, happy and sad.

It's all about human effort, it's about people's hearts.The world is peaceful and the world is settled.

Such distant and unimaginable words were uttered softly but firmly by Mu Chongyu, as if they were so close.Everyone couldn't help being stunned for a moment, staring blankly at the young man who was once frail in his impression.

Maybe, he's right.

The author has something to say: As the protagonist, the moral high ground must be occupied [Smile~]