Chapter 121: Conspiracy
Outside Jiannan Pass.
Inside a small tent in the Beirong camp.
A drunken old man took another sip of the wine in his gourd and said to the big-bellied old man next to him with a rare clear look in his eyes, "Old ghost, do you think these northern barbarians are moving too fast?
A lot of the people who left the country were eaten by them along the way.
Acting like this is against the will of heaven. If the young master finds out about this, will he blame us?"
"Tsk, tsk, blame?"
The big-bellied old man called Lao Gui said with disdain, "If they hadn't taken action back then, the whole world would have belonged to the Holy Lord.
The Holy Lord was seriously injured while trying to save that group of ants, and then died when they set fire to the holy temple.
They were the ones who said they believed in the goddess in the beginning, and they were also the ones who killed snakes and burned temples later. What's the use of such people?
If you ask me, we should quickly seize this world and return it to the young master."
The drunken old man put down the wine pot, which was rare, and said in a daze: "But is the young master willing?"
The big-bellied old man snorted coldly and said firmly: "At this point, how could I not be willing? The young master has the guidance of blood. As long as we enter the holy temple, the guardian python will definitely find the snake slough of the Holy Lord.
As long as the guardian python swallows the snake skin and refines it successfully, it can command all the snakes.
We have the Spirit Snake Army and the gold mines left by the Holy Lord, so it is no problem to feed an army of 100,000 people.
By then, will we still worry about not being able to defeat the Jiang bandits and these grassland barbarians?"
The drunken old man insisted, “But look at this, old ghost. How big was the world back then? Even though the Li Kingdom is unstable now, it has been around for more than two hundred years.
We should not blame the current emperor.
The world has changed.”
"I say! You old idiot," the big-bellied old man frowned and said impatiently, "Why don't you blame the guy named Jiang?
What if his ancestor didn't want to cure his beloved concubine?
Why are there so many snake catchers when there's a bounty for a hundred-year-old snake gallbladder? Why did so many of our snakes die? Why did the Queen die protecting the snakes?"
Look, it’s already this late. Have you seen that cowardly Jiang Zemin send a large army to drive away these barbarians?
They are just birds of a feather.”
Old Litou was still worried. "Since ancient times, it's been easier to invite gods than to send them away. I'm worried that these Northern Rong barbarians will be difficult to deal with in the future. Look at them... Hey!"
"Hey, old Litou," the old ghost said finally satisfied, "I was wondering why you have become so long-winded today?
Don't worry, once they're both defeated, I'll drug the Second Prince and make sure they're leaderless. Then we can take advantage of the situation...
The big-bellied old devil was so excited that he smiled sinisterly and said, "Unless that old poisoner Ku Du comes, no one can undo the poison I have given you."
The person in front of him had red eyes, as if he had gone mad.
Lao Litou shook his head, took a sip of wine, and sighed heavily, "I'm afraid the people will be the ones who suffer..."
The sigh disappeared with a gust of wind.
…
The fifth day of December.
The Beirong army took the lead in attacking the natural barrier of Jiannan Pass.
As the command sounded, 5,000 Beirong cavalry and 10,000 infantry shouted "Yo Ho, Yo Ho" and rushed towards the Li Kingdom army.
The dust that surged like the sea filled the sky, boosting the morale of the soldiers.
For a moment, the sound of killing shook the sky.
And what kind of army is that that Shu sent?
It turned out to be an army of 100,000 people temporarily formed by fleeing civilians.
Among them were young and middle-aged people, women, the elderly, and... children.
Soon, the battlefield was covered in blood and the sun and moon changed color.
It was the first group of thousands of elderly people who fell in a pool of blood.
But the people behind them did not retreat at all. They all shouted and roared like crazy, hacking at the Rong people's thighs, sides, horses, and upper bodies.
It was the first time that the Rong army had seen such an army.
A Rong soldier couldn't help laughing as he watched the women and children in front of him waving bamboo sticks, sickles, spatulas, kitchen knives, tongs, and hemp ropes to attack him.
But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Because, after several clumsy attempts, they actually worked together to injure his horse and strangle him to death.
The rest of the common people seemed to have mastered the trick through killing.
Dozens of civilians concentrated their strength to deal with one person.
After more than two hours of fighting, the first round of attempts by the Beirong army temporarily retreated.
No one expected that a group of ordinary people could actually hold on!
"Win, win!"
The people all cheered loudly.
Although more than 10,000 of them died in the first battle, they held on.
The reason why this battle unfolded in this form was because of an imperial decree issued by the King of Shu three days ago:
Another one:
All civilians entering Shu were directly taken over by the Shu King's soldiers.
Order 2:
The Shu King's palace provided porridge and weapons, but all the people had to fight the enemy with all their strength and were not allowed to escape privately. Anyone who escaped privately would be executed immediately.
Anyone who deliberately incites civil unrest will be beheaded immediately!
When the enemy attacks, those who retreat will be lashed fifty times, and everyone can do it;
Order 3:
After each attack, anyone who takes an enemy's head will be rewarded with five taels of silver.
If ten pieces are taken, there will be a reward of eighty taels of silver and a title of ten-year-old.
If he took a hundred heads, he would be rewarded with a hundred ounces of gold and made a centurion.
If he takes 500 heads, he will be rewarded with 800 taels of gold and be promoted to the rank of Colonel of the sixth rank.
If any of the parents, wives, or children have killed the enemy, the number of males aged 16 to 60 in the household shall be counted;
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