Chapter 2719 Anshi City 4
The Goguryeo soldier on the opposite side rolled his eyes unhappily and said, "I am from Goguryeo, and you have occupied our land."
Before Manbao could say anything, Xiaoqi said, "Hey, that's not right. What's yours, ours? There were many dynasties before the Great Jin Dynasty. In the pre-Qin period, there were Qin, Wei, Zhao, and a whole bunch of other messed-up countries. Does that count as occupation?"
He said, "Unifying the world is good for the people of the world and will save us from many years of war."
After saying this, he looked up at Zhou Man and smiled ingratiatingly, "Master Zhou, this is what Master Bai told us, but what was that so-and-so?"
Manbao: "...Qin Shi Huang."
"Yes, that's him. I heard he was the first emperor in the world. He's quite powerful."
Manbao nodded and agreed: "That's right."
Manbao reached out and pinched his arm, feeling the bones and flesh trembling. She pressed the back of his shoulder, then stroked his arm, and then stuffed a water bag into his arms and said, "Here, drink it. Take a couple of sips and I'll share it with the others."
Manbao touched everyone's arm and walked away slowly.
Yuan Yi, who was sitting in a restaurant not far away, narrowed his eyes. "Is that Zhou Man, the favorite of the Great Jin Emperor?"
"Yes, I heard that she is the head of the Jin army's medical department. The Jin army suffered few casualties this time because she brought a group of her students to the front line to treat the wounded."
Yuan Yi's eyes flashed, and he ordered: "Kill her."
Deputy General: "...General, now is the time for a truce. She stayed behind during the battle."
"But now she is here, isn't she? Kill her."
"That's not good," the deputy general said. "General, assassinating an enemy official during a truce would be bad if it escalated."
Because it is easy to make the situation worse. Once they assassinate their officials and the other party retaliates, they will definitely suffer greater losses.
Because this is Goguryeo, Anshi City.
Not to mention the distant past, how many officials are there in Anshi City? Moreover, the Second Prince is still in the city. This kind of dispute should not be provoked.
Not only the deputy general, but others also expressed their opposition, saying, "There can be no morality."
Yuan Yi was so angry that he vomited blood. The city was about to be lost, so what was the point of talking about morality? At this time, he should not use any method that works, as long as he can hit the enemy.
Koko detected a strong hostility towards the host, which contained murderous intent, so the protection system automatically sounded, alerting the host of danger.
Manbao, who was checking the soldier's physical condition, paused for a moment, then squatted on the ground, shrank his little head, and only raised his eyes slightly, "What's wrong with Koko?"
Koko said seriously: "Strong malicious intent against the host has been detected."
When Zhou Manren was on the battlefield, Koko would not sound the alarm unless swords and arrows were coming directly towards her body. So far, the alarm had never sounded because the system determined that she was always within the safe range.
This is the first time it sounded.
But it was out of malice.
Manbao asked, "Who are you, someone from Goguryeo?"
Koko: "Yes, but host, you should deal with the reality of the situation and leave here. It's dangerous here."
When Manbao heard this, she looked around. The soldiers in front, behind, and on both sides were looking at her curiously. When they saw her looking at them, they asked with concern, "Master Zhou, what's wrong with you?"
Suddenly, he squatted on the ground with a vigilant look on his face, which scared them so much that they bent their waists a little.
Manbao coughed lightly, but didn't stand up. Instead, he made up an excuse and said, "It's nothing. Maybe my calves are a little sore because I'm growing taller. I'll just rest for a while."
Manbao stuffed some water in front of them and said, "This is salt water. Drink some to replenish your strength."
After saying that, she walked away with her back bent.
Seeing the great opportunity disappear before his eyes, Yuan Yi became more and more expressionless and had nothing to say.
But at the checkpoint far below, the Jin soldiers had a lot to say.
Xiaoqi chatted with the Goguryeo soldiers across a scattered checkpoint, "Our Lord Bai said, Lord Bai, do you know?"
"He is a Jinshi, but he is still young, and he is also a Hanlin. He is now a favorite of His Majesty."
The Goguryeo soldiers were secretly complaining, and Hanlin knew it of course. He heard that they were the most knowledgeable group of people in the Jin Dynasty.
"Lord Bai said that Liaodong and the Central Plains were once united. Later, war broke out in the Central Plains, and the regions fell apart. Goguryeo was established in Liaodong. During the previous dynasty, the Central Plains was unified, but your region was not. However, you, Goguryeo, submitted to the new emperor of the previous dynasty," the soldier said with a sneer. "But you are dishonest. Although you are vassal, you always send troops to harass the border, just like this time."
He reasoned with the other party, "Do you think we are happy to come and fight you? It's cold, the food is not good, and there is a possibility of injury and death. Isn't it you who are attacking our Yingzhou?"
He asked, "Why are you attacking us in Yingzhou?"
Goguryeo Soldier: ...How does he know why?
Putting aside the fact that it was not he who attacked Yingzhou, whether he did or not, could he decide for himself whether to attack or not?
It’s just what Shangguan says.
Xiaoqi said, "You are still stopping Silla and Baekje from paying tribute. They are vassal states of our Great Jin, just like you. What right do you have to stop them from paying tribute?"
"You have a good idea. You don't allow them to pay tribute, but you make them pay tribute to you. Do you think your royal court is bad? Should we attack it?"
The Goguryeo soldiers on the opposite side were not made of clay either, and they started arguing with him directly.
The general flag said, "Alright, alright, stop arguing. We've only been resting for less than 25 minutes. Can you guys just be quiet for a while and talk about something we can decide?"
He said, "If you want to fight to the death, you can fight later when the fight starts."
Xiaoqi was very flexible and immediately said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about food. How are your meals usually?"
The Goguryeo soldiers also suppressed their anger and felt that saying those things was meaningless. It was not up to them to decide who to attack and who not to attack.
So he said unhappily, "Okay, that's fine, eat as many white flour buns as you want."
Xiaoqi was stunned. "So good? We still eat whole grain steamed buns, and only during festivals do we have white flour steamed buns. So how much is your military pay?"
Everyone talked about how they were treated, and that was something they could talk about.
General Ashina stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back, vaguely listening to the noise below, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
He just didn't believe that Goguryeo could treat its soldiers better than they did.
The treatment of Goguryeo was certainly not as good as that of the Jin Dynasty. The most important thing was that they had not received military pay for two or three years, and the soldiers were only kept in the army to prevent them from starving to death.
It was precisely because they had no money to pay the soldiers that they decided to attack Yingzhou.
Of course, if you have a larger territory, you will have more money. You can also make money by fighting wars and by rushing into the city and looting it.
Every time a war is fought, it is the country that costs money, but the soldiers, especially the higher-level officers, can make a fortune.
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(End of this chapter)
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