Chapter 58: Human Calculation
Military camp tent.
Li Jun was a little confused as he listened to the report from his personal soldiers.
Who is Ji Yang?
A dead soldier came back to life? At the end of last year, the Routu Kingdom suddenly launched a large-scale attack. Many towns in Yanzhou were looted and thousands of soldiers were killed.
The camp where he was located happened to be where the Routu army passed by. All the soldiers in the camp, from captains to soldiers, were wiped out.
The military also determined that all the soldiers in the battalion were killed in the battle.
Now someone comes and says that he is the soldier who survived the camp.
How could Li Jun not be suspicious?
"Sir, I think Ji Yang is in a bit of a mess. He must have encountered something."
"Put him in jail temporarily and ask him to write a report of everything that happened from the time he joined the army to the present. Then you can investigate further."
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In the dark little room, Chu Ning was very nervous and looked around from time to time. This was on the surface, but in fact he was very calm inside because all this was within his expectations.
A soldier who had been dead for almost a year suddenly appeared in the barracks. Anyone would be suspicious, and all he had to do was wait for the captain's investigation.
They waited for a whole day, and finally a soldier opened the door.
Light poured in through the door, and Chu Ning shielded his eyes with his hands, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Come with me, the general wants to see you."
In the Liang Dynasty army, each captain commanded two thousand soldiers, and most soldiers would call their own captain general.
The general that Ji Yang mentioned in the letter was the captain of his camp.
Chu Ning followed the soldiers towards the central tent, while Li Jun was pondering in his heart how to deal with Ji Yang.
In one day, he asked his personal soldiers to check Ji Yang's information.
Ji Yang is real.
Ji Yang's name was indeed on the military roster, and he was from Daning County.
Ji Yang wrote about his life from the time he joined the army to the present, which was tens of thousands of words long. The part about the army was all correct, but he didn't even read the part about after he left the army.
The camp where Ji Yang originally served was stationed here, but at the end of the year it was surrounded by the Routu army and all the soldiers in the camp were killed in the battle.
All died in battle is a general statement. In fact, when the bodies are counted, the number will always be smaller, because there will always be a few lucky ones who escaped by chance and then chose to leave the army or be captured by the Routu people.
There are two sources of soldiers in the army. One is forced conscription, and the other is those who voluntarily join the army. Most of the latter are warriors, who join the army to accumulate military merits in exchange for elixirs to break through to the level of martial arts masters.
But no matter which one it is, once you come, you can't leave easily.
The former had to stay for three to five years, and the latter could leave only after achieving certain military merits.
The military merit book could no longer be found because it was in the original captain's tent.
At the same time, his personal soldiers also found out some information related to Ji Yang.
In the Yanzhou gang, there was a bounty on Ji Yang. After finding out the reason why Ji Yang was offered a bounty, Li Jun made a judgment.
Ji Yang managed to escape and survive that battle, but was so frightened that he dared not join the army again, so he chose to hide in Chilian County, Yongzhou. However, he eventually offended the gang in Chilian County and was hunted down by the Blood Wolf Gang in Chilian County. The gang also offered a bounty on his life to him from the Yanzhou gang. With nowhere else to go, he could only choose to return to the barracks.
Li Jun doesn't like deserters.
If any of his men were deserters, they would be dragged out and beheaded.
But Ji Yang is not his soldier. The most important thing is that Ji Yang is now almost a quasi-warrior, so it would be useful to keep him.
Of course, it is also possible that Ji Yang was captured by the people of Routu Kingdom. After such a long time, Ji Yang has become loyal to Routu and came back this time to be a spy.
So no matter which possibility it is, I have already thought about how to deal with Ji Yang.
"General, the person has been brought here."
"Come in!"
Chu Ning entered the tent, glanced at Li Jun, and immediately lowered his head.
A captain at the level of a military commander, but only the lowest sixth rank.
"Ji Yang, what this general hates most is deserters. Come, drag him out and execute him!"
Around him, soldiers came forward. Chu Ning looked flustered and said hurriedly, "General, spare my life. I... I am not a deserter."
"If you're not a deserter, why did you take so long to return to the barracks?"
Li Jun shouted loudly, and Chu Ning's body trembled. He stammered, "General, I... I was lucky enough to break out of the siege and survive, but I was also seriously injured. I was rescued by a commoner, and it took me half a year to recover. You can see that my limping leg is the injury I suffered at that time."
It's really full of lies.
Do you really think I don't know? "I returned to the barracks as soon as I recovered from my injury. Although my legs are a little lame now, I can be a cook or feed the horses."
Li Jun laughed. It was a good idea. He had become a deserter and now had nowhere to go, but he was still thinking about not going to the battlefield and hiding in the back. He was really shameless and cowardly.
If Ji Yang wasn't useful, he would have dragged this guy out and beheaded him right now.
"You are a potential warrior, and it would be a waste of your talent to go to the kitchen. You are the only one left in your camp. This general will give you a chance and recommend you to the Blood and Fire Camp."
"real?"
Chu Ning asked excitedly at first, then reacted and explained quickly: "I am not questioning the general. I am willing to go to the Blood and Fire Camp and work hard to become a martial artist, and then kill the enemy to avenge my dead comrades."
"You have this kind intention, please go down first. I will notify you when the Blood and Fire Camp comes to recruit people in a few days."
He waved his hand and asked his personal soldiers to take Ji Yang away. Looking at Ji Yang's agitated back, Li Jun showed a sneer on his face.
This guy didn't even know he was going to die.
The Blood and Fire Camp can allow warriors to quickly become martial artists, but that is because they practice the Tiancan technique that overdrafts their lifespans. Plus, there is a restriction that they must stay in the Blood and Fire Camp for a full five years. Entering the Blood and Fire Camp means it is impossible to leave the Camp alive.
Regardless of whether Ji Yang was a deserter or a spy of Routu, it would be best to send him to the Blood and Fire Camp.
Moreover, in this way, the quota for sending people to the Blood and Fire Camp this year has been filled, so there is no need to sacrifice his soldiers.
Chu Ning walked out of the tent, squinted his eyes and looked at the scorching sun in the sky, with a smile on his face.
All his plans were successful so far.
From the moment he escaped, he decided to join the army at the border and join the Blood and Fire Camp.
Ji Yang said in his last letter that the letter could not be sent because he guessed the real reason why the Blood and Fire Camp allowed warriors to quickly become martial artists.
He had seen members of the team who joined the Blood and Fire Camp. Although they had become martial artists, they had also become much older.
A method of overdrawing one's lifespan.
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What is poison to others may be honey to me.
I have a life span of ten thousand years and can afford to overdraw.
He had thought carefully about impersonating Ji Yang. First of all, his identity could withstand investigation. The letters that Ji Yang wrote to him every month were very comprehensive, containing almost all of his experiences in the military camp. He only had to narrate the experiences in Ji Yang's letters.
But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he wants to join the Blood and Fire Camp and must think from the perspective of a captain.
The Blood and Fire Camp seems to be a good place in the eyes of soldiers who do not know the truth, but the captain definitely knows the truth and it is impossible for him to send any of his talented men to the Blood and Fire Camp.
And someone like me, who could be a deserter or a spy from the enemy country, and happens to be not far from the realm of a martial artist, is the best candidate.
The Blood and Fire Camp is satisfied, and the captain does not have to sacrifice his soldiers.
From the moment this plan was put into place, Chu Ning has been implementing one principle: the best solution is provided by the superior.
A master in the game may lose in a weak team, and a random punch can kill a master.
Because newcomers don’t play by the rules and don’t seek the optimal solution.
Take the game for example. If a professional jungler is one step ahead of his opponent, it is time to go and capture the person. Even if he fails to capture the person, it will bring psychological pressure to the opponent on the laning side. This is the best option, and the opponent can actually guess it.
But if a new jungler is replaced, he may not do this and continue to farm the jungle, or just stay alone regardless of the economic lag.
From who the Blood Wolf Gang of Chilian County would send to hunt him down, to what the smugglers would do, as well as the reactions of the people of Wushuangmen and the current choice of Captain Zheng, there were not many differences with his plan because these people also made decisions based on the optimal solution.
What Chu Ning needs to do is to push his plan to the optimal solution of these people.
Of course, the safest way for Chu Ning is to hide in a remote village, or go directly into the mountains. Relying on the energy of the longevity fruit, he can become a master in more than ten years.
A dozen years is nothing compared to a life span of ten thousand years.
But in the end Chu Ning didn't do that.
Because he is not alone, can the old aunt wait for more than ten years? Wushuangmen has not been able to find him. Will the third elder, who is angry and embarrassed, affect those who are close to him?
The Jin family, Zhang Song family, He Jin family, Lao Liao, Xiao Xiang...
It may even affect the teachers.
Chu Ning now understood something.
If you want to live forever, you must first cut off all feelings.
Breaking off family ties and friendships...
If you have no worries, you will not be bound.
If you can't win, just run away. At most, you can just hold out for a few decades. In extreme cases, you can just outlast your opponent and then take revenge on his descendants.
Maybe in the future, he will choose to do so, but at least he can't do it now.
If he were to live like this for a few decades now, he would not be able to realize this idea.
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Three days later, Chu Ning was taken out of the camp by two of Li Jun's personal soldiers. He knew that Captain Li was afraid that he would suddenly run away.
If I really want to run, how can two mere ninth-grade martial artists stop me?
Finally, he was taken to a rather unique camp.
There were high city walls and heavily guarded at the gates. There were also soldiers on the walls holding bows and crossbows, but they were aiming at the inside of the wall.
It's more like a prison than a camp.
"Brother Ji, the Blood and Fire Camp is the most comfortable place in our military camp. We don't have to abide by any military discipline."
Li Jun's personal soldier said a few words to a man at the door, then turned around, walked to Chu Ning, patted him on the shoulder, and said something meaningful.
"Ji Yang, right? Come with me."
Chu Ning followed the other party into the city gate, and then he understood what the personal soldier said.
If there were no soldiers guarding outside, he would have suspected that he had come to some brothel.
Is the Blood and Fire Camp so exciting?
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(End of this chapter)