Chapter 22: Everything is for survival! Nothing is wrong!
"fine."
"I have been in the army for half a year. According to the two-year service limit, I can go home in one and a half years." Zhao Feng smiled and didn't care.
The reason why Zhao Feng asked Wang Yan was that he had a bit of amusement in mind. If he could really go back early, that would be great, but if he couldn't go back, there was nothing he could do.
You can't be a deserter. The punishment is very severe and you will be sent to hard labor.
Wang Yan asked in confusion: "With your skills and strength, you should have been assigned to the elite troops. Why were you assigned to the logistics army?"
"What skills do I have? I just used them to survive." Zhao Feng laughed.
certainly.
When Zhao Feng was in the recruit camp, he also deliberately concealed his abilities.
Hearing Zhao Feng's answer, Wang Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes.
If Zhao Feng killed a few enemies, he might have been forced out, but he killed nearly three hundred enemies and rushed into the enemy's formation to kill Bao Yuan. Could this still be forced out?
"Don't you want to make achievements?"
"With your strength, you will definitely be able to reach a high position in the future." Wang Yan couldn't help but ask.
Deep down, she really didn't understand what Zhao Feng was thinking.
He clearly has the ability to achieve great things, but he doesn't want to do so.
Zhao Feng did not answer.
Instead, they ate roast lamb.
After joining the army, Zhao Feng had not eaten meat for a long time. Although the Qin State treated the army well, it was only for the real elite soldiers. The food of the logistics army was just to provide enough food and clothing.
King Zheng of Qin attached great importance to the elite soldiers who worked hard for him, but he did not value the logistics troops who did not need to go into battle to kill the enemy that much.
In the words of later generations.
The elite soldiers are the regular army, while the logistics troops are some miscellaneous troops.
After eating a few pieces of meat, Zhao Feng took the wine given by Master Chen and took a sip.
Then.
Zhao Fengcai looked at Wang Yan and said, "Compared to making achievements, I want to live more."
Wang Yan frowned and said, "As a man of the Qin Empire, shouldn't you expand territory for your country and be loyal to your king and serve your country?"
Regarding this.
Zhao Feng smiled faintly: "Loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, maybe! If an enemy invades my homeland, I will take up arms and fight him to the death!"
"But expanding territory is something that only the powerful people who are connected to the royal power want. The larger the territory of Qin is, the more the powerful people will gain, and expanding territory can also bring greater benefits. But for ordinary people like us, what does expanding territory have to do with us? What can we gain? It's nothing more than filling our lives and eventually becoming a stepping stone for the benefits gained by the powerful people above us."
"The territory is expanding, and the rich and powerful are smiling."
"But for most ordinary people, in the end, they just get some war death compensation, and their family members have an extra tombstone to bury their crying."
"hehe."
These few words made Wang Yan's face change. These few words made the education Wang Yan received since childhood completely different.
Or say.
This was the first time Wang Yan came into contact with the perspective of ordinary civilians.
She wanted to argue, but she didn't know how to argue.
This continued for quite a while.
"The Qin Empire expands its territory for the sake of the world."
"As long as the six kingdoms are destroyed, there will be no more wars in the world, and the people of the world can live and work in peace. As long as the world is unified, everyone can live in peace. This is the great wish of the Qin people of all generations. For this great wish, everyone can die. Don't you understand?"
After thinking for a long time, Wang Yan stared at Zhao Feng and said.
"This is just what the superiors want."
"The Qin people once fought to the death in order to have their own foundation and to protect their homeland, so naturally everyone will fight to the death to repay them."
"certainly."
"You mentioned that the Great Qin unified the world, perhaps it could stop the war and bring peace to the world."
"But for ordinary people, it is best not to go to the battlefield and die."
"Not everyone wants to gain fame and fortune, but they have no choice."
"For example, I didn't want to join the army at all, but I was drafted because I reached the age."
"If I have a choice, I will fulfill my filial piety first." Zhao Feng smiled faintly, feeling helpless.
If it weren't for his mother's concerns, perhaps Zhao Feng wouldn't have been so resistant.
Unify the world! As a person in the past life, I really admire Qin Shihuang's tremendous and unprecedented achievements.
Zhao Feng also had great respect and admiration for Qin Shihuang.
Because for later Chinese, if Qin Shihuang had not unified the country, later Chinese would have fallen apart, unable to achieve ethnic integration and humanistic unity.
In short, the later generations' evaluation of Qin Shihuang is that he is the greatest emperor in history and his contributions will last for thousands of years.
But before the words "the merits will last for thousands of years", there is another saying: the sins are in this era! Because the people in this era are suffering too much.
The name of tyrannical Qin!
Perhaps there were people after the end of the Qin Dynasty who threw dirty water on Qin Shi Huang, but a big part of the reason was that the people really could not survive any longer, and they were also calling the Qin Dynasty a tyranny.
Only by living in this era can you know how difficult this era is.
Reborn in this era, becoming a Qin citizen, and even serving on the battlefield, Zhao Feng deeply understands how cruel life is and how worthless human life is. If he puts his life in the present, Zhao Feng stays away from the battlefield.
I just had no choice but to go to the battlefield.
Even though Zhao Feng is quite strong now, he is not sure whether he can survive under the attack of thousands of troops. Even he is like this, let alone ordinary soldiers.
This era! Too cruel!
Some people may be unwilling to remain silent and want to gain fame and fortune, and want to become powerful through military achievements, but that is too difficult.
The vast majority of people were forcibly conscripted and had to go to the battlefield.
Listen to what Zhao Feng said.
Wang Yan was silent again. At this moment, she really seemed to not know how to start.
The brief meeting lasted no more than a stick of incense, but Wang Yan's heart was filled with a sense of inexplicable sadness.
"Judging from the general's appearance, he must be from a powerful family."
"You have personal guards protecting you, so you are naturally full of ambitions. You want to expand the territory for the court and make contributions to the family."
"There's nothing wrong with that for you."
"But for me, and for countless soldiers who come from ordinary backgrounds, the greatest pursuit is not power, but to stay alive, not let my mother shed tears, and to be filial to her."
"One general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of men."
"As a civilian, I can avoid starvation and take care of my family."
"As a conscripted soldier, you can avoid dying on the battlefield."
"This is what I, as a civilian, think, and perhaps what countless civilians think as well."
"Generally speaking."
"As a king, there is nothing wrong with wanting to unify the world and create victories that no one has ever accomplished."
"As a powerful minister, it's not wrong to want to expand the territory and make contributions to the country."
"But as a civilian and a soldier, there is nothing wrong with wanting to survive and wanting to be filial to your mother." Zhao Feng smiled and said with emotion.
Listen to what Zhao Feng said.
Wang Yan's eyes also became complicated, and she seemed to understand something.
Zhao Feng didn't say anything else, but quietly ate the barbecue on the campfire.
After eating.
Zhao Feng stood up slowly and looked at Wang Yan meaningfully.
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