Chapter 43: Protecting the Family with Weapons (please vote and follow up)
Yu Jin and Guan Ping followed Mi Yang down the platform, but they only stood behind Mi Yang.
He was not like Mi Yang, who completely disregarded his superiority and inferiority and looked at these ordinary generals in the army face to face as equals.
After Mi Yang sat down, he pointed at a young general casually and asked him,
"What is your name and what is your current position in the army?"
The young man who was selected had a look of fear on his face, but Mi Yang was the general after all, and he did not dare to disobey Mi Yang's orders.
He immediately nervously clasped his fists at Mi Yang and reported,
"Reporting to the general, my name is Wang An. I am a native of Jiangling in Nanjun County. I am currently serving as a commander in the army."
Qu Chang, according to the military system of the Han Dynasty, Qu Chang was a hundred-man general, which was a very important grassroots official position in the army.
Among the hundreds of generals present, most of them hold the same official positions as Wang An.
There are many others who are junior generals under his command.
Mi Yang saw that Wang An only introduced his name without any words. In addition, his words had a very strong Jingzhou accent.
Therefore, Mi Yang deduced that Wang An might be from a peasant family.
Mi Yang was also from an authentic peasant family in his previous life, so he couldn't help but have a better impression of Wang An.
Mi Yang asked Wang Andao in a gentle tone, "Let me ask you, you are able to serve as the commander of the army at such a young age. You must have made a lot of contributions.
You should not be afraid of life and death, so why are you feeling uneasy now before the enemy troops arrive?"
Wang An is young and has little background, so his current position must have been earned with his own life.
Wang An could risk his life for meritorious service, so why would he want to abandon the city and flee now?
Although Mi Yang seemed to be asking Wang An, he was actually asking Wang An and the hundreds of generals present.
Except for a few of the more than a hundred generals with backgrounds, most of them should have similar experiences to Wang Anxiang.
When Wang An heard Mi Yang's inquiry, he had a look of embarrassment on his face, but he thought of Mi Yang's approachable and generous attitude just now,
His courage suddenly grew stronger,
Wang An said with a sad tone,
"General, because I can't defeat him."
"In the past, when I was able to fight with all my strength, it was because the enemy was not strong and our army had the possibility of victory.
I firmly believe that I can defeat the enemy with my own efforts."
"But now, there are only six thousand defenders in the public security city, but there are tens of thousands of enemy troops."
"And the enemy generals are famous generals such as Lu Meng. How many famous generals are there in our public security city?"
"My life is not good. In order to improve my family's life, I can fight against the enemy for a chance of survival, but I cannot die in vain."
"I still have a mother who needs support and a younger brother who needs to be taken care of at home. The police are about to become a fatal situation.
If I die, who will take care of my mother and younger brother?"
After finishing speaking, Wang An knelt on the ground and confessed his crime.
He knew that when he said the above words, he was actively admitting that he had attempted to escape from the battle, which was undoubtedly a capital crime.
As soon as Wang An fell to his knees, all the other generals present in the school grounds also knelt down.
They and Wang An share life and death, and by kneeling down, they are interceding for Wang An.
It's also because their reasons for wanting to escape are similar to Wang An's.
Seeing all the generals kneeling down, Mi Yang felt emotional.
Everyone is a life and death general, but their families are holding them back.
He had no intention of punishing Wang An,
Because he knew that what Wang An said was true.
Mi Yang looked at the kneeling generals, and he suddenly introduced himself,
"My surname is Mi, my given name is Yang, and my courtesy name is Zisheng. I am from Donghai, Xuzhou."
"My father is the governor of Nanjun, and my uncle is the general of Anhan.
The King of Hanzhong treats me like a nephew,
A few days ago, I won the favor of the former general and am now serving as his chief registrar."
The twenty-year-old general’s chief secretary!
When they heard Mi Yang slowly introduce himself, everyone didn't know what he meant at first.
But after Mi Yang's introduction was completed, the more than a hundred generals who were kneeling on the ground realized how noble Mi Yang's status was.
And how wonderful his future will be,
Compared with him, he and I are completely different.
After introducing himself, Mi Yang pointed to Guan Ping behind him and said,
"Most of you know his identity, but compared to me, it's very different."
"I am not ignorant of what you are worried about."
"It is precisely because I know that I want to let you go."
"To be honest, I am also afraid of death."
"You may think that I am here to make achievements.
But have you ever seen anyone who made great achievements in a situation of certain death?"
"I have the support of my parents. If I want to be in a high position, I just need to follow the steps.
In less than ten years, he can become the head of a county.
In less than twenty years, Jiuqing can be expected."
"In that case, why would I risk my own death?"
"Because my family is in Gangneung."
Wuling and Lingling counties were barren, so most of Guan Yu's soldiers came from Nanjun.
Mi Yang's words that his family is also in Jiangling resonated with most of the generals present.
After arousing the resonance of many generals present, Mi Yang's tone gradually became lower,
"You served under the former general. You may have heard about the massacre, but you have never seen it."
"I have seen it before."
Mi Yang couldn't help but fall into memories.
"I still remember that there was a lot of rain in Xuzhou that year."
"That year, Cao Cao, the current king of Wei, marched eastward to Xuzhou. Every time he captured a city, he would start a massacre in that city."
"After the massacre, whenever the rain stopped, you could stand anywhere and look around and see the burning flames."
"In every fire, what burns is not wood,
It’s the family members who were running away with you just a moment ago.”
"If you look carefully, you may also be able to see many heads separated from the body.
The head, mixed with blood, was just lying on the ground for crows to eat."
"When you are lucky enough to hide somewhere, you will see rows of women passing by on the street. They no longer apply makeup on their faces, their faces are already covered with the blood of their families.
There are ropes tied around their necks, one by one, just like the fish we catch in the water, which are connected one by one."
"They were pushed forward. Every step they took, they would fall. Once they fell, the butcher's knife was waiting for them."
"Even if they don't die under the butcher's knife in the end, they don't know where they will be sent in the end.
There, you might see your familiar girl next door crying."
"And along the streets where those women walked, countless babies were trampled and fell to death.
Some are still alive, and their cries fill the entire city."
"The chickens and dogs are all gone, and there are no more people walking in the ruins."
Every time Mi Yang said something, his tone would become heavier.
Some memories lingered in the memory of the original person for a long time, like a nightmare. Now Mi Yang shared his nightmare with everyone present in a third-party tone.
Under Mi Yang's narration, the scene described by Mi Yang could not help but appear in the minds of everyone present.
There is no greater tragedy in the world than this.
"This was the tragic situation in Xuzhou back then, and it is also the tragic situation in Wancheng this year.
But do you think this scene will not happen in Jingzhou?"
“Back then, Sun Quan’s general Zhou Yu spent all his efforts to capture Nanjun.
But do you know why Sun Quan later gave up Nanjun to the king?"
"That's because after Sun Quan captured Jiangxia, he also massacred a county in Jiangxia!"
"With this move, Sun Quan lost the support of the people of Jingzhou.
In order to prevent the soldiers and civilians of Jingzhou from defecting to Cao Cao, I wanted to use the king’s benevolent name to temporarily stabilize the people of Jingzhou.”
"Sun Quan was able to massacre Jiangxia back then, but he may massacre our Nanjun in the future."
"I don't want my family to be killed by others, so I volunteer to guard the city."
"Those family members are also in Jiangling. Do you want their families to suffer the same tragedy as I saw in the past?"
"You want to leave for your family, but when you put down the knife,
The public security will be lost. Once the public security is lost, Jiangling will not be protected.
When the time comes, without any knives in your hands, will you be able to withstand the slaughtering knives of Sun Quan’s army?”
"Although the police force is outnumbered, as long as we hold knives in our hands, there is always a glimmer of hope."
"I would never place the safety of my family on the possible mercy of my enemies."
"What about you?"
"My sons!"
Mi Yang almost roared at the end, and with Mi Yang's roar,
All the generals and commanders present were as if they were waking up from a dream.
Now they all have a sense of sadness and fear in their hearts, and their faces have a look of indignation.
Sun Quan massacred the city only about ten years ago.
As time passes, they may have forgotten this matter in the depths of their memory.
But now, with Mi Yangsheng’s immersive narration and reminders from her family,
All their deepest memories have been recalled!
As long as you do it, someone will still remember it.
Mi Yang remembers what Cao Cao did back then.
When Sun Quan did it, the more than a hundred Jingzhou generals present,
Of course I remember it too!
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