Jingkou, the former site of Pinglu Village.
There are more than a hundred huts scattered around feebly, but the courtyard doors are wide open, the windows are scattered, and there is no one there. Obviously, this village, which was once specially used to house refugees from the north, has been abandoned, and the area outside the village that used to be
The flat ground used for martial arts performances is also overgrown with weeds, with only a few stone locks scattered among the bushes, which seem to prove how the residents here practiced martial arts every day to strengthen their bodies many years ago.
Liu Yu and He Wuji sat side by side on a small slope in the village. Looking at the scene below, He Wuji sighed softly: "More than twenty years ago, you and I first met here. I remember
Those three monster thieves came here to preach, and you were throwing stones with Xu Daofu. Thinking about it, it seems like it was just yesterday."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "More than twenty years have passed, and this place has been deserted. Neither Bottle, Rabbit, nor the Three Thieves of Heavenly Master will come back again."
He Wuji nodded: "Since the Battle of Feishui, people from the north are no longer allowed to cross the river. They are all resettled in the six counties in the north of the Yangtze River. Naturally, Pinglu Village has gradually become depressed. After all, people who can live in
The people in this village are all elite warriors, and they will not be willing to be farmers forever. Thanks to you, all the brothers who are alive now have achieved glory and wealth."
A hint of gloom flashed in Liu Yu's eyes: "But more brothers, like bottles, fell on the battlefield forever. Our good days today are due to the sacrifices of people like them."
He Wuji said seriously: "The dead are gone. The living must inherit their legacy and live well. Now the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty has not been settled, and the barbarians in the north are still there. The ambitions of our brothers when they joined the army are still far away."
If it doesn't come true, even for the bottle, we have to fight him back to his hometown? Let him move back to his ancestral grave, so that he can truly smile and be a slave? Do you agree with me? "
Liu Yu looked at He Wuji: "Isn't this what you and I have been striving for and what we are doing? Wuji, are you coming back this time? Did you ask me to meet here? I'm afraid it's not just to reminisce about the past."
He Wuji sighed softly: "Before we get down to business, let's talk about the relationship between brothers first. Do you want to keep your original intention and send slaves? What do you think? When we were young and spirited, we joined the army together. What was it for?"
Liu Yu said without hesitation: "The purpose is to expedition to the north of the Hulu? To protect the homeland and the country? To make achievements."
He Wuji nodded: "But we have been fighting for so many years and so many good brothers have died? What is the situation in the world now? Is it any different from what it was before we joined the army? What is the state of the Jin Dynasty? Is there any major recovery?
Those northern refugees who went south? Have their hometowns been recovered?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "No? It can be said that compared with the past, the situation has not improved at all? Even Lingnan is still occupied by demon thieves. If I hadn't sent Tao Yuanming back to the Twelve Counties of Nanyang last time, I'm afraid that the northern ones
The territory is not as good as it was before Qin went south."
He Wuji sighed: "Yes, we have been fighting for more than 20 years. So many brothers have shed their blood and sacrificed for the country, but the territory is getting smaller and smaller. What is the reason? Is it because we don't work hard enough, have no talent, or are we unlucky?
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Liu Yu waved his hand: "We are all brave and good at fighting, and our staff are also resourceful. Otherwise, how could we succeed in raising troops and seizing power? The reason for this is not the soldiers at the front, but the conspirators at the rear.
.If it weren’t for the mafia, Huan Xuan, demon thieves, Sima Yuanxian and his son, who took turns causing chaos, and even changed dynasties, triggering a civil war, how could our Beifu brothers fail again and again and give up the results we obtained?"
He Wuji nodded: "That's it. Since ancient times, there has never been a situation where a general made great achievements in battles outside, but conspired and powerful ministers held power inside. The reason why the Northern Expedition failed repeatedly during the Jin Dynasty for hundreds of years was not because of the incompetence of the soldiers at the front, but because of the incompetence of the soldiers at the rear.
The rebellious officials and traitors are causing trouble. Slaves, we can no longer ignore these bloody lessons."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Then who do you think the rebellious officials and traitors in the rear are now? How to prevent them?"
He Wuji said without thinking: "Although the Mafia has been eliminated, those wealthy families who are still thinking about getting something for nothing and sucking the blood and fat of the people are still there. In fact, the Mafia is just a representative secretly promoted by these people.
, in the end, it is the interests of parasites like them that are protected.”
Liu Yu frowned slightly: "There are good and bad families in the family. Just like in the past, there were scum like Xi Chao and Wang Ningzhi, the mafia, but there are also people like Mr. Xianggong and Madam who are sensible for the country. They are the Beifu Army.
It was also established by the Xie family with all their efforts, so Wuji cannot be generalized."
He Wuji sneered: "I would have believed this twenty years ago, or even ten years ago, but when I know that even Mr. Xianggong is Xuanwu, I will no longer trust these aristocratic families. They also built the Beifu Army.
They are just fighting for power for themselves, wanting to dominate the mafia, and even dominate the government. Isn't it because they are so selfish and constrain each other that they cause such tragedies to happen again and again? Slave, we have now got rid of these nobles from aristocratic families.
There is no need to talk to them about the control of the sect. Even if the Xie family did not provide money and food back then, when the former Qin Dynasty went south, the imperial court would have recruited troops to resist. Do we, brothers, need charity from others? "
Liu Yu laughed: "This matter is a matter of opinion. The situation in the court at that time was that if the Xie family had not provided food and allowed Marshal Xuan to take charge of the troops, how could it have been possible to quickly form a strong army? What kind of training did we go through back then?
Become an elite in a hundred battles, I know best. If Sima Daozi is really allowed to build an army, I am afraid that you and I will only die on the battlefield and become nameless corpses. Wuji, although you hate the mafia very much and hate these people for being evil.
Our Northern Expedition is a great cause, but don’t hate all the high-ranking families of the Jin Dynasty for this. After all, no matter before or now, we can’t completely give up and get rid of them for the time being. Even if you have someone in the shogunate to help you write
Men of literature who have official documents and military orders, men of talent and learning who can help you make suggestions and strategize."
He Wuji was silent for a while and said: "Perhaps I am a little too extreme, but you also know, Jinu, that some people just want to show their face. No matter how good you are to them, they will not accept you.
Instead, he will feel that you have robbed him of his original position, and keeping such an ungrateful person will sooner or later be a disaster. Just like you, you used to keep the Diao family and the Huan family because they had contributed to the country.
A bloodline, but what is the result? Diao Yong and Huan Yin were still ordered by Wang Yu to conspire with monsters and thieves to continue to plot evil and harm our brothers in Beifu. Wang Yu's family has caused harm to the country for many years, but he has spared one life but does not know how to restrain himself.
Although your killing of them is very satisfying, the consequences have already been done. Can you save the lives of Brother Tingyun and his family?"
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