Chapter 169 The ice-melting battle between the noble family and the humble family
"Report!"
"General, demons are attacking the city, and we need quick reinforcements."
Tie Tang looked at the armored and kneeling sergeant in front of him and immediately knew his identity.
This time he seemed to have become a general and no longer himself.
He was in a military tent. Thousands of soldiers outside had already prepared their troops. They were just waiting for his order to send out troops immediately.
Inside the military tent, there were also two groups of people, each with scars and wounds, as if they had just escaped from somewhere.
A young man from an aristocratic family wearing brocade and robes raised his hand to him and said, "General, please send troops to the east city immediately to rescue everyone in the city."
"Why go to Dongcheng?"
"There are hundreds of times more people in Xicheng than in Dongcheng. If you want to go to Xicheng, you have to go to Xicheng first."
The other group of people seems to be on the wrong side of the family's young master, and their clothes are not as gorgeous, and in terms of cultivation and strength, they are not as strong as the people on the family's young master's side.
Tie Tang immediately understood that this was a choice between the aristocratic family and the poor family.
He tried to ask, "Why don't your two forces... come together in one place? And why don't you invite experts from the imperial court for reinforcements?"
"It's too late. Please send troops immediately, general. If you wait too long, things will change."
"Today is the day for our humble family to gather together. How could they have thought of encountering a demon attacking the city when they gathered together?"
There are so many flaws in the rhetoric of the two groups that Tie Tang doesn't even bother to pay attention to them. This is just a scene for Taibao's demonstration, and there is no way to pursue the details.
The choice he now faces is whether to send troops to the east city or to send troops to the west city.
Needless to say.
At this time, the location of his military camp must be in the center of the east and west cities, and there may not even be a slight difference.
"How many people are there in the east city? How many people are there in the west city?"
Two groups of people responded immediately.
"There are about 100,000 people in Dongcheng, all of whom are the elites of our human race. General, only by going to Dongcheng and cooperating with us and other family masters can you stop the demons from attacking."
"We have 900,000 people in Xicheng. Aren't they human beings? General, please send troops to Xicheng immediately to save us and other poor families from the fire."
One hundred thousand versus nine hundred thousand, a classic choice.
Tie Tang remained silent.
His philosophy is that everyone is equal. If you follow this direction... the party with more people will undoubtedly have an advantage.
But at this time, a member of the aristocratic family spoke up.
"General, how many members of our family have died in battles to protect the human race in the past generations? Every one of them is a genius. If not to protect so many civilians, why would they do so?
If we find a place to live happily and let these people fend for themselves, wouldn't we be a hundred times happier than we are now?"
"General, the Yang family has been loyal for generations. From the eighteen brothers to the present, there is only one single seedling left. Now he is trapped in the East City. Do you want to watch the Yang family lose its heir?"
"General, you have reached your current position...and you have not relied on my support until now. Now that your wings have become stiff, are you going to be ungrateful and burn bridges?"
"General, if you don't go to Dongcheng, I will report it to the court afterwards. Not only will you die, but your whole family and ten clans will also be executed."
........
The manpower of the wealthy family used various threats and inducements, made powerful statements, and persuaded Tie Tang to send troops.
Although Tie Tang knew that there were many playboys among the wealthy families, they often bullied the common people.
But here...
There are indeed many people who are the mainstay of the human race, and their past achievements are extremely dazzling and undeniable.
It is precisely because of their illustrious achievements that some members of the clan can behave recklessly.
"General, there are 900,000 people in our West City!!!"
"Most of the 900,000 people are ordinary people with no cultivation ability. If you don't save them, are you going to watch them die?"
"On the east side of the city, most of them are people of witchcraft. The demons are determined not to invade for a while, but we in the west city only have a few masters. We can't delay any longer, general!"
"A wealthy family also comes from a poor family. General, if you abandon me... wouldn't you be cutting off your foundation?
Without a poor family, the aristocratic family will become a poor family sooner or later. The general should know which is more serious and which is more serious."
"General, 900,000 people versus 100,000 people, regardless of whether they are from aristocratic or poor families, just based on the number of people...you should know where to send troops."
"General, if you abandon us and other poor families today... we will definitely gather all the disciples from poor families in the world to overthrow this decadent dynasty and let the sky change and the sun and moon rotate.
By then...it’s still unclear who is from the aristocratic family and who is from the humble family!"
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!
This truth...won’t the general not understand?”
.........
Tie Tang listened quietly for a long time, still unable to make a choice.
He is a child of a poor family, so he should choose the poor family, and there are more people in the poor family, which is more in line with his ideals.
But if he starts from his own advantages and disadvantages... then the result of him abandoning the Dongcheng family will definitely be a dead end.
Because these aristocratic families will settle accounts with him afterwards, and there will be no escape from death.
Moreover, there are many experts in the family, so they have greater confidence in defending the city, and may even be able to lend a hand to aid Xicheng.
No matter how you look at it...it's reasonable to choose the Aristocratic Family camp!
But if Xicheng is abandoned, how long the poor people in Xicheng can hold on is also a question.
Once the city is broken.
For those ordinary people who have not practiced witchcraft, facing a group of monsters, they will surely die at a speed far beyond imagination. It is possible that 900,000 people will be slaughtered before there is time to rescue them.
And if these poor families are completely disheartened and raise the banner of rebellion afterwards, we don’t know what the situation will turn into.
"It's like saying that no matter which side you choose, you will die... Mr. Taibao, although these hypothetical questions are tricky, they are not facts after all. It is inevitable..."
Before he finished speaking, time froze around him and the highly recognizable voice of Taibao came.
"Similar things have really happened before, and that person also made his own choice."
Tie Tang was stunned.
Did a similar incident really happen?
Then the person who made the decision at that time...how much pain and struggle must he have?
Finally.
Tie Tang expressed his choice.
"I will send troops to Dongcheng to assist the children of the aristocratic family, and ask them to mobilize manpower as soon as possible to assist Xicheng.
And I will go to Xicheng first to resist the demon!"
"Good!"
A voice came from the air, and the scene in front of me changed again.
Next, Tie Tang experienced several different scenes, and the choices he faced were also strange and unpredictable.
With the previous experience, Tie Tang no longer regards these as illusions.
He knows that some of these tests are facts that have happened before; some are things that are likely to happen soon based on his own radiation of surrounding things.
And some...
It is possible that CPIC deduced the future and saw some of the changes, allowing Tie Tang to make a decision based on what was known.
After a total of nine tests, Tie Tang was sweating profusely. When he waited for the scene change to end again, he saw a familiar scene.
A foot away in front of you is a curtain of pearls and jade, and the pair of black official boots appear more and more clearly.
Before I knew it... I had already walked in front of the Taibao.
Brushing the rainy sweat off his forehead, Tie Tang asked softly, "Is it over?"
The Taibao did not answer, but just said something to himself.
"Use nine to see a group of dragons without a leader, which is auspicious.
Is the world unified, a world where everyone is like a dragon...
The dragon can appear or hide, can be thin or huge, can be short or long; it can ascend to the sky at the spring equinox, submerge in the abyss at the autumnal equinox, and call for wind and rain.
Not bound by material reality, not bound by the treasure Shou Yuan, not hindered by vision and knowledge.
In terms of ability, he is extraordinary, he can call the wind and rain, help the world, he can go to heaven and earth, he is free, and he can also help the world.
But people are selfish.
If we want everyone to be satisfied materially and spiritually, without oppression, to protect living beings, to pursue the ultimate truth, and to not be afraid to move forward despite all the twists and turns, this kind of realm where everyone is like a dragon will never appear."
Tie Tang was slightly startled, wondering what the Taibao meant by these words.
After thinking about it for a while, I can’t help but be a little scared to think about it!
He is not a person from this world.
The concept of the world, the values of society, and the needs of humankind are completely different from this world.
For example, the concept that everyone is equal has been deeply rooted in our hearts and cannot be changed in a moment.
These factors will unconsciously affect the decisions he just made.
Did the Taibao see something wrong?
The pursuit of everyone being like a dragon was indeed one of the ideas of my previous life, and it has already developed significantly.
At least on the surface...it's much better than this world.
"I hope you can stick to your heart and not be possessed by evil spirits!"
Tie Tang wanted to ask again, but saw that the black official boots had disappeared in front of him, and he never saw how the Taibao left.
As soon as the Taibao left.
Outside, Li Qingwan and Qiu Zhengyang also sensed it and walked in.
"What did the Taibao say? Did he say you passed?" Qiu Zhengyang was the most anxious.
Tie Tang spread his hands helplessly, "There is no clear explanation, and I don't know the result."
He didn't know that his Datong failed the Taibao test, according to the meaning of the last sentence.
I should be fine...
Right?
When Qiu Zhengyang heard this, he frowned, "The Taibao is not a person who knows how to sell things. Since he is here in person, he will definitely give a clear result.
It seems... you are quite a monster!"
Li Qingwan waved her hand, "The Taibao was just distracted, how could he come in person!"
"May I ask you two adults, when and where was the last large-scale demon attack on the city?" Tie Tang remembered a previous test and wanted to verify one or two.
"How can a demon have the courage? At most, he can turn into a human being, enter some small towns to trick some human beings, and eat a few secretly. It is impossible to attack the city. I have never heard of it."
Qiu Zhengyang rejected Tie Tang's statement.
The human race is far more powerful than the demonic forces, and the two are hardly on the same level.
How could there be demons who do not know whether to live or die and attack human cities on a large scale?
Li Qingwan pondered for a moment, "What you said was possible eight hundred years ago, but it won't happen now."
"Eight hundred years ago..."
Qiu Zhengyang whispered softly, as if he had thought of something.
"Are you faced with the choice of saving a wealthy family or a poor family?"
"That's right!" Tie Tang nodded and told everything he saw, heard, and did.
"Lord Qiu, does he know what choice that person made in real history? And who was it?"
"Isn't the answer very obvious?" Qiu Zhengyou joked, as if he was testing Tie Tang.
"Could it be the Taibao?"
"Exactly!"
"Then what choice did he make?"
"You are just like him, but the Taibao came from a noble family before, and... he went to the humble city and solved the disaster perfectly."
"How to do it? Is it by personal force?" Tie Tang was puzzled.
Qiu Zhengyang shook his head, "No, although the Taibao at that time were strong, they were far from being able to fight against so many demon kings and demon saints with one person's power."
From the conversation between the two, Li Qingwan knew what they were talking about, and couldn't help but think of the rumor.
She continued Qiu Zhengyang's words and said, "The Taibao met a person over at Hanmen. The two of them joined forces and blocked most of the demon's attack.
Later, with reinforcements from the Taibao, the aristocratic family also sent manpower to the Hanmen to support them, and finally repelled the demon in one fell swoop.
And that time was the first time the Taibao met that person, and it was called the ice-melting battle between the aristocratic family and the humble family."