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Chapter 474 [This is my Hanfeng Pass! ]

For the many barbarians present, the Ancestral Blood Warrior is not only a commander, but also a stabilizing force and even a belief.

After all, they had lived in a bitter cold land since childhood and had been constantly brainwashed by the noble barbarians. It was not an exaggeration to say that they had a religious fanaticism for the Ancestral Blood Warriors.

After the sudden death of "Faith", the morale of the remaining barbarians collapsed. Their morale had already fallen to the bottom because of He Sheng's indiscriminate killing just now.

Nowadays, many people simply dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, and stared blankly at the huge corpse lying on the ground.

“Kill them all!”

The man named He looked at the frontier army vanguards who had stopped, frowned and shouted angrily.

"Yes--"

The border troops immediately came to their senses after hearing this, and immediately raised their knives and began a bloody massacre of the barbarians. The two sides fought back and forth on the border, with hundreds of battles of varying sizes each year. Who didn't have a few friends and comrades killed by the other side's knives?
It is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides have a blood feud. When they finally get the chance, they will swing their arms and chop with all their might. A one-sided massacre is thus born.

If you let the border troops attack the city, the results can only be described as average at best. However, if it is a pure infantry battle, it is not wrong to call it a tiger and wolf army.

That night, a barbarian army of 100,000 overthrew Tancheng. Of course, more than 30,000 of them died from the huge thunder balls that broke through the city walls, and some barbarian soldiers were slaughtered by the first few moves of the "Nine Purple Thunder Strikes".

The remaining barbarians were all chopped to pieces by the border troops. The ground was covered with blood, even up to the feet. It was most appropriate to describe it as a river of blood.

"Open the door and check everyone. If there are any barbarians, kill them on the spot. And don't disturb the people. If I hear any rumors afterwards, every team will be punished."

He Sheng gave the order and the border troops immediately followed it.

The "squad", "ten" and "team" he mentioned refer to the organization of the army. A team of five is a squad, with the squad leader as the commander (nominally in charge of five people, but actually directly commanding four soldiers, and he himself is included in the organization); a team of ten is a squad, with the squad leader as the leader; a team of twenty-five is a team, with the captain as the boss. After the captain, there are centurions, dubo, lieutenant, lieutenant general, deputy general and general.

The Du Bo could manage a maximum of 500 soldiers, the Xiaowei could manage at least 1,000 soldiers, the Lieutenant could manage 4,000 soldiers, the Deputy General could manage 8,000 soldiers, and the General could manage 25,000 soldiers. Above the General was the Grand Marshal, who commanded all the troops.

The old coach standing by was stunned at the smooth performance of both teams.

No, who is the more handsome one between the two of us?
You little bastards, you betrayed me too quickly!

There is no way. With a high official position, a high status, a strong fist, and the ability to destroy a city and a general by himself, it is normal for the border troops to be obedient given the five advantages in one.

disobedient?
Marshal, you just saw it, he killed the barbarian commander.

What happened next went very smoothly, and some barbarians in Tancheng were subjected to a thorough search. Basically, no one could escape.

It's not that they didn't think about resisting, but the border troops were divided into squads. With the combined strength of five people, unless a master appeared, the ordinary barbarians would die on the spot, with blood splattered all over the ground.

Tancheng, at the gate of the government office.

"Sir, there are some officials and wealthy people in the cell, we..." A general from the Outer God Realm stepped forward, bent over and whispered in the ear of He Sheng who was sitting in the seat of honor.

"The fall of Tancheng is closely related to these idlers. All of them will be loaded into prisoner carts and sent to Kyoto. As for those wealthy families, I saved them. Shouldn't I express my gratitude?

Out of their miserable experience and the inaction of the former local officials of Tancheng, I was kind enough to let them leave the prison and go home as long as they worked together to raise enough money to build the city wall.

If anyone is unwilling or makes threats, you should drag them out and chop off their heads in front of them. If anyone continues to make noises, continue chopping. After that, confiscate their homes and build the city wall.”

"Yes!"

The general clasped his hands together and went down to work immediately.

Whether it is reasonable or not, whether it complies with the law or not, whether the rich families have any background, whether the officials have any backers, has nothing to do with their border troops.

Even if someone really wants to punish someone, they will have to find trouble with He. It has nothing to do with a group of soldiers who just follow orders.

As soon as one general left, another one came running in.

"Sir, only one in ten people in the city are left alive, and many houses have been destroyed."

"???"

No, the barbarians stayed for half a year and committed so many sins?
"Sir, a hundred thousand barbarian soldiers have big appetites. Besides, barbarians have always loved meat. Having enough food does not mean having enough meat."

"."

Wow, they really are greedy.
"What about the house?"

"Tancheng is located in a bitterly cold place with only one season. Without merchants transporting large amounts of charcoal, the living people naturally burn whatever they can to keep warm."

Ugh!
"Go find that general and ask the wealthy families to donate some money to repair the houses."

"Yes!"

The second general left and the third general came.

As for this, whenever it comes to spending money, He Sheng always asks them to go to the prison to ask the rich people for money. The old general sitting next to him was so angry that he couldn't help but lick his teeth.

Okay, is this how you become an official?
Damn, the imperial court is so rotten that even you can wear a dragon robe.

Hey, am I a general of the frontier army who keeps the enemy at bay?

Oh, that's okay.

"Their affairs have been dealt with, and it's your turn to be old."

"I???"

The border army commander pointed at his nose and asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's you. The border troops are in turmoil. Is it because of your poor management? Moreover, I have seen the combat effectiveness of the vanguard troops. Ordinary barbarians are no match for them. It is no exaggeration to say that they crushed them. In short, you cannot get rid of the charge of nurturing the enemy for your own benefit."

"Ugh--"

The old commander sighed deeply and explained.

"It's not that I'm raising the enemy to protect myself, but I have to. If I don't, the court will definitely have to lay off a large number of soldiers. According to the nature of civil servants, at least half of them will be laid off. The remaining half will be laid off slowly.

Without the border troops, there would be no pay. How could I support those disabled soldiers without pay? I couldn't just abandon them after they had fought for my country and lost their arms and legs and were unable to support their families.

If that happens, the reputation will be ruined and the army will lose its morale. Once the army loses its morale, what can it use to defend its homeland? At that time, the barbarians will cross the border and kill into Shanzhou and other neighboring states, burning, killing, looting, and committing evil all the way. Is that a good thing?
Do you think the civil officials care about the lives of the people in the border states? No, they don't care. No matter how many people die, they can't see it. The barbarians have committed many evil deeds, but the knife is not on their own body.

Besides, you don't know how stupid those people are. Even if I lose the battle on purpose, the military pay I get from the government every year will be deducted. If I don't raise some barbarians and make the court and the emperor feel threatened, do you believe that they dare to send me a bunch of empty boxes of military pay every year?
But I didn't expect that my people would actually collude with the barbarians. Until now, I still haven't figured it out, let alone what benefits the barbarians gave him to make him dare to betray me! "

Well, the so-called "keeping the enemy for your own benefit" is actually the black-hearted "executives" deducting the wages of the grassroots "employees" who work hard for the "company". In addition, they do not give the "employees" who retire due to illness or disability the money they deserve, even if that money is just basic living expenses.

By the way, Mr. He, please recall carefully.

It seems that except for this time, the barbarians have never invaded Shanzhou and other places under the defense of the border troops under the old commander. They are always blocked outside the border line, and even if they occasionally suffer a "defeat", the barbarians cannot invade the Ancient Fish Kingdom.

The palace master who had been standing nearby could no longer hold back and could not help but speak out.

"I told you, the border troops have suffered so many defeats and many people have died. Why didn't you submit a petition to recruit more troops? It seems you are cheating me out of money."

The injured and dead soldiers were given silver for burial, which was about thirty taels per person in the Ancient Fish Country. Of course, the department responsible for appropriation would definitely exploit them layer by layer.

"What else can I do if I don't cheat? How can I support the disabled soldiers if I don't cheat? Besides, do you really think those people in the court don't know about these things? I cheated the money, but it's not their money that I cheated. On the contrary, they can make a lot of money from it."

The old general was helpless. If there was a better way, it wouldn't have happened. He really thought that losing a battle was an honorable thing. After all, he was born in a military family. Which general didn't want to win every battle and leave a legend for the younger generations?
"Oh~~~"

The palace masters also knew about the mess in the court, so he could only sigh.

"The emperor has no choice. The treasury is really empty. Whenever he asks for money, the Ministry of Revenue always makes excuses. Don't ask, the answer is no. Where is the money? It's all for natural disasters, pacifying refugees, mold damage, river dredging, etc."

It’s rotten. The court is rotten to the core.

When Emperor Wu Taizu climbed out of his coffin, he had no way to deal with those officials unless he made up his mind to rebuild the world.

"Contact Taiyue Prefecture and ask about recruiting soldiers. If you have enough people, come directly to Tancheng. Also, continue recruiting soldiers. Isn't Tancheng known for being able to station a million soldiers? Recruit 500,000 troops for me first. Also, the name of Tancheng doesn't sound good. Let's call it Hanfeng Pass."

"???"X2.

No, let’s not talk about whether Hanfeng Pass is appropriate or not. Do you have the right to name it? Who are you?

In response to the two people's surprised expressions, He Sheng just smiled.

"I was assassinated by the Tianli Cult and the barbarians in Taiyue Prefecture. Now the barbarians have been defeated by me. However, the Tianli Cult has never shown up.

Therefore, I seriously suspect that the Tianli Sect is lurking in Hanfeng Pass now. It is reasonable to temporarily control Hanfeng Pass under my control. "

"As long as we haven't found the people from Tianli Sect, how long will Tancheng, no, Hanfeng Pass, be in your control?" the old commander of the border army asked with twitching eyelids.

"Correct!"

The master in the palace: “.”

He personally really couldn't hold it anymore.

"Okay, Tancheng. It's reasonable for you to govern Hanfeng Pass. But why are you recruiting 500,000 soldiers?"

"Protect Hanfeng Pass! The imperial court doesn't want the barbarians to control Hanfeng Pass for the second time, right? Look at what they did and the evil they committed. Only one in ten of the population of Hanfeng Pass survived."

The man surnamed He acted as if he was the emperor in front of me and he was going to command Hanfeng Pass anyway.

"Okay, I support you!"

The old commander of the border army applauded. Rather than letting Han Feng be managed by a group of good-for-nothings, it would be better to hand him over to He Sheng, who showed "wolf ambitions".

At the very least, he is strong and can kill masters of the Yuqi realm with his magic weapon. If the border troops can't stand the barbarians one day, he will be a very good helper.

"The old general who nurtured the enemy and took advantage of himself can be tolerated, but I only command a mere 500,000 troops, and the emperor can't tolerate me?"

Got it!
The master in the palace rolled his eyes and said, how can they be the same?

The old general has a million border troops under his command. Does the imperial court dare to force them to rebel?

As for you, you simply mobilized 500,000 troops and controlled the barbarians, but they were unable to attack. This forced a group of reckless men whose brains were full of muscles to use tricks to seize the Hanfeng Pass.

Whoever is in this situation would agree to it.

"Just love it!"

He could see that the man surnamed He was determined to take over Hanfeng Pass and military power. He couldn't just kidnap him to Kyoto, and he couldn't do it anyway.

The ancestral blood warriors were all killed by someone with one sword. How reckless must he be to dare to conflict with others when he teamed up with the old commander and was suppressed and beaten?

As for telling the eunuchs and ordinary palace guards outside to inform the emperor urgently, it was useless. The emperor was far away, so how could he send someone to kill him?
He just took back Hanfeng Pass from the barbarians, and then he died in his own hands. Oh my goodness, the rebels have a new topic for propaganda.

In summary, he simply ignored it. After all, the emperor sent him here to protect the other party. As long as the man surnamed He was fine, he had fulfilled his duty.

"That's right, ask Wu Ming, the old Wu family member of Taiyue Mansion, to come to Hanfeng Pass and tell him to bring a few more elders from the clan. I have something to ask."

The corpse of Wu Kuangren is related to debt and more advanced swordsmanship.

Look, after the seventh, eighth, and ninth moves of Purple Thunder Nine Strikes were completed, it was displayed as - Minor Success. Next, there are two more realms: Great Success and Perfection.

Tsk tsk, I dare not imagine how violent the perfect and complete "Nine Purple Thunder Strikes" can be. The seventh move, combined with the magic weapon Thunder Blade, plus the help of external force Thunderstorm Cloud, can directly kill a barbarian commander in seconds.

He is a warrior of ancestral blood who can defeat the old generals of the border troops and the masters in the palace!

If the former had been a little weaker, he would have been hacked to death by the barbarians on the battlefield. If the latter had not been so capable, he would not have been sent by the emperor to protect him, the divine soldier of the Tianli Sect.

"Row."

The master in the palace stood up and left, and began to give orders to the people outside.

"I'm going to go and rest first. Please keep an eye on me, Marshal." After the continuous battles, he was somewhat exhausted and really needed to rest and relax.

"Don't worry." The old commander of the border army nodded. He understood what the other party meant by "keep an eye on it".

If there is anything wrong with the eunuchs outside and the palace guards, they will face the siege of hundreds of thousands of border troops. Oh, more than hundreds of thousands, there are many border troops stationed dozens of miles away.

As for how to explain to the court if this really happened.

Haha, the Ancestral Blood Warriors are so powerful, it’s normal for some people to die, right?
(End of this chapter)