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Volume 5 Battle of Senvi Mountain Section 17 Thoughts of Young Soldiers

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    Chapter 17 Thoughts of Young Soldiers

    The soldiers of the Second Legion, led by the brothers Boumitio and Brati, quickly retreated down the hillside. After the last group of soldiers finished pushing the rocks, they quickly retreated on horseback down the shallow gentle slope.  After walking one kilometer, the vanguard infantry armed with shields and equipped with armor had no strength to pursue the retreating soldiers of the Second Army. After paying a considerable price, the Elante Army finally passed the obstacles set up by Boumisio.

    The Elantra vanguard troops climbed up the mountain pass tiredly and no longer had the strength to move forward. Many troops in the rear continued to move forward towards the front of the mountain pass.

    The Elantra army rested for an hour on the hillside that slowly descended to the west.

    Lin Fenghan frowned and walked into the wounded barracks, and asked the vanguard centurions Chang Tuton and Bosmi: "Have the casualties been counted on the battlefield? How many brothers were injured."

    Bosmi relaxed his eyebrows with a look of luck and said calmly: "Your Excellency Baron, our archer troops are at the rear. Although bows and arrows are constantly shooting, under the cover of the heavy infantry, there were no deaths in our avoidance. Only 7  Two brothers were bruised and injured by bows and arrows, and 32 brothers sprained their feet and bruised their arms while advancing."

    Qitoton frowned in distress and said with a grimace: "Baron, the mixed armored infantry mobilized by our vanguard are also in the front, directly bearing the attack of bows and arrows. Although there are shields for defense, 42 brothers were still shot.  The middle arm and calf were scratched by bows and arrows, and 27 brothers were injured by stones and wooden blocks, especially in the last wave of attacks. Although the irregular stones only ran more than 50 meters away, 14 of our brothers were still hit.  When they arrived, four of the brothers were seriously injured and died on the spot."

    "Lord Baron, there are 600 Centurions participating in the frontal attack. Now the morale of their brigade is very low. Some of the new soldiers are already afraid of war. We must encourage them." Qituoton looked at Lin Fenghan seriously and said.

    "Yeah! You're right." Lin Fenghan nodded and walked toward the wounded soldiers sitting cross-legged and resting at the mountain pass.

    "Kolander, Rana, you lead the real infantry and continue to advance and stop by the river 2 kilometers ahead. We will camp there tonight."

    "Rafa, Ross, Browner, Pendak, Parmisi, Lamour take your men and horses to the nearby woods to harvest wood and build arrow tower guardrails."

    "Kolander, Rana, Davout, Lumonton, you lead people to dig trenches and lay out defenses."

    "Colande, Ramsay, you lead the vanguard cavalry to investigate the surroundings, set up hidden sentries, and keep an eye out for counterattacks by soldiers from the Second Legion."

    "Vera, let's go to the place where the wounded soldiers rest in front."

    "yes!"

    Everyone nodded, and the guards around Lin Fenghan quickly conveyed the news.  With caution, Lin Fenghan walked to the rocks at the entrance of the mountain pass.

    At this time, the sun had slowly set, and the red glow of the afterglow reflected the entire sky. Many tired heavy infantry archers sat on the hillside near the mountain pass and looked at the sun, sipping limited-edition wheat wine and bragging and chatting. Lin  Fenghan and Vera walked over slowly.

    "Hello, Baron!"

    "How are you doing, General!"

    "Hello, Lord!"

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    Many soldiers waved happily to Lin Fenghan. Lin Fenghan responded with a smile and waved his hand, and slowly walked towards a few unfamiliar wounded soldiers.

    "Little brother, what's your name?" Lin Fenghan found a stone to sit down on and asked the 17 or 18-year-old young man with a bandage on his arm.

    "My name is Pumixi, Lord Baron." Pumixi took a sip of ale in pain and touched the blood-stained bandage.

    Lin Fenghan frowned, took out a small bag of medicinal powder from his pocket and handed it over, and asked softly: "How did you get injured? Open the gauze and I'll give you some medicinal powder."

    "Ouch!"

    "Slower!"

    Lin Fenghan quickly assisted Pumixi and helped him untie the bandage. A three-centimeter-long, bruised and bleeding wound appeared on his arm.  Vera quickly poured the powder on the wound, took out a brand new bandage from her pocket and wrapped it around it.

    "Does it hurt?" Lin Fenghan looked at Pumixi who was gritting his teeth and frowning, and asked seriously.

    Pumixi looked at Lin Fenghan, who was about the same age as him, shook his head firmly and said, "It doesn't hurt."

    Lin Fenghan moved the corners of his mouth slightly and asked softly: "Pumixi, I think you are not very old! Why do you want to be a soldier?"

    "My father said that if you serve as a soldier, you can get additional food and salary, 5 silver coins per month. It took my father half a year of farming to save so much money. And my mother also said that if you serve as a soldier for the Elantra government, your family can allocate it."??? land, so here I am.  "Pumi Xi looked at Lin Fenghan and said sincerely.

    "ah!"

    Lin Fenghan was taken aback for a moment, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Do you know why you want to be a soldier? You know that the dream of our Yilan brothers is to overthrow the nobility and all unfair forces and establish a new, fair and just society. How do you feel about this?  Are you interested?"

    "A fair, just society? Overthrow the aristocracy?"

    Pumixi shook his head vaguely and said in confusion: "My father said that if you perform well as a soldier, you can become a knight, a landowner, or a noble? Why do we still need to overthrow the nobles?"

    ¡°What¡¯s the difference between building a fair world and overthrowing all powerful people?¡±

    "There is a difference!"

    "Of course there is a difference."

    Lin Fenghan raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "The current world is precisely because there are many kings and nobles. These people have formulated harsh laws to exploit and oppress the people. They ignore morality and justice and violate all fairness in the world.  Justice. Our dream is to overthrow them, give the people justice and princesses, give everyone the same rights, the same wealth, so that everyone can live a happy life."

    "oh!"

    Pumixi shook her arm that was not bleeding, shook her head and said, "I don't quite understand? Your goals and dreams!"

    Lin Fenghan looked at Pumisi and the people observing him seriously, and said seriously: "Brothers, you must have seen many slaves and servants before! Do you think they are free and happy?"

    Pumisi quickly said: "Lord Baron, I have been to the big castle next to our village. I have seen the people there. The slaves are very miserable. Their clothes are even worse than us, and their food is similar to ours.  , the only thing we are better than them is that we are free and can go wherever we want, but compared to those noble servants, our lives are far behind."

    "Those servants wear complete clothes and eat much better than us. The only bad thing is that they have to be on call at all times and obey their master's instructions. They are happier than us in some places, and also more miserable than us. But  I still envy them. My father said that being a servant of a noble is much better than being a farmer."

    "Pumixi, I want to tell you that you can actually wear gorgeous clothes, you can also have enough food, and you can travel freely. Do you believe it?" Lin Fenghan stared closely into Pumixi's eyes.  said.

    Pumixi shook his head in disbelief and said softly: "Baron, I am just a farmer's son. I am not the child of a nobleman or a businessman. I'm afraid I can't do what you said."

    "No!"

    "You can do it, any human being can do it. Those slaves can do it, the servants who are bought and sold can do it, and you can do it too."

    "Pumisi, you and I are both human beings. We are all the same in the eyes of God, and we can all do what we like."

    "What makes you poor is the oppression of the nobles, who deceive you together with the magicians!"

    "They tell you that the children of nobles are nobles, the children of soldiers are soldiers, the children of merchants are merchants, the children of farmers are farmers, and the children of slaves are slaves. This is everyone's destiny!"

    "I want to tell you!"

    "No!"

    Lin Fenghan looked at Pumisi, at Vera, at everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone of us is the same. Farmers and slaves cultivate the land, grow food, and weave clothes. But the nobles don't do anything.  Don¡¯t do it, snatch them from your hands. They tell you that this is tax. This is an obligation that you, who are of humble status, must abide by. They will deprive you of most of the wealth you have created, and you will live in poverty and abjection, and it will continue forever.  "

    "Absurd!"

    "Lie!"

    "cheat!"

    "If you don't farm, if you don't spin clothes, if you don't serve them, then they will starve to death and die of cold without knowing how to do anything. You can still live without hindrance if you leave their law and order.  They cannot leave you, and they will only be destroyed if they leave you."

    ¡°They are parasites on society and they cannot do without the services of the people.¡±

    "Perhaps among them, there are excellent jurists, excellent businessmen, excellent craftsmen, excellent philosophers, excellent literary prizes, excellent musicians"

    "However, their contribution to society is far less than their waste to society, and the people's resentment towards them far exceeds the people's hatred for them."

    "I am from Iran"From the beginning of the ?? Islands, wherever I conquered, just laws have been implemented.  Every piece of land under the Elante government can be allocated to the people; every forest, ocean, and river, people can fish in appropriate amounts; every urban area, every piece of land, people from all over the place can travel freely; every  Anyone who was previously forced to become a slave or servant will be free again, and everyone will face the same treatment in civil affairs"

    Lin Fenghan stretched out his hands and spoke loudly. He suddenly looked at Pumixi and said, "Pumixi, tell me who owned the land your family cultivated in the past."

    "It belongs to Sana Knight!" Pumixi inhaled quickly and replied nervously.

    "Whose is it now?" Lin Fenghan asked again.

    "From the Elantra government, after my brother and I joined the army, our family also received two acres of land." Pumixi said with a happy smile.

    "Tell me, is it better for the nobles or your family to own the land?" Lin Fenghan asked closely.

    "Of course it's from my family." Pumixi nodded quickly.

    "How much tax did you have to pay in the past? How many kilograms can you keep after planting and harvesting 100 kilograms of grain?"

    Pumixi lowered his head and said unhappily: "In the past, my family worked hard to grow food. For every 10 bags of food harvested, I could only leave 2 to 3 bags at home. If the noble housekeeper is merciful, I can leave a little more."

    "What now?"

    "I haven't paid! But the tax envoy said that in the future, you only need to pay 20% of the grain for farming, but the remaining part must be sold to the government as a government reserve." Pumixi said dubiously.

    Lin Fenghan asked again: "In the past, were you able to hunt and cut down the wood at will?"

    "No, I used to do it secretly, and if I was caught, I had to pay money and food. Now it seems it's OK." Pumixi touched her back painfully, where there were whip marks left by the former noble soldiers.

    "Pumi Xi! Now tell me, your family has your own land, you can cut wood freely, you can travel freely to various areas, and you can pay a little tax. Are you happier now than before?" Lin Fenghan said seriously.  Looking at Pumixi, he asked sincerely.

    "I am indeed much better now than before. I feel that life now is indeed very good. However, you will be injured and die after fighting as a soldier. This is unhappy." Pumixi nodded with understanding.

    Lin Fenghan nodded heavily, glanced at everyone seriously, and said loudly: "What is the goal of the Elantra government? This is it!"

    "What is the dream of me and the Elantra army? In layman's terms, this is to make your life better."

    "Do you think such goals and dreams are good?" Lin Fenghan stretched out his hand and shouted.

    "good!"

    "very good!"

    "very good!"

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    Pumixi, Vera, the wounded soldiers sitting there raised their hands and shouted.

    "Is such a dream worthy of your pursuit and support?" Lin Fenghan looked at the wounded and resting soldiers and continued to ask.

    "worth!"

    "It's really worth it."

    "We must also have this kind of dream."

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    Lin Fenghan looked at the many peasant soldiers who were slowly becoming enlightened, and said loudly: "Brothers! I know that many of you sitting here are illiterate at all, but it doesn't matter. Our goal and dream is to make this world  All human beings can have a better life, and everyone can live happier. This is our goal, this is our mission, and it is worthwhile for all of us to shed blood and sacrifice for our dreams."

    January 9, 2013 20:13:02

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