Mou Liangbi looked at the pipe hanging by Fang Jie's waist, stretched out his hand and motioned to hand it to him. Fang Jie didn't refuse. He untied it, stuffed the tobacco and lit it. He took a puff first and then handed it to Mou Liangbi: "What don't you understand?"
"You clearly didn't know that I wanted to kill you, so why did you suddenly notice it? It's only been one day, and my advantage is fleeting. How did you think of it? I did seem a little anxious to invite you to the cottage for a drink, but this doesn't prove it. I had the intention to kill you. Why did you win when I clearly had the advantage?"
"Because you don't know your opponent."
Fang Jie smiled softly: "Let me ask you a question, do you know how many people in this world can reach the ninth level of martial arts cultivation?"
Mou Liangbi shook his head: "I don't know much about martial arts, but I have heard people say that there are probably no more than a hundred people above the ninth level in the world. If a practitioner reaches the ninth level, he has the power to move mountains and fill the sea. , has the ability to travel thousands of miles in an instant, kills people like a flip of a hand, and takes lives like a bag, even your majesty must treat him with courtesy. "
"It's not that exaggerated, but ninth-grade masters are indeed very strong. I don't know how many people in the world have reached ninth-grade cultivation. I only know that I have two ninth-grade masters under me. Send people to guard against the army. There were scouts inside, but they couldn't prevent the ninth-level masters from visiting the camp. On the night you sent someone to invite me to the stronghold, my people went into the stronghold to find out that you were imprisoning Mou Liangbi, and I had more than just martial arts men under my command. There is also a wise man named Sun Kaidao. From the fact that you invited me to drink, he saw at least three doubts and deduced that His Majesty may have an intention. "
"You made your biggest mistake by imprisoning Cui Zhongzhen. If Cui Zhongzhen is still free, I might actually come to the appointment."
Mou Liangbi was stunned, then shook his head: "Then you sent someone to contact Wanyan Zhongde and agreed to let him put on a show for you to hold me back. Then someone pretended to be an imperial envoy and announced the decree in public. This is the truth and fiction in the art of war. I admire him for actually attacking him unprepared."
"You're welcome"
Fang Jie said: "If you don't want to kill me, why would I want to kill you? I led my people to retreat to Fangu just because I didn't want to have a stalemate with you. I originally advised myself not to do anything about the rebel West Camp. You care about it. But you feel uneasy if you don¡¯t get rid of me, so the words ¡°it¡¯s your own fault¡± are the most suitable words to apply to you.¡±
Mou Liangbi laughed at himself: "If His Majesty's decree was not met, I would not have the intention to kill you. You should know what I look forward to most, so the desire to kill you is indeed forced by the situation. I am different from you. You are still young and I am already fifty years old. If I cannot turn over in the northwest battlefield, even if I return to the capital, I will end up as a commoner. How about I have to sit in jail for more than ten years before I have a chance to regain my former ambitions? Maybe give up?¡±
Fang explained: "What you mean by this is that I have reason to forgive you?"
Mou Liangbi said seriously: "What I mean by this is that I have a reason to kill you."
Because of the cold, Mou Liangbi took a sip from his pipe, but his body shivered even more: "Now I finally know what the former sages meant when they said that talents will emerge from generation to generation. I am not even old yet, and I am already no match for young people like you." . Li Xiaozong is ruthless enough, and you are decisive enough. I am inferior in both respects."
Fang Jie said: "Don't blame yourself, it's a waste of your little time."
"I just want to be a sensible person."
Mou Liangbi was silent for a while and asked tentatively: "It's useless for you to kill me. Why don't you leave me to advise you. Even though I'm in a cage, I can still help you understand many things as long as I don't die. And the soldiers will also say that you are lenient. Ren, what do you think?"
Fang Jie sighed: "How I wish you pointed at my nose and cursed, and then died generously In that case, I will occasionally think of you in the future and praise you as a person."
Mou Liangbi shook his head: "Who is not afraid of death?"
Fang Jie hummed: "I will be a little disappointed because you didn't die generously, but I won't look down on you because you are afraid of death. You only have one life, let alone death, just think about death carefully in your free time. This incident will scare many people.¡±
"If you were me at this moment, would you beg for mercy?"
Mouliangbi asked.
Fang Jie smiled and said: "The first thing I want to tell you is that I am also afraid of death. If you think about it carefully, I am probably more afraid of death than you. But the difference between you and me is that when I know that I will definitely die, I will never I will beg for mercy. Human dignity has been trampled and there is not much left. What a pity it would be if I could not die solemnly?"
Mouliangbi remained silent and said no more words.
Fang Jie stood up, handed the small bag of tobacco to Mou Liangbi, and thenHe took off his big cloak and covered him: "I will send people to bring wine and food later. If you want to eat, you can tell me now."
¡°As long as you have wine and meat.¡±
Mouliangbi replied.
Fang Jie nodded, turned around and walked outside the cave.
"Fang Jie, can I ask you something?"
Mou Liangbi looked at Fang Jie¡¯s back and said.
Fang Jie stood still but did not look back: "You ask."
"Do you really have no desire for military power? After obtaining this military power, are you really just serving the court? Are you really loyal to His Majesty? Do you really have no ambition in your heart?"
Fang Jie laughed and walked out.
"you guess?"
He said two words with a smile, and strode away without any further thought.
Mou Liangbi watched the young man disappear from sight. After a long silence, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "I lost, could it be because my wish was too small?"
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Mouliangbi is dead.
After all, he still didn¡¯t have the heart to hit the rocks by himself, so he asked Feiyupao who was guarding the door for help. The flying fish robe looked at him with some contempt, pointed at the large and small stones in the cave and said, "Choose one yourself. This is the only thing you can choose now."
Mou Liangbi searched for it for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the paler his face became. Later, his hands and feet were shaking uncontrollably, and he actually vomited out all the food and wine he had just eaten. Seeing that he was vomiting so much, Feiyupao couldn't help but shake his head: "I originally wanted to scold you for committing suicide, but after thinking about it, you are also a big shot, and it is against morality to be humiliated before death, so I resisted scolding you, but the way you look now really makes me angry The more reluctant you are to let go, the more scared you feel, so you might as well just be happy."
Mou Liangbi wiped his mouth, and after a while he pointed to a stone the size of a watermelon and said, "That's it."
Feiyupao nodded and said, "Well, if you're afraid, just close your eyes, just for a moment."
Mou Liangbi took off the cloak given to him by Fang Xie, then sat up straight and closed his eyes: "Please be more neat, thank you!"
"You're welcome"
Feiyupao walked over, picked him up, and banged his head against the stone wall twice.
Blood spurted out immediately, staining a large area of ??the stone wall red.
The flying fish robe threw Mou Liangbi's body on the ground, curled his lips and muttered to himself: "You fucking think I'm stupid, how can any suicide person choose a rock as big as his butt to hit him to death? Even a fool would see this kind of thing. There must be something wrong. If I were fooled by you, wouldn¡¯t the flying fish robe have been worn in vain these past few years?¡±
He clapped his hands, turned around and left.
It was too cold in the northwest. Although the wind in the cave was not strong, the body soon became cold and stiff. Lying there straight, the blood on his head turned to ice in a short time. Maintaining life is a very long process, but losing life is so short, just one second.
The next day, Fang Jie asked people to re-register the team. After counting the number of soldiers in each battalion, all officers with grades above six were gathered at the school grounds. There are tens of thousands of people in the team, and there are hundreds of people at level six or above. According to the military system of the Sui Dynasty, all the captains and brigade officers were officers, but they were not qualified. Colonel Guo Yi, who led a regiment of 300 men, was from the seventh rank, which was required to be registered by the court, and he received a salary from the court.
Because this team is a collection of remnants, the number of officers is much larger than that of a normally deployed army. After all, in that great rout, the general's survival rate was much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. This is a very cruel fact. The most basic reason is not only that the generals' personal qualities are higher, but also because their armor is better. Colonel Guo Yi's leather armor is more than twice as thick as that of ordinary soldiers, and he also has a goggles.
This world is full of hierarchies, and people at the bottom can easily live in complaining. Some extreme people will think that we are all the same people, so why do you enjoy much better treatment than me? Such people often live with this kind of complaint all their lives, and even become more and more miserable. They ignore that the reason why others enjoy these benefits is because they work harder than they do.
This world is ruthless, so it is relatively fair.
Fang Jie stood on the high platform and looked at these people, who would follow him through life and death in the future. He was silent for a long time without speaking, so that the people below looked at each other and wondered what the new leader was thinking.
"I have not experienced that war, but I know it is not easy for each of you to survive."
Fang Jie finally spoke after being silent for a long time, with a very low tone: "You are all officers. After thinking about it carefully, you may find that the reason why you are alive may be becauseOur former subordinates fought desperately to save him. Therefore, the first thing you must do is treat your soldiers well. And now I am the one standing at the highest point here, and in the future my life and death will also be decided by you, so I will treat you as you treat your subordinates. "
"It has been nearly three years since that war. Many people have died during this period, and others will die in the future. Maybe it is one of you, or maybe it is me standing here. Those who saw the imperial edict yesterday At that time, I suddenly felt extremely scared, because I was afraid that I would not be able to lead you and protect you. I thought for a long time and told myself that the best way for you to survive is to stay here and wait until the imperial army regains control of the entire northwest. "
"But waiting for others to save you is always just hope. You have been away from home for three years, are you homesick?"
he asks.
The people below fell silent. After a while, a captain said in a low voice: "Think!"
Fang Jie nodded: "I have no home, but I also miss Chang'an City. If we want to go back, we have to do something to bring this rebellion to an end as quickly as possible. What I was thinking about when I was in Fan Gu was that I We must guard this small town, because those Meng Yuan barbarians will definitely go here when they retreat. I have no other thoughts about these beasts who kill my relatives and take away my family property except to speak with a knife. "
"But now that I have more people like you, I have to consider your life and death."
Fang Jie was silent for a while, then raised his head and said solemnly: "If you can trust me, follow me to fight a few beautiful battles. Then return to your hometown with all your glory and reunite with your relatives."
"General, tell us what you want us to do!"
Someone shouted.
Fang Jie looked at these people and said seriously: "Just one thing Wherever I point the sword, you will follow me to kill. I promise, that is the direction for you to go home."