Chapter 682: Becoming a Hero Fang Jie sent people back to the Zhuque Mountain Camp to deliver an order, asking Cui Zhongzhen to lead troops to attack Xinyang City. Dugu Wenxiu, who came back from negotiations with Jin Shixiong, was reused again, and his status in the Black Flag Army became more and more obvious. Sun Kaidao, who was previously entrusted with important tasks by Fang Jie, seemed to be forgotten and disappeared into Fang Jie's various military orders. After Luo Yao died, Fang Jie asked Xiahou to lead troops to massacre from the east to the west of Yongzhou City. The cavalry directly broke into the high-level courtyards of those wealthy families and killed everyone on sight. You must know that this kind of massacre is very common. It rarely happened. Over the years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, God had only blessed the emperor to massacre a few aristocratic families in Jiangdu, but Fang Jie brought blood all the way from Zhuque Mountain to Yongzhou. After Yongzhou City became a river of blood, not only the people and gentry in the city were frightened, but also the 30,000 county soldiers who followed Fang Jie were frightened. Originally, they thought that Fang Jie had killed enough along the way, but Fang Jie first massacred hundreds of thousands of people outside Yongzhou City and then annihilated various tribes inside the city, which hit them in the heart like a heavy hammer. But no matter how many people were killed, the county soldiers were not touched after all, so the fear was not unbearable. After this incident passed, it became a topic of conversation for the county soldiers after dinner. Of course, no one dared to say it openly. Even those who scolded Fang Jie for being cold-blooded and inhumane only muttered it in a low breath. But just when they thought Fang Jie had killed enough, killing came again. When it was still dark, the door of the county soldiers' camp had not been opened. Fang Jie suddenly arrived. His subordinate Xiaoqi Xiao easily climbed over the fence and entered and opened the gate. When the county soldiers on duty heard the sound, a group of hundreds of people came out. The human spirit cavalry has already rushed in. Before the county soldiers on duty blew their horns to warn them, they were thrown to the ground by the Xiaoqi Riding School, gagged, tied and thrown aside. Immediately afterwards, about three thousand cavalry rushed in with rumbling thunder. "Blow the trumpet" Fang Jie got off the white lion, quickly walked up to the general stage and sat down before giving instructions. Black boy Yan Kuang took the messenger's horn and blew it. He was full of energy and the horn sounded particularly loud. The sound of the assembled horns was of a consistent length and spread far and wide. After a while after the horn sounded, some disheveled men tentatively came over to see what was going on. When they saw the dark cavalry on the school field, they were immediately frightened. No one among the first people to arrive expected that it would be Fang Jie. Some of them were not wearing armor and some were not holding weapons. They all turned pale with fear and ran to stand on the school field. It's just a sparse formation, without any serious momentum. Fang Jie took out his pocket watch and looked at it, frowning slightly. "Nie Xiaoju, Yan Kuang, you two will lead the Xiao Riding School to capture the people. All officers above the rank of captain who are not present will be captured. If anyone resists, they will be killed directly." "Here!" Yan Kuang and Nie Xiaoju agreed. , beckoning and leading a large group of knights to rush into the barracks. Not long after, the sound of commotion came out of the camp. "Killing people!" A panicked roar came from the distance, and the person who heard it was almost scared out of his wits. Fully half an hour later, the county soldiers were barely able to assemble on the school field. Some of them were sleeping to death, but they were dragged out of the tent by the Xiaoqi Riding School and beaten with sticks until their skin and flesh were torn apart. Those who bravely resisted were chopped to death with random knives. Many officers had drunk wine and slept soundly last night, but they were tied up tightly by the wolf-like and tiger-like Knight Riding School while they were still in their dreams. There were 30,000 county soldiers, and there were quite a few officers above the rank of captain. From the time the bugle blew until Fang Jie gave the order to pick up people, Fang Jie waited for almost thirty minutes. Even so, one-fifth of the officers who arrived at the school grounds within this time even None. The remaining four-fifths, six to seven hundred people, were all taken, including the generals of the 30,000 county soldiers. The leading generals of the Nanhui Road, Beihui Road, and Yongbei Road were tied up and pushed under the general's platform. When they saw Xie's frosty face under the torch, even his legs and feet became weak. . "I gave you twice the time to put on your armor and pick up weapons, and twice the time to form a team. Today, the trumpet was suddenly blown to assemble. I thought that at worst, 50% of the troops would arrive at the school grounds, even if they were not dressed neatly. Tolerate it. But in fact, less than one-third of the soldiers arrived at the school in this two-time period, and less than one-fifth of the officers above the rank arrived." Fang Jie's voice was a little chilly: "The soldiers on duty at the gate seemed to be sleeping. Like dead pigs, thousands of cavalry have already entered, and you are still sleeping! If it is not me, but the enemy, do you think you can win at this time? Let me tell you, if the enemy really arrives, then There is no one standing on the field, there are all mutilated corpses!" "General, forgive me!" "The three men will look at each other!?Look, and then they all kneel down and beg for mercy. Since following Fang Jie all the way south, they had gotten a feel for Fang Jie's temperament, and they knew that if the young general in front of them was really angry, he would kill without blinking an eye. "You are not guilty." Fang Jie's tone softened a little, and the three generals immediately kowtowed: "General, be tolerant!" "Because you are no longer my soldiers." Fang Jie waved his hand: "First, General These three people were killed." "Fang Jie!" One of the generals fell to the ground in fright. After realizing what happened, he yelled at Fang Jie: "You are planning to kill us today! You want to kill us too! If you don't kill us, you won't feel at ease!" Fang Jie glanced at him and said slowly: "You are wrong. If you are right, I will keep you. It is you who gave me the reason to kill you. "There are not so many assumptions in this world." The Xiao Riding School swarmed up and dragged the three people to the front of the school ground, and beheaded them neatly, without even giving the three people a chance to say a few words. When these three heads fell to the ground, the scene fell silent! ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ Fang Jie stood up and walked slowly to the side of the general platform, and glanced at the silent county soldiers below: ¡°I brought you from the north because I wanted you to fulfill the obligations of a soldier. Man What's the point of joining the army if you don't protect your country? If you want to fight against Nanyan, our Black Flag Army cavalry will march back and forth for thousands of miles. It depends on whether our Black Flag Army cavalry will rush back and forth to kill you. " Jie sneered: "I didn't use you because I know that you have only been in the army for a short time. You have never been on the battlefield or seen blood. I am afraid that you will suffer heavy casualties. I can't explain it to your family. To put it harshly, I I know you are embarrassed, so I don't use it, but you don't even have this kind of self-awareness. I heard that since the defeat of the He people, the county soldiers have not drilled once. They spend all day chatting and eating in the camp, waiting to die. This is in your bones. "Fang Jie used his inner strength when he said these words. Although his voice was not loud, it reached everyone's ears clearly. "I thought it would be good to have fewer people die after all. Human life is more important than mountains, but you have made yourselves lighter, lighter than feathers, and cheaper than grass." He looked down and knelt at the front. The coldness in the eyes of those hundreds of officers made them all smell the smell of death. "From today on, you are no longer county soldiers." Fang Jie said loudly: "You don't have to think that you can go home as soon as possible after defeating the He people, because this battle is far from over. If you There is still some blood in his bones, so he should understand the attitude of the Sui people towards foreign enemies." He raised his voice a little: "The arrogant Sui Dynasty has always allowed me to attack, and no one is allowed to come in. Fight back even harder. How many people were massacred in the small area of ??Nanyan? How many houses were burned? " "Who among you drank last night? Wine?" Fang Jie looked at the hundreds of officers and asked. No one dared to answer. "Pry open their mouths and take out all the people who drank wine last night and kill them." Seeing that no one spoke, Fang Jie gave instructions and said: "I don't even dare to admit that I drank. You don't have the pride and bloodiness of a soldier." We have it!" Not long after, dozens of officers who still smelled of alcohol in their mouths were brought out, and amid wailing sounds, dozens more heads fell to the ground. "General!" At this moment, a strong man struggled to open the hands of the riding school, stood up and said loudly: "The general is right, we people really don't look like soldiers! But has the general thought about us? Here, no one can see clearly what their fate is, and who is still thinking about training? Those who are drunk are not necessarily bloodless, but they just don¡¯t know what to do, so they are drunk and dreaming! General, we were wrong, but please give us a chance to correct it!" "What's your name?" Fang Jie asked. "Farewell General Du Chun of the fifth rank!" "Du Chun, let me ask you." Fang Jie looked at him and asked, "I will give you a chance to correct yourself now, but on the battlefield, the enemy will give you a chance to correct yourself. Is there a chance?" Du Chun was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath: "General, will I die if I wait?" "Yes" Fang Jie nodded: "A soldier will die if he makes a mistake. Himself. A corps leader made a mistake, and five people died. A team leader made a mistake, and a brigade leader made a mistake.??, a hundred people died! From today on, these soldiers are soldiers of my Black Flag Army. You are incompetent. Do I still want to keep you and lead them to death? " Du Chun was silent for a while, raised his head and said loudly: "General, please give me a decent way to die. " "explain! "Fang Jie said. "The general wants to attack Nanyan? Beat He people? " "Yes" "I am willing to die as a soldier! " Du Chun said: "Please, General, let me die on the battlefield, not in front of my subordinates! Men are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of a shameful death. None of the men around me are cowards. The general wants to kill us anyway, why not give us a chance to die with the enemy! Fang Jie was silent for a while and nodded: "Okay, these few hundred of you will be the dead soldiers camp from today on. When I lead my army south, you will be the vanguard army." I give you a guarantee. If you survive three battles and kill ten enemies, I will spare you and re-activate you! "The people at the front can survive three battles? The people below all know that this is almost impossible. Hundreds of them are rushing forward at the front and they have to survive three battles It is estimated that no one can Do it. Fang Jie ordered this just to satisfy Du Chun and give them a decent death. Less than two miles away from the Junbing Camp, there is a Yanzi Tower that is famous in Yongzhou and even in the entire Pingshang Road. Go up. The signboard of Yanzi Tower has been hanging for hundreds of years. On the third floor, two people stood on the railing and looked into the distance. Fang Jie took a puff of his pipe and pointed at it. Down at the county soldiers' camp, he smiled at the dazed dog leaning against the guardrail on the third floor and asked, "Do you know how brave you are? "The big dog was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said he didn't know. "You are a scoundrel who has the guts to snatch something from the hands of an old, weak woman and child. Those who have the guts to rob a rich man's mansion of gold, silver and jewels are bandits and horse thieves. Those who have the guts to rob the money, grain and treasury of a large city in a county are considered to be giant bandits. Those who have the courage to seize a vast territory are considered heroes. " He pointed to the county soldiers who were practicing and said: "There are hundreds of dead soldiers and 30,000 strong soldiers there. " He then pointed to the Black Flag Army camp in the distance: "There are tens of thousands of elite cavalry there. " Then he looked at Big Dog: "I will help you get back a piece of the country, do you have the courage to be a hero? "