I, the patron saint of the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, was forced to rebel

Chapter 32

"General, no, King Xian, we are all innocent!"

"Yeah, we were forced to come here, we don't want to be soldiers!"

"King Qiuxian let us go!"

The people in the city have already run away, only a small part is left, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

A group of people kept begging for mercy, putting all the responsibility on Wang Junkuo.

Qin Mu stepped forward and looked at the crowd with cold eyes.

"If you kneel here today, you can kneel in front of the Turks tomorrow!"

"As soldiers, you are the glory of the Tang Dynasty and the Great Wall of the border. Once upon a time, my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would rather die than surrender, but yesterday the Turkic army invaded, and you all let the enemy army slaughter the people!"

Everyone bowed their heads, they were extremely ashamed.

You can't face the people in front of you, and you can't face the people in the world!
To Qin Mu, although these people were soldiers, they were unqualified soldiers.

"Let others butcher me, why is that! Where did my Great Tang tiger and wolf master go?"

"Look up! Look at the people around here, how innocent they are, even when you are the last resort, but how do you repay their trust?"

"what!"

Suddenly, the voice raised several degrees, shaking a group of soldiers kneeling on the ground trembling.

Some of them couldn't help but shed tears
"King Xian, I... I'm just an ordinary citizen, I was arrested!"

"That's right, if you were forced to serve as a soldier, have you ever thought that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country?"

Qin Mu hated that iron could not be made into steel. This group of people completely lost their backbone and lost their arrogance as a member of the Tang Dynasty.

"What is the purpose of being a soldier, isn't it to make contributions, defend the family and the country, and be a dignitary in front of others, yes or no!"

"Yes!"

One of the soldiers suddenly raised his head, his face flushed and he roared.

"Since you know you're going to do this, why do you want to get along with these idiots!"

"My lord, I want to join your army."

Qin Mu looked at the man for a long time, then shook his head.

"My army doesn't need spineless people!"

The man's expression became depressed, and his fists hammered the ground with violent veins.

"Everyone, take off your armor, put down your weapons, and those who are captured by force are free to leave, and the rest are waiting to be dealt with!"

Soon, a large number of soldiers left the city wearing numb clothes.

Where to go, they don't know, maybe go home?

But the family has long been killed by the Turks!
Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Qin Muduan sat on the main seat, and below were Wang Junkuo and Wen Cheng who were tied up and knelt on the ground.

"My lord, I am turning away from the dark and turning to the bright. I have always admired you and wanted to follow, but I have no chance!"

This Wen Cheng is full of flattery.

"Well, I didn't expect you to have such a sincere heart, is it rare?"

"Yes, yes, King Xian, I know Youzhou City well, and I will definitely be able to help you."

He saw Qin Mu smiling, but he didn't know the meaning behind that smile.

Wen Cheng was only thinking at this moment, looking for a chance to escape.

Qin Mu got up suddenly and walked forward.

A strong sense of oppression strikes!
Wen Cheng was trembling all over, with a mocking smile on his face, "King Xian, I am really loyal to you!"

"Yes, I know."

Qin Mu suddenly looked sullen, and stretched out his hand to grab Wen Cheng's shoulder.

click!
In an instant, there was a sound of bone cracking.

"Ah! The virtuous king."

"Just a villain like you, you still want to bluff me? Pull it down, hang it at the gate of the city, and show it to the public!"

Two soldiers came in immediately and dragged Wen Cheng out.

"King Xian, I am loyal to you, you can't go back on your word!"

"The virtuous king!"

"Back then and then, when did I promise to forgive you?"

Qin Mu snorted coldly, turned around and looked down at Wang Junkuo who dared not speak.

"Wang Junkuo, you are the governor or the city defender. If you were brave enough to resist the Turkic people yesterday, maybe I will spare you today."

"What a good and virtuous king, he is dedicated to serving the people. Do you know what the consequences would be if I went out of the city yesterday to rise up and resist!"

"No matter what the consequences are, you have more backbone than kneeling here now!"

Wang Junkuo lay on the ground, suddenly sneered, and slowly raised his head.

That blue and black face, the eyelids drawn together, seemed to have aged decades at this moment.

"The life of the common people is the life, but the life of the soldiers is not?"

"There are 3000 defenders in Youzhou City, 3000 of them are Latin men, and some of them are supported by the imperial court. The Shangzuo received 1 support, but the number of people who came was less than [-]. How can I hold it!"

Hearing this, Qin Mu frowned.

It seems that the court is at the end of its strength, and the military situation at the border is so slack.

How sad!

"So what, the Turkic cavalry is only less than 8000 people, and your more than [-] people can't resist?"

"Hahaha"

Wang Junkuo raised his head and laughed, it was so desolate.

"Do you think these soldiers and horses are like your army horses? They have no war experience and no training. They are no different from ordinary people. They are just going to die."

"So you did something good?"

Wang Junkuo, who was kneeling on the ground, said nothing more.

Qin Mu waved his hand, and a soldier walked in.

"Read it to him!"

"Youzhou Inspector Wang Junkuo has embezzled more than 30 taels of silver since he took office. The people under his rule have been displaced. He doesn't think about building a life to flatter his superiors. He hopes to enter the court one day!"

clap clap clap!
Qin Mu sneered and clapped his hands, "Do you hear me clearly? Is that what you call righteousness?"

"Hmph! Now that it's in your hands, there's nothing else to say. A traitor has the face to criticize me here."

"Yes, I'm a traitor, but I'm better as a traitor than you are as a beast!"

In the afternoon, the sun sets.

On the city wall, two gardenia stems were hung, on which were the corpses of Wang Junkuo and Wen Cheng!
People passing by, all kinds of insults, even smashing dirty things.

The common people hated these two men to the bone.

At this moment, they were finally liberated, but in a city of 10 people, there were only less than [-] left.

At dusk, border area.

A team of thousands of people looked like ordinary people, but they carried all kinds of hatchets and other weapons.

They were the guards of Youzhou City who were awakened by Qin Mu's scolding.

The reason why I came here is to prove that I am not a soft bone!
"We are gathered here, and we have to take revenge. If there are still people who repent and are timid, I will leave without saying anything."

"Brother Lan, don't say such things. My parents died tragically at the hands of the Turks. If that bastard didn't stop me, I would have rushed out to avenge myself!"

"That's right, it's better to die in battle than to be scolded alive!"

They didn't have any sophisticated weapons or armor, only thin linen clothes and hatchets and other weapons.

Walking all the way along the loess, there was a sound of horseshoes after a while.

"Hidden, the Turkic patrols are coming!"

(End of this chapter)