But these Manicheans are completely different. These poor people are just unfortunate people who are involved in this game. If killing them on the battlefield can be said to be the instinct of human survival, then what Zhang Dujian does now can only be a complete massacre. With Zhou Ping's inner sense of morality, it is impossible to say.

"Brother Zhou!"

"Prespect!"

Zhou Ping turned around and spoke with Xue Liangyu and Li Bao. Seeing the worried expressions on their faces, Zhou Ping felt a warm feeling in his heart. No matter how huge the difference between himself and their inner world was, they still cared about themselves sincerely. Compared with this, what is the importance of those differences?

"There are too many people inside, and two more charcoal stoves were burned. The smell was too strong. I'll come out to breathe!" Zhou Ping smiled and concealed.

"It's a bit!" At this time, a cold wind blew, and Xue Liangyu shivered: "Brother Zhou, let's go in. It's too cold outside! It's strange. It's said that Xiuzhou is much warmer than our hometown in Anyang, but why do I feel a cold air penetrates my bones!"

"Although this place is not as cold as Anyang, the south is humid and it is also very uncomfortable!" Zhou Ping laughed by Xue Liangyu's appearance: "Looking at how you are, you still want to go to conquer Yan!"

"As soon as I got into battle, I was warm all over and I was not afraid of the cold at all!" Xue Liangyu said dissatisfied, as if to confirm his speech, he waved his arm: "I rushed back and forth four or five times that day. If it weren't for the bad luck, then the thief Chen Antian's head would be where would the turn of others to be at the head!"

"Okay, I'll let you take the lead next time!" Zhou Ping smiled and patted Xue Liangyu's thick shoulders. The burly body of this young man who had just reached nineteen seemed to be full of energy, and he was looking for opportunities to erupt at any time.

With the sound of sharp metal and hardwood friction, the inner gate of the urn city slowly opened, and a team of officials walked in carefully. The city was already dead silent. More than a thousand corpses were lying in the narrow space of the urn city, especially at the entrance to the outside of the city, the corpses were piled up layer by layer, and the walls and the city gate were covered with blood-colored palm prints. They were traces left by Manichaeists who tried to break the city gate with bare hands or climb the city wall to escape. Although time has passed, it is not difficult to imagine the tragic situation of hundreds of people struggling to survive here not long ago.

"Tsk tsk!" An old soldier exclaimed and instinctively avoided the corpses on the ground. Southern imperial guards like them have not seen any wars for decades, let alone such miserable scenes.

"Don't be timid, move the body away quickly so that the car can come in and move it out!" the leader behind cursed.

"Okay!" The veteran was roared by Shangguan, and then he was busy pushing the corpse on the ground with his gun and spear to make a way out. The man who was pushing the chicken bus behind him came in, pulled down the arrows from the corpse, and then carried the corpse on the ground into the car.

"Hey, why bother! What's wrong with believing? You must believe in Manichi. Now you have no life!" The veteran looked at the corpse on the ground and sighed.

Zhong Zhe'an stuffed his right hand into his mouth so that he would not yell because of excessive anger. Less than half an hour ago, the corpses on the ground were all lively, breathing and talking companions, but now they had turned into cold corpses. And those tyrants now moved them to the chicken bus like packing firewood. At this time, Zhong Zhe'an suddenly felt a stream of warm and salty liquid flowing into his mouth. It turned out that he had subconsciously bit his right hand through hard, but for some reason, he did not feel any pain at all.

The villagers walked towards this side. Zhong Zhe'an closed his eyes, tightened his muscles, and tried his best to make his body feel like a corpse. Finally, the two civilians hooked up his body with iron hooks, and then got on the rooster bus. After a while, Zhong Zhe'an followed the two corpses out of the city gate and fell into a ditches. Then he pushed the corpse away, climbed out of the ditches as fast as possible, and pounced on the man who was stunned by the scene in front of him. He threw the other party to the ground and bit his throat with a fierce mouth.

"Help, help!"

Zhong Zhe'an felt the huge resistance power under his body, and his strength was passing rapidly. Suddenly, as a stream of warm and salty liquid poured into his mouth, the resistance power under his body weakened. After a while, Zhong Zhe'an got up from the corpse, searched for the dry food on the corpse, swallowed it, and turned around to escape to the distance.

When the main force of the peasant army led by Fang Qifei arrived at the city of Xiuzhou, it was noon on the third day. Obviously, this new enemy learned the lesson of the previous loser. He did not rush to approach Xiuzhou City, but asked his soldiers to dig trenches and build soil and build a base as a support for the next attack on Xiuzhou City. When Zhou Ping got the news, he knew that this battle would not be so easy.

"The prison guard, the Mani thief has just arrived and has not yet established a foothold. I am willing to go to the hard probe for the straitor!" Xue Liangyu said loudly.

Zhou Ping frowned and did not answer immediately. The so-called "Tabai" is a term used by our country for scouts during the Tang and Song dynasties. The Tabaizhi is the officer who commands scouts. His mission is generally to search for ways and find out the enemy situation. In the sequence of the Song army, the first one was the Tabaizhi Army, and the behind one was the Defeng, Ce Pioneer, You Yi and other troops. Generally speaking, the Tabaizhi used the strong and brave generals and assistants, and the hard detective meant an armed reconnaissance. Xue Liangyu was the first to jump out to ask for battle, because he was afraid that the first achievement was taken away by others this time.

"I am willing to be a messenger for the white sect!"

"I am willing to go!"

Li Cheng, Yang Zaixing and others also went out to ask for battle. At this time, Zhou Ping made a gesture to retreat and said, "You all retreat and rest. I am not going to send someone to investigate this time!"

"The custody--" Xue Liangyu was about to continue, Zhou Ping stood up and said in a deep voice: "It is our full contribution to going south to defend Xiuzhou City. I will bring you Jiangnan, and I hope to bring you a lot of you back!" At this point, he turned around and walked out of the tent.

Suzhou, the inner magistrate of the prefecture was quiet. This place was originally a famous garden, but later occupied by the government. The prefect also spent some effort on it and even more remedial. On weekdays, literati and ladies were quite elegant when they walked through it. However, at this time, the garden was covered with three steps and five steps, and the tall Shengjie soldiers were covered with iron armor, full of solemnity, shaking the rich and peaceful aura in the garden.

"Taiwei! A document of victory was reported from Xiuzhou. Wang Tongjun led his troops to defeat tens of thousands of vanguards and beheaded more than 4,000, including more than 100 leaders of all sizes, and accumulated armored horses! But--" Wang Bing paused for a moment and carefully looked at the expression of the man in the upper head. He saw that the man was nearly in his ears, with a burly face, dark face, dozens of short beards on his chin, his eyes were slightly closed and leaning against the Hu bed. His face was neither happy nor angry, and he could not see any expression. He was Tong Guan, the eunuch who was the commander of the Privy Council and the commander of the Jianghuai Jingzhe Xuanfu.

"Just what?"

"It's just that Fang La sent the general Fang Qifei to lead a 100,000 army to be restored. The number of people is very different. The situation is urgent. I also asked the Grand Marshal to send a large army to rescue and save the people in the city from the fire and water!"

"Save the people in the city from water and fire? I think it is to save him, Prince Wu, among water and fire!" Tong Guan opened his eyes, took the letter from Wang Bing, read it once, and sneered: "'Xiao soldiers are loyal and righteous, go out of the city to fight Riyu, and defeat dozens of bandits, and defeat the thieves' army.' There are only a lot of soldiers in Xiuzhou City, and can they still fight Riyu? Without fighting, they are exhausted even if they stand there in iron armor. As expected, they are a corrupt scholar who does not know how to lie. If Prince Wu had not falsely claimed his military achievements, then he would have nothing to do with him to defeat the thief vanguard this time!"

Wang Bing smiled and said, "What the Taiwei said is very good, but it is common for this kind of praise in the meritorious documents to be praised! Wang Tongjun has been in Jiangnan for a long time and has never seen swords and weapons, so he naturally wrote too much. However, now that Zhucheng is in danger, he not only guards Xiuzhou City, but also repels the Mani thieves. No matter what, it is a good thing. You can comfort the holy heart!"

Tong Guan's face showed a look of disappointment when he heard Wang Bing's speech. As Wang Bing said, the most troublesome generals who led troops from ancient times to the present are often not how to defeat the enemy, but how to deal with the suspicious emperor and political enemies in the court in the rear. Although Tong Guan was a eunuch, he could not escape this law as long as he led his troops. Although he was called "Six Thieves" together with Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng and others, it did not mean that he was united with the other five people. On the contrary, these six people were just for profit, so they would naturally be divided by profit. Tong Guan had been rolling in the power field for more than 20 years, how could he not understand this truth? During this Fang La Rebellion, Song Huizong appointed him as Jiang in one breath.

The Huaijing and Zhejiang Xuanfu Governor gave him the power of temporary disposal, and gave him all the 150,000 troops that were originally planned to conquer Liao. The most important thing is that in order to curb the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, he would create a situation and stop the "Huashigang" as soon as he took office. Although Song Huizong pinched his nose and accepted it, Tong Guan was too clear about his master's easy nature. Now, in order to quell the Fang La Rebellion, he naturally could recognize anything. However, if the military affairs were continuous, the political enemies inside and outside the court would never be on the sidelines. At that time, the official would definitely not stand up for him like Wei Wenhou. Wang Ziwu's meritorious documentary was true or false, and he could always block the mouths of those birds.

"Hey! State affairs are so hard!" Tong Guan sighed and said, "It's a pity that those dangerous villains in the court don't know the truth about being in harmony at all, and -" Speaking of this, Tong Guan's voice stopped. Obviously, he felt that it was not appropriate to say something about the official in front of his heart.
Chapter completed!