Chapter 222: The End of Benevolence and Righteousness
The night breaks and the sky becomes bright.
A fierce battle that lasted for a long time!
The officers and soldiers lost tens of thousands, but they also wiped out tens of thousands of rebel enemies. But the strange thing is that the number of prisoners was less than a thousand?
Unprecedented in ancient times!
There are corpses all over the mountains and plains...
The light of the fire shot straight into the night sky, shining brightly on the sky and the earth, covering up the morning dawn in the east.
Four piles of fire formed the shape of "qi", firmly protecting Liu Huiwang's cloud car in the center.
Knowing that the person dressed in white and sitting in the cloud chariot is the leader of the bandits, thousands of cavalrymen are unable to do anything.
The fire was so great that even a piece of iron would probably be burned, let alone humans and horses.
Hu Baozong clenched his fists and veins popped out on his forehead.
Li Chengzhi, Li Chengzhi, two hours ago, you told me that you captured Liu Huiwang...
So where did this one come from?
Da Xi only thought that Hu Baozong did not capture the leader of the bandits alive, and was secretly upset. He subconsciously advised: "The Jingzhou Rebellion has been decided by Lieutenant Li from the beginning to the end. He defeated tens of thousands of enemies in several battles. Now it is even more...
Killing the thieves and chieftains was an unparalleled achievement.
Lieutenant Hu worked hard to help, and even if Liu Huiwang was not captured alive, he would definitely not be able to escape with just one effort..."
Secondary work, just secondary work?
It’s just a minor achievement, how can you keep your uncle alive?
When my uncle fell, how could I, as a county captain, and my uncle, a county guard, protect the Hu family, which had already offended the public?
If the Hu family is stabilized, the country will soon be in decline...
Hu Baozong's eyes were about to burst. Looking at Liu Huiwang, who was surrounded by fire dragons and was about to be buried in the sea of fire, and there would be no trace of his body, it was like looking at the enemy of the whole world.
Not long after, the corners of his eyes burst open, and a stream of blood and tears flowed down his cheeks.
Suddenly, like thunder, there was a roar on the battlefield, and then a plume of smoke rose into the sky. The fire dragon grew in the wind, and the cavalry surrounding it rushed back.
After a quick look, it turned out that the fire broke the cloud ladder, and the watchtower and cloud carriage Liu Huiwang was riding fell into the fire.
The flames were like a sea tide, covering the watchtower in the blink of an eye. Only a burst of "crackling" explosions was heard. The cloud car, the watchtower, and even Liu Huiwang were all submerged in the sea of flames.
It's over, it's all over...
Hu Baozong was trembling all over, his vision went dark, and he almost fell off his horse.
Da Xi quickly gave him a hand and asked suspiciously: "Colonel Hu?"
He only thought that Hu Baozong was overly excited after seeing the leader of the thief buried in the sea of fire, with no hope of life.
But when he heard Hu Baozong clenching his teeth so hard, Da Xi was horrified.
Who are you hating?
Just as he was startled and confused, Da Xi suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him: "Colonel Hu, General Da Xi, my husband has invited me..."
Seeing the white armor on Li Rui's body, Hu Baozong was so excited that he roared like crazy: "Li Chengzhi... Li Chengzhi..."
Immediately, a cold shout came like a demonic voice: "I am right here, how are you doing?"
Da Xi turned around and saw that Li Chengzhi was standing less than three feet behind them. His face was gloomy and his eyes were sharp, staring closely at Hu Baozong.
Looking at Hu Baozong again, it was as if he was seeing an enemy...
Da Xi was surprised and confused.
What happened?
It was fine before, one was strict and the other was modest, but now they have clearly won a great victory, but these two people seem to be turning against each other?
Hu Baozong roared fiercely: "Li Chengzhi, Liu Huiwang is dead, dead... Are you satisfied now? All the credit belongs to you... But what should I do with my uncle, and what should my Hu family do?"
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Hu Xin's hair stood up in fright: "The captain must be careful..."
He thought Hu Baozong was crazy...
What time is it now?
The world has been set right and the dust has settled. Li Chengzhi should be regarded as an immortal contribution.
Just when rewards are given based on merit and the army is suspended and seals are sealed, you actually want to turn against Li Chengzhi?
Do you believe it or not, Hu should have three points of credit, but Li Chengzhi will only give you one point?
And even if you capture Liu Huiwang alive, the main merit belongs to Li Chengzhi, and the remaining secondary merit will be divided equally between you and Da Xi... No matter how you calculate this, it won't be Hu Cishi's turn...
What's more, Xi Kangsheng's nephew is right next to him. Can these words be said here?
The more Hu Xin thought about it, the more anxious he became, wishing he could stop Hu Baozong's mouth.
Liu Huiwang is dead?
Li Chengzhi looked at the Yunche Watchtower that had been engulfed in flames and smiled coldly.
If he really died so easily, why would the real and fake Liu Huiwang go through so much trouble?
Now that I think about it, how similar is it to his clever plan to let Li Song, Li Liang, Huangfu Rang, and the 5,000 Baijia battalion escape?
Just fake death to escape!
What chilled him the most was Hu Baozong's attitude...
"Even if Liu Huiwang is really dead, what will you do?"
Li Chengzhi scolded him coldly, raised his eyes and looked around.
Real corpses litter the fields, rivers of blood flow, and mountains of corpses pile up.
Among them were not only men, but also half-clothed women, children no more than four feet tall, and gray-haired old men...
All of them are skinny and skinny...except for the skin, only the bones are left. Even if you cut it with a knife, you can't cut off a few kilograms of meat...
As long as they can have a mouthful of food and not starve to death, who would risk killing the three tribes and rebel?
Li Chengzhi didn't believe it even more. These tens of thousands of refugees had all been bewitched by Liu Huiwang. They believed deeply in the so-called slogans such as "sacrifice one's life to become a saint" and "reincarnate to enjoy happiness". Is there any one with a clear mind?
Absolutely not!
Just because these people have expected that even if they can survive today, they will never have a way to survive in the future. On the contrary, they will cause future generations to suffer together.
It's better to sacrifice one's life for charity and try one last time: What if I can really be reincarnated?
And all of this was caused by Zhaoxuan Temple and Governor Hu.
Without Zhaoxuan Temple's clever plundering and wanton occupation of land, why would these refugees be left without a fixed home and without enough food to eat? Even in the good years when there was no disaster or famine, it was not uncommon for them to exchange children for food.
If Hu Shichang had not aided the tyranny of Zhou, colluded with others, and blocked the way for the people who had lost their land to redress their grievances, how could these refugees have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, and were finally taken advantage of by Liu Huiwang and led to a dead end?
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Liu Huiwang is naturally the principal culprit, and Zhaoxuan Temple and Hu Shichang are definitely the accomplices...
Now you ask me, what should I do about Governor Hu?
Li Chengzhi turned his head and looked at Hu Baozong with an increasingly cold look, as if he had never known him before.
"You ask me what Governor Hu should do? Well, tell me first, what should we do with these tens of thousands of refugees, and the hundreds of thousands of people who were used as food and got into the belly of the rebel army?
Don't say that Liu Huiwang was sacrificed for the lives of thousands of soldiers under my command, Li Chengzhi, and it was really you, Hu Baozong, who captured him alive. Do you think I will let you share the credit with Hu Shichang?"
Li Chengzhi's voice was fierce, and his eyes were like daggers, piercing Hu Baozong: "If it weren't for the purpose of killing the culprit, then what kind of chaos would I, Li Chengzhi, have raised by raising another army?
If you were really unconscionable and allowed you to protect Hu Shichang, how should I, Li Chengzhi, face the dead soldiers and the hundreds of thousands of people who were forced to go to a dead end?"
Hu Baozong's face turned pale in shock and his whole body was shaking.
He didn't expect that Li Chengzhi would say these words right here and now?
How is this different from accusing Hu Shichang and listing his crimes in front of Da Xi or Xi Kangsheng?
What was even more unexpected was that Li Chengzhi never wanted to let his uncle go from the beginning to the end...
At this point, how can Hu Baozong still have any sense at all?
He raised his finger, pointed it directly at Li Chengzhi, and roared: "Li Chengzhi, you broke your promise and betrayed your promise..."
"Captain, shut up..."
Hu Xin's face was already pale with fear.
What is Li Chengzhi’s character?
Once you fall out, there will be no room left... Believe it or not, if even this personal relationship between you and him is cut off, if he dares to involve the entire Hu family, he will even write a letter to the court.
Report the meritorious deeds in the newspaper?
Will Xi Kangsheng and the court believe the words of the Hu family, or will they believe the words of Li Chengzhi, who has made great achievements and achieved great success?
By then, the Hu family will really be hopeless...
Hu Xin turned over and dismounted, knelt down with a "pop" sound, and knocked his head as if smashing garlic.
"Li Langjun... No, Marshal, don't worry... it's my captain who's lost his mind and gone crazy, what he said is all nonsense... you can whip him and punish him with a cane..."
"Breach of trust?"
Thinking of the letter from Captain Xiao Guan and hearing Hu Baozong’s scolding, Li Chengzhi’s face was filled with despair.
I want to save your great-uncle, but where is your great-uncle?
You actually want to bury me, Li Chengzhi, in a pit so that I won’t be able to stand up for generations to come?
He shook his head like he was laughing, "Forget it, whatever you think... I'm not a handsome man, and I can't punish you... Just do it and cherish it..."
For a moment, Li Chengzhi was a little discouraged. He wanted Hu Baozong to personally lead the Baijia Battalion and his remaining troops to dig out Liu Huiwang.
Even if this person is dug out, he will eventually be identified as the substitute of the thief leader. But just because of the brutality of the last battle, the rout of the officers and soldiers killed, and Xi Kangsheng's ability to almost escape, he is definitely the "thief leader"
"The second person under.
With Hu Baozong's great achievements, even if Hu Shichang cannot be saved, there is still no problem in Bao'an deciding whether the Hu family has merit or demerit.
But I use my heart to illuminate the moon, but how can the bright moon illuminate the ditch?
Thinking of his past with Hu Baozong, Li Chengzhi felt depressed.
At first, he did have the intention of taking advantage and deceived him. But as time went by, he unknowingly regarded Hu Baozong as a true friend.
And the only one...
Just like the group of friends in the previous life, they laughed when they should laugh, scolded when they needed to be scolded, fell out when they needed to, and hit them when they needed to fight, but it didn't last three days, and I don't know who took the initiative to say a word, and the relationship changed.
The good ones are like having thousands of soldiers and countless die-hard loyalists, but after all, this is no longer the original world.
Only when he was getting along with Hu Baozong, that kind of unrestrained feeling of laughing and scolding could make him feel a little familiar...
Li Chengzhi was sighing to himself when he suddenly heard an urgent order from behind: "There is an order to guard, order Li Chengzhi, Da Xi, and Hu Baozong to return to the account..."
Li Chengzhi sighed deeply and looked at Hu Baozong with great disappointment.
Okay, you missed even this last chance?
He looked at Hu Baozong, who seemed to have come to his senses and regained some sanity, and sighed bleakly: "It's really heartbreaking... Why don't you think about it, when have I ever let you down? Hu Baozong, you
Just wait and regret it for the rest of your life..."
Hu Baozong was already covered in cold sweat.
He couldn't figure out why he would say something like that in front of Da Xi as if he was crazy.
I felt so regretful that my intestines were almost green: From the beginning to the end, in what way did Li Chengzhi ever feel sorry for himself?
At this time, Hu Baozong felt even more chilled when he heard Li Chengzhi telling him to wait and regret it for the rest of his life.
It's over...Li Chengzhi is completely going to fall out...
"I was wrong..."
"You are wrong, you idiot..."
Hearing these three words, Li Chengzhi felt an evil fire rushing straight to his forehead, "I ran here anxiously. I originally wanted you to clean up the battlefield, but now that I have seen Guard Xi, what else can I do with you?" Li Chengzhi sighed again and shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, what's the point of talking so much? I should have thought of it earlier: You are stupider than a pig, I'm afraid you secretly hate me: Obviously
Liu Huiwang is in the enemy camp, why did he lie to you that he was captured alive by me?"
You didn't lie to me?
No...no, damned or not, everyone is dead. Why does Li Chengzhi still want me to clean the battlefield?
In an instant, Hu Baozong suddenly remembered that Li Chengzhi had asked Li Rui to pass orders twice in a row, telling him that Liu Huiwang might escape, and when he asked him to guard the two wings, he seemed to have turned his back on Da Xi?
This clearly means that if he wants to make meritorious deeds, he should do so secretly...
But at that time, I was always angry that Li Chengzhi had lied to him. How could I have thought about this?
Do you even think that Li Chengzhi wants to take all the credit?
But at this time, he said that he had no chance to clean up the battlefield...
Hu Baozong was shocked: "We saw with our own eyes that Liu Huiwang was buried in the sea of fire..."
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"Who the hell told you that what you see with your eyes must be real?" Li Chengzhi's teeth chattered with hatred, "You idiot... do you know what fake death means to escape?"
Hu Baozong's expression suddenly changed and his hair stood on end: "Hu Xin...send the order and lead the black cavalry..."
Before Hu Baozong finished speaking, he only heard a roar: "Who dares to move? The cavalry obeyed the order and surrounded the battlefield... If you dare to let out even half a living creature, you will definitely kill it without mercy?"
No matter how late Daxi paused, he was shocked to realize that something had happened, not to mention that Li Chengzhi, in a rage, had already made it clear: Liu Huiwang is still alive?
I don’t say who will take the credit after being captured alive. I just want to say that if these monsters are released, how many changes will happen. Da Xi will not let Hu Baozong do whatever he wants...
Da Xi looked at Hu Baozong coldly: "Colonel Hu, do you think I, Xi, am a dead person?"
It's over...it's really over this time...
Hu Baozong's vision turned dark, and he actually fell off his horse...
He is so hopelessly stupid...
Li Chengzhi sighed sadly and bowed his hands towards Da Xi: "The general is laughing..."
"Captain Li's words are serious...Captain is so talented and loyal that Xi has no time to admire him..."
Da Xi said, and bowed down again, "Please rest assured, Captain, Xi is still under the control of the Captain at this time. Even if Liu Huiwang was captured, the Captain was also the main contributor..."
After listening for so long, how could he still not guess the story?
Hu Baozong was so eager to perform his meritorious service and wanted to protect Hu Shichang that he actually wanted to capture Liu Huiwang alive and use it to exonerate Hu Shichang?
What a joke?
Li Chengzhi is the chief officer. You really captured Liu Huiwang. In terms of merit, he was the master and you were the assistant. What does it have to do with Hu Shichang?
And Li Chengzhi... Why don't people like Hu Baozong, who are stubborn, ignorant and selfish, break off the relationship quickly and keep it for the New Year?
This bastard has already fallen out with you because of this, so why do you waste your time explaining so much to him?
How in need of friends are you?
Li Chengzhi laughed dumbly: "General, do you think I, Li, am doing it for merit?"
Da Xi sighed: "The captain misunderstood, Xi didn't mean that..."
It is precisely because you are not trying to grab credit that Xi Mou admires you.
Now that I think about it, including the fact that last night Li Chengzhi ordered Hu Baozong to be the leader and himself to be the assistant to fight the last battle, he was also planning for Hu Baozong, hoping that he would make more contributions...
They are just brothers, that’s it, right?
What impressed him even more was that Li Chengzhi was so jealous of evil and had a clear-cut attitude between public and private affairs: If it were anyone else, let alone having an irreversible friendship with Hu Baozong, as long as the benefits were enough, Hu Shichang would be protected.
It's just that Li Chengzhi tried to cover up for Hu Shichang, and mentioned a few words such as "On the order of the governor, he summoned his tribe's troops to quell the rebellion." As long as no one takes it seriously, the matter is settled.
But Da Xi never expected that Li Chengzhi would refuse without even thinking?
The reason is that it is for a group of untouchables?
"Li Chengzhi is both insidious and cunning, ruthless and vicious..." etc. I don't know how these words came out?
Looking back at this moment, Li Chengzhi’s uprightness and justice are as bright as the sun and the moon...
No wonder Zhang Sima and Yang Juncheng were full of praise for him...
Da Xi secretly sighed and advised in a gentle voice: "Li Duwei, if you don't go back to life first...it's taken so long, I'm afraid the guard will be impatient..."
Li Chengzhi sighed softly, then looked at Hu Baozong, who was pale and trembling all over, and said quietly, "It's time for you and me to be friends. From now on, it will be a bridge back to a bridge, a road back to the road... You and I both have to take care of ourselves."