I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 529: A mob! Jackie Chan's theory!

The Qingzhou Huang Tian army came quickly and hastily.

It was so intense that when the defenders of Zhuozhou saw the endless ochre-yellow ocean appear before their eyes, they almost thought they were hallucinating.

"General, what should we do?"

The soldiers guarding the city were as pale as paper and could not even speak coherently.

The defender on the city wall who was asked this question was not much better.

Although he knew that most of the people in the ochre-yellow ocean before him were just ordinary people like ants in the past, if he really led his troops to charge out, he might be able to sweep away the entire area.

But he dared not.

In fact, even if it is ants, when the number reaches a certain level, just standing together can make people feel fear almost instinctively.

"Why are you panicking? The sky won't fall!"

He swallowed dryly while his throat moved and the guard scolded him.

He was about to say something loudly to stabilize the morale of the troops.

But at this moment, another cry of surprise came from another place on the city wall.

"Look! What...what is that!"

In the sight, a huge flag that covered the sky and the sun slowly rose from behind the ochre-yellow ocean.

The guard looked in the direction of the sound, and then his pupils contracted violently.

"The Yellow Heavenly Dao Flag! It's the Qingzhou Commander himself!"

The Yellow Heavenly Dao Flag is not only a large banner, but also a powerful magical weapon.

It is said that it was made by the Great Sage Master himself, and later bestowed upon the thirty-six commanders of the Huang Tian Dao as tokens of command of the army.

Once unfolded, the ochre-yellow air permeated, completely covering the void, with the yellow sky replacing the blue sky.

Under this Taoist flag, even those once weak ants can burst out with powerful fighting power and sweep away everything.

At this moment, the guard who saw the flag with his own eyes could no longer maintain his superficial calm.

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and he murmured to himself in a low voice.

"Impossible, impossible...how could this happen?"

As the defender of a city, it is impossible for him not to know the secrets that others do not know.

"This Huang Tian Dao...isn't he cooperating with us? Why would he suddenly raise a large army and lead his troops to attack us?"

The county magistrate of the city, who hurried to the top of the city wall, had the same doubts as him.

"How...how could this happen?"

No one can answer this question yet.

The civil and military officers stared at each other for a while, and finally the defending general calmed down first and made a suggestion.

"Now that things have come to this, please send someone to seek help as soon as possible, Mr. County Magistrate."

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence.

"Don't waste time going to the governor. Send someone to ask for help from the governor. Hopefully we can make it in time..."

Huang Tiandao launched a massive attack, and even the commander of Qingzhou came to the city in person.

It is impossible not to ask for help.

Now the county magistrate's only concern is.

"So, we can still hold on for a while?"

The guard who heard this couldn't help but roll his eyes and spoke frankly.

"I want the county magistrate to act faster, so that when the governor comes back, he should be able to collect our bodies in time."

What are you thinking?

If such a large number of Huang Tian rebels swarmed in, their small town would be razed to the ground in a matter of moments because it was not an important border town like Langju and Guanjun.

Even wanting to hold on for a moment is nothing but wishful thinking.

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate's face turned pale and he finally smiled bitterly.

"We've known each other for so many years, but I didn't expect you to be so humorous."

Due to the disputes between civil and military officials and the conflicts of interest among various families, it was natural that the relationship between the two was not very good.

Even putting everything aside and speaking a few words calmly like at this moment is rare.

In response, the defending general snorted twice and said nothing. Even the county magistrate hurriedly came down from the city wall without saying anything.

He just gritted his teeth and continued to arrange matters concerning the city's defense, while keeping a close eye on the movements of the Huang Tian bandit army.

Although no one knew better than him that any preparations made in this situation would be futile, it was better to do something than to do nothing, right?

"I didn't expect that after all my life, I would finally have the opportunity to pick up this old skill..."

He was so used to living a comfortable life that he almost forgot that he was also a warrior.

The defender laughed at himself.

Then, looking at the soldiers around him who were trembling but still holding their weapons tightly, the guard sighed and said to a soldier.

"How is it? Are you scared?"

The soldier's face turned pale, but he still responded.

"I'm not afraid as long as the general is here."

As the saying goes, a general is the courage of his soldiers.

The guard laughed when he heard this.

"But I'm also very scared."

Human nature values ​​life.

Who isn’t afraid of death?
If possible, he would also like to abandon everyone in this city and run away.

In fact, for a moment just now, he did think so.

But when the time came, he suddenly found that he couldn't move his feet.

Funny isn't it?
It was obvious that he was not a good general in the world. He had done countless evil things such as oppressing innocent people and taking bribes and breaking the law. But at this critical moment, he wanted to act like a hero.

"I just can't figure it out!"

What was even more confusing to him was that when he raised his eyes, the familiar figure unexpectedly appeared before him again.

"Uh, you didn't run?"

Hearing the commander's words, the county magistrate did not deny it.

“I really wanted to run away.”

He escaped under the pretext of asking for help.

This is already a common reason for abandoning a city.

Even if I will be convicted afterwards, as long as I can save my life, what does this punishment matter?
Seeing the guard's puzzled look, the county magistrate smiled bitterly.

"But in the end I found that I couldn't move my feet."

"How clever all your life, yet so foolish for just one moment!"

After saying this, he drew out the scholar's long sword from his waist which had always served as a decoration, stood side by side with the guard, and transmitted his voice.

"Don't worry, this county magistrate has already made arrangements. Besides...our family and relatives have already left the city..."

The guard was stunned when he heard this, but in the end he said nothing.

They have a duty to fulfill and can choose to die.

But it is always a comforting thing if family members can survive.

As for the ordinary soldiers who are guarding the city with them, what will happen to their families...

The guard's thoughts turned to this, and his eyes swept over the figures around him. Suddenly, he said something in the shocked eyes of everyone.

"If it is impossible, you should surrender."

"General... General——"

There were exclamations from people on the city wall.

The county magistrate standing next to him opened his mouth several times, but in the end he just smiled bitterly again.

"You really impressed this county magistrate today."

The defender replied without commenting.

"Each each other."

When it comes to being afraid of death, this guy is even worse than a warrior like me.

So when the other party went down the city just now, he had already assumed that the other party had run away.

But he also didn't expect that the other party didn't run away, and now stood side by side with him on the top of the city wall.

"Life is full of surprises..."

The guard was secretly complaining in his heart.

The county magistrate standing by seemed to think of the people in the city under his jurisdiction and sighed.

"I don't know how many people will survive in this city after today."

He was not worried about the noble families in the city, or even the families behind them.

Since ancient times, no matter how the king's flag changes on the city wall, these aristocratic families have always been able to sit back and relax.

This has become a routine.

The truly miserable ones are the ordinary people whose lives are as worthless as ants. Every time a war breaks out, it becomes a purgatory on earth with rivers of blood.

Upon hearing this, the guard looked back at him, wanting to say something, but didn't.

In fact, he didn't even need to speak.

Because just when their county magistrate was falling into a kind of compassionate mood, a shout suddenly came from the city.

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!"

"Kill the dog officer! Welcome Huang Tian!"

This cry, filled with endless suppressed anger, was very weak at first, but in the blink of an eye, it became connected.

Then, he felt as if the world was shaking. Seeing the county magistrate's stunned expression, the guard wanted to laugh for some reason.

But when I thought about the fact that I was also one of the "dog officials" in the eyes of the people, the smile seemed a bit far-fetched.

He pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a rather ugly smile.

"It seems that I can no longer be a hero."

"But it's all our own fault."

The county magistrate was unable to refute, so he chose to remain silent.

……

No one can defend a city that is attacked from both inside and outside.

Although the city was conquered in an instant, Cheng Yuanyi, the commander of Qingzhou, did not feel any joy or sense of accomplishment.

Instead, it was the head that was glaring at him that made him frown.

However, perhaps considering that the opponent was too weak, this emotion only lasted for a moment before returning to calm.

"I do have some courage. If I could join my Huang Tian Dao and conspire with me to reach that glorious world where everyone is like a dragon, I would definitely achieve something. What a pity, what a pity——"

These words seemed to be spoken to the defender of this city.

But the dead naturally cannot listen to the words of the living.

So he said this to the county magistrate of this city who was suppressed on the other side.

"Are you willing to surrender to my Huang Tian Dao, and from now on obey my great and virtuous master's orders, and work together for the great cause?"

The county magistrate, whose hair crown had been knocked off, had disheveled hair and looked in a miserable state.

But those eyes, which were usually good at calculating, were now clearer than ever before.

The magistrate took his eyes off the head on the ground and sighed.

"I have been an official all my life, but I only realized my past mistakes today. You say... Is this my fault? But it is obvious that all officials in the world are like this."

This is a bit baffling.

Not only did the Huang Tiandao soldiers around him not understand, Cheng Yuanyi was also a little confused.

The county magistrate didn't care how they reacted and just laughed at himself.

"Forget it. If I was wrong, I was wrong. There's no point in making excuses."

Having said that, he finally turned his gaze towards Cheng Yuanyi, the Qingzhou commander, with a serious and sincere look.

"My way is wrong, I hope your way is right."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yuanyi immediately thought that he was going to surrender.

He smiled with satisfaction and was about to speak.

But the county magistrate turned his gaze and looked at the surrendered soldiers who had laid down their swords, without blaming them.

"Live well."

As he said this, he placed the sword across his neck and pierced it directly around his neck.

At the moment when the boiling hot blood poured onto the ground, he said to Cheng Yuanyi with only one breath left.

"I hope that the commander will treat the people of the city well and not let down the people's trust in the city who said 'the sky is dead'..."

"As for this county magistrate... I can only say that we have different opinions and will not make plans together..."

"I...I am a county magistrate who will always be a minister of Dayong..."

Hearing the barely perceptible lingering sound of the last sentence, Cheng Yuanyi wanted to make a mockery, but in the end it turned into a sigh.

He understood the county magistrate's last words.

I was just about to sigh, 'If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place.'

After all, if these people had not committed evil over the years, how could Huang Tiandao be as prosperous as he is today?

But before he could finish his words, he froze, and then his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Who is it! Who allowed them to kill and rob at will?"

Once the city was breached, a tide of figures poured into the city, so it was understandable that there was some chaos.

But at this moment, under the cover of the huge divine consciousness of heaven and man, all one could see were ochre-yellow figures invading doors and windows.

They chopped down any men in the city who stood in their way, and looted any remaining property in their homes.

The daughter's shrill cries were particularly harsh amid the laughter.

In an instant, Cheng Yuanyi's face turned black and red, and then red and black.

What made him even more shocked and angry was the Huangtian Dao flag that symbolized Huangtian Avenue.

Looking up suddenly at the yellow sky mixed with traces of blood, Cheng Yuanyi's face changed drastically and he roared in anger instantly.

"stop!"

The wrath of the gods, with the blessing of the Yellow Heavenly Dao Flag, is just like the wrath of heaven.

When these two words were uttered, it was almost as if they were the law of heaven.

As the words fell, everything in the entire city seemed to come to a standstill and solidify.

With a stretch of his hand, Cheng Yuanyi captured one figure after another in the void.

The ochre-yellow figures, as if waking from a dream, finally woke up from their previous frenzy. When they saw Cheng Yuanyi coming towards them angrily, stepping into the void, they finally felt afraid.

"Qu... Qu Shuai——"

Looking at the blood-stained belongings hanging on their bodies, the veins in the corners of Cheng Yuanyi's eyes throbbed slightly.

"Tell me! Why are you killing and robbing?"

The ochre-yellow figures kneeling in the air looked at each other for a while before speaking in a stammering voice.

"If we don't kill people or plunder, what's the point of us entering this city?"

Cheng Yuanyi was so angry that he said it casually.

"Of course it's for me, Huang Tian Dao Ren Ren Ru..."

He recited a bunch of repetitive words, but the ochre-yellow figures kneeling in the air before him still had confused looks on their faces.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuanyi finally reacted.

The people before him were not the Taoist soldiers that had been raised by the Taoist sect for many years, nor were they even true believers of the Huangtian Dao.

Among those who later joined the Huang Tian Army, some were ordinary people who had once been law-abiding, and some were originally vicious criminals...

They have no idea about Huang Tian Dao, let alone what Huang Tian Dao really wants to do.

Joining Huang Tianjun may be to seek a night of peace, or simply to take advantage of Huang Tiandao's overwhelming power to realize one's own ambitions and do something that one wants to do but dares not to do or cannot do.

When this thought came to his mind, Cheng Yuanyi suddenly woke up.

I don’t know when it started, but their Huang Tiandao has begun to change.

And this...how long has it been?
Realizing this, Cheng Yuanyi's soul trembled, and he felt a slight chill all over his body.

As his eyes shifted, he fixed his gaze on one of the figures, very puzzled.

"If I remember correctly, you are also from an ordinary family, right?"

"If that's the case, why can you do such a cruel thing to them who are also civilians?"

This is also what Cheng Yuanyi can't understand the most.

As for understanding, if the targets of these people's evil deeds were the noble families in this city, he could still understand it.

But they just didn't harm those noble families who once truly regarded them as insignificant ants... in the slightest!
Facing Cheng Yuanyi's doubts, the ochre-yellow figure trembled for a while, and finally said honestly.

"They are not from Huang Tian Dao, why can't they do that?"

As for why no one from the noble families was harmed, the reason is very simple.

Because they are afraid.

They feared the power of the noble families that had been passed down from generation to generation.

and so……

After hearing this, Cheng Yuanyi's doubts gradually subsided, but his frown did not ease at all.

He just stared at these people in a daze. For the first time, he began to doubt the great and wise teacher's aspiration of "everyone is like a dragon".

After a long time, Cheng Yuanyi lowered his eyes and cut off that trace of distracting thoughts.

When I opened my eyes again, they had regained their former sharpness.

"All the owners of these buildings should stand up."

Several figures in Taoist robes with powerful auras walked into the void.

They were about to greet Cheng Yuanyi, but Cheng Yuanyi just ignored them.

He waved the sleeves of his ochre-yellow robe.

In an instant, a whole blood mist exploded in the void.

Cheng Yuanyi looked indifferent.

"From now on, anyone who does this evil thing again will be dealt with according to today's story!"

There are dragons and insects mixed together in this world, and those who can become dragons may really be unable to achieve the great wish of the great sage teacher that "everyone is like a dragon."

but it does not matter.

As long as you kill all the bugs, the rest will be the potential to become Jackie Chan!

"Do you have any questions about what Marshal Benqu said?"

The blood mist formed by thousands of people falling from the void turned into blood rain.

The strong smell of blood made many people turn pale.

"Yes...Yes! Respect the...Commander Qu's order!"

Only then did Cheng Yuanyi show a look of satisfaction.

"Let's take a short break before the army sets out!"

……

(End of this chapter)