After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 165 Human Heart
There is one more person at the Daqi sentry post today.

Pei Lan was lying in a hidden spot and could see the entrance of Yanhui city gate from a distance. Dozens of civilians were hanging on the city wall from top to bottom.

There was actually a child in his teens in the middle.

Dozens of Western Jin soldiers were patrolling on the city wall.

Those dozens of people swayed gently in the wind, unable to resist.

After a while, another group of people were pushed and shoved to the top of the city wall.

The inspector beside Pei Lan explained softly, "Every day at 3 p.m., these people will be pulled up and replaced by a new group of people."

"I have investigated for the past few days, and all those sent here are men who are over ten years old and under forty."

"This Western Jin military advisor is really sinister. He kills people every day. It makes anyone feel distressed. How can they attack the city?!"

When the time came, dozens of civilians were pulled up, and then dozens more were brought down.

For a while, there was a constant stream of shouting and cursing from the city wall.

Even she could hear it from this distance.

"General Ji, please show up and capture these demons!"

"You Western Jin barbarians, you shall not die a hapless death!!"

"My Daqi soldiers will kill you all sooner or later!"

"Kill me now if you dare!!"

Da Qichazi wiped the tears from his eyes and said angrily, "Damn Western Jin..."

"Mr. Pei, you must come up with a foolproof plan!"

Pei Lan couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she turned over and lay on the mound.

There was a crimson glow in his eyes.

You said that you are well-read and do not want to be a king or a minister, but only want to benefit the people of the world.

Is this what you mean by benefiting the people?

Is this what you mean by the path of the books of sages?

……

When Pei Lan returned to the camp, his eyes and nose were red.

She went into the meeting tent and never came out again. Even when Master Cai from the kitchen called her to eat, she didn't respond.

When Ji Yunzhang came in looking for her, she was still reading at her desk.

On the floor, on the table, and on the messy bookshelf.

They were all books she had read.

Pei Lan put down the last book, his face pale and depressed.

“Why isn’t there a book on how to counter this?”

Ji Yunzhang picked up the books on the ground one by one.

"Marching and fighting are ever-changing, and there is no military book that can tell us how to deal with all the battle situations."

Pei Lan was in some pain. "But we can't just sit there and wait for death. Who knows what the next move will be."

Ji Yunzhang sat down beside her, "Lan'er, you are blinded by anxiety."

"With your intelligence, you would not have guessed what Mu Chun's purpose was."

She looked at Ji Yunzhang's calm face and slowly calmed down.

The Western Jin Dynasty was already sparsely populated. This time, the 100,000-strong army was in Longhui, and the small part in Yanhui had only more than 30,000 people. Their purpose was only to open up the grain route and facilitate subsequent supplies.

In the last battle, the main general was killed and more than 20,000 people were strangled.

The Western Jin military force in Yanhui City must be insufficient at the moment.

Dozens of people were hung at fixed times and locations every day. The purpose was not to take the lives of civilians, nor to provoke the Daqi soldiers.

"Using the people to build a barrier is to buy time."

"If Daqi doesn't attack the city, they will have enough time to gather troops again."

Ji Yunzhang looked at her profile and said softly, "Mu Chun doesn't use many people, only a few dozen. He is just betting on the hearts of the people in the Southwest Army."

"If we fight, we will lose the people's support; if we don't fight, we will lose the military's support."

"What we need to do now is to unite the military and the people."

“Only by unity can we defeat the enemy.”

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The wild geese returned to the city. Xida frowned as he looked at the people who had been replaced on the city wall.

"This is not a long-term solution. It's just a few dozen lives. If the Southwest Army attacks, they can capture Yanhui in less than two days."

Mu Chun put his hands behind his back and said, "It is not yet time to attack the city. Da Qi will not do this."

“How many people will arrive tomorrow?”

The deputy general said, "Only 6,000 men."

Mu Chun frowned, "Is that all?"

The deputy general shook his head, "It is difficult for the Western Jin Dynasty to recruit more personnel now."

The Western Jin Dynasty was originally a nomadic people, and the people had no fixed place to live.

People in the Western Jin Dynasty had a strong sense of family and generally would not leave their family.

Once you get involved in a war, you may never see each other again in this life!

Therefore, recruiting soldiers becomes increasingly difficult.

Muchun looked back at the empty streets of Yanhui and asked, "How many young and middle-aged people are there in the city?"

The deputy general glanced at Mu Chun and asked, "Are you going to recruit the people of Daqi?"

"I'm afraid he won't listen..."

He had concerns. War is a matter of life and death. How could the people of Daqi be willing to fight for the people of Western Jin?
Mu Chun said, "Everyone has weaknesses. If you imprison your wife, children and elders, you won't be afraid that they won't obey you."

After hearing his words, the deputy general shuddered.

Such people are terrible. They will do anything to achieve their goals.

The deputy general said, "There are more than 10,000 young and middle-aged people in the city."

Dozens more people were released from the top of the city wall, and suddenly there was another round of ghost howling.

Mu Chun looked up at the man on the top of the city wall who was brought down and was almost half dead. "Starting today, we will arrest people."

The deputy general looked at Mu Chun's departing back and slowly approached Xida.

"Lord Xida, Lord Mu is from Daqi. Will he use these methods against us in the future?"

Xida frowned, "The Khan trusts him, he is the Imperial Master of the Western Jin Dynasty."

"He who was born and raised in his motherland could betray his country. Now we can use his wisdom and strategy. When the Khan conquers Daqi..."

"This person must not be allowed to stay."

"He is the biggest disaster."

When Mu Chun returned to the camp, Wan Lie was changing the dressing.

He saved Wan Lie, and Wan Lie also brought him out of hell, so they should owe each other nothing.

Wan Lie was willing to follow, and it has been seven years now.

Mu Chun took out a stack of silver bills from the bag under the camp bed in the tent.

"Wan Lie, please go."

Wan Lie looked up blankly, "Sir..."

Mu Chun slowly sat down on the nearest stool, "Perhaps from the day Prince Qing died, I was doomed to fail."

"Everything now has deviated from the original plan."

"I hate the Meng family. I thought their way of heaven would be lost in the internecine struggle among the Meng family."

"Without a single soldier, the world would be in chaos."

As he spoke, he rolled up the banknote and stuffed it into his arms, "It's not much, but it's enough for you to get married and have children."

"Let's find a place to live a good life."

Wan Lie frowned, "Sir, do you regret it?"

"If you regret it, we will leave together. With my skills, it will be no problem for me to take you away safely."

"Regret?" Mu Chun took a deep breath.

"Maybe. My only regret is that I shouldn't have returned to Beijing that year."

He laughed at himself and said, "I am just a chess piece that is still somewhat useful. No matter whether it is Daqi or Western Jin, there will be no place for me in the future."

"You are still young. You are no longer suitable to follow my path."

"You go."

(End of this chapter)