As the flames rose, black smoke billowed.

Fierce fire and smoke filled the entire valley.

The Di people who stepped into the trap cried out in pain.

Some Di people who were burned by the fire and roasted by smoke jumped from the mountain road one after another in pain. Even if they knew that they would not be able to save their lives if they fell into the rocks and mountain streams, the long-term pain was not as good as the short-term pain.

It would be more pleasant to burn him alive or smoke him to death.

The screams of being burned alive by the fire kept echoing in the valley, colliding on the rocks, and then vibrating in Zhuge Liang's ears.

Zhuge Liang stood silently at the other end of the valley, his gray robes blown by the mountain mist.

Are all these Di people guilty of heinous crimes?

Maybe there are many Di people who are not stained with any blood and are just deceived by the Di people leaders. But in the war, how can there be anything comprehensive? How can there be glorious justice everywhere, under the three-color flag of the Hussars?

In the midst of such great power, there are countless wives and children separated from each other and their families destroyed.

What Zhuge Liang can only guarantee is that if the government is governed according to the ideas and concepts of the Hussars General, it can at least be guaranteed that the military discipline of the Han Dynasty is the best at the moment. Although it cannot be guaranteed that Qiu will not commit any crimes and nothing will happen, at least it will not be like

Just like other areas, they burned, killed, looted, bullied men, bullied women, and bullied the people.

As for the noble sons of Sichuan and Shu, Zhuge Liang did not believe them.

Gang Jing will always put forward opinions, and then there are no suggestions for solutions. These Sichuan and Shu nobles had opinions when Liu Yan was here, and they also had opinions when Liu Zhang was here, and now that Qiusi is here, they also have opinions. So they are satisfied.

Then there will be no more opinions? Then these guys will probably push their limits and complain that there is no more...

Those Di people who did not enter the valley mountain road fled in a hurry, not daring to look back. Even if the fire was extinguished, these Di people might not dare to attack again. And some Di people who were lucky enough to bite Huang Liang's butt were not attacked.

Contaminated by the fire, but also scared out of his wits, he collapsed on the ground in horror...

Huang Liang arrived in front of Zhuge, and then looked at the small group of Di people who luckily escaped from the sea of ​​​​fire and were captured. There was still some murderous look on his face, "Zhuge is engaged in this, how should we deal with these..."

If Huang Liang had followed Huang Liang's wishes, he would have simply killed all the Di people and eradicated them all. But Zhuge Liang was obviously unwilling to do this. Zhuge took one look at them and said, "Collect the weapons, tie them up and take them away."

"Only..." Huang Liang didn't say anything more and just took the order and left.

Fire and water are merciless.

Whether a general can make good use of water and fire is undoubtedly a criterion for whether a general is excellent.

When Zhuge Liang was burning the Di people, in a dense forest outside Zitong City in the north of Guanghan, some people were also preparing to use fire and water tactics.

In a small clearing in the dense forest, there stood a strong man named Li Shi.

Li Shi is about thirty years old, with a strong body, and his eyebrows and beard are a little brown. He seems to have some Hu people's blood. Of course, this is also his sign. He is a member of the Li family of Guanghan. As early as his grandfather's generation

At that time, he had already become a vassal of the Li family. As the private soldiers of the Li family, the whole family contributed military courage to the Li family.

Li Shi didn't have much hatred for Hussar, and he didn't have any grudges with Xu Shu, but his thoughts alone did not have much say in the Li clan. He was just a tool, a sword and a gun.

And swords and guns don't require any thought, just do it.

Behind Li Shi stood a descendant of the Li family wearing a scholar's uniform, called Li Bo. It was this person who came forward to contact and persuade Gan Ning and others in the early stages. This person was easy to talk to and had a somewhat obscure reputation.

However, after General Fei of the Hussars sneaked into Sichuan, not only was he not awarded an official position or drafted into an official position because of his original reputation, but he was given special care by Xu Shu and was even exempted from being drafted by local officials.

For Xu Shu, he naturally hopes that even local officials will do practical things instead of talking all day long. People like Li Bo who talk more than do things every day are certainly not among Xu Shu's choices.

But Li Bo couldn't understand, and he didn't want to understand. He just thought that Xu Shu should cooperate with him, understand his needs, and satisfy him in everything, so Li Bo was very dissatisfied.

Like many local gentry children, Li Bo has a sense of personal loyalty, but he has a very weak concept of the survival of his family and country. This is related to the education Li Bo has been exposed to since he was a child. Everyone told him that he should just study.

If you can be a high official, you can benefit from it, and you can get your own benefits from it. Reading is for yourself, not for the country. So Li Bo now feels that he has read so many books, and now he is seeking some benefits for himself. Is it right?

Is there anything wrong?

Anyone who cannot benefit Li Bo is naturally not a good official. Therefore, the government of Hussar is worthless in the eyes of Li Bo and others. Xu Shu, as the commander of Sichuan and Shu, is meaningless.

Sichuan and Shu should be governed by people from Sichuan and Shu. As for outsiders like Xu Shu, they will be driven away sooner or later. So when Li Miao and others started to collude, Li Bo joined without saying anything.

, and also took the initiative to bewitch and incite more local children of Sichuan and Sichuan who were willing to join their ranks...

At the beginning, these people only criticized some current events, discussed and ridiculed some officials who did not handle things properly, and even successfully organized several times to reprimand and criticize Xu Shu's subordinates, and rejected several flawed laws.

If this continues, there is nothing wrong, and it is not even a big problem. From a certain perspective, the actions of these people are actually within the scope of reasonable supervision and feedback, but the problem is that Li Miao and Li Bo

Others are not satisfied with this.

The more dissatisfied they are, the more hungry and thirsty these people become.

They have been looking forward to the general's command to have some of the same problems as the soldiers stationed in Sichuan and Sichuan, such as intimidating the people, bullying the women of the people, etc., and then they can take this opportunity to cause some group incidents.

, but it is a pity, because the Hussar adopts a recruitment system, which is completely different from ordinary soldiers in terms of armament, military pay, and military discipline. What's more, the Hussar also specially selects from the army and cultivates a military spirit. For the army,

The sense of honor was particularly emphasized, so much so that the military-civilian relations between Sichuan and Shu were even better than during the time of Liu Yan, making it difficult for these people to attack and slander.

Then these people started to think of other ways.

After Fei Qian occupied Sichuan and Shu, there was a period of time when Sichuan and Shu transported grain and grass to Chang'an. This made Li and others think that they had seized on Fei Qian's weakness. They thought that the Hussars would need to frequently recruit grain and grass because of the war.

, will naturally cause dissatisfaction among everyone in Sichuan and Shu, but what I didn't expect is that Fei Qian also brought more advanced farming technology and agricultural tools to Sichuan and Shu...

The yield per mu almost doubled, but the population in Sichuan and Shu did not increase much in a short period of time, and the price of grain collapsed visibly to the naked eye, so much so that the natives in Sichuan and Shu were begging Qiusi to buy grain and grass, otherwise

There may be situations where low grain prices hurt farmers.

Therefore, these people thought that the grain requisition might make the people of Sichuan and Sichuan resentful. Unfortunately, in the end, Fei Qian reached an agreement with the people of Sichuan and Shu.

The people praised the Hussar all the time, which forced Li Miao and others to change the aspect of their original plan to oppose the Hussar when they finally took action. They could only change the target to Xu Shu.

It's not against the hussars, but to eliminate the rebellion for the hussars!

Then he deceived more people.

It would be nice if the hussars were really stupid...

Li Bo sighed slightly.

Li Shi put the sword back into the scabbard. Hearing Li Bo's sigh, he couldn't help but glance at Li Bo sideways. For Li Shi, he always felt that Li Bo was somewhat useless, just chirping every day.

He is so powerful, it depends on Li Shi himself if he really wants to take action. If something happens to Li Bo, he will probably just run away in a hurry holding the wooden slips and bamboo slips.

"I want to fight now..." Li Shi glanced at Li Bo, "But can a Confucian scholar kill someone?"

Li Bo was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"You are very prejudiced against Confucian scholars!"

"Have you ever heard that Zhongni had a disciple, Zhongyou, who was vulgar in nature and fond of bravery? He was crowned with a rooster and wore a dolphin. Later he worshiped Confucius as his teacher, studied Confucian etiquette, and became a Confucian scholar. Confucius said, "I wear a silk robe and a fox."

The reason why a raccoon dog stands tall and has no shame is the same!"

"Later Zhongyou served as the governor of the city in the home of Kong Kui, the official of the Wei Kingdom, and governed the city for him. When there was a rebellion, all the warriors under Kong Kui fled out of the city, but Zhongyou entered the city in the opposite direction. If he met any rebels on the way, he would kill them all. Wait for them to arrive.

At Kong Kui's house, the rebels even ordered hundreds of people armed with spears and swords to besiege Zhong Yu. Zhong Yu held a sword and fought against hundreds of people with the power of one man. He was wounded dozens of times, but he still stood tall and counterattacked, killing more than ten people..."

"In the end, Zhong Yu couldn't help it, and the crown and belt were cut off by the sword. He said, "A gentleman will inevitably wear his crown when he dies." So he tied his tassel and died!"

Li Bo pulled out the long sword from his waist with a clang, then flicked some of the blades with his fingers, and said loudly: "Although I am a Confucian, I am also good at scriptures, but Shang Zhongyou is so heroic! Now you ask me, can I kill someone?"

no?"

"Hahaha, you might as well take a look, you should know that Confucian scholars can also kill people!"

Li Bo's words were bold, and his sword-playing was a bit chivalrous, but when he really went into battle, he just shouted from the side. After all, the "big gift" he planned to give to Xu Shu this time was only Li Bo's sword.

, obviously not enough. So Li Bo prepared more people...

"Look! This isn't coming!" Li Bo pointed his hand and saw some faint figures moving in the distance.

Not long after, those figures came closer.

Li Bo spoke loudly, but these people were not Confucian scholars.

Among these people, some were wearing short clothes, some had unkempt hair, or some had protruding sideburns, some deliberately exposed their chests to the cold wind, and some painted their faces with colors to show their bravery.

These people are all "Ranger".

Because of the new policies implemented by Fei Qian, these rangers gradually had no room for survival.

There are not many knights who rob the rich and give to the poor, but they are very few.

The more something is lacking, the more something is advocated. This is true at all times and in all countries.

Therefore, the life of most rangers is not very good, like the kind that spends money like water, does things here and there, uh, goes up and down, and takes people's heads thousands of miles away, it is all a dream.

The reality is that when there are patrols in the countryside, there is no need for rangers to "do it for" if there are some unfair things, not to mention that "rangers" sometimes become "bandits".

It is common for a single hunter or farmer to be resented by the ranger because of some bullshit, and it is common for his family to be destroyed.

On the one hand, it is prohibited by law, and on the other hand, it is a functional replacement. "Ranger" gradually lost the foundation of its existence in Sichuan and Shu.

When Li Shi saw these rangers coming, he couldn't help but frowned. Although he was Li's private soldier, he looked down on these "rangers" who were mostly composed of libertines, but now, these rangers can be regarded as more or less

Manpower, Li Shi could only put on a smiling face, and then suppressed his temper, and praised the people who came for a while, saying that these rangers were all "heroes" who stood up for the country and the people.

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Of course, with the limited brain capacity of these "Ranger", they can never understand how sad it is when a country, a regime, or a place needs an organization like "Ranger" to maintain peace and defend its territory.

matter……
To be continued...