"Master Zuo, you are so scheming!"

At this moment, the Hongmao, who had been silent, suddenly sneered.

Yang Xiao immediately knew that she had seen through her thoughts, but she did not agree at all: "Madam praised her."

Looking at Yang Xiao's shamelessness, Hong Niang knew that it would be in vain if he said it, so she could only roll her eyes to show her dissatisfaction.

"Madam, let's have a meal first! I have something to say, I'll leave Zhengnan to accompany you." Yang Xiao squeezed his eyes at the Hongmao before then he continued.

"I'm afraid I'm monitoring me!"

"Whatever you think, it's only a few days, you'll endure it." Yang Xiao left the room after throwing aside.

As soon as he went out, he saw Liu Sanqi with a dark face standing there. Seeing Yang Xiao coming out, he first hugged a military salute, and then said angrily: "Sir, please talk to you if you have something to do."

"Sanqi, I just happened to look for you too. Go to my house to discuss it in detail." Yang Xiao didn't know what Liu Sanqi was coming, so he said with a smile.

"I won't go to the house, I want to invite the adults to a place." Liu Sanqi said with a frightened face.

"good!"

Liu Sanqi is Yang Xiao's old subordinate, and his ideas basically represent the ideas of most of the soldiers under his tent. Yang Xiao knew what they wanted to do, so he nodded.

"Sir, please come here." Liu Sanqi shouted, took a big step forward and led the way, but he ignored Yang Xiao.

After passing through several rooms, Yang Xiao arrived outside a small courtyard. Only then did he realize that a few of the soldiers under his subordinates were standing there except for a few necessary positions that were arranged. There were white flowers on the main entrance of the courtyard, and white silk was surrounded by them.

"It's indeed a mourning hall! It seems that the people they come here are not kind!" Yang Xiao said in his heart when he saw this situation.

But this was his sergeant. He could not be frightened by this scene, so he took big steps inside.

Usually, these soldiers would call out intimately when they saw Yang Xiao, but now they all had old faces with black faces, and no one spoke, and even the air was suppressed.

"Give me the incense!" Yang Xiao walked very slowly. When he walked to the courtyard, he finally explained to the sergeant beside him.

"Sir, please!"

The soldier was ready. He heard Yang Xiao’s words and immediately took out three grass incense and handed them to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao's expression was extremely serious and his movements became heavier. When he stepped into the yard, he saw several corpses on the ground, each of whom was covered with white cloth and a straw mat was covered with under him.

At the front of the corpse, there was a clean incense burner, and there was no slight incense ash inside.

The soldiers walked in through the gate one by one, and lined up beside Yang Xiao according to his official position. Everyone had gloomy faces without any expression, and the air around him seemed to be suffocating.

Yang Xiao was silent. He took the fire note from the sergeant beside him, lit the three grass incense sticks in his hand, then walked to the incense burner and inserted the grass incense sticks.

"Brothers, go!" Yang Xiao then knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times at the corpses, and then recited a sentence.

"Brothers, you can go all the way!" Liu Sanqi was the second one, and after inserting three grass incense, he knocked on the ground, and then shouted loudly: "Please rest assured that even if I, Fatty Liu, sacrificed my life, I will have to avenge you."

When Yang Xiao was planning to take over Hongniang, he thought that his soldiers would oppose this matter. After all, seven or eight of his subordinates died at Hongniang's team. His original intention was that after he persuaded them, they would give up this idea. He had already thought about how to persuade his subordinates in his mind. But he did not expect that the sergeants' reaction was so strong, and Liu Sanqi even made an oath in front of him.

"It seems that I still don't understand their hearts!" Yang Xiao sighed and his mind quickly turned, thinking about countermeasures.

"Brothers, we will definitely avenge you."

"When I catch those dog thieves who kill you, I will surely snatch their hearts and souls to avenge this revenge. Please ask your brothers to go slowly!"

"If you violate this oath, heaven will be punished by the earth!"

After burning incense, one by one, the soldiers made their own vows. They seemed to deliberately embarrass Yang Xiao, and their voices were louder than each other.

The last sergeant was holding not incense, but a jar of wine. He smashed the jar directly before the incense burner, and then the entire memorial ceremony ended.

"Brothers!" Yang Xiao did not stand up, but knelt down and turned his head over.

"In front of the dead brother's soul, I don't tell lies, I do want to marry this thief leader!"

After a word, the team that had just been silent became even more silent, and everyone looked up at Yang Xiao. Confusion, pain, unwillingness, anger, and all kinds of emotions were expressed in their eyes.

"I won't talk about the great principles of the country and nation. I will only say a few words. If my brothers still think that I should not marry this woman, I will give up immediately and never break my word." Yang Xiao continued to speak.

Yang Xiao's reputation in the army still played a certain role. At least no one stopped him from speaking.

"The first thing I said is that I married her not because of beauty, but because of the lives of my brothers. Last night, only fifty thieves attacked here, but they suppressed a hundred of us. A few brothers even broke out. When it comes to their death, not only you are heartbroken, but I am also heartbroken, because you are all my brothers, my brothers who share life and death."

When they heard Yang Xiao telling about what happened last night, everyone present looked ashamed. The incident happened suddenly, but they had set up posts, but they were all killed by the bandits. After receiving the warning, all the soldiers came out and had weapons in their hands. However, their resistance did not play much role, and the team of more than 100 people was suppressed by more than 50 people. Such a thing made the group of Lao Qiuba, who was highly regarded, extremely embarrassed.

Seeing the shame on the soldiers' faces, Yang Xiao felt very calm. What is the decision to talk? It is to let the other party follow his own ideas. The most important point is to let the other party agree with his words first.

"I have been wondering why the thieves who are not as equipped as us can suppress us?" Yang Xiao then raised a question, which also inspired the soldiers' emotions.

"Yes! Why?" All the soldiers were asking this question mentally.

"Is the other party better than us?"

"No!" Yang Xiao shook his head in his own question and answer.

"The other party is a thief, we are an official army. We are ahead of them innately! If we talk about morale, we are many times higher than them. And we have enough food and drink, and the other party has to travel dozens of miles to fight us."

"A warrior is the right time, place, and people are harmonious!" Yang Xiao said in a flash, and then said.

"The bandit incident suddenly happened, and we waited for it. The weather was the same. The two fought each other. Although we were not familiar with the place, the other party might not be familiar with it." In fact, when talking about this, Yang Xiao had already changed his concept. When the Hongniang retreated, he had a good foundation for advancement and retreat, and it was obvious that he had carefully prepared in advance. But those who had just entered this place on night and went to have dinner first were familiar with the shape of the ground.

But all the soldiers were moved by Yang Xiao's words, and no one took this issue into consideration.

"The problem lies in the harmony of the people." Yang Xiao then made a summary: "The other party is disciplined, trained properly, and cooperated proficiently. There is a reason for him to win."

"Is it warfare? It's nothing more than destroying the enemy and strengthening yourself. Killing the enemy is victory, and surrendering the enemy is also victory. Every war will kill people, the enemy will die, and our brothers will die!" Speaking of this, Yang Xiao's eyes flashed across the audience: "But after our people die, will we slaughter all the enemies? Even if they are our prisoners."

"No!" Yang Xiao shook his head, his expression becoming more and more abundant: "We won't, because war is life and death. When each of them is their own master, it is normal for anyone to kill anyone. The bandits will get on horseback and dismount for the people, and we will never be able to kill them all. Otherwise, who will serve us, where will we find our food? Where can we replenish the source of the troops?"

Speaking of this, Yang Xiao paused: "I think not all of you here are recruiting soldiers or family men, there must be people who came from bandits."

Seeing Yang Xiao's gaze, more than a dozen people were about to leave. They were obviously the ones who surrendered from the bandits as Yang Xiao said.

Seeing this situation, Yang Xiao smiled indifferently, without naming, but then said, "Have these brothers never killed anyone? They were not our brothers in the past, but now they are stirring food with us in the same pot. What is this?"

"This is because they are now our brothers, our own people in our army."

Yang Xiao said this and was so tired that his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, but when he saw that everyone's faces were showing a loss, he made a final summary: "The bandits who attacked us last night will be our own people in the future. This is why I married that woman."

Speaking of this, Yang Xiao smiled and pointed at Liu Sanqi and said, "Sanqi, killing them will not change anything. And with them joining, there will be fewer brothers. I believe in you and know what is more important, living or dead people."

Liu Sanqi bulged his cheeks and his old face was pitch black. He held it in for a long time but didn't know what to say. He could only lower his head: "My sir is right, I didn't understand it last night. Please punish me!"

"I won't punish you!" Yang Xiao waved his hand: "I understand and agree with your feelings very much. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known that the brothers were so united."

Liu Sanqi's old face turned red and he didn't dare to speak because he couldn't tell whether Yang Xiao was praising him or scolding him.

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Chapter completed!