230 Justice and Liberators
"Sir, let's break through. Brothers really can't beat those skeleton monsters."
"Sir, you can't continue to fight anymore. Let's leave some foundation for the Long family army. This is the foundation of our Long family."
"grown ups……"
In the lobby of the Neicheng Government Office in Xizhou, a civil servant and general from the Long family persuaded Long Letian, after dawn, everyone knew that they had lost this battle in Xizhou City, and they lost completely!
If the Long family had not refused to surrender to Richard repeatedly and offended the cruel Ming Wang opposite him completely, then it would have been not a persuasion to break through, but all surrendered...
After all, the inner city has been surrounded by Richard's undead legion, so this is still the master who is proficient in night battles. The most common way to break through at night in the war has become a dead end. The probability of breaking through is small. Anyone who knows a little bit of soldiers knows it.
Therefore, from the rational perspective of saving lives, surrendering to Richard is the best choice. After all, there is still a wall in the inner city. Although it is not difficult to break in, it will eventually lead to losses of troops. If possible, no ruler will be willing to increase casualties in this situation.
However, the Long family was worried that Richard would settle the score later, so most of the Long family did not advocate surrender. God knows whether Richard would kill them after the Long family surrender...
Without arms, a glass of poisoned wine and a streamer can understand their lives...
Of course, no matter which choice is used, the Long family members in the inner city do not think they can continue to fight. If the Long family members were not firmly controlled by the Long family, the fate of the remaining soldiers of the Long family would have been bound to the Long family, and someone might have offered the city gate to the Ming army long ago.
Long Letian looked at his relatives and sighed helplessly. Why didn’t he want to break through?
But in this situation, let’s not mention the success rate of breaking through. When breaking through, someone must be used as bait to attract the attention of the Ming army. A team of people also need to guard the inner city walls to gain time for the breakout team.
Once the Ming army finds that someone breaks through, they will inevitably step up their attack on the inner city wall. Anyway, Richard's troops are divided into some people to intercept them, and the other part of them will have no pressure to attack the city wall...
At that time, who will be used as bait and who will stay and fight the battle of defending the city that will undoubtedly be defeated?
Let’s not mention whether the panicked soldiers of the Long Family Army are willing to work hard. Even the officials present are not willing to perform a mission that must be dying.
The Long family surrendered voluntarily and were worried about Richard's revenge. If they insisted on fighting against the Ming army in the end, death in the battle might be the happiest choice...
If the Long family members were not arranged to coordinate, it is estimated that as soon as the breakout troops set off, the officials guarding the inner city walls would open the door to welcome the surrender, and there would be no need to expect such baits...
Everyone in Xizhou knew that the main confrontation with the Ming army was the Long family, not the government in Xizhou, and they had no psychological burden when they surrendered.
After all, although Richard was brutal, his reputation for treating surrendered officials was spread very far. Now 80% of local officials in the Western Regions surrendered during the conquest of Richard, otherwise Richard would not have been able to quickly establish the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
Since officials from the Western Regions could surrender to the Ming army and continue to be appointed, the officials from the Dayan in Xizhou could naturally be as well.
These grassroots bureaucrats are not very loyal to An Lushan because An Lushan himself was a rebellious person, and many of these local officials surrendered from the Tang Dynasty a few years ago!
In this era, the more grassroots officials are, the less loyal they are to the court. After all, they have little benefit in the entire court system, and there is no need to use their own lives to be loyal.
Long Letian is very clear about this principle, so if he wants to break through, he must leave the Long family members, and if he is in a high position and has enough prestige to be bait and cannon fodder!
"Breakthrough is of course our only way out now. Who of you is willing to stand up and hold on to the inner city of Xizhou to drag Richard's attack?
Who can bring some troops and go out of the city first to lead the Richard Skeleton Legion intercepted outside and lead away?"
With a word from Long Letian, the lobby suddenly became silent. Those who could wail here were the core clan members of the Long family. The fate of these people had long been bound to the Long family, so they were naturally on the blacklist of Richard. If Richard wanted to eradicate the Long family, the dozens of people present would definitely be cut into pieces...
Of course, Richard, the great Ming lord who claimed to be "justice" and the liberator, would not execute them so cruelly, at most it would be a killing.
Richard always disliked the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty. He just killed the enemy, so why bother torture people before he died?
Even a purely bad person is still human.
Moreover, torture people to death is of no benefit to Richard, but it will violate the justice and image of the liberator that Richard specifically promoted.
No one likes to be a bad guy. The worse the person, the more he wants to justify himself, especially those cruel and ruthless people in power. They all tamper with history and shape themselves into a glorious image as much as possible.
He even tampered with textbooks, which caused everyone to be despised!
Of course, whoever takes power in this world has the final say. Perhaps most people would sneer at that time, but as long as the tamper continues for a long time, one generation will die, and the next generation will grow up. With the decrease of witnesses and the court's unremitting brainwashing propaganda, as long as the dynasty established by the tyrants does not perish, they will eventually make future generations regard themselves as the wise and powerful lords, rather than a vulgar butcher.
The path Richard is now the only way for founding monarchs in the history of the earth. Now, in the Western Regions, the deeds of Richard slaughtering the Semi people in Dashi Town when he first started. The insiders at the bottom either died or disappeared, while the insiders at the top were all holding their secrets in their stomachs, wishing they could bring them into the coffin, so as to save the influence of their career and even their heads!
In the Western Regions, not to mention the massacre records when Richard started his career, even during the fierce battle with the Tufan people, the enslavement of the Semu people and forced enlistment to the battlefield as cannon fodder began to be beautified.
Confucius, the cabinet minister in charge of the teaching, is now the main job of compiling an authoritative historical book issued by the central government, which will greatly beautify Richard's glorious image of starting from the grassroots and fighting for the world for the Han people. As for massacre and village destruction, it will be consciously and organized to cover up!
Political propaganda and education have always been important means for rulers to beautify their image. Richard from the earth will certainly not forget this. Because of this, Confucius, who is responsible for teaching and propaganda, can be ranked in the cabinet and be busy all day long!
Tampering with history is a big job!
Chapter completed!