After the whole sect traveled to ancient times, I led the rebellion

"Don't think about it. Since these people in Guangsha have been driven to attack the city, just kill them all."

Li Min's words were simple and straightforward, and he directly expressed his thoughts.

In fact, this is a quick and labor-saving strategy.

Li Min looked at Mu Qing. He knew that Mu Qing always loved the people.

He had noticed it during his days in Anping.

Whether it is work-for-relief or low-priced goods, they are policies that benefit the people.

Not to mention land tax and personal income tax, Li Min had seen little about tax reforms, and Anping was the first city to carry out the reform.

Do not exploit the people but serve them.

Such a good person can be considered a merciful Lord.

but……

"Justice does not guard wealth, and kindness does not command an army."

Li Min said slowly:

"According to Sun Tzu's Art of War, a general has five dangers, one of which is "loving the people, which can be annoying."

Mu Qing loves his people, so he is afraid that Mu Qing will not let go of the people in Guangsha and will not be able to abandon them.

The viciousness of Chen Shui's plan lies in the fact that Mu Qing could not bear to shoot the civilians.

As long as Mu Qing orders an end to the Guangsha people, the plan will work.

Li Min stared at Mu Qing closely.

Zhuge Huaian did not say anything, which meant he tacitly agreed to Li Min's plan.

From the moment these Guangsha citizens were driven onto the battlefield by the enemy and became human shields, they were no longer considered ordinary civilians but members of the enemy army.

Zhuge Huaian thought the same as Li Min.

Just kill as many as come.

Sometimes only by being ruthless can you save the city and the people.

Mu Qing faced the gazes of the two men. In fact, she knew this truth very well.

Driving the people to attack the city is ultimately equivalent to the train dilemma.

When you are facing an unstoppable train, there are two tracks in front of you, one track has a person tied to it, and the other track has five people tied to it.

Would you choose to let the train continue on its way, killing one person, or change the train's track, killing five people?

Moral and ethical judgments are often not black and white.

No matter what you choose, you will become the innocent killer.

In the train dilemma, there is no absolutely correct answer, only the pros, cons and consequences behind the choices.

In "The Three-Body Problem", Zhang Beihai has many unorthodox behaviors. In order to preserve a spark of human civilization, he did not hesitate to kill several scientists, including his own teacher, with meteorite bullets.

But he is still a Chinese hero.

Perhaps everyone has a different stance on the train dilemma.

The same is true for driving people to attack a city.

It is nothing more than sacrificing a small number of people to save the majority, or saving that small number of people.

If Mu Qing was one of the small number of people who were sacrificed, she might change her mind.

From Mu Qing's perspective, what she should do is to protect An Ping's interests.

Mu Qing is the decision maker, so she has nothing to hesitate about.

The people of Guangsha lost their lives, but also saved Anping's life.

The choice is clear at a glance.

As a military general, Mu Wu has been hard-hearted since he experienced the last refugee disaster.

Until this time, he thought about so many people, although he knew he could not save them, but he still spoke:

"If we open the city gates to welcome them in and then close the gates before the enemy comes in, will that work?"

Li Min shook his head. The boy from the Mu family was still too young.

"No, we can only kill. Whoever attacks the city will be killed. This is not the time to show mercy to the world."

Zhuge Huaian: "It is not advisable to let the people enter the city.

It takes time to open and close the city gates. There are also cavalry among the refugee army, and they follow behind the people.

As long as you open the city gate, these people will not walk fast enough and will most likely cause a stampede. If this chaos occurs, the city gate will not be closed in time and the cavalry will enter Anping."

After hearing what Zhuge Huaian said, Mu Wu realized how stupid he was.

"Then we can only kill the people of Guangsha?"

Mu Wu's tone was low.

"almost."

"uncertain."

The voices of Zhuge Huaian and Shen Moyan sounded at the same time.

Zhuge Huaian glanced at Shen Moyan silently.

Shen Moyan knew that his junior sister had developed a lot of black gunpowder, and only his junior sister and they knew his and Jiang Ji's identities.

So among these inevitable choices there is still a third option.

Shen Moyan looked at Mu Qing gently:

"Why don't we surrender? This may save more innocent lives."

Seeing that her senior brother shared the same idea as her, Mu Qing also spoke up:

"Yes, we surrender."

Li Min frowned:

"surrender?"

*

"surrender?"

Chen Shui received the letter from the scout in his tent.

"Why would Anping choose to surrender?"

When Rao Deng heard Chen Shui's question, he quickly walked over to Chen Shui:

"The king has 150,000 soldiers. If we send 100,000 of them to attack the border, it will be enough to scare Mu Qing into death.

Moreover, if he used the people of Guangsha to attack the city, he would be in a dilemma if he killed them or not. At least he could save his life by surrendering."

Chen Shui said nothing on the surface, but he listened in his heart.

As he looked at the letter, he thought of Mu Qing, who loved his people like his own children. Thinking of this, he felt that surrendering was in line with Mu Qing's behavior.

Since Mu Qing is willing to be a good person, just give her this reputation.

Chen Shui was originally worried that the Anping silver-armored soldiers would resist to the death, but he didn't expect that they would plan to surrender so soon. He felt relieved.

Anping, he took it!

An Yin hid her body and went all the way to the city gate of Anping County. When she saw the tall city gate, she felt a little dazed, as if it was a city wall built by some earth spirit root cultivator.

The gates of Anping city were closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. An Yin guessed that the news must have been received here.

She looked at the city wall and chose to jump off a high wall.

As soon as An Yin jumped down, she found that many people were pushing piles of gray powder and a lot of sand back and forth.

An Yin quickly dodged and ran away leaving a shadow before hiding in the distance.

From An Yin's point of view, not far away, about a few hundred meters away from this city wall, another towering city wall was being built and gradually connected with the original city wall.

A vague encirclement was forming.

An Yin felt a little helpless. She looked at the road she came from. She didn't expect that after climbing over one wall, she would have to climb over another one.

When he jumped over the high wall for the second time, An Yin keenly felt a strong murderous aura as soon as he got off the wall.

The sword, with its sharp aura, pierced the sky.