After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

The private black market set up by the Ling tribe has existed for almost ten years.

Unexpectedly, one day, in order to capture a few people, almost all the soldiers were mobilized and the entire tribe was turned upside down.

However, Li Qingqing and others knew nothing about this.

They did not take the official road, but under the leadership of Li Feng, they successfully took a small road back to the border of Dayuan.

Wu Meng and Yun Wu took Wei Zhida back to the main city first.

The carriage he had abandoned halfway yesterday afternoon had to be dealt with as soon as possible, lest anyone discover that the items in the secret room had been stolen and they would be the first to suspect them.

Li Feng and Li Qingqing hurried to the border town.

Today is the third day since the soldiers who died in the war returned. They were absent before because they were busy collecting evidence. Now it is crucial to comfort them.

The evening in winter comes a little quickly. As the sun sets, the sky becomes darker.

As soon as Li Qingqing stepped into the border town, she saw the town full of white people.

The pale white flags and the grayish white paper money.

A large new mourning shed was built not far from the wall.

The plain white linen curtains hanging from the beams were occasionally blown up by the wind, revealing the more than 200 coffins stored inside.

Lying here are the fallen defenders who were sent back the day before.

A patch of soft grass was laid on the ground in front of the mourning shed.

A group of young women were kneeling on the soft grass, among them were a few old women with gray hair.

Their throats had already become hoarse from crying, and intermittent sobs coming from among them made people feel inexplicably desolate.

Seeing that the city lord and the general had also come to pay their respects, the women couldn't help but sob again.

A young woman kneeling in the front looked up at Li Feng and shouted anxiously,

"General!"

Another old woman next to her hurriedly covered her mouth and told her not to speak.

The young woman immediately got up from the ground and broke free from the old woman's hand.

Her eyes were red, but she tried hard not to let the tears fall, staring at Li Feng intently.

"I heard that there was a chance to withdraw the troops back to the city that day, right?"

Li Feng was stunned.

If we had withdrawn our troops back to the city at that time, we would have missed the perfect opportunity to completely defeat the enemy.

If this happens, we will inevitably return to the previous situation of frequent wars and passive defense.

Even if they chose to retreat at that time, after the main force of the enemy troops returned to the enemy camp, Li Qingqing and the 500 soldiers would have to face all the enemy's firepower.

How could he retreat! He couldn't retreat no matter what!

His mother never saw her sister again until her death, and he still wanted to take Li Qingqing back.

But the battle was won tragically, with more than half of the soldiers defending the city killed, and 264 families in the border town alone lost their loved ones!

Li Feng's eyes were complicated, and as his thoughts turned, he heard the woman choking and saying,

"My man once said that as long as we don't leave the city to actively fight the enemy, he can grow old with me and he can watch our children grow up!"

As soon as these words were spoken, another woman began to cry bitterly.

The woman cried and said, "My husband is a baggage soldier just like hers. If he hadn't left the city, he would be safe now..."

The baggage soldiers belong to the logistics department. Among all the soldiers defending the city, they will not be sent to the front line unless it is absolutely necessary.

Upon hearing this, Li Qingqing immediately remembered the last 500 soldiers she had taken out, among whom were many baggage soldiers, and perhaps her man was among them at the time.

Li Qingqing was silent for a while.

She remembered the five hundred soldiers...and only half of them were left alive.

But if she were given the choice again, she would still go out of the city to help.

Although the border city is easy to defend but difficult to attack, the more than 4,000 defenders are facing 40,000 enemy soldiers, and the probability of defending the city and breaking it is 50% each.

As long as there is half a chance, she would rather end it once and for all, end all wars with one battle, and never again have wars in the border city!

But... the price is too high!

Li Qingqing looked at these women——,

They left their homes and settled in border towns with their men or sons, where their lives were already very difficult.

Now that we have lost the pillar of the family, how are we going to go on with our lives?

What’s more, there are those women with gray hair who are alone and helpless. How are they going to survive in the future?

Li Qingqing was thinking when Li Feng beside her suddenly took a step forward.

He looked at the women, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he spoke with difficulty.

"Everyone, their deaths have ensured that there will be no more fighting in Border City. They are the heroes who defended the city!"

"I swear in the name of the generals that all the compensation and food for the fallen soldiers will be paid within three days!"

"From now on, a monument to the martyrs will be erected at the border city, and all fallen soldiers will be buried in the martyrs' shrine, where they will be worshipped forever!"

The women were all stunned when they heard this, and then they couldn't help but burst into tears.

As families of soldiers at the border city, they knew the fate of their men, but they never imagined that one day their men would be revered as heroes!

"It's worth it if future generations remember it..."

The young woman who questioned Li Feng burst into tears instantly. She muttered to herself and fell to the ground.

Li Qingqing then took a step forward and said in a deep voice:

"I also swear in the name of the Lord of the Border City that all the families of those who died in battle in my Border City will be exempted from taxes for three years.

If there are young children in the families of the fallen soldiers, they will be raised to adulthood; if there are elderly people living alone, our border cities will be responsible for their care until their old age.

Even if I leave office, this oath will still be valid!"

Li Qingqing looked solemn and made a solemn promise.

She originally thought that she had only come to the border city to help make the black fireballs and deal with the construction of the new city wall. After the task was completed, she could go home and live her leisurely pastoral life.

However, he did not expect that he and the Dayuan Kingdom had actually formed a deep bond as early as his first life.

After all, she was the one who led the five hundred soldiers out, and she was also responsible for not bringing all of them back!

After the matter of Wei Duhu is settled, she may no longer be the mayor of this city, but she must bear this responsibility.

Li Qingqing secretly planned that she would give the official silver from the dozens of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry she had obtained from Wei Duhu's secret room to Li Feng.

The imperial court often defaulted on payments and sometimes even left the soldiers defending the city to fend for themselves. It was unknown when the pension would arrive, and given Li Feng's personality, he would probably pay out of his own pocket. These official silver coins were just what he needed to solve his urgent needs.

As for the remaining gold, silver and jewelry, she will keep a portion to fulfill her oath, and the rest will be used for the benefit of the people in the future to improve their livelihood.

The dusk deepened.

After Li Qingqing and Li Feng comforted the people in the border town, they rushed to the main city under the cover of night.

What they didn't know was that another assassination was taking place in the main city.

Wei Duhu waited and waited last night, but his men never reported.

This morning I sent someone to inquire and learned that Li Qing was assassinated by an unidentified person last night and was seriously injured. The assassin had already taken the opportunity to escape.

Protector Wei was secretly delighted.

Although his subordinates did not come to report, as long as the goal was achieved, he naturally hoped that they would run as far as possible, and it would be best if they did not come back in the near future.

However, there was no news of Zhao Di Pu's death from poisoning, which made Wei Duhu feel uneasy.

So, the Protector General of Wei sent out another team impatiently.