"Our Chu people are leaving Chu again?"
"We can't survive, so why stay?"
"Alas! I wonder how things are at home, if they still have food and money to live on!"
If it were before, the Chu soldiers would not have thought about such things.
Because their treatment as Chu soldiers was quite good; as long as they were in the army, they would receive military pay, and their families would receive money to live on.
But as a large number of civilians fled Chu, they gradually understood that something had happened in Chu.
Many civilians, because all their family's wealth had been confiscated by corrupt officials, were left without money or food.
They could no longer survive, so they began to flee.
Since communication was not as convenient back then, the soldiers in the army did not know the situation at home.
With so many people fleeing Chu, they also worried that their families would be like these civilians, forced to flee due to lack of money and food.
However, they could not leave the barracks, so they could only worry in their hearts.
Such worries also caused unrest in the army.
This unrest became even more pronounced when it was soon rumored that someone had seen their family among the fleeing civilians.
"Is Er Mazi's family really among those refugees? Did they really go to Qin?"
"How could that be false? It's said that Er Mazi's family members were all emaciated, their clothes tattered, and even his grandfather starved to death! So, even if he wanted to stop his parents, he didn't have enough food and money to support them, so he finally decided to let them go to Qin to survive!!"
"Didn't they say that Chu civilians who entered Qin would be killed by Qin people? Didn't they say Qin people were all liars?"
"Those words were all lies. I saw it last time, many soldiers mixed in with the civilians. I suppose those who were killed were those soldiers!"
At these words, many fell silent.
Finally, someone sighed.
"Alas! I wonder how my family is doing!"
This sentiment stirred up countless feelings of homesickness.
It also made countless soldiers begin to worry about their families.
The Chu generals were unaware of this, or rather, they paid it little attention.
They did not realize that their army's morale was being eroded bit by bit.
Meanwhile, Lin Tian was not simply arranging for Chu to release so many civilians.
He was also deliberately manipulating the morale of the Chu army.
At the same time, he had also arranged for many hidden agents, who completely followed Lin Tian's orders and could act at any time.
As for the timing of their actions, it naturally depended on Lin Tian's judgment.
"How is the morale of the Chu civilians?"
"Indeed, among those civilians, there were family members of Chu soldiers. Many Chu soldiers' spirits were very low. Judging by their appearance, they were clearly longing for their families."
"Then let's wait three more days. Let things ferment for three days. As long as the Chu soldiers lose the will to fight, then defeating Xiang Yan's Chu army will not be difficult!"
"Make sure to remember that for these three days, we need to send large armies to escort our Qin civilians, so that the Chu army can get used to our army's presence and try to lower their defenses!"
"Yes!!"
Lin Tian's decision to wait three more days was not because he expected anything to happen within the Chu army during this time.
Instead, he anticipated that after three days, more and more soldiers in the Chu army would worry about their families, and their fighting spirit would weaken.
However, although Lin Tian did not expect it, something truly happened within the Chu army.
A Chu soldier saw his young sister among the fleeing civilians.
This was already a normal occurrence, as many soldiers had seen their family members these days.
After seeing their families, they could only watch them leave Chu and enter Qin.
But this soldier was different. After seeing his young sister, he realized that she was alone among the crowd.
He knew that their family had seven members, including his parents, his wife and two children, and his young sister, forming a perfect family.
But now, his parents, wife, and children were not there, only his poorly clad young sister. How could this not agitate him?
Therefore, he could no longer care about anything else. He immediately deserted his post and rushed to his young sister.
He grabbed his sister's hands and asked with a face full of anxiety:
"Little sister, little sister, where are Mom and Dad? Where is your sister-in-law? Where are your nephews? Why are you here alone? Where are they? Did you get separated from them??"
At this moment, the best outcome would naturally be that his young sister was separated from their family.
If so, although he could not find his parents for the time being, at least his parents might still be alive.
However, what this soldier did not expect was that as soon as his young sister saw him, she first froze, and then burst into tears.
"Wuwuwu! Big brother, I finally see you! I thought I would never see you again in this life!!"
"Mom and Dad and sister-in-law, they were all beaten to death by the corrupt officials. Because our family was large, Mom and Dad couldn't pay so much money, so the corrupt officials beat Mom and Dad and sister-in-law to death. They didn't even spare my two nephews!"
"If it wasn't for the fact that I happened to be outside, perhaps our whole family would have died!"
At these words, the soldier was stunned, unable to believe, and then fell into despair.
Afterwards, he let out a mournful cry:
"Ah!!"
"My old father, my old mother, my wife and children, how tragically you have died! I haven't had enough time with you, haven't lived enough with you!!"
"Is this the kind of corrupt official we are protecting? Is this the Chu I am protecting? What is the meaning of protecting such a Chu!!"
At these cries, countless soldiers were moved.
Especially since many of them had not returned home for many years and missed their families dearly.
Now that such an incident had occurred, they all worried if their families would also die at the hands of corrupt officials, like the soldier's family.
Or, like other fleeing civilians, they would have no money or food and start to flee.
This made countless soldiers unable to restrain themselves.
"No, I want to go home! I want to go home, I want to see Mom and Dad, I want to know if Mom and Dad are still alive!!"
At these words, countless soldiers responded.
"General, I want to go home, I want to see Mom and Dad!!"
"General, I want to go home, I want to see Mom and Dad!!"
"General, I want to go home, I want to see Mom and Dad!!"
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