Chapter Twenty-Five: Changshui Goes Out into Battle
"Xun family boy, it sounds like there is a fight at the gate of the palace." In the military tent, Zhang Rang crossed his legs and hands on his abdomen, and asked Xun Yu opposite lightly, "Who do you think will win?" β
Listening to the shouting and killing not far away, the atmosphere in the military tent was a little heavy, Xun Yu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Rang, and then turned back and closed his eyes as if he hadn't heard it. He didn't intend to pay attention to this old eunuch who poisoned the world at all.
"Ben Hou thinks that Ma Sanlang can win, but he is a general in the army, and there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in the palace, and those Xiyuan captains plus one piece are estimated to be unable to beat him." Zhang Rang touched his nose and didn't care about it, he said to himself, and said: "Ben Hou hopes that Ma Sanlang can win, and if Sanlang wins, I Cao should still be able to survive, if those scholars ......" Zhang Rang smiled at Xun Yu and said, "You can live." β
Xun Yu glanced at Zhang Rang unexpectedly, this old eunuch looked very inward, and what did he say. Hearing this, there was a lack of confidence in his voice, I am afraid that he himself felt that Ma Yue was more than lucky this time. To his surprise, Xun Yu did not have any ill feelings towards this kind old eunuch for the past few days, perhaps because he had not seen the luxury of his mansion and the arrogance when he was in power, Xun Yu straightened the crown belt on his forehead and decided to try whether this old eunuch was stupid or not.
"No one?" He took two steps to the tent door, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and said to himself, "It seems that the battle is more anxious." β
As soon as Zhang Rang heard that there was no one, his eyes turned to a bone, and he immediately wanted to get up and run out, and when he got up, he saw Xun Yu's eyes looking at him burningly, and he made a move, turned around in a circle, picked up the bronze bottle from a few cases, scooped up some wine by himself, and smacked his lips and drank it.
"Okay, don't try it, kid of the Xun family, don't care if Ben Hou runs or not, the guards at the door are estimated to have been withdrawn by Ma San himself, and the news has been banned for ten days to let him fight like this, so there is no need to lock Ben Hou anymore."
Zhang Rang calculated very clearly, no matter what, Ma Yue's original intention of imprisoning him was to block the news, and now that the news has leaked out anyway, he will have to kill himself if he runs out of the palace at this time.
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At the head of the Chengyang Gate, the black Daxu of the general Ma Yue faced the wind, and the military attachΓ©s under it ran back and forth, and the bows and arrows were all over the city, and the wounded and dying warriors were constantly carried down the city.
"Report! Chengyang Gate, Qingzuo Gate, and Deyang Gate were all watered with fire oil by traitors, and the water could not be extinguished when the fire burned, and the three gates were in a hurry! β
The soldier who reported the news bowed his head and gave his hand, Ma Yue waved his hand to let him go down first, turned his head with a blue face, and looked at the armor soldiers gathered outside the palace in a daze, could it be that he really had to fight in the streets in the palace?
The palace was built by him, without cutting corners at all, and the palace walls are all wood and stone, and he is not afraid to burn it. But the palace gate is different, ten out of ten good wood, soaked in oil and anti-corrosion, where can the fire be erected!
"Jun Hao, then there is no other way?"
Now there are only a few sons of the Pei family left by Ma Yue's side, and when he looked up, Pei Hui was wearing a hood on his head, and even Xiao Pei Juan was wearing armor, Ma Yue frowned and said, "What are you doing here?" β
"Hey, big brother, our brother heard it, the group of people outside shouted to avenge the general, let them rush in, I'm afraid that the samurai in your hand will mutiny." Pei Juan patted the iron armor on his chest, "When the time comes, we can rest assured, our brothers and sons have discussed, once they come in, I'm afraid the palace will not be able to be guarded, we have to protect you." β
"No, you don't! I don't believe it, let Yan Xing from Qingzuo Gate come to see me, fuck, Pei Ruo, let his people move the jade at the gate of the palace for Lao Tzu, and block the city gate hole first! β
Pei Wan asked with a confused expression: "Brother, where is the jade?" β
Ma Yue dragged the Pei family brothers around to the inside of the city tower and pointed to the stone next to the military tent below and said: "Isn't that all white jade, let them move, block the palace gate first, if they dare to move the ladder to attack, they will use jade to smash them!" β
Pei Wan swallowed violently, "Then, that's all jade?" β
"Well, jade." Ma Yue licked his lips and said fiercely: "Those noble sons are worthy of these jades, fuck, double-layer iron armor is rich and rich, who allowed these bastards to open the arsenal privately!" β
Pei Hui laughed when he heard this, and while giving Ma Yue his hand, he said solemnly with a smile on his face: "Pei Hui, the grass people, the soldiers outside the palace are also confused for a while, please forgive those soldiers and deal with the evil leaders strictly." β
"Forgiveness, all the palace gates have been burned, forgive...... Eh, you're setting me up, aren't you? Ma Yue looked at Pei Hui playfully, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "What you said is that we occupy the righteousness, and the opponent is not a few thousand soldiers outside, but just those rebellious generals in the shogunate, I understand." β
Frowning and thinking for a moment, Ma Yue said: "But this is not the time yet, we must defeat them first, these soldiers are all in the momentum now, they can't listen to anything, and they have to let their momentum be frustrated...... After all, this is the Royal Palace! β
"Pass the order, move jade to block the Chengyang Gate, let Zhao Sima of the Captain Department of the Upper Military Academy guard the three gates, Changshui Erlang retreat, and follow me to attack from Qingzuomen!"
It's okay to let the captain of the military academy put arrows on the head of the city, and they wear armor to go out of the city to fight against the southern army patrolling Gyeonggi is nonsense, and the gang of grandsons opened the arsenal and each is wearing double iron armor, only the armor of the Changshui battalion is complete, otherwise no one can beat them.
This battle, in Ma Yue's opinion, is a farce, burning money and not killing people, the arrows on the city head shoot down like no money, and you can hear a sound when you die on those people, they are all shot into hedgehogs and still can't hurt their bodies, and it took half a day to fall five or six, and if you fight like this, there is no leader.
Not long after, Ma Yue stood under the Qingzuo Gate, at this time the inside of the gate has been smoked black, there is black smoke on it, it looks like it won't last long, the soldiers and horses of the Changshui Battalion gathered under the city, everyone gave up the horses, all the foot battles, there is no need for any strong bows and crossbows, those things are useless to the young master soldiers with two armors, and they can only be stabbed down in a real way.
All the Changshui disciples changed to heavy weapons such as short hammers and spears or piercing weapons, and the tall oars were also erected, and they all stood majestically in the palace, waiting for the old general's order to go out.
Yan Xing, the captain of Changshui, put on his helmet and raised his arrogant chin and waited for the praise of the lord, today he was fully prepared, and he was fed up with an arrow that hit Yuan Shu but failed to hurt him in the slightest, how do you know that those guys outside are all double-layer armor, and the crossbow is impenetrable, at this time, he has already held back his anger, and the leather armor and iron armor are covered, and he is going to go out to give Yuan Shu a good look.
"Yan Ming...... What's this thing behind you? Ma Yue looked at Yan Xing, this kid is also a double-layer armor today, and there are three spears poked in the gap in the middle of the armor to wear on the back, and a flag is written on the tip of the spear, the left is written with the word Changshui, the right is a Yan, and the middle is a big Chinese character, so Ma Yue was confused, and asked: "What are you doing, a good army has its own flag bearer, I'm afraid people don't know who you are?" β
"Back to the lord, don't you always blame me for fighting and ignoring the soldiers, Yan Ming thought about it, the flag can't keep up with Yan Ming's charge, and you don't let yourself follow the flag!" Yan Xing cocked his thumb proudly and said complacently to the flag behind him: "Wherever this flag rushes, the brothers behind him will follow, lord, give an order, let me slaughter that bastard of Yuan Shu!" β
"Yo, yes, that's a good idea, but Yanming." Ma Yue waved his hand and whispered: "Yuan Shu can't die, just kill the son of the Yuan family, and lose hope at home." β
Looking at Yan Xing's angry appearance, Ma Yue added in a low voice, "I will meet Yuan Shu later, catch him and beat him to death, as long as he doesn't die, anything can be done." β
"Sons, the warriors outside the palace, one person and two armors have seen it, the crossbow can't be entered, and the strong bow is hard to use!" Patting Yan Xing on the shoulder to retreat, Ma Yue said loudly to the sergeant of the Changshui Battalion in the queue: "Everyone in the world says that the two armies of the north and the south, and the northern army is the most. Guarding the Han Dynasty for 400 years, not to mention far away, since Ma Yue became a captain of Changshui for several years, we have never been defeated by killing the Yellow Turban to rebel. Today they have all the strength to enter the palace, take off the head of my Ma Yue, and pay tribute to their rebellious general! β
"I'm under the banner of Chinese characters, and I don't take a step back. The brothers took their weapons, and those outside were all the children of the minister, with a body of gold, each with a double-layer iron armor to protect themselves, we can't do it, we just have a leather armor and an iron armor, and they were impeached by the ministers of the court and the central government back then, saying that the military equipment was consumed too much, heh. Ma Yue chuckled, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Beat them down, and Lao Tzu will take off all the iron armor for you!" Come on, open the palace door! β
Ma Yue lifted the iron handle of the long hammer under his feet, and his hand was cold, clumsy and heavy. But the period men who were heavily armored could smash them at once, which he took out from the craftsman prison in Nangong. The short hammer in the hand of the Changshui battalion behind him is a short weapon used to defend the city, most of the time it is two feet long, and at this time Ma Yue has no bottom in his heart, whether he can win against the heavy armor period.
But whether you win or not, you always have to fight. Otherwise, when these deflated calves burn down the palace gate and not a few people die, the momentum will be even more fierce, and if the tiger army in the palace defects, he is not sure that he will get out alive!
The blazing Qingzuo Gate was pushed open, and Ma Yue saw Yuan Shu at a glance who had taken a hundred steps and the rabble behind him who were waiting for the city gate to burn down.
At this time, it is impossible to distinguish where the troops are by armor, but looking at the leaders at the front, Ma Yue can still recognize some, there must be Yuan's family soldiers, Ji Ling's southern army, Chun Yuqiong's right lieutenant department, and countless sergeants have occupied the royal road, and suddenly watched the Qingzuo door open, and watched in amazement as Ma Yue and his Changshui battalion charged towards them with a war hammer.
"Changshui Battalion, charge into battle!"