Chapter 4: Killing Chickens with Knives
The officers and soldiers on the school field gathered chaotically, moved slowly, and did not line up for a long time, and gradually, Zhu Youhua's excitement turned into disappointment.
From these people, it is not difficult to see the reasons for the fall of Luoyang in history.
It seems that Wang Shaoyu still said the situation well, where is this as simple as some military grievances, this is not the slightest heart to defend the war!
In this way, it is no wonder that some people surrendered not long after the start of the war in history.
Zhu Youhua began to carefully observe the complexions of these soldiers, and it could be seen that their treatment was still good, at least much better than those homeless people in the city who could not eat a full meal for several days.
It seems that these people have the power to fight, but they are not willing to fight.
As far as the equipment is concerned, the officers and soldiers are really not very good, and it is good to have a half-new mandarin duck battle jacket, and most of the weapons in their hands are standard waist knives and spears, and many of them are rusty, and only those pro-soldiers who stand around the point general platform are wearing leather armor and cotton armor.
Although they were negligent in practice, they finally made a sparse array and stood listlessly all over the ground.
"Knock knockโ"
The drumming stopped abruptly, leaving behind a field of bewildered soldiers.
Of the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him, some of them were originally Luoyang's garrisons and local garrisons withdrawn from various places, and most of the rest were officers and soldiers who followed Wang Shaoyu from Kaifeng to help.
The guards basically knew that Zhu Youhua liked to ride horses and shoot arrows, and even many generals were already familiar with Zhu Youhua and were willing to listen to orders many times, but these stragglers recruited by Wang Shaoyu were different.
Including Wang Shaoyu, these reinforcements in Kaifeng were all forced by the Holy Decree, and few of them really wanted to come.
In addition, Zhu Changxun's wise operation of not giving money and provoking people has ruined the reputation of the Fuwangfu family in the army to the extreme, and they will not even bird Zhu Youhua.
Although the generals led by them were already standing in front, they were all smiling, as if they didn't even pay attention to Wang Shaoyu.
"General Feng, you will first count the soldiers according to the military register." Wang Shaoyu shouted.
Feng Dadong didn't hear it, his hands were folded around his chest, and the general next to him sneered frequently, ignoring the meaning of the two people on the stage at all.
The defenders of Luoyang have begun, and the reinforcements from Kaifeng still have not moved.
After the reading, a thousand general shouted: "I, the defenders inside and outside Luoyang, excluding the grass, material yards and defenders of the city, a total of 28,324 people were present, and three people asked for leave, please review Your Highness!" โ
Wang Shaoyu nodded, but Zhu Youhua took a few steps forward and said: "Mr. Huang Qian, pass the order and pay the salary!" โ
Huang Hu didn't react, and only said in surprise for a while: "Honorable Order!" โ
Soon, the guards began to open the large boxes they had brought back, and the soldiers all craned their necks to look, only to see a burst of money glittering, and wow, it was actually a whole box of silver ingots and copper coins.
Huang Hu walked up to a soldier on the westernmost side of the queue, handed him a silver ingot of ten taels, and said: "Niu Dazhuang, this is your salary from February last year to the present, take it and go back to get medicine for your mother, if you let me know that you are doing something else, I will break your leg!" โ
"Then how can you, thank you Huang Ye!" Niu Dazhuang smirked.
Huang Hu gave him an elbow on his elbow, glared and said, "Whoever gave the salary and silver, you thank whoever goes, this is not Lao Tzu's pocket!" โ
Niu Dazhuang reacted, quickly knelt down on one knee, and shouted to the stage: "Thank you, little prince, Niu Dazhuang is willing to go to the soup for you!" โ
Zhu Youhua smiled and waved his hand.
"Thank you, little prince!"
"The little prince paid us, and we followed the little prince!"
Looking at the hot salaries and grains on the other side, there is no fart movement on their side, the Kaifeng defenders can't stand, and they are gradually making some noise, watching others take money, this is not comfortable.
"Sojo, this...?" A pro-soldier reminded.
Wang Shaoyu's face did not move, and he glanced approvingly at Zhu Youhua in front of him.
"Why do they pay and pay, but Lao Tzu has nothing?" General Feng Dadong suddenly shouted.
After he finished speaking, almost all the generals and colonels of the Kaifeng reinforcements looked at Zhu Youhua and talked about it.
The latter was still the same unbeaten dick, and said calmly: "Originally, Xiao Wang wanted to pay the brothers and comfort the army, but General Feng didn't even give face to the soldiers, so why should I send you my own silver?" โ
Feng Dadong suddenly became the reason why the soldiers couldn't get their salaries, and when he saw the ill-intentioned people around him, he was shocked and took a few steps back.
"I just need to send troops?" Facing everyone's forced questions, Feng Dadong asked with a hesitant expression.
Zhu Youhua nodded: "As soon as you say it, it's hard to chase the horses, you order the troops, and the Royal Highness pays you, isn't it easy to make this money?" โ
"That's fine!" Feng Dadong didn't have anything to say, turned his head and walked into the army with his fists clenched.
After a stick of incense, he walked back and said, "Little prince, my Kaifeng garrison has 46,456 people, please pay it!" โ
Zhu Youhua directly waved his hand: "Mr. Huang Qian, pay!" โ
After the salary was paid, the Kaifeng defenders were also smiling, but Feng Dadong said: "Your Royal Highness, our army is still short of accumulated monthly rations. โ
Huang Hu was about to continue to send it, but Zhu Youhua suddenly said: "General Feng, it is natural for the imperial court to give you military salaries, but you are too embarrassed to ask for monthly rations?" โ
"Why can't I ask for it?" Feng Dadong asked.
"The monthly ration is for the loyal warriors, but are you Feng Dadong counted, ah?" Zhu Youhua sneered again and again, "Come on, tie up Feng Dadong for me!" โ
Feng Dadong, who was held down by Huang Hu and the palace guards, couldn't struggle, and shouted unwillingly: "Zhu Youhua, you are just a prince of the palace, what right do you have to take me?" โ
"What right do you have, that's a good question, you should all learn!" Zhu Youhua shouted loudly: "The holy decree is clearly written, Kaifeng 50,000 horses, must gallop to the aid of the starry night, but what about the result of your troops, you forgot it so quickly?" โ
"The court didn't pay salaries, and the sergeants fled along the way, this is my Feng Dadong's responsibility?" He yelled unwillingly.
"Whose is that, I'm still Wang Zongbing's?" Zhu Youhua looked to the right.
At this time, Wang Shaoyu also knew that he couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, so he stepped forward and said, "What the little prince said is good!" โ
"This time he led the army to help, and there was still a full amount of 50,000 when Kaifeng was opened, Feng Dadong bewitched the army so that the soldiers fled, and he falsely reported 50,000 yuan from the town, this is a bully, and the crime should be corrected!"
"In addition, this town has also not been detected, and after the war, it will ask the court for punishment!"
Bullying the king, this crime is deducted, don't say that if you cut yourself, it is not an exaggeration to kill the three clans, Feng Dadong's eyes widened, but he didn't expect this result.
"What else do you have to say?" Zhu Youhua said sharply: "Huang Hu, what are you waiting for!?" โ
Eating people with short mouths and soft hands, Yu's generals and many soldiers were a little hesitant, some pleaded, and some stood there not knowing what to do, no matter how Feng Dadong howled, but none of them moved.
"Poofโ"
Taking advantage of this gap, Huang Hu did not hesitate to draw his knife, stabbed into Feng Dadong's body fiercely, twisted it a few more times, and slashed off his head with a swing of the knife.
"From today on, this king will take over the military affairs of the whole city, Feng Dadong will deceive the king, kill the sacrificial flag, the position of the general is vacant, Huang Hu will temporarily lead his troops, and wait to repel the bandits before agreeing."
Huang Hu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Obey the order of the King of Nanyang!" โ
"Mr. Wang, do you have any objections?" After giving the order, Zhu Youhua looked to the right again.
Wang Shaoyu also understands that this is to show his loyalty.
In fact, in the past few days, the methods of this king of Nanyang have indeed made him admire very much, forcibly requisitioning the assets of those big families for military expenses, and these miscellaneous soldiers who are not obedient are actually obedient to three times and five divided by two.
There was no need to hesitate, he stepped forward and said, "The order of the little prince, the last general will not dare to disobey." โ
At this moment, a group of uninvited guests broke into the school grounds.
"What about Zhu Youhua, is he here!?" Wang Chaoshan shouted by pulling his neck.