Chapter Fifty-Eight: Raising the Sword
After Teng Bal was killed, Yu Lang took advantage of the situation to lead his troops to cover the kill, and the remnants of the cavalry of Lan Evil City rushed back, but found that the city gate had been tightly closed at some point, and the banner of the Longyou Army was hung at the head of the city.
That night, the city of Lan evil was broken, and the defender Tengbar was killed in battle, killing 1,200 people, and dropping 3,000.
Of the 500 veterans led by Yu Lang, 157 were killed and 300 were wounded, and no one from the Langzi Battalion and the Tiance Army was killed, and some were slightly injured. Li Guangbi and Nan Jiyun took 300 light cavalry to escort the siege equipment to Baining City, and Yu Lang was responsible for deploying the city defenses, taking prisoners, and taking over the people in the city.
Although judging from the battle loss ratio, this battle was a great victory for the Tang army, Yu Lang knew that his victory was not beautiful, if it weren't for Li Mixiu to kill the enemy for thousands of miles, not only would he and Qingqing die in the hands of Tengbar, but Tengbar would also be able to return to the city and withdraw from Lanxie City with the whole army, and look for an opportunity to attack back. Whether in terms of strategy or force, he lost this battle, and it was Li Mi, who was still commanding four siege battles thousands of miles away.
There is a depression in the Lanxie City, even compared with the Western Capital, most of the people in the city are in rags, except for the military households, there are almost no rich households, although Yu Lang has deliberately restrained his subordinates, there are still soldiers looting and even bullying women and children from time to time. Because Lanxie City is adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, most of the people in the city wear Han clothes and speak the official language of the Tang Dynasty, and when they are bullied by the Tang soldiers, they often plead softly, but it arouses the ferocity of the soldiers, and the scene is very poignant.
The students in the Langzi camp are all scholars, so they are naturally not used to seeing such tragic events, and there are many conflicts with the soldiers in the Longyou Army. The soldiers only treat these dolls as ignorant, for them, the knife licks the blood and the life and death fight is a victory carnival, and most of the generals who led the army in the past turned a blind eye, and it was a big deal to send the best goods into the general's camp tent privately.
The veterans knew that most of the people in the Langzi Battalion were not used to seeing such scenes behind their backs, but some of the stubble preferred to act with great fanfare, as if they were demonstrating to the young general.
Li Dahu and Xue Wenyang tied up three leading soldiers and brought them to Yu Lang, followed by a few crying Tibetan women.
"Yo, Captain Xiaoyu, you won this battle really majesticly, the five hundred Longyou army was broken by you by most of it, and it was all up to us to capture the West City Gate to turn defeat into victory, you don't admit our feelings, what's the matter, you still want to kill people?" A kidnapped soldier in his thirties with slanted eyes and long eyebrows shouted at Yu Lang with disdain.
The other two soldiers were also full of contempt, obviously looking down on the captain of the Wupin Cavalry who had temporarily received the official seal from the prince.
"Wang Huaisheng, you have made meritorious contributions, naturally there are rewards, beheading the enemy is recorded in the military register, and rewards are indispensable after the performance, but you will be punished for violating military discipline." Yu Lang's expression was calm.
Wang Huaisheng obviously felt quite different from the name of the new cavalry lieutenant who could call himself: "Dare to ask the cavalry captain, can you reveal which military discipline we have committed?" Why did General Zhao Weide, who led the troops before, and even Huangfu Weiming Jiedu never mention this military discipline to us? Even if there is really such a military discipline, not only the three of us who have committed the crime, the sons and daughters of the Longyou Army, and those who have committed the same military discipline as me should be spoken! ”
"Me!" At this moment, the hundreds of soldiers present all spoke out in unison, and they dared to do this because they recognized the truth that the law does not hold the people accountable.
The Longyou Army was obviously quite dissatisfied with the newly arrived Langzi Battalion, and hundreds of people actually formed a siege to surround Yu Lang and the others. The Long Right Army is not monolithic, there are also factions inside, this group of people is Zhao Weide's henchmen, subordinate to the Zhenwu Army, no one dared to come forward because of Li Yu's unparalleled power, and now he sees Yu Lang's soft persimmon, and he must pinch it ruthlessly.
If this matter is not handled well, it is very likely to cause the soldiers to mutiny, Xue Wenyang and Li Dahu's hearts are sinking, and they even have the intention of letting them go first, which is equivalent to the prince meeting the teacher and then rewarding and punishing.
Yu Lang didn't give an inch: "I don't care if anyone has disciplined you before, today I am here to tell you, rob the people, *** women, behead!" ”
At present, the strength of the Longyou Army has an absolute advantage, and Wang Huaisheng is naturally impossible to be afraid of Yu Lang: "Joke, who do you think you are, why do you increase military discipline for us?" Do you have a role in my Longyou Army? ”
Yu Lang's cavalry lieutenant was airborne by the prince, so naturally it had nothing to do with the Longyou Army, Yu Lang raised his eyebrows: "You are my Tang soldiers!" It's not a private soldier of the Longyou Jiedu envoy! I am the captain of the Tang Dynasty, and I was ordered by the prince of the Tang Dynasty to take over your team, and what I said was military discipline! ”
Wang Huaisheng's previous remarks revealed the fact that the Tang Dynasty conscription system led to the deformed expansion of power in the hands of various festivals, and many soldiers were no longer loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but regarded their own festival envoys as princes, and were only loyal to the princes of this side. Although Huangfu Weiming has no intention of supporting the army and self-respecting, his soldiers don't think so, and even his soldiers don't think so, so what does the emperor think? This attitude of the soldiers of the Longyou Army is digging graves for their own festivals.
Wang Huaisheng obviously didn't listen too much to Yu Lang's words, they don't want to be soldiers who understand any big truths, whoever pays the military salary is the master, and the festival that can be seen by the soldiers every month is obviously closer to the Tang Dynasty who is far away in the sky.
"Don't talk nonsense, you are brave enough to cut my head with a knife today, but I don't know if it is possible for you to get out of this Lan evil city alive if you do it." Wang Huaisheng thought that he had taken Yu Lang's life, and he became more and more arrogant.
Yu Lang himself wanted to go and get away naturally, but it was difficult to retreat with everyone in the Langzi camp, and even if he escaped, he would have no shame to face the prince and Li Mi, and the generals who were driven away by the mutinous soldiers were a joke.
Li Dahu, who had just hurried to turn over the soldiers' files, said a few words to Yu Lang, Yu Lang sighed, personally untied Wang Huaisheng, and said in a mournful voice: "You have a virtuous wife at home, and your son Hutou is now at the age of babbling......"
Wang Huaisheng's face was full of pride, this cavalry lieutenant was still restrained by himself in the end.
"My father's eyes are not very good, and he is not good at doing farm work, so he always ......falls" Yu Lang patted Wang Huaisheng's shoulder and pointed to the three Tubo women who were so frightened that they shrunk into a ball, "Well, these three are the girls you just wanted to be close to, go ahead." ”
"Go, I will behead you by military law, after you die, these soldiers have a slight change, then your crime is to incite rebellion, to destroy the nine clans, your wife, son, and father will die for this, and even the graves of your ancestors will be exhumed and whipped."
As he spoke, the grinding stone short knife in Yu Lang's hand took off his hand, dripping and spinning above his head, and the dark blade exuded a silent killing intent.
Yu Lang turned his head and looked at the rest of the Longyou soldiers again: "And you, go to whatever you want, you can see if the knife on my head can cut off your heads, and whether you can kill your family members." ”
Wang Huaisheng was terrified, he couldn't support it anymore, and he lay on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "General, general, I was wrong, I didn't dare, I didn't sin my family, I didn't sin my family!" ”
Yu Lang turned around and ordered: "The Langzi Battalion is now a law enforcement team in the city, dare to kill and plunder, behead!" Those who gather a crowd to make trouble will be punished for the crime of treason! ”
"Next time you start to harm other girls, think about it, if one day your own city is broken, your wife is coerced, and your son is killed with a knife in his innocent eyes, think about this, and see if you are still interested."
The whetstone knife turned into a black light, cutting a crack a foot wide in the street.
The soldiers of the Longyou Army all put away their swords and hung their heads, and no one dared to make a mistake.