Chapter 149: Jumping Flames [5]

Finally, a cavalryman couldn't help but ask: "Lord Wang, why did you change your mind?" Our forces are too thin! Now I don't know if there are a hundred people in total! Whether the infantry who can defend the ironclad capital or not arrives at Muling Pass is a problem! Lord, we can't recover Muling Pass! If you don't know what, you'll fill yourself in! Withdraw! ”

Zhao Yu did not look for the cavalry who interrupted him in annoyance, but raised his head slightly and looked at the urban area where the cries of women and children were already heard in the distance.

"Yes! The king knows all these things you said, but this king suddenly thought of something......"

"What's the matter?" Someone couldn't help but ask, and when the words came out, they realized that it was rude, and quickly closed their mouths.

But no one cared about this matter at the moment, and everyone looked at Zhao Yu intently.

The tall body flowed between darkness and light under the light of the leaping flames. "This king is wondering, where did my money come from? Where did you get your money? The court gave it! Where did all this money come from? It is from the hands of the common people! Why do ordinary people pay taxes? Should they have done that? ”

No one spoke, but most of the people's faces had already told Zhao Yu the answer. The cavalry seemed to be saying, isn't it the common people who should have done this?

"No!" Zhao Yu said very decisively. "Maybe it's been too long, and it's already forgotten what it means to be a soldier! The reason why the common people handed over the copper coins to the imperial court was to be protected! It is the so-called food of the king, the matter of loyalty! Since the birth of this king, he has eaten the offerings of 12 million households of the Great Song Dynasty, and the clothes that this king wears, uses, and eats are all flowing with the blood and sweat of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. They are the father and mother of this king: shall you forsake your father and mother? If you abandon your parents, is there any point in living in this world? ”

No one spoke, and all the cavalry fell into deep thought. Some people fall into shame.

Since the Han Dynasty, filial piety has become an important criterion for employing people. Chen Tang, who shouted the eloquent slogan "Those who commit crimes against me are strong, even if they are far away, will be punished", was imprisoned because his father died of illness and did not go to the funeral.

Under Zhao Yu's deliberate guidance, none of the soldiers were able to shout out their objections, of course, they may not be convinced.

Zhao Yu glanced at all the cavalry with a serious face, and looked at the faces of each cavalry very seriously. "It's time for us to contribute! Come, bring wine! This king personally pours wine for every warrior tonight, and lives and dies with all the kings! Same as hot blood! ”

The bowls are easy to find, just in the nearby houses, knock on the wooden door to get the wine bowl from the master's hand, of course, Zhao Yu bought it for money. It's just that these pottery bowls are relatively old, and many of them are missing, which is a small pity!

Zhao Yu has his own drinks, because the night march and guard need to keep out the cold, the army has long prepared its own drinks, and each person on this march has two taels of wine. Put it in a two-pound cow bag, and divide it equally when it is time to use it.

It's just that when Li Lizhong took the pottery bowl and distributed it to the cavalry, the cavalry looked at each other, obviously not wanting to take it, let alone drinking anything.

Zhao Yu was furious, and threw the pottery bowl in his hand, the wine was splashed with broken ceramic pieces, and the crisp sound was so harsh in the silent night.

Zhao Yu rebuked angrily: "Do you think that the monarchs are more noble than the status of this king? This king is slightly older than the prince of Song, the only brother of the saint today, and it can be said that one person is above ten thousand people! How is the surname of the monarch compared to the king? This king is not afraid of death, why should the kings die alone? ”

The cavalry saw Zhao Yu's stern face, and felt that Zhao Yu's words made them feel ashamed. As the so-called shame and courage, no cavalry refused, and one by one they blushed, as if they were going to fight to the death, and gritted their teeth and picked up the clay bowl.

Zhao Yu turned his anger into joy, laughed, and said, "That's right!" Come! ”

Zhao Yu treats every soldier equally, personally pours wine for them, without a trace of hypocrisy, let alone a trace of charity, and his movements and demeanor are very natural, as if pouring wine for an old friend. Everyone said a word or two of encouragement, and said the name of each soldier accurately.

The soldiers all felt Zhao Yu's sincere heart, and everyone did not speak, but just held the pottery bowl tightly to ease their feelings of gratitude.

After pouring wine for all the soldiers, Zhao Yu took a pottery bowl again to pour a bowl of sake for himself, raised the wine bowl with both hands, and raised his head and said loudly: "This king can't guarantee that everyone can see the sun tomorrow, and even what we do can't recover Muling Pass!" But this king makes a promise here, this king will always be at the forefront! Long live the Great Song! Victory! ”

After speaking, Zhao Yu poured all the sake into his throat in one go.

"Long live the Great Song! Victory! The soldiers only felt their blood boiling, and after a vent-like roar, they drank all the sake in one go.

"Bang! Syllable! "The sound of broken ceramics is endless. I don't know if it was arranged by God or by coincidence. Just after Zhao Yu's encouragement, the Mengshan thieves launched an attack again, this time divided into three roads, two roads from the east and west city wall corridors, although it is said to be two roads, but because the corridor is not wide, there are not many frontal enemies. The last road, which can be said to be the middle road, runs from the main street of Mulingguan.

As the main street connecting the north and south, it is very wide, full of ten zhang wide, and the ground is paved with bluestone slabs.

This is a good way for the enemy to calmly arrange the troops, the Mengshan thieves arranged a row of armored pikemen at the front, wearing the light infantry armor of the Song army, the so-called light infantry armor is only wearing the armor body, removing the shoulder armor, and the helmet is made of thick cloth Fan Yang felt hat, which is the kind of hat worn by Lin Chong in the Water Margin.

The characteristic is lightweight, the weight of the helmet with a mask can reach up to ten catties and twelve taels, while the military thick cloth fan yang felt hat is only more than three catties, and the weight is more than three times lighter! Of course, everyone understands the defense thing.

Zhao Yu immediately smiled when he saw this. However, the Meng thieves did not think so, and they strode in a daze, three rows of sharp, gleaming spear heads stretching out of the queue.

At the same time, in order to prevent the cavalry from outflanking the two wings, a small number of minions holding tower shields were arranged in the position of the two wings, and the minions walked against the walls of the house, because the planning was not very good, and the road was wide and narrow when walking, and these tower shield minions were not lightly tossed. However, this also blocked the possibility of the cavalry diverting the two wings to the greatest extent.

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