Chapter 160: The Golden Family
"Spare him this time, if he does it again, it's not a pity to die!"
There are many soldiers who plead in unison with the officers of the fifth horizontal team, and many of them are also deserters who follow the slippery past, everyone is also a deserter, just because they have divided the order, they distinguish between life and death, if Yang Dayi does not die, they will at least have a much better conscience.
Li Xin was silent, when the new army was formed, the first iron law was to behead the escapees, if he was soft-hearted and let Yang Dayi die, how could the military discipline of the captive army be demonstrated in the future, wouldn't it become a joke that could be changed overnight? At this moment, he truly realized what it meant to be "Ci Bu Soldier". This "unkindness" is not aimed at the enemy, but at one's own people.
"Humph! Today, I can spare Yang Dayi and not die, but who will spare those brothers who have died in battle? ”
Lu Jiu asked coldly, he was afraid that the thirteenth brother would commit the fault of a woman's kindness at such a critical time, so he hurriedly blocked everyone's mouths for him. The soldiers who had just pleaded in unison immediately fell silent, yes, because they fled without a fight, and the first and second columns were under more pressure as a result, and the casualties increased accordingly. Under the First World War, the 500 people who came out were already less than 50 people.
Compared with these brothers who died on the spot, how can Yang Dayi have a reason to live in this world?
The soldiers who had slipped past had their heads buried deeply, and they seemed to be able to clearly feel the burning of hundreds of eyes on them, and the burning made them want to burrow into the cracks in the ground. The officer of the fifth horizontal team was also dumbfounded, and it was his horizontal team that appeared the most deserters, and he would definitely not be able to escape from the charge of commanding the five parties, so what qualifications did he have to intercede for Yang Dayi, the first criminal of the deserters?
Gu Shixi, who has always been sharp-tongued and mean-spoken, did not fall into the trap at such a time, he knew that this cavalry officer surnamed Lu was the confidant of the chief soldier, and this person's attitude was equivalent to the statement of the chief soldier at a certain level.
Although the soldiers no longer spoke, there was still a glimmer of hope in their eyes, hoping that the general soldier would pardon him, not for anything else, and the feeling of sadness for the death of the rabbit and the fox is human nature.
Li Xin was still silent, the officers of the teams were still silent, Lu Jiu had already said that he thought that there was no need to do more beaking, if the thirteenth brother wanted to let go of Yang Dayi, it would be useless to say more.
This hope continued to ferment with the silence of the crowd, but a soft, gentle word completely shattered this unrealistic idea.
"The military order is like a mountain, the officers of each team are also the execution officers, what are you waiting for?"
The officer of the fifth horizontal team trembled, and he immediately understood that Yang Dayi could not escape death today, and the person who personally sent him on the road was himself.
"Come on, take Yang Dayi down ......"
Before the words fell, I only heard a voice with a little crying voice shouting: "I don't need the team officer to do it, the big deal is death, because of my Yang Dayi's cowardice, I have harmed the lives of my brothers, how can I still have a face to live in this world." Saying that, he glanced at the brothers who had fought side by side before with a complicated expression, "The brothers must take my righteousness as a lesson, don't take my wrong path!" My life is harmed by the Tartars, if the brothers think of my goodness, they will kill a few more Tartars to avenge me......"
After that, the long knife came out of the sheath and swung towards his neck, and suddenly blood splattered, and the range of the spray was blood-red, and Yang Dayi's lean body fell straight backwards, and he died of anger.
The soldiers of the Zhenyu Army had a kinship, and Gu Shiv suddenly had a blue tendon on his neck, and shouted: "Kill the Tartars and avenge the dead brothers!" ”
"Yes, kill the Tartars, take revenge!"
"Kill the Tartars!"
Soon, the echoing sound of the sparse Lala resounded throughout the sky above the tile kiln mouth fort. Among these people, the hardest shouting is Gu Shishi, the heaviest casualties in the previous war is his first horizontal team, that is all the brothers brought from Zuo Qianhu from childhood to adulthood, a few shouts of revenge, let him cry!
Heisenberg didn't understand what these Orientals were arguing about, as if the Oriental generals had gone to control them? Or are these people going to mutiny? He had just escaped from danger, and his mentality was still like a frightened bird, and this unfriendly atmosphere made him both scared and powerless. Who knew that after the Dongfang general said a word, these Dongfang people who were the focus of the debate actually committed suicide with a knife.
Could it be that the Eastern General, with his eloquent eloquence, killed the traitor who tried to mutiny? As the shouts of the eastern soldiers resounded over the castle, Heisenberg was even more convinced of his conjecture. It was a very distressing thing not to understand the language of these Orientals, and he secretly made up his mind that when he had time, he must learn the Oriental language with the Oriental general.
In the meantime, Li Xin took the army formation of Zhenyu and followed the soldiers who reported the news, and hurried to the direction of Xinpingbao. Xinping Fort is only thirty miles away from Wayaokou Fort, and even in the snow, it can be reached in two hours under the rapid march.
Worried about the safety of Xinping Fort, Li Xin didn't care about anything, and the captives threw off their arms and rushed forward. After arriving at Xinping Fort, it was quiet and peaceful, as if there had never been a battle at all.
Li Xin and the soldiers of the Zhenyu army were strange, and the soldiers who went south to report the news were also strange, obviously the Mongolian Tatars were coming aggressively, why did they become so calm after only half a day's work?
Li Xinzhong suddenly sighed, isn't it that the Mongolian Tatars have broken the city? But looking at the broken Ming army battle flag at the head of the city, it is still hunting in the wind, which shows that Xinping Fort is still firmly in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and a heart is slightly lowered.
"Go to the city, go into the city to rest, and don't go back to the town to guard!"
The appearance of Li Xin leading the Zhenyu army made the soldiers on the rammed earth wall of Xinping Fort nervous for a while, and after finding out that the people who came down from the city were the three guards, they immediately burst into cheers.
"The chief soldier personally brought the troops, and our Xinping Fort is fine......"
"Then the Mongolian Tartar must have smelled the smell of the general soldier, and he slipped away with his tail between his legs......"
With the cheers and discussions in the city, Li Xin led the army into the city, although the number of captives was not much, but with the rhythmic sound of slogans, with neat steps, the fish penetrated, and the momentum was that even the emperor's own army did not lose.
This is the added effect of the previous cohort training and emphasizing the odds, but a few hundred people can give people a far more than ordinary sense of security. From the beginning of its creation, the Zhenyu Army was marked with this kind of neat appearance and full of spirit.
After entering the city, Li Xin could clearly feel that these guards of the city were in a state of mind and looked wrong, and after careful questioning, he learned that in the first battle just now, the thousand generals in Xinping Fort died of their deaths. If it weren't for the sudden and inexplicable retreat of the Tartars, I'm afraid that Xinpingbao would have fallen into the hands of the Mongol Tartars at this moment.
The current situation in Xinping Fort is that the dragons have no leader, and the generals are fighting separately, and no one obeys anyone, but fortunately, Li Xin came, and he came with the might of the three guards. After a preliminary understanding, although the name of the fortress is Qianzong Zhenwei, the actual strength is only more than 500 people, which is equivalent to the infantry phalanx of the Zhenzhu army.
The defense of these forts was originally under the jurisdiction of the subordinate guards of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, and the soldiers were also filled by local military households. However, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the guard was deteriorating, and after the Wanli Dynasty, these border walls and fortresses were directly assigned to the Datong General Military Office, and the soldiers were also recruited by the General Military Office, and the combat effectiveness was not a little stronger than the guards. Now Emperor Chongzhen appointed Li Xin as the commander-in-chief of the Three Guards, and the areas under the jurisdiction of the Three Guards, including these forts, were naturally assigned to Li Xin under his command.
In fact, there are still overlaps in the division of powers between the General Military Office of Datong Town and the General Military Office of the Three Guards, such as these border fortresses. However, the emperor did not make it clear, the cabinet pretended to be confused, and the power of the root in the cabinet against Li Xin was too strong, and the emperor could make Li trust the general army of the three guards to achieve the goal consciously, and would not further confront the ministers of the humerus for the sake of a military minister.
As for the Sanwei General Military Mansion and the Datong Town General Military Mansion, whether the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east, it can only depend on Li Xin's own Taoism. Of course, the emperor did not completely ignore Li Xin, who was nailed to Datong Town, at least he delayed the selection of the new chief soldier of the Datong Town General Military Mansion for a few days, which was equivalent to giving Li Xinchuang a chance in disguise. However, state affairs are not child's play, and the position of the chief soldier of Datong Town naturally cannot and will not be suspended for a long time, leaving little time for Li Xin.
After Li Xin took over the command of Xinping Fort, he did not disrupt the original defensive deployment, although he had made some achievements in defending the city, but he did not know anything about the real art of defending the city in ancient times, so it was the best way to respond to all changes as usual, and then wait for the opportunity to move.
At the same time, he had a detailed understanding of the specific scale of the Han Department that had previously attacked in Xinping Fort, and the soldiers who could fight should always be more than 1,000 people, and it was said that the Han Department was famous among the Mongolian tribes for being able to fight, although it was now thin, but after all, the camel that was killed was bigger than the horse.
An old calligrapher in Xinpingbao depicted the clouds and mountains in the Han Department, Li Xin frequently wondered, why did he still pull the emaciated camel, isn't it a small tribe with more than a thousand soldiers, how to listen to his meaning as if this Han Department was once very brilliant, so why have he never heard of it?
Li Xin finally couldn't help but ask about the origin of the Han Division, and the old calligrapher seemed to be scratched on the itch, shaking his head and explaining: "The descendants of the Han Department are not good, they are the direct descendants of the Mengyuan Temujin, known as the descendants of the central tribe of the Golden Family......"
"Lin Dan Khan?"
Li Xin blurted out.
The old secretary nodded, "Lin Dan Khan has been dead for several years, and now it is his son Ezhe who inherits the mantle, but it is a pity that he has become the eagle dog of Jiannu." Our Xinpingbao foreign attack is Lin Dan Khan's brother Jintu, and now he is also the county king of Jiannu! ”