Chapter 6: Iron-Blooded Sorrow
Wu Chongyin rode his horse out of the camp gate, not only were he hit by a few arrows on his body, but he was also hit by two arrows on his horse, but fortunately the men and horses were wearing two layers of armor, and the shot was not an important place. The cavalry behind him rushed out of the camp gate in the rain of arrows, and Wu Chongyin didn't even have time to pull out the arrows, so he rushed up and killed the Huaixi Mule Cavalry, smashed the head of an archer with a lance, and swept over several people with a twist. The man leaned back, dodged a long knife that swept over, and scrambled forward, killing the man. He has been killing through the enemy's formation, and then reined in and rushed back to the camp, one out and one in, and both sides suffered many casualties. After entering the camp gate, Wu Chongyin threw the broken lance to the ground, drew another lance, dismounted and changed horses, and Cao Hua grabbed the reins and said:
"Dashuai, the thieves are strong, let's stay out of the limelight for the time being, and let the last general rush to kill!"
Wu Chongyin shouted angrily:
"Let go! The prince is in the camp, if the thief army is arrogant, where is the spirit of the king! ”
Cao Hua refused to let go, Wu Chongyin pulled out his saber and slashed down, but Cao Hua still didn't let go, Wu Chongyin turned his blade, cut off the reins, and shouted:
"The prince is behind, today there are thieves without me, and there are no thieves with me!"
Cao Hua originally pulled the reins of the horse hard, but the reins of the horse were cut off by Wu Chongyin, and he was weightless for a while, fell to the ground, and when he got up, Wu Chongyin had already rushed out of the camp gate. Without saying much at the moment, he drew his sword and got on his horse, shouting:
"Get on the horse with eggs and kill them with me!"
After rushing and killing several times, Chen Xu's cavalry and Xuanwu cavalry also went out to help in the battle, and finally repelled the Huaixi mule cavalry. The suppressed morale was lifted up at once, but when he returned to the camp, Wu Chongyin's mount had been shot dead, and more than a dozen feather arrows had been inserted into his body. This horse was bought by Wu Chongyin from outside the plug with a lot of money, and he cherished it very much, but he died here, so Wu Chongyin's face was extremely gloomy. It was Cao Hua who followed him, and he was also covered with many wounds on his body. If it hadn't been for Cao Hua to save his life just now, I was afraid that Wu Chongyin would have been dismembered when he fell off the horse. The two of them didn't care about pulling out their arrows, one after the other, and went to the Chinese army to see Li Chun. From afar, Wu Chongyin knelt down, took off his helmet, and said:
"The ministers were so careless that the rebels attacked the camp gate early in the morning, disturbing His Royal Highness the Prince. Death penalty! ”
After that, I couldn't cry anymore. Behind Cao Hua, as well as Wang Peixian, Han Gongwu, and generals and colonels who had not taken off their battle armor, knelt on the ground. Li Chun's anger has long been wiped out by Wu Chongyin's almost suicidal rush just now, and seeing the tragic and cruel war with his own eyes, Li Chun's heart is shocked and heroic. Seeing Wu Chongyin blaming himself and grieving like this, it didn't seem to be a fake, so he couldn't help but be stunned. remembered that before the Eastern Tour, Li Yu warned him:
"Although the emperors of the past dynasties, especially the first emperors, had many immorality, the people mostly put the fault on Lu Qi, Pei Yanling, Ju Wenzhen and other traitors, and the people's hearts are still in the Tang Dynasty. The people regard the Heavenly Family as a place of fairness and justice, and when you go east this time, you must be close to the soldiers and the people, restrain the strong and powerful, and let the military and the people feel that the Heavenly Family is indeed their hope. Do not live in the deep palace and get close to the powerful, snub the people, and despise the soldiers. ”
Besides, this time Wu Chongyin is really desperate to fight, and he is very heroic. So he stood up and stepped forward to help Wu Chongyin:
"Mr. Wu, please. Huaixi thieves have always been cunning, and they should be careful in the future, so the Wu manager doesn't have to mind too much, this time the Wu manager took the lead and defeated the thief army, and the widow was very pleased. Besides, isn't it good to be widowed? ”
And he said to all the soldiers:
"This attack, the widow watched the battle for the soldiers in the army, and sighed for the loyalty and courage of the soldiers, I have soldiers like you in Datang, which is the blessing of Datang and the blessing of all the people! Later, General Wu, General Wang, and General Dong will be invited to report the list of meritorious soldiers, and the widow will have his own reward. Later, when Huaixi is pacified, the imperial court will definitely not treat the loyal and brave soldiers who have made meritorious contributions! ”
The prince said easily, everyone knows in their hearts, if there is a slight mistake, the prince of the Tang Dynasty will be finished, and the sin at that time is only afraid of being bigger than the sky. The officers and soldiers of the army thought that they could not avoid a punishment, but when they saw that the prince not only did not pursue it, but wanted to reward them, they were so comforted that they all put their hearts down, but they were also even more admired, and they all fell to the ground, and Wu Chongyin couldn't cry even more. People fight once in life and death, and he lives and dies twice, no wonder he is so excited. Kneeling on the ground, he insisted on not getting up, and demanded that Li Chun remove him from the post of head of the march and impose military law as a warning to the three armies. Of course, Li Chun would not agree. Seeing that the prince did not allow it, Wu Chongyin said:
"Since the prince is not allowed, please ask the prince's ministers to do one more thing."
Seeing that Li Chun agreed, he stood up, turned around and shouted:
"Who is the patrol officer on duty today?"
A young general trembled out of the crowd and whispered:
"It's the last general!"
While peeking at Wu Chongyin, Wu Chongyin didn't look at him, and said:
"Where's the military judge?"
The military judge came out and said:
"In!"
"What should this fang be guilty of dereliction of duty, causing the thief army to invade Lingyuanmen and disturb the prince?"
The military judge was stunned for a moment and said:
"Beheaded!"
Wu Chongyin gritted his teeth and said:
"Come on, take this fang down, and behead it later!"
As soon as he heard Wu Chongyin's disposition, there was a lot of discussion in the army. Li Chun also felt strange. Wu Chongyin asked again:
"If there is a general, who is not strict in his command and leads to failure, what should he be guilty of?"
"Ten rods!"
Wu Chongyin said:
"In this way, the chief general, who has violated military rules, should be punished twice. Judge of the Army, this Twenty Officers of the Staff, Execute Immediately! ”
Twenty rods! It's a dead deal!
The rod is a form of torture, this torture instrument is covered in thorns, similar to the meteor hammer in the weapon, and it is generally unbearable to hit people five times, and two more blows will kill you. Zhou Yu played this when he beat Huang Gai, and his acting was so realistic that he almost killed Huang Gai. Now that Wu Chongyin is twenty, he really has no intention of living. This hung the hearts of the soldiers.
Cao Hua said with a crying voice: "Mr. Wu! ”
Wang Peixian and Han Gongwu shouted:
"Mr. Wu!"
Li Chun said movingly:
"Mr. Wu!"
Wu Chongyin said to Li Chun:
"Marshal, where the military law is, Wu Mou, as a general of the unified army, does not dare to abolish the military law, otherwise, who will be willing to advance under the order in the future?"
He called Li Chun a marshal, which emphasized that Li Chun, as the commander of the army of more than 100,000 troops on the four routes, must strictly enforce military discipline. Li Chun was speechless for a while. Wu Chongyin said:
"Beat the drum to gather the three armies and execute!"
Soon, the 30,000 cavalry of the Chinese army gathered in the school field, Li Chun looked at it, and it was really overwhelming, but he couldn't get excited in his heart. On the platform, the torture table is ready. In the cold wind of October, Wu Chongyin faced 30,000 soldiers, turned around, faced the north, knelt on the platform, and the military medical officer had already pulled out the arrows attached to the armor for Wu Chongyin, and several of them were also taken out. Wu Chongyin took off his armor one by one, took off his clothes, and wrapped the newly wrapped bandages around his body, which looked particularly conspicuous in the vast black. More than 30,000 people were silent.
The military judge shouted:
"Verify your identity and start the execution!"
There was a cry in his voice. The executioner whispered:
"Wu Dashuai, offended."
Raised the rod high, "snapped" and pumped on Wu Chongyin's body, and then pulled, even the belt flesh was dripping with blood. The newly wrapped bandage was also broken at once. Wu Chongyin's whole body trembled, and the hearts of more than 30,000 soldiers also trembled.
one time
Twice,
Three times,
everywhere
Five down,
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"Stop!"
A tied officer ran up crying, rushed to the stage, knelt down in front of Li Chun and said:
"His Royal Highness the Prince, today's affairs are all caused by one of the sinful generals, and the uncle is suffering on behalf of the guilty generals, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pardon the guilty general uncle and punish the guilty general! Anyway, the last general will commit the crime of death, Your Highness might as well let the sin will make the uncle wear the crime and make meritorious service, and let the punishment be all borne by the sin! ”
After that, he cried bitterly. This person is the general who was just ordered by Wu Chongyin to be tied up and beheaded, but he didn't expect him to be Wu Chongyin's nephew. Except for the 40th Army from Zhaoyi, the officers and men of the other armies were all surprised.
Wu Chongyin opened his eyes and said intermittently:
"You are waiting to die, where do you still have the face to come out and plead, military judge, take him down, and quickly launch the gate and behead him!"
Li Chun understood, he had already heard that Wu Chongyin had a lonely nephew who served in the army, thinking that Wu Chongyin wanted to exchange his life for his sympathy and forgive his nephew's sins. And if something really happened to Wu Chongyin, he could really pardon this young general named Wuguang.
His subordinates calculated themselves so accurately, which made Li Chun couldn't help but be angry, and his face turned cold.
In the end, how will Li Chun deal with Wu Chongyin, what will happen to the battle, and look at tomorrow's chapter!
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