Chapter Eighty-Nine
After leaving behind the soldiers stationed in Ganzhou, Amr led his troops out of the city, but did not take Longzhou directly, but went to a mountain outside Longzhou City; a subordinate asked him why he did not attack Longzhou, Amr smiled evilly: "You say, if we destroy Dayue's military resources, how long can the Wujun monarch hold out in Longzhou City?"
"Is the prince trying to trap them before attacking the city?"
Amur didn't say much, but only urged Madang to go first.
The soldiers and horses from Xiyue will arrive in Longzhou in two days, and along the way, Zhang Shilang asked for heavy troops to protect the military resources, but Yang Chen, the commander of the Dayue Wang army stationed in Xiyue, did not care, thinking that the Wujun monarch had already captured Longzhou, and he was afraid that the dog Rong people were busy guarding the remaining two cities, where did they dare to come out to face the Dayue army.
Zhang Shilang was originally a chief general under Wu Shilang, with rich combat experience, and many battles against foreign tribes in Xiyue were commanded by him, and he should have made a name for himself a long time ago; however, Wu Shilang colluded with the original concubine, and the king of Xiyue trusted Wu Shilang, so he was not succeeded by Zhang Shilang until after Wu Shilang fell; he knew very well the habits of the dog Rong people, and he must not be treated with common sense, especially this military funding, which is related to the entire war situation, and he must not take it lightly.
In the evening, when he walked to a valley, Zhang Shilang carefully looked at the surrounding terrain and ordered him to change his formation, and put the military resources in front of the team, so that in case of a surprise attack, he could first protect the military resources; Yang Chen disagreed, saying that it should be the army of the king of Dayue in front and the army of Xiyue in the back, and the military resources should be placed in the rear of the team according to common sense, and the two argued.
This Yang Chen is the second son of Yang Zhao, the general of the cavalry, a few years ago with the commander to guard Xiyue, he has always been unaccustomed to the soft style of the Xiyue army, not to mention the newly promoted Zhang Shilang, casually took out the Dayue token to make Zhang Shilang speechless; Seeing that he no longer said more, Yang Chen smiled and put away the token to order the Dayue army to camp in front, Zhang Shilang hurriedly raised his head and said: "General Yang, this is a valley, the most vulnerable to the enemy's sneak attack, I don't think I have to camp tonight, or hurry." ”
"Zhang Shilang regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers, but the general feels sorry for my Dayue Wang army, Longzhou City has been captured, we don't need to rush day and night, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, or camp tomorrow morning after dawn and then set off is not too late. ”
Yang Chen waved his hand as he spoke, and ordered his generals to set up camp, and one of his lieutenants hesitated for a moment and said that it was important to hurry, and after being glared at by Yang Chen, Nuo Nuo retreated, and ordered the soldiers to make a meal; Zhang Shilang persuaded a few more words, Yang Chen smiled and said nothing, and dismounted and took out his skin and drank a few sips of wine.
Zhang Shilang had no choice but to return to the Xiyue team and order the military assets to be moved to the middle of the Xiyue team, and instructed several of his lieutenant generals to take good care of the military resources, and he was vigilant to watch the surrounding movements;
After about half an hour, the sky was completely dark, and only the outlines of the peaks on both sides could be vaguely seen, and the rest could not be seen clearly; the Dayue Wang army in front of the team had already shouted and started to eat, and even heard the voices of several generals loudly praising the good wine, Zhang Shilang went over and asked Yang Chen if he could get up after eating, but in exchange for the ridicule of several lieutenants under Yang Chen, Yang Chen still did not say a word, Zhang Shilang had to go back to Xiyue's team to personally guard in front of the military resources.
At this moment, torches lit up on the hillsides on both sides, and the sound of falling rocks came, and what was even worse was that many stones were still helping vines, rushing towards the team with splashes of fire; Zhang Shilang hurriedly shouted orders to protect the military resources to go first, but the road was blocked by the chaotic Dayue Wang army in front of him, where could he move half a step.
The falling boulders were not at all something they could resist, and some of the boulders rolled to the side of the military vehicles, and immediately ignited a fire; then there was the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing, Zhang Shilang sighed, knowing that this batch of military assets could not be protected, and could only meet the enemy first, so he ordered the soldiers to assemble in formation and prepare to kill the enemy.
Although Yang Chen has been in the army for several years, how can the Dayue Wangjun garrison Xiyue be nothing more than to monitor the movements of the Xiyue royal family, even if there are occasional battles, the Xiyue army is in front of the killing, they are the backup, where have they seen such movements, they panicked and don't know how to deal with it;
Amur only brought 20,000 troops out, the purpose was to destroy the Dayue military resources, the dog Rong people rushed down from the mountain and threw a lot of torches on the military vehicles before they began to cut and kill the Dayue soldiers, for a time the valley was full of fire, and the shouts of killing were also shocking; Zhang Shilang was okay here, because there had been an arrangement, the Xiyue team was not chaotic, but it could be on par with the dog Rong people, but Yang Chen was miserable there, the dog Rong people saw that there was almost no defense over there and rushed towards there is a slash, and the severed arms and stumps of the Dayue Wang army can be seen everywhere.
Zhang Shilang also no longer cared about military resources, and led the team to move forward, Dayue Wangjun just didn't react at first and was killed by surprise, and at this time also began to counterattack; Amur did not come down, and looked at the hillside and blew a whistle, and the dog Rong people began to retreat to both sides.
After withdrawing, the subordinate asked Amur why he didn't kill these reinforcements in one go, Amur glanced at him and said slowly: "Do you want these 20,000 people to die at the hands of the Dayue people? She thought that we would ruin the military funds, but she didn't expect that Prince Ben would choose such a place, and let these reinforcements go to Longzhou, and Prince Ben wanted to see how she could solve the problem of eating and drinking so many people, and the people of Dayue boasted of being high, and Prince Ben would see how they could clear their heights without food? Hmph! Go back to Ganzhou, and when the two Japanese princes are concerned, they will lead their troops to capture Longzhou City!"
Zhang Shilang and Yang Chen's neat remaining 80,000 troops rushed to Longzhou City in embarrassment It has been a day later, halfway met Li Yan who led the troops to patrol, heard that the military funds were burned after Li Yan's head boomed, they came because of the urgency of the military situation only brought dry food for the journey, and now the food in Longzhou City is insufficient, and these 80,000 reinforcements are coming.
After entering the city, Li Yan ordered his lieutenant generals to take people to settle the reinforcements, and he led all the generals to the government council hall, and when they entered the council hall, Mo Ziling had already received the news to raise the account; after a few people came in and stood up, Mo Ziling asked Yang Chen first, Yang Chen was worried all the way, and when he saw his father sitting under the head of the Wujun monarch, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he cleared up his own involvement, and deduced that the Xiyue army was not good for the military resources, and gave up the military funds before the dog Rong people killed them.
As he spoke, several Xiyue lieutenant generals and staff generals were all angry, and they almost wanted to interrupt but were stopped by Zhang Shilang's eyes; when Yang Chen finished speaking, Mo Ziling asked one of Xiyue's staff generals again, and the staff general couldn't hold back and elaborated the details on the road, and there was no adulteration.
As he spoke, Yang Zhao's face couldn't hold back, blue for a while, white for a while, he still knew a little bit about what his son was, and he knew that what the general said was the truth, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Then do you know what that Dayue Token looks like?" Mo Ziling asked coldly.
The general has been following Zhang Shilang for a long time, of course, he has seen Yang Chen's token, and what he said at the moment is detailed and accurate.
"Search!"
Behind Li Yan, a Beifeng deputy general searched out the token from Yang Chen's body and presented it to Mo Ziling.
"Zhang Shilang, tell me why you abandoned military funds?"
After wiping his sweat, Zhang Shilang gave a detailed account of the situation of the fire attack by the dogs, saying that he judged that if he wanted to protect the military funds at that time, he was afraid that many soldiers would be lost in vain, and that situation could not protect the military funds at all, so he could only take care of the lives of the soldiers first.
"How much damage did the Dayue Wang Army and the Xiyue Army have?"
"Back to the monarch, Xiyue killed 2,000 people and injured more than 1,000 people. Zhang Shilang replied bitterly.
Yang Chen looked at Mo Ziling and had to say, "Sovereign, the army of the king of Dayue is dead······ More than 18,000 people were injured, and more than 3,000 were injured. ”
There was an uproar in the council hall, Yang Zhao was even more ashamed, and Mo Ziling sneered: "There are 50,000 reinforcements in Dayue, but there are less than 30,000 in Longzhou City, General Yang is really good, very good!"
"This monarch wants to ask General Xiaocai, the army of the king of Dayue is stationed in the vassal states, is it under the command of the lord general of Dayue or the lord of the vassal states in foreign wars?"
Yang Zhao got up and replied in a dumb voice: "If there is no designation from His Majesty, it will be commanded by the lords of the vassal states." ”
"Very good! Someone, escort Yang Chen out and behead him for public display! Li Yan drafted Yang Chen's military law and posted it together. ”
The council hall was in an uproar again, Yang Chen cried out and pleaded, saying that he had not given up his military resources; Zhang Shilang and several generals in Xiyue were shocked, they thought that the Wujun monarch would be punished, but they never imagined that she would kill a Dayue chief general without asking His Majesty, or the son of the Xiaocai general, and he was stunned for a while, Zhang Shilang quickly reacted and knelt down to plead for mercy; Yang Zhao's face showed an unbearable look, how could he not be in pain if his own son was to be beheaded, but thinking about the 20,000 soldiers who died in vain and the situation that Longzhou City would face next, he really couldn't say words of mercy。
In the entire conference hall, only the generals of Beifeng had the same face as usual, they had long been accustomed to the actions of their own monarch, Mo said that because Yang Chen ruined the military resources, even the 20,000 soldiers who died in vain were enough to take off his head; how could they not know how much their monarch cared for his soldiers, she would rather be seriously injured than give up an ordinary soldier, and then look at Yang Chen's disapproving appearance as soon as he came in, how could this kind of person be worthy of being the commander of the first army.
Seeing that Yang Chen was about to be escorted down, how could he be willing to die, and shouted: "Mo Ziling, don't abuse your power just by relying on Your Majesty's favor, the life and death of Lord Dayue will be determined by Your Majesty personally." ”
"Oh?" Mo Ziling chuckled: "Since you said that this monarch is deeply favored by His Majesty, and His Majesty is happy to see the main general who wants to kill a delayed military plane, right?"
Yang Chen looked at the cold eyes on the upper seat and knew that she was really going to kill herself, so he hurriedly shouted to Yang Zhao: "Dad, save your son! You can speak in front of Your Majesty, you beg the Martial Monarch to save your son!" I am willing to wait for Your Majesty's ruling!"
Everyone in the hall looked at Yang Zhao, but Mo Ziling didn't, she only stared at Yang Chen, the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, Yang Zhao took a deep breath, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Drag it out, behead it······ Show the crowd!"
After finishing speaking, he sat on the ground to hide his face and wept, even if his son could have a little bit of iron bones, he was willing to risk the world to open his mouth to plead, but where did he have half of the Yang family's bones, and where did he have half of the general's bloody iron bones, how could he speak······