Chapter 164: Plans to seize Yunshan Pass
Seeing that the bandits around him were all staring at him, the officers and soldiers looked at each other, and they all saw the unwillingness in each other's eyes. Seriously, most of them are not people who are afraid of death, but they are indeed a little unwilling to die in vain.
Ye Ying's words are very reasonable, these hot-blooded men of Daning, it is indeed worthless to die in the infighting like this, and if they want to die, they should also die on the battlefield fighting against foreign enemies such as Beiban and Simon.
At this time, the Fuhu Mountain, which has more than 10,000 people, has become a little silent, and almost all the officers and soldiers have fallen into silence, but their hearts are fluctuating at this time.
"This battle, Lao Tzu will not fight!"
Finally, one of the officers and soldiers threw away his weapon, took off his armor, and walked down the hill along the passage left by the bandits.
An officer next to the soldier opened his mouth to call out the escaped subordinate, but he couldn't help but say nothing. He turned to look at the rear of the group, where the Supreme Commander of the scene led the Governor.
The leading governor did not speak, but just stood there with his head bowed, as if what was happening on the field had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that the figure of this officer and soldier was getting farther and farther away, slowly disappearing from everyone's sight, the rest of the officers and soldiers were silent for a long time, and then they began to follow suit, throwing away their weapons, taking off their battle armor, and walking outside the field.
Everyone at the scene watched this scene quietly, and no one laughed at them as deserters, because neither officers nor soldiers nor bandits were willing to fight such a meaningless battle.
Slowly, more and more soldiers left the scene, and the armor and weapons piled up in the field began to look like a hill. All the bandits watched quietly, and at this moment their hearts were not at peace, these people had killed their robes and brothers, and it stands to reason that they should be killed to avenge their brothers. But if you think about it, these soldiers are also victims, and it should be those decision-makers in the court who should pay the price.
Time passed little by little, and the distant sky was already white, and another morning was coming.
At this moment, the bandits were still surrounding the mountain, but the number of officers and soldiers surrounding them was getting smaller and smaller, only four or five hundred remained, and most of them were officers of all ranks and the most loyal subordinates to the officers, including the leading governor in charge of a division of soldiers and horses.
At this time, they all stood quietly in place, and after such a long time, the weapons in their hands were still tightly held in their hands, but they had no intention of attacking the bandits, and just stood there like sculptures.
"Brothers, you all go, we will definitely lose this battle, but if no one bleeds, it can't be justified, let me shed this blood!" Seeing that no one showed any signs of continuing to leave, the commander of the soldiers suddenly raised his head and said to everyone.
Before everyone on the scene could react, the Territorial Military Governor had already quickly drawn the saber at his waist and quickly wiped it towards his neck. The crimson blood spread rapidly around his neck like a blooming flower.
"Governor!" The officers and soldiers at the scene could no longer hold back, and many people couldn't help but shout.
"Dudu, this blood, my subordinates will shed it with you!" At this moment, a soldier standing next to the governor suddenly shouted, and also drew the sword at his waist, and quickly wiped it from his neck.
All the officers and soldiers on the side quietly watched this man's movements, no one stopped him, no one supported his body, and quietly watched this brother, who had fought side by side many times, fall to the ground.
"Dudu, it's too lonely on Huangquan Road, brother will accompany you!" An officer dressed in a general's uniform also drew his sword at his waist and expressed his decision in a self-defeating manner.
"With brothers as companions, we are not lonely on the Huangquan Road......"
Next, the whole field resounded one after another, and one after another warriors drew their swords from their waists, full of unwillingness but very resolute to end their lives.
It only took about a cup of tea, and the more than 400 soldiers of the Wild Lion Army on the scene, who did not leave without dropping their weapons and armor, all chose to end their lives with their swords just like their main general.
Among these people, most of them are generals at all levels in the army, and those who can hold a half-official position in the Wild Lion Army are all good kung fu and brains, if they are on the battlefield, these people basically have the strength of one enemy, but now, they have lost their lives in this mountain in vain.
Ye Ying, Zhuge Ying and others did not stop these generals, because they were not ordinary soldiers, and if they went back like this, they would most likely be condemned by the imperial court, and they might even affect their families.
At this moment, surrounded by bandits in the huge open space in the center, only one soldier was still standing, still holding a yellow flag of the Wild Lion Army in his hand. The flag's eyes were wide open, and the flag in his hand was still hunting in the mountain wind, although his life was long gone, he tried to support the flag with his body.
The bandits on the side watched this scene silently, and none of them said anything to stop it, because they knew that at this moment, these warriors were defending the mad lion banner in their hands with their lives.
"These are the real warriors, bury them with their weapons and armor!" Ye Ying stood quietly in place, at this time there were tears in his eyes, and he choked up and said to the people beside him.
Yunshan Pass, is a Xiongguan in the Yingzhou capital of Daning, in the past when the Northern Barbarians invaded, this Yunshui Pass once made many Northern barbarians lose their lives. But now this pass no longer has the glory of the past, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers guarding this pass.
Back then, the Fierce Eagle Army almost hit Manjing, the capital of the Northern Barbarians, and recovered a large amount of territory, and now the entire Yingzhou is the territory of Daning. In the past 20 years, the Northern Barbarians have not invaded Daning, and this Xiongguan has no meaning, so the soldiers guarding the pass have been reduced again and again, and the current scale remains.
The general who is now in charge of guarding Yunshan Pass is an eight-rank Xuanjie lieutenant in the Sima family's forces, and the purpose of his coming here is to stay here for two years and save up some military merits as capital for future promotions.
Since there has been no fighting for a long time, the soldiers here are slack from top to bottom. At this time, the lieutenant was lazily training with a group of soldiers, and an hour's training was the only thing the soldiers had to do every day.
"My lord, there is a situation!" At this time, a soldier came to the lieutenant Xuanjie and pointed to the road in the pass and said to him.
The lieutenant followed the direction of the soldier's finger and looked into the distance, only to see a group of soldiers coming quickly towards Yunshan Pass in the distance. The neat yellow robes and military flags were particularly conspicuous in the sunlight.
"It's the soldiers of the Mad Lion Army, brothers hurry up and stand in line at the gate, don't lose the face of our brothers guarding the pass." With the order of the lieutenant, all the soldiers guarding the gate immediately stood in line on the gate, waiting for the arrival of the group of soldiers of the Wild Lion Army.
In a short time, this group of about 3,000 soldiers came to the pass. A few soldiers walked out of it and came to the front, they stopped before closing the door, according to the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they showed the relevant documents, they could pass through the Yunshan Pass, but several soldiers present did not have the slightest intention of showing the documents.
"The Wild Lion Army's operation to suppress bandits is in urgent need of manpower, and under the order of Lord Sima Chi, the captain of Zhaowu, I hope that Yunshan Pass can dispatch 800 soldiers to assist our army in acting together." A soldier held up a token in his hand and shouted at the gate.
According to the Daning military system, the general army has no right to command soldiers and horses in various places, but now the Daning court is controlled by six major families, and many local officers are the peripheral forces of the six major families, and in the eyes of these local officials, the orders of the families are much more effective than the regulations of the imperial court.
Therefore, the deputy lieutenant Xuanjie who was guarding the gate did not show an expression of surprise after hearing the shouts of the soldiers below. He ordered one of his soldiers to go down the gate and took the token from the soldier's hand.
Seeing the four big words "Zhaowu Captain" on this token, the lieutenant guarding the pass couldn't help but straighten his waist, as a first-level official of the Sima family, does he know who this Zhaowu captain is in the Crazy Lion Army?
Since it was someone sent by Sima Chi, the lieutenant guarding the pass, of course, had no reason to refuse, and immediately gathered the soldiers at the pass, leaving more than 200 old and weak soldiers to guard the pass, and quickly led 800 soldiers to assemble at the pass.
"I don't know which general is leading the troops this time, and whether I can listen to the general's orders in person." After the lieutenant asked the soldiers to stand in line, he immediately turned around and said in the direction of the Lion Army's soldiers.
After the lieutenant said this, it didn't take long for the pair of Wild Lion soldiers in front of them to suddenly flash out a passageway, revealing a general on a black horse. The general remained motionless on his horse, just quietly watching the lieutenant who was leading the guards.
It is said that the general's behavior is not polite, but the lieutenant of the guard feels very normal. Sima Chi's status in the Sima family has risen step by step over the years, but it is not comparable to his little eight-rank Xuanjie lieutenant. It was very normal for Sima Chi's subordinates to be so proud, and if he was polite to himself, it would surprise him.
When the lieutenant saw the general, he immediately walked in the direction where the other party was with a smile on his face. Unexpectedly, a long arrow suddenly shot out from behind the other party, which hit him in the heart, and the deputy lieutenant of the guard didn't react to what was going on, so he fell to the ground softly.
The lieutenant guarding the pass was inexplicably hit by an arrow, and his soldiers were stunned, and they didn't react for a long time, what the hell is going on?
"Attack!" The general on the horse suddenly gave an order, and behind him, the group of soldiers wearing the uniforms of the wild lions immediately moved into action, and countless arrows rained down on the guards standing at the pass.
The guards were only following the command to assemble, not in the slightest prepared for battle, and they had no time to react to the sudden arrival of long arrows, and many of them fell to the ground again and screamed.
It didn't take long for nearly half of the 800 people standing at the gate to fall to the ground, and the rest of the soldiers reacted, and many of them immediately turned around and wanted to return to the gate, only to find that the gate had been closed by the soldiers on the city.
The two hundred old and weak soldiers guarding the gate were also frightened when they saw the pair of mad lion soldiers suddenly killing, and they subconsciously closed the gate in a hurry, but they didn't expect to block their companions outside.
But at this time, they no longer had the courage to open the gate of Yunshan Pass, because once the enemy followed these companions and rushed to the official, everyone above them would have to die.
"If you don't want to die, drop your weapon and squat on the ground with your head in your hands."