Chapter 320: Yaowu Army

Li Yi really didn't expect them to meet someone at the gate of Jinling City who wanted to rob them.

And the other party is still the Yaowu Army of Jinling City.

Previously, Li Yi had learned about the various armies of the Dayu Dynasty because of his campaign in the border fortress.

Among them, he also carefully understood the Eighth Army of the Praetorian Guard.

As one of the eight armies of the imperial city, the Yaowu Army was originally a personal guard army of Dayu Taizu when he founded the country.

This army can be said to have made countless miraculous achievements when it pacified the world.

One of the most worthy of praise is that Emperor Taizu of Dayu was besieged by tens of thousands of enemy troops on the bank of the floodwater, and the situation at that time was really no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth.

Even Emperor Taizu himself sighed: My life is over.

But at this critical moment of survival, the three thousand Yaowu troops beside him simply took Emperor Taizu to fight desperately out of the encirclement.

In this battle, the 3,000 Yaowu army finally left less than 100 people.

At that time, the enemy army besieging them numbered more than 60,000 people.

After this battle, although the Yaowu Army was almost wiped out, they let everyone in the world see the strength of the Yaowu Army.

Since then, the Yaowu Army has been respected by all the forces in the world as the world's number one assault army.

Later, after the Dayu Dynasty completely pacified the world, Emperor Taizu established a new Yaowu Army with more than 100 Yaowu Army veterans as the backbone.

Although this newly established Yaowu army did not have the glorious achievements of its predecessors, they also continued to make many achievements on the battlefield in the following decades.

So much so that at that time, the grassland tribe was invincible when they heard the name of Yaowu.

But as time passed, the Yaowu Army established more and more exploits, and it became a model for the Dayu Dynasty.

The Yaowu Army has also become an insurmountable myth in the hearts of the soldiers of the Dayu Dynasty.

The sage once said: All must be lacking, and the extreme must be opposed.

Because the prestige of Yaowujun is too great, many people take joining Yaowujun as their biggest dream in their lives.

And among these people, there are many powerful people who only know how to walk their dogs.

Although these people have no ability, their fathers have real power in the Dayu Dynasty.

So under the cry of these gentlemen, their fathers had no choice but to use their connections to send them to the Yaowu Army in private.

And many of these people are high-profile people, so the Yaowu Army can't stop these gentlemen from joining.

With the addition of these gentlemen, the combat effectiveness of the entire Yaowu Army is also declining rapidly.

The once victorious Yaowu army began to slowly decline.

The Yaowu army, which was once praised by everyone as the world's powerhouse, began to become mediocre.

For this reason, more than one commander of the Yaowu Army proposed to the emperor that the children of the powerful be expelled from the Yaowu Army.

However, the emperor never agreed to this proposal.

And the reason why the emperor disagreed was entirely because the commanders of these Yaowu armies failed to understand the emperor's true intentions.

It wasn't until the emperor later ordered that in order to maintain the reputation of the Yaowu Army, they were transferred back to the imperial capital from the border and changed the Yaowu Army to one of the Eight Guards, that the commander of the Yaowu Army really understood the emperor's intentions.

In fact, it may be that from the very beginning, those gentlemen clamored to join the Yaowu Army, and it was the emperor who was behind the scenes.

And the reason why the emperor did this was entirely because he needed to balance the forces in the court with the Yaowu army.

In fact, the emperor doesn't need to be too wise and martial if he wants to control the court, he just needs to be able to balance the forces of all parties in the court.

At that time, because the reputation of the Yaowu Army was too great, it became a kind of political capital and a symbol of favor for children to join the Yaowu Army.

Therefore, the emperor can use the quota to join the Yaowu Army to adjust the balance of the major forces in the court.

Moreover, as there were more and more powerful children in the Yaowu Army, there were also many vassal kings at that time, and their own sons also joined the Yaowu Army.

Originally, it was logically said that this was against the military system, but the emperor was happy to see it.

However, although the emperor's wishful thinking was good, the court was not without people who understood at that time.

Especially the treacherous and cunning vassal kings.

The reason why they sent the sons of each family to the Yaowu Army was actually to take this opportunity to get to know more generals in the army and the children of powerful people with prominent families.

At the same time, he can also let his son cultivate his own power in the army.

In this way, the forces of the various countries can infiltrate into the imperial court through these sons who joined the Yaowu army.

Those vassal kings originally thought that their move was brilliant, but when the emperor ordered the Yaowu Army to be reorganized into one of the Eight Janissaries and garrisoned in the imperial capital, these vassal kings did not completely understand that they had been fooled.

Originally, they thought they were the wise yellow finch, but now they realized that they were nothing more than the ridiculous praying mantis.

The emperor not only put the secret network they had spent countless money and energy weaving under his nose at this moment.

He even transformed the sons of those vassal kings into protons who let him fish and flesh in a blink of an eye.

The emperor's next son took the lifeblood of these vassal kings.

But the benefits don't stop there.

Although the emperor's move seems to be to exchange the Yaowu Army, the world's first strong attack army, for the stability of the court, the submission of the vassal king, the price is a bit large.

But this is not the case.

In fact, at that time, because the world had already been pacified, it could be said that the sea was peaceful, and the grassland tribes in the border were not as strong as they are now.

Therefore, these few external problems are nothing more than scabies.

Any army in the court can beat the grassland tribe to the point of crying father and mother.

Therefore, using a world-famous army like Yaowu Army to fight the grassland tribe is simply overkill.

And at that time, because the prestige of the Yaowu Army was too great, the soldiers of the Yaowu Army at that time became unruly.

They are empty-eyed to the outside and oppress other armies internally, which seems to have become a destabilizing factor in the Dayu army.

Therefore, the emperor actually wanted to take action to rectify the Yaowu army a long time ago.

And mixing these sons and princes of the vassal kings into the Yaowu Army can completely solve the unstable factor of the Yaowu Army.

So this trick used by the emperor at that time was simply killing multiple birds with one stone.

More than 100 years later, due to the battle between the north and south of Yu, the Yaowu army always stood on the side of the Beiyu royal family, and when the Beiyu was defeated, Nanyu became orthodox, and the former enemy of the Yaowu army was directly and completely split.

Those Yaowu soldiers who were loyal to the Beiyu royal family were even more slaughtered.

However, because the Yaowu Army, as one of the Eight Guards, had become part of the military system of the Dayu Dynasty, the Nanyu Emperor could not directly abolish it.

In the end, Emperor Nanyu directly sent this obnoxious Yaowu army to Xinzhou, the capital of the country.

In this way, the Yaowu Army is still one of the Eight Guards of the Guard, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Yaowu Army has existed in name only.

The glory and glory of the past have nothing to do with them.

Then, as the Yaowu army was abandoned by the emperor, they finally became one of the city guards of Jinling City.

This is actually a great shame for the Yaowu Army, if the predecessors of the Yaowu Army who had gone through a hundred battles knew that the Yaowu Army would definitely jump out of the coffin in anger when they fell into such a field.

Therefore, when these two Yaowu soldiers stepped forward to blackmail Li Yi and Mu Junhe, Li Yi couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Since ancient times, beauties sighed in the twilight, and heroes were not allowed to see white heads.

And it is equally unacceptable to see a once glorious army reduced to what it is today.

"Boy, did you hear me talking to you?"

The Yaowu sergeant in front of Li Yi saw that after he finished speaking, Li Yi just stood there stupidly and didn't pay attention to himself, so he grabbed Li Yi's collar and said viciously.

"I'm not a soldier of the city guard camp in Sizhou County!"

Li Yi saw the other party grabbing his collar and posing like this, and he couldn't help but start to feel a wave of anger in his heart.

"Lao Tzu doesn't care if you are a soldier of the city guard battalion in Sizhou County, Lao Tzu now asks you to hand over the weapons on your back."

This emaciated Yaowu sergeant stared at Li Yi with his eyes wide open and said.

"I advise you to take your claws away!"

Before Li Yi could speak, Mu Junhe, who was holding a long sword, took the lead in speaking.

"You just fucking take care of yourself, and if you have the fucking mind to take care of others, quickly hand over the long sword in your arms."

The burly Yaowu sergeant in front of Mu Junhe saw that Mu Junhe didn't pay attention to him, and actually opened his mouth to speak for Li Yi, so he scolded angrily.

Everyone around was attracted by the voices of the two Yaowu soldiers.

The pedestrians who were walking in front of them and preparing to enter the city were even more pointing and talking at this time.

But these two Yaowu soldiers acted as if they didn't see it, so they went their own way, putting on an arrogant and rude attitude.

And the general who was on his horse to deliver the letter only turned back slightly.

But when he saw that it was his two subordinates shouting, he just smiled bitterly, then shook his head, and walked towards the city while beating his horse.

The general's movements were all watched by Li Yi.

Obviously, the general should also disagree with his subordinates acting like this, but he smiled bitterly and then shook his head as he walked away, explaining that the two Yaowu soldiers in front of him had a very special identity, and he, the commander, obviously had nothing to do with them.

"I Dayu is a country founded by force, since the founding of the country, the imperial court has not forbidden the people to carry weapons, I want to ask which law we have committed?"

Today was Li Yi's first time in Jinling City, and he didn't want to cause trouble.

But the emaciated Yaowu soldier in front of him was obviously finding fault, if he had put it in the past, he might not have said it so bluntly.

But this guy actually grabbed his collar as soon as he came up, which was already done in Li Yi's opinion.

"! You dare to talk to the master like this! Master is going to make your face bloom red flowers today! ”

As he spoke, Sergeant Yaowu picked up his slap and was about to slap Li Yi in the face.

Seeing this guy's move, Mu Junhe shook his head with a smile, and then said to himself.

"What an idiot!"

"What are you talking about?"

The burly soldier in front of Mu Junhe frowned and asked puzzled.

He obviously didn't hear clearly what Mu Junhe was saying.

But in the next second, he understood what Mu Junhe was talking about.

Just when the emaciated Yaowu sergeant was about to slap Li Yi's face, everyone only heard a "bang".

Then they saw a figure flying out like a thrown stone.

At this time, everyone did not react to what was happening.

It wasn't until the Yaowu sergeant, who was thrown out six or seven meters away, fell to the ground and began to cry out in pain that everyone came back to their senses.

"Damn, you kid dared to make a move on my Yaowu Army, brothers cut down this kid by the general!"

The thin Yaowu soldier who fell to the ground lay on the ground and pointed at Li Yi and scolded angrily.

But the comrades around him didn't make the first move.

They just stood in place as if they hadn't reacted, staring at Li Yi and the thin Yaowu soldier in a daze.

"What are you fools doing in the same place!"

The guy rolled over and sat up from the ground, then pointed at his comrades and began to curse.

And those Yaowu soldiers who were standing in place reluctantly moved their steps towards Li Yi at this time.

And those Yaowu soldiers who were relatively far away pretended not to hear and walked directly towards the crowd of the Sizhou County Guard Camp.

At this time, Qi Lao and Yan Wuping also saw that the Yaowu soldier in front of them who was thrown out by Li Yi was definitely an unpopular guy.

But his identity shouldn't be that simple.

At this time, Yan Wuping began to hesitate whether his side should help Li Yi.

After all, if there were no Li Yi and Mu Junhe, they would have been ruined in Sizhou County this time.

Although the methods they use are not very upright, they are indeed the life-savers of the people of Sizhou County.

But before Yan Wuping could definitely help Li Yi, the Yaowu army over there had already surrounded Li Yi in the middle.

"Boy, we didn't want to embarrass you, but I'm afraid it's not so easy for you to beat Qin Shao."

One of the leading guys in the crowd said with a look of embarrassment.

"Oh, so you're ready to shoot me?"

Li Yi didn't even bother to take out the Dingfeng Bo and red-sleeved moves behind his back at this time.

He also saw that these guys were probably forced by the so-called Qin Shao's obscenity to make it difficult for him.

So if possible, he doesn't want to make a move on these guys, after all, as long as he makes a move, he will inevitably hurt the other party.

The grassland army is about to fight, and although these guys in front of them are unbearable, they are all living forces against the grassland army after all.

"We don't want to make a move on you either, so let's pretend to make a move on you, and then we'll leave you an exit in the north, you can take advantage of the chaos and run away!"

The man in the lead saw that the encirclement at this time had been completely encircled, and that he was already in the encirclement, so he lowered his voice and whispered.

Hearing what the leader said, Li Yi couldn't help but smile and then shook his head slightly.

"I appreciate your kindness, but this time the grassland army is about to attack Xinzhou, and my senior brother and I came to Jinling City to help defend the city, and I can't escape."

Li Yi also lowered his voice at this time and whispered.

But although his voice was small, it made all the Yaowu soldiers around him stop moving.

They were petrified at this point.

Just now, in order to prevent the people of Jinling City from falling into a panic, Yan Wuping did not tell the reason why they came.

And now Li Yi whispered the news of the imminent attack of the grassland army, which made all these Yaowu soldiers fall into shock.