Chapter 53: The Unyielding Soul
In front of the city camp, Lin Rusheng sat upright on his horse, and the dragon gold medal in his hand shone in the light of the bonfire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The soldiers in front of the camp gate put down their weapons one after another, and at this time they looked at each other, not daring to act rashly.
Military orders are like mountains, and seeing orders is like seeing people.
Lin Rusheng didn't speak anymore, just held the token in one hand and looked at him coldly, although the situation was urgent, he still couldn't be anxious at this time.
"Didn't General Zhang say that with this order, he could dispatch the soldiers who defended the city, why didn't he react at all now. ”
Behind Lin Rusheng, Liu Yong also rode his horse slowly, looking at the somewhat strange atmosphere, and asked softly.
"My father said that although the military order is a representative of the commander of the army on the surface, Dayuan Mansion is different from other state capitals, and the soldiers prefer to see the face with the prestige of the command of thousands of troops, rather than the gold medal that is not worth much money. ”
Liu Yong stopped the horse's body and nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words.
Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, the footsteps of the clash of military armor in the camp sounded, and an old man in military armor walked quickly with a pair of men and horses, his face was gloomy and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Seven steps away from Lin Rusheng's horse, the old man stood with a sword in one hand, raised his hand to signal the soldiers following behind him to stop advancing, and suddenly the control of the open space in front of the camp changed, and the pair of centaurs who had just arrived replaced the previous guard soldiers, and the overall sense of oppression was very different from before.
In the old man's sunken eyes, his bright and sharp eyes looked directly at Lin Rusheng on the horse, and he didn't say a word.
The latter looked at him for a moment, then took the token with his backhand, turned over and dismounted, and walked slowly to the horse while making his whole robe, and bent over with a soothing complexion.
"Confucian has seen General Xu, and he has been greeting for a long time, but he doesn't know that General Xu is in good health when he comes in. ”
Liu Yong, who was still riding on horseback and didn't react at half, heard the title in Lin Rusheng's mouth at this time, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly bent down and arched his hands, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
"Lin family boy, where did the token in your hand come from. The old man ignored the saluting greetings of the two opposites, and at this moment his voice was hoarse and slowly spoke, but people could not afford to be a little dissatisfied.
If other old people treat these two people with this kind of almost rude reaction, although they will not be angry, they will feel that the other party is disrespectful to the elderly.
But in the face of the old man in front of them, they had no other thoughts in their hearts except respect.
Xu Aosong, the only survivor of the Battle of Cangyue twenty years ago, although he is still only a lieutenant general guarding the camp, but it is just that his old man is unwilling to let go of his own banner of the team in his hand, and is unwilling to leave the 1,321 martyrs who sleep here.
Twenty years ago, in a Cangyun Mountain Range bordering the grassland of the Western Regions on the border of Dongzhou, Xu Aosong took the 1,321 soldiers to be instructed by the military order from above to garrison a key pass from the Cangyue Mountain Range into Dongzhou.
At that time, it was extremely unwise to send only such a small number of troops to garrison a key pass, because no one knew how many people the enemy would send to conquer this pass.
The final result was that Xu Aosong, with more than 1,000 people, blocked the enemy's 30,000 horses alive!
When the reinforcements arrived, on the high ground of the pass, only Xu Aosong's half-naked blood-stained upper body remained, and the military armor had already been broken.
Facing the steppe army still eyeing the front, he turned his back to the reinforcements behind him who were shocked by the tragic battle situation, and stood proudly above the sea of corpses and blood like a pine, letting out an unyielding roar that echoed in every corner of the valley.
At that time, Tukaha, the king of the grassland who was responsible for capturing the pass of the Cangyue Mountains, looked at this young general of the Central Plains who was far from himself in terms of military strength and status, and was silent for a long time, stroking the falcon that he had domesticated for a long time, and finally ordered the withdrawal of the army.
"Men of the grassland, don't kill flesh and blood loyal heroes. ”
No one knew that after that battle, Xu Aosong was listed by the grassland as a person who would not be killed, and as long as he was alive, the grassland barbarians would never fight against him.
Twenty years later, although Xu Aosong, who had a husband who was brave, was only the age of Jiazi, his long-term pain made his body as worrying as an old man who was about to do it, and after that, he had the same resolute eyes as he did twenty years ago, and the will to support him to persist until now.
At this time, Lin Rusheng faced this old man, and he remembered what Lin Xiong said to him when he was alive.
In this life, you can disrespect bureaucrats, but you can't disrespect arrogance.
So the moment he saw Xu Aosong, he naturally lowered his posture, and his tone was full of respect.
"Back to General Xu, this token was handed over by General Zhang Feng to Zaixia, in order to come here to mobilize people and horses and enter the city to quell the rebellion. ”
"Today is Li Zhi's birthday, as well as his daughter's wedding, you said that there was a rebellion, don't you say that this Dayuan Mansion has completely rebelled against our country?" Xu Aosong said coldly, his tone making it impossible to hear what he meant.
Lin Rusheng's heart twitched, and he gritted his teeth to open his mouth with the feeling he held back.
"General Xu Lao is aware that the surface of the city is harmonious today, but there is actually a secret hand behind it, if you don't send troops to stop it, there will inevitably be a big event, and what is at stake at that time is not the gains and losses of a government and a place!"
The tone of his voice became more and more excited, and he almost knelt down to plead for Xu Aosong.
Xu Aosong looked at Lin Rusheng, who had been bending over and did not look up, was silent for a moment, and then spoke.
"Today I have a military order on the street, not a single soldier or soldier shall be dispatched, there is already a military order, who do you say I should listen to, whether to listen to the righteous order, or to listen to you, a wanted criminal, don't press me, the soldiers in this camp only recognize people, not tokens. ”
Lin Rusheng realized that the person behind him had been prepared, and he was immediately a little overwhelmed, but at this time, he didn't allow him to think too much, he suddenly knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said loudly.
"If what Confucius said is a little false, after this incident, come to see him!" Although he didn't know if it was useful, he could only try to vouch for it in his own name.
"Hehe, it's still really a cub with a child, and you have a virtue with your father. ”
Lin Rusheng, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't know why he suddenly talked about his father.
"Ten years ago, Lin Xiong's kid took my men and horses out to exterminate the black thorns, and he also said that if what he said was false, he would come to see him, but in the end, more than half of my men and horses were killed and injured, and in the end, before I could do it, he was beheaded, do you think your head is harder than your old man?"
Lin Rusheng never expected that the dispatch of troops that was very important to Lin Xiong ten years ago also had some relationship with Xu Aosong, and the meaning of Xu Aosong's words was already very clear at this time.
You still owe me so many lives, what qualifications do you have to make me believe in you.
For a while, no one spoke in the open space in front of the camp, and the night wind blew the bonfire, shining on the resolute faces of a pair of soldiers behind Xu Aosong, as if they were all waiting for an answer.
Lin Rusheng sighed secretly, got up slowly, and looked at Xu Aosong's gaze for the first time.
Twenty years ago, those soldiers in front of General Xu who shed their blood for the country and the people may not want to go home and plant an acre and three points of land, and they have a wife to serve tea and children come to pinch their shoulders and beat their legs, but they all died there and never saw their families again. ”
The soldiers behind Xu Aosong heard Lin Rusheng's words, and at this time, they all became angry, in their opinion, this was already an insult to those martyrs.
Lin Rusheng didn't care about the increasingly strong killing intent of those people, and continued.
"But they know that this is what they have to do, so they can use their own flesh and blood to resist the 30,000 horses, and it will be successful, even if they die, it is not a pity! Therefore, even if General Xu wants the head of Confucian Sheng now, Confucian Sheng will not have half a word of complaint, one is to repay the promise of that life for his father, but he is willing to use this life to exchange the general for a shot!"
In the end, Lin Rusheng's tone suddenly increased, and there was an unprecedented resolute light in his eyes.
Xu Aosong looked at the young man in front of him, turned his head sideways to look at the pine flag held by the flag soldier behind him, and his eyes suddenly softened.
Twenty years ago, when the army of the barbarians gradually went against each other and the reinforcements pressed up, Xu Aosong at that time was undoubtedly the spiritual leader of everyone, and even the generals of the reinforcements at that time came to ask him if he wanted to pursue him.
At that time, Xu Aosong seemed to have unloaded all his strength, and he completely relied on the banner to support his body.
He did not ask for pursuit, but looked at his dead brothers lying in front of him, and slowly spoke.
"Come, brothers, let's go home. ”
At this time, Xu Aosong retracted his thoughts and looked at a mountain in the distance, where the 1,321 heroic souls of twenty years ago were buried, never passing away.
"You said that everyone has their own things to do, and I understand that the old man is just a lieutenant general, and obeying the dispatch from above is also something I must do. Ten years ago, I was ordered to defend the Cangyue Mountains, and I promised to bring them back, and although I couldn't save their lives, I still brought them back. ”
Xu Aosong turned his back and walked into the camp and spoke slowly.
"I can't send a single soldier by order, so I can't help you, but ....."
Xu Aosong walked to the center of the soldiers, stopped, and shouted violently.
"In the place, unload the military post!"
With that, all the soldiers took off a piece of armor from their chests and threw it on the ground, except for the piece of evidence, no one knew their identity.
"From now on, they are not my soldiers, I can't dispatch them, it's up to you to transfer them, but I only have one request. ”
At this time, Xu Aosong had already walked into the camp, and the voice came.
"Bring them back alive. ”
Lin Rusheng looked at the general who was already a little hunched at the waist, and then looked at all the soldiers standing in place, and couldn't help but be moved.
He bent down heartily and spoke in a deep voice.
"Obey the general's orders!"
Then he straightened up and wanted to take out the token again, but he paused, shook his head self-deprecatingly, looked at the soldier in front of him, and said.
"You, would you like to give me a hand?"
The clash of armor rang out, and all the soldiers knelt down on one knee, and the deep sound resounded through the camp.
"I'm waiting for the dispatch!"
Liu Yong, who had been silent, couldn't help but be moved in the rear, because at that moment, he returned to twenty years ago, and heard the roar of the unyielding battle spirit that resounded in the sky above the Cangyue Mountain Range!