Monument Yangmen

Chapter 720
Almost all of the nearly [-] soldiers and horses were commanded by Cao Bin's cronies.

At the critical moment, they didn't care about Li Jilong's orders at all, and ran eastward with their people.

In order to run faster, apart from the horses, they even took off their infantry armor and threw them away. They went into battle lightly and wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible.

These people have no fear of being treated like rebels at all.

There is a saying that the law does not blame the public.

Facing the [-] imperial guards, Zhao Guangyi couldn't get rid of that killer.

Not only because they are elites, but also because there are many descendants of the powerful generals among them. If Zhao Guangyi really raised the butcher's knife, those generals probably wouldn't mind rebelling.

Anyway, they can put the dragon robe on Zhao Kuangyin, and they can also put it on others.

For example, Yang Yansi, the Tiger Marquis who dominates the northwest, has the potential to be a real dragon.

In addition, there is another reason why these people are not afraid of being regarded as rebels.

That is, when Cao Bin told them to run away in case of danger, he also told them a promise by the way.

If the Song court had no room for them, then Yang Qi was willing to accept them.

What kind of life the warriors lived in the northwest and what status they held, these officers and soldiers of the imperial army knew clearly in their hearts.

If most of the basic generals and schools among them were not the children of generals, they would have been extremely rich.Otherwise, they would have voted for Yang Qi long ago.

Nearly [-] soldiers and horses ran away.

The three of Li Jilong also panicked.

They took the supervisors under their command and began to kill those soldiers and soldiers who were about to flee with them, while constantly restraining the troops under their command.

Although Li Fang and Zhang Qixian are civil servants, they are not weak in their skills.

One person holds a sword and the other holds a stick, which looks a bit like a Confucian general.

"Those who shake the morale of the army will be executed!"

Holding a long sword in his hand, Li Fang hacked to death a soldier of the Imperial Guard who was trying to escape, growling coldly.

Zhang Qixian swept across with his long stick, and argued in his mouth: "Don't listen to the thieves' gossip to confuse the public, the earthquake here is the earth dragon turning over, and has nothing to do with the flood."

Zhang Qixian's voice fell, and he found that all the soldiers were stunned.

They looked behind Zhang Qixian one by one.

The three of Zhang Qixian heard the rumbling sound getting closer, and followed the eyes of the soldiers.

Stunned!

They saw a scene they will never forget.

The raging flood rushed down, carrying a deafening roar and the momentum to destroy everything.

All the trees, cattle and horses, etc. that stood in front of the flood were instantly swallowed by the flood.

Cattle, sheep, and trees rolled over on the waves and were submerged in the flood.

"Gudu!"

Li Jilong swallowed forcefully, then roared hoarsely.

"run!"

"Run!"

"run!"

"..."

This overwhelming fear of death, bestowed by nature, transcends everything.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army roared, wailed, and roared and began to run out.

However, it was too late.

Human beings are fragile in front of nature.

The flood roared past, and those imperial soldiers running on the ground were easily swallowed like ants fighting against the heaven and earth.

The majestic and mighty Forbidden Army of Song Dynasty was easily submerged by the flood.

Howling, howling, roaring?

Gone.

Except for the slapping of the flood waters, there was no other sound at all.

Even if there was, it was drowned out by the sound of the flood.

The Liao people in Shuncheng, who had witnessed all this with their own eyes, had already widened their eyes in horror and covered their mouths.

Everyone who saw this scene could clearly feel how fragile human beings are in the face of the power of nature.

Shuncheng.

There was nothing but the half of the city wall exposed from the surface of the flood, and the people on the wall.

On the small hill three miles away from Shuncheng, the officers and soldiers of the imperial army who had fled a step earlier watched this scene with red eyes.

"Gudu..."

Someone swallowed secretly, his legs were trembling, and he asked the leading general in horror, "General... we... we... what should we do..."

The leading general had tears in his eyes, raised his head, looked at the sky, and roared like a wild beast.

"Zhao Guangyi...damn..."

None of the imperial guards refuted the words of the leading general.

Because everyone knew very well that if Zhao Guangyi hadn't listened to Cao Bin's advice and insisted on going his own way, this kind of tragedy would not have happened.

"Puff~"

Someone immediately knelt down on the ground, screaming with tears streaming down his face.

"Nearly 60 brothers!"

"Nearly 60 brothers just disappeared!"

"..."

Grief easily infected these heartbroken Custodians.

For a while, the crying became one piece.

That's nearly 60 people, real people.

"Woooooooo..."

"Why...why is this..."

"woo woo woo woo……"

In the sound of crying, they seemed to see the families of thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Army, howling and crying.

"Cough cough cough..."

Coughing sounds came from the mud washed by the flood.

Then I saw a figure emerging from the muddy water.

Coughing interrupted the crying of the guardsmen.

Their red eyes fell on the figure that emerged from the mud at the same time.

Mud and water covered their bodies, but the Imperial Army officers and soldiers could still tell who they were.

Because their clothes are a very unique group of people in the Forbidden Army.

A general, two civil servants, a group of guards, and two or three supervisors.

"You guys, Qiuba, why don't you come and carry us up?"

After seeing the many soldiers of the Imperial Guard on the hill, some supervisors howled angrily.

In an instant, the eyes of the soldiers of the Forbidden Army turned even redder.

"General!!"

Someone whispered something in the ear of the leading general.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the soldiers of the Imperial Army stood up and stood beside the leading general.

The overseer, who was covered in mud, didn't see the situation clearly at all, and was still shouting loudly, mixed with some cursing.

Li Fang, Zhang Qixian and Li Jilong, who wiped away the mud in front of them, saw the situation clearly.

They shouted at the supervisor in unison, "Shut up!"

However, everything is over.

Facing this group of culprits who led their brothers into the grave, how could they bear the anger in their hearts.

"Kill them! Bury the dead brothers!"

Immediately, someone led the way and jumped down the mud pit, and after that, soldiers of the imperial army jumped down the mud pit continuously.

"You are rebelling!"

"Speak well if you have something to say! Say well if you have something to say!"

"It's not our fault... ah..."

"..."

"Grandfathers, we were wrong... ah..."

"..."

From the initial toughness to the final begging for mercy, it lasted less than a quarter of an hour.

"The Liao Army is here!"

Some scouts had been crawling on the ground to listen for movement, and when they heard the sound of galloping horses, they began to warn.

The leading general, with a cold face, gritted his teeth and said, "Run!"

"where to?"

"Go to the northwest to find Huhou's men and horses. I only work for Huhou in this life. Others are not worthy of my life for him. He doesn't take the lives of his brothers. I will give his life for him. It's a shame."

"General, there are two people still alive."

"Then save their lives and let them go back and tell Zhao Guangyi. In this battle, nearly 60 brothers died tragically in Shuncheng, and it was his fault. I was watching from the northwest, watching how he followed nearly 60 brothers. Families explain."

"..."

The leading general looked in the right direction, and led the rest of the Forbidden Army soldiers, and fled westward.

"Cough cough cough..."

After they left, the two coughing blood crawled out of the mud.

Li Jilong, Li Fang.

Those who survived the flood were the only two left at this moment.

The place within a radius of ten feet in front of them was all stained red with blood.

The overseer who was the first to shout was killed alive.

Zhang Qixian was beaten to death with random fists.

Although the two of them survived, it was not easy.

Both had internal injuries, Li Fang broke an arm, and Li Jilong lost an ear.

"Cough cough... poof..."

Li Fang coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood, and he said frantically: "Hey hey hey...they are right, nearly 60 soldiers were buried in Shuncheng, and it was all our fault... If we weren't self-righteous, nearly 60 soldiers died in Shuncheng. How could the soldiers of Wan Wan die tragically here..."

"This old man deserves to be hacked into pieces, he deserves to be hacked into pieces! A person like this old man who has committed such a crime should be hacked into pieces and let people share and eat..."

Li Fang roared, spitting blood from his mouth, two lines of clear tears rolled down his face, and two white marks rushed out on his old mud-covered face.

Li Jilong looked at the flood that was gradually narrowing behind him in dismay, and said in a low voice: "Even if you and I deserve to die, we can't die now. We must rush back to Youzhou City as soon as possible and tell His Majesty the news here.

Nearly 60 troops were flooded, and another 10 voted for Yang Qi.

Of the soldiers and horses in His Majesty's hands, only the two forbidden troops in the hands of Old Lord Shi, the Right Army, and tens of thousands of guards in Youzhou City are left.

The soldiers and horses in the hands of Old Master Shi must be withdrawn in time and retreat to Zhending Mansion.

Although the Northern Expedition failed this time, the Great Song Dynasty is not easy to lose.

Let us use our remaining strength to make up for our mistakes.

We cannot allow our mistakes to continue to expand. "

Li Fang nodded solemnly upon hearing this.

The two supported each other onto the shore, and after finding out where they were, they quickly fled the place.

"Boom~"

Not long after the two of them left, hundreds of thousands of Liao troops, straddling their horses, brandishing machetes in their hands, and shouting chant, stormed down from the north of Shuncheng.

Its momentum is not weaker than the flood just now.

In Yeluxiu's plan, the impact of the flood is only the first step.

The second step is the cavalry raid, beheading the Song army who survived the flood.

It is impossible for the flood to swallow the lives of nearly 60 Song soldiers.

There will be survivors, that's for sure.

And there must be a lot of them.

The purpose of the Liao army is the surviving Song army.

In the words of Brother Yeluxiu, if one more Song army is hacked to death, they will have less resistance when they invade the Central Plains.

"Oh oh oh oh~"

The Liao soldiers marched down all the way, shouting chant.

Wherever they went, they met the surviving Song soldiers, and they all became the ghosts of their swords.

……

According to the momentum of the Liao army, they will rush to Youzhou City in two days.

However, Li Jilong and Li Fang, who were seriously injured, overtook them and rushed to Youzhou City.

After climbing up the mud flat, the two hid in a hidden pothole, avoiding the roaring Liao army.

After the Liao army left, Li Jilong bumped into three lagging Liao troops. With his tyrannical martial arts, he killed the lagging Liao troops and snatched four horses.

The two of them straddled their horses and rushed to Youzhou City starry night.

"Bang bang bang!"

Youzhou City in the early morning was surprisingly quiet.

A sudden knock on the door woke up the guards at the city gate.

"who?"

"I am Li Jilong, a former general of the Chinese Army!"

"I am Li Fang, who is a political adviser!"

"There is an urgent military situation!"

"..."

Things like emergency military situations can't be delayed.

After confirming that there were indeed only two people outside the city, the guard opened the door.

After confirming the identities of the two people.

The guards were startled.

Both of these two were commanded by the Chinese Army, commanding the hundreds of thousands of imperial guards.

Now that these two commanders ran back to Youzhou City by themselves without bringing an army, something must have happened.

"My lords, what happened?"

Li Fang was already in a hurry, and instead of answering the guard's question, he shouted anxiously, "Hurry up and send us to see Your Majesty."

The guards dare not hesitate.

They immediately sent someone to carry the two of them to Zhao Guangyi's temporary palace.

That is the temple.

The two were seriously injured, and they rode wildly for a day and two nights. Their bones were about to fall apart, and they had no strength at all.

I don't know if Zhao Guangyi didn't sleep, or Zhao Guangyi got up early.

All in all, when they arrived at Zhao Guangyi's temporary palace, the lights inside were brightly lit, and there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo.

Inside the Buddhist hall.

The four women are dressed like female Bodhisattvas, dancing to the Sanskrit sounds.

Holding a wine glass, Zhao Guangyi walked among the four girls, occasionally sneaking two, or dancing with the girls, happy like a fairy.

"Bangdang~"

Chen Lin stumbled into the hall.

Zhao Guangyi frowned and scolded: "You bastard, disturb my elegance."

Chen Lin didn't care about Zhao Guangyi's anger. He ran and exclaimed, "Your Majesty! It's terrible! It's terrible! Li Jilong was defeated in Shuncheng, and tens of thousands of people were swallowed by the flood. Only Li Jilong and Li Fang were left alive." Next, fled back to Youzhou City to report."

"Snapped!"

The jade cup in Zhao Guangyi's hand fell to the ground and shattered into countless pieces.

He trembled all over, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "How could it be..."

"puff!"

Before he could finish speaking, he rushed to his heart, and a mouthful of blood gushed up his throat, which was sprayed out by him.

"His Majesty!"

Chen Lin quickly rushed to Zhao Guangyi's side, and supported Zhao Guangyi who was about to fall.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? Call the Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician!"

Zhao Guangyi didn't know where the strength came from, so he grabbed Chen Lin, with blood dripping from his mouth, and said in a trembling voice: "I can't call the imperial doctor anymore, let these singers go down first, and help me clean up. Let those two The sinner came in, and someone was sent to invite Zhao Pu, Cao Bin...and Yang Yansi!"

(End of this chapter)