The Emperor is Above

Chapter 65: More People Are Fighting
The soldiers in the army all behave in unison.

No matter whether they were the soldiers of the city guards or the soldiers from the left, center, and right divisions, they all fought in a very methodical manner.

It was not like a group fight between rangers and young villains, where they all rushed forward to fight, but they were divided into teams of one squad or one ten, and each team had formations to cooperate and support each other.

The group fight between the elite troops, which contained military strategies and battle formations, made the onlookers exclaim in excitement. Even Chai Yong was fascinated by it and nodded repeatedly as if he understood something.

Hundreds of people fought fiercely, but fortunately they were all restrained and no one used weapons or sharp blades. They either only held sticks or blunt objects, or used their bare hands, and no deaths were caused.

Even so, Qing Yi was still extremely helpless. He had wanted to quietly deliver the spring farming set to the king in exchange for promotion to corporal and the qualification to study at the Imperial College, but he did not expect such a big mess to arise.

"Shang Shuyi, this is actually a good thing!"

Gongsun Wu sat on a wheel, holding his chest with both hands, and explained while enduring the pain: "You are not from the capital, so you don't understand the conflict between the city guards and the third division.

The camps of these four armies are all stationed in the central city. The Third Division and the City Guards look down on each other, especially the Third Division which directly obeys the king and has a higher level of self-esteem.

Although the status of the City Guard is not as high as that of the Three Divisions, it controls the security of the capital and the surrounding areas and is highly valued by the ministers of the court.

Therefore, the three divisions considered themselves to be the king's lackeys, and regarded the city guards as roadside weeds and house-guarding dogs. The city guards, on the other hand, considered themselves to have made great contributions and mocked the three divisions as idle wretches.

Especially when the Right Division went to suppress the Black Wind Tribe, they were ambushed and defeated with heavy casualties, which was used as an example of ridicule by the City Guards, leading to fights between the Third Division soldiers and the City Guards soldiers from time to time.

Qing Yi listened to Gongsun Wu's explanation, pondered for a moment, and then sighed: "If today's incident is only regarded as an ordinary fight between soldiers.

With the help of my and Tushigu's spring farming suits, we may be able to cope with it, but there are too many people fighting now!"

At this time, the battle was still fierce on the field. The soldiers of the city guards, the left division, the right division, and the central division were all extremely excited. They didn't care even if they were beaten black and blue. They still shouted to their friendly forces to cooperate in besieging the other side.

As time went by, more city guards received the news, and teams of them came from the lower city and the middle city to provide support.

The total number of the Left Division, the Right Division and the Central Division exceeds that of the City Guards, and the soldiers of the three divisions passing through here are relatives and friends of each other.

As soon as he saw his brothers forming a group to fight with the city guards, he went forward to help without saying a word. He had nothing to do anyway, so he might as well join in the fight first.

"The kid hurt me!"

Zuo Gongyu rubbed the purple and black wounds on his face and eyes while muttering in annoyance.

He was already dumbfounded by the sight of more than 600 soldiers from both sides fighting in a group. When the number of people quickly increased to thousands, he became even more desperate.

Even if the country boy was severely punished for the chaos caused by today's incident, he himself would not escape punishment. After all, he was responsible for guarding the east gate of the central city and was one of the culprits who instigated the chaos.

The fat shrew did not see the despair in her brother's heart, and said with a happy face: "Big brother is really powerful. With just one call, hundreds of people came to help. Let's see who the kid can ask for help later."

"Snapped--"

Zuo Gongyu had no place to vent his anger and could no longer endure it, so he slapped the fat woman hard in the face, causing her to flip 720 degrees on the spot, spit out blood, and faint on the ground.

"Clang, clang, clang--" Along with the sound of orderly footsteps, a neat team of city guards appeared from the direction of the lower city.

Seeing a captain of the city guards coming with a large group of troops, Zuo Gongyu's desperate eyes showed a glimmer of hope and he hurried forward to meet them.

"Captain Luqiu, you have to stand up for our brothers..." Before Zuo Gongyu could finish his words, he was interrupted by the captain with a wave of his hand.

This captain of the city guard was about 32 years old, with a handsome and heroic face, a tall stature and broad shoulders. He was considered a relatively young mid-level officer in the city guard.

Following his order, the five hundred city guards quickly formed a battle array, fully equipped with weapons and armor, and marched forward. The captain shouted, "City guards, capture all the rioters!"

The soldiers of the Left, Center and Right Divisions who were in the melee inevitably felt panicked when they saw the arrival of the reinforcements from the City Guards, especially since they were considered rioters by the other side.

At this moment, the loud voice of Lieutenant Ran You was heard from the gate of the Central City: "Which bastard dares to humiliate our brothers from the Third Division in the capital."

As the voice echoed in the gate, Ran You, with a dark complexion and a full beard, appeared at the city gate wearing armor, followed closely by five or six hundred soldiers, all dressed in armor and lined up.

This team of five or six hundred people was slightly more disorganized than the neat formation of the city guards. Among them were not only the other three hundred people under Ran You, but also the soldiers of the Central Division and the Right Division who came to help.

When the young captain of the city guards saw Ran You, his face suddenly changed and he rebuked him sternly: "Black-faced Ran You, someone broke into the city gate today and violated the law. Don't try to shield the criminal!"

"Lüqiu Mufeng, you said it was against the rules, so it's against the rules?" Ran You showed no sign of weakness, "I heard that it was caused by the gatekeepers of your city guards who intended to embezzle other people's property?
Our little brother from Zuo Shi traveled thousands of miles to the capital to meet you brothers, but was slandered by your city guards for breaking the law. Can you brothers tolerate this?"

Qing Yi felt ashamed when he heard this. The distance from Huaiqiuli to the capital was only 180 miles, but in Ran You's mouth it became a thousand miles away.

The soldiers of the left division did not care about these details. The soldiers of the right and central divisions did not know the inside story, but were extremely excited by what Ran You said. They responded enthusiastically, "We cannot tolerate this! We cannot tolerate this!"

There were even some sentimental soldiers who simply sang loudly in the ranks: "I have no clothes, but I share my robe with you. When the king raises his army, I will sharpen my spears and swords..."

The young lieutenant called Luqiu Mufeng, with a gloomy face and angry eyes, said sternly: "Black-faced Ran You, the city guards have the responsibility to maintain the security of the capital and protect the order of the capital.

Even if you three masters are in the capital, you must abide by the rules. If you dare to make trouble again, I will arrest you for treason."

Ran You couldn't help but sneered loudly, "The city guards shoulder the high hopes of the court to protect the order of the capital, but they break the law and rob property. This is really disappointing.

Since you are a captain of the city guards, instead of trying to rectify military discipline, you put all the blame on the victims. Even the ministers in the court will be disappointed."

"Since you are stubborn, don't blame me for being rude. All soldiers of the city guards, listen up, line up to fight and capture the rebels!" The young captain could no longer tolerate it and ordered to move forward without hesitation.

"Are our brothers from the Third Division afraid of you?" Ran Youye commanded without flinching, "Brothers, today we will teach the women of the City Guards how to fight!"

"It's over. I thought two reasonable people would be able to stop the fight, but now there are even more people fighting!"

Qing Yi couldn't help but cover his forehead with his hands in a panic. With the addition of Luqiu Mufeng and Ran You, the scale of the fight became even larger.

(End of this chapter)