The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 267

After Yang Yong told the two beautiful wives, he took five thousand soldiers and horses and went down the mountain with tens of thousands of grains and grass.

After leaving Wagang Mountain for dozens of miles, Yang Yong ordered the grain and grass trucks to stop and let his soldiers rest on the spot on the grounds that the soldiers were working too hard in the hot weather.

Of course the soldiers were happy. In the past, transporting food was a hard job and an urgent job, because the general was afraid of taking responsibility for problems on the road. The journey of two hundred miles is really using people like animals.It was only forty or fifty miles away from the stronghold that Yang Yong let him rest. These soldiers were all grateful for Yang Yong's compassion.

At this time, Yang Yong ordered his subordinates to take out all the papers and pens they had prepared in advance. The soldiers were puzzled. Yang Yong looked serious and sadly said to the soldiers: "Brothers, we will never come back here. If you have any last words, write them down first.”

All the soldiers were shocked, and they saluted Yang Yong one after another and asked Yang Yong why.Yang Yong didn't answer directly, but ordered a few of his cronies to unpack the food and grass on the car several times. After the food and grass were opened, all the soldiers stood there in a daze.

After making trouble for a long time, it was full of low-quality grain and grass, not to mention a lot of soil and gravel, most of which had rotted and deteriorated, and the musty smell irritated people's nostrils.Animals don't eat these things, can they be given to soldiers and war horses?All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yang Yong explained: "Everyone, Li Mi reused the corrupt Yuan Bin, deducted military pay, and all the money flowed into their pockets. Pity us soldiers who are fighting bloody battles on the front line, but Li Mi doesn't care about this matter, just sitting in the palace. Wei Lifu, regardless of the life and death of the soldiers, we send this kind of food to the front, and the soldiers must kill us."

"General, what should we do?" A pair of anxious eyes looked at Yang Yong.

"It's dead anyway, why not fight them, Li Mi is unrighteous, the general will lead us back to the mountain, kill Li Mi, from now on you will be our prince!" A bold person suggested.

"Yes, the general is righteous and considers us everywhere, but we rebelled! Supporting the general as king, we rebelled..." Someone took the lead, and everyone raised their swords and guns, and the momentum shook the sky.

Yang Yong stopped them and said, "Brothers, it would be death if you turned against them. Everyone, please think about it, we only have 5000 troops, there are tens of thousands of horses on the mountain, and there are tens of thousands of armored warriors around Li Mi alone. How can we kill him?" ?”

Now all the soldiers stopped screaming, and said with a bitter look on their faces: "General, we are neither, nor are we, do we really have no way out? Then what do you think we should do?"

"Yes, general, please give us some attention, we will all listen to you." Thousands of soldiers gathered around, as if Yang Yong had become their last straw.

Yang Yong was happy in his heart, but kept his expression on the surface, he thought for a long time and said: "Everyone, if you want to survive, the only way out is to surrender, abandon the dark and turn to the bright."

"Abandon the dark and turn to the bright? General, who are you taking refuge in? Is it Wang Shichong or Yu Wenhuaji? Can they trust us?"

Yang Yong shook his head and said: "None of them. Wang Shichong is cunning and cruel by nature; Yu Wenhua and his old traitor are cunning, contradictory and suspicious. These two are foolish masters, and they will never achieve great things. As brothers said, they Impossible to believe us, we are going to die in vain. Now the world is in chaos, all heroes are rising together, and the one closest to us is Yang Yong’s volunteer army. I don’t know if you have heard of it. Yang Yong is called the King of Yiyong Xiaoyao. He regards the soldiers as brothers. He occupies a large territory and has many soldiers. Under his rule, the officials are clean and the government is clean, and the people live and work in peace. It is a scene of prosperity and prosperity. Why don't we go to such an enlightened lord? ?” Yang Yong took the opportunity to plate a layer of gold on himself first.

All the soldiers nodded after hearing this, but then asked another question: "General, we have heard of the prestige of the righteous and brave King, but we heard that he just attacked Luoyang and was defeated. His troops are far away in Nanyang and Shanzhou. The area, how do we get there? Besides, they didn’t help us to introduce us, if we go like this, can they want us?”

"Brothers, don't worry. I've heard long ago that Corporal Yang Yongli, who is thirsty for talents, always treats captives preferentially. What's more, we took the initiative to join him? In addition, I have a good brother who died, named Du Yi. Yang Yong’s generals, it’s safe to ask him to introduce us. Yang Yong will definitely welcome us, and we may be able to be ‘officials’ when we get there.”

"Great! General, it's not too late. You can take us there, don't tell me if you are an official or not, as long as you can survive and fill your stomach." The soldiers were all happy when they heard this.

Yang Yong was very happy when he saw that he had successfully instigated the five thousand soldiers. He forced himself to restrain his excitement and said, "Brothers, don't be impatient. It's not good for us to go to Yang Yong with empty hands, but we don't have much silver in our hands." Two, Yang Yong doesn't like this low-quality grain and grass. The key is that we can't transport it over such a long distance. But right now we have a good opportunity to make meritorious service. Yang Yong was defeated by the Wagang Army just now. We can't just leave quietly like this, it's too cheap for Li Mi and these bastards, we have to at least create some trouble for them and find something to do. This is helping the Yiyong Xiaoyao King, who later learned It will definitely reward us."

"The general is right, you can assign what needs to be done!" All the soldiers answered in unison.

Yang Yong waved his hand to calm them down, "Brothers, let's give him a plan to kill two birds with one stone. We must divide these poor-quality food and grass into two, and send one part to the northern front battlefield, which will surely break the morale of the army. On the battlefield on the southern front, it is said that Wu Tianxi, Zhai Rang and other generals are in harmony with Li Mi. This move will inevitably arouse the resistance of the soldiers on the southern front and cause them to fight among themselves. In this way, our mission will be completed, and we can happily join Yang Yong. The work has been rewarded. However, this matter must be kept strictly confidential, and there must be no news about it. Otherwise, including this general, everyone will die without a burial. Understand?"

"No, I will obey the general's order." All the soldiers agreed in unison.

Yang Yong then ordered the soldiers to quickly divide the grain and grass into two parts, leaving one part to be sent to the southern battlefield on the bank of the Yellow River by two trusted commanders and two thousand soldiers, and told them to send the grain and grass to the south. Get away quickly, otherwise you will be killed, and tell the two commanders that this is the case.

The two commanders clasped their fists together and said, "Don't worry, general, we promise to complete the task."

Then Yang Yong brought [-] soldiers to escort the half of the food and grass to the northern battlefield.

The battlefield on the northern front is now located in the Xiaoshang River area in the north of Tangyin, Henan, less than [-] miles away from Wagang.Therefore, Yang Yong's grain cart arrived soon.

At this time, there was a severe shortage of food and grass on the northern front battlefield, because Xu Maogong sent Cheng Yaojin back to the mountain to supervise the food for more than a month, and the [-] soldiers here consumed a lot of food and horses for a day.Hearing that the grain and grass trucks had arrived, the soldiers were greatly encouraged. Xu Maogong ordered Cheng Yaojin to report to the front line immediately after counting the grain and grass into the warehouse.

A soldier reported: "Military division, it is not General Cheng who is escorting the food and grass this time, but General Mu. I don't know why, but General Cheng didn't come."

"Oh?" Xu Maogong was taken aback when he heard that, "What the hell is this Lentouqing doing? General Mu, which General Mu?"

　The third one was delivered, asking for all kinds of support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)