Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 281 Being a Teacher, Friend, and Father
Zhao Kuangyin ordered Zhao Zan, Pan Mei, and Ye Chen to capture the Southern Han Dynasty as soon as possible. Zhao Zan led his subordinates to cooperate with the civil officials sent from China to take care of the affairs of the Southern Han Dynasty. Pan Mei went north to guard against the Southern Tang army, and said that if the Southern Tang army Dare to take a step into the Southern Han Dynasty and give it a hard blow.And Ye Chen immediately led the army to Sichuan and Shu to suppress the bandits, and also tried to save Cao Bin.

Although this urgent report was urgently sent from eight hundred miles, day and night, it had been six or seven days since the capital sent it here. Ye Chen saw that Cao Bin was seriously injured and dying, and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.Cao Bin has always been a teacher, friend, and father to Ye Chen.

He came to the Great Song Army by chance last year. If it wasn't for Cao Bin's care and protection, he might have been taken away by Guo Wuwei and Si Luoyi at that time. Without Cao Bin's guidance, careful teaching and help, it would be difficult for him to have Today's achievements in the Song court.

Ye Chen took a deep breath, and after thinking for a while, he said to a soldier on the left: "Go to Cao Wei, ask him to hand over the soldiers and horses to Luo Yaoshun, and then come to me immediately with only the soldiers."

Then he turned to Xu Fangyi and said, "Go prepare dry food for seven days for 1000 people, the sooner the better."

Seeing Ye Chen's expression, Xu Fangyi took his orders and left without asking any questions.

Watching Xu Fangyi leave, Ye Chen suppressed the anxiety in his heart, thinking that there was still some time before Cao Wei arrived and the dry food was ready, so he continued to walk towards the five hundred black cavalry.

The [-] black cavalry had been dragged off their horses by the Song Army and their weapons seized, and surrounded by Pan Mei and Zhao Zan's men and horses, they stood quietly and motionless.

When Ye Chen came, Pan Mei and Zhao Zan's subordinates gave way one after another. At this moment, a strange and surprising scene happened.

When Ye Chen was ten steps away from them, those black cavalrymen suddenly knelt down towards Ye Chen and shouted in unison: "Master."

The audience was silent, everyone was stunned, Ye Chen was also dumbfounded.But he quickly remembered the black gourd, those black zerg, and the blood-red shadow that first came out of Chen Jingyuan's body and entered his body.Now it seems that the five hundred black cavalrymen suddenly recognized him as their master had something to do with the above.But what is going on specifically, Ye Chen can only slowly dig out or ask these black cavalrymen in the future.

At this time, Zhao Zan and Pan Mei's subordinates had already started whispering and making all kinds of weird guesses.Ye Chen ignored them, and after thinking for a while, he said to the black cavalry who was still kneeling on the ground: "Why do you call me master?"

The five hundred black cavalrymen knelt on the ground like 500 yuan stones, and no one said a word, or even moved.

Ye Chen frowned, and after a while, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Since you call me master, and I tell you to die, will you die?"

Five hundred black cavalrymen said in unison: "Yes!"

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, and said playfully, "Then you all commit suicide!"

Five hundred black cavalrymen pulled out a black dagger from their right boot at the same time, and cut at their own necks without hesitation.Everyone's face changed drastically, and Ye Chen was the same, and his heart was shaken for a while, and he shouted sharply: "Stop!"

The daggers of the five hundred black cavalrymen were all placed on their necks, and they stopped about half a foot away.Their weapons have been seized by the Song army, but no daggers were found in their boots.

Everyone in the audience had no doubt that if Ye Chen hadn't said the word 'stop', the blood of the five hundred black cavalry would have been splashed on the spot.

The scene was once again dead silent, and everyone was so shocked that they remained silent for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Chen took a deep breath and said, "Okay! From now on, I will be your master. Come with me now!"

Five hundred black cavalry stood up in unison, ready to follow Ye Chen.

At this time, Zhao Zan and Pan Mei left the two commanders who were in charge of guarding the five hundred black cavalry to react. They hurriedly came to Ye Chen, knelt down on one knee, and said, "My lord! The five hundred black cavalry are General Pan and The captives of General Zhao, the two generals are responsible for guarding them. If Lord Hou takes them away, it will be difficult for the two generals to explain to the two generals later. It's not too late to go."

Ye Chen frowned, and Hu Sanguang, who had just been detoxified behind him, stepped forward and shouted: "Bold..."

Hu Sanguang had no power to fight back in the hands of Chen Jingyuan just now, and was terrified of Chen Jingyuan's strength, but then Ye Chen killed Chen Jingyuan, which made Hu Sanguang re-estimate Ye Chen's strength and means, deeply feeling unfathomable .He couldn't help but feel lucky that he chose to be loyal to Ye Chen, and became more loyal to Ye Chen. He believed that after this incident, more than 100 Jianghu masters in Huaxia Weifu who were controlled by Ye Chen with poison and loyal to Ye Chen would be followed by more people. In this way, he brought his family to the capital and truly devoted his allegiance to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen interrupted Hu Sanguang's scolding with a wave of his hand, frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "Tell General Pan and General Zhao that this Marquis will exchange the heads of Chen Jingyuan, Gong Chengshu, and Han Emperor Liu Yu for these five hundred prisoners. I'm still in a hurry, so I will Take people away first." Ye Chen's official position and title are not lower than Zhao Zan and Pan Mei's, but he is a junior after all, and his qualifications are lower than the two. The most important thing is that he is not an unreasonable person. Since the Baihei cavalry was the captive of the two, he just took it directly, and it would be embarrassing for the two of them.

The two commanders looked at each other, they didn't dare to agree, but they didn't dare to refuse to offend Ye Chen again.Ye Chen was in a hurry to rescue Cao Bin in Sichuan and Shu, and couldn't help but feel a little impatient. He snorted coldly, ignored the two commanders, and said to the five hundred black cavalrymen: "Take your weapons, mount your horses, and follow I'm going."

The five hundred black cavalrymen all claimed that they were, and found their own weapons among the piles of weapons seized by the Song army nearby, and then found their own horses among the horses tied together next to them, mounted their horses and formed a team, and followed Ye Chen.The two commanders did not refuse to stop them during the whole process.

The land of Sichuan and Shu.

Since Cao Bin, the commander-in-chief of the army, was assassinated ten days ago and the bandits took the opportunity to escape from the siege, the situation of the bandits has changed again. They have completely turned into bandits and looted everywhere.

After the first battle in Bazhou, Cao Bin was seriously injured and comatose, and the officers and soldiers were leaderless and unresponsive. The rogues took advantage of this opportunity to spread northward from the long Sichuan and Shushan Mountains, broke through Lizhou, and came to Xingyuan Mansion.There are even a small number of people who broke through Baizhang Pass and fled to Guanzhong. The vast Guanzhong Plain is right in front of the rogues.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was furious, and the Privy Council issued urgent orders to the troops stationed in Sichuan, Shu and Guanzhong to dispatch troops to suppress the bandits. However, these bandits learned the lesson of being besieged in Bazhou. He gave full play to the characteristics of the rogues, never staying in one place for more than one day, and kept running around, killing, burning and looting.

And because the main force of the rogue bandits are horse thieves, they are highly mobile and played guerrilla warfare with the officers and soldiers.The officers and soldiers chased and killed many people all the way, but no substantial progress has been made.The imperial court has many generals and elite troops capable of recruiting and fighting, but the northern camp and the northwest camp must guard against the Khitan and the party's ministries, and dare not make the slightest move. Fifty thousand of the [-] elite imperial troops in the capital went to the Southern Han Dynasty, and the front line Out of [-] troops, Cao Bin came to suppress the bandits, and the remaining less than [-] elite imperial troops still had to guard Kaifeng, so they did not dare to mobilize.Now there is also a change in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Pan Mei and Zhao Zan's troops are restrained, and only Ye Chen and his [-] troops can support the bandits.

On the one hand, the Privy Council ordered Ye Chen to go to Sichuan and Sichuan to take over Cao Bin's position and lead all the bandit suppression army to suppress the bandits.

"Da da..." A group of horses were galloping on the post road. The earth-rammed road was very dry under the scorching sun. When the heavy horses stepped on it, they saw a cloud of yellow dust galloping rapidly on the road.

Ye Chen, Cao Wei, the five hundred Huaxia Guards and one hundred Cao Wei's personal soldiers did not wear armor, but only clothed clothes. All of them tied their hair in buns with strips of cloth, and each of them only carried short bows and arrows.And the five hundred black cavalry were still wearing their black armor.

There are 100 people in a group, and everyone has four horses, which are used for rotation on the road to save horsepower.

Galloping horses, the wind roared past, and the cloth strips and clothes on people's heads were blown in the wind and covered with dust.The five hundred black cavalry turned into a khaki.

The rapid sound of horseshoes, like the beating of war drums, urged Ye Chen and Cao Wei's burning hearts.

They had already left the original Southern Han territory three days ago, and now they are in Chenzhou. In two days, they will go to the bank of the Yangtze River. After crossing the Yangtze River, they can go straight to Bazhou in Sichuan and Shu, and see Cao Bin who is recuperating there.

Suddenly, there was a "boom" at the front, and a horse knelt on the front hooves, and one of Cao Wei's soldiers flew straight forward, screaming in pain and fell heavily on the ground, turning over several bones. lie down.Everyone waited to rein in their horses, Cao Wei shouted, "Are you all right?"

The soldier struggled for a while, and replied: "It hurts! The general will go first, and the humble officer will wait for a while before he can ride the horse."

When Ye Chen turned his head to look, the horse fell to the ground and was foaming at the mouth. It wasn't dead but it couldn't get up.Situations like this keep happening these days, and this is already one of Cao Wei's last two soldiers who can keep up.Cao Wei said to the only soldier next to him: "You stay and take care of him. If he is seriously injured, take him back to the nearby city and find a doctor for treatment." Come down and drop it by the side of the road.Then he rode his horse around the fallen army horse and continued to run forward.

This was already the fifth day of running around day and night, and Cao Wei's soldiers were all behind. If Cao Wei himself hadn't been thinking about Cao Bin's safety, he might not be able to keep up if he was determined.

At this time, Huaxiawei's super-strong system and will as hard as steel were reflected after special training.So far, no one has been left behind.And those [-] black cavalry were even more perverted. They hadn't spoken a word from the beginning to the end, and even kept their formation on the road.

After a while, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a sudden rainstorm.This is the third time they have encountered heavy rain in just a few days along the way. Now that it is summer, showers are easy to see.Ye Chen thought to himself that the rumors among the Sichuan and Sichuan thieves that God punished Emperor Song for not raining may have been self-defeating now.But so what, now that things have happened, those thieves will not put down their butcher knives and surrender just because of this.Shangguan Bingyun had clearly calculated this point and never worried about these things.

(End of this chapter)