Wuchuan.
The dull drum beat sounded again.
He Bacheng stood in the campus, wearing armor and with a solemn face. There were soldiers behind him holding a big flag, majestic.
Liu Taozi stood behind He Bacheng, staring at the many knights below.
Troops gathered and the entire campus was packed.
He Bacheng took a deep breath and said loudly: "The garrison leader of Huaishuo disobeyed the military order and had evil intentions! Now I will lead the troops to conquer it!!"
As soon as he spoke like this, the school grounds immediately went into uproar.
Liu Chengcai was stunned for a moment and asked: "Who did he just say he was going to fight??"
"Huaishuo."
"Damn, is there such a good thing?!"
In a moment, the entire Wuchuan Army began to get excited. The Wuchuan Army and the Huaishuo Army had been in love with each other for a long time. This friendship could even be traced back to before the founding of the Qi Dynasty, and these military households had inherited each other from generation to generation.
Not only the armor and horses were inherited, but also the love for each other was inherited. People like Liu Chengcai grew up listening to their father insult Huaishuo soldiers since childhood.
The situation between them has been constantly changing over the years. Sometimes Huaishuo has the upper hand, sometimes Wuchuan has the upper hand. The situation is constantly changing, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the unclear neighborly relationship.
Although both of them are regarded as one border town people in the Central Plains area, internally, their relationship is extremely complicated. If there is an external enemy attacking, they are naturally one, but if there is no external enemy, then they are each other's external enemy.
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Looking at the suddenly angry Wuchuan soldiers, He Bacheng's face showed hesitation again, but before he could say anything more, Liu Taozi on the side took the lead and walked out, "Get ready!! Send troops to Huaishuo!!"
"only!!!"
Everyone shouted.
He Bacheng was helpless. At this moment, it was too late for him to regret it.
He Bacheng was very afraid that it would trigger the Huaishuozhen rebellion. If there was another rebellion in the border towns, his ten heads would not be enough to be chopped off by the temple.
But as Liu Taozi said, if he, the general of the town, is unable to mobilize the army, it will be a small matter to lose face when the prime minister comes, but a big matter to cause trouble for his uncle.
It’s a disaster for both sides, so it’s better to believe in a peach!
If he can succeed, he will be a real general in the future. When the Prime Minister comes, he can go out with him to fight against thieves. From then on, everything will be smooth sailing. If he fails, then he will commit suicide to apologize.
He Bacheng was deep in thought, but Liu Taozi was already preparing to send troops.
Two days have passed, but Huaishuo has not sent anyone.
This place is not far from Huaishuo, especially with this terrain, it is very convenient for cavalry to travel back and forth. This is already a deliberate disregard of military orders, which is a very serious crime.
Huaishuo.
"Do you really want your family to participate?"
"Isn't this some..."
"Why talk too much about what you and I want? Besides, this can be considered military training."
The garrison leader Huaishuo laughed, with a fierce look in his eyes. The group stood at the edge of the school field, looking at the slaves who were forced to fight on the high platform, still hesitant.
"This military household has to report the reduction of personnel to the temple. Besides, these people are related to each other. If it causes a big chaos, we won't be able to suppress it!"
The garrison commander waved his hand and said, "Reducing the number of troops is necessary, but people will die in this exercise, right? There are quotas, so what are you afraid of?"
"Besides, we have never forced them. This is all of their own free will."
Seeing that a few people were still hesitant, the garrison leader smiled and asked in a low voice: "If someone unfortunately dies in battle, do we have to take care of their family?"
"Brother, even if we agree, as well as Liu Datou and the others, they will definitely instigate the military households to rebel. That will cause big trouble. I think we should forget it. We have a lot to eat at the moment, so why take the risk?
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Seeing the fearful expressions of his cronies, the deputy garrison commander was particularly angry.
"I say it will happen!"
"If you have the ability, let them rebel. I want to see who dares?!"
Seeing him like this, the other confidants didn't dare to say anything anymore.
Several slaves in the distance had already decided the winner, and the victor was forced to cut off the loser's head, hold it high, and cry loudly.
The soldiers at the stands were cursing, some took out their money and threw it to the people in front of them, and some started fighting with the people around them.
The garrison leader didn't care much about this, he just ordered: "Go and call Old Man Yan over."
The few cronies looked at each other with a serious expression, and some of them turned and left.
The school grounds are still extremely hot.
These fierce barbarians enjoyed watching cruel killings and set up gambling games for them. The bets ranged from money to horses to armor to women.
The deputy garrison commander looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but grin.
After a while, a man brought a white-haired old man to the front of the garrison leader.
The old man was quite tough, with a dark complexion and bright eyes. The scars extended from his face to his body, making him thin and hard.
He stood in front of the garrison leader and bowed casually.
"The Lord of Loushu."
Lord Lou Shu looked him up and down, "Do you still have enough food at home?"
The old man snorted coldly, "Thanks to the garrison leader's concern, that's enough."
Lou Shuzhu laughed and said, "Why are you so stubborn? I know your family's situation much better than you do. Right now, there is a good opportunity."
Lord Lou Shu pointed to the high platform in the distance.
"Look, I'm going to train my troops with this."
"Troop training?"
The old man laughed out loud and said, "Lord garrison leader actually knows how to train troops?"
Lord Lou's face darkened, "If we can win, we will reward you with ten stones of grain."
"If you can't win, you will die."
The old man had a straight face and slowly shook his head, his face full of regret, "It's a pity that your father was so brave and would always be the first to fight in the face of a battle. He and my best friend gave birth to a son like you. It's hard to rest in peace."
Lord Lou almost jumped up and said, "Don't pretend to be an adult here. You are just my father's slave. You are lucky enough to be from a military family, and you dare to be so rude to me?!"
He suppressed his anger and said grimly: "You have no boys in your family. Without boys, you can't get food. This is a good opportunity for you. Of course, you are old, so I can give you a chance."
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"You marry Yan Niang to me, and I will become your grandson-in-law. Even if you have a son, you don't have to work so hard. How about that?"
The old man laughed loudly and said, "Go and ask your father. If your father agrees, I will agree."
Commander Lou suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the old man's collar.
Several military households around immediately looked at this place. Lord Lou reluctantly let go of his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, then you can think of a way. Before you starve to death, you will always agree. If it doesn't work, then you can do it."
Come to me and participate in the training. If you can kill one, you may be able to survive longer!"
At this time, someone suddenly came galloping on horseback, and saw the horse stop suddenly. One person jumped off the horse, walked quickly in front of the two people, and pushed Lord Lou Gu away.
Lord Lou Shu took a step back and looked at the person in front of him.
This is a woman with a tall figure. She is actually wearing leather armor at the moment and is dressed as a man. Her skin is slightly darker, her legs are slender, her face is particularly heroic, and she frowns, making people dare not look down upon her.
"Lou Dazhi, what do you want to do?!"
Lou Dazhi laughed, "You don't do anything, just talk to him. How can you be so unfilial? Mr. Yan is already this old, but you don't care at all."
Suddenly, someone came forward on horseback again. The man quickly jumped off his horse, with a solemn expression on his face, "Guardian! There is a large-scale cavalry approaching!!"
"What?!"
Lou Dazhi ignored the woman in front of him and rushed out of the school grounds, which sounded a warning.
For a moment, the entire campus was in chaos, and everyone rushed out.
Lou Dazhi walked outside and listened to the scout's words.
"Looking at the flag, it's the town general's troops, but he didn't dare to get close. He didn't see who the troops were. The scouts were quite powerful."
"General Zhen??"
Lou Dazhi was a little surprised, "It's Wuchuan soldiers??"
"Get ready quickly!!"
At the same time, He Bacheng and Liu Taozi led the army to slowly approach Huaishuo. Tu Xiyue on the side couldn't help but said: "General, Huaishuo's soldiers are not weaker than us. If we want to capture it, we should attack suddenly. No
It should be such a big fanfare."
Liu Taozi said calmly: "I have my own considerations."
Tu Xiyue stopped talking, but He Bacheng was worried. He really didn't want to start a fight.
A moment later, Lou Dazhi led a large group of people and rushed out of the city.
There are hundreds of people in total.
Lou Dazhi raised his head and rushed all the way to General Zhen.
He did not dismount, but looked at the Wuchuan army behind General Zhen. He was shocked to see that almost the entire army was mobilized.
He saluted He Bacheng and said, "Lou Dazhi pays homage to General He Bazhi!!"
He Bacheng had a straight face and said nothing. Liu Taozi stepped forward and said, "Lou Dazhi, a few days ago, the general sent someone to convey military orders to you, asking you to quickly go to Wuchuan. Why did you disobey the order?!"
Hearing this, Lou Dazhi was a little angry. He glanced at Liu Taozi and looked at He Bacheng, "General, I don't know what the envoy is. I haven't seen it. Maybe he went the wrong way."
Even though He Bacheng wanted to reconcile with him, he was furious at this moment.
Wrong way??
How dare you fucking fool me like this??
"Lou Dazhi, you are going too far!"
He Bacheng opened his mouth to reprimand, and Liu Taozi was even more blunt. He shouted: "Huaishuo garrison leader Lou Dazhi! Disobey military orders and you will die for the crime! Kill!!!"
At this moment, all the knights raised their bows one after another.
Lou Dazhi was shocked and said, "Withdraw!!"
He turned around and ran. Huaishuo soldiers rushed towards the city. In an instant, arrows shot through the air. Lou Dazhi lowered his body and heard the arrows flying over his head. At this moment, Lou Dazhi couldn't help but scream.
When they got up, several knights turned around a little slowly and were shot dead on the spot, rolling off their horses.
Lou Dazhi was shocked.
"Crazy!! Crazy!!"
"Into town!!"
He shouted and led everyone to run into the city. The Wuchuan soldiers chased them all the way to the city gate. The Huaishuo soldiers on the city wall began to fight back. They just retreated, but they were still surrounded by the city gate. Everyone was extremely excited.
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They were able to kill Huaishuo, but the Huaishuo people who were killed hid in the city and did not dare to come out. This was a scene they could only see in their dreams!!
Lou Dazhi went to the top of the city in embarrassment. Knights had already gathered here, looking at what happened in shock.
Lou Dazhi pushed away everyone who wanted to ask about the situation, walked to the city wall, and looked outside, "General He Ba!! What are you doing?! Do you want to destroy Huaishuo?!"
"I, Huaishuo, have always been the cornerstone of Great Qi. Even the Khan would not dare to treat us like this!"
"Why is the general like this!? Aren't you afraid of the Khan's questioning?!"
The Huaishuo soldiers inside and outside the city wall knocked on the city wall with their spears and shouted, and some people beat the war drums with extraordinary momentum.
Liu Taozi rode close to the city wall and raised her head, "Lou Dazhi, the general called you to the official office. You disobeyed the military order and refused to obey. Today the general will handle you according to military law. Get off and be punished!!!"
Liu Taozi's voice was loud, much louder than Lou Dazhi's.
Lou Dazhi asked eagerly: "Who is that beast?! Who is that beast?!"
"It seems that he is the new garrison leader of Wuchuan, and he seems to be called Dugu Shandrill."
"Dugu Mandrill??"
Lou Dazhi was stunned, "Why haven't I heard of it before?"
At this moment, his mind was in a state of confusion. He dared not take General Zhen seriously because he expected that the other party would not dare to do anything to him.
Firstly, the other party has no personal soldiers, secondly, the other party's backers are not as strong as our own, and thirdly, the other party does not have the courage to make matters worse.
He Bacheng didn't dare to make things worse, and of course he didn't either.
If the two sides really fought, He Bacheng would definitely be held accountable, and so would Dugu. What about himself?
Could it be that I can escape by myself??
Lou Dazhi really wanted to scold his mother at this moment.
Isn't this crazy?
Are you trying to force yourself to commit suicide??
He wanted to say something soft, but there were so many knights around him looking at him. If he gave in today, how could he restrain them in the future?
But if he refuses to give in and the two sides really fight, he will definitely die, and even the Queen Mother will not be able to keep him.
At this moment, Lou Dazhi was in a dilemma. He looked around and stuck his head out, "Dugu Guardsman! I've heard of his name for a long time!!"
"General Zhen Haojiao knows that someone came to convey the general's order before, but he only said that the Xi people are invading. I asked people to explore the surroundings and wanted to understand before going. I didn't want to make General Zhen misunderstand. I hope General Zhen can forgive me a little.
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Between bowing his head and resisting, he chose to bow his head slightly.
My posture has been lowered, can I let it go?!
He Bacheng breathed a sigh of relief and just bowed his head. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Taozi yelled, "You beast!! Stop talking nonsense, get down and die!!"
Lou Dazhi's face turned red, and when he faced the strange looks from the people around him, he immediately started to curse, "You bitch, don't think I don't know that disobeying military orders is clearly caused by you Wuchuan people and deliberately instigated it!
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"You just want to use General Zhen to deal with us Huaishuo people!!"
"You idiots, if you want to deal with the Huaishuo people, you should first ask the Huaishuo soldiers here if they agree!!"
At this moment, Huaishuo's soldiers stopped looking at him, looked at the enemies below the city, and shouted again.
Liu Taozi said loudly again: "Lou Dazhi disobeyed military orders and should be punished. If anyone follows him in disobeying, it will be regarded as treason! They are guilty of the same crime as him!!"
"kill!!"
The Wuchuan soldiers had been holding their breath for a long time. At this moment, after hearing Liu Taozi's order, they charged one after another. For a moment, arrows rained down, directly covering the Huaishuo city wall.
Lou Dazhi turned pale and cursed loudly.
Huaishuo is different from Wuchuan. There are not many fortifications here. It is mainly a large school ground. They often take the initiative to attack. Even if an enemy comes, they can also send troops to harass through the left and right school grounds. Therefore, the city wall is not high.
Not very defensive.
Lou Dazhi hid behind, holding a big shield, looking left and right, "Soldiers!! The Wuchuan people are going to fight us!! Counterattack! Counterattack!!"
After hearing his words, the soldiers shouted loudly, but the faces of the garrison commanders around them changed drastically.
I saw a man walking over in a hurry and shouted: "What's the counterattack?! Counterattack against the general?! Are you crazy? You want to lead us to rebel?!"
"Liu Datou, you are favoring the Wuchuan people."
"What Wuchuan Huaishuo? This is not a personal enmity between the two of us. This is the damn General Zhen leading his people to arrest people. You want us to attack the General Zhen?!"
For a moment, the garrison lords on the city wall started shouting.
Lou Dazhi looked at this group of people, gritting his teeth and widening his eyes.
"You guys are eating the shit out of everything."
"Brothers!!!"
At some point, a man stood on the high platform, and arrows flew past "him".
The garrison leaders looked up, and it was Yan Niang who was wearing leather armor. She looked around and pointed at Lou Dazhi, "This guy is selfish! He disobeyed the general's orders! The general of the town came to arrest him and punish him.
He just wants to drag us to death!!"
"That's not the enemy on the other side!! That's General Zhen!! It's our general!"
"If we go down to the city to fight with him, then we will become a rebel army. No matter how magnanimous the Khan is, can he condone such behavior?"
"Is it possible that we should follow this guy to hang out outside the Great Wall?"
"Everyone, this guy has no military merit, but he became a garrison leader by chance thanks to his father's protection. Since then, have we distributed all our money and food?!"
"He persecutes the families of those soldiers who died in the war!! He eats empty pay!! Who's female family members have not been harassed by this guy?!"
Yan Niang jumped down, drew her sword, and walked in front of Lou Dazhi in a few steps.
"He relies on his surname! He does evil and leads his minions to commit crimes in the garrison! Are you going to become a rebel for such a person now?!"
Yan Niang shouted. At this moment, the garrison leaders looked at Lou Dazhi again, but their eyes became a little unkind.
Lou Dazhi looked at them and then at Yan Niang, "You!! It's all you!!"
He roared, drew his sword and slashed at the opponent. Yan Niang blocked with her sword, but the huge force knocked her back several steps. Lou Dazhi roared and swung his sword again. At this moment, Liu Datou was
A sword hit his arm, Lou Dazhi screamed, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground.
Liu Taozi outside the city had stopped attacking and gathered around He Bacheng, squinting his eyes and staring at the city wall.
He Bacheng was already in despair.
Liu Taozi led the troops to attack Huaishuo, and the two sides really started fighting.
Liu Taozi looked at the trembling He Bacheng and said, "General, don't worry, I've asked before."
"That guy doesn't have much reputation in the garrison. He just shows off and bullies the weak and fears the strong."
"Many generals in the garrison are not all fools."
Chapter completed!