Fu Song

Chapter 298

Chapter [-]: Going to Huangquan Recruitment Department

I admit defeat, but not my mistake!

With one word from Zhao Zhe, all escape routes were blocked.

This prince who once commanded thousands of troops in the frontier has tempered his temperament as cold and harsh as the weather in the frontier.

You can die, but you must die with your head held high.

It is absolutely impossible to want him to bow his head to admit his mistakes and then die in humiliation.

The frontier generals headed by Tao Dayong came forward one by one to bid farewell to Zhao Zhe.

"Everyone, follow me, Zhao Zhe, for the last battle today, and then go to Huangquan together, and then gather under the Nine Nethers, and fight the Liao people again." Zhao Zhe sat on the high platform wooden chair with a knife, and looked at him with a smile. Generals under his command.

"You will be a hero in life, and you will be a hero in death!" Tao Dayong said with a smile, "Your Highness, the end will be gone."

"The end is gone!"

"The end is gone!"

A famous side general came forward and bid farewell to Zhao Zhe.

No superfluous words, no superfluous actions.

These people were the same as when they were listening to the order under Zhao Zhe's tent many years ago. After receiving the military order, they gave a military salute, said that they were going to leave, and then left with high spirits.

Some came back, and some never came back.

And this time, it must be the last time these people take orders in the world.

Above the city tower, Zhao Suo's eyes fell on Xiao Yu, Luo Song, Li Guang and others who had just returned.The three of them didn't have any excuses, they just bowed their hands silently and then stopped talking.

Some things just don't need to be explained.

After all, it was nothing more than a big gain and loss. Everyone on the tower understood that with the qualifications and reputation of the three of them, the officials would not do anything to them?What's more, if they come to investigate after the incident, they were indeed taken hostage, and it was not King Jing's conspiracy.

In today's rebellion, there are more than a few hundred officials detained by King Jing?

If they were all regarded as King Jing's accomplices, the Song court would be paralyzed in no time.

Zhao Suo's eyes fell on Xiao Yu for a long time.

Xiao Yu looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, and stood quietly.

After a long time, Zhao Suo waved his hand, and Cui Ang appeared in front of Xiao Yu and others with a team.

Xiao Yu raised his head suddenly, staring at Cui Ang with sharp eyes.

"Brother Xiao, don't worry!" Cui Ang smiled and said: "There must be some procedures to follow, this is the responsibility of my censor Zhongcheng. It's not just Brother Xiao, all officials who fell into the hands of the king this time will be punished." Check it out, as long as you are innocent, you will be fine."

Xiao Yu was tall, a full head taller than Cui Ang, but at this moment he bent down and looked down, saying: "Cui Huaiyuan, things have come to this point, do you have any regrets in your heart?"

The corners of Cui Ang's mouth twitched, and his face became ruthless: "Brother Xiao, I don't understand what he said. What does it have to do with me to rebel against the king?"

"People are doing it, but the sky is watching!" Xiao Yu snorted: "There is a god standing three feet above the head, Cui Huaiyuan, is it really possible to want people to be unaware? Can it be hidden for a while, but can it be hidden for a lifetime? ? Thanks to the fact that you have read dozens of sage books, you are really wearing a human skin in vain!"

"Brother Xiao be careful!" Cui Ang's face turned purple: "At the moment, you should take care of yourself first! Someone, please go to Wutai to rest."

The high-ranking officials who had just been released from Zhao Zhe's place were immediately taken away by Ban Zhi and went to Wutai to await trial.As for officials below the third rank, there is no place for them in Wutai. Those people can only go to Dali Temple or squat in the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

It's just that I don't know if there are enough officials in these yamen to try these officials who are awaiting interrogation.

Zhang Chaocui stepped forward immediately, and Tao Dayong was dozens of steps away.

Tao Dayong, who didn't even have a horse, stood with his spear crossed. His shirtless body was covered with shocking scars. New scars piled on top of old scars. It was unknown how many wounds he had suffered.

They have no cavalry anymore.

All the cavalry were brought out by Qin Min, probably still fighting with Wanyan Starling and the others.But now they are facing the Dragon Guard cavalry led by Zhang Chao.

"Tao Dayong, put down your weapons and surrender, Zhang will keep your wife and children safe!" Zhang Chao shouted angrily.

Tao Dayong looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, he paused the spear in his hand vigorously, and said: "Taiwei, today's incident failed, Tao's family should go to Huangquan together with Tao, how could they stay in this world and be bullied by others? I won’t bother you, Captain.”

"The majestic general of the Song Dynasty raised his troops to rebel, and ended up today, and even affected thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of dependents of the Dingwu army. Tao Dayong, how safe are you?" Zhang Chao shouted, pointing at the opponent with a spear.

Tao Dayong took a deep breath, took a step forward, and said, "Taiwei, do you know how many people are in my Dingwu army?"

Zhang Chao was stunned. The Dingwu Army has a total of [-] soldiers. Some generals are not enough, but some generals are rich and they support more, but they will never exceed [-].

"The Dingwu Army has been in the army for [-] years, and Tao is the eighth commander. The first seven commanders all died on the battlefield." Tao Dayong said sharply: "So far, the Dingwu Army has a total of [-] soldiers. Twelve people. But the one who started the incident with Tao today is only [-] people, and the rest, where does the Taiwei go?"

Zhang Chao was momentarily stunned and unable to answer.

Tao Dayong went on to say: "Among the [-] people, a total of [-] died in the [-] years on the battlefield, and [-] were disabled and retired. Fewer than [-] people with all beards and tails can survive and die on the bed. Taiwei, do you know that these people who died are their great-grandfathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, Taiwei, do you know , we frontier soldiers have stepped onto the battlefield one generation after another, year after year, in order to protect the frontiers of the Song Dynasty, to defend the peace of the Song Dynasty, but in the end, what did we get?"

Zhang Chao opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't say anything.

Tao Dayong laughed: "My Tao family has killed thirty-seven men in the past twenty years. My grandfather and father all died on the battlefield. For a family like mine, among the frontier troops you Do you know how many there are? My Dingwu Army is like this, Xin'an Army, Guangxin Army, and Anyu Army are not like this?"

"You, Tao Clan, have been loyal for generations, but now you are rebellious and plotting rebellion. Aren't you afraid of humiliating your ancestors?" Zhang Chao roared.

"Face?" Tao Dayong sighed: "Taiwei, if you really can't do it, it's fine to die on the battlefield, even if it's a command error, it's fine to die for nothing. How can there be a general who is victorious in every battle? How can there be a sure victory? But we should not die under unwarranted accusations, we should not die under inexplicable injustices."

Zhang Chao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the city wall. On the city, under the canopy, Zhao Suo's gloomy face was clearly visible.

"The Dingwu army went to Beijing, and everyone rejoiced, thinking that they had received incomparable glory and would become the emperor's army from now on. But what greeted us was not glory, but humiliation. The warriors who saw the enemy as nothing on the battlefield, Here, it becomes a garbage-like existence, being insulted arbitrarily. Is this what we deserve?"

"The comrades in the Xin'an Army and the Guangxin Army died inexplicably, and they were still infamous after death. Is it the reward for their decades of struggle and countless casualties?"

"If the king regards his ministers as siblings, then his ministers will regard him as his confidant; if he regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if he regards his ministers as grass, then his ministers will regard him as his enemy!" Tao Dayong paused again He paused with the bloody spear in his hand, and said loudly: "The Taiwei should know these truths better than these reckless people like me."

Zhang Chao sighed: "Zhang only knows that if the ruler wants his minister to die, the minister has to die, and if the father wants his son to be respected, the son has to die. Tao Dayong, do you have anything else to say?"

Tao Dayong looked back at several generals on the left and right, and said with a smile: "A man who is about to die has good words. Taiwei, the soldiers of the Fourth Army, with all due respect, are just a pile of rubbish. If the Liao people call, the Taiwei thinks If you rely on these people to resist the Liao people, then the Song Dynasty will probably perish forever. Since we are sure to die today, let the court see what a real martial arts teacher is. Taiwei, you can do well Are you ready? In the past, Xiao Changqing's ten cavalry picked off a hundred cavalrymen from the Fourth Army, but today Tao's two thousand frontier troops picked one out of fifty thousand cavalrymen from the Fourth Army."

"Insanity!"

"court death!"

Before Zhang Chao could speak, Qu Zhen, Huang Chun and other high-ranking generals of the Fourth Army behind him became furious and shouted and reprimanded them one after another.

Tao Dayong didn't even bother to talk to them.

The bloody spear in his hand was raised high.

As he raised his spear, behind him, two thousand frontier soldiers raised their swords and guns at the same time.

what!
With a shout, the sound shook the nine heavens, and the faces of thousands of people changed.

Tao Dayong's spear drew a circle in the air, and the lineup of the two thousand border troops behind him changed immediately, forming three conical attack lineups.

Pointing forward with the spear, the three conical lineups slowly moved forward.

The low-pitched drumbeats were accompanied by low-pitched battle songs, and the frontier soldiers stepped forward in unison, ignoring the gold and iron horses in front of them, and pressed forward in unison.

Zhang Chao took a deep breath, and raised the saber in his hand high.

Fall suddenly.

On the city, Zhang Cheng yelled sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

Countless feather arrows shot out, almost covering the sky.

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, thousands of cavalry rode forward. The senior generals of the Fourth Army headed by Qu Zhen and Huang Chun were angry because they felt the contempt from the opponent, and they also wanted to have a good time in front of the officials. Lu Yi showed his face and proved that he was not a trash maple leaf. At this moment, he was fighting bravely and taking the lead in attacking.

Of course, the opponent has no cavalry.

The horse rushed into the frontier soldiers.

At first a few steps, the momentum is like a broken bamboo.

After more than ten steps, it will be difficult to move.

They thought that the frontier soldiers would dodge left and right in the face of the violent charge of the horses, so that they would have a path, and then they could ride on the horses and wantonly kill these frontier soldiers on the left and right.

Unexpectedly, these soldiers never evaded or retreated.

Some soldiers set up their spears, held the guns in both hands, and bowed their bodies forward, waiting for the cavalry to slam into the stunned spear abruptly.

Some frontier soldiers drew their swords and came close to the ground, with the blade facing outwards, slashing at the four hooves of the horses.

The blood spurted cheaply, and people were turned on their backs.

More than a thousand cavalry could only move forward more than ten steps, but they couldn't move forward any more.

Then the cavalrymen on horseback were stabbed with knives, slashes and guns by the infantry on the ground, and they fell off the horse like dumplings.

Even people like Qu Zhen and Huang Chun who still have a few other skills can only protect themselves.

The cavalry of the Fourth Army charged forward, and after a moment of handover, they were pushed back by the frontier infantry under the command of Tao Dayong.

This made the faces of Zhao Suoxia Jie and others who were watching the battle on the top of the city even more gloomy.

As for Chen Gui, it seemed that his murderous eyes were not on the battlefield below the city, but on Cui Ang's face after a while.

The bastard's Cui Ang, such a strong frontier soldier, such a good fighter, let him squander it all on Hebei Road.Tens of thousands of frontier troops, how many are left now?

Where are the rest!
Stealth closed his eyes in pain.

The frontier soldiers who haven't died are all here!

And they were about to die.

No matter how brave they are, there are only more than [-] people trapped in the square in front of the inner city, and they cannot escape the word failure after all.

Stealth's gaze turned to the side again, and landed on Lu Ben'an.

This general of the Liao Kingdom looked very seriously, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, no matter how hard he tried to hide it, he couldn't hide it.

Every death here is a great good thing for them, because it means that in the Song and Liao wars in the future, one less hero of the Liao people may die.

Zhang Chao was not even a little bit moved by the momentary gain of power in front of him. For him, the battle in front of him could not be called a war at all. It is the obstinate resistance, what they can fight for is just a longer time of stubborn resistance.

The command flag shook his head, and one after another, the troops of the Fourth Army pressed up from different directions.

Every time they attack, they hit heavily on the flaws exposed by the frontier army.

The number of frontier troops is rapidly decreasing.

But the casualties of the Fourth Army were even more shocking.

Today the frontier army is unwilling to flee.

Today, the Fourth Army did not dare to escape.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness displayed by the Fourth Army today has far exceeded their average level.

This, perhaps, is the last gift that people like Tao Dayong left for Da Song.

fight.

Fight non-stop!

In front of the inner city, the blood pooled into streams, dyed the bluestone floor red, and then flowed to the distance.

The last frontier army was squeezed in front of the high platform set up by King Jing.

The scarred frontier soldiers tightly surrounded the high platform.

On it is the leader they recognize.

Zhao Zhe stood up.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Hong Yuan beside him immediately handed over a torch.

"Soldiers, let's go to Huangquan with me!" Zhao Zhe laughed all over his body, holding a torch, and walked around the platform. The high platform was poured with grease.

"We will open the way for the king!" A frontier general who lost an arm in the battle just now roared loudly. , lying on his back in the fire.

"Open the way for the king!" One after another, the frontier soldiers committed suicide with their knives, and the corpses fell around the high platform one after another.

Holding a spear, Tao Dayong walked calmly in the flames, as if it wasn't his body that was being scorched by the flames.

He walked up to Zhao Zhe.

Zhao Zhe had sat down on the chair again at this time.

Tao Dayong sat cross-legged, with the spear horizontally on his lap.On the other side, Hong Yuan took out a short dagger and said with a smile, "I don't have the courage of General Tao, I'm afraid of pain, so I left first."

Zhao Zhe nodded, and Hong Yuan plunged the dagger into his heart with a bang until it was gone, then his head drooped, and he went away without a sound.

The flames grew stronger and stronger.

Zhang Chao's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhao Zhe, Tao Dayong and others in the flames.

He knew that today's scene would definitely become a lifelong dream for many people.

It will also become a hurdle in Zhang Chao's life.

(End of this chapter)