Chapter 231: Flesh to pieces, real information
Since the best opportunity to capture Wudang County had been lost, Mi Yang got off the chariot and returned to the camp after observing the Wei army's flag for a while.
Then Zhang Nan and Ding Feng led thousands of Han troops to slowly retreat from the moat.
After watching the thousands of Han troops slowly evacuate from the city after their own reinforcements arrived, the Wei troops, feeling that they had won a great victory, let out bursts of cheers from the city walls.
Although the Han army did not lose many soldiers due to the Wei army's counterattack just now.
But in the face of the Han army's active retreat, the Wei army, which felt as if they had escaped from the gate of hell, could not hide their joy and began to cheer.
This was the Han army led by Mi Yang. It was a great honor for them to be able to defend Wudang City against the offensive of the Han army led by Mi Yang.
Because the Wei army was afraid of Mi Yang, their requirements for victory had become very low.
Even though they used to claim to be the orthodox soldiers of China, they regarded the soldiers of Liu Bei and Sun Quan as soldiers of a small country.
But their past glory did not dare to be revealed in front of Mi Yang.
Although Mi Yang stepped down from the chariot, he did not take off Cao Ren's banner. Cao Ren's banner was still fluttering high in the wind on the chariot.
This is the greatest deterrent.
But compared to the Wei army who cheered on the top of the city, Man Chong still had a smile on his face that was about to survive the disaster, but his heart was not relaxed.
Tens of thousands of Han troops are still outside the city, and Mi Yang, the life-and-death enemy, has not yet retreated. The future of Wudang City is still unknown.
When the cheers of the Wei army reached Ding Feng's ears along with the sound of wind, he felt even more depressed, and even his face became a little gloomy.
Zhang Nan, on the other hand, looked as usual.
Soon after, Zhang Nan and Ding Feng returned to the Han army camp.
After returning to the camp, Zhang Nan and Ding Feng went to Mi Yang's main tent to resume their duties.
When the second general returned his orders to Mi Yang, Mi Yang, who was sitting in the chief seat, immediately saw the gloomy look on Ding Feng's face.
Mi Yang thought for a moment and understood the reason for Ding Feng's gloomy expression.
But at first he did not comfort Ding Feng as usual.
Mi Yang first turned to look at Zhang Nan and praised: "If Wen Jin hadn't made a decisive decision, thousands of men might not have been able to retreat safely."
Facing Mi Yang's praise, Zhang Nan did not show a proud look on his face. He bowed to Mi Yang and replied:
"This is the duty of subordinates."
Mi Yang was even more satisfied with Zhang Nan's attitude.
In order to make it easier for Mi Yang to mobilize the 30,000 troops in Hanzhong, Liu Bei sent several generals to assist him.
Among them, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing and Zhao Tong, needless to say, were the four friends of the prince together with Mi Yang. They had irreversible friendship and deep feelings.
With these people in charge of the Hanzhong army for Mi Yang, Mi Yang can command the Hanzhong army like an arm to the greatest extent.
Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, and Cheng Ji were also carefully selected by Liu Bei for Mi Yang.
Among them, Feng Xi and Zhang Nan are both veteran generals who have followed Liu Bei for a long time. They have rich experience and can attack and defend.
Moreover, these two people have a certain degree of prestige in the military, and their personalities are not arrogant. It can be said that as soon as they come to Mi Yang's side, they can become Mi Yang's effective lieutenants in an instant.
Not to mention Cheng Ji, who was left behind by Mi Yang in Xicheng, was a talented man with both military and political skills.
Liu Bei sent Cheng Ji here to consider the aftermath of Mi Yang's victory.
Even Liu Bei sent these three people here to prevent Mi Yang from facing the problem of where the army should go after Mi Yang's defeat in the battle.
With these three people here, as long as Mi Yang doesn't insist on going his own way, or his eagerness to win leads to the enemy's plot and his own desperate situation.
Then even if Mi Yang is defeated, the consequences will not be too tragic.
Zhang Nan, Cheng Ji, and Feng Xi serve as Mi Yang's left arm, and Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, and Zhao Tong serve as Mi Yang's right arm.
It can not only ensure that Mi Yang is not restricted on the battlefield, but also ensure that Mi Yang does not make some mistakes.
It can be said that Liu Bei, as a monarch, arranged everything properly, both in terms of employment and the overall situation.
Although Liu Bei was very capable of maneuvering and judging people, sometimes he was too emotional, such as appointing Mi Fang and Shiren...
Because of his character that attaches great importance to love and justice, he has suffered great defeats in history that have made countless people sigh.
But then again, it is because of Liu Bei's character of attaching great importance to love and justice that many people will follow him unswervingly, such as Mi Yang.
Mi Yang is a time traveler. Mi Yang's loyalty to Liu Bei or the Han Dynasty is natural and not as high as that of Guan Yu and others.
But he is currently willing to follow Liu Bei and fight for the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, not only because of his own special status, but also because of Liu Bei's trust and affection for him.
Even if we don’t mention Liu Bei’s affection for his original body, Mi Yang will remember the kindness that Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others showed to Mi Yang since Mi Yang’s time travel.
Mi Yang is not a saint, but people should know how to be grateful. This principle was adopted as his motto in his previous life.
After Mi Yang finished praising Zhang Nan, he looked at Ding Feng.
Compared to the appreciative look he looked at Zhang Nan, the look Mi Yang looked at Ding Feng seemed a bit harsh.
Zhang Nan did not report Ding Feng's performance to Mi Yang, but even without Zhang Nan's report, Mi Yang could roughly guess Ding Feng's inner thoughts from Ding Feng's gloomy expression.
Mi Yang first asked Ding Feng, "Why are you not angry?"
Mi Yang's inquiry made Ding Feng feel like he had a way to vent his depressed emotions.
In front of Mi Yang, he told Mi Yang exactly what he had just said.
After knowing that the reason for Ding Feng's dissatisfaction was no different from his suspicion, Mi Yang's eyes became more severe.
"Chengyuan, have you forgotten the police?"
"Or are you dissatisfied with my appointment of Wen Jin as the vanguard general?"
Mi Yang's words made Ding Feng's expression change drastically.
Mi Yang's first words made Ding Feng recall the scene of the police battle.
At that time, Ding Feng, as Lu Xun's subordinate, did not arrive outside the Public Security City early.
But he had seen it with his own eyes when Mi Yang ordered Guan Ping to attack several times.
At that time, the Wu army was attacked many times by Guan Ping. Although they had Sun Quan's strict order not to act rashly, some generals could not resist the anger in their hearts and led their troops to pursue Guan Ping.
But whenever those Wu troops chased them to the moat, they were forced back by the rocket launchers on the police wall.
This is the advantage of the defenders' condescending position.
Although the urban defense and public security in Wudang County are not comparable, there are still some things in common.
Mi Yang specifically mentioned the situation of the police battle to remind Ding Feng of the error in his views.
Mi Yang's second sentence was an expression of blame.
Ding Feng had the courage to be dissatisfied with Zhang Nan's decision, but he did not have the courage to complain about Mi Yang's decision.
Under Mi Yang's questioning, Ding Feng quickly leaned down and nervously replied to Mi Yang: "I don't dare."
Seeing Ding Feng's attitude, Mi Yang did not soften his attitude. He scolded Ding Feng:
"I warned you before not to look down upon your enemies.
I didn't expect you to show up in your old ways. Do you think your enemies are all chickens and dogs?"
Mi Yang's stern tone floated through the tent. Because of Mi Yang's majesty, all the generals in the tent were so frightened that they lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Mi Yang.
Mi Yang looked around at the generals in the tent.
Ding Feng was not ignorant of soldiers. He had even participated in various siege battles. His understanding of the advantages of the defenders was as good as Mi Yang's.
An organized city defender and an unorganized city defender are completely different things. The scene that just happened by the moat is enough to prove this point.
The reason why Ding Feng still had dissatisfaction and depression in his heart is that in the words of later generations, on the surface it seemed that Ding Feng was superior, but in essence it was the arrogance in Ding Feng's heart that was at work.
Today, Mi Yang appointed Zhang Nan as the vanguard general just to be on the safe side.
Otherwise, if Ding Feng was appointed as the vanguard general, it is very likely that the thousands of Han troops attacking the city today would be in dire straits.
Fierce fire is ruthless, Mi Yang can use it to defeat enemies, and so can Man Chong.
Mi Yang's tone was harsher than that of the previous days, and his harsh words were actually not addressed to Ding Feng alone, but to any generals in the tent who were still arrogant.
After reprimanding Ding Feng, Mi Yang was ready to punish him today.
He slapped the table and shouted: "Here comes someone!"
At Mi Yang's call, several soldiers rushed in outside the tent. Then Mi Yang looked at these soldiers and ordered:
"Thirty heavy sticks."
In the past, because of the arrogance of the generals, all generals who rashly asked for a fight were punished by Mi Yang with thirty rounds of military sticks.
But at that time, Mi Yang considered that the siege of the city was imminent, so he temporarily recorded this punishment and did not implement it immediately.
But now, it's time to implement it.
In Mi Yang's view, although reinforcements from the Wei army outside the camp have arrived, the internal arrogance of soldiers worries him more than external aggression.
If he does not come up with powerful means to stifle this arrogant mentality, once this mentality of our own is exploited by the enemy, then I am afraid that there will be no one knows what disasters will occur in the future.
When Mi Yang ordered the soldiers to hit Ding Feng with a heavy cudgel, a dark look appeared on Ding Feng's face.
In his mind, this was the first time that Mi Yang got so angry, and the first time that he actually physically punished his generals.
But he didn't expect that this would be used on him for the first time.
But Ding Feng had no complaints in his heart, because he already knew where his mistakes were after being reminded by Mi Yang.
Under Mi Yang's order, several Han soldiers behind Ding Feng were about to drag Ding Feng out of the tent, but Mi Yang shouted:
"Why did you drag him out? Just beat him in the tent!"
As soon as Mi Yang said these words, all the generals in the tent had moved expressions on their faces.
The general is killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.
Those Han soldiers didn't care whether the generals looked moved or not.
Under Mi Yang's order, they instantly pushed Ding Feng to the ground from behind.
After knocking Ding Feng down, several Han soldiers took off Ding Feng's lower body armor, then lined up in two rows, raised their military sticks, and began to hit Ding Feng hard on the buttocks.
Military sticks and flogging are the two most commonly used punishments in the army. Compared with flogging, which requires you to take off your shirt, flogging may not be so troublesome.
But the pain caused by the stick torture to the victim is not light at all.
In order to have a deterrent effect, the military sticks used for punishment in the army have been specially treated.
Every blow from the military stick to the body would cause great pain.
When the first blow of the military stick landed on Ding Feng's butt, a look of pain instantly appeared on Ding Feng's face.
Then the sound of military sticks hitting the skin continued to sound in Mi Yang's tent, and also fell into the hearts of the generals in the tent.
As the sticks in the hands of the Han soldiers on both sides of Ding Feng were waved up and down, the military judge standing aside was counting loudly:
One, two, thirty-one.
When Ding Feng received the eleventh stroke of the cane, the thin shirt on his buttocks had already torn, and there were some blood stains on his buttocks.
And Ding Feng's buttocks, as the sticks on both sides kept falling, were rapidly changing to the point where the skin and flesh were torn apart.
When the generals in the tent saw this scene, fear appeared on their faces.
Although they are all people who lick blood from the edge of a knife, there are two different concepts and feelings of pain when a knife edge falls on the body and on the buttocks.
Ding Feng, who was being tortured, had already turned pale, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping on the floor as if lifeless.
But he kept gritting his teeth and never let out a cry of pain.
While Ding Feng was being executed, Feng Xi, who had arranged for defense, happened to walk in from outside the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw this scene and stood aside in fright.
When the military judge counted to twenty-five, Ding Feng's buttocks were already torn and bloody.
This tragic scene fell in the eyes of the generals, making them even more frightened.
But when this scene fell in the eyes of Ding Feng's younger brother, Ding Feng, his face was full of anxiety and worry.
Seeing his brother's miserable condition, Ding Feng originally wanted to plead with Mi Yang, but he saw Mi Yang's angry look and was afraid of Mi Yang's majesty but he didn't dare.
Although Mi Yang usually has a gentle attitude in the past, once he gets angry, the deterrent effect he brings to others is also very strong.
Soon after, Ding Feng finally finished receiving thirty military sticks, and by this time Ding Feng had fainted due to the huge pain.
After Ding Feng received thirty sticks, Mi Yang's face turned from gloomy to clear.
At this time, Ding Feng could no longer suppress the concern in his heart. He threw himself on Ding Feng and cried, calling for his brother.
Ding Feng's performance once again made the faces of the generals in the tent look intolerable.
All the generals present knew that Ding Feng was a close and beloved general who was greatly promoted by Mi Yang.
Now that Ding Feng has become like this because he underestimated the enemy, what about them?
They sympathized with Ding Feng, but at the same time they were deeply wary of themselves.
Mi Yang saw that Ding Feng was unconscious. Although he was concerned and worried in his heart, he couldn't show it at this time.
He first asked Ding Feng to take several Han troops to take Ding Feng down for treatment.
Then Mi Yang looked at Feng Xi, who was standing inside the tent, and asked Feng Xi:
"Has Xiu Yuan clearly detected the specific military situation?"
Seeing Mi Yang asking questions, Feng Xi hurriedly stepped forward and replied to Mi Yang:
"According to the general's instructions, my subordinates sent out scouts to conduct strict inspections, and we have roughly figured out the situation."
"The number of Wei troops arriving today should not exceed three thousand."
After hearing that Feng Xi's detection confirmed his suspicion, Mi Yang asked Feng Xi to take a seat, and then he quickly thought about countermeasures.
(End of chapter)
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