The Army Sima who had been whipped suddenly groaned and grabbed the ground with both hands, and then stabilized his shaky figure.
"Subordinate, I will capture them now!"
After finally regaining his balance, Jun Sima, whose lips were bitten and bleeding, did not dare to explain himself anymore!
Because this whip made him completely understand: in front of the general, any explanation is useless! What he sees is only the result. If the result is not good, even if you tell the story in a glamorous way, he should whip you
, I have to whip you!
In this case, instead of wasting time and continuing to give pale and weak explanations, it is better to do something to change the results and avoid being whipped a few times!
"If you want to arrest someone, go quickly!"
Sure enough, seeing that Army Sima did not continue to make excuses, Cheng Yao's livid complexion finally softened a little, pointed outwards with a carrot-thick finger, and shouted coldly: "After you catch me, break one of my legs first!
"
"Here!" Army Sima heard the words and immediately gritted his teeth and responded! Then he endured the severe pain on his back, got up from the ground, began to yell at his men, and went out of the camp to arrest people with him!
At this time, he was very aware of those deserters! Not to mention the general's orders, even if the general didn't say anything, he would never let these people go easily!
"drive……"
"Drive..."
After a while, the camp gate opened, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded, carrying billowing smoke and dust into the distance!
Behind them, countless soldiers looked at the army commander's murderous appearance as he rode out, and their expressions were a little strange for a moment.
However, no one noticed at this time that their general Cheng Yaojin also let out a subtle sigh.
When Cheng Yaojin came to Shandong this time, he did not bring many soldiers except his own soldiers, so most of the people in the camp at this time were refugees who had been recruited on the spot.
Of course, the reason why he wanted to recruit these refugees vigorously was to save their lives and give them a meal at the same time.
After all, don’t forget that Cheng Yaojin is also from Shandong!
The unique local sentiment of this era made Cheng Yaojin simply unable to sit back and watch the folks starve to death outside!
But what now? Before he, Old Cheng, could command these people to go to the battlefield, these people had already sneaked away without a trace!
Although you say it but do good deeds, don't worry about the future.
But watching helplessly, these people who were saved by him now chose to betray him and run away from him! This made Cheng Yaojin feel angry and disappointed, but also felt chilled.
"General!"
Just when Cheng Yaojin clenched his fists and looked outside in silence, a man who looked like a counselor ran out of the tent, quickly handed him a small secret letter, and said at the same time: "This is
News from Chang'an."
"Chang'an? Whose letter!"
When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he frowned and glanced at the counselor first, then reached out to take the secret letter, checked the fire seal, and confirmed that it had not been opened. Then he reached out and shook it off, put it in front of his eyes and started reading.
.
This secret letter was very small, with a few lines of small words written in fly-headed regular script on the front. The back was just a piece of white paper. Therefore, Cheng Yaojin glanced up and down and had read the entire letter in a matter of seconds.
"General, what is written here?"
Next to him, he saw Cheng Yaojin's face was gloomy and uncertain after reading the letter, and the counselor who sent the letter asked him anxiously.
Cheng Yaojin's thoughts were interrupted, and he just gritted his teeth and groaned: "Huh! What is it written? Isn't it written so that I can quickly put down the rebellion? It's best to go back to Chang'an tomorrow with the traitor's head.
Damn it, this Changsun Fox said it lightly, but now this place has turned into a mud pit, and those rebels didn't carve words on their foreheads! How do I know who to beat?"
"Reporting to the general, refugees and rebels are mixed together now, and it's really hard to tell them apart!"
Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, the counselor who had also been troubled in the past two days laughed bitterly, then suddenly lowered his voice and suggested in a low voice: "How about we abandon this place and attack Jinan directly? After all, there are rebels outside the city there.
, but they are real armored soldiers! They can’t run away!?”
"You say we abandon this place and attack Jinan directly?"
Upon hearing the counselor's suggestion, Cheng Yaojin only gave him a cold look and hummed: "Are you crazy, or am I crazy? Do you know how many miles we have to walk and how many cities we pass through from here to Jinan?"
?At that time, if the rebels in that city come out and cut off our supplies, will you let me take all the soldiers and horses to beg on the streets?"
"This this……"
Like his son, the counselor was scolded by Cheng Yaojin! Then he realized that his words were inappropriate and calmly stopped.
He originally did not regard these rebels composed of homeless people as opponents, but no matter how weak these people are, if they want to rob the food transport team, there should be no problem!
And if there is no food, in Shandong, which is already short of food and clothing, even the illusion of getting food locally will be shattered.
Even if Cheng Yaojin picks up his old business again, carries two Xuanhua axes, and goes door-to-door to collect protection fees, I'm afraid he won't be able to feed this army of tens of thousands!
"Hey, it would be great if Xiao Han was here!" Looking at his counselor in disappointment, Cheng Yaojin sighed and asked quietly: "By the way, where is Xiao Han now? What is he doing?"
"Marquis of Sanyuan County?" The counselor seemed to understand what Cheng Yaojin meant, his face turned red, and then he replied: "According to the latest news, Lord Xiao is still building a city wall in Ningcheng."
"Why is he still building that broken city wall! Is he so afraid of the rebels..." When Cheng Yaojin heard that Xiao Han was still tinkering with his broken city wall, he immediately cursed angrily, but before he could scold him, Cheng Yaojin
After that, Cheng Yaojin was stunned, and a pair of dark eyes began to chatter in his eye sockets!
"No, why is he so keen on building city walls? Didn't this guy believe that offense is the best defense? If that's the case, why did he start building city walls? Doesn't it mean that Xiao Han is not optimistic about this rebellion? So much so that even
He also wants to build a strong shell to protect himself?"
Thinking of this, the more Cheng Yaojin thought about it, the more possible it became!
As Xiao Han's good friend, he understands Xiao Han!
Even though this kid is usually very nervous and out of character, anyone who has studied him carefully knows that he has one advantage, that is, he never does useless work!
If even he is rushing to build a turtle shell to protect himself, then will the future really be so difficult?
Thinking of this, Cheng Yaojin was startled, and when he looked outside the camp again, his eyes were filled with more solemnity.
