Chapter 454 The night drums
Jiang Xia walked to Yan Song, raised his right hand and raised his long sword.
Yan Song was panicked. He immediately stepped back when he was kneeling. He asked loudly: "Master Jiangjiang, why did he commit such a crime to me? What crime did the subordinate commit to him?"
"As the leader of the army, the rule of the army is not strict, and the military discipline is dispersed. This crime is one; as the leader of the army, he is afraid of fighting and fearful of fighting, and loses land and city, this crime is two; as the leader of the army, he only cares about leisure and joy, and does not want to defeat the enemy, this crime is three! If you have three crimes, don't say that you can kill you, you can also barbarize your nine tribes!"
After saying that, Jiang Xia's eyes were full of murderous intent, which was obviously because he had made up his mind to kill Yan Song.
"Please wait, Lord Jiang."
Jiang Xia turned his head and looked over. A middle-aged man ran to Jiang Xia and knelt down and saluted, "Secretary of Suzhou Liu Xiangfeng, please see the Lord."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Xia asked.
Liu Xiangfeng said: "Sir, Lord Yan is a third-rank official. Killing him should be tried by the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Censorate. Only after confirming the evidence is conclusive can you take action. I am afraid that the lynching of such a rash person may not be consistent with the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
"Lynching a lynching." Jiang Xia smiled, and gently picked Liu Xiangfeng's chin with the tip of the long sword in his hand, as if a slutty man was teasing a good wife.
Jiang Xia said to Liu Xiangfeng: "Let me know clearly. I, Jiang Xia, are just someone who hopes to lynch her. If you are away, you will not accept any military orders. If I want to kill, it's not your turn to take care of anyone."
After saying that, Jiang Xia threw away the long sword in his hand, and the sword tip was directly inserted into Yan Song's thigh.
"Ah!" Yan Song screamed in pain.
Jiang Xia said coldly: "I will keep your life tonight. After I defeat the enemy, I will escort you to the front of the army to rectify the morale of the army!"
After saying that, Jiang Xia shouted, "Here's someone!"
"I'm here!" The two soldiers guarding outside the door immediately walked in and responded with one knee.
Jiang Xia walked to Yan Song and drew out his long sword. Yan Song held his thighs and kept rolling on the ground.
Jiang Xia drew out his long sword and said, "Take him to prison and imprison him."
"Yes!" The two soldiers immediately walked over and raised Yan Song to the door. Yan Song shouted in pain and shouted: "Jiang Xia, you are lynching, I must study your book in front of Lord Yang!"
"Wait!" Jiang Xia Chen shouted, and the two soldiers immediately stopped and turned around. Jiang Xia walked to Yan Song: "Mr. Yang? Is Yang Tinghe?"
Jiang Xia chuckled, and suddenly slapped Yan Song in the face with a backhand. Yan Song immediately opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, and there were two teeth mixed in the blood.
Jiang Xia said bluntly: "Do you think I will be afraid of Yang Tinghe? Let me tell you the truth. If you anger me, Yang Ting and I will kill you!"
"Go on!"
After Yan Song was taken out of the General's Mansion, Jiang Xia turned around and looked at Liu Xiangfeng who had just stood up. Liu Xiangfeng secretly complained in his heart.
He didn't expect that Jiang Xia was such a strong person. If he had known this, he would definitely not have chosen to stand opposite Jiang Xia.
But from the time Yan Song burned the letter sent by Jiangxia to him in front of him, and he did not report it, Liu Xiangfeng realized that he had chosen to stand and stood opposite Jiangxia.
Jiang Xia shouted coldly: "Have I asked you to stand up?"
Liu Xiangfeng had no choice but to kneel back.
Jiang Xia looked at Liu Xiangfeng and asked, "Do you say you are the magistrate of Suzhou?"
"That's right, Liu Xiangfeng, the governor of Suzhou, was the fourth rank."
Liu Xiangfeng particularly emphasized that he was a fourth-rank official, because according to the rules, officials of the fourth-rank official must go through the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to be convicted.
Jiang Xia shook his head and said, "I can kill the third-grade master just now at any time. Can you still scare me by being a fourth-grade master?"
"I ask you, I once sent someone to send a letter to Suzhou, but I gave it to you?" Jiang Xia asked.
Liu Xiangfeng felt a stern heart and sweated coldly behind him. He shook his head with a stern apology and said, "Sir, my subordinates have never received any letters."
"I clearly handed it to you with my own hands." Qian Juexing said coldly, and as he said that, his right hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword, and he had the urge to draw the sword.
Jiang Xia naturally believed in Qian Juexing. He looked at Liu Xiangfeng and nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, very good, great."
Suddenly, Jiang Xia kicked Liu Xiangfeng in the face, kicked him over and fell to the ground. Jiang Xia shouted, "Get out, I don't want to see you before I defeat the enemy, get out!"
Liu Xiang was granted a general amnesty and quickly ran out of the General's Office.
Jiang Xia inserted his sword back into the scabbard and then roared: "From now on, within a cup of tea, all the generals above the fifth rank will gather at the General's Mansion. Those who have not arrived over the time limit will be fined twenty military sticks! Beat the drum!"
The drums in the General's Mansion quickly rang out, and Jiang Xia and his group walked into the hall of the General's Mansion.
The soldiers from the General's Office immediately brought tea to Jiangxia.
Jiang Xia held the tea cup and slowly drank the tea, waiting for the generals to arrive.
After one drum is over, three will be led.
After the second drum is over, nine will be brought.
The three-way drum ended, and there were still eight generals above the fifth grade and above who had not arrived.
Jiang Xia ordered that Gao Jia led a team of people from the martial arts lecture hall and asked two generals to go out with him to search. After finding the person, he rushed to the General's Mansion directly.
Jiang Xia directly ordered, "Battle!"
After the twenty-square army was beaten, one of the generals shouted: "I don't accept it, why do you just hit me if you say you want to? I didn't know what the tutor was coming in advance."
"Then you know now, right?" Jiang Xia asked.
"Now I know what's the use, I've beaten my back." The general said.
Jiang Xia smiled and asked, "What official position are you?"
"The commander of the Beijing Guard, Ma Xiong, the third rank!"
Jiang Xia nodded slightly, turned his head to Gao Jia and said, "You go, you have experience."
Gao Jia responded: "Yes!", then pulled out the long sword, jumped up at a speed of lightning, held the sword in both hands and slashed from top to bottom, instantly cutting off Ma Xiong's head.
After finishing, Gao Jia pulled out a white cloth from his body and wiped the sword body.
Jiang Xia glanced at the general in the hall in an understatement and asked, "Is anyone else who has any objections?"
A commander of the third grade, will he kill him?
The generals dared not say anything more, and they were all silent as cold as cicadas.
Seeing that they didn't say anything, Jiang Xia nodded with satisfaction: "It's good if you don't have any comments. Let's start the meeting now and sit down."
The generals sat down on the chairs in the hall. Jiang Xia stood up and said, "The situation is critical, I won't say much nonsense to you. First of all, who will tell me what the situation is like now."
Luo Cheng stood up and said, "I am not good at Luo Cheng, the commander of Suzhou Guard. I have reported to the master's question that Liangzhou Guard was broken a few days ago, and 40,000 cavalrymen of Turpan and Oirat are pursuing them all the way. They are currently stationed in front of Zhongwei Pass in Ningxia. I believe they are waiting for the large troops to meet.
At present, our army still has more than 110,000 troops, including more than 70,000 troops in Beijing, more than 20,000 troops in Suzhou, and more than 20,000 troops in Shaanxi.
This is the case, please give me advice.”
After hearing this, Jiang Xia glanced at Luo Cheng and said, "First of all, you are wrong. There are not 40,000 cavalry chasing you, only less than 30,000.
Then you guess that the vanguards of Turpan and Oirat are waiting for the subsequent main force, which is correct. At the same time, I can tell you that the subsequent main force is almost here.
The reason why they arrived so late is that some fools don’t even have the basic common sense of burning siege equipment when they retreat.
Now they are bringing a large number of carefully siege equipment we have carefully made to attack our city!"
When Luo Cheng heard this, he suddenly felt a little shocked. He did not expect that Jiang Xia’s news was so well-versed. Not long after he arrived, he knew the enemy’s situation more clearly than everyone here.
Jiang Xia glanced at everyone, shook his head and said, "I really don't know how he fought this battle. More than 100,000 troops were chased by 30,000 cavalrymen. Not only did they throw away the land and abandon the city, but they also suffered heavy casualties. So you are worthy of leading the troops?"
"Sir!" A general finally couldn't help it. He walked to the middle of the lobby and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "The most generals are useless, and the most generals are all useless. I hope the most generals will show their might and lead the most generals to defeat the enemy."
This sounded like a praising Jiang Xia on the surface, but in fact anyone could hear it, and this was ridiculing him.
He naturally heard such a smart person like Jiang Xia. However, Jiang Xia was not angry, but instead smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely satisfy your wish."
After saying that, Jiang Xia said, "If it comes down, the three armies will gather immediately. We will fight out at night now, and I really don't believe it. Can the 30,000 cavalry really beat our 110,000 army? Even if his mother takes off her pants and pees, she can form a flood and wash them away, right?"
"Sir, this is probably inappropriate? Although we have 110,000 soldiers and horses, most of us are infantry and very few cavalry.
The opponent's vanguards were all cavalrymen, and they were extremely flexible outside the city. I'm afraid that even if we could fight, we would suffer heavy losses." Luo Cheng couldn't help but persuade.
"It's better to suffer heavy losses than to stay in this city as a softie!" Jiang Xia said angrily.
Seeing that Jiang Xia insisted, the generals immediately went to send orders to gather.
Jiang Xia and the others were not in the city of the Central Guard in Ningxia, but in a pass.
In front of Guancheng is the battlefield and behind is the main city.
The distance from Guancheng to the main city is a wide open area.
It is already the time when the sky starts to get dark in the second half of the night, and this period is the time when people sleep soundly.
The soldiers were called to gather together, each of them was weak and complained.
Fortunately, the more than 10,000 soldiers who followed Jiang Xia from Ningxia Guard were in high spirits.
When gathering, the students in the martial arts lecture hall were responsible for leading their martial arts school to help the whole team, and the assembly was completed soon.
Jiang Xia walked over with a whip in his hand, looked at the laziest people in front, walked over and grabbed one of them and whipped them hard.
Chapter completed!