Chapter 375: Kindness does not hold soldiers
Liu Wei rushed to the high place with blood all over his body. Looking at the direction of Caishi Alum from afar. Seeing the direction of the high sailing Chun moving, he already understood that the surprise attack plan had failed. Yuan Shuai's men retreated so quickly. I'm afraid... I'm afraid they had never fought with the Tang army seriously. He became a useless abandoned soldier. Everything was sacrificed in vain.
Liu Wei was inexplicably sad and angry. In the current situation, he had no way to serve the country. He could only seek a way out for his subordinates whom he was following. Liu Wei led his personal guards to fight against Duan Mingyu who blocked the retreat. He fought for a way out for his brothers in robes. He tore a hole with flesh and blood and ordered his troops to break through immediately. He led his personal guards to strangle left and right to ensure that the gap was not blocked by the Tang army again.
Duan Mingyu divided half of the troops and asked Xu Wen to take them away. As a result, he opened a gap by Liu Wei's desperate battle. He couldn't help but be shocked and angry. Wang Yanzhang, beside him, could no longer hold back. He put on armor and rushed into the battle group. He used an iron spear as big as a bowl of iron, and rushed towards Liu Wei. The guards beside him were afraid that he would be in trouble. He protected him tightly. Wang Yanzhang's iron spear was powerful and he fought all the way. He really ran to death, and died one by one. No one was his enemy.
Liu Wei stained his battle robe with blood. He was exhausted by a gun. The blood was covered with gun tassels. He was trying his best to resist the surging attack of the Tang army. Wang Yanzhang arrived. He roared. A colorful iron gun in his hand slashed Huashan with one move and slashed towards Liu Wei.
Before Liu Wei could see who the visitor was, he heard a loud shout like a thunderbolt. A head-on shot came with a sharp sound of wind. Liu Wei immediately competed with both arms and blocked the gun: "Open."
Then he heard a "kneel" sound. The guns and sticks intersected. The spear bent slightly and then bounced straight again. Liu Wei's arms trembled and his mouth was numb. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Who is this person? What a domineering big gun."
The gun was bounced away, causing the gun's black-faced armored man to turn with him. He flashed in place and took advantage of the situation and slashed him down again. He didn't give him a chance to breathe. Liu Wei was surrounded by people from both sides and left and right... It was impossible to wait for the gun to move. The gun had no time to come back and sting the enemy. In desperation, he had to block the gun again.
"Hi." A shot blocked it. The third shot arrived again. There was only a "crack" sound. The big gun in Du Liuwei's hand could no longer block the wind-like force of the colorful iron gun. The gun was broken. The end of the colorful iron gun, which was as thick as a peacock, hit Liu Wei's forehead with the sound of wind and thunder. Red and white objects splashed. Wang Yanzhang's stick almost kept hitting it.
Wang Yanzhang put away his big gun... Looking at the Wu army who had escaped from the siege and was fleeing in a panic, he said with murderous intent: "Kill ten thousand with 50,000, and let them break through the siege. How can that country's Duke be so handsome? Chase."
Xu Wen cleaned up the situation of Caishi Alum and instructed the guards to release guards along the river to thirty miles away. Then he rushed to help Duan Mingyu. When he arrived... Duan Mingyu had personally led the army to chase him all the way. The subsequent troops were cleaning the battlefield. Xu Wen asked about the past and immediately chased Duan Mingyu along the way.
The deserters of the Wu army fled to the nearby city of Dangtu. Dangtu was a small city with no army guarding them. Waiting for them to escape to Dangtu, they saw the pursuers perseverance. The small city could not resist at all. They had to pass through the city and continue to escape. As soon as Tian Lingzi's Shence Army's central army coaxed into the city, they began to burn, kill and loot.
When Duan Mingyu arrived... he saw fire everywhere in the city. Looters and slaughtered unarmed civilians abounded. Soldiers who were red-eyed and even the temples were not spared. Although there were many people who believed in Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty... there were many people who did not believe in gods and Buddhas. At that time, Li Yuan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, destroyed Buddhism and Taoism. He was ordered to destroy Buddha statues. Many soldiers who drove monks and returned to secular life have become subordinate officers in the army. They are disrespectful to the gods. They take the lead. Those who fled into the temple with their soft and soft in the face of danger...
People who regard the temple as a guardian god were also robbed. If they see a woman with outstanding looks, there will be perpetrators in the Buddhist temple.
Duan Mingyu was shocked and angry. Seeing the soldiers like bandits, scattered everywhere. He was powerless to wait for stopping. He had to go to search for Tian Lingzi in anger.
When he saw Tian Lingzi, he immediately replied angrily: "Prince, my King of Tang, is lucky to Jiangnan. The attacker is the Lord of Wu. These people will soon be the people of my Tang Dynasty. How can we use troops like bandits to burn, kill and plunder at will?"
Tian Lingzi disagreed and smiled and said, "The Za family had an agreement with the three armies. If the three armies bravely move forward, they can only get a city. They can let them plunder. Now our army has broken Caishi Alum and destroyed Liu Wei's troops. Everyone is brave enough to move forward. They are not afraid of death. They should be rewarded. How can Za family break their trust in the three armies?"
"The Prime Minister. The people are innocent. Seeing that they are suffering from this unintentional military disaster, can the Prime Minister bear it?" Tian Lingzi laughed and said, "A kindness does not control the army, righteousness does not manage finances. How can the Duke of the Kingdom of China be kind? Many of your soldiers died tragically in the Wu Kingdom. Don't you hate the cunning people of Wu? Why do you ask for your life for them?"
Duan Mingyu was suffocated and bowed, "I have hatred and I don't want to be innocent. The prime minister, if he is a bandit, loses the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, it is difficult for the army to be the same as a bandit. The army and the people in Jiangnan will not repeat the mistakes of Huang Chao's rebellion. Break the city and safeguard the people. Only by strict military discipline can we attract the hearts of the people."
Tian Lingzi condoned his troops. He not only swears to serve the three armies to the death, but also intentionally establishes his authority. He does everything he does with purpose. This is what he has secretly decided on the west bank of the Yangtze River.
However, he is becoming more and more afraid of Duan Mingyu. The one who saw through the Wu Rensheng's plan to attack the west was Duan Mingyu's troops. He didn't want to go too far. Now that his goal has been achieved, he went with the flow and smiled, "If it weren't for not having resistance in the city, I would have ordered the city to be slaughtered. Duan Youzhang is kind-hearted, but not someone suitable to lead troops. It's just that. I'll take your face. I'll just stop the troops."
Duan Mingyu's actual position is the right envoy of Shence Army. This southern expedition replaced Tian Lingzi as the head coach. The title of Duan Right Envoy fully demonstrates that he did not regard Duan Mingyu as his head coach, but his subordinate. He is the tenth envoy of Shence Army, of course, he is in charge of this right envoy.
Although the central army of Shence Army was like bandits when burning, killing and looting, it was a army with strict military discipline. After all, it was a sound of gold. After a while, Duan Mingyu led his men to extinguish the fires in various parts of the city. Then he took his personal soldiers to explore the city. Seeing that the scene of the massacre was almost invisible, he felt relieved.
Duan Mingyu led the horse back. Seeing the destruction everywhere and the smoke of war, Duan Mingyu was angry, but he was helpless. The war was in trouble. The people were always suffering. The so-called undefeated and righteous teacher only existed in official historical books and myths.
Chapter completed!