Chapter 457: Prisoners want to riot
Zhao Yulin was keenly aware that someone in the prisoner camp was causing trouble, or perhaps there were spies in the city, and they had colluded with each other inside and outside the city to start a riot.
He immediately ordered all the guards not to enter the military camp, but to surround it outside, prepare more torches as backup, and strictly identify the young and strong men to be on high alert.
This tiny city held more than 20,000 prisoners, divided into three military camps, each with at least 7,000 to 8,000 people. Not to mention that some people hid swords and knives, if a riot really broke out, they would be able to break open the gate and seize weapons even with fists.
Later, news came from the prisoner camp in the south of the city that a group of prisoners who were leading the riot wanted to see the third young master of the Shenwei Army and ask him to reason with them. The prisoners in the other two military camps also made the same request.
Zhao Yulin, however, judged that someone was going to attack the government office, waiting for an opportunity to kill him and cause panic among the Shenwei Army, and then riot in the city. He whispered to Ke Zhenxie and asked him to find two guards of similar stature to dress up as him and go to the East Training Ground and the North Training Ground. He went to the South Training Ground to take a look.
Zhao Yulin arrived at the gate of the training ground. Several captives who looked like military leaders stood at the gate and shouted, clamoring to see the third young master. Zhao Yulin took a breath and said loudly from five steps away: I am Zhao Yulin, the commander of the Shenwei Army. What do you want me to decide?
A shrill voice said that the Third Young Master was too far away and they couldn't see or hear clearly, and asked the Third Young Master to take two steps forward to speak.
Damn it, what are you doing?
Want to sneak attack him?
The captains of the guard teams on both sides of the gate immediately said that there were too many of them, and they were all chattering so much that the Third Young Master didn't know who to listen to. They left a few representatives to talk to the Third Young Master, and the rest retreated ten steps away.
Slowly, these prisoners began to retreat, and only eight burly soldiers were left at the door to talk to the third young master.
Zhao Yulin walked towards the door and asked them to come closer, starting with the one in the lead, and said whatever he wanted. While he was still talking, the short soldier in the lead raised his right hand and said that he was waiting for this sentence: I want to ask Zhao Qier, why do you only give us porridge?
Doesn’t the New Song Dynasty advocate equality for all? Why do they only give us thin porridge to eat?
As he spoke, this guy's right hand was already pointing directly at Zhao Yulin's chest. Seeing this, he immediately pushed aside the guards on his left and right and stepped back.
There were two whooshing sounds, and two sleeve arrows shot out from the guy's sleeves and shot straight at Zhao Yulin's chest. He then spun like a top, and the sleeve arrows pierced through his coat and hit his tactical vest with two clangs.
The garrison soldiers on both sides were stunned for a moment and then shouted: "How dare you shoot our third young master? You are really courting death." A intensive burst of arrows instantly nailed the soldier to the ground, and the surrounding captives were also stunned.
These captives had never seen Zhuge Crossbow's close-range intensive shooting, which instantly shot the guy into a sieve.
Zhao Yulin had already calmed down and pulled out the sleeve arrow wrapped in rags. The medical officer immediately checked and said it was poisonous. The garrison quickly opened the door and dragged out the eight people and their bodies to find an antidote .
Zhao Yulin coughed twice and asked them what kind of skill was a sneak attack?
The men of the grassland all do things in an upright manner.
He took a torch from the guard and threw it at the attacker. The body immediately caught fire. The guy's limbs were twitching in pain, but he was not dead yet.
He roared, "The captives who plotted rebellion shall be beheaded. The remaining seven shall be beheaded by me. We shall implement the law of collective responsibility."
The guards on the side had already picked up their swords, and after a series of rubbing sounds, eight corpses were suddenly lying on the ground.
Zhao Yulin took a deep breath and shouted: Don't even think about rioting, there are a lot of Shenwei soldiers here, just look, torches were immediately lit in a circle around the military camp.
He asked: How did the Andro treat the prisoners? Massacre the city, exterminate the clan, peel off the skin, dig out the heart, cut the leg flesh. Has anyone seen the Shenwei Army treat prisoners like this?
The Shenwei Army believes that everyone is equal, but it depends on who you are. Is there anyone who treats prisoners equally?
If you want to live a life where everyone is equal, you must swear allegiance to the New Song Dynasty and become a subject of the New Song Dynasty.
Shouts of "Become a New Song citizen, be a New Song citizen" erupted from all around. Then the torches were extinguished one by one, leaving only a dozen or so.
He took a breath and yelled again, everyone sat down and reflected on their mistakes. Anyone who dared to rebel would be killed without mercy. The Shenwei Army implemented the collective responsibility law for the prisoners. If one rebelled, ten would be killed. If ten rebelled, a hundred would be killed. The Shenwei Army also encouraged mutual supervision and exposure. Anyone who took the initiative to report the bad guys was a member of the Shenwei Army and enjoyed equal freedom.
After Zhao Yulin finished yelling, he walked back.
The government office was in the midst of a fierce battle. When a group of insurgents dressed as civilians saw three groups of people coming out of the government office, they knew that their plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain had succeeded, so they rushed over from all directions, but were caught in an ambush set up by Ke Zhenxie. When Zhao Yulin and the other two guards who returned were surrounded, they immediately raised their hands and surrendered. Ke Zhenxie quickly eliminated the last resisters and brought the prisoners over.
However, after the interrogation, he was shocked to find that the leader was a guy named Tuoba Guisun.
This guy was so frightened by the brutal killings committed by the Mongolian army when the grassland empire conquered Western Xia that he surrendered to the grassland Khan and became his running dog, becoming the actual ruler of the remaining Western Xia people here.
Therefore, after the Shenwei Army had all set out, he contacted the captured Mongolian prisoners and planned a riot, plotting to kill Zhao Yulin and retake the city to turn the tables for Androider.
It's really crazy and unbelievable.
Tuoba Guisun, Guisun is homophonic with "Turtle Sun", Zhao Yulin immediately thought that he was given this name to be willing to be the grandson of the grassland master. It was really disgusting to have such a slave-like look on his face.
He ordered them to be dragged out of the yamen and beheaded, and continued to interrogate the others.
On the banks of the Yellow River, Gao Jin and Lu Huacai's operation to annihilate Androu'er's army was still continuing.
The Shenwei Army quickly divided and surrounded Android's army of tens of thousands quickly collapsed.
He spurred his horse and rushed towards Hajia Ferry on the river. Although he was worried that the Shenwei Army had blocked the ferry, he still rushed there with a glimmer of hope, because it was the closest to there and the ferry was also the largest one nearby. What if there were Mongolian troops on the other side coming to rescue him?
This guy kept whipping the horse and clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly to urge the horse forward.
When he arrived at the ferry, he was dumbfounded again.
A captain who ran faster than him came to report to him that the ferry had been occupied by the Shenwei Army. They suffered heavy casualties in the attack and could not break in without heavy weapons.
Androuer had three thousand guards around him, all of them were first-rate warriors. He rushed forward and killed the captain with one sword, cursing the thief as a coward for escaping to the ferry.
Andro's guards gathered the remaining soldiers and rushed to the ferry with shouts. Although they captured two trenches after repeated attacks, they still could not shake the defenders of the ferry.
Android was depressed. Why was his luck so bad? The river was right in front of him. The water at the ferry was flowing loudly but he couldn't get in. He was really angry.
The Shenwei Army guarding the ferry was none other than Lingzhou's garrison, but they had a fresh force of more than 3,000 men. After occupying the ferry, this force immediately built and reinforced fortifications to wait for the opportunity. Of course, the thousands of defeated troops could not defeat them.
Andouer refused to accept the defeat and organized the remaining soldiers who had escaped from behind to continue the attack. After a battle, the ferry remained motionless. He knew that it was not a good place to stay for long. While shouting and continuing the attack, he quietly fled with less than 300 guards under the cover of night and headed downstream of the river.
When Guo Chongma heard the explosions coming from the direction of the ferry, he knew that the Mongolian army was blocked. He was overjoyed and called on his brothers to chase them. Gao Jin thought that with so many defeated soldiers, they would not be able to escape even if the ferry was occupied by them, so he sent a group of men to chase them along the upstream and downstream of the river, catching as many as they could. The whole battle was in chaos.
After daybreak, both sides saw clearly that in some places dozens of people surrounded hundreds of prisoners, and in some mountain passes there were thousands of Mongolian troops hiding.
In places where the military strength was greatly disparate, the Mongolian army had originally laid down their weapons, but after seeing clearly, they picked up the swords and arrows on the ground and started to fight. However, more and more Shenwei troops who had cleared out the remaining enemies rushed forward, and in this small-scale battle, the small group of enemies were quickly wiped out by the Shenwei troops.
Gao Jin rushed to Hajiadu with a smile on his face. When he saw the garrison captain, he shouted "well done". He immediately asked him how many troops he brought with him and who would guarantee the safety of the third young master?
The garrison captain said that the third young master only needed a thousand soldiers, and he would bring the rest.
Gao Jin immediately started cursing: Damn it, leaving a thousand soldiers to let the third young master guard the city?
Asking the Third Young Master to guard over 20,000 prisoners? You're really capable.
If anything happens to the Third Young Master, I will dismiss you. No, I will send you directly to prison. This guy immediately ordered Baturu's cavalry to go back and check if the Third Young Master is okay.
Immediately, a small group of cavalry turned their horses and galloped towards Lingzhou City.
Guo Chongma's troops have crossed the river, and Wanyan Chengmin's Ninth Column is crossing the river. It is only a matter of time before they take over the entire Lingzhou.
Here I would like to criticize the garrison captain from Lingzhou. Fortunately, this guy did not burn the search and seizure ships, but tied them up at the ferry intact. The row of ferries on the dock not only attracted the Mongolian army who were reluctant to leave and attacked the ferry fiercely, but also left the Shenwei Army with tools to cross the river.
In a critical moment, he had already buried mines and placed explosives on the boat. Once the position at the ferry was breached by the Mongolian army, they would set fire to the boat.
The ferry was eventually saved and the Shenwei Army was able to cross the river smoothly.
In Lingzhou, Zhao Yulin entered the back hall of the government office. Ke Zhenxie took off his tactical vest for him and checked it carefully. The two sleeve arrows did not penetrate the vest. He said happily that it was good that the young master was not hurt.
Zhao Yulin said proudly that it was impossible, he used a gyroscope to dissipate most of the power of the sleeve arrow, at most it just got caught on his clothes.
At that time, he was surrounded by guards. If he wanted to dodge, the hidden arrows shot by the thieves might hurt the guards behind him. He could only use the gyroscope to dissipate the force and hope that the hidden arrows would hit his tactical vest and block it.
