I’m The King Chapter 771: : The sound of drums and horns is sharp (43)

At the head of the city of Ningyuan, Donghu's eagle flag is flying high, and a little lower than the eagle flag is a three-headed bird army flag. It is the Donghu army dominated by Wusu Suotan's tribe, but outside the city, in the company camp more than ten miles away, what is flying is a Dayan army flag. From the perspective of those who don't know it, it looks like the Dayan army. Stationed under the city, they are preparing to launch an attack on Ningyuan, but in fact, these two armies are now out-and-out allies.

This Yan army was composed of tens of thousands of Yan troops who were captured by Donghu people. The country returned some of its senior generals and a small number of soldiers. In Tengger and other places, more than 10,000 people were taken away by the Eastern Army. In the end, there were still more than 30,000 people stranded in Donghu. After the treaty of alliance was signed, this group of more than 30,000 prisoners of war were sent to the big camp in Kumamoto. Years of hard labor had greatly destroyed the bodies of these prisoners of war, and only 20,000 of them could become soldiers. There are more than 10,000 people around, and it is impossible for the remaining 10,000 people to set foot on the battlefield again.

But Kumamoto didn't give up on these people. The reason why he didn't leave back then was because he wanted to breathe with these soldiers and share their fate. Under his insistence, these soldiers whose health had been destroyed were organized Entered the logistics battalion and took on some logistics work. In Kumamoto's view, if he did not accept them, their final destination could only be to die of exhaustion.

Yan country's weapons are continuously transported along the sea route, but Kumamoto is very clear that only a part of them can reach his own hands, but at any rate, the 20,000 troops are no longer bare-handed, at least everyone has A crude piece of armor and weapons. After more than a month of recuperation. The 20,000 soldiers who can still become fighters have already improved greatly, although they are not as good as when they were in their heyday. But the total has recovered to a sixty-seven percent.

Cooperate with Donghu people to attack Zhengdong Army, in Kumamoto's view. This is an extremely absurd and helpless thing. The king's order stamped with the seal of King Yan will not be false. This can only explain one thing. Gao Yuan, who attacked the Donghu people with him back then, and finally killed him from the peaceful area of ​​Ningyuan, now His power is so great that it is enough to threaten the two countries of Donghu and Dayan.

But no matter what, the tens of thousands of Yan soldiers who worked as hard labor in Donghu can be dug out of their suffering. Kumamoto already felt very satisfied. As for the next step, he really hadn't thought about it.

Although he has formed an army, the Donghu people have not relaxed their guard against him. In the city, Usu Suotan has brought 15,000 elite cavalry. , his own army, was sandwiched between their two armies. If there is a slight change, it will end in pieces. What's more terrible is the daily food supply for nearly 30,000 people. It was firmly stuck in Usu Suotan's hands, and it was provided one day at a time. On the night of the first day, he went to get the rations for the next day.

Without enough food, even if you want to do something, it is impossible.

Thinking of this, Kumamoto couldn't help but smile wryly. Has he, a majestic General Zhengxi of Dayan, now become a dog raised by Donghu people? But anyway. The army in hand still needs to be well trained. They can recover a bit of combat strength and will be on the battlefield in the future. It will give me a hope of saving my life. This is the only thing Kumamoto can do now.

What worries Kumamoto most now is the morale of the soldiers. These soldiers have suffered so much in Donghu and hated the Donghu people in their hearts. Join forces to attack the Zhengdong Army, who is also the Yan Army, how can these soldiers figure it out?

How can I explain to the soldiers that Zhengdong Army has betrayed Yan State and become a rebel army? Did he bring them to King Qin at the order of King Yan?

I am afraid that the soldiers will not pay attention to this explanation. In their hearts, the Donghu people are the enemy. They don't care, what they care about is that the Zhengdong Army is still fighting the Donghu people, and the Zhengdong Army is beating up their enemies.

Can an army without morale go to the battlefield and become an army that defeats the enemy? No, not at all, Kumamoto was even worried that they might defect.

Less than a hundred miles away from Ningyuan, where I was stationed, is Tengger, the new base of the Zhengdong Army. The guard there is actually Chen Bin, a general under my command. It's just that the small tooth general who can lead less than a thousand people is now alone in the Zhengdong Army, with nearly 10,000 troops under his command, and another lieutenant general, Luo Weiran, has a lower status in the Zhengdong Army than Chen Bin. Higher, I heard that he is now the leader of the Zhengdong Army, with tens of thousands of elites under his command. In the Battle of Hetao last year, the reason why the Zhengdong Army was able to win a big victory was inseparable from these two men. The two were also promoted because of this battle, which made Kumamoto proud and a little impressive.

Two generals under my command who were not well-known in the past have made great achievements in the war with Donghu, and the generals I valued back then either returned to the country of Yan or betrayed After leaving the country of Yan, most of them have now become ghosts under the knife of the Eastern Zheng Army.

Is it because you don't know people? Naturally, Kumamoto didn't think so. The promotion system of the Yan Army was not up to him. The army he commanded was the standing army of the Yan Army. How could he shake the intertwined relationships within it.

Are you actually going to fight against your old subordinates on the battlefield?

"Uncle." A general came in through the curtain and looked at Kumamoto and called.

"Chixuan, in the army, regardless of closeness or closeness, only the upper and lower ranks are discussed, so how decent it is for others to hear it." Kumamoto stared at the other party and scolded.

"Yes, Uncle, oh, no, General." Xiong Chixuan shouted with his chest out.

Looking at the other party's disapproving attitude, Kumamoto sighed and wanted to swear a few more words, but he couldn't swear. In the next battle with Lin Cheng, the Xiong family suffered terribly. This nephew is Xiong Chixuan.

"Let's talk, what's the matter? It's about food and fodder. It's useless for you to ask me for it. One day a day is just enough to fill your stomach. You want more, but you don't have it." Kumamoto Said: "You are my nephew, others are staring at you, if you give you too much. Do other people have any objections?"

"I'm not here for food!" Xiong Chixuan pulled up a chair and sat on it. "Uncle, I feel suffocated, do we really want to join forces with the Donghu people?"

"Otherwise, what can we do?" Kumamoto looked at him, suddenly alert, "What do you want to say?"

"Uncle, I don't know about other people's troops, but the thousands of people I lead have heard about it. But there are many complaints. If I didn't take strict precautions, I'm afraid all the soldiers under my command would have fled. Among other troops, there are deserters every day, and the officers above let it go." Xiong Chixuan complained.

"Stupid, they did this to harm those soldiers." Kumamoto roared angrily, "Isn't there a small number of people who were captured by the Donghu cavalry these days? They all dragged them to the front of the camp and had their heads determined. They died like this. Don't you think it's not worth it?"

"Isn't there still a lot of people who escaped?" Xiong Chixuan said: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, everyone will always escape. The Zhengdong Army is hundreds of miles away. Most of these soldiers are heading in that direction Run up, Uncle, how do we fight this battle? I’m afraid that as soon as we see the flag of the Zhengdong Army, all our troops will run over and turn against us!"

Kumamoto remained silent.

Xiong Chixuan walked up to him suddenly, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, don't you have any other ideas?"

Kumamoto raised his head and glanced at Xiong Chixuan, "What do you want to say?"

"Uncle, there is one thing I have been keeping from you. Now I think it is necessary to tell you, even if you cut off my head because of this, I will not complain." Xiong Chixuan gritted his teeth.

"What's hesitating? Let go of your fart!" Kumamoto instinctively felt something was wrong.

"Uncle, in fact, I was still with Lin. Some people from Zhengdong Army contacted me. I met their people, and I agreed to join them." Xiong Chixuan said every word.

Kumamoto suddenly raised his head and glared at Xiong Chixuan, "You, you are so courageous."

"Uncle, you probably don't know yet. The Zhengdong Army launched a sudden attack on Tianhe County in July and surrounded Jicheng. The Yan Army suffered heavy losses. Otherwise, why did the Donghu people suddenly rush to Hetao? A large number of troops were dispatched, because they knew very well that this time the East Conquest Army had completely scared Jicheng, and when the East Conquest Army was freed up, it would inevitably send a large number of troops to Hetao and other places, and the general attack on Donghu would also begin. Now they want to take advantage of the fact that the reinforcements from the East Conquering Army have not arrived, and launch an attack first, not only Usu Suotan, Alundai, and Thorpe have also led the 10,000 palace guards to Yulin," Xiong Chixuan said. .

"You, how do you know?" Kumamoto trembled.

"Of course it's because the special envoy of the Zhengdong Army has found me, so I know these things. Uncle, Agu Wynn in Panshan has also turned against him. When Thorpe cleaned up Agu's department, Agu Wynn was left behind. Hehe, Agu Wynn was forced to kill his own father and With so many relatives, how can he not hold grudges in his heart, and now he has finally found a chance to seek revenge from Thorpe."

Kumamoto took a deep breath, "Agu Wynn is also from Donghu, how could he help Zhengdong Army, what benefits did Gao Yuan give him?"

"Then I don't know, all I know is that as soon as we start here, Agu will turn against him, and the Helanxiong troops of the East Conquest Army will pass through Liaoning Wei and go straight to Helin. There is Ye Zhong from Liaoxi. The Donghu people are going to die, should we accompany them to die?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Uncle, of course, wait for the right time to deal a fatal blow to the Donghu people." Xiong Chixuan clenched his fist and swung it down forcefully.

Kumamoto gritted his teeth and thought about it for a while, then sighed: "You know, this 20,000-man army is not my army that conquered the West back then. ? There is also the problem of food, one day a day, if we rebel at that time, where will the food come from?"

"It's not impossible to get one a day. In the past half a month, I have accumulated ten days' worth of rations in the army." Xiong Chixuan gritted his teeth and said, "I only distribute the daily rations. Half of it went down, and the other half was saved, the soldiers are a little hungry ~IndoMTL.com~ but they can still hold on."

"As for the different orders you mentioned and the complicated composition of the army, the special envoy of the Zhengdong Army has brought a person. I think this problem can be solved."

"Who?"

"Zhou Taiwei Zhou Yuan." Xiong Chixuan said proudly.

"Taiwei Zhou?" Kumamoto was shocked, "Taiwei Zhou?"

"Taiwei Zhou has also voted for the Eastern Conquerment Army, and his whole family has joined the Eastern Conquest Army." Xiong Chixuan said: "When this old man comes, tell me, who else in our army will refuse to accept it?" Order?"

Kumamoto took a deep breath, "Even Taiwei Zhou also voted for the East Army, Dayan, is it true that his life is really exhausted?"

"Uncle, don't forget, Gao Yuangao is also from Yan. Hmph, it's just a different chair. Yan is still from Yan. Think about the Qin State now, the Ying family back then. The family is just a small retainer, but when it comes to Qin, who doesn't say a word, they are the bosses in the world? Maybe Gao Dudu can lead us to compete with the Qin people and fight for the hegemony of the world What!" (to be continued)