Turbulent Times Chapter 1427: Yangshan County

Yangshan County is a large county before Yangshan Pass, and the guard is Ma Yiping, a captain of Guoyi from Xindu County.

Ma Yiping is a native of the country. He leads 5,000 county soldiers and 1,000 county soldiers to garrison Yangshan County.

Thanks to the existence of Wang Junlin, there are no large-scale gangs of thieves in the surrounding counties of Fanyang County, and Ma Yiping is diligent in his work, so this Yangshan County has never been captured by thieves.

"General, it's time to patrol the city!" In the middle of the night, Ma Yiping's personal soldiers said softly outside the door.

Ma Yiping pushed aside the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who was crawling on him like an octopus. I found one, she was quite pretty, and the figure of the little girl was quite enchanting.

Ma Yiping got up reluctantly, went to the outside room, washed up briefly, had breakfast, the soldiers brought Ma Yiping armor, put it on for Ma Yiping, and then walked outside the mansion.

Out of the mansion, Ma Yiping raised his head and looked in the direction of Fanyang County, sighed, thinking that King Qin An's army would come sooner or later, but no matter what, he must not surrender, at least he had to fight.

He stretched his hand close to the waist knife handed over by the soldiers, got on the horse, and said, "Let's go! Go patrol the city!"

At the beginning of November in the lunar calendar, it was already cold winter, and it was late at night. The job of standing guard in the city was naturally the job of the county soldiers, and naturally the five thousand county soldiers in the city would not come to do it.

Compared with county soldiers, there is a huge difference in combat power, equipment, and military pay, so military discipline is notoriously poor.

There was not a single soldier to be seen on the city, and most of the county soldiers who were supposed to be on their posts hid in the caves of the soldiers and built fires to keep warm, and there was nothing else to be seen in the empty city except for the flickering wind lanterns.

Ma Yiping, who was walking on the top of the city, frowned tightly. Usually, the discipline of the county soldiers and the army was poor. Now that there are many troubles, although Fanyang County is busy helping more than two million disaster victims, it will not make a large-scale attack, and in Yangshan He also sent spies in the direction of Fanyang County, but he still had to be vigilant when he knew that the Far Eastern Army would attack them.

He just held a meeting during the day to emphasize military discipline, but so far, it seems that the effect is basically ineffective, let alone soldiers

, even the officers did not see the shadow.

Walking to the top of the main tower, there was still nothing left. Ma Yiping's anger was completely uncontrollable, and he turned his head and said to the soldiers around him: "Beat the drums for me."

The guards rushed to the side of the city tower, picked up the drumsticks, and raised their hands, the sound of thud thump resounded throughout the city.

With the sound of drums, the top of the city suddenly exploded, and the county soldiers swarmed out from all the caves, some forgot to wear their helmets, and some ran out with bare hands, looking at a mess Ma Yiping was so angry that he didn't even have the mind to get angry, and shouted: "Look, these are our soldiers. Tell me, if the enemy comes, can we count on them?"

While speaking, there were relatively orderly footsteps under the top of the city, and five thousand county soldiers drove up to the top of the city.

Two lieutenant envoys who led five thousand soldiers ran up the tower, clasped their fists at Ma Yiping and said, "General Ma, the last general will be ordered to arrive!"

Ma Yiping nodded, and said sharply: "Well, it was just a drill just now. You performed well. You can rush from the barracks to the top of the city with half a stick of kung fu. I would be very satisfied." This method of training troops was passed down from the army of Fanyang County, and because it was so appropriate, it was imitated by the armies of several counties in Hebei, and Ma Yiping also learned it and used it flexibly.

When they heard that it was a nonsense military exercise, the two captains of the county soldiers were a little dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to say anything. They bowed and retreated.

The county soldiers heard that it was a drill, but it was even more chaotic. Several officers were yelling at the soldiers to line up, but it seemed that the effect was not good.

Ma Yiping looked at the county soldier with stern eyes, and with a wave of his hand, thousands of county soldiers gave a cry, raised their spears in their hands, and took a step forward in unison.

This shout was much more effective than those officers' scolding, and the chaotic crowd of county soldiers suddenly fell silent.

"Anyone who dares to make noise again will be cut off!" Ma Yiping shouted coldly. The soldiers around him took a step forward and repeated Ma Yiping's order loudly. At this moment, those chaotic county soldiers finally showed their fear.

"You guys, are you still soldiers?" Ma Yiping shouted, "You guys are just a bunch of mobs."

"Patrolling the city, guarding the city, where are your posts? Are you guarding the stove in the cave, drinking, eating meat, snoring and sleeping? If an enemy attacks, what will happen, do you know? You will be confused by the enemy If you cut off your head, you will be a fool when you die."

There was a commotion below, and a soldier whispered: "What about patrolling the city? A dozen or so family members from my hometown were driven to Fanyang County by the local government, and their lives and deaths are unknown now. How can I be in the mood to do this."

A soldier next to him said in a low voice: "Don't worry! As long as you go to Fanyang County, you will be fine. My eldest brother and his family sent a letter of safety through the caravan a few days ago, and now they are in Donglai They settled down in Dongyang County, the county, and King Qin An gave them ten acres of land. Think about it, when my eldest brother was in his hometown, the family only had five or six acres of land."

"Shut up, be careful that General Ma will chop off your head!" An officer scolded in a low voice.

"Come on, drag out those with disheveled armor and unarmed hands!" Ma Yiping waved his hand, and a group of personal soldiers rushed out, rushed into the crowd on the opposite side, and dragged out about dozens of people. The soldiers dragged out horizontally and vertically.

"Your heads should be beheaded, but if you are a first offender, you will get 20 army sticks each, and those who dare to call will be given 20 army sticks." Some people leave their posts, and they will be killed without mercy."

Ma Yiping walked away, leaving behind a group of personal soldiers who stripped off the trousers of these dozen or so county soldiers, knocked them down, and beat them vigorously.

"One, two, three, four, five..." As the stick fell, a soldier began to count ten to five, and the screams naturally rang out.

Less than two miles away from Yangshan County, a squad leader under Zhang Tiangang led 500 soldiers wearing yellow cloaks, lying motionless on the wilderness covered with withered grass.

Looking from a distance, they look like bulging grasses, which are extremely difficult to distinguish. They were ordered to come and seize the city gate, and to hold on until the arrival of Lu Han leading the Iron Spear Battalion.

At this moment, the sound of drums suddenly sounded in the city, which surprised the team leader. He thought that the whereabouts of his party had been exposed, and when he was crying secretly, he heard screams, and found that the other party did not seem to have found out. They looked like they were secretly relieved.