Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 120 tragic
But his order was still a little late. At this time, Jia Rui led the soldiers into the enemy's army and got into a mess with them.

Under such circumstances, the cavalry archers who came for reinforcements had no way of attacking. They could only watch as Jia Rui led [-] elite men, rushing from left to right in his barracks, as if entering a land without people.

Su Si on the high platform, seeing this scene, was so angry that he almost vomited blood. After all, they were cavalry, and three thousand infantry turned tens of thousands of cavalry upside down. How can there be any reason for this?
But no matter how anxious he was, it was too late to make arrangements, because Jia Rui had already broken through the siege and rushed up the hill.

Jia Rui broke out of the siege and turned around on his horse. He saw only 2000 elites following him, and now there were less than [-] left.

Just now, although Jia Rui was unparalleled in bravery, his soldiers were still ordinary people, and they suffered a lot of losses under the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of enemy cavalry.

But Jia Rui didn't care about it now and led the people straight up the hill.

When Jia Rui came to the mountain, he realized that the mountain was really miserable.There were corpses everywhere, and the blood had merged into a small river, flowing down the mountain non-stop.

At this time, there was a commotion in front. Jia Rui looked on the horse and saw a man with hundreds of soldiers limping towards Jia Rui's side.

This person is Jia Rui's front vanguard Huang Gun.

The current Huang Dang is really in a mess, the armor on his body has been broken into pieces, barely hanging on his body, the helmet on his head is gone, blood is still oozing from his left arm, and his right leg looks useless.

Even his general is like this, and the soldiers under his command can be imagined.

In fact, when the enemy camp was in chaos just now, Huang Dagon knew that his reinforcements had arrived. According to the normal situation, he should have led people to kill down the mountain, and then he should have joined forces to break out of the encirclement.

But the idea was good, but it was unrealistic. After a day and night of bloody fighting, all his soldiers were injured. Just relying on these remaining soldiers to kill the defeated generals down the mountain might not be a way to receive reinforcements, but would cause trouble for others.

Therefore, Huang Dagon can only bring more than 1000 soldiers who can still move, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements here.

Originally, Huang Gun thought that the leader of the reinforcements should be Jia Rui's general and his colleagues, but when he got closer, he found that the reinforcements were led by Jia Rui himself.

Huang Gong was taken aback.

You must know that Jia Rui is the commander-in-chief of a hundred thousand troops. No matter how critical his side is, there is no need for the commander-in-chief to take action personally.

Therefore, Huang Gun quickly walked a few steps, came to Jia Rui's horse, grabbed the reins of the horse, and asked anxiously:

"Commander, why don't you take action personally? Maybe something happened in the army."

Jia Rui didn't answer him, but said dully: "Let's go to the mountain first."

Huang Gun immediately understood that Jia Rui had something to say that could not be said in front of the soldiers, so he quickly took Jia Rui's horse and led Jia Rui to a mountain temple on the mountain.

This mountain temple is already very dilapidated, the rooms are on the verge of collapse, and there are many gaps in the surrounding courtyard walls.

Around the mountain temple, there are countless soldiers lying or lying there, some are wailing, some are crying softly.

Seeing this, Jia Rui's heart turned cold, because he knew that the morale of this army had completely collapsed.

At the same time, he also admired Huang Gun's use of troops. Under such circumstances, he was able to organize a defense, which shows that his ability to lead troops is good.

But even so, Huang Gun's side has reached the last moment. If Jia Rui hadn't come, the whole army might be wiped out in two or three hours.

Jia Rui entered the main hall of the mountain temple under the leadership of Huang Gun. Then Jia Rui drove away his men, leaving only Jia Rui and Huang Gun in the hall.

At this time, Jia Rui told Huang Gun the whole story.

Huang Gun was also surprised after hearing this. He had no idea that someone would dare to disobey military orders.

You must know that the punishment for disobeying military orders in this dynasty is very serious. It is a small thing to be beheaded on the spot.

"Marshal, these people don't have the guts to disobey your military order, there must be someone behind them to back them up."

Jia Rui actually realized this, but he didn't say it out loud.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Go and count how many of your men who can continue to fight are reunited with me. Let's kill them down the mountain immediately."

Huang Gun hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Commander, there are less than 1000 people under my command who can continue to fight, and the rest are wounded soldiers."

After saying this, he stared at Jia Rui with teary eyes.

Jia Rui looked at the pleading eyes of the other party, turned his head away, and said cruelly: "Don't say too much, only bring soldiers who can fight, and we can't take care of the rest."

Huang Dagon didn't go out, but knelt in front of Jia Rui.

"Commander, these brothers are trapped here because of my command error. Commander, please leave me to accompany my brothers to death."

"Confused, keep the green hills here, don't worry about running out of firewood, now you should be thinking about revenge, not death."

After hearing Jia Rui's words, Huang Gun collapsed to the ground and began to cry.

"Okay, man, don't shed tears, why do you have to act like a daughter?"

After hearing Jia Rui's reprimand, Huang Gun reluctantly held back his tears, then stood up, and said firmly to Jia Rui:
"Marshal, I, Huang Dang, have nothing else to give to Marshal, only this life. From now on, I will follow Marshal's order. I just ask Marshal to give me a chance to avenge my revenge."

Jia Rui sighed, and then said: "I have suffered a big defeat this time, and the imperial court still doesn't know how to deal with me. I'm afraid I can't help you now."

Huang Gong's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he said: "Then I am also the lackey of the commander-in-chief. From now on, I will only obey the orders of the commander-in-chief."

Jia Rui's eyes flashed after hearing this.

It seems that Huang Gun is determined to surrender to him, so that he can put a nail in Shaanxi and mention his position after a while. Maybe Huang Gun can control the military power of Shaanxi and Gansu in a few years.By that time, I had gained some strength.

Jia Rui has now begun to prepare for the emperor's counterattack after the death of the emperor.

"Okay, since you said that, I won't be polite. From now on, you will be my brother, and you will share the blessings and hardships in the future."

Huang Gun excitedly knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Rui again.

Jia Rui stepped forward to help Huang Dang, patted his shoulder and said:

"Without further delay, get ready immediately!"

"Yes."

After Huang Dang finished speaking, he limped away from the mountain temple.

And Jia Rui stood in the mountain temple, his eyes looking east, flickering.

An hour later, Huang Dang re-entered the mountain temple, cupped his fists at Jia Rui.

"Commander, I have finished my troops at one point, and there are still 22 men under my command who can fight."

Jia Rui nodded, adjusted his armor, and went out first, followed by Huang Dang.

After leaving the Earth Temple, Jia Rui saw that the soldiers outside were divided into two groups.

One is less than [-] infantry brought by myself.

The other part is more than a thousand wounded soldiers with firm eyes.

Jia Rui glanced at these people, and then looked at the injured soldiers still lying around the Earth Temple.

These soldiers were no longer howling like when Jia Rui first arrived. Their eyes were numb, and they seemed to know their fate already.

Jia Rui burst into tears.

These wounded soldiers fought desperately for the court, but in the end he had to abandon them.

At this time, Jia Rui only felt a rage burning in his chest. He hated those generals who disobeyed military orders. If these people were in front of him, Jia Rui would eat them alive.

"Set off."

Gritting his back molars, Jia Rui squeezed these two words out of his mouth.

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui didn't dare to look at the wounded soldiers around the mountain temple, got on his horse, held a steel gun, and went out first.

Behind Jia Rui, Huang Dang also got on the horse, and then led his men to follow behind Jia Rui.

During the whole process, everyone was silent, and the scene was very quiet and bleak.

The thousands of wounded soldiers lying around did not howl and curse because of Jia Rui's departure, but just looked at Jia Rui and others with numb eyes.

Suddenly a voice sounded among the wounded soldiers.

"Commander, when I return to Shaanxi, my pension money must be given to my mother-in-law. Don't let corrupt officials drink the blood of soldiers."

Jia Rui looked back and saw a soldier among the wounded soldiers who had pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into his chest without saying a word.

With this person as an example, the other soldiers followed suit. While explaining the whereabouts of the pension money to their superiors or relatives and friends, they greeted themselves with various things that could kill themselves.

Many of Huang Gun's soldiers wanted to stop him, but were pushed back by Jia Rui.

Because Jia Rui knew that if these people fell into the hands of the enemy alive, the mistreatment they would receive would be worse than death.

What is even more unacceptable is that once they are captured, they may not even be able to pay the compensation money.

Rather than doing this, it is better to let them leave quietly here.

In this way, not only can they suffer less physical pain, but also preserve their reputation after death. On the contrary, the imperial court will pay more compensation for their staunchness.

As more and more wounded soldiers committed suicide, some of Jia Rui's soldiers began to cry quietly.

Just at the foot of the mountain, the horns were soaring to the sky. Jia Rui saw that soldiers had started to gather at the foot of the mountain, splitting into formations, and countless cavalry were slowly pressing up the mountain.

Jia Rui frowned, turned around, and said to the wounded soldiers who were still hesitating:

"Soldiers, time is urgent, please get on your way."

As he spoke, Jia Rui got off his horse, fell to his knees with a plop, and kowtowed to the wounded soldiers.

Seeing Jia Rui kneeling down, Huang Gun dismounted and knelt down without hesitation.

And the soldiers following Jia Rui and the others also knelt down on the ground together.

The wounded soldiers who had hesitated at first seemed relieved when they saw Jia Rui kneeling down to see him off. Then they took the weapons used by their companions and committed suicide one by one.

(End of this chapter)