Chapter 551 I am willing to surrender to the Changjie Envoy
King Fanyang did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly fled from the Luoyang Palace, intending to leave Luoyang City from the north.
At this time, the news of Duan Shiang's death had spread among the Fanyang army. The King of Fanyang urged them to immediately move camp and return north, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed. The people were in chaos for a while.
Everything happened too suddenly, and conflicts arose between many generals with different opinions, making it difficult to reach a consensus.
During the turmoil, Mei Yi, who had risked his life to escape from the Luoyang Palace, rushed back. Covered in blood and full of murderous intent, he announced to the army that King Fan Yang had killed Duan Shiang, and threatened to take Li Fu's head to avenge Duan Shiang.
Mei Yi was Duan Shiang's trusted deputy general, and his status and prestige in the Fanyang Army were second only to Duan Shiang. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he tried to take control of the Fanyang Army on behalf of Duan Shiang, but the situation was not as smooth as he expected.
Now, among the 170,000 Fanyang troops, only tens of thousands were brought from Fanyang, and the rest were plundered. The matter of "avenging Duan Shiang" could not inspire their morale.
However, not all the generals among the tens of thousands of elite Fanyang troops were willing to follow Mei Yi's arrangements. They were willing to be under Duan Shiang, but did not think that they were inferior to Mei Yi, who was also a deputy general.
This army, which was not united to begin with, had long been able to maintain order only under the suppression of Duan Shiang. But now that Duan Shiang had suddenly died, this tight order suddenly collapsed, breaking into all kinds of ambitions.
Ambition gave rise to differences, and in this chaotic disagreement, their only consensus was to use force to crush those different voices. Only the winner could become the new master of this army.
The verbal conflict quickly escalated into civil strife and the scale was rapidly expanding.
The Fanyang army, which was originally preparing to launch a surprise attack tonight, was now like a group of wild horses that had lost their direction, dragging the army in different directions, as if launching a punishment of being torn apart by chariots.
In the chaos, King Fan Yang's men lobbied desperately and managed to rescue some troops. They fled the place in a panic and headed towards the north of Luoyang city.
King Fanyang had been waiting anxiously for a long time. When he saw the troops arriving, he asked hurriedly, "How many troops did you bring?"
The general looked uneasy: "Your Majesty, Mei Yi rushed back to the army and a fight broke out. I was in a hurry and only brought out 20,000 troops..."
King Fanyang sighed, "Twenty thousand is twenty thousand... My prestige is probably only worth this amount of people!"
Although it was different from what he expected, he was in a hurry to leave, so he didn't care about that! "Give the order to follow me, the sooner the better!" King Fanyang said, and hurriedly climbed onto the carriage with the help of a guard, saying, "It's just right for Mei Yi and the others to block Chang Suining's army from behind!"
Mei Yi personally killed several deputy generals in the Fanyang army. Just when there were signs that the situation had stabilized, he suddenly heard an urgent report from a soldier:
"General Mei, the Jiangdu Army is rushing towards here from Zhengzhou and Xuzhou!"
"Report! Enemy traces spotted fifty miles to the east!"
As the urgent reports came, Mei Yi's face changed drastically. Why would Chang Suining suddenly mobilize troops at this time? And how could he come so quickly? In a panic, he suddenly thought of the fireworks that exploded above Luoyang City two hours ago...
really!
The death of the general was indeed closely related to Chang Suining! Today's incident seemed to be a killing game set by Li Fu, but Li Fu was just a pawn in this calculation...
Mei Yi looked at the army caught in conflict and fighting, and couldn't help but clench his trembling teeth. This game tonight was not only set up for the general, they were also in this killing game!
He immediately said to his trusted aides, "Hurry up and pass the order down. Anyone who is willing to follow me, Mei Yi, should follow me back north immediately!"
The chaos tonight originated from Chang Suining's trap. Since this is the case, he cannot stay here and confront the Jiangdu army no matter what, otherwise he will surely be defeated!
The reason why he rushed back to the army was to take the Fanyang army with him. He wanted to go north, kill Li Fu's cowards on the way, and then occupy the cities that were captured along the way. By then, he would have a large army in hand and could accomplish his goal! But at this moment, the army was deeply involved in internal strife, and the vision was blocked at night, and the message could not be transmitted in time and effectively. It was not easy to get away immediately.
When Mei Yi finally fought his way out and got on his horse, he suddenly saw a fire in the east that was winding like a giant dragon, quickly moving towards him.
He subconsciously turned his head and looked towards the southeast direction of Xuzhou, only to see several "fire dragons" wandering in the night. At first glance, the direction in which those "fire dragons" were moving seemed to be an encirclement!
"Go!" Mei Yi's throat seemed to be on fire, and he urged in a concentrated voice: "Go!"
However, he discovered that he was not the only one among the Jiangdu army who was surrounding and approaching this place. The soldiers and horses were rushing around in panic. Mei Yi suddenly pulled the reins tight and was almost knocked to the ground by the panicked soldiers and horses.
The atmosphere around had changed from one of conflict and anger to one of panic and escape, and even to one of bumping into and trampling on each other.
They had become a group of scattered sand, and the Jiangdu army, which was galloping in, was like a gust of wind, sweeping towards here.
After hearing the news brought back by the scouts ahead, Kang Zhi turned to She Cai and said, "...the Fanyang army is really in chaos!"
Shepherd's Purse shouted "Go!" and drove the horse faster, saying, "Then let's drink it while it's hot!"
Kang Zhi's eyes were filled with excitement and joy as she led her men to charge forward.
In the darkness of night, Chang Suining, wearing a black cloak, was temporarily in the central army. She sat on horseback and looked towards the camp of the Fanyang army.
Soon, clusters of flames filled Chang Suining's calm eyes.
"call out--"
“Swoosh—”
What arrived faster than the Jiangdu cavalry were the rockets shot from the bows and crossbows in their hands.
Rockets came in overwhelming numbers, like fire falling from the sky.
Among the Fanyang soldiers who fled to the periphery, men were constantly shot and fell down. They had no defense at all, and the Jiangdu cavalry surrounded them almost instantly.
"The envoy has ordered that tonight, no one in the Fanyang army, except those who surrender, may leave Luoyang alive!"
Among the Jiangdu Iron Cavalry, the captains waving red flags under torches conveyed this order one by one.
These orders, which were murderous yet orderly, also reached the ears of the Fan Yang army. They were afraid in the chaos and soon became shaken in the fear.
When the Jiangdu army fought, almost everyone had an unwritten consensus and custom: when fighting, kill the enemy leader first.
The armor of captains and above was different from that of ordinary soldiers. With rockets setting fire all around, it was not difficult to identify the bandit leaders who were driving the soldiers to resist.
Kang Zhi discovered that every time he killed a captain, at least dozens or even hundreds of Fanyang soldiers would drop their weapons and kneel down to surrender, so he specifically picked out those with status to kill, and did not indiscriminately kill the ordinary soldiers who were forced to resist.
As Kang Zhi rode his horse forward, the blood turned her eyes red.
She cooperated with Yuan Xiang and quickly broke into the heart of the Fanyang military camp from the east. She slashed down the military flags of the Fanyang army standing in the night with her sword and took control of one central military tent after another.
At this time, a group of people fled out of a large tent that was set on fire by rockets and rushed over.
Kang Zhi subconsciously put an arrow on the bow and drew her bow. Just as she was about to shoot the leader, her fingers paused.
She looked carefully in the light of the fire and saw that most of the people in the group were women. Most of their clothes were torn, their hair was loose and messy, and some even had iron chains on their feet. Some of them were running and crying, supporting each other, like frightened little animals.
They soon discovered the cavalry ahead and were frightened out of their wits.
The leading woman bent down and picked up a long knife from beside a corpse. She clenched her hands in front of her body and pointed it tremblingly at the powerful cavalry and Kang Zhi who was still drawing the bow on her horse.
Kang Zhi put down his bow and arrow and shouted, "Drop your swords, and surrender before you die!"
When the woman holding the knife heard Kang Zhi's voice, she realized that the armored warrior sitting on the horse was actually a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.
Looking behind Kang Zhi, she saw many women's faces under the helmets of those soldiers.
The woman's eyes trembled and suddenly tears rolled down her cheeks. The knife fell from her hand and she knelt down.
More and more people knelt down behind her, and when Kang Zhi looked over, there were gradually more than a hundred people.
When Kang Zhi drove her horse closer to them, the leading woman raised her face tremblingly, revealing a face covered with scars.
The scars were long and crisscrossed, but they had just scabbed over, and looked particularly shocking. Kang Zhi clenched the longbow, frowned and asked: "Who hurt you like this?"
The woman supported herself on the ground with her hands, maintaining a kneeling position, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's me...it's the slave myself."
Looking at those exceptionally beautiful eyes, Kang Zhi's heart ached, her voice became even colder, and she asked in a different way: "Who imprisoned you here?"
"It's people..." A child who was no more than ten years old said in a trembling voice, "Fighting."
Kang Zhi looked and found that the person with disheveled hair was a boy. He was thin and naked with many scars on his upper body.
Kang Zhi felt a rush of blood to her forehead, choking her eyes and nose, and anger rushed out of her, but she inexplicably felt a sense of self-reflection in her heart.
What imprisoned these people here and hurt and humiliated them at will was not a specific person, but "people" and "war"... It was the evil of human nature that had lost the constraints of rules, and an unjust war born for killing and plundering.
Kang Zhi thought about her own bellicosity.
She is not a peaceful and pure soul at heart, and the reason why she yearns for war is because she is keen on making achievements, standing out, and strengthening herself.
Shepherd's Purse reminded her not to fight blindly, otherwise one day she would become a sword without humanity.
In order to make her alert enough, Shepherd's Purse also told her that such a knife, no matter how sharp it was, was destined not to be used by adults.
She didn't understand at the time, so she asked Shepherd's Purse, "It's the same war, what's the difference?"
At that time, in her opinion, many so-called benevolence and righteousness were just hypocritical names. She looked down on them and never showed any disdain for them.
Shepherd's Purse said to her seriously: [Of course it is different. Some wars are fought to plunder the people from one hell to another.]
Shepherd's Purse said as he picked out a red bean from the mix and put it back into the red bean bucket, saying, "Some wars are fought to bring the people home and let them live in peace."
Kang Zhi looked at the beans in front of her at that time. Although she understood what was said, she did not have any deep feelings about it.
But at this moment, looking at the women and children in front of her, she suddenly understood the boundary between cruelty and kindness in a war.
She had been in a difficult situation before, and the words "benevolence" and "righteousness" were enough to cost her life... Perhaps because of this, the adults never denied her ruthlessness.
Now Kang Zhi suddenly realized that she is no longer the weak person who faced difficulties everywhere. Now she seems to be qualified to be a "hypocritical" righteous person.
Therefore, it was the adults who first made her strong and then taught her benevolence and righteousness.
The moment she understood, Kang Zhi felt an indescribable heat in her chest and eyes. She tore off her cape and threw it to the shirtless boy, her voice still filled with uncontrollable anger: "Who bullied you? Just tell me the name!"
She had to cut something to vent her anger before she could continue her kindness and righteousness!
"Mei..." The boy hugged his cloak tightly, tears welling up in his eyes. Suddenly, he seemed to have courage and shouted loudly: "Mei Yi!"
Kang Zhi squeezed out a curse word from between her teeth and said, "Wait, wait for me to chop off the head of this beast!"
Mei Yi gradually felt regretful.
He tried several times to break out and escape but failed. Most of his trusted men had been killed, and most of the soldiers he had intended to take away had either fled or surrendered to the Jiangdu army.
Surrounded by blood and fire, he suddenly realized that his action of returning to the army was like that of a treasure-teller who risked returning to the house to take away treasures when the house was on fire, and was ultimately destined to be burned in the fire.
He was reluctant to leave the troops left by Duan Shiang and tried to take them away.
If he had known this earlier, he should not have returned to the army, but should have left Luoyang directly! But there is no such thing as "had known this earlier" in the world. Now that things have come to this, he can only fight his way out.
Mei Yi and his men struggled to tear open a gap and fled away on horseback.
At this time, he could no longer tell the exact direction, he just kept running forward, the faster the better.
But he soon heard the sound of his confidant falling down after being shot by an arrow.
Mei Yi did not look back and continued to gallop forward into the night.
"call out--"
A sharp arrow flew from behind, and Mei Yi suddenly leaned forward on his horse to avoid the arrow.
The next moment, another arrow flew over and pierced the buttocks of the horse under him. The horse neighed in pain and threw him out.
Mei Yi rolled to the ground, his back hitting the tree trunk hard, and a shower of yellow leaves fell.
This was a small path, and he was soon surrounded by cavalry. Several approaching torches made it almost impossible for him to open his eyes, as if they were trying to confirm his identity.
Following him was a soldier who surrendered from Fan Yang, whose identity was quickly confirmed.
Mei Yi leaned against the tree trunk, barely stood up, and looked at the leader.
The person was sitting on a tall horse. Unlike his current miserable state, he did not seem to have taken any action himself. Her black cloak was hanging down, revealing only a thin silver armor underneath. The bright moon cast a layer of silver frost around her body, and the moonlight and the person seemed to be integrated into one.
"It was you who set up the plan and used Li Fu to kill the general..." Mei Yi asked calmly.
Chang Suining: "Why, do you want to avenge him?"
Mei Yi pursed his lips, and the next moment, he knelt down with his fists clasped.
"The victors take the spoils, there is no hatred on the battlefield. I, Mei Yi, have always respected the strong..." He leaned forward and kowtowed, saying, "I am willing to surrender to the envoy Chang Jie!"
Good night! (End of this chapter)
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