Having said this, Wu Jie's speech began to become intermittent and he shook his head repeatedly.
Yao Ding was also quite embarrassed... During the Jing Kang period, the Yao family was not actually extinct. Yao Gu died in battle, but Yao Gu's son, Yao Pingzhong, the former commander-in-chief under the city of Dongjing during the Jing Kang period, rode away on his horse after failing to strike, and fled all the way to Bashu, disappearing without a trace, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive since then.
In fact, as early as in Nanyang, many people had recommended this person to Emperor Zhao. After all, this person had been the commander-in-chief of the Song Army for a long time. But Zhao Jiu was too lazy to pay attention to them. Later, when he was forced into a corner, he started talking nonsense to the people around him, saying something about Sun Yuanliang and Araki Dofen, and how he had seen a lot of such things, and that this person had lost his courage and could not be used at all... Although the specific story of Sun Yuanliang and Araki Dofen was unknown, the meaning was clear, and the court just regarded this person as dead.
"How about this." Wu Jie sighed and said to Yao Dingyan in a serious tone. "Since your army has achieved such a great feat, I have to reward you specially. Now that I am the military governor, I will promote you to be the military commander."
Yao Ding was stunned at first, and then he was ecstatic.
The officers around were all pale and then dim for a moment... It was obvious that this promotion was too much, especially for Wang Xi who came from the city to investigate. He thought that the eunuch was in his pocket and was particularly dissatisfied.
But who can blame him for being a member of the Yao family? How could he be so lucky today?
Apart from that, Wu Jie's performance yesterday and his attitude today were somewhat strange, which made Wang Xi, who was obviously dissatisfied, dare not say anything for a while.
"I will send a letter to the imperial court and your family in the name of the general, letting them know that the Yao family of Sanyuan, Shaanxi has made contributions to the country, and your son will also have a chance to benefit from it in the future." Wu Jie sat where he was, and continued to speak slowly, then suddenly asked, "But you are really defeated today, right? I saw with my own eyes that you led a few people to escape all the way behind where I am sitting... am I right?"
Yao Ding's smile did not diminish, and then he was horrified.
"Rules must be followed." Wu Jie continued to sit still, just pouting slightly. "The rules I just said yesterday cannot be broken!"
As Wu Jie gestured with his lips, dozens of armored soldiers suddenly rushed out and captured Yao Ding and several archers with divine arms in front of their commander, as if they had been eyeing a specific target for a long time... The sudden change made the military camp, which had been clamoring for rewards just now, gradually fall silent. Many people had no idea what had happened, but were still frightened for a moment.
In a trance, only the faint chirping of cicadas in the distant mountains could be heard, and coupled with the heat waves in the air, it continued to be restless.
"Strategy!"
Yao Ding was already so frightened that his mind went blank, and he just let those Wu Jie guards tie him up. A moment later, Wang Xi, who was just jealous, was so angry that he stepped forward to plead for mercy. "We won today anyway! Why do you have to do this?"
"Winning a fight!" Wu Jie threw his sword to the ground, and finally got furious. "If it weren't for that coincidental arrow, everyone on the mountain would have been dead today! I'm afraid you, Wang Xi, can only cry and then flee from the south of the city!"
Wu Jie had a complete outburst, and combined with yesterday's agreement, everyone was shocked.
"Look at this terrain for yourself, don't you think it's good?!" Wu Jie stood up with empty hands, grabbed Yao Ding, whose hands were tied behind his back, and dragged him forward for more than ten steps before stopping. He turned around and pointed at the front of the mountain and the military camp behind him, and was furious. "This terrain, this military reserve... I have been preparing since the great defeat after the New Year... If we stand here and shoot arrows, as long as we hold our ground, how can the Jin army attack us without losing more than 5,000 or 6,000 people? Even if the Jin army retreated this time, wasn't it because they couldn't bear the casualties? Why did they retreat? I don't understand, from Taiyuan to here, from old General Zhong Jinglie to me, Wu Da, time and time again, why did you retreat? Aren't you human? Aren't the Jin army human? If Taiyuan didn't know the consequences of retreating, don't you know it today? Don't you know that retreating is a dead end?!"
Wu Jie raised his voice to question, but the front line of the military camp fell into complete silence, and no officer around, from Wang Xi on down, dared to respond.
As for Yao Ding, he opened his mouth several times to defend himself, but he had no idea how to explain... That's right, that's the truth! After fighting the Jin people for so long, it's no longer the situation in Jing Kang. Now everyone understands that standing here and shooting arrows non-stop is the best way to deal with it. The closer the Jin people are, the more effective the killing will be. If you turn around and run away, the Jin people will only catch up and take down the entire military camp, and the probability of death will be greater at that time!
However, no matter how logical they were, when the armored Jin army reached the halfway point of the mountain despite casualties, and when the Jin army's heavy arrows began to take effect, they could not help but feel panic in their hearts, and then they could not help but turn around and flee... just like they had done time and time again before.
On the banks of the Yellow River, ten thousand people were chased by five hundred Jin cavalrymen like ducks and forced to jump into the river. Then Wanyan Loushi was soft-hearted and ordered people to rescue them!
On the banks of the Huai River, more than 10,000 people were chased by hundreds of Jin cavalry and forced to jump into the river. Zhao Jiu was so angry that he killed Liu Guangshi at all costs!
These soldiers were all formally appointed members of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards. Not to mention whether their weapons were good or not, even if their weapons and equipment were poor, and even if these soldiers and officers were stupid, don't they understand that if ten thousand people really went into battle, how could they stop five hundred cavalrymen?
Han Shizhong once led 200 cavalrymen to defeat the Jin cavalry that was several times larger than his own. What a living example.
However, they understand the truth, but when facing a battle, when the desire to survive arises, they will not care about anything else... If they want to stop this desire to survive, someone must stand up and tell them that there is a price to pay for doing so.
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