Chapter 165
Yang Longting, including Yang Longting's subordinates Qi Deqiang, Qi Delong and Li Shanyan, all looked at Cheng Darui with unusual eyes.
What's wrong with Cheng Dairen? The Rong tribe destroyed the country, breaking through Youzhou in one day and Heishi City in half a day. As a result, Xue Banquan died, and the King of Youzhou escaped. But this is just the beginning, and it's not hard to guess that the subsequent mountains and rivers will be broken, and the people will be like dogs.
At this time, many people are qualified to stand out. Yang Longzhi, who controls Youzhou, Qi Delong, the great general under the throne of Youzhou, and Qi De... They eat imperial rations, enjoy the glory brought by their military ranks, and should stand out in both emotion and reason to turn the tide and repel the enemy outside the national gate.
But they didn't stand up, Cheng Darui did. No wonder everyone looked at Cheng Darui with a strange gaze, you're just a mountain bandit, how could it be your turn? What qualifications do you have to stand up...
Apart from being sick, it can't be explained.
Yang Longting's gaze made Cheng Darui feel a chill, and he said again: "I've also heard about your past, thirty years ago when the Rong tribe's great enemy invaded, it was you who turned the tide in desperate circumstances. What's the difference between today's affairs and back then? Why can't you do today what you could do thirty years ago?"
Cheng Da Lei is not for the country and the people, he does not have this awareness, let alone the mountain bandits of Ha Ma Zhai. But he knows that escaping is not a way out, but rather a dead end. And with the solidity of Ha Ma Zhai, plus the assistance of Youzhou soldiers, defending is not impossible to hold on to, and it's not even very difficult to defend.
But why didn't Yang Long stop want to do such a simple thing?
"Have you ever fought against the Rong tribe? Do you know how powerful they are? How can your ragtag army of less than 10,000 men defend against them?" Yang Long was already somewhat flustered: "I've fought against them before, I know how strong their cavalry is. Thirty years ago I wasn't afraid to die, but now I'm afraid to die, okay?"
Cheng Dali was speechless again.
"Are you going to get out of the way or not? If not, I'll have my soldiers kill their way through!" Yang Long shouted loudly from horseback.
Today he didn't ride a sedan chair, today he rode a horse. Riding a horse can run faster. But when he shouted out this sentence, the majesty of the King of Youzhou reappeared. He was still the King of Youzhou who broke through Fowei Mountain in half a day and led an army of 50,000 to avenge the ancient people.
How can a man so strong and seasoned in war be so afraid of the Rong tribe that he doesn't even have the courage to hold his weapon tightly?
Cheng Daire blocked the way and stood still, taking a deep breath: "You are the Ming Emperor's personally appointed King of Youzhou, one person below, ten thousand people above, you don't have the qualifications to escape!"
"You... I'm really afraid of you..." The King of Youzhou suddenly took off his commander's seal and threw it in front of Cheng Dairen: "Now you are the King of Youzhou, if you want to guard it, you guard it, I won't guard it anymore!"
On the seal is a qilin, not the toad of General Cheng Da's seal. Normally, with this seal, one can command the thousands of troops and horses of Youzhou. Yang Long must have spent much effort to obtain this marshal seal.
Now this handsome seal lies on the ground, stuck with rainwater and mud.
Cheng Dalai bent down and picked it up from the ground, suddenly held it high in his hand, showing it to everyone.
"The King of Youzhou's military seal is here, are there any brave men willing to fight with me and make achievements by killing the enemy?"
His gaze swept over Zide Qiang, who lowered his head. One shout, no one responded; a second shout, no one responded; a third shout, no one responded...
"Hey, let's go, let's go, don't mind him."
Yang Long stopped filming, but the horse galloped past Cheng Dairen's side without stopping. Cheng Dairen's voice echoed in the empty valley, but there was no response.
"Alright, let's head back and discuss our escape plan," said Gao Fei Hu.
"Go back, go back, I still have strength left!" Cheng Dairen suddenly said: "Follow me to Luoye City."
Beyond Qingniu Mountain is Luoyecity. If Qingniu Mountain cannot be defended, Luoye City will also suffer the same fate as Heishi City. Yang Long does not want to defend it, Cheng Dali does not believe in Fang Boshan and neither does he want to defend it, after all, it concerns his life and death.
Riding on horseback, Cheng Dalai glanced at the fleeing soldiers on the road and suddenly shouted: "Put down their weapons and armor, if you want to be a fugitive, leave your horses, weapons, and armor behind. I don't allow an inch of steel to pass through my Qingniu Mountain."
These deserters had no will to fight. Even if Cheng Da Lei took away their equipment, none of them resisted, and they only thought about how to escape with their lives.
Cheng Dali led a team of leaders, galloping on fast horses towards Luoye City.
Everywhere on the way, people can be seen fleeing for their lives, including soldiers and civilians. The news has spread that the Rong tribe's army is invading, massacring Heishi City, and everyone should flee quickly. With family members in tow, wealthy households are driving horse-drawn carriages loaded with grain, gold, silver, and jewels. Civilians, on the other hand, are carrying their meager belongings and fleeing for their lives with their families.
No one wants to go and knock their own brains against the steel knives of the enemy, such a deserter, naturally doesn't need to think about order. Those rich families who usually bully others, today I won't rob you yet. Girls born with a bit of beauty, beauty is the original sin.
Cheng Dalai sighed on horseback, saying: "If we escape, it will be the same. We can't even protect our own lives. The dock is already overcrowded. Even if we escape to a big city, which city lord will take in these refugees? Without enough food and clothing, it's just a road to starvation, and a death without dignity."
Gao Fei Hu and others watched this scene, who would have thought otherwise.
"We're the masters of our own house, but we can't defend it!"
"As long as Fang Bo-shan lends me 10,000 soldiers, relying on the advantage of the terrain, I won't be unable to hold it!"
The horse was whipped, and the crowd had already rushed towards Luoye City. Luoye City was even more lawless, with no one guarding the city gate, and countless people inside taking advantage of the situation to cause trouble. Even if Cheng Dalai wanted to control it, he couldn't. Of course, he didn't want to control it either.
Cheng Dali led a team of people and rushed straight to the city master's mansion.
"Hurry up and load my jade Buddha into the car!"
"What are you doing? Don't you want to live anymore? Load and load, what's the point of those clothes?"
"If you keep crying and making a fuss, I'll leave you behind and let the Rong people bully you!"
The lord of the castle, Fang Bo, shouted loudly on Mount Tai. No one expected that this lazy and greedy fatty would have such energy.
Cheng Dairen burst into the city master's mansion and saw this scene.
"What are you doing, Lord Fang?"
"General Cheng, how did you come here?" Fang Bo Shan asked in surprise: "Do you want to borrow a boat from me? I don't have any extra boats to lend you!"
"Not borrowing a boat, but borrowing troops." Cheng Dalai raised the commander's seal of Youzhou Wang and said: "By order of Youzhou Wang, seeing this seal is like seeing Youzhou Wang, ordering Fang Boshan to guard Qingniu Mountain with me together."
Fang Bo Shan was stunned: "What is Yang Long Ting doing now?"
Cheng Dalai said: "Is this military order fake? He is stationed in Qingniu Mountain, and he ordered me to pass on the order. Mr. Fang, as long as you can hold onto Qingniu Mountain, it will be a great achievement."
