Retrograde

Chapter 35 Ene's Narrow Road

It was Ye Tao who appeared at the gate with nearly 100 people, the young man who lost the management power of the mine because of Xu Jinghong and was sent to the army. He was convicted by the court because of the previous mine, and almost couldn't even save his life. Fortunately, his brother Ye Hao still had some connections. It took several twists and turns to save his life, but he also lost his freedom and became a military man. However, Ye Hao still put this brother by his side as a personal captain with his energy. This time, Ye Hao was ordered to set the West City, so he also took him with him.

The Yunzhou Guard happened to be stationed at the wall on this side. Today, Ye Tao was ordered by his brother to patrol outside. On the way back, he saw a large number of people appearing in front of the gate. Originally, he only wanted to come and have a look and show his prestige by the way, but he didn't expect to recognize the culprit among those people who made his brother fall to this day. This is the narrow road of the so-called enemy. Xu Jinghong never thought of coming to the West City. Among the 100,000 troops, he could meet Ye Tao immediately.

Although Ye Tao and Xu Jinghong only saw each other, he has deeply engraved this person's appearance in his heart. It was because of him that he was sent from a comfortable life to the battlefield, and his brother was demoted to Dutong, which is difficult to develop in this life. May I ask, how can he not remember such a deep hatred?

"Xu Jinghong..." After calling out this name that had been recited and cursed countless times hatefully again, a sharp light flashed in Ye Tao's eyes: "Come on, surround them!"

With his order, the soldiers behind Ye Tao immediately ran up and surrounded Xu Jinghong. Unfortunately, there are only more than 100 of them, and they are still a little stretched when facing a team of more than 2,000 people. However, the knives and guns in their hands still showed their intentions.

Xu Jinghong hasn't spoken yet, and several teams over there are already saying, "What are you doing? We sent food here. Why do we have to face our swords and soldiers?

"You said you were delivering food, but do you have a certificate? The barbarians are cunning. Maybe you are just pretending to send food and want to sneak into the city to have some intention!" Ye Tao said and glanced at Xu Jinghong in demonstration: "If you are sensible, you can put down your weapons and tie them, and you will suffer less, otherwise..." With that, he laughed, and the threat was self-evident.

Xu Jinghong looked at this proud guy with a cold face and then said, "Ye Tao, are you really so grandiose? Do you know where we came from? We are soldiers and horses in Yunzhou. We have sent you food and fodder under the order above. How dare you intercept it halfway? Aren't you afraid that I will sue you after entering the city?

"I just follow the rules. Even if you are from Daliang, as long as I suspect that you are enemies, I have the right to search you! Xu, I don't want to say it for the second time. If you don't want to suffer, just leave the weapon obediently and be bound!" With a wave of Ye Tao's hand, the soldiers took another step forward, and the weapons in their hands had pointed to everyone.

"You clearly recognize my team, but you are still talking about doubts there. Obviously, there is nothing to do!" Seeing this, everyone understood that the other party was deliberately making things difficult. How could the soldiers stand it? Suddenly, someone shouted, "You want to humiliate us, and we won't let you do it!"

"Hey, although I recognize this surname Xu, who can guarantee that he is not a barbarian spy planted in Yunzhou? Otherwise, he would not have framed the governor of Yunzhou that time!" Ye Tao said with Xiong's anger in his eyes: "Xu Jinghong, if you dare to fight against me, I can tell you that we are all the elites of the Dizi camp, and we are not opponents with your manpower."

Xu Jinghong looked at the other party's expression of wanting to swallow himself, and knew that Ye Tao in front of him did not only to humiliate himself and make himself unable to stand in the army. He can guess that once he really put down his weapons and let the other party disarm these hundreds of people, he is afraid that he is likely to lose his life because of any crime.

Even if Ye Tao doesn't have the courage to do something to himself, he is afraid that he will suffer a lot and lose his face. The most respected in the army is the strong man. If you bow your head today, what else can you take to let your brothers compete with him if you meet him again in the future? So no matter what, I can't be at his mercy!

Just as Xu Jinghong was secretly thinking about it, several teams of other teams over there couldn't stand it anymore. Zheng Tong stepped forward and said, "Master Ye, why don't you even recognize us? We are from Weixuanzi Camp in Yunzhou, but we are familiar with you and are by no means spies.

"Well, I don't know anyone now!" Ye Tao didn't care about these people at all. In the past, he would not look at these low-level officers with his eyes. Since the two brothers suffered this, he has a deeper understanding of those who did not help his brother at the critical moment in Yunzhou. How can he give them this face? What's more, there is Xu Jinghong, who is determined to win, and he is even more unlikely to let them go because of these low-down people.

After listening to his arrogant words, Zheng Tong and others were suddenly covered with a layer of frost. They were also hot-blooded men and had their own dignity. Ye Tao's attitude was obviously contempt for their existence, which made them feel a lot of resentment.

The Ye brothers used to be superior, so it is impossible to know what the brothers below think. Just because they stripped the soldiers so that low-level officers and soldiers had no sense of belonging to them, tens of thousands of Yunzhou troops would not do anything when they were ordered by Wang Chong to take all military power. Otherwise, no matter how prestigious Wang Chong is, it will not be so easy to remove a governor of Ye Hao.

Unfortunately, Ye Hao and Ye Tao did not look at the problem from their own point of view, and still thought that the soldiers of the Xuanzi Camp had abandoned themselves. This makes Ye Tao still look arrogant even at this time, but he doesn't know that he has completely pushed these soldiers to his opposite side.

After looking at the negotiations between the two sides and Zheng Tong's expressions, Xu Jinghong smiled on his face. He was still worried that these people would not stand with him to fight against them because of Ye Hao. Now it seems that there is no need to worry about it. But there is still one thing that needs to be guarded, and Xu Jinghong took his eyes to the gate dozens of steps away.

There are hundreds of defenders stationed there. They have a duty to keep the city gate quiet and there is no conflict. But at this time, the defenders there just stood there as if they had not seen what had happened here at all. Looking at their military uniforms, Xu Jinghong knew why they were like this, because these people were also from Yunzhouwei, so naturally they did not dare to come to this muddy water.

Since it was impossible for the defenders over there to intervene in this matter, Xu Jinghong was very sure that he decided to get some interest back for the previous unfair treatment in the mine. Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Ye Tao and said, "You said that we are barbarian spies, and I can still say that you are sent by barbarians to rob grain!" Come on, protect the grain truck!"

As soon as this sentence came out, all the soldiers around him picked up their weapons and confronted more than 100 people from Ye Tao. This was beyond Ye Tao's expectation. Their brother was heavily punished because of Xu Jinghong. Naturally, he was particularly concerned about this enemy and knew that he had recently entered the Yunzhou army and become a team. So when he met Xu Jinghong here this time, Ye Tao thought that hundreds of people under him were enough to suppress him. Although there were hundreds of soldiers here, how could his team command these many people to come against him?

But they all despised Xu Jinghong's ability. He is indeed just a small team, but he is still the leader of the army who escorted grain and fodder to Dingxi this time. Not to mention what he said along the way, and when attacking the grain team against the enemy barbarians, he showed his extraordinary ability, which made the whole grain concede team admire him.

Now everyone braved such a harsh environment to send food to the West City, and they were attacked by barbarians along the way, but after arriving here, they were so despised and humiliated, which made the soldiers very much for a long time. However, because they knew that the identity of the other party was extraordinary, no ordinary soldiers stood up to resist, which did not mean that they did not have the courage to resist, but just a leader. Now Xu Jinghong has issued an order, and with the leader, the soldiers no longer hesitate to make their own response and defend their dignity with the weapons in their hands!

As for the direct superiors of these soldiers, those teams will not show any mercy to Ye Tao. Who told him not to give them face just now? And they have also figured out that Ye Hao can no longer make progress. What is Ye Tao, who relies on his brother to seek a little status?

"How dare you resist..." Ye Tao flinched a little. They are obviously not as good as each other in number, and looking at their appearance, they seem to be not weak. Once they really take action, they will suffer losses. Moreover, behind hundreds of soldiers, those people also picked up some sticks, which made them feel more stressed.

They really didn't expect such a change. They thought that as long as they gave an order from their side, these grain- transporting teams would immediately lose their weapons and then honestly be at their mercy. But who would think that the other party is completely fearless of their own threat, which is too shocking?

And the more shocking ones are still behind. With Xu Jinghong's order, the archers also moved. They have learned how to be a qualified archer in the battle against the barbarians. In a blink of an eye, they have filled a strong bow with a sharp arrow on it. The sharp arrow shining with cold light is facing the "enemy" in front of him.

Seeing that the morale of the other party was like a rainbow and took out the big killer on the battlefield to look at themselves, the patrol soldiers had felt that their whole body was sweating coldly, and many people were trembling all over. They have never really fought with the enemy on the battlefield, so they have weakened more than once in the face of the soldiers who have come out of the bloody battle.

Looking at the other party's expression and performance, Xu Jinghong smiled instead. He knew that his tough attitude had made the other party feel withdrawn, but this was obviously not enough. With Ye Tao's resentment for himself, even if he is threatened, he will stick to it. And in front of this gate, such confrontation with him will only cause unnecessary trouble. In order to completely overwhelm the other party, Xu Jinghong had to use more powerful deterrence.

He nods to Xiong Geng beside him, and the other party immediately knew what he meant. He immediately came to an ox cart behind him and raised a straw mat covering there as soon as he reached out, and Xu Jinghong also said in time: "This is the end of the barbarians who want to intercept our grain team halfway! Do you also want to follow in their footsteps?

The exclamation and the sound of cold gas suddenly filled the whole team, because they saw a scene that shocked them: the grain cart was not full of grain, but a large string of heads, which had just been cut off, and they could still distinguish the appearance of the owner of the head. The head of.

Although these soldiers have come to Dingxi City and are ready to fight against the barbarians at any time, they are new recruits who have never really been to the battlefield. Suddenly seeing so many people, they suddenly feel a little unable to adapt. Many people were stunned with pale faces and couldn't make any sound.

Xu Jinghong coldly swept through these soldiers who had been scared by the head and didn't know how to be good: "If you dare to do it, this is the end! I think it's time to bring the lawsuit to Marshal Wang. It makes us kill people to protect food and grass!"

"Xu Jinghong..." Ye Tao burst out these three words from his teeth and stared at him with hateful eyes, but he did not dare to really order people to do it. He didn't dare to joke about his life, so he could only show his anger with his eyes and expression. His fear has risen from his heart. In order not to let people see his fear, he can only cover it up with anger.

Facing the other party's eyes that wanted to cut himself into pieces, Xu Jinghong smiled calmly: "Do you still want us to put down our weapons now?"

Ye Tao couldn't say anything, but he just stayed there in a daze. Obviously, he didn't dare to embarrass the team any more. But Xu Jinghong didn't plan to just forget it: "Come on, give me their weapons!" He wants to fight back and let Ye Hao and others who want to make things difficult for themselves see that he and this team will avenge themselves, and they will avenge immediately!

Surrounded by a strong bow and hundreds of bloodthirsty soldiers, those people did not dare to make any changes and honestly threw their weapons on the ground. They know very well that if they have any resistance now, these murderous people may really greet them, and it's really too unfair to die.

Xu Jinghong came to Ye Tao in person and pulled him down from the horse: "What dares to be so majestic in front of me!" With that, he also removed his sword.

At this time, Ye Tao was completely deterred by the momentum of the other party. Not to mention resisting, he couldn't even say a few harsh words. In this way, he let Xu Jinghong take all the weapons and armor at his mercy and pushed them aside. Watching their weapons also be confiscated, and then these soldiers who pledged food put these things next to the heads of the barbarians and swaggered towards the gate.

The defenders at the gate have long seen the friction between the two sides, but because of Ye Tao's relationship, they did not come out to persuade them. Unexpectedly, these soldiers who pledged food suppressed each other and swaggered over, which made these soldiers not know what to do. They also have opinions about Ye Tao, but after all, he is the brother of his boss. Should he help? But after feeling the breath emanating from Xu Jinghong and others, these people still chose to be silent, just like Ye Tao's performance when they provoked the grain detention team in front of the city gate.

When he came to these soldiers, Xu Jinghong took out Yunzhou's official document from his arms and handed it over. After the soldiers were verified, they let them go into the city with their cars, while Ye Tao and his party stood in front of the gate for a long time, as if they were deterred by the momentum emanating by Xu Jinghong and his subordinates.

When Xu Jinghong rushed the grain truck to the designated grain collection point for handover, the farce at the gate of the city quickly spread all over Dingxi City, making every Song soldier enjoy talking about it. A grain-ascoring team actually made the patrol team suffer such a big loss, and even weapons were given, which suddenly became a joke in the army. Everyone knows that after this incident, it is no longer possible for the guy named Ye Tao to gain a foothold in the army. He will become a clown in everyone's eyes!

After listening to Wang Junqing's words, Wang Chong, who had been frowned for a long time, also smiled: "This Xu Jinghong is indeed different from others. He has the courage to do such a thing." Speaking of this, he thought of another big event that had been ignored by him: "The grain and fodder from Yunzhou have been shipped, but why didn't the food and fodder from the closer Gui and Western states have arrived? You said that there are still the heads of barbarians in their cars... It's not good!" Wang Chong suddenly woke up and shouted, "How can I be so negligent? Even such an important matter has been ignored. I'm afraid that the grain and fodder teams in the other two states will not come!"