Chapter 122: Prison Offering Ceremony
When he learned that Li Bin was going to enter Jinluo Kingdom again to save his father and second uncle, Xie Zhitong, the Minister of War, found Li Bin and persuaded him: "Wende, the formation of the cavalry guards is about to be established, and the risk of entering Jinluo Kingdom is too great."
Li Bin said firmly: "Master General, with Sha Lei and Wei Hong and the others here, it cannot delay the formation of the cavalry guards. Now that my father and second uncle have been captured by the Jinluo army, I must go to the Jinluo Kingdom to rescue them."
Seeing Li Bin's attitude so firm, Xie Zhitong couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I know I can't persuade you. Look, this time I go to Jinluo to save people, what do you need to help me?"
Li Bin hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, this time I go to Jinluo to save people, it is not advisable to bring too many people. Those under my command are enough. However, as the formation of the Knight Guard, I hope the Master can take care of one or two more."
Xie Zhitong nodded and said, "Don't worry, Wende, the next five attacks of Jinluo will require more efforts from the cavalry guards. This commander must tilt towards the cavalry guards in terms of soldiers and weapons. In addition, there are still tens of thousands of war horses in his hands that have not been allocated. This commander is planning to take out the best 15,000 of them and hand them over to the cavalry guards. In this way, even if each heavy armored cavalry is equipped with two war horses, the cavalry guards can form 25,000 heavy armored cavalry."
Dugu Zan, the county magistrate of Heyang County, brought more than 2,500 horsemen from the cavalry camp, and under the care of the imperial guards of the central army, he brought more than 35,000 war horses back to Pingwu City.
"Thank you, the coach."
"You don't have to be polite to your family. Wende, you must be careful when you go to Jinluo Country to save people. Don't forget Yingying and the children in her belly are still waiting for you to go back in the capital!"
Since the formation of the cavalry guards is about to begin, and too many people go to Jinluo to save people, it is easy to expose their whereabouts. So Li Bin entered Jinluo this time and only planned to bring Xue Li, Yang Zaixing, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanqing, Xiong Kuohai, Xu Chu, Lu Zhishen and eight wolves.
Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and others will stay and assist the deputy coaches of the Cavalry Guard Sha Lei and Wei Hong to form a new Cavalry Guard.
Although Sha Lei and Wei Hong have always been respectful and obedient to Li Bin, they were once the emperor's guards. This time they were able to leaps through the dragon gate and were promoted to deputy commanders of the cavalry guards, and they also rely on the emperor's efforts to protect him. Therefore, in the process of forming the cavalry guards, Li Bin had to leave some of his own people.
Sha Lei and Wei Hong took the initiative to ask to follow Li Bin to Jinluo Country to save people, but Li Bin was about to form a cavalry guard, so he asked the two to stay and preside over the various matters of the establishment of the cavalry guard.
Sha Lei and Wei Hong immediately stated that they would be responsible for recruiting soldiers first. As for the structure of the organization and the appointment of officers at all levels, the two would wait for Li Bin to come back to decide, and they all claimed that the cavalry guard could only be Li Bin's cavalry guard.
In the battle of almost completely destroyed the cavalry camp, Sha Lei and Wei Hong were rescued by Li Bin and more than a dozen powerful generals under his command. This made Sha Lei and Wei Hong's loyalty to Li Bin soar. If it weren't for the emperor's reasons, Sha Lei and Wei Hong would have no way to become Li Bin as their lords.
In addition, from the battle to rescue the left and right guards, when Li Bin returned to Pingwu City, the eight hexagram positions of the Tai Chi Bagua Diagram in Li Bin's mind were filled with the essence of the sun and the moon. So before Li Bin brought people to the Jinluo Kingdom again, he summoned two Chinese historical figures.
This time, two fictional generals in Water Margin novels were summoned, namely Leopard Head Lin Chong and Big Dao Guan Sheng.
Lin Chong, nicknamed Leopard Head, was originally the instructor of the Guns and Sticks of the Imperial Guard. Because his wife was attracted by Gao Yanei, the adopted son of the Grand Marshal Gao Qiu, and was framed many times, and was eventually forced to go to Liangshan to fall into trouble.
Later, Wang Lun was reigned and Chao Gai was respected as the leader of Liangshan Village. He participated in a series of battles in Liangshan and made great contributions to the growth of the village.
During the Liangshan gathering, it ranked sixth, with Tianxiongxing and five tiger generals in the Ma Army.
When fighting against the official army that came to encircle and suppress the Liangshan Army, invaded the Liao Kingdom of the Northern Song Dynasty and wiped out the rebellious forces of Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La, Lin Chong made many military achievements and died of illness in Liuhe Temple, Hangzhou after conquering Fang La.
Guan Sheng, the heroes of Liangshanbo, ranked fifth among the five tiger generals in the novel, was the descendant of Guan Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms. He was proficient in military tactics and used a Qinglong Yanyue sword, and his old friend was called Guan Sheng, a big sword.
Before going to Liangshan, Pudong was inspector. Because Liangshan attacked Beijing, Xuanzan recommended him to Tong Guan and led his troops to attack Liangshan to break the siege of Beijing. Guan Sheng fought against Lin Chong and Qin Ming and the other two. When he was about to lose, Song Jiang stopped the battle for Guan Sheng because he was afraid that Guan Sheng would die.
Hu Yanzhuo used the method of fake surrender to lure Guan Sheng's troops into Song Jiang's big village, and was dragged down from his saddle and captured alive. Guan Sheng felt that Song Jiang had the courage and loyalty, so he surrendered to Liangshan.
Cai Jing dispatched troops to attack Liangshan, Guan Sheng defeated Shan Tinggui, and Shan Tinggui surrendered to Liangshan and was recruited to conquer the Liao Kingdom. After Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La, Guan Sheng was named the chief military officer of Daming Prefecture. After training the army for one day, he went home and got drunk and fell off the horse. Therefore, he became seriously ill and died of illness soon after.
After Lin Chong and Guan Sheng were summoned, Li Bin also added them to the team to save people in Jinluo Country.
Before Li Bin and his group entered the Jinluo Kingdom, they all dressed up as the cavalry of the Jinluo Imperial Army, and each of them was equipped with three war horses.
Now Li Bin has only eight grassland horses, fifteen Ronglu horses and ten Anpumas left in his hands. This time he went to Jinluo Kingdom to save people. Grassland horses, Ronglu horses and Anpumas, Li Bin and others did not bring a single one, and each of them was given three Eastern Barbarian horses.
The Dongman Horse is a war horse raised by various barbarians in the eastern part of the Jinluo Kingdom. The cavalry of the Jinluo Imperial Army is basically equipped with Dongman Horses.
Now there are at least hundreds of thousands of troops in Jinluo Kingdom, gathering in Maping City, an important border town on the western border of Jinluo Kingdom about twenty miles east of Pingwu City. Therefore, Li Bin and his group could only bypass Maping City and chose to enter the Jinluo Kingdom from other places.
Since the three siege troops of Da Yan had withdrawn from Da Yan's territory, the defeated soldiers scattered in the Jinluo Kingdom were almost wiped out, so the investigation they encountered after Li Bin and his group entered the Jinluo Kingdom was not strict.
On August 22, the 17th year of Jianping, Li Bin brought his men into the Jinluo Kingdom. Seven days later, Li Bin and his group came to Rongdeng City, Lingzhou Prefecture of Jinluo Kingdom. The officers and soldiers of Dayan who had been captured were all detained in Rongdeng City.
However, when Li Bin and others arrived at Rongdeng City, the prisoners of war in Dayan were originally imprisoned in Rongdeng City, and they were taken to Jinluo City, the capital of Jinluo Kingdom. Xue Li and Xu Chu, who entered Rongdeng City, found out that the Jinluo army would hold a prisoner offering ceremony to Xiahouzhen, the emperor of Jinluo Kingdom in Jinluo City.
Xu Chu also reported to Li Bin: "Lord, the Jinluo army that escorted our captured officers and soldiers in Dayan is the third town of the Jinluo Imperial Army. The commander of the third town of the Jinluo Imperial Army is named Xiahou Ben, and he is a son of the royal family of the Jinluo Kingdom."
A cold light flashed in Li Bin's eyes, "We will go to Jinluo City immediately to save people, hoping to avenge Xiangzi and Haozi's revenge!"
Just when Li Bin and his group arrived outside Rongden City, more than 20,000 prisoners of war in Dayan were being escorted to Jinluo City by Jinluo's army. Li Zhao, Li Lie, Tao Siliang, Tao Siyuan, and Tao Sipeng, who were tied to their ankles and shackles on their wrists, were also in the team of prisoners of war in Dayan.
There were not many prisoners of war in Dayan who were treated the same as Li Zhao and the five others. Most of the prisoners of war in Dayan were tied with hemp ropes. Only the warriors among the prisoners of war would wear handshakes and shackles.
At this time, Li Zhao, Li Lie, Tao Siliang, Tao Siyuan and Tao Sipeng were all covered with scars. However, in order for the injured Dayan Imperial Army to participate in the prisoner offering ceremony, the Jinluo army hadtily treated the wounded for the wounded. Of course, some seriously injured people who were so serious that they could not move were all dealt with by the Jinluo army when they left the city.
If some wounded people could not keep walking during the march, the Jinluo army would not mercilessly prepare carriages for these wounded people, and would only pull them to the side of the road and chop their heads.
After the Jinluo army ordered a rest, Li Zhao, Li Lie, Tao Siliang, Tao Siyuan and Tao Sipeng sat directly on the ground with exhaustion.
Tao Siliang licked his chapped lips, and then asked with concern: "Master Li, Master Li Er, how are you doing? Can you still persevere?"
Li Zhao nodded slightly, "I can do it. Apart from the broken ribs, the other injuries on the body are no longer serious."
Li Lie gasped and said, "I can still hold on. Although my right arm is broken, I can still fight with people. I feel that we cannot sit still and wait for death. According to the situation of Jinluo Kingdom treating our prisoners of war in Dayan in the past, we prisoners of war are likely to have all been cut off after participating in the prisoner offering ceremony, so we have to find a way to escape!"
Tao Siliang sighed and said, "The Jinluo army has taken strict care of us captured warriors. Even if the five of us are not injured, it is almost impossible for us to escape."
Li Zhao said bitterly: "This time my second brother and I have implicated you three brothers. Originally, you three brothers rushed out, but in order to save me and my second brother, they risked their lives to break into the camp, and they were imprisoned."
Tao Siyuan, the second brother of the three brothers, immediately said: "Mr. Li, don't feel guilty. You are the father of our three brothers. We should save you and Mr. Li, the second brothers. Unfortunately, there are many masters in this Jinluo Imperial Army, which has led to the failure of the rescue plan."
The third brother Tao Sipeng said at this time: "The ones who captured us and those who escorted us now are the third town of the Jinluo Imperial Army. The head coach Xiahou Ben is one of the experts in the Jinluo Kingdom. Xiahou Ben also has many powerful generals under Xiahou Ben. Brothers Lin Xiang and Lin Hao were killed by the powerful general Pang Yongheng, who was under Xiahou Ben's command."
When Tao Sipeng mentioned Lin Xiang and Lin Hao who were killed, Li Zhao and Li Lie's faces showed a gloomy look. Li Zhao's eyes were slightly red and said, "This time I have implicated Lin Xiang and Lin Hao. If I can still return to Dayan, I don't know how to explain to my sister-in-law!"
After pausing, Li Zhao continued, "What my second brother said makes sense. After attending the prisoner offering ceremony, we prisoners of war may be chopped off, so even if there is little hope of escaping, we have to give it a try."
Chapter completed!