lcionline Chapter 742 Huang Fang's Great Humiliation
Chapter 742 Huang Fang's Great Humiliation
"General, calm down. Huang Fang did complete the mission. Although the battle was not fought well, it was not Huang Fang's fault alone!"
"General, now that we know the enemy is coming, it's time to use our men. Huang Fang hasn't made any mistakes of principle."
"Huang Fang, stop talking. You don't understand the Marshal's temper. He just said it in anger. Calm down and say less."
"Marshal, peace is the most important thing. We are fighting among ourselves now."
"After all, they are my brothers. It's a good thing that they can evacuate. It's better than surrendering to the enemy."
Hearing everyone's dissuasion, Li Yu also wanted to take advantage of the situation to back down, but he still couldn't swallow this breath, so he said,
"You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life. You dare to contradict me, commander? Come, punish me with a hundred military sticks!"
The crowd urged again,
"General, thirty military sticks will be enough. A hundred military sticks can kill someone."
"Yeah, even if he's not dead, he's been beaten to a pulp and we still have to carry him away."
"We're all on the same side, just fight a few times, there's no need to risk your life."
After being persuaded by everyone, Li Yu changed the punishment to thirty military sticks and said that this was the bottom line and he would watch the execution.
There was no other way. A higher-ranking official could crush a lower-ranking official. Even though Huang Fang wanted to kill the bastard with a single blow, he could only lie down, stick up his little buttocks, and obediently accept the impact of the stick.
Two of Li Yu's personal soldiers took sticks and beat Huang Fang fiercely.
Huang Fang's teeth were broken due to the pain, but he remained silent.
At this moment, the humiliation in his heart was more intense than the pain in his body.
The brothers from the Second Corps were all around, and they were all watching.
Being scolded and beaten like this in front of his own men, Huang Fang's hatred for Li Yu was higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea.
He had made up his mind that he must rebel and give Li Yu a good beating!
To avenge my great humiliation!
Thirty blows with military sticks were soon over. Huang Fang's personal soldiers hurried to help him up, carried him back, and let him lie down to rest.
Only then did Li Yu leave with satisfaction.
The soldiers of the Second Corps gathered around him and looked at him with concern.
They were still grateful to Huang Fang. First of all, Huang Fang was quite nice to them on weekdays and was not as cruel and harsh as Li Yu.
Moreover, when Li Yu ordered them to stay behind and die, Huang Fang also decisively ordered them to retreat.
Although more than 6,000 people died in the battle, the lives of more than 3,000 people were saved.
Coupled with Li Yu's attitude just now, they also saw that Huang Fang suffered such a great humiliation for saving them, and they felt even more pity and gratitude towards Huang Fang.
The guards beside him whispered indignantly,
"General, Li Yu is too much of a bully. He didn't blame us for the defeat. Those Yan soldiers are like crazy. We can't defeat them at all."
"Exactly. The general was kind enough to save our lives, but Li Yu insisted on sending us to our deaths. What does that mean? Do we have a grudge against him?"
"Yeah, are our lives so worthless? Why would we die when we could live? What's the point?"
"Yeah, this is too much of a bully. We really can't swallow this."
"General, please give us a set of rules and we will obey you!"
Huang Fang looked at the caring faces around him, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions. People are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless? These people have followed him for so many years, and the comradeship between them is real.
He sighed and said,
"Stop talking, be careful not to let Li Yu hear this. Since everyone is willing to follow me, I promise that I will definitely help you survive. Don't worry!"
"Yes, General."
After a night's rest, Huang Fang's injuries healed a little the next day. The Sichuan Army set out again and headed towards Bazhong. They arrived in Bazhong that night and were finally able to rest.
Li Yu looked at his remaining 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and knew that he could not defeat the Yan army, but he had to defend against the Yan army. After thinking about it, he decided to write a letter to Jiang Wei.
In his heart, he told Jiang Wei about his predicament and ordered Jiang Wei to leave a small number of troops to defend Jiange, and then lead a large force from Guangyuan to the east to support him.
After all, the road in Jiange is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as we guard the area just above the stairs, we can stop the enemy from coming up.
His letter was written entirely in the tone of a commander addressing his subordinates, and was full of orders.
Although Jiang Wei was the same commander-in-chief as him and they were not subordinate to each other, the proud Li Yu still looked down on Jiang Wei, a surrendered general, from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he was still his subordinate and he could give orders at will and the other party had to obey.
After finishing the letter, he sent someone to Jiange at full speed, and then Li Yu went to rest.
The next thing to do is to defend Bazhong to the death.
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On the Yan army's side, the bridge had been repaired, and the Yan army continued to cross the river south, and also seized a large amount of food and grass in Nanjiang City, which could sustain the Yan army's next battle.
Generally speaking, the Yan army arrived one day later than the Sichuan army. In the evening of the second day after the Sichuan army arrived in Bazhong, the Yan army also arrived at the foot of Bazhong city and set up camp.
Several generals were standing on the north wall of Bazhong. The city gates were wide open, and scouts came in one after another to gather intelligence.
Huang Fang also looked at the Yan army camp in the north, his mind full of how to use the power of the Yan army to give Li Yu a good blow.
Li Yu was cruel and ruthless, and he was also unreasonable. He was clearly not wrong, but he insisted on punishing and humiliating himself in this way.
Huang Fang hated Li Yu to the core, and he must take revenge!
Looking at the Yan army camp in the distance, a plan slowly came to his mind.
He turned and went into the city gate, pretending to go to the toilet, and then called a personal soldier over and said,
"Feng Ji, wait a minute, I will send you to scout the Yan army camp. Just wander around outside and don't get discovered by other scouts. Come back after dark.
Then you told me that you had discovered the location of the enemy's food supplies.
do you understand? "
"I understand, but why should we do this?"
The personal soldier Feng Ji asked in confusion.
Huang Fang sighed, patted his shoulder and said,
"I'm looking for a way for you to survive. As for the rest, don't ask too many questions. Just do your job!"
"As ordered!"
Then, he came outside with his personal soldiers and continued to look out.
The other generals were also there.
Suddenly, he said to Feng Ji beside him,
"Fengji, hurry up and go outside the city to find out where the enemy's food supplies are!"
"As ordered!"
After Feng Ji left, a general next to him asked,
"General Huang, you're going to investigate the location of the enemy's food supplies, but are you planning to burn them to force them to retreat?"
Huang Fang sighed,
"The enemy is numerous and we are few, the enemy is strong and we are weak. This is the only way to win, but we should not hold our hopes too high. I am sending people forward in the hope that one more person will bring more strength to help the scouts."