The Path of the Sage

Chapter 2006: The Heart of a Soldier

Views:

The most surprised were the many generals who were deeply in love with Tong Luan. They looked at Tong Luan's back, some at a loss, but due to military orders, they dismounted and saluted Fang Run.

Then, Tong Luan began to salute Liu Shan.

Fang Yun's eyes instantly swept over all the generals of the Yingyang Army, comparing them with the information in his mind, and found that all the generals behind Tong Luan were Liu Shan's direct descendants. Some were Liu Shan's subordinates when he was in charge of Mizhou, some were Liu's relatives, and some were Lan Xungu's disciples. They were all objects of close surveillance by the Jingguo royal family.

Fang Yun frowned slightly, and a list of all the generals of the Yingyang Army quickly emerged in his mind. Excluding those from Liushan's direct lineage, he only recalled the information of those generals who did not come. There was a slight change in his eyes.

Seeing Tong Luan saluting, Liu Shan just nodded without saying anything, his face a little gloomy, and then glanced at the generals behind Tong Luan.

Almost all the generals looked directly at Liu Shan with firm gazes.

Liu Shan's expression finally relaxed and he looked at Tong Luan again.

Tong Luan said to Fang Yun, "I received the military order and immediately led the troops to rescue Ning'an, but I was afraid that the enemy would attack Yuyang Pass, so I only brought 200,000 elite soldiers. From today on, these 200,000 troops will be at the disposal of General Fang."

Fang Yun's mind moved, he nodded, and said: "Generals of the Yingyang Army, step out!"

Then twenty titled generals stepped forward and stood in a row.

In Jing State, there is one army for every ten thousand people, led by a general of the fourth rank.

Fang Yun recognized every general and even knew exactly what their families had done recently. His understanding of them was even better than Liu Shan's.

Fang Yun whispered an order, and then he saw twenty private soldiers of scholars walk out from behind him and go in front of the twenty generals respectively.

Fang Yun looked at the general on the far left and said, "Yu Weimin."

"I am here!" A general with a black beard stepped forward and saluted.

"Follow the person in front of you and lead the army to the Ning'an County Government to receive the military order!" Fang Yun said.

Yu Weimin was stunned for a moment and looked at Liu Shan.

There was a flash of anger in Liu Shan's eyes, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Yu Weimin sighed and said, "I have received your order!"

Afterwards, Fang Yun's private soldiers took Yu Weimin and 10,000 troops to the Ning'an County Government.

Fang Yun looked at the second Yingyang Army general and said, "Guan An!"

"I will be here!"

"Lead the entire army to the Gongdian station and await orders."

Guan An looked at Liu Shan.

Liu Shan remained silent.

Guan An had no choice but to say, "I obey your command!" After that, he went to the Gongdian headquarters under the leadership of Fang Yun's private soldiers.

Fang Yun kept giving orders, and every general looked at Liu Shan before accepting the orders, but in the end they were all helplessly transferred away by Fang Yun.

At the beginning, only a few people knew Fang Yun’s intention, but later, almost everyone knew that Fang Yun wanted to transfer these twenty armies to different places in Ning’an City in order to completely disperse the elite troops of the Yingyang Army.

The various armies lost contact with each other, and any problem in any of them would be easily suppressed.

The Yingyang Army was broken up into small units and had lost the possibility of mutiny because there would be at least one Grand Secretary or more than 50,000 troops stationed nearby.

Soon, Fang Yun looked at the last general.

Lan Xungu’s nephew, Jinshi Lan Mo.

"Lan Mo, lead the troops to the farmers' station and wait for orders."

Lan Xungu was forced to commit suicide out of fear of punishment by Fang Yun.

The first nineteen armies had already left.

Lan Mo looked indifferent and said, "I am from the Yingyang Army. I only know about the cabinet, but not the Zhenbei General!"

Before Fang Yun could say anything, Tong Luan shouted, "With a powerful enemy at hand, those who disobey orders will be killed!"

After saying that, Tong Luan suddenly turned his head to look at Lan Mo, and a sharp tongue pierced through Lan Mo's head before he could react, leaving a spot of blood between his eyebrows.

Lan Mo's body slowly fell down, and his eyes gradually dimmed.

Bloodstained outside the South City.

The rest of the Yingyang soldiers were silent.

In this Yingyang Army, in addition to the twenty titled generals, there were also some Jinshi or Hanlin generals. Some of them were furious and looked towards Liu Shan. As long as Liu Shan gave the order, they would attack Tong Luan.

Lan Xungu has been in the Yingyang Army for many years, and most of the officers present have close ties with him.

However, Liu Shan said nothing.

Tong Luan turned around, clasped his fists towards Fang Yun, and said, "It's okay for me to discipline you. I hope General Fang will forgive me."

"It's a small matter, no problem. General Tong, Yuyang Pass cannot be without a master for a day, please return to guard it." Fang Yun said.

"Your humble servant obeys your command! Please ask General Fang to greet the Queen Mother on my behalf. I will take my leave." Tong Luan saluted Fang Run again, ignored Liu Shan, turned around and led the guards away.

Finally, of the 200,000 elite soldiers of the Yingyang Army, only 14 Jinshi or Hanlin generals who had no military power were left, and they looked confused.

At this point, many people have realized that Tong Luan deliberately brought Liu Shan's trusted generals to Ning'an City to eliminate the biggest hidden danger in Yuyang Pass.

Four words popped up in everyone's mind.

All is fair in war.

Back then, Tong Luan's claim of joining Liushan because of his grandson's death was simply a military tactic.

Many scholars showed an expression of disbelief. That year, Fang Yun passed the examinations for Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren and Jinshi respectively. It was Fang Yun's most glorious year, and even one of the most glorious eras for the human race.

No one noticed that after Fang Yunguang's rise, there was such a soldier who endured humiliation and took the death of his grandson as an opportunity to resolutely join the Liushan camp.

Today, when Jingguo needed him most, Tong Luan completed his mission.

From beginning to end, Tong Luan never told anyone.

The Queen Mother doesn’t know, Jingjun doesn’t know, Jiang Hechuan doesn’t know, Li Wenying doesn’t know, and Fang Yun doesn’t know.

After doing all this, Tong Luan did not ask for credit at all, as if it was all so normal.

The infamy he had endured over the years and the grief of losing his loved ones could not shake his military resolve.

Many Jingguo soldiers looked at the receding figure and saluted silently.

Until this time, many military scholars finally understood what a soldier was and what a scholar was!

Fang Yun watched Tong Luan go away and looked towards Liu Shan.

Even though Liu Shan tried his best to hide it, traces of anger were revealed between his brows.

Even Fang Yun noticed the abnormality between Yingyang Army and Tong Luan at the first time, so Liu Shan must have discovered it as well. However, when Fang Yun gave the order to test him, Liu Shan said nothing.

Even the person least proficient in military tactics could guess that Tong Luan brought Liu Shan's direct line here because he was ready for Liu Shan to turn against him and was waiting for him to start a mutiny.

If the generals of the Yingyang Army disobey orders, Fang Yun will certainly kill all the officers and soldiers at the first opportunity, and may even kill all 200,000 troops.

Although there were losses, it was essentially only a reduction of 200,000 people, and the impact on Yuyang Pass and Jing State was minimal.

By the time Qing received the news, it could do nothing without the Yingyang Army's proclamation to attack Jing and without an order to the world.

In the end, Liu Shan chose to wait.

None of the generals who remain in Yuyang Pass are Liu Shan’s confidants, Tong Luan’s men, or the core members of the Zuo Xiang Party, so it is impossible for them to launch a mutiny.

This also means that Liushan has lost the powerful support of the Yingyang Army.

Liu Shan could only continue to wait, waiting for Ning'an City to fall, waiting for Yuyang Pass to fall, and waiting for the capital to fall.

The great scholars and university scholars scattered throughout Ning'an City have seen everything that happened outside the South City Gate through official seals.

Everyone noticed that Liu Shan's eagle-like and wolf-like gaze had finally dimmed a lot.

.