Chapter eight hundred and twenty first disarming and returning to the field
Yunyang was blocked by ten soldiers who looked slightly embarrassed, unable to move forward outside the camp of the Sixth Guard of the New Army.
Looking at the embarrassed looks in the eyes of the ten soldiers, Yunyang knew that they were acting under orders, and did not make any trouble for them. He stood outside the camp and waited quietly.
Hearing the shouts one after another in the Six Guards Camp of the New Army, Yunyang's already heavy heart became even heavier.
Although he didn't know what was happening at this moment in the Sixth Guards Camp of the New Army and what they were doing, Yunyang could feel the high morale of the soldiers from the inspiring shouts.
With such a high morale, it seemed as if they didn't care at all about the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on both sides.
From the time the sun rose three poles until the sun set in the west, the guards of the camp changed five groups, but Yunyang was still blocked from the camp of the Six Guards of the New Army and could not move forward.
Fortunately, the soldiers were very discerning and found a chair early to set it up for Yunyang.
Each wave of guards smiled apologetically at Yunyang, making Yunyang helplessly sit aside and wait, thinking about why the New Army's Sixth Guards Camp was so morale-boosting.
The sky-shattering shouts that had been going on all afternoon finally stopped. Yunyang immediately stood up from the chair, stood on tiptoes and looked into the camp.
A soldier ran out quickly and stopped in front of Yunyang.
“Commander, Your Majesty invites you!”
Yunyang nodded slightly and hurried towards the main camp of the Sixth Guards of the New Army.
As soon as Yunyang entered the tent, more than thirty generals from the Six Guards of the New Army immediately knelt on one knee and saluted. Liu Chengzhi also nodded slightly and saluted Yunyang.
“See you, Marshal! Please forgive me for keeping the Marshal waiting for a long time.”
“I’ve met Mr. Yun.”
Yunyang looked around at the generals in the tent with complex eyes and nodded silently.
“No etiquette, no etiquette at all.”
“Thank you very much, Marshal. Please sit down, Marshal.”
Yunyang sat down melancholy, looked at Liu Chengzhi who was sitting next to him, and raised his eyes to scan the many generals in front of him.
“I am very happy and gratified that you can call me Marshal again.
To be honest, I feel very uncomfortable that things have reached this situation.
I always speak straightforwardly and don't like to hide things. When the King of Side by Side was assassinated, I was very sad.
After your squadron returned to the court, you were able to station yourself outside the city and wait for the court's instructions without causing our dragon to fall into the flames of internal trouble and war. I admire your benevolence and righteousness.
Please accept my courtesy.”
Yunyang stood up, cupped his fists and saluted everyone.
“We dare not accept this great gift.”
“The court’s explanation was not satisfactory.
I don’t know what you are thinking at this time, but as a soldier who protects your home and country, you have a mountain of military orders, and anyone who disobeys them will be killed. I think you should be very clear about these eight words.
Although I don’t want to say it, the fact that you escaped from the battle is so eye-catching that you cannot hide it.
If you don’t handle it according to military regulations, you won’t be able to convince the public.
I hope you can understand my difficulty."
Thirty-six people looked at Yunyang's bitter look on his face and nodded with a wry smile.
“Commander, what are the imperial court’s plans to do with us?”
Yunyang's tiger body trembled, and his already somewhat bumpy body became even more bumpy. He hesitated for a long time and said sonorously and forcefully: "If you escape from the battlefield, you should punish others on the spot.
However, Your Majesty will pardon your death penalty in view of your hard work and meritorious service and your many years of fighting for the country.
But you must be demoted and dismissed from office.
I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold and return home to enjoy your long life.
Under the strict military regulations that impose strict military orders, and those who disobey the orders will be killed, you are the only general in Dalong's history who has been able to die a good death."
Liu Chengzhi turned to look at Yunyang: "Shuai Yun, you are the father-in-law of my father's aunt, Aunt Liu Ying. The younger generation should call you Grandpa Yun.
Great Grandpa, my father was assassinated and the court gave me a confused answer that ended in an anticlimactic manner. Now, will even a general who has been fighting for the country for more than ten years have to end up like this?
For the sake of stability in the world, the juniors have been standing still since the return of the army, waiting for instructions from the court.
After waiting for twenty days, is this what the court calls an explanation?"
Yunyang felt Liu Chengzhi's slightly sharp gaze despite his young age, nodded with a wry smile, and lowered his head helplessly.
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“The imperial court can’t help you!”
Cheng Kai and the other thirty people looked at each other without any sense of surprise. They seemed to have known such a result for a long time.
Grinning, they all saluted Yunyang.
“Commander, the late king told us more than once when he was still alive.
Our soldiers should be honored to die on the battlefield and be buried in horse leather.
Over the years, many of us brothers have served alongside the king, conquering the south, the north, the east and the west, opening up territory for the imperial court and expanding its territory, and made great military exploits.
Although I am not willing to do so, the late king said it.
Soldiers protect their homes and countries, not harm the mountains and rivers they risked their lives to protect.
As for the decision of the imperial court, we brothers obey the orders.
Please let the commander declare the decree!"
Yunyang stared blankly at Cheng Kai and the thirty-six people for a moment, his eyes turned red, tears flashed in his eyes, he sighed faintly, stood up and took out the imperial edict from his sleeves, slowly rolling it open with trembling hands.
“The Emperor Dalong said:
“Cheng Kai.”
“Your Majesty Zhou Baoyu!”
“Chen Ye Baotong!”
“The minister’s title is the same!”
“Chen Ningchao!”
“Chen Chu Jing!”
“I am a Confucian scholar of the Tang Dynasty!”
“Your Majesty Han Peng!”
“Chen Jiang Lei!”
“We accept the order and thank you.”
“Long live your Majesty!”
Liu Chengzhi suddenly stood up from his chair and looked at Cheng Kai and the others in shock.
It was genuine astonishment, not the slightest bit staged.
Cheng Kai and Liu Chengzhi had no idea about their actions, and they didn’t understand why they accepted this order, which was obviously to kill the donkey.
“Uncles, what are you doing here?”
“Your Majesty, military orders are like mountains, and those who disobey them will be killed.
The former king was famous throughout the world for his strict military management.
After all, it was our brothers who disobeyed military orders and fled before the battle.
Your Majesty is so gracious that he can pardon our death penalty.
If the late king were still alive, our brothers would definitely be exempted from death penalty but not from living penalty.
Now that we can return to our hometown to take care of ourselves, we are satisfied.”
Liu Chengzhi looked at Cheng Kai and the others with pursed lips, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Because these things were not among the instructions he received.
Yunyang tremblingly handed the imperial edict to Cheng Kai's hand.
“Children, thank you very much for putting your family, country, and country first. I salute you.”
After Yunyang finished speaking, he bowed again.
“Commander, please rise, I am ashamed to do so.”
Hold up Yunyang, Cheng Kai and the thirty-six people looked at each other, laughed and began to remove the armor and weapons from their bodies.
During the tea time, thirty-six armors were folded neatly, with weapons placed on them.
“Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, we have already disarmed and returned to the fields, and it is unreasonable to wait in the army any longer.
Please, Your Majesty, Marshal, take care of yourself.
Farewell."
Looking at the thirty-six people turning around and swaggering towards the outside of the camp, Yunyang hurriedly chased after them.
Looking at Cheng Kai, Zhou Baoyu and more than 30 people who were packing their bags in his tent, Yunyang clenched his fists with complicated eyes and hammered hard on one of the pillars of the tent.
In the blink of an eye, the thirty-six people who had disappeared gathered together again. They put on the regular clothes they had not worn for many years, carried simple packages on their backs, and tied their weapons before joining the army on their horses. They looked around the camp and held hands.
The horse reins walked towards the outside of the camp.
Yunyang stared at the backs of the thirty-six people who were facing the vicissitudes of the setting sun. The setting sun was like blood, as bright red as if the thirty-six people led the troops with leaping horses and whips, and fought bloody battles in the enemy's formation.
A group of hundreds of troops stopped on horseback in front of the military tent.
“Let’s see the commander-in-chief!”
Yunyang came to his senses, straightened his waist and slowly raised his hands.