Chapter 69: Sacrifice to the Heavens
Liu Xian issued an order from Shenglong City, giving Yang Yinglong the authority to leave the country to support Meng Yang.
The altar was erected in the god protector pass, and the governor Wang Ning and the deputy envoy Luo Rufang accompanied the sacrifice to the sky.
Yang Yinglong finally got his wish and ascended the altar with his battle armor, took the wine bowl from the hand of the governor Wang Ning, sprinkled it to the sky, and then poured it to the ground.
A group of Yunnan shirtless wrestlers held the wine altar from the altar under the military formation through the line, the Miao warriors held the wine bowl one by one, and the generals on the altar drank down, a pole spear and dart from the formation neutral, the formation left and right hanging the Bozhou banner and Yang's Daxu.
At this moment, Wang Ning could no longer stop the troops, but he still cautiously instructed: "Reckless Yinglong is powerful, don't be greedy for merit when you go to war, if you are not defeated, withdraw to the Divine Protector Pass, and Deputy Envoy Luo will answer you." β
Yang Yinglong drank all the wine and was about to smash the pottery bowl, but because of Wang Ning's words, he paused, and his face was difficult to understand for a while, and finally handed the pottery bowl back to his hands with some gentleness.
"Don't worry, my Yang family's ancestors and ancestors are looking at the descendants above the nine heavens, and this battle will be won."
As he spoke, Yang Yinglong turned to face the three thousand Banzhou warriors under the altar and preached loudly: "During the Tang Qianfu period, the imperial court ordered the world's heroes to subdue the Bozhou people, Yongzhen Situ. The fifth ancestor of my Yang family died on the battlefield, broke the Southern Zhao, crossed the Tang Chao, Yi Han customs and Yihe, and set the foundation of the state. β
"The ancestors of the arrays have lived and died together with the ancestors of the Yang family since then."
"On the occasion of the Song, Yuan, and Ding Revolutions, the Mongolian cavalry went south, and the prince Kuduan surrounded the Song army in Sichuan, and my 14th ancestor of the Yang family led 5,000 Banzhou troops to the wind, guarding Pingyang Pass, galloping to the aid of Qingye Plain, breaking its troops, and relieving the siege of the Song army."
"The Banshu Army has been awarded the title of Imperial Mighty Army."
"After the destruction of Fancheng and Xiangyang, the Mongolian emperor entered the Central Plains, and the emperor was called emperor in Beijing for six years, and the Yuan army repeatedly attacked Banzhou, but Hailongtun was still there, until he was unable to return to the sky."
"Since the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu did not levy Sichuan, and I planted the state of Banzhou Xiannatu in the Zongmiao, and I was treated by my ancestors, so the tax amount was less than one-twelfth of Shuixi, and I was able to get rich."
"Today is the time to serve the imperial court, you need to be like the ancestors, go with me to the danger of living and dying together, all the family letters have been sent back to Banzhou, and the Banzhou military law does not need to be said, this battle needs to be won, and it is difficult to save Meng Yang."
"Let Sanxuan and Liuwei know that Banzhou athletes are brave and brave in the world!"
The spear and shield slammed to the ground, and the Miao warrior wearing the padlock ring armor and the iron scarf roared like a mountain, and raised the poisonous crossbow ring knife high with the right hand that still inherited the ancestors' habit of tattooing the word "loyalty" and bravery.
The leaders of each team were in a strong posture, and the tiger man in Miaozhong, who was stronger in armor, took off his iron shackle and shouted to slap the half-human-high square shield, and everyone was excited and ready to fight.
The army's heart was excited, Yang Yinglong immediately bowed to the sky and knelt on the ground, burned incense and swore an oath, and said: "I would like to tell the mountains and rivers with sincerity, the ancestors and the ancestors, and the three thousand soldiers of the Banzhou army will enter the autumn and exit the customs, so that when the war is in line with the sky, they will enter the barren land outside the country, and attack the people who are not subordinate to Burma, and they should respond to the order of the Son of Heaven and solve the difficulties of the people." β
"Therefore." The reason is clear to God, and Xiao Tusi's summary is also simple and rude: "This battle will be won." β
"When the victory is still in the state, the descendants should burn incense and bathe, and kill the white horse and three animals to thank the ancestors; If they are invincible, we will die for them. β
Wang Ning and Luo Rufang glanced at each other, they really didn't understand how this kind of pre-war sacrifice to the sky could make the thousands of Banzhou troops under the altar excited and fearless, as if they had been cast a spell, where was it exciting?
The family history is barely enough to boost morale, but what kind of thing is that sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven and earth?
Just because of the autumn war, this battle will be won, and the reckless Yinglong will also fight in the autumn.
The most excessive, win the battle and go home, and ask God to rub it with the ancestors; As soon as the defeat was gone, he took his brother up to God for a beating.
"In this battle, you are not allowed to advance or retreat, but you can die without defeat!"
After that, Yang Yinglong raised his hands and patted them, on both sides of the official road out of the customs in the distance, the families of the women who had withdrawn from Meng Yang into the Ming Realm saw each other off, singing and dancing between the buffalo horns whining, the Ming people called them barbarian aunts, but they had their own way of thanking the reinforcements.
Yang Yinglong didn't say anything more, buckled the Ming army commander and made the helmet and gun Peacock Ling eight-petal helmet, and then bowed to Wang Ning and the others, walked off the handsome altar and turned over the horse, and chuckled to the left and right: "The girls are counting on you, follow me to get rid of the stupid thieves who have entered their hometown, and save my father, brother and husband!" β
A gong and drum sounded, Daxu opened the road forward, and the three thousand Banzhou troops marched out of the god to protect the pass, divided the troops into three roads, and meandered to the Mengyang place.
"A strong army!"
Wang Ning watched the soldiers and horses out of the customs, the taste in his heart was indescribable, his eyebrows looked at the tip of his nose, and he asked in a low voice: "Weide, if even such a strong army is defeated, what should I do in Yunnan?" β
"Futai, you just let go of ten hundred hearts, this General Yang received the generals, but he was just helping Meng Yang to defend it, he only had three thousand people, how could he fight with the reckless thieves."
Luo Rufang shook his head and paused, the chief officer who was afraid of things, did not say anything about the constraints everywhere, and said some frustrating words from time to time that was very annoying, but he couldn't ignore him, and said: "Even if I am really defeated, I also have a banner army camp in Yunnan, no matter how bad it is, doesn't the prefect of Yao'an also train local soldiers and wait for him." β
"It's not a problem to keep the gods protecting it."
It is difficult for people to change another idea, Wang Ning not only did not relax when he heard this, but took a sedan chair back to his home, no one knew what he was thinking.
However, Luo Rufang, after the Banzhou army left, handed over the mission of guarding the gods and guarding the pass to Hou Du, the most important commander of the banner army, and Teng Chongwei ordered Xu Tianqi, the deputy envoy of Jin Teng's military reserve, to garrison and transfer nearly 10,000 troops to the north and south, and settle in the defense line that Yang Yinglong had repaired and built.
The entire Yongchang army and baggage were dispatched and fully entered into wartime defense, the daily patrols of overseas outposts were doubled, and checkpoints were set up on major transportation roads, and all trade routes were closed.
Before Yang Yinglong came out of the customs, the imperial court had already intervened in this battle, and Luo Rufang would not be as naΓ―ve as Wang Ning to think about retreating.
Not long after Yang Yinglong came out of the customs, a battle report came from the south, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire Yunnan, and the chief officials everywhere were also ecstatic.
On the night of July 16, Bai Yuanjie, the chief military officer, led the barbarian battalion to break through the water gate of Shenglong City, and attacked the city to withdraw because the enemy army was prepared and his side was unfamiliar with the terrain.
On the 21st, Bai Yuanjie, the chief military officer, sailed on the water and bombarded the east of Shenglong City for three days; Liu Xian, the chief military officer, dug a tunnel in the west of Thang Long City, sent a gunpowder coffin under the city, lifted the west wall of Thang Long City, and the army immediately attacked the city.
On the morning of the 23rd, the Anbei and Northern Dynasties knew that the general trend had gone, and the Mo Emperor Mo Maoqia bound himself out of the palace, presented a letter of surrender, and had been sent to Guangxi by the army, and then transported to Beijing after the imperial court ordered.
On the 25th, Chen Mu, the minister of Nanyang, was in an emergency in Nanshan, Deng Quan sat in Shenglong, and the chief military officers Yu Dayou, Liu Xian, and Annan sent Wu Gongji to the west, and the troops were divided into two routes to aid Nanshan.
The Anbei and Northern Dynasties have been broken, and in Luo Rufang's view, Liu Xian led the army north to return to Yunnan, and it was not far away.