Chapter 143: Sacrificial Flag
During the period before the troops were assembled, Tang Ning had been staying in the old marquis's mansion outside Tokyo.
After he left, this place was handed over to his subordinates to take care of, and more than a dozen people cleaned the courtyard every day.
After Tang Ning came back, the deserted Danyang Hou Mansion became lively again, and after hearing that Tang Ning worshiped the generalissimo of the Nine Routes, the number of people who came to visit also increased.
Among them, there are some Mao Sui who recommended themselves and wanted to follow Tang Ning.
Zhao Ji played with Tang Ning, although he promised Tang Ning to give him full freedom and would not let the prison army restrict him, but the soldiers under his command were strangers after all.
And before they assembled, they didn't even know whether they were a forbidden army or a box army. In the case that the combat effectiveness is not guaranteed, if he looks at the right person, Tang Ning is still happy to recruit him into his command.
In just three days, Downing had found no less than forty people. Interestingly, half of these forty people are officers and soldiers of the Zhenguo Army who left the army for various reasons in the years after Tang Ning resigned.
It even includes Wu Dazhuang.
"Dashuai!" Seeing Tang Ning Wu Dazhuang at first sight, he was very excited, and Tang Ning also felt a lot when he looked at this reckless guy.
When he first recruited this guy in Qin Fenglu, he was tortured by the divine subtlety. Later, step by step, he changed from a big soldier to a team leader, then to Du Yuhou, and then to a deputy general, and he can be regarded as a very inspirational guy.
thought that he would continue to serve in the army because of his humble background, but he didn't expect him to find a reason to retire.
"My subordinates don't want to, Dashuai. But the guy surnamed Cao is such a bastard that he doesn't treat his brothers as human beings.
Forget about the food and armament of our Zhenguo army, and the hard times are not unprecedented. But in the winter, he didn't even give the brothers a cotton coat, and the blood of the suckers on this dog day was simply lawless.
His subordinates have no background, and the only ones who fight with him and suffer in the end are his subordinates. You went back to Runzhou, and you didn't even have someone to help the brothers, and your subordinates really couldn't bear it, so they simply deliberately broke their legs during training and retired for this reason. ”
After Wu Dazhuang gritted his teeth, he cautiously looked at Tang Ning's expression.
The little abacus in his heart naturally couldn't hide Tang Ning's eyes, and with a smile, Tang Ning said to Wu Dazhuang: "Don't worry, aren't I coming back?" ”
Wu Dazhuang was relieved to have this sentence, he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "But Dashuai, your changes are also quite big, and when I saw your hairstyle, my subordinates didn't even recognize you at the first time, haha......"
Downing's face darkened all of a sudden.
The power is back, but the hair is gone. Tang Ning even secretly drank Chinese medicine and ate kelp, but it didn't help.
Seeing Tang Ning's ugly face, Wu Dazhuang ran away, and before leaving, he dropped a sentence and said yes
Will contact the other old brothers of the Zhenguo Army.
On the next day, Tang Ning had a black face, but Pei Xiantong was very happy. It's rare to have a chance for her to be alone with Tang Ning, and she likes Tang Ning's current hairstyle very much.
It's not because she's a Daogu that she has to be a monk, but because Tang Ning's head is smooth and feels very tactile, and Pei Xiantong always likes to touch Tang Ning's head.
So Tang Ning suspected that the reason why he couldn't grow hair was because Pei Xiantong touched it.
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A month later, an army of 200,000 was assembled in Kaifeng Province. After Zhang Jingming's suggestion was adopted by Zhao Ji, the gunpowder workshop that would be used as a supervisor was at full power, and there was no rest for twelve hours a day, and he was making gunpowder all the time.
However, no matter how expedited the production is, 200,000 copies of gunpowder cannot be produced in three months, and it will take a month to transport the materials alone.
When the book is used, there is little hatred, and the prison will also face this embarrassing situation.
After Zhao Ji forbade the production of gunpowder in the prison, there was almost no stock in the prison.
In the end, it seems that Tangning still has to rely on the ability of soldiers to fight hand-to-hand as he did more than ten years ago.
The black-pressed crowd was in front of him, and the military flag representing the Great Song Kingdom swayed gently with the breeze.
Tang Ning was wearing a bright armor, and the two shoulder devouring beasts lined him very mighty on the shoulders of his arms.
In order to maintain his image, he got a wig and put it on his head. Otherwise, he is such a big bald head, standing on the stage is too conspicuous.
"The three armies obey the order!" Wu Dazhuang behind him roared with all the strength of his body.
Next, there is Downing's speech.
It is obviously impossible for all 200,000 people to gather in this place, and there are only 20,000 people in the audience. But even so, it was impossible to see the edge, and the soldiers standing at the end may not even be able to hear Wu Dazhuang's voice.
"As the saying goes, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. The rise and fall of the pilgrimage is closely linked to our soldiers.
In the western part of Beijing, although the righteous thief is a disease of ringworm and scabies, he should not be underestimated. In the Hebei area, the Jin army repeatedly violated the border, which was a big trouble for our holy pilgrimage.
Eat the king's lu, share the king's worries. Today, the smoke is everywhere, and His Majesty is worried about the border pass, unable to sleep at night, and unable to sleep and eat. In this time of crisis, it is time for us to be loyal to Your Majesty.
Ben Shuai knows that the power of one person is exhausted, and the power of many people is often more than enough. He who thinks with the wisdom of all knows it. Whoever starts up with the strength of many people will succeed.
I hope that all the gentlemen will help Ben Shuai to clear the universe, defeat the thieves and rebel, and return the world of my Great Song Dynasty to a clear place! ”
Speaking of which, Wu Dazhuang came up carrying a huge tooth flag. A few soldiers came up from behind, escorting a guy in prison clothes.
At the same time, a small soldier also came up carrying a large coffin.
The guy in the prison suit was brought up, and everyone could understand it. Before setting out on the expedition, it is a matter of course to kill an unlucky egg to sacrifice the flag.
But what's going on with this coffin? Could it be that after the killing, the corpse will be pretended on the spot?
Everyone looked at each other, but Tang Ning's expression was very serious, and they didn't dare to speak.
Standing above his head is not a coach he doesn't know, Tang Killing's name is very terrifying.
"This person is a Jurchen spy, pretending to be a businessman in Kaifeng Mansion and spying on intelligence, which is really hateful. Now that the army is about to go on the march, I will sacrifice the flag for our army with the blood of this person! ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! The soldiers in the audience shouted one after another.
The Jurchen spy had walnuts stuffed into his mouth, and he could only whine and make a sound, unable to say a word. Kneeling on the ground, his lower body was already wet.
The executioner drank a bowl of wine, picked up his knife and slashed down.
A large head gurgled to the ground, and blood gushed out of the body like a fountain of blood.
Then, Tang Ning held the coffin in his hand and said, "This expedition, we are shouldering a heavy responsibility. Not only to defeat the thieves and rebel, but also to regain the lost territory.
As we all know, the sixteen states of Yanyun have been the territory of our Han family since ancient times. Shi Jingjiao's childhood lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and exchanged the sixteen states of Yanyun for the throne, which is really hateful.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are an important barrier for our Holy Dynasty to defend against foreign enemies, and for more than 100 years, our Holy Dynasty has been deeply disturbed.
Emperor Taizu once said that others would not be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, but for more than 100 years, our Holy Dynasty has never had a chance to regain the lost territory.
Today, my holy pilgrimage is strong and strong. Da Song Erlang is famous all over the world. There's never been a better time in more than 100 years! ”
Tang Ning said, patted the coffin heavily, and shouted loudly: "This coffin was prepared for himself by Ben Shuai!" If you can't recover Yanyun this time, this commander will not return! ”
Carrying the coffin to the battle, this action shocked all the soldiers. They felt Tangning's firmness from Tangning's words, and their blood boiled because of it.
"If there is anyone who prevents our army from recovering Yanyun, whether it is a human or a ghost, a god or a Buddha, this commander will definitely cut it with thousands of knives and break thousands of corpses!" Tang Ning slapped the coffin vigorously and shouted.
Because of the force, the wig on the top of his head accidentally fell off......
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
However, no one cared about these details, and the soldiers that Tang Ning said were eager to immediately plunge into the battlefield and fight the enemy to the death. They put their halberds on the ground with a clanging sound.
Cai Jing and other ministers who were standing under a tree and peeking at the bottom of a tree had very unsightly faces, although they couldn't see clearly from a distance, but they had a feeling in the dark that Tang Ning was looking at what they said when he said the four words "Ten Thousand Pieces of Broken Corpses......