Chapter 29: A group fight

While everyone was scrambling for food, a group of valiant knights dressed in bright armor entered the Zuowei camp, passing through the layers of tents to wait by the training ground for the general’s summons.

These cavalrymen from the Prince’s Right Army in the capital looked around the camp, and just happened to see more than a hundred clay figures scrambling for food. In particular, they saw the third son of the Liu family holding up a soup pot and drinking the soup, which was somewhat comical, and they burst into laughter.

The soldiers eating under the wooden shed all glared at them angrily. These guys seemed to be laughing all the more fearlessly, even pointing at the mud on everyone’s bodies and faces. They especially laughed until they couldn’t stand straight when they saw Li Huai-ren, the second son of Li Xiaogong, who had lost his hair from climbing the fire net a few days ago.

He had never laughed at others before, so he didn’t know why he should be laughed at. Li Huai Ren picked up a rice bowl and slammed it into the face of the guy who was laughing the most exaggeratedly. Suddenly, the guy’s face was covered in blood and he screamed and pounced on Li Huai Ren, shouting, “A bunch of mud-waders dare to hit Grandpa!

This is bad. Everyone here is the son of a hero. When they heard these guys calling themselves grandpa, they couldn’t hold back anymore, so the dishes and bowls flew everywhere. I don’t know who shouted, “Fuck them to death.” They all rushed forward, fists and feet flying, screaming and wailing. Fortunately, they all knew that armed fighting in the military was a capital offense, so they all dropped their weapons. Two hundred people fought against five hundred people. The five left guards formed a spearhead and charged straight at the right guard of the crown prince. The spearheads were all strong and powerful men, and they charged forward with their skills fully open. The two people on the left and right followed the leader closely, forming a situation of many against few in a small area. The last two people face the sides to guard the backs of the three people in front, so that the enemy cannot sneak up on them.

For a while, the martial arts arena was filled with dust and the sound of shouting. Yun Ye hid behind Cheng Chumo and occasionally attacked the enemy’s lower body. He had just secretly hidden a small hammer for knocking bones. No matter where the one-catty hammer was hit, the enemy would fall to the ground and scream, not to mention Yun Yi mainly took care of the area between his legs. The person who was hit covered his crotch and cried and sniveled, screaming continuously and long. Looking behind him, the Pei family members who were fighting with the enemy unconsciously tightened their legs and vowed never to fight with Yun Yi alone in the future. It was too dangerous.

The battle lasted only half an hour, and nearly 500 officers and soldiers of the Prince’s Right Wing lay on the ground, moaning and groaning. The 200 elite soldiers of the Zuowei were also injured, but they were helped up by their comrades and bit their teeth to keep quiet. Seeing that the battle was already decided, Yun Ye threw the small hammer into the puddle to destroy the corpse and erase the traces.

On the sidelines, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda and a group of veterans surrounded a young boy of only 11 or 12 years old, who was watching the battle. The boy wore a purple and gold crown, a yellow robe, and a pair of deerskin combat boots. Old Cheng seemed to have great respect for the boy, and he bent down to explain the changes in the battle to the boy in a low voice. The boy kept nodding to show his understanding.

Niu Jinda saw the battle calm down, and stared at the front of the team from the front of the team to the end of the team, and his mouth made a sound, as if he was praising, but also like a satire. Everyone was watching the bull demon king’s heart like a deer, not knowing how the bull demon king would punish himself.

“You’re so brave, beating 200 with 500. Gee, you hit him so hard that you made him bleed. You hit your own people so hard, I wonder if you’ll get diarrhea when you fight the Turks in the future. Who led the way? Cheng Chumo? Yun Ye? Li Huai Ren? Or Liu Jin Wu? Tell me, just punish him. If you don’t, then everyone will be punished. This time I’ve come up with a new method. I won’t beat you or scold you. I’ll just lock you in a small dark room. It won’t be long, just three days. How is that? Am I not merciful? In the future, don’t call me the Bull Demon King behind my back. I’m doing this for your sake, in case you get hurt. Come, tell me.

How could Yun Ye not know the severity of confinement? Anyone who could crawl out on their own after three days was a real hero.

Seeing Li Huai-ren about to step forward, Yun Ye quietly grabbed him. Li Huai-ren saw Yun Ye shaking his head at him and stopped walking. Among the two hundred people, Yun Ye clearly knew how training and punishment worked. The soft-spoken voice of the Bull Demon King was not a good sign. The Bull Demon King would be merciful, and even a sow would climb a tree. This is Yun Ye’s famous saying, which has been proven to be a golden rule many times. Presumably, this time is no exception.

“No one is standing up? So you’re going to punish the whole group? Two hundred people just ran ten miles and beat up five hundred people? It seems that they haven’t been drained of their strength. Everyone has to run twenty laps around the martial arts field.”

The crowd said weakly, “Yes,” and began to run, stumbling and falling over each other.

Li Huai Ren came up to Yun Ye and asked, “Xiao Ye, didn’t the Bull Demon King say that he would only be punished by being locked in a small dark room? It would be better for your brother to carry you down than for everyone to run laps.”

Yun Ye looked at Li Huai Ren with pity: “Trust me, you won’t be able to survive these three days. You’d rather take 50 lashes than sit in the dark room. You don’t know that confinement for more than seven days will kill you. Besides, we are all brothers in the same boat. Sending you out will only make us get a heavier punishment. An army that doesn’t protect its own brothers is not an army, it’s a mob.”

The brothers next to him nodded in agreement. Only Li Huiren thought that being locked up for three days was really no big deal, and didn’t understand why Xiao Ye had said it so seriously.

Seeing the Zuowei soldiers running in circles, the young man stood in front of the right-wing soldiers who had fallen to the ground, his face turning red. His own team of 500 men could not defeat the 200 exhausted Zuowei soldiers, and this made him lose face as the crown prince.

Then he looked at the soldiers still running around, and then looked at the Right General, who was lying on the ground and moaning. He raised his whip and beat him without mercy. The Right General’s generals also punched and kicked the wounded soldiers, who were finally driven up from the ground and stood in a square.

“Why did you fight with the soldiers of the left guard? Who led the fight? Come forward!” As soon as he finished speaking, an officer with blood all over his face came out of hiding.

“Your Highness, you must speak up for your subordinate. I was just standing here laughing at the rowdy soldiers who were fighting over the food. One of them, the bald one, smashed a bowl at my face and insulted me. How dare a civilian be so insolent? Please, Your Highness, punish this rogue to set an example.”

Lao Cheng replied with a smile, “In my camp, there are only brothers, not so-called unruly people. Even when Your Majesty commanded the Zuowuwei, he never punished an unruly person, only punishing soldiers who broke the law. I don’t know where the unruly people come from. Please Your Highness make a clear judgment. Military competitions are common, and minor injuries are inevitable. Please Your Highness be lenient.”

“Uncle Cheng, you worry too much. You are a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and you have killed countless enemies in battle. How dare I not respect you? This time, when I left the capital, my father repeatedly told me to ask my uncle for advice on commanding troops. Just now, two hundred tired soldiers defeated five hundred arrogant soldiers of the Right Army, so it can be seen that your subordinates are all fierce and fierce. Please don’t hesitate to teach me. As for the minor conflict, it was the right-wing commander who was rude first. Since the left-wing guards have already been punished, for the sake of fairness, please ask Uncle Niu to rectify the right-wing military law.

Niu Jinda came to the officer who had complained without a trace of emotion on his face, and slapped him on the head with disgust, saying, “If you were in my army, this Six Yang Kui Shou would have been fed to the dogs long ago. You have the nerve to complain after 500 people were defeated by 200? In the army, the strong are respected. Even if the Huotou Army defeats you, the Huotou Army is more noble than you. The reason why the Great Tang was able to unify the world was because it relied on its strong military power to kill off many petty tyrants, not by complaining. Besides, the unruly people you keep talking about are probably the cousin of His Highness the Crown Prince.

The prince let out a gasp. He looked at Cheng Yaojin. Old Cheng explained: “That’s your uncle Li Xiaogong’s second son.”

“Isn’t that Huai Ren?” The prince really couldn’t associate the bald soldier covered in mud with his cousin, who was always so elegant.

“Not only him, but your cousin, Changsun Chong, and my son, Chumo, the third son of the Liu family, the Pei family, Yun Ye of Ping’an County, and all the powerful families in the capital can be found.”

The prince looked at the mud-covered soldier and was a little dazed.