"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rebel?" Huang Nuo's thousand men shouted loudly. Their tone was filled with anger.
Huang Hou opened his eyes and looked at Pang Shiyuan. Not only was Pang Shiyuan not dismembered, on the contrary, he was still living freely. There were two groups of people on the other side. That's right, there were two groups of people on the other side. One by one, they pulled out their swords and faced each other.
They were confronting each other and if things went wrong, there would be an impulse to start a war.
"Did Shiyuan bring his own troops?" This was Huang Hou's first reaction, but he immediately shook his head. This was their Jing Province's Huang Army's camp, how could Shiyuan bring his own troops? But these people were protecting Pang Shiyuan behind them. There was a tendency for blood to flow like a river. Who were those people protecting Pang Shiyuan?
"Good, very good!" Huang Nuo on the side opened his mouth and said. He was basically gnashing his teeth. Under Huang Nuo's gaze, the soldiers protecting Pang Shiyuan lowered their heads. There was even a look of shame on their faces.
"Living off me and betraying others? Good, very good! "Huang Nuo said coldly.
Huang Hou stepped forward. Living off me and betraying others? He looked at the soldiers protecting Pang Shiyuan and looked at the clothes they were wearing. Wasn't that the uniform of Jing Province's Huang Army? So these people protecting Pang Shiyuan were their Huang Army's people.
Although Huang Hou didn't understand what was going on, as long as Pang Shiyuan was still alive, it was a great fortune.
"Mr. Shiyuan, are you okay?" Huang Hou quickly stepped forward and asked Pang Shiyuan's situation with concern. If something bad happened to Pang Shiyuan, Huang Hou wouldn't be able to bear the consequences. So Huang Hou was very concerned about Pang Shiyuan.
"I'm fine, thank you General Huang Hou for your concern!" Pang Shiyuan smiled gently at Huang Hou.
Pang Shiyuan stepped out from the crowd. Beside him were more than a hundred veterans protecting him. Pang Shiyuan was in the middle, surrounded by more than a hundred veterans, and further outside was an even bigger encirclement. It can be said that the rest of the Huang Family Army had already surrounded these hundred veterans.
If a conflict broke out, these hundred veterans protecting Pang Shiyuan would be drowned.
Moreover, none of them dared to look Huang Nuo in the eye, so Pang Shiyuan stepped out from the crowd.
"Traitor? General Huang Nuo is being too serious! Pang Shiyuan looked at Huang Nuo indifferently. "If General Huang Nuo is literate, you should know that I am the commander-in-chief of this camp. Protecting the commander-in-chief is my duty. Therefore, the traitor should be you, General Huang Nuo!" “
"Hmph!" Huang Nuo coldly snorted, "Mister Shi Yuan, do you think that you can rely on these old and weak people to protect you?" Hearing Huang Nuo's cold voice, the other members of the Huang Family's army surrounded them, as if they were about to drown them.
"Of course not!" Pang Shiyuan was straightforward and directly admitted defeat. Before Huang Nuo could show a trace of pride, Pang Shiyuan immediately spoke, "If General Huang Nuo wants to kill Shiyuan alone, then the law naturally cannot punish the majority. However, if General Huang Nuo wants to kill the soldiers who are with Shiyuan, then what about the other soldiers? Hehe, I wonder how many heads General Huang Nuo has that can accompany Shiyuan? "Pang Shiyuan asked indifferently.
If he only killed Pang Shiyuan alone, then the law could not punish the majority and everyone would be punished together. But if he killed the hundred men with Pang Shiyuan, then it would be a mutiny.
In the end, Pang Shiyuan might not be able to live, but Huang Nuo would not be able to live either.
At the very least, he would not be able to command any more troops.
"You!" Huang Nuo clenched his fists. He wanted to kill Shiyuan, but he could not. A mutiny was not something that he, Huang Nuo, could bear. The thousand-man general moved closer to Huang Nuo's ear and whispered, "General, there's no need to talk too much with him. Let's just end the bet and kick him out of here. As for those traitors, we can settle the accounts with them one by one!" The thousand-man general persuaded Huang Nuo.
His voice was quite loud, and he deliberately wanted the hundred Huang Family soldiers who were protecting Pang Shiyuan to hear him.
Sure enough, when they heard the thousand-man general's words, they became restless. As if they were regretting and angry.
"Haha!" But Pang Shiyuan laughed. On the surface, the thousand-man general's threat seemed to have shaken the morale of the veterans behind Pang Shiyuan. But in fact, he had tied Pang Shiyuan up and helped him a lot.
Originally, when Huang Nuo was angry, Pang Shiyuan felt that the veterans behind him were wavering. After all, Huang Nuo was their commander. This kind of lasting prestige was still there. If Pang Shiyuan did not kill Li Erniu, it would be impossible for them to stand behind him.
What Pang Shiyuan was most afraid of was that Huang Nuo would try to appease him. If that happened, Pang Shiyuan would really be in danger. Once Huang Nuo didn't care about anything, Pang Shiyuan was willing to bet that the hundred veterans behind him would definitely betray him.
Unfortunately, the thousand-man general over there helped him a lot.
"Did you hear that?" Pang Shiyuan turned around and said to the veterans behind him, "Your general does not want you to live. If you want to live, then you must win for me. Otherwise, I will just pat my butt and leave. But what about you? Haha! "
When Pang Shiyuan said this, the hundred veterans behind him all held the swords in their hands even tighter.
The uncertain, hesitant, and fearful expression on his face was now replaced by a look of determination. They had no way out. If they won, they could get Pang Shiyuan's promise to let all of them retire from the army. If they lost, they would be dealt with in the future.
Although the former had the possibility of completely offending Huang Nuo, it was still possible to survive. The latter was completely a dead end, so it was self-evident to choose such a path.
"You idiot!" Huang Nuo also saw the veterans over there and could not help but secretly hate.
But now there was no other way. Since he had offended them, then he might as well offend them to the end. "Mr. Shiyuan, do you think that you can win against me by relying on the old and weak in my army? Mr. Shiyuan still has the same words. You can leave directly, Huang Nuo will definitely not stop you. But if Mr. Shiyuan loses, then don't blame me for disregarding the friendship between comrades! "
"Haha, this sentence should be said by me!" Pang Shiyuan was not afraid of Huang Nuo at all.
"Okay, then let's start!" Huang Nuo said to Pang Shiyuan.
"Please!" Pang Shiyuan stretched out his hand.
"Dong dong dong!" The war drums were beaten, and the two sides of a hundred people began to move towards the drill ground. The competition naturally required wooden swords and wooden spears.
"Wait!" Pang Shiyuan on the side stopped the people beating the war drums.
"What's wrong? Is Mr. Shiyuan afraid? It's not too late to admit defeat! "Huang Nuo said with a smile.
"Haha, afraid? If I was afraid, would I still be standing here? " Pang Shiyuan walked over and pointed at the wooden weapons held by the people over there. "How can a few wooden lumps perform martial arts?"
"What does Mr. Shiyuan mean?"
"Come, change the swords!" Pang Shiyuan said to the hundred veterans under him.
"Swords?" Huang Nuo asked with his eyes wide open.
"Swords and sabers have no eyes? Mr. Shiyuan, this is just a martial arts practice, why do you have to hurt the harmony? "Huang Hou said.
Pang Shiyuan didn't bother with Huang Hou. Instead, he looked at Huang Nuo and smiled. He returned Huang Nuo's words to Huang Nuo. "What? General Huang Nuo is afraid? "
"Okay, since Mr. Shiyuan is not afraid of death, then change the swords! Come, bring the swords! "Huang Nuo's anger was getting bigger.
The people over there who were holding wooden swords all changed to swords. These swords were the swords of the Yangzhou New Army. They could cut iron like mud, but they could cut people like cabbage.
Even the Huang Family Army was stunned by this sudden turn of events. Although they were angry with those veterans, it wasn't to the point of swords being pointed at them. So everyone was a little bit stunned.
The veterans were the same, but Pang Shiyuan's words made them clench the swords in their hands. "If you lose, you will die. If you win, you will live. If you lose, you will not get anything. If you win, even if you die, it will be counted as dying in battle!"
One by one, they took the initiative to pick up their swords. They were not like Huang Nuo who was passively asked to pick up their swords.
"Dong, dong, dong!" The war drums roared again. This time, no one stopped them.
Huang Nuo looked at the old, weak, sick, and disabled and could not help but sneer. Let's fight, these rebels, he needed to kill a group of them to stabilize the morale of the army.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Both sides burst out with the sound of battle. Huang Nuo and Pang Shiyuan issued their orders one after another.
In the scale of a hundred people, you advance and I retreat. It was an abnormal battle.
But gradually, Huang Nuo discovered a bad situation. That was, his men and horses were retreating. At first, Huang Nuo thought that his command was wrong, but he slowly found out that something was wrong. Because it was not Huang Nuo's command that made a mistake, but his men and horses, under the same conditions, were retreating.
Huang Nuo's eyes widened. What kind of situation was this? The soldiers under his command were the elites of the Huang Family army, while the soldiers under Pang Shiyuan's command were old, weak, sick, and disabled. But now, the situation was reversed. The old, weak, sick, and disabled were suppressing the elites. What kind of situation was this?
"Kill, kill, kill! Kill them, we will live! "Huang Nuo did not understand. This was a kind of desire to live.
Who were these veterans? They came from the battlefield. It could be said that they had experienced life and death. Such people had a thirst for life. It was precisely because of their thirst for life that their fighting strength was amazing. If they lost, then just like Pang Shiyuan said, they would die.
Only by winning would they have a chance to live.
In the beginning, the elite soldiers and horses were able to fight to a draw with the veterans. But the more they persisted, the more the advantage and disadvantage of both sides became apparent.
Veterans, what were veterans? Although they did not have sufficient physical strength like the elite soldiers, but they had endurance.
At the beginning, the elite soldiers of the Huang Family army relied on their powerful explosive strength. These veterans could not compare with them. After all, their physical fitness was deteriorating.
But after holding on for a while, it was a protracted battle.
This was what the veterans were good at. Veterans who were able to survive through hundreds of battles weren't simple characters. They were good at surviving, so in terms of endurance, those elite soldiers simply weren't a match for them. Not to mention, their lives were threatened.
That was why the entire battle had turned upside down.
"No, it's impossible!" Huang Nuo didn't dare to believe it, because his hundred elites had already changed from attacking to defending. Later on, they were already struggling on the verge of death.
The corners of Pang Shiyuan's mouth curled into a smile. Those veterans were really not dishes that could be casually served on the table. Usually, they could bully these old and weak people, but once you wanted their lives, then don't blame them for risking their lives. In order to survive, they would do anything.
The battle of hundreds of people was about to end soon.
Huang Nuo's hundred-man team was reduced from a hundred-man team to a two-digit number, and then from a two-digit number to a small number.
Some veterans were ready to stop, but Pang Shiyuan did not let them. "If you leave them behind, you will still die. Do you want to be bullied by them after you retire? Do you want to live in discomfort? Then do as you wish! " Pang Shiyuan said to the veterans. They had already offended the elites of the Huang Army. If they were to stay, then they would be waiting for endless revenge. Because they had already retired from the army, how could they, an ordinary person, fight with those soldiers? Pang Shiyuan said to the veterans.
In this era, there was no such thing as' the interests of the common people '. If they were ordinary soldiers, maybe the local government would dare to control them. But this was the elite soldiers of the Huang Family army, who would dare to control them? That Huang She was very protective of his subordinates.
"Understood!" The leader of the veterans clenched his teeth and nodded. "Brothers, kill, don't leave a single one alive!"
On the other side, Huang Nuo's men were ready to surrender. They had already put down their swords. They were already afraid. This group of veterans that they had bullied in the past had completely erupted. Each and every one of them were experts in killing. In the past, they couldn't fight against the elite recruits because they couldn't kill each other. Some killing techniques couldn't be used. How could these veterans be the opponents of those young and strong recruits? But now, it was different. They completely erupted. They did not have any scruples.
The elite soldiers of the Huang Family army were really beaten. They wanted to surrender, but there was no chance at all. If they were caught, they would die.
"Enough!" Huang Nuo roared loudly. But when Huang Nuo reacted, more than half of his elite soldiers had already been killed. The remaining few who survived had fear in their eyes. Huang Nuo knew that these people were already crippled.
On Pang Shiyuan's side, more than 30 of his men had died, and more than 10 were seriously injured. It could be said that they had lost more than half of their men. However, these people were all smiling. They had won, they had really won, they had survived.
They looked at the other soldiers of the Huang Family army, those who used to bully them, those who looked down on them, all bowed their heads under their gaze.
Although they were old, their swords were old. They could finally hold their heads high and regain their dignity.
"Shiyuan!" Huang Nuo angrily looked at Shiyuan.
"General Huang Nuo!" Pang Shiyuan looked at Huang Nuo with a smile.
"Men, go and take them down!" The thousand men behind Huang Nuo shouted to their subordinates. They wanted to take down Pang Shiyuan and the soldiers behind him with their numbers.
Those veterans looked at their comrade and struggled to stand up. They picked up their swords again. They were veterans of the Huang Family army. They had risked their lives for the Huang Family army. But in the end, they were going to die in the hands of their comrade? This was a kind of irony.
"General Huang Nuo, are you going back on your words?" Pang Shiyuan looked at Huang Nuo and asked indifferently.
Pang Shiyuan was not worried at all because he knew that he was a murderous person. But this kind of morale was hard to come by. Once Huang Nuo lost the bet and killed Pang Shiyuan, Huang Nuo would not be able to lead any more soldiers. There was no joking in the military. It was not a joke.
"Retreat!" Huang Nuo shouted at his thousand-men general.
"General?" The thousand-men general did not understand. If they killed Pang Shiyuan, everything would be fine. Why did they have to retreat? Could it be that those brothers had died for nothing?
"I said retreat, don't you understand?" Huang Nuo said in a heavy tone.
"Yes!" The thousand-men general helplessly ordered his men to retreat. The Huang Family army soldiers could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were already an arrow at the end of its flight. The elites of the Huang Family army were not so easy to eliminate.
"I, Huang Nuo, am a man of my word. This time, I have lost!" Huang Nuo said to Pang Shiyuan.
Pang Shiyuan subconsciously nodded. This person was still a man of his word.
"Deputy General Huang Nuo greets Lord General!" Huang Nuo said as he knelt down.
"General Huang Nuo, please get up!" Pang Shiyuan at the side also acted very well. He quickly went forward and helped Huang Nuo up.
"I, Huang Nuo, have eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. I have offended the general, please punish me!" Huang Nuo still knelt on the ground.
"What crime has General Huang Nuo committed? General Huang Nuo is just being responsible for my Huang Family Army. If I were the general, I wouldn't be willing to hand over the elite troops that I trained day and night to an unknown scholar who doesn't even have the strength to truss up a chicken. As the saying goes, if a general can't do it, then three armies will be exhausted to death. General Huang Nuo is just doing this for the sake of the soldiers!" Pang Shiyuan said.
Huang Nuo slowly stood up. "Many thanks for the general's understanding!" Huang Hou at the side also said. As long as the two did not fight, he would be happy.
"However!" Pang Shiyuan opened his mouth again.
"General, please speak!"
"General Huang Nuo, I have just arrived at the Huang Family army camp and am not clear about the changes. If it was a normal day, I can let General Huang Nuo cooperate with me and slowly familiarize myself with the situation. But now that the Xiucheng bandits are approaching, the crisis in Jing Province is imminent. There is no time to go deeper, so I was thinking of replacing some familiar people into my Huang Family army?" Pang Shiyuan said to Huang Nuo.
"Inserting people into my Huang Family army?" Huang Nuo frowned but still agreed. After all, the Huang Family army could be said to be under Pang Shiyuan's command in name. He would naturally train his own trusted aides.
"There is no need to re-select people, just choose them!" Pang Shiyuan said as he pointed to the veterans who had just experienced a life-and-death battle.
"Them?" Everyone was stunned, even the veterans were dumbfounded. The reason why they were willing to risk their lives for Pang Shiyuan was because they were tempted by Pang Shiyuan's retirement. Another reason was that they were forced to do so. Death was the only way out for them. In order to survive, they had to do this.
But now, Pang Shiyuan actually wanted to give them official positions? This was something that none of them expected.
"Yes, it's them!"
"No!" Before Huang Nuo could open his mouth, the thousand-man general spoke. He angrily looked at Pang Shiyuan. "These are all traitors, it's too late to kill them. How can they enter my Huang Family army? I refuse!"
Traitors, kill them? Hehe, Pang Shiyuan liked it when they were traitors. If these veterans were of the same mind as him, Pang Shiyuan would have lost a long time ago. He might not even be able to keep his life. It was precisely because of these traitors that Pang Shiyuan was able to win. And it was precisely because of these traitors that he was able to rest assured, because they had already killed their own comrades and could no longer be integrated into the Huang Army.
They had no other choice but to stick close to Pang Shiyuan.
"Everything here will be decided by the general!" Huang Nuo thought for a moment and nodded.
"General?" The thousand-man general was stunned. What happened to their general?
"I am no longer your general. I am just a lieutenant, a deputy general. Please be careful with your words!" Huang Nuo said to He Qian.
"General!" The thousand-man general continued to shout.
"Speed is crucial in war. General, please quickly adjust the personnel so that we can send troops to Jiangling and destroy the Xiu Family army!" Huang Nuo looked straight at Pang Shiyuan. There was a trace of a smile in his eyes. Adjust the personnel? Even if Huang Nuo did not agree, Pang Shiyuan would adjust the personnel in the future. Instead of making things unpleasant, he might as well agree directly.
He, Huang Nuo, had indeed lost. But losing once did not mean losing forever. He had heard that Pang Shiyuan had made a military order in front of Huang She to destroy the Xiu Family army.
He, Huang Nuo, wanted to see how Pang Shiyuan would break it. If Pang Shiyuan broke it, then he, Huang Nuo, would have contributed greatly. Hehe, then he would settle the old and new grudges together.
"Then it is better to accept deferentially than to decline courteously!" How could Pang Shiyuan know what Huang Nuo was thinking?
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