Chapter 82: Pledge to go north(1/2)
Chapter 82: Swearing to the North
"It really happened?" Li Guang asked again.
"It really comes!" Zhou Yang pointed his head.
How could Zhou Yang say such things? Li Guang and the others were overjoyed, and got up from the ground in a hurry, looking at Zhou Yang with a gaze: "Master, what should we do?"
Emperor Jing’s blood edict was so sincere that it was touching, but Li Guang and the others were so excited. However, no matter how moved they were, they were just touching. If the Huns were defeated, it would be more useful than being moved ten thousand times.
"It is not easy to write the emperor's blood edict, so that the brothers can know." Zhou Yang's speech was not fast, but he was extremely firm.
"Tell your brothers the emperor's blood edict?" Li Guang and his friends suddenly opened their eyes: "This..."
Zhou Yang's move is too unimaginable. Throughout history, have anyone used the emperor's will to inspire morale in the military? No! Zhou Yang set another precedent.
"What do you think after reading the Emperor's Blood Edict?" Zhou Yang asked in their surprise.
"I am impressed!" Cheng Buzhi said excitedly: "I, Cheng Buzhi, have received many imperial edicts from the emperor, and have never been as excited as this blood edict!"
"Yes!" Li Guang and the others agreed.
"You have never seen the emperor's will, and you are so excited. Brothers may not see the emperor's imperial edict in their entire lives. How can they not be excited?" Zhou Yang asked back.
In this era, imperial power is supreme. For ordinary soldiers, it is a great honor to see the imperial edict. Not to mention that Emperor Jing’s will is unique, it is a blood edict, a blood edict written in blood, which is touching enough.
The words are sincere and touching, and anyone will be moved.
Even Zhou Yang was touched. The emperor could not admit the most is his mistake. Emperor Jing was willing to take on all his guilt. Is there anything more touching than this?
It can be imagined that if Emperor Jing’s blood edict was released, the soldiers would be impressed. They would definitely be life and death, and they would fight bravely, with unprecedented combat power, and there would be no problem with the odds of winning.
Nowadays, after Zhou Yang's planning, the Han army has a chance of winning, and with these 20%, it is a chance of winning. With 70% chance of winning, it is no longer a battle against the Huns, but a defeat of the Huns.
Fighting the Huns with blood is expensive, but the results are not necessarily great. Defeating the Huns with fewer casualties, but the results are great. These are two completely different results.
"But, Grandmaster, this order was given to you by the emperor." Li Guang hesitated and reminded him.
"Flying General, you have read it. Do you think the emperor gave it to me or to all the soldiers?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"This..." Li Guang was speechless.
Zhou Yang continued: "This will is said to be given to me, but rather to all the soldiers in my name!"
It is true, Cheng Buzhi nodded and said, "What the Grand Marshal said is very true, and I think so too. However, if this is used to inspire the morale of the army, it will cause a lot of controversy. What would the emperor think?"
Without Emperor Jing's consent, Zhou Yang made this decree public. Is it a taboo or a big taboo? It is difficult to guarantee that Emperor Jing will not make any trouble with this matter in the future and will cause trouble for Zhou Yang.
"Yes! Grandmaster, you must worry about this matter." Gongsun He hurriedly reminded.
The heart of heaven is hard to ask, the heart of holy is hard to predict, who knows what Emperor Jing would think?
Everyone couldn't help but agree.
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "I understand your kindness. I have two views, please help me consider it. First, besides using the blood edict to inspire unprecedented morale, can we have other ways? The Huns are huddled in the camp, unable to lure them out, and strong attacks are not allowed. They cannot weaken the Huns, nor can they increase our combat power. There is no other way."
Everyone was silent.
Zhou Yang continued: "The emperor can issue a bloody edict and take all the blame. If he is so focused, will he care about this matter?"
"..." Cheng Buzhi and they had to admit that Zhou Yang's analysis made sense.
Emperor Jing was able to issue bloody edicts and do the most difficult things for emperors. This vision was impressing. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was wider than the sea.
"The emperor is wise!" Cheng Buzhi and others were convinced.
"Master, I have no objection to using the blood edict to inspire the morale of the military." Li Guang frowned and said, "But we cannot take out the emperor's blood edict, we have to modify it. Master, look, this statement that the Huns and the Han Dynasty won five years, isn't this leaking military aircraft?"
This blood edict is certainly the best thing to inspire morale in the army, but it mentions the intention of the Han army to fight the Huns and buy time for the Han Dynasty. This is tantamount to telling the Huns that even if you win, the overall situation will be detrimental to you.
Junchen Shanyu knew, would he still fight? He ran away immediately.
"General Fei is right! We need to modify it." Cheng Bushi immediately agreed: "Mr. Feng is a scholar. I will do this for you."
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "Mr. Feng, you are a scholar. What would you think if Shanyu knew about this?"
Feng Jing pondered: "I think Shanyu not only won't take it seriously, but will laugh at us for being stupid."
"Why?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"The Huns lacked strategy. Although the Shanyu was a smart man, he was not good at strategy matters." Feng Jing fully utilized the expertise of scholars and analyzed it: "On the Huns, only the Zhongzhang said that one person was good at planning. However, if he let him talk about such things, the Shanyu would not believe it."
Zhou Yang waved his right hand and said loudly: "The Huns have always known that wolves eat sheep, but they have never seen sheep drive away wolves!"
"The Huns claim to be wolves on the grassland, so they would not take us timid people like sheep seriously." Feng Jing took over the conversation.
As the two sang together, they could understand Junchen Shanyu's thoughts thoroughly.
Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi were all smart people. Once Zhou Yang and Feng Jing reminded them, they immediately understood and agreed with this.
Under Yanmen City, a huge camp with flags flying, which was the Han army's camp.
At this moment, the Han army on the border, except for leaving a small number of defenders, were mobilized outside Yanmen City.
The Han army lined up in a row, neat and heavy. People were like dragons, horses were like tigers, and their momentum was like rainbows, with a solemn and murderous aura.
Zhou Yang was on the war horse and stood in front of the horse formation.
Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui, Feng Jing and others stayed behind Ma Zhouyang.
Zhou Yang glanced at the Han army. The formation formed by 200,000 Han army was so amazing and magnificent! If you look from the sky, you will see that the mountains and fields are full of red, like a tide.
"Brothers: In the past month, we have fought bloody battles and beheaded 90,000!" Zhou Yang began to speak loudly.
"The Han army is mighty!"
Beheading 90,000 was the first time in the history of the Han and Xiongnu war. Although the Han army knew that the battle had gained a lot, they did not expect that there were so many. When they heard this, they were so happy that they could not speak, and they raised their arms and shouted.
The battle roar came from the mouth of 200,000 people. What a mighty one, the sound waves reached the sky, tearing the clouds in the sky apart.
"The Han army is mighty!"
Zhou Yang was so passionate that he heard it, and he waved his arms and shouted at the battle.
The battle roar soared into the sky, as if the Han army was fighting, one by one, one by one, and it was not until a long time before it stopped.
Zhou Yang continued to give a speech: "The Huns lacked doctors and medicines, and at least 30,000 people died of serious injuries. In the past month, we killed 120,000 Xiongnu! This is an amazing achievement! You can proudly tell your descendants: We have created the greatest miracle since the founding of the Han Dynasty!"
"Long live the great man!"
There was another stormy shout.
When the shouts stopped, Zhou Yang said, "The emperor is very happy. He wrote a decree for all the soldiers in blood!"
Take out the blood edict and recite it loudly.
This blood edict was sincere in words, without any command tone, as if a friend was earnest, and was very touching. Zhou Yang had been moved, and when he read it again, he was still very moved.
Li Guang and the others were excited to hear it and kept shouting, "Long live the emperor!"
When they yelled, the Han army followed Qi yelled, "Long live the emperor!"
After the blood edict was finished, the Han army yelled many "Long live the emperor" and even sobbed softly, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.
"The emperor is sincerely treating us and is waiting for all the blame. We want..." Zhou Yang waved his right arm with force, and his words behind him drowned out a stormy sound.
"Swear to kill the Huns!"
"Swear to kill the Huns!"
The shocking roar echoed in the ninth level of heaven, shaking the earth.
Zhou Yang heard it in his ears. This voice was different from before. Zhou Yang had heard the cheers of the Han army for many times, but he had never heard such a sound from the deepest part of his heart.
At this moment, if the Han army wants to go up to the mountain of swords and sea of fire, they will never frown and will implement without hesitation.
Under Zhou Yang's command, the Han army won battles one after another, and their morale was unprecedentedly high. With Emperor Jing's bloody edict, he used a plan to mourn the soldiers. The 200,000 Han soldiers were determined to die, which was tantamount to 200,000 tigers.
Once a great battle with the Huns, everyone will fight for the first place. The cost of the Huns will be great!
Zhou Yang slapped his horse on his back and rode his horse slowly past the formation. He held up Emperor Jing's blood edict so that the soldiers could see clearly.
On the Blood Edict, the handwriting was as bright as blood, and every word was as sharp as a knife, which was deeply engraved in the hearts of the soldiers.
Wherever Zhou Yang goes, there must be a shocking shout, "Long live the emperor!"
Zhou Yang held a blood edict in his hand and passed by every formation so that every soldier could see Emperor Jing’s blood edict with his own eyes.
This blood edict seemed to be a devil's oath, and the soldiers' eyes shone with a fanatical light.
Yes, it's fanatic!
It took Zhou Yang a full hour to stop. At this moment, the morale of the Han army was unprecedented, and people were determined to die. This was a good time for a war and they must not be missed.
Zhou Yang waved his hand, Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi and the other two held the drumsticks in their hands and beat the drum hard.
"Dongdong!"
Amid the shocking sound of war drums, the Han army roared the battle roar and drove northward.
The thunderous war drums, the rolling flags, the battle horns that soar into the sky, the smoke and dust that covers the sky and the sun... The Han army rushed north like a surging sea tide.
Their target: Huns! 400,000 Huns!
They no longer want to fight for the Huns, they want to defeat the Huns!
To be continued...