choke element

Chapter 956 New Blood (Part )

Chi Yunshen is not the only person who thinks this way. In fact, everyone understands that everyone is full of doubts about the current situation, and is full of doubts about Cui Zhongxian, who has been hanging over everyone and has been seriously ill for a long time but has not yet died.

But no matter how doubtful they were, they couldn't give in in their fight for each other. Moreover, because Yin Chang's true identity has been revealed, the intensity of the struggle that was once suppressed due to concerns about the intervention of the superior country will rebound rapidly.

In order to break the balance of power and overwhelm the opponent, everyone is gathering all the power they can and trying to hinder the actions of others.

The two hundred people summoned by Cui Yu rushed to Kaicheng in a cart that afternoon. They heard that they would be stationed directly in a military camp under his direct control in Kaicheng. To be cautious, the cars were all covered with tarpaulins, and each car was packed with more than a dozen people.

The Khitan people are not boasting. Most of them come from the Great Wall in the northern border of the Jin Kingdom. They have many opportunities to obtain horses and ride horses. Almost everyone is a good rider. In terms of martial arts, they are also proficient in the skills of immediate slashing, swinging a bat and hitting the ball, it is not a problem at all.

Of course, they were all bare-handed at this time, and the Korean guards following the vehicle also cast wary looks from time to time. They did not regard them as companions just because they responded to the Privy Deputy's recruitment.

However, after being forced to do hard labor for a long time, it is very happy to have the hope of getting rid of this status. Everyone was sitting or lying in the cart. Some people counted the copper coins they had just received one by one in front of them, and then wiped them with their sleeves. Some people chatted with each other in a relaxed manner, and the topic slowly turned to the tense situation in Kaicheng. The dignitaries, there is also the reason for recruiting people, the so-called polo tournament.

No one is worried about polo, it is not a rare game. After a few words, everyone discussed their cooperation during the game, and everyone felt that their temporary team was enough to overwhelm the Koryo Knights.

This is because everyone has suffered for several months, and their bodies are weak and their spirits are low. Many of them bore scars from being beaten with whips and sticks, and it was not uncommon to see broken bones and festering wounds. But in order to seize the opportunity to escape from the hard labor camp, they still managed to maintain a strong and powerful posture even if they were injured.

If heroes like Brother Yelvliu were still around in the past, and the Khitans spread out their military formations to fight, the dozen or so people in this car would feel like they could deal with a hundred or more Koreans.

This confidence certainly does not come out of thin air. Many tribes in the northeastern hinterland have not taken the Koreans seriously for hundreds of years. The strong self-confidence accumulated from many war victories is also something passed down in the army.

The Khitan leader who had come out to respond on behalf of everyone was named Xiao Nieli.

"Nieli" means sun and fire in Khitan language. People with this name are usually descendants of palace accountants who served the royal family during the Liao Dynasty. However, this kind of official status from previous dynasties to previous dynasties is meaningless now.

Xiao Nieli is just a Khitan wandering around. There are rumors that when he accompanied the Khitan army into Goryeo, he gave many suggestions to the generals above. However, the Khitan army, which had lost almost all its middle- and upper-class figures in long years of fighting, became more and more tribal, and gradually became content to stay in a corner of Goryeo, leaving little room for Xiao Nieli to perform.

Of course, with his talent, even if he was trapped in a hard labor camp, he could still win over a few reliable companions. Half of the people in the cart now were his close brothers, and the other half were sick and injured people who urgently needed to leave the hard labor camp for medical treatment.

At this time, others were already discussing the arrangements after winning the horse-racing bet with the Koreans. Someone said excitedly: "As long as you win the game and perform meritorious service, the deputy privy envoy will always give you some reward? Maybe he will also do it for the official... That's it. It’s not bad to live in Goryeo.”

Xiao Nieli suddenly shook his head and said: "It may not be that easy to win a football match. The people who are right with us may not be Koreans!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and just as they were about to ask questions, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the cart. It turned out that at the intersection where the convoy was about to turn out of the mountainous area, there was a checkpoint, blocking the entire convoy.

Several Koreans leading the queue were obviously very angry about this, and they immediately spat and cursed.

I don’t know which group of people set up the checkpoint, but they didn’t pay attention to the dignified deputy minister’s team. I could only hear the shouting and cursing from both sides getting louder and louder. At first, they were still verbally conflicting with each other, but soon the anger subsided. If he couldn't hold back, he drew his sword and threatened.

There was a Korean man who distributed money to the Khitan people with a box containing money, so everyone remembered him. He jumped up and down violently when they were quarreling. When he saw the opponent pull out his sword, he immediately took two steps forward, stretched his head under the blade, and shouted: "Come on! If you have the guts, come and chop." Ah! Give way if you don’t want to!”

Many Koreans in the queue cheered loudly, and the coachmen waved their whips, urging the drivers to rush to the checkpoint. The people who used to go back and forth on the road were now running away in a hurry, fearing that Chi Yu would be harmed.

Some people in the motorcade hurriedly ran back to find the highest-ranking Korean guard who was leading the team.

At this moment, in the team blocking the road, the threatening man with a knife gritted his teeth.

Previously, Chi Yunshen discovered that Cui Yu sent people to various camps where the Khitans and Jurchens gathered to recruit people. He immediately became anxious. He urged his horse to go on his way, intending to get ahead of Cui Yu, and specially left some people behind to let them Try your best to block the road and delay time.

The man holding the knife was Chi Yunshen's confidant named Pu Demeng. This man was somewhat clever, so after receiving the order, he first went to a nearby checkpoint and moved a few antlers to block the road. He also claimed that he was following the order of the capital to prevent suspicious people from entering Kaicheng.

Unexpectedly, Cui Yu's subordinates did not accept this trick at all, and pressed forward vigorously. In the blink of an eye, they pushed away the antlers on both sides.

Pu Demeng knew that if he shrank at this time, it would be impossible to stop the opponent. When things came to a head, there was no room for hesitation, not to mention that his anger was gradually becoming uncontrollable. The man on the other side stretched out his head to hit him again, and he slashed with his sword.

The sword flashed, and people around him exclaimed in unison.

"Knife to kill someone!" Xiao Nianli was lifting the felt cloth to look out. He just yelled and ran out. Immediately, there was a loud uproar outside, and there was a violent conflict between the two sides.

When the military envoy responsible for Kaicheng's security arrived, a small-scale armed fight, or rather a battle, had ended.

There were several corpses lying on the ground, and blood was flowing everywhere. There were dozens of injured Koreans. A group of people who had been ordered to block the road by Chi Yunshen all squatted on the ground and were guarded by Khitans holding weapons. The convoy transporting the Khitan people had already left, and there were only people watching around.

When the military envoy heard the sound of fighting earlier, he thought it was some nobleman who was ruthless and led his troops to rebel. He was so frightened that he quickly abandoned the city gate and ran home. Only when he was stopped by the servants did he know what had happened.

It turned out that Chi Yunshen's subordinates tried to obstruct the convoy of the deputy minister's subordinates, and even stabbed one person with a knife to protest. In fact, the knife was not heavy. The blade penetrated the flesh for at most two or three minutes, and it was only a minor injury. Unexpectedly, this move alarmed the Khitan people who were loading in the convoy. They rushed out, seized knives and guns on the spot and fought back.

Those Khitan people were all fierce and fierce, and their swords and spears were dancing very fast. How could ordinary Goryeo warriors resist?

Pu Demeng was killed in a blink of an eye, with half of his head chopped off. Several of his close companions also suffered. Some had their necks cut off, while others had their stomachs stabbed and their intestines spilled out. Another person had his arm cut off and rolled around screaming for a while. When the convoy left, a Khitan man came over and stabbed his chest with a knife to prevent him from suffering any more.

It is not that the military envoy has never fought in a war. He was able to achieve this position because he participated in several coups with Cui Zhongxian in his early years, and several people died under his command. But the scene before him still shocked him.

It was not that he was frightened by the blood, but that the parties who were originally wary of each other and did not dare to directly conflict began to use knives to see blood, which made him very uncomfortable.

He also looked at the relaxed expressions of the Khitan people holding weapons, as if they had just killed many people and there was no difference between killing chickens and dogs. I heard that only seven or eight of them rushed to seize swords and broke up the checkpoint guarded by dozens of people... Damn it, how could such a ruthless person be reduced to a hard labor camp?

These people are all tigers and wolves who have poured into Goryeo from the northern border. According to common sense, they have to be tied up with 17 or 18 ropes and whipped with whips every day to feel at ease.

But now, tigers and wolves have their uses. Whoever they seek refuge in will have fresh blood, and their fists will be much stronger than before! If Cui Yu recruited hundreds or even thousands of these ruthless people, gave them weapons, and managed them uniformly, who could stop them inside and outside Kaicheng?

Officials inside and outside Kaesong all have noble support behind them. This military envoy is no exception.

Seeing that no one was paying attention around him, the military envoy summoned a close aide and whispered: "When you go back and report, just say that the Khitans are vicious and you have to recruit the same number or more Khitans, otherwise it will be impossible to control them!"

(End of this chapter)