sjar Chapter 257 Not only did he lose his sister, he also lost his soldiers!
Chapter 257 Not only did he lose his sister, he also lost his soldiers!
Wei Kang still wanted to deceive people and shouted:
"Sister, Ye Kun has been trying to sow discord between my elder brother and me. Father is very angry and asked me to ask you to go back and talk things out. Don't worry, as long as you come back with me, I promise that you will be safe."
Wei Caiqin was so angry that she laughed: "Second brother, do you think everyone else is a fool and you are the only smart one? A three-year-old child knows that you want to be the governor of Jingzhou, so you encouraged Kuai Qu to betray your father, right?"
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Caiqin, don't tell your second brother too much, he won't listen to you."
As expected, Wei Kang changed his expression and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Force your way through the pass and capture Ye Kun alive!"
Wei Caiqin was furious and drew his sword, saying, "With me here, who dares to come up?"
Wei Kang drew out his sword and handed it to the deputy general beside him: "Take my sword and bring me my sister and Ye Kun's heads!"
Wei Caiqin was so angry that she trembled and cried, "Second brother, you are really worse than a beast. You want to kill me too?"
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Wei Kang waved his hand and ordered: "Charge upwards!"
Ye Kun pulled Wei Caiqin back and asked everyone to start blocking the attack.
Lu Kaijiang shouted, "Master Ye, you take your wife and go first, leave this to me. Just give me a hundred soldiers, and I can stop Wei Kang for half an hour!"
Zhou Xuanwu also shouted: "Let's go, Lord Ye, I will protect you to Shuangya Mountain."
When Ye Kun came to Changsha this time, he brought Tan Bamao, Lu Kaijiang, Zhou Xuanwu, and five hundred personal soldiers with him.
"No hurry, let's wait and see."
Ye Kun asked his subordinates: "How many grenades and thunder bombs do we have?"
"More than three hundred, less than four hundred."
"Throw a batch down there to give Wei Kang something to eat!"
Ye Kun sneered.
There are dangerous passes here, and it is not easy for Wei Kang's 3,000 troops to attack.
The grenadiers immediately took action and threw a batch of grenades into the pass.
Wei Kang's troops were shocked and retreated temporarily.
Lu Kaijiang shouted, "Lord Ye, the enemy has a large number of troops. They will definitely divide their forces to bypass the pass and besiege us. You should leave quickly. It will be too late if you don't leave now!"
This pass is located in the middle of the mountains. Wei Kang is blocked and will definitely go around to both ends of the mountain to cut off Ye Kun's retreat.
Once surrounded, it would be really dangerous.
"I'm leaving, what will you do?"
"We should fight to the death to repay Lord Ye!"
"No, we have to go together."
Ye Kun shook his head and ordered: "Prepare dry firewood and oil, pile them in front of the pass, and after they are ignited, we will retreat together."
Lu Kaijiang insisted: "Then Lord Ye goes first, and we will cover your rear!"
"Let's go together. Do not disobey orders!"
Ye Kun frowned and personally led everyone to collect the ready-made dry firewood at the pass, pour kerosene on it, throw it all over the pass, and then set it on fire.
The armor and clothes of the prisoners guarding the pass were also thrown down.
Wei Kang knew that Ye Kun wanted to evacuate, but he couldn't get through the sea of fire, so he was so anxious that he jumped up and down and cursed.
Ye Kun ordered all his men to shout in unison with the drumbeats: "Wei Kang came a thousand miles to escort his bride, but he lost his sister and his soldiers!"
After shouting three times, Ye Kun led everyone to evacuate.
Wei Kang was so angry that he vomited blood. After putting out the fire and crossing the pass, Ye Kun fled westward for another ten miles.
Another forty miles ahead is Shuangya Mountain.
Wei Kang brandished his sword and shouted, "The army will charge straight to Shuangya Mountain. We will never return until Ye Kun is captured!"
Lu Kaijiang led two hundred brothers to cover the rear, fighting and retreating.
After lunch, dust was flying on the west side and shouts were deafening.
A thousand soldiers from Shuangya Mountain rushed over and captured Ye Kun.
Ye Kun breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Have your soldiers protect Miss Wei and go to Shuangya Mountain first. The other soldiers will follow me back to support Lu Kaijiang."
Ye Kun is very worried about his beloved godson, Tan Bamao, whose whereabouts are unknown.
Led by Ye Kun, the army turned back and charged forward.
Wei Kang's troops had traveled a long distance, chased Ye Kun closely, and fought continuously, and were already exhausted.
The war horses could not run any further, and the soldiers were so tired that their limbs were weak and they were unable to draw their bows.
The morale of the Shuangyashan army is high.
The two sides clashed.
Ye Kun led the charge, brandishing his sword and shouting, "Don't let Wei Kang go. Anyone who captures Wei Kang alive will be rewarded with a bushel of rice and three large copper coins!"
The guards on both sides laughed and shouted, "Lord Ye has ordered that if Wei Kang is captured alive, he will be rewarded with three large copper coins!"
Wei Kang did not dare to fight, so he turned his horse around and ran away.
"Chase and shoot arrows!" Ye Kun chased relentlessly.
Anyone who turns around and runs away on the battlefield is almost certainly seeking death.
Because the armor protection of soldiers and generals focuses on the chest, not the back.
The same is true for war horses, which rarely have armor on their buttocks.
The horses of Wei Kang's troops could no longer run, and their backs were exposed to Ye Kun's powerful crossbows, making them sitting ducks.
Ye Kun's army pursued the enemy while shooting arrows on horseback.
Because of the stirrups, the horse archers' shooting is very stable. One person can shoot three arrows without any big problems.
After three arrows, most people’s arm strength can no longer keep up and they need to rest.
But this wave of powerful attacks made Wei Kang miserable.
Of the three thousand soldiers, nearly fifteen thousand were shot dead or wounded, or fell off their horses and surrendered.
Ye Kunzhen was not polite and ordered the army of Shuangya Mountain to send Wei Kang across Tiexian Pass and continue to chase him.
When it got dark, the pursuit stopped.
Tan Bamao was not dead. He took dozens of his brothers and hid in the mountains. He used a telescope to see the army coming from Shuangya Mountain, and then he went down the mountain and returned to the team.
Ye Kun captured more than 400 prisoners, seized hundreds of horses, and returned to Shuangya Mountain.
He also calmly brought back all the swords, guns, bows and arrows, as well as a large number of wounded and dead horses, as military rations.
Horse meat is not tasty, but as military rations, it is very filling.
The war has begun, and Ye Kun attaches great importance to military rations.
Wei Caiqin was troubled and couldn't sleep. She looked towards Changsha and sighed:
"My second brother is such a bastard, so heartless and stupid that he even started a rebellion... I don't know what's happening to my father and eldest brother now."
Ye Kun comforted Wei Caiqin:
"The garrison troops of Changsha City are all trusted followers of your father and elder brother, so they will have no problem defending the city. I have already sent a pigeon to inform Shangguan Jifu to send troops by land and sea to support Changsha. Tomorrow afternoon, our army from Pingye County and Xiping Mountain will arrive. I will personally lead the army to support my father-in-law and quell Kuai Qu's rebellion."
In fact, Shangguan Jifu had already sent troops at this moment.
This is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters, how can we give it up?
Wei Caiqin felt relieved and asked again, "Brother Ye, if my second brother fails and you catch him, will you kill him?"
Ye Kun shook his head: "If anyone wants to kill him, it should be your father who kills him. Why would I kill him?"
Whether to kill Wei Kang depends on the opportunity.
If they meet on the battlefield, Ye Kun will not be polite and will kill if he can.
If Wei Kang was captured alive, then it wouldn't matter whether he was killed or not.
Give him the punishment of kneecapping, dig up his two knees, put him under house arrest, and treat him like a pig.
Wei Caiqin hugged Ye Kun's arm and sighed: "Brother Ye, you are a good person. If my second brother was the same as you, this would not have happened."
Ye Kun patted Wei Caiqin on the back and said, "Don't worry, Caiqin. Wei Kang is your second brother. I won't kill him and make you sad."
Wei Caiqin nodded and stared in the direction of Changsha in a daze.
The next morning, Yan Liuhai arrived with troops from Xipingshan and Pingye counties, a total of 3,000 elite soldiers, and 3,000 militiamen following behind.
Including the troops from Shuangya Mountain, there are almost ten thousand people.
News also came from Changsha that Kuai Qu and Cai Tao, who were protecting the second son Wei Kang, had rebelled and besieged Changsha city.
The eldest son Wei Ning purged the forces of Kuai Qu and Cai Tao in Changsha City, causing a river of blood.
Ye Kun gave the order: "Set up the stove and cook. Send troops immediately after lunch. Set up camp at Tiexian Pass in the evening. Arrive at Changsha tomorrow to help Lord Wei suppress the rebellion!"