Chapter Fourteen: Craftsmen Camp
Yu Hao was shocked. Hearing this movement, many people came to the village.
This place used to be the bandit's lair. Could it be that the bandits are back?
Lu Xiaoxiao lay next to the window and looked around. She saw that the door of the cottage had been opened, and a dark group of people entered the cottage.
"It looks like a bandit, young master, leave quickly!"
Lu Xiaoxiao's expression turned serious, and she quickly grabbed Yu Hao and rushed out of the room.
At this moment, several figures suddenly jumped down from the roof, and they were instantly surrounded by Yu Hao and Lu Xiaoxiao.
"Who are you?"
Lu Xiaoxiao stared at the people in front of him warily, with Yu Hao protecting him behind him.
Looking at Lu Xiaoxiao's back, Yu Hao was stunned. For some reason, he always felt that Lu Xiaoxiao at this time was a little different from before.
At this moment, Yu Hao noticed that the people in front of him were holding swords in their hands and wearing bamboo armor. Under the bamboo armor were red military uniforms.
this is not……
"Master, it's really you!"
At this moment, someone saw Yu Hao's appearance clearly and exclaimed.
"Uncle Seven?"
Looking at this gray-haired old man, Yu Hao was stunned. Isn't this Yin Laoqi, whom he has longed for and who is in charge of Jianghu Camp?
The craftsman camp is an army composed of craftsmen who are responsible for building fortifications and making military equipment.
The 100,000-strong army led by Yu Yi was completely wiped out. Yin Laoqi should be among them. How could he appear here?
Before he had time to ask, the group of people who entered the village surrounded him in a dense crowd. There were hundreds of them, and they were all dressed in the same clothes as Yin Laoqi and the others.
"Young Master, there is no need to panic, these are all brothers from the Jianghu Camp." Yin Laoqi quickly explained, for fear of scaring Yu Hao, and then looked at the crowd, "Why don't you pay your respects to the Young Master?"
"Greetings to the young master!"
Suddenly, hundreds of people knelt on the ground, shouting like thunder!
Just now I thought the costumes of these people looked familiar. It turned out that they were all soldiers who followed Yu Yi on the expedition.
"Everyone, please get up, I'm no longer a young man."
While Yu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, he felt quite helpless.
"Master, how do you say this?"
Yin Laoqi was shocked and asked quickly.
Yu Hao did not hide anything and immediately told the story about the reduction of his title.
"By the way, Uncle Qi, why are you here?"
Yin Laoqi looked at Yu Hao, filled with emotion for a moment, and suddenly started crying while hugging his head.
It turned out that after Yu Yi wiped out the Xiongnu, he was ready to lead the army back to the court.
But on the way, Yu Yi received the news that Yu Hao was teasing the princess. This frightened Yu Yi, and he immediately rushed back to the court.
Shortly after Yu Yi left, the army received a transfer order from the Ministry of War, ordering Yu Yi's deputy general to lead an army of 100,000 to rush to the Liema Plain in the Xiongnu territory within an hour, otherwise military law would be dealt with!
Although the deputy general was confused, he did not dare to disobey the military order and immediately mobilized the army to the target location.
Yin Laoqi's Jianghu Battalion and the other two infantry battalions were responsible for preparing the food, grass and baggage for the 100,000-strong army.
But just as Yin Laoqi loaded up the grain and grass supplies and prepared to set off, he received news from the front that a hundred thousand troops were ambushed by the Huns in Liema Plain and the entire army was wiped out.
Seeing that the Xiongnu army was about to move south, Yin Laoqi had no choice but to lead the remaining three battalions of soldiers back to Jianmen Pass.
Jianmen Pass is an important border city, the gateway to Daqian, and a barrier against the Huns.
But the guard at Jianmen Pass not only failed to take in Yin Laoqi, but also launched an attack on the soldiers of the third battalion on the pretext that the soldiers of the third battalion were deserters!
The first battalion of Daqian has about a thousand soldiers, and the third battalion has only three thousand soldiers. There is also a craftsman camp among them. How can it be the opponent of the tens of thousands of defenders behind the sword gate?
It didn't take Yin Laoqi to tell Yu Hao to imagine how desperate the soldiers of the Third Battalion were at that time.
"Fortunately, the brothers from the other two infantry battalions fought tooth and nail to cover us, and we were able to escape from Jianmen Pass, but we still suffered heavy losses."
As Yin Laoqi spoke, he had already burst into tears.
"On the way, we received the news that my husband was assassinated. We were listed as deserters by the Ministry of War, and the government arrested us everywhere. These days, we have been lying around day and night, and finally reached the vicinity of Wudu City. We are planning to find a place to rest. We will go out early tomorrow morning. I went to the city to ask for the young master's help, but I didn't expect to meet the young master here."
After listening to Yin Laoqi's narration, Yu Hao was so angry that his whole body was shaking and his teeth were clenching.
Just because of a transfer order, the entire army of 100,000 was wiped out!
That’s 100,000 lives!
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of War again!
If one hundred thousand infantrymen were transferred to the flat plains of the Fierce Horses and used as living targets for the Huns' cavalry, even a fool could see that there was something wrong!
Isn't it true that the Ministry of War is not afraid of subjugating the country by doing this?
"Master, there are now 121 soldiers left in our Jianghu camp. Including the surviving brothers from the infantry battalion, there are a total of 178 people. All of them have been classified as deserters. Please save us, Master!"
"Master, please save us!"
Before Yin Laoqi finished speaking, everyone present knelt down again.
Da Gan has always been merciless in punishing deserters. If Yin Laoqi and others are caught by the government, they will only die.
Looking at the emaciated and miserable soldiers in front of him, Yu Hao's eyes turned red unconsciously.
"Soldiers, you are not deserters, you are heroes of Daqian! I, Yu Hao, swear that I will clear your name and give you justice!"
As soon as Yu Hao said these words, many soldiers cried bitterly.
Along the way, they were hiding here and there like mice, coming out at night and day, all because they were labeled as deserters!
Not only will they be arrested by the government, but their descendants will also be stabbed in the back and unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives!
They really don’t understand that they risked their lives for the sake of Da Qian, so how could they become deserters in the end?
Now that I have a home and cannot go back, I feel confused all day long, like a zombie, and I have even lost hope for my future life.
Now, someone finally says that they are not deserters, but heroes!
For a moment, these men who were not afraid of death and threw their lives and blood on the battlefield cried like children.
Yu Hao sighed and patted Yin Laoqi on the shoulder.
"Uncle Qi, this cottage is my base. In the past few days, you will lead everyone to settle down in the cottage. While guarding the cottage, don't make any noise. Tomorrow I will have people deliver the food first, and I will figure out a way to do the rest. .”
"Thank you, Master!" Yin Laoqi burst into tears, but he was very happy in his heart.
He didn't know why, but the Yu Hao in front of him always gave him a strange yet familiar feeling.
The young master has really grown up...
"By the way, who is the guard at Jianmen Pass?"
Yu Hao suddenly thought of the guard of Jianmen Pass.
This guy has done this to his own people, how could Yu Hao let him go so easily?
"Back to the young master, the guard of Jianmen Pass is named Li Fei. It is said that he is Changsun Xiao's brother-in-law." Yin Laoqi said truthfully.
As soon as these words came out, Yu Hao's eyes filled with endless anger.
It’s Changsun laughing at this old man again!
Chapter completed!