Chapter 6 The bloody first battle

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 6 The bloody first battle

Zhang Yue held the long sword in his hand tightly, feeling extremely nervous. At this time, the bodyguard of the Marquis Han Feng shot a red arrow.

The horse thieves were getting closer and closer, and Zhang Yue could already see their ferocious faces.

"Big guy, be careful. Besides the Qiang people, there are also Huns on the other side!" Guo Kai reminded everyone.

"How does Guo Kai know the Huns?"

Just as Zhang Yue was thinking, the horse thieves had already rushed past the position of the red arrow.

"wind"!

Han Feng gave an order, and the crossbowmen in the front row had already fired arrows.

Under the fire of arrows, a famous horse thief fell off his horse.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue and his group of Han troops did not carry many crossbows and could not form a powerful arrow array.

After three shots, Han Feng said "retreat"!

The crossbowmen retreated into the phalanx.

"Enter"!

The long soldier took a step forward, preparing to resist the impact of the horse thieves.

With a loud bang, the horse thieves plunged into the Han army's infantry formation.

Following the first impact, the war horses kept hitting the formation. For a moment, Zhang Yue's eyes were filled with only flying flesh and blood.

Due to the resistance of the soldiers in front, the speed of the horse thieves had slowed down.

"Light soldiers dancing!"

"It's our turn!" Zhang Yue was still in a state of confusion at this time. He was pulled by Guo Kai and rushed out as a reflex.

Without thinking, he raised his sword with both hands and struck down!

Hit right in the head!

The horse thief screamed loudly. He did not die immediately, but fell to the ground and twisted his body.

I killed someone...

"careful!"

Guo Kai rushed over and pounced on him, and at the same time, two feather arrows shot through the air - if Guo Kai hadn't pounced on him just now, these two feather arrows would have killed him!

This is war!

There is no room for mercy or even hesitation! If you don’t kill the enemy, you will die!

Zhang Yue came back to his senses and saw a horse thief rushing over. This time Zhang Yue did not hesitate and slashed at the side of his body with a sword. One of the horse thief's legs was cut off by him.

There was another scream, but it was Guo Kai who chopped off the horse thief's head with a sword.

The enemy is dead but you are not dead - this is victory!

Zhang Yue stood up, the bright red blood stimulating his nerves. He waved his long sword and relied on instinct to fight to the death with the horse thief who fell off his horse.

At this time, only the sword and blood were left in his eyes.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yue and Guo Kai, the Han army's light soldiers actually killed the horse thieves directly.

Seeing that the horse thief is about to run away,

"Woo. Woo."

The horn sounded, and Huangzhong Yicong, who had already circled the two wings, rushed out from both sides at the same time.

After more than half an hour of pursuit, except for a few horse thieves who ran faster, the rest of the horse thieves were either killed or chose to surrender.

Zhang Yue finally came to his senses at this time. His whole body was stained red with blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was his own or the enemy's.

Resisting the discomfort in his stomach, he reluctantly stood on a small earthen bun with his long sword full of gaps.

Guo Kai and others looked at him from the side, their eyes became a little startled.

After taking several deep breaths, Zhang Yue raised the long sword in his hand high and shouted at everyone.

"The Han army is victorious...!"

Led by Zhang Yue, the whole army shouted "Wan Sheng".

Military Marquis Han Feng looked at Zhang Yue who shouted loudly with satisfaction. He felt that this man was a talent that could be made. Since the Gonggao Marquis Kingdom was expelled, he now also lost his backer in the court.

Like these garrison soldiers, if they want to get ahead, the only way left is military merit.

Naturally, Han Feng also had ambitions in his heart. He hoped to be able to become a marquis and a general to revitalize the Han family. This was why he gave up his comfortable life and invited himself to fight in spite of his family's objections.

To do this, we must have an elite army and a group of excellent subordinates.

The Zhang Yue in front of him had such potential.

Zhang Yue naturally had no way of knowing what Han Feng was thinking. He was currently thinking about how many military rewards he could get from this battle.

When cleaning the battlefield just now, Zhang Yue roughly counted more than 200 horses and more than a hundred weapons captured in this battle, but there were not many armors, only a dozen pieces. In addition, Zhang Yue

It seems that I also saw some gold.

After setting up camp in the evening, the military lord Han Feng publicly rewarded many of the soldiers.

"Gentlemen, today is our first battle as an army..."

Han Feng knew very well what the soldiers wanted, so after saying a few words, he began to award rewards to the soldiers who had made meritorious service.

Zhang Yue did not expect that he would be the first to be called to the stage.

"Zhang Yue, the Constructor, beheaded three levels in this battle, which should be regarded as the first meritorious service. Now I will temporarily grant you the title of Xianyu Guard. You will be promoted to a high position. You will be rewarded with a good horse, a suit of armor, and three gold medals..."

Zhang Yue didn't care much about anything else. What he really cared about was that his title had been upgraded to another level. He thought that if he upgraded to another level, he would be able to get rid of his status as a pariah.

…

Zhang Yue and his party returned to the barracks, and everyone kept congratulating Zhang Yue and Guo Kai. Today, he was the only one in the army who was knighted.

In addition to the two of them, among the others, Guo Fang was also rewarded with a good horse for his first-level beheading.

Because Zhang Yue's Xianyu Guard was a second-class noble, the military marquis directly handled the paperwork for him.

Because Guo Kai was awarded a third-class good scholar this time, he needed to arrive in Zhangye before he could get the title documents.

"These horse thieves ran so fast today. Next time Nai Gong must cut off a few more of their heads." Wang Wu touched Zhang Yue's armor and said with envy on his face.

Everyone laughed when they heard it, because everyone was very excited about the victory during the day. In addition, Zhang Yue and Guo Kai were stimulated by the knights, and everyone couldn't wait to have a big battle.

"Gentlemen, there is one more thing I want to talk to you about today!" After everyone calmed down, Guo Kai called everyone together.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yue was the first to ask.

Guo Kaidao said: "I want you to know that today we have obtained many war horses, and Gu Junhou intends to train a group of cavalry."

"Cavalry!" Everyone looked happy.

The status and treatment of cavalry in the Han army were much higher than that of infantry, so no one wanted to become a cavalry soldier.

"Don't get too happy too early, are you going to run away?" Guo Kai poured cold water on everyone again.

Dong Er, Wang Wu, Ma Han and Lin Xi immediately dropped their heads as soon as they heard this.

Zhang Yue asked at this time: "Brother Guo, what are the regulations for this selection of cavalry?"

Guo Kai Yao Yaotou said, "I don't know the specific regulations. The village chief just asked me to ask those brothers who will leave."

Zhang Yue nodded. It seemed that this was just a plan. Even if he wanted to train the cavalry, he couldn't do it now. At least it would have to wait until he arrived in Zhangye.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue comforted the four of them and said: "Gentlemen, why should you be discouraged? From what I see, it is too early to deal with the cavalry..."
Chapter completed!