Yan Gang was trembling all over. Apparently he was seen by Li Fu, the cavalryman in the row behind him. He silently stepped forward to take the place of Yan Gang, a white knight on the battlefield, to be the leader of the battle.
Suddenly a thunderous roar came from behind the formation:
"who is he?"
The cavalry were all too familiar with this sound. Only this sound could make their blood boil, because the person who made this sound was Zhang Chong, the leader of the canal.
The troops shouted:
"Yan Gang."
Zhang Chong shouted again:
"Who is Yan Gang?"
The Chinese army shouted again:
"Kill the enemy three knights and say nothing."
Zhang Chong shouted again:
"Who is Yan Gang? Yan is bold. He dares to be the leader in the first battle. Who is Yan Gang?"
This time the troops roared like mountains and seas:
"Yan Da Da."
Yan Gang, who was at the front of the queue at the moment, was shaking even more violently during these three questions and answers, and this time it was not fear but a kind of courage that shot straight into the sky.
If I dare to be strong and brave, who can be braver than me?
Then, right between the two armies, Yan Gang suddenly made a move, and in the complicated eyes of Li Fu behind him, he let out a loud roar and galloped towards the enemy in front.
Release, lift, pinch, breathe, breathe again, hold breath, hit.
After a set of moves, Yan Gang moved smoothly, fully displaying his excellent cavalry fighting moves, and many cavalry warriors behind also followed this new leader and dug into the enemy cavalry again.
In fact, the five hundred cavalrymen who came from the south of the county were defeated in just one battle. They came from a long way, were exhausted, and their fighting equipment was not in order. They wanted to rest here, but because the general was lucky, they wanted to take advantage of it.
When the opponent is relaxed, use your cavalry to attack quickly and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
But who would have expected that they would bump into Zhang Chong's most elite unit, the Tuoqi Department. Zhang Chong's five thousand soldiers were selected from hundreds of thousands of mountain warriors, and the Tuoqi Department selected the best among the best.
The generals are brave, the soldiers are sharp, and the armor is well equipped. Not to mention the five hundred cavalry in front of them, even if they come with thousands of cavalry, they will not be able to get favors from the sudden cavalry.
After three arrows and another collision, the morale of the cavalry in the three counties south of the county collapsed. They were able to turn around and charge again not because of their courage but because of inertia. In the end, the five hundred cavalry were scattered with less than two hundred.
The cavalry rushed out, and then they turned their horses' heads due to inertia. They saw the cavalry on the opposite side making waves and their morale was like a rainbow. In fear, the last thirty or so cavalrymen turned their horses' heads again and ran towards the east.
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This is another blow to the already difficult morale. You must know that those who are running away now are the former vanguards, who were the warriors in the army, and now even they have run away.
But it didn't stop there. The remaining Han court cavalry also had their own arrogance. Death? That was death. Why should they be afraid? They, the Han cavalry, would die on the way to charge.
Under the leadership of a military officer, the remaining more than a hundred cavalry formed a formation again and charged fearlessly towards the Taishan bandits.
In a moment, the spear was broken, the horse hit the man and flew away, and the flag fell.
This Han cavalry from the three counties south of the county, except for the more than thirty cavalry who had fled eastward before and the few cavalry who had a chance to kill through the Taishan army formation and then ran westward in panic, the entire army was completely wiped out.
At this moment, Yan Gang, who was the leader of the team, was standing in front of Pao Ze's group. The boy with this fluffy mouth no longer had the arrogance he had before, but he nodded honestly at Pao Ze's praise.
However, when he saw Zhang Chong, the leader of the canal, in the distance, his gratitude and gratitude turned into a strong piety of a soldier dying for his confidant. Yan Gang finally understood why Taishan's army would be more concerned about this than him.
How many years old are such myths.
He just has such charisma that people are willing to charge into battle for him, leaving their hearts and minds to pieces.
Zhang Chong was currently instructing Tian Jun to collect the enemy's horses while it was still dark. After the battlefield was cleared, there was no need to set up camp. He directly set up torches and rushed to Liang Fu's Li Damu camp overnight.
Just stay there.
After finishing these instructions, Zhang Chong saw Yan Gang looking at him, so he took the initiative to go over, stroke his back, and encouraged:
"Work hard, I am brave. I want to hear that in the future, the enemy soldiers will cry when they encounter you: 'If the enemy army is defeated, our army will be scared.' Work hard."
Yan Gang nodded heavily, he would probably remember what he said that night for the rest of his life.
In fact, Zhang Chong was really praising the general. When Zhang Chong saw Yan Gang motionless behind the formation, he knew that Yan Gang was frightened for the first time in the battle. Seeing that Li Fu wanted to take his place behind him, he hurriedly
Be brave for Yan Gang. Because he knows that as a cavalry commander, if he is dismissed in this situation, he will be useless in this life. A person who does not even have the courage to charge cannot be a cavalry commander.
But Zhang Chong has always known people. He had seen at a glance that Yan Gang had the potential to become an excellent cavalryman despite his young age. He could not let such a good prospect be ruined like this, so he had an idea and chose the formation.
After this battle, Zhang Chong believed that soon another tiger general would appear in their sudden cavalry.
After finishing their preparations here, Zhang Chong led his cavalry, lighting torches, and continued to march along the official road toward Liangfucheng in the northwest.
Around the time of Xu, Zhang Chong rushed to the outside of Liangfu City with his cavalry.
I saw a small fortified city in the distance with lights and stars, and two miles outside the city there was a heavily guarded camp, like a giant beast lurking in the night.
Just when Zhang Chong was about to stop his army here, he asked the soldiers to use his talisman to signal the camp to open the door. In fact, this was very dangerous. If not handled well, it would cause the camp to roar. The soldiers who were sleeping outside the camp suddenly saw
No one can guarantee what a cavalry soldier outside the stronghold will do in fear.
Don't say whether Zhang Chong has confidence in his soldiers, but this is due to human nature, and human nature will not be tested if it cannot be tested.
But at this moment, a voice came from the darkness in the distance:
"But in front of Qu Kui?"
Seeing what Zhang Chong was about to say, Tian Jun on the side immediately grabbed the words:
"Qu Kui is in the back, which one of you belongs to which one?"
Then there was a rustling sound in the darkness, and then two capable soldiers ran down from behind the slope. They were all in black clothes and black turbans, so they were hard to spot even if they were hidden in the darkness. As soon as they came down, they ran under the torch.
When they saw Zhang Chong, the current leader of the canal, they were all happy and paid homage:
"Qu, I and I are General Li Gan and Deputy Zhang Xie of the Youqu Zuotunyou Brigade of the Zibu Department."
Zhang Chong has been eating and living with the officers and soldiers of the Taishan Army. He may not know the whole army, but the whole army must know him Zhang Chong. But with the torch, he recognized this general named Li Gan at a glance.
This person is somewhat legendary. He is not a local, but a warrior from a tribe in Wuyue. During a battle with other tribes over hunting grounds, he was captured by mistake. He thought he would be beheaded, but who knew that he would be killed?
The tribal chief sold him to a Han businessman.
The Han merchants bought him for six bushels of millet and sent him to the Fenggao market for sale. Many powerful men from Fenggao like to feed Wuyue warriors like this from the mountains into their tribes, and then send them to the mountains to fight with them.
Taishan thieves fight.
Later, Zhang Chong captured Fenggao and all the slaves in the city were freed. But how could a person like Li Gan, who was thousands of miles away from home and whose tribe didn't even know if he was still there, survive alone in the Han world? So when the Taishan Army arrived
After Feng Gao raised a recruiting flag, he joined the army.
Originally, his name was not Li Gan. His surname and first name were both drawn from the word box. Originally, the Taishan Army was still small, and those who had no names or surnames would still be named Zhang Chong. Later, there were more and more people.
Zhang Chong didn't have time to name everyone, so he set up two word boxes in the military station, one for surnames and one for names. If any of the recruits had no names, they would draw them from the name box. They could draw three times and then choose their own.
Which.
Human beings are best divided into different categories, in order to distinguish the difference in naming. Those soldiers who were named by Zhang Chong personally called themselves "people with the same surname", while the soldiers who were named after him were called "people with the foreign surname".
Later, this matter was spread to Zhang Chong's ears. After being scolded, he restrained himself somewhat, but this distinction was passed down by word of mouth.
Li Gan was unlucky, so he naturally had a foreign surname, but he was lucky enough to get a famous name. At that time, many people said that if he had to change his name, he would not be able to bear the name and it would harm his health. But Li Gan
He refused to obey. Hearing that this name was the name of a fierce general from the previous dynasty, he insisted on recognizing it and refused to listen to anyone's advice.
And why did Zhang Chong know Li Gan? During the recruit training at that time, he was the only one with tattoos on his hair. He had shoulder-length short hair and a tattoo of a man-eating pig dragon embroidered on his back, which made him stand out even if he didn't want to.
At that time, Zhang Chong went down to chat with this man and first asked him what the significance of this tattoo was. Li Gan said that the dragon behind this was the most powerful prey he had killed in his adult life, and the tribal shaman used this as his tattoo.
Zhupolong is also an alligator. If he can kill a crocodile, he can be called the bravery of the dragon. Although those who are also new recruits around him cannot laugh at him because of Zhang Chongzai, it can be seen from their faces that they are brave.
They felt that Li Gan was talking too much.
But Zhang Chong looked at the top of Li Gan's head and knew that this man should be silent. He was a warrior. But what Zhang Chong envied even more was Li Gan's short hair.
To be honest, Zhang Chong couldn't stand his long hair. If he didn't wash it for three days, his hair would become very oily, and then it would have a strange smell. But if he washed it too much, it would be really troublesome for such a long time. But Zhang Chong had no intention of doing so.
Speaking of giving yourself a haircut, in this ancient era, wearing sleeves inside out was a big problem for the Han people, let alone shaving their hair. Who are the people who shave their hair? Sinners and barbarians.
He Zhang Chong can be a fighter, and he will fight as long as he feels it is necessary. But after all, he is only a human being, and he has to compromise on the aesthetics that are universally recognized.
Later, this pig-woman warrior became famous, and then he was poached by Yu Jin himself before his training was completed. In terms of acumen, no one understands Shang's intentions better than Yu Jin.
Back here, Zhang Chong saw Li Gan and smiled:
"Agan, how polite you are, you don't recognize me."
With that said, he patted Li Gan on the back to signal to relax.
Li Gan was flattered, but still reported the matter:
"Back to Ququ, the general ordered me to wait here for the leader to arrive. The camp has prepared grass and hot food. I will lead the way for the leader."
In this way, Zhang Chong led his troops to stay overnight outside Liangfu City in the Forbidden Camp.