The autumn wind blows, and there is a chill. It is the time to kill.
Mao Shao stood tall and straddled his horse, taking the lead.
In Mao Shao's eyes, the man in crimson military uniform stood on the ridge of the hillside, motionless, and his figure gradually became clearer and larger.
This was a northerner with narrow eyes and short beard, wearing a piece of armor and a military bean on his head, looking at him seriously.
Mao Shao's mind was spinning a lot. But in fact, it didn't take long from the time he strode his horse and charged up the slope. At this time, the horse in Mao Shao's hand was about to hit the opponent's head, but at this time he saw There were more than twenty horsemen standing at the bottom of the slope, each wearing armor and with feathers on their heads, just standing there like sculptures.
Mao Shao was shocked and knew that something had happened. It was obviously a whole cavalry of the Han army, preparing for the passing carriage nearby. Before more thoughts could pop into his mind, Mao Shao's body had already reacted.
He bent his whole body on the saddle, clamped the horse's head flat under his arms, and then shouted to the Han riders without fear:
"Xingyang Mao Shao is here, anyone who stands in my way will die."
The first thing Mao Shao stabbed was the short-bearded man riding on the slope before. With a loud roar, he stabbed the man in the chest with the horsetail in his hand. This was the largest part and the hardest to dodge.
The short-bearded Han Cavalry had been watching the moth thief knight charge before, but he remained unmoved. The reason why he was able to win like this was naturally because he considered himself to be highly skilled and did not take this moth thief seriously.
At this time, when Mao Shao was looking at the spear, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly. He tilted his body to grab Mao Shao's spear with both hands. This move was called the spear grabbing method. It should not be used by those who are not highly skilled and bold.
But as soon as the short-bearded man grabbed Mao Shao's spear, he screamed secretly. Just as he grabbed it with his hand and was about to pull it, he found that the horse's spear was as if it were cast on stone and did not move at all. You must know that he has both hands. Try your best, but the moth thief opposite is only holding it with one hand, and he can't even grab the horse. You can imagine the strength of this moth thief.
The short-bearded man immediately let go of his horse, and once he crossed his legs, he urged his crotch to move forward to get away from this man. But when he and Mao Shao crossed paths, Mao Shao suddenly twisted his crotch to turn the horse's back away, turned around and struck a blow directly on the short beard. On the bearded knight's head.
Then Mao Shao no longer looked at the short-bearded knight behind him, and charged towards the twenty knights down the slope again. The short-bearded knight who was slapped did not move at first, and then several strands were left in the corners of his eyes, nose, and mouth. There was blood, and then the person fell on the slope and died.
Mao Shao's bravery shocked the Han cavalry down the slope. Then, when several of them looked at each other, they drew out their short spears and threw them at Mao Shao, who was running towards him. Mao Shao swung several spears away, but there was still one that was right in front of him. Plug it into the horse's neck.
Mao Shao dismounted his horse and still charged, but it became slower and slower, and his breathing became heavier and heavier. Mao Shao knew that the horse could not hold on, so he immediately kicked off the horse and jumped off the side, rolling around on the ground several times before stopping.
When Mao Shao got up, he saw that the war horse was lying on its side on the ground, leaving a patch of bright red blood on the ground. But Mao Shao could no longer care about feeling sorry for the war horse, because at this time, two Han cavalry separated from the team, carrying the horse on their backs. Come and kill.
Mao Shao felt bitter in his heart. The fall he had just taken had scattered his strength for a moment, and he could barely stand. At this time, looking at Ma Jin who was getting closer and closer, Mao Shao was highly concentrated and was about to dodge. , a big hand grabbed the horse of Han Qi like lightning, and then broke the horse as if trying to break a reed pole. After that, the hand restrained Han Qi's mount, with such fierce force that he directly pinned the horse down. He fell to the ground, and Nahan Qi was also hit on the ground, wailing in pain, and his leg was obviously broken.
Mao Shao turned around and saw that it was his companion Xiao Jia who saved him. He was as powerful as a liger and knocked down the galloping horse. After Xiao Jia stabbed the wailing Han cavalry to death, he protected him beside Mao Shao.
superior.
The other two troops who charged with Mao Shao also joined forces to kill the Han knight who had just charged. One of them bent down and chopped off the horse's leg, the other jumped up and hugged the Han knight down on the horse, and then the two of them used daggers to kill the Han knight.
He stabbed Han Qi to death.
After killing the people, the two men came over to stay with Mao Shao. Then the four of them formed a small circular formation and looked cautiously at the Han cavalry opposite.
The Han knights were a little unnatural and did not attack again. After all, they had just killed three warriors. The four people on the opposite side were obviously not weak. If they attacked rashly, they might be the next to die. However, the Han knights did not
I plan to let these four people go, and they will all die for the blood debt in their hands, because they killed the number one Han man, Youzhou Tuqi.
The atmosphere became increasingly tense. Mao Shao swallowed his saliva and said to Xiao Jia in a harsh voice:
"In a moment, let's cut off the horse's legs first, and then kill the thieves."
Xiao Jia nodded and once again concealed Mao Shao behind him.
The horses of the Han army's cavalry turned over their hooves and snorted, waiting for their master's command to trample to death the four two-legged beasts in front of them.
Suddenly, there were shouts of killing from behind the slope, and then a soldier with two heads wrapped in yellow scarves rushed down with a spear and halberd. These were the food protection team that was originally hiding in the car formation, and before
The boy with the halberd was also among them.
As soon as they arrived, they stood upright and formed a small square formation. Even though they were timid, they still tried hard to maintain the formation. Seeing this, Mao Shao was still confused when he suddenly heard another sound.
This time there was a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the right side of the slope. Both the Han army and the Yellow Turban Army looked over nervously, praying that it was their own reinforcements that came.
But obviously, as an apricot-yellow flag was exposed on the slope, the soldiers of the food protection team shouted loudly and cried with joy. And this became the last straw to overwhelm the fighting spirit of the Han army's knights, and the remaining eighteen knights had no choice.
Feeling nostalgic, I evacuated this slope.
The Taishan Army's assault cavalry rushed out from the slope. It was a fifty-man garrison. Under the leadership of a majestic garrison commander, it pursued the retreating Han cavalry at lightning speed. These eighteen Han cavalry were more likely to be in trouble than in danger.
At this time, the enemy situation was lifted, and the boy with the halberd began to say to Mao Shao:
"Mr. Tun, look at it, are we still herding sheep?"
Mao Shao looked at the soldiers who had survived the disaster. Many of them were former people. When he thought that it was these people he despised who came to save him in the end, Mao Shao felt complicated.
Mao Shao's pride did not allow him to answer the boy's question, so he directly asked the other person:
"Boy, what's your name? I think you're pretty good."
The halberd bearer smiled shyly:
"My name is Le Jin, and I'm from Weiguo, Dongjun."
That's right, the boy holding the halberd is none other than Yue Jin. He was short in appearance and followed Cao Cao because of his courage. He later became one of the five good generals of Cao Wei.
In fact, Le Jin has been part of the Taishan Army for a long time. When Zhang Chong attacked Puyang, the powerful Ji family in the north of Puyang came to help Puyang. This Le Jin was one of his family's steps. Later, the city of Puyang was destroyed, and various
Most of the soldiers surrendered, and Le Jin also surrendered with everyone else.
Unfortunately, Le Jin was short in stature and did not meet the Taishan Army's recruitment standards for regular soldiers, so he was rejected in several selections and finally stayed in the supply camp as a miscellaneous soldier.
After listening to Le Jin's introduction, Mao Shao patted Le Jin on the shoulder, and then said to his companion:
"Go and cut off a head for Le Jin as a reward for leading everyone to help us this time."
Xiao Jia was about to go when Le Jin shook his head and said:
"Lieutenant Tun, we are your subordinates, and it is natural for us to protect you. Just as we are the Taishan Army and the army of Guizhou, it is also natural for us to protect the strong people of Guizhou."
Seeing Le Jin say this again, Mao Shao paused. This time he did not refute Le Jin, let alone despise him, but asked everyone to clean up the battlefield.
What the Han cavalry left behind were the corpses of the three cavalrymen and three horses. One was dead, one was injured, and only one was licking the corpse of its master.
And Mao Shao walked to his horse. The horse was not moving much now, but its trembling breathing showed that the horse was not dead yet.
Mao Shao looked at his beloved horse and saw tears from the horse's eyes. He sighed, covered the horse's eyes, and then stabbed the horse's neck with the ring-headed knife in his hand, ending its death.
pain.
Here Mao Shao was secretly feeling sad, and over there Mao Shao's supply and supply team were happily carving up the dead horse. No one in his team was injured in this battle, and they also got hundreds of kilograms of meat. How could they not be happy?
As for the other injured horse, after Xiao Jia's inspection, it turned out that the hoof was slightly cracked and could be healed with a little care. But this has nothing to do with their food protection team.
All weapons must be charged into the holy treasury.
This means that everything seized goes to the holy treasury.
On the contrary, those few hundred kilograms of horse meat are real benefits. Generally, unless these camel beasts are captured in large battles, others will usually be added to the order participating in the battle. This is also the reason for the battle.
One of the benefits.
There are disciples in this food protection team who have been slaughtered by local wealthy families. They will sort the horse hides, horse meat, and horse offal one by one. These things are all useful. As for Mao Shao's horse that died in the battle
, but no one wanted to share it. They all knew that the deputy chief of Tun was feeling uncomfortable.
In the end, it was Mao Shao who asked everyone to share the meat of his beloved horse. After all, he was already dead, so it would be good for the brothers to eat more meat.
After a while, the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry returned. This time, in addition to a dozen more war horses, many of the horses had the heads of Han cavalry tied around their necks. Obviously, the Han cavalry team had not been able to escape from the sudden attack at that time.
The rider escaped.
The majestic cavalry leader is General Xu Huang. Among the Hedong knights, he served as a general. When he arrived at the Taishan Army, he only spent time in the collision team and the military academy, and then he was released as the leader of fifty cavalry.
A cavalryman has a bright future.
Xu Huang led the team and saw the food protection team cutting up the horse meat. He smiled and said to the people below:
"Who is the leader among you?"
Those who were dividing the meat quickly pointed to Mao Shao, who was mourning alone over there.
When Mao Shao saw the cavalry general approaching, he hurriedly came up to salute and introduced himself. It was not that Mao Shao had two faces, but that Mao Shao needed to understand this person both in terms of his status in the army and the fact that he was rescuing them.
Riders show respect.
But when Mao Shao looked at the plush hair on the corner of Xu Huang's mouth, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't expect him to be so young.
Xu Huang didn't know this and continued to laugh:
"You did a good job. These horse meat are good. I wonder if you can roast them for us brothers. These days, I have captured the Han soldiers everywhere and haven't even had a meal of meat. I don't want you in vain. There are more than a dozen horses behind me.
, whichever one you like, take it and exchange it for these cooked meats."
Mao Shao was stunned. He didn't expect such a good thing. There are two dead horses here. Even if their team can eat them, they can't finish them. If they are given to the opposite party, they can exchange for another horse. If not, what is this?
Worried that Xu Huang would regret it, Mao Shao nodded hastily, making Xu Huang laugh.
In fact, Xu Huang intentionally sent a war horse to Mao Shao. In fact, to put it bluntly, Xu Huang was partly responsible for Mao Shao's incident.
Xu Huang and his team had already discovered the Han cavalry team that was about to ambush the grain truck. They were just worried about rushing out to scare the group away, so they deliberately waited for the Han army to launch an attack before attacking.
In other words, Xu Huang used these food guards as bait to catch these Han cavalry.
I just didn't expect that there would be a stupid guy in this grain transport convoy. He stupidly jumped on his horse and charged towards the Han cavalry. What I didn't expect was that this stupid guy was still a powerful person. Several of his subordinates were considered powerful, and they were not inferior to his subordinates at all.
This soldier, especially the majestic armored man, is very capable of killing horses when he strikes, and his strength is probably inferior to that of the two fierce generals Li Damu and Dian Wei in the army.
Therefore, Xu Huang was determined to compensate them. Seeing that Mao Shao lost his war horse, he was determined to give him one. As for the cooked meat, it was just a supplement.
Over there, Mao Shao was so happy that he went to the back to challenge the horse. Here, the team deputy next to Xu Huang hesitated and persuaded:
"Commander, those war horses are all captured, and they are supposed to be sent to the Holy Treasury. I am sending the horses privately, so I am afraid that someone will say something."
The deputy of this team had good intentions, because after all, Xu Huang was demoted as a general and had only recently joined the army. If he did this kind of thing, he might be caught by some veterans in the army.
Now the Taishan Army is still on the rise, and there have not yet been any obvious internal conflicts in the army. However, it is inevitable that the old people in the army will intentionally or unintentionally suppress some junior generals. No one wants to be the bricks and lay the foundation by themselves.
Being caught from behind.
Xu Huang made some gestures with his hands, nodded at the attendant next to Mao Shao, and whispered:
"Is this warrior strong?"
"strong!"
"Can you join our army?"
"able!"
"That's okay. Just stop talking for a while and watch how I behave."
After a while, Mao Shao picked a jujube horse. It had strong bones and was expected to be a good horse. Obviously, Mao Shao was not polite and directly picked the best horse from the captured horses.
The team deputy grinned when he saw this guy being so ignorant. If Xu Huang hadn't greeted him in advance before, he would have scolded him directly.
Damn it, they are always the ones who take advantage of the friendly troops by attacking with cavalry. When have they ever been picked off by others? They are still the most non-existent baggage soldiers in the army.
Under the glare of the team deputy, Mao Shao smiled and asked Xu Huang:
"Would this one hit the mark?"
Xu Huang smiled, patted his chest, expressed that he liked it and took it.
But just when Mao Shao was about to take people to share some meat with Xu Huang and the others, he was stopped by Xu Huang again, and he only listened to his human voice:
"Would you like to come and ride with us?"
Mao Shao was stunned. Although he had not been in the Taishan Army for a long time, he still knew what the top ranks were in the army. The top rank was undoubtedly Qu Shuai's collision team. This rank was not for the general army.
Those who entered were all middle and lower-level officers in the army and some of the commander-in-chief's concessionaires. Ren Jun, who originally took the credit from him, was followed by the collision team.
Second only to the Collision Team is the Taishan Army's Cavalry. Generally speaking, the rank of the Cavalry is basically one level higher than that of the same level in the army. For example, if you are a general in the Cavalry, you will not be able to do it outside.
You can be a general in the army.
After the collision team and the assault team, there are the main battalion leaders in the army. Originally, Mao Shao was under Ding Sheng, and he was the main battalion leader, serving as a general there. After that, he was transferred to the baggage line.
Became a deputy commander.
Now when I heard that Xu Huang wanted to recruit him into the sudden cavalry, how could he not be willing to do so? He nodded hurriedly.
Xu Huang was not surprised, so he asked:
"What is your current position?"
"Tuen Fu."
Xu Huang was speechless at this moment. He looked at Mao Shao's crooked epaulettes to make sure that this man was not talking nonsense. But how could this man be the deputy? He was taller than Xu Huang? This was embarrassing!
Perhaps sensing Xu Huang's hesitation, Mao Shao hurriedly explained:
"My position as deputy commander is just a false position. Before that, I was just a general under the command of former military academy captain Ding Sheng."
But it's okay that Mao Shao didn't explain this. When Ding Sheng was mentioned, Xu Huang and the team deputy became even more silent. Good guy, it turned out that he was a soldier of Colonel Ding before. Who is Colonel Ding? It's unreasonable to argue.
What's more, poaching his elite soldiers? The thought of being caught and scolded by Ding Sheng made even Xu Huang terrified.
So Xu Huang said nothing more, accepted the loss of a horse, and was about to leave. But Mao Shao grabbed Xu Huang's horse bridle and said:
"What worries does the general have? Do you think, I have already arrived at the supply camp, what else can the general have to worry about? General, I don't want to be more, just to be a corps commander under your command, I am also
I'm happy to. And you don't need to divide these five people, I will lead people to fill up the staff myself."
Okay, Xu Huang will just wait for Mao Shao's words. Regardless of Mao Shao's background, he will attack this man and the majestic soldier. Xu Huang will also accept it. If he is really troubled by Captain Ding later, he will go
Look for Tiantou, there is someone above Xu Huang.
In this way, Mao Shaogang took the horse from Xu Huang. In a blink of an eye, not only did the horse come back, but it also hitched a ride with himself, Xiao Jia, the two Bubu, and Na Lejin.
Yes, Mao Shao wanted to help Le Jin join the assault cavalry with him.
This kid, hot chick, is a talent.
So, after Mao Shao selected the person, he went to Le Jin to talk about it, but who knew that Le Jin shook his head and refused, making Mao Shao stupid?
Is this guy named Le a little confused? Is this trying to flatter him?
Of course Le Jin understood, but he couldn't bear to say as he looked at the soldiers of the food protection team who were happily dividing the meat.
"Tuen Lieutenant, if you leave, and I leave again, then there will be no people in the food protection team. What will the remaining soldiers do? How will they survive the battle that follows?"
Mao Shao choked. He wanted to say, what does they have to do with you, but thinking that it was these people who saved him before, and it was these people who took care of his emotions, he couldn't say this.
After all, he, Mao Shao, was infected by these Guizhou leaders and was no longer the arrogant son of a wealthy family before.
but……
Looking at Le Jin, Mao Shao felt pity for him after all. Life is determined by choices, and each choice determines a different path. Although Le Jin has some intelligence, he comes from a middle-class family and will always
Being deceived by the superficial affection between these people, they have no idea that some things will never be seen again once they are missed.
In the end, Mao Shao didn't say much. He took his companions and troops, packed up his armor, and was about to transfer to Xu Huang.
Xu Huang told Mao Shao not to worry, and asked him to continue setting off with the baggage team and go to Yuegang Camp to hand over the errand. He would wait for news from Xu Huang later and after his military status was transferred to the Tuqi Army, Mao Shao would take people to report on their duties.
Xu Huang finished his explanation and was about to leave when suddenly Mao Shao said something:
"General, why do you think our Taishan Army wants to revolt?"
Xu Huang thought about it and found out that he had actually asked Tian Jun this question. At that time, Tian Jun said:
"To make the world free from hunger and cold?"
Now listening to Mao Shao's question, Xu Huang combined his own experience with what he saw and heard when he joined the Taishan Army and said:
"In order to let Qian Shou live, in order to have justice in this world!"
Mao Shao was silent, then suddenly raised his head with bright eyes:
"Wouldn't it be a pity if there was a person who was obviously talented and kind, but was buried in the end?"
Xu Huang knew that Mao Shao had something to say, so he asked what it was about, and Mao Shao told Xu Huang in detail what Le Jin had done along the way.
"This is a talent."
Xu Huang was so emotional after hearing this.
Since he is a talented person, Xu Huang cannot let him go. Moreover, he is remembering how he was taught a lot by Qu Shuai when he was in the collision team. He knows how to persuade Le Jin.
Le Jin was called again. Xu Huang looked at Fan Le Jin carefully and saw that he was not good-looking, so he once again lamented that people should not be judged by their appearance.
Xu Huang said warmly:
"Le Jin, I heard that your deputy commander asked you to join the assault cavalry with him. Are you unwilling?"
"yes."
"Do you think the Cavalry is bad? Or do you think the Cavalry is dangerous and not as safe as the Baggage Troop?"
"no."
Xu Huang nodded, pointed at the food guard who was watching the excitement and said:
"So you're doing it for them? Do you think they can't survive without you?"
Le Jin looked at the surprised looks in his eyes and felt a little embarrassed, but he nodded in the end.
Xu Huang nodded again. This time he did not force Le Jin, but told a story:
"I used to be in the collision team, and I heard Commander Qu tell us about 'Da Ren' and 'Xiao Ren'. He said that some things in Confucianism are quite good. In particular, Da Ren and Xiao Ren directly pointed out false Taoism.
Fake benevolence and righteousness. In the past, Liu Bang asked himself who was more benevolent compared to Xiang Yu. Why did Liu Bang ask this? Because anyone familiar with the two of them knew that Xiang Yu would cry when he saw injustice, but Liu Bang was a gangster who could kick his children out of the car.
"
Seeing that Le Jin was listening carefully, Xu Huang continued:
"But Qu Shuai told us that Xiang Yu is a woman of kindness. He can't bear to cry when he sees those around him, but he is indifferent to those who can't see him. But Liu Bang can do light corvee and low taxes, dominate the world, and give military glory to those who follow him.
The soldiers who followed him in the war used their fields and houses to bring peace to the people all over the world. This is Daren."
Then Xu Huang nodded at Le Jin with great sincerity:
"Your commander appreciates you very much and thinks you are a talented person who should not be buried here. You said you want to help these people, but you are Xiaoren, because you only have these dozen people in your eyes, and there are more
You can't see the lives of Paoze and Qianshou. And you think you can save them, but in this small baggage team, your power is limited, and you can't decide what will happen to them. As long as the Han cavalry comes again, they will be saved.
Even you will die on the spot."
"But if you have the ability, then you need to use your talents for the Taishan Army. Only by winning this war will more people survive. This means that with greater ability comes greater responsibility. You have to understand
own mission and shoulder it. Do you understand all this?"
Le Jin had never heard of this, let alone thought that there was a kind of benevolence called benefiting the world. When he heard Xu Huang's words, he could no longer hold on. He bowed down excitedly and said that he would join the Tuqi, serve as the Taishan Army, and serve the world.
Qianshou, win this war.
In this way, Xu Huang successfully persuaded Le Jin to join the Tuqi.
And Xu Huang is indeed that Xu Huang, who can always achieve his goals flexibly within the established rules.