At the same time, under Xiao Yu's coercion and inducement, tribes of soldiers sent by major families arrived in Niuzhuji by boat.
Naturally, the head of the family and those with important opinions would not personally take the risk, but the ones sent were all outstanding members of the clan. However, the vast force of thousands of people and hundreds of boats seemed overwhelming, but in fact, most of them were from various backgrounds.
The servants and handymen in the family were not reluctant to send out their most elite combat forces. In fact, the elite combat forces had already been secretly sent to assist the Shanyue people.
No matter how arrogant the Jiangnan nobles were, no matter how loudly they shouted "Jiangnan is the Jiangnan of the Jiangnan nobles", they did not dare to openly possess arms. That was the bottom line. Once they crossed the line, they would be openly provoking the imperial court, and no emperor would allow it.
If you can't operate on quantity, you can only focus on quality.
The Dead Soldiers are the best among the best!
It is not easy to train such warriors. They must have good martial qualities and extremely high loyalty. Otherwise, the soldiers who have been trained with so much effort may be poached by other families and enjoy the benefits...
Each of these soldiers is brave and good at fighting. They can lurk and assassinate, and they can also charge in formation. Each of them has shooting skills that are not inferior to regular crossbowmen. Training such soldiers requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Like the special forces of later generations, it is naturally impossible to form a human sea tactic, so every soldier is the treasure of each major family.
The family no longer has elite soldiers, so they have to use these servants armed with hemp poles and dressed in civilian clothes to make up for their numbers...
When the vast fleet of ships arrived at Niuzhuji, they only saw the empty Five-Tooth Battleship docked at the pier.
Looking at this behemoth, the leaders sent by the major families couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and they inevitably had the idea of taking it as their own. However, even if they could ignore Fang Jun's life and death, it did not matter whether the court could allow private ownership of this ship.
Waiting for the super battleship, just with the companions all around who are watching eagerly, they have to suppress their extravagant hopes.
No family can sit back and watch others own such a warship. Even if I can't get it, I can't let others get it...
The leaders of several major families looked at each other across the boat, nodded tacitly, ignored the super battleship, and docked one after another. Groups of slaves and miscellaneous servants landed in disorder. Under the leadership of their respective family leaders, the waves of black and white waves surged ashore.
Mountain forest towards the shore.
*****
For all the soldiers of the "Vanguard", there is only one thought!
quick!
Faster!
From the moment they joined the "Charge Team", these generals from the Guanzhong family were already full of beautiful longing for this group and full of grateful admiration for the commander-in-chief Fang Jun!
If the whole family is freed from slavery, they can serve as military attachés based on their merits, and they will make a fortune. Even if they die in battle, their merits can be inherited by their children and grandchildren, and they will receive huge settlement allowances and pensions... This is like rising to heaven in one step from a slave status!
Everyone is full of longing for the future life, but if Fang Jun dies in battle, the longing that has not yet come will be just a longing, and the day will never come!
No!
They don't allow it!
We must not let Fang Jun die in Niuzhuji!
This is their commander-in-chief and the sustenance of their good life. He must live!
All the soldiers gritted their teeth and ran towards the mountain forest with all their strength! As long as they cross this mountain forest, they will reach the battlefield!
Even if you die, you must die on the way to a happy life!
Hundreds of soldiers were like a pack of wolves that found prey and ran wildly. No one dared to fall behind, even if they would face death in the next moment!
At the front of the crowd are Xi Junmai and Wei Ying!
The two most loyal subordinates of Fang Jun have only one thought in their hearts at this moment. Even if they die, they must fight side by side with the Marquis and bury their bones together!
Xi Junmai, who was brought back from the Western Regions by Fang Jun, would have been abandoned by Hou Junji's army like a burden to die in the desert of the Western Regions if it had not been for Fang Jun. He would have been left to die in the desert of the Western Regions, leaving his body to be eaten by vultures, leaving no intact body.
The soul cannot return home!
Wei Ying, who was taken away from the refugee camp by Fang Jun, was even more grateful! Master Hou not only gave him a chance to live, let him practice martial arts, study, and know kindness and morality, but also took his mother out of that
Hell! Now my mother is living in the farm in Lishan, with three meals a day, enough food and clothing, and happiness and leisure. All these are given by Fang Jun!
The two of them were determined to die and moved forward bravely!
When they were about to reach the edge of the mountain, they heard bursts of howling and wailing, and then they saw branches and leaves swaying in front of them, and groups of ragged mountain people with frightened expressions emerged from the mountain! Both sides were caught off guard, and they subconsciously stopped and looked at each other.
Shocked...
The big eyes stared at the small ones for a moment. Xi Junmai was the first to react. He swung the knife horizontally in his hand, widened his eyes, and shouted: "Kill in!"
Obviously, the battle on the mountain has already begun! Xi Junmai had no time to speculate on the situation of both sides of the battle. He only knew that he had to rush in as quickly as possible to fight side by side with the Marquis!
Stepping forward, the sword in his hand knocked a dazed Shanyue man to the ground. Blood spattered all over Xi Junmai without caring, and then he stabbed another Shanyue man in the stomach with a sharp knife!
The soldiers behind him also reacted, with murderous looks on their faces, waving their swords horizontally, and killed themselves among the Shanyue people!
How could a group of defeated soldiers from Shanyue be the opponent of this group of wolf-like warriors? Most of them were killed in just one encounter. The remaining survivors shouted and ran wildly! It didn't matter east, west, north or south, as long as they could avoid the Tang army.
Just a horizontal sword...
Xi Junmai shouted: "Don't be reluctant to fight, rush in with me and rescue the Marquis!"
Taking the lead, any Shanyue people blocking the road would chop them down with their swords and rush forward quickly!
The soldiers behind him followed closely behind!
However, the further you go into the mountains and forests, the more defeated troops there are. The space in the mountains and forests is small, and there is often no way to dodge. If you are too late, you will run into the scattered Shanyue people! Seeing an opening, Xi Jun kicks one and hides it behind a big tree.
The Shanyue man, who couldn't help but look around furtively, kicked him to the ground, put a horizontal knife on his neck, and asked sternly: "How is the situation on the mountain?"
The Shanyue man was stunned, and suddenly shouted: "Don't kill me, we are in the same group..."
Xi Junmai looked confused...
Together?
I am such a dignified soldier of the Tang Dynasty, am I on the same side as you, a Shanyue rebel?
Isn't this an insult to my intelligence?
Xi Jun was so mad at this Shanyue man that he took it for granted that this Shanyue man wanted to survive, so he came up with all these reasons to deceive himself. If he was fooled, wouldn't he become the laughingstock of the ages?
Xi Junmai was furious: "If I don't skin you today, I will take your last name!"
With a strong force on the horizontal knife in his hand, the blood on the Shanyue man's neck started to flow down, and he was about to lose his head. The soul of the Shanyue man came out and shouted: "General, spare your life... I... I am the master of the Marquis."
Ah, I am from the Marquis!"
Xi Junmai was suspicious, could it be true?
"How is the situation on the mountain?"
"Great victory! Great victory!" the people of Shanyue shouted.
Xi Junmai's heart sank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since you belong to the Marquis, you should live and die together. The Shanyue people are victorious, but you are running away, how dare you say that you are the Marquis's people?"
The horizontal knife in his hand was raised, and he wanted to chop off the head of this Shanyue man, and then kill him up the mountain!
The Shanyue people were so scared that they almost peed their pants...
He shouted loudly: "It's not the Shanyue people who are victorious, it's the Marquis who is victorious!"
Xi Junmai was stunned again and said suspiciously: "Master Hou has won a great victory, why did you run away?"
The Shanyue people cried and cried: "I am not running away, there is a guy who is the culprit who instigated the Shanyue people to rebel. I am just trying to catch him and present him to the Marquis for credit..."
Xi Junmai didn't know whether what this man said was true or not, but he didn't kill him rashly. He put away his knife and shouted: "I'll spare your life first!" Then he strode away.
The Shanyue people had just recovered from their shock. They looked around. In the mountains and forests there were Shanyue people and Tang troops. They were chasing and fleeing in a chaotic mess. Where was the shadow of the Han noble prince? All the credit he had received was gone...
However, he was not allowed to put on a sad expression. The Tang troops in the mountains and forests were all like wolves and tigers, and they were all red-eyed. He couldn't explain it! If he died under the sword of a "friendly army", that would be the greatest tragedy.
! He rolled up and climbed to his feet, dove into the depths of the jungle, and ran for his life...
Xi Junmai charged all the way, his body dripping with blood, all sprayed by the blood of Shanyue people, his face was ferocious, like a murderer!
When his eyes lit up, he suddenly realized that he had broken out of the forest.
But the scene in front of him made Xi Junmai stunned...