Chapter Thirty-Seven The Shock
"Deputy Team, our cavalry battle formation is becoming more and more skilled now, but unfortunately we don't have the chance to get blood. I really want to take these bastards to find the Tartars to practice their skills, and then chop off a few heads back, so he can get promoted and make money."
Looking at the cavalrymen who were practicing new battle formations such as wall-type battle formations in front of him, Tian Wei was full of confidence. He grumbled his teeth, and his face, which was blown by the whistling cold wind, had mixed expressions, and could not tell whether it was joy or loss.
The thin snow in early winter, wrapped in the biting cold wind, swelled up and fell. The crystal snowflakes passed through Li Xiaojiu's face, but it did not prevent him from watching the cavalry training on the opposite side at all.
Li Xiao did not answer Tian Wei's question, but his eyes gradually showed a cold look.
Killing the enemy immediately to achieve fame is not the dream in every passionate man.
In fact, Li Xiao was more than Tian Wei and others in his heart and hoped to take this group of cavalry to find the Tartars as soon as possible. Every time he remembered the embarrassing situation of being chased by the Tartars in the Daling River Explosion last time, Li Xiao felt deeply ashamed.
This kind of revenge is not a gentleman!
Li Xiao wanted to go to the battle so much, but he still had some secret thoughts.
Li Xiao never told his subordinates about this. That is, since he came to Buguidun, Wang Daoqi actually cut off all the food and salary of him and his subordinates, and had never paid a penny again. Li Xiao also sent someone to ask, Wang Daoqi just said that the Liao salary had not been received and could not be paid, so he disappeared.
Li Xiao knew in his heart that Wang Daoqi used such despicable means to surrender, and finally, when he was desperate, he obediently went to Wang Daoqi's disciple.
Humph, you said I won’t be able to accomplish anything. Now I have enough food and clothing, and even the cavalry team has been pulled up. I’m afraid that Wang Daoqi, you guy, will know that you will be shocked and fall off.
Wang Daoqi, I will make new contributions in the future and be promoted further, but you will be jealous of you.
Li Xiao thought this way and was very happy.
Perhaps, as I step on the Tartars' head in the future, the cute and charming Zu Wan'er will finally marry herself smoothly...
Li Xiao was convinced that now he was becoming more and more skillful Xuanhu Knight and Feihao Zi. If he met the more than 20 whistle riders who chased him last time, he would be enough to fight.
Now the court has been defeated in battles with the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Tartars' heads are extremely precious. If a soldier wins one Tartars' heads, he can be promoted to a small flag. If he cuts three, he can be promoted to the general flag. In addition to being promoted to an official position, he also has generous rewards.
This should be a huge temptation for these Xuanhu Riders and Flying Harriers who have not yet entered the battle.
Moreover, this group of cavalry is stronger than the Tartar cavalry, that is, combat formation cooperation and battlefield discipline.
At this time, Wang Yishou, who was in charge of training in the distance, was loudly emphasizing what Li Xiao said to the cavalry.
"Babys, I would like to emphasize what Li Baihu said to everyone. You must know the method of cavalry warfare. What you need is to overwhelm the enemy as a whole, and to attack the enemy with the cooperation of the battle formation and collective action. Anyone who relies on his own bravery to kill the enemy will be beheaded and will still beat the military stick when he comes back until he is dismissed and his family is exiled. Have you heard clearly?!"
"I heard it clearly!"
"Say it again!"
"I heard it clearly!"
"Just hear it clearly. This rule is the foundation of my cavalry battle. Everyone must remember it. You can't do it! Okay, let's go back to the original place and train again..."
Hearing Wang Yishou's voice came from afar, Li Xiao secretly made up his mind that after he was proficient in this wall-type array that attacked light infantry or light cavalry, he must lead the team himself to compete with the Tatar whistle cavalry, and use the blood and head of the Tatars to pave a road of glory and promotion for himself and his cavalry team.
While he was imagining, Chen Houzi, wearing a thick winter clothes, came out of the pier, and then he leaned against a wooden pillar and looked at the cavalry training opposite him in a daze.
Li Xiao glanced at his shivering figure in the cold wind and felt a sigh in his heart.
Chen Houzi came back from Chen Mazi's clinic a few days ago. As the saying goes, it is said that it is a hundred days of injury. Chen Houzi was lying in the clinic for less than three months, and when he was injured, he shouted to return to the sentry cavalry team. Chen Jun had no choice but to see that he was recovering well, so he told him to go back.
During his past visit, Chen Houzi knew that Li Xiao and others had already gone to Buguidun, and his wife and children had also been taken to Dun, so after he left the clinic, he went straight to Buguidun.
Chen Houzi's return made Li Xiao very happy, and he had another right-hand assistant. Because Chen Houzi's injuries had not been completely cured, he arranged for him to follow Wu Liang and become a deputy to manage the miscellaneous tasks in the pier, which was just right to play Chen Houzi's strengths of being smart and organized in his work.
"Monkey, can our army be prepared for winter now?" Li Xiao asked.
"Don't worry, the deputy team, all the winter clothes, quilts and other items of households have been distributed. In addition, during this period, each family has built a kang bed and bought coal. During the day and night, everyone keeps warm. Even the stables have built smoke stoves, which are also warm at night." Chen Houzi replied with a smile.
Li Xiao was very satisfied. In Liaodong, winter came early, and now it was only mid-ninth lunar month. If it were only mid-October, it was already cold and the north wind was cold, and the snow was flying, and the weather suddenly became extremely cold. If you didn’t have the road closed while the heavy snow was still blocked, you would have prepared winter matters as soon as possible, but it would be very inconvenient in the future.
Several people chatted for a while, and it seemed that this ordinary day had to be spent so peacefully.
However, no one would have thought that this seemingly ordinary day would become a day that he would never forget in Li Xiao's heart.
On the official road outside the pier, the horse's hooves came suddenly.
"Hey, isn't this Mo Changrong? Why is he here?"
Tian Wei's eyes were sharp-eyed and he quickly saw the person coming, but it was Mo Changrong, the party member of Yulin Wei Township, who was struggling to beat a horse and running towards him.
"Well!"
Mo Changrong stopped his mount with anger. His helmet fell off. He was wearing a cotton armor covered with mud and blood. He turned over and dismounted, and then cried and bowed to Li Xiao in a sarcasm.
"Deputy team, send troops quickly and save General Gao!"
Li Xiao jumped up in shock, and Tian Wei and others next to him were all shocked.
Tian Wei rushed over, grabbed Mo Changrong from the ground, and shouted: "What's going on! What's wrong with Mr. Gao!"
The panting Mo Changrong wanted to say it anxiously, but he choked, coughed loudly, and blushed with his face.
Wu Lianglian, who was standing beside him, handed Mo Changrong a scoop of water. Mo Changrong gasped and drank it in big gulp, then hurriedly told Li Xiao what was going on.
It turned out that the day before yesterday, the sentry cavalry team left behind in Zhongtun, Guangning received a task arranged by Wang Daoqi, asking the sentry cavalry team to escort a batch of military rations to Damao Fort in the northwest of Jinzhou City, so that Damao Fort and its twenty-seven subordinates could spend the winter safely.
This Damao Fort was originally a military fort under the jurisdiction of the Zuotun Guard of Guangning. Later, the Zuotun Guard focused on dealing with the Kalachin tribe of Mongolia. This military fort that stands out at the forefront of the northwest of Jinzhou has been assigned to Guangning Zhongtun since a few years ago. Together with the original Dafu Fort, Daxing Fort, Dasheng Fort, Dazhen Fort, etc., it has become the five most important military forts under the jurisdiction of Guangning Zhongtun. Each military fort has dozens of trunks under each.
Escorting the grain team to the subordinate military fort is a common task for every garrison. Since they were sent safely in previous years, there were no mistakes. After receiving the military order, Gao Pu did not think too much. Yesterday morning, he led the team to escort the grain team to set off on the road.
But unexpectedly, in the early morning of this morning, after passing the Liushui Castle in Zuotun Guard, he suddenly encountered a large number of Tartar whistle cavalry attacks, surrounding Gao Pu's whistle cavalry team and a group of people who delivered food. The situation was extremely critical.
"Report to the deputy team, except for Huaji and two of the siege cavalry left behind in Zhongtun, we have basically dispatched all of them at this time, but there are only 18 cavalry, and the Tartars have nearly 40 cavalry! Seeing the situation critical, Gao Basen immediately ordered his subordinates to hurry back to Jinzhou to report the news before the Tartars were surrounded."
"Have the troops from all the battalions of Jinzhou City sent reinforcements immediately?" Tian Wei asked urgently.
"Reported to the deputy team, after rushing out of the siege, he immediately rushed to Jinzhou City for help. Because General Zu led the generals to Ningyuan to discuss military affairs, the current place in Jinzhou is the chief general of the Governor Zu Kuan. The young man begged General Zu Kuan to send reinforcements immediately. Unexpectedly, Zu Kuan heard that there were so many Tartar whistle cavalry, and he was quite hesitant at the moment. What did he say? The elite Tartar cavalry were large and afraid that I would send reinforcements from Jinzhou, and I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up with the rescue. He also said that after discussing with the generals, he would have to discuss with the generals.
Only then could send troops. Xiao cried repeatedly, saying that the military situation was like fire. If he did not send troops as soon as possible, he would only be afraid that Gaozhang would be the last one to wait for a while. Zu Kuan refused to agree immediately, and only said that he would go down to rest first and make a decision after he studied it. Xiaozhang was helpless and suddenly remembered that in this Bugui Dudun, you have trained some cavalry here, so he rushed over, but asked the deputy team to send troops to rescue him quickly. Otherwise, Gaozhang and the brothers of the whistle and cavalry would die at the hands of the Tartars!"
After saying this long passage, Mo Changrong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Xiao for several times, making blood flow on his forehead.
With a "bang!", a chair in front of Li Xiao was kicked away by an angry person.
"Get up quickly! President Gao is my benefactor of Li Xiao, how can you not save him! His ancestor Kuan is afraid of the enemy and dare not fight, but I, Li Xiao, must not sit idly by and watch my brother be defeated like this! Even if Li Xiao dies, he will save President Gao from his life!"
Li Xiao's face was as heavy as iron and he shouted angrily.
Mo Changrong looked excited, and tears were filled with eyes. Tian Wei, Chen Houzi and others looked at Li Xiao with inexplicable admiration and respect.
"Deputy Team, then let's set off immediately!" Tian Wei interrupted urgently.
Li Xiao nodded, then turned around, and ordered Tian Wei and others to stop training immediately, then tied up armored clothes and immediately followed him to rescue Gao Pu's whistle cavalry team.
The order was immediately issued. Hearing that he was going to fight the Tartars, a warm cheer broke out among the cavalry.
After practicing for so long, I finally had the opportunity to fight the Tartars!
He raised his troops for a thousand days, and used his troops for a while. This precious sword that Li Xiao had repeatedly sharpened was finally about to pull out his scabbard!
"Start! Fight to the death with the Tartars!"
Li Xiao, who was already wearing a silver paint shiny white swaying armor and a bright red silk cloak as red as blood, strided onto the snow-studded BMW with his head held high. The shiny steel tiger knife in his hand waved in the air and shouted loudly to order.
Below, there was a more intense cheer and shouting.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
Mo Changrong led the way at the forefront. The 20 Xuanhu Cavalry and 14 Feijiazi, who had already cleaned up their clothes, were led by Li Xiao, a hundred households, and drove quickly to the north of Daliu Fort Zuotunwei to rescue Gao Pu and the whistle cavalry.
The north wind roared, the snow flew, and there was a vast silvery white space between the sky and the earth.
Chapter completed!