Chapter 50: Forging the Army (5)
Before Hu Xiu finished speaking, Pang Yuan jumped forward and hugged him tightly.
"Brother Hu, Brother Hu! It's really you, it's you!... I miss me so much!" Pang Yuan slapped Hu Xiu's back with both hands and shouted excitedly. Hu Xiuquan didn't expect that Pang Yuan suddenly came out on the battlefield where the sound of killing sounds shook the sky. He widened his eyes as if the copper bell was strange, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
Pang Yuan was a bandit under the Luochuan Ma clan. He was a clever and ruthless man. He was a powerful man who commanded hundreds of horse thieves at a young age, and had many lives. When Lu Yao led his army to the Dai land with a thunderous force, Pang Yuan was lucky enough to lead his subordinates out, otherwise he would have been beheaded by the bandit leader who was full of evil after the war.
Back then, Pang Yuan was a small coach with strength in his hand, and Hu Xiu was a carpenter whose family was held hostage, but Pang Yuan was always polite when he saw Hu Xiu occasionally; now in the Pingbei Military Mansion, Pang Yuan is the leader of the entourage guard who is trusted by Lu Yao. Hu Xiu is just the most ordinary little pawn, and the status difference between the two seems to be greater than before... But Pang Yuan was even more polite to Hu Xiu, and he also increased his closeness tenfold, so that Hu Xiu caught him off guard.
The soldiers under Lu Yao's command were all somewhat rebellious, and Pang Yuan was even more so, so he would not be gentle, respectful, frugal and gentle. The reason for this was that Hu Xiu used his palms as an iron hammer and hitting wooden nails. Pang Yuan had seen it with his own eyes several times in Majiawu Fort. Moreover, because Hu Xiu killed the unstoppable Wang Yan with one blow, Pang Yuan witnessed it not far away... This was under the extremely unfavorable condition that Hu Xiu had no armor and was also in the enemy's cavalry! Pang Yuan had no doubts that if he gave this man a flaming horse, wearing iron armor, and holding excellent weapons, it would definitely be a brave man who could win the head of the general among millions of troops!
Pang Yuan didn't care why Hu Xiu joined the Youzhou Army, and he was too lazy to think about why Hu Xiu was just a small pawn. He could become the commander of Lu Yao's guards second only to Ma Rui, relying not only on martial arts but also on a smart and decisive mind. Just now, he had figured out the most important thing in front of him: if he was in the throne today, it was the time when the warriors were used. Hu Xiu had inhuman courage and now made great contributions to killing generals in front of General Pingbei. Then his future success will inevitably be unstoppable. Since this is the case, why don't you show goodwill to make friends quickly, and when will you wait?
Unfortunately, Hu Xiu's personality is a bit dull and does not cooperate properly with him, which is a bit... cough cough... the only thing is that it's a bad thing.
Pang Yuan showed his diligence for a while, Hu Xiu finally couldn't bear it. His shoulders were slightly shocked, and immediately he generated a huge force, pushing Pang Yuan away for half a step: "Captain Pang is so polite, Hu Xiu dare not be..."
Pang Yuan laughed repeatedly: "It's Commander Pang, Commander! Haha, Brother Hu, do you know who you killed? You have made great contributions! Hahaha!"
He was about to raise his hand to hold Hu Xiu's shoulder, but Hu Xiu turned around and focused his attention on the brothers in the robe who accompanied him to resist the enemy cavalry: "How is it?"
The troops where Hu Xiu was located were reserves between the front line and the general's headquarters, with a total of 6 teams of 300 people. Among them, the fifty people who fought against the attack of the bandit cavalry with Hu Xiu were each injured. The less injured, the blood-stained robe was pale in the face; the serious ones, the intestines were pierced and the broken limbs were broken. When Hu Xiu asked, a young man shook his head and slowly put his companion in his arms back to the ground.
His movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of shaking the injured, but blood and broken organs had already surged out of the huge wound between the chest and abdomen of the man in his arms, and were then dispersed by the heavy rain.
If Lu Yao were here, he might recognize this young man. He was one of the few craftsmen who begged Hu Xiu for his life during the Battle of Luochuan. His life was hanging on the line. His name was Lin Yi. After Lu Yao captured the Daiwang City, he fought non-stop with the North and South, fighting with the Daidi horse bandits and Changshan bandits. During this period, his troops were constantly lost and he was constantly repaired. Therefore, among the tribes gathered in Dai County, as long as they were young and strong men, they had been recruited to join the army one after another. Several craftsmen who were once referred to as pedantic by Lu Yao were no exception.
Once you join the army, if you don’t kill the enemy, the enemy will kill you. Those weak people will soon be thrown out of the sky. It is not that difficult to use the hands of the curved ruler, the ink doll, the plane, and the swords and halberds. Because of his contributions in the fierce battle of Ruyuan, Lin Yi was quickly promoted to the leader. After Lu Yao entered Youzhou, he returned to the rank of the country to recruit new recruits. As soon as Hu Xiu’s serious injury was healed, he was pulled to his own family.
"Fourth brother, seventh brother, Lao Jiu, died on the spot." Lin Yi sighed and pointed to the other end: "Third brother, mouse and dog can't last long."
Hu Xiu was brave, but he couldn't protect everyone on the battlefield. After this full ten-man team fought fiercely with the thief cavalry, three of them were killed in battle, three were seriously injured, and they were already crippled. And the only children of the craftsmen who were struggling to survive in Luochuan Dai Royal City a year ago were Lin Yi himself.
After Wang Yan died, the offensive he launched completely failed. Only a very small number of particularly fierce bandits were still resisting, and the cavalry without fighting spirit were eager to escape from the battle formation, but the heavy rain had completely turned the ground into a quagmire. No matter how much the horses urged to drive them, they would not be able to run. So the bandits who were only rushing to escape were caught in swords and guns behind their backs and shouted to die. More people were knelt on the ground and begging for the fall. The heavy rain was still falling, and finally
The humid and sticky bloody smell in the air slightly dissipated. After roaring on the entire battlefield for a long time, almost overwhelming the sound of waves. The sound of fighting gradually turned into the sound of the soldiers of the Jin army cheering freely. At the same time, the grief of losing the robes arose. Hu Xiu squatted down, stretched out his huge palm, covering the dead's seemingly ferocious face. After a long time, he sighed heavily.
After all, he is a new recruit from a carpenter, so he can't bear the death or injury. In the future, he followed General Lu to rampage in the Central Plains, and some of them were corpses and blood to show you! Pang Yuan secretly complained a few words and took a step closer: "Brother Hu, follow me to see General Lu. If you make great contributions, the military palace will definitely receive a heavy reward."
"I will go immediately, but... I dare to ask Commander Pang to wait for a moment and allow me to clean up for my brothers." Hu Xiu pondered, gave a bow to Pang Yuan, and then continued to wipe the face of the deceased with the torn clothes. He was a very kind person. He supported each other in the Luochuan bandit's nest for many years and had a deep relationship. Although the matter of burial after the war was to be dealt with by the army, he thought that it would always be good to do something for his brothers.
Pang Yuan was silent for a while and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After a while, the armor behind him was clanging and the sound of footsteps trampling on mud and water. Pang Yuan's subordinates rushed over after all the cavalry that broke into the formation with Wang Yan. These soldiers, as Pang Yuan was used to, had been accustomed to the battle formation and had long been used to killing and death. Walking all the way from the battlefield where corpses were everywhere, they could still talk and laugh, and their hearts were not heavy at all. Hu Xiuli raised his eyes, looked at them, and turned a corpse in front of him.
He still held the spear tightly and gently spread it apart. The spear had been broken. It was obvious that the enemy's armored cavalry directly broke the spear, then rushed to the near place, swung the knife to take away the life of the soldier. Hu Xiu was stunned for a moment, placed the broken spear handle next to it, and smoothed his curled five fingers one by one. The giant man's body was as huge as a ghost, and it was born with a strange force to pull mountains and carry tripods; but these movements were slowly done, but they were extremely gentle and careful.
Everyone knew that Hu Xiu killed the enemy general. At this time, he felt that the warriors' every move had its own deterrent power, so Pang Yuan's subordinates suddenly stopped talking and laughing.
But a scar-faced old man with a gray beard didn't care at all, walked closer to him tiredly, looked at Hu Xiu's expression, and coughed: "What? Are you sad?"
After a while, Hu Xiu cleaned up the body in front of him. He raised his eyes slightly, glanced at the direction of the old man, and then lowered his head: "Uncle Song, you told me a few days ago that the battle formation is about fighting and fighting, and the key is to work together to advance and retreat. Just relying on the courage of an ordinary man, or having the opportunity to achieve success, but there is no way to save his life... I understand now, you are right! You are very right! But I understand too late, my brothers... brothers... alas!"
Hu Xiu gritted his teeth and couldn't continue. The old man sighed softly and patted Hu Xiu's shoulder. The man with sharp eyes saw that the old man had missing knuckles in the middle finger and ring finger on the left hand, and there were rugged joints at the broken point.
"You're thinking too much, Hu Xiu. It's just now that the rain is pouring down, and the infantry and cavalry are fighting in chaos. It's the most difficult thing to command the troops. This is really the time when you are exercising your courage. The reason why you have suffered heavy casualties is that you have failed to master all the tricks I have said when fighting against the enemy cavalry..."
"What's the trick?" someone suddenly interrupted.
Chapter completed!