Shangjun City can be regarded as the gateway to the north of Yongzhou. Luoyang naturally attaches great importance to Shangjun and assigns three thousand soldiers to guard the city. However, the strength of the Western Qin Dynasty over the years has made the soldiers of the Western Qin Army somewhat lax. Think about it. Ah, now that Western Qin is so powerful, only Western Qin can attack others, and others can't hide in time. How can they dare to attack Western Qin?
However, at the beginning of this year, a piece of news came from Jingzhou, which poured a bucket of cold water on the defenders of all the cities and counties in Western Qin: Sun Wu actually dared to send troops to attack Xiangcheng! Although Sun Wu still withdrew his troops in the end, this news , but it undoubtedly gave a wake-up call to all the armies of Western Qin. Therefore, in the past few months, the defenders in every city and county, from Liangzhou to Jingzhou, have begun to intensify their training, and they have recovered a lot. The majesty of the Western Qin Army in the past.
As Shangjun is the gateway to the north of Yongzhou, Luoyang will naturally not arrange for an ordinary general to guard the city. The person responsible for guarding Shangjun is the fierce general Wang Shuang. Speaking of Wang Shuang, he is a student of Qingcheng College. In Qingcheng When he was studying in the academy, he won the title of the top master of Qingcheng Academy. Four years ago, Zhang Hu introduced Wang Shuang to Luo Gan, and Luo Gan recommended Wang Shuang to Luo Yang. It has almost reached this era. Luo Yang, who has been thirty years old, naturally does not remember history as much as before. He only vaguely remembers that Wang Shuang was a good general, so he naturally reused Wang Shuang.
Speaking of this Wang Shuang, he is really not an ordinary general. His big sword has the demeanor of Huang Zhong, the first general in Jingxiang. Shangjun is close to the outside of the pass, and the folk customs are fierce. The soldiers and horses recruited here are also wild and difficult. But Wang Shuang came to Shangjun alone and tamed these rebellious Shangjun garrison in just one day. There was only one way to do it, and that was to beat! Wang Shuang beat ten of them. At that time, all the officers, big and small, and capable soldiers in the Shangjun garrison were beaten. In the end, all those officers and soldiers fell down from exhaustion, but Wang Shuang was still in high spirits. After this, the Shangjun garrison The officers and men, up and down, all obeyed Wang Shuang.
Today, according to his usual habit, Wang Shuang was preparing to take his soldiers out of the city for training. He rushed from the city guard's mansion to the military camp. Wang Shuang did not need to ask his men to notify him. He stood alone with a golden sword and a powerful horse. At the gate of the military camp, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "You bastards! Why don't you all come out and line up!"
Wang Shuang's roar was earth-shattering, resounding throughout the entire military camp, causing the flagpole hanging the flag next to him to tremble continuously. Within less than ten breaths after Wang Shuang's roar, countless soldiers quickly rushed out of their respective camps. After running out, within less than a moment of burning incense, all the soldiers in the military camp lined up in front of Wang Shuang.
"Damn it!" A trace of satisfaction flashed across Wang Shuang's face, but soon he turned gloomy again and cursed: "You bastards! Don't you know we have to train today? One or two of them are still leisurely Hide in bed and enjoy the happiness! Are you still waiting for me to match you with a wife? You bastards! You have already stood up for me!"
Wang Shuang yelled and cursed together, and with his rough and bearded face, he really exuded a ferocious aura. The soldiers were scolded so hard that they didn't even dare to breathe. They cursed each other for three full sticks of incense. After a while, Wang Shuang stopped talking, glared at the soldiers fiercely, then turned around, got on his horse, and took his sword from the hands of the soldiers. This sword was heavy and heavy in the hands of the soldiers. In Wang's hands, it became as light as paper. Wang Shuang waved his sword and shouted to the soldiers: "March in formation!"
Under the leadership of Wang Shuang, the large group of people began to move towards the east of the city. Although Shangjun can be considered a relatively large city, it is a bitter cold place after all. Compared with the real big cities such as Chang'an and Xiangyang, Shangjuncheng's
The scale is not large, and the military camp in the city can only barely fill up the tents, which is not enough for the defenders to train in the city. Therefore, for daily training, Wang Shuang must pull the defenders out of the city, in the open space outside the city.
to conduct training.
Walking on the streets, the people of Shangjuncheng have long been accustomed to the actions of the defenders. The military discipline of the Western Qin Army is very strict, so there is no such thing as the soldiers of the Western Qin Army oppressing the people. Therefore, the people of Shangjuncheng are not very afraid.
When encountering these menacing large groups, they would just make way for them. Some civilians would even wave and say hello to their acquaintances in the army.
Of course, not all the defenders were from Shangjun itself. Among the more than 3,000 defenders, there were nearly a thousand who were assigned here from various territories in the Western Qin Dynasty. Deng Ai, who was only fifteen years old,
He is one of them, but Deng Ai's hometown is from Nanyang, Jingzhou. Speaking of Deng Ai's family background, he can be regarded as a wealthy family in Nanyang. Of course, it is much worse than the Zhang family and other wealthy families in Jingzhou. But Deng Ai
Ai's family background allowed Deng Ai to receive a good education since childhood. Deng Ai was even a student from Qingcheng College!
It's just that after Deng Ai graduated from Qingcheng College, he was forced by his family elders to return to Nanyang to inherit his ancestral business. How could Deng Ai, who had seen a wonderful life outside, be willing to obey? So after graduating from Qingcheng College, Deng Ai
Ai secretly enlisted in the army in Yizhou, and was later transferred to this county. As a student of Deng Ai Qingcheng College, it was impossible for him to be just a soldier, but Deng Ai wanted to avoid being caught by the elders of his family.
However, Deng Ai concealed his identity as a student of Qingcheng College and was willing to start as a pawn. But soon, Deng Ai made contributions in several battles to annihilate local horse thieves, and was promoted to corps commander by Wang Shuang, which can be regarded as a
He was a low-level officer. It happened that the soldiers under Deng Ai were all foreign soldiers like him, so it was quite easy for Deng Ai to lead the troops.
Deng Ai was leading his few soldiers and marching forward with the team. Suddenly, a man walked up to Deng Ai seemingly casually and whispered to Deng Ai: "Deng Ai! I will defeat you today.
One game!"
Hearing this, Deng Ai just raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He was only fifteen years old and had no beard on his face, but he looked full of vigor. He smiled and said to the man: "Wu Shi! With your ability,
Even if you train for another twenty or thirty years, you still can't beat me! If you want to defeat me, I think you have no hope, unless Guo Boji is about the same!"
On weekdays, although local soldiers and these foreign soldiers talk a lot about their deep hatred, there are definitely frictions, big and small. Both sides are holding back their anger and want to prove that they are stronger than the other. As a foreign soldier, Deng Ai
, naturally it is necessary to fight with these local soldiers, and Wu Shi is one of them. However, although Wu Shi can be considered to be somewhat capable, he is still inferior to Deng Ai. Every time he fights with Deng Ai, he is always
It ended in a disastrous defeat, but Wu Shi was unconvinced and kept fighting again and again. Like the scene just now, he had to repeat it every time before going out for training.
Hearing Deng Ai's words, Wu Shi was so angry that he gritted his teeth and snorted: "Deng Ai! Stop looking down on me! Are you a small corps commander worthy of letting General Guo take action? Wait and see! I will take action later.
You will be beaten all over the ground! You cannot kneel down and beg for mercy!" Wu Shi said a few harsh words and ran back to his place angrily.
Deng Ai didn't care about Wu Shi's words. Although Wu Shi had a bad mouth, he was not a bad person, he just refused to admit defeat. Even though he said he was so tough, when it came time to fight,
Both of them will pay attention to the propriety of their hands and will not fight to the death.
However, Wu Shi's words just now aroused Deng Ai's thoughts. He raised his head and looked at the general who was following Wang Shuang in front. His eyes lit up with a burning fighting spirit, and he raised the corners of his mouth and hummed: "
Guo Boji!"
It seemed that he was aware of Deng Ai's gaze. The general who was stared at by Deng Ai turned around and saw Deng Ai's gaze. However, Deng Ai did not avoid it at all.
He raised his chest and looked at the general more openly. Faced with Deng Ai's straightforward provocation, the general was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
Hearing the general's laughter, Wang Shuang turned around and asked, "Brother Boji, why are you laughing?"
"Nothing!" The general turned back and shook his head at Wang Shuang. It turned out that this person was none other than Wang Shuang's classmate Guo Huai and Guo Boji. Although Guo Huai's hometown is Taiyuan, he moved to Shangjun with his parents in his early years.
After becoming an official, he could barely be regarded as a local soldier. Originally, Guo Huai's talent was no less than that of Wang Shuang, but when Guo Huai became an official, he first served in Liangzhou for several years before being transferred back to Shangjun. At that time, Wang Shuang
Shuang has already been appointed as the governor of the county, so Guo Huai has no choice but to be subordinate to Wang Shuang. Fortunately, Wang Shuang is also very aware of Guo Huai's abilities, and he never uses the name of his boss to pressure Guo Huai. The two of them work together.
joy.
Seeing that Guo Huai didn't answer his question, Wang Shuang also felt strange. He subconsciously looked back and happened to see Deng Ai. He immediately understood and said to Guo Huai with a smile: "Brother Bo Ji, if you had done it earlier,
Why are you so troubled after you agreed to Deng Ai's challenge? You are being targeted by Deng Ai, and you won't be able to escape easily!"
He was also very familiar with Deng Ai and Wang Shuang. Deng Ai was able to conceal his identity when he signed up for the army, but he could not hide his identity from Wang Shuang and Guo Huai, two fellow seniors who also came from Qingcheng College. For an outstanding person like Deng Ai
Wang Shuang and Guo Huai naturally knew each other, and after Deng Ai came to Shangjun, he followed Wang Shuang's example and wanted to challenge all the generals in the city. Not to mention, Deng Ai was really capable.
, winning consecutive battles. But when Deng Ai started to challenge Guo Huai, he was rejected by Guo Huai, and Deng Ai was not the kind of person who was willing to give up easily. This resulted in Deng Ai now seeing Guo Huai.