Chapter 1 Drumming (four beats) After passing Yangwu, Li Xu ordered the fleet to speed up. There is about a hundred miles of waterway from here to the mouth of the Yellow River. Because it is downstream, if the fleet travels at full speed,
It only takes a whole day to walk the entire distance along the mouth of the Yellow River and then heading west, which is already an important part of Gyeonggi Province. The water and land roads in that area are relatively peaceful at the moment, so merchants no longer have to worry about their own safety.
Luo Shixin did not obey Xu Zi's order to stay in Yangwu to guard the baggage, but stubbornly followed him. "I'll be suffocated to death if I wait in the city all day. I might as well accompany you to see the scenery on both sides of the river."
Luo Shixin said with a smile while beating the stirrups with the tip of his whip.
"On a hot day, if you're not afraid of getting sunstroke, just follow him!" Li Xu knew that the other party was worried about his own safety, so he answered with a smile.
"Don't tell me, it's really boring today!" Luo Shixin took off his iron helmet and fanned the cool air into his neck. But his doing so was obviously in vain. The wind in June was hot and humid, and almost all the air he grabbed was gone.
Can wring out water
"Damn it, it can be so hot by the river!" He adjusted his helmet helplessly and muttered.
"You didn't enjoy the blessing of sitting in the yamen to enjoy the cool air, and now you regret it?" Li Xu replied with a smile. He raised his head and looked around, and found a few black clouds rolling in the horizon in the distance.
A heavy rain is brewing. This is indeed not a good weather for marching. At this moment, the Wagang heroes who rushed over in a hurry also felt miserable. Because they had to save the time spent on transmitting information on the road, they made plans to intercept, kill and protect the ship.
After the cavalry made the decision, they rushed towards Yangwu almost day and night. For the Wagang Neijun trained by Xu Maogong, this intensity of roundabouts was not enough to tire them out, but for those who lacked training,
The foreign army camps, the hot weather and the rugged roads are almost killing people. Just to cover up their tracks, they can't get too close to the city and march quickly on the undulating country roads. Compared with the straight and wide official roads, they can't get too close to the city.
, and I don’t know how many times more difficult it is.
"Granny, if this bastard weather continues like this, we won't have to fight with the army, we will heat ourselves to death!" Wang Dangren swayed on the horse while pulling down the last short brown shirt.
At this moment, the armor on his body and the iron helmet on his head were thrown to the soldiers marching on foot behind the horse, but he was still so hot that sweat dripped down his forehead.
"Brother, don't be too embarrassed!" Li Gongyi, who was walking next to Wang Dangren, couldn't stand it anymore, so he came close to his ear and lowered his voice to remind him.
"Why is it embarrassing? After all, these 20,000 brothers are all men! Who hasn't seen it yet..." Wang Dangren was unconvinced and raised his eyes. Halfway through his retort, he saw Li Gongyi, who was fully clothed and armored, turning his head.
Looking diagonally ahead, Wang Dangren followed Li Gongyi's gaze. He saw diagonally in front of him three thousand watts of elite military elites immersed in their journey. No matter the generals or soldiers, everyone had their leather armor neatly wrapped around their bodies, as if they didn't care at all.
I feel like the weather around me is hot
Three thousand soldiers marched with more force than Wang and Li's 20,000 soldiers and horses. The gap between the two sides was so obvious that if not for everyone carrying weapons on their shoulders, it would be easy to think of a small army.
The group had just won the battle and returned home triumphantly, and the group with the larger number was the prisoner they captured.
"Don't be afraid of covering up prickly heat!" After muttering in a low voice, Wang Dangren had to straighten his short brown eyes and repeatedly wandered between the leather armor and iron helmets on the backs of the soldiers. He finally couldn't muster the courage to put on all the armor.
Uniform Courage "The internal army is just different from our foreign army." After a moment, Wang Dangren had to lament in his heart, "No wonder Xu Maogong always thinks about retraining everyone. Only people like this can really achieve great things!"
At ten o'clock at noon, several fast horses approached the team. From the strong figures of the riders, everyone recognized that the person was Xie Yingdeng, the sentinel president. Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Xie Yingden passed through the team to leave a space for the messengers.
After leaving the gap, he went straight to the central army. Immediately afterwards, a horn sounded from the central army where Li Mi was, ordering the entire army to stop and rest.
The military situation changed. In an instant, every experienced general made a correct judgment. They rushed to the central army with the sound of the trumpet. When they arrived, they just saw Fang Yanzao unfolding the sheepskin map at Li Mi's feet again.
"Rush to the mouth of the Yellow River? Has he discovered our actions?" Li Mi stared at the mountains and rivers burned out on the map, with regret that was hard to hide in his words.
"Probably not. According to the news sent by our Xizou among the county soldiers, Zhang Xutuo is driving to Yangwucheng at the moment. The baggage of the army has also been unloaded in Yangwucheng. There are various signs that they did not intend to directly
Go to Xingyang!" Xie Yingden wiped the dirt and sweat from his face and replied panting.
The officers and soldiers had no intention of going to Xingyang! This news scared everyone. The plan of the officers and soldiers was obvious. They unloaded their baggage at Yangwu, and they must have planned to pass through Yangwu and Xucheng to attack Wagang. Once the heroes from all walks of life were separated
After returning to their home base, the Wagang Army will have to fight a life-and-death showdown with its more than 10,000 internal troops and the officers and soldiers who came to suppress them.
"Fortunately, we didn't disperse after our ambush failed!" Li Mi shook his head and said that this unexpected attack made him more confident in his luck, and his voice gradually became louder, "Where is Commander Xu?
Where did he and Wang Bodang reach?"
"After Commander Xu and General Wang got the news, they turned and pounced directly on Yang Wu. This is the letter he left for you!" Xie Yingden took a breath and took out another letter beaten with sweat from his pocket.
The soft envelope was held next to Li Mi with both hands.
In order to prevent Xu Maogong and Li Xu brothers from fighting each other, when everyone was formulating the battle plan, they deliberately asked him and Wang Bodang to take on the task of stopping Zhang Xutuo. According to the original plan, at this moment, the troops and horses led by the two men should go to Yangyang in a roundabout way.
Between Wu and Putian, Zhang Xutuo was blocked on the west bank of the canal. But now the movements of the officers and soldiers have changed, and the action plan of the Wagang heroes must also be significantly modified accordingly.
"Yangwu?" Li Mi was confused and opened Xu Maogong's letter with some dissatisfaction. Although the information stated that all the baggage of the official army had been transported into Yangwu City, the rebel army lacked the necessary equipment to attack the city and could not attack the city at all.
It is possible to capture the city quickly, and Zhang Xutuo will rush over at any time. Xu Maogong and Wang Bodang are rushing to attack the city at this moment, obviously going to die.
"The officers and soldiers are escorting a group of merchant ships to the mouth of the Yellow River. Yuan Wu is the one who must get the letter from the secret official, so he can rush to Yuan Wu to intercept and kill him. At the moment, the officers and soldiers' baggage is all in Yangwu City. Our troops are feigning an attack. Zhang Xutuo will definitely not
If you dare to give up and ignore the urgent military situation, please forgive Maogong for making his own decisions..."
In the letter, Xu Maogong suggested to Li Mi in a very humble tone: "Send the order to the three armies to rush to Yangwu at full speed!" After putting down the letter, Li Mi made the decision without hesitation. The opportunity for revenge was so close that he felt that the blood all over his body began to flow.
Boiling, the voice began to tremble as well
"Woo--Woo-Woo" the desperate horn sound sounded in the mountains. The soldiers who had just taken a breath had to rush to the northwest when they heard the sound of the horn. "Grandma, what is this called?"
What's going on?" After running for another half an hour, some of the well-trained Waganei troops began to feel dissatisfied. As they hurried on, they complained in a low voice, "It's obvious that you don't understand shit, but you still have to compete with our Master Xu for the position of military advisor.
After snatching it, he doesn't know how to command, so he has to ask Military Advisor Xu to help him make up his mind!"
"That's right, if the officials just talk, we will lose our legs!" Someone panted and agreed. Under the command of Xu Maogong, everyone often marched in a hurry, but the purpose and rhythm were very clear, and there would never be such a change of direction midway.
the behavior of
"Save some strength and wait for the war!" Cheng Zhijie, who was riding his horse for inspection, heard the dissatisfaction in the team. He raised his eyes and scolded the brothers. He stuck out his tongue and tried to move his legs to keep up with the speed of the large group of people. Cheng Zhijie waited.
After all the brothers under his command calmed down again, they rode towards the front of the team.
The front of the team is a place where young generals like to gather. In addition to the direct descendants of the Wagang Army, there are also many heroes who have come to join the army. It is their favorite place to chat while galloping on horseback. This can make people
Easily forget the heat of the weather
Seeing Cheng Zhijie coming over, everyone quickly made room for him. In the military, people with good martial arts can always easily win people's respect. Moreover, Cheng Zhijie is born with an easy-going nature and is good at telling jokes. But today, he obviously
I didn't have much interest in chatting with everyone, so I casually nodded to everyone and then became silent.
"General Cheng doesn't seem to be very happy?" Someone noticed that Cheng Yaojin's expression was wrong and asked with concern.
"I'm thinking about what we are about to do? The officers and soldiers protect the merchant ship, and we rush to intercept and kill them. This time, officers are officers, and thieves are thieves, but they all do their duty!" Cheng Zhijie sighed and replied with a wry smile.
"Aren't we planning for the long term? Although the common people..." Ranger General Xiang Zhao explained in a nice way. Halfway through his words, he himself felt a little ashamed. He looked back at the direction of the Chinese army and whispered: "Anyway, we
The main purpose this time is not robbery. During the war, just order everyone not to kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
"When the war breaks out, will we be left alone?" Cheng Zhijie sneered a few times and continued to shake his head.
"That's true!" Xiang Zhao said coquettishly, and turned his gaze to the distance. People with red eyes can't tell the difference between officers and soldiers and civilians. Besides, with such a large amount of property in front of them, Wagang Army has no reason not to take it.
"Alas!" Shan Xiongxin sighed, with a depressed expression on his face. The Wagang Army at the moment was very different from the original Wagang Army. The original Wagang Army did not have a formal banner official system. It looked like thieves, but rarely harassed them.
The ordinary people's Wagang Army is now more organized than the official army, and their behavior and military discipline are quickly moving closer to the official army. For new recruits such as Wang Dangren, Hao Xiaode, and Li Gongyi, the behavior of their subordinates has become more restrained than before.
Too many, but compared with the Wagang Army back then, the overall discipline of this army has drastically improved.
"Everyone can't blame Mi Gong for this. The forest is big, and there must be all kinds of birds. Mi Gong has to persuade everyone to change little by little, and can't force everyone away at once!" Another hero Zhang Qian came forward with a smile,
whispered
"Old Cheng, how dare I blame Mr. Wu Mi? Old Cheng just thinks that fighting Li Zhongjian like this is more shameful!" Cheng Zhijie shook his head with a smile.
"Mi Gong is a very generous man. He shares all his treasures with everyone. He doesn't keep any for himself. Unlike our Master Zhai, who likes to live guarding his treasures!" Seeing that Cheng Zhijie didn't mean what he said, Zhang Qian thought about it and said to Wagang Jun again.
Half of the original generals didn't like Li Mi, but the other half believed that Li Mi was the real one in the nursery rhymes, and hoped to build a foundation behind him. So in private, everyone talked a lot about Li Mi, and they kept arguing.
relatively intense
"We, Mr. Zhai, are not even willing to hand over the power to others, let alone some extraneous things!" Shan Xiongxin and Cheng Zhijie have similar views, and they don't have a good impression of Li Mi either.
"But Mi Gong can tolerate others. That day when General Cheng ridiculed him in person, he was not angry, but he also knew his mistakes and could correct them!" Zhang Qian was also very stubborn and insisted on his opinions to the end.
"Yeah, this is better than me, Old Cheng. When Old Cheng fought with others when he was a child, only when he couldn't beat them would he be a good man and not suffer the consequences." Cheng Zhijie laughed again and changed the topic with irrelevant things, "It's just that Old Cheng
This kind of humility doesn't last long. When you win the battle one day, you will fall out with him immediately!"
Everyone obviously had nothing to do with this guy who was full of tongue, so they had no choice but to stop arguing, "I can't believe that someone can beat General Cheng? I wonder which hero he is?" After laughing for a while, the leader of the Puyang Battalion, Du Caigan, asked.
"I can't remember. I've fought with people and lost ninety times since I was a kid!" Cheng Zhijie thought about his answer carefully, then he changed to a more formal tone to greet everyone, "Wait a minute.
When the two armies are fighting later, if you encounter Li Zhongjian, none of you should confront him head-on. Leave it to me and Xiongxin. This idea is a bit tricky."
He and Shan Xiongxin's martial arts skills were among the best in the Wagang Army. At this moment, he told other generals not to rush to make meritorious deeds. It was already obvious that they were wary of the enemy generals. All the generals thanked him for his kindness, and at the same time, some were not convinced. "
Isn't that man named Li a disciple of a famous master? Is he really as powerful as the legend says?" Xiang Zhao turned back from the distant sky and asked.
"It is true that this person's martial arts has never been taught by any expert." Cheng Zhijie took a rare serious turn and replied solemnly, "I heard from Military Master Xu that this person had never practiced martial arts before he was fourteen years old, but he had been forced to do so since he was fourteen years old.
He fought with a knife to his death. Over the years, from Liaodong to Henan, there were more than a hundred battles, and countless good and famous generals died in battle, but he has survived until now!"