"I didn't expect the snow to be so heavy and make the road so slippery."
"It's good to get used to it. When I was in Bingzhou, I had to go out for 'hunting' with the generals every winter. There were no roads I had traveled and no enemies I had encountered. This difficulty is nothing."
"Oh, uncle, you are really amazing. Can you, can you tell me more stories about the north~"
"Haha, you are so lucky. Well, let me tell you about the experience of General Zhang Jaw."
Although it stands to reason that you shouldn't do such a thing when marching, considering that they are now in the mountains, it is difficult for enemies to appear around them, especially since the narrator is a veteran with high qualifications in this team. Everyone
So no one interfered.
Not only did they not interfere, many young people even gradually came over. The soldiers who still continued to maintain their formation also pricked up their ears. Even though some stories may have been heard more than once, listening to the stories would kill the boring march.
It is a good choice no matter how you travel.
As for the young man who sparked the topic, he naturally occupied the most privileged position.
The young man's name is Zhang Ergou. Of course, this is a name that was only used at home a long time ago. Now with the help of the literate senbei in the team, he has a name named Zhang Ke, which should be very loud.
Of course, he is just a little soldier now. Although he has worked hard enough on weekdays, he is an ordinary person without cheats and golden thighs after all. For the time being, he is still an ordinary little rookie who will make all kinds of mistakes that make people sad.
A dumbfounding mistake.
However, I imagine that within a few years, I will become a veteran like the uncle around me who is telling stories or recounting my own experiences.
No, no, no. The uncle is very powerful. Even if there are ten or eight recruits like them, they will definitely not be the opponent of the uncle alone. If he can have such skills, he can become a uncle like the uncle.
.
Sure enough, the road ahead is still long.
"Oh~Uncle, has General Zhang ever encountered such a situation? It feels a bit incredible."
"I'm not an uncle, I'm only in my early thirties. But why do you think it's impossible?"
"Okay uncle, yes uncle. According to you, uncle, if General Zhang is so powerful, why would he defeat the Xianbei people on the battlefield and lose most of them? This is incredible no matter how you look at it, right?
.”
"What an unlovable little bastard. But General Zhang is very powerful, but it's impossible not to make any mistakes. Just like me, it should be easy to beat you guys, but I missed it last time.
Lost."
"That's because we have become stronger after so much training. And uncle, if you still look at us with the same old eyes, you will naturally lose."
"That's the truth. The general once said that if you know yourself but don't know the enemy, if you are not careful, you are very likely to lose. If you don't know the enemy and don't know yourself, you will definitely lose and also lose.
It will kill you. I have forgotten the specific words, but the meaning should be correct. General Zhang said that he was too confident in himself at the beginning and lacked understanding of the enemy. As a result, he underestimated the enemy and put himself and his team in a very difficult situation.
In a dangerous situation, we suffered heavy losses in the end.”
"Oh~ I understand. No wonder the generals attach great importance to scouts. Although those scouts are very annoying and always look aloof, they are very powerful. They seem to be stronger than you, uncle."
"What does it mean to be stronger than me? When it comes to fighting alone, I am still a little bit stronger than them."
"You're bragging, uncle, why don't you become a scout?"
"Because not everyone can do this as a scout. Martial arts is one aspect, and you also need to be bold and careful, able to detect suspicious movements from all directions. If you are like Ergou, you will know how to go like Leng Touqing.
Charge forward. The whole team may be killed by you. Uncle, I am very strong, but not good in other aspects, so I can only come here to guide you little bastards."
"So scouts are so powerful, so I will become an excellent scout in the future~!"
"Haha, don't worry, don't worry, you don't have to be a scout if you want to get ahead. Like uncle, if you have some strength, then you can be a vanguard general who leads the soldiers to charge on the front line in the future. That is also very good.
An honorable position. If you find out in the future that you are good at fighting and have a good mind, you can become a commander, which would be even more amazing."
"Commander? Is he the same as General Gongsun?"
"That's right, that's right. If you, Ergouzi, become the commander-in-chief, you can command many, many people like General Gongsun. Maybe I, an uncle, will have to listen to your command in the future. Don't you think you are very powerful, Commander?
Big~man~”
"No, no, how could I become such a big shot?"
Although he said this, the young man's face had turned as red as an apple, and his constantly flashing eyes showed the young man's eagerness to try.
The man he was called "Uncle" was actually just over thirty, but he looked a little older. The uncle did not continue to interrupt the young man's delusions. After all, he was also looking forward to a better future when he first joined the army, but in
After walking on the battlefield for so many years, the experience of crawling out of the dead many times has made me
He gradually understood that war is not such a beautiful thing, it is a place where people will die, people will go crazy, and it is very cruel. No matter what good wishes he had when he walked there, even if he realized those original dreams that seemed to be delusional
, in the end, you will only lose more and more things.
Of course, it is not easy to survive in this troubled world. It would be a blessing to get some more. What can we complain about? The so-called complaints are probably just a manifestation of the endless desire of mortals.
"The general sent an order to set up camp here!"
With the sound of orders coming from far and near, it indicates that half of the day's march has been completed.
This is a leeward mountain col. Although there is some snow on the ground, you can ignore it if you are just taking a short break to cook. Otherwise, if you sleep on such a wet and cold ground, the soreness coming from all the joints the next day will make you feel uncomfortable.
It may have been a huge mistake to bring yourself into this world.
"Uncle, how long will it take for us to walk out of this mountainous area?"
"If everything goes well, it will take about three to five days. After all, we are not those guys with horses, so it is normal to be a little slow. But as long as we go to the battlefield, we will not lose to those lucky guys with horses. Good luck
Maybe we can grab a few horses."
"Then we can become cavalry?"
"It's not that simple. A cavalry needs to train a lot of things, many of which are different from our infantry. But as long as we have horses, we can suffer a lot less, and infantry with horses may not necessarily be better on the battlefield.
Worse than a mounted cavalry!"
"So, uncle, were you a cavalry or an infantry person before?"
"Well, he can be regarded as an archer who can ride a horse."
"Oh, then uncle, you must have become an archer after being rejected when someone was selecting cavalry."
"That's long-winded, kid. Let me tell you, if you don't want to die too early, don't know too many things. It won't do you any good."
"Really?"
"It should be true, because General Zhang heard this from the Master Zhou Mu."
"No wonder I feel so powerful when I hear it."
"Hey, little guy, there's no need to tell lies here. This place is hundreds of miles away from Jinyang. No matter how extravagant your words are, Master Zhou Mu won't be able to hear you."
"I just think it's amazing~ Uncle, your thoughts are too dirty, so everyone seems to be the same as you."
"Hey, kid, come here. I won't beat you to death. I just want you to know what 'uncle's majesty' means!"
"Wow wow wow~ Killing someone, uncle is going to kill someone~!"
Because we are active in an area we are familiar with, even if there is an occasional noisy situation, generally speaking, no one will interfere with such things. In fact, many people gather together at this time to talk and chat.
Relieve tension.
"By the way, uncle, I don't understand some of the sword skills you taught me before."
Although they were marching in a very safe place, their so-called lunch was just boiled hot water after melting the snow. With the dry food they carried, they were not official school students going out for an outing, but troops about to go to an unknown battlefield.
.
Of course, it's also because they are just a group of organized and disciplined mountain bandits rather than an army.
Naturally, logistics and other things cannot be too luxurious, just like the soldiers of the country who sneered at luncheon meat as "spiritual meat".
"Come and demonstrate it to me... Well, it already looks like it, but you haven't practiced long enough, and the strength in your wrists and arms is not strong enough, so naturally the feeling when you swing cannot be like ours.
Such a veteran."
"So that's it. Sure enough, I still have a long way to go."
Zhang Ke smiled shyly. Although he was still very immature, he had a face full of sunshine. Even among the suffocating army, it seemed like a breeze, blowing away the accumulated gloom in everyone's hearts.
Everyone felt a lot more relaxed.
However, just when the haze in everyone's hearts was swept away by the sun, a burst of dark clouds passed in front of the dazzling sun...
"Wow! Who stole my lunch? I only ate half of it. I still have a long way to go in the afternoon. I won't be able to walk until I'm full. Who stole my lunch?"
Because everyone's food is exactly the same, which is very ordinary fried noodles or fried wheat. Even if everyone else eats it, there is no way to find out who it is, especially if it is eaten by many people secretly, even if you want to use the speed of eating
Investigation has also become very difficult.
"Okay, okay, don't make a big noise, you will suffer if the law enforcement team hears it."
As a result, this unlucky child had to embark on the afternoon journey with unfinished emotions.
"Where have we been now?"
However, even if they have not eaten enough, the enthusiasm of young people will not be extinguished until they are completely empty stomach.
"Ah, we should probably have entered the territory of Daijun, but we are not sure yet. If we can have extra meals tonight, then we must have reached the territory of Daijun."
"What if not?"
"Then keep walking. Whenever we can find something delicious, it means it's not far from our destination this time."
The very mature-looking uncle seemed to be in a much weaker mood in the afternoon than in the morning, and he seemed to be a little staggered. It was not because he had suffered any internal injuries, but it felt a bit like he had eaten too much and had not yet digested it.
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Huh? It seems that I said something that I shouldn’t have said. Well, just ignore it.
The young people were lucky. In the evening, everyone was given a large bowl of steaming wild vegetable broth with oily flowers floating on it. I don’t know what it was made from, but it was a delicious aroma to the young people.
, I can’t wait to eat the bowl.
Unfortunately, the young man's happy time did not last long. The hundred-man general leading the team conveyed the battle order. Although they did not yet know what the enemy looked like, everyone knew that it would be a tough battle.
The young man looked a little excited.
In fact, this is not the first time he has participated in a battle. Although he looks ignorant and looks like a very fat rookie, he is a "senior" executioner who has killed seven people. Put it in modern society.
He is definitely a person who wants to eat peanuts. It is precisely because of the fierceness he showed in the battle that the very mature uncle took a special look at him and got close to him.
But this battle is fundamentally different from the previous battles...probably.
At least everyone knows that among the targets attacked before, the most difficult one is the Wubao occupied by powerful families. It can be said that even the most powerful opponents hide behind various fortifications and rarely fight in the wild.
They had a fight.
There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, the profession they "act" is a group of bandits, to rob the property and materials of those powerful people. They plunder the population they control and distribute the unoccupied land to the locals who support them.
In addition to ordinary people, there are also some big and small powerful people.
It can be said that apart from announcing the occupation, what this unit did was not much different from when Li Shushi stayed with the Yellow Turban Army. It is just that their actions are through raids. And for the time being, they cannot penetrate further into the area.
, so his influence is far from comparable to that of Li Shushi, who made the powerful people in Hebei and the Central Plains nervous.
However, this time, except for the damaged powerful people who felt indignant and vowed revenge, it did not cause panic among all the powerful people.
Because in the redistribution of land, it is not the ordinary people who take the big prize this time. It is the local powerful people who support this army. Although the greedy guys feel reluctant to give part of the land to ordinary people, but
This does not affect the good mood of those powerful people who have benefited from taking sides.
And such results are also the norm in war. Since you participate in this chess game, you will receive high rewards but also bear high risks.
Yes, there are high risks behind high returns, because Yuan Shaojun can also do the same thing, and because they have the advantage of home field, they can do even more. But because most of the areas affected are located in
For Yuan Shaojun, whose main goal is to manage the Qingxu region in the east and adopt a contraction policy in the northwest, as long as the opponent does not make too much trouble, it is not impossible to turn a blind eye for the time being.
Bear.
Even if some areas become centrifugal towards Yuan Shao as a result, Yuan Shao's army is confident enough. As long as this army enters the plain area, Yuan Shao's army can use its military strength to encircle and annihilate it, which will make it easier to solve the problem.
It was not like a small group of troops entered the mountainous area at the beginning, only to be defeated by bandits who were more familiar with the local conditions.
As for gathering an army?
If you can't beat him, why can't he run away?
"Uncle, do you think we will encounter Wuwan people or Xianbei people this time?"
Yes, this time the opponent of this force is not the militia and militia in Jizhou, at most they are county soldiers with a certain fighting capacity, but the Wuwan people who have been entrenched in Youzhou since they helped Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun Zan, and their whereabouts.
Weird Xianbei people.
This is a war unlike any the young man has experienced before.
In the past, whether it was the militia or the county soldiers, even in Jizhou, it was difficult to get many horses. In fact, except for the powerful in the frontier, it was quite difficult for the powerful inland to organize an impactful cavalry force. This is not
Because of the high price of war horses, after all, we are still in the north, not far from the frontier, and all of them are owners who are not short of money.
The key issue is that no matter which level of government controls the war horses, they are very strict. Although the subordinate horses are relatively relaxed. However, the war horses obviously do not have as strong impact as the war horses, and it is easy for the horses that lack professional training.
There are a lot of troubles on the battlefield. After all, horses are emotionally delicate animals that are not much worse than cats.
Another key problem is that the previous battles of this unit were either fortified battles or street battles. There were only a handful of battles in open fields. Naturally, there was no place for the cavalry, except for the Xiliang cavalry.
In addition, other Han cavalry professions will have reduced attributes if they do not have horses to cooperate with them, which is the so-called "horseless penalty". No commander will give priority to sending cavalry without horses when there are soldiers available.
Go to the battlefield and die.
Even their enemies were just a group of farmers holding sharpened sticks.
On the other hand, the Wuwan people and the Xianbei people, these two troops from different ethnic groups probably don’t know what it means to defend a city. In fact, the two ethnic groups who live on horseback will also suffer the punishment of being without horses, even if they are not as good as
The Han people are serious. The problem is that the Han people have a large number of troops that specialize in infantry warfare, and they also have hundreds of years of accumulated offensive and defensive methods around the city.
Even foreign nations know that "using one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths" is the stupidest thing in war.
So whether they are the Wuwan people or the Xianbei people, they always come and go like the wind. They try to resolve the battle in the wild. If it doesn't work, they can also attack the city. However, although the technology has its own system, but
At most, it can only deal with small villages and towns with a city height of up to two meters and county towns that lack repairs. The only thing to consider when dealing with large cities is whether human lives can be exchanged for fares.
Of course, if you are facing the Karasuma people, it may be good news for this army.
Because as the main opponent of the Bingzhou Army, the Xianbei people's fighting style seems to be becoming more and more weird.
As for the specific changes that have occurred, there is no very specific information. After all, this can be regarded as a very independent force. Even if you have heard many rumors, it is difficult to get detailed information without personal experience.
Maybe we can only pray?
"How is it possible? Although I am not young anymore, and there are only a few of you left in the old army, but I am so afraid that I pray to that guy who has no idea whether he exists or not. My Gongsun Bogui is really
Can't do it!"
"But my lord, if the Xianbei people are not strong, with the current strength of the Bingzhou Army, how can it be possible for me to be transferred here from the front line against Yuan Shao? Now we still need to gradually accumulate strength. In order to better retaliate against Yuan Shao,
Instead of investing the wealth that you have worked so hard to save into this dangerous place."
"No need to say more, Shiqi. Although Yuan Shao and I have a deep hatred, I also have a bitter hatred with those Karasuma people. If I fight with other guys, maybe I need to consider those issues, but if Karasuma
People, or Xianbei people. Huh! The people praying to heaven are definitely not me, Gongsun Bogui, but those Wuwan people!"
This was the conversation between Gongsun Zan and Guan Jing, who had been following him, when he received the news. It was this conversation that determined the direction of this team.
Perhaps, and their fate.
Just because...
"Everyone in the world thinks that my Gongsun Bogui is as timid as a mouse and runs away without a fight. Today I will let the world see whether my Gongsun Bogui is too old and useless, and whether it is true as they say.
He is so old that he becomes pale in front of the enemy!"
Although it was just an unwilling declaration by a general who was about to enter his old age, the result was that more than a thousand people, including the young Zhang Ke and the older uncle, came to a place that was completely unfamiliar to most people.
battlefield.
It is a pity that these soldiers will never know the thoughts of the generals. The only thing they have to do and want to do now is to make their own preparations and strive to make more achievements on the upcoming battlefield.
Compared with those lofty ideals, surviving and then making contributions to get promoted and make a fortune is the most realistic wish for them.
"Uncle, please tell me the story of what happened when you beat the barbarians."
Of course, for a guy like Zhang Ke who may be born with a strong nerve, it may be the same no matter who the opponent is.
"Beheading barbarians must be different from killing those who work as gatekeepers for wealthy families, right? What's the difference?"
Okay, maybe it's really different.
Pan Sen: We were told backstage just now that the chapter was borderline and needs to be deleted. I guess it refers to the chapter about the bridal chamber. Judging from the time, someone must have reported it. I really want to complain that there are people who want this useless book.
Report it, sorry.
Okay, let's just delete that chapter to avoid having to rewrite it over and over again without understanding it. After all, that's not the point of this book.
