Being hindered by the schedule of the merchant navy, the "first march" only traveled more than twenty miles in one afternoon that day, and did not even go beyond the confines of Zhongmou County.
At this marching speed, it would be hard to reach Chenggao Pass in two days.
Let alone two days, it would be a thank you if we could arrive in five days.
Because of this, when the whole army camped that night, the Dangshan Army looked at the Shang Shui Army with obvious contempt and displeasure.
Think about it, it takes half a day to travel more than 20 miles, and the day's journey is less than 50 miles. If placed in an ordinary army, this is a good achievement, but for the "Sixth Garrison Battalion", this is simply a shame!
Perhaps it was the undisguised cold looks of the Dangshan soldiers, but the Shangshui Army soldiers were also vaguely aware of it.
"Hoo, ho."
With a burst of rapid breathing, three young soldiers of the Merchant Navy pulled a carriage carrying heavy war weapons into the station with tired faces.
These three young soldiers of the Shang Shui Army did not look very old, at most sixteen or seventeen years old. They did not seem to notice that where they were, there were soldiers of the Dangshan Army everywhere, and they were merchants.
The navy soldiers rested in another location in the distance.
"It's really hard. I have to drive more than 20 miles to pull such a heavy vehicle..."
Among the three Shangshui sergeants, a young man with short hair wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately looked back at his two companions: "Ah Hui, Ah Wu, are you okay?"
Although the two companions were panting from exhaustion, they still smiled back, indicating that they didn't care.
These three people are named Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu respectively. Except for Yang Wu who was recruited into the army during the "Wei-Chu War", the other two Li Hui and Le Bao were all members of the Shangshui Army stationed in Shangshui County.
Later, the number of recruits who enlisted in the army was expanded again.
"By the way, what's on this car? It's so heavy..."
Seeing that his two companions were fine, Le Bao felt relieved and curiously looked at the four-wheeled cart they were pulling along.
He was very curious about what was loaded on this cart and why it was so heavy.
But unfortunately, the outside of the "things" loaded on the cart was covered with a layer of green cloth, making it impossible to see what was inside.
"It doesn't matter if you take a sneak peek, right?"
Le Bao lifted up a corner of the green cloth and looked inside the tent.
At this time, his companion Yang Wu noticed his behavior and asked in confusion: "A Bao, what are you doing?"
I saw Le Bao looking at the things inside the blue cloth and saying, "I just want to see what is in this car and why it is so heavy."
Yang Wu frowned when he heard this and said in a low voice: "Hey, this is a forbidden matter... The uncle has ordered that it is not allowed to be uncovered without orders from above."
"I didn't uncover it, I just took a look."
"Don't do it..." Li Hui, who looked a little weak, advised from the side.
Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard Le Bao exclaim, and took two steps back with a shocked look on his face, falling to the ground, while he was still holding a corner of the green cloth in his hand.
Because of Le Bao, the "thing" on the cart was partially uncovered, revealing its ferocious side.
It turned out that what they were loading on the cart was a repeating crossbow.
Good guy, I saw this repeating crossbow. The base of the chassis is a full foot in diameter, the entire body is made of iron, and the crossbow string is as thick as a finger. It is not difficult to guess that this is a very "powerful" thing.
The reason why Le Bao was startled was because there were three crossbow arrows thicker than fingers placed in the arrow trough of this repeating crossbow. Although the string was not tightened, this terrifying war weapon was still enough.
To scare a new recruit like him.
It's no wonder that Le Bao showed a fearful look. After all, if something like this hits a human body, it's not just as simple as "hitting an arrow."
However, Le Bao's exclamation attracted the attention of the nearby Dangshan soldiers.
The soldiers of the Dangshan Army turned around one after another and looked at Le Bao, the shouting guy, with unkind expressions. When they noticed the "sharp weapon" on the cart, their eyes also showed surprise.
And casually, this shock was replaced by discomfort.
"These guys..."
"It's obviously just a group of surrendered soldiers..."
"They are still a bunch of useless soldiers..."
"Why..."
"...Why would there be such a thing!"
The Dangshan soldiers nearby stopped what they were doing and looked at the repeating crossbow with strange expressions.
Not far away, General Wen Xu of the Dangshan Army came for inspection. When he saw the repeating crossbow, the pupils in his eyes couldn't help but shrink.
"Hey, hey, what kind of repeating crossbow is this? This is basically..."
Wen Xu really didn't know what to call the "monster" that caught his eye. Maybe he said it was a heavy crossbow. The three arrow slots on the thing clearly told everyone that it was a repeating crossbow. But if he said it was a repeating crossbow,
Wen Xu had never heard of such thick arrows and crossbow strings, not to mention seeing them.
"Is this the "new uniform" distributed by the Smelting Bureau to the Shang Shui Army?"
Wen Xu frowned and said nothing.
The repeating crossbow in front of him made him instinctively feel threatened.
It must be said that Wen Xu's intuition was quite accurate. After all, this repeating crossbow was a new type of crossbow vehicle developed by the Metallurgical Bureau with the main purpose of "breaking shields".
The so-called "shield-breaking" refers to the fact that it can break through the mainstream shields of Wei State with one arrow, and its penetrating power is extremely strong.
Although the Smelting Bureau did not disclose it, in fact, during the development process of this kind of crossbow vehicle, the strongest shield in Wei State was used as the imaginary enemy.
And this also includes the shields commonly used by Dangshan soldiers.
This was the reason why Wen Xu instinctively felt the threat. After all, the Dangshan Army's fighting method was to rely on strong shields to block the enemy's attacks, and then take advantage of the gaps between the opponent's attacks to launch attacks.
But if faced with this kind of ballista, the Dangshan army would have no chance to take action later. They would be shot to death in the first round of attack, and the shields in their hands would also be shot.
"Surprise... actually issued such terrifying weapons to these surrendered troops. What on earth was His Highness Prince Su thinking?!"
Wen Xu's eyes showed a sinister look like Sima An's.
He subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction where Shang Shui's soldiers were resting, and saw similar four-wheeled carts everywhere.
At this time, the Shang Shui Army seemed to have noticed the chaos caused by Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu. Seeing this, several old soldiers got up and walked over. One of them slapped him hard and still sat on the ground.
Lebao's head.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Being hit for no reason, Le Bao jumped up and shouted dissatisfied.
However, the old soldier glanced at the Dangshan soldiers nearby, pointed to the resting place of their merchant navy behind him, and said coldly: "Boy, pull the car over there."
"Why?"
Le Bao looked puzzled.
But Yang Wu understood what the old soldier said and whispered: "Stop talking, let's pull the car over there. This... is not the place for us to stay."
The old soldier looked at Yang Wu with some surprise when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Now that you understand, quickly pull the car away."
Yang Wu nodded and immediately called Li Hui and Le Bao to prepare to pull the car away.
At this moment, a cold snort came from the side.
"Hmph!...and this thing?"
Li Hui, Le Bao, Yang Wu and several veterans turned their heads subconsciously, only to find a strong man standing next to the car at some point.
Judging from the armor on the opponent's body, the opponent is obviously a general.
"So...so tall..."
Le Bao looked at the tall and burly general in front of him in shock. Although Wei people were generally tall, this general was a head taller than the average Wei soldier. He was definitely suffocatingly tall.
"Pang Meng?"
General Wen Xu, who was watching from a distance, frowned.
Pang Meng is a military lord under the command of General Bai Fangming of the "War Keying". He is called the strongest man of the Dangshan Army. However, this guy is also famous for being brainless and a complete reckless man. Although he fights bravely, Wen Xu
Still don't want this kind of guy under his command.
"When this guy shows up, he's bound to cause trouble... Wait a minute."
Wen Xu's face was deeply wrinkled at first, and he raised his feet and walked over there, but before he took two steps, he listened to the footsteps with a thoughtful look on his face.
At this time, Pang Meng, the military commander of the "Zhanke Camp", turned his head and glanced at the Liannu on the cart, pointed at the veterans of the Shangshui Army and said: "Hey, you guys go cut down some trees. We'll do it later."
We need it for cooking in the army."
Hearing this, the veterans of the Merchant Navy frowned, and the newly recruited soldier Lebao said dissatisfiedly: "Why should we chop firewood for you? You can do it yourself."
Hearing this, Pang Meng's face showed some displeasure. He raised his right hand and flicked Le Bao's forehead with his finger. The force of the blow made the latter stagger.
"Why? Just because you have hindered the schedule of my Dangshan Army!... You are just a bunch of defeated troops surrendering. What a loud tone!"
The veterans of the Shang Shui Army also had angry expressions on their faces when they heard this, and the old soldier among them who had just hit Le Bao on the head said coldly: "Yes, our Shang Shui Army has indeed surrendered.
Born, but now, he is an army under the command of His Highness Prince Su." After saying that, he turned his head and motioned to Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu: "Let's go."
Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu heard this and were about to pull the car away, but unexpectedly, Pang Meng grabbed the rear of the car with one hand and forcefully offset the pulling force of the three people.
"What are you going to do?" Le Bao asked angrily.
"You guy?" Pang Meng asked angrily, "Baby, do you know who you are talking to?"
Le Bao replied in confusion: "Aren't you from the Dangshan Army? Aren't you?"
"Good boy!" Pang Meng was furious when he heard this and raised his fist to hit Le Bao's chest.
At this moment, a hand stretched out from the side and grabbed Pang Meng's huge fist.
"That's it...for Wu's sake." A young general wearing general armor came here at some point.
"With 50% of my strength... this guy was easily blocked?"
Pang Meng retracted his fist and glanced at the general in surprise. Immediately, he laughed happily and said, "Who the hell knows who you are!"
As he spoke, he waved his fist towards the visitor.
But what surprised Pang Meng was that the opponent's right hand held his elbow, and while avoiding his fist, he turned around and buried himself in his body, using his hand instead of a knife to poke him in the ribs.
"..." The touch under his ribs made Pang Meng stop his movements subconsciously.
Because if it had been a weapon such as a dagger or dagger, he would have been killed by the opponent.
"Our Shang Shui Army will be responsible for your army's firewood, so... let's stop here, General." The young general of the Shang Shui Army said with a smile.
"..." Pang Meng glanced at the other party with disbelief, then left with a heavy grunt.
In the distance, General Wen Xu of the Dangshan Army saw this scene and shook his head, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"It's really embarrassing. That fellow Pang Meng was easily killed by the opponent. But having said that, that guy is really strong. The general in charge of the Shang Shui Army... Wu Ji!"
At the same time, Wu Ji, who had successfully resolved the dispute, turned to Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu with a smile and said, "Let's go to where our Shang Shui Army is."
Le Bao looked at Wu Ji longingly and nodded repeatedly. Then he asked his partner Yang Wu in a low voice: "Who is he? Is he from our Shang Shui Army?"
"You guy..." Yang Wu looked at Le Bao in disbelief and lowered his voice and said, "What on earth are you doing during training? That's General Wu Ji of our Shang Shui Army!"
"There are so many people during training, how could I know..." Le Bao muttered dissatisfied.
"It's a shame that General Wu Ji has trained us for so long..." Yang Wu shook his head speechlessly.
Looking at the noisy Li Hui, Le Bao, and Yang Wu, Wu Ji shook his head slightly.
Immediately, he turned his head and glanced around at the soldiers of the Dangshan Army.
"These people are really nothing like the Junshui Army. I thought they could get along as harmoniously as I did with the Junshui Army..."
Wu Ji sighed slightly.
From the cold eyes of these Dangshan soldiers, Wu Ji instinctively felt that this was a completely different army from the Junshui Army.
The soldiers of the Dangshan Army were indifferent and obviously rejected them.