Liu Xiu looked at the burly young man and said with certainty: "Of course."
Zong Ren laughed and said disapprovingly: "You still want to be promoted to a higher rank? Do you think it is so easy to make meritorious service in the army? You have to kill the enemy to achieve military merit!"
The burly young man said seriously: "I can kill the enemy!"
"Young man with a yellow mouth, you are so arrogant!" Zongji sneered and asked, "What's your name?"
"I'm ready to dismount, my name is Junqian!" the burly young man straightened his chest and said.
Ma Cheng, it sounded like he had an impression. Zongji thought about it for a while, then a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he suddenly realized it. He turned to Liu Xiu and said seriously: "General Liu, this person can never stay in our army!"
Liu Xiu looked puzzled and didn't understand why Zong Yan said this.
Zong Yan said seriously: "When our army captured Lincheng, we sold a group of county officials in Lincheng into slavery. This Ma Cheng is one of the county officials in Lincheng!"
Oh, that's it! Liu Xiu looked at Ma Cheng. No wonder this man was extraordinary and majestic. He didn't look like an ordinary domestic slave. He had once been an official in Yancheng County.
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Ma Cheng said loudly: "General Liu promised that we can voluntarily surrender to the army. In this case, General Zong should not drive me away again. What's more, if I go to the battlefield, the enemies I kill will be killed."
The number may not be less than General Zong."
Yo! What a loud tone! What Ma Cheng said was tantamount to provoking Zong in public.
The corners of Zong's lips curled up, he chuckled, and said coldly: "Ma Cheng, I think you don't know the heights of the world! Since you have the courage to speak out, you must have the courage to take responsibility! Come out, I will teach you a lesson today.
Yellow-mouthed kid!"
Ma Cheng is really not afraid of Zong Yi. To be precise, Ma Cheng is willing to risk everything now. If he cannot seize this opportunity now, it will be difficult for him to get ahead in the future. And if he seizes this opportunity,
His future development is probably not inferior to his being a county official in the county government.
Liu Xiu had a pretty good impression of Ma Cheng. He had both a majestic appearance and a majestic air. Of course, he also wanted to see what Ma Cheng was capable of and how he dared to challenge Zong Ji in public.
You must know that Zong Yan is a veteran of the Green Forest Army. He has been on the battlefield for many years and has strong martial arts skills. Ordinary people cannot get close to him.
Seeing Ma Cheng coming out, Zong Ren reached back and pulled out the sword from his ribs. Ma Cheng handed over to Liu Xiu and said, "General Liu, can you lend me a sword?"
Liu Xiu looked back at Long Yuan behind him. The latter stepped forward, drew out his sword and handed it to Ma Cheng. The latter thanked Ma Cheng, took Long Yuan's sword, and walked towards Zong Yan.
Seeing him walking straight towards him, Zong Yan gave a loud shout and stabbed Ma Cheng with his sword, going straight to Ma Cheng's chest. The latter swung his sword outward, clanking, and Zong Yan's sword was blocked.
Zong's face changed slightly, and then he slipped to Ma Cheng's side and stabbed his ribs with another sword. Ma Cheng turned slightly, still swung his sword outward, and hit Zong again.
The sword blocked it.
After missing two consecutive hits, Zong Ji lost his dignity.
He swish, swish, and stabbed out six or seven swords in succession in one breath. The sword never left Ma Cheng's vital point. Ma Cheng did not dodge, but calmly swung his sword to block, blocking all six or seven of Zong's swords.
Just when Zong Yan's strength was exhausted and his stamina had not yet been replenished, Ma Cheng suddenly stepped forward and thrust forward with the sword in his hand, grabbing Zong Yan's throat.
In the eyes of others, there was nothing opportunistic about his sword, it was just a straight sword.
But the face of Zong Dian opposite him changed. This sword was coming towards him, and he could see it most intuitively. When Ma Cheng thrust the sword, the tip of the sword kept trembling from left to right. It was obvious that no matter which direction he was attacking,
If you dodge in any direction, the opponent will immediately change his moves and then pursue him with a fatal sword strike.
Ma Cheng's first attack made Zongji take a breath and secretly thought: It's a master! He didn't dare to dodge easily, so he had to raise his sword and block it in front of him.
Dang! Ma Cheng’s sword was piercing the body of Zong Ren’s sword.
With a piercing golden sound, Zong Yan put his feet on the ground and slid back more than half a meter. He felt that his arm holding the sword was sore, swollen, painful and numb.
Before he could catch his breath, Ma Cheng strolled up to him, jumped up, and thrust out another sword from a high position.
As in the previous situation, the tip of his sword was still floating, making it impossible to tell whether it was an actual move or a feint.
Zong Ren had no choice but to still dare not dodge, so he braced himself, raised his sword again, and blocked with the blade of the sword, but this time he used both hands, grabbing the hilt with one hand and pushing the blade with the other.
Bang!
The sound of the collision of iron tools was louder than before. Zongji leaned back and his feet slid a full meter away on the ground before he could stop. This time, everyone present was shocked.
If Ma Cheng's first sword attack caused Zong Rong to suffer a loss because of his carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, then Zong Rong obviously used all his strength to deal with the carriage's second sword attack, but was still shocked by the blow.
Having traveled so far, Ma Cheng's strength is truly extraordinary!
Ma Chengde was unforgiving. To be precise, he vented his humiliation and resentment of being sold into slavery on Zong. He continued to walk towards Zong, and raised the sword in his hand again. It looked like,
He wanted to stab Zong Yan with another sword.
At this time, Liu Xiu quickly stepped forward, stood between Ma Cheng and Zong Yan, waved his hand and said, "Okay, the competition between the two of you ends here!"
After all, Zong You is the hussar general of the Han army. If he is really defeated by Ma Cheng, a domestic slave, it will not only lose Zong You's face, but also the face of the Han army. In addition, Liu Xiu's impression of Zong You is still
Yes, at least Zong Yan doesn't have so many tricks and intrigues. He is much better than Wang Kuang, Chen Mu, Zhu Kun, Zhang Xuan and Li Yi.
Seeing Liu Xiu standing up, Ma Cheng took two deep breaths to calm down his emotions. Then, he held the sword in both hands, bowed his body, and handed it forward respectfully. Liu Xiu took the sword with a smile.
He nodded to Ma Cheng.
Then, he returned the sword to Long Yuan and said to Zong Ji on the other side: "General Zong, I think Ma Cheng has good skills and can indeed help our army when he goes to the battlefield. Why don't you just give him a hand?"
Let him stay!"
Zong Dian was not a fool. He had a clear mind. Liu Xiu stepped forward at this time and actually helped him out. In terms of martial arts, he was really not as good as Ma Cheng.
Everyone was kind to him, so he naturally wanted to repay Li. Zongqian took a few breaths, put the sword back into the scabbard, and put his hands behind his back naturally. In fact, at this time, his palms were shaking.
sharp.
He said calmly: "Ma Cheng, if General Liu hadn't interceded for you, I would never have kept you in the army. Why don't you thank General Liu quickly?!"
Without saying a word, Ma Cheng immediately turned around, saluted Liu Xiushen, and said, "Thank you, general, little man!"
"You don't need to be polite." Liu Xiu waved his hand and gave Ma Cheng a hand.
Liu Xiu called him by his first name, obviously admiring him very much and feeling close to him. Ma Cheng was a county official and had a clear mind. He only thought about it briefly and immediately changed his words and said, "Thank you, Lord!"
Hmm! Very smart! Liu Xiu looked at Ma Cheng with more admiration. He patted Ma Cheng's arm and said with a smile: "Do a good job in the army from now on. With Jun Qian's martial arts, you will definitely win."
You can do a lot!"
"Subordinates, please remember your lord's teachings!" Ma Cheng bowed to the ground again.
None of the more than 600 domestic slaves chose to leave, and they all stayed in the army in the end. When they were given armor and weapons, many people came outside the camp gate, and these people also came to join the army.
Seeing the people being led in from outside by the soldiers, there were almost a thousand of them, Zong almost laughed out loud and smiled bitterly.
He had been in Yancheng for so many days, and he had only recruited a few dozen soldiers. But Liu Xiucai came to Yancheng for one day, and ended up recruiting more than 1,600 people. Comparing the two sides, it seemed that he had nothing to do in Yancheng.
As if dry.
Seeing Zong Dian shaking his head and sighing beside him, Liu Xiu said with a smile: "If General Zong had not managed the city properly, gained popular support, and was supported by the people, we would not have been able to recruit so many people today!"
Liu Xiutai is very good at figuring out human nature and knows how to capture people's minds. Upon hearing this, Zong Dian couldn't help but blush, waved his hands repeatedly, and said: "General Liu is too generous, this... this is not my credit...
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"General Zong doesn't have to be humble. If our army can defeat the Mang army this time, General Zong will be indispensable."
"Hehehehe..." Zong Yan grinned and let out a series of giggles.
Now Liu Xiu is not pretending to be generous or deliberately giving away credit, but is paving the way for the future and trying to win over people's hearts as much as possible.
The Green Forest System is not monolithic. Even if it is monolithic, he must do his best and seize every opportunity to separate it.
In the face of a formidable enemy, of course he must go all out, but he must also take into account the internal political struggle.
Liu Xiu's visit to Yancheng this time was a worthwhile one. He recruited more than 1,600 people, plus more than 300 people under Zong's command, making up 2,000 people. Liu Xiu and Zong Qian took their subordinates
One thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry left Yancheng and headed for Dingling.
As a result, before they arrived at Dingling, they received news that the Mang army was approaching Kunyang.
After hearing the news, Liu Xiu and Zong Shi didn't even bother to go to Dingling to recruit troops. They led three thousand men and hurried straight to Kunyang.
After the Mang army arrived in Kunyang, they were already preparing to attack the city. Suddenly they heard that a Han army was coming from behind. Wang Yi ordered the entire army to suspend the attack on the city and annihilate the Han army coming from behind first.
Wang Yi sent his generals Tian Heng and Liao Ying to lead an army to attack the Han army.
Kunyang. Wang Feng, Wang Chang and other generals who were standing on the top of the city and watching all saw that the reckless army outside the city suddenly separated part of its troops and headed east.
When Wang saw the situation, he immediately realized that Liu Xiu must have led the reinforcements and came to help.
He said anxiously to Wang Feng: "Dong Chengguo, the Mang army suddenly gave up the attack on the city and divided his troops to go east. Uncle Wen must have led the reinforcements. Our troops should leave the city immediately and attack the Mang army with Uncle Wen!"
This was originally the tactic they had agreed upon. Wang Feng and Wang Chang stayed behind in Kunyang, while Liu Xiu went outside to find reinforcements, and then supported the Mang army inside and outside, attacking from both sides.
After Wang Chang finished speaking, he stretched his neck and looked at the movements of the reckless troops outside the city. He waited for a long time, but could not wait for Wang Feng to answer. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Wang Feng.
I saw a layer of sweat oozing out from Wang Feng's forehead and temples.
Before seeing the 150,000 Rang army, 150,000 was just a number, not that powerful.
But now, the 150,000-strong army was standing outside the city, right under his nose. At this moment, Wang Feng really felt what it meant to be a 150,000-strong army.
It is overwhelming and boundless, that is, it is a vast sea of people. Even if so many people are turned into wooden piles, standing still and not fighting back, if they are allowed to chop and kill, they will not be able to kill them all.
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Wang Chang looked at Wang Feng blankly. As an old comrade and brother, he was very familiar with Wang Feng. He secretly muttered in his heart, at such a critical moment, you must not be cowardly!