Chapter 138: Red Fresh Army

The Red Xian Army, the most elite private army in Southern Liang, numbered 3,000 people, no more than one and no less, but there were terrifying reserve supplies, reaching more than 30,000 people.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the imperial court not only controlled the number of civilian private troops, but also controlled knives to the point of harshness.

It's not that there are no Jianghu sects that have resisted, but they haven't gone through two moves in Zhao Duling's hands, and they were pierced through the head by the silver thread, and Zhao Duling doesn't like to reason with people, nor does he like to surrender troops, and he doesn't like wildfires that can't be burned inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blows and generates trouble, and there are many moves to destroy the door.

The Northern Wei Dynasty had no family, no rivers and lakes, and if you think about it carefully, it is not an unreasonable word.

But in Nanliang, the family occupies the court, so it is a very common thing to cultivate a private army and support people in the rivers and lakes.

The Red Xian Army is a private army built by the Zhan family with the strength of the whole clan for the prince Chen Jianye, 3,000 people are divided into three teams, each team has a thousand people, and the title of the leader is quite in the style of the grassland Huns - a thousand commanders, each team is divided into ten small teams, and a centurion is set up.

The promotion of generals by the Red Fresh Army looks at military merits, not their background, which is not common in Southern Liang, and people with good things have privately counted the cost of cultivating a Red Fresh Army, a full three thousand taels of gold, even for the eight families with strong financial resources.

Some reckless people who put their lives aside can only be regarded as bullies who harm one side locally, but they are like fish in water in the Red Fresh Army.

In order to ensure the lethality of the army, in spring and summer, the Red Fresh Army sailed out to sea to deal with pirates, and in autumn and winter, it went deep into the swamps of southern Xinjiang to encircle and suppress the barbarians.

Injured or dragging down the army, no matter how big or small the official position, directly abandoned, left to fend for itself, this is the wolf nature injected into the Red Fresh Army by Zhan Tianyou, the commander of the Red Fresh Army, at the beginning of the establishment of the Red Fresh Army.

Each member of the Red Xian Army is equipped with two thousand-mile horses, one on horseback, and the other on the necessary weight of grain and grass, and at the same time equipped with two fourth-generation Liang knives, cast by the green water sword furnace of the Southern Liang Sword Sect, one knife is light and thin, one is heavy, two knives are sheathed, the workmanship is exquisite, and the sharpness is not inferior to the Xiongnu scimitar and the Chu long knife of the Western Chu Sword Pavilion.

The Red Fresh Army at the foot of the Yuelu Academy Mountain is the second of the three teams, the combat power is amazing, it belongs to the medium-sized cavalry, the team is neat and uniform, cold and cold, no matter what reputation it has in the Nanliang River, as long as you enter the Red Fresh Army, it is the dragon you want to nest, it is the tiger you want to lie on your stomach, especially on the way to the march, military discipline is greater than the sky.

At the front of the procession there were four horsemen, riding side by side, one of them was dressed in fiery red, which was a flower armor that only the commander of the Red Xian Army was qualified to wear, and two swords with the same sheath on his waist, slightly different from the others, carried on his right waist, not on the left, because this commander was a famous left-hander, with an amazing grip in his left hand, and once killed a heavenly man in the chaos of the army, and became famous in the Red Xian Army.

This person's name is Zhan Mingdao, who belongs to the side branch of the Zhan family, has practiced martial arts since childhood, is silent and forbearing, thoughtful, delicate, and righteous. Accidentally favored by Zhan Tianyou, as an anonymous disciple, he taught the knife technique, and later joined the Red Xian Army, in order to cover people's eyes and ears, he changed his name to Lin Mingdao, starting from the lowest scout, step by step to today's position.

Three years ago, he followed the Red Xian Army into southern Xinjiang to suppress bandits, and a centurion was arrogant and arrogant, leading 100 Red Xian troops deep into the 100,000 mountains of southern Xinjiang, and was ambushed by barbarian thieves and suffered heavy casualties.

According to the practice of the Red Fresh Army, this centurion and the hundred Red Fresh Army were to be abandoned, Lin Mingdao violated military discipline and entered the 100,000 mountains alone, and ten days later, with the only remaining thirty-two people to scuttle the enemy's ambush, through the forest swamp, appeared in front of the Red Fresh Army. This team of Red Fresh Army commanders wanted to execute thirty-three people, including Lin Mingdao, on the spot, Lin Mingdao didn't say much, taking life and death as a bet, and the commander competed in a duel, and the most serious injuries were exchanged for death, and the other party's head was cut off with a knife.

Returning to Jiankang City, Lin Mingdao became a thousand-commander, and at the same time, Zhan Tianyou generously revealed Lin Mingdao's true identity. Because Zhan Mingdao is single to save people, in addition to the wolf nature, there is also a trace of the bright knife spirit of not abandoning and not giving up.

The other three people have different shapes, one scholar is dressed up, wearing a scholar's scarf, with a bamboo slip hanging around his waist, his demeanor is handsome, he is a disciple of Confucius Buddha in Jiankang City, Qiu Hanshuang, the son of the Qiu family of the eight major families, strong martial arts, young age, under the polishing of countless precious herbs and martial arts masters in the family, especially the careful training of Confucius Buddha, he has stepped into the heavens, stepped into the realm of God, and deserves to be a young talent, a generation of geniuses.

After the Buddha returned to the Holy City, Qiu Hanshuang took over from the Buddha and protected Chen Jianye.

Qiu Hanshuang has great ambitions, and is not satisfied with the duty of protecting the prince, he is eager to enter the center of power, but unfortunately he killed a She Yu halfway, no matter the talent and resourcefulness are above him, hateful and hateful.

The killing intent in his heart was very well hidden by Qiu Hanshuang, and he never revealed half of it, but he was commensurate with She Yu as a brother, and he was not taboo about the other party's humble background. Qiu Hanshuang often brought a pot of wine to the Hanlin Academy to find She Yu, and the two fell in love with each other and became good friends who talked about everything. For this reason, the crown prince Chen Jianye also teased the two: "When will they get married?"

Hmph, one day you She Yu will know who is the last person to stand, well, She Yu's wife is good-looking, it's a pity to kill her.

Qiu Hanshuang thought to herself, still with an elegant smile on her face.

The other person has an evil face, a smile at the corner of his mouth, straddles the horse's back, his left hand is bent, and he makes a knife drawing posture, this person is the only descendant disciple of the red sleeves of Nan's first killing method - Nangong Qi, with a strangely shaped knife on his waist, named "Willow Leaf", with a very small arc, closer to a sword.

Now the same sheath double knife used by the Red Xian Army is the fourth generation of Liang knife, there are three generations of Liang knife before, the first generation from the Chen family to the Tang Dynasty, the main heavy, large opening and closing, the scabbard is tied to the iron chain, in case of getting rid of the hand, the second generation of Liang knife from the first year of Dakang to the third year, the South Liang to establish a stable river line, the main light and thin. The third generation of Liang Dao is a failed attempt, originally hoped to go further on the basis of the second generation of Liang Dao, the sword master Ou Zhizi personally designed the smelting, when the knife was formed, the blade was slender, too brittle and thin, and inconvenient to use, but it was favored by Nangong Qi.

Nangong Qi inherited Duan Hongsleeves, cultivated to walk quickly, the willow leaves were brittle and thin, it was rumored that Nangong Qi killed people, the knife passed through the neck, and the blood did not overflow, and it was necessary to wait until the person spoke, the vocal cords vibrate, and only then did the blood splash out, I don't know if it is true or not.

The last one is a big man, burly, his arms are exposed, showing blue and purple, he is a foreign kung fu master at a glance, his name is Xu Qi, he is quite famous in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, mixed with the nickname of "eight-armed iron courage", once besieged by three heavenly people without falling behind, tearing each other apart, and later was caught by the prince Chen Jianye and entered the East Palace.

Xu Qi is bold, not bound by rules and regulations, often reckless, and moves to the palace maid, fortunately, the prince is broad-minded, occasionally harsh, but not harsh, but it fuels Xu Qi's arrogance.