Liu Dazhuang received a letter from Liu Xia, which said that Liu Dazhuang would hand over more than 1,000 war horses to Zhang Yang. At this time, Zhang Yang had already led 3,000 men and horses to the headquarters of the Xiongshi Brigade in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Standing beside Liu Dazhuang was Zhang Yang, who came to ask for horses, as well as Li Ke, the deputy commander of the Xiongshi Brigade, the deputy commander of the Lion Regiment of the Xiongshi Brigade, and the commanders of other regiments. Li Ke's face was slightly anxious, and he said, "Commander, this horse can't be given to them!" If the horses were given to them, then our lion regiment would not be a cavalry regiment, but a cavalry battalion. Combat power will be greatly reduced! Although Zhang Yang saved Li Ke last time, in the face of the scarce resource of war horses, Li Ke did not give up an inch of land.

Liu Dazhuang was also very embarrassed at this time, with Liu Xia's order, he had to obey, but after all, this war horse was a scarce material, and if he gave Zhang Yang a thousand war horses, he would lose a thousand horses, and at present, the number of eight thousand horses in his brigade was only three thousand. And Liu Dazhuang also has to take into account the thoughts of his soldiers and generals, and he can't do such a big thing.

How could Zhang Yang not know the thoughts of Liu Dazhuang and the others, and said: "Brother Liu doesn't have to be so stingy, let's do it, the little brother will return the war horse twice as much when he returns triumphantly." Liu Dazhuang listened, pretended to be contemplative, and said for a moment: "Since this is the case, then I will give you a thousand war horses, but you have to remember to return double the return!" Liu Dazhuang said this in accordance with Zhang Yang's words, after all, Liu Xia gave an order and he couldn't help but give it, but if it was so easy to give, the generals under him would have opinions. Therefore, Zhang Yang gave him a step down, and Liu Dazhuang naturally went down.

"Commander!" Li Ke shouted hurriedly, now Li Ke is the leader of the lion group, and this lion group is related to his most basic interests. Liu Dazhuang frowned and said, "Xiao Yang also said that he would return it twice, so be it." Li Ke, you search for war horses in nearby cities, and if you find them, buy them at a high price to make up for the gap in the lion group. ”

Zhang Yang was naturally happy to get a thousand war horses, and hurriedly bowed to Liu Dazhuang and said, "Thank you Brother Liu, little brother will go and get the war horses." Then immediately head to the Mongolian steppe. ”

"Mongolian steppe?" Liu Dazhuang was a little surprised, looked up at Zhang Yang again, and saw Zhang Yang's serious face, not like he was lying, and said: "Mobei is now the territory of the Mongols, and now the Mongols have formed an alliance with the Manchus, if you go to Mongolia, you will be attacked by the Mongols and the Manchus." Zhang Yang said: "Xiao Yang knows that Xiao Yang wants to crisscross the Mongolian steppe and defeat those Mongols and Manchus. ”

"That's very dangerous!" Liu Dazhuang said with a slight scolding.

Zhang Yang also nodded and said: "Xiao Yang knows the danger, the Mongolian grassland is endless, even during the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it took a lot of effort to figure out the geography of Mongolia, but please Brother Liu believe in Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang will definitely break Mongolia!" Brother Liu, Xiao Yang retired first, so he went to get the war horse and went to Mongolia! Zhang Yang saw that Liu Dazhuang had something to say, so he hurriedly left. After saying that, Zhang Yang quickly walked out of the house, afraid that Liu Dazhuang would intercept him.

Liu Dazhuang frowned and said, "Then come the pen and paper!" ”

Li Ke asked: "Commander, what do you want pen and paper for?" Liu Dazhuang said: "Write a letter to Yu Mingjun to see if he knows about Zhang Yang's going to Mongolia, alas, this kid is not obedient when he is older." ”

"My subordinates are going to get pen and paper."

After Zhang Yang hurriedly left Liu Dazhuang's place, he quickly went to the place where the Xiongshi Brigade was feeding the horses, and at this time, Zhang Yang led thousands of his subordinates also followed. A young soldier said, "Commander, did they really give us horses?" The 3,000 soldiers selected by Zhang Yang were generally under the age of twenty, which could be described as boy scouts, and because they were the same age as Zhang Yang, they could easily accept Zhang Yang as a commander. Because these 3,000 people were all new recruits, and there were no veterans who came to serve as generals of the rank among them, officers of all levels in these 3,000 people now held up a sign of acting.

For example, the flamboyant 3,000 guards had four battalions and a brigade, one of which was a light cavalry battalion, a musket battalion, an archery battalion, a light infantry battalion, and the brigade was a personal guard battalion. Among them, the battalion commander becomes the acting battalion commander, the group leader becomes the acting group leader, and the squadron leader becomes the acting squadron leader. Because these soldiers have not yet been on the battlefield, they naturally have no military merits, and it is naturally impossible to confer military ranks without military merits. That is to say, only Zhang Yang has a military rank in the entire army of 3,000 people, and Zhang Yang's current military rank is Yang Yong Colonel.

Zhang Yang shouted happily as he walked: "That's, it must be given." Let's go to lead the horses, brothers, after having the war horses, first equip the war horses to the cavalry battalion, and the other brothers will be wronged for the time being, and when we get to the Mongolian steppe, we will capture a large number of war horses, and each of you will be equipped with a war horse. Walk! ”

After that, those boy scouts followed Zhang Yang to lead the horses, and the personnel who fed the war horses also received Liu Dazhuang's order, so they did not stop them. In the afternoon, Zhang Yang took away a thousand horses, except for 700 horses equipped with the cavalry battalion, the remaining 300 horses were equipped with the Guards Brigade, and the remaining horses were given to the temporary officers.

"Drive, drive, drive~~"

Zhang Yang led 3,000 warriors, each carrying five days' worth of grain, grass and water, and began to march towards the Mongolian steppe. For the Mongols and Manchus, Zhang Yang was eager to eat their flesh and drink their blood since he was a child. Zhang Yang has listened to commentaries since he was a child, saying that the Mongols massacred a large number of Han people, and even classified Han people as fourth-class pariahs, who could force traitorous women and kill Han men at will. This made Zhang Yang angry, and before Zhang Yang grew up, the northern Tartars invaded the Central Plains again, isn't this a repetition of the Mongol invasion? Zhang Yang was even more angry, so Zhang Yang kept thinking about entering the Mongolian steppe in his heart. The reason why he chose to enter the Mongolian steppe was not because Liu Xia had not yet decided to attack the Qing army in a big way, so Zhang Yang could only enter the Mongolian Plateau first, and then enter the northeast from the Mongolian Plateau.

"Brothers! Do you want to kill the Tartars? Leave the battle merits! ”

"Yes!"

"Brothers, look at the things on your shoulders, it's just a crutch, do you want to change to a dazzling Venus?"

"Whew~~"

"Yes!"

"Then brothers, kill the Tartars with me! Walk! ”

In the 3,000 Army, there is nothing more eager for combat merits than those acting battalion commanders and acting captains, because they are just acting now, if they don't have enough combat merits, they are still temporary, although they are also a battalion commander, but the treatment is not so good, their treatment is still linked to military ranks, that is, the treatment of recruits. And if there are recruits who surpass them in battle, then the position of battalion commander and brigade commander will have to be ceded to others.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill !!"

"Drive, drive, drive"

"Run, keep up, keep up, listen, you're just a rookie now, and you don't have the slightest combat experience. It is estimated that everyone has never seen a dead person, let alone killed anyone. So now we are not afraid of war, and if you had seen the cruelty of war, I think some of you would have cried. And there will be a lot of brothers who will close their eyes forever! ”

Zhang Yang's words immediately silenced the entire team, but these people knew in their hearts that from the moment they chose to sign up for the army, they would be killed in battle, so most of them had prepared the horse leather shroud.

"Commander, we are all mentally prepared, otherwise it will be a big deal to die. People die and birds rise to the sky, and they do not die for thousands of years. Even if we die in battle, our family will not be worried about not being able to survive, and the command will enable us to do it! ”

"We can do it!" In an instant, the soldiers who stepped forward shouted in unison.

Zhang Yang's immature face showed a smile and said, "Brothers, how good! ”

"Whoa~~"

Hearing the flamboyant appreciation, the soldiers cried out with joy, like a pack of hungry wolves, and that food was the Mongolian steppe!

Zhang Yang marched quickly, and these recruits had been training in the boot camp for at least three months, and their physical fitness had increased a lot. For this kind of running, I can still hold on, because Zhang Yang does not have a baggage, so there is no need to worry about the rear.