Gan Ning saw Liu Cong stop, and breathed a sigh of relief, these two sons are too surprising, and Gan Ning is really not sure if he continues to fight, the most important thing is that he doesn't know how much strength Liu Cong has, saying that he let go of the fight, he is completely in a tense defensive state, and it is absolutely impossible to let go like killing the enemy on the battlefield, so this competition suffered a big loss at the beginning, but the strength shown by Liu Cong surprised Gan Ning.

"My lord, if you continue to fight, I'm afraid I'm going to lose......" When the two of them relaxed, Gan Ning told the truth.

"I'm sick and you won't be able to let go, but to be honest, we have to save our strength to deal with the bandits now." After saying that, he came to the soldiers and shouted, "Now do you have the confidence to kill back with me and exterminate those mountain bandits?" ”

"Yes!"

"There is !!"

……

Liu Cong's honest reply did not make the soldiers look down on him, but felt that the captain in front of him was more cute and respectable. Being in a high position and not overwhelming others with power is a rare quality.

Although the Xiangyang soldiers suffered hundreds of casualties in the first battle yesterday, they were caught off guard at that time, they were all experienced in the battlefield for a long time, knowing the gap between the mountain bandits and the regular army, and those people under Gan Ning wanted to prove themselves on the battlefield, not to mention that there was also a brave but very humble captain, plus Gan Ning and Wei Yan, why worry about the bandits not being destroyed?

Therefore, when Liu Cong asked again, one by one answered louder than the other.

It's just that Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Huang Quan and others were stunned. These two sons fell off the horse for no reason, and today they are bold? Huang Quan even stood behind him and pulled the corner of Liu Cong's clothes and whispered: "Second son, now that the enemy situation is unknown, I will wait to retreat to Yiling and join forces with Wu Taishou before making plans." ”

Of course, Liu Cong is not hot-headed, he chose to fight with Gan Ning instead of Huang Quan or Wei Yan, there is a purpose, that is, to boost morale, and now that the morale is up, of course it can't be wasted!

"Do you plan to return to Yiling first and then make plans?" Liu Cong didn't pay attention to Huang Quan behind him, but raised his voice and asked Wei Yan and the others. If you want to raise troops to fight again, the attitude of Wei Yan, Gan Ning and others is very crucial!

Several people couldn't grasp Liu Cong's thoughts for a while, so they chose to be silent.

Liu Cong turned to Gan Ning again: "What about you?" ”

"My subordinates are willing to listen to my lord's dispatch!"

"Alright, take off your scale armor!"

"This ......" Gan Ning originally wanted Liu Cong to ask his own thoughts, he must have taken himself back, but he didn't expect Liu Cong to take off his armor by himself, you must know that 1,500 people here can wear fish scale armor Except for a few military marquis, it is Liu Cong's two pro-soldiers and Huang Quan. The other tun chiefs and captains can only wear leather armor, and then there is only grass armor, or even none.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the military system was a team of five people, the leader was the captain, the two soldiers were the chiefs, the five were the teams, and the captains were the leaders. The two teams are tun, that is, 100 people, set up a tun chief, 5 tun for a song, 500 people for the song, 1000 people for the second song, 25 system. The battalion establishment of the ministry is 5,000 people, and the second battalion is the army.

Qu set up 600 stone of military waiting rank, and set up Sima Qianshi in the department and battalion, which can lead troops to fight. The governor (only set in the border county) is more than 2,000 stones, and the lieutenant and the lieutenant will be both 2,000 stones.

Gan Ning's armor is not only a treasure of defense, but also a symbol of identity, but now Liu Cong wants him to take it off, not to mention Gan Ning, even Wei Yan, Huang Quan and others are puzzled. What are these two sons going to do? Is it possible to take back Gan Ning's military power at this point?

"Don't be nervous, Captain Pontus will exchange with you!" Liu Cong said to Gan Ning with a smile. Obviously, everyone, including Gan Ning, misunderstood what Liu Cong meant just now.

"How can that be?" Gan Ning enlisted in the army when he was a teenager, of course, he knows the goods, and the treasure armor on Liu Cong's body is definitely not comparable to ordinary fish scale armor like himself, but I am afraid that ten or twenty pieces of fish scale armor cannot compare to this one.

"Long-winded, take it off quickly!" Liu Cong is not stupid when he fell from his horse, he thought about it and thought about the fact that Gan Ning and Wei Yan are almost the same in terms of force, maybe Gan Ning is stronger, although he came through the crossing, but how much foundation he brought over still needs to be tested in actual combat, and if he really goes to the battlefield, the soldiers will not let him charge into battle, otherwise the whole army will be chaotic.

Then it would be a waste to wear this treasure armor on himself, on the contrary, if Gan Ning was allowed to wear it, it might be able to inspire a Changbanpo Zhao Zilong, and it could also eliminate the misunderstanding of Gan Ning's subordinates. Gan Ning and those Jiang * bandits still have to kill the enemy for themselves. Gan Ning, Wei Yan and others naturally didn't know Liu Cong's wishful thinking.

"But let's say it first, when the battle is over, you have to pay me back." Liu Cong handed his armor to Gan Ning, then snatched the fish scale armor from Gan Ning's hand and put it on, and then drove the horse to the center of the camp.

"Listen to me, Captain Bendu now order, all songs are immediately prepared, Gan Ning and Wei Yan are the front, Wang Zhong and Liu Ling are behind, set off later, target: enemy camp!"

"No!" When several Qu Hou saw that Liu Cong had made up his mind to fight back, they no longer hesitated. It is their vocation to fight. Starting from Xiangyang this time, if you can't exterminate the mountain bandits, it is unreasonable to go back.

"Everyone, listen to me, our enemy is a group of mountain bandits, and we must not fail this time! Now Captain Bendu announced the military order: In this battle, those who kill the enemy will be promoted to the captain, two will be promoted to the chief, the third will be promoted to the captain, and the five will be promoted to the commander, and the original commander and the chief will be promoted to one level! Each Qu military marquis will be rewarded according to the number of enemies killed by his subordinates after the battle!

For those who were wounded in battle, 5,000 yuan was given for the money, and 50,000 yuan for the dead and 20 acres of land. Liu Cong didn't think about it carefully, anyway, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and now there are only 2,000 enemies, and there are not many who have killed them all! But these elite soldiers brought out by themselves may be their own military team that dominates the world in the future. You must find a way to entrap them, and the most important thing is to get past the current level, defeat the bandits, and turn the situation back!

"Whoa...... now the camp has exploded, and there are also organized death squads or something in Pingsuli, which are all rewards for money and fields, and it is really rare to be directly promoted. You must know that in peacetime, a soldier's life is seven or eight thousand yuan a year, and there are very few subsidies for the fallen soldiers.

But it is precisely these 20 acres of land that make the soldiers' hearts warm, to put it mildly, even if they are killed, the family with 20 acres of land is basically a family of three or four without worrying about food and clothing.

If others say these words, the soldiers still don't believe it, but who is he Liu Cong, he is not just a captain, he is the second son of Liu Jingzhou, although he doesn't care about anything in the court now, it is entirely possible for him to inherit the throne, so I am not afraid that he will not be able to do it. Didn't you see the second son and Gan Ning tie? What a bravery!

As soon as Liu Cong's military order came out, Huang Quan was no longer the only one who doubted it, and most of the soldiers in the military camp were now wondering if the two sons intended to leave Wu Ju alone to lead the troops to fight, so as to monopolize the credit for suppressing bandits. Otherwise, how can you judge the two of them in just one day before and after, and the difference between words and actions is simply worlds apart! How did they know that there were indeed two people before and after their captain, a weak second son had passed away with the wind, and in front of them was the captain of the Soldier King Squadron!

"Wei Yan!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"If you kill less than five enemies, Captain Pontus will immediately remove you from your post and let Huang Quan replace you!" If it were a decisive battle with Sun Quan or Cao Cao and others, Liu Cong would definitely keep Wei Yan, Gan Ning and others away from the front line, after all, it was difficult to find a thousand troops, but now in the face of mountain bandits, when Wei Yan and others were needed to boost morale, Liu Cong had to provoke the generals first.

"No way!" Although Wei Yan knew that Liu Cong might be scaring himself, he would never admit defeat in terms of momentum, of course, Liu Cong believed that he also had this strength, if he couldn't kill five heads, it was estimated that this person was impersonating, or Wei Yan with the same name and surname elsewhere.

"Gan Ning! You must kill the thief before Captain Bentu, if you let Captain Bendu take the lead, you know the consequences! ”

"Yes!"

"Huang Quan!"

"The subordinates are here!

"Captain Pontus ordered you to lead your own soldiers as the prison army, and anyone who retreats without permission will be killed!" After all, the number of enemies is also quite numerous, and they suffered defeat yesterday, so Liu Cong must cut off his own rear road.

"Yes! …… Son? ”

Just now, Huang Quan thought that Liu Cong just wanted to promise to win back the defeat by relying on the identity of the son, although this was much stronger than before, but after hearing it, Huang Quan found that the person in front of him almost didn't know him. His own personal soldiers, all of them are one in a hundred elite men, and there is also a team of cavalry, who wants to escape on the battlefield is really not easy. And looking at the morale of the whole army, it seems that there is no intention of running, after all, the opponents are just some rabble, and the rewards are so high!

"Let's go!" Liu Cong saw that his morale was gradually rising, and he no longer hesitated, so he urged him to set off, thirty miles, at least an hour or two on foot, and now Liu Cong couldn't wait. What bullshit bandits, Lao Tzu will destroy you with one Gan Ning! Thinking of this, Liu Cong was inevitably a little proud, and then saw that Gan Ning had already turned over and walked at the front of the team.

For him and his brothers, no matter how many grievances they have suffered before, at least the second son has given enough face today, if they stay in the battle and can't earn it back, then they won't have the face to stay. I'm sorry for this armor on me! The soldiers who were clamoring for Gan Ning to lead the team to leave also felt the pressure, if the second son treated them like this, if they didn't know the seriousness......

Since the morning had been well rested, the physical strength of the officers and men of the whole army at this moment was good, and the morale was also good because of the previous encouragement, and they soon approached the enemy, and soon the two armies approached, and there was still about a mile away from the mountain bandits, and a cavalry sentry came back to report.

Wei Yan hurriedly stopped the men and horses in the front, rode his horse to Liu Cong's side and asked, "Lord Duwei, the enemy army is resting in place, do you want to attack immediately?" Do you want to send people to outflank you on both wings? ”