Chapter 179: Expedition to occupy the cottage
A month passed quickly, and the time entered June of the third year of Zhongping, Gong Du had finally passed the danger and improved, but there was still a period of time before he fully recovered and went into battle to kill the enemy.
During this period, Bao Sanniang and Chun'er were pregnant with Longzi successively, leaving Qiu'er alone to complain.
Cao's "sex", who was happy in his heart, remembered that although he gave Gong Du two concubines, but Gong Du had no queen at home, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy, so he specially gave him a long vacation, and asked him to see if he could get married or make a villain.
The Eight Banners of the Holy Elephant, after a month of training, slowly got on the right track, and its combat power was initially formed.
The reduction of the main barracks and the Hydra Eight Banners has also been replenished from all over the country, and the full strength has been restored.
The east gate of the new city wall of Xianglin, the sun is rising, the sea breeze with a salty smell blows to the earth, the earth is densely packed, red, yellow, blue and white four "colors" are composed, and more than 230 kinds of "Cao" character military flags are blowing.
Under the flag, horizontal and vertical rows, as if knives and axes are chopping, long and short weapons, one after another, like ocean waves.
The soldiers holding weapons, the 30,000 people in ten types of clothing are like 30,000 statues, standing there motionless.
In front of the 30,000 men there were 2,000 mules, horses, oxen and donkeys, 600 tall war horses were knights on horseback, and the remaining 1,000 southern dwarf horses, mules, oxen, and donkeys were loaded with baggage.
The most eye-catching thing is the two war elephants in the front, these two war elephants are half shoulders high, wearing red and yellow double "color" middle-level military attache iron armor Gou Yu, wearing pure blue "color" middle-level military attache iron armor, and four low-level military attaches wearing the same "color" iron armor, from the pro-guard battalion, three people in groups of three, each sitting in the rattan frame on the back of the elephant.
Fan Wei and the other three commanders rode horses and stood on one side.
On the tower of the city gate, which is two feet high and has not yet been completely completed, Cao "Xing", dressed in a bloated outfit and wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform, is in good spirits, full of spring breeze, standing on it, next to it are seven generals, two Wen, and one servant.
They are the servant Buyun, the chief officials Jiang Wan, Gong Cao Wang Zhong, the generals of the guard battalion Huangfu Tan, Xing Daorong, Kou Qi, the blood wolf captain Xie Lang, Zuo Zhangzhang Bazhou Zuo, Zhang Baiqi, Zhang Bai, and Bai Huan.
Then there are two hundred tigers and leopards who are cautious and vigorous.
The vacant quota of 25 tiger and leopard volunteers was selected from a contest in the whole army, mainly the pro-guard battalion, which also caused quite a storm.
In addition to the training of the armies, there is one more topic of discussion and concern.
The highest military rank of the candidate can only be the military marquis, which makes the original older generation of generals excluded, and the older generation of generals also have a lot of reuse, most of them are in charge of themselves, and then they are righteous and obedient, some of the gains outweigh the losses, and Cao "sex" did not want to do this.
Moreover, an army needs to be constantly injected with fresh blood "fluid" to promote the circulation of blood "liquid" in order to ensure and improve combat effectiveness and prevent decay.
And this newcomer, because he is a close protection of Cao's "sex", as a personal guard among the guards, and will be trained as a reserve official, loyalty, riding, foot, "shooting", and "literature", the five items are considered at the same time.
In the end, Zhang Bai, who was good at riding, good at "shooting", was born in a strong and talented country, rode at the level of second-rate masters, and the whole family moved to Zhenyang, where his loyalty was commendable, and his five comprehensive abilities were all "outstanding", took the lead and won the championship.
For this reason, Cao "sex" personally gave him a snow-white excellent Dawan war horse, and then gave him a white robe, white armor and silver spear, coupled with his own temperament as a second-rate master, at first glance, he is more powerful and majestic than Zhao Yun in film and television dramas.
Huangfu Tan, Xing Daorong, and Kou Qi, the three generals have all completed their studies in the pro-guard battalion, and today is the time for the generals to appoint them.
Cao Xing raised the megaphone in his hand, put it to his mouth, cleared his throat, and shouted: "Soldiers! Good morning! ”
"Good morning, Lord!"
30,000 people, as if the voice came from the same person, caused a huge shock.
Looking at the response of the soldiers under the city, seeing their domineering and strict discipline, Cao "Xing" only felt high-spirited and proud, and was full of confidence in the next battle.
His own Cao army has hundreds of thousands, and there have been countless battles, and this time the number of people in the battle is not the largest, but the elite ratio of soldiers is definitely the highest.
More than 30,000 soldiers, from the Cao army of the entire Jiangnan in the south of the Yangtze River, the elite of the Hydra, the Eight Banners of the Hydra, or the main general, or the deputy general, is the first time after the pacification of Zhao Ci, the representatives of the Eight Banners gathered to go out.
They are 5,000 battle-hardened soldiers, 10,000 hydra and eight banners, 12,000 holy elephants and eight banners, and the remaining 5,000 auxiliary troops with relatively good combat power, the total number has exceeded 32,000.
Thirty miles to the east, on the port of Xianglin Nanhai, which has been expanded and expanded dozens of times, hundreds of large and small troop carriers stayed there under the escort of tens of thousands of sea divisions driven by sea ships.
The whole army of the expedition was not accompanied by a single garrison that was usually dominated by numbers.
This was the first time that he had not taken military training as his main purpose.
"The husband has made meritorious contributions in the world; Meritorious service and fame are comforting life. I will be drunk; I'm going to get drunk and go crazy!
The original Gong Cao, the rebel thief district Lian, the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren were awarded officials, but they did not think about the emperor's grace, killed countless people in the south of the country, and harmed tens of thousands of soldiers of my Cao army, and now the Xianglin Yingling Temple has been established for more than a month, nearly 10,000 Yingling have been buried, except for the first seven and the burial period, a certain dare not go to the memorial.
My heart aches!
What do you want to do to see these heroic souls who died for the Han Dynasty, for Cao Jun, and for Rinan? Lifting cattle, sheep and livestock? ”
Cao "sex" looked at the army under the city, used Han rhyme, sang the poems that were high-spirited when Zhou Lang was at his peak, and then read an impassioned oath, saying this, it was already heartbroken, Cao "sex" patted his chest:
"I can't pull this face! Forget it with the heads of thousands of rebels captured on the battlefield? ”
Cao "Xing" glanced at the generals of the battalions who could hear the voices and see the movements clearly in the front row of the city, and looked at their unwilling emotions when they were caught, and quickly denied this question and answer, and his righteous indignation filled him with indignation, and shouted:
"Nope! Today, I swear by Cao "sex" here, I will not see the head of the thief head district, and I will never give up! ”
"Don't give up! Don't give up! ”
The 30,000-strong army shouted loudly and bitterly.
This is the first time that tens of thousands of people have been reduced, seven or eight thousand people have been sacrificed, and more than half of them have been injured, and it is the first time that the entire Cao army has suffered such heavy casualties, although it has won, it is a tragic victory, and it is still a stain and a shame for the Cao army, and it is still unforgivable.
In the end, Cao "sex" raised the axe of opening the sky and let out a cry of hell:
"All of them!"
"Brush~"
The footsteps of 30,000 people echoed far away.
"Turn east! The thief's head district company hid in the southern occupying cottage and set off! "Force" the southern occupants cottage to release the district company, otherwise, "dang" all the people in the world will be flattened, and if you don't catch the district company, you will never return to the division! ”