Chapter Seventy-Five: Demonstrating Strength
"Folks, please be quiet."
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to what he has to say." There were people in the crowd who helped, and the people around gradually quieted down, but because there were too many onlookers, Pan Xiaogu didn't notice the person's appearance and whereabouts.
Pan Xiaogu calmed down and said to the people around him
"All the folks who have stopped changing cities, we were originally also Anxi Han people, and we were forced to live in Persia during the An Lushan Rebellion, and we have just returned to our homeland recently and settled in the valley of the five rivers."
Most of the onlookers were Tang people, and many of them had heard from their parents about the war that lasted for more than 100 years, as well as the tragic situation after the destruction of Anxi at that time, so they couldn't help but quiet down.
Later, thanks to the love of the deputy governor of the Yue clan to find the governor of Zhao, he was appointed as the commander of the Xiang army, and asked him to recruit an army among this group of returned Han children to guard the five rivers to resist the invasion of Zahu from Persia. Fortunately, thanks to the help of Yang Duwei and Cheng Xiaowei of Zhichong Mansion, as well as the fighting of the new army, they were able to repel the sudden attack of the Turkic horse bandits. Then, according to the confession of the captive Turks, knowing where the nest of the Turks was, we waited for all the strength to run thousands of miles, and before the Turks in the camp got the news, we wiped them out one by one, and this led to the great victory of the Five Rivers. Pan Xiaogu briefly reviewed the process of the Battle of the Five Rivers, satisfied the curiosity of the onlookers, attracted everyone's attention to himself, and then continued in a painful tone
"In these two battles, my Panjiabao used a total of more than 5,000 young and strong people and more than 3,000 war horses, and finally paid the price of more than 2,000 casualties." Pan Xiaogu simply counted the casualties of the wolf demon's siege into the Battle of the Five Rivers, because there were indeed such large casualties in the territory, so there was no fraud in his deep sorrow.
"Ah, so many dead and wounded."
"I heard that there are only 10,000 people in this Panjiabao, and more than 2,000 people were killed and injured at once, isn't this a family Dai Xiao?" When the surrounding people heard about Panjiabao's casualty figures for the first time, they were all very surprised, and they also had a trace of admiration and sympathy in their eyes when they looked at Panjiabao and others.
Pan Xiaogu's subordinates didn't have such good acting skills as him, and they all lowered their heads embarrassedly, but this move was misunderstood by the surrounding people as covering up their grief, and their eyes at them softened.
That Tang Jun saw that the limelight was wrong, and hurriedly jumped out
"Even if your Panjiabao suffers heavy losses, it shouldn't take up the military merits of my Tocharian brothers, the main force of the Battle of the Five Rivers is clearly my Tocharian army, and my Tocharian army also has a total of more than 100 brothers participating in the war, why in the end most of the credit goes to your Panjiabao and Cheng family!"
Hearing this, Pan Xiaogu sneered, and guessed part of the reason, it must be that some of those people were bought, or greedy and did not get enough rewards, and they went around slandering Panjiabao's reputation.
"The more than 100 brothers you mentioned were all temporarily recruited at the time of departure, when did they become the main force of the regular Tocharian army?"
Without answering with that head, Pan Xiaogu arched his hand to the people around him
"Those people are all natives of the city, and everyone present must have known these people well, and must know their details. However, even if these people were really brothers in the Tocharian army, they would not have received great merit, because they had never killed a single Turk with their own hands, but only helped carry stones when defending the city, and they had never even climbed the head of the city, otherwise how could they not have killed a single person, only a few minor injuries! Even so, I, Panjiabao, still gave these people a batch of money as a thank you for helping to defend the city, but in the end, it became the credit of my Panjiabao stealing from them? ”
"What the Pan brothers said is true, I know Wang Mazi, who always said in the wine shop that his credit was robbed of him, he is not a person in the army at all, just an idler near my house." At this time, the person who helped him spoke again, and this time Pan Xiaogu finally saw that the person who spoke was a young man dressed as a Confucian student
"It's Boss Zheng of Huaixiang Building." The surrounding people recognized the identity of the person who spoke, this nostalgic building is Zheng Hongyi, a well-known restaurant owner in the city, although he is young, but he has a good reputation, and his words made many people shake at once.
Many of the people who have been to Panjiabao before have been bribed and instigated, spreading rumors in the city, slandering Panjiabao and the Cheng family, and many people who have been deceived by these people's lies, thinking that Panjiabao colluded with the Cheng family, bullied and suppressed the locals in the city, and gave birth to a heart of hatred and hatred - the Cheng family's base camp is in Broken Leaves, and they are also outsiders in the city.
Today, so many Tang troops came to find fault, also thanks to those rumors.
The head of the Tang Army, who had sworn before, was red at this time because he was exposed in public because of his lies, but he still didn't give up and continued to quibble
"Aren't you Panjiabao also a group of temporarily recruited people? Why do you look down on our children who are changing cities! We have ten masters at the level of the government soldiers and guards on our side, and their combat power is strong, as long as the others cover up and kill behind, of course there will be no casualties, and there are many people killed in your Panjiabao, which just shows that your strength is not good!? ”
When the onlookers heard it, they felt that there was some truth, most of these people's cognition of the government soldiers and guards came from storytelling and drama, in which, the Tang Dynasty's government soldiers and guards were the general existence of heavenly soldiers and generals, and it was not easy to deal with a few Turkic thieves?
Pan Xiaogu was pestered by this person's nonsense, but this person's words were exactly what he wanted, so he took the opportunity to answer
"This capital head is also a government soldier, there must be a few brothers lying on the ground who are also government soldiers, I wonder if your more than 100 men can block the attack of a thousand Turks?" Pan Xiaogu glanced at Tang Jun, who was still lying on the ground for most of his life, and without waiting for the head to answer, he continued first
"We have soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, don't forget that there are also Turkic warriors and nobles among the Turks, and there are more of them than us, otherwise how could there be such a large casualty in my Panjiabao!"
The onlookers didn't buy this statement too much, and they had the impression that the Tang Army's soldiers and guards were invincible. Pan Xiaogu didn't expect these people to believe it, and he also prepared a big show.
"Is there a lot of ten government guards?" Pan Xiaogu seemed to be asking a question, and seemed to be talking to himself, and the Tang Jundu was just about to speak, when he heard Pan Xiaogu shout suddenly
"Nagumo! Let these insights be insightful! ”
"Subordinates obey!" The impatient Nanyun girl who had been waiting for a long time immediately lifted the spear in her hand, rushed forward with the tip of the spear, stood sideways, and made a preparatory move of basic stabbing.
It's just an ordinary sideways gun movement, but as soon as it is placed, the momentum of Nanyun Girl's whole person changes, and the whole person becomes imposing, staring coldly ahead.
The people who were pointed at the tip of the spear suddenly felt a chill, and although they were still two or three paces away from the tip of the spear, even if the spear pierced it, it would not hurt them, but they flashed to the side.
"Kill!" Nanyun Meizi and the others in front of them ran away, and suddenly screamed, and at the same time lunged and stabbed.
The onlookers were still wondering at first, not knowing what this spicy female soldier was stabbing, you must know that even if it is a lunge, the tip of the spear is still at least two steps away from the wall, and even if it is stabbed, it is useless, this earthen wall is more than a foot thick, very hard.
But the next scene made everyone present, whether it was the common people or Tang Jun, as well as the governor Shi who had been reduced to the role of soy sauce, all of them became dumbfounded!
A red light suddenly flashed on the tip of Nanyun Meizi's spear, as if the spear had suddenly grown longer, and then on that earthen wall more than a foot thick, it was easy to poke out a hole the thickness of a child's arm!
"Zhan Mang!" Tang Jun and Cui Changshi, who saw this scene, all exclaimed in disbelief.
This spicy female soldier is actually a master at the level of a government guard!
The onlookers saw the rare scene in ordinary times, and they were also excited while being frightened, and the monkey master who was carried by the warriors on the head of the Tang army turned pale - the Tang military system, no matter how big or small the military rank is, the master of the government guard will be awarded the rank of Wusan official [Renyong Captain] on the ninth grade, and it is indeed their Shangguan!