Chapter 4 Gossip Boundary Bridge, Barracks in Distress
Watching the white horse knight leave, Tian Jing turned around and asked the old horse keeper Liu Tou, "Uncle Liu, what is the origin of this person, such a majestic momentum, such a handsome white horse?" ”
Old Liu Tou was happy when he heard it, "You don't know this person, he is the famous Changshan Zhao Zilong." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info is now in the White Horse Righteous Servant of Lord Thorn Shi and holds the position of Cavalry 500 (the position of a middle-level general of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, commanding 200 cavalry). At the time of the Battle of the Boundary Bridge that year, if it weren't for Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, I was afraid that Bai Ma Yicong would all be killed. ”
Tian Jing put on a look of admiration for Lao Liu, "Uncle Liu, I didn't expect you to know so many stories, I only heard that many people died in the Battle of Jieqiao back then, what is going on, you tell me?" ”
"Boy, you are the right person", Lao Liu Tou said and patted his chest, "I think about the battle of the boundary bridge back then, Lao Liu and I also experienced it personally." ”
"You're also a white horse?" Tian Jing blurted out.
Lao Liu Tou was a little embarrassed, "That's not it, but Lao Liu, I was a heavy soldier in the military camp of General Gongsun Baima Yicong, and I was responsible for taking care of horses and transporting heavy grain and grass." Let's not talk about that, let's talk about the Battle of the Boundary Bridge. ”
In order to avenge the third brother Gongsun Yue, General Gongsun attacked Yuan Shao in Jizhou with 30,000 elite soldiers, and Yuan Shao's troops in Guangchuan were ready to attack, and the two sides launched a decisive battle in the plain twenty miles south of the boundary bridge. Fighting on the plains, the most advantageous cavalry, not to mention the three thousand white horses of the lord as the vanguard, the lord and the soldiers below us all felt that this battle would be won, and they had a contempt for Yuan Shao from the beginning. When I arrived at the battlefield, I didn't see Yuan Shao's proudest halberd soldiers, but seven or eight hundred free stragglers with crossbow arrows and shields standing in the front, and all the infantry in the back, setting up a defensive formation in a circular formation. Our people are almost happy, Yuan Shao is so capable. But that's it, General Yan Gang, who led the army, didn't dare to despise it, and did his best to fight the rabbit, killing chickens with a knife, and three thousand white horses were all in the team, accelerating the impact on Yuan Shao's infantry within a hundred steps. Unexpectedly, the horse just started to run, and the seven or eight hundred soldiers in front of Yuan's army were so frightened that they lay on the ground. By the time the horses were ten paces ahead of the battle, the cavalry was ready to take the lives of the enemy. But all those crossbowmen stood up, and fired them at the same time, and the crossbow arrows could break through the armor within fifty paces, let alone ten paces, and these crossbowmen were obviously well-trained, and with only one round of fire, the five hundred cavalry rushing in front were almost completely annihilated. When the horse turned on his back, the cavalry behind could only adjust his speed and avoid his comrades, but he did not expect that at this time, two thousand crossbowmen appeared from the left and right wings, and the cavalry in the battlefield became a live target. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and Bai Ma Yi is about to face the fate of annihilation from the surprise attack of the whole army. At this time, Zhao Zilong led two hundred scouts to cruise on both sides of the battle array, and seeing this situation, he quickly gathered more than a hundred horsemen to attack the crossbowmen on the right side of Yuan's army. The crossbowmen had just finished shooting a round of crossbow arrows, and they didn't want someone to raid behind them, so they suddenly became chaotic, and Zhao Yun tore a hole in it, and answered hundreds of white horse righteous people to go out. At this time, the circular formation of Yuan Shaozhong's army was separated from it, and eight thousand halberd soldiers came out of the formation, shouting, 'Kill! Kill! Kill! And the banners of Yan Liang and Wen Chou were erected in the charging ranks, and the Yuan army was ready for a full-scale counterattack. When our infantry saw such a scene, they did not know how to resist for a while. I don't know who in the ranks started to flee first, cowardice is contagious, and for a time more than 20,000 infantry collapsed without a fight. The lord was also chased and killed by Yuan Shaojun, and fled to the boundary bridge, and when the team was counted, it was found that there were less than 2,000 remnants of the army following the lord, and the lord also realized that relying on the boundary bridge to organize defense was the last chance, otherwise he would definitely be chased by Yuan's troops and annihilated. Everyone desperately defended the bridge, but they didn't want to meet the previous eight hundred crossbowmen, and they were killed, and the lord led people to flee in panic, and at this time it was Zhao Zilong who led more than ten horsemen to attack the crossbow array, and a shot wounded the opponent's main general to save everyone's lives. ”
Lao Liu Tou said briefly, but the situation on the battlefield was explained in great detail, Tian Jing realized that this was a typical classic battle of crossbowmen to defeat cavalry, the key to the battlefield was the eight hundred crossbowmen, their psychological quality, discipline and strict training determined the battle situation. "Uncle Liu, do you know who the general of the other party's eight hundred crossbowmen is?"
"I heard that this person's name is Ju Yi, but he is from Liangzhou, and the eight hundred crossbowmen were later called the Beiwei Army."
Tian Jing thought to himself: Ju Yi is a famous general, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely see it. Zhao Yun's performance in this battle is also remarkable, the timing is accurate, the ability to adapt is rare, and he is a brave man, and he injured Ju Yi on a single horse, so as to curb the offensive of the crossbowmen. If it weren't for Zhao Yun, Gongsun Chan would probably be wiped out.
"I see, that Zhao Yun is so brave and good at fighting, and saved the lord and saved the fate of Bai Ma Yi from the annihilation of the whole army, why is he only a cavalry of five hundred now, I think he deserves to be a cavalry lieutenant (a senior cavalry general, commanding eight hundred cavalry)." After hearing this, Tian Jing felt that Zhao Yun's current position was inconsistent with his merits, so he opened his mouth and said it.
"Hehe, the kid has some vision, we have also discussed this matter in private, Zhao Yun's skills everyone has seen with their own eyes, and the rider of five hundred has indeed wronged him. But after all, he is not from Youzhou, the lord has always only valued the natives, and after the battle of the boundary bridge, it was the Gongsun clan and the close people of the lord who were reused, and now the white horse righteous servant is served by the three righteous brothers of the lord, namely Liu Weitai, Li Yizi and Le Hedang. After the Battle of Jieqiao, there were less than five hundred veterans left, and the current Bai Ma Yi was mostly newcomers who were added later, and his combat power was not as good as before. I am old, and when I come back from the boundary bridge, I will find someone to tell the butler that it is better to be a stableman in the general's palace than to be frightened in the barracks. Old Liu Tou sighed after speaking.
After listening to what Uncle Liu said, Tian Jing realized that Zhao Yun was not at Gongsun Zhan's place, "Does Uncle Liu know where Zhao Zilong went this time and when he will come back?" ”
"The kid is talking nonsense, where is General Zhao going, how can he inform my old Liu." After that, I went to get busy.
Tian Jing raised horses and fed horses with Lao Liu Tou and others in the stable every day, but he didn't feel lonely. When I was in the firewood room a while ago, I chopped firewood, carried water, and worked hard every day to make myself strong. Now that he has arrived at the stable, Tian Jing is not idle, carrying water to feed the horses every day, using forks and forks to feed the horses, grinding and grinding bean cakes, and eating and sleeping with the horses, learning the basic knowledge of raising horses and medical horses from Lao Liutou.
In the blink of an eye, March had passed, and Tian Jing had already forgotten what he had seen Zhao Yun that day. On this day, Bai Ma Yi suddenly ran to the Thorn Mansion from a miscellaneous servant in the horse farm of the military camp and said that he wanted to see Lao Liu Tou. Lao Liu Tou was also stunned, he had lived for most of his life, and it was the first time for people to ask to see him, so he quickly let someone in. When I arrived at the stable, I learned that there were several batches of healthy horses in the barracks who had a strange disease of flatulence, and everyone had no choice. When Tian Jing heard this, he was happy, and finally had the opportunity to go to the military camp, maybe he could see Zhao Yun, so he said to Lao Liu Tou that he would go with him and learn medicine and horses.
Lao Liu Tou knew Tian Jing's identity under house arrest, but he also knew that there had been nothing for more than half a year, and even Guan Jing, the initiator of the matter, ignored Tian Jing. Thinking of this, he took Tian Jing, took some herbs, and went to the barracks with the comers.
went to the barracks, Lao Liu Tou diagnosed the horses one by one, Tian Jing had slippery eyes, take a look here, and look there.
As he was walking, he only heard bursts of cheers from the school's military field, and Tian Jingbian involuntarily walked over. Take a closer look, it is not Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong. I saw that Zhao Yun was fighting five enemies in the field, and the bright silver spear flew up and down, protruding left and right, like a coiled snake spitting out its core, like lightning and thunder, it was really dazzling.
When Tian Jing saw the highlights, he couldn't help but shout loudly, "Okay!" ”
I didn't expect this to be a big disaster, the school military field is a heavy place, if there is no waist card, no lord's license, anyone who trespasses on the school military field, it is a felony to kill the head. Before Tian Jing could react, two big men had already arrested Tian Jing. "I'm a horse breeder in the Assassin's Mansion, I didn't mean to break into the school military field, I came to treat the horse and got lost." Tian Jing shouted, but no one paid attention to him.
In normal times, it is indispensable to have a board, even if you kill your head, there are rules. However, it is also a coincidence that Gongsun Chan happened to be in the school military field today, and the people below naturally could not dispose of it without authorization, so they brought Tian Jing to Gongsun Chan.
Gongsun Zhan was also stunned when he saw Tian Jing, saying that he was a little boy who raised horses in the Assassin's Mansion, but he didn't recognize it, and the person in front of him was clearly a teenage doll, "What's your name, why did you trespass on the school military field?" It's not to tell the truth, but there is something to hide, and Ben Hou will not forgive. After speaking, his eyes widened, and Rin Rin had a murderous aura.
Unexpectedly, Tian Jing was not afraid, and he responded calmly, "Back to the Hou Ye, the little surname is Tian Mingjing, who has been living in the Thorn History Mansion, and is now a horse breeder in the stable." Someone from the barracks today said that a healthy horse was sick, so I went to the barracks with Liu Gui, who raised horses. Just now, the little one wanted to find a place to go out, but he accidentally got lost, and he didn't mean to break into the school military field. ”
Gongsun Zhan heard this, looked at the people left and right, and a personal soldier came over and whispered a few words. It turned out that Lao Liu Tou had also been taken into custody and had already asked for a confession, but the cause and effect were consistent with what this person said. But just now, this kid watched Zhao Yun practice marksmanship, and shouted "Okay", many people heard it, it seems that the saying that Izuku was lost should be a reason for making up. When Gongsun Chan thought of this, he admired the quickness of the kid in front of him. And in the face of his own danger, he is a rare talent. Thinking of this, Gongsun Chan deliberately asked, "Just now my own soldiers said that you were sneaky in the camp and peeked at Benhou's cavalry performing martial arts, do you dare to say that you are not meticulous?" Well? Do you think Ben Hou won't dare to kill you? After speaking, his right hand involuntarily touched the sword on his waist.
Tian Jing was indeed a little scared now, but he still stabilized his mood first, and then said, "I have long heard that the white horse general Gongsun Zan is a hero in the world, handsome three thousand white horse righteous servants, 100,000 captives, and powerful Huanyu. The kid was curious for a while, and watched the elite soldiers under the Hou Ye's account, and believed that what the people said was true. The boy is willing to join the general's white horse righteous servant, drive for the general, and never give up. ”
Tian Jing didn't say that he trespassed into the military camp and peeked at the competition, but first patted Gongsun Zhan with a big sycophant, and then changed the conversation and said that he wanted to join the White Horse Yicong, if he could join the army, it would naturally not be regarded as a peek, and the death penalty would naturally be avoided at that time.
Sure enough, as Tian Jing expected, Gongsun Chan was very happy, which shows that this sycophant is very useful. Gongsun Chan really didn't do anything in advance, "Doll, I see that you are only eleven or twelve years old, how dare you say that you are a white horse who joins me." Bai Ma Yi is the elite selected by thousands of people in the army, how can he join if he wants to. Okay, Ben Hou doesn't bother with your doll today, you go down. ”
Tian Jing was secretly happy in his heart, he really made the right bet, "Tian Jing thanked the Hou Ye for not killing." "As he spoke, he was about to retreat.
But Gongsun Zhan, who had just decided to let Tian Jing go, sat up, "Wait, doll, what do you say your name is?" ”
Tian Jing secretly exclaimed in his heart, and was stunned on the spot.