The cavalry camp outside Lanzhou City, since Zhao Xiaoxi opened this camp, there are cavalry squads in and out in the morning and evening. Although there are many cavalry stationed here, the entry and exit of men and horses appear to be orderly.

The big tent of the Chinese army located in the center of the camp is Zhao Xiaoxi's handsome tent. At this moment, a few of them were in the tent before dawn. The five thousand cavalry officers who returned with their horses and booty all stood honestly in front of Zhao Xiaoxi and did not dare to move.

In the hearts of these five thousand horsemen, although the prince of the county in front of him is younger than them. But the identity or strategic martial arts are far superior to them. As the number of contacts increased, so did the awe in their hearts.

Every time I see Zhao Xiaoxi's cold and silent expression, in the eyes of the cavalry soldiers, these are also thousands of cavalry generals who are favored by the commander. At this moment, I also feel an invisible pressure, which makes them breathless.

Previously, Gao Mingjun led the team here to hand over the order, and the results of the five thousand cavalry teams of Western Xia were annihilated in this battle. Among them, the most military merits belong to the water battalion and the fire battalion, and the other three battalions can only get the credit of beheading at most.

With the strength of one battalion, the Shuizi battalion completely annihilated a thousand-man team in Xixia outside the Jingbian City, and this credit was naturally the largest of the five cavalry battalions in this dispatch. The second is the Huozi Battalion, which blocked the breakthrough of nearly 2,000 cavalry in Western Xia.

When reporting these military exploits, Zhao Xiaoxi's expression was very calm, and when Zhao Xiaoxi asked about the battle damage, he heard that the Huozi battalion had nearly 200 casualties. Among them, there are many who are seriously injured, so counting the two hundred-man teams, they will completely eliminate the sequence of cavalry.

Hearing this casualty figure, Zhao Xiaoxi's expression darkened suddenly, which made Yang Jinbao, who looked a little worried on the way back. Even more began to sweat in his head, and he felt that the next scolding was indispensable.

Looking at the name on the casualty list, Zhao Xiaoxi actually didn't blame Yang Jinbao. I just feel that I will pay such a price for fighting more and smaller cavalry battles once.

Next. When the cavalry still has to fight against the Western Xia and the army that is about to enter the country, how many casualties will they have to pay?

The five cavalry generals who began to sweat early in the morning stood motionless in the tent and did not dare to move, and waited until a long time before Zhao Xiaoxi said: "The bodies of those brothers who died in battle can be brought back?" If you are injured, will you take them to a medical officer for treatment? ”

Hearing Zhao Xiaoxi, he didn't open his mouth to scold. Gao Mingjun hurriedly said: "Back to the general, the bodies of the brothers who died in battle have all been collected and brought back." Those injured brothers are all being treated by the military medical officer at the moment. ”

Faced with this answer, Zhao Xiaoxi got up and sighed and said, "Okay, this time you will destroy 5,000 enemies, and less than 300 soldiers will be killed." This hostile battle loss ratio, it stands to reason that the general should be happy.

Keer and the others should know how precious the lives of the officers and soldiers of the cavalry are. This is the first time that our cavalry has suffered such heavy casualties. Ben Jiang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Yang Qianqi, this time the Huozi battalion has a meritorious service in blocking the enemy, and according to military regulations, it will get one more reward for combat merits than the other four battalions. This is the credit of you and the Fire Word Battalion, and it will not be less than half of you.

However, the fire word battalion lost three hundred-man troops in this battle, and the combat effectiveness of the entire battalion could be said to have been reduced by one-third. As a thousand-rider, you have an unshirkable responsibility. Don't feel wronged, the merits and demerits cannot be offset in the cavalry barracks.

In view of the serious consumption of the combat power of the Fire Word Battalion, you will be demoted by one level. Let you continue to temporarily replace the fire word battalion thousand horsemen to see the after-effects.

If you don't change your impulsive nature, you will go back and forth. In the cavalry barracks. You don't need a martial arts general who only knows bravery, do you hear me clearly? ”

The credit belongs to the Huozi Battalion, but when he lost so many soldiers and horses, he should be punished, and Zhao Xiaoxi was also not relentless. Even if he has high hopes for Yang Jinbao, he also hopes to polish his impulsive temper.

I heard that I was not dismissed. was only demoted one level to stay, and Yang Jinbao naturally didn't dare to say anything. He quickly said: "Thank you, general, I know that I am wrong!" I will definitely get rid of this impulsive problem in the future! ”

Faced with Yang Jinbao's happy admission of punishment, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't say much, and quickly walked out of the handsome position. With five thousand horsemen. Appeared in the playground littered with corpses. At this moment, there were already many cavalry soldiers standing silently crying on the side of the playground.

For this newly formed cavalry army, they have been together for almost a year. Every day and night, they went out to train together, and even went to the border to fight side by side between life and death, and the friendship between colleagues is self-evident.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxi appear in Cao Yang, it was clear that this general did not like the tearful cavalry officers and soldiers under his command. quickly turned his face away, quickly wiped away the tears that fell from his sadness, and watched Zhao Xiaoxi walk into the pile of corpses.

Looking at these lives that were still alive when they set off yesterday, they have turned into a cold corpse at this moment, and Zhao Xiaoxi is the commander of the army. If you say that you don't feel bad in your heart at all, it must be a lie.

Zhao Xiaoxi can be ruthless to the enemy, but he cherishes the soldiers under him. Even if he knows that the battlefield itself is a place of life and death, casualties are commonplace.

One will become famous and ten thousand bones will wither, not talking about those famous generals in ancient times. The reason why he became famous is not because of this, a corpse with a cold robe of his own clothes, and more enemy bones?

When Cho Hyo-seok walked to a body that seemed to have fallen under a horse and been trampled by the horse's hooves, he saw that the helmet was still full of dirt.

He quickly stopped and crouched down to tidy up the somewhat dilapidated corpse. Remove its deformed helmet and shake off any dirt that has been splashed inside.

Even in front of the army, he tore off a piece of cloth on his clothes, and looked very gentle to wipe the dirt off the face of the soldier who had become dirty.

This scene made many cavalry soldiers who saw this scene feel moved by the death of a soldier who was a confidant. Even the five thousand cavalry generals who followed him saw this cold general for the first time, showing a completely different kind of gentleness.

For this soldier who died in battle, except for Yang Jinbao and Wang Zishu who knew his name, the other three thousand cavalry generals followed behind him. In fact, I can't remember what the soldier's name was. But Zhao Xiaoxi knows!

Looking at Zhao Xiaoxi, he lowered his head, showed a smile, and gently wiped the other party's face and said, "Du Ziteng, I remember that in the Beijing Middle School Field, your kid stood at the end and fainted directly.

At that time, I promised to accept you into the cavalry barracks, and I still remember how happy you were. When you first entered the cavalry barracks, you kid was not even skilled in riding horses. As a result, I didn't expect you to become a cavalry squad leader on this expedition. The kid has a chance!

The general can't bring you back alive and hand you over to your parents, so let your boy go home clean! Rest assured, the general will tell your parents about your achievements in the army and make them proud of you.

Presumably, no one in the Du family will dare to say that your kid is a descendant who has not played cards. When I return to the cavalry barracks, I will set up a monument to the merits of you and these brothers who left first, so that future generations will always remember them. You are for the strength of the Great Song Dynasty and defend the supreme feats of the Great Song Dynasty with your lives.

This is the only thing the general can do for you. Please also watch from under heaven, the remaining brothers of the cavalry. In order to carry on your legacy and complete the great cause of unification of the world. ”

Listening to these words, the five thousand horsemen standing beside him also felt a sadness and excitement that they had never felt before. Even Gao Mingjun, who was always calm and calm, couldn't control his tears after hearing these words.

A commander who commands tens of thousands of cavalry can remember the origin of a grassroots military attaché, which is extremely rare in the army.

Especially when Zhao Xiaoxi made such a promise, for the military attaches of the Great Song Dynasty, who have always been ignored, what a glorious thing it is to erect a monument.

As he spoke, the cavalryman nicknamed 'Stomach Ache' wiped his face clean and returned to his previous quiet scholarly appearance. Looking back at a few thousand cavalry generals who were a little choked, it was rare that Zhao Xiaoxi did not reprimand.

Instead, he scolded with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze? Come over to help, tidy up your brothers, and send them on their last ride! Before they died, they obeyed our orders to fight on the battlefield and paid for us.

Today they are gone, we are all commanders of the army, it is necessary to give them a ride in person. Zhao Da, bring Zhigang Qianqi to the future! Today, the seven of us will see off these brothers. ”

Looking at the pathos in Zhao Xiaoxi's laughter, Gao Mingjun and the others finally couldn't help but kneel down on one knee, bowed their heads and said, "General! ”

The sentence 'general' attracted the onlookers, and finally understood that this young county prince, who was always unkind when he usually trained, was actually a commander who really loved soldiers like a son. Wouldn't it be their blessing to follow such generals to fight on the battlefield!

Even the five thousand cavalry generals knelt down, and the rest of the indescribable cavalry soldiers who were also moved all knelt down and shouted: "General! ”

From this moment on, Zhao Xiaoxi, a young general from the royal family, finally got the unhesitating followers of all the cavalry. And in the future conquest of this cavalry army, there will be many commanding generals.

But in the hearts of the soldiers of the cavalry, there is only one commander for them, and that is this young county prince. Today, he has completely convinced the officers and men of the cavalry, and also established the iron-blooded military soul of this cavalry army.

Looking at the cavalry general who was overwhelmed by the black press, Zhao Xiaoxi also said it in time. Before and after, the cavalry lieutenant general established a special military rule. Each soldier who died in battle was cremated and put into a bone box, and was personally escorted by the officer above him.

This can be regarded as the fact that these soldiers usually obey the command of the officer, and they have no hesitation in return even if they are afraid of death. In addition, the soldiers who died in this expedition will all have their names on a monument after returning to the cavalry training camp.

Let the soldiers who will be selected to enter the cavalry army in the future and always remember these cavalry predecessors who died on the battlefield. Let the iron-blooded oath of 'cavalry attack, I am invincible', even if the years change, it will not lose its iron-blooded nature.

Truly became a strong-blooded jockey in the Great Song Dynasty on the battlefield and terrifying the enemy riders of Fanbang. At this moment, the iron-blooded invincibility of the cavalry is just beginning to emerge! (To be continued......)