Chapter 20: The First Battle of the Red Dragon Guard
There are no fireworks, no Spring Festival Gala, and the entertainment of people in this era is so poor. But this can't be blamed on them, they can't eat yet, who cares if it's entertaining or not? Therefore, although the night of Chinese New Year's Eve was more lively than usual, on the second day, everyone almost closed the door and slept soundly.
The entire county town of Gudao once again fell into silence from the hustle and bustle, and it was a little terrifyingly quiet, with a kind of depression before the storm, as if there would be a snowstorm tomorrow. But this oppressive atmosphere did not reach Chencang, and there was also silence in Chencang City, except that the patrols were twice as large as before. But it was this situation that made many soldiers somewhat uncomfortable.
On a cold day, who doesn't like to sleep in the bed! And for the one in the county town not far away, many soldiers are also uncertain. Even their commander-in-chief felt that the odds of victory were not great, and as a soldier, how could he not feel abnormal? In this case, there were no deserters, which is not bad.
On the third watch, the weather was even colder, and in the iron pot erected on the city wall, the fire was raging, dancing wildly with the wind, and many soldiers standing guard at the head of the city were lying behind the female wall, wrapped their collars tightly, shrunk their necks, and stomped their feet lightly to drive away the cold.
On the fourth watch, inside and outside Chencang City, there was still silence, only the sound of the wind......
On the fifth watch, many soldiers had begun to squint and nap in thick jackets, even those who had newly changed their guards.
Just when everyone's vigilance had dropped to the lowest point, a group of people appeared outside Chen Cang City, each wearing a black armor with black lines on their faces, fully armed, like a ghost blending into the darkness.
The body of the war horse is also knee-black horse armor, and the horse's hooves are wrapped in a layer of cotton cloth, and it appears silently outside Chencang City.
"Wen Chang, it's time to go!" In the darkness, a man in black armor whispered.
A sturdy young man next to him answered, waved his hand, and led his three hundred sons to disappear into the darkness and sneak towards Chen Cangcheng.
Watching them go away, the owner of the previous voice sighed lightly: "I really don't know how Your Majesty came up with the idea of training such a unit, just now along the way, they found and solved the other party's scouts almost instantly, if it weren't for this Red Dragon Guard, I'm afraid our trip would not have been so smooth." ”
A veteran next to him stroked his beard and smiled silently, while a young man on the other side nodded thoughtfully.
"Zilong, how do you feel? Nervous not? As he spoke, the young man patted his forehead and chuckled, "Look at me, forget that you have participated in the war before, and blame you for being too tender, so that I always think of you as a young man......"
Zhao Yun smiled slightly, and didn't care, this time Liu Xie asked him to follow Tai Shici to fight, not to let him participate in the war, but to let him see the combat methods of the Flying Rain Army. Although Zhao Yun had served as a cavalry general under the White Horse Gongsun, the fighting methods of the Flying Rain Army and the White Horse Yicong were very different. This needs to be experienced by Zhao Yun himself, and at the same time, you can also see how Tai Shici commanded the cavalry to fight.
Speaking of which, in this era, the strongest riding ability may be Lu Bu, although this is not far from Lu Bu's personal bravery, but I have to admit that Lu Bu took his Flying Bear Army to fight in the north and south. Some people in later generations have called him the god of war, and it is not without the slightest reason.
Zhao Yun used to be a cavalry general in Baimayi, but it was not he who really commanded the battle, he was just regarded as an arrow with extremely destructive power. And what Liu Xie needs is not just his personal bravery, otherwise, sooner or later he will still be reduced to the role of a bodyguard.
It's no wonder that many people envy Zhao Yun so much, not to mention others, even Tai Shici, the commander of the Flying Rain Army, are a little red-eyed. However, another veteran, Huang Zhong, who is now the deputy general of the Flying Rain Army, has a very good mentality. In Huang Zhong's opinion, although he is old and his position is still below Tai Shici, it is much better than when he was in Jingzhou. Although his position in Jingzhou is not low, there is almost no hope of promotion.
But now it's different, as long as Liu Xie still wants to dominate the world, then he has a chance to come out. What he has to do is to show that he is not old, and he is much more stable than young people to show Liu Xie. I believe that with Liu Xie's vision, he will not let a veteran like him go.
And Zhao Yun is also very low-key, he knows that he doesn't have any military merits yet, it's a joke of others, he almost laughs at it, even if it is mocking, with some envy and jealousy, he can turn a blind eye. What he needs to do is to prove it to everyone and prove that Liu Xie's vision will not be wrong, it is enough!
Time passed minute by minute, and inside and outside Chen Cang City, it was a little terrifyingly quiet.
In the blind corner where the torches could not illuminate, hundreds of black shadows flashed and came to the corner, and these black shadows took out a crossbow from their backpack and shot it at the city wall. With a whoosh, these crossbow machines shot crossbow arrows with ropes, and the barbed crossbow arrows instantly hooked the corners of the city wall......
More than a dozen black shadows, following these ropes, were like apes, and in the blink of an eye, they quietly climbed up the city wall.
On the city wall, it happened that a team of patrols had just walked by, and these dozen or so people squatted down directly in the corner of the wall to show the wind to the brothers behind. The leader was Wei Yan, the leader of the Red Dragon Guard. At this time, his heart was also pounding.
This battle is the first battle in the true sense of the Red Dragon Guard, if the first battle is unfavorable, this is more than a little blow to morale. At that time, even if Liu Xie doesn't blame him, he will also feel embarrassed. His Majesty values it so much, and he boasted about Haikou before, and it is not a problem to have one enemy and ten enemies.
Therefore, in this battle, he only promises to win, not lose!
More than a dozen people slipped up to the city silently, Wei Yan gestured to his subordinates, and then saw more than a dozen black shadows quickly touch the darkness in the corner of the female wall, and where they passed, the enemy soldiers they encountered sent them to meet the king of Hades with almost a touch of their necks.
And at this time, it was the time when the spirit of the soldiers defending the city was most relaxed, so they had cleared more than a dozen guards, and no one had found out yet.
It wasn't until they cleared up the twenty-three that they were almost touching the corner of the stairs of the city tower, and finally a terrible 'enemy attack' alarmed the entire Chencang City.
"Signal!" Wei Yan shouted, "All brothers, kill the enemy with so-and-so!" It's time to prove the existence of our Red Dragon Guard! ”
Wei Yan let out a loud shout, holding a long sword, and rushed towards the city, aiming directly at the city gate. (To be continued.) )