Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Volunteers (8)
The arrows on the side of the Yandao People's Volunteers were basically sharpened from bamboo or wood, and there was no excess pig iron wasted on the consumable arrows.
Most of the displaced people on the opposite side were the tunhu under the captain of Xiyi, and there were not a few people wearing armor, and hundreds of arrows were shot here, although they also caused a commotion and a few screams, but the damage was really limited. And immediately some people here picked up their bows and arrows and shot them at the side of the Yandao People's Volunteers.
"Steady, keep the formation!" Huo Yan looked at the other party's neatly arranged phalanx, and looked at the opponent's people wearing rattan armor and holding spears in their hands, and his heart couldn't help but feel a pang.
As a military tun household who has been in Wenshan County for three generations, and as a veteran who has fought dozens of battles with the Qiang people over there, Huo Yan has extremely rich combat experience.
Since the death of the former Xiyi Captain Chen, the life of these Tunhu under the command of the Xiyi Captain has not been easy all of a sudden. Several cronies under General Chen's account swept away the money and food of the Xiyi Lieutenant's Mansion, and then disappeared. When the dragons were leaderless and the Qiang people were ready to move, Huo Yan and others jointly promoted the cultivation to be the main ones who were outstanding.
After Luo Shang entered Shu, Jian Shuo also sent someone to CD as soon as possible to show loyalty to Luo Shang, the assassin of Yizhou, who was also the captain of Xiyi, although Luo Shang said that he was not to blame in the past. But as soon as the people he sent to follow him from Liangzhou arrived at Wenshan, he began to collect the charges against them, and vowed to punish them. Jian Shuo, Huo Yan and the others didn't know that they were looking for this excuse to take the opportunity to loot money, but their pockets were really empty, where was there any extra money for this greedy engagement. So, Jian Shuo secretly contacted a Qiang leader and asked him to lead the Qiang people to attack. After killing the man, Jian Shuo also led everyone to defect to the famous Li Xiang.
The territory that Li Xiang promised to these military tun households under the former Xiqiang lieutenant was Deyang County, which made Jian Shuo and even all the military tun households grateful.
No one wants to be a soldier in the ravine on the other side of Wenshan, dealing with those Qiang people who are covered in fur and smelly all over their bodies.
According to the discussion between Jian Shuo and several leaders, regardless of whether Li Xiang and them can succeed or not, these military households will occupy Deyang first. In this way, in the future, the court will be powerful, then vote for the court again, and Li Xiang will continue to follow Li Xiang. But in any case, after the existing facts are formed, it is not justifiable for anyone to move his people to Wenshan.
Huo Yan, who was born in a military tun household, has been trained by his family and even the Xiyi Lieutenant's Mansion since he was a child. His grandfather was a steward in the Xiyi Captain's Mansion back then, and he was also an eight-grade monk, which made his family occupy a few acres of spiritual land. Huo Yan was born with three spiritual veins, and his physique was far superior to ordinary people, and he was favored by his family since he was a child. And he lived up to expectations, and his cultivation was already better than the blue.
It's just that they are military households, and they can't go to the state and county central offices for evaluation. If there is no accident, he Huo Yan will cultivate to a higher level, and he will be guarding the location of the tun for the rest of his life, taking care of this land for the Great Jin.
In their place, hunting on horseback, and even fighting with the Qiang people, of course, they do not take care of the time, it is simply commonplace. It can be said that Huo Yan grew up fighting since he was a child, and his combat experience is extremely rich. Jian Shuo appointed him this time to lead two thousand strong men to destroy Gao Ming.
These people were all military households back then, and they were all very familiar with each other. At that time, when the exiles and Xin Ran were fighting, Li Xiang was amazed by the combat effectiveness they showed, and he even said that he was worthy of being the military tun of the imperial court, and he was really brave.
In their understanding before they came, this is called a volunteer army of less than 500 people, that is, a charge can be taken.
I grew up on the edge of a knife, and I fought old battles, and the other party was just recruited. In fact, according to most of them, three or five hundred people can destroy the other party, but out of safety, two thousand people were recruited.
Husband war, courage also!
In Huo Yan's understanding, fighting and fighting are the same truth. Fearless and courageous, it is the only magic weapon to win.
On the battlefield, cowards die the fastest. This is a sentence that Huo Yan and his military disciples have been on their lips since they were children. Of them, the big girls are the ones who like the brave lads the most. Since he was a child, Huo Yan has relied on his strong cultivation and fearless spirit of death, so that many of his peers are willing to recognize him as the boss, and he himself can't remember how many girls he has slept with over there. There are military tuns, there are business trips, and there are non-military tuns, which are the eldest girls of the Qiang people, and Huo Yan has never been to it.
If you are strong, the other party will be weak.
This was the case with Huo Yan who fought with the Qiang people before. He led a group of people to put on armor and charge, and the fight between the two sides was nothing more than a comparison of numbers and courage.
But now, looking at the other party's rows of Zhangba spears that were like trees with straight heads and still reflecting light in the sun, Huo Yan knew that he had encountered a difficult opponent.
As a son of several generations of military tuns, he has known the importance of formation since he was a child. But he had hardly encountered such a neat formation, like a hedgehog, which made it impossible to start.
"This rush, if the other party's spear is stabbed so neatly, how can I resist it?" Huo Yan rode on a horse and thought about this question, although it was already winter, a layer of fine sweat immediately oozed from his head.
He turned his head to look at the friends beside him, and their eyes were almost the same as his.
Worried, on guard, and even fearful!
The veterans of the old battles began to fear before they even charged!
"Stop advancing!" Huo Yan finally made up his mind and shouted. These people had all grown up with him, and there were still relatives and friends in Guanghan City, and he didn't dare to let these strong men crash into each other's wood-like spears before he came up with a solution.
Seeing that the other party was originally pressing violently, but at this moment he stopped within the charging distance, Gongsun Shu on the war horse smiled coldly. The damage of his own arrows to the opponent at this distance is really limited, Gongsun Shu did not hesitate, just looked at him and said: "Hit the flag, advance fifty steps." Immediately, a knight beside him blew the whistle hanging around his neck with all his strength, and then raised his hands and waved the red flag in his hand several times in succession.
Immediately, the first battalion immediately sounded a neat whistle, which was a whistle made of wood by Gao Ming's skilled craftsmen. Next, the phalanx of the 1st Battalion was like a whole, marching in a neat step, spear in hand, and walking unhurriedly towards the other side.
At this moment, not only Huo Yan and others were moved, but also everyone on the city wall also changed color.
10,000 people as one!
From a high vantage point, the phalanx did not change in the process, as if a huge square had been moved, and as far as the eye could see, only the rows of metal spear heads glowing with cold light pointed proudly to the sky.
Xin Hui's face instantly turned extremely pale, and his legs began to tremble. He didn't know why he was afraid, but he noticed that he was not alone, and many of the people on the walls were trembling like he was.
"Lord Fujun," Jian Chen looked at everyone's reactions and smiled proudly, "With such a strong army, even if there are many homeless people, there is nothing to be afraid of, don't you want to go down and get a piece of the pie?"