Zhao Mingyuan gradually mastered this army through discipline drills again and again, as well as talking heart-to-heart and pouring chicken soup again and again.

Although I dare not say that it is a command, at least, it seems to be a qualified army.

But it is more about faith, Zhao Mingyuan's army, the eyes of the soldiers are bright, there is light in their eyes, and they are full of hope and longing.

An army with faith in his heart is different, and Zhao Mingyuan couldn't be clearer.

He is looking forward to the performance of the troops this time.

And that opportunity soon arose.

Soon, Wagangzhai mobilized to officially attack Luokoucang. And Zhao Mingyuan's team is among the troops.

Zhao Mingyuan had expected these for a long time, and he was even prepared for them. Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan's team soon sent troops.

If you want to fight Luokoucang, you must pass through Xingyang. And the famous general Zhang Xutuo has long been there, and a tough battle is inevitable.

Zhao Mingyuan knew that it was a big battle that would decide the fate of Wagangzhai, the battle of Dahai Temple. It was also there that Li Mi came to prominence.

Li Mi offered advice to Zhai Rang, feigned defeat, lured the enemy deeper, and then personally led 1,000 cavalry to charge the battle, reversing the tide of the battle.

Even Li Mi killed the famous Sui general Zhang Xutuo in this battle and won a decisive victory.

Zhang Xutuo is the most powerful general of the Great Sui today, and I don't know how many rebels have been extinguished by him, and he is a veritable pillar of the country of the Great Sui.

In this battle, even Zhang Xutuo was killed. Suddenly, the uprising of the world's heroes intensified.

As soon as Zhang Xutuo died, the court of the Great Sui completely lost control of the Central Plains, and the Central Plains became a place for rebels from all walks of life to compete with each other.

is such a warrior who shed the last drop of blood for the Great Sui, but the later posthumous gifts of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty were the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor and the Xingyang County Guard, and the final posthumous seal was just a five-grade official.

This makes the world look at it, how can you not feel chilled?

No one is willing to shed blood and sacrifice for the Great Sui anymore.

Since then, the situation has changed suddenly, and the prestige of Wagangzhai is skyrocketing.

In the past, Wagangzhai was beaten by the Sui army, but now there is such a big victory, but he is no longer afraid, and he dares to fight hard with the Sui army.

In this battle, Wagangzhai played with courage and courage.

And Li Mi, who made a decisive contribution to this victory, was naturally reused by Zhai Rang.

Zhai Rang even let Li Mi, who had made great contributions, build an army alone, so that his commander-in-chief deployment was self-contained, called "Pushan Gongying".

Since then, Li Mi's reputation has increased to a higher level, attracting many followers, and also providing great help for him to later seize the power of Wagangzhai.

But although Zhao Mingyuan knew these things clearly, it was difficult to influence them.

After all, others are soft-spoken, and even if they know many things, even if they say it, it is difficult to change the result.

In that case, it is better to find a way to strengthen yourself first.

Zhao Mingyuan believes that as long as he is not deliberately sent to death and goes through a few battles, he will inevitably grow.

In fact, Zhao Mingyuan now only has 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in his hands. Naturally, no one would let him take charge of any important work.

Didn't that make him go to his death?

Even if someone really hated him, it would be impossible to arrange such an obvious murder mission.

Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan, who can only be regarded as the main force of the guard and guard army, is about twenty or thirty miles away from the main army, exploring and guarding forward.

There are many teams surrounding the main force like this, and Zhao Mingyuan's 2,000 people are just one of them.

In fact, Zhao Mingyuan's 2,000 people are not so much an army, but actually just auxiliaries, and no one has high hopes for them at all.

Even, in the eyes of the Sui army, they were just assembled displaced people, and these old, weak, sick and disabled people were not considered an army at all.

In Zhang Xutuo's eyes, only tens of thousands of young men under Zhai Rang in Wagangzhai are considered to be troops, and they can not be taken into account by him.

Zhang Xutuo only led 20,000 Sui troops, and he dared to face the army of more than 100,000 people in Wagangzhai. Even, Zhang Xutuo firmly believes that he will be able to win again, as in the past.

Zhao Mingyuan's department is located in front of the flank of the main force, although there are some dangers, as long as it does not collide with the main force of the Sui army, it still doesn't matter.

After all, they are mainly responsible for guarding and exploring, even if they really encounter the Sui army's brigade, they just need to report the news quickly and then run away.

There really was no one who expected them to stand up to the big forces, and they didn't even give that kind of order. Because everyone knows that orders that cannot be done are in vain, and it will make the morale of the army unstable.

Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan's mentality is still very stable now.

After all, as a master of the sympathy between heaven and man, if you really encounter danger, you will sense different things in advance. Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan has absolute confidence.

Zhao Mingyuan led his troops to continue to move forward, and now that he is getting closer and closer to Xingyang, there may be Sui troops at any time, so Zhao Mingyuan naturally has to be cautious and vigilant.

After all, although he would not be in any danger and no one could keep him, his soldiers would not.

Zhao Mingyuan heard a voice in the distance and made a cautious order. Immediately, the heralds around him waved their flags, and in less than three breaths, the entire army fell silent from near to far.

Zhao Mingyuan nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the effect of the training camp is not bad.

The sound in the distance became clearer and clearer, not only Zhao Mingyuan, but also the other soldiers gradually heard it clearly, it was a group of cavalry galloping in. Listening to the sound, there seem to be more than 100 iron riders.

Everyone looked at Zhao Mingyuan, to fight or not to fight?

Zhao Mingyuan also had a headache, the cavalry has always had a crushing advantage over the infantry, and it can often be achieved with one enemy to five, or even one to ten.

Moreover, most of the people led by Zhao Mingyuan are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are afraid that they will be chiseled through by these more than 100 iron horsemen, and as long as they rush back and forth a few times, they may be killed and scattered.

Luckily, it's in the middle of woodland, and although it's sparse, it's not very dense. But in addition to the road opened up in the middle, the woods next to it are really not suitable for cavalry battles, and there is still a fight.

After thinking about it, Zhao Mingyuan still decided to fight.

After all, morale is strong, and if you see the enemy but are afraid of the battle, then your morale will inevitably plummet. I'm afraid that when they encounter the enemy again, they will cower and dare not face the enemy.

Zhao Mingyuan thought to himself, it's a big deal to cheat and show his martial arts on the field.

After all, almost every high-level person in Wagangzhai now has a good hand in martial arts. If Zhao Mingyuan doesn't show some martial arts, he will be looked down upon.

Although Zhao Mingyuan never said that he didn't know martial arts, most people judge people by their appearance, looking at his youth, no one has ever thought how high his martial arts are.

In that case, it's okay to show your hand. Of course, you don't have to use all your strength, with Zhao Mingyuan's age, as long as he is a congenital master, he will definitely not be underestimated.

Since he had made up his mind, Zhao Mingyuan gave the order to go down, ordering everyone to ambush on both sides of the road, obey the order, and prepare for an ambush.

The order was immediately delivered. Soon, everyone was hidden on both sides of the road, their eyes eager to fight.

After all, Zhao Mingyuan has been constantly encouraging for such a long time, and everyone has already been enthusiastic, and they can't wait to fight the Sui army earlier, but unfortunately they have never had the opportunity.

Now, there is finally an opportunity, and everyone naturally wants to miss it.

Soon, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves.

But Zhao Mingyuan immediately noticed that something was wrong, it seemed that there were only five or six horses listening to the sound, this was a team, it should be a horse exploration.

Naturally, Zhao Mingyuan naturally would not attack and let them pass.

Fortunately, the people were well hidden, and the horses galloped by, and they did not find them.

After a while, the two riders turned. I should have gone back to report the news.

Zhao Mingyuan found that this team was very disciplined, although it was only a team of more than 100 people, the rules were extremely strict during the march.

Obviously, this team must be elite, they may have stumbled into a big fish by mistake, and they don't know who the leading general of this cavalry team is.

However, it seems that this person is definitely not an ordinary person.

In the Central Plains, cavalry has always been scarce. Although Zhang Xutuo was a famous general of the Great Sui and repeatedly extinguished all kinds of rebels, he was actually not liked by Yang Guang.

Therefore, there are not many cavalry under his command, but I am afraid that the total number of cavalry is only a thousand. In addition, it is also necessary to probe horses to deliver messages, and the actual cavalry is estimated to be only a few hundred horses.

And there are more than 100 riders here, I am afraid that it must be Zhang Xutuo's confidant, and he must have some ability.

For a while, Zhao Mingyuan regretted a little that he was a little reckless and underestimated the enemy, maybe it would be better to let them go like this.

But the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent.

It would have been better if he hadn't given the order just now, but now that he was ready to ambush, it would have been even more disappointing to let the enemy leave when he saw that the enemy was right in front of him. Just leave Wagangzhai and don't take this road.

Zhao Mingyuan thought so, and soon there was another sound of horses' hooves.

Listening to the voice, Zhao Mingyuan immediately judged that there were more than 100 riders coming, and the speed was not fast, and it should be the cavalry team coming.

As they got closer, everyone knew that the battle was imminent, and they all held their breath and remained silent.

Zhao Mingyuan looked at the soldiers and horses of the Sui army that were gradually approaching in the distance.

I saw that the person in front of me was dressed in full armor, and a yellow horse was under his crotch, looking majestic, and he should be their leader.

It's just that this person's temperament definitely doesn't look like he's just the captain of a hundred-person squad, and it seems that Zhao Mingyuan has really met a big fish.

The speed of the other party's horse was not fast, but it was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that they were about to step into Zhao Mingyuan's encirclement.

But Zhao Mingyuan suddenly saw that the leading general suddenly raised his eyebrows, raised one hand upwards as if to stop the team, and stretched out his other hand to the saddle.

It's been discovered!

Zhao Mingyuan immediately understood.

didn't have time to think about it, Zhao Mingyuan shouted, "Rush with me!" ”

As he spoke, he immediately led the crowd to rush over.

The soldiers were brave, and when the soldiers saw Zhao Mingyuan rushing forward to kill, they also rushed out of the forest on both sides of the road with a shout.

In an instant, they blocked the way of the Sui army and surrounded them.

(End of chapter)