Chapter 195: Horses to the North
Beiji Wasteland, this is the northernmost desert of Beiji, the barracks of the disarming battalion is here, twenty years of rough years of grinding, the first cavalry in the world at its peak has gradually become a veteran waiting for death to come.
However, today, when a carrier pigeon flew from the southeast, the old iron head excitedly raised his remaining right arm, "Assemble at the school field of the disarmament battalion!"
It is said that it is a school field, but it is just a large desert at the entrance of the dilapidated barracks.
The barracks, which had been noisy all the time, suddenly exploded like a pot. Veterans with black, yellow, chapped skin, dirty faces, and unkempt hair hurriedly ran out of the barracks!
After half a pillar of incense, all the three thousand veterans gathered in the school field and lined up neatly!
The scorching sun above his head almost dried the few moistures in his body, and the old iron head said loudly, "Listen to the people of the disarming battalion, there is news from Jushou, the military system of Chu has changed, and there were originally millions of soldiers, but now there are only 1.5 million left in the five major legions!"
"And my disarming battalion has been officially changed to a disarming army!"
The three thousand veterans remained motionless, and they all knew that the old iron head still had something to say.
"But you and I are not among them!"
"We can perish, but the name of disarming lives on forever!"
The old iron head spoke sonorously and powerfully, word by word, and loudly.
"Now, we can't wait for the order of the imperial court, since the great cause of Chu is about to start, we are not at fault for going to death, but if we can create another meritorious career, the name of Jiejia will not be covered by you and me!"
"The emperor's order ordered us to attack Xuanming City in Annan Mansion, but Xuanming City is an important place in Annan Mansion, and there is a quicksand army nearby that has been waiting for us, and now we only have three thousand people, and it is useless to attack Xuanming City!"
"Today, there is a letter from Captain Qin, we will immediately march westward, set off along the border, and take advantage of the fact that the troops on both sides are sitting on the north and south lines, and we will directly penetrate the loophole between the defense line of the Western Regions of Junshang and the defense line of the north and south, and attack Feiying County!"
"Any objections?"
The old iron man asked loudly.
"What about the Emperor's Mandate?"
"Outside, the military order is not subject to it!"
On the school grounds, there was no movement except for the occasional wind.
"Very good! In an hour, let's go!" the old iron head waved the group, and the veterans hurried back to the barracks.
It's been twenty years, except for going to Junshang's Annan Mansion every two or three months to fight the autumn breeze, there is nothing else to spice up this boring day.
Now it's time to do a big job, it's still a surprise battle against the emperor's orders, and the blood of these veterans, who are gradually drying up, is finally boiling in their chests again.
The armor has not been repaired, the sword has not yet been sharpened, and the horse still needs to be fed!
The barracks were in full swing again.
The two veterans who followed Lao Tietou to Ding'an Dao Linhai walked to Lao Tietou's side, the one who was blind in his right eye was called Lao Jia, who was a well-known condor archer, and the other was called Lao Shi, who had lost half an ear, and he was a reckless man who did not want to die.
"Old Tietou, let's go to fight Feiying County, will there be a problem? This is more than 8,000 miles away from there! Although our war horses have been replenished a lot over the years, plus the cubs left by the previous war horses, there are still a lot less, eight thousand miles of rapid march, at least one person and three horses......" Lao Jia is in charge of the horse affairs in the camp, and he knows the situation of the war horses in the disarming camp well.
"It is the norm for war horses to travel 800 miles a day, we raided Feiying County this time, all of them are lightly armed, and they are all lightly armed on horses, and they can travel thousands of miles a day, one person and two horses are enough, it's a big deal that we are tired ourselves, and use more true qi to comb the body of the war horse, reduce the fatigue of the war horse, and there are many places to drink horses along the way, which is enough to deal with this raid!" said the old iron head.
Lao Jia nodded and retreated, and set out to solve the problem of the distribution of war horses and feed.
"Old Iron Head, there is still a batch of heavy armor in the camp, do you bring it or not? This is all made by the big guys on weekdays, and it can't be wasted. "Lao Shi was the heavy cavalry of the disarming battalion back then, and the three thousand heavy cavalry pushed tens of thousands of elites sideways, without any problems.
"War horses are already in short supply, and you still want to bring heavy armor? Just those two hundred pounds of iron lumps, do you still want to match you with a war horse?" the old iron head shouted.
Lao Shi didn't have a temper at all when he was scolded, "But this thing is thrown here, isn't it cheaper for the grandsons who came later?"
"Then let your heavy cavalry carry heavy armor on their own and run after the team!" said the old iron head, "Let you practice more on weekdays, are you still in the first-class realm now?
"Yes!" Lao Shi seemed to understand at once, and then ran into the barracks with a puff of smoke and shouted loudly,
"Lao Tzu's three hundred heavy cavalry all put heavy armor and halberds on my back, each with a war horse, and the rest of the war horses were distributed to other brothers!" Lao Shi's voice echoed in the barracks, and there was another whining in the barracks.
"Who is complaining?" Lao Shi's rough voice shouted that those complaints disappeared at once, "Lao Tzu is the same as you, he is only forty or fifty years old, at most sixty years old, and he is still cultivating, and then like a girl, Lao Tzu cut you!"
The old iron head who was waiting in the school yard heard Lao Shi shouting like this, and he couldn't help but be speechless, this reckless man, if he doesn't agree with him, he will cut people!
Fighting is basically at the peak of their twenties and thirties, young and vigorous, strong and strong, and if there is still cultivation, it is even more like a tiger. But in any case, at the age of forty, this is a watershed, either ascending to the position of commander and military marquis, or retiring.
Without him, after taking the position, there are fewer things to do by himself, and he can maintain his physical strength for a longer time. If you don't retreat, then the next time is to be bullied by that group of young people.
Even if those who have been soldiers in the past few years have cultivated their skills, how many of them really have any powerful cultivation? Otherwise, where can't they mix up and eat? Do you want to eat this kind of soldier's food?
Fortunately, it is in the disarmament battalion and has a unique advantage.
The first general was the legendary land immortal, and he selected the elite of the elite in the hundreds of thousands of troops, formed the disarming battalion, and taught the exercises, that is, the nameless heart method, even if he couldn't open up the acupuncture holes, he could practice for a long time, and all the 30,000 people in the disarming battalion had reached the realm of third-rate masters.
In the army, as long as there is cultivation, it is elite, even if it is only the last class, it is commendable, but an army of 30,000 people, all of whom have a third-rate realm, it is simply appalling, and it is precisely under such a terrifying strength that the disarming battalion has broken into the name of the world's first cavalry.
Now, after another twenty years, there are only 3,000 of those 30,000 people left, but these 3,000 people are the elite of the elite!
After twenty years of cultivation, even if his face was covered by the wind and sand, the three thousand veterans have been cultivating, and now they have all reached the first-class realm, so that they can always maintain their peak combat power, even more than the previous 30,000 people, and no more!
In the barracks, the sound of sharpening knives, shouting, and neighing of war horses came and went, and it was in full swing.
A voice that has not been heard in a long time!
The old iron head couldn't help but sing loudly,
"Secluded Beiji, the blood has not dried! The old man is dead, and there is no truce ...... death"
The high-pitched singing voice flew like an eagle over the vast desert......