Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

A total of about 2,000 men and horses were dispatched to the training, including three to four hundred cavalry with complete armor and good military appearance, which should be counted as the elite and core force of this army. Followed by a long line of infantry, marching in a long column on the main road; four people in a row, the line looks about three or four hundred paces long, so Guo Shao estimated that he was leading two thousand people.

This infantry was not comparable to the infantry of Guo Shao's Dianqian Sixiaodi Army in the past. Most of them were not fully armored, and a few didn't even have helmets. It seems that what Xiang Xun really relies on is the three or four hundred elite cavalry around him. I am afraid that only these cavalry have strong combat effectiveness.

Thinking about it this way, Guo Shao felt that the twenty or so cavalry under him were not dispensable to Xiang Xun's reinforcements, and could be regarded as a force. Because Guo Shao felt that the soldiers in the squad were considered tough, and Yang Biao was even more of a strong general, but he didn't make a name for himself.

The army marched during the day and camped at night. On the morning of the third day, the march stopped suddenly.

I saw a village next to the main road, a very ordinary village, most of the scattered houses were dilapidated, there were still a few big trees between the houses, there was nothing unusual about it.

Guo Shao quickly discovered something unusual. A group of rebels was coming out of the village, not only soldiers, but also several mule-drawn carts; behind the cart were a few young women, their hands tied to the frame by ropes, and they followed the mule cart on foot, crying.

Those soldiers are soldiers of the Zhou army. This place is not even in Xinzhou, and they are all in the controlled area, and there are only Zhou Dynasty troops.

In the cavalry training unit, two groups of cavalry got on their horses, left the main road and outflanked them from the left and right, and quickly surrounded the rebels who had just come out of the village. At this time, I saw Xiang Xun passing by with his entourage in person, and Guo Shao and others were right behind him. Seeing this, he led his horse and followed slowly to see what happened.

Xiang Xun saw that the rebels were pulling a cart full of things, and there were women behind them, so he knew what was going on without asking. These rebels not only robbed wealth, but also robbed people's wives and daughters.

"Mother!" Xiang Xun yelled, "Take them all for me!"

Those rebels were surrounded by elite cavalry, and they didn't dare to resist when they saw this battle, and they all stood there dejectedly.

At this time, a general beside Xiang Xun said: "This place is close to Xinzhou. Apart from our troops, the troops here are the soldiers of King Wei (Fu Yanqing), Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, and Shi Yanchao. The rebellious soldiers must be theirs. If it is not convenient for the master to kill and punish, they can be tied to the army and handed over to their generals; all the wealth and women will be sent back to the village."

After hearing this, Xiang Xun calmed down his anger and was about to give an order when he heard a sound of horseshoes coming from the north, and everyone followed the sound to wait and see.

After a while, I saw a group of horsemen coming on horseback. The person in front is very tall, maybe half a head taller than Guo Shao by visual inspection, and has a thick torso. He looks like he is "one size bigger" than the average person behind him. When he got closer, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face was cut like a knife, and he had a murderous aura all over his body. Just looking at the appearance is not like ordinary people.

Guo Shao has been at the bottom of the Forbidden Army for a long time, and he doesn't know who this person is at all.

However, it seemed that Xiang Xun recognized him, and he immediately bowed his hands and said: "I never thought that I would meet Shi Qianfeng here."

The big man squinted his eyes and looked very arrogant, but he also returned the salute and said simply and simply: "General Xiang."

Xiang Xun then said: "Brother Shi should know that after our army attacked Hedong, our military discipline was lax, and there were occasional lootings, so that the officers and people in Hedong defended themselves, making it more difficult for our army to supply supplies. The officials have repeatedly ordered the soldiers not to loot the people again. Look at these people. They not only rob things, but also rob people... They are not soldiers under Brother Shi's command, right?"

"Hmph!" Unexpectedly, the big man responded to Xiang Xun like that. Xiang Xun was a general at any rate, but the thick and strong man didn't seem to buy it, so he probably wasn't a small person either.

Guo Shao, who was at the side, thought about it. There was a general who mentioned Fu Yanqing, Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, and Shi Yanchao just now. Only Shi Yanchao's surname is Shi. Could it be that he is Shi Yanchao?

Rao is that Guo Shao has only been a low-level general for a long time, but he is still a member of the army; if Shi Yanchao has never heard of Shi Yanchao's name, how dare he call himself a martial artist? This Shi Yanchao was recognized as the number one general in the military circles of the Zhou Dynasty, and his reputation was comparable to that of Zhang Yuanhui in the Northern Han Dynasty. It is unknown who of the two most powerful generals in the country is more powerful... In the end, neither of them singled out the other, and Zhang Yuanhui was shot to death by an arrow on the battlefield by Guo Shao, an unknown soldier.

Shi Yanchao snorted, jumped off his horse, and went straight to the front of the rebels. The dozen or so people who had just been tied up all lowered their heads, not even daring to look at him.

Shi Yanchao didn't say a word, and everyone remained silent, just stood and watched what he was going to do.

He then looked at the girls tied up behind a mule cart, all of them showed fear, but one of them looked at him quietly. Shi Yanchao suddenly pulled out a long sword from his waist, raised the sword and walked up. Although the girls stepped back timidly, they were not overly panicked... Maybe this general came to cut the rope for them. Didn't the general here just now talk about not being allowed to rob people?

There was a "poof", and then a scream, and then the little girl screamed. Shi Yanchao went up to him and stabbed someone to death without saying a word.

"This..." Someone beside Xiang Xun stepped forward, stretched out his arm and made a stop gesture.

Then Xiang Xun ignored the women's begging and crying, and killed them all with one sword strike, leaving a pool of blood on the ground.

At this time, there was a "plop", and one of the rebellious soldiers fell to his knees first, begging for mercy: "General Xiang, we know we were wrong!"

Shi Yanchao's chest was covered in blood, and he came back with a sword dripping with blood. When he got up, he swung his sword and slashed down. The kneeling sergeant fell to the ground screaming "ah". Shi Yanchao spat in a "bah", "You son of a bitch, a money-grubbing and lustful bastard!"

After killing one person, he walked in front of the second one. That guy stood there with wide-eyed eyes and a pale face, with his hands tied behind his back. Shi Yanchao grabbed his hair and cut his neck with a sword, causing blood to spurt out. The man fell on his side, still alive, his limbs twitching like epilepsy.

Some of the people who were finally tied up yelled angrily: "You bloodthirsty and brutal man! Shi Yanchao, you will die!"

All the soldiers present watched helplessly as he killed more than a dozen people one by one with his own hands. No one moved, and no one stopped.

Shi Yanchao threw the blood sword on the ground, and his attendants hurriedly picked it up and wiped it. At this moment, he walked up to the horse, took the reins, turned his head and said with a sneer, "General Xiang, are you satisfied with my treatment?"

Xiang Xun was speechless, clasped his fists and said, "We will meet up in Xinzhou later."

When Shi Yanchao and his team left, Xiang Xuncai said, "Bury the body."

The army stayed beside this unknown village for a while, looking at the height of the sun, it was almost noon. Xiang Xun ordered to continue on his way, as if he was getting close to Xinzhou, and he was having lunch there.

Sure enough, at noon, I happened to see a city in front of me. Walking north from Jinyang, the first city I saw with a small scale was undoubtedly Xinzhou.

The gate of Xinzhou City is closed tightly, and there are troops in the city to help defend it. Xiang Junzhong sent people to the city to shout and negotiate, hang up the certificate, and then opened the city gate, and cavalry marched into Xinzhou one after another.

The location of this city is important, but the city is not that big, and the scene inside is a bit bleak. However, there seems to be a lot of troops stationed in the city now. There are continuous formations of infantry mobilizing on the Central Cross Avenue, and a large number of soldiers and horses are also stationed in the city gate that just entered.

Guo Shaozheng was curious about how many troops Xinzhou had transferred, but he didn't feel comfortable asking Xiang Xun, the low-level generals were used to it, and knew that he didn't need to know or inquire about these military situations.

But at this moment, the general who first talked to Guo Shao in Jinyang and questioned "why do the infantry have so many horses" asked about it. He asked, "How many people are here in Xinzhou?"

Xiang Xun said: "Now there are more than 10,000 generals under King Wei's restraint, and Sang Gui, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty, has several thousand troops, and the total may be 20,000."

The general said: "With so many troops, why do you ask us to reinforce them? Isn't there a report that the Liao army only has a few thousand horses?"

"Whatever, tell the soldiers to rest on the spot. I'll go to the Central Army to meet King Wei first." Xiang Xun said.

For the time being, all the people could only rest in a small open space inside the city gate. The place was too small to build a stove and cook pots for cooking, so everyone sat on the ground, eating dry food and drinking cold water to satisfy their hunger. Some people were looking for wells everywhere, and some people were busy mixing bean cakes and salt to feed the horses. Guo Shao and the others were infantrymen, but after staying in the army for a long time, they are more familiar with war horses. Luo Mengzi is carefully inspecting the horseshoes.

Although Xinzhou had a large number of soldiers, it felt very peaceful for a while, and it seemed much more peaceful than Jinyang, where the city was full of ants-like crowds.