Bright Spring

As for the epee given by King Yan, Zhu Gaoxu had to enshrine it at home because it was not very practical.With his strength, he could use that sword, but he didn't fight alone on the battlefield. It was very important to save energy, and holding such a heavy weapon didn't have many benefits except for the equipment ratio.

Zhu Gaoxu has learned all kinds of weapons since he was a child, and he can use almost everything, but this time when he goes into battle, he chooses the most common long spear as the long weapon.

The various tribes of China started fighting with stones, and after thousands of years, there was peace for a few years, and the number of wars is unclear... until the Ming Dynasty, the Taizu immediately won the world, governing the army and selecting soldiers, especially melee soldiers The skill of using the long spear, whether the long spear is used well or not is the content that must be assessed.This is not without reason.

Soon Zhu Gaoxu put on his sword and was armed to the teeth.He stood for a while, then turned and walked out the door, followed by several people around him.

Walking out of the hall, there were already dozens of people standing in the courtyard. Professor Hou Hai was wearing a green robe and black gauze, hundreds of households Wei Da and Wang Bin were all wearing armor, and there were dozens of heavily armed soldiers behind them.Including the people outside the gatehouse, there are more than 250 people in total.These people were originally military households, but what they usually do most is to carry all kinds of ceremonial guards, and their role is to decorate Zhu Gaoxu's appearance.

Now the guard of honor is useless, everyone put on armor and weapons, followed Zhu Gaoxu and joined the team of "Feng Tian Jing Nan".

Everyone paid attention, staring at Zhu Gaoxu who had just come out.Zhu Gao was tall and burly, wearing iron armor, he was quite imposing.All the troops cast a trusting look for a moment.

Wei Da and the other three came forward, cupped their fists and said, "My lord."

Zhu Gaoxu pressed the handle of the knife and nodded in response.

Hou Hai looked back to the left and right and said: "My brothers have been following the prince. When they go into battle, they are the prince's personal army. You must guard them bravely! If you are not taken in by the prince, you are ordinary military households. How can you be so fat and strong?"

Everyone responded one after another, "Defend the prince with their lives!" "Whoever runs away is a coward..."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, and when they finished yelling, he said, "Let's go!"

Wang Bin came over with his horse to help Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu pushed it away roughly, and stepped on the stirrup. Even though he was wearing fifty catties of heavy armor, he was still as light as a swallow, and he rolled onto the horse's back vigorously.

All the troops got on their horses one after another, and followed Zhu Gaoxu to rush out of the gate.The people outside the door also rectified their formation, joined forces with Zhu Gaoxu, and the sound of horseshoes on the brick floor was heard for a while.

When Zhu Gaoxu looked back, he saw Wang Gui and other servants standing at the door, bending over and bowing. Wang Gui and Cao Fu wiped away their tears.

On both sides of the street, there were still many family members of guards of honor standing to see them off. Women and children said goodbye with tears and worries on their faces.But the soldiers were all excited and happy, and someone shouted: "Feng Tianjing is difficult, Fenghou worships the prime minister!"

All the troops were in high spirits, and immediately shouted in unison to add to the fun, and the formation of more than two hundred people was also quite large, like a tiger descending the mountain, shouting and roaring away.

Zhu Gaoxu led the crowd to run swaggeringly in the street, and went straight to the Deshengmen school ground in the north of the city, where more than [-] left guard horse troops were stationed.Zhu Gaoxu entered the gate of the camp, and the military generals in the camp, such as Qianhu and deputy Qianhu, came up to welcome him.

Zhu Gaoxu handed over the Yan Wang military order for everyone to check.Then greet and introduce each other.

"King Gaoyang, the last general is waiting to obey the military order of the palace, and you are the only one who follows the lead. Now we are all at your disposal." A general said beside him, and all the generals echoed.

These soldiers and horses are all subordinates of the King of Yan, Zhu Gaoxu certainly does not believe that they follow the lead of the horse.Obedience to dispatch is mainly because of the military power that Zhu Gaoxu obtained from the Palace of King Yan... Of course, appearance and momentum are also very important. The three sons of King Yan let Zhu Gaoxu lead the army alone; Among a group of warriors, they may not be able to hold back.

Zhu Gaoxu looked around first, and saw that there was still smoke from the kitchen on the side of the barracks with earthen walls, and many soldiers hadn't had breakfast yet.He then said to the generals: "Eat a full meal first, take a short rest, and reorganize the troops and horses within an hour, ready to go!"

All the generals said one after another: "The last general waits for orders!"

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he patted his horse and left.When he got inside, he turned over, handed the reins to Wang Bin, and walked to the soldiers.The soldiers who were squatting over there drinking soup and chewing steamed buns stood up one after another and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Unexpectedly, ordinary guards had a stroke and some knew Zhu Gaoxu. A soldier showed a simple and honest smile and said, "Have you eaten, my lord? I'll scoop you a bowl..."

Suddenly someone muttered: "Even if the prince didn't eat it, he wouldn't eat your stuff either!"

"I ate it, you guys continue to eat." Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward, picked up an iron cup, stirred the pot twice with an iron spoon, poured a spoonful into the cup, and took a big gulp. "Baji Baji" tasted it, and praised, "If you have enough salt, you need to eat salt when marching." Looking back to the left and right, he said, "The soup needs to be boiled to drink."

All the troops responded one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't stay any longer, and continued to walk around with the generals around him.

At this time, he found a group of soldiers lining up not far away, obviously they had already eaten.He stepped forward to watch with great interest, and the generals in front of the soldiers hurried over, cupping their fists and saluting.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and saw that the lines were fairly neat. "Huh?" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly found a young soldier in his teens standing inside, his face was very familiar.

Then he walked up to the soldier and stood still, the soldier said: "My lord, do you still remember the little one? The front hall of Prince Yan's mansion..."

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered that the king of Yan launched a mutiny that day, and the person who was ambushing behind the hall and muttering was this guy.At that time, Zhu Gaoxu told him that farming was better than fighting.

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually, "What's your name?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "My surname is Jin, and everyone from the village to the brothers in the camp calls me Shitou."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he grabbed his front and lifted his breastplate straight: "Since you are going to fight, you should do it well."

Jin Shitou blushed and said excitedly: "I listen to the prince."

Zhu Gaoxu left the queue, looked into the distance, and saw groups of cavalry running, rushing past a row of archery targets, drawing their bows and shooting.He also became interested, so he got on his horse and patted on the horse, and asked Wei Da beside him to bring an eight-fight riding bow, kicked the horse and rushed over.Keeping his eyes on the target, he took a deep breath and drew the bowstring.

Now Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like martial arts very much, he hasn't used bow and arrow for a long time, he was a little worried for a while, and he let go of the bowstring when he charged closer. With a "bang", the arrow feathers flew away and hit the bull's-eye, most of the arrows sank into the wooden target!

The watching generals clapped their hands and shouted loudly: "Good! Good!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that in the ancient times, generals who led troops could not just be able to form troops, they still had to learn bow and horse riding and archery, otherwise they would not be recognized by warriors at this time.How can you supervise the soldiers if you don't even know how to do it yourself?

He rode back and smiled at the generals, "I haven't practiced for a long time, but I'm not unfamiliar."

Wei Da hurriedly said: "My lord was very good at arching horses when he was young, and he won the three armies bravely. He has already gained a great reputation in Yandi. The last general has to obey!"

The generals belonging to the left guard also echoed, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Wei Da, laughed and threw the bow over.

Chapter 38 Newcomers to the battlefield

When the Deshengmen army was assembled properly, Zhu Gaoxu ordered the generals to march out.They crossed Beiping from the avenue, joined forces with King Yan's main force, and left the south gate.Tens of thousands of troops left the city one after another, marching in three armies, the front, the middle and the rear.

However, the army only traveled more than 20 miles a day, so they stationed and built camps on the spot.

Zhu Gaoxu rested in the left guard camp for a while, feeling a little dazed... But on the first day in the army, he did pretty well, at least he showed his hard work, and he didn't have any unpleasantness with the generals.

He sat inside alone, and only then did he recall again and again how King Gaoyang fought.After thinking about it again and again, I still feel that I have no idea.

It turned out that King Gaoyang had been on the battlefield, and everything he had done was in his mind... But for some reason, there were no thoughts or feelings in the memories, just like scenes, that's all.So Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to think about when fighting.

Even though Zhu Gaoxu was very serious, he did his homework before setting off, but it was just talking on paper.Fortunately, he is only serving as a general of King Yan, and he doesn't need to coordinate the overall situation when talking on paper.

At this moment, a soldier came to the account and reported: "The order of the king of Yan, the king of Gaoyang went to the Chinese army to discuss matters."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu got up from the futon and walked out of the tent.He called Wang Bin and others to accompany him, and rode to the camp of the Chinese army.

When he arrived at the place, he put the long and short waist knives outside the account, and went in.There were Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and other generals inside, and there were not many people, so Zhu Gaoxu walked up and said, "I pay my respects to my father."

King Yan raised his left hand and pointed to the side, and continued to sit on the upper seat and write something.Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu stood with several generals.

After a while, King Yan put down his brush and said: "I just got the report. The forwards of the officers and soldiers have been assigned to Xiong County and Wuzhou; the army of Geng Bing's Ministry of Culture is still in the south of the Hutuo River, and some troops have gone to Hejian. Beiping Chief Secretary Xinjian is in Zhending, and with Geng Bingwen's temperament of fighting for stability and not changing, he must go to Zhending."

Now that the King of Yan talked about the situation, Zhu Gaoxu at least knew where those places were...Xiong County and Wuzhou were at the front, and Hejian was in the southwest; further south was the Hutuo River, which was really located at the end, on the south bank of the Hutuo River.

Zhang Yu immediately said: "At the end of the day, please attack Xiongxian County first, and the army of Wuzhou may come to help, and then return to the division to attack it!"

Zhu Gaoxu listened silently, not intending to speak much at all.

At this time, King Yan said: "Zhang Yu's words are reasonable. I think Geng Bingwen will occupy the city as soon as he comes up. I'm afraid that he will gain a firm foothold and use defense as an offense. It will be troublesome... He followed the emperor's ancestors to conquer the world, but it took only a few days. Thousands of people have defended the siege of 10,000+ people! Our Yan army has to take advantage of its unstable foothold and take the initiative to attack decisively!"