Chapter 17 The Battle of Jinyang (II)

Xiang Xun sent out a total of about 2,000 people, including three or four hundred cavalrymen with complete armor and good military appearance, which should be counted as the elite and core strength of this army.

Behind him was a long list of infantrymen, marching in long columns on the road; in a row of four, the line seemed to be about three or four hundred steps long, so Guo Shao estimated that he was bringing two thousand people.

This infantry army is incomparable to the infantry of Guo Shao and his former palace in front of the palace. Most of them are incompletely clothed and armored, and a few people don’t even have helmets. The soldiers’ figures are staggered, and all kinds of weapons are mixed.

It seems that the Xiangshang Department really relies on the three or four hundred elite cavalrymen around him. I am afraid that only these cavalrymen have strong combat power.

Thinking of this, Guo Shao felt that more than 20 cavalry under his command were not optional for Xiang Xun's reinforcements, and could be regarded as a force.

Because Guo Shao felt that the soldiers in the team were all strong, Yang Biao was even more powerful, but he just didn't make it.

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

I saw a village next to the main road, a very ordinary village. Most of the staggered and disorderly houses were dilapidated. There were several big trees between the houses as usual, and there were not many strange places.

Guo Shao quickly discovered something unusual.

A group of soldiers were coming out of the village entrance, not only soldiers, but also several double-wheeled carts led by mules and horses. There were actually several young women tied behind the cart, and their hands were tied to the frame with ropes, and they walked along with the mule cart crying.

Those soldiers were soldiers of the Zhou army. They were not yet Xinzhou, and they were all in the control area, with only the Zhou Dynasty's troops.

In Xiangmao training troops, two cavalrymen boarded the horses and left the main road and surrounded the left and right, and soon surrounded the riots who had just come out of the village.

At this time, Xiang Xun personally brought his entourage, and Guo Shao and others were behind him. Seeing this, he followed him slowly to see what happened.

Xiang Xun saw that the soldiers were pulling a car full of things, and there were women behind him, so he knew what was going on without asking.These riots not only robbed money, but also robbed people, wives and daughters.

Damn it!Xiang Xun cursed and took it all for me!

The riots were surrounded by elite cavalry, and they did not dare to resist when they saw this situation. They all stood there dejectedly.

At this time, a general around Xiang Xun said: This place is close to Xinzhou. In addition to our troops, there are four soldiers of King Wei (Fu Yanqing), Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan and Shi Yanchao. The riots must be theirs.If the lord is inconvenient to kill and punish, he can tie it to the army and hand it over to their chief general to deal with it; all the wealth and women will be sent back to the village.

After hearing this, Xiang Xun was angry and was about to give orders, he suddenly heard a sound of horse hooves coming from the north, and everyone watched.

After a while, a team of horse soldiers came.

Currently, he is very tall and may be half a head taller than Guo Shao. His torso is thick and he looks like he is one size bigger than the average person behind him. Even the war horses under him are made smaller... I think it would be much harder to be ridden by him.

When he approached, he saw his thick eyebrows, big eyes, a knife-cut face, and a powerful and murderous aura.

Just looking at the appearance is not like an ordinary person.

Guo Shao has been at the bottom of the imperial guards for a long time and does not know who this person is at all.

However, it seemed that Xiang Xun knew it, so Ce immediately stepped forward and bowed and said: I never thought I would meet Shi Fengshou here.

The big man looked at him with a slanted attitude and was very arrogant, but he also replied with a greeting and said simply: General Xiang.

Xiang Xun immediately said: Brother Shi should know that after our army attacked Hedong, the discipline of the army was lax and plundered from time to time, so that the officials and people in Hedong were firmly defending themselves, making it more and more difficult for our army to replenish supplies.The government has repeatedly ordered the soldiers not to rob the people anymore. Look, these people are better. They not only rob things, but also rob people... They should not be soldiers under Brother Shi, right?

snort!Unexpectedly, the big man responded to Xiang Xun like this.Xiang Xun is a general after all, but the sturdy man looks like he doesn't buy it. He is probably not a little person.

Guo Shao, who was standing by, thought that a general mentioned four people, Fu Yanqing, Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, and Shi Yanchao. Only Shi Yanchao's surname is Shi. Could it be that he is Shi Yanchao?

Even though Guo Shao was just a low-level general for a long time, he was still a member of the ranks. After all, Shi Yanchao had never heard of his name, so he was embarrassed to call himself a martial artist?

This Shi Yanchao was recognized as the number one powerful general in the Zhou Dynasty's military, and his reputation was Zhang Yuanhui of the Northern Han Dynasty.

I don't know which of the two most powerful generals in their country has higher force... In the end, no one of them fought against each other, and Zhang Yuanhui was shot to death by an arrow by an unknown soldier, Guo Shao.

Shi Yanchao snorted, then jumped off his horse and walked straight to the front of the rioters.The dozen people who had just been tied down all their heads, not even daring to look at him.

Shi Yanchao didn't say a word, and everyone didn't move, standing there to see what he was going to do.

He then looked at the little ladies tied behind a mule cart. The little ladies all showed fear on their faces, but one of them looked at him quietly.

Shi Yanchao suddenly pulled out a long sword from his waist, lifted the sword and walked up; although the young ladies took a few steps back timidly, they were not overly panicked... Maybe this general was here to cut the rope for them. Didn't the generals here just now discuss what was not allowed to plunder the people?

With a puff, then a scream, the young ladies started screaming.Shi Yanchao actually walked up and stabbed a person to death without saying a word.

This... someone next to Xiang Xun stepped forward, Xiang Xun stretched out his arm and made a stop gesture.

Then Xiang Xun ignored the women's begging and crying, and killed them in a moment, and there was a pool of blood on the ground.

At this time, with a plop, one of the rioters knelt down first and begged for mercy: General Xiang, we know we are wrong!

Shi Yanchao's chest was covered in blood. He walked back with a dripping sword of blood. He went up and waved his sword and slashed down. The kneeling sergeant Ah fell to the ground screaming.

Shi Yanchao spitted, "It's a bitch who is greedy and lustful!"

After killing one person, he walked to the second person again. The guy stared with his eyes wide open and his face was pale, and his hands were tied up behind his back.

Shi Yanchao grabbed his hair, slashed a sword on his neck, and blood suddenly burst out.

The man fell down sideways, not dead yet, and his limbs twitched one after another like epilepsy.

Some of the people who were finally kidnapped angrily: You are a bloodthirsty and cruel man!Shi Yanchao, you must die a bad death!

The soldiers present watched him kill more than a dozen people one by one.No one moved, and no one dissuaded him.

Shi Yanchao threw the blood sword on the ground, and the follower hurriedly picked it up and wiped it.At this time, he walked to the horse, took the reins, turned around and sneered: General Xiang, are you satisfied with my handling, right?

Xiang Xun replied speechlessly, clasped his fists and said: There will be a time later, we will meet in Xinzhou.

After Shi Yanchao and his team left, Xiang Xuncai said: Buried the body.

The army stayed next to this unknown village for a while, looking at the height of the sun, it was almost noon.Xiang Xun ordered to continue his journey, as if he was close to Xinzhou, and he walked to the place and had lunch.

As expected, at noon, I happened to see a city in front of me. Walking north from Jinyang, the first city I saw was Xinzhou.

The gates of Xinzhou are closed, and there are troops on the city to help with defense.Xiang Xun's army sent people to the city to negotiate, and hung up the certificate, then opened the city gate, and the infantry and cavalry drove into Xinzhou one after another.

The city is located in an important position, but the city is not big, and the scene inside is a bit bleak.

However, there seem to be many troops stationed in the city now, and there are continuous formations of infantry and cavalry mobilization on the Central Cross Avenue, and a large number of soldiers and horses are also stationed in the city gate that has just entered.

Guo Shao was curious about how many troops had been transferred to Xinzhou, but he was not easy to ask Xiang Xun. The lower-level generals were used to it, and he knew that these military situations did not require him to understand or inquire about them.

But at this moment, the general who was the first to talk to Guo Shao in Jinyang to question why there were so many war horses in the infantry, and asked about this.He asked: How many people have come to Xinzhou?

Xiang Xun said: Now King Wei controls more than 10,000 generals, and Sang Gui, a surrendered general in the Northern Han Dynasty, had thousands of troops, and perhaps 20,000 people in total.

The general said: With so many troops, we still ask for reinforcements?Didn’t there be any inquiry that the Liao army had only a few thousand cavalry?

Don't worry about him, you ask the soldiers to rest on the spot. I will go to the headquarters of the Central Army to meet the King of Wei first.Xiang Xun said.

The crowd could only rest on a small open space inside the city gate. The place was too small to build a stove and cook with pots. Everyone sat on the ground, eating dry food and drinking cold water to fill their hunger.

Some people look for wells everywhere, while others are busy feeding horses with bean cakes and salt.

Guo Shao and others were from infantry, but after staying in the army for a long time, they were more familiar with war horses. Luo Mengzi was carefully checking the horse's hooves.

Although there are many soldiers in Xinzhou, I feel very quiet for a moment. It looks much more peaceful than Jinyang, where there are crowds of ants crawling all over the city.