Shuofeng City

The siege of Shuofeng City continues, and Yanrong's offensive is as fierce as ever. On a plain twenty miles away from the south wall of Shuofeng City, a large number of cavalry are galloping.

I saw more than a hundred armored cavalry holding spears in their hands and stabbing the scarecrow tied to the wooden stake in front of them.

"kill!"

"prick!"

"Turn!"

…

There were shouts and shouts one after another, and among the more than a hundred cavalry figures, Mei Yushu, who had joined the army from a small village along the Shuo River, stood out.

These more than 100 people are all recruits from Shuozhou, and without exception they are common people who fled to Beiliang from various states in the Central Plains. Now they resolutely choose to join the army to protect the vast hectares of fertile land and their wives, children, and children behind them.

There are dozens of phalanxes with more than a hundred people like this on this plain. After Shuozhou issued the conscription order, nearly 10,000 people actively joined the army. Shuozhou General Zhu Tianhe carefully selected 4,000 people from them.

As cavalry, the rest were supplemented by the infantry defending the city.

A centurion of the Beiliang Cavalry in charge of the drill stood on the side holding a spear and shouted angrily: "When the cavalry rushes into formation, spear first and then cut. When using the spear, pay attention to accumulating power, drawing out the spear, and then retracting the spear! The movements must be smooth and smooth.

Hurry! Otherwise it will affect the speed of the war horse, which will affect the entire front line! Do you understand?"

"Ouch!"

Hundreds of people stared at the centurion intently. In the past few days, they had followed him to practice formations over and over again, practicing their sword and spear skills on horseback. They had already admired this centurion.

"I'll demonstrate it to you once, and you're all right!" the centurion shouted before riding his horse to a wooden pile twenty paces away.

Everyone watched with bated breath as the centurion demonstrated the thrusting action.

"Da da da!"

The sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded, and the centurion started, accelerated, charged up, drew out his spear, and retracted his spear in one go. The tip of the spear stabbed the scarecrow's chest impartially, embedded an inch into the wooden stake, and was pulled out instantly. He sat down at the speed of a galloping horse.

Not affected at all.

Everyone was stunned. This was not the first time they saw the centurion thrust with a spear, but they were stunned every time they saw it.

These recruits who were born in the Central Plains have been shocked many times since they joined the army, especially when they first saw the horses from Beiliang, which were a foot taller than the horses from the Central Plains.

Mei Yushu, who had pulled carriages for landlords several times when he was young, was ecstatic when he stepped on the back of a horse from Northern Liang for the first time, and he felt an aura of looking down on the world.

"good!"

After a moment of silence, there were bursts of cheers.

Mei Yushu's face in the crowd turned red, and the way the centurion drew out his spear and put it away made his eyes light up. He thought in his heart that a man should be so quick to strike with a sword!

"Mei Yushu!" The centurion turned his head and shouted: "Come and try!"

"No!" Mei Yushu said in response.

This phalanx of more than a hundred people, almost all with the surname Mei, came together to join the army at the call of Mei Yushu, who was quite prestigious among the people.

In addition, Mei Yushu has read a little bit, so now Mei Yushu is the acting centurion of this hundred-man team, and this veteran centurion is here to train them, and may be transferred back to the old unit at any time.

Mei Yushu followed suit and opened a distance of twenty or thirty steps from the wooden stake. He gently lifted the Beiliang-style spear in his hand, and the horse's hooves slowly scraped on the soil. The scarecrow on the wooden stake was standing there.

In Mei Yushu's eyes, he was a Yan Rong barbarian waiting to be slaughtered.

"Huh~"

Mei Yushu took a deep breath, and then the war horse galloped out as soon as he clamped his belly.

When he was less than ten steps away from the standing scarecrow, Mei Yushu suddenly pulled the reins and leaned slightly, and the horse immediately accelerated a little faster.

Raise the spear!

"Pfft!"

The tip of the spear was accurately inserted into the left chest of the scarecrow, and then the tip of the spear was stuck on the wooden stake. A shock force was transmitted to Mei Yushu's arm, and the speed of the war horse stopped slightly.

Mei Yushu's eyes froze, and he pulled out the spear with all his strength, and then continued to run forward.

Although Mei Yushu's movements are not as smooth as Centurion's, they are already excellent for a new soldier.

“Brother Yushu is awesome!”

"powerful!"

…

There were cheers again from the military formation.

Mei Yushu rode his horse to the centurion's side with a red face, as if he was not satisfied with his performance just now.

The arrogant-looking centurion took a look at the recruit whom he admired quite a bit, and said with a smile: "It's okay. You'll become proficient after practicing a few times. He's doing well."

"promise!"

Mei Yushu cupped his fists and shouted.

"Just do what I did just now, come one by one!" The centurion waved his spear and began to direct the soldiers to drill.

War horses galloped past, sometimes drawing spears and sometimes drawing knives. Everyone was exhausted and sweating profusely without stopping for a moment.

On a small mound not far away, Shuozhou General Zhu Tianhe and Cavalry General Ning Mofan were looking at the new recruits in training with interest.

"That guy seems to have a good understanding." Zhu Tianhe pointed at Mei Yushu's figure and said. The way Mei Yushu sprinted just now fell into his eyes.

"Haha, the general has good eyesight." Ning Mofan chuckled and said, "This person is pretty good. I intend to ask Lao He to lead them to see if he can train some potential talents for the new army."

"You are the one with the most clever ideas." Zhu Tianhe laughed.

"Ahem." Ning Mofan scratched his head and said: "General, do you think we should let our cavalry go out to fight. The number of Shuozhou cavalry now exceeds 10,000, which is enough to fight."

Shuozhou originally had 5,000 cavalry troops drawn from Liangyou and Liangyou. When Shuozhou was first established, it recruited 3,000 refugees from the Central Plains into the army. Now it has added 4,000 new recruits. The entire Shuozhou cavalry force adds up to

Twelve thousand people are considered a sizable force.

"Why, there are too many soldiers in my hand, and my hands feel itchy?" Zhu Tianhe asked, tilting his head.

"Hehe, no, no." Ning Mofan smiled coquettishly.

"Don't forget, a full 7,000 of the 12,000 cavalry have never been on the battlefield. What should we do if something happens?" Zhu Tianhe asked rhetorically.

"General Zhu, if you let them go out of the city to see blood, they will all become old pawns." Fan Ning Mo said with a smile on his face: "None of us in this group came from recruits."

Zhu Tianhe was noncommittal and glanced at the cavalry galloping across the plain. He hesitated for a while and said: "Let's train the army first. We can arrange for them to take turns guarding the city and see the blood. As for going to war, there is no rush. Shuofeng City

It’s not the moment of life and death yet.”

Seeing Zhu Tianhe's refusal, Ning Mofan had no choice but to nod.

"Don't look so droopy, train your troops well, and don't let me down when it's time for these twelve thousand men to go to war!" Zhu Tianhe pretended to kick Ning Mofan.
Chapter completed!