Song Xin was startled when he heard this. He did not expect that Yu Jin would recommend him.
Seeing Song Xin in a daze, Yu Gui asked with a smile: "Colonel Song, do you dare to go out to fight? Captain Song's reputation has already spread in the camp. If Colonel Song takes action, he will definitely kill that guy Zhang."
Song Xin looked at the father and son in front of him, then scanned the crowd and saw that they were all looking at him.
Seeing that Song Xin was silent, Yu Gui said sarcastically: "Song Xin, my father praised you and gave you this great contribution. Are you afraid of the enemy?"
But these words seemed like a joke to everyone. If Song Xin was timid, what would he say about his previous achievements?
But having said that, Song Xin, a newly promoted captain, had not even received the seal of his official uniform and sword. The two thousand men and horses under his command are all newly surrendered pawns. When they encounter Zhang Yi's seven thousand elites, they are afraid that they will retreat before they encounter them. If he defected a while ago, Song Xin might not even be able to save his life.
Even old guys like them who have experienced battles for a long time do not dare to take this job easily.
However, they did not interfere, but looked at Song Xin with interest, wanting to see how he would reply.
Song Xin raised his head, suddenly laughed and said, "Who said I'm timid!?"
Yu Gui suddenly became happy and smiled: "Then you are willing to go?"
A trace of struggling embarrassment flashed across Song Xin's face, but she gritted her teeth and said, "Just go, I'm not afraid of anything."
When Yu Gui saw that he actually agreed, he immediately smiled. But in everyone's eyes, Song Xin's answers and expressions made him look like a stunned young man who had fallen victim to the provocation. Many people secretly shook their heads. Song Xin was still too young to fall into the provocation method so easily.
Yu Jin smiled lightly, cupped his hands to Zhang Liao and said, "General, Colonel Song is indeed very brave. Since he is willing to rescue Niu Chuang, I think it is better to let him go."
Zhang Liao asked with a questioning tone: "Song Xin, are you really willing to go?"
Song Xin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, as if struggling, but finally raised his head and said, "I am willing to go, but I also ask the general to give me more arrows and horses."
Zhang Liao nodded, "Okay! Pass my military order and allocate 20,000 crossbow arrows to Song Xin's tribe, 20 days of military rations, 1,000 sets of clothes and armor, and 300 war horses." Zhang Liao immediately ordered and gave Song Xin an extra 1,000 sets of clothes. First.
In fact, through the capture, Song Xin's subordinates had already prepared all their armor, and even the armor rate of his soldiers was higher than that of other generals. It's just that Zhang Liao is willing to give it, so he doesn't want it in vain.
Zhang Liao took a command arrow and gave it to Song Xin, "The enemy is strong here and we are weak. We must hold on to the dangerous position and hold off the enemy for half a month. When you come back, I will personally ask for credit for you!"
Song Xin took the order arrow and fisted it, saying, "Thank you very much, General. Please ask the General to have the baggage sent to my camp as soon as possible."
Zhang Liao nodded and shouted outside the account: "Bring me some wine!"
A soldier came in with two bowls of wine. Zhang Liao took one bowl and gave another bowl to Song Xin, "I will personally support you! Remember, as long as you hold Zhang Li for fifteen days, I will definitely send reinforcements to meet you." "
Song Xin smiled, raised his head, drank the wine in the bowl, and walked out of the tent in front of everyone's surprised eyes.
They all knew that this bowl of wine was also a farewell drink, and Song Xin would probably never come back.
Song Xin walked out of the tent, took a deep breath, and the solemnity on his face instantly receded, and he smiled lightly. Song Xin had already seen clearly that Yu Jin and his son wanted him to die. But why he dared to take on this task? He was naturally confident.
After returning to the camp, Song Xin immediately ordered Zhang Hu and others to prepare their troops and set off.
"Sir!" When the sergeants gathered, Zou Yi came over with an ugly look on his face, "The war horses and arrows promised by General Zhang have been delivered, but I checked a few bundles and found that only the outer layer of arrows in each bundle was good. , they are full of defective products, some arrows have incomplete feathers, and some are actually broken arrows that cannot be used at all."
Song Xin asked: "Who sent it?"
"He has a Taishan County accent," Zou Yi said with his face turning red in anger, "I said the arrows couldn't be used, and he actually said you were going to die anyway, so why do you need such good arrows?"
"We gathered around him to argue, but he called us shameless pawns!"
Just as Song Xin was about to speak, Zhou Zhong also walked in with an angry look on his face, "Master, the military rations have been delivered, but many of them are moldy and black. Even if they are fed to pigs, they will not be eaten. And those clothes and armor are all eaten by insects." Understand."
Song Xin smiled contemptuously and said, "This must be Yu Jin and his son who are causing trouble. They are in charge of the army's food and logistics. Yu Gui and I are at odds. It's strange that they don't do anything."
"Do you want to tell General Zhang?" Zhou Zhong asked.
Song Xin shook his head, "It's useless even if we sue for this kind of thing, you just need to pack the baggage."
At the same time, Song Yu was training soldiers in the mountains near Qianshan. These days, these five hundred elite soldiers eat monster meat and drink mountain spring water every day to continue to temper their bodies. They also go out in actual combat from time to time to harass Chen The combat power of Lan's camp is now far from what it used to be.
"Brother, when do you think we can wear that black armor? It's so majestic!" A nineteen-year-old boy had just finished eating a small piece of his own meat and looked at a twenty-year-old Di tribe next to him with envy. youth.
There was a piece of fragrant animal meat in the young man's bowl, and he was eating it with a piece of meat in his hand.
"Brother Shi, this meat tastes so good." The young man asked.
The young man named Shi glanced at the young man and said with a smile: "Want to eat? Then get a few more heads. When you become a Xuanjia Guard, you can eat two pieces of meat every day."
"I heard that all the members of the Xuanjia Guards have been following Captain Song. We newcomers may have to endure it for a while."
The young man surnamed Shi smiled and said: "As long as you kill the enemy bravely, you will definitely become a Xuanjia Guard. I beheaded eight people and was immediately promoted to the rank of corps commander. Mr. Song said that here he only looks at military merit, not Look at your origin. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Han or a Di, Huns, Xianbei, as long as you are willing to kill the enemy bravely, I will not treat you badly."
The young man clicked his tongue and nodded, then asked: "Brother Shi, the black armor of your Xuanjiawei is really beautiful, can you let me have a look?"
The young man surnamed Shi shook his head and said: "I can't show you this. Master Song said that as long as there is no battle, all Xuanjia guards must be handed over to Master Song Yu for safekeeping. When we return to the camp, we must wear the same clothes as you The same armor."
The young man nodded angrily, wondering what Song Xin meant by this. This mysterious armor was so majestic, why didn't he want to show it to others. He looked at the long sword of the young man named Shi again, "This sword is so powerful. I saw Brother Shi cut off the enemy's sword in one go." As he said this, he couldn't help but want to touch it.
The young man named Shi glared, "Don't move!"
The young man shrank his hands in fright and looked at the young man named Shi in panic.
"Sir Song Yu said, these weapons are our lifeblood. Anyone who dares to lose them will lose their head, and they must hold on to them even if they die. We can't let anyone touch them casually!"
Then his face softened a little and he said, "You bitch, if you kill the enemy well, I guarantee you will get one. When the time comes, you will hug it as your wife, and no one will say anything."
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers around him laughed.
The young man stuck out his tongue, "How can I use a knife as my wife? What if I cut myself while sleeping?"
At this time, a soldier laughed and said jokingly: "Are you afraid that if your life is cut off at night, you won't be able to sleep with your real wife in the future?"
"Hahaha." There was a burst of laughter, and the boy's face turned red. "Bah, I won't cut off my life."
The young man surnamed Shi said at this time: "It's better to follow Colonel Song. Not only do you have meat to eat, but you don't have to pay monthly arrears. Even if you are not a Xuanjia Guard, it is much better than Chen Lan. I was beaten and scolded there. , I still don’t have enough to eat every day.”
Everyone agreed with his words. They, ordinary soldiers, could still receive a pound of grain and rice every month. During these days of training, they had not stopped eating meat. Although Song Yu no longer gives them monster meat to eat, he sends dozens of people out to hunt every day, and the seizures obtained from Chen Lan make these soldiers feel like they are celebrating the New Year every day, and some of them even grow taller. Gained a few pounds.
But after becoming a Xuanjiawei, these benefits can now be doubled.
The two were chatting when they suddenly heard Song Yu shouting: "Everyone
Stop for me. The captain has ordered me to move to Jackdaw Ridge in the south of Qianshan as quickly as possible! "
When everyone heard what he said, the young man surnamed Shi quickly stood up and ran to the gathering place of the Xuanjia Guards without saying a word. The soldiers were even more envious when they saw that all the Xuanjia Guards had horses to travel for them.
After Song Yu gathered the Xuanjia Guards, he said to the remaining 400 soldiers trapped in the camp: "There are at least 7,000 enemy troops in this battle. It is a tough battle."
The soldiers were quiet for a while, and even the Xuanjia guards were a little surprised.
Seven thousand troops, this is no small number. The camps they had attacked before had no more than a thousand people at most, and they had never directly faced seven thousand people.
Song Yu saw the fear on their faces and said: "If any of you are scared, get out of here now. I will give you money to go home. However, the captain also said that he would expand the number of Xuanjia Guards, the one hundred people who beheaded the most in this battle can also be promoted to Xuanjia Guards and receive two cents of corn per month!"
When everyone heard it, Xuanjiawei actually got two cents of corn per month. This was a treatment they had never thought of. They did not expect that becoming a Xuanjiawei would have so many benefits. The ordinary infantrymen of Cao's army had less than a kilogram of corn per month, and they were often withheld from them.
At this time in the late Han Dynasty, one jun stipulated by the court was about seven to eight kilograms in modern times, and four jun was equivalent to one stone. At this time, grain and rice were scarce, and military rations were hard currency. During the Huanling period, one stone of corn cost only fifty yuan. However, in the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, the price of food increased nearly ten thousand times, and even if you had money, you could not buy food. Therefore, whether Cao Cao or Sun Liu conquered each other's villages and towns, they all wiped out the people's food and rice.
Thinking of the expansion of the Xuanjia Guard, the four hundred soldiers trapped in the camp were even more excited and eager to fly to the battlefield immediately.
"I'm not afraid!" the nineteen-year-old boy excitedly shouted while holding up his weapon. Seeing his bravery, Song Yu turned to him and smiled, "What's your name?"
The young man didn't expect that Song Yu would ask him, and he quickly knelt down with a look of fear on his face and replied: "The villain's name is Fu Wei!"
Song Yu smiled approvingly and said: "Well, I remember you. I see that you are quite courageous and you try your best to kill the enemy. As long as you capture three heads, I will promote you to the rank of Xuanjia Guard! If you kill two more, I will Promote you to the rank of Captain of the Black Armor Guards!"
The young man Fu Wei suddenly became excited and sang happily: "The villain must kill the enemy with all his strength and not embarrass Master Song!"
Seeing their high morale, Song Yu nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
