Seeing this orderly scene, 1,100 people turned around and retreated in such a small area, but there was no panic at all. Except for the occasional sound of horses, there was no noise at all. They were worthy of being elite soldiers alongside the four major battalions. No wonder Situ Shan shouldered the important task of escorting himself, and even when his horses were exhausted and his men were exhausted, he still dared to fight the enemy force head-on when facing the superior enemy force.
After a long-distance attack, Feng Zhoushan dared to use 5,000 cavalry to attack the 30,000 enemy camp at night without waiting for rest. After that, they pursued him all the way. Even after a huge defeat, the rebels still outnumbered him all the way to Huanzhou. The reason why these generals are so bold is that they often dare to use the weak against the strong. In addition to the fact that these generals themselves are extremely capable and have their own characteristics, they are all confident.
As for where this confidence comes from, it is none other than the powerful combat effectiveness of the Xijing camp troops, their fearless spirit from top to bottom, and the outstanding performance of the generals at all levels. Huang Qiong had to admit that garlic is still spicy. In order to suppress the Longyou rebellion this time, Ouyang Jie, as the commander of the Sima Bu Army in front of the Xijing Palace and in charge of the Xijing Camp, selected a group of the most outstanding generals for himself.
Perhaps due to the impact of the Battle of Hulao Pass, a real war did not break out. Huang Qiong had never seen such a clear and daring fighting spirit in Xiaoqiying. I remembered what He Yuanfeng once said to me on the way from Chang'an to Qingyang Mansion. The Xijing Camp can now stand shoulder to shoulder with the four major battalions, and is known as the leader of the elite soldiers of the Qi Dynasty, all because of the hard work of Old Sir Ouyang over the years.
When the Xijing Palace Front Division was first established, several successive commanders failed to straighten out the Xijing camp, and instead it got worse and worse. Generals don't know soldiers, and soldiers don't know generals. Most of the military attachés at all levels in the Xijing camp are descendants of the hereditary families of the princes and uncles in the Xijing mansion. Military attachés who were transferred back from the border army were rarely reused and were even marginalized.
Those who come from aristocratic families don’t do their homework every day. For half a year or even a year, no one could be seen in the military camp. They spent money to hire unemployed people from Xijing City to take their place during the exercises, which made every exercise session in Xijing Camp become a joke. The most important thing is that most of these military officers who have been in the hands of women since childhood and have grown accustomed to living a life of relying on red and green trees can no longer shoot their bows and arrows.
Quite a few of them can no longer even ride a horse. Ten years ago, there was an interesting incident. During a military parade in the Xijing camp, a sixth-grade military attaché from a noble family got into trouble for some reason and insisted on riding a horse to practice. As a result, all the bones in his body were hollowed out due to his indulgence in sex. He raised the sword above his head because his arms had no strength. As a result, it fell off and cut an inch-long gash on his head.
This is not the most unfortunate thing. The most unfortunate thing is that this guy was not fainted by the pain, but by the blood that flowed out. He fell off the horse and was trampled by the horse, breaking three ribs. Although this guy is a military attache of the sixth rank, this second son of a certain earl family has never been to the military camp since he was appointed as a military attache of the eighth rank at the age of fifteen, and no one can see him every time he trains. .
That day he came to the military camp and shocked his superiors, thinking that it was the rogue who dared to come to the military camp to cause trouble. If it weren't for his father, who was the commander of the former army at the time, he would have recognized him at a glance. Maybe this guy, who came to the military camp for the first time, didn't wear a helmet or official uniform, and only wore red and green clothes, making people think he was an actor, and he would be kicked out at that time.
After this guy was frightened, he didn't even dare to come to the Xijing camp. The former commander-in-chief of the capital once required all the members of the aristocratic families who served in the Xijing camp to go to the military camp every day. As a result, half of the people didn't laugh at him at all, while the other half laughed a lot. Those who cannot find the military camp to which they belong, those who find the military camp and cannot find their own unit, those who do not recognize their superior officers, and those who do not recognize their subordinates.
After meeting, I found out that my boss or subordinate was the opponent who had fought with each other in a certain brothel yesterday for the sake of popularity and jealousy. Or in a certain gambling house, you win or lose to your landlord's stupid son. As for the infantry military attache who had his feet smashed by a shield, the cavalry military attache would not be thrown half to death while riding a horse, and the archer military attache would not be able to shoot an arrow and have half of his teeth broken by the bowstring.
After these people come, all kinds of strange things are possible. The most exaggerated ones have forgotten what rank they are. The sixth-rank official wears the official uniform of the eighth-rank. I really don’t know where the official uniform has gone. There are some who just wear their father’s official uniform. With these people, wouldn’t the Xijing camp be in a smoky atmosphere? It's not that the successive commanders didn't want to rectify things, but there was nothing anyone could do against these noble families.
These aristocratic families are inconspicuous, but behind them stand nobles such as dukes, marquises, and earls. Although these nobles no longer participate in government affairs, they no longer lead the army. But these are interconnected with each other, and few people dare to despise them. It was the old prince who dared to kill the clan members when he was in power, but these nobles had no choice but to do anything.
He Yuanfeng was an old subordinate of Huang Qiong's grandfather. When communicating with Huang Qiong in private, although he did not say anything out of the ordinary, he was always cautious in his words. But for Huang Qiong's grandfather, he always addressed him as "Old Prince" respectfully. Although He Yuanfeng is not very tactful, he has some authority and always maintains a certain distance from Huang Qiong.
Even if he is not overly flattering, he will not be deliberately cold to avoid it. It can be said to be quite satisfactory. It's just that this person gave Huang Qiong the feeling that he was still waiting or savoring something. But for Huang Qiong, as long as He Yuanfeng could obey his orders and help him completely annihilate the Longyou rebellion. Now that I have reached this position, I don't care whether he really surrenders to me.
Maybe it's because of their different statuses that they naturally have different perspectives on things. If He Yuanfeng saw him and took the initiative to seek refuge with him, Huang Qiong would have naturally accepted him if he had passed the examination last year. But now, if he is too proactive, Huang Qiong will become more suspicious. For Huang Qiong now, keeping a certain distance is still a good choice.
During a temporary stop in Tongguan, or to be precise, the time when the horse was stopped, Huang Qiong and He Yuanfeng talked a lot. He Yuanfeng clearly told Huang Qiong that before Lord Ouyang arrived, the hereditary military attachés in the Xijing camp were beyond their control, or they were unable to control them. But several commanders-in-chief were unwilling to offend those people, or to be precise, the nobles behind them.
It was still seven years ago that Sir Ouyang made every effort to rectify the situation after taking office and replaced a large number of things that were in dire straits. He refused to even go to the camp for the whole day, and even saw no one for half a year, and the soldiers under his command did not recognize him. Even Gui Cao spent money to hire hereditary military attachés to replace the unemployed vagrants in Chang'an City. A large number of young military attachés were selected and transferred from the border army and even the local guards to the Xijing camp.
He also worked hard to train the troops, cleared out all the older veterans Youzi from the camp, and re-selected Liangjiazi into the camp. It also stipulated that military attachés at all levels should be promoted, and promotions beyond the next level were not allowed except for military merit. The promotion of military attaches at all levels, whether they are promoted from soldiers or from aristocratic families, is based on military merit. Without qualifications and military merit, it is useless for anyone to intercede. Even if the emperor intercedes, he will push back with all his strength.
Unless he is transferred out of the Xijing Camp, he will not have enough military merit. If he wants to be promoted within the Xijing Camp, it is simply a dream. It was precisely because the old prince worked so hard and focused on painstaking military training that the Xijing Camp now has an elite division of 50,000 people. Old Sir Ouyang's body was exhausted from working in the Xijing camp. Without Lord Ouyang, there would be no Xijing Camp today.
Looking at the soldiers advancing and retreating in an orderly manner in front of him, Huang Qiong couldn't help but think of the folder that the old Lord Ouyang gave him when he went to the front office of Xijing Palace, and the crude but detailed map of Shaanxi and Longyou. Sigh lightly, this is a good general for the country. It's a pity that the old master's body has collapsed now, otherwise he would be an effective assistant to him after being transferred to Beijing.
Huang Qiong stood on the mountain watching the battle, but Tuoba Jiqian at the foot of the mountain was a little anxious. He Tuoba Jiqian was not an ignorant person, and he also knew that the Xijing Camp was the leading elite soldier in the Qi Dynasty. But I didn't expect that these only a thousand cavalry would be so difficult to chew. After three fierce attacks, they were all beaten down. The warriors of his Pingxia tribe were lying on the ground, including men and horses, and more than 400 warriors were lost.
As someone who achieves great things, Tuoba Jiqian doesn't feel sorry for these horses. In his opinion, as long as he can occupy Longyou, the location of the best horse farm in the world. Aren't there as many fine war horses as you want? What he felt sorry for were these more than 400 warriors. He had worked hard for the Pingxia Division for more than a hundred years, but he had only recovered a little bit of their vitality. These eight thousand people were almost all the young men in his Pingxia tribe.
Over the past hundred years, the imperial court has been continuously divided, disintegrated, and weakened through various means. Even though the Pingxia tribe has regained its strength in recent decades, it still cannot gather too many soldiers. In order to gather these eight thousand men, when he recruited troops, as long as he could ride a horse and bend a bow and shoot an arrow, all those over thirteen years old were dragged in, and the entire Pingxia tribe was wiped out.
Except for the last eight thousand young men, there were only a group of old, weak, women and children left in his Pingxia tribe. Since he was a boy, his teacher has repeatedly told him about the glory of the Pingxia tribe when it dominated the five states. As an adult, I saw all kinds of unfair shackles placed on Dangxiang people by the imperial court. The Dangxiang people worked hard all their lives, herding cattle and sheep and cultivating the fields, but their lives became increasingly poor.
The cattle, sheep, horses and camels that the Dangxiang people worked hard to graze have become the enjoyment of those dignitaries. The food grown with hard work became money and food used by the court to suppress the party members. The daughters who were raised with painstaking efforts have become the playthings of the powerful Han people and their concubines. But so many party men cannot afford to marry because they cannot afford the high taxes required to get married.
When I was young, I looked forward to one day being able to lead the eight thousand athletes of the Pingxia tribe and create a world of my own for the party members. It's a pity that my brother is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. I have tolerated it for so many years, worked hard for so many years, and even been willing to be someone else's pawn, isn't it just to realize my dream of being a party member and carving my own world?
But he sacrificed himself to lead the most courageous man in the party, so that he could fight more and lose for so long. However, they were not able to break through even one of the army's defenses. Tuoba Jiqian, who was a little annoyed by the heavy loss, did not expect that these elites of the imperial court were so powerful. He didn't even expect that the guys in front of him were so cunning. Who has ever seen a confrontation between cavalry and one side using infantry tactics?
These officers and soldiers dismounted their horses and stayed on the mountain, using their horses as spears. He only has a small number of light armored cavalry, and the rest of the cavalry can only use leather armor. This kind of light armor and leather armor is no match at all when faced with the cooperation of the army's horses and arrows. Before the ancestral machete in his hand could reach his opponent, both men and horses were either penetrated by the horse's spear or shot down by a dense rain of arrows.
