In mid-August, after Liu Bei was fully prepared, he left his hometown with the earnest expectations of Han Rong, Gongsun Zan and the elders in his hometown. He took more than 20 large and small cars and embarked on the journey to Luoyang again.
I don’t know if it was luck or something this time. I went south from Zhuojun and crossed to Jizhou. The journey was smooth and uneventful. I didn’t even encounter a few rainy days. Apart from the fact that it was a bit hot, I didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. .
Liu Bei was very happy about this. When he encountered cool places with beautiful scenery and clear water on the road, he would stop and have barbecue parties, which was full of leisure and leisure.
It wasn't until they entered Hanoi County that they discovered a group of bandits besieging a convoy on a mountain road. The convoy was escorted and they were fighting with the bandits. However, the bandits were so numerous that the convoy was helpless.
To be honest, when Liu Bei heard the outpost team say that they found bandits robbing a convoy, he felt that this was the normal Han Dynasty. Instead, he felt that this was the truly normal Han Dynasty.
The smooth journey before seemed even a little abnormal to him.
Would it still be normal in the late Eastern Han Dynasty without bandits and strongmen blocking roads and robbing people?
If the world was really so peaceful, how could the great man come to an end?
"Brother, what should we do?"
Zhang Fei, with a fighting spirit on his face, rode his horse to Liu Bei's side and asked Liu Bei about his next plan.
Of course Liu Bei knew what Zhang Fei meant.
This guy has never been a peaceful master. After following Lu Zhi on two battlefields, he ignited the warlike fire in his bones. He was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. Once he heard that he could take action, it would be worse than sleeping with his wife. happy.
Of course, Liu Bei is not a peaceful master.
"It is said that when there is injustice on the road, roar and take action when it is time to take action. Bandits must be suppressed at any time. Today they can rob this caravan, but tomorrow they may take action against us. Since I am filial and honest for the country, We must contribute to the country! Suppress! We must suppress!"
Liu Bei gave the order.
Then everyone got ready immediately.
Liu Hui, who was a team secretary with little force, immediately boarded a truck and hid to avoid becoming a burden to everyone. He was very conscious about this.
Liu Yong and Liu Sheng, two brave and fierce young men of the Liu clan, led eight knights around the family members' motorcade to protect their families.
Zhang Fei took more than 30 remaining knights and prepared for battle.
Liu Bei boarded the family vehicle and said something to Han Ning and Han Xiaodie.
"There are some short-sighted bandits ahead. After I go and wipe them out, we will continue on the road. You stay here, just in the car, and don't go anywhere."
"Will it be dangerous?"
Han Ning was very worried and grabbed Liu Bei's hand: "Can we just ask Yide to go? Lang Jun should not go."
"No, I am the leader, so I should charge forward."
Liu Bei shook his head and smiled again: "Don't worry, I have been struggling since I was a child and have experienced life and death. These mere gangsters are no big deal. You two should protect yourselves."
After saying that, Liu Bei left the carriage, mounted his horse with his sword in hand, and charged away with Zhang Fei.
Needless to say, horse riding these days is a truly technical job with very high technical requirements.
Because there are no stirrups and high bridge saddles on the horse, there are only simple protective gears and one-sided stirrups for ease of mounting.
Once the knight gets on the horse, he must rely on the reins to control the horse's forward direction, and use his legs to clamp the horse's belly to maintain the balance of the body. This requires very high leg strength.
It is more difficult to fight immediately.
General cavalry can only use one-handed swords or special hand crossbows. Only extremely powerful and specially trained elite cavalry can use spears or bows.
At that time, the Huns relied on their riding and archery skills to control the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty.
Putting aside these things, horse riding also causes a lot of wear and tear on clothes, especially pants. Often, the pants on the inner thighs will be worn out while riding. What's more, the skin will be worn out, and the bloody patch will look very ugly. It's embarrassing.
Because the skin was worn and painful, he had to cross his legs when he got off the horse, waving like a penguin. His posture was very inelegant and made people shake their heads.
There is no way, this is the price that humans have to pay for the pursuit of speed in the era of high-bridge saddles and bilateral stirrups.
As a man who pursues speed, Liu Bei has already overcome this inner hurdle.
When he was learning to ride horses earlier, his inner thighs were worn and injured many times, and the wounds healed many times, so the skin on that area was particularly rough, and the muscles on that area were also very tight and very wear-resistant.
Coincidentally, the subordinates around Liu Bei were also like this. The muscles on the inner thighs were very strong and the skin was very rough and wear-resistant.
Not to mention Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the same applies to non-combatants such as Jian Yong and Liu Hui. In order to practice riding skills and ride horses well, the skin on the inner thighs of everyone is very rough, and the muscles are strong and hard.
Liu Bei had a very good relationship with his subordinates, and they often used physical contact to enhance their relationship. For example, when taking a bath together, everyone would often compare the roughness of the skin on each other's inner thighs and the strength of the muscles.
Among the group of people, Zhang Fei's inner thigh skin was the roughest, while Guan Yu's muscles were the hardest.
If we talk about comprehensiveness, Liu Bei has the strongest overall quality, which is inseparable from his earliest exposure to war horses and riding skills.
It is worth mentioning that the inner thigh muscles of Lianzhao are the most elastic and of high quality, which Liu Bei personally verified.
Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the friendship between men. Liu Bei gave an order and came roaring with thirty Han knights from Youzhou, charging forward quickly against the scattered bandits with an indomitable momentum.
The bandits were caught off guard and were killed by Liu Bei's knights who arrived in a flash.
Liu Bei was holding the Huanshou Sword, and with quick eyes and quick hands, he cut off the head of a bandit in front of him with one wave of the sword.
The bandit's head fell to the ground and rolled around a few times. The headless body spurted out a large amount of blood like a fountain, and then collapsed to the ground.
Scenes like this reappeared in large numbers. The knights of Liu Bei's knights swung their swords into the group of bandits. With one wave of the sword, a head fell to the ground, and with another blow, the head was separated.
The blood is flowing like a fountain, and the doomsday-like scene will bring great visual impact to people. Those who are a little timid will be frightened to the point of incontinence, or even become insane.
But this is the cruelty of this era.
Nineteen-year-old Liu Bei has long been accustomed to this.
Whether it was street fighting or killing people on a starry night, this was what he had to do and get used to in order to survive in Youzhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
In addition to the beheaded bandits, there were also some unlucky bandits who were directly knocked away by the galloping horses. They flew back more than a foot before landing, groaning in pain.
The impact of the war horses is extremely terrifying, and cannot be withstood by the human body, let alone that they have not formed a formation, have no shields, and no spears. As soon as the horses arrive, a large number of bandits are immediately knocked away and trampled to death. of.
The advantage of cavalry over unformed infantry is clearly demonstrated.
The bandits were suddenly attacked. Although their number was obviously larger than Liu Bei's knights, they were quickly collapsed by such an impact. They immediately ignored the robbery and the Mountain King's orders, and immediately fled away howling. Everyone fled for their lives.
Still a bunch of rabble!
That would be easier to deal with. If they really gathered into a group and faced the outside world in unison, they would still bring some trouble to the cavalry. However, the helter-skelter running across the mountains and plains was simply a living target in the eyes of the cavalry.
Liu Bei spotted a tall guy in unusual clothes, rode off on horseback, and galloped in front of him. He raised his sword and slashed it down, causing a huge head to fall to the ground instantly.
This was probably a bandit leader. When he died, the surrounding bandits screamed in panic, as miserable as if their parents were dead.
So this small-scale encounter ended quickly. Liu Bei successfully defeated a team of more than 200 bandits in battle. They killed more than 40 people and all other bandits fled.
Liu Bei had no idea of chasing or capturing them. He just thought it was a military exercise and it was enough to drive them all away. As for the people he saved, he had no idea himself. When he saw injustice on the road, he roared and took action when it was time to take action. , training troops by the way, nothing more.
However, the rescued convoy members obviously did not think so. The leading young man came to express his gratitude to Liu Bei in person.
"I am Zhen Yan, whose name is Ziya. I am from Wuji County, Zhongshan State. My father is Zhen Yi, who is in charge of Cai Ling. I wonder who you are?"
Good guy, Wuji Zhenshi?
That was a wealthy family from the Zhongshan Kingdom with a hereditary inheritance of two thousand stones.
Liu Bei looked up and down at the man who called himself Zhen Yan, and was quite surprised.
"I am Liu Bei, named Xuande, a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, and the queen of Emperor Xiaojing."
"It turned out to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty."
Zhen Yan bowed respectfully and said, "This time I encountered a disaster. If Brother Xuande hadn't helped me, I would have been killed long ago. If you keep your life-saving grace in mind, you will surely be richly rewarded!"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's just that when the road is rough, I draw my sword to help."
Liu Bei wiped the blood on his face and grinned: "Besides, these bandits must be wiped out at any time. Since I am a member of the Han clan, of course I must serve the country and kill the bandits."
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