The strength of the new army is obvious to all, and anyone they choose can crush them in minutes.
This is not the main thing. After spending a few days with the New Army, they learned that this group of New Army soldiers turned out to be a group of soldiers who followed Mr. Su and survived from the northern battlefield.
As Mr. Su's personal bodyguard, I returned to Mr. Su's hometown and after training, these people gained their current strength.
They can become veterans. Some of them have never been on the battlefield, and some of them have never had blood on their hands. Some of them have even experienced fierce battles and crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
But compared with this group of so-called new troops, good guys, these people are so incompetent, their tactics and their coordination with each other are very exquisite and perfect.
Moreover, the tactics used in the exercise were something they had never seen before and were very novel.
As veteran veterans, they had little hope of getting promoted and making a fortune. With their bad tempers, they had offended countless bosses, so it was good to survive.
The only thing that can impress them is to improve their own strength. Only in this way can they have a greater chance of survival on the battlefield again and again.
After all, no one can guarantee that they will be lucky enough to survive every time on the battlefield.
Joining the new army and having a team will not only increase the survival rate on the battlefield, but the skills in their hands are also coveted by these veterans.
Each of them is equipped with a short knife on the calf, a long knife on the waist, and a small crossbow on the back. From their perspective, the quality of these three weapons is absolutely excellent.
What he wears is not heavy armor, but rattan armor. The rattan armor has high defense and is very light, which does not affect the speed of marching at all.
Moreover, these new troops are all in groups of three or three, and they cooperate with each other so that no ordinary ten or so people can get in.
If necessary, groups can cooperate with each other. In this way, only a hundred or so new troops can withstand a thousand heavy armored soldiers with this tacit cooperation.
Such combat power is definitely a killer weapon on the battlefield, and a set of equipment will definitely cost a lot of money.
Compared with them, they feel like a bunch of beggars, very poor.
This is also the reason why they want to join the new army. It can not only increase the chance of saving their lives, but also have such luxurious equipment, which makes everyone envious when they see it.
If it weren't for the fact that they had to do business right now, they might have signed up to join the new army now.
Song Biao, Er Meng and other captains showed envy, which Su Qi'an wanted to see.
If you want these veterans to be obedient, you must not only give them appropriate majestic beatings, but also give them some hope.
The performance of the new army was enough to make them envious.
The new army's combat power is very strong, but they made a mistake. Su Qi'an never intended to let the new army be active on the battlefield.
The mission of the New Army is to penetrate behind enemy lines, serve as special operations, and provide personal protection.
If it were really placed on the frontal battlefield of a large army, even if each of the new armies descended to earth like gods, they would still be defeated in front of a large enough army.
Su Qi'an would not do this kind of loss-making business. After all, training a qualified special operations team member and the equipment would cost them one hundred taels a year.
These 100 people will cost 10,000 yuan a year. This kind of military training is really a waste of money.
If Su Qi'an hadn't been awarded a title and opened a trading firm, it would have been difficult to support this group of people.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an has now restored his royal status. With his current title and royal status, he can also receive a salary of about 200,000 yuan every year.
It does seem like a lot, but if compared with the serious princes, Su Qi'an's little money is nothing compared to the serious princes, who all have about a million taels.
There is no other way. In Da Liang, which values culture but suppresses martial arts, commerce is quite developed. To put it bluntly, Da Liang has nothing but money.
This is why Great Liang is attacked by foreign tribes from all around, because they regard Great Liang as a cash cow.
Every year, seven to eight million taels of silver are spent on peace and tribute.
As long as there is peace, no matter how much money is given, I can give it.
Thinking of this, Su Qi'an felt sad, but it was not something he could change at the moment. He shook his head and suppressed this helplessness from the bottom of his heart.
After a while, several whistles sounded from the dark cliff above.
Su Qian looked up and knew that Su Yong and the others had succeeded.
Under the gaze of everyone, a dozen thick ropes fell down from the sky.
"Today really opened our eyes. Brother Yong is worthy of being a new soldier. We admire him."
"Brothers, Brother Yong has set an example for us, and it depends on us next."
Song Biao whispered to the people behind him, and then he was the first to rush out.
Soon, the soldiers climbed up one after another on more than a dozen thick ropes.
At the same time, some of the soldiers below raised their crossbows high to prevent accidents from happening at any time.
After about a quarter of an hour of climbing, several torches were swaying in the darkness at the top.
Seeing this scene, Su Qian felt relieved. He knew that the wall on the cliff behind was controlled by Su Yong.
About half an hour later, two thousand of the five thousand troops had already arrived, including Su Qi'an.
The following three thousand troops, according to Su Qi'an's instructions, had been quietly ambushing in the valley in front of Hangu Pass, waiting for infiltrators at any time, killing the sentries, opening the front door, and the two sides should cooperate inside and outside.
When Su Qian held the rope and climbed over the cliff wall of Hangu Pass, there were four or five corpses in front of him.
Although the cliff behind Hangu Pass was thought by Rong Bing to be impossible for anyone to climb up from here.
But after all, they still had to obey the general's order, and appropriately sent out a sentry at night.
The time Su Qian and the others chose was at night, when people are most tired and relaxed.
Moreover, under the city wall, there is a towering cliff that no one can climb up, so the sentry on guard naturally relaxed his vigilance and fell asleep.
But what they didn't expect was that this impossibility cost them their lives, and their necks were wiped directly by the new army led by Su Yong in their sleep.
Without his order, Su Yong's new army had already taken action. Song Biao, Er Meng and other troops also launched an attack.
When Su Qi'an climbed onto the city wall, in the darkness ahead, flames shot into the sky, accompanied by bursts of fierce fighting sounds.
Su Qi'an was confident in this battle. This kind of surprise attack, judging from Rong Bing's reaction, it was completely caught off guard.
Although hearing the sound, the soldiers were resisting, but as the main gate of Hangu Pass was opened, the follow-up troops of 3,000 people rushed straight to Hangu Pass in a swarm.
The winner of Hangu Pass has been decided.
Su Qian called to the soldiers protecting him and walked towards Hangu Pass.
This surprise attack was very fast, almost a quick victory, and the battle was resolved in less than half an hour.
Most of the two thousand soldiers were killed or injured, and more than two hundred people were captured. On Su Qi'an's side, there were less than a hundred casualties.
This was definitely a successful surprise attack.
On the surface, it is easy to capture Hangu Pass, but what you see is the result. The silence in the early stage, the day and night, these are invisible, and once someone notices it, the surprise attack will be in vain.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, surprise attacks should be avoided if possible. After all, the dangers behind them are too great.
Fortunately this time they succeeded.
Watching Su Qian come over. Su Yong, Song Biao and others clasped their fists and said, "Sir, Hangu Pass has been captured. These people are the prisoners of the Rongbing. If you have anything to ask, sir, feel free to question them."
Su Qian nodded and glanced at the bound captive soldiers.
Although these honorable soldiers were captured, their faces were full of dissatisfaction and their eyes showed vicious looks.
Before Su Qi'an could speak, an honorable man who looked like an army officer spoke harshly in a bad tone.
"You damn cool people, you know how to
Those who are playing dirty tricks have the ability to have a head-on confrontation. "
"Hey, what the hell are you talking to sir? You're looking for death!" Song Biao, who was beside him, kicked the retired officer without saying a word.
This officer was also very tough. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, looked at Su Qi'an fiercely, and continued.
"Oh, so you are the damn Uncle Dongshan? The general is indeed right. You do have some abilities. We underestimated you, but don't get too happy too soon. So what if you capture Hangu Pass."
"Haha, you can attack by surprise. The general also has his own plans. Uncle Dongshan, you lose this time. Let's collect the corpse for your Emperor of Great Liang."
The honorable officer smiled wildly, but Su Qian's face was indifferent, but he suddenly had bad thoughts in his heart.
Su Qi'an glanced at the honorable officer, and then seemed to find something. He stared at his injured right arm and said coldly, "Take off his bandage for me."
With Su Qi'an's words, Song Biao didn't say anything and took off the bandage of the honorable officer regardless of his screams.
The bloody bandage was removed, and a wolf-like tattoo could be clearly seen on the scarred right arm.
Su Qi'an recognized the identity of this veteran officer at a glance, "Are you a Wolf Cavalry?"
When asked by Su Qi'an, the honorable officer admitted directly without any hesitation.
"Yes, I am the famous Wolf Cavalry of Darong. Countless Liang people have died in my hands. What I like to do most is to hunt down those Liang people children who stay in place with fearful expressions. Then This carnage is truly wonderful."
"It's a pity that I was caught by you before I killed enough, but it's okay. Anyway, it won't be long before you will be buried with me. It's worthy of me, hahaha."
Officer Rongren shouted crazily. Su Qi'an looked at this man seriously, waved and said to Song Biao.
"Kill all of these people without leaving any one behind, but don't let them die too comfortably. You should know what to do."
Song Biao was startled, not because of Su Qi'an's cruelty, but because these prisoners of war had some torture value.
It was obvious that I could get some words out of him just now, and if I continued to torture him, even if I handed him over to them, he would still be able to find out something, but I couldn't find out anything, so he was killed just like that, which was a pity.
