Chapter 074: Spearman
Someone immediately shouted in the fence: "This is the prince consort, this is the prince consort, open the door quickly!"
Then he heard a clear voice saying, "Open the door!"
In fact, there was no door. The row of slabs in the middle moved away to one side and put them into the convoy. Immediately, more than a dozen people lifted the row of slabs, blocked the gap, and knocked the slabs' feet into the soil diagonally.
"Which one is Zhang Huangyan?" Zhou Shixian jumped off the horse and looked around, but saw the strange sound among the crowd, and followed a young man out.
"Mr. Prince Consort, this is Zhang Huangyan, the leader of the righteous soldier you asked me to find, Mr. Zhang!"
Zhou Shi saw that he was of medium figure, with a fair face, a pair of sword eyebrows flying slanted, wearing a short body, a cowhide armor tied to his chest, and a short sword stuck to his waist. He thought to himself that this was the famous Minister of War of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zhang Cangshui, who was known as the Three Heroes of West Lake together with Yue Fei and Yu Qian, was still a young man in his twenties at this time.
I finally found another person who would never betray and once wrote the biography of loyalty and wise men in history books with blood.
But now is not the time to express emotions. He and Zhang Huangyan standing in front of him bowed their fists and bowed to each other.
"Mr. Cangshui, I have long admired your name!" Zhou Shixian said sincerely, "I am the prince-in-law Zhou Shixian. I don't have time to be polite now. Please come with me."
After saying that, he grabbed Zhang Huangyan's arm, walked forward a few steps, and came to Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu who had just got off the bus.
"This is Li Banghua, the left censor, and this is Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Personnel and Minister of Revenue. "After introducing him to Zhang Huangyan, he introduced him to Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu, "This is Zhang Huangyan, a juren of Ningbo. He was just proud of the provincial examination two years ago. These soldiers were the Japanese soldiers he trained to welcome him here!"
Zhang Huangyan's deputy trainer was named Chen Mingxi. Like Guan Qisheng, they were both border soldiers of Xuanfu. The two were originally old acquaintances. Yesterday, when Guan Qisheng rushed from Suqian Flying Cavalry to Baoying County and sent Zhang Huangyan to Zhou Shixian's orders, and used this army as an alternative route, the relationship between Chen Mingxi and Guan Qisheng played a role, and soon convinced Zhang Huangyan that he would rather believe that he had it than he had no. What if he was really diligent?
So I walked out of the military camp in Baoying County and never thought that I would actually meet the convoy thirty miles away from Baoying.
Zhang Huangyan is a very courageous person, but such an adventure is really unexpected. Just now, Zhou Shixian grabbed his arm and followed him in a daze. He was introduced to Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu in a daze. When Zhou Shixian finished saying this, he suddenly realized, how could this prince-consort be so familiar with me? He was so wise!
However, there was no time for him to think about it. Zhou Shixian grabbed his arm as usual and took him to a big cart in the middle.
"Report to Your Majesty, Zhang Huangyan, a juren from Ningbo, brings righteous soldiers to protect the enemy!" Zhou Shixian said loudly, "But the military situation is urgent, please do not give me a gift!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengen had already raised the curtain of the car from inside, and Chongzhen was wearing a blue casual robe and sat upright inside.
Zhang Huangyan felt dizzy. He started to go north to pay the king from Zhejiang. Unexpectedly, the king who wanted to pay the price suddenly was in front of him. For a moment, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and nearly a thousand people behind the entire roadblock were silent.
Chongzhen saw many such scenes. His ministers first met Tianyan, first moistened Tianrong, and first gained Tianwei, and often could not speak. He was in the car and heard Zhou Shixian shouting all the way, and he knew that Zhang Huangyan's army was the most critical. Now that he saw Zhang Huangyan, he immediately gave him a warm condolences.
"Zhang Huangyan, I know that you are loyal and brave. This time, I will first write to Ni Yuanlu of the Ministry of Personnel to record the files. After entering the capital, I will give you a special explanation!"
After all, Zhang Huangyan is an amazing person. Although he is still young, he has calmed down just in the time of speaking.
"My memory, Zhang Huangyan, thanks for his grace!"
However, before he could kneel down, Zhou Shixian grabbed his hand again, pulled him away, and shouted, "Thank you for your gratitude!"
It is really impossible to tolerate these red tape, and the pursuers have appeared a mile away.
"Zhang Huangyan, have your soldiers fought in war?" Zhou Shixian went straight in, "The other side was full of cavalrymen, no less than 600."
"Most of them have never fought, but morale must be available!" Zhang Huangyan said confidently, "I have been practicing for a year, but it's not in vain."
"How many soldiers are there?"
"Three hundred spearmen, two hundred rattan soldiers, two hundred archers."
"You are... using Qi Jiguang's law as the law?"
"Shame, even if you can't get the spirit, at least you can get the shape."
"It's good to be able to get the shape!" Zhou Shixian said without hesitation, "I also saw a spear like a forest, which is just right for use! I wonder if they dare to shake the cavalry?"
Zhang Huangyan did not answer, took two steps, shouting: "Spikeman!"
Hundreds of spearmen responded neatly immediately: "The spear is here!"
The shouts of response were like thunder, which immediately made Zhou Shixian and the escort officers and soldiers of the convoy look at each other with admiration.
"We went north to serve the king and walked here. Now the long live car is behind us!" Zhang Huangyan continued to shout, "And the cavalry that was causing trouble is outside the roadblock! Lord Zhou, I want to know if you dare to fight against the cavalry. I ask, do you dare?"
"Dare! Dare! Dare!" The spear cried like thunder.
"Steam the spear!" Zhang Huangyan's deputy Chen Mingxi began to order, "Arrowers go up to the hill on the right side! The rattan troops protect it!"
Zhou Shixian said that Zhang Huangyan and Chen Mingxi were indeed a bit strange. There were hundreds of simple roadblocks, and each soldier should be carried by each of them. The terrain here is Hongze Lake on the left, a small mountain bag on the right, and a mud on the side of the mountain bag, which is equivalent to forcing the enemy to attack head-on, and a small detour around the road becomes impossible.
Look at the spearmen who set up the spears, three layers in front and back, the first layer is swaying lunges, and the short body is erected on the roadblock, the second layer is erected on the shoulders of the first layer, and the third layer is erected on the shoulders of the second layer, with the spears pointing to different angles, layered layer by layer, which makes people daunting. The rattan soldiers are mixed with them, and once the enemy shoots arrows, they can be protected.
The area on the hill was not large, and the roadblocks continued here. Dozens of rattan soldiers guarded hundreds of archers to set up a formation here, preparing to shoot at the base with a condescending posture.
Even by the standards of officers and soldiers, it can be considered as a perfect rule. It seems that Zhang Huangyan has not been in vain for a year of training in the military. However, history records that after the provincial examination, he once tested his martial arts skills and shot three arrows in a row, all of which hit the bull's eye. He thought it was a praise from history books, but now it seems that it is not a false statement.
When Zhou Shixian saw Guan Qisheng holding a big bow and climbing up the hill, he calmed down and turned around to look around his men.
"Wei Donglai, look at yours first." The prince-consort said softly.
Chapter completed!