Fu Song

Chapter 599
"Erlang, oh, no, Shoufu!" Seeing Xiao Cheng, Wei Wu was a little excited, striding forward to greet him, clasped his fists and bowed to the ground.

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Xiao Cheng for several years.

This time, he was ordered to go all the way north from Guangnan West Road, meet Gao Yingxiang, and then rescue Xuzhou along the waterway. He was in a hurry, and at that time, Xiao Cheng was still in Jiangling Mansion on Jinghu Road!
Unlike Li Xin and Han Kai who have always followed Xiao Cheng, Wei Wu was appointed by Xiao Cheng ten years ago to follow Cen Zhong to Guangnan West Road, and made great contributions to Cen Zhong's firm foothold on Guangnan West Road. Over the years, he has also accumulated meritorious service all the way to the jurisdiction of Duqian on Guangnan West Road.

But Wei Wu was not having a good time.

Because after Cen Zhong gained a firm foothold and held the power of Guangnan West Road, Wei Wu's importance dropped greatly, and Cen Zhong relied more on Liu Yiguo, the local general of Guangnan West Road.

Liu Yiguo is Wei Wu's deputy in name, but on Guangnan West Road, he is the one who really holds the power in the army.

Because Wei Wu belongs to Xiao Cheng.

Even though Cen Zhong and Xiao Cheng are not only senior brothers, but also political allies, and in the end they even made baby marriages for their children, this does not prevent Cen Zhong from wanting to have his own power.

Anyone who is capable and ambitious must not be willing to become another person's vassal.

No matter how good the relationship between the two is.

The only thing Wei Wu could do on Guangnan West Road was basically training soldiers.

And this is Xiao Cheng's advice to him to be patient, to settle down to him, and to do this thing well. We must believe that at some point in the future, he will definitely shine.

If it wasn't for Xiao Cheng's words, Wei Wu would have slapped the table with Cen and left long ago.

I guess Cen Zhong was also embarrassed, so he never took away the first team that Wei Wu personally practiced after going to Guangnan West Road.

This army, known as the White Feather Army, has been stationed at the border with Annan.

However, Wei Wu, the highest military officer along the way, has been nesting on the border.

Until last year, when the Liao army defeated Tokyo and Xiao Cheng sent his troops north to King Qin, Wei Wu finally got his dream opportunity.He took his White Feather Army and became the first batch of Guangnan West Road reinforcements preparing to go north.

Xiao Cheng has three absolute henchmen in the army.

Li Xin, Xiao Cheng Shutong was born, and now he is in command of the Tiannan Army.

Han Kai, Xiao Cheng's most trusted confidant brother, brought along Xiao Cheng's bodyguards on the road to Guizhou, and has now been reorganized into the Jiangning Garrison.

The other one is Wei Wu.

When Xiao Cheng had just gained a foothold in Qianzhou, when Cen Zhong came to ask for help, the first thing Xiao Cheng thought of and sent was Wei Wu.

The iron-footed general Wei Wu was already well-known in the southwest at that time.

Xiao Cheng made no secret of his love for Wei Wu.

Wei Wu's experience can be used as an inspirational example for everyone in the world, chicken soup for the soul.

One lost his feet on the battlefield, so he had to go to the capital on crutches and became a disabled person being raised.But with his pair of iron feet, he first became the head of the guards of the Xiao Mansion, and then followed Xiao Cheng all the way north and south, every footprint of Xiao Cheng also had his mark.

This is a man who is tenacious, eager to learn, willing to learn and defying hardship.

He became disabled in his twenties, and after several years of hard work, he learned to walk like flying on a pair of iron feet, and integrated them with himself.

After Xiao Cheng said that being illiterate would not lead to a good future, he started picking up books again, and every literate person in the mansion could become his teacher.

When he followed Xiao Cheng to the southwest, he had already read several military books and was able to write out his experience independently.

Following Cen Zhong to the southwest, he was basically the main force in the military, and his ability to stand alone was slowly honed in those few years.

And the silence of the next few years made his mind even more stable.

Reaching out to support Wei Wu, Xiao Cheng's next move made everyone envious. He gave Wei Wu a big bear hug, and clapped his hands on Wei Wu's armor, making a loud bang.

It was such an action that showed the close relationship between Wei Wu and the chief assistant of the dynasty.

This made the eyes of the thousands of white feather soldiers lined up in the distance who could see this scene brighten.

My own general, the background is very tough!
"Please come to the stage for the military parade!" Wei Wu's eyes were a little moist, and he bowed again to invite him.

"Xie Du, Director Gao, how about we go on stage together to see Wei Wu's White Feather Army?" Xiao Cheng looked around with a smile.

Xie Hong and Gao Yingxiang, the chief of the eastern march who had just rushed over, followed Xiao Cheng to the left and right, and boarded the high platform that had just been erected one after the other.

The White Feather Army is very different from other armies. Because of the commander, this army attaches great importance to long-range strikes.

Wei Wu is a sharpshooter, and his archery skills are outstanding.

Therefore, there are unusually many archers in the White Feather Army.

A full two thousand people.

Generally, in other armies, such a shooting battalion is kept at about [-] people.

But in the White Feather Army, the one thousand people who used the divine arm crossbow, and the other thousand people all used strong bows.

This does not include the use of heavy crossbow arrows and trebuchets in the army.

If these were counted as long-range suppression forces, these people accounted for [-] people in the White Feather Army.

Then there are the thousand sword shield soldiers, they are used for close combat.The other thousand people did not use ordinary long spears, but uniform big sticks.After the hard oak wood is processed, one or two layers of rattan that is unique to Guangnan West Road are thinly wrapped around the outside. It takes several months to complete this kind of stick. The thick and thin sticks are extremely flexible, and if you are strong enough, you can bend them into a circle without breaking.Then wrap a thick sheet of iron on one of the ends, and then it will be considered complete.

Being hit by such a stick is useless even if you are wearing thick armor. Armor can protect against arrows, knives, and guns, but it is really useless against such blunt weapons.

The other [-] members of the White Feather Army were organized by scouts, engineers and other guys with various skills, and they were called special forces by Xiao Cheng.

These people have no great achievements, but they have always followed Wei Wu.

The composition of the arms of the White Feather Army is destined to be an offensive-oriented army.

When meeting the enemy, crossbows and bows and arrows are used together to attack first with intensive long-range strikes and destroy the enemy's formation. Next, sergeants with big sticks step forward to demolish them violently, and finally swords and shields step forward to reap the victory.

Ascending to the high platform, Xiao Cheng could not help showing a smile on his face when he saw the Bai Yujun standing motionless like pillars in the wilderness below the stage.The scene in front of him reminded him of when he was in Jingzhao Mansion, his elder brother Xiao Ding led thousands of Guangrui troops to the city of Jingzhao Mansion.

Thousands of Guangrui troops also lined up like now, but it was snowing heavily in Jingzhao Mansion those few days, so the Guangrui troops all turned into snowmen.

That scene frightened many people in Jingzhao Mansion at that time, and it also made Ma Xing, the comforter of Shaanxi Road, very excited.

Ma Behead was trying to take care of Li Xu, who was in trouble. Without such a strong army, he would never be able to accomplish anything.

But then it was embarrassing.

Xiao Ding finally became a traitor, although he never admitted it.

However, after Ma Xing was transferred to Hebei Road, because he refused to pick up his son and quit before the successor arrived, both father and son died under the knife of the Liao people in the end.

Gao Yingxiang's expression remained unchanged. The army trained by Xiao Cheng's confidantes was in many respects cast from the same mold, that is, discipline.

But in combat, each has its own characteristics.

After surrendering Xiao Cheng, Gao Yingxiang finally understood why the Guizhou Army, including the Guangnan West Route Army, was so brave and good at fighting.And now, his army, trained under the same military code, is slowly morphing.

Of course, a strong army needs time to accumulate, and it also needs victory to accumulate.

If the army under his command needs one victory after another to build the soldiers' strong self-confidence.

But Xie Hong was a little surprised.

He also dabbled in the military, otherwise he would not have been able to defend Xuzhou last year.

When Gao Yingxiang led his subordinates to the rescue last year, he did not witness these troops fighting with his own eyes. He only knew that they were very strong. Later, when he became the governor of Liangjiang, he also handed over the troops under his command to Gao Yingxiang tactfully.

I usually see these troops, and I don't think there is much difference.

It is only now that I understand that what I usually see is the army in leisure time.

When preparing for battle, the states presented by these armies are completely different.

Now, the army is in battle mode.

Wei Wu looked back at Gao Yingxiang, after all Gao Yingxiang is Wei Wu's immediate boss now!The relationship between Xiao Cheng and Wei Wu is different, but the army is the army, and there must be no mistake, otherwise it will cause chaos.

This point, Wei Wu is still very clear.

He asked his subordinates like this, of course, he must also abide by the iron law of absolutely executing the orders of his superiors.

Gao Yingxiang nodded at Wei Wu: "Let's get started!"

To be honest, Gao Yingxiang has never seen Wei Wu's White Feather Army practice and fight on the battlefield!
Wei Wu is Gao Yingxiang's lieutenant general, and he usually fights alone.

Wei Wu turned around, held the command flag in his hand, and raised it high.

Dozens of big drums under the stage beat at the same time.

A drum sounded, and thousands of people shouted in unison.

The drums sounded one after another, but the shouts below also sounded with the sound of the drums. The whole army began to turn, row by row, team by team, one square after another, methodically changing from facing the high platform to backing. To the high platform, and in the process of this formation change, the attack formation also took shape impressively.

In the distance is a place where they simulated to attack.

On the ground, square formations were outlined with lime, which seemed to be imitating the formation formed by the enemy.

The drumbeat began to become more urgent, and the team began to press forward.

It wasn't a certain phalanx, but everyone in the Baiyu Army was moving forward except for the [-] people who Xiao Cheng called special forces guarding around the high platform at the moment.

The sound of the drum suddenly stopped, and a sharp whistle sounded, and then the strong crossbow team behind the entire team buzzed, and dozens of crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm flew out, passing by the team that was slowly pressing upwards, all in unison. Swish it inserted into a certain phalanx outlined with lime.

Gao Yingxiang's mouth twitched.

So fucking accurate!Even more accurate than his own guards.

He cursed silently in his heart, after returning home, he must practice the guard battalion severely.

When the crossbow flew out, the entire phalanx in front of them did not stop moving forward, because in their phalanx, there were still hundreds of small drums beating the rhythm neatly.

A drumbeat is a step forward.

The crossbowmen began to reload their crossbow bolts, and the drums, which had been silent for a moment, sounded again in unison.

This time, the rhythm of the drums changed.

Boom choke, chomp choke.

The divine arm crossbow phalanx began to raise the stringed crossbow in their hands. When the third drumbeat sounded, the divine arm crossbow arrows rose from the formation like a dark cloud. Where the shot hit, the entire outlined phalanx was instantly covered with feathered arrows.

Bang dong choke, dong dong choke!
A little behind, another soldier holding a strong bow also raised the longbow in his hand.

Dark clouds rose again.

This time, the empty space that was not covered by the divine arm crossbow before was filled with feathered arrows.

The team continued to move forward, and the crossbow behind them whistled again. This time, they turned to another phalanx.

So, what happened last time was repeated again.

Everyone on the high platform looked at each other in blank dismay.

It is not difficult to shoot.

The difficulty was that when the Baiyu battalion was shooting, the entire team did not stop.

They are shooting while walking and can still maintain such accuracy, which is a bit scary.

Everyone is very clear that if an army encounters an opponent like Baiyuying, it will suffer heavy losses in just one encounter.

The drums became denser.

The soldiers holding iron-clad wooden sticks began to run wildly forward.

Their target was the phalanx that had just been hit by three rounds of feather arrows.

The big wooden sticks rose and fell one after another. In everyone's imagination, it was the people who had just escaped from the dense arrow rain, and then encountered Mount Tai's pressure again.

The sword and shield hands rushed forward, followed closely behind the big wooden sticks, and slashed with their knives, aiming to reap the lives of the injured enemy soldiers.

The thousand god arm crossbowmen stopped, and amidst the sound of drums, they turned slightly.

Put your back on the ground, take the arrow from your waist, put the arrow up, clasp the bowstring with your iron fingers, step on the arched back with your feet, turn around, and the crossbow arrow is buckled into the crossbow groove.

Raising the bow, pointing in another direction, this is the enemy army who is about to attack and go to reinforce.

But the other thousand strong archers, at this time, are scattered in teams around the god arm crossbow archers, forming a new line of defense. They pose to open their bows, or put their bows on their backs, and draw their knives in a fighting posture. .

This is covering the god arm crossbowman.

The bow of the god arm has a longer range and greater power, while the strong archers are more flexible. Even if they are bullied by the enemy to a place ten steps in front of them, they still have time to shoot an arrow with their bows.

In the Baiyu Camp, starting a battle is a decisive battle.

(End of this chapter)