Chapter 101 Risking

Kaolining Village was originally an inconspicuous small village, but on March 20, it suddenly became a noisy place for a person to shout. A team of soldiers and horses of Xing Tianjun rushed here before dark and set up a camp outside Gaoling Village. After nightfall, there were also batches of soldiers and horses of Xing Tianjun from far away. He ran here and stationed in the formed camp.

All kinds of different tents were quickly unloaded by many soldiers, and then set up. The soldiers were even more busy working hard. They set up a stove at the place designated for them, began to make pancakes, boiled soups, and sent baked cakes and buckets of boiled porridge to all parts of the army, and distributed them. Soldiers queuing up for dinner.

Xiao Tianjian was also among these soldiers, constantly laughing and scolding with the soldiers, chatting with some soldiers from time to time, and patted some new soldiers on the shoulders and saying some words of encouragement from time to time, which attracted a group of soldiers and generals to constantly cheer him.

Niu Jinxing looked at Xiao Tianjian from afar, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. Xiao Tianjian seemed to have a leadership temperament by nature. It was easy to get along with his subordinates and gain their trust and support. Many soldiers only said a word to him casually, which may give his whole life to him. This kind of anger The quality is innate. Outsiders can't learn even if they want to. It is precisely for this reason. As long as Xing Tianjun sees Xiao Tianjian, he feels that there is a bottom in his heart, and the backbone feels that it can be straighter. Therefore, even the new recruits who have just joined the army did not show too much when they knew that they were about to face a war. Excessive nervousness.

The whole camp laughed at the rest, and the posture of a group of men was full of horses, which made Niu Jinxing feel much more at ease. Although Xing Tianjun had few defeats in the battle against the officers and soldiers, and also defeated Guan Ning Tieqi of Zu Kuan in the area of Liuquan Town, after all, Niu Jinxing did not participate in it at the beginning. He has seen this scene of tens of thousands of people fighting. Although he thinks he is familiar with military books, he has not seen the real battlefield with his own eyes. At most, he has seen the scene after a small poles plundering some villages, so this time he came to watch the battle with the army, Niu Jinxing was still a little nervous.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian said that Niu Jinxing should stay and wait in Ruyang County, but Niu Jinxing still insisted on following Xiao Tianjian to come here to participate in the war. He knew that if he wanted to get Xiao Tianjian's importance to him, he could not just play with his mouth. Since Xiao Tianjian regarded him as a staff member, he should have the consciousness of the staff. Not to mention that he can't be reused by Xiao Tianjian if he doesn't go to the battle in person, I'm afraid even these generals under Xiao Tianjian won't look at him.

As a well-learned man, Niu Jinxing knows very well that in the end of the world, whether it is the court or the rebel side, it will form a state of attaching to martial arts and writing, and Xiao Tianjian also promotes the medal system and the long-term system in his jurisdiction to highlight the status of generals. Obviously, the status of civil officials in Xing Tianjun is not as good as these martial artists. Therefore, Niu Jinxing knew that if he wanted to get ahead in the Xing Tianjun, he had to follow Xiao Tianjian's pace. If he didn't dare to see the front of the battle, then he couldn't think that Xing Tianjun had a great future.

But now it seems that the Xing Tianjun is full of soldiers, which makes Niu Jinxing feel at ease. The key to a strong army may not be equipment or drill. The most important thing may be the morale of the soldiers and the determination to win in their hearts. Without this kind of morale and determination, no matter how good the training is, no matter how well the equipment is, it may not be able to win. And Niu Jinxing, on the soldiers and subordinates of the Xingtian Army, exactly what they see is this kind of morale and determination. The soldiers are rubbing their hands and waiting for the upcoming war. And Xiao Tianjian's relaxation also gave them stronger confidence. The long-term winning streak made the soldiers in the army believe that in front of the Xing Tianjun, there were no enemies they could not defeat, and their emotions also affected the mood of the new soldiers in the army. Seeing that the soldiers were all careless. Even the recruits began to become optimistic, so although the war was coming, few people felt nervous.

The reason why Gaoling Village is called this name is that it is located on a mountain, which is called Kaolin. In fact, this earth ridge is just a hill that stretches less than ten miles and is not more than ten feet high. Literally, it is likely to cause a misunderstanding to people, but this does not mean that it cannot be a punishment. The Heavenly Army is a very favorable battlefield.

Lingbei is a tributary of the Yi River called Baigang River, which is rarely known or even unknown, flows through the north of the village, while Lingnan is an official road from Ruzhou to Yichuan. Ten miles away from here is a mountain, which happens to be caught in Ruyang County.

If Xiao Tianjian and Niu Jinxing's expectations are good this time, then this is the only way for the officers and soldiers to attack Yichuan County, because Yichuan is really too close to Luoyang. Once Xing Tianjun has any plans for Luoyang, he can go out dozens of miles here and directly hit Luoyang City, and the officers have to guard against it. Xing Tianjun gave them a siege of Wei to save Zhao, so Yichuan became a must-have place for the two armies.

After Xing Tianjun arrived at Kaolin Village, on the one hand, Xiao Tianjian camped on the spot. On the other hand, Xiao Tianjian sent nearly a hundred scouts to sprinkle the warning curtain nearly 20 miles away in the direction of Ruzhou. At the same time, he also ordered more than a dozen teams to go out east of Gaoling Village, forming a blockade line and an intelligence block in the direction of Ruzhou.

At the same time, the newly expanded engineering barracks that arrived here with the army, led by the drilling gopher Fan Tietou, immediately began to be busy. The current engineering battalion has expanded much more than when Xiao Tianjian led his troops south before the year. After the Spring Festival, through the collection of local craftsmen in Henan and some coal kiln miners, the current engineering barracks It has expanded to nearly 700, and these 700 people have been divided into three brigades. With the structure of the company, the work efficiency is much better.

The engineering battalion first went down the Bai Jiang River, demolished a stone bridge from Ruzhou to Yichuan on the Bai Jiang River overnight, and then returned to the northern part of Gaoling Village and began to build a temporary wooden bridge on the Bai Jiang River. This process took about two days. After the wooden bridge was built on the third day, Xiao Tianjian gave an order. The three battle barracks led by Luo Li crossed the Baiming River. In the area of Kaolin Village, there was only a battle barracks under the command of Xiao Tianjian and Li Shuanzhu and two guard companies under the command of Tietou, with a force of only about 2,000 people.

Xiao Tianjian ordered Niu Jinxing to cross the river to the north bank with Luo Li, but he was rejected by Niu Jinxing. No matter how Xiao Tianjian persuaded him, he would bite to death to follow Xiao Tian's fitness. Xiao Tianjian shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, what's the pain? Staying here is a place to know. Dangerous, do you have to do this?"

Niu Jinxing shook his head and smiled and said, "How can the general abandon the marshal to go to the north shore? There is no need to say more. Although Niu is a scholar, he is not without the power to bind chickens. Niu has been diligent in fencing since he was a teenager. Although he dare not say that he is very powerful, he still has the power to protect himself!"

Xiao Tianjian saw that Niu Jinxing was so resolute, so he said nothing more. From Niu Jinxing's advice this time to his insistence on staying, Niu Jinxing has completely returned to him. What did he do this for? Xiao Tianjian actually knows well. Since Niu Jinxing is willing to do this, then he Xiao Tianjian How can he brush his heart again?

Niu Jinxing behaved like this, and even the military generals who followed Xiao Tianjian secretly claimed to be good. Originally, these guys generally looked down on scholars like them. They felt that they played tricks a lot, but it really didn't help when they used them. Now Niu Jinxing insists on staying. Xiao Tian's fitness side made these guys somewhat reverse their attitude towards him. They nodded secretly, and their attitude towards Niu Jinxing became much better.

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