Only then did the horse seller realize that the person who had bought his horse was not a young master from an aristocratic family, but the king of Tiger Tooth Mountain.
The horse dealer ran away without looking back. What a joke. It was already good enough to be alive when doing business with bandits. Did he expect to have a drink on the mountain and reminisce about the past? Liu Rui looked at the horse dealer's reaction and realized that he had to have his own territory as soon as possible. Using his identity as a relative of the royal family to establish his own signboard was not a long-term solution.
Du Jue and Yao Qing received the message from the soldiers and led dozens of soldiers down the mountain to drive all the horses back to the stronghold.
Liu Rui had only bought 200 warhorses this time. Adding on the 100 warhorses in the village, he only had 300 warhorses. There were also fifty old horses that could only be used for training.
Liu Rui decided to let Lin Chong train 200 cavalrymen for the time being. The remaining 300 would be mixed into the infantry for training. They would expand the cavalrymen when they got horses.
Chong Lin's strength as the instructor of the 800,000-strong Imperial Army was not just for show. The results of the previous half a month of training were quite good. They already had the appearance of cavalry, but of course, they were still far from killing enemies on the battlefield.
In the next half a month, Liu Rui practiced the inner energy mantra that Qiao Feng gave him every day. The soldiers in the stronghold practiced Taizu Long Fist every morning. The cavalry followed Lin Chong to train in spear techniques and horse tactics. Tian Boguang taught the infantry the Gale Blade Technique. The archers were trained in archery every day under Du Jue's leadership.
Under the guidance of Lin Chong and Tian Boguang, the cavalrymen and infantrymen made rapid progress, but the archers 'progress was slightly slower. After all, Lin Chong, Qiao Feng, and Tian Boguang were not proficient in archery.
In an era like the Three Kingdoms, archers were the only long-range attacking profession. Whether it was attacking a city or defending a city, they were very important. Therefore, Liu Rui attached great importance to them. He hoped that if there was a chance in the future, he could exchange for a general who was proficient in archery.
"Not good, not good, the soldiers are here!”A series of hurried shouts broke the morning silence of Tiger Tooth Mountain.
A soldier with a spear in his hand ran at top speed while shouting non-stop. The soldiers who had just woken up in the stronghold also picked up their weapons and rushed out.
"Tian Boguang, quickly go and see what's going on.”Liu Rui quickly walked out of the room.
"Yes, sir!" Tian Boguang had already rushed to the gate of the village. He saw a dense group of heavily armed soldiers standing outside the village. There were about a thousand of them.
"My lord, there are many soldiers outside our village. There are as many as a thousand of them!”Tian Boguang quickly came to Liu Rui to report the situation.
After Liu Rui heard this, he was not angry but happy. He had planned to bring the soldiers out to meet the Horse Gang for the past few days and take a look at the results of the training during this period. Now, the soldiers had actually delivered themselves to his doorstep.
As a transmigrator, Liu Rui knew very well that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the military and government of the Han Dynasty were rotten to the bone. These officers and soldiers were simply vulnerable. Otherwise, they would not have been defeated by the Yellow Turban Army.
"Pass on my orders. Du Jue and Yao Qing will lead the archers to the stronghold walls. Qiao Feng, Lin Chong, and Tian Boguang will lead the cavalry and infantry to follow me!”Liu Rui waved his hand.
"This subordinate will obey your orders!" Everyone left.
The soldiers in the stronghold were no longer as panicked as before. Du Jue and Yao Qing led the archers up the stronghold walls. The cavalry and infantry also lined up neatly in the stronghold, ready to attack.
Outside the village.
"Lord Lu, is this the tiger tooth mountain bandit you mentioned? I feel that it's just so-so!" Geng Chun looked at the Zhending County Magistrate Lu Dayou standing beside him with contempt.
Three days ago, Lu Dayou personally went to Chang Shan County Governor's Office to meet with County Governor Xia Houjie. He said that he had discovered that Tiger Tooth Mountain's mountain bandits were buying horses and military equipment wantonly at the foot of the mountain, intending to attack Zhending County. He had come to the County Governor's Office to ask for help.
Xia Houjie had just become Dong Zhuo's subordinate and was appointed as the Changshan County Chief. He had just taken up his post when a mountain bandit attempted to attack Zhen Ding County. Xia Houjie was furious and sent his lieutenant Geng Chun to lead a thousand soldiers to pacify Tiger Tooth Mountain.
Lu Dayou wiped the sweat off his face and did not mind Geng Chun's contemptuous gaze at all."These thieves are naturally not worth mentioning in front of General Geng. As long as General Geng's army arrives, these thieves will naturally be terrified!”
Geng Chun enjoyed Lu Da's flattery very much. He was only a lieutenant under Xia Houjie, so he didn't have many opportunities to be flattered like this, let alone a county lord who was half a rank higher than him.
"Haha, Lord Lu must be joking. Watch how I exterminate these bandits of Tiger Tooth Mountain today!”Geng Chun had a smug look on his face, as if he had already flattened Tiger Tooth Mountain.
As the two of them spoke, the tightly shut gate suddenly opened. The two of them stopped and looked at the gate. A young man in a white robe rode out of the stronghold on a white horse. Behind him were three middle-aged men sitting on three black horses. Behind him were hundreds of cavalrymen and at least a thousand infantrymen. At this moment, there were hundreds of archers on the wall, holding longbows and aiming at their own soldiers.
Looking at the neat formation, Geng Chun was a little flustered. How could there be 500 bandits? This was clearly thousands of well-trained soldiers.
"Lu Dayou, are you f * cking kidding me? Five hundred bandits? It looked like it was at least 2,000 yuan!”Geng Chun was so angry that he was about to cry. He had been following Xia Houjie and had been doing nothing. Now, it was not easy for him to find an opportunity to act cool, but in the end, so many mountain bandits had suddenly appeared.
Big Lu was sweating profusely as he looked at Geng Chun anxiously. He said in a panic,"Milord, I really didn't know when Tiger Tooth Mountain had so many bandits!”
"Who are you? You actually dare to attack my Tiger Tooth Mountain!" Liu Rui deliberately used his internal strength to match the anger in his voice, which sounded somewhat imposing.
Geng Chun braced himself and took a step forward."I am Geng Chun, a general under the Changshan County Chief Xiahou Jie. You villagers actually dare to gather a crowd to rebel.”# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720195:20PM
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