Chapter 96 The war breaks out again
Time passed slowly, and Zhou Lan's military training came to an end. Yang Mingzhi and others returned to Yinghe Fort.

But Yang Zhengshan knew that Zhou Lan's training was only a temporary end and Zhou Lan would definitely continue training in the future.

After all, she has 8,000 soldiers under her command. To train all of them into elite soldiers would require a lot of time and materials, and it would certainly not be accomplished in a short time.

However, Zhou Lan should not need the help of Yang Mingzhi and others when training troops in the future. During this period of time, Yang Mingzhi and others have helped Zhou Lan train hundreds of elite soldiers.

With these hundreds of elite soldiers, there is not much point for Yang Mingzhi to go to Jianning Guard.

After Yang Mingzhi and others returned, the organization planned by Yang Zhengshan was completed.

One deputy captain, one pacification officer, and ten centurions are all in place.

The 1,120 officers and soldiers are fully staffed.

The defensive office with Old Li, Lu Wenchun and Lu Wenhua as the team has also taken shape.

Until now, Yang Zhengshan, the defense officer of a thousand households, could be considered a real defense officer of a thousand households. Although he was not strong in soldiers and horses, he was able to fight against the enemy.

Such results made Yang Zhengshan very satisfied, but he was still full of worries.

It's already February.

Will the Hu cavalry come again this year?
Judging from the situation outside the Great Wall last year, there is a high probability that the Hu cavalry will enter the country to plunder this year.

Otherwise, they will have a hard time this year.

On this day, it was still very noisy outside Yinghe Fort. After completing basic training, the soldiers from other garrisons, huoludun and beacon towers returned to their own bases to conduct practical training on their own.

But Yang Zhengshan still stayed outside Yinghe Fort with 300 cavalrymen to continue training.

The other soldiers were responsible for guarding the garrison and huoludun, but these 300 cavalrymen were not needed, so Yang Zhengshan left them outside Yinghe Fort and planned to let them live in Yinghe Fort.

However, in this case, Yinghe Fort would have to be expanded. Now Yinghe Fort is spacious enough to accommodate two hundred military households, but if the military households behind these three hundred cavalrymen were added, it would definitely not be able to accommodate them.

The expansion of Yinghe Fort would certainly not be completed in a short time, and it was still winter, and it was freezing cold, so it was impossible to build houses. He could only let these cavalrymen live in tents outside the fort.

There was a charcoal stove burning in the thick tent. Apart from the fact that it consumed a little more charcoal, it wasn't very cold.

That morning, Yang Zhengshan was inspecting the cavalry training outside the garrison when suddenly a burst of rapid gong and drum sounds came from inside the garrison.

The clanging sounds made the originally peaceful garrison tense in an instant.

The cavalrymen who were in training stopped their horses and looked towards the garrison in confusion.

At this sight, everyone's expression changed.

I saw two straight streams of smoke rising into the sky from the western hilltops!
The beacon tower on the top of the mountain is the beacon tower under the jurisdiction of Linguan Fort. There is a soldier with a small flag in charge of guarding it. It is less than five miles away from Yinghe Fort.

"Sir, there are two beacon fires, and more than 500 Hu cavalry!"

Yang Mingwu, who was training cavalry, rode over and said in a deep voice.

"Abandon the tents and enter the fort!"

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes and gave the order.

The Hu cavalry did come, and this time was different from last time. Last time, they came with a large army and were at the border of the mountains, but this time they appeared directly near the border.

If there was a large army of Hu cavalry at Chongshan Pass, it would be impossible for him, as the defending officer, not to have received the news.

Following Yang Zhengshan's order, three hundred cavalrymen quickly followed Yang Zhengshan and rushed into the garrison.

At this time, two beacon smokes rose from the tower behind the garrison.

Yang Zhengshan, along with a group of officials, quickly came to the tower.

"Where is the enemy?" Yang Zhengshan asked the flag bearer on duty.

"My lord, over there!"

The small flag pointed to the northwest. Yang Zhengshan looked and saw hundreds of Hu cavalry galloping towards this side.

When the Hu cavalry entered the country, people were in panic. At this time, Yang Zhengshan was the backbone of Yinghe Fort. Not only Yinghe Fort, but also several other garrisons were the same!

What Yang Zhengshan was worried about was not the invasion of the Hu cavalry, because he had already anticipated it.

What he was worried about was whether Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu and Yang Chengche could withstand the pressure.

The three of them were garrison officers, but they were still young, none of them were more than twenty years old.

Faced with this situation, the most important thing is to stabilize the people's hearts and then defend the tunbu.

"Sir, they are trying to enter the country from our side!" Yang Mingwu looked at the Hu cavalry getting closer and closer, his face becoming more and more solemn.

Although Yinghe Fort is located in the Thousand Mountains, the surrounding terrain is relatively flat, with tall peaks to the west and rolling hills to the east.

However, if they want to enter from around Yinghe Fort, they have to cross the Yinghe River first.

At this time, the river surface was frozen and it was completely possible to run horses on the ice.

Yang Zhengshan looked down at the galloping Hu cavalry, his eyes flashing with brilliance.

"How many Hu cavalrymen are there?"

"About six hundred! There should be two Niulu!" Yang Mingwu replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, it was about the same as he estimated.

"Six hundred Hu cavalry! There are two hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry in the fort!"

"We have the strength to fight!"

he said softly.

"Sir, do you want to go out of the fort and fight in the field?" Yang Mingwu was a little worried.

The Hu cavalry are all elite cavalry, but what about them?

Even though they have been training for such a long time, they are not elite at all!
"They want to cross the river!" said Yang Zhengshan.

"And I'm worried about Chengze and the others! If we don't repel this group of Hu cavalry, we can't leave the fort. If we don't leave the fort, we won't know what's happening outside!"

"Hey!"

Under normal circumstances, the troops at Yinghe Fort would definitely not be a match for the six hundred Hu cavalry, but now they attacked them halfway across the river, preventing them from crossing.

And if they were allowed to enter the country, they would be trapped in the garrison.

After saying this, Yang Zhengshan acted decisively and directly ordered all the soldiers in the fort to be mobilized.

Soon, the whistle indicating assembly sounded in the garrison, and the soldiers who were originally guarding the city wall gathered in the training ground in front of the government office.

"Dad!" Yang Mingcheng saw Yang Zhengshan coming over with a crowd of people, and hurried forward. Yang Zhengshan said to him: "You take care of the family and be ready for battle at any time!"

He didn't say much, just left a few words, and led his troops out of the garrison under the worried gaze of Yang Mingcheng and others.

At this time, many military households in the garrison were silently watching them leave, including the Liu family.

Liu Yuanfu drooped his eyelids, held his pipe in his hand, and smoked intermittently.

"Dad! Let's go back!"

Liu Zhe said softly.

The Liu family are all scholars, and they can't help at all in fighting the enemy like this.

"Go and ask if there are any extra weapons and prepare a few swords and guns for the family!" Liu Yuanfu said.

Liu Zhe was stunned for a moment, then he understood what he meant and turned to walk towards the government office.

A moment later, he brought back six or seven somewhat worn long swords.

Liu Yuanfu took a knife and weighed it for a few times. "I haven't used a knife for more than ten years. My hands are weak!"

He was a civil servant, but he had served as governor and was in charge of military affairs in border towns.

Although he had never actually been on the battlefield, he was no stranger to warfare.

"Brothers, each of you should use a sword. If you can't kill the enemy, you can at least kill yourselves!"

"Humph, my Liu family only has warriors who died in battle, no cowards who surrendered!"

Liu Yuanfu glanced at his sons behind him with a serious look.

"Dad, we understand!"

Liu Zhe knew what he meant and would rather die than be humiliated.

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When Yang Zhengshan led his troops out of the fort and arrived at the river, the Hu cavalry from the opposite side just happened to come over, and the two armies faced each other across the river.

The river surface was completely frozen for dozens of meters, but some places might not have been frozen very solidly.

If you want to cross the river on the ice, you can't just gallop across recklessly. You have to dismount!

The two armies faced each other across the river, and Yang Zhengshan's eyes were fixed on a man in iron armor on the other side.

That should be the leader of the Hu cavalry on the opposite side. He looks to be under 40 years old and has the barbaric aura of the East China Sea Hu people.

I just don’t know whether this person is Niulu Ezhen or Jiala Ezhen.

A Niulu of the Donghai Hu tribe had about three hundred soldiers, five Niulu formed a Jiala, but there were only two Niulu of troops at the moment.

Yang Zhengshan can see the other party, and the other party can naturally see Yang Zhengshan as well.

Immediately afterwards, the man on the opposite side who was suspected to be Jiala Ezhen actually raised his bow and arrow and pointed it at Yang Zhengshan.

"Sir!" Yang Mingwu and Song Dashan hurried forward and stood in front of Yang Zhengshan.

"Get out of the way!" Yang Zhengshan said lightly.

Bow and arrow!

He is an acquired warrior, so what if he has a three-stone bow?
The quality of your bow will limit the power of your arrows.

This is also the reason why Yang Zhengshan has never practiced archery, because in the battle between warriors, especially those in the acquired realm, the power of the bow and arrow will be greatly reduced.

The other party was not unaware of this, but he still wanted to shoot him with a bow and arrow, not to kill him, but to humiliate him.

With a whoosh, the arrow flew towards him.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes and stared at the arrow.

The next moment, he slightly turned sideways and raised his hand to grab it.

It's not even a three-stone bow, at most it's twenty bows.

Such a bow could not break his gold-lacquered armor with mountain patterns.

Come and go without indecent!
Yang Zhengshan slowly pulled out a pistol, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

How could a bow and arrow be as powerful as his pistol?
Iron armor can block arrows, but can it block his pistol?
Riding on horseback, Yang Zhengshan just raised his hand and locked his eyes on Jiala Ezhen opposite him.

Seeing him like this, the people on the other side couldn't help but panic.

Someone was persuading Najala Ezhen to retreat.

"Shut up, he's just a weak Rong dog, how can I be afraid of him?"

The angry scolding could be heard across the river, and Yang Zhengshan could hear it.

With a whoosh, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard.

The snow-white spear light shot out like a bolt of lightning under the sunlight, followed by a dull thunder sound.

Throw the pistol with the power of Kui Niu!

This is a unique skill that Yang Zhengshan has practiced for a long time.

The speed of a pistol is naturally not comparable to that of a bow and arrow, and Yang Zhengshan's strength is not comparable to that of a longbow.

Now Yang Zhengshan’s power has reached a rather terrifying level.

I wouldn’t dare say I can lift 10,000 pounds, but I can lift 1,000 pounds with ease.

All that spiritual spring water wasn’t drunk in vain!
In the blink of an eye, the pistol had flown in front of Jiala'ezhen. Jiala'ezhen's strength seemed to be quite strong. He jumped up from the horse's back in the blink of an eye.

Yang Zhengshan watched him leaping in the air, a cunning gleam in his eyes.

Who said I was going to shoot you!
I'm going to shoot your horse!
The next moment, the pistol pierced into the back of the warhorse under Jiala'ezhen, and the pistol went through its abdomen.

Then with a bang, the powerful force actually knocked the warhorse to the ground.

Without knowing the other party's cultivation level, Yang Zhengshan could not guarantee that he could hit the other party.

Since there is no guarantee, there is no need to waste time.

Shoot the horse first before shooting the man.

As long as he could shoot the horse dead, he would be considered victorious, and the morale of his soldiers would be boosted.

(End of this chapter)