Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 318 Everyone Can Read

The cavalrymen on their horses quickly took off their round shields from their backs and held them in front of them without slowing down.

There was a crackling sound, and dozens of horses in the cavalry fell over.

The other war horses were not affected at all and continued to accelerate and charge.

The second round of arrows fell, the border archers retreated, and the cavalry rushed out from the middle.

The elite are the elite, and every move they make is in accordance with the rules.

The cavalry of both sides approached each other rapidly.

When they were about fifty steps away, there was a sudden sound of bowstring tension from the Qingshui cavalry.

Countless crossbow arrows pierced into the border cavalry.

The cavalry charging in the front made a loud rumbling noise, and countless horses fell over.

The crossbow arrows continued to fly, and the cavalrymen were hit and fell to the ground one after another.

At a distance of just fifty steps, the charging Qingshui cavalry fired three rounds of crossbow arrows.

Hundreds of elite cavalry from the border troops were shot down.

This moment alone frightened the cavalry behind them. After a moment of hesitation, they were swept away by the torrent and lost their direction.

The Qingshui cavalry was like a tiger descending from a mountain. The huge impact force knocked the elite border troops dizzy.

The steel knife slashed wildly, and blood splattered everywhere.

Others held crossbows in one hand and shot arrows from time to time.

This made it difficult for the elite border troops, who had not been on the battlefield for a long time, to adapt and gradually be unable to resist.

Cui Yong's 3,000 elite troops were smashed to pieces and completely routed by Qingshui's 5,000 cavalry in less than half a quarter of an hour.

Soon, the Qingshui cavalry submerged the border troops in the flood.

Further behind them were Song Yi's two thousand elite cavalry, and Kong Jin and Li Yu's four thousand guards cavalry.

They only held out for less than a quarter of an hour before collapsing.

Because the Qingshui Army cavalry on both wings had already rushed to the front, the border army cavalry lost confidence.

The entire battlefield became one-sided.

Cui Yong, Song Yi and others who were standing behind immediately saw the border troops being defeated and were trying their best to call on their generals to come forward and supervise the battle.

But he forgot about the pursuers behind him, who also rushed to him.

There was no way, the Qingshui cavalry were everywhere in front, behind, and on both sides.

Song Yi waved his hand and asked the guards around him to protect the general and help him break through.

Nearly a thousand people found a direction with weak troops and began to attack with all their might to break out.

After much difficulty they managed to rush out, and as they were galloping on horseback they ran head-on into Hu Jincai's 500-strong guards.

A burst of crossbow arrows flew everywhere, and a thousand cavalrymen were immediately scattered.

Each of them surrounded his own general and fled in different directions into the wilderness.

The entire battle lasted less than half an hour, and nearly 10,000 elite border troops were torn to pieces by the Qingshui Legion.

It split into countless small pieces and gradually disappeared among the Qingshui Army's cavalry.

More than 20,000 soldiers who surrendered from the border troops have been dispersed and transported to various military camps.

The first wave of twenty or thirty border soldiers who surrendered from Yueying, led by Tao Jinwang, were specially sent to Lingdouzi Castle.

Lin Feng wanted to meet these soldiers in person and commend them for their bravery in crossing the camp and surrendering, and their wise behavior of abandoning darkness and joining the light.

Set up a model in the army so that all surrendered border troops can learn from it.

The Qingshui cavalry responsible for transporting them walked around in a very loose manner, without any atmosphere of escort at all.

Tao Jinwang and others were in a relaxed mood and followed them to the foot of Lingdouzi Castle.

I have heard for a long time that the city walls here are high and the moats are deep, and the buildings are magnificent and grand.

They stayed in the camp all day and had no chance to leave.

So, when I saw the huge city gate tower in front of me, I was shocked.

They looked like a bunch of country people coming to the city.

When they entered the castle gate, they were once again shocked by the cleanliness of the city.

Not only are the buildings neat and uniform, but the streets, corners, walls, roofs and everything else give people a unique sense of cleanliness and neatness.

Tao Jinwang asked his two brothers with wide eyes.

"We came to Lingdouzi when we were little, right?"

Tao Erhu nodded vigorously: "I've been here many times."

Tao Dazhuang said in a muffled voice: "My mother's aunt's cousin's husband's sister is from this village."

Tao Jinwang glared and said, "If you say that, then General Lin is also the cousin of my father's cousin's aunt's third nephew."

Another border soldier following behind them interrupted.

"Forget it, if you hadn't told me this was Lingdouzi, I would have thought I had entered the capital."

"Ah, bah, have you ever been to the capital?"

"Let alone the capital, he has never even been to Qingshui County."

The Qingshui soldiers walking beside them ignored what they said and sent them to a military camp.

After the handover, dozens of people were arranged into a barracks.

They had a full meal that night. After days of eating bland food, they finally had some dry food and some big slices of fat meat.

Everyone was so full that they held their stomachs and kept saying how satisfying it was.

Tao Jinwang sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, picking his teeth with a straw.

"How about it, brothers? You haven't suffered any loss by following me, right?"

A soldier shouted loudly.

"Hey, Brother Tao is truly a god. I will definitely not suffer any loss if I follow you."

"Brother Tao is awesome."

"As expected of Lord Jiazheng, you are truly remarkable, and your vision is truly venomous."

"It's not poison, it's a thief."

"You have a thief's eye. You want to steal everything you see."

"You're the fucking thief."

He was originally trying to flatter Tao Jinwang, but as they were talking they started to fight.

Tao Jinwang slapped the edge of the kang hard.

"Shut up, everyone! Being uneducated is terrifying! Have you heard that everyone in the Qingshui Army can read?"

Everyone looked confused.

After a moment of silence, someone shook his head.

"I don't believe it. Brother Tao, if you say that most of the Qingshui Army can read, then that's fine. But if you say that all of them can read, that's an exaggeration."

"Boy, you don't believe it, right?"

"I wouldn't believe it even if you kill me."

"Okay, just wait for death."

A soldier squeezed forward from the corner of the wall.

"Hey, Brother Tao, can we eat meals like this in the future?"

This question was asked by everyone with great concern.

Tao Jinwang chuckled: "Well, you really know how to grasp the key points. This question hits the nail on the head."

Everyone stared at him without blinking.

"Brother Tao, please tell me, is this true or not?"

Tao Jinwang bit the straw and glanced at everyone with a smug look on his face.

"To be honest..."

Only when everyone held their breath did Tao Jinwang lower his voice.

"I don't know either."

"whispering sound..."

Everyone immediately looked at each other with disdain and dispersed, each finding a comfortable place to lie down or recline.

Tao Jinwang said disdainfully: "Don't forget who we are. Before we are officially recognized, we are all captives, okay?"

Tao Erhu continued, "Yes, how can we treat prisoners as prisoners and feed them meat every meal?"

Tao Dazhuang was unconvinced: "It's all said on the loudspeaker, we guarantee you'll be well fed."

"Yes, if you can join the army, you will be paid."

Tao Jinwang's face darkened: "Don't mention military pay."

Everyone fell silent immediately.

They all knew that military pay was too far away from them.

After a while, Tao Jinwang clapped his hands.

"Tomorrow, stand up straight, everyone! If you want to join the Qingshui Corps, you can't do it with your useless appearance."

A soldier said disdainfully, "I've been a soldier for five years. Even if they are strict, I can't be considered a veteran for five years."

Tao Jinwang shook his head: "Don't even mention your five years in the army. I heard that those who used to be generals and centurions were all sent to be laborers, and some even went back home to farm."

"Brother, you won't be so strict, right?"

Tao Jinwang curled his lips.

"Not strict? Do you have no ears or eyes? Didn't you see that they have 5,000 men and horses, heading towards our camp?"

As he spoke, he glanced around and stretched out four fingers.

"Of the 40,000 border troops, not a single one dared to leave the camp to fight."