Chapter 77 (1/2)

Guangzong city government barracks.

In the distance, smoke and dust filled the air, and a thousand iron cavalry gathered into a black torrent, and the four hoofs of the horses galloped on the ground, making a shocking sound. Among the thousands of troops, the most powerful one held a military flag with a large Li character on it.

Lu Zhi led the elite Han army. Naturally, he had noticed this cavalry. For a moment, he did not know his enemy or friend. Zheng Tong did not dare to let this cavalry in.

With long bows and arrow pots on their backs, thousands of archers boarded the city head orderly, exposing their upper bodies along the line. They drew out their arrows and put them on the long bows. Their sharp arrows aimed at the cavalry troops outside the city.

After the gate of the village, the northern army officers and men had already placed the horses and antlers to buy the second line of defense after breaking the gate. After more than 1000 long Gunners resisted the horses and deer horns, the sharps who had experienced the war were not the same. Their hands holding the gun were firmly on the horse, waiting for the attack.

Li Ying's nose was deep, and his beard went round his chin from his lips. His deep eyes frowned when he saw the closely arranged Han Army on the walls of the village.

”Stop!”

The Xiliang iron horse had been practising for a long time and was forbidden to do so. After galloping forward for a certain distance by inertia, the horses stopped in the direction of 300 steps away from the military stronghold. The effective range of the step bow is within 300 steps, and the best range is within 200 steps.

”Go, pass on the identity.”

Li Zhen gave the same thing to his close soldiers. The soldiers galloped out of the army and rushed to the front of the military stronghold tens of paces. There is a saying that the two armies do not kill envoys when they are fighting. Even if they are enemies, archers on the head of the stronghold can't release their arrows easily.

”My captain is a general under the command of governor Dong of Hedong. He took over the northern army at the order of emperor Tianzi.”

Hearing this, Zheng Tong stood at the head of the village and called out, ”can you have a token to exchange generals in front of the battle?”

The soldier took out a thing from his arms and saw that it was a half of a tiger made of copper and iron, which was divided into two pieces from the middle. The soldier held half of the tiger in his hand, with words engraved on its surface. This is called the tiger talisman for dispatching troops. It is the certificate held by the ancient general when he went out to fight. The general who went out of the country held half of it, and the monarch held half of it at home. At that time, xinlingjun saved Zhao by stealing the Hufu from the king of Wei, which enabled him to mobilize his troops.

Zheng Tong frowned and waved.

The gate of the village could not be closed, but a basket hung down from the wall of the village. A Han army was suspended in the basket. He trotted to the cavalry, reached for the tiger talisman, ran into the basket and was pulled up. Then he knelt down on one knee and presented his hands to Zheng Tong.

Zheng Tong's left hand already had half of the tiger talisman, and his right hand gently took it over. He pressed the two tigers together and only heard a click. The two tigers matched and became a tiger amulet.

Since Hufu test was successful, it was not an enemy but a friend outside the village gate. Therefore, Zheng Tong ordered: ”withdraw the horse deer antlers and open the village gate.”

The archer holding the bow and arrow at the head of the city put the arrow back into the arrow pot, and the long bow was slung on his back. The long gunner at the bottom folded his weapons and moved the horses and antlers away from both sides.

With an obscure squeak, the gates of the two villages opened slowly, and the strong military stronghold was no longer a barrier for Xiliang iron cavalry.

With a smile on his face and a wave of his arm, a cheering voice broke out among a thousand ironriders, mixed with the voice of the Han nationality and Qiang people. Then a thousand iron cavalry winds rushed into the Han Army camp, and Li arranged dozens of Pro guards to guard at the gate of the village, waiting for Dong Zhuo's follow-up troops.

The generals of Zheng Tong's northern army were waiting in the camp, and the atmosphere was cool. After all, Lu Zhihai was famous in the camp, but Dong Taishou was unheard of. It was said that most of his generals and soldiers were of Qiang nationality and Hu nationality, so the northern army generals did not think much of him.

And outside the camp.

Li Li Li stood outside the camp gate, with dozens of Pro guards motionless. A gust of strong wind blew, and his cloak suddenly floated behind him. The dust filled his eyes and narrowed his eyes.