"General, please spare my life! Please spare my life!" The City Guard had three thousand men. Liu Mang gave two thousand men to Huang Zhong and Liu Kai's son. Together with the Liu family's private soldiers, they would clear the South and North Gates. Liu Mang would lead the remaining one thousand men to the West Gate.
How could these private soldiers be a match for the City Guard? They were defeated at the first touch. They were busy burning, killing, and looting. Even if they had the strength to fight, they would lose their strength in this violent carnival.
Liu Mang's City Guard was like a hot knife through butter. Along the way, some were killed, some were scattered, and most of them surrendered. Unfortunately, Liu Mang's order was to kill all of them. Therefore, these private soldiers were unlucky. On the surface, the City Guard was shouting that they would not kill those who surrendered. However, once they threw down their weapons, they would immediately kill them. Those who were killed directly were lucky. Most of them had their bellies cut open or their waists cut open. They would not be able to live, but they would not die immediately. Their screams could be heard by half of the city.
This was not Liu Mang's cruelty. It was the spontaneous behavior of these City Guard.
Was the West Gate in front? Unknowingly, they have already crossed more than half of the city. If they continue forward, they will reach the West Gate. Liu Mang and his troops are the fastest. Because Huang Zhong and his troops had to clear the South Gate and North Gate, they were delayed.
"Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong!" Liu Mang's warhorse suddenly neighed. The ground trembled. The City Guard was no longer the same as before. Without Liu Mang's order, a thousand City Guard quickly gathered.
This kind of tremor could only be caused by elite soldiers running on a large scale.
Liu Mang picked up the binoculars in his hand. Sure enough, in the direction of the West Gate, groups of soldiers wearing black clothes and heavy armor were rushing towards the City Guard.
Their black clothes were darker than the Lvbu's Army's uniform.
"Who is this?!" Liu Mang frowned. This kind of heavy armor and military formation was something that only the elites would have. Since when did these landowning households' private soldiers have such combat power? Even Sun Cejun's troops were mostly good at water battles. They had never seen a heavy armored infantry battle before.
Liu Mang was right. Sun Cejun didn't have such heavy infantry. These heavy infantry came from the Zhou Family of Shucheng, the Black Flag Army! This was built by the Zhou Family with all their wealth. Every soldier of the Black Flag Army was nurtured from a young age. Out of the 5,000 orphans, only these 3,000 soldiers were left. The rest had all died during training.
The heavy armor of the Black Flag Army was also built by the Zhou Family. The iron mine in Shucheng had always been occupied by the Zhou Family. After decades, they only had 3,000 sets of armor.
Originally, the Zhou Family of the Black Flag Army was reserved for Sun Cejun to use in order to increase the weight of the Zhou Family in the Jiangdong Group. Unfortunately, before they could officially join Sun Cejun, this kind of situation happened and they were pulled to Wancheng City.
"Heavy armored infantry!" The only heavy armored infantry that Liu Mang had encountered before was the Formation Breaker. The Formation Breaker had 800 soldiers and 8000 of them. On Lang Ye Road, the Formation Breaker gave Liu Mang a big shock. The Formation Breaker was already full, but it was able to withstand the siege of Chen Deng's 10,000 soldiers. If it wasn't for the purpose of luring the enemy, perhaps the Formation Breaker would have been able to defeat the 8000 spearmen.
Liu Mang didn't know the strength of the heavy armored infantry in front of him, but looking at their neat footwork, he knew that they were not to be trifled with.
"Report! The Lvbu's Army is in the front! "Zhou Cheng didn't have Liu Mang's binoculars, so he could only rely on the scouts and the vanguard to report.
"Finally?" Zhou Cheng's eyes flashed. "How many people are there?" If it was the King Of Shu's City Guard and the Liu family's private soldiers, then it would be best if they could all be dealt with at once.
"Less than 1500 people!" The scout replied.
"1500? They divided their troops? " Zhou Cheng really didn't think that the Lü Bu's son-in-law would dare to divide his troops. According to the information he received, the Lvbu's Army and the Liu family's private soldiers had more than 8000 people. Now there were only 1500 people, so the rest must have divided their troops to attack the North Gate and the South Gate.
"Nephew Zhou, we have something to do, so we will take our leave first!" When he heard that there were only 1500 people, how could he not know that they had divided their troops? The South Gate and the North Gate were in the hands of the He family and the Yu family. If they were really breached, then the two families would be the ones to suffer losses. Those private soldiers were already the limit of what they could take out. If they lost these private soldiers, then even if Wancheng city was breached, they would not be able to get a share of the cake.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave!" Lin family was responsible for the West Gate. Now that the West Gate was in their hands, and there were also 3000 heavy armored infantry. Just looking at them made people salivate. With them here, the West Gate was impregnable. Lin Feng couldn't wait for the He family and the Yu family to suffer heavy losses. Now that the Liu family had rebelled, if the Yu family and the He family suffered heavy losses, then the number one family in Wancheng city would be his Lin family!
"Humph!" He family's head and Yu Zheng coldly snorted. Zhou Cheng waved his hand and let them leave. The three of them didn't stop together.
"Goodbye!" The two hurriedly mounted their horses and galloped toward their respective city walls.
"Heavy armored infantry? Haha! " Liu Mang sneered. "What a big move!" If these heavy armored infantry appeared on the battlefield, then naturally the Formation Breaker and the Bingzhou Wolf cavalry would be able to deal with them. Now that they appeared in Wancheng city, then I, Liu Mang, will send you to hell!
"Formation!" Chengyu had followed Liu Mang for a long time. Naturally, he knew what Liu Mang was thinking. With a command, the 1000 City Guard immediately formed a Macedonian phalanx.
"Very neat military formation!" Zhou Cheng looked at the City Guard in front of him and said. "We should also show off, we can't let them down! Formation! "
"Shua shua shua!" The movement of the black-clothed army in front of him made Liu Mang surprised. The City Guard was able to quickly form a formation because the City Guard only practiced one formation. But the black-clothed army in front of him was a heavy armored infantry. The armor on their body weighed around 50 Jin. Their defense was very strong, but it was very cumbersome. To be able to quickly form a formation while carrying such heavy armor, they were already beyond the scope of ordinary elites.
But so what if they were strong! Liu Mang rode his horse to the front of the Macedonian phalanx. "Brothers, tell me, tell me, tell me, the enemy is a heavy armored infantry. Their number is several times more than ours. We can't even penetrate their armor. Now tell me, are you afraid?"
"Not afraid, not afraid!" The City Guard shouted in unison.
"Not afraid?!" Liu Mang sneered. "How can you not be afraid? Look at your palms, they are all wet. Look at your forehead, they are all sweating! You say you are not afraid? Even I am afraid, but you say you are not afraid! "
As soon as Liu Mang said this, the soldiers below showed a trace of timidity. Among the 3,000 City Guard, there were only a few hundred people who could be considered as veterans. And Liu Mang only brought one-third of the 3,000.
"Afraid, of course we can be afraid! But we have a choice! "Liu Mang shouted." Do you still remember Mt. Bagong! In front of us were the Yu Province Cavalry, behind us were Chen Lan and Lei Bo. We had no place to retreat. Brothers, you all know about that war. But most of you were only protected at that time. You were cowards and fearful, so you were slaughtered and chased. Even many of your fellow countrymen died in my hands! "
Every word Liu Mang said made these City Guard soldiers lower their heads. The current City Guard was no longer composed of the original 1,000 strong soldiers. Instead, it was composed of the supply troops who survived the battle of Mt. Bagong and the remaining old City Guard soldiers.
Those who were assigned as supply troops were basically the second line of the army. Those who were skilled in a particular field were selected to be part of the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry. The rest were either some old foxes or some old, weak, sick or disabled people.
The reason why Liu Mang let them join the City Guard was because in the battle of Mt. Bagong, the old, weak, sick, and disabled people were all killed. Out of the 8,000 supply troops, only 3,000 escaped from the massacre of the Yu Province Wolf Cavalry. More than 1,000 were killed by Liu Mang. Those who survived were those who had been on the battlefield or were clever. In the last battle, they abandoned their last timidity and directly fought with the bandits led by Chen Lan. This showed that their courage was still there.
And this was what Liu Mang's City Guard needed.
"I congratulate you all for being able to survive! But don't forget, your lives were exchanged with the lives of those 432 brothers. Today, the same situation will happen again. You are facing 3,000 heavy armored soldiers. If you are afraid, if you are scared, I won't blame you for getting out of the City Guard as soon as possible. Because keeping you alive will only increase the merits of the enemy! If you are not afraid and dare to fight, I, Liu Mang, cannot guarantee that you will win. But I, Liu Mang, can guarantee that I, Liu Mang, will not stand behind you. I will live and die with you, and share riches and honor with you! "
"Live and die together, and share riches and honor with you!" These City Guard's eyes emitted a kind of red light. This kind of light was only seen in the eyes of Lü Bu's wolves.
"Boosting morale? I will tell you that in the face of absolute strength, everything is futile! "Zhou Cheng coldly snorted and raised his hand.
"All troops attack!" Two voices, two forces, and two beliefs clashed.
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