The distance from Kaiyang to Xiapi was more than five hundred li. From Xiapi to Shouchun was another five hundred li. If they were to pass through Runan, it would be a full one thousand five hundred li. Although the Lv Bu's Army had many cavalrymen, they could not withstand the exhaustion of the horses. Furthermore, it was very difficult for the carriages of the family members to move quickly.
Chen Deng had emptied the entire Guangling. The houses and fields that could not be moved were all turned into food, gold and war supplies by Chen Deng. Therefore, other than the four thousand warhorses brought by Liu Mang, there were also more than two thousand warhorses.
In terms of infantry, it could be said that Chen Deng had brought along those who were loyal to the Chen family but did not have a family, or those who abandoned their wives and children in order to repay the kindness of the Chen family. There were close to twenty thousand of them.
After Lv Bu kicked away those old, weak, sick and disabled, there were also close to fifteen thousand able-bodied men.
Lv Bu organized the five thousand old, weak, sick and disabled into a supply camp. Out of the fifteen thousand able-bodied men, two thousand of them who could ride horses were transferred back into the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. The originally organized Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was now left with less than a thousand men. The reason they were able to display their strength outside of Kaiyang was because of the existence of the Formation Breaker and the Xu Province soldiers. Therefore, under the leadership of a thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, they were able to display their strength.
Out of the fifteen thousand able-bodied men, two thousand were transferred to the cavalry. As for the remaining three thousand, Gao Shun took two thousand with him. His Formation Breaker needed to be reorganized. The Formation Breaker was already badly damaged and needed to be replenished. As for why he needed two thousand of the eight hundred Formation Breaker, it was because of the existence of those huge shields brought by Liu Mang. A total of five thousand shields, it was enough for Gao Shun to train five thousand Formation Breaker soldiers. If not for the lack of heavy armor, Gao Shun might have really needed five thousand men.
"What? Give me a thousand able-bodied men to form a new battalion?! "Liu Mang had just woken up and before he could react, Chen Gong had already brought Lv Bu's order.
"What's going on?!" Liu Mang didn't want to fight in this world. If it weren't for Lü Bu and the little guy beside him, Liu Mang would have left long ago. But even so, Liu Mang brought Lü Bu war horses and armor so that Lü Bu could fight at the front while he followed behind and enjoy his life. When he could, he would use his extra two thousand years of history to make a counterattack. If he couldn't, then forget it.
Now, he was actually being asked to lead his own battalion. What kind of situation was this? Why was he being asked to go to the battlefield? With his Battle Power of only 5, he would be instantly killed if he went up.
"You're forcing a duck onto a perch!" Liu Mang said helplessly. It wasn't like the Lvbu's Army didn't have any generals. Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were both Battle Generals.
"Gao Shun and Zhang Liao need to form a new Formation Breaker and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, so they don't have time!" Chen Gong said with a smile.
"Then what about Chen Deng?!" Liu Mang remembered that although Chen Deng was just a scholar, his Battle Power wasn't any worse than some second-rate Battle Generals. He could be said to be a Confucian General.
"Yuanlong. The remaining ten thousand people need to be led by Yuanlong!" Chen Gong continued to answer.
"Doesn't he have two Family Generals?" Liu Mang grasped the main point. He remembered that Chen Deng brought two Family Generals with him.
"That's right. One of the two family generals commanded five thousand spearmen, while the other commanded five thousand shieldbearers!" Chen Gong explained.
"You really want me to lead them? Can't you change it to someone else? "Liu Mang complained.
"This is Milord's intention. If you want to decline, you can talk to him personally!" Chen Gong said while holding back his laughter.
"Talk to Boss Lu personally?" If it was a day ago, Liu Mang would still dare to. But now, he wanted to escape whenever he saw Lü Bu. Why? Because Boss Lu was becoming more and more like a father-in-law. Whenever Liu Mang arrived, he would lecture him, from leading troops to family, and other miscellaneous things. He had the impulse to impart all his skills to Liu Mang.
"If that's the case, I'll leave first! Your thousand troops are in the camp. "
"Don't, don't, Old Man Chen!" Before Liu Mang could react, Chen Gong left.
"Damn it!" Liu Mang didn't have the energy to curse. He needed to quickly rush to the thousand men's camp. Lü Bu had ordered that if he didn't reach the camp, he would be punished by the Central Army.
Liu Mang spent a lot of effort to put on the Aries Sacred Cloth. When going to the camp, one couldn't wear ordinary clothes. Even a scholar needed to carry a sword. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the soldiers. Once the soldiers' morale was shaken, the consequences would be severe.
"Are these my soldiers?!" Liu Mang muttered to himself when he arrived. It wasn't that he hadn't led troops before. In Xiapi, he had led three hundred soldiers to rescue Lü Bu. But that was an emergency. The number of people was small, less than three hundred. Liu Mang could still take care of them. But a thousand, hehe!
Liu Mang could only chuckle because there were a bunch of people looking at him. Liu Mang's scalp tingled.
"Your Majesty, you're here!" Liu Mang also saw an acquaintance. Wasn't the one who cupped his fist towards him, Cheng Yu? He didn't die in the Battle of Kaiyang. That was why Lü Bu arranged him to be Liu Mang's assistant under Liu Mang.
"Good, very good!" Liu Mang didn't know what to say. There were eighty-five people standing behind Cheng Yu. Liu Mang knew all of them. They were his subordinates from Xiapi. A thousand pairs of eyes were staring at him. Liu Mang was flustered. He could only imitate those big shots on TV.
"Your Majesty is overpraising me!" Liu Mang was the appointed young lord of the Lvbu's Army. That was why Chengyu was very happy to receive Liu Mang's praise. Not to mention other things, just Liu Mang's title as the King Of Shu was enough to make these soldiers revere him.
Liu Mang took a deep breath. A thousand pairs of eyes were standing below him. That was also a thousand lives. Liu Mang thought that his heart should have cooled down after experiencing several great battles. But when he saw those honest eyes, his heart softened again.
The soldiers that Chen Deng brought with him might have been farmers or peddlers in the past. They didn't ask for much. They just wanted to have a place in this chaotic world, to have food to eat, and to be able to survive.
An incompetent general would exhaust an army to death. These were all his subordinates now. He had to be responsible for their future and their lives.
Liu Mang took a deep breath and said, "Soldiers, you may or may not know me. But today, I want to tell you that I am Liu Mang. From today onwards, I will be your general. I will lead you to the battlefield. Perhaps you will never see the smiling face you see today again. Perhaps after a battle, the arms and legs that originally accompanied you will disappear. But what I want to tell you is that I, Liu Mang, can't promise you that you won't die on the battlefield. But I can clearly tell you that as long as you are alive, I will not abandon you. We will live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together! "
"Live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together?!" Chengyu stood aside and was stunned. He was the King Of Shu. He was the young lord. He actually shouted 'live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together'? You should know that those standing below were just a group of ordinary soldiers, a group of civilians.
"Oh no!" Liu Mang also realized the mistake in his words. There were only two ways to say 'live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together'. One was when they became sworn brothers, and the other was when they rebelled. If you wanted others to fight for you, you had to say these words. Otherwise, who would fight for you? But how many people had actually shared riches and honor together? They could live and die together, but not share riches and honor together.
What Liu Mang and Chengyu didn't expect was that once Liu Mang said these words, there would be an uproar. They loudly shouted, "We pledge our lives to follow the general! We pledge our lives to follow the general!" How many generals could say 'live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together'? In the eyes of a general, soldiers might be the capital for promotion, or it might be the capital for strength.
If it was wrong, then it was wrong! Liu Mang made up his mind and shouted, "Live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together, and we will share riches and honor together!" “
Perhaps Liu Mang's words infected these soldiers. They also shouted along with Liu Mang, "Live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together!"
This voice was heard by the entire camp.
Lü Bu was looking at the map in the tent. He was the commander-in-chief of an army, so he naturally had to know the route. Now that he suddenly heard this voice, he hurriedly called a soldier to inquire.
"Hanyang?!" Lü Bu soon found out where the voice came from. Lü Bu's eyes flashed as he muttered to himself, "Live and die together, and we will share riches and honor together?!" Ah, Hanyang, just how big is your ambition?
The other generals also heard this voice. Their expressions were complicated, and no one knew what they were thinking.
The Great Han Dynasty's army actually shouted the slogan of a rebel.
(PS: Pig Feet is leading the army, 1000 is the standard. The next plot is to seize territory, please vote, vote, vote)
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