Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 320 Boosting Morale

Seeing this scene in front of them, everyone could not help but be stunned.

Even Gao Mei was completely shocked by Zhao Mu's move.

And King Zhongxiao lay directly on the city wall to watch. If Hu Yanjin hadn't caught his father in time, he might have fallen off the city wall.

King Zhongxiao has been fighting for the Song Dynasty since he was twenty years old, and his military career has been for most of his life. He has never seen such exaggerated shooting skills. Even General Di Qing couldn't do what Zhao Mu did.

Not to mention Di Qing, even if Yang Youji was still alive, Xue Rengui, the three-arrow Dingtian Mountain master, might not be so exaggerated when he comes back.

Qiao Feng also praised: "My dear brother, you are good at archery! It is not easy for ordinary archers to be able to shoot from a distance of 150 steps. It is a miracle for warriors with high internal strength, such as Princess Huyan, to be able to shoot from a distance of 300 steps." Shoot. But the distance of the arrow just fired by my dear brother is probably five hundred steps away. And the power is no less than that of a machine gun and a heavy crossbow. My dear brother, you are truly a god!"

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Brother, that's ridiculous. It's just a little trick. Since the other party has set up camp, let's test the quality of the Liao soldiers first."

Zhao Mu turned back to look at King Zhongxiao and said: "Your Majesty! Beat the drums and gather the generals! All my men and horses, whether on foot or on horseback, will follow me out of the city to meet the enemy!"

Before everyone could wake up from Zhao Mu's magic shot just now, they heard Zhao Mu's desperate order.

Zhao Mu continued: "Although I am good at fighting, I don't know anything about commanding troops and arranging troops. I will leave it to you to organize troops and prepare for the battle."

Zhao Mu looked around at everyone and said, "You guys, do you dare to go out of the city to fight with me?"

Hu Yanjin looked at his father with a smile and said: "This is natural. I have admired Marshal Mu of Tianbo Mansion since I was a child, and I have always wanted to be the second Marshal Mu. When my father taught his brother the art of war, I often studied with him. If I hadn't been born as a girl, I would have joined the army long ago."

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "It's just a small test. We don't need so many people. Princess Huyan, you are a general, so you should be proficient in the deployment of troops and horses."

When the four elders of the Beggar Clan saw this, they all looked at me and you. Everyone murmured in their hearts that although the general's bravery was crowned the three armies, formation of troops was also a compulsory course.

Zhao Mu said to the others: "As for the others, please stay in the city to watch the battle."

Qiao Feng said with a smile: "It is true that women are not inferior to men. Dear brother, foolish brother is also willing to have a life with you."

The fourth elder of the Beggar Clan has been fighting for half his life, and he has never seen a coach who can't organize his troops. They all doubted whether Zhao Mu was reliable.

King Zhongxiao came to his senses and said: "There are more than 100,000 Liao troops on the opposite side. King Zhongshan, you have only three thousand infantry and cavalry. If you go out of the city to fight in the field, you will be surrounded by the enemy's cavalry before long. At that time, there will be no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. King Zhongshan must not take any risks and let his majesty entrust him."

Duan Yu could only sigh after hearing his wife's words.

Duan Yu also said at this time: "I am also willing to go."

Gao Mei clasped her hands and replied, "It's better for me to go. My husband is my father's only son. Before I left, my father gave me many instructions not to take risks."

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "There is nothing dangerous, I know it well." Then Zhao Mu looked at the sun above his head, and then continued, "The weather is good today, and I am in a good mood. I will accompany these Liao people first. People have fun.”

Hu Yanjin was the first to stand up and said, "Of course I dare!"

Then the four people of Mei Lan, Zhu Ju and A'Zhu also stepped forward.

Zhao Mu said: "Okay!" After saying that, Zhao Mu handed the Pearl Flag of his army into Hu Yanjin's hands.

King Zhongxiao had no choice but to make Zhao Mu the biggest here. So they beat drums and gathered the generals.

Not long after, all the sergeants in Xiongzhou Pass gathered on the school ground.

Zhao Mu, on the other hand, stood on the handsome platform and looked at the sergeants on the school field. Zhao Mu just glanced at it, and it was clear at a glance whether the elite or the noisy ones were the same. The elite soldiers he brought with him were all tall and imposing. And the miscellaneous soldiers guarding the pass were like eggplants beaten by frost.

Zhao Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the state of mind of the Song Dynasty's border troops.

However, Zhao Mu also prepared a secret weapon, and now he asked these soldiers to cheer up.

Zhao Mu stood on the stage of the Song Dynasty and began his passionate pre-war speech. These were also the words he pondered along the way.

Zhao Mu's speech was highly nationalistic and incendiary, in which he denounced the Liao Kingdom's shameless brutality and persecution of the Han people. And for hundreds of years, the Han people lived without dignity under the oppression of the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Mu told these Han soldiers how glorious the ancestors of the Han people were, and how they made all the barbarians surrender during the Han and Tang Dynasties. How excellent the Han people are. What we want to pursue is not just a morsel of military rations, but also the glory and dignity of our ancestors and so on.

He told them the allusion that one Han is like five barbarians. Liao people are also raised by their parents. If they are cut with a knife, they will die.

This highly inflammatory speech soon made the soldiers excited, and they all remembered the hatred between the country and the family over the years. It also psychologically dispelled their fear of Liao soldiers.

When King Zhongxiao, Qiao Feng, Gao Mei, and Hu Yanjin saw Zhao Mu, they cheered up the low morale of the Song army with just one mouthful.

Qiao Feng smiled at this time and said: "Haha, your eloquent skills are still as good as before."

Zhao Mu saw that the effect of his speech was good and that it dispelled the soldiers' fear and was very satisfied with the current results.

However, if you want to fully motivate the soldiers, just a few empty words will not do. I need something more tempting.

After Zhao Mu finished his speech, he clapped his hands.

Then the four of them, Mei Lan, Zhu Ju and a group of sergeants, carried several large boxes up.

At this time, Hu Yanjin asked A'Zhu next to her: "Sister A'Zhu, what is contained in this? These things are personally guarded by the Sijian sisters along the way, and no one can see them. What important things are they? ?”

A'Zhu replied: "It's money! A lot of money!"

"A lot of money?" Hu Yanjin murmured.

"Why did he bring so much money when he went out to fight? Didn't the court provide him with food and salary?" Hu Yanjin asked.

A'Zhu smiled and said: "The food and salary are issued by the court, but the money from my husband is used to motivate the soldiers."

While the two were talking, Zhao Mu had already opened all these boxes.

It was now mid-afternoon, and the sun was still shining brightly above our heads. The moment the box was opened, each box emitted a dazzling light under the sunlight.

The sergeants in the front row even used their hands to cover their eyes. The sudden bright light really dazzled their eyes.

When a floating cloud floated above the sky and blocked the sunlight, everyone slowly opened their eyes.

I saw these large boxes filled with neatly arranged gold and silver.

These gold and silver are all silver and gold ingots of the same standard. Each one is stacked neatly. The boxes Zhao Mu brought this time were worth a total of five hundred thousand taels of silver.

In Zhao Mu's eyes, these five hundred thousand taels of silver were worth more than two hundred thousand soldiers.

(End of this chapter)