C60 In a Few Words Make a Promise

Dong, dong, dong! Dong, dong, dong!

Every half an incense stick of time, the Gathered General Drum would beat the drum once. Three incense sticks of time later, all the soldiers of White Horse Camp were standing orderly on the main arena, staring intently at the stage. In the process of assembling, there was a small disturbance in the middle of the first infantry phalanx on the left, and one of the soldiers stumbled and fell, then quickly stood up.

On the high platform, Gongsun Kang, who was standing side by side with Gongsun Xu, had a drastic change in expression. Not to mention the combat prowess of the people in White Horse Camp, even in the entire Liaodong, including his father Gongsun Du's elite cavalry, there was not a single team that could compare to him! He was certain that these people from the White Horse Camp were here for a temporary gathering. It was because today was the day where the White Horse Camp was resting, and it was precisely because he had impulsively requested to watch the training of the White Horse Camp that Gongsun Xu had beaten the drum for the gathering. Besides, even if they did say hello to each other, this gathering speed could definitely be considered as a strong army!

Gongsun Xu frowned and shouted, "Someone come!"

"Please give me your instructions, General!" Gongsun Yi, who was standing behind the stage, quickly walked up.

"Over there." Gongsun Xu pointed at the place where the small disturbance happened. "Go ask Yan Rou what happened just now!"

"Here!" Gongsun Yi quickly walked down from the stage and ran towards the square formation led by Yan Rou.

"Isn't Zi Minxiong too strict?" Gongsun Kang couldn't help but ask as he suppressed the shock in his heart.

Gongsun Xu sighed, "Brother Heming doesn't know about this, but my White Horse Camp has always emphasized on the formation of groups. If there is a mistake on the battlefield, the entire formation might collapse, so we must be strict!"

"So that's how it is." Gongsun Kang was suddenly enlightened, but his heart was even more shocked. He wanted such a strict army, just how much combat power did they have?

While they were talking, Gongsun Yi ran over and shouted, "General, one of the soldiers just now was a bit slow. He was stepped on by someone behind him, so he fell to the ground!"

Gongsun Xu said coldly, "Those who fall will be punished ten times, those who step on the staff will be punished five times, to make an example for others!"

"Here!" Gongsun Yi ran over to give the order, and the two unlucky fellows were quickly pulled out and pressed onto the ground to fight.

Gongsun Kang was confused, "May I ask Zi Minxiong, since the one who fell was a step too slow, why did he also scold the one who stepped on the wall?"

Gongsun Xu smiled and said: "Brother and son, as I said before, White Horse Camp is in the end in a line. There was no other reason but to take good care of your own footsteps and pay attention to the footsteps of your fellow disciples! Just now, the one who stepped on the target only needed to stay a little longer to be unable to step on the person in front of him, but he didn't do so.

Gongsun Kang was silent, a strong sense of danger welled up within him. The father and son duo had already succeeded in ceding the Liaodong, and were constantly thinking of ways to advance eastward. Now that the Youzhou had such a powerful army, wouldn't it be useless to advance eastward? The west side of the Liaodong had the Wuhuan of Liaoxi and Gongsun Zan, the east side had the Korea, the north side had the support, and the south side had the vast ocean. Once the road to the east was completely blocked off, the best outcome would be to stay in Liaodong for a few more decades. Once the Central Plains Court stabilized, how could they tolerate the Liaodong continuing to stay in one direction? I can't just take over Korea and make myself into a king, hmm? Gongsun Kang's heart skipped a beat when he thought of this, and his expression changed.

Gongsun Xu asked with concern, "Is Brother Heming not feeling well?"

"It's nothing, I just accidentally inhaled a breath of the cold wind."

"This place is close to the sea, the winter sea breeze is very strong, it's very different from the Liaodong, Brother Heming should pay more attention." Gongsun Xu seemed to be concerned about Gongsun Kang, but he was using the sea breeze to imply that Gongsun Kang was weak. His intention was to say that the Youzhou's military might was stronger than the Liaodong's.

"Haha." Gongsun Kang laughed, "Thank you for Zi Minxiong's concern. My body is always strong. No matter how strong Sea Breeze is, I won't be afraid!"

Unknowingly, the two of them had once again exchanged blows in secret, and couldn't help but laugh out loud at each other.

Just then, Zhao Yun galloped his horse to the bottom of the stage, cupped his fists and said: "Reporting to General, White Horse Camp has already finished forming the team. Please give the order, General!"

Gongsun Xu waved his hand: "Carry out a daily drill!"

"Here!" Zhao Yun accepted the order and left.

Gongsun Kang asked curiously, "May I ask Zi Minxiong, what are the daily drills that White Horse Camp has?"

Gongsun Xu said lightly, "The infantry unit runs for thirty miles, the cavalry unit practices chopping wooden stakes for three hundred times, and the archers for eighty steps away from the target for sixty shots. Only by hitting the target fifty-five times can it be counted as qualified."

"What!" Gongsun Kang was extremely shocked. This kind of drills intensity was beyond his imagination. If he could pull out any random army from the Liaodong, doing half of them would already be very good!

In fact, Gongsun Kang did not know that Gongsun Xu had not told him the truth. According to the training rules of White Horse Camp, besides running forty miles in a row, he also had to practice assassination five hundred times every day. Apart from practicing hacking and riding, the cavalry troops also had to practice shooting on their horses. The days of leisurely watching the infantry practice in the square formation were long gone.

Gongsun Kang suddenly thought of a question: "If you practice this way, aren't you afraid of the soldiers rebelling?"

"Haha, just ask someone in a while and you'll know." Gongsun Xu did not answer and just laughed, trying to keep them in suspense.

At this time, the drum rang again, the White Horse Camp began to train, and Gongsun Kang did not ask any further, staring at the school field with his bright and clear eyes.

"Thrust!" The three infantry formations shouted out in unison. They held their spears and thrusted them forward. The cold glint of the lances almost blinded Gongsun Kang. Their speed was not that fast, but their steps were very stable. Every two steps they took, they would fiercely stab their spear. If there really was an enemy in front of them, then their hearts would have been pierced by that spear long ago.

Gongsun Kang suddenly thought of something, "Xu Ruo Lin invades like fire."

"Shoot!" Archers fired arrows at the front of the infantry phalanx.

"Charge!" After five rounds of arrows, the cavalrymen began to circle around the two wings and attack the front of the infantry phalanx.

'This is simply a hedgehog array! Based on the strength of our Liaodong Army, I'm afraid we'll need at least forty to fifty thousand people to defeat this hedgehog formation! ' Gongsun Kang couldn't help but sigh as he compared the strength of the Liaodong's army.

"Stop!" The gong sounded and the order to stop was given. After all, the drill ground was only this big. If he were to continue walking forward, he would encounter a wall.

The infantry formation came to an abrupt halt, and the archers quickly drew their bows and returned to their two wings.

It took the cavalry a moment to stop and run back to their original position.

"Moving like thunder, moving like a mountain!" Gongsun Kang sighed in admiration in his heart once again.

Gongsun Xu turned around, looked at Gongsun Kang and asked with a smile, "I have long heard that the troops under Uncle Gongsun's command are powerful, and I don't know if my White Horse Camp can bear the consequences."

"Zi Minxiong is too modest!" Gongsun Kang sighed, "It's not that I'm belittling myself, it's that our Liaodong's military is not as good as Zi Minxiong's White Horse Camp! Not only is our Liaodong's army inferior, I am afraid it will be very difficult to find an army in this world that can compare to our White Horse Camp's army! "

"Brother Heming, you're too kind!" Gongsun Xu cupped his hands humbly, turned his head and looked to the southwest, and said seriously: "Under Cao Cao, there is a troop of tiger leopard riding, it is said that they have strict military discipline, and every one of them is very brave. The xianzhen camp led by the great general Gao Shun of Liu Tie, is also one of the best, many people compare the xianzhen camp and Wei Wu to each other, and my White Horse Camp still has not finished training, so I'm afraid we are not as good as those two armies!"

"What?" Gongsun Kang was shocked again, "Such a strong soldier and he still hasn't completed his training? Although the tiger leopard riding and the xianzhen camp are famous, I can see that the White Horse Camp is not inferior in any way! "

Gongsun Xu replied seriously, "That's right. Not only have they not completed their training, their soldiers have not been equipped with new equipment either. Their combat power can only be used up to 50% yet!"

Gongsun Kang was shocked. He stared into Gongsun Xu's eyes and asked seriously, "Is Zi Minxiong's words true?"

Gongsun Xu said indifferently, "If Brother Heming doesn't believe me, why don't we try again next spring! "To tell you the truth, next spring, Youzhou and Yuan Shao will have a battle. If Brother Heming finds out that I have lied and deceived him, I am willing to let Brother Heming punish me!"

"It's a deal!" Gongsun Kang took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "I wonder what Zi Minxiong thinks of the Korea?"

"Ambition of the wolves, arrogance of the night!" Gongsun Xu gave an evaluation of the situation.

"Good!" Gongsun Kang clapped his hands and applauded, then said in anger: "Korea has been invading the Liaodong ever since High Palace (Korea's Great Ancestor King, the first king to unite the Korean peninsula and also the first king to expand outwards), and has never stopped for the past few decades. Thirty years ago, the Korea was defeated by the Han army and was forced to move his capital to the Pill Capital. In these past few years, my father had already fought seven or eight battles with the people of Korea. Although most of them won, the people of Korea did not sustain any injuries.

"Brother Heming is right. The people of the Korea are similar to the Hu people. They fear might but not virtue. Only by exterminating their country and their people can they get over it once and for all!"

"Zi Minxiong's words are too kind!" Gongsun Kang cheered again, he stared at Gongsun Xu and asked: "Can I ask Zi Minxiong, if my Liaodong were to attack the Korea, how would Marquis Jin and Zi Minxiong respond?"

Without even thinking, Gongsun Xu replied, "This is a national war, my Youzhou will definitely support the Marquis of Liaodong fully!" He lowered his voice and whispered into Gongsun Kang's ear, "Even if the Liaodong King and Brother Heming want to replace them, we, the Youzhou, will fully support them!"

"Why is Zi Minxiong so generous?" Gongsun Kang looked at Gongsun Xu doubtfully, "I wonder what price my Liaodong will have to pay?"

"I would rather see the Han people become the rulers of the Korea! As for the second question, I do not have the qualifications to answer it for the time being.

"It's a deal!" Gongsun Kang stretched out his right palm.

"It's a deal!" Gongsun Xu also stretched out his right palm and heavily hit Gongsun Kang three times.

Gongsun Kang retracted his hand and suddenly felt relieved. The pressure that the White Horse Camp had given him just now was too great. It was enough for him to discuss things seriously. Fortunately, his father, Gongsun Du, had a fierce gaze towards the Korea for a long time and also had some fear towards Gongsun Zan. It was likely that he would be satisfied with this result. Of course, the prerequisite for this was that Gongsun Zanfuzison would be able to successfully chase after the deer. If Gongsun Zanfuzi was defeated, Gongsun Kang would definitely lead his troops to seize the Youzhou at the very first moment!