Chapter 353
This marching and fighting does not mean that an army with animal nature and fierce enough will be invincible.
Since ancient times, there have been countless wars between the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern barbarians. But only if not at the end of the dynasty, or at the beginning of the founding of the country, when there are hundreds of wastes waiting to be revived, and when the army is unable to use troops, there are few defeats.
The barbarians are bloodthirsty and fierce, which is the manifestation of animal nature. But why did the Central Plains Dynasty, the armies from farmers, win and defeat them?
Regardless of the Han and Tang Dynasties, its opponents, the Huns and Turks, were all in the period of flourishing, not the period of weakness. It's all a fight with meet force with force, and the fight is won. Moreover, as in the Han Dynasty, the more is the less to win the more, and this is what a Han is like five nonsense.
Obviously, you can Sweeping Across the World without being fierce and beastly.
Otherwise, the brave knight-errants and robbers from Jiangyang would join the army, wouldn't they be invincible in the whole world?
Although the beasts are fierce, they are just like the Beast. We can only fight against the wind, and once setbacks, the situation will take a turn for the worse.
What the army needs is not beast, but blood. The difference is that one is what people need to suppress and abandon, and the other is what people must have.
In addition to blood, discipline is the first. Rather, it is necessary to train military discipline, and train it to the point of prohibition. Swift as the wind, Calm As The Forest, aggressive as fire, Motionless As Mountains, unknowable as shadow, moving as thunder. General is like a finger on the arm.
There is a mountain that collapses in front of you, it is mountains of daggers and seas of flames, and with a single order, go through water and tread on fire.
And to develop such military discipline, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, which is placed first.
First of all, let the soldiers agree. Soldiers don't agree with you, no matter how you train, it's just eggs. Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, which is the first and most basic means for generals to get soldiers to agree.
A soldier will obey the commander without the slightest hesitation if he agrees with the general. Among them, the rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and the coexistence of grace and power is the core.
How to clearly show the rewards and punishments and the perfect combination of grace and grace depends on the general's personal style. Every famous general in ancient times has its own characteristics and style, from Wu Qi, Xiang Yu, Han Xin, and even Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, Li Guang, and so on. This is the charm of the generals themselves.
But this kind of charm still needs to be matched with clear rewards and punishments. Otherwise, it is also rootless duckweed.
To achieve the order and prohibition, basically the prototype of the elite soldiers came out.
The next thing you need is victory. Victory after victory.
Victory builds the soul of the army.
And the army with the spirit of the army is the real elite soldier.
Don't say anything about ideological education. Humans are complex animals, no matter how much education is usually given, how to guard the home, defend the country, be loyal and patriotic, but how many people remember when it comes to life? Unless you can reach the level of a cult and brainwash the soldiers into puppets, otherwise, to really build elite soldiers, you still have to rely on fighting and winning.
Honor is not spoken of. It doesn't mean that there are any glorious traditions, and there is some righteousness such as guarding the home and defending the country. It's useless for ordinary pawns. Soldiers are hard-working, with a head hanging on their waist, maybe they will die without a whole corpse tomorrow, what's the use of saying that?
Rewards and punishments are clear, don't let soldiers shed blood and tears. Then there is the need for victory, and war after war.
Honor, is to play out.
What the mouth says can only be used to strengthen honor. After a victory has been won, the soul of the army has been forged, and the honor has been played, then ideological education will be added to strengthen it.
This is an invincible soldier.
Therefore, a thief like a thief, you can see that he is brutal, and his training is filled with human life. It seems to be very powerful. But in fact, when encountering real elite soldiers, the eggs are useless, and they are defeated in the same battle.
Zhang Xianzhong captured Bozhou within two days before Zhao Yu's army arrived.
Previously, Zhao Yu made some arrangements to pursue He Jin and Liu Xiyao. The two thieves, and their nearly 20,000 troops, were caught up by Zhao Yu singlehanded before they could get out of Dabie Mountain.
Zhao Yu has lived in the mountains for ten years. Everything he needs for the Clear Sky Monastery, including the Beast in the mountains and his practice in dangerous places, are all taken from the mountains and forests.
Into the mountains, Zhao Yu is no different from a dragon entering the sea.
The 20,000 soldiers and horses of the thief, many people, can't possibly erase the traces. Zhao Yu just followed the map and took a long time to bite the tails of these 20,000 thieves in the middle of the mountain.
Zhao Yu was not in a hurry to take the head of the thief, just like a ghost, he hung around behind the bandits, killing hundreds or thousands at a time.
Only chase the rogue like a stray dog, panic like a frightened bird.
He chased and killed all the way. One day later, the bandits ran out of the mountains. At this time, there were less than 2,000 men and horses left beside the two bandits. Half of them were killed by Zhao Yu, and the others fell apart.
The ending is obvious.
It's just death.
singlehanded killed Ge Zuo's two remaining thieves, Zhao Yu lightly dressed and went straight to Yingshang.
At Yingshang, all 50,000 troops have arrived!
Finished overnight, crossed Yingshui the next morning, and headed north to Bozhou.
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Zhang Xianzhong never expected that he would become a turtle in a urn overnight!
As soon as I woke up in the morning, I was about to kill someone who was hot, when my cronies rushed to report: "There are Ming Army 50,000, just under the city, the siege is blocked!"
Zhang Xianzhong startled , but not flustered.
Based on his knowledge of Ming Army, unless someone like Zuo Liangyu has some ability, everything else is trash. Although an army of 50,000 sounds like a lot, it is still more than what he has brought under his command.
But Zhang Xianzhong didn't care much.
Like an old thief like him, I don't know how many ups and downs he has experienced. He has been defeated and surrendered, but as long as he is still there, as long as there are three or five people under his command, without about a year, he can start a new team under the name of 'a thief'.
Anyway, see that the situation was far from good, just run.
In this world, everything is lacking, that is, there is no shortage of people.
Zhang Xianzhong's dim yellow eyes flashed a cold light, and he smiled: "Come on, prepare a horse. I go to the city to see which one is dead, dare to come under my nose. Dangling."
So all the way to the city head.
Upstairs at the city gate, Zhang Xianzhong was wearing a cloak of armor, and he looked quite decent. The leader of his subordinates, several adopted sons, have all arrived.
Zhang Xianzhong looked at the army that was besieging the city like a Great Wall under the city, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help frowning: "This Lao Shizi's army looks a bit like."
The army under Zhao Yu's command came from various military towns in Liaodong. Compared with the local army in Central Plains, it was much stronger. It turned out to be on guard against Tatar, and there are few people who go south to suppress thieves. Now that the 50,000-strong army has come from the south, and Zhao Yu has been training all the way, and has fought two more battles, the army has changed a lot compared to the past.
Standing at the top of the city and looking at it, it was dark and orderly. Vaguely murderous-looking.
No wonder Zhang Xianzhong frowned.
Whether Zuo Liangyu or others have fought against such an army, Zhang Xianzhong has only seen it once - when he entered Sichuan last year, the white-armed soldier under the command of the female general Qin Liangyu who repeatedly ruined his plan!
Thinking of this, Zhang Xianzhong can't help sucking in a cold breath.
The number of white-armed soldiers under Qin Liangyu's command is no more than 3,000, but in this city, there are 50,000 soldiers who are slightly worse than the white-armed soldiers!
The white pole soldiers are very strong, but they can't be considered true elites. The reason is that the white pole soldier is the servant of the Ma Family. Qin Liangyu's husband, Ma Qiancheng, merely a trifling chieftain of a county before his death. Although he has the title of general, he is not even a general soldier.
Although Ma Family has some resources in the local area, it is considered a tyrannical force, but it is already the limit to raise 3,000 white pole soldiers. It takes too much to keep soldiers, especially elite soldiers.
Although the 3,000 white-armed soldiers are considered elites, compared with the real elites, regardless of their usual diet, treatment, and equipment, they are far inferior. Without him, I can't afford it.
However, such an army can repeatedly fight more with less, making Zhang Xianzhong, who has more soldiers and horses, to be crushed.
The 50,000 army under Zhao Yu's command is roughly a little worse than the white pole soldiers. But this 50,000 army, after all, comes from Liaodong, and its quality is much stronger than the local army in Central Plains. In addition, during this period of time, the diet, treatment, training, rewards and punishments all kept up, and gradually changed.
But if this army's equipment still can't keep up in the future, its elite level is still limited.
Equipment will greatly increase the army's battle strength. A robust man with his bare hands, facing a skinny guy with a knife, will die as if he will die, and he may not beat him.
The role of equipment is here.
At present, the army under Zhao Yu's command is still the same as its original equipment. Because it was in a hurry, and it was still a big change for 50,000 people, it was too difficult. Unless the Crown Prince ascends the throne and takes power, the national situation gradually improves, and the treasury is full, and then it is possible to change to stronger equipment in large quantities.
But to deal with thieves, the current equipment is enough.
Zhang Xianzhong felt guilty. He found that the army under the city came in a strange way, and the other looked different. The strength of the army made people a little scared.
Can't help but say left and right: "Who knows the origin of the officers and troops under the city?"
His subordinates, such as Wang Zhaolin, Li Dingguo, etc., saw the officers and troops under the city, and they all faced each other. There is a solemn color.
Under Zhang Xianzhong's command, the real power is his four adopted sons. Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Sun Kewang. As for those who make plans, most of them are scholars who come under coercion, such as recruiting people.
Zhang Xianzhong has a cruel and rude temperament. He didn't like these scholars at first. Second, you can indeed come up with some bad ideas.
Because it was Zhang Xianzhong who asked the question, those few talented people did not dare to speak first.
Just looking at Li Dingguo and the others on the other side.
Ainengqi said first: "Adoptive Father, the flag of this army is the word Zhao. How many officers of surnamed Zhao are there under Chongzhen's old man?"
"surnamed Zhao, and it looks like the army is training well." Li Dingguo immediately thought about it: "I have never heard of it before. And Adoptive Father, this army came too suddenly, child thinks, it should come from the direction of Fengyang.
Zhang Xianzhong pondered then said: "Dingguo is right. There is Li Chuang in Kaifeng, and this army must not come from the north. But in Fengyang to the south, Huang Degong and Wang Xian are the two. This is not surnamed Zhao, Huguang is the world of Zuo Liangyu, nor does Zhao. Tens of thousands of troops, where did they come from?"
It is thinking.
Li Dingguo looked surprised, can't help saying: "Adoptive Father, Ge Zuo on Huoqiu's side, I'm afraid it won't work."
Zhang Xianzhong suddenly woke up, his brain One turn, stared wide-eyed: "The army of the Zhu Family Emperor Lao'er is coming from the south. How dare you come here if you don't suppress Ge Zuo? Aiya, the major event is not good!"
He suddenly exclaimed A voice: "If Ge Zuo fails, I will be blocked here again, and if Li Chuang is blocked in Henan again, won't we finish the game together?!"
At this moment, a soldier presented a letter The letters were shot to the city with a bow and arrow.
Zhang Xianzhong opened it, and was furious. Without saying a word, he pulled out his treasured saber and slashed the heads of the soldiers in front of him. He let the blood spray on his face, and said angrily, "Young man of the army, An dare to do this. Bully me!"
"Bring a thief!"
At this moment, a man rode out of the army formation under the city.
Zhao Yu is also.
I saw him carrying an iron cone, wearing armor, imposing manner, and walking slowly to the front of the battle. The sound rolled like thunder, as if a heavenly thunder broke out in the flat ground, shaking the city head shiver coldly: "If you know the shape, quickly open the city and give your head. If you don't get half a word, the five thieves from the left will be your lesson!"
Zhao Yu's eyesight is very good. Although he is a stone's throw away, he can see clearly the people above the city gate.
As soon as the sentence fell, Zhao Yu shouted again: "Listen to the thief, whoever cuts off the thief's head and presents it obediently will spare his life. If it is stubborn, the city will be broken. , even chicken and dog doesn't remain!"
Zhang Xianzhong was furious when he heard the sound, his beard and hair stretched out: "Who and I will take down this farting thief!"
Li Dingguo Without saying a word, he stood up, walked to the city wall in three steps, threw an arrow and opened a bow, with a bang, the arrow flew with full precision, and went straight to Zhao Yu's throat.
Li Dingguo is also a member of the War General. He has some martial arts skills and can't be considered outstanding in archery.
This arrow is just a statement. Saying Zhao Yu , is just a general, not afraid of such archery. In addition, in front of the two armies, there was no sneak attack. The arrow flew out, rubbed Zhao Yu three feet, and fell on the ground.
The world today is not like ancient times. As firearms are more widely used, martial arts and kung fu are less and less valued. In ancient times, War General, took the head of a general among all armies. Today's generals are far behind.
"That Imperial Court eagle dog, corrupt officials!" Li Dingguo shot out an arrow, shouted loudly: "Hugh, you have to utter nonsense! The king rises up to enforce Justice on behalf of the Heaven, you are such a corrupt official , to oppose the king is to walk defying heaven! If you are acquainted with each other, you should quickly dismount and surrender, and you will overturn the old man Chongzhen, so that you can share the wealth!"
Zhao Yu hearing this startled, couldn't help but laughed heartily, and Tiju pointed to the city head: "you such a thief commiting any imaginable misdeed actually keep on saying enforce Justice on behalf of the Heaven. That thief, you might as well touch your conscience!"
Zhao Yu's eyes were like electricity, fierce and unusual: "Xian thief, a mad dog, and a beast! Wherever he has traveled, there are thousands of miles of poison, and Huang An dares to say enforce Justice on behalf of the Heaven? If there is a hell of hell, Xian thief, Eighteen Levels of Hell, you are afraid to try it all over!"
Zhao Yu is long-winded.
Last night the army marched in a hurry in the middle of the night. The key is that Zhao Yu intends to catch all the thieves up and down, and can't let one go. If they let him go and flee back to the Fiefdom, and the intruder gets the news, the situation will change.
At the moment Zhao Yu is chattering in the city, while Yang He is perfecting the encirclement.
Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were red.
Since his revolt, no one has ever cursed so viciously.
Mad Dog! ?
Beasts? !
Zhang Xianzhong shouted, jumped up, ran down the tower in three or two steps, came to the side of the city wall, raised a knife and cut down a thief, supported a cannon at the top of the city, and shouted frantically. : "Kill Kill Kill!!!"
With a loud bang, Zhang Xianzhong fell to the ground.
A round, bowl-sized solid shell brought a stream of sparks and smoke, dragged a long tail of air waves, and swirled like a shooting star, shooting towards the approximate location of Zhao Yu. fall!
Zhao Yu's pupils could not help shrinking. But only at the moment when the cannonball was fired, Zhao Yu judged that the cannonball couldn't knock him down. However, Zhao Yu rode his horse and took a step to the side, and suddenly raised the iron cone!
There was only a snort, gold and iron rubbing, sparks blazing. Zhao Yu used the profundities of his strength, and he used a heavy-duty iron cone to play a round and incomparable strength!
As soon as he touched the cannonball, the muscles in Zhao Yu's arms rolled and trembled like waves. A faint buzzing sound is heard!
He is full of blood qi circulation, like the Yangtze River, oh la la has a sound.
The cannonball rolled dozens of times on the head of the octagonal pyramid, but it seemed to be stuck and could not be released.
I saw Zhao Yu swinging the iron cone, making a circle, shaking his arms, and screaming loudly.
It was too late to speak, and it was too fast to be seen. Before anyone could react, there was a bang, and the cannons on the top of the city exploded, shooting iron pieces in all directions, and a series of screams sounded immediately.