The siege battle is still going on, one wave after another.
Sometimes, the soldiers of the Wuwei Army want to be subordinated to Li Tangbin. At least in Li Dutou, the attackers are mostly Longxiang, Longhu, Guangsheng, Shenjie and other miscellaneous brands. If not necessary, Iron
Lin and the Yi Cong Second Army will not go up - well, a slight correction may be needed. After Li Dutou's order is passed down, Hu Zhen, as the actual executor, will generally not let Long Xiang's army be sent multiple times.
Going into battle is just a matter of suffering and suffering from other miscellaneous names. There is a difference between closeness and distance.
Lu Dutou focused on the war situation.
He found that the conscripted Confucius from Hezhong were weak in combat, and forcing them to attack the city could not achieve good results, so he sent the Wuwei Army to attack. The Confucius often charged for a while, consuming the strength of the thieves, and the Wuwei Army attacked again, often causing heavy casualties.
, although its own casualties are not small.
Resentment? Of course there is.
But Lu Dutou was convincing. He ate and slept with the sergeants. When he met a general who bullied the soldiers, he would go up and beat him with a whip. The officers would roll all over the floor and the soldiers would be filled with evil spirits.
Even his nephew who came from Huainan to defect to him was arranged to attack the city once and retreated injured.
It's all like this, what else is there to say, just fight. Life and death are destiny, wealth is in heaven, if you die, your life is not hard enough, you will come again in the next life.
"Your name is Zhao Lie?" Lu Huaizhong asked, sitting in the tent, looking at the prisoners captured by the rangers.
"Exactly." Zhao Lie exclaimed: "General, I came to surrender on my own initiative, why did you tie me up?"
Lu Huaizhong asked someone to inquire and found out that it was indeed the case, so he ordered him to be loosened.
"What you said has been fully reported to me by Yu Hou." Lu Huaizhong said: "You are very smart and not stupid. If you wish, you can join the Wuwei Army and fight for the King of Xia."
"I wish! I wish!" Zhao Lie relaxed his arms and said happily.
"It's hard to fill the gap with the rebel soldiers. During these days, there are also soldiers from the city descending from the city to discuss surrender." At this point, Lu Huaizhong was quite annoyed and said: "No one wants these soldiers. Although I cherish the soldiers.
Life, but I don’t want to bring disaster to future generations. If you want to go home honestly and make a living, that’s it. If you don’t want to, kill them all and leave no one alive.”
Zhao Lie vaguely understood what Lu Huaizhong meant by "legacy". He was afraid that by recruiting these soldiers, he would ruin the troops who had a good morale, and make the officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Army become so unscrupulous and like "please ask more"
One point" rotten person.
Troops who are not cunning, not unruly, and dare to fight, of course that is good.
If you are a little bit unruly, but you dare to fight hard and have strong fighting ability, then that is acceptable.
But if you only want money, are quick to defect in battle and are extremely cunning, no matter how powerful you are, you will never get it.
Moreover, these people are like the plague, contagious, and anyone with a normal mind would know what to do.
"General, this may make people in the river resentful. The warriors have many relatives, relatives, acquaintances and friends..." Zhao Lie said weakly.
"We can't control that much anymore." Lu Huaizhong said: "These bad soldiers are not even qualified to serve in the army. Every time one is missing, the world will be more peaceful."
Zhao Lie didn't dare to reply anymore. In fact, in his opinion, the soldiers in Hezhong were not that bad, at least they were willing to go out to fight in the town. But now that the matter was over, what could I say? He mentioned that it was interesting enough, but there was more to force.
He said that he was afraid that his own future would be affected.
"Continue to attack the city." Lu Huaizhong was unwavering and mobilized two more commanders to replace the defeated troops.
The fierce offensive lasted for several days, and the rebels guarding Yuxiang finally couldn't bear it anymore. By February 27th, the city was breached and the thieves fled in all directions, heading south towards Shaanzhou.
Chishui Army envoy Fan He was ordered to pursue southward and led his army into the city.
"The conscripted Tutuan peasants will each receive a bolt of silk home. Those who died in the war will be given two bolts more. The necessary goods will be drawn from the captured spoils. If there is still insufficient, they will be allocated from Hezhong Prefecture."
Before entering the city, Lu Huaizhong ordered.
Li Diancheng, the leader of the rebellion, is dead, but he did not die in battle, but at the hands of his own people.
Dozens of sergeants each took a "component" and stood tremblingly in front of Lu Huaizhong. The Wuwei sergeants surrounded him, glaring angrily.
After fighting for so long, they suffered a lot of casualties. But they still had sense and knew that they could not kill prisoners casually before the military order came.
Besides, there is no benefit in killing prisoners. The thieves you encounter in the future will all be stubborn to the end. Isn’t this a trap for yourself?
"What do you want?" Lu Huaizhong glanced at the rebels and asked.
He now wants to know what Li Diancheng was thinking when the city was broken. Everyone rebelled and separated, and even his own head was cut off by the rebels for reward. Even this was not enough, his body was torn into pieces and robbed everywhere.
"We are willing to fight for the King of Xia," the rebel soldiers said one after another.
"The person who wins Li Diancheng's head will receive a hundred pieces of silk, and the rest will each receive ten pieces." At this point, Lu Huaizhong paused.
The rebel soldiers looked happy.
"Get out of here after receiving the reward." Lu Huaizhong suddenly raised his voice and scolded: "Each go back to your own home, live your own life, and don't cause trouble. Otherwise, my sword will not be merciful."
The rebel soldiers were a little surprised. Each of them had seen battles dozens of times. They had fought in the north and south, and they were very skilled. It was not too much to say that they were elite veterans, but they didn't want them?
"Get out!" Lu Huaizhong didn't bother to say more to them and walked away.
"Come with me to receive the reward, and leave as soon as you receive it. Don't cause any trouble." A civil servant came over and said, "You are all kind-hearted. If you don't know what is good for you, you may do something you can't bear to say."
occur."
The expressions of the rebel soldiers were stunned and complicated, and some even showed resentment. Their livelihood was gone, and the reward was not a happy one. Isn't it just rebellion? There have been fewer military rebellions since the difficult times? How many times have you settled accounts after the fall?
"Why are you still standing there?" A general came over, waving his scabbard, ready to fight.
They also had a fire in their hearts, and they attacked the city for days and suffered heavy casualties. If they had not been worried about the future, they would have dug a hole and buried these people long ago.
Luoyang is already selecting additional troops. There are a total of 3,000 elite soldiers from Ziqing Town, plus 2,000 new soldiers from the Shaanzhou Academy. After the recruitment, they will have to familiarize themselves with the organizational structure, retrain them, and teach them military discipline and rules.
Fifteen thousand people can only be used as a reserve team in a short period of time.
Speaking of the surrendered troops gathered in Luoyang, they have been digested relatively quickly recently.
Ten thousand elites selected from the tens of thousands of descendants from Ziqing were first sent to Guanbei. Together with the more than three thousand new soldiers of the Lingzhou Academy, they were integrated into the Feilong Army, bringing the number of troops to 20,000. This meeting
We are training vigorously, those who don't know how to ride are practicing hard, and those who have never been on the battlefield are asking for advice. The training is very enjoyable.
This time another three thousand were sent to Wuwei Army, and there was not much left.
In terms of continuing military preparations, the Lingzhou Academy has 20,000 people guarding the border, and there are 15,600 sergeants in the academy; the Shaanzhou Academy has 10,000 people guarding the border, and the Yunzhou Academy has 18,000 sergeants; all the Yunzhou Academy has
There are currently more than 14,000 people in the hospital.
The continuation army cannot be dismantled, this is the rule set by Shao Shude.
The recruits for the continuation army are all relatively strong "amateurs" selected from the countryside. Many of them have zero basic training. After three years of training, they can be rotated to guard the border. After four or five years, they can be assigned to various ministries as supplementary soldiers.
This is a serious "one's own people", much more reliable than surrendering troops.
The principle of replenishing the various departments of the Forbidden Army is to mix the old and the new, that is, to mix some of the surrendered troops with some of the new ones, to minimize the impact of the bad habits of the descendants, and to prevent the army from deteriorating as much as possible. Or even if it does, postpone the time.
But generally speaking, when the main body of the old army is still there, as long as you don't take too many surrenders at once, it's not a big problem - the atmosphere can get worse, or it can gradually get better.
Lu Huaizhong looked at the messy county government office. There were cloths, copper coins, broken porcelain, plaques, and blood stains scattered all over the floor.
"Pack it up. After a while, a group of students from the Pizhou Prefecture Society will come and take office." Lu Huaizhong ordered.
"Military envoy, this time the rebellion in Hezhong was put down. If Li Keyong is defeated again, military envoy may be able to lead the Hezhong Jiedu envoy." The staff came over and congratulated each other.
"What are you thinking about?" Lu Huaizhong shook his head and said, "His Highness will directly lead the Hezhong Jiedushi until..."
At this point, he shut up. It was better not to say some things publicly.
The staff were a little disappointed.
If Lu Huaizhong becomes the governor of the river, they can also follow the chickens and dogs to heaven. The governor, Biejia, Sima, and county magistrate will always have to arrange for a dozen or even dozens of them to go out.
These are all normal things.
To achieve the position of Lu Huaizhong, Li Tangbin, Gao Renhou and Zhe Zongben, who wouldn't be surrounded by a large group of people? Relatives, soldiers, staff, generals and even domestic servants, all waiting for the opportunity.
It was the best thing for them that their boss became the governor. It was the founding of the Xia Dynasty. His boss was a noble, a general of the Forbidden Army, and a high-ranking official. Naturally, there was no loss, but for them, they wanted to
Is it that easy to squeeze into the new dynasty and get an official position?
At this point, everyone still had complaints against King Xia.
"Stop thinking about things." Lu Huaizhong glanced at everyone and said: "I am the commander of Jiangzhou's camp. Jinjiang Cixipu is a city with four states. There are plenty of opportunities. Just work hard and follow me.
I won’t treat you wrong after so many years.”
Lao Lu is an honest man, but he is not immune to this kind of thing. It is human nature and there is nothing we can do about it.
As soon as Lu Huaizhong said these words, everyone felt relieved again.
"Military envoy, the Heiji Army has arrived in Pinglu County. General Xia sent an envoy to ask when he will go north." An aide suddenly asked.
"Let them stay in Pinglu and don't reveal their whereabouts," Lu Huaizhong said immediately.
The Heiji Army crossed the river on the Sun Floating Bridge. Originally there were 10,000 people. After supplementing some of Liang Army's surrendered troops and new recruits, there are currently 20,000 people. They are very mobile. Lu Huaizhong plans to use them as a trump card.
when.
"There is another incident. After Chang'an went to camp as a commander-in-chief, it was discovered that the prince had arrived in Hexi County, and also went to Hexi from Mazhi..." Another aide reported.
Lu Huaizhong was stunned and asked: "Does His Highness know?"
"I'm afraid I don't know." the staff member replied.
Lu Huaizhong thought for a moment and said: "Keep an eye on the Crown Prince and don't let him come over."
Hexi and Hedong face each other across the river, with Zhongli City in the middle and the Pujinguan Floating Bridge connecting the three places.
The territory of Hexi County is currently under the control of Chang'an Bank. Whether the prince goes there to inspect the place or review the troops, Lu Huaizhong really has no control over it, but he is afraid that the prince will cross the river.
"In the direction of Xizhou, several groups of Jin soldiers have been discovered. They are led by Li Chengsi and Li Sibi, and there are about 8,000 people. Yesterday, there were bandits coming down the mountain in Yicheng County, with a total of more than 2,000 people. Deputy Ambassador Li mobilized the troops
The horse drove him away." The staff continued to report.
"Ask Li Yixian not to spread out his troops too much. The rebels are coming down the mountain from Wuling Road more and more frequently. I'm worried that a large group will arrive. In the direction of Xizhou, ask Guan Kairun to mobilize a force to go north and test the strength. If he loses, he will retreat. Win.
Don't pursue either." Lu Huaizhong ordered. At the end, he found another staff member and whispered: "I want to write a letter to the king, and I will write it like this..."