Liu Xiang was very happy to receive the holiday gift from the people of Lunu. Now he grabbed the Prime Minister of Zhongshan and prepared to collect his salary.
It is only natural to work and get paid.
The army entered the city and took whatever they asked for.
He opened the treasury, signed a signature, and the Prime Minister gave fifteen million dollars as military pay, and also added some weapons, feather arrows, and taxes from the Zhongshan Kingdom. He has not touched a penny. He can't touch that now. He must tell the court
Maintain a tacit understanding.
Liu Xiang returned to the military camp with satisfaction, and sent soldiers with vouchers to collect the promised grain, grass, cloth, and craftsmen from each house.
If there are still those who have not come to the banquet, they will also send people to the door and take the male members of the family to the camp. If they do not pay the ransom, they will serve as civilian husbands in the army. They will say that they were recruited by him. When the war is over, if they are still alive,
, of course you can go home.
You must thank Sun Qing. Without his threat, your army cannot easily enter the city. You must thank him properly and send him to farm so that he can concentrate on farming and live a stable life.
"I'm such a good person." Liu Xiang smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes.
By the way, I also want to thank Zhao Jing. He ate 130,000 shi of food in one meal, which is a great contribution.
Zhao Jing was holding on and was walking around the Chinese army tent to eat.
Liu Xiang went over and walked with him. As he walked, he said: "Today is a great achievement. I have been promoted to the first level of military rank. If you want anything, just ask."
Zhao Jing looked around and saw that there was no one else nearby, so he said in a low voice: "Lord, when you leave, you have to take a certain person with you. Don't leave me behind." After saying this, he pointed to the sky mysteriously.
This man was really confused. Liu Xiang nodded helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll take you with me when I leave. When I bury it in the soil, I'll leave a piece of land for you next to it, okay?"
"Thank you, lord."
But meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and you can't just fool people. Zhao Jing has no desire to lead troops and become an official. He only wants to fly to heaven. How about making him a hot air balloon and sending him up there?
Liu Xiang sighed, hot air balloons are of course unreliable, and the materials cannot solve the problem at all.
"I will reward you with a set of cold-forged armor. Let the rotating Tiqi bring it over in a few days."
"Thank you, Lord, for your kindness." Zhao Jing was extremely happy, "Leng Forged Armor is a treasure, and he was only rewarded with three captains, and none of the captains of the Zuo Army, Wang Xing, went back to him to covet him."
There were a lot more blacksmiths serving as supervisors, and some blacksmith apprentices were also brought out. The output of cold forged armor was greatly increased. It used to be one set of armor per month, but now it is three sets per month. The output has tripled, which is not easy anymore.
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Water hammer technology is far away in the future. Hainan New City has just been built, coke has been burned, and blast furnace steelmaking is still being explored. It is really time-consuming to improve technology.
With the availability of coke, the iron officials of Yuyang and Zhuoxian counties have increased their steel production a lot, which can be considered a consolation.
Team after team of soldiers returned to camp, and truck after truck of food was stored in the warehouse. The granary in the military camp could not hold it. Two hundred and sixty thousand dan of food was enough for the army for four months. This time, the troops were sent to suppress the bandits.
It's almost done. The food you get in the future will be pure profit.
Jizhou is a major grain-producing state. Although the people in the head of Guizhou are starving to death, the granaries of the wealthy families are never empty. Taking advantage of this rebellion, the army entered the city and took advantage of them. This business is profitable.
Not small.
Liu Xiang's mood affected the soldiers in the army. The Anping army spent the night happily. The next morning, the scouts reported: Sun Qing's army has more than 60,000 people, forty miles away from Lunu, and is flowing along the Qishui River.
Approach slowly.
According to their marching speed, they would be able to reach about ten miles west of the city in the evening. Moving along the river, it would not be easy to ambush them, but there would be a chance to defeat them before they gain a stable foothold.
The army continued to rest and sent additional scouts to investigate.
At Shen Shizheng in the afternoon, 4,000 infantry battalions were left to defend the city, with light chariot battalions to assist. 16,000 troops left the city and headed west to meet 60,000 bandits.
The scouts returned wave after wave, and the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer.
At three o'clock in the morning, ten miles out of the city and still six or seven miles away from the enemy, the cavalry accelerated forward, followed by the infantry.
Sun Qing's army consisted of two to three thousand old thieves. They captured tens of thousands of refugees who fled into the mountains. After descending from the mountains, they merged with several rebel groups and continued to capture the people along the way. By the time they reached Quyang, there were five of them.
More than ten thousand people.
The county magistrate of Shang Quyang abandoned the city and ran away. The county captain was assassinated and captured the county seat without much effort. This greatly increased his confidence and wanted to march eastward to capture Lu Nu and achieve a great cause.
Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have their own kind. He is also a motivated person and wants to live out the addiction of a general.
Sun Qing was riding on a bad horse, looking at the crowds of people resting all over the mountains and plains. His pride and ambition surged in his chest, and his blood surged up. He felt that a desolate horn sounded, which just matched his ambition.
No, why was there the sound of the horn? He turned around in confusion and saw a black line approaching on the horizon. Looking carefully, he saw that it was a large group of cavalry galloping, and it was so thick that it was impossible to count them.
He was so excited that he felt like the hairs on his hair were exploding, his heart was empty, and cold sweat was pouring out.
cavalry.
A large group of cavalry.
Come to conquer his large group of cavalry.
He shouted in a high-pitched voice: "The enemy is attacking, the cavalry is coming. Get up, the cavalry is coming."
Sun Qing didn't know much about military strategy, so the spies he sent out were wiped out by the Anping Army's scouts. He didn't wait for the spies to report, and he didn't think there was any problem. It wasn't until the cavalry launched a charge that he started to be alert.
It's too late.
Liu Xiang led Su Wei in front, and the knights followed closely. Seventeen hundred armored knights rushed into the chaotic crowd, like hot knives cutting butter, rushing to the end without any hindrance.
Three thousand Yueqi followed up through the gap, scattering the already unformed crowd into even greater disarray.
The cavalry rode non-stop, rushed out of the crowd, cut off the retreat of Sun Qing's army, and rode south in a roundabout way, preparing to pin the enemy on the south bank of the Qishui River.
The infantry of the Anping Army who were following behind were approaching quickly, spreading out in formation as they marched, intending to cooperate with the cavalry to outflank and annihilate them.
Sun Qing was lying on the ground, his human form having been trampled by war horses. Around him were scattered the corpses of his brothers who had followed him in the mountains and forests.
His army was wandering around like headless flies, with no command or leadership. Groups of troops were stumbling around in groups. Those who tried to break through had been killed by arrows and could only retreat towards the river.
The Anping Army's encirclement has taken shape. Feather arrows, crossbows are missing, and flying shuttles are flying in the air, forcing the enemy troops to gather denser and denser on the river beach.
"Persuade surrender." Liu Xiang felt it was time.
"Kneel down and surrender."
"Surrender and avoid death."
The flag of the Anping Army was fluttering in the wind, and the soldiers of the Anping Army were shouting to persuade them to surrender. The dark iron armor and silver-white blades were dyed a dark gold color by the dim sunlight.
Eyes full of murderous intent stared at the frightened crowd.
The forest of spears, spurges, and swarms of strong bows and crossbows made the farmers who had just put down their hoes feel weak in their hands and feet, and they kept crowding back.
They huddled together, looking for even a little bit of security.
They were breathing heavily and were terrified. They had never seen such a ferocious army.
"Kneel down and surrender!"
"Surrender and avoid death!"
More than 50,000 people lost their fighting spirit and surrendered.
The cavalry rushed into the formation, outflanked them, and surrounded them on three sides. The battle was over in less than an hour.
The enemy army hurriedly responded to the challenge. No, the enemy army marched a long distance and was extremely tired and confused. They had no time to fight back.
Fighting with speed and fighting with slowness, waiting for work with ease, Liu Xiang had a profound understanding of the art of war in books.
Looking at the enemy who was still swimming towards the other side, he stopped the crossbowman from shooting. There was no need to kill all the peasants who resisted because they had no food to eat.
In this battle, except for the brief moment of charging into the formation, there was no hand-to-hand combat. Bows, crossbows and flying shuttles took over the battlefield. This style of fighting caused very little damage to the Anping Army.
It was completely crushed by weapons.
The enemy injured thousands of people, fled thousands of them, and captured more than 50,000 people.
This is all labor force, which is used to open up wasteland in Youzhou.
It’s so delicious to eat Jizhou’s grain, capture Jizhou’s people, and cultivate Youzhou’s fields.