The highlight of the battle between the Xuanwu Army and the Taining Army is the group of armored cavalry charging directly into the spear formation.
But the peak fighting spirit was the close combat between the two Jiedu Envoys, with people and horses passing each other among the lightning and flint.
A great head rose into the sky, and the winner was decided at this moment.
Tide-like armored cavalry continuously broke through the spear array and poured into the Taining army's central array, knocking away and trampling everything in their way.
As the iron hooves flew, the sound of fighting resounded through the sky.
In this close combat situation, the effectiveness of Li Yunze's formation to kill Zhu Jin was not very noticeable.
The battlefield was so chaotic and noisy, and the scale was so huge, that the soldiers in the distance had no idea what was going on here.
But it doesn't matter, Li Yunze will let them know.
Under the admiring gazes of many armored knights who had gathered, Li Yunze called to everyone, "Scatter in all directions and find everyone shouting together, Zhu Jin is dead, Taining is defeated."
"only!"
The civilians were quickly mobilized and began to repair the wounds caused by the battlefield. At least they should seize the time to replant the destroyed fields.
"This era." Li Yunze shook his head repeatedly, "It's such a troubled time in which good people will go crazy, holy ladies will fall, and saints will turn evil."
This battle has reached this point, and the outcome has been decided.
The real official road is the legendary wild road that is covered with three feet of soil on a sunny day and covered with mud on a rainy day.
A group of Taining troops who stayed in the city showed the traditional virtues of the warriors of this era and raised troops to besiege Zhu Jin's family.
Without the slightest hesitation, he led Wu Ning's army to turn around and returned to Pengcheng on guard, staying behind closed doors.
After all, no one wants to live in an era where someone can be cheated at any time, and it is so natural.
Many generals came to Li Yunze to ask for a fight, hoping to continue their efforts and continue to use long-range raid tactics to attack Shi Pu's headquarters of the Wuning Army, which set out from Pengcheng even further away.
Hearing this, Li Yunze looked at him as if he had seen a ghost. After a moment, he waved his hand to let him go.
You must know that most of these prisoners are professional warriors, not refugees who cannot afford food.
However, these invitations to fight were all rejected by Li Yunze.
The news of Li Yunze's great victory over the Tianping Army and the Taining Army had already reached the ears of Shi Pu, the military commander of the Wuning Army.
A broken army that has lost its organization and cannot form a formation cannot withstand the impact of armored cavalry.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Yunze to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to steam the soil to build roads. The person who did this last time was named Yang Guang, and then he was banned.
Although people in the Tang Dynasty don't know what concrete roads are, they have eyes and legs. They can see the dry roads and feel comfortable walking on them.
Judging from the endurance of soldiers in the cold weapon era, it has already exceeded the limit. If it were not for successive victories, it is even possible that his own side would be defeated first.
The Taining Army, which had lost its Jiedushi and most of its soldiers and horses, was a ripe fruit that Li Yunze needed to reach out to pick.
The purpose of the rebels' rebellion was very simple. Zhu Jin's people were all killed in the battle, and the main force of the Taining army that sent troops was also wiped out.
If there are too many prisoners, reduce the number of prisoners. As for the way to reduce the number of prisoners, of course, use horizontal swords to reduce them.
For the late Tang Dynasty, this was already astonishingly fast.
He brought generators and stone crushers from the modern world, and used the generators to drive the stone crushers to crush large quarried stones into small stones.
After all, the Taining Army Jiedushi was killed by Li Yunze in the midst of thousands of troops. It had already spread through the word of mouth among the defeated soldiers, and his reputation could be said to be famous all over the world.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to do it, Li Yunze doesn’t support idle people here, and if you don’t work, you won’t have food to eat.
In ancient times, road building was a very labor-intensive matter. Even Qin Zhidao used hundreds of thousands of laborers and spent countless hours building it bit by bit by boiling soil.
The suggestion of his subordinates to reduce the number of troops also made Li Yunze determined to suspend the war and resolve the immediate matter first.
The Taining Army included tens of thousands of auxiliaries and civilians. Except for those who died on the spot, the rest were basically prisoners.
The armored cavalry, which had the advantage of mobility, began to attack and drive in battalion units, tearing the Taining army into countless pieces.
Two days! Two towns tied!
In this era where the basic unit of measurement for war is the month, this tyrannical fighting power is simply too astonishing.
And once the rout on the battlefield begins, it cannot be stopped.
The Taining Army, which had already been attacked by armored cavalry, was in disarray. When they heard the call and looked in the direction of the Chinese army, they saw only armored cavalry everywhere, but no Chinese army, and even less Jiedu.
The general's flag.
There is only one head. If it is gone, it is really gone and will not grow back.
"Jiedu."
And roads paved with bluestones like Zhuque Street are all image projects that consume national resources. There is only one like this in the world.
Their morale was high and they scattered out. Looking for their comrades, they shouted together, "Zhu Jin is dead, Taining is defeated~~~"
Li Yunze will not reduce his number, but he will not raise tens of thousands of prisoners in vain.
Like a stone thrown into a calm pond, the ripples become bigger and bigger and farther and farther.
When the Xuanwu Army began to recruit surrender, most of the defeated troops had no choice but to accept it.
He launched a recruitment campaign among the prisoners, and those who were willing to join the Xuanwu Army and want to be loyal to him could take the army test.
The fastest built road is naturally the road to Yanzhou.
As for the rest, he can only become a civilian husband.
The second is the personnel consumption caused by forced marches and high-intensity combat.
If the army marches a hundred miles and strives for profit, the general will be defeated; if the army reaches fifty miles and strives for profit, half of the army will arrive.
If they don't accept it, the armored cavalry will charge over one by one, and they will have to lie down to nourish the earth.
Tens of thousands of people can be wiped out with just one reduction. This is the normal state in this troubled world.
To be honest, Shi Pu was really frightened by Li Yunze's overwhelming strength, which easily defeated the powerful soldiers of the two towns.
Witnessing with my own eyes Li Yunze's bravery and heroism in beheading an enemy general among thousands of troops, the armored cavalryman really admired him greatly.
Years of hard work are all gone with just one knife."
The ancestors have made it clear long ago that if you march a hundred miles to compete with the enemy for profit, you may lose your general, and if you march fifty miles to compete for profit with the enemy, only half of the soldiers will make it.
When the infantry brigade from Bianzhou finally arrived, Li Yunze immediately handed over tasks such as guarding the civilians and integrating the prisoners of war from the two towns before training to the infantry.
Moreover, the road built is not a traditional dirt road. It is an authentic cement road where the foundation is first dug deep, gravel and gravel are laid to lay the foundation, and then the concrete is poured.
Of course, this is to compare with the modern world, so of course there is no comparison.
Drainage ditches made of masonry are built on both sides of the cement road, and all trees must be planted at least five meters away.
The final reason is that too many prisoners have been captured, and a large number of manpower is needed to guard them.
The infantry of the Xuanwu Army are still rushing here desperately, but according to the distance, they can't reach it in less than ten days and half a month.
Here in Yanzhou, as early as the news of Zhu Jin's defeat and death came back, a civil strife had already broken out.
Then, cement mortar is made with graded cement bought from the modern world, and a concrete road with a slightly higher center and slightly lower sides is paved.
There were tens of thousands of prisoners from the Tianping Army and the Taining Army, and Li Yunze had to use heavy troops to guard them.
When Li Yunze arrived at Yanzhou City with his troops and horses, the city gates were wide open and the defenders took the initiative to leave the city and ask for surrender.
How could the rest of them be able to stop Li Yunze's offensive?
There is no doubt that the morale of the army quickly declined, and then gradually evolved into a rout.
In history, Zhu Yongzhen dedicated Yanzhou City to Zhu Wen when his father, Zhu Jin, was out looking for food.
"I don't know how to respect life at all." Li Yunze sighed repeatedly, "No matter what era it is, talent is the most important cornerstone. No one has nothing, and all land and materials are meaningless. Population is so precious, from birth to growth
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After successively defeating the Tianping Army and the Taining Army, the morale of Li Yunze's men was inflated to the extreme.
With such traffic conditions, it's no wonder that the marching speed cannot be increased.
Then there is the expansion and maintenance of roads, that is, the construction of official roads.
Those who failed to pass the military test but performed well entered the auxiliary army, and their money, food, and salary were all halved, waiting for the opportunity to become a full-time soldier.
The road built by Li Yunze is centered on Caoxian County and goes directly to Bianzhou in the west, Songzhou in the south, Yanzhou in the east, and Yunzhou in the north.
In ancient times, except for the Qinzhi Road, which consumed countless manpower and material resources, the official roads of other dynasties were better close to the city, and were paved with gravel and yellow sand.
I won’t say whether it will be effective or not, but at least you have to show your attitude and actions first.
Those who pass the military examination are considered regular soldiers and receive all the money, food and salary.
The Taining army, which lacked mobility, was defeated and surrounded by groups.
Zhu Jin's son Zhu Yongzhen and others were hacked to death during the fighting, and his wife was arrested.
If you can't beat it, just throw it. It's also a traditional skill of this era.
Although the training equipment of the armored cavalry trained by Li Yunze was extremely impressive, after running for hundreds of miles, the number of stragglers lost along the way and in battle had already reached thousands.
Whenever times are troubled, heroes will always stand up to end the troubled times. This is not only the skill of heroes, but also the inevitable result of people's determination.
The so-called subtraction is completely literal.
Just like before in Bianzhou and Songzhou, Li Yunze began to urge the people to build roads.
First of all, the distance is too far. Starting from here to find Shi Pu is at least hundreds of miles away. In order to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack, a forced march is required. For the armored cavalry, which is already a continuous forced march and coupled with high-intensity combat,
It is already difficult to persist anymore.
A general suggested to Li Yunze, "There are too many prisoners, why not reduce them?"
Moreover, due to long-term rutting and erosion by rainwater, the official road is not only full of potholes, but also has large potholes everywhere that can directly bury people.
Taking Yanzhou has another advantage, which is to cut off the connection between Zhu Xuan and Shi Pu.
So they rebelled to surrender to Li Yunze.
It's not that he doesn't want to fight Shi Pu, but the current conditions don't allow it.
As for himself, he took the armored cavalry who were finally freed from many affairs and headed straight for Yanzhou in a mighty manner.
Due to the lack of large machinery, the work that originally could be completed by a construction team of several hundred people in a few days took tens of thousands of people on Li Yunze's side half a month to complete.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Yunze chose to eat the fruits of victory first, instead of breaking off sticks like a bear and dropping everything on the ground.
After entering the city, Li Yunze took over the city defense, especially the generals of the Taining Army who had led the rebellion, and spent a huge sum of money to send them away.
After dark, Li Yunze, who had finished his work, arrived at the Jiedu Mansion that originally belonged to Zhu Jin.
When I opened the door and was about to eat, I was shocked to see a beautiful woman who was still charming in the room.
After questioning, I learned that she was actually Zhu Jin's wife.
Looking at the beauty in front of him, Li Yunze rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Isn't it Zhu Jin's nephew who wants to learn Zhang embroidery?"