I just want to provoke the powerful gentry: I, an outsider, can do this, how about you?
The war is about to begin, and in order to win, no one will be stupid enough to question whether Li Chengzhi's decision is reliable, and it is even less likely that Li Chengzhi will actually pay, otherwise the reputation of the gentry and tycoon will be completely ruined... p>
In this way, the money, food, and land all went to the squire, but it was Li Chengzhi who the soldiers were grateful for. Why wouldn't he do it?
Li Chengzhi dismissed the generals, ordered them to return to the camp for preparation, and set the time for the rest of the camp to be at midnight. He also ordered Song Lishen to lead the villagers and give every Ding a bowl of wine before going to bed.
This is because these newcomers will be too excited or scared to sleep after knowing that they will fight tomorrow.
Afterwards, Li Chengzhi asked Guo Cunxin to take charge of the camp, leaving Li Zhang and two Li family retainers with him, as well as a team of cavalry and two brigades of auxiliary troops to prevent anyone from raiding his nest or cutting off his family.
Road.
In addition, he asked Zhang Jingzhi to take charge of the city's government affairs, and also said a few polite words to ask for the cooperation and support of the rich and powerful...
You're welcome.
If Guo Cunxin is replaced by Zhang Jingzhi, the relationship will become even more distant?
Li Chengzhi vaguely felt that it would be better to be less involved in local government affairs in the future.
The formation of such a strong army has shocked so many people that their eyes almost fell out of their heads. If the military and government were in charge, these people would definitely not be able to sleep all night long: Are your Li family preparing to rebel?
After sending Zhang Jingzhi and other squires away, Li Chengzhi gave Song Lishen a few words alone.
Song Lishen's task was not trivial: rushing all night to prepare dry food, loading the truck with food, cooking at Yin Shizheng (four o'clock), leaving camp at Mao Shizheng (six o'clock), choosing a location in advance to set up camp, building pots and stoves... p>
To put it bluntly, it is a heavy supply camp, and the main force is the Song clan's village strongmen, monks, and the nearly two thousand civilian strongmen who were captured before.
There was no need for an expedition this time, and the battlefield was within the county. But after all, it was the first time, and he set off in such a hurry. Li Chengzhi was afraid that he would cause chaos in his haste and make chaos worse, so he stayed behind and made a special explanation.<
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Don't underestimate the issue of eating. There are countless examples in history of camps and mutinies caused by cuts in soldiers' rations or food spoilage, not to mention starvation?
Song Li carefully remembered the details Li Chengzhi explained, and looked at Li Liang suspiciously.
This is the chief officer of the baggage camp. Why did Li Chengzhi tell him alone?
Why else?
The baggage Li Liang escorted was all steel armor, swords, shields, spears, bows and arrows. As long as Li Chengzhi gave an order, his thousand soldiers could be armed on the spot and enter the battlefield to decide the outcome. To put it bluntly,
It's the reserve team.
In order to deceive others, Li Chengzhi had to make such an arrangement.
Even so, if any attentive person discovered that Li Chengzhi claimed that these five hundred cavalry and one thousand infantry were all wearing iron armor, their scalps would probably be numb with shock...
When only his uncle and nephew were left in the tent, Guo Cunxin sighed sadly: "It's too much!"
He was talking about Li Chengzhi setting the reward so high.
I don’t care about anything else, I just want to say one thing: What should I do in the future?
Can I get such a reward again and again?
Not to mention that Liu Huiwang really has 200,000 troops, even if he only has 10%, he still has 20,000. If they really want to wipe out them all, how much food will it cost?
Seeing Li Xian blocking the tent door like a mountain, there was no need to worry about anyone coming in. Li Chengzhi smiled slightly and winked slyly:
"Uncle, don't worry, you won't need so much... I only talked about formation killing, not prisoners..."
Guo Cunxin was stunned at first, and then his eyes bulged, staring at Li Chengzhi as if he had seen a ghost.
Can it still be like this?
How could my nephew, who is so cunning, be able to ambush such a solemn and awe-inspiring military order?
Just one word, but the result is vastly different.
Guo Cunxin didn’t even know what to say...
The sentence "Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred to yourself" is derived from "Sun Tzu: Planning for Attack", which is the article "Ten times to surround an enemy, five times to attack...".
The original intention is that even if the enemy is surrounded and annihilated with ten times the force, if the enemy is killed by force, oneself will cause a lot of casualties.
Therefore, no matter what the purpose is, there are rarely cases of large battles in ancient wars, and 99% of them are defeated or captured.
If they really have to kill them, they will only capture them first and then kill them. For example, Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers in a trap.
Moreover, Li Chengzhi also emphasized the wartime laws: Those who refuse to retreat when asked to do so, or who leave the formation without authorization, shall be executed!
Under this premise, no one dares to take the risk of beheading to grab that little bit of military glory. In addition, the combat effectiveness of these rebels is definitely not very good. More than 90% of them were defeated or captured in large numbers, and they did not waste much food at all... Guo Cunxin couldn't help but let out a long sigh: He really worried about it in vain!
In fact, Li Chengzhi has another intention: to recruit surrender!
Those who are good at fighting will conquer others...
There are ways to weaken the enemy and strengthen yourself at the same time, why not use it?
What would the rebels think if they knew that soldiers on the opposite side would be rewarded for killing the enemy, that they would receive money and food when they were not fighting, and that their families would receive huge pensions after they died in battle?
Li Chengzhi doesn’t believe that all the rebels are willing to be thieves and are willing to follow Liu Huiwang all the way to the dark side?
After the news spreads, there will definitely be entire battalions of rebel soldiers coming to surrender.
As for how to adapt it after the surrender, it is naturally Li Chengzhi who has the final say...
But even if you are not treated as a soldier, but are adapted into a civilian Zhuangzhuang, it is still better than being a rebel, eating one meal without finishing the next meal, and maybe losing your life by officers and soldiers one day.
Just look at the monks who were recruited from Zhaoxuan Temple and you will know: following Li Chengzhi, they actually have more food than when they were tenants in Zhaoxuan Temple?
Only when your brain is swollen will you rebel...
As for how to support more people?
It's the same as recruiting soldiers to surrender: Seeing that North Korea is as stable as usual, and even the spring plowing is not delayed, the squire and powerful officials in other counties are not jealous?
There will definitely be a rush to invite volunteers to enter the country to quell the rebellion, and the money and food will naturally be there.
Even 10% of Jingzhou's annual harvest is enough to support an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people...
The same goes for Li Chengzhi when he distributed rations to conscripts: everyone thought he was crazy, but in fact nothing was settled.
At present, the so-called fighting soldiers in the camp are only these 600 cavalry and 1,000 heavy infantry, and they need to be given three measures of food every month.
The remaining two thousand infantry are all auxiliary soldiers, and each of them is only given one bucket of food per month. Combined, the two troops are only given less than 700 shi a month...
Guo Cunxin thought about it carefully and was even more impressed.
Is this what Sun Tzu said about going up in arms to attack?
I don’t know how many times higher than a conspiracy or a soldier’s life for fighting merit?
It's ridiculous that Hu Baozong would always ridicule Li Chengzhi in front of him, saying that his nephew was a woman's benevolent person. He always yelled loudly, but when it came to killing someone, his heart softened...
In fact, Hu Baozong didn't even read the art of war, and he didn't even understand the principle that "those who are good at fighting have no great achievements"...