Chapter 228 Why didn’t I make you stupid to death?
The armor is as white as clouds, and the horses are in the wind.
A rare south wind blew today, blowing flags and shaking trees and grass low. It also made the wooden armor on the soldiers flutter back and forth, making a crackling sound.
But no matter how the white armor on their bodies fluttered, the two thousand auxiliary soldiers remained as tall as mountains and remained motionless.
On the other hand, the Qizhou soldiers on one side looked sluggish and shaky, as if they could not stand firmly. Compared with the Baijia Battalion, they were like a grass wall that could be blown away by the wind at any time.
They also fought hard all night and finally decided.
These two thousand are just auxiliary soldiers...how capable must the four battalions of soldiers who have perished in the sea of fire be?
I don’t know how many times I sighed, but when I thought about it again, Xi Kangsheng couldn’t help but sigh secretly.
He finally understood why Li Yun was so angry last night and wanted to break Li Chengzhi's legs?
What a pity...
Xi Kangsheng waved his hand desolately: "Get some rest!"
The flag commander responded immediately, waved the corner flag, and ordered the two armies to disperse and rest.
Although the officers and soldiers were not disbanded on the spot, the formation was crooked and messy, just like a herd of sheep.
Looking at the Baijia Battalion again, as the officers of each brigade and each team gave orders, the front formation changed to the rear formation, and the rear formation changed to the front formation. They retreated quickly and urgently, and the formation seemed to be drawn with a ruler.
, not to mention scattered, not even bent?
Dozens of officers and generals didn't know how to evaluate it: even when they dispersed to rest, the white-armored battalion was in a battlefield retreat formation?
How was Li Chengzhi trained?
Xi Kangsheng couldn't help but sigh again.
Besides using piles of money, how else can you practice it?
Just now, he not only confronted Li Yun, but also questioned Zhang Jingzhi and Yang Shu one by one, and finally got a rough idea of the secrets of the powerful Baijia Battalion.
I thought that Li Chengzhi was a genius descended from heaven, capable of what ordinary people could not do, and had created some unparalleled way to strengthen the army. However, after all, he just... piled money on him?
If I had enough money, wouldn’t I, Xi Kangsheng, know how to spend it and still use you, Li Chengzhi?
I'm not disappointed, I just think: This Li Chengzhi looks like this, isn't he any better than me, Xi Kangsheng?
Look at how the white-armored soldiers recruit soldiers: there is no need to prepare weapons, let alone armor, and even the clothes and boots after joining the army are supplied by the army?
That’s all.
Since the Zhou Dynasty, we have never heard of local conscription. Before the soldiers entered the camp, their families were given rice grains, their fields were divided, they were provided with cattle, and even civilians helped them farm?
Unheard of since ancient times...
And then there’s the pay: How much rice is given to the imperial army’s army every month, but an auxiliary soldier under Li Chengzhi actually gets three buckets of rice in a month?
Not to mention the rewards and pensions for war achievements: if you kill an enemy in battle, you will be rewarded with three measures of food. For those who die in battle, you should be given twenty stones of food, or ten pounds of copper?
Xi Kangsheng finally understood why the Baijia Battalion was so elite and why the soldiers were so brave?
Even his eagles and mastiffs know that as long as they fight bravely, they can be rewarded with meat, let alone humans?
They have food to eat, clothes to wear, and can earn rice for their families. Even if they die in battle, their parents and children can have something to rely on. Isn’t that soldier as morale as a rainbow and as brave as a tiger?
While marveling, Xi Kangsheng did the math for Li Chengzhi. If the mobs who looked like crazy last night were included, and the Baijia battalion had annihilated them, they would have killed 50,000 to 60,000 enemy thieves.
How much food does this cost?
What's more, there are more than 4,000 soldiers who died in the battle, each of whom needs a pension of 20 dan... After all, Li Chengzhi needs to pay more than 100,000 dan in food...
How much grain does the entire Jingzhou harvest in a year?
No wonder Li Chengzhi cherishes his soldiers as much as his life, nor is it because he loves his soldiers as much as his sons... At least it's not entirely for this reason.
But for Li Chengzhi, the white-armored soldiers were too precious to die...
At this point, Xi Kangsheng no longer had any idea in his mind whether Li Chengzhi would rebel.
Even the entire country cannot raise such a large number of soldiers, let alone for a long time.
Not to mention how powerful a place is?
As for the legendary armor, there are not even a thousand weapons?
After all, the so-called thousands of iron cavalry and tens of thousands of heavy armors are just so-called?
Hahaha, it’s just a thousand armors, no matter how hard they are, what use can they be worth?
Even if they were all mixed with some "extraterrestrial artifacts" and "meteorites and precious iron", they would only be thousands of pieces...
At this point, Xi Kangsheng didn't even have much thought to cross-examine whether there was really something like "meteor falling from the sky".
I was just thinking about how to place Li Chengzhi after the war, and how to ask for credit from him.
Xi Kangsheng is full of expectations and wants to see whether Li Chengzhi will fulfill his promise. If so, where will the rice come from?
He even wanted to know if Li Shixian later found out that Li Chengzhi was so prodigal, would he lose all three of his legs...
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that the two thousand white-armored soldiers did not return to the camp, but turned to the battlefield. Xi Kangsheng asked doubtfully: "Where are you going?"
Zhang Jingzhi's face darkened and he replied in a deep voice: "Before going to the city with General Da Xi, Li Chengzhi ordered the auxiliary troops to collect the corpses... pick out the bones of the white-armored soldiers as much as possible and bury them alive..." Xi Kangsheng was slightly moved.
I'm afraid it's not just that. What Li Chengzhi values more should be those tribesmen.
The ancestral home of the Li family was full of more than 200 households, but in this battle, nearly 300 men were lost?
Not to mention Li Chengzhi, if it were him, he would be so heartbroken that he would faint and vow to cut Liu Huiwang's substitute into pieces...
"Yes!" Xi Kangsheng nodded empathetically, "I really want to be buried well..."
Just as he finished speaking, an urgent report was heard. A fast horse galloped from the east. He rushed to the stage and reported in a solemn voice: "For the guard, Mr. Xi Zhong ordered me to report: It is all thanks to Captain Li to peel off the cocoons and find the man."
The thief's hiding place..."
Everyone was shocked.
Did Li Chengzhi really dig out the thief?
What's even more surprising is that it's actually hidden within the city wall?
Who would have thought that the thief chief not only hollowed out the city wall, but also built a secret chamber?
Doesn't it mean that if it wasn't for the purpose of luring Xi Zhenshi into being deceived, the thief would have been able to break through Jingzhou City whenever he wanted?
In the meantime, what were Hu Shichang and the officials and generals of the governor's office doing to allow the thieves to do so many tricks under their noses?
Really incompetent...
Just as he was marveling, he saw another fast horse galloping towards him. Before the horse could stop, he heard the soldiers yell loudly: "Report to the guard, there is a sudden chaos in the city, Lieutenant Li fell into a trap by mistake, and he is not sure whether he will live or die..."
Hearing the sound of killing in the fire, his guards tried to rescue him, but were stopped by Governor Hu..."
Li Chengzhi fell into a trap alone and did not know whether he would live or die?
Xi Kangsheng's face changed wildly in shock: "Idiot...idiot...Zhang Fengzhi, Yang Yanrong, is this the Li Chengzhi whom you praise as unique and unparalleled?"
If he didn't know this messenger and had Da Xi's letter, Xi Kangsheng would have doubted whether it was a fake by a thief?
How stupid can Li Chengzhi be? He just fell into a trap last night, and it’s not even the right time yet, and it’s the same trap, so he steps into it again?
So what is the top secret in the fire, so secret that you have to investigate it alone?
Zhang Jingzhi's eyesight went dark and he almost fell over.
Trapped deep in the fire formation, the sound of killing shook the sky...
Li Chengzhi, Li Chengzhi, are you also possessed by evil?
Why do you have to go and check it out alone?
So what's in the fire?
Yang Shu was so angry that his beard shook wildly, and he screamed: "You Hu Shichang...you want to kill Li Chengzhi..."
Xi Kangsheng glared and cursed angrily: "If Li Chengzhi hadn't been so stupid and gave the opportunity to others, where would Hu Shichang have the courage?"
While cursing, Xi Kangsheng's eyes turned cold: Hu Shichang, Hu Shichang, do you really think I'm making fun of someone for not daring to kill you?
Then I heard him yell coldly: "Let's go!"
Immediately, dozens of generals and officials followed, rushing towards Jingzhou City...