The first day of the seventh month.

The general of the Qin army, Qin Qiongwei Chi Gong, defeated the general Liu Wuzhou stationed in Xicheng Pass, Xun Xiang, and the soldiers and horses crossed the Gouzhu Mountain and crossed the Great Wall into Mayi County.

Li Shimin, Chai Shao, Li Deliang, Li Shuliang and other prisoners also followed the army. They were watched by a group of Qin troops, each riding a Turkic horse, and followed the emperor's guards not far behind.

These four generals of the defeated army were silent, looking at the solemn and neat march of the Qin army, but they were secretly amazed in their hearts.

They were especially amazed at the number of cavalry of the Qin army, which exceeded forty percent of the total number of cavalry, of which the heavy cavalry accounted for two percent of the cavalry. Even if it is the infantry, half of them are on horseback, and the remaining half of the infantry is not on horseback, but it is nine pack horses per fire.

During the Sui army, the government soldiers stipulated that there were six pack horses for each fire, and six mules and horses for ten people in one fire, not for riding, but for carrying equipment. At the time of the opening of the emperor, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty even carried eight pack horses per fire.

And now the Qin army has nine pack horses per fire, which is beyond the time when the emperor was at the peak of the Sui Dynasty.

The Qin army was organized, with three groups of three, three groups for fire, five fires for teams, plus the deputy flag bearer and two flag guards at the head of the team, so a team of exactly fifty people.

Therefore, one fire and three groups of nine men and nine pack horses have actually reached the point where each infantry is equipped with a pack horse. And Sui Shiyi Huo was ten people, ten people and eight packs, in fact, they had not yet reached the point of one load per person.

From this point on, you can see the elite of the Qin army.

In comparison, Li Tangke in Guanzhong is far behind.

When Li Shimin led an army of 50,000 into Hedong, he had 50,000 horses under his command, of which only 5,000 cavalry, accounting for only 10%. There were only five pack horses per fire in the infantry, two people and one pack, and there were no mounted infantry at all. In terms of equipment and training, it is also far inferior to the Qin army.

"Their cavalry is equipped with two horses." Chai Shao said to Li Shimin.

Li Shuliang sighed, "All the infantry cavalry of the Qin army are equipped with bows and arrows, cavalry and infantry archers, and even equipped with double bows, five strings and three bags of arrows. ”

"The cavalry is all armoured, the infantry is equipped with iron armor up to sixty percent, and the rest are also wearing leather armor. Above the fire length, there are bright light armors. Li Deliang said.

Li Shimin paid more attention to the soldiers of the Qin army, "Those above the commander of the Qin army are all veterans. Their soldiers also wore bronze medals on their shoulders, with different patterns and distinct classes. ”

The bronze medal on the shoulder distinguishes the rank of the soldier, and the color of the helmet distinguishes the legion, and then matches the team flag, battalion flag, regimental flag, box flag, and military flag, so that although the Qin army is numerous, when it can march, it is orderly and not chaotic at all.

Not to mention, when the Qin army marched, there were also military musicians beating gongs and drums and blowing trumpets.

Li Shimin felt a sense of powerlessness.

How did Datang fight Qin Jun?

At present, although the Qin army has not yet dominated the world, its elite is even far superior to the government soldiers in the Kaihuang period. It has been in battle for a long time, brave and able to fight, especially the rewards and punishments are clear, and the merit is redeemed, which makes the Qin army have a strong will to fight.

Although all the armies of Luo Cheng's Qin State combined were only 500,000 people, the Tang army had recruited and reorganized a total of 500,000 or 600,000 soldiers and horses, but they could not be compared at all.

In Qin Jun's body, there is always a passionate spirit, which is lacking in Tang Jun.

"I think Luo Cheng is comparable to Liu Yu, Murong Chui, or Yu Wenyong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

Liu Yu and Murong Chui needless to say, after the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the two strongest cattle people in the Northern and Southern Dynasties era, Murong Liu Yu in the North and South, are almost all people who have no opponents in the world.

And the Northern Zhou Dynasty's Yuwen Yong is also a fierce man, the Central Plains experienced hundreds of years of turmoil in the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was able to reunify, the greatest merit should be said to be Emperor Wu of Zhou Yuwen Yong, this emperor is very good, after being supported by the uncle of the right minister, he endured humiliation for several years, and finally killed Yuwen Hu, and then reformed the system, continued to implement the Juntian system, and improved the government military system, and took back the military power from those pillar countries and the governors, he also destroyed the Buddha, comprehensively strengthened the Zhou State, and then destroyed Qi in one fell swoop, if it was not for the death of the thirties, How could there be anything to Yang Jian later.

"Maybe Luo Cheng suddenly died in Daibei, or died of a stray arrow, or died of a violent disease, there can still be variables in this world, otherwise Luo Cheng will dominate the Central Plains."

Chai Shao said very pessimistically.

"But the Qin State is monolithic, especially the Qin army, although there is a rebellion by generals like Liu Wuzhou and Wang Junkuo, it has not affected its whole, and the arrows and violent diseases ······" Li Shishi shook his head.

Yes, pinning their hopes on such a vain thing also shows their despair?

The county seat of Mayi, Shanyang.

Emperor Qin led 100,000 troops to the city, and after the people in the city heard about it, not only did they not panic at all, but even looked forward to it.

Wang Wu, the general of Ma Yi, gathered the soldiers and civilians in the city and wanted to resist to the death, but everyone reacted. was sent to recruit young people in the city to assist in the defense, but they were closed by the people.

The emperor sent messengers to the city to persuade them to surrender.

Facing the overwhelming Qin Red Army under the city, although there were still 10,000 soldiers in Mayi City, the main general was deeply powerless.

People worship the strong.

Great Qin is the most powerful army today, not to mention, their military discipline is strict, and many soldiers and civilians in Mayi City were rescued by Emperor Qin in the last Turkic invasion.

The common people were afraid of the Turks, and they didn't like Liu Wuzhou's army, especially the women, who couldn't help but tremble when they met the Turkic women, because no one could trust these Turkic wolves.

But when they saw Qin Jun appear, they were not only afraid, but even sometimes showed a faint charm on their faces when they watched them pass by.

Especially many unmarried marriageable teenagers, looking at those majestic Qin soldiers, looking at their tall and straight, looking at the sturdy bodies and resolute faces under the neat red military uniforms, they will blush.

After seeing the soldiers of the Qin Army, many teenagers will fantasize about being able to marry a soldier of the Qin Army.

The army has no fighting spirit.

The people refused to help defend the city.

The defenders of the city had no choice but to order the surrender of the city.

He originally wanted to resist, but the wealthy families in the city came to persuade him to join, looking at these people, the guard knew that he had no choice, the 10,000 defenders in Mayi City, the generals were mostly the children of these people.

If they don't want to keep it, then he can't keep it even if he wants to.

"I'm just a small military envoy, how can I resist such a military might?"

After the city lord Wang Wu finally decided to open the city and surrender, everyone in the city breathed a sigh of relief.

The generals happily passed the order, and the soldiers had already opened the city gates impatiently.

The wealthy merchants of the powerful clans in the city of Mayi hugged Wang Wu and other cadres and colonels and went out of the city to surrender.

"The fifth king of the guilty general pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Grass people... Meet the Most High! ”

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Under the city, under the banner of the Qin army, the emperor smiled and asked them to be exempt from courtesy, Qin Qiong led a light horse into the city, took over the city defense, and all 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city surrendered!