It is said that it is practiced for the hundred battle armies and gentlemen, but in fact, Li Congjing did not say much, but the pomp and circumstance were still very sufficient, even if the war is urgent now, at this time to highlight the importance and glory of the army, Li Congjing will not be stingy to highlight the warriors.

Although the pomp was large, in fact, Meng Ping and Lin Xiong did not wait long, and sent the army to capture Xuanwu and defend it, this strategy was long before the military discussion, Li Congjing and Mo Li had a simple discussion, and there was a conclusion, so Li Congjing had long known that the Hundred Battles Army was going to fight in Xuanwu County, so he gave an order to Xie Yugan and others very early, when they were ready to practice wine.

Since the expedition to Liangchuan, the casualties of the Hundred Battles Army have not been large, and the scale of more than 10,000 soldiers has not been reduced much, and now they have been assembled. On an autumn day, the breeze was cool, and the barracks were solemn, Li Congjing stood in front of the military formation, looking at the neatly lined up 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of soldiers, and a sense of pride surged in his heart.

This army is the army he personally pulled up from Qimen. At the beginning of the founding of the army, the Hundred Battles Army was mixed, and the armies of all parties regarded it as a miscellaneous army, probably except for Li Cunxuan, who ordered Li Congjing to form the Hundred Battles Army that day, and Li Siyuan, who had been confident in Li Congjing for ten years, no one was optimistic about this army.

However, it was such a ragtag army that was joined by mountain bandits at the beginning, which was reborn in the hands of Li Congjing, and after continuous training and transformation, and after countless baptisms of blood and fire, it finally became the elite of the empire.

At the beginning of Tiancheng, the empire implemented the new policy, touching the fundamental interests of many jiedu envoys, and the feudal towns were not without complaints, but the reason why the new policy was successfully implemented, but there was no turmoil and rebellion in the feudal towns, and the pillar stone relied on was the more than 20,000 hundred soldiers stationed in Heyang at that time.

In the first battle of Puzhou, the silver spear army, known as the world's heroic division, was vulnerable in front of the hundred battle army; The Tianxiong Army, which was based on Wei Bo's army, could only obediently move the town in the face of the deterrence of the Hundred Battles Army, and was finally killed.

It was from that time that the Hundred Battles Army gained the reputation of the pillar of the stability of the empire.

Since the establishment of the forbidden army in the Tang Dynasty, out of the needs of the empire, the establishment of more than 20,000 people in the Hundred Battles Army has been reduced to only more than 10,000 people. However, it was this reorganization that gave the empire an additional 50,000 truly usable kings.

Not to mention the three thousand horsemen of the gentlemen, they are the elite of the Hundred Battles Army, and they have always been the sharp weapons and personal guards in the hands of Li Congjing.

Li Congjing waved his hand, and immediately hundreds of sergeants holding the wine jar entered the array of the Hundred Battles Army and the Gentlemen, and the wine bowls in the hands of the Hundred Battles Army and the Gentlemen were immediately filled with strands of spirits.

Li Congjing raised the wine bowl in his hand and said loudly: "Soldiers, since the day the army was established, the Hundred Battles Army has been led by this commander to fight everywhere, and it has been more than eight years now, and there are countless battles after countless battles, and the heads of the enemies killed are incalculable!" Your footprints have spanned thousands of miles in the world, and your bloody struggle has made Ben Shuai proud, and the blood you shed has never forgotten! ”

"The army of a hundred battles is forward, and the gentlemen are all broken! This is your oath and the expectation of this commander! Li Congjing looked around at the thousands of soldiers with solemn expressions in front of him, and his pride surged like a tide, "Today, you will fight again in dangerous places, and you will lose to the death with several times the enemy. All the soldiers, after doing this bowl of wine, for the handsome, for Your Majesty, for the Tang Dynasty, and then make meritorious contributions! ”

More than 10,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "The world is not peaceful, and there is no truce to die; The enemy is not finished, and the fight to the death is endless! ”

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Li Congjing raised his neck and drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and threw the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, and more than 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers threw the bowl to the ground one after another, and for a while the pride surged.

"Hundred battle army, gentlemen, go to the battle!" Li Congjing issued a military order.

Meng Ping and Lin Xiongfei got on their horses, rolled up their flags and galloped, "The whole army listens to the order and pulls out!" ”

The ironclad soldiers came out of the camp one after another, and the dust was piling up, Li Congjing looked at the backs of the soldiers and did not move his pace for a long time.

Feng Dao stepped forward, stood behind Li Congjing's side, and sighed leisurely: "Your Highness, this trip to Xuanwu County, the burden of the soldiers is extremely heavy, Your Highness really doesn't send many soldiers?" ”

The soldiers had already walked away, Li Congjing turned around and returned to the account, and said with a slight smile when he heard the words: "There are a hundred battle armies and gentlemen, it is enough!" ”

Now that the Hundred Battles Army and the Gentlemen have already left for Xuanwu County, the next thing Li Congjing has to do is to organize the existing army to attack Zizhou City.

The defense of Zizhou City is very tight, Li Shaobin has fought against the water, there is no way to retreat, and this battle will certainly not be easy. However, the soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, although Li Congjing's life experience of the city offensive and defensive battles are not particularly much, but it can not be called less, now attacking Zizhou City, whether it is for Li Congjing, or for Li Congjing's shogunate, it is a familiar road.

After the Hundred Battles Army and the Gentlemen left the camp, Li Congjing immediately ordered to attack Zizhou City.

The sound of the siege battle is the best sound for the hundred battle troops and gentlemen.

In the city of Zizhou, Li Shaobin, who heard the siege of the city, came to the city tower to direct the battle.

On the first day of the battle, Li Congjing's main task was to clear the siege passages, including clearing the obstacles and fortifications outside the city, filling in the trenches and erecting trenches and bridges.

The head of the city under Li Shaobin's feet can almost be regarded as the rear at this time.

"The officials and big families in the city are all under control?" Li Shaobin asked his confidants beside him.

"The commander can rest assured, they have all been concentrated in the marshal's mansion in accordance with the commander's orders." The henchman replied.

Whenever the siege battle begins, the experienced generals who defend the city will gather the officials in the city and the core figures of the big families together and imprison them. The most taboo thing about the defense of the city is that the siege army and the forces in the city should cooperate with each other, because it is the most convenient way to break the city, and those who have the strength to cooperate with the siege army are nothing more than officials and large families, because only these people have a large number of families and servants, which can be temporarily transformed into combat power, and have the ability to appeal and connect with each other, Li Shaobin naturally can't help it.

Li Shaobin looked inside the city wall, and countless young and strong men were under the supervision of the armor soldiers, or carrying defensive tools such as rolling stones, or making food, or gathering together to prepare for the battlefield at any time. Naturally, most of these young men did not come to defend the city voluntarily, but under the threat of the sword and axe of the defenders, they had no choice. For the defenders of the city, the young and strong people in the city, part of the combat power, are also the reserve army and the new force.

"How long will the food supply in the city last?" Li Shaobin asked again. The third aspect of the fortification of the city is whether the supply of military food is sufficient.

"In the past, according to the order of the military commander, the autumn grain was harvested early, so the grain reserves are abundant, enough for March." The staff replied.

Li Shaobin pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "It's not enough." ”

"Not enough?"

"It's not enough."

"That"

"Collect food from the whole city, and be sure to ensure that the military food is enough for half a year!"

"Yes!"

The city fortifications are complete, the soldiers and horses are sufficient, the city is stable and worry-free, and the military food and logistics are supplied, and the city can be defended. The next thing that determines whether the city can be held is morale.

Li Shaobin asked this staff member: "The military merit reward regulations that the commander ordered you to draw up, have they all been prepared?" ”

"Handsome, it's all ready!" Staff said.

"Excellent! Immediately notify the officers and men of the whole army! Li Shaobin waved his hand, summoned another staff member, and instructed him: "Move all the money and money from the treasury to the city, and reward the soldiers who are brave and outstanding in battle every day!" ”

"Yes." The staff member respectfully agreed.

In this way, morale is sufficient, and other means of motivating morale depend on wartime contingencies.

The defense of Zizhou City can be said to be fully prepared.

Li Shaobin looked at the army outside the city, and his brows stretched a little. He has done everything he can do.

But it didn't take long for Li Shaobin to stretch his brows and wrinkle again. Because Li Shaobin only said, whether the city can be defended or not is a crucial factor. The importance of this factor, which at some point can override almost any factor, plays a decisive role. And this factor is beyond Li Shaobin's control.

This factor is the besieging side.