Chapter 101: Unprecedented Mercenaries
The shelling lasted for an hour, and the Zhou army on the sea was dead, and the rest climbed ashore to find the hidden fortifications built by Gushan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Foot-high piles of rocks can be found everywhere, and there are people everywhere they can stay, and now even a single brick can kill many people.
"Surrender, no more fighting."
Zhao Zheng's flagship had a medium cannon, modeled after the eighteenth-century Armstrong gun, with a range of up to eight miles.
A cannon knocked down the house behind Zhou Jun, and the Zhou soldiers knelt down one after another to surrender. Tens of thousands of people are crammed into the small shore, where there are obstacles everywhere, and they can't run away, but they may be blown into powder, and they have lost the courage to resist.
The white flag was raised, but Zhao Zheng did not send anyone to get off the ship to accept the surrender, and fired a signal flare, and He Miao led less than a thousand elite soldiers out of the house.
The people who hurt the most in the war, Wanghai City will eventually be the territory of Gushan, and the people here are naturally the people of Gushan.
At the beginning of the war, they were collectively arranged to take refuge in the east of the city. But their house was of great use, Zhao Zheng had dozens of brick walls erected to block the Zhou army from entering the city, and secretly the houses on both sides were opened, and they could go all the way to the end when they opened the door.
Empiricism made Zhou Jun not expect that he would tear down one wall after another and move forward, and he thought he was smart.
Well, now it's just that He Miao's thousands of soldiers have surrendered tens of thousands of Zhou soldiers. In addition, those high-ranking generals and nobles who joined the army all squatted in place, holding their heads in their hands and waiting for Zhao Zheng to deal with them.
"General Ben is a nobleman, and my father is a doctor in the Great Zhou, you dare to humiliate me so much, invite Gushan Jun, and I will tell him personally."
One of the Tiger Division's lieutenant generals was dissatisfied, refusing to crouch down and hugging his head, instead asking to talk to Zhao Zhengping.
The generals of the Warring States period did not think that surrender was humiliating, on the contrary, they might lead troops to attack their homeland after surrendering, which was a way of talent flow for scholars, just like when Gongzi Wei was captured by the Qin State, changed hands and seized the five cities of the Wei family, and was named the chief of the concubine.
"What about General Sima Zhi?" Zhao Zheng didn't even look at those noble generals.
"Old general, kill yourself", He Miao paused and said, the camp said that he was happy to see this, but how humiliating it was to defeat himself morally, and his reputation was ruined because of this.
Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time and sighed and said: "Strong, I'd rather die than surrender, and be buried thickly." In addition, let all the surrendered generals be the old general Dai Xiao, and give the old general a funeral with the gift of his father. ”
Zhao Zheng set the tone for this, Sima Zhi's self-killing is not humiliation, but a kind of righteousness and awe-inspiring, allowing a group of aristocratic generals to perform filial piety is equivalent to giving Sima Zhi a funeral with the gift of the princes.
"Gushan-kun, why humiliate me. Although Sima Zhi is a general, he is not qualified to let me, the royal family, perform filial piety for him. "It's that noble lieutenant general again.
Zhao Zheng looked at him and sneered: "Your Excellency has such a big identity, why don't you die and die for the country, but you want to beg to surrender to me." ”
The Zhonglang general said arrogantly: "The punishment is not a doctor, this son is not those lowly soldiers, according to the etiquette system of the monarch should be treated with courtesy, after the war to negotiate peace, if I admire the monarch to stay in Gushan, then the high-ranking officials are Houlu, if I want to return to the homeland, but the gift is sent in person." ”
"You surrendered coward, thinking you were my lord's honored guest." Zhao Gou stood up and scolded, he has always looked down on the nobles who bully people, and he has no ability to steal a high position by bloodline, but he has made a lot of achievements in war, and has always been a small captain.
"Bah, you are a pariah, you dare to be rude to my son, and Gushan Jun also asks him to kill him to vent his anger for me."
Zhao Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Your Excellency still thinks that in Luoyi, you want my killer to love to vent your personal anger for you. ”
"Zhao Gou, with outstanding combat achievements, is hereby appointed as the captain of the first battalion of the First Army."
has been promoted, this time it is not a design routine, but an honor that is really exchanged for military exploits. Zhao Gou grinned and bowed to Shane, and by the way, he turned his face and glared at the lieutenant general.
"Your Excellency, I think you are also a talented person, it is better to go to me to strengthen the mountain as a general, and become a hundred commanders under this Captain Zhao."
"Gushan-kun, I'...... You ......"
Zhao Gou dragged him past and smiled: "Haha, follow the captain of this school, I can't treat you badly." "Take him away.
Solving this stunned young man, Zhao Zheng smiled and came to Zhang Zilin, an old acquaintance, and if it wasn't for his cooperation, Zhao Zheng would not be able to easily take Wanghai City.
"Brother Zilin, does it still hurt in your buttocks?"
"Hmph, Hugh has to insult me, you might as well kill me."
Zhang Zilin looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and died generously.
Zhao Zheng shook his head and said: "Otherwise, you died just now, and now you and you are all slaves of Gushan, and I will use you to negotiate with Ji Zhan in the future." ”
was used as negotiation capital, Zhang Zilin instantly became angry and shouted: "You bastard, kill me, kill me quickly." ”
Wei Huo took people and took him away before he came into contact with Zhao Zheng, he didn't even have the courage to cut himself, Zhang Zilin was not a hero.
After solving the problem of two people dying in one life, Zhao Zheng looked at it again at this time, and the rest of the generals all bowed their heads and looked quite respectful.
He nodded in satisfaction, this is what a captive looks like.
"Hold them in prison and remember that we're running out of food."
Wei Huo made a clear gesture and smiled as he led them down, and what was next would be his favorite spectacle, the guinea pigs fighting for food.
The generals can solve it in a simple and crude way, but the soldiers cannot, the three elites of the Zhou army are all here, and the huge team of nearly 100,000 people will have to be digested for a long time.
However, the situation waits for no one, Zhao Zheng believes that within three days, an envoy from Qi Chu will come to contact the alliance and see if Zhao Zheng is like a piece of fat by the way.
"Ban Zhou is back, give him a good errand, blow up all the warships of the Chu army, and I'll give him a dock when I go back."
"Without the boat, are you still hard?"
Twenty-one warships were still offshore, and the prisoners of war were four times as large as the army, so for the time being, they could only rely on the feeling that the warships could cross the sea and go home.
After inspecting the circle, Wei Lian said worriedly: "It's difficult to do, Yin Ba's soldiers are all elites, and the salary is quite high, and the wives and daughters in the family are all supplied by the government, so it is difficult for them to return to their hearts." ”
It has always been the simplest and most effective way to give high welfare benefits to military personnel and their families and prevent them from defecting to the enemy.
Zhao Zheng scratched his head and asked, "Don't let them return to their hearts, just let them help us fight?" ”
"It's a little easier at this time, the warships are in the hands of our army, and they have to come from."
"What if you attack the Zhou army?"
"It may be backfired, Yin Eighth Division has had a knighthood since Wu Chang."
"Awesome", Zhao Zheng had to praise Zhou Tianzi, and his grace came from the little Wu Chang, which shows his control over Yin Bashi.
To this extent, there is no need to worry about whether the generals are loyal, as long as there is the slightest anti-Zhou heart, Zhou Tianzi will not do it, and the soldiers of Yin Bashi will also do it.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was no longer only the Zhou royal family and nobles, but also the grassroots officers of the Yin Eighth Division who enjoyed the title.
"Zhou Tianzi has made the same foundation, and we can't pry this brick, so we just don't pry it, and use it directly."
Except for some non-commissioned officers who voluntarily left, the rest of the personnel of the three Yin Eighth Divisions did not change, but only reappointed officers above 100 commanders.
On a clear morning, Zhao Zheng negotiated with the representatives of the Third Division of the Eighth Division of Yin, not asking them to submit to obedience, the two were only considered hires, they fought for Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Zheng paid them salaries.
The first mercenary army was officially born in history, and Zhao Zheng led all the Gushan generals to form a bloody alliance with more than 45,000 soldiers of the Yin Eighth Division.
The three divisions shuffled their cards, and selected the most elite soldiers to form the first division of the mercenary army, with Zhao Zheng personally as the commander, and Ji Hu, the former general of the Tiger Division, as the deputy chief of staff. Wei Huo was promoted to Zhonglang General, and more than 2,000 expeditionary soldiers from the original Gushan were organized into the Guards Regiment and included in the first division.
At the same time, the first battalion of the original First Army was reorganized into the Gushan Independent Regiment, with Zhao Gou as the head of the Zhonglang General and Meng Yu as the chief of staff of the lieutenant.
The last combat force soldiers formed three divisions, and they originally also had the number of mercenaries, but after the elite was withdrawn, the remaining soldiers of the eighth division knew that they were not the opponents of the Gushan Army, and they were willing to surrender.
The command of the third division was concurrently served by Zhao Zheng, and at the same time it was incorporated into the 234th Battalion of the original First Army, because most of them were recruits, Zhao Zheng promoted many young generals, among which there was a general named Ji Kai who was a general of the Zhou army who stood out and became the chief of staff of the deputy general of the third division, before that he was only a captain.
The elite of the Eighth Division of Yin and some capable soldiers were reorganized, but there were still more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, who were confused, couldn't lift knives, and were good at carrying grain and grass.
In line with the fact that garbage was just a resource in the wrong place, Zhao Zheng reorganized them into engineers, with Gong Duo who was far away in Gushan as the commander and Ban Zhou as the general.
"The lord is wise, and the last general is willing to die."
"Gushan-kun is wise, we are willing to serve."
Two different slogans, representing two different groups of people.
"Hmph, the eighth master of Yin raised by dogs, they are all prisoners and they are still so hard-mouthed."
Ji Daliu said dissatisfiedly on the side, his title has been upgraded to another level, and he has eaten five hundred households, but his position has not changed, he is still the captain of the Modao team, no, he should be called the captain of the Modao battalion. However, no one dares to underestimate Ji Daliu, he is at the same level as the first-class general of the division.
Yingbu pouted, he was happy to see Zhao Zheng grow, and he was even more stunned by the mercenary system, there is still this kind of army in the world that fights by contract.
It's just that the special operations team hasn't changed, and the people or official positions haven't changed, but it's infuriating that no one is willing to take over as the special operations captain, so Yingbu has to give up his desire to become a hundred leaders in the mercenary.
"The next step, the next step, can you let the special combat team fight, and be a messenger for several months, the brothers are annoyed."
Yingbu used an almost coquettish tone, which surprised Zhao Zheng, and only then did he remember that Yingbu was just a thirteen-year-old child.
Rubbing his hair dotingly, Zhao Zheng smiled: "If you want to fight, there is just a task, but don't mess it up like you did in the grassland last time." ”
"Guarantee the completion of the mission, and the general will be able to make a military order." Yingbu said solemnly, the last time Linhu grassland fought against the Yelu Department, there were more than a dozen casualties, and after going back, he was scolded by Zhao Zheng, and Yingbu was also ashamed.
"Come on, Zhi'er is still waiting for you in Gushan, I am reluctant to kill you." Zhao Zheng took out a letter, Yingbu was stunned and thought that he was a messenger again, his face suddenly drooped, Zhao Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, opened the envelope and said, "Ji Chong is in trouble in Xingdu, there are too few people there after all, you go over to help him, try to listen to him." ”
Yingbu was a little displeased, and Ji Chong had true feelings for Hu Ren, so the two were estranged a lot.
"This is an order", seeing Yingbu's reluctance, Zhao Zheng said.
He then took the letter and went out with a salute.