Dating back to the late Zhou Dynasty, which was quite far away from the Han Dynasty, the monarchy weakened and clans rose. At that time, the powerful clans had openly ignored the constraints of the monarchy, and in order to expand the strength of their own clans, they went to war with other clans. After the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, the clan developed and expanded itself into a clan state, which plunged the world into an era of war and chaos for hundreds of years.

Many small clans create a state around a few big clans, which is the original way of the clan, and because of this, the elders of the clan, the head of the family, firmly hold the lifeblood of the country in their hands.

It can be understood that the prototype of the real 'country' is actually equivalent to a form in which many big and small families join forces to advance and retreat together for the sake of common interests.

Based on this, it is not difficult to understand why the clan did not form an army in the first place, after all, it required a lot of financial resources to maintain an army, which was fundamentally in conflict with the interests of those clans at that time.

Some people may ask, since there is no army, what should be done if it is attacked by other clans, or if it is going to attack other clans?

The answer is, temporary recruitment of militias.

Of course, the militia was later referred to as 'recruiting bravery', which was popularly interpreted as a list of posts in the city where the country was located, recruiting a group of unemployed vagrants who had lost their land and had no jobs in the eyes of later generations, and led them to seek benefits for the country. Even earlier, there was no military pay, and the recruited 'rangers' had to bring their own dry food, or they could only fight the enemy hungry.

Some people may ask, in this case, there will be people who are willing to be 'soldiers' in this period?

Yes, because the remuneration for participating in the war is very good.

This statement does not contradict the previous one. Although the rangers recruited by the clan did not receive the slightest salary, they could use their skills to make a fortune in the war: they used the heads of the enemies they hunted to exchange with the clan for a gratuity.

This was called 'hunter hunting', and it was a means of making money that the middle and lower peasants were eager to make money when the army had not yet formed a common concept.

In non-war times, those 'rangers' may have a variety of identities. Hunters, stonemasons, merchants, and even idle splashes, etc., but once the clan leading the clan initiates or passively starts a war, they turn into militias, hunting the heads of their enemies on the battlefield: killing them, cutting off their heads, and exchanging rewards with the clan after the battle.

Because it is a high-risk position, the clan also pays a lot of money, and if it is strong enough, a soldier can hunt about five or six enemy heads on the battlefield, which is far more than they have to work hard for a year.

This method of warfare continued until the pre-Qin period. Even in the era of the juxtaposition of the Seven Heroes, there were still many countries - because the hundred years of annexation had made the clan state no longer a situation in which one or two big clans controlled the whole country, and the bureaucratic system had taken shape, so that it could no longer be called a clan state, it was customary to continue this method of recruiting soldiers.

But unfortunately, the way of 'clan recruitment' was quickly defeated by the regular army that was beginning to take shape, and think about it, how could a group of peasant soldiers who did not have the cooperation at all fight the regular army that advanced and retreated? In addition, the appearance of the art of war and the military formation gave the 'clan recruitment' the last and most fierce blow, and finally made the 'clan recruitment' eliminated by history. It was eliminated by the regular army supported by countless manpower and material resources. At this point, the 'militia' recruited by the 'clan recruitment' completely withdrew from the war stage, and the war between countries was completely withdrawn. It has become a contest between the regular army, a contest between the strength of the national armament and the regular army, and a contest between the commander's strategy. war, further normalized. Variety.

However, although the clan's method of warfare was eliminated, the enemy skull reward system was retained as a means of motivating one's own soldiers to fight bravely against the enemy. The military salary system, together with the enemy's skull reward system, became the two important sources of money for regular soldiers at that time. At that time, the war was far more tragic than later, and the so-called post-war cleaning of the battlefield at that time was not just as simple as burying the corpses, it was the time for the victors to scrape the wealth. All enemies killed in battle will be decapitated and handed over to the army by the soldier in exchange for a bounty. Sometimes, because of the high report of the enemy's skull reward system, two soldiers on the same side will take a big shot because of a valuable (higher rank) enemy head, and even have a weapon fight.

This barbaric and bloody method of warfare did not change until the Han Dynasty, when Confucianism, which was granted the status of state religion by the Han Dynasty, advocated 'benevolence and warfare', 'forgiveness', and 'the dead are greater', and these ideas also imperceptibly influenced the army. From that time on, beheading was gradually seen as an 'unkind' affair, and unless it was used for the purpose of humiliating the enemy, ordinary soldiers were no longer subjected to the bloody treatment of beheading after being killed in battle. Based on this incident, the system of rewarding the enemy's head was also abolished and replaced by the system of rewarding military merits.

Gradually, the hunter hunted the skull gradually faded out of the war as a reflection of the old war system, but a tactic based on this principle was retained, that is, the tactic of hunting the enemy generals who shot the man first and the horse first, and captured the thief and the king first: when the battle situation on their own side was not optimistic or they wanted to defeat the enemy army as soon as possible, they sent an elite army to snipe the enemy's generals. In most cases, it is the dead who are lured by heavy money, that is, there must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward.

This is a tactic that is biased towards surprise attacks, but it is not so easy to implement, after all, the generals who command the operation, especially the commanders at the level of generals, they are not only outstanding in their own martial arts, but also most of them have their sergeants and personal guards around them, to tear such a line of defense to snipe the enemy generals, this is a great test of the strength and quality of the soldiers in the action. After all, this situation is similar to the tactic of going deep alone, and if you are surrounded by enemy troops in turn, it will be a situation of no life. Therefore, unless your own soldiers are one step higher than the enemy's combat strength, or if there is no way back from the battle, this double-edged sword tactic will be used.

And this time, Zhang Huang and others stepped on the battlefield as a member of the sniper rebel general Yuan Han. Although it is said that the general Chen Qi or even the general Yang Qi meant, he just hoped that they could drag Yuan Han, after all, Yuan Han was an extremely strong general with his own strength, and he had the strength to turn the tide of the battle like Cheng Pu, and the general Yang Qi did not want him to think of a way to snipe the rebel general Gong Yu, but Yuan Han jumped out and ruined his good deeds.

The next day, the battle began on the outskirts of Luzhuang, and it seemed that the rebels had not given up their plan to storm Luzhuang, so they rested for a short day. The army marched towards Luzhuang again. In other words, the rebels also sensed the existence of the Guangling army's strong reinforcement of the Danyang soldiers, and had no choice but to fight a backwater: capture Luzhuang and defeat the Guangling army in front, and they would have a chance to survive the attack of the Danyang soldiers, otherwise, what awaited them was only destruction.

When the two armies were in contact, Yang Qi, the general of the Guangling Army, and Gong Yu, the general of the rebel army, did not talk nonsense: Today, half a month after the battle, the army formation, combat strength, and morale of the two armies are generally clear in their hearts, and there is nothing to say. Could it be that one side can still convince the other to surrender?

In the Han Dynasty, treason and usurpation were the strictest capital crimes. There is absolutely no reason for forgiveness or pardon, therefore, it is impossible for the rebels to surrender, and the Guangling army is naturally impossible to surrender or appease, and the two are completely opposed.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-"

The trumpets of the attacking armies on both sides sounded at the same time, but the offensive of the Guangling army was launched one step ahead: a brave general of the same rank as the general Chen Qi led more than 2,000 soldiers and nearly 1,000 righteous soldiers to take the lead in charging the rebels.

It is hard to imagine that in the first wave of the offensive, which was originally used to test the strength of the enemy's army, the Guangling army actually invested almost eighty or ninety percent of its troops. And the rebels are on the side. Nearly 5,000 troops were also put into battle.

But think about it, when the two sides basically know each other, it is no longer necessary to feint to test each other's strength.

In order to paralyze the enemy army. Without revealing their true purpose, Cheng Pu's Red Army, Wang Zhuo's 300-man team (Zhang Huang was the commander of the 100-man team he led), and Han Hu's 300-man team did not directly attack the direction of the rebel general Yuan Han at first, or even. They weren't in the same position at first, because the movement of the troops on the battlefield became particularly conspicuous as soon as there were many of them. It's easy to let the enemy know that something is wrong.

If Yuan Han smelled the conspiracy and changed his position, Zhang Huang and the others would not have time to cry.

On the other hand, if Cheng Pu, Wang Zhuo, and Han Hu, the three 300-strong troops, were not in the same position at the beginning, but converged together by 'chance' in the chaotic battle, it would not be easy to remind people of a conspiracy.

This is Shan Fu's idea. In his opinion, how to find a way to snipe the powerful Yuan Han is actually a follow-up matter, what we really have to think about is how to surround this rebel general, after all, Zhang Huang and others can't kill Yuan Han in an instant, and Cheng Pu can't do it. Therefore, the safest way is to use a force to separate Yuan Han from the other rebel soldiers, and wear down this fierce general.

But Yuan Han is not a fool, and he will never be stupid enough to break into thousands of enemy troops because of his own strength, because no matter how powerful he is, he can't stand the swords and guns of 900 people. This kind of stupid thing can only be done by guys like Li Tong and Chen Zhi, who are not afraid of tigers.

Therefore, Shan Fu felt that the most important thing was how to surround Yuan Han unknowingly, and then kill all the rebel soldiers around Yuan Han, and at the same time block the rebels who came to rescue from other directions, so as to achieve the fundamental purpose of separating Yuan Han from the rebel soldiers. As for after that, it was Cheng Pu, Zhang Huang, and Li Tong's business, and he Shan Fu was only responsible for this step.

Shan Fu's words, Cheng Pu, Wang Zhuo, and Han Hu all nodded in approval, after all, they didn't think that Yuan Han would take the initiative to throw himself into the net.

The battle had started for about a quarter of an hour, and the situation on the battlefield had become very chaotic. This is the disadvantage of large-scale army battles, and the armies of both sides can easily be overwhelmed by the enemy forces, making it several more difficult for the generals on both sides to command their own soldiers.

In fact, from here, it is the time period to test the general's command and command ability. After all, the command does not mean that all the curved parts are pushed up and the task is finished, and the troops are drawn from the advantageous corner of the battlefield to support the inferior corner, or simply give up the inferior corner, and use the advantageous corner to open up the situation, etc., this dilemma that arises because of the rapid changes in the battlefield is the real test of the generals. If you are an ordinary novice, I am afraid that you will be dumbfounded when you see this chaotic battlefield, and you don't know how to schedule.

Of course, this kind of thing at the level of generals commanding operations is still too far away from the current Zhang Huang and the Black Feather Crows, what they are doing now is to use their outstanding strength as much as possible to tear apart the rebels' defense line, and join Cheng Pu and Han Hu, the two friendly forces, to start the real sniper Yuan Han plan.

I have to say. Wang Zhuo's 300-strong team, which has five people, including Zhang Huang, Li Tong, Zang Ba, Tai Shici, and Chen Zhi, even in this kind of large-scale battle, has a good strength to intersperse the enemy army. Think about it, let the five guys who have basically mastered the strength of the quasi-military generals of the 'spear through the spiral' act as the sharp blades that tear apart the enemy's defense line, how can ordinary rebel soldiers resist? The inferior wooden shield and leather armor are simply a joke in front of the powerful spear technique of spiral, and the flesh and blood are even more fragile, but seeing the spears in the hands of Zhang Huang and the others, those rebel soldiers who rushed forward were shot and killed. Even a rigid rebel Duber couldn't stop the attack of the five of them. Although it is a beginner Cheng dù's spiral, Zhang Huang and his team already have the power to break through this Cheng dù's rigid body.

You must know that this is still Zhang Huang and others deliberately covering up their edge, after all, Shan Fu has a word first, if they are too dazzling, then it will attract other rebels, which is not a good thing for Zhang Huang and others' plan to snipe Yuan Han.

But even so, Wang Zhuo's team of 300 soldiers is still marching all the way, like a victor. Wang Zhuo was surprised and delighted in his heart, and secretly despised Lu Min, a friend before his death: There are so many powerful little ghosts, no wonder the record of the twenty-six accounts is so staggering. I don't know how to pull a brother's tent......

Similarly, the battle situation on Wang Zhuo's side also fell into the eyes of Yang Qi, the general of the Guangling Army. At this time, Yang Qi had not yet implemented his plan to snipe the rebel general Gong Yu. He is still waiting for Cheng Pu, Zhang Huang and others to create a suitable opportunity for him. And it was precisely because he had been keeping an eye on the battle situation of one of Wang Zhuo's three raiding teams that he noticed the five incredibly sharp blades in front of Wang Zhuo's team.

"In order not to arouse the vigilance of the enemy, they were divided into three, and then they were gathered together with the help of the chaos on the battlefield...... What an inventive tactic! Did you come up with it, Chen Qi? After staring at Wang Zhuo's 300-man team for a long time. Yang Qi glanced approvingly at the general Chen Qi on the right.

"It's not. It was brought up by a kid named Shan Fu. Chen Qi replied indifferently.

Because of his serious injuries, Chen Qi lost the opportunity to charge into battle this time, and could only command from behind. Although this can be regarded as avoiding a high-death fight. But for Chen Qi, who is passionate about protecting his family and defending the country, it is not a thing to be happy about, so it is no wonder that he is in a bad mood.

"Shan Fu ......" Yang Qi frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly said, "He is in the list that Lord Thorn Shi gave me...... How, do you still think you're here to 'mix merit'? ”

Chen Qi's face was rarely slightly red, and he coughed and said, "The last general didn't think that way, it's just ......" He paused and said sincerely, "Zhang Huang, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Li Tong, Tai Shici, Shan Fu...... According to the general, talent is by no means limited to soldiers! ”

Yang Qi glanced at Chen Qi with some surprise, and then a few smiles rose on the corners of his mouth, and said leisurely, "Of course General Ben knows!" That's a talent recommended by Lord Assassin Shi to come to our army for training, how can he die lightly? If those little imps die so easily, how can General Ben allow you to do that? ”

"Huh?"

"Don't question Lord Thorn's vision." Yang Qi glanced up at the flags fluttering in the wind against the enemy's main formation, and said with a sneer, "Lord Assassin's foresight, how can ordinary people reach it?" The thief army does not know whether to live or die, only to be defeated and killed! ”

"......" Chen Qi looked at Yang Qi in wonder, seeing that the latter did not continue, and it was not easy to ask, he looked at the battlefield for a long time, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "The three branches have converged!" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Qi's tiger eyes suddenly became solemn, because once Zhang Huang and the others surrounded Yuan Han, he could implement the plan of sniping the rebel general Gong Yu, and when the time came, the Danyang soldiers would see the opportunity to kill indiscriminately, and Guangling would be able to pick up the fruits of victory with minimal losses.

At the same time, the rebel general Gong Yu also seemed to notice some strange and unreasonable movements on the battlefield, staring with frowns, and muttering something in his mouth.

Suddenly, he raised his hand, frowned, and said, "There...... Several enemy armies converged......"

"......" The guards on the left and right looked at each other, and they couldn't react for a long time by Gong Yu's headless words.

"Towards the left flank of our army...... Who are the left-wing generals? Gong Yu asked in a deep voice.

"It's General Yuan Han!" When the left and right guards heard this question, they could finally talk to the ground, and hurriedly replied.

"Yuan Han." Gong Yu was slightly stunned, his originally solemn and vigilant expression eased a little, and it could be seen that Gong Yu was full of trust and confidence in Yuan Han. But he never thought that Cheng Pu, Wang Zhuo, Han Hu, Zhang Huang and others, who were gradually converging their forces in the chaotic battle on the battlefield, were originally aiming for Yuan Han's head.

[Finally here......]

Looking at the fluttering 'Yuan' character flag outside a hundred zhang. Cheng Pu, Han Hu, and Wang Zhuo divided their troops quite tacitly, according to Shan Fu's previous plan, the strongest Red Silk Army went north to cut off the support of the rebels from the middle battlefield, and Han Hu detoured to the back of the Yuan Han army from the south side, tearing the connection between the Yuan Han army and the rebel army, as for Wang Zhuo's 300 troops, they directly attacked the Yuan Han army with Cheng Pu's joining, and the three teams worked together to make Yuan Han a bare-pole general in the shortest possible time.

"Kill!"

Under the slightly stunned gaze of the rebel general Yuan Han, the Red Army, the Han Tiger team, and Wang Zhuo's team suddenly separated again. In a roundabout way, he killed the rebel soldiers who were caught off guard.

[What's going on?] Escaped? ]

Yuan Han rarely did not move, but turned his head to look around with a stunned face, and after watching for dozens of breaths, the expression on his face gradually sank.

[No...... These people are planning to snipe my Yuan Han! ]

Yuan Han silently took the heavy giant spear from the hands of the guards beside him.

Also aware of this is the rebel general Gong Yu. For the Guangling army, which was sometimes separated and sometimes gathered, he had felt an indescribable strangeness before, and felt that this matter was far from being as simple as he had seen. Looking at it now, he suddenly understood in his heart: it turned out that this Guangling army was headed for Yuan Han, a fierce general under his account.

"Is it a tactic to snipe the enemy general? I can't see that Yang Qi is also a gambler......" Gong Yu laughed, and was about to order the transfer of troops to support the Yuan Han army. Suddenly, the faces of the guards on the left and right changed, and they exclaimed, "General, there is an abnormal movement in the enemy's main formation!" ”

"What? Honjin? Gong Yu was stunned. Looking up at the main formation of the Guangling Army, he was shocked to see Yang Qi, the general of the Guangling Army, holding a big sword and sitting on a war horse. led an entourage of less than 100 horsemen, with the cooperation of various parts of the Guangling Army, quickly tore apart the battlefield and attacked straight towards his palace.

[The target is me?] ]

Gong Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered: "If you gamble so much, aren't you afraid of going bankrupt, Yang Qi?!" ”

The guards on the left and right looked at each other and asked in a low voice, "General, do you still send someone to help General Yuan Han?" ”

"......" Gong Yu didn't say a word, his eyes flashed, staring at Yang Qi's team in the distance, a surprise team composed of dozens of cavalry. At this moment, his mind is full of Yang Qi, where do you remember to support Yuan Han. But even if he remembers, I'm afraid he will probably change his mind and use this force to snipe Yang Qi, after all, Yang Qi is the key person in this battle.

At this time, Yang Qi, the general of the Guangling Army, pointed the big knife in his hand at the rebel general Gong Yu's main formation on the way to gallop on his horse, and his eyes were filled with bursts of almost crazy persistence.

"Sons, follow General Ben to cut off the head of Gong Yu's house!"

"Oh-oh-"

While Zhang Huang and others tried to snipe the rebel general Yuan Han, Yang Qi, the general of their First Army, also dispatched, aiming directly at Gong Yu.

At the same time, three or five miles away from the battlefield, Danyang Taishou Xu Kun and Fuchun County Chengsun Jian finally led 5,000 Danyang soldiers to arrive. Although Gong Yu left behind an army of 500 people to delay the arrival of the Danyang soldiers on the battlefield, a rebel army of 500 people was defeated by the Danyang soldiers in a single moment.

One cup of tea, five hundred killed, no prisoners, and dozens of casualties, such a ferocious offensive is enough to prove that the strength of the two armies is not at the same level at all.

Danyang soldiers, surprisingly strong!

"This is going to start?" Looking into the distance and listening to the fighting movements from the distant battlefield, Danyang Taishou Xu Kun, a veteran, stroked his beard and frowned, "Yang Qi is too anxious, can't I fight after my Danyang soldiers arrive?" ”

"Probably to create a zào opportunity for me." Sun Jian rode up and said with a chuckle, "At this time, if our army comes out from the rear of the rebels, the rebels will have no reason to survive." ”

"That's what I said...... veteran Xu Kun nodded, affirming Sun Jian's statement, but his frowning brows still couldn't be relaxed. After all, his Danyang soldiers were still three or five miles away from the battlefield, and the time it would take to complete this journey was enough to subvert the prediction of the entire battle situation.

"If Lord Xu feels unsafe, why don't you take a step ahead of Sun......"

"Is Wentai alone?" Xu Kun was a little embarrassed, after all, Danyang soldiers were foot soldiers, and it was impossible to keep up with the speed of Sun Jian's exaggerated war horse.

"Huh." Sun Jian chuckled a few times when he heard this, and raised his hand and waved a horsewhip.

"One person...... That's enough! ”

PS: I missed Double 11 and didn't buy anything...... (To be continued......)