Chapter 54: Promotion
Zhao Tuo will cover his nose when he goes out of the camp these days.
It stinks.
In an open space outside the barracks, there were round, bloody, and smelly things.
From a distance, these horrible things seem to grow out of the soil, and the place seems to have become a fruitful melon field.
It's just that the melons that grow in this field are all hideous-looking, blood-stained Yanjun heads.
Fortunately, the barracks were forbidden to enter and leave after dark, and if anyone passed by this melon field at night, I am afraid that their legs would be weakened with fright.
They were neatly organized and had been sitting outside the gate for three days.
Shang Jun said: With the war, the first three days of violence, the three days of the school, the general to the scholar Lao Jue without doubt.
Every time the Qin army finished the battle and counted the enemy's heads, they would put these heads outside the gate for three days, and in the middle of the three days, they would carry out a point of proofreading, and after three days of inspection, the chief general would confirm that there was no problem, and they would evaluate the titles of the people according to their merits. This process is called "discourse".
The so-called "serving in the army should be discussed and given by labor", and there are a total of three procedures for the awarding of military merits in the Qin State, which are labor, discussion, and gift.
Labor refers to the meritorious service established after joining the army, and is the premise and basis for awarding military meritorious service.
The theory is to check whether the merit is true, and to evaluate the size of the merit and what kind of title should be awarded.
After the first two procedures, it is time to make people like the most.
Give.
On this day, the General's Office has confirmed the titles obtained by all the soldiers in this battle, and issued them by military officials at all levels.
Zhao Tuo finally got the reward.
He single-handedly killed one person on the city wall, and with this he could be promoted from a first-class official to a second-class upper building.
As for the Qin Wuji head, it was really fake.
According to the captured Liaodong soldiers, the person killed by Zhao Tuo was not Qin Wuji, the chief general of the Yan army, but just one of his personal soldiers. And recently there was also news that Qin Wuji fled to Wuyang City, re-erected the general flag, and gathered the remnants of the army.
In this way, the value of the human head is greatly reduced.
You must know that the military merit of the Qin State is upgraded to the later it is, and it is not a pure one-head promotion.
If this is the case, wouldn't it be better to kill twenty of him, and he would be able to directly cap the cap and become Chehou.
Shang Jun, who formulated the military merit system, would not let people easily rise to the senior title, and each time he was promoted, the difficulty required to advance to the next level would continue to rise.
In the words of later generations, it is the experience bar that has become longer.
Shiwu is promoted to Gongshi, and Gongshi is promoted to be made, and only one head is needed for the first level.
But when the hairpin is raised, two are needed.
If he held the position of tun chief at that time, the two heads were useless, and they had to be beheaded to be promoted.
What Zhao Tuo killed was just a personal soldier, and it stands to reason that he can't be promoted to the third level. But fortunately, the pro-soldier was wearing Qin Wuji's armor and sword, and by the way, there were general's talismans, and these things could also be used as a merit after review.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo was promoted two levels from Gongshi to Gongshi this time, and he had a third-class title, hairpin.
The curtain on his head can also be replaced with blue-black, that is, the right bun, so that people can see his title at a glance.
If you are promoted to another level, and you will not be able to change the fourth-class title, you can wear a crown on your head, and your status will be more noble.
"It's a pity that if you want to go up to the next level, a simple head is no longer enough."
Zhao Tuo shook his head, with the title of hairpin, when the establishment is reorganized, he can at least serve as the head of the tun.
If you encounter a new soldier enlisting in the army and there is a lack of military officials, you may be able to be like Lu Wu and directly become a hundred generals.
"Upgrading two levels in a row, Xianyang will also reward two hundred acres of land, and the house can also be expanded, but the current house is enough to live in, no need to toss more, but I don't know what kind of expression Heng will have if he receives good news, will he think that this land will come too quickly and cannot be planted."
Because Zhao Tuo had no family in the Qin State, before he left, he went to Lizhong, let Lidian and Tian Dian witness, set up a deed, and entrusted his field to Hengdai, if he made meritorious service on the battlefield, the good news behind him would also be sent to Heng.
Of course, this situation is not a land transaction, if Zhao Tuo dies on the battlefield and he has no son to inherit the title, the Qin government will take back the land given to him, and will not leave it to Heng.
After all, everything in the Qin State today speaks with titles, and without the corresponding titles, it is impossible to occupy so much land.
In this battle, in addition to Zhao Tuo, everyone in Gengshi also received corresponding rewards.
In the middle of the game, Black Buttocks and Xiaobai have become first-class gongshi by virtue of their heads, and the pillar that was originally a gongshi has also become a second-class upper building.
With the title of duke, Xi Qigu, who was still able to show off on the shelf in front of the black buttocks and Xiaobai, has completely lost his arrogance.
In the blink of an eye, all the mud legs he looked down on before had become the same title as him, and even the title of that stupid big pillar surpassed him.
This made Xi Qigu very frustrated, and he became a lot softer when talking to people, and he was no longer as bitter and mean as before.
As for Ah Niu, the only unknighted person in Gengshi, now seeing people speak in a low voice, with a flattering smile on his face, it makes everyone disdain more and more.
This is the case in the Qin State, those who have a knight are respected, and with a title, you will have status.
Now that the rewards have been distributed, a new military operation will follow.
Wang Jian defeated the Yan Dynasty coalition army in the west of Yishui, and half of the main force of the Yan army was wiped out and half became prisoners, but there were still tens of thousands of remnants who fled into Wuyang City and continued to resist stubbornly under the banner re-erected by Qin Wuji.
Wang Jian is a battlefield general, naturally he will not let go of the opportunity to pursue the victory, and sent an army north at the first time to surround the entire Wuyang City, cutting off the connection between it and the hinterland of Yan State.
All the generals of the Qin army thought that Wuyang City could be defeated in one battle, after all, except for some of the original defenders, the Yan army in the city was defeated by easy water, and the army was unstable, and this kind of rout was easy to break.
But what I didn't expect was that the strength of this Wuyang City was beyond everyone's imagination.
Wuyang, the lower capital, began to be built since the time of Yan Chenggong, and was completed by the time of King Yan Zhao, and was built for more than 100 years.
It is not only the hub of the southern defense line of the Yan country, but also the bridgehead of the Yan army to the south, and it is also the companion capital of the Yan country, its importance can be seen, it can be said that the city was built by the Yan people like an iron wall, difficult to break.
Wuyang is divided into two cities, east and west
The eastern city is the main body, which is a complete castle in its own right. It is 4.5 kilometers long from east to west, 4 kilometers wide from north to south, the south is the middle easy water, the north is the north easy water, the east is the ditch dug out by hand, the west is the grain river, there are well-repaired city walls and moats all around, it can be said that the protection is quite tight.
As for the west city, it is purely for the war to build Guo, its area is smaller than the east city, but the city wall is more towering and strong, plus the west city is connected to the east city according to the grain river, the two cities are each other's lips and teeth, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack to the extreme.
Qin Wuji, the commander of the Yan army in the city, was even more determined, he not only divided the Yan soldiers into the two cities, but also requisitioned all the residents of Wuyang City.
Strong men carry weapons and guard the city walls.
Strong women transport utensils and deliver grain.
The old and weak collect all the materials they can use to defend the city.
Qin Wuji stood at the head of the city, looked at the endless Qin military camp tent outside the city, and said with a hideous expression:
"The city is in the people, and the city is dead!"