Chapter 34: Broth
Kou County
At this time, China did not have a very typical phenomenon of emphasizing literature over military force, and after meeting with the county commander, Hu County's commander took the wind and washed the dust, and called his subordinate county lieutenants, the focus was the cooperation of the two. The whole book
Although the county lieutenant is an official of the eighth grade, he is one rank higher than Zhang Xuanning's current ninth grade, but Zhang Xuanning is one of the emperor's sixteen guards, of course, it is different, so it is almost at the same level.
After a banquet at noon, it was already half noon, and I arrived at the county barracks below, and saw that it was relatively small, but there were finally three hundred strong men gathered, and the weapons were of course a little uneven.
County Lieutenant Zhou Liang said with a smile: "Lord Shi is here, this county is really welcome, please rest for a day first, the county commander has ordered me to send wine and food." β
This person is in his thirties, and he is also fierce.
"Lord Zhou has bothered, but please tell me about the situation in the county, and how the rebel king An acts, and I will complete the military order of Weizhong as soon as possible. Zhang Xuanning was already full of wine and food at this time, but his demeanor was still very sober.
"Lord Shi is really diligent in the king's affairs. β
After a pause, he thought about it for a while, and then said: "In August of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Brother Wang An refused to serve his husband and cut off his hand, so he let him serve as a husband, and his people fled in the mountains and forests, and only a few people died. β
One of the important conditions for the peasants to overthrow a court was widespread revolts at almost the same time, overwhelming the old ruling institutions. The power dissipates. Gradually falling into a state of paralysis, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Goryeo three times, and conscripted soldiers and husbands throughout the country for many years, and every working person was impoverished and threatened with death, and some people even cut off their hands and feet in order to avoid death. It is called blessed hands and blessed feet. Under such circumstances, a large-scale uprising was launched.
However, basically, the rebel army is undisciplined and engaged in raiding and plundering, and few people have the appearance of a king, which actually determines the strength of the force, so Zhang Xuanning nodded. Asked, "Are there any soldiers involved?" 12dc7de
Now the question is, whether there are soldiers involved, if there are soldiers or even junior officers in the original army, then the nature is different from that of simple peasants.
"Yes, it is said that there were dozens of soldiers who fled. County Lieutenant Zhou Liang's face sank and he said.
"Have you ever been in power?"
"It is said. is related to Wang An and accounts for his backbone. β
"No wonder, there are thousands of people, and there are people in the original army as their backbone, if it is not in the county, it can be easily suppressed. Zhang Xuanning's face was slightly solemn: "The report is good, if you wait a little longer, it may be even more difficult to control." β12dc7de
"That's how the prefectural magistrate thinks about it, and he also takes a bit of a risk. β
"Yes. I also know this, I will exterminate him as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble, or the situation will deteriorate, and besides, there are no people from the township party involved yet, right?"
In the wave of the uprising, the original landlord class may join and seize control, seize the land, and form its own power. This nature is different.
"Not yet. β
"That's fine. Although there are more than 1,000 people, there are only four or five hundred men who can fight. Zhang Xuanning breathed a sigh of relief. The people participated in the uprising, and most of them accompanied the whole family, because the rebellion was originally a whole clan land, even the old and the young had to follow, otherwise it would be a dead end: "However, it must also be strangled quickly, otherwise, there may be another incident." β
This year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered counties, counties, post pavilions, and village docks to build cities, and all the people moved into the city to live and cultivate the fields near the city. The limited number of fields in the vicinity of the city, which made it impossible for the generals to live in the city, forced a number of people to join the rebels, so that if they were not suppressed quickly, they would immediately lead to great trouble. 12dc7de
County Lieutenant Zhou Liang said with a wry smile: "What Lord Shi said is extremely true!"
After a pause, he said: "I have already summoned the township soldiers, there are three hundred people, and the county arsenal is equipped, so I will ask Lord Shi to command them in a unified manner and quickly quell them." β
Zhang Xuanning said with a smile: "Let's contact first, if you can draw it out, the flat ground can be strangled, if you retreat to the mountains in the forest, then it will be troublesome, maybe the search for a few months may not be able to completely strangle, this is not only your county, even I have some relationship." β
is also said that the first battle of the first battle, if it can't be completed neatly, it will naturally be embarrassing in the army, although Zhang Xuanning is not really ready to develop in the Sui army, but he must also do a good job.
Of course, Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant, didn't know what he was thinking, but he also thought that he wanted to establish military merits, and said at the moment: "Although you can rest assured, we can still have a lover in our county and know where to go." β
Zhang Xuanning laughed: "In this way, I am relieved." I'm repairing in the barracks, and once Lord Zhou gets the news, I'll be able to attack with all my might. β
"Lord Shi is so confident, I am relieved. Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant, said happily, and the two of them inspected the camp and watched those people arrange to move in one by one. Seeing that among the fifty people, there was a team divided into a group to guard the camp gate, which showed that their military discipline was strict, and they were full of confidence at the moment.
"I also asked Lord Zhou to let me see the township soldier drill, so I know how much. β
"It's a matter of course. Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant, immediately commanded.
At that moment, the order was given, and the 300 soldiers were divided into two teams to carry out continuous confrontation, and after a few glances, they knew that it was the simplest and most traditional battle in ancient times, and they each held wooden knives and guns, fighting each other.
"Have you ever been on the battlefield?" After looking at the time of the half-pillar incense, Zhang Xuanning said to the senior brother standing beside him.
Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant, looked at the drill in the field and said, "There are a few small battles. β
After a closer look, Zhang Xuanning smiled faintly: "It's already good to be able to have a few small battles, I'm afraid that the army has not gone through battles." β
After another half of the incense time, the situation on the field changed dramatically, and the people who came and went to fight began to breathe, and their hands and feet began to slow down.
The battle time of a pillar of incense, this is one of the real meanings of ancient warfare.
Unlike modern armies with guns and triggers, in ancient times, it was like running a thousand meters, and after a few strokes, the physical strength was exhausted, and if there was no arrangement for taking turns to rest, then in fact, it was impossible to last much time in a high-heat battle.
In the same way, it can also be said that the so-called guerrilla warfare of sports warfare, even if it was not entirely slag in ancient times, was tantamount to suicide, and fighting in one range also had the theory of three declines in morale, and if they ran for dozens of miles without horses, what physical strength did these soldiers have to fight?12dc7de
Pulling the trigger and hand-to-hand combat are two completely different concepts, and in ancient times, it was only death!
It can be said that when the hot weapon frees the soldier from the mere measure of physical strength, there is the soil for large-scale movement warfare and guerrilla warfare.
Zhang Xuanning realized the spirit of the ancient art of war, and immediately completely despised the act of bringing Taizu's guerrilla warfare back to ancient timesβthat is, he would never be able to wander into the world, and he usually committed suicide.
Wait a while, in fact, the second team is already sweating like rain, gasping for breath, seeing this, Zhang Xuanning knew that they had reached the limit, so he laughed and said: "This soldier can also fight, just close the team!"
"Very good. β
No longer watching the militia close, he smiled and walked towards his camp.
When he entered his own barracks, he saw Tao Ji was dealing with official business, and he didn't notice Zhang Xuanning coming in for a while, Zhang Xuanning looked at this deputy carefully, and then realized that when no one was around, he was wearing the official uniform of the military attache from the ninth grade, his
With the unique lean and murderous aura of a soldier.
Those who can climb up are not idiots, they all have their own strength, Zhang Xuanning's heart moved slightly.
The voice of Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant who received the team, woke him up, and he hurriedly showed a habitual smile: "See the county lieutenant, see the captain of the team." β
"Forget it, there's no need to be polite, have you sent all the grain, grass, wine and meat that the county has given us?"
"It's been delivered, the grain and grass are once every three days, and the wine and meat are sufficient, do you want to see it?"
"No need, you can do it, I don't worry. β
In fact, how did the elite soldiers come from in ancient times? It was nothing more than wine and meat, and people who did not eat meat did not have much combat effectiveness at all, so the consumption of elite soldiers was just enough meat and rice to pile up.
As for morale and the will of officers and men, if we talk about it without this, it is already almost funny, and the modern army has strengthened training, and those who know a little bit know that the food expenses are doubled according to the intensity of the training plan, and if there is not enough nutrition, a week of intensive training can make soldiers urinate blood.
This is still the era of triggers and buttons, if in the ancient era of pure physical combat, there was not enough rice and meat, what kind of training, just wait for a group of people to die every day!
Fifty soldiers who ate wine and meat and trained them, even if they did not rely on horsepower, could indeed beat the three hundred militiamen with coarse grains, and in Chinese history, except for the modern Taizu era, any so-called peasant uprising could only end up opening the way for people.
Supplies are undoubtedly a very large part of the factor.
In Zhang Xuanning's army, there is meat every day, and those who drink alcohol are appropriately prohibited. The combat effectiveness is far above those yellow-faced and thin-skinned peasants. Thinking of this, Zhang Xuanning was immediately full of confidence, killing them was like killing a dog's ear.
As long as the era has not entered the era of hot weapons, the peasants will never be able to turn the sky upside down, even if Taizu is here. This is what he realized.
"Is there any news out there?" he said nonchalantly.
"Recently, Wei Yue's traitor department had an internal fire, but Wei Yue was not dead, the bullet was suppressed, and in one fell swoop killed or cut the power of the rebel generals who plotted rebellion. Tao Ji thought for a moment. Just talking.
"Wei Yue traitor...... Wei Yue ...... "After listening to it, Zhang Xuanning didn't care, and he had never heard of this name, it was nothing more than a small part of it.
"Wei Yue ......" but the county lieutenant Zhou Liang silently read it again, and said: "This person is also a giant thief, he once gathered thousands of troops, and he didn't expect to suffer from this chaos today, it seems that this person's popularity has been exhausted." β
"Perhaps. The elite soldiers of the imperial court are here, although there are thieves, what are they afraid of?" Zhang Xuanning said.
Everyone nodded, and there was no doubt about it.
Although there is a lot of chaos in the world, and the three attacks on Goryeo are also seriously damaged, people of insight understand that Emperor Yang of Sui still maintains nearly 300,000 elites, even if he does nothing. As long as you are content in Chang'an, it is more than enough to extend the world for 30 years, and even as long as there is still a little bit of the original talent, a little cheer up, with Chang'an in Guanzhong as the base, redefining the world is just a matter of turning over.
No matter what the gate valve is, even if the four gate valves join forces, it is not an opponent.
Therefore, in fact, at this time, the core Guanzhong and Chang'an armies of Emperor Yang of Sui were very stable in their hearts. I don't feel like the world is going to die at all.
Even if it is Li Valve, as long as Emperor Yang of Sui is in Chang'an for a day. It can't get into trouble, because it is very simple for Emperor Yang of Sui to destroy it, so Li Valve calculated, through various methods, it must be a grand strategy to let Emperor Yang of Sui go to the south, but why did Emperor Yang of Sui actually abandon his fundamental place and move south, this is incomprehensible, was he frightened by the Turks and ran away?
You must know that all the elite soldiers in the world are here, and the economy and population are extremely rich; in history, after Li Valve occupied this place, he swept the world in a few years, and there were almost no opponents, which shows the strength of his imperial resources.
If you don't understand, you don't want to, just think of Emperor Yang of Sui as crazy, anyway, that's the case, if you can't figure it out, you can't change the reality, at that moment Zhang Xuanning laughed and said: "Send the wine and meat down, one per person, and the wine will be temporarily withheld for the time being. β
"Yes, sir. "Hearing about the military merits and the sealing of the wife and the shadow of the son, the people present are all warm, at this time it is only ten years away from the Sui Dynasty, the army has not been corrupted, the military merits are rewarded, and the implementation is not bad, so it is attractive.
"How's the horses?" Zhang Xuanning was referring to the twenty war horses that had been captured.
"Those who are not injured can be charged, and they do not have to be handed in, and those who are injured can be sold. β
"Lord Shi, don't worry, these horses are not injured, they can be sold for a large price, I will handle this matter. Zhou Liang, the county lieutenant, said this, and had decided to buy it at a price higher than the market price, which was a bribe to him.
"Okay, thank you, Lord Zhou. β
At that time, it was almost dusk, and the smell of meat had already floated out of the barracks, which caused the villagers to salivate, but they didn't have to eat meat, and it was already very good to be able to eat enough coarse grain when they were soldiers.
Only at this time did Zhang Xuanning understand all kinds of things in the ancient army, he thought about it for a while, and then said: "There is a horse that is seriously injured and does not heal?"
"Yes, a horse. β
"Kill, give everyone in the camp a bowl of broth today, cook it thicker, and fight in a few days, so it's better to leave them some strength." β
Hearing this, Tao Ji responded: "Yes!"
County Lieutenant Zhou Liang also smiled: "In this way, the morale will be shocked!"
You can eat meat, I can also eat soup, so that the top and bottom are balanced, Zhang Xuanning knows this reason, no matter how little a bowl of broth is, it is finally drunk, and the psychology is balanced.
Otherwise, the militia will be envious, envious and resentful, although it is not obvious in peacetime, but it will be seen in wartime.
But even Zhang Xuanning didn't dare to give meat to the militia, even if there was a surplus, give a bowl of soup to the militia, everyone can say good, and give a piece of meat, it is to break the rules, which leads to an imbalance in the hearts of his elite soldiers, and also gives a tongue to the mouth - is it buying people's hearts?
In ancient times, these points must not be messed up, otherwise, there will be a dead end.
Although the horse meat was coarse, it was rotten boiled, and it was all good broth, and those who ate coarse grains, and did not know how long it had not eaten meat, all laughed and received a bowl of broth, and the three hundred men in the camp, even if it was broth, used up almost a fifth of the meat.
If each person had meat to eat, the horse might have eaten it all in one meal.
"Stone Team Zheng!"
Drinking the broth, Zhang Xuanning was immediately welcomed, this is not only the taste of the broth, but also a style of eating fruit for everyone, in this world, what countless people ask is not that the master can remember to eat meat by himself and drink soup below?
In fact, the master's biggest weapon is nothing more than "I eat meat, you drink soup", which is the real invincible weapon, whether ancient or even in the future, but this point is the easiest to forget.
Of course, it is not possible to immediately make the militia kneel on the ground and shout long live the lord, but it is just a matter of dispatching and ordering, and it is just a little more willingness, and this willingness is sometimes enough to influence victory on the battlefield.
I have broth for 300 people, can I have broth for a million soldiers? Zhang Xuanning shook his head and sighed when he saw that everyone was smiling, if there were no supplies, then everything would be empty words, and benevolence and virtue would not be in his heart!
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