The Three Kingdoms Chapter 2801: The first battle is light and the first victory is won, and the unfair soldiers of the rich and the poor are resentful
Chapter 2801: The first battle is light and the first victory is won, and the unfair soldiers of the rich and the poor are resentful
The battle began soon.
Kaza was very successful in defeat. After all, the vassals themselves did not have a strong desire to fight, and they were not as good as regular soldiers in discipline and training. Therefore, when Kaza led hundreds of people to sway under Jinzihe City and lured the enemy in the city, it did not arouse much suspicion from the Cheshi people.
Perhaps it was because the Cheshi people in Jinzihe City did not have very high military qualities, or the Cheshi people's commander felt that he was really protected by the God of Vulcan and was invincible, or perhaps there was some other reason. Anyway, when Kaza pretended to be unfavorable to attack the city and then retreated, the Cheshi people in the city felt that there was an opportunity, so they rushed out.
Then these drivers hit Gao Shun's array.
Under the command of the Central Army's flag, the entire military formation was unfolded in sequence. The left wing and right wing, the front of the Central Army, the cavalry flag team, the central army's rear army, etc. each performed their duties.
The most fundamental reason why Gao Shun was arranged in this formation is that except for Gao Shun's main personnel, the rest of the soldiers and military academies have some lax combat preparations due to long-term lack of effective training.
Jinzihe City is not a strong enemy. Strictly speaking, Gao Shun can even directly lead the troops to rush to kill, but Gao Shun feels that it still needs to be well regulated to allow these Han soldiers to return to their original appearance.
The front was led by the two teams, and the front was set up in front. Because the Cheshi people in Jinzihe City were actually average in combat power, the entire front was not thick. Just to train troops, they tried to form a relatively wide front so that more soldiers could participate more during the first wave of attacks.
The two wings each sent a queue to surround the opponent.
Gao Shun, who was in the central army, looked at the operation of each part and the timeliness of his actions, and said after a moment: "These drivers are afraid that they will not be able to practice twice... After they collapse, they will let the two wings intercept them. If they can catch them, they will catch them alive..."
The Central Military Academy was eager to try, "General, what about us?"
Gao Shun comforted, "Let the front army and the two wings practice first. You... still have a chance, don't worry."
Unlike Gao Shun's army, who was training and was very frugal, these Cheshimen who rushed out of Jinzihe City were somewhat embarrassed. Although they knew that the Han army was coming, they thought that the people of Kaza were the Han army, and naturally felt that there was nothing extraordinary. When they saw Kaza's disorganized operation under the city, they felt that the Han army was too famous. They excitedly bit Kaza's butt and chased them all the way. After seeing Gao Shun line up, they suddenly realized that they might have fallen into the trap.
From the perspective of Cheshi people, the array of Han troops opposite, the armor and flags mainly red and black, and the swords, spears and weapons shining with cold light were like a steel city wall suddenly built on the ground, directly cutting off the road of life.
A howling suddenly sounded among the Cheshimen. Wah, as the Cheshimen shouted, it seemed that the Cheshimen suddenly felt a little energetic, and they were also howling one after another, waving their swords and guns, as if their momentum did not decline but increased.
Judging from this posture, the Cheshiren seemed to be about to attack Gao Shun's midfield.
This choice cannot be considered wrong. After all, Cheshi people chased Kaza and others all the way, and the formation was already a little scattered. If you stop to rectify the queue at this time, it will basically give Gao Shun a chance to successfully encircle and surround him.
Listening to the trumpets of the Cheshimen, Gao Shun felt a little strange. He couldn't understand what Cheshimen was calling, so he turned around and asked the guide, "What are they calling?"
The guide listened and said, "It seems like he is talking about God, what is the meaning of protection..."
『God?』 Gao Shun didn't understand, 『What kind of god?』
The guide whispered: "The Cheshi people believe in the God of Fire. They think that fire can burn all unclean things, so they especially like gold because gold can survive in the fire..."
Gao Shun nodded and understood. So that's it. At first, Gao Shun thought that the Cheshi people were too greedy, so he was reluctant to give up Jinzihe City. Now he realized that there was still this relationship. If the gold produced in Jinzihe City was regarded as a kingdom tribute or sacrificial object representing the gods, of course, it would be impossible to give up at will.
It's just this little car master...
Do you think the Han people’s sword is not good?
Gao Shun waved his hand, "Transfer, attack!"
The two wings first came into contact with the array of the chariots. When they were chasing, they had already pulled into a generally spindle shape. When the two wings were wrapped, they directly launched their riding and shooting. Bowing and shooting on the horse's back is a relatively high-demand skill, but it is much simpler to use the cavalry crossbow because it is limited to the horse's back and cannot use the strength of the waist and legs to open the strings, but at medium and short distances, it is still suitable for most cavalry to use, especially in the current two-wing encirclement mode, where the two sides are separated by a distance and crossed, the chariots become the most appropriate target of movement.
If you want to shoot with a bow and cavalry, you must shoot the bow at the moment when the horse is flying in the air. However, if you want to aim and maintain the state of shooting at any time while the horse is running, you need a very high degree of proficiency. The cavalry crossbow will avoid the fatigue caused by long-term bowing and can also eliminate the bumps of the horse galloping. Of course, the cavalry crossbow is not without defects. On the one hand, the range is much shorter than that of the bow and arrow, and on the other hand, the firing speed is much slower.
But if you can only send it once when you pass by, then these defects are not a problem at all.
After a bang, the crossbow arrow broke through the air!
Most of the Cheshimen wore relatively light cavalry costumes and rarely had armor, which basically could not block these crossbow arrows.
As the cavalry on both wings began to shoot, the screams of the chariots rose one after another, and the so-called momentum of the so-called protection of the gods instantly fell a lot...
The Cheshi people who were attacked by the two wings of the Han army had no time to give them doubts about why the Fire God was unable to respond to their prayers, nor did they have the time to shout a few more hope for the Fire God's response. Instead, they subconsciously squeezed and avoided the entire queue. This is human instinct. The problem is that on the battlefield, not all human instincts are good things.
The crowded queue is a formation suitable for infantry and is definitely not the first choice for cavalry.
Once the space for movement is lost, the cavalry is even worse than the infantry.
The more crowded it is, the more panicked it becomes. The problem that arises from the flanks is soon the Cheshiren is stuck like constipation, and the speed of rushing towards Gaoshun's middle formation has been reduced unknowingly.
Like most feudal dynasties, the Cheshi people were also an elite model to control miscellaneous soldiers. Although there were some training, especially those Cheshi warriors wearing armor, whose martial arts skills were not bad, most Cheshi people still held simple swords and guns, were wearing leather armor, or even without armor. Especially, they lacked long-range weapons, and before they had contacted Gao Shunjun, their morale was directly weakened. Once they had a short contact with each other, their morale collapsed.
Gao Shun looked at him, and he didn't even have the desire to attack his troops, so he directly ordered the vassals to join the attack. When the vassals who were good at fighting the wind were rushing up again, the Cheshi people collapsed and began to flee.
With the escape of Cheshimen, especially the elite part of them, or the warrior Cheshimen, either died in battle or fled, the remaining Cheshimen in Jinzihe City quickly lost the core of resistance. Even the leader of Cheshimen howled and expressed his resistance to the end, but as those guys who came to hunt gold instead of playing for life opened the city gate first and scattered, even the Jinzihe City built on the hillside did not play much defensive role.
The Cheshi defenders retreated and won the first battle, which seemed to be a good start, but in fact, the victory of Jinzihe City was just the beginning of the dilemma encountered by Gao Shun.
Generally speaking, what the army needs most is "righteousness". For the family, the country, and the world, it can be regarded as righteousness. However, if the soldiers in the army think about how to make a fortune and how much gold, silver and wealth can be robbed, it is basically not far from being corrupt.
The Western Liang soldiers and Bingzhou troops that Lu Bu originally brought were actually quite restrained under the cavalry, and they had some foundations for strong troops. Otherwise, they would not have beaten these Western countries before, just like grandpa beat grandsons, driving them all the way from east to west. However, Lu Bu himself did not know how to maintain them, and Wei Xu and others were short-sighted, the foundation quickly began to be corrupted. The Han soldiers in the Western Regions began to think about money, women, and goods like those vassals...
These Xiliang soldiers and Bingzhou soldiers were under the command of the cavalry, and they could maintain strict military discipline, at least many times stronger than when they were in chaos in Chang'an. This also shows that under certain conditions, people's good and evil are not constant, but as they arrived in the Western Regions, they became increasingly relaxed, especially when Xihai City began to have uncontrollable rewards and expenses and the bargaining of desire was raised, they would want better everything. The more they could not satisfy them, the more they were eager. At the same time, after seeing the corruption at the civil servant level, the corruption on the side of the military spread.
Once the morale of the army falls, everything will not be easy to maintain.
When Lu Bu announced his march, these soldiers and generals who had begun to become corrupt no longer thought about what to do for the sake of their family, country and the world, but were thinking about getting rich again! As for the victory or defeat, they had already retreated to the second or third line in their hearts. Whether they could complete the task, or whether they could finally fight to Dayuan and point to Anxue, it didn't matter these people. The things they cared about had become...
money.
Therefore, after Gao Shun won the first victory, it would be fine if it was an ordinary city, village or something, but it was a stronghold for gold mining and rushing gold, which immediately triggered the madness of these soldiers and generals. At the beginning, these military academies went to Gao Shun for instructions, but after Gao Shun issued the order that the generals were not allowed to go out, the outside, and the robbery, everything began to change...
『What's this?!"
"General Gao is good at everything, but there is a little bit...
"Why is General Gao feeling like a plague-avoiding god in front of him?"
"Isn't it just for these yellow and white things to eat in the army? Seeing others making big fish and meat every day, we are half hungry and half full every day. Who can survive this day?"
"That's right! Otherwise, why would we eat dry buns every day and drink sand soup? Could it be that it is for those civil servants to make money one by one and make their stomachs fat as if they were pregnant, but are we so poor that we are as poor as dry as firewood?!"
"That's the reason! If we live a hard life together, we won't say anything. As a result, those guys treat us as fools. They eat fat and big ears, so we can make up every day!"
A group of soldiers gathered together and whispered, and the sound became louder and louder, and there were many discussions. When they arrived, everyone was extremely angry, with their eyebrows and furrows flying.
When these soldiers were talking hotly, they suddenly heard a shout, "Brother Changsheng is back! Everyone, be careful! Listen to what they said!"
The group of people stopped talking and looked at Ma Changsheng who was walking over.
Ma Changsheng looked at everyone, then shook his head expressionlessly.
『What?! General Gao is not allowed?!』
"I've seen this Jinzi City be captured, but I haven't given me any rewards? Do you think General Gao is going to hide at home?"
"God knows! Anyway, I think what we deserve is to give us! At least we have to replenish the military pay we owe before?!"
"The blood on my body has flowed, and I have eaten bitterness. I can't eat the sweet taste at the moment. I can't swallow this breath!"
"That's right! I can't swallow it!"
Ma Changsheng waved his hand and said, "Shut up! This matter... General Gao said, no, violators will be punished severely..."
After a brief silence, it exploded with a loud bang!
When Gao Shun scolded them in the military camp for failing to follow the Cao Dian, they did not feel angry, but now they feel angry. Some people even began to say that if this continues, they will not be able to do it. Whoever loves to go will follow Gao Shun, anyway, he cannot accept it...
Now these Han troops in the Western Regions are different from the Cavalry Army of the Three Fus of Guanzhong. In the Three Fus of Guanzhong, or in the early Western Regions, whether it was the Western Liang army, Bingzhou army, or some of the soldiers who were later added, they were all full of energy. At the beginning, they were all poor soldiers who wanted to use their lives to exchange for fame and fortune.
At that time, everyone was poor.
Although their equipment was sharp and their armor was very expensive at that time, they did not belong to them individually, but were issued according to the organization. So at that time, they could actually say that they did not have much personal property, nor did they have much money or my money. Everyone ate together, stirred horse spoons in a dark pot, ate dried cakes together, and drank porridge soup that was all windy and sandy.
These soldiers and military academies were willing to work hard in the early Western Regions, and they really worked hard. Although Lu Bu was powerful, it did not mean that there would be zero casualties in every battle, and there would still be people who died. Most of the dead soldiers were cremated and brought back their ashes. Once the war was severe, sometimes they could not even find a whole body, so it would be good to be able to retrieve a military card for soldiers.
Even if the logistics supply of the cavalry is already the first-class level of this era, in the vast Western Regions, when they attacked various countries in the Western Regions, they might not be able to obtain supplies and food on time. Sometimes when the logistics cannot keep up, the soldiers and officers were gritting their teeth together, enduring hunger and searching for food everywhere, and then swallowing grass-roots wild vegetables...
It's bitter, eaten.
Blood flows through.
They are not cowards, nor are they soft-boys, but what is waiting for them?
After Li Ru's death, after the civil servants lost restraint and supervision, Lu Bu allowed Wei Xu and others to do whatever he wanted, and he had no mentality. As a result, the old problems in the Xiliang army and the Bingzhou army gradually emerged again. At first, they were just deducted, and then the upright officers were either sued or expelled.
Is it difficult to avoid the problem of forming cliques? The army of the feudal dynasty is really difficult to avoid, so it would be fine if it was only to this extent. Because even if it was deducted or the righteous sergeant officers were driven away, the Han army in the Western Regions would have exceeded the combat level of this era, and had abundant combat supplies and excellent combat equipment...
But the problem is that when a black spot appears on the teeth, it often means more than just a small hole.
During the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, there were many cases of empty salary and deductions among the Western Liang army and the Bingzhou army, but they were still very capable of fighting, beating all the soldiers in Shandong at that time. It was just that the cavalry had changed these bad habits after they arrived. Now the Western Regions have returned to the original state of Emperor Ling of Han, and it seems that there is no big deal.
But what these soldiers were most unbearable was that they saw the crazy corruption of civil servants in the Western Regions, and then they were ridiculed and despised, making them feel that all the things they did before, the blood and sweat shed, and the efforts they put in, were for the corruption of civil servants to make wedding clothes! They became the poor people who served in the army by civil servants!
In the end, even normal rations were problematic, and the food and clothing of soldiers were exchanged for money. The things that should have been distributed to them were less and less, but more and more difficulties were made. The gap between the rich and the poor between civil officials and military soldiers was getting bigger and bigger...
Anger eventually emerged.
"Why?!"
"Yes, why? Why can those guys make money? It's not our turn?!"
『This is unfair!』
"Just! We want justice!"
"Why can't we get money if those civil servants can get money? What's more, we just want our money!"
"Yes, it's the money we won! It's originally our money!"