The statistics of the spoils and treasury were completed and reported to Qin Huaidao. Qin Huaidao looked at the list and became even more angry. He found many slaughtered cattle and sheep in the treasury, as well as silver, cloth and other materials, most of which were stolen from people's homes.
, these Turks are so vicious.
Fortunately, 20,000 war horses were captured, most of which were either injured or killed, and could be used as military rations. Qin Huaidao gave an order, asking Su Dingfang to take people to count the financial losses of the people, return them back, win over the people, and welcome reports. Anyone who dares to claim falsely
, many collars, beheaded directly, speculators.
A lot of grain and silver were taken from the homes of traitorous officials. The grain was reserved for military rations, and the silver was distributed to the soldiers to improve their morale. It was not easy to travel far and wide to fight. The soldiers could not let their hard work go in vain. As for themselves, they would not take any of it. The soldiers
After learning about the situation, he increasingly supported and admired Qin Huaidao.
Everything was arranged well. Qin Huaidao sent someone to report back to the Anbei Protectorate immediately and asked Li Suli to send someone to take over the city. It was hard for Qin Huaidao to get involved in local government affairs to avoid being impeached. He also didn't want to participate. He was too tired and all his thoughts were focused on going south.
When it comes to matters, find someone to ask for useful information.
Five days later, Li Suli came in person with the officials, and Qin Huaidao became the manager, studying the map every day, analyzing the combat power of the various units along the way south based on the clues he obtained, and looking for the best attack route.
Three days later, Shi Yeshan came over with five thousand soldiers and horses. Qin Huaidao inspected the made scimitar. The quality was pretty good, and the size and shape completely matched the original drawings. He was overjoyed and marked the captured war horses with five thousand soldiers.
The horse is given to Shi Yeshan, so that one person and two horses can be achieved.
After that, Qin Huaidao locked up the intermediate and above generals under Shi Yeshan for training and taught light cavalry tactics. Simply put, it is the tactical idea of harassment and surprise attack. During the battle, the light cavalry first shoots the enemy from a long distance, and waits until the fire is almost done.
Then the heavy cavalry was thrown into the battlefield to harvest the heads.
Heavy cavalry cannot be raised in a short period of time, but with the continuous crossbows, the enemy can be crushed and killed when they are in chaos.
The so-called harassment means that several or more than a dozen people form a combat unit. Countless combat units cooperate with each other and surround them like wolves. They do not attack, but go up to harass and attract the enemy to chase them. Then they retreat and shoot at the same time, wandering around.
If the enemy retreats, he will chase after him and continue to bite the weaker party.
This tactic is a bit like a sparrow fight, or like a siege by a pack of wolves, using chaos to cause chaos and constantly bleeding the opponent during the chaos.
A surprise attack is even simpler and cruder. With two scimitars held horizontally, the person only needs to lie on the horse's neck, hold the knife steady and rush forward, and fight with the momentum of the horse. There is no need to chop at all. The momentum of the horse is strong enough, and with the
It's a machete. It has very little resistance when cutting and is very fast, making it difficult to prevent.
Shi Yeshan had witnessed the machete assault, knew how powerful it was, and studied it very seriously.
One day later, Shi Yeshan took the troops out of the city and went to the grassland to practice formal warfare.
Qin Huaidao recruited blacksmiths from all over the city to melt down the captured weapons and build heavy cavalry armor. If he could not build a large-scale heavy cavalry, a hundred would be good. Killing them at the critical moment would play a role in establishing the victory.
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Taiyuan Prefecture.
There was singing and dancing in an attic, the dancer twisted her graceful waist, and her smiles were captivating. The musicians were playing sweet tunes with all their heart. A group of people were sitting on their knees on both sides, watching the leader in silence.
Waiting for the table to open.
First, Li Chengqian enjoyed this moment very much. He looked at everyone, his face flushed, his eyes fell on one of his subordinates, he raised his glass and shouted: "My lords, General Xue has come all the way to pay homage to Lord Xue."
"Honor Mr. Xue." Everyone picked up their wine glasses and looked at a general.
The general was none other than Xue Wanche. He was ambushed and had to retreat to Qizhou. Now his injuries improved. After receiving the imperial edict, he came to take over the command of Hou Junji to quell the chaos. After the imperial edict was read, Li Chengqian held a banquet in honor of Xue Wanche on the pretext of catching the wind.
He refused, so he picked up the wine glass and said, "Thank you, Prince."
After a glass of wine, Li Chengqian immediately continued again: "General Xue, I would like to express my gratitude to you alone. I have heard about General Xue's talent and admired him for a long time. I also ask the general to teach me more in the future."
These words were obviously intended to win over each other, not to mention that it was a taboo in the court for the prince to make friends with ministers, and he openly said, what was he doing? Xue Wanche instinctively felt that something was wrong with the situation, and did not raise his glass, but quickly glanced at the audience,
I saw everyone looking at me a little strangely.
When something went wrong, Xue Wanche laughed and said: "Thank you for the prince's compliment. It is my duty to serve the Holy Lord. I am not worthy of the prince's praise for my talents."
"General Xue is too straightforward and modest. This prince cherishes his talents and is eager for talents. With General Xue's talents, he will never be imported into the imperial court. His current status is somewhat unfair. It's a pity, it's a pity." Li Chengqian looked regretful.
When Xue Wanche heard these words, he couldn't help but feel excited, and his back was sweating coldly. This was no longer an olive branch, but a direct draw. What was he doing?
Xue Wanche's heart trembled, but he did not show it. He smiled and said: "The prince is joking. I am self-aware. Compared with the Duke of China, I am a little short of it. Your Majesty is so kind to me. I am deeply grateful for it. I am grateful day and night and dare not live up to it."
Li Chengqian saw that Xue Wanche refused to give face and refused directly. His face darkened, he put down the cup, sat upright, and his eyes became cold: "General Xue, what do you mean, the prince doesn't know people well?"
"Don't dare! I have traveled a long distance and am not feeling well. Please excuse me." Xue Wanche stood up and spoke firmly. He was worried that if he continued speaking, he would cause a bigger disturbance, and he didn't know how he would die if he turned around.
The prince blatantly wooed a general, but Xue Wanche didn't dare to think about the intentions behind this, and his scalp went numb just thinking about it.
Li Chengqian saw that Xue Wanche didn't give any face to him and turned around to leave. He was angry and smashed the cup on the ground. Countless swordsmen rushed up from all sides and surrounded Xue Wanche with evil eyes. When Xue Wanche saw that it was just as he expected, he stopped.
After getting off, he looked back at Li Chengqian and said coldly: "What does the prince want?"
"General Xue, you should understand what I mean. Why bother? I really appreciate your talents and am willing to treat you as a duke." Li Chengqian persuaded you to stay for the last time.
The Duke's rank is not low, which is enough to show his sincerity, but Xue Wanche did not dare and said coldly: "Prince, I am the general manager of the anti-rebellion army appointed by the Holy One. What do you want to do?"
"General Xue is a smart man, why should he ask questions when he knows everything he knows?" Li Chengqian lost his last patience.
"Killing this officer is tantamount to rebellion. The prince must think carefully." Xue Wanche was too lazy to make excuses and pointed it out directly. While observing the surroundings, looking for flaws in the swordsman and axe, he had already used his weapons. Xue Wanche did not believe that Li Chengqian was just pretending to scare people. This was to
Rebellion.
No wonder the quelling army was slow to move. Xue Wanche couldn't help but look at Hou Junji and said coldly: "Master Hou, aren't you afraid of annihilating your clan?"
Hou Junji didn't even raise his head, pouring himself a glass of wine and drinking it, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Hou Junji was staying away, Xue Wanche had two possibilities. One was that he had taken refuge with the prince, and the other was that he was the prince. There was no third possibility. What kind of reception banquet was this? It was obviously a Hongmen banquet.
He glared and shouted at the sword and axe-hand: "I am the general manager of the rebellion army appointed by the Holy Lord. What does your general want to do? Are you going to join the rebellion? Aren't you afraid of destroying your nine tribes?"
The knife-axe hand remained indifferent, and the murderous intent in his eyes became even colder.
This look is clearly reserved for dead soldiers. Soldiers with families, mouths and scruples will never follow the rebellion so decisively. Xue Wanche stared at Li Chengqian coldly and said: "The prince behaves like this, are you not afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
"Succeeding as a king and losing as a bandit, what is there to be afraid of? No one dares to say anything even if my father wins the kingdom?" Li Chengqian said nonchalantly, and directly broke into his face: "General Xue, this prince will give you another chance, how do you choose?
?”
"Kill me if you dare." Xue Wanche roared without showing any signs of weakness. He suddenly took action, kicked one person away, took away the weapon and fought with the sword and axe-hand.
However, these swordsmen and axemen were not weak, and with the large number of people, they soon inflicted several stab wounds on Xue Wanche's body, and a large amount of blood flowed out.
Li Chengqian shouted: "Okay, find a place to lock him up."
Xue Wanche was quickly dragged down, and Li Chengqian looked at Hou Junji: "General Hou, I, the Crown Prince, Xue Wanche will take care of it. Take the time to control the army. Some unstable factors will be dealt with as soon as possible. No mistakes will be allowed. Also, we
We don’t have enough troops, how about recruiting troops tomorrow?”
The Tang Dynasty's government military system existed in every place, similar to the militias of later generations. They could be recruited when needed. However, all the government soldiers around Taiyuan Prefecture had been completely mobilized by Li Chengqian. If he wanted to expand the army, he could only recruit again.
Hou Junji cupped his hands and said, "It all depends on the prince."
Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction and motioned for someone to bring another wine glass. After filling it up, he smiled and said, "With the help of Patriarch Zheng, Patriarch Cui and all the other lords, I am happy. I will definitely win the match in the future!"
"Drink victory!"
Everyone raised their glasses and laughed in unison.