The thumping sound of the cowhide drum is so exciting that it makes people's blood surge. Hou San is also an old soldier. In his early years, he worked as a horse thief and followed Li Shanfei across Taihang. Later, he was captured as a slave and became Lao Wu's horse slave. Lao Wu led his horse and carried his gun, and he once carried Lao Wu on his back to fight his way out of the siege of the army.
Now he looks old. He usually looked honest and humble in Longqiao Fort, farming the fields, driving carts, and fetching water, and being taciturn. In fact, he was still very young, less than forty years old.
This dark-skinned Yan man beat the drum vigorously with both hands, and even beat out a very exciting and melodious rhythm. With the sound of the drum, Hou San's suppressed bloodiness was restored again, and murderous intent even appeared in his body.
His eyes were as wide as a bull's eye, and even turned red.
Huaiyu looked at Hou San, who had become a stranger, and looked at him with murderous intent. Then he looked at the military flag, the children of the government soldiers and the powerful village soldiers who were all lit up by the war drums.
He really had the momentum to fight against the old Qin, and vowed not to fight a truce until the blood was shed. The bravery and warlikeness of the Longyou people in Guanzhong were really extraordinary, and at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the generous rewards for their military achievements also led everyone to become martial and warlike.
With this kind of morale, no wonder the soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty were so awesome and dominated the world.
The leader of the team leads the battle, takes the lead, and boosts morale. The tall flag bearer protects the flag of the team. The team is with the flag, and the flag is with the people.
At the end of the team, the deputy is holding a Mo Dao with a three-foot-long blade and a four-foot-long handle. Anyone who dares to turn around timidly, or runs around like a headless fly, or jumps out of the formation and attacks without orders, will be punished by the deputy. Kill him with a knife, or cut off a piece of his ear, and discuss the crime after the war.
Huaiyu, the general manager, is under the camp flag in the formation.
Next to the apricot tree, gourd and silver needle flag, there is another flag, written to Wu, the military commander of Longyou Hospital.
There is also a special mobile force under its banner.
The battle was about to begin, and Huaiyu also wore two layers of armor, the inner cord armor and the outer bright light armor, weighing dozens of kilograms. On this sultry morning, it was very uncomfortable and covered with sweat.
He was fully clothed and sitting on a pony under the flag.
Several soldiers from the tribe, carrying large shields with tiger stripes, stood in a circle in front of him.
The night shines white, and two horses with white hoofs and black horses are also standing aside, ready for use at any time.
Huaiyu's two dogs also stood by his side, showing their sharp canine teeth.
In front of Huaiyu stands a two-handed horse-killing sword, and there is also a Mo Dao. The seven-foot-long Mo Dao is more powerful than a two-handed horse sword. In the early Tang Dynasty, this weapon was generally equipped to crossbowmen.
The main equipment of crossbowmen is crossbows, and their melee weapons are mo knives, big sticks, and long-handled axes. It may sound a little strange, but if you really see the crossbowmen of the Tang Dynasty, you will understand that those who can be archers , they are all strong warriors with the figure of a bear and a tiger, all of them are big and round and have amazing physical strength. In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, the archers are actually the strongest among the infantry.
Wu Junwei tied three cowhide ropes around his Hulu, "You should bring more leather ropes, otherwise it won't be enough to capture the prisoners in a while." After saying that, he turned to Huaiyu and asked, "General manager, this capture is not possible." It’s not the same as decapitation. If it were the same, I wouldn’t bother to capture anyone alive and just chop off the head.”
Huaiyu did not dampen his enthusiasm, but reiterated: "There is no fighting for the head in the battle formation."
"If conditions permit, you will be captured alive. If you are captured, you will be a slave."
Under the military system of the Tang Dynasty, more emphasis was placed on collective military merit.
But beheading and capturing prisoners are still very important proofs of personal merit.
The loot captured on the battlefield belongs to the soldiers of the government, but the premise is that the loot must be collected after the battle is over, and it must be handed over to the Yuhou in the army to be responsible for distribution.
"We must win first and then talk about it. If we don't win, let's stop talking about it. Only if we win will we be rewarded with meritorious deeds!"
"As commanded."
Although Wu Junwei smiled and said he would obey, he didn't look too relieved.
The Tang Dynasty placed great emphasis on military merit. After winning a battle, the enemy would be ranked in the upper, middle and lower formations according to the number of enemies and ourselves. Those with more hits and less would be considered the lower formations. Those with fewer hits and more would be considered the upper formations. The number would be equivalent to the middle formation.
The ranking is then based on the number of kills. Killing an enemy with more than four points is a high score, killing an enemy with more than two points is a mid score, killing an enemy by one point is a low score, and killing an enemy with less than one point is a bad score.
If we can win this battle, with 2,800 vs. 1,500, we can at most count as a loser.
If you can wipe out more than 10% of the enemy, it can be considered a big gain.
In the same way, soldiers can get lower ranks when they are in formation, but the individual merits of soldiers are still divided into three levels. When they are in formation, if they get higher-level functions, they will get three-level medals, while in the second and third ranks, they can only get two-level and one-level medals. There is a big difference.
If you don't kill enough to get one point, you can only turn once.
If you don't win, you don't get a turn.
These are the hard standards for military merit. For an individual, if you want to get first, second or third class merit, it depends on your performance, how many kills you kill and how many prisoners you capture. If you don't meet the standards, you won't be able to get third class merit.
There was no merit in that turn.
So even though we know it's not good to fight for glory and death on the battlefield, no one can really stop the change.
"It would be great if you can master the dancing and pioneering skills." Wu Junwei said to Huaiyu with a smile, "General manager, you are a senior official. If you can master the dancing and dancing skills, you can be promoted to two levels.
There is no need to accumulate seniority and assessment for each official rank."
"In a victorious battle, 10,000 people can be taught up to ten Tiao Dang Kung Fu, and twenty vanguards can take the first step. Do you think Tiao Dang Kung Fu is so easy to achieve? It must be to face the enemy in front of the enemy, and the vanguard will advance before the target is delivered.
, only when the enemy and thieves break it can it be called Tiao Dang.”
According to this standard, if Huaiyu and his two thousand eight hundred people defeat the enemy, if they are really the kind of people who jump and charge to defeat the enemy, they can select at most two from them to be awarded the award.
This power.
The temptation of Tiaodang Gong is huge. Those who have official status can directly add two levels. Others who are casual officials can be directly exempted from taking the exam. Those who have honorary officials but are not tired enough and have enough years to become casual officials can also directly obtain it.
If you are given the rank of San, even a white man can be treated well.
It is not easy for soldiers to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. Only when they defend or attack a city, break the formation and win, and reach a certain scale can they be judged for their merit. Soldiers' personal performance and gains must also meet the standards before they can be awarded meritorious service. Another prerequisite is that
When fighting, you cannot lose weapons and armor, lose horses, or lose the team flag, the leader of the team and flag leader is killed in battle, or the body cannot be recovered, etc. Otherwise, you will be punished in a light way or beheaded in a serious case.
If the team flag and team leader are lost, the entire team must be beheaded. Only by retrieving the team flag, team leader, flag, and body can one avoid death. If one loses his helmet and armor and damages his horse, the credit may also be given to him.
"It would be great if I could serve as a pioneer, even if I am a third-class pioneer."
"What you are thinking is quite beautiful. Ordinary first, second and third level skills are hard to come by. This special pioneering skill is more difficult, not much worse than the jumping skill." With the first level of pioneering skill, the current official can be directly promoted to the first level.
"Then I'd better behead a few more heads and capture a few more prisoners. If that doesn't work, I can just grab a few more horses." Wu Junwei laughed. Everyone wants to make more contributions, but he also knows how to take credit.
Difficult to stand.
The different formations of Chang Gong can obtain third-level merit, plus the first, second and third-level vanguard of special merit, and the jumping and swinging skill. Each level is very difficult. On top of this, there are more special military merits, that is, beheading generals and seizing power.
If the flag is broken, the king will win. This can directly reach heaven and be awarded the title by the emperor.
For example, when Xue Rengui accompanied Li Shimin to conquer Liaodong, he rode a white horse and jumped into the vanguard with a painted halberd, beheaded the generals and captured the flag. Afterwards, Li Shimin directly promoted him from an ordinary soldier to a fifth-grade guerrilla general, Captain Guo Yi. But this kind of real
It's one of a kind, and most people wouldn't dare to do it even in their dreams.
Compared to the jumping vanguard, most people think more realistically, capture more prisoners and seize some trophies. These are usually divided among the whole team, and the more they capture, the more they will be divided.
Hou San played the big cowhide drum very passionately, and the Turks' horn horns were not to be outdone, loud and fast.
The Turkic cavalry finally launched an attack on the Tang army.
The corpses of the two unlucky Turkic cavalry just now were dragged back by the Tang army in front of the formation, stripped naked, their heads chopped off and stuck on spears in the formation to show off. The remaining two headless corpses were abandoned in the formation.
forward.
The results of these two people did not make the Turks more cautious. Instead, they made them even more furious. After forming a team, they came directly to kill them.
Huaiyu put away his telescope and did not forget to tell the military judge at the hospital who recorded the military merits to record the archer who had just shot the two Turkic cavalry, especially the strong archer who shot the first one.
"Be sure to write down the name of the first formation slayer in this battle. I will reward him with an additional ten pieces of silk!"
"Write down the name of the archer who shot the second Turkic wolf, and I will reward him with an additional five bolts of silk!"
There must be brave men under heavy rewards, and awarding rewards before battle can greatly boost morale.
"Whoever jumps forward to defeat the enemy will be rewarded an additional fifty bolts of silk by this manager."
"If anyone can kill a general and capture the flag, I will reward him with an additional hundred pieces of silk!"
