Needless to say, the head level is the same as before, but it is no longer an absolute factor.
Military experience has become another important consideration besides the number of heads. In fact, the ancients did not ignore the length of time in the army. Generally, soldiers who have been in the army for a long time and have made meritorious service have the opportunity to become generals. This kind of
There are not a few generals who started from humble beginnings, even Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe.
It's just that when calculating military merit, military experience is generally difficult to quantify. According to Li Xingchen's idea, soldiers who have been in the army for a long time and have experienced more wars will have the opportunity to be rewarded first, and at the same time, their merit will be calculated based on the wars they participated in.
The corresponding multiplier will be multiplied to commend them for their bloody fighting in this war.
After all, many people did not get the head. In many cases, it was not because they were not strong enough or they were retreating, but because the advancing queue did not allow them time to cut off the enemy's head, or the difficult terrain made it difficult for them to carry it.
Moving after the head level is even more cumbersome, especially in the previous battle of Cangxi Valley. The form of guerrilla warfare meant that many soldiers had no time to obtain the head level. It was also at that time that Li Xingchen came up with the idea of reforming the reward method, and
The rewards for meritorious service after that battle were not entirely based on heads - because the soldiers did not receive many heads. Simply relying on the number of heads meant that the battle was not fought.
Therefore, Li Xingchen urgently needed a method that could quantify his military service time to replace the simple method of calculating merit by head.
In addition, it goes without saying that outstanding combat behaviors include taking the lead in charging, being the first to ascend, etc. Such behaviors should have been worthy of praise and encouragement before. Now Li Xingchen also wants to use them
Integrating into the entire military merit system makes the calculation of military merit simpler and more coordinated, and also makes the calculation of military merit more diverse.
After all, Li Xingchen didn't want to see his soldiers disrupt the entire formation every time they competed for a head, or die in battle because they didn't have time to cut off the head. In the end, his wife, children, and children at home would not be taken care of.
The current treasury in Bashu is not sufficient, and there is no way to provide compensation to every soldier who died in the battle, but as long as there is some military merit - no matter what form it is, then Li Xingchen does not mind allocating enough funds.
After all, this method of calculating merit is already very loose. Even such conditions cannot be met. This only shows that this soldier still has certain problems in combat, and evasion and cowardice are very likely.
Li Xingchen is not a philanthropist, and he does not need such subordinates. In any case, the existing rules of this era are like this. All Li Xingchen can do now is to improve as much as possible. There is no way to change everything. This will only
It would make Li Xingchen die miserably. Wang Mang back then was a good example.
"The army will pass through Dengsai today and attack Fancheng. Cheng Feng!"
"The general is here!" Cheng Feng responded hastily.
"You take your troops to Lumen Mountain with me," Li Xingchen ordered in a deep voice. "Take Sun Qun, who has surrendered this time, with you. He must know the situation in Lumen Mountain better than we do. As for the army, we will leave it to Zidong."
, surround Fancheng first, there is no need to rush to attack."
"No!" Cheng Feng and Dai Cai responded together.
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. Fancheng was in his pocket, so he didn't care about this moment. It was a good thing to let the army stop to repair and take a breath. After all, Li Xingchen still had to wait for Pei Zilie. There must be no Deng Sai in Longzhong.
Easy to deal with.
But what really worries Li Xingchen...
His eyes stayed in the direction he came from for a long time.
Hanzhong, Yangpingguan.
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Compared with Li Xingchen's sweeping sweep after conquering Dingjun Mountain, which was like entering a deserted land, Xiao Shilian at Yangping Pass was obviously not so high-spirited.
Yangping Pass is Yangping Pass after all. Although this pass standing between the towering Qin Mountains looks like a small pass, it is such a pass that Xiao Shilian has paid a heavy price, nearly one-third of his subordinates.
The casualties were rare and tragic since Xiao Shilian joined the army. What's more important is that behind this tragedy, Yangping Pass is still standing there.
The newly manufactured Pili Chariots have arrived at Yangping Pass, but the narrow pass is squeezed between two mountains, and there is not much open space in front of the pass, so more stone bullets can only be poured out to vent their anger on both sides.
On the side of the cottage.
Han Qinhu has set up camps on the hills on both sides. Because of its condescending position, this is where Xiao Shilian focused on fighting for it from the beginning. After the two sides fought again and again, these camps have long been dilapidated. The Bashu army has rushed up to it again and again.
On the top of the mountain, they were quickly repelled by the counterattack of the Han Qinhu Organization. After several tug-of-wars, these mountain strongholds were in dilapidated condition, but the Northern Zhou army still stood firm among them.
This also left Xiao Shilian helpless, but at least it achieved the goal of making these cottages lose their offensive capabilities, which also meant that the Bashu army did not need to face enemies from three directions all the time.
After these days of fighting, Xiao Shilian had to admit that these elite men under Wei Xiaokuan were indeed not just bragging, and their strength was indeed strong enough.
"General, it's already the fifteenth day," Tang Zhong walked slowly to the hillside, "our food, grass and equipment are somewhat insufficient."
Not far away, outside the wall, a brutal attack had just come to an end. The Bashu army left behind hundreds of corpses and loads of arrows. The moat that had almost been filled in was once again stirred into the color of mud.
Red dots of blood painted the water.
A Bashu soldier wearing white clothes was cleaning the battlefield. This was a tacit understanding between Xiao Shilian and Han Qinhu. Even Han Qinhu didn't mind helping Xiao Shilian drop the corpse of the Bashu soldier on the city wall for the Bashu army to collect.
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The weather has not yet completely cooled down, and these corpses directly existing on the battlefield are a huge threat to both the attacking and defending sides, especially since the attacking side can still retreat, but the defenders have nowhere to go.
Throughout the ages, plague has been a topic that people avoid, and Xiao Shilian and Han Qinhu certainly did not want to expose their entire army here.
Seeing the corpses being transported one after another, and a famous soldier carefully sorting out the remains of the sacrificed robes, Xiao Shilian let out a low sigh. After one general, tens of thousands of bones were withered. In front of Yangping Pass, the Bashu army had already lost too many people.
of blood.
Even Tang Zhong, who has always fought bravely and dared to fight and charge, was already a bit weak in his words at this time. Not only was he exhausted from the day's bloody battle, but the stalemate in front of him made him unsure of the outcome of this battle.
Is there any possibility of victory?
This problem obviously troubled every lieutenant general in the army. Especially when Li Xingchen was advancing furiously on the southern front, these soldiers were even more worried.
Could it be that they are just bait, and that the meaning of their existence is to die here?