Chapter 658 Rewards
An hour into the battle, people were flowing in and out from Zhao Yun's military formation to the military camp at the foot of Baihua Mountain on the front line.
The wounded were constantly being sent off, and military officials from the front were constantly sending enemy flags back to report their merits. The entire battlefield situation suddenly reached a climax.
At this time, Zhao Yun was constantly cruising around various positions on the battle line with his assault cavalry, constantly boosting the morale of the armies.
The appearance of Zhao Yun indeed made the Taishan Army of each battalion courageous. Previously, although they were not directly under the command of this little uncle, they sincerely admired this brave and capable warrior.
Everyone compares themselves. If he were the king's brother-in-law, he would have stayed behind to do military service. How could he start from the grassroots like Zhao Yun, go to the front line personally, and not avoid the target.
But looking at the officials who were striving forward, Zhao Yun, who was galloping on horseback, frowned.
Just now, he saw this scene:
There were three officials pushing the cart and preparing to attack the enemy's camp gate, but the arrows on the opposite side were really sharp and dense. After only ten steps, one of the officials was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground.
While the person over there fell, the remaining two continued to push without stopping. But not long after, the remaining two were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and the crash car just stopped on the battlefield.
But soon, three more people came up from behind. They held banners and arrows and rushed towards the crash car. With the efforts of the three people, the crash car finally pushed through the killing field and hit the camp gate on the opposite side. .
During the whole process, everyone looked calm, as if they were not in a bloody battlefield but in a farmland, and what they were pushing was not a crash but a plow truck.
After that, the three injured officers who fell to the ground were sent to the rear by the stretcher team from the rear, and the entire battlefield process was not affected at all.
Zhao Yun was both proud and sad when he saw this scene.
The pride is that the Taishan Army has a reasonable system, using stretcher teams to transport the wounded, so that the frontline officers will not have to carry the wounded off the front line, so the Taishan Army can maintain a high combat efficiency.
Zhao Yun is also proud that after these years of fighting, the officers and soldiers of the Taishan Army have become very accustomed to such battlefield situations and are able to handle them with ease.
But this is where Zhao Yun is sad.
Such a good man had to die on this unknown battlefield. Yes, Lu County was indeed important, and the necessary casualties in order to win Lu County were acceptable.
But looking at the whole world, how many places like Lu County are there that are contested by military strategists? If everyone fought like this, how many lives would have to be sacrificed.
At this moment, Zhao Yun truly understood why Tao An, the Imperial High School Master, once said: "It is better to conquer the world quickly."
Just thinking of this, Zhao Yun sighed:
"But it's a pity that these stubborn local tyrants and remnants of the Han Dynasty refuse to be captured without mercy!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly ordered:
"Order the good archers to fire at the barrier in front!"
The left guard of the original Flying Leopard Army under Zhao Yun was a sudden cavalry, but there were many who could shoot on horseback. At this moment, Zhao Yun ordered, and dense arrows were fired from behind him, covering the top of the barrier, arousing a wail.
The officers and soldiers of the Taishan army in front cheered when they saw the general's personal support and the fast and accurate arrows of the sudden cavalry friendly troops.
But Zhao Yun can only do so much. This battlefield is huge and there are many troops who need his firepower support. So when he saw the figure in front of him that was already climbing up the camp, Zhao Yun turned his horse's head and galloped towards the south.
Since the development of the Taishan Army, its military tactical organization has often been continuously adjusted due to the geographical location and specific enemy conditions, but the overall functional division has not changed much.
For example, although Zhao Yun's current crane-controlling army is the latest in training, it still has five functional arms: guard army, formation, front selection, assault cavalry, and infantry.
As the founder of the Taishan Army, Zhang Chong's personal style determined the military development of the Taishan Army.
From the beginning, Taishan's army paid special attention to armor and bows.
In terms of tactics, whenever weapons are in contact, those wearing heavy armor and holding sharp swords should be ordered to lead the line, those wearing half armor and good archers should attack from behind, and the elite soldiers should stand and watch from other places, and should not be ordered to dismount. .
It is from this tactic that the current five major branches of the Taishan Army were derived.
The first is the most important guard.
The function of the guard is to serve the general and is the most elite person in the army. A general of Zhao Yun's level has a custom-made garrison of hundreds of people.
These people all wore bright mercury armor, and they were the most outstanding among the troops. These people are in the back, the formation is in the inside, and the retinue is on the left and right of the general's tent.
At this time, Zhao Yun's guards surrounded Zhao Yun tightly, always alert to the stray arrows fired from around the battlefield.
Because these hundred-man cavalry were all wearing bright-colored mercury armor, their entire bodies shone in the sunlight. As long as the officials in each battalion saw this large group of fine armor coming in the sun, they would know that Zhao Yun was coming.
In addition to these 100 soldiers, Zhao Yun also had a group of about 200 to 300 people, and the leader was Han Dang.
It is also a feature of the Taishan Army to specifically classify the soldiers who were trapped in the battle into one unit.
In fact, these people are also the guards directly under Zhao Yun, but they are different from the guards. They are specially used as the general preparation of the general to carry out tasks that determine victory or defeat.
Therefore, just like the guards, these people are the most elite units in the army and will only be put on the battlefield at the most critical time.
For example, just now, Zhao Yun saw that Xu Sheng's troops in the front camp could no longer hold up, so he immediately threw Han Dang's formation there.
This is the role of the trapped army.
In addition to the troops and formations that belong directly to Zhao Yun, he also has a "selecting front" in his hand.
The selection of the forward was actually the result of the decentralization of You Yi from the Feijun Foreign Division.
At that time, the Taishan Army was still small in number, and the war it faced was not too complicated, so the entire army was consolidated into one unit and temporarily deployed to each army.
But now as the battlefield situation becomes more and more complex, the generals of the Taishan Army need to know the battlefield information in a timely manner, so You Yi is specially assigned to each army and organized into a selected front.
The so-called forward selector is also a whistleblower.
From the beginning of his army, Zhang Chong attached great importance to sending scouts from afar to detect the enemy's situation. It is stipulated that during the march, a sentry horse should be sent every ten miles for sixty miles in a row.
Those who can be selected as the vanguard of an army are all elites. For example, Taishi Ci came all the way through the selection of vanguards, and those like Taishi Ci who came from the selection of vanguards, wore strong and strong weapons, and dominated the wind and clouds. There are many.
It can be said that the cradle of strong generals in the army must be the forward.
However, the number of front pickers is not large. Taking Zhao Yun's He Controlling Army as an example, there are only fifty pick pickers in one army.
The most important reason for this is that to be able to shoulder the responsibility of selecting a forward scout, in addition to having superb equestrian skills and a brave temperament, one must also be familiar with the mountains and rivers geography, and most importantly, be wise.
Because the confrontation between the two armies' sentinels is often a test of wisdom and cunning. In order to catch people alive and inquire about the enemy's camp, the enemy's and our sentinels always ambush and counter-ambush, playing a constant game.
Such a fierce mental confrontation cannot be accomplished by the best of men.
In addition to special arms such as guard troops, formations, and front selection, there are more infantry and assault cavalry.
Take the Crane Control Army as an example. The total number of troops in the army is 5,000, but the actual strength is 4,326. The total number of guards, formations, and vanguards is about 500, and the rest are assault cavalry and infantry.
The number of general infantry is three times that of the sudden cavalry.
The infantry can be divided into five battalions, namely front, rear, left, right, and center. The number of each battalion ranges from 600 to 800 people.
Generally speaking, the strength of each battalion is about a thousand people, but in fact, leaving aside the heavy troops, civilian personnel, and some casualties during the march, the actual number of battalions in each battle is different.
For example, Xu Sheng's front battalion served as the vanguard battalion. After many days of marching and fighting, its actual number of combatants was 764 when it participated in the Battle of Lu County.
But despite the small number of people, there is actually quite a lot of cooperation between the various arms. There are rifles, swords, heavy weapons, bows and crossbows. The combat method is also a constant combination of far, medium and near, which can be said to be very effective in combat.
So far in the battle, Zhao Yun has released all the three battalions of infantry in his hands, leaving no reserve troops at all. But what is the result of the battle? Just look at the falling battle flags at the enemy camp at the foot of Baigu Ridge on the opposite side.
The last soldier in Zhao Yun's hands who has not yet fought is his old subordinate, Tuqi.
The Assault Cavalry is the most powerful unit among the Taishan Army's arms. It is also the invincible trump card of the Taishan Army that dominates the north and south.
Now Zhao Yun keeps the sudden cavalry in his hand, specifically to block the reinforcements that may leave the city in Lu County in the northeast.
In addition to this function, if the infantry in front are unable to attack the wall, Zhao Yun can also dismount the horsemen to form a formation and use it as the second echelon to continue the attack.
What's more important is that once the enemy retreats, these sudden cavalry can immediately catch up with them on horseback and expand the results of the battle.
No, Zhao Yun had just brought his sudden cavalry to the south to support him, and suddenly a team came from the north to select a forward, You Yi, and reported:
"Military Commander, an enemy army retreated from the barrier at the foot of the ridge and is retreating towards Lu County."
Accompanying this news, the enemy barrier in front suddenly made a loud sound of victory, and people were shouting:
"The enemy general is dead, abandon his weapons and not kill him!"
After hearing the news clearly, Zhao Yun did not take it seriously. He just ordered the sudden cavalry general and asked him to lead 200 men to cover up and kill them to prevent them from entering the city.
After that, Zhao Yun ordered the remaining cavalry to rush towards the camp in front.
This battle is won!
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As Liu Chong's heavy arrow fell from the chariot, the morale of the entire Shangdang army suddenly declined.
The high morale before was now as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer and fell to the ground.
After the gorgeous chariot carried Liu Chong out of the camp, the Shangdang troops also withdrew like a tide.
But this time, these people had no safe rear.
Under Zhao Yun's immediate command, the fortresses under the ridge were attacked by Taishan troops at the same time. More and more Taishan troops had entered the camp. At this time, the Shangdang army was retreating and encountered such a wave of Taishan troops.
As a result, the two sides fought in chaos again.
Enemies have been encountered before and after, and the life and death of the soul figure Liu Chong is uncertain. The outcome of this melee has naturally been predetermined.
More and more Shangdang soldiers began to abandon their weapons and surrendered to the Taishan Army in groups.
The battalions under the ridge also began to insert the apricot yellow banners belonging to the Taishan Army.
After destroying the battalions at the foot of the ridge, each unit paused for a moment before selecting elite troops to attack the mountain stronghold on the ridge.
These Shangdang tent soldiers fought to the death under the command of military advisor Luo Jun.
But both in terms of hard power and morale, the Taishan Army crushed these Shangdang troops, so all the officials, led by the battalion general Xu Sheng, shouted together and attacked bravely, killing more than a hundred Shangdang soldiers immediately, and successfully rushed up Yamaguchi.
After that, the Shangdang soldiers retreated into Baigu Mountain, resisting and leaving. Xu Sheng's troops became more motivated to fight and fought with the enemy.
In the mountains, bows and arrows thundered, roaring like thunder. At the third quarter of the battle, the enemy army finally couldn't hold on any longer and was about to withdraw from behind the mountain while protecting Luo Jun.
But long before that, another battalion general, Kong Duo, led his men from the narrow path between the two mountains to the back of the mountain and occupied a favorable terrain.
When Luo Jun and others appeared, they were immediately cut off. At this time, Xu Sheng's troops came to kill them again. From then on, the Shangdang army had no way out.
Except for Luo Jun, who committed suicide in the valley, the rest abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
This battle at Baiguling was the most dangerous battle that Zhao Yun personally commanded since he joined the army. Corpses filled the mountain gorges, and the campsites were all red.
But the results achieved are also brilliant. From dawn to the present day, they fought for half a day to reach the Baigu Mountain wall that the party soldiers carefully built.
It can be said that since the war started, there is no problem for the Taishan Army to capture Lu County.
But unfortunately, Liu Chong was not captured.
It turned out that You Yi, the leader of the expedition, sent information that a troop had withdrawn to Lu County. In fact, that troop was Liu Chong, King of Chen.
The cavalry general who was commissioned by Zhao Yun to intercept was not able to successfully intercept Liu Chong because his number was too small, and in the end most of them fled back to the city.
But the news reported by the sudden cavalry general said that Liu Chong was not seen during the interception, so he was probably either dead or seriously injured.
At this point, the outer battlefield of Lu County has entered the final stage.
Zhao Yun ordered a large number of troops to clean up the camp at Lingxia as his own camp behind him, and on the other hand, he stepped up efforts to rescue the wounded.
Besides cooking, the most important thing for Zhao Yun now is to reward meritorious service.
A very important way for Taishan's army to maintain morale and fighting spirit is to ensure that rewards are not delayed and military achievements are abundant.
This battle was evaluated by merit:
Four generals, Ge Han, Zhang Qiong, Sun Wang, and Hou Chen, were the first to climb the wall and discuss their merits. Five horses, five mules, ten oxen, ten pieces of brocade, one hundred and fifty pieces of cloth, two felts, and a gold medal for "first to climb" were awarded.
Four people, namely Sima Dan, Song Xian, Yu Wengui and Fan Hu, climbed up the wall to discuss their superior and inferior skills. Four horses and four mules each, eight oxen, five satin, and one hundred cloth were rewarded, and the silver medal "Two Deng" was specially awarded.
The above are all accomplished by climbing the wall, and they are all fierce lower-level military officials and warriors. There are military merits, real rewards, and honors.
Later, thirty-six more people were rewarded for their achievements in beheading generals and capturing flags, all of whom were brave men from various armies. Among them, Sergeant Dou Tai won the head of Luo Jun, an important figure in the enemy army. In addition to one who deserved the reward, especially He was awarded the title of "Chengxinlang" and qualified to enter the Yecheng Lecture School of Martial Arts.
The Taishan Army has regulations on the classification of military officials, which can be roughly divided into eight levels of small military officials and eighteen levels of large military officials. Cheng Xinlang was the lowest-ranking military official, but he also made the transition from a soldier to an official.
Dou Tai had no military honors before, so although he was appreciated by Han Dang and could hold the position of captain, he did not have the title of military minister. It's only now that I can barely be considered a worthy match.
Not to mention that Dou Tai also got the opportunity to enter the Yecheng Military Academy, and once he successfully graduated from it, he could become a garrison general.
Dou Tai is now a team general. It seems that he has not improved much, but in fact he has directly skipped the level of the small warrior and entered the sequence of the great warrior. It can be said that he has a real bright future.
Not to mention that Dou Tai knew that he was crying when he got this opportunity. If it weren't for the comfort of his old boss Han Dang, he wouldn't know how to lose his composure!
For this kind of naturalized bastard, being able to enter the martial arts school means being truly accepted, and he is the core seed of the Taishan Army.
And over there, even more fortunate than Dou Tai was the Chilean Hu Luding.
Although Liu Chong's body was not obtained in this battle, with the joint evidence of the battalion general Xu Sheng and the trapped general Han Dang, the meritorious officer still rated Hu Lu's special military merit.
The treatment for this military merit was the same as that of Dou Tai. He was also awarded "Chengxinlang" and was admitted to the Yecheng Lecture School of Martial Arts.
It can be said that the warrior who was just an unknown person in the war suddenly stood up in an instant, with a promising future.
Who among the soldiers does not envy these meritorious servicemen? But apart from being envious, who wouldn’t love to watch this kind of drama that once became famous throughout the military?
Therefore, every time a warrior received a reward, the entire army cheered.
Outside Lu County, the scene is full of vitality and people are competing.
To the southwest, in the direction of Sanchuigang, two forwards, You Yi, appeared outside the camp covered in blood. They gave Zhao Yun's victory a bucket of cold water.