Chapter 220 System Upgrade, Four Oranges!
Xincheng, upstream of the Wei River.
On June 23rd of the first year of Zhengguang, Xincheng was breached and Murong Shaozong commanded the Longxi Prefecture soldiers to charge into the city. After half a day of fierce fighting, the rebel commander of Qinzhou, Mo Zhe Niansheng, finally despaired and surrendered with his men.
Although it was only half a day, the fierce fighting was extremely brutal.
It can only be said that the Qinzhou rebels' will to resist was also very tenacious. After Murong Shaozong broke into the city, these rebels still held on to sections of the city wall, giving the Longxi soldiers a lesson.
By the time Mo Zhe Niansheng surrendered, the Wei River near Xincheng was already full of corpses. The surging Wei River pushed the corpses downstream, covering the entire surface of the river.
Standing next to Su Ze, Su Liang cupped his hands and said to Su Ze: "My lord, this army is ready."
Su Ze nodded, feeling happy about the capture of the new city, but also a little depressed because of the cruelty of the battlefield.
If it weren't for the system, I might still be a low-level soldier in the Imperial Guard, being driven to attack the city like those invaders, and then die in some unknown corner?
In the final chapter of this three hundred years of chaos, human lives died as casually as straw, and various forces were destroyed together in a way that almost annihilated each other, leaving only a few blood-stained names in the history books.
Su Liang was right to put aside these messy thoughts. After this battle, Longxi County was truly trained.
Soldiers cannot be trained by just doing drills and sweating on the parade ground. That is not training, that is military training for college students. Only after a fierce battle on the battlefield can an army be said to have been reborn.
The soldiers of Longxi County are indeed top-notch.
The people in each place have completely different habits because of their different geographical conditions, cultural customs, and lifestyles.
Longxi is a place with thousands of ravines and gullies. There are natural resources, but they are not much. If you want to survive and live well in this land, you need to fight.
In places that are too rich, the people will be weak and unwilling to fight. For example, it is very difficult to recruit soldiers in cities in modern wars.
Longxi County is an area where Qiang and Han people live together. Because of this state of struggle, the children of Longxi generally know how to ride and are good at fighting.
The Sui and Tang dynasties established a powerful military corps mainly composed of men from good families in Guanzhong, and the core of the corps was the soldiers from this area.
With these soldiers who have experienced bloody battles, Zhechoufu can quickly recruit new soldiers after this war. When the veterans and new soldiers train together, the veterans will tell the new soldiers the story of the last battle.
There is of course some bragging and exaggeration in this, but it can create a sense of honor in the military and make new recruits fight harder during training and when they first go to the battlefield.
Veterans will also pass on battlefield experience to new recruits. These are things that cannot be mastered through drills and learning, and require hands-on teaching.
The thirty Zhechoufu that went on the expedition had a total of 9000 Longxi soldiers. Ten percent of them were lost when they captured the fort, and another twenty percent were lost when they attacked the city.
There is no way, the cost of attacking the city is too high.
According to the report from the military medical attendants, Su Ze found that the death toll was less than 10%, but many of the wounded could not return to the battlefield.
Su Liang's men have already started counting the number of people, and are doing their best to treat the severely disabled, and then transferring them to the rear and sending them back to their hometowns.
Those who were lightly injured stayed at the front, resting and doing some military chores.
Su Yizhi (the Veterinary Saint with Buddha's Hand and Demonic Heart) was checking the livestock in the military camp with his apprentices, slaughtering those that could not be saved and treating the livestock that still had hope of being cured.
In addition, the corpses piled up in the river had to be salvaged and buried, which would pollute the water source and cause plague.
However, after the war, heavy rains suddenly fell, and the Wei River rose again, sweeping all the corpses that were blocked near the new city into the Wei River and rushing downstream along the river.
The laborers who were salvaging the bodies had no choice but to retreat. It turned out that compared with the mighty power of nature, human power was insignificant.
After the system was established, someone was assigned to do these tasks, but Su Ze still personally inspected the area, comforted the wounded, and checked logistics and warehousing. He was busy for three days before he met Mo Zhe Niansheng.
Su Ze looked at Mo Zhe Niansheng, and Mo Zhe Niansheng was also secretly observing Su Ze.
In the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, the leader of the Guanlong Uprising was Mozhe Dati, who died of illness after the uprising and passed the position of leader to Mozhe Niansheng.
Later, Mozhe Niansheng pretended to surrender to Xiao Baoyin, took Liangzhou in the west, and conquered the states in Longdong in the east. He pointed his troops at Tongguan and almost wanted to seize control of the entire Guanlong region.
However, Mozheneishen was later killed by his subordinate Du Can, and the Guanlong rebels began to split. Finally, Erzhu Rong, who had seized power, sent Erzhu Tianguang, Heba Yue, and Houmochen Yue to lead government troops into the pass to suppress the rebellion.
It can only be said that the rebels in Guanlong, when they encountered the remaining Gu Kings who raised Gu in the Six Towns, could only become supporting roles of this era.
But judging from Mo Zhe Niansheng's deeds in history, he should have some ability.
Su Ze looked at Mo Zhe Niansheng and asked, "Your father and son are both great generals in Qinzhou, why did you rebel?"
Mo Zhe Niansheng said: "Li Yan, the governor of Qinzhou, exploits the villagers. The court imposes taxes without limit. There is no relief in years of disaster and no relief in years of famine. Why don't they revolt?"
Su Ze did not answer his question, but said: "You have committed such a crime, it is not my place to deal with you. I have already reported the victory letter to the Western Road Office. Wait for Grand Commander Xiao to deal with you."
After saying this, Su Ze's men took Mo Zhe Niansheng away. Although Su Ze was a little interested in Mo Zhe Niansheng, he was not currently qualified to recruit surrendered generals.
Because Su Ze is currently only a general in charge of affairs, the power of a general in charge of affairs is limited to dealing with soldiers and ordinary officers. Matters such as recruiting rebel generals can only be handled by Xiao Baoyin, the governor of the Western Road who holds the title of general in charge of affairs.
If a rebel leader like Mozhe Dati surrendered, Xiao Baoyin would not be qualified to deal with him and would have to report to the court before he could deal with the matter.
Even though the upper echelons of the court had been fighting to the death, the struggle between Prince Qinghe and Prince Jiangyang was still concentrated near Luoyang, and the local authority and laws were still there.
Su Ze naturally would not take the risk of dealing with Mo Zhe Niansheng privately. He sent someone to inform Xiao Baoyin, thinking about getting more benefits from this Western Expedition Commander-in-Chief.
Through the followers stationed in Guanzhong, Su Ze had already learned the news of Cui Yanbo's defeat.
Xiao Baoyin must be in great need of a great victory to boost morale now. This commander-in-chief doesn't want to lose his position, right?
Even if Xiao Baoyin disliked Su Ze, he had to commend Su Ze and ask for rewards from the court.
What reward will the court give me this time?
With four towns, four expeditions, four peace and four security, Su Ze is already the General of Anxi. Can he be promoted to a higher rank of general?
Or should he be promoted from "temporary jie" to "holding jie" to obtain the right to temporarily appoint local officials?
But after thinking about it, this is all Xiao Baoyin can give him.
When you think about it this way, the imperial court, which once had hundreds of thousands of imperial guards, has become so weak.
It is no wonder that the Northern Wei army was defeated when the Six Garrisons Uprising broke out.
Su Ze opened the system, looked at the countdown for the store refresh, and chose to submit the task.
[Mission Completed: Conquer the New City] [Mission Reward: Goods Bar +1, Item Bar Reached 12, Get the New Shop Function - Directed Summoning (5).]
Su Ze rubbed his hands and opened the store. The store had changed.
Originally, the store was a grid of goods with the prices of the goods below.
But now it is divided into two rows, one row has five grids and the other row has seven grids.
There is an option below these five grids, which allows you to select the affixes or series for these five summoned minions.
The series of followers include the [Yulin Cavalry] series of followers that Su Ze obtained at the beginning, as well as the [Armored Cavalry] series of followers that Su Ze has been looking forward to for a long time, as well as the [Yulin Scouts], [Beifu Soldiers], [Bai Li Soldiers], [Bai Lu Cao Envoy], [Baowensi Envoy], [Military Judge] and other series of followers.
In addition, there are followers of life professions, including [craftsmen], [doctors], [veterinarians], [monks], and [Taoists]. These are also technical talents needed in the development of Su Ze.
The prefix also includes positive, negative, or neutral suffixes such as [cautious], [proud], and [reckless].
Directed summoning allows Su Ze to summon followers of specified arms or specified personalities, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation in the past where there was not a single useful follower after the store was refreshed.
He began to think, what kind of follower did he need most now?
After thinking for a while, Su Ze finally chose a series of followers and locked this series for summoning.
This follower is——【Xiandengshi】!
In the wars in Longxi area, sieges and captures of cities and strongholds were inevitable. Su Ze observed on the battlefields several times and found that when attacking a city and stronghold, the first one to climb the ladder can play a decisive role in the outcome of the battle.
A brave vanguard camp can boost morale and reduce the losses of siege soldiers.
Su Deng (a vanguard warrior who is strong enough to lift a tripod) alone made great contributions in the battle to capture the new city. Su Ze also had the idea of forming a vanguard battalion and letting Su Deng serve as the brigade commander.
As the countdown for the store refresh ended, Su Ze finally said goodbye to the blue sky and white clouds thanks to the completion of the system tasks. Seeing the screen full of orange and purple light, Su Ze began to check these followers:
First, there were five directional summons that locked onto the follower series. This time, relying on the blessing of completing the task, Su Ze produced five [Pioneers], two orange, two purple and one blue.
[The Violent Vanguard]
Grade: Orange;
Effect: Ferocious. After killing an enemy, the player will burst into ferocity, which can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of followers and slightly boost the combat effectiveness of friendly forces, but will make the player more vulnerable.
Comment: "waggggg!"
Price: 800 wen tai and 100 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wen tai and baht coins is required. The unit must provide meat for three meals and medical services after being injured.
Su Ze had a strange look on his face, as if something strange had been mixed into his system. However, this [Ferocious] affix should be a positive affix, a special buff in which the gain effect was greater than the loss effect.
[The wretched pioneer]
Grade: Orange;
Effect: Dirty, able to launch a fatal attack on the enemy in an unexpected way.
Comment: "Sleazy on the battlefield is a compliment."
Price: 800 Wen Tai and 100 Baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of Wen Tai and Baht coins is required. This unit must be provided with meat for three meals and may embezzle the spoils.
The affix [Vile] is good. Should we use this affix to summon next time? If a group of [Vile Archers] and [Vile Assassins] come, won't they be invincible?
But Su Ze thought again, if the followers he summoned were not combat followers, but a few "dirty Taoist priests" or something like that, wouldn't he be at a great loss?
Think about this disgusting system, it is very likely that such a follower will appear to disgust you.
Next are two purple followers, which are two standard [ordinary vanguards].
Vanguard soldiers are more elite than ordinary soldiers, which means they are basically purple followers, and the remaining blue follower has a negative affix.
[The conspicuous first-class man]
Grade: blue;
Effect: Eye-catching and always able to attract other people's attention.
Comment: "Conspicuous on the battlefield is a derogatory term."
Price: 300 wen tai and 20 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wen tai and baht coins is required. The unit must provide meat for three meals a day and is responsible for funeral expenses.
I don’t know if it’s because of the completion of the task or the system upgrade, but a lot of new affixes have been refreshed this time.
The affix [Conspicuous] is not a good affix on the battlefield now, but it may be a good affix in a life profession.
It seems that the positive and negative meanings of suffixes vary with professions, and Su Ze has discovered a new usage of the system.
What remains are seven random commodity slots. This is the same system as before Su Ze was upgraded. The affixes and series of the followers are completely random.
These seven grids also produced two orange, two purple and three blue. It turns out that we still need to complete the tasks to upgrade!
[A skilled medical practitioner]
Grade: Orange;
Effect 1: Quick hands and feet, the follower's work efficiency is greatly improved. When grouped in a team, it can slightly improve the work efficiency of the team (five people);
Effect 2: A medical expert, placed in a building such as a [Medical Clinic], [Pharmacy], or [Inspection Camp], can reduce the chances of illness among nearby people.
Comment: "Healing the world with his medicine."
Price: 500 wen tai and 10 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wen tai and baht coins is required, and herbal medicine fees need to be paid.
This is practical!
Su Ze himself also had the idea of establishing a [Inspection Camp] in the army.
The Jianxiu official was the military medical officer appointed by order in the armies of the Northern Wei, Sui and Tang dynasties.
The Inspector General of the Sick Children was responsible for the food and care of the wounded soldiers. The military system of Emperor Xiaowen also required that the Inspector General's camp be equipped with doctors, acupuncturists (to sew wounds), masseurs, and witch doctors (to pray for blessings).
However, in the Northern Wei Dynasty today, there is only a special "Inspection Camp" in the imperial army, which has been gradually abandoned over the years.
As a time traveler, Su Ze has always attached great importance to the treatment of the wounded. He had already set up a clinic in Hezhou and ordered the [Doctor] series of followers to train apprentices. He also brought a large number of doctors with him on this expedition to Xincheng.
With this orange follower, Su Ze can institutionally build a military medical system.
It seems like this is a big explosion. Su Ze looked at his last orange follower.
(End of this chapter)