Chapter 228 Military Slaves
[The conspicuous vanguard] attracted everyone's attention, and several archers who poked their heads out immediately prepared to start shooting arrows.
This guy was very clear about his treatment. Not only was he fully armored, he also held a round shield tied to his arm, carefully blocking the rain of arrows falling from the city wall.
With the [conspicuous vanguard] attracting firepower, the [despicable vanguard] mixed in with the enemy. He did not climb the ladder, but instead climbed up the city wall stealthily from a wall of corpses.
The [Brutal Vanguard] was even more direct. He pushed a tower cart towards the city wall. This kind of tower cart was originally a temporary wooden tower set up on the battlefield to shoot at archers on the opposite city wall, but it was pushed to the side of the city wall by the [Brutal Vanguard] and turned into a ladder for climbing.
Humans are herd-like creatures. When someone takes the lead in charging, blood will rush to the brain, and the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm will be temporarily forgotten.
There are two types of soldiers in the Xiandeng Camp.
One type is those who violated military law and were punished to go to the vanguard camp. If they can survive this battle, they will be exempted from military punishment.
The other type is the top students selected from each camp and voluntarily assigned to the vanguard camp.
The treatment in the Vanguard Battalion was very high. Not only were the monthly food and allowances much higher than those in other battalions, but the pensions for deaths in battle were also much higher.
More importantly, being promoted to the first battalion is a shortcut to promotion from soldier to officer.
If you survive three city climbing battles, you can be appointed as the captain of the team. If you have the merit of being the first to climb the city (the first group to climb the city), it is possible to directly become the brigade commander.
If he is rewarded for being the first to climb the city wall, he can even be promoted to the rank of colonel.
However, if an ordinary soldier in an ordinary army wants to be promoted to a captain, it is very difficult.
Some ambitious soldiers took the initiative to join the Vanguard Battalion just for this credit.
Veterans on the battlefield often have an intuitive judgment of the battle situation.
Wuxing City is about to be broken.
Arrows were still raining down from the city walls, but many of them were shot in a chaotic manner. The archers defending the city did not dare to show their heads, and shooting an arrow was more like a chore.
There was less smoke on the city wall. This was because there was not enough fuel in the city, and there was not enough boiling water and gold juice to pour down.
The sleepers were still falling, but just like the archers, the soldiers were just throwing down the sleepers as if they were completing their mission under the command of the officers behind them, and many of them did not fall on the ladders.
After defending the city for so long, the soldiers on the city wall have become numb.
In fact, everyone knows that the consequences of the city being captured will be terrible, but this is a consequence that everyone has to bear together, and the officers who supervise the battle will definitely be more unlucky.
But if you really show up to shoot and try your best to defend the city, you might die on the wall immediately.
Morale Morale is actually a kind of energy.
If you do the same operation with different energy, the effect will be completely different.
So although [the conspicuous vanguard] looked embarrassed and arrows rained down on his head, many of them were just pretending and were not aimed at him at all, or they were just shot randomly without full force, so they had no power at all.
To give an example, the defenders in Wuxing City at this time are like the poor students who are about to take the college entrance examination. They pretend to study hard at the last moment before the exam, just as they give an account of their study career.
As to whether this effort is useful or not, only God knows.
Some soldiers even hoped to surrender after the city was captured, which was better than suffering on the city wall.
Otherwise, if we hold on today, we won’t know where the reinforcements will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. What’s the point of defending the city?
Under the firepower attracted by the "conspicuous first-ascending soldiers", more hook ladders were set up on the city wall, and the soldiers climbed up like ants, vying for the credit of being the first to reach the city.
Even the soldiers who were punished by military law to go to the first-climbing camp were affected by this atmosphere and began to climb the city walls frantically. If they really earned military merit, wouldn't it bring honor to their family?
“Climb the city!”
A rebel troop was beating a gong, and a soldier from the first landing camp had already climbed up the city wall.
The soldiers defending the city immediately thrust out their spears, but the soldier who had reached the camp first dodged them in a panic and climbed up by grabbing onto the city wall.
But he was not so lucky, as the next round of spears arrived and pierced the first soldier who climbed onto the city wall.
However, this soldier was also quite brave. He grabbed a few spears tightly and tried to pull the rebels defending the city down with him.
However, the rebels defending the city decisively let go of the spears in their hands, and the soldiers of the Xiandeng camp, who were stabbed like hedgehogs, fell down unwillingly and were about to die.
But as the first soldier climbed up, more soldiers rushed up. Like the first soldier, even if they were mortally wounded, as long as they were not killed, they also wanted to take away a defender. Even if they could not take the defender away, they would take away the weapons in the defender's hands, because they knew that the unarmed enemy would soon accompany them underground.
When the war reaches this point, rationality no longer exists. Hatred and violence are the only driving force that drives these soldiers to fight to the death.
The rebels defending the city were still trying to drive away the soldiers, but when the [Brutal Vanguard] jumped onto the city wall, he shouted, "waggggg!" and rushed in with two axes in hand.
There was a gap in the city's defenses, and the unarmed soldiers had no weapons to fill the gaps.
[The Brutal Vanguard] He wielded the axe with great force, and with one swing of the axe a soldier fell to the ground. He had already shown his ferocity, like a demon emerging from a sea of blood. The rebels defending the city did not dare to face him alone.
[The despicable vanguard] also secretly climbed up the city wall, but he quickly smeared himself with blood, then put on a rebel's headscarf and mixed in with the rebels defending the city.
As the soldiers of the Vanguard Camp climbed up the city wall and began to establish positions on the wall, more soldiers of the Vanguard Camp climbed up the wall, and Lu Xiuning's face turned pale.
Where did Su Ze recruit these guys from?
The momentum of this vanguard camp could even be felt by the central army camp watching the battle from afar.
Lu Xiuning knew the morale of his own defenders. It would be extremely difficult to recapture the city wall if it was occupied by such soldiers.
The city wall is narrow, so only the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. What can the defenders in the city use to fight against such an elite vanguard camp?
When Lü Bodu learned the news that the city wall had been lost, he was shocked and it took him a long time to react. He ordered his soldiers to blockade this section of the wall and set up garrisons under the city.
But all this was in vain, and the defenders only shouted: "The gate is open!"
It turned out that the [despicable vanguard] had mixed in with the retreating defenders and was able to reach the city gate in a sleazy way.
[The despicable vanguard] assassinated the commander guarding the city gate and encouraged the soldiers to open the gate.
Upon receiving the news, Su Ze immediately ordered the cavalry patrolling near the city wall to rush into the city gate.
Yang Kan looked at Su Ze with admiration in his eyes. The more he understood the art of war, the more he felt Su Ze was unfathomable.
This battle was different from the Battle of Xincheng. It was just a simple siege battle.
But the more simple and unpretentious siege warfare is, the more you can see the basic skills of the army.
Elite troops, morale, military discipline, and coordination between troops are important factors that determine the combat effectiveness of an army, and are also the most difficult factors to improve.
Weapons, equipment, war horses, and even the physical fitness of soldiers can all be bought with money and food.
However, a desperate vanguard battalion, a cavalry battalion that cooperates well with the vanguard, and a whole set of coordinated siege operations cannot be trained in a short period of time. It requires outstanding generals and elite soldiers who have experienced many battles.
With such elite soldiers in his hands, any city can be conquered. This is Su Ze's capital.
Yang Kan made up his mind to join Su Ze, and the Liangzhou generals he brought with him also made the decision in their hearts.
Hanzhong (Liangzhou) is a place surrounded by wars, and the local nobles rarely have ambitions to dominate the world.
Historically, Zhang Lu, who ruled Hanzhong, could only exist as a short-term separatist regime, as this place had no capital to compete for hegemony.
As the rebellion in Guanzhong grew more and more powerful, the Bodhisattva Xiao of Southern Liang also wanted to take action, and Shuzhong, which bordered Liangzhou, was also preparing its army.
The Qinzhou rebels' attack on Liangzhou also made Liangzhou understand its own position. Troubled times are coming, and it is better to take shelter under a big tree.
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Once the city gates were breached, Wuxing City could no longer be defended.
Lu Bodu gave up completely and went out from the east gate with only his troops.
It is now impossible to escape back to Qinzhou to the west. There is no way to go to the north due to the Qinling Mountains. The only way is to go east and seek refuge with Qin King Hou Gang in Yangping Guanzhong.
It can only be said that Lu Bodu ran the fastest, and with the help of his subordinates, he actually managed to break out of the encirclement of the Liangzhou army.
Lu Bodu had been guarding the city for many days. Everyone recognized his attire and flag. Seeing his grandfather break through, Lu Xiuning had mixed feelings, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
I am happy that my grandfather escaped, but I am worried that I have fallen into Su Ze's clutches. What should I do in the future?
Su Ze looked at Yang Kan. All the Liangzhou generals, including Yang Kan, lowered their heads.
The tasks of siege and breaking the city were all done by the elite troops under Su Ze. The task of his own Liangzhou troops was to surround Wuxing City, but Lu Bodu's troops still managed to escape.
However, this time Su Ze did not punish Yang Kan, but said: "As the saying goes, a trapped beast will still fight. In military tactics, it is also necessary to surround three sides and leave one side open. Naturally, Zu Xin (Yang Kan's name) cannot be blamed. However, after the city is captured, Doctor Yang will have to enforce military discipline."
Now Yang Kan's real job is Langzhong of Xiao Baoyin's Western Expedition Office. The first half of Su Ze's sentence refers to his courtesy name, and the second half refers to his position. The first sentence is affectionate, and the second one is cold.
Yang Kan naturally understood what Su Ze meant. The subtext was, "I won't bother about letting the enemy army escape before, but since your Liangzhou army has no merit, don't even think about sharing the spoils. Keep the army under control and don't cause trouble."
Yang Kan led the Liangzhou generals and said, "I respect your order!"
Su Ze said to the military judge beside him: "The loot taken by the rebels will be rewarded to the soldiers. Let them be the first to go to the camp to be awarded for their meritorious service and pick the first ones."
"The rebels who surrendered will be dealt with according to the old rules of Xincheng."
"If anyone claims to be a good citizen of the city and five people guarantee each other that he is indeed a good citizen, he shall not commit any crime."
The military judge walked out of the camp with his hands folded. The distribution of spoils after the war and the treatment of surrendered soldiers had become "established rules".
Relying on the military judges who clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments, Su Ze was able to fulfill his promises to the soldiers, and his military law was naturally enforced. After all, there are rewards before there are punishments.
Su Ze made the arrangements, and the next things were naturally handled by his subordinates. When everyone dispersed, the tied-up Lu Xiuning was pushed into Su Ze's tent by a few servants.
When Lu Xiuning saw Su Ze, he snorted coldly, raised his eyebrows, and turned away with a different face.
But Su Ze had no intention of paying attention to her. He was holding the "Water Classic" that Li Daoyuan gave him before he left, and was reading it carefully.
Lu Xiuning originally wanted to commit suicide, but after experiencing life and death on the battlefield, he no longer had the courage to die.
Now that his grandfather had escaped, Lu Xiuning seemed to have even less reason to die.
Then how will Su Ze treat himself?
Lu Xiuning thought of countless possibilities in her mind, but she never expected that Su Ze would just read without even looking at her.
The arrogant Lu Xiuning couldn't help but secretly glance at Su Ze, but accidentally met Su Ze's eyes.
She turned her face away again, but Su Ze also found it interesting. Looking at her dressed as a defeated female general, with her arms tied behind her, outlining the outstanding figure of her lower body, she had a different kind of appeal.
Su Ze put down the book in his hand and said to Lu Xiuning:
"Your grandfather has already fled to Yangping Pass."
Lu Xiuning remained silent, and Su Ze did not indulge her thoughts. He just said, "The military law is strict. All rebels in Wuxing City must be punished as military slaves for three years to atone their sins. From today on, you will be a military slave under my command."
Lu Xiuning clenched her teeth, but couldn't utter any curse words.
The victor makes the king, the loser makes the bandit. If the Qinzhou rebels win, the treatment of the government troops will probably be even more severe than that of Su Ze.
But when she heard the word "military slave", Lu Xiuning couldn't help but clamp her legs together.
After saying this, Su Ze did not take any further action, but began to deal with the military affairs on the desk.
During this period, some people came in and out of the general's tent, but everyone pretended not to see Lu Xiuning. After discussing military affairs with Su Ze, they left.
Lu Xiuning felt even more depressed. Su Ze did not hesitate to discuss military secrets in front of her, which meant he treated her as a slave who could not escape. And the generals under Su Ze's command also treated her as Su Ze's female slave.
After finally finishing the military affairs in hand, Su Ze stretched lazily. He opened the system. Today was the day to refresh the system.
I don't know if this Madam Lu can get a purple follower?
These days, Su Ze specifically summoned a group of cavalry and infantry, but without the luck to complete the task, the quality was not ideal.
Ordinary blue-green followers can only be incorporated into the army as ordinary soldiers, while orange-purple followers are of some use.
Su Ze thought about it and decided to summon followers of the [Xiandengshi] series. After conquering Wuxing, he could attack Yangping Pass occupied by Hou Gang. He also needed more followers who could attack the city.
The system refresh time soon arrived. Su Ze raised his head and looked at Lu Xiuning. It really reached purple?
(End of this chapter)