Chapter 296 Orange Ochre Hoof Army
As expected, the followers that spawned after completing the task of marrying Princess Chenliu were all units related to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
[Tough Ochrehoof Knights]
Grade: Orange;
Effect 1: Ochre Hoofs, the cavalry that followed Tuoba Gui in his early campaigns, are famous for having their hooves dyed ochre due to long-distance battles in the wild. This cavalry can fight in the wild for a long time.
Effect 2: Strong, greatly increases willpower and ability to withstand adversity.
Comment: "You can't take away his determination!"
Price: 800 wentai and 100 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wentai and baht coins is required. This unit is set up in the field to carry out long-term combat reconnaissance commissions.
Su Ze remembered this army. This was the most important battle of Tuoba Gui, the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, when he started his career, which was the Battle of the Yellow River with the Murong clan of the Later Yan.
The 10,000 cavalry troops led by Tuoba Gui were in a stalemate with the Later Yan for a full five months across the wide Yellow River.
The long-term outdoor life and the severe cold on the north bank of the Yellow River made the Northern Wei soldiers who came from afar exhausted. Just when Tuoba Gui could no longer hold on and was ready to withdraw his troops, the Yellow River unexpectedly froze after a night of cold wind!
Before chasing the enemy, Tuoba Gui ordered the horses' hooves to be wrapped with cloth strips to prevent them from slipping on the ice.
The hooves of these horses were stained with mud and blood during the battles, and after the war, the most elite unit was named the Ochre Hoof Army.
Su Ze looked at the cavalry icon, which was a light cavalry.
That’s right, if it weren’t for the light cavalry, how could they have crossed the newly frozen surface of the Yellow River?
When the Northern Wei Dynasty started, its cavalry was similar to the cavalry on the grasslands today, all of them were light cavalry skilled in archery and horse riding.
Being able to fight in the field for a long time, it is worthy of being an orange follower.
Su Ze also needed a cavalry that could exist in the wild for a long time, responsible for controlling the Maosu Gobi area north of Yongle City.
[The Egret Messenger Cao who is ready to die]
Grade: Orange;
Effect: Be ready to face death as the highest reward and be willing to sacrifice yourself for the mission at any time.
Comment: "Death is also a beginning."
Price: 800 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required. No funeral expenses are required after the follower dies.
Boy, this is a one-time follower.
Different from the [Searching for Death] prefix I got before, this [Facing Death with Equanimity] suffix means that you really want to die!
Su Ze decided to keep this follower carefully by his side and send him to carry out the assassination when it was needed.
[The clever and skillful weaver girl of the clothing bureau]
Grade: Orange;
Effect: Dexterous and able to operate a loom with fifty wefts and sixty tweezers.
Comment: "Empress Dowager Wenming praised her brocade weaving skills."
Selling price: 800 wentai and 100 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wentai and baht coins is required, and a loom needs to be prepared.
My goodness, the system gives cavalrymen but no horses, and now it gives the weaver girl but no working loom.
The Shangyi Bureau was an inner court agency established during the Qin and Han dynasties, responsible for the clothing of the royal family.
The Shangshu Bureau was originally the same as the Shangyi Bureau, both of which were institutions in the inner court serving the royal family and responsible for managing the royal collection of books. However, it later became the emperor's decision-making and advisory agency, and the Shangshu Tai was divided into the outer court.
But the Shangyi Bureau has always been an inner court agency. Wow, this description of the Weaver Girl should have served the Empress Dowager Wenming.
This is a weaver girl with gray hair, but she should be able to weave.
Of course, the most important thing is her experience. After her marriage, Princess Chenliu proposed to set up a weaving bureau under the general's mansion to weave high-end brocade to improve the plight of the private warehouse in the general's mansion.
But the problem facing Princess Chenliu was that she was really clumsy.
Not to mention a complicated loom like the one with fifty wefts and sixty tweezers, even the improved simple loom like the one with twelve wefts and twelve tweezers was beyond Princess Chenliu's understanding.
Among Princess Chenliu's maids, Lu Zhu's level was average, and she usually relied on a few weaver girls rewarded by the palace to support herself.
These weavers worked day and night, but they could only barely weave clothes for Princess Chenliu, let alone sell them.
This orange follower can be left to my wife to deal with, but it is a bit troublesome to explain the origin of this Weaver Girl.
Can we only say that she was the Weaver Girl in the palace at that time, who was released from the palace and drifted to the northwest after Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital?
The ages don't match.
Forget it, let’s do this for now.
Su Ze looked at the next follower again.
[The loyal slave who tastes food for his master]
Grade: Purple;
Effect: Be loyal to your master and fight for him until the last moment!
Comment: "Love your cook."
Price: 500 wen tai and 50 baht coins, and a maintenance fee of wen tai and baht coins is required every month.
The cooking department is the institution in the palace responsible for cooking.
Hou Gang, who is now in Qinzhou, was good at cooking in his early years, which earned him the trust of the palace and led him to become an important official along the way.
A kitchen slave is a slave who cooks in the kitchen.
Su Ze thought of Gao Cheng, the son of Gao Huan, who was killed by the cook, and couldn't help but sigh that the system was really thoughtful, even a loyal cook was prepared for him.
[The eunuch who observes words and expressions]
Grade: Purple;
Effect: None;
Comment: "Reading people's expressions is the rule of survival in the palace." Price: 500 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a maintenance fee of 50 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required every month.
This should be a follower from the same series as Su Shun (the eunuch who changes his attitude according to the situation).
These combinations are still normal, but the remaining blue and green followers, [The Maid Who Can Carry a Tripod], [The Corrupted Quartermaster], and [The Disloyal Household Official] are a bit unbearable.
But this time it was also a great harvest for Su Ze. He hadn't summoned so many orange and purple followers for a long time!
After opening the Legion function, Su Ze also has new gaps for orange and purple followers.
At best, we can only form two more legions.
But this is only in theory. In fact, Su Ze’s orange and purple followers are all placed in various armies, and it is not easy to gather them together.
The reason is simple. The military is a group that requires long-term collaboration to establish close ties.
This is also the reason why generals in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, have encouraged and promoted the establishment of military camp culture, and even the society will use veterans as a bond to create a military culture after retirement.
Therefore, even if they are orange or purple followers, if they want to form combat effectiveness on the battlefield, they need to live in the barracks for a long time and establish connections with their superiors and subordinates.
The military also values seniority and merit the most. If Su Ze rashly parachutes an officer or promotes an ordinary soldier, it will cause dissatisfaction among the lower-level soldiers and officers, and will reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.
Therefore, even if you want to form a legion, it is not as easy as appointing a commander in the same way as in the game.
The best way is to arrange these orange and purple followers into the army, and then get military promotions based on their own abilities.
So Su Ze planned to set up another cavalry battalion in addition to the guard battalion and arrange these orange and purple followers into it.
After settling these followers, the wedding was finally completed.
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In addition to Su Ze working day and night with Princess Chenliu to give birth to a legitimate heir as soon as possible, the situation in Guanzhong changed again.
Even Su Liang, who proposed the plan to sow discord, did not expect Hu Chen to be so impatient.
In mid-June, the rebels in Jingzhou brazenly tore up the agreement with Mozhe Tiansheng and began to attack Qinzhou.
At this time, the Qinzhou rebel leader Mozhe Tiansheng was fighting fiercely with Xiao Baoyin's government troops.
After receiving the news, Mo Zhe Tiansheng was furious.
Qinzhou is his old nest. You, Hu Chen, cannot defeat Su Ze by yourself. You lost Huazhou and dare not cause trouble for the government army. Instead, you attack my Qinzhou?
Just when Mo Zhe Tiansheng was about to return to destroy Hu Chen, his prime minister Hou Gang stopped him.
"Your Majesty! We are in a stalemate with the government troops in Wugong, and Liu Kai is causing trouble south of the Wei River. If we retreat now, we will definitely be pursued by the two groups of government troops, and the situation will be dangerous!"
Hou Gang has already boarded the ship. He has no chance to get off now and can only help Mo Zhetian come up with ideas.
Mo Zhetian said angrily:
"Then I will just sit there and watch Qinzhou be taken over by Hu Chen!"
Mo Zhetian said unwillingly:
"When he fled from Gaoping, I did not fight with him for Jingzhou, but even lent him troops to help him. I never thought that this old Qiang was a wolf cub that could never be tamed, and he actually bit me back!"
Hou Gang continued to persuade:
"But now that things have come to this, Your Majesty cannot put the entire army in danger because of a momentary anger!"
Mo Zhe Tiansheng gradually calmed down. He sighed and said:
"But unless I personally lead the army, who else can take on the responsibility and return home?"
Hou Gang cursed inwardly, "Do you, the Mozhe family, like to test people so much?"
Hou Gang knew that if he recommended himself, Mo Zhetian would definitely be suspicious of him.
This is the problem for many rebels.
Any organization needs to ensure the authority of its leader.
You are the strongest, so I chose you as the leader.
After becoming leaders, the most important job of these rebel leaders is to suppress threatening subordinates.
This is also why in many failed uprisings in history, the only people whose names were left were the rebel leaders, and there were not even a few generals who could be named.
This is not because the history books are stingy with words, but this is the real situation.
Among the Qinzhou rebels, the most prestigious ones were Mo Zhe and his son.
It was also because of the existence of Mozhe and his son that Mozhe was able to advance on three fronts. He left one son to guard Qinzhou, sent another son to attack Yongzhou, and led his troops to attack Liangzhou.
But now Mo Zhe Dati is dead, Mo Zhe Niansheng is captured, and only Mo Zhe Tiansheng is left.
Mo Zhe naturally distrusted Hou Gang and only made him a staff officer, but not a commander of troops.
Lu Bodu was also captured by Su Ze, and there was no second-in-command of any note in the entire Qinzhou rebel army.
Therefore, Mo Zhe Tiansheng had to do everything by himself, and he was at a loss when faced with fighting on two fronts.
Hou Gang said:
"Qinzhou is the king's base. We must save it, but we cannot withdraw our troops directly. We must win a battle before withdrawing."
Mo Zhe Tiansheng frowned and said:
"Xiao Baoyin is a tortoise. He is a soldier in a camp where no one can get in. How can he win a battle?"
Hou Gang said:
"My lord, I have a plan."
(End of this chapter)