In Langya City, Si Jing was dressed in fine iron armor, holding a shield in his left hand and an iron sword in his right hand, walking back and forth on the top of the city.
Under Xiong Wuliang's suggestion, Si Jing wisely did not confront the Qi army head-on. Instead, he adopted a strategy of luring the enemy deep and harassing the logistics, dragging 100,000 Qi troops into the quagmire.
But at this moment, after paying a huge price along the way, the Qi army has now reached Langya City.
In any case, the fortress of Langya City is the center of power of Si Jing and cannot be abandoned easily.
Langya City is surrounded by land on three sides and the sea on one side, and is now surrounded like an iron barrel by the 100,000 Qi troops under Tian Zhen's command.
Tian Zhen is full of confidence——
No matter how slippery these Yue people are, they are still a turtle in the urn.
No matter how many arrows, sophisticated armor and swords Si Jing had in his hands, what could he do once the food and grass in the city ran out?
So Tian Zhen was very satisfied and ordered to strengthen the protection of the baggage. At the same time, the army surrounded Langya City on three sides...
The consumption will scare Si to death!
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On the east side of Langya City, which is beyond the reach of the Qi army, dots of white sails appeared on the endless sea...
A moment later, the fleet docked on the east side of Langya City. Under Si Jing's watchful eyes, a thousand men from Quyang's army jumped Hong Shitou off the ship.
Afterwards, thousands of fully armed sergeants filed out of the ship with excitement on their faces. The soldiers from the previous batch of 'rotation training' who had been waiting at the port were lazily rushing towards the new 'juniors' Wave.
"Here we come, brother!"
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Hong Shitou's face was serious and he issued several orders. The newly disembarked sergeants unloaded various supplies from the ship in large packages - including stone bullets for catapults, bundles of repeating crossbow arrows, and bed crossbow arrows. , and bags of grain...
Supplies piled up like mountains.
Afterwards, Hong Shitou gave an order, and a thousand sergeants gathered and formed a square formation.
The other thousand sergeants who had been waiting at the port for a long time were the Shaohu sergeants. According to the agreement between Zhong Hua and Shao Hu, the sergeants who came to Langya City for rotation training were in batches of a thousand people, and each period lasted for ten days. Quyang Army and Shaohu Army The two armies took turns moving back and forth.
Now that the Qian Quyang Army has arrived, it is of course the time for the last batch of the Thousand Shaohu Army to return home——
"You boys of Qu Yangjun, do your best!"
"Our grandpas from the Shaohu Army chopped off the heads of more than a hundred people from the Qi State... Let's see if your Quyang Army will wet your pants when you see the people from the Qi State, hahahaha..."
Accompanied by vulgar laughter, more than a thousand Shaohu sergeants, who had just finished their bloodbath on the battlefield, picked up their luggage and strode onto the ship.
What they moved together were piles of copper and iron coins, mottled ancient swords, rare orbs, and fine lacquerware...
These are Xiong Wuliang's rewards for "increasing assistance" to Si Jing.
Si Jing on the top of the city looked at the moved belongings, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
The savings in the treasury of the Yue royal family for hundreds of years are being emptied bit by bit by the damn Xiong Wuliang...
The soldiers of Quyang, who stood in a square formation, glared angrily at the soldiers of Shaohu who spoke rudely, but could not say anything.
Since Xiong Wuliang ordered the expansion of the army, the number of soldiers in the fief has been expanded from 1,000 to 3,000——
In other words, two-thirds of Quyang's soldiers present were new recruits.
Facing these brave soldiers of the Shaohu Army who had just come off the battlefield, experienced the baptism of fire, and whose faces were still full of excitement after a bloody battle, they indeed felt inferior to others.
Hong Shitou glanced coldly at the soldiers of Shaohu who had already boarded the ship, and said loudly to the soldiers of Quyang in the square formation——
"In the next ten days, it will be up to us, Qu Yangjun!"
"This general heard that the last batch of 1,000 Shaohu soldiers cut off 107 heads of the Qi army in ten days..."
"Tsk, tsk, the result is not small!"
"When they return to the fiefdom, the Lord will definitely reward the meritorious people - farmland, beautiful maids, houses, money and silk..."
"If any soldier in our Quyang Army thinks that he is no match for the Shaohu Army, he should shrink back during the battle——"
"Don't stop the real warriors from doing their meritorious service!"
Quyang's soldiers were excited and excited: "Fight! Fight!"
If you listen carefully, there are also some vicious curses mixed in - "Are the Southern Barbarian brats of the Shaohu Army worthy of competing with me?"
"Within ten days, cut off 200 Qi Jun's heads and take them back to show those bratty barbarians from the Shaohu Army!"
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Si Jing walked down the city wall, just in time to hear these curses, and couldn't help but darken her face.
Blanch!
These Quyang soldiers said that the Shaohu army was a 'southern barbarian', which was nothing more than looking down upon the fact that the predecessors of these Shaohu soldiers, the 'Shaohu pirates', were all from Yue.
Are the Vietnamese all Southern Barbarians?
Si Jing: I feel offended...
Those of you who are riding horses, you, the Chu State, are also arrogant - by the way, in the chain of contempt of the Central Plains countries, aren't the people of the Chu State also barbarians?
Boss, please stop laughing at the second brother, okay?
But...this sergeant under Xiong Wuliang's command is really powerful in combat!
Not only are they well-equipped, but they are also well-trained!
After getting over the discomfort of being on the battlefield for the first time, you can often form a mature formation and fight, and then take advantage of the topographic advantages of the city, the advantages of weapons and armor, and exquisite coordination...
It is completely possible to kill a large number of Qi soldiers while maintaining minimal casualties!
Moreover, these sergeants are all big-chested and round-waisted, and their faces are generally glowing with well-nourished oil...
Even the most ordinary soldier would be enough to serve as a commander in Si Jing's place.
Let’s take a look at Si Jing’s command. They claim to have 20,000 Vietnamese troops, but in reality they are of varying quality – ranging from old men in their fifties and sixties to children aged fourteen or fifteen, and even some strong women...
Si Jing once asked the generals of the Shaohu Army with an envious attitude how they trained these sergeants...
The results obtained surprised Si Jing - all the sergeants under Xiong Wuliang's command were trained off-the-job!
My day.
People are so irritating!
It should be noted that in this era, most armies were composed of people who served the people during peacetime, were recruited during war, and then became soldiers after a short training.
It’s not unheard of to have a professional army trained off-the-job – the soldiers of the Wei State at the time were elites trained off-the-job!
The 50,000 Wei soldiers once defeated the 500,000 troops of Qin before the reform - its powerful combat power is evident.
All countries are jealous of such powerful combat power.
But it is difficult to follow the example of Wei and build a professional army - because training the army in this way is too expensive!
If you want to support an elite army that is completely off-the-job, from rations to ordnance, you need at least ten times the agricultural labor force without food or water as support.
In other words, behind a mere 50,000 Wei military soldiers, there were at least 500,000 Wei civilians supporting them.
When the Wei State dominated the Central Plains, it used all the strength of the country to create 50,000 Wei warriors. Now, Xiong Wuliang managed to produce 3,000 elite soldiers who were at least as good as Wei warriors from a mere three counties...
This unscrupulous fellow is too damn rich!
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When Hong Shitou saw Si walking up to him with a frightened face, he cupped his fists and said, "The last general, Hong Shitou, has seen the king..."
Hong Shitou learned from the grapevine that Si Jing in front of him was the master's cheap father-in-law, so he did not dare to be too arrogant.
Si Jing calmed down her emotions and coughed lightly——
