Dozens of vassal towns and hundreds of thousands of elite warriors.
With his own power, it is possible to extinguish the light, but it takes a long time and has a great psychological impact.
Commanding soldiers and horses to wipe out dozens or millions of enemies is not the same thing as killing millions of enemies yourself.
Therefore, Li Yunze needs to establish his own power in this world.
This time, no identity was assigned to him. He was neither a clan member of the Tang Dynasty nor a governor of a certain vassal town.
In other words, everything has to be started from scratch.
Thinking of this, Li Yunze turned to look at the unfortunate guy, "Boy, what's your name?"
"My name is Zhou Dabao, and he was originally a cook in a restaurant in Chang'an City." Zhou Dabao responded with a grimace, "I was originally going to order some meat in the camp for someone, but I never thought that I would be dragged to Tongguan to fight, let alone when I arrived. It's good, but I can't go back..."
Li Yunze immediately interrupted his misfortune and asked, "How much did you charge?"
"A piece of silk."
In the early Tang Dynasty, a piece of silk cost five hundred coins. During the Anshi Rebellion, the world was in chaos, and prices soared. The price of a piece of silk soared to 10,000 yuan.
Now in the late Tang Dynasty, the price of silk is almost a thousand yuan.
"Is this price just a dime?" Li Yunze looked at Zhou Dabao with a half-smile, "Do you think I'm a melon?"
Extreme force was pressed against Zhou Dabao's throat again. "There is only one chance."
Feeling the strong murderous aura, Zhou Dabao did not dare to hide anything anymore and told the truth tremblingly.
He is indeed from Chang'an, but he is not a chef in a restaurant but a street earner, also known as a street gangster and a city fox and a community rat.
His daily job is to work as a sidekick for the rich kids, and do some sneaky things along the way.
The rich man he served was also a member of the Shence Army. He did not dare to come to Tongguan this time, so he gave Zhou Dabao a piece of silk to replace him.
A piece of silk worth a thousand coins is enough for Zhou Dabao to work hard for.
It's just that he was unlucky. Not only did he lose his legs and feet while escaping, but he also met a ruthless person like Li Yunze.
Li Yunze stood up again and simply told him, "From now on, if you follow me, you can save your life by obeying orders. If you don't, you will be punished by military law. I look down on deserters the most."
"Wait here."
Li Yunze turned around and walked into the depths of the woods. Within a short time, a bright light lit up. Li Yunze, who immediately changed his outfit, came over dragging a large box.
Zhou Dabao was dumbfounded. In just a short time, Li Yunze put on a set of exquisitely crafted Mingguang armor.
This is not a burqa. You can put it on just by putting it on. It has many parts and requires help even when putting it on.
Swallowing hard, Zhou Dabao limped forward, "Mr. Lang, let me come."
Li Yunze threw the tow rope to him and walked out of the woods to the road.
Zhou Dabao pulled hard, but the big box didn't move at all!
It was only then that he saw the deep marks that Li Yunze dragged out along the way.
Outside, Li Yunze shouted impatiently, "What a waste of time, come here quickly."
Zhou Dabao helplessly called out, "Please forgive me, Mr. Lang, the box is too heavy..."
Li Yunze came back and dragged the box to the avenue. After opening it, he actually took out the kitchen utensils.
That’s right, kitchenware.
A heavy gas tank stove, a large iron pot, stacks of bowls, tachyons and various other items.
He stood up skillfully, picked up a large bucket of pure water, poured it into the pot, turned on the gas stove and put the big pot on the stove.
Then he took out boxes of canned meat from the big box, opened them and threw them in.
For large bags of dehydrated vegetables, tear open the package and pour directly into the pot.
Vacuum-packed rice is poured directly into two large bags.
As for seasonings, there are bottles of salt, vinegar, and sugar.
Instructing Zhou Dabao, who was already drooling at the side, to keep stirring and stirring, Li Yunze took out a horse and sat down with a big golden knife on the side.
During the Tang Dynasty, cooking technology was far less developed than during the Song Dynasty, and even stir-fry had not been invented.
Usually when eating, it is this type of random stew.
Smelling the aroma wafting from the cauldron and swallowing his saliva, Zhou Dabao asked, "Mr. Lang, what are you doing?"
"Recruit defeated troops."
When dealing with warriors, the words of literati and sages are of no use, they will pick out their ears and trample them on horseback.
The best way to deal with warriors is to use force to stop force.
For Li Yunze, who had no identity advantage this time, the defeated and fleeing Shence Army in front of him was naturally the best target to recruit.
As expected, there was not much time for the meeting, and another broken army of more than a hundred people swarmed in.
The Shence Army, which was already short of food, was already feeling thunderous after being on the run for so long.
Suddenly I saw such a big fragrant cauldron on the avenue, and people rushed over to it.
In the military system of the Tang Dynasty, there were camps under the army, regiments under the battalions, brigades under the regiments, teams under the brigades, and groups under the teams.
Usually a regiment consists of 200 men, so the size of this broken army should be regarded as a regiment.
The leading captain rode forward and looked at Li Yunze condescendingly, "Who are you? No matter who you are, this pot of food now belongs to this captain."
Li Yunze, who looked calm, simply stood up and reached out to hold the horizontal knife hanging at his waist.
'Choke! '
There was a flash of cold light, and the captain on the horse didn't realize what was going on, and he fell down with blood pouring from his neck.
The defeated soldiers who were panting and inhaling the smell of meat were shocked, and then more than ten famous school captains' personal soldiers rushed forward with horizontal swords.
Li Yunze didn't have the slightest intention of holding back. He ran directly into the crowd and fought with swords and swords, and easily eliminated these soldiers.
Holding the horizontal sword that was still dripping with blood in his hand, Li Yunze glanced at the remaining defeated soldiers. Wherever he looked, all the defeated soldiers dodged and retreated.
"You are entitled to the imperial salary and food, so you should serve the imperial court." The monkey has been slaughtered, and the next step is to intimidate these weak chickens. "Now that you are defeated by the enemy, are you worthy of the salary, food and salary you received?"
In the early stage of the Tang army, the army had a military system, and the main force of the army was the wealthy and well-off families.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the military system collapsed, and the army began to recruit soldiers and began to cultivate professional soldiers.
Naturally, they need food and wages.
Nowadays, the core troops in various vassal towns are basically professional soldiers who spend all day thinking about how to kill people more effectively.
The government army system and the recruitment system each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Which one is better depends on the actual situation.
Most of the defeated soldiers didn't react at all. They were basically hired as replacements, and the food and salary they received in the past had nothing to do with them.
Li Yunze changed the subject, "From now on, all of you will be under my command. If there are any who disobey, these people will be punished."
They were all hired with money. Naturally, no one objected except the soldiers, and the soldiers had already followed the captain to lie down.
Pointing to the big pot over there, "Get in line and go over to eat!"
The defeated soldiers who were already hungry finally reacted to this sentence and gathered around to eat meat porridge.
At this time, Zhou Dabao also got angry, waving his horse spoon and shouting, "We are all deaf. Didn't you hear the general say to form a formation? Stand up, stand up! What about you, I'll squeeze you to death!"
Li Yunze stepped forward and gathered more than ten horses and tied them to the trees on the roadside. He selected the best one, which was the horse that the captain was riding, and began to comfort it and prepare it to be his mount.
It can be seen from these horses that the Tang Dynasty was much better than the Song Dynasty in terms of cavalry. At least they had no shortage of horses.
By the time Li Yunze calmed down the horse and rode it around for a while, the second pot was already cooking.
Zhou Dabao had been standing aside and watching, and he had almost learned Li Yunze's skills.
Although there are many things that are unclear, such as the iron box, the vegetables in the winter, the iron can catching fire, and so on.
But in this environment, who cares about this?
Seeing his newly recruited younger brother working so hard, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction and turned his horse's head to the woods beside the road.
After a while, the horse came out again dragging another large box.
A few people were selected from among the defeated troops and they looked like they had big heads and thick necks. They once again set up a few cauldrons.
Wrapping up defeated troops is a technical job that relies solely on words. It will be useless even after the emperor comes.
Threats of force are used to suppress the situation first, and then the benefits are thrown out and then the situation is taken back.
Li Yunze once again dragged several large boxes, and this time they were all filled with brand-new copper coins.
They are all factory-new Kaiyuan Tongbao, Qianfeng Quanbao, Dali Yuanbao and Jianzhong Tongbao. The proper hard currency in this era.
In martial arts dramas, money is often thrown away, and that was all a matter of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Moreover, even during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the main currency in circulation among the people was still copper coins, and silver coins could only be used by wealthy people.
Sitting on the horse again, Li Yunze called to the defeated soldiers who had eaten and drank enough, "Anyone who is willing to follow me, come and get the money yourself. Get as much money as you can with your stomach."
The stomach is the helmet. As a guard army, the equipment level of the Shence Army is very good. Basically everyone has a helmet.
Even if he threw it away when some soldiers fled, he would still grab the helmet of the captain's soldier who was killed by Li Yunze.
Even the captain's helmet was not spared.
Money is nothing in person.
After eating and drinking, and taking copper coins, morale obviously improved significantly.
"You, you, and you..." Li Yunze selected more than 20 defeated soldiers who looked to be in good shape. "The whole armor and stomach are neatly dressed, standing behind me as a background."
The captain and his soldiers were once again unlucky. They were not spared even if they lay flat on their backs, and were stripped down to only their inner clothes.
The remaining people were not idle. They dragged the captain and the soldiers into the forest, dug a hole and buried them. Then they came out and set up large pots on the roadside and began to cook meat porridge.
After that, waves of defeated troops swarmed in, ranging from a small group of only a dozen people to a large group of thousands or even thousands.
Li Yunze's method of disposal was basically the same. All the brigade commanders and captains above the rank of captain were dealt with. The remaining people were first given delicious meat porridge to fill their stomachs, and then distributed copper coins to win over the troops.
By the time it got dark, thousands of people had gathered around him.
Relying on strong logistical support, Li Yunze raised a force of thousands of soldiers in just one day in this era of martial arts.
When the sun was about to set, a group of soldiers and horses appeared on the avenue again.
But this time it was no longer the defeat of the Shence Army, but the mutiny of the Boye Army in front of the formation.
Li Yunze, who had been sitting on the horse for most of the day, finally stood up and took a cold Mo Dao from Zhou Dabao behind him!
