The warriors of this era were very professional.
To use the words of a sage, "If you have milk, you are a mother."
For these warriors, it doesn't matter who the emperor is, what court they are, or even what military governor they are. As long as they have enough money and food, and are rewarded for their military exploits, they are the boss.
Just like the Boye Army in front of me, which originally belonged to Zhenzhou and was stationed in Guanzhong due to the autumn defense against Tubo, and was stationed in Fengtian County, this is the case.
The imperial court arranged for soldiers and horses to go to Tongguan to stop Huang Chao, but they did not pay him any food or wages.
Even the Shence Army only had a few days of food and grass, let alone guest armies like the Boye Army.
The warriors of the Boye Army were very simple and honest. If the imperial court did not provide food and salary, they would directly rebel on the spot.
After they became rebels, they looted and killed everywhere. The Shence army in pursuit had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
Zhenzhou is Zhengding, or Changshan, the Changshan of Zhao Zilong in Shijiazhuang.
The autumn defense was due to the lack of military equipment in various parts of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion. Tubo took the opportunity to invade and occupy places such as the Hexi Corridor and Longyou. Since it was only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an City, it directly threatened the security of the capital.
Faced with a substantial threat, the imperial court mobilized troops from various vassal towns to take turns stationing at the border to guard against the threat of the Tibetans.
This is how this Boye Army of three thousand people was transferred to Guanzhong.
The reason why I specifically mentioned them is because there is a famous figure in this Boye Army, and that is Li Maozhen.
Occupying the land of Longyou in Fengxiang, he was granted the title of King Qi, and the King of Qin was able to compete with Zhu Wen. He became a well-known powerful vassal in the world, and was called Li Maozhen, who was more treacherous than Cao Cao.
Now, Li Maozhen has not yet received the surname Li from the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. He still uses his real name Song Wentong and is the captain of this army, also called Duizheng.
Seeing Li Yunze standing in the middle of the avenue holding a Mo knife, Song Wentong turned his eyes and immediately asked the captain of his regiment to fight.
In an era when warriors were in power, it was natural to worship warriors.
In the past, duel before the battle was extremely rare on the battlefield, but it happened frequently in this era.
Many warriors who were originally just small figures became famous through one-on-one battles, and the benefits of fame came rolling in.
Warriors and sergeants are also willing to follow such warriors.
After receiving the agreement, Song Wentong also held a Mo Dao and stepped forward with firm steps.
He is also a veteran of the army, and he can see at a glance that there appear to be thousands of people on the opposite side, but in fact, each one of them either looks frightened or is holding on forcefully, and they are completely a mob.
As long as you can kill the enemy general, the enemy will disperse in a panic, and your reputation will be full immediately.
Song Wentong, who was full of confidence, held the handle of the Mo Dao tightly with both hands. When he was only ten steps away from Li Yunze, he suddenly roared and accelerated, raised the Mo Dao in his hand and chopped it off directly towards Li Yunze's head!
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Mo Dao brought up a long bloody light, whizzing straight towards Li Yunze's head.
The Tang Dynasty Hengdao is the ancestor of the so-called samurai swords in later island countries, and it is extremely famous.
But in fact, the most famous weapon of the Tang Dynasty was the Mo Dao.
The Mo Dao team went into battle, and they were all in pieces! '
Song Wentong was extremely powerful, and he firmly believed that with one strike of his sword, he would be able to cut the enemy general in front of him into two pieces.
Suddenly, a cold light lit up in front of his eyes.
Li Yunze struck first and struck very quickly. He swept the Mo Dao in his hand from bottom to top and directly cut off Song Wentong's Mo Dao.
After the sword force reached its peak, it fell down and passed directly through the body of Song Wentong, who was still in shock.
The future King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, a great hero who witnessed the fall of the Tang Dynasty, fell on the way to Chang'an City before he even had time to rise up.
He never had the chance to change his name to Li Maozhen.
After Li Yunze won the duel, the morale of the defeated Shence Army soldiers behind Li Yunze was greatly boosted, and cheers resounded throughout the countryside.
Naturally, the morale of the opposing Boye army dropped significantly.
Immediately, several more warriors were sent from the opposite side to challenge Li Yunze in a duel. Naturally, they were defeated without exception.
Li Yunze's powerful strength shocked the Boye Army he faced. In addition, they only had a few hundred men, while the Shence Army opposite, whose morale was surging, had thousands of men.
The captain who led the team subconsciously wanted to retreat.
At this time, Li Yunze finally said, "If you dare to let your men die, will you just run away?"
Faced with Li Yunze's provocation, the captain had no choice but to face it.
If he retreated so recklessly, he would not be able to hang out in the Boye Army in the future.
Now you can either directly charge with troops to cover up the kill, or step forward to challenge them yourself.
Judging from the situation at this time, the soldiers and horses under his command are definitely unwilling to attack, so the only choice is a one-on-one fight.
The captain kept an eye on it and thought that the Mo Dao in Li Yunze's hand should be scrapped after being used for so long.
So he rode forward directly, hoping to use the horse's advantage to win.
As for the result, the cold light passed by and all the men and horses were shattered!
The captains were all gone, so the sergeants of the Boye Army naturally wanted to retreat.
At this time, Li Yunze called out to them loudly, "Look here!"
Everyone in the Boye Army followed the sound and looked over, but they saw a row of large boxes being opened under the sunset. The copper coins inside were full of coins, which reflected a pleasant luster under the sun.
"If you are willing to follow me." Li Yunze stretched out his hand to gesture to the big boxes, "Put the money in your stomach, and you can take it yourself. Then the monthly rations will be sufficient, but if there is any arrears, you can go on your own."
Boyejun are all very professional warriors who abide by their creed and focus on money.
On the spot, more than half of the sergeants went out to get money, and then saluted and swore allegiance to Li Yunze.
The remaining people hesitated for a while, and some took off their helmets and came to withdraw money, while the remaining people retreated the same way they came, full of reluctance.
The warriors of this era were very principled and would sacrifice their lives for whoever was stronger.
Even though he had been brutally killed in the one-on-one duel before, he immediately became one with a smile on his face after the attack.
It was getting late, so it was time to have dinner and set up camp.
Li Yunze summoned Zhou Dabao, "I will appoint you as the army's Cangcao to oversee the army's logistics and supplies."
Zhou Dabao, who was just a street kid in Chang'an City before, was so excited that he shed tears.
Choking with sobs, he saluted, "How dare you not die for the general!"
Neither the Shence Army nor the Boye Army could carry a large amount of baggage, and now all these thousands of troops had to be maintained by Li Yunze.
The number of large pots increased to more than twenty. Canned meat, dehydrated vegetables and rice were boiled together. The fragrant dinner made the sergeants very satisfied.
Afterwards, hundreds of tents were propped up so that the well-fed and well-fed soldiers could have a sheltered place to sleep.
Li Yunze is only responsible for providing supplies, leaving these things to Zhou Dabao.
If you do it well, you will naturally be able to secure Cang Cao's position.
If you don't do it well, there will be no future.
So far, Zhou Dabao, who has a background of helping others and is good at serving others, is doing pretty well.
As for Li Yunze himself, he kept calling the squadron chiefs for interviews.
Those who are capable can be promoted to brigade commander or even captain. Those who are not capable or too unruly can only continue to stay where they are.
Naturally, don't talk about loyalty at this time. Our relationship is purely about money.
Li Yunze paid and provided them with money and materials to hire them to do things for him, that's all.
In the middle of the night, the sentry who took the initiative to keep vigil came to report that a large group of soldiers and horses had arrived on the road in the direction of Tongguan.
Li Yunze was greatly surprised. This night march was too elite.
There is no need to ask too much. In this era, anyone who can march in an orderly manner at night must be an elite.
Li Yunze stood up immediately and arranged his men to summon the soldiers and horses to get up and prepare for the battle.
The Shence Army was naturally in chaos, and there was almost a roar in the camp.
Fortunately, although the Boye Army was small in number, they were sufficiently elite and professional. With a powerful attack, they killed many Shaqiao who were running and screaming, finally calming down the simple camp.
A large number of soldiers and horses came on the road over there. Li Yunze raised his night vision goggles to scan them. There were at least two thousand soldiers.
There were two thousand elites who could fight at night. Looking back at the Shence Army behind him who were already cowering before the fight started, Li Yunze was already preparing to invite Gatling Bodhisattva to come out to save all sentient beings.
However, the soldiers and horses holding torches on the opposite side did not set up an attack formation. Instead, they sent envoys after a quarrel.
"Boye Military Academy Lieutenant Zheng Gongyou, general, please come forward and speak!"
Li Yunze's face moved slightly, and he immediately stood out from the crowd and said, "Li Yunze, the commander of Shence Army, please tell me if you have anything to say!"
Tian Lingzi, the boss of the imperial eunuch group, reorganized the left and right Shence armies into fifty-four capitals, with General Shence as the commander of all the capitals.
Li Zhenmao, who was killed by Li Yunze before, historically was bought back by the imperial court after plundering Chang'an City. After that, he served Xizong on the run and was named the commander of the Shence Army. From then on, he became rich and became the King of Qin.
"I've seen the commander."
Then Zheng Gongyou saluted and said, "We want to command the envoy, but I wonder if the envoy would be willing to take him in?"
'Is there such a good thing? '
Thousands of elite soldiers defected at night, which was really surprising.
Li Yunze looked slightly surprised, "Tell me what happened. Where are the generals you are in charge of?"
Zheng Gongyou saluted again "so that the commander will know..."
After some explanation, Li Yunze understood the reason.
The manager of the Boye Army was summoned to Huang Chao's camp, but was detained later!
Boyejun was shocked when he learned the news. This was his plan to annex himself.
They originally wanted to flee, but at this time the sergeant who had not taken Li Yunze's money before went back. When he mentioned what happened here, he immediately stirred up people's hearts. After discussion, everyone decided to join Li Yunze.
This is the characteristic of this era. Warriors also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, know how to play tricks, and are by no means brainless.
If the brainless and reckless man really attacked everyone he saw, then Huang Chao would have no chance of passing through the territories of many powerful vassals along the way and fighting all the way to Guanzhong.
The officers in charge of Zheng Gongyou and others were detained, and they did not even think about going to the rescue.
No one will follow a general who cannot pay his troops and has no food supply.
Li Yunze laughed immediately and called to Zhou Dabao, "Make a fire and cook, and bring over the reward money from all the soldiers!"
