The ideological realm of warriors in the late Tang Dynasty was very high.
If you want them to work hard, just provide them with benefits.
Other than that, they don't care about the general trend of the world, the change of dynasties, or the heroes and villains.
Li Yunze is able to command so many soldiers and horses under his command, and he can also let them attack wherever he wants. In essence, he learned from Zhu Wen, and the benefits are all there.
Of course, his own reputation must have a bonus, but it is a bonus on top of the basics.
Military sergeants were allocated more Yongye fields, and they did not have to pay taxes as long as they were still serving.
In addition, Li Yunze has never been in arrears with food and salary, and will receive more rewards during festivals or when he wins on the battlefield.
This is called giving in place.
In this era of low productivity, among the dozens of vassal towns throughout the Tang Dynasty, no one except Li Yunze could support so many soldiers and horses at such a high price like him.
After calculating the tax revenue in Li Yunze's jurisdiction, everyone was very curious, where did this guy get so much wealth to support the soldiers?
Li Yunze always laughed at such inquiries.
Don't ask, asking means showing ability.
Li Yunze used his money power to bribe the 100,000 troops in Weibo Town, allowing them to happily defend him from the threat from the north.
The towns in the north originally just wanted to have fun, but they didn't expect Weibo Town to take it so seriously. The killings flowed into rivers of blood and angered everyone. A big melee almost swept through all the towns in the north.
As for Li Keyong, after settling down in Hedong Town for a while, he couldn't wait to join the Central Plains battlefield.
Then Li Yunze's money ability was activated again.
Zhu Wen, who was bribed by Li Yunze, went from Daibei to clear Li Keyong's retreat.
Li Keyong, who was arrogant by nature, could not bear this. He turned his back on the spot and led his troops north to fight Zhu Wen.
The so-called second anti-Li Yunze siege, after Yang Xingmi was defeated, was a lively fight outside, but it was calm here with Li Yunze.
Li Yunze doesn't like wind, he only likes waves.
After a little settlement in the Lianghuai area, the navy blocked the river to suppress the Zhenhai navy on the opposite side. He personally led the main force from the Lianghuai area to the north to deal with the Wuning army.
Shi Pu, the military governor of Wuning Army who was first defeated, took the initiative to participate in the first anti-Li Yunze encirclement.
Because Li Yunze wanted to stabilize the place and let him escape temporarily.
In this second anti-Li Yunze siege, Shi Pu actually participated again, and he still betrayed his promise to surrender.
Although in these troubled times, the promises made by the Jiedu envoys are not much different from farts, Li Yunze can't tolerate sand in his eyes. If you rebel after surrendering, Liu Bei can't tolerate you!
The army surrounded Pengcheng and surrounded Shi Pu and the main force of Wuning Army.
Pengcheng is Xuzhou, which has been a famous transportation artery in the world since ancient times.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, swarms of heroes arose, and after the Chu Overlord's battle shocked China, he left Pengcheng to himself as his capital.
In the Battle of Pengcheng that year, Xiang Yu's 30,000 elite troops defeated Liu Bang's 560,000 army, which is even more famous in history.
At this time, Shi Pu also had almost 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he might have been dreaming of defeating Li Yunze in the city.
Li Yunze was not in a hurry to attack the city. He didn't even plan to use minerals and medicine to open the city.
Shi Pu took the initiative to surrender before. Although it was a fake surrender to delay time, it was still a surrender.
At this time, another rebellion is naturally a betrayal.
Li Yunze also wanted to let him taste betrayal.
After the siege, Li Yunze, who was sitting on the horse, gestured to the logistics officer Zhou Dabao, "Show them."
Zhou Dabao set off quickly, called the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, and pushed more than a hundred carts to the outside of the city, stopping outside the range of the eight-niu crossbow.
When the raincloth covering the cart was lifted, there was an exclamation of surprise outside the city.
Half of the hundreds of carts were filled with coins. Not only were they numerous, but they were almost all brand new.
The other half is filled with beautiful silks, the kind of high-quality goods that glow softly in the sun.
The more than one hundred specially-made four-wheeled carts contained more than a million coins and cloth!
With such a huge sum of money right in front of them, the warriors inside and outside the city stared wide-eyed and breathed rapidly.
"Ahem."
Li Yunze coughed and signaled the tooth soldiers beside him to work.
The tooth soldiers hurriedly passed the order, and more than a hundred soldiers with loud voices were selected, lined up and shouted to the defenders on the top of the city, "Shi Pu did not keep his word, surrendered first and then rebelled without responsibility. People despise him! Today, Li Jiedu has been granted a special privilege and a heavy reward. Among all the heroes in the city, who can
He took Shi Pu's head and presented it to him, and Li Jiedu rewarded him with a million pieces of copper coins and silk! Heaven is above, if you violate this oath, the sky will thunder! "
I deliberately chose a cloudless day to do this, but as expected, there was no bolt from the blue.
Warriors don't care much about oaths or anything like that. What they care about is incredible wealth.
That's a million dollars. If you can have such a huge fortune, why do you want to be a soldier?
Shi Pu, who was on the top of the city, complained secretly in his heart.
Originally, the morale of the army was not high, but Li Yunze's move was just like when Han Xinxin was besieged on all sides.
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As a military governor, he knew very well that the sergeants under his command were ruthless people who dared to sell their lives for the sake of wealth.
The sergeants didn't even care about their own lives, let alone the life of him, the military commander.
Shi Pu wanted to imitate him, so he put a huge sum of money on the top of the city and called the Xuanwu Army sergeants outside the city to take Li Yunze's head.
But he has no money.
The warriors in the late Tang Dynasty were not the useless armies that were allowed to be bullied in the late Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty.
Anyone who dares to deduct military pay will be directly criticized by the warriors.
Jiedushi had many enemies, so they had to raise as many soldiers as possible. The more soldiers they raised, the more money they needed to spend.
As a result, the Jiedu envoys could not make any wealth at all.
Just like his Shi Pu, his family only had tens of thousands of yuan. Seeing Li Yunze outside buying his own head for a million dollars, Shi Pu had the urge to exchange his head for money.
Feeling the malicious gazes all around, Shi Pu felt a chill on his neck.
He quickly descended from the city and hurried back to the mansion with his tooth soldiers.
Shi Pu knew very well that the Wu Ning Army in the city was unreliable, and no one could resist the temptation of millions of dollars. Especially at this time when the fighting situation is difficult and when you are surrounded by people, it will be even more fatal.
He only had one thought now, to go home quickly, pack up his gifts, take his son out of the city and break out of the siege and run away.
"You have followed this Jiedushi for many years, and you are all loyal people." On the way back to the Jiedushi's mansion, Shi Pu kindly persuaded the guards around him, "When you get to the mansion, the property in the mansion can be left to you." Take it. As long as we can escort this Jiedu to break out, we have everything we need.
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What responded to him was a waving horizontal knife!
Shi Pu, who had been alert for a long time, hurriedly avoided it. When he saw that most of the guards around him were surrounding him with swords drawn, he suddenly felt desolate in his heart.
What kind of world is this? Are there no heroes who value love and righteousness in this world?
"Jiedu, our master-servant relationship can be regarded as a kind of friendship. Now that the Xuanwu Army is besieging the city, no one can escape. If you offended that Li Jiedu, you are definitely dead. Since you are dead, why don't you want to take advantage of it? Me and others? We have been following you for many years. We have no merit but hard work.
. I hope Jiedu can fulfill that huge reward of one million yuan! "
Shi Pu didn't say anything. He drew his sword and galloped forward. With his martial arts skills and the desperate resistance of a few guards who had not rebelled, he managed to break out of the encirclement.
However, not far after running out, more sergeants of the Wuning Army appeared in front of him.
The sergeants held weapons and looked at him with eyes full of wealth.
"Jiedu, let me lend you my head!"
The annual salary, money and food for the sergeants is only a few dozen dollars.
As a sergeant who fights hard all his life, he can only earn a thousand or eight hundred guan at most.
This would have to be because the ancestral graves were on fire and the ancestors had protected them from dying on the battlefield.
At this time, Li Yunze, who was famous and powerful in China, personally led the Xuanwu Army, which was said to be invincible, to surround Pengcheng. The defenders had almost no hope of winning.
But as soon as Li Yunze's reward was announced, the sergeants of the Wuning Army who had been lifeless before suddenly became active.
One million dollars. Counting from my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather... I don't know how many generations of my ancestors, I have never made so much money.
As long as he borrows Jiedu's head, he can have more wealth than he can spend in eight lifetimes, and the whole Pengcheng gradually falls into madness.
Shi Pu died, he died very happily, and he was beheaded with a knife.
There was no other way, facing tens of thousands of red-eyed warriors, let alone Shi Pu, even Zhang Sanfeng had to perform Tai Chi for a few days for the heroes.
Then, the whole Pengcheng fell into the madness of chasing the head.
The red-eyed Wu Ningjun, in order to fight for Shi Pu's head, did not hesitate to wave his sword at his comrades.
Once the knife was used and blood was seen, the already angry warriors immediately started fighting crazily.
The shouts of killing were loud in the city, and there were no defenders even on the top of the city.
But here, Li Yunze was sitting leisurely on the horse, playing with the small red clay stove in front of him and warming the wine in the wine glass.
He was surrounded by a circle of red-eyed generals, all of whom were constantly persuading Li Yunze to order the attack on the city.
They also want the head worth millions.
"This section is true to its word. It said that the rewards are for the Wuning Army in the city, so that will not change." Li Yunze waved his hand and asked everyone blocking the light to get out of the way. "As for you, the troops sent out this time As a reward, the whole army will be doubled."
The generals of the Xuanwu Army were still dissatisfied, so what if the reward was doubled? How could it be compared with a million gold coins?
But over the past few days, Li Yunze's accumulated prestige was so strong that no one dared to stab him. They could only get out of the way with a grimace, looking longingly at the goods in front of them that were filled with more than a hundred carts.
want to!
The aroma of wine overflowed, so I picked up the glass and took a sip.
Li Yunze closed his eyes, feeling emotional in his heart.
"The warriors of the Tang Dynasty are really pure. They will sacrifice their lives for money, and their own Jiedushi can also use it in exchange for money. It's no wonder that in the future, they will emphasize civility over martial arts. Who is not afraid of such warriors?"
If you want to reverse this situation, you must transfer the recruitment of soldiers back to the government army system!
