Li Jing's six thousand cavalry are just wandering around. He has a greater responsibility here, so they have nothing to do at the moment.
Xin Shixiong and Mai Tiezhang were responsible for attacking the two fortified cities of Beishe and Wugu, while Li Jing was responsible for wiping their butts in the early stage.
No matter how many people they leaked, Li Jing and his six thousand people would have to deal with them, and they had to be careful about Gao Jianwu and Zhong Shiwei.
He also had to calculate the time for Yu Wenshu to go south, and then make further temporary arrangements. When he received the military report from Mai Tiezhang, he chose to encircle rather than fight without hesitation.
Because Yuwenshu's main force had already departed from Liaodong City, Mai Tiezhang did not have enough time to capture Wugu City.
He and Wei Xuanbu, the two bodyguards around the leader (Yu Wenshu), were responsible for opening the way. However, Li Jing was worried that the leader would not go smoothly, so he had to go ahead to explore the way.
"Tell Manager Mai not to think about hunting down black bones, but to quickly build a defense line and seize the pier to build a pontoon."
There is a large wharf on the Ai River outside Wugu City. This wharf and the Domestic City Wharf on the upper reaches of the Yalu River are the two largest water transport hubs in Goguryeo.
The Aihe River flows all the way south and merges into the Yalu River. The current Yalu River is called Yalu River. It runs east-west and lies on the road that the Sui army must pass on their way to Pyongyang. It is 795 kilometers long and you can't get around it.
Fortunately, the river is not as wide as the Liao River, which is about five or six hundred meters. It will be very convenient to set up a pontoon. Seizing the dock is also to seize the ships and make it easier to cross the river.
The Yalu River has a four-month freezing period every year, that is, from December to April. This is the Gregorian calendar. According to the Sui calendar, it is approximately November to March.
You can cross the river on foot during the freeze period, but there is no way. The Sui Dynasty did not have the conditions to send troops in the twelfth lunar month.
The river has melted now, but you can't see a single boat. They are all docked at the dock, and the place is heavily guarded.
The person in charge of attacking the dock was Zhu Longsheng, a fierce general under Shi Wanbao. He had already encountered an armored cavalry force of thousands of people more than 20 miles away from the dock.
And he only had four thousand men in his hands.
Go ahead, running is not an option. Armored cavalry are meant to rush into battle, and you will be doomed if you run.
"The brigades line up and beat the drums!"
On the plain, Zhu Longsheng issued a military order and urgently set up a large circular formation, with platoonmen and spearmen on the outside, circle after circle, and bow and arrow teams and baggage inside. This formation was used to guard against heavy cavalry.
The heavy cavalry breaks through the formation, just like an awl, inserted straight into the formation. Once it breaks through, it will wander and strangle, which is very lethal to the infantry.
Zhu Longsheng's formation was relatively simple, because time was short, and the heavy cavalry in front had already begun to accelerate in their direction, thrusting straight in like a sharp knife.
When the cavalry rushes into formation, the formation will shrink into a sharp triangle, which is to avoid the damage of arrows and also to identify the impact point and avoid being scattered.
The rumble of iron hooves got closer and closer, and Zhu Longsheng couldn't help but swallow.
"Fire the arrow!"
Following the general's command, the longbows fired in unison, firing at the enemy's head. To deal with the charge, just hit the head, disrupting the cavalry at the head, and the opponent's formation would also be disrupted.
Because there are horses, once a horse falls down, a large area behind it will be implicated. Therefore, there has always been a rule in the army. If the head of a horse is shot, it cannot be counted as one head, but as three heads.
How to record merit? Looking at the arrows, everyone's name will be engraved on the arrows, so that they can be rewarded for their merits in the future.
You will definitely not engrave other people's names, just like the class votes for monitor, as a candidate, you will definitely not vote for other candidates.
After several rounds of shooting, the enemy's front troops were already overwhelmed, and they were also very confused. They only heard that the Sui army had magic weapons, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful in breaking armor.
As long as it is shot, the armor will be broken, whether it is human armor or vest.
There's no way to fight this.
So the heavy cavalry hurriedly divided the troops, and three groups were divided from the rear, attacking the Sui army's circular formation in three different directions.
Because they also saw that the Sui army did not have many archers.
Yes, there are really not many, just five hundred long archers. That means you are far away, but if you are closer, there are still crossbows and arrows.
The elite army that entered the hinterland of Goguryeo this time during the Sui Dynasty was equipped with short crossbows, even the platoonmen, and the longbowmen also hung short crossbows on their waists. In other words, all of Zhu Longsheng's four thousand men had crossbows.
Of course, less than half are actually free to shoot, but this half is enough for the opponent to drink a pot.
When Goguryeo's armored cavalry entered the shooting range, with the sound of dense machine gunfire, an overwhelming rain of arrows shot out.
One of the leading cavalrymen was hit by an arrow in the horse's head. The whole war horse flipped up and rolled several times, and hit the shield of the Sui platoon's hand hard, killing two soldiers instantly.
There was a violent banging sound, which was harsh and harsh. One after another, the horses hit the Sui army's formation, and bright red blood seemed to be splashed.
The two armies instantly entered into a fierce battle.
The sharp spears pierced the armor of the war horses, and the ferocious horse hooves trampled on the guards' bodies. The sounds of cracking bones, breaking armor, and screams overlapped.
The fierce battle lasted for two hours and ended with Goguryeo's disastrous defeat and retreat.
The plain was a mess, littered with corpses.
Zhu Longsheng was so excited. In the past, if he encountered heavy cavalry in the wilderness like this, his life would be half at risk, but since the introduction of refined weapons, his combat effectiveness has improved several levels.
His losses this time were not light, with more than 400 killed and 600 to 700 injured, but the expression on everyone's face was the same as his, very excited.
Because the result was beyond their expectations. Although they had adapted to the power of refined weapons when they were in the camp, they had never fought against the heavy cavalry with real swords and guns like now.
Although many people died, those who survived had already accumulated military merits and their morale had greatly increased.
When marching and fighting, morale is very important. It determines who will be defeated first, you or the enemy. Those with strong morale will still be able to resist even if the battle damage is serious. If morale is weak, it will be easy for them to flee and be defeated.
Every army that goes out to fight will have a military meritorious service officer. This is specially used to record the merits of the soldiers, but the word "conscripting the army" must be included, which is temporary, because the real meritorious service officer is in the official department.
The purpose of clearing the battlefield is to judge merit, and those who survive will calculate their own merit in their hearts.
In the Sui Dynasty, there were generous rewards based on military merit, which were generally divided into official positions, wealth, women and slaves.
Among them, official positions, including Lordship, first of all, nobility, have particularly high requirements for military merit and even higher requirements for family background, and have basically nothing to do with ordinary soldiers.
The requirements for military merit and family background for an honorary title are weaker than those for a title.
So the one who is truly suitable for ordinary soldiers is the Eighth Lieutenant.
In the third year of Daye, after the restructuring, the eight lieutenants were: Jianjie Lieutenant of the sixth rank, Fenwu Lieutenant of the sixth rank, Xuanhui Lieutenant of the seventh rank, Suide Lieutenant of the seventh rank, Huairen Lieutenant of the eighth rank, Shouyi Lieutenant of the eighth rank, The flattery of Wei Zheng is the ninth rank, and the trust of Wei Cong is the ninth rank.
Ninth-class Lord plus Eighth Lieutenant, this is the seventeenth rank of casual officers. Casual officers are also called rank officers. They have no actual duties. Those who have positions are called ministerial officers. If you want to change from casual officers to ministerial officers, the main thing is assessment. Two aspects: family background and birth.
The family income depends on your family status, the birth status depends on who your parents are, and the relationship between direct concubine and concubine.
In other words, it is not feasible from a legal perspective for a soldier of civilian origin to become a ministerial officer, but it is not impossible for a civilian to become an eighth- or ninth-grade petty official, or even higher.
Then it depends on the background. If your backer is Yang Guang, you can be used as an iron rod.
So why do ordinary soldiers stick to the big tree? The main thing is one aspect, that is, being able to fight.
The higher your military exploits, the higher-up generals will take a fancy to you, train you under their command, and make you their confidant.
So what is the discussion about military exploits? There are mainly two aspects, collective honor and personal honor.
First of all, collective honor is divided into upper battle, middle battle and lower battle based on the number of soldiers on both sides and the quality of their equipment.
The upper position is to hit less and more, the middle position is to balance both sides, and the lower position is to hit more and less.
Killing and capturing more than 40% of the enemy's troops is considered a high reward, more than 20% is considered a medium reward, and 10% is considered a low reward.
Formation and harvesting are to be combined and discussed according to "turning".
The upper part of the formation is five turns, the upper part of the formation is four turns, the upper part of the formation is three turns, the middle part of the formation is two turns, the middle part of the formation is one turn, the middle part of the formation is lower, there is no turn.
Why didn't it transfer? You are evenly matched with the enemy, and you only killed and captured 10% of the enemy. You still want to take credit?
After the imperial titles were reorganized in the Sui Dynasty, the original three divisions of Shangzhu, Zhuguo, and Yitong were gone. However, before the expedition to Goguryeo, in order to make up for the twelve ranks, Yang Guang added Shangzhu to the Eighth Lieutenant. The four-level honors of the country, the country of the pillar, the army of the upper body and the army of the army are specially used to confer honors on soldiers who have made great achievements in war.
It is equivalent to giving hope to the soldiers, which means that as long as you fight well, the Shangzhu Kingdom of the second rank is waiting for you.
Zhu Longsheng had 4,000 infantry and defeated Goguryeo's nearly 5,000 heavy cavalry. This was a battle, because the troops and types of troops were not superior. Although the ordnance was superior, the refined ordnance was not announced to the outside world, so it was not counted as an advantage.
After clearing the battlefield, he killed eight hundred enemies and captured six hundred. This was a successful harvest.
So according to what he got in battle, he is a fourth rank. In other words, Zhu Longsheng can now be a full-level eighth-grade Huairen Lieutenant. And he is a general of the Hussar Mansion and has an actual position, but he must be rare. Huairen Wei.
Because martial arts can atone for sins, if this kid commits something in the future, this honor can help him.
It's like having one more life. If you become the Shangzhu Kingdom, you can have several more lives.
The collective honor belongs to the general, and the individual honor depends on the number of enemies killed by the soldiers, which must be accumulated.
One hundred people make four turns, seventy people make three turns, fifty people make two turns, twenty people make one turn, and ten people, this is how it should be.
Because Yang Guang declared to the outside world that one Sui guard is worth ten, so killing ten is your normal level.
But you can save this thing. Kill ten this time and ten more next time. Isn’t this just a change? In one turn, you can get along with Lieutenant Lixin, who is from the ninth level. This person can cover your crime of robbery and theft.
But this time, there were two guards in Zhu Long's army. They had enough trouble. Why, because they shot and killed the enemy's leading horse, one against three.
If you shoot seven heads of horses in one go, that's enough immediately.
Seeing that he had defeated the enemy's heavy cavalry so smoothly, Zhu Long was so excited that he ordered all the prisoners to be killed, their heads cut off to build a Jingguan, and the wounded soldiers returned north. He continued to take the rest to Aihe Pier. .
He wanted greater credit. (End of chapter)
