Finally, Liu Yu finally got everyone to agree that when the follow-up Donglai Army auxiliary troops gathered here, these prisoners would be released one after another.
Before that, these prisoners would work as coolies in re-building pontoon bridges and transporting supplies in exchange for their daily rations.
After the treatment of the prisoners was agreed upon, the final key was the distribution of the fine armor and weapons.
Because in the next battle, Wang Mi's side will be the main force, and Liu Bogen and Liu Yu's soldiers already have armor, and Wang Mi's subordinates have a large number of unarmored soldiers.
All Liu Yu finally persuaded these cronies of Liu Bogen and made huge concessions. Liu Yu and Liu Bogen's cronies were given the 200 captured horses, while Wang Mi and his subordinates were given all the armor and weapons, and had to bear the auxiliary logistics of the entire army.
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After the Battle of Weishui, Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai County, lost most of the troops in Beihai County. When Huangfu Qin and Xue Yong finally caught up with Pei Jun, who had fled westward, the total number of troops around the three of them was only two. Hundreds of people.
Huangfu Qin suggested that they should stop for a while to search and gather the fleeing soldiers, so that at least one or two thousand people could be gathered. But Pei Jun, the frightened governor of Beihai, rejected Huangfuqin's proposal without hesitation. He strictly ordered Huangfuqin and Xue Yong to escort him to Linzi for refuge without hesitation.
Huangfu Qin also suggested that they should go to Zhiping Shoucheng in Beihai County and burn the arsenal and warehouses there. Pei Jun rejected this proposal again, fearing that he would be delayed and be overtaken by the Donglai army.
Three days later, the follow-up auxiliary troops of the Donglai Army were completely assembled, and the pontoon bridge on the Weishui River was re-erected.
On the tenth day of May, Liu Yu and Wang Mi led the Donglai Army, totaling 25,000 people, across the Weishui River and launched an attack on the Jin army's city to the west.
Jin court officials in Duchang, Zuncheng, and Hanting all abandoned their cities and fled.
Only in Pingthou, the seat of Beihai County, the Donglai Army encountered weak resistance. After paying a meager price of three to four hundred casualties, the Donglai Army quickly captured Pingthou City. However, unfortunately, the arsenals and warehouses in the city were It had been set on fire by the Jin court officials who stayed behind.
The Donglai army was slightly repaired, leaving several hundred troops behind in Pingshou, and continued to advance westward two days later.
By May 20th, Donglai's army had captured Juxian, Jicheng, Guanting, Shouguang, Chengyang, Leyi and other cities at a very weak cost.
The Donglai Army has camped on the bank of Juyangshui River, and they can clearly see the Yidu City built next to Juyangshui.
"Yidu is the gateway to Linzi from the east. As long as we capture Yidu, Linzi City will be in front of us." Wang Mi said confidently while riding on his horse, looking at the city on the other side of the giant ocean water.
"Brother, the news just came that Sima Lue, the king of Gaomi, and his governor Liu Tun have assembled more than 30,000 troops and are already waiting for us at the foot of Linzi City." Wang Mi's brother Wang Zhang said.
"Sima Lue is an incompetent person who has assembled tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from half of Qingzhou and four counties. He doesn't know how to defend a battleground like Yidu. He only knows how to defend the city. He is as stupid as a pig and a dog." Wang Mi said disdainfully.
"Brother, don't be careless. After all, the real commander of the armies is Liu Tun. This man has served as the general of the Sima kings several times. He is also famous. Don't underestimate the enemy." Wang Mi's cousin Wang Sang said softly. advised.
"Liu Tun is a talented person in politics. Although he has served as a general many times, he has not had any military exploits, so there is nothing to worry about."
Wang Mi was quite familiar with Liu Tun, a fellow villager in Donglai County. When Wang Mi traveled to Luoyang before, he had met Liu Tun in the name of a junior from the same town. At that time, Liu Tun was already a noble official like Shi Yushi. , and at that time Wang Mi was just an unknown junior from Donglai countryside.
Wang Mi recalled that in Luoyang back then, the nobles and famous people from aristocratic families had ignored him with cold eyes and had a condescending attitude towards him, and waves of uncontrollable anger surged in Wang Mi's heart.
Now, Wang Mi finally has the opportunity to defeat those princes and nobles, letting everyone in the world know that Wang Mi of Donglai is the real strong man, and those princes and noble families who pretend to be "high-class" will be betrayed by him. Step hard under your feet.
Just when Wang Mi was thinking about his grand ambitions and ruthless revenge on the Gonggun princes who looked down on him back then, Liu Yu was busy experimenting with new military training methods.
Because he needed to collect ferries and build pontoons, he would basically have to stay on the Juyangshui River for about three days, so Liu expected to take this opportunity to train his soldiers well.
This time, Liu Yu's soldiers and Liu Bogen's clan members trained together. Liu Yu expected to use this method to get familiar with and control Liu Bogen's soldiers as soon as possible.
These clan members of Liu Bogen all know that Liu Yu's prestige among ordinary soldiers is now very high, whether it is Liu Yu's tribe or Liu Bogen's tribe, so they are all secretly wary of Liu Yu's annexation.
But everyone also knows that more training can improve the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. Anyway, Liu Yu's headquarters only has a thousand soldiers. As long as Liu Bogen's clan leaders like himself stick together tightly, I don't believe Liu Yu can annex it with a thousand soldiers. There are more than 4,000 people of my own.
At this time, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty had already had training in various formations and formations. It was not that they did not know what formation training was as some modern people think, and the formation training in this era was more and more complicated.
The training methods of many complex formations are secrets kept by many generals. Except for their direct lineage, they are unwilling to show the specific training process to outsiders.
Among the Donglai army, except for the Wang Mi family who had once guarded a certain territory, the Wang Mi brothers were proficient in many ancestral military codes. Others, including Liu Yu, had groped their own wild paths and were all fierce officers who charged into the battle. , disrupt or defeat the enemy's deployment, and then a large number of ordinary soldiers follow to expand the results.
Because the combat strength of the state and county soldiers in Qingzhou is worrying, this kind of "one-wave" tactics in Liu Yu's opinion can still be effective. If you encounter enemies with stronger combat capabilities, this simple tactic will definitely fail. .
Liu Yu knew that when encountering enemies of equal or even greater strength in the battle formation, a wave of attacks based on personal bravery would have limited effect. Real victory would still require the strength of the entire army, and in order to unleash the power of the entire army Strength, discipline, training and command are all indispensable.
Now, what these "heroes" like Donggrai troops need most is discipline and training.
Because there were only three short days left for Liu Yu to train, Liu Yu directly abandoned the various complex formation training of this era and directly moved out the queue, march and distribution training of the modern army.
Of course, as for the effect, Liu Yu was actually not sure.
