I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 233
With the pre-mobilization of military deployment, Cao Cao felt the obvious pressure, and hastily dispatched heavy troops to the Chenliu line in Yanzhou and the Jinan line in Qingzhou to prevent Li Shimin's encirclement.

After Cao Cao returned to his Yuzhou base camp, he also actively expanded his army and prepared for war, trying to restore his military strength to the level before the war. Cao Cao not only returned without success this time, but also lost nearly 15 soldiers, and finally had less than [-] troops. Qingzhou was also attacked by Liu Bei and went to a county. It can be said that the loss was not small, so Guo Jia's suggestion of recuperating was also adopted for a long time.

However, with the mobilization of Li Shimin's army, the two sides are at war, and it seems that the flames of war are about to break out, and the peak duel between Cao Cao and Li Shimin will be staged in the Central Plains.

This made the princes of the world watch them fight, so that they could benefit from it, but it seemed that they were just happy for nothing. After Li Shimin mobilized his troops, he didn't intend to attack aggressively. Instead, he stopped and continued to train.

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he hadn't recovered from the last battle, and it was definitely not the best time to start the war.

At the same time, Li Shimin had already secretly transported a large number of ordnance and armor to the main armies. Thanks to inheriting and recruiting a large number of ordnance craftsmen from the official camp of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin secretly built large-scale military equipment in Lantian County, Chang'an and Taiyuan County, Bingzhou. Bureau of Ordnance Manufacturing.

In addition to the high-quality ore transported from Bingzhou, batches of horizontal knives, mo knives, long halberds, horse lances, long spears and other weapons were continuously produced to equip the army. The strength of the army is also the strength of the ordnance.

Moreover, the ability of long-range strikes has been strengthened. Li Shimin borrowed from the crossbow bolts of the Tang Dynasty and spent a lot of energy to create five kinds of crossbow bolts.

The first one is called Fuyuan Crossbow, with a range of 450 steps (230 meters), mainly used for long-range strikes to kill and injure enemy troops from a long distance. The crossbow arrows are heavy and powerful.The second is the breaking crossbow, with a range of 345 steps ([-] meters), which is used to strike the enemy's moving target at a medium distance, or to defend the city.

The third type is called the horn bow, with a range of 300 steps (160 meters), and the fourth type is a single bow with a range of 240 steps ([-] meters).The cavalry mostly used breaking crossbows, which were superior in power, accuracy and range to bows and arrows.

The last one is very powerful, called the crossbow. The crossbow is placed on the chariot, and multiple arrows are fired at once.With a range of up to 600 meters, it is so powerful that it can even be used to break cities.

Li Jing said in "The Art of War of the Duke of Wei", "When the teeth are fired, all the arrows are fired together, and they reach seven hundred steps. All the fortresses in the middle are destroyed, and the towers are also toppled. It is called a crossbow."

In addition to these extremely lethal weapons, large-scale siege equipment must be indispensable. The very advanced Feiyun Ladder in the Tang Dynasty came out ahead of schedule, and Li Shimin made great improvements to it. First, he fixed the main ladder.The underframe of the main ladder is made into a six-wheeled cart, and the main ladder is fixed on the chassis, which simplifies the ladder erection procedure and shortens the ladder erection time.

As well as a large number of advanced siege equipment such as projectile vehicles and crash vehicles, Li Shimin has carefully prepared for future wars.

Similarly, all these weapons and equipment were secretly transported to the front-line legions, and they quickly changed their equipment, while hoarding ordnance to prepare for the war.

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In addition, in order to enhance the enthusiasm of the soldiers to fight, a strict military merit system has been implemented, and they must be promoted if they have made great achievements. Each legion is equipped with positions such as marching commander and marching commander. Secondly, it is also to record the military achievements of each army.

On the other hand, in conjunction with military merits, the system of land equalization was implemented. All soldiers who made meritorious service, regardless of whether they were injured or died in battle, were all rewarded with Yongye Tian, ​​and the more military merits, the more rewards.

The families of soldiers who were killed and disabled will also be assigned to Yongyetian, and certain taxes will also be exempted to ensure that the livelihood of the family members can be guaranteed.

In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars broke out frequently, the people were displaced, and countless people died in the wars. Therefore, a large number of unowned land was left idle, which gave Li Shimin the opportunity to implement the land equalization system.

Although Li Shimin also wanted to implement the Fubing system, the single Fubing system was established with the Western Wei regime in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a hundred years in the Tang Dynasty and has been relatively well developed. The most important feature of the Fubing system is the combination of soldiers and farmers. First, farming in peacetime, fighting in wartime, and preparing their own weapons, so it was not mature to implement the military system in the last years of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, although material incentives are important, spiritual incentives are even more important, so that soldiers have a sense of honor, respect and advocating bravery.

For this reason, Li Shimin built a martyr's hall on Lishan Mountain in Chang'an, which is magnificent and majestic. For generals at the school level, the apse is the Hall of Victory, and it is mainly used to worship generals above the rank of army commander, such as Pei Yuanshao, who is worshiped here.

Of course, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou and Sili also built a heroic temple on a beautiful mountain for people to worship.

This move has greatly strengthened the sense of honor of the soldiers in defending their homes and the country, and all soldiers have a belief that soldiers will die for their confidants.

Through the above measures, the military merit rewards have been strengthened, so that the soldiers can actually get the rewards, and the material level can be satisfied. They all dream of being able to enter the Hall of Martyrs, be admired by future generations, and live forever.

(End of this chapter)