A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 583: Chasing the World

Part of the pioneering aristocracy did want to open up the barbaric land and make the family business sustainable, but part of it was that the pioneering aristocracy had no choice but to leave Daqian and go to the barbaric land after the failure of the political struggle.

After two hundred years, especially after the pioneering nobles helped the government and received royal rewards, these pioneering nobles began to grow rapidly.

In the beginning, these pioneering nobles only competed with the barbarians for land and resources, and then consolidated the territory and obtained population supplies from the country. After it was almost developed in ten or twenty years, it became their territory.

But when Da Qian was unable to control these pioneering nobles, these pioneering nobles quickly began to annex each other and grow stronger.

Originally, there were almost a hundred pioneering nobles in Daqian, but now, only a few of the strongest ones remain.

However, the strength of these families has far exceeded what it was before. After the royal family lost control of Daqian, the heroes of Daqian stood side by side and revolted in various places. The originally brilliant and prosperous country's aura was shattered.

The princes from various places have not yet subdued the strength of the pioneering nobles, so these pioneering nobles began to attack the border counties.

It was only then that the classics families in the border states discovered that the pioneering aristocrats, whom they had previously despised and ridiculed as barbarians, actually possessed such great strength.

Fortunately, these Confucian scholars have won over the frontier army. Although the strength of the frontier army has declined over the years, its strength has quickly recovered after replenishing military pay and materials.

The struggle between the pioneering nobles and the classics families was very fierce, and the two sides had long had deep grudges. On the other side, the peasants and soldiers in other states and counties received the royal edict, and one by one they immediately began to control other peasants and soldiers and became prefects of counties and counties.

Daqian's peasant soldiers usually have five auxiliary soldiers per person. Although they are called auxiliary soldiers, they are trained equally hard. These auxiliary soldiers are usually served by relatives or even brothers.

Except for a few who practice martial arts, the rest are here to make up for their mistakes.

Liu Yu already regards Pengcheng County as his own, and naturally he doesn't want it to become a wasteland.

Therefore, everyone can be united as one, and although those powerful men have more troops, their soldiers used to be their servants, tenants, and domestic slaves.

As the first peasant soldier to stand on his own, Liu Yu struck first and became the prefect after integrating the peasant and soldier forces in the county. However, the powerful officials and Confucian scholars in the county did not agree, and they all united to kill Liu Yu.

There are 1,500 soldiers, all of whom have horses and armor. They are also skilled in martial arts and proficient in battle formations. Once they take action, they will be earth-shattering.

Liu Yu knew the quality of these people very well, so he dared to take the initiative. If we wait for these people to gather a large group of tens of thousands of people, and then try to defeat them, even if they succeed, they will suffer a lot of losses. More importantly, Pengcheng County will be destroyed.

However, as a peasant soldier, Liu Yu had repeatedly charged into battle and had rich war experience. How could those powerful officials and Confucian scholars in the county be their opponents even if they had many people?

Liu Yu did not wait for those people to gather strength, but struck first. Directly attack the powerful people in various places. These powerful people basically have grudges against the peasants and soldiers. Now that he commands 300 peasant soldiers and 1,500 soldiers, he naturally has to stand from the perspective of the peasant soldiers.

Basically, they are just a bunch of people. If these people are given time to practice for a few years and then go to the battlefield to see blood, they will be considered qualified soldiers. However, in Pengcheng County, the peasants and soldiers were originally sent to quell the chaos. They went to take advantage and get benefits. How? Maybe practice seriously?

Fifteen hundred men, each with a horse. The marching speed was extremely fast. Among these peasant soldiers, there were about 500 who could be used as cavalry, and the rest could only be regarded as mounted infantry.

Many people think that cavalry is stronger than infantry. In many battles in history, cavalry defeated infantry and killed the infantry like mowing grass. However, in those cases, they were mostly light infantry with insufficient training.

If they encounter well-trained and well-equipped heavy infantry, the cavalry will not dare to fight the infantry head-on. They can only wander around and look for flaws. The Tang Dynasty has a great say in this aspect. You can let your cavalry come like the wind and encounter the heavy infantry. Tang Jingrui can defeat you. If the cavalry is accidentally entangled and loses its mobility, it is entirely the fault of the infantry.

Liu Yu led 1,500 soldiers into the formation.

"prick!"

Peasants and soldiers rushed in, stabbing left and right with spears, their movements were precise, fast and powerful. These were the elite of peasants and soldiers, and they were used to break the formation.

Behind them are also well-trained soldiers. These people are slightly worse equipped, but there are more people.

If the peasant soldiers just now were like sharp knives, causing terrible wounds, after these thousand auxiliary soldiers rushed into the gap, they immediately destroyed the battle line.

Wherever they went, they killed countless soldiers. These powerful men relied on their courage to fight, but now they were broken through and their morale plummeted.

Wherever the peasant soldiers passed, the enemy retreated one after another, and once they retreated, the battle formation became more chaotic. The auxiliary soldiers behind them followed closely, with spears like a forest. Without the cooperation of the military formation, these soldiers were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The chaotic enemy troops fell in pieces, the noise was endless, the formation was completely scattered, and many people had begun to flee.

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, the soldiers in the military formation completely lost the courage to resist and were driven back one after another.

Zhang Chong stood in the army, and his hands and feet were frozen. This was an army of tens of thousands formed by powerful forces from several nearby counties. However, less than half an hour after the war started, they were defeated.

At this time, the soldiers beside him all looked pale. At this moment, Liu Yu, who was rushing into the formation, saw the Chinese army flag not far away and immediately shouted: "The enemy chief is here, all the gentlemen, follow me." Kill the general and capture the flag.”

Liu Yu waved the long sword in his hand, and the surrounding guards immediately rushed towards the Chinese army's banner. Wherever they passed, the enemy troops fled in panic.

The expressions of the guards beside Zhang Chong changed greatly, and they quickly pulled Zhang Chong and tried to escape.

But the battlefield was in chaos, the army was defeated, and no one made way for them. Even if they wanted to escape, they had no chance.

Liu Yu led his men to rush forward, stabbed him to death with a sword, then pulled out his horizontal sword and decapitated him, then picked him up with a long sword, and ordered his men to shout: The enemy chief is dead, surrender to avoid death.

Dozens of people shouted in unison, and soon the remaining people followed suit. After hearing the shouts, the panicked soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

In just half a day, Liu Yu defeated tens of thousands of troops in one fell swoop. Next, Liu Yu, at Liu Muzhi's suggestion, selected strong men from the prisoners to join the army, and then directly ransacked the homes of several powerful men.

The wealth obtained was used as military pay, part of the land was given to soldiers, and part was distributed to the people. However, in a short period of time, Liu Yu won the support of soldiers and people, completely secured his position, and had the capital to compete in the world.

(End of this chapter)