Kai Fu Han

Chapter 422 Cannon fodder troops
"Alliance leader. Why are these defenders so stubborn? They have to compete with us before they surrender."

After cleaning the battlefield after the war, Liu Xinbao had nothing to do and came over to chat with Liu Xinqi.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War: The method of using troops is to encircle it ten times and attack it five times. The enemy did not believe that we could capture the city with an army of the same strength from the beginning." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Gunpowder has been used in military affairs since the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao State already has gunpowder weapons. It is incomprehensible that they can have such confidence after seeing our artillery." Liu Xinbao shook his head, quite worried about the enemy. The feeling of dead brain regret.

Snapped!
Liu Xinqi patted him on the back of the head.

"Go and help count the casualties, you are the most idle in the whole city."

Liu Xinbao touched the area where he was slapped and muttered: "You are not idle either."

Liu Xinqi raised his hand again, and Liu Xinbao ran away quickly.

[These officials are very tough when it comes to Han people, and they are as soft as if they have no bones when it comes to foreigners.Why! 】Liu Xinqi did not say what was in his heart.

In fact, Liu Xinqi didn't quite understand the thoughts of these garrison generals. Just like the siege battle in the morning, why Zizhou Zhizhou finally gathered all the remaining elites in the Zhizhou Mansion to resist in vain.

When Liu Xinqi was interrogating, he reprimanded Liu Xinqi with a righteous face: "The traitor will not die a good death, and he will be wiped out by the Qi Dynasty."

Liu Xinqi was furious at the time. Seeing that many soldiers who did not need to die were commanded by this stubborn man and turned into cannon fodder, causing casualties to the field army soldiers, he was so angry that he cut off the Zhizhou's head with a knife.

Liu Xinqi, who had not killed anyone for a long time, felt quite relieved at that time.

I walked around the city in the afternoon, then went out to visit the wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks, and gave military commander cards to nineteen seriously wounded soldiers.

Nine people were killed in this siege, six were killed during the previous cavalry charge, and three were killed by sneak attacks during street fighting.

This was the first death of a soldier under the command of Liu Xinqi since the Westward Strategy.

This casualty made Liu Xinqi reflect on whether to establish a cannon fodder unit.

Since the beginning of war, there have been cannon fodder troops. Even in later generations, in the 21st century, the United States, the most developed country in the world, still has a cannon fodder unit - the "Green Card Soldiers".

After the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003, the US military suffered heavy losses during the guerrilla warfare stage.The Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, the most powerful country on earth at the time, said: If you want to stay in the United States, there is one way to go, and that is to show the United States that you are determined to die for it.

In other words, you can get a green card by joining the military.

Then, a large number of foreigners who did not have US citizenship signed up to join the US military in order to obtain green cards.

Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. These soldiers who are seeking green cards are quickly assigned to the battlefield after joining the service, and are assigned to the most dangerous tasks. The death rate is four times that of American soldiers.

In the Iraq War, about half of the U.S. troops from California who died in the war were not Americans, but "green card" soldiers.Latinos make up a large part of the U.S. military, and the combat death rate of Latino U.S. troops ranks No. 1.

Except for the Iraq War in the new century, during the Vietnam War, blacks accounted for only a quarter of the US population, but accounted for [-]% of the military.

The reason why cannon fodder is cannon fodder is that it can be thrown away after use.

During World War II, the United States recruited a large number of Filipinos to join the army. As a result, most of them were abandoned after the war, and less than 2% were granted American status.

The same goes for the Iraq War. After the war, the United States issued new regulations that review the political background and ideological stance of recruits and veterans with foreign backgrounds to ensure absolute loyalty to and service in the United States.

Loyalty or disloyalty, isn’t it just a casual comment?This so-called reason is actually to casually fail to fulfill the promise and throw it away after use. After all, the cannon fodder has lost its value.

Liu Xinqi was born in New China and grew up under the red flag. He has a complete positive personality.

Therefore, he has been reluctant to establish cannon fodder troops.

Who is not raised by his parents?However, now that I see that the elite soldiers I spent a lot of time and effort training were easily killed by these pseudo-Qi soldiers, I really can't bear it.

This is only the casualties of his own army. Sun Lijun in the north, and the middle and south army in the south must have suffered a lot of casualties.

[Perhaps we can change our thinking. 】

In later generations, the U.S. military coaxed foreigners to fight for the United States using their American citizenship. Liu Xinqi could also use his citizenship as a citizen of the Xinghan League to fight for foreigners to fight on the battlefield.

The Xinghan League did not cheat, and granted citizenship after three years of service and retirement.

I believe that they will recognize the country they conquered and protected after retiring, speeding up national integration in disguise.

At that time, some tasks of street fighting and maintaining order can be handed over to these second-line troops.

After considering so much, I will definitely not be able to catch up this time. Only after the westward attack can we start recruiting second-line troops.

"Leader, our next step is to go west or north. We have heard the news. Sun Li is leading two regiments to set off for Gaoyuan County today." Liu Xinqi unknowingly wandered into Zichuan City again. When Liu Xinhui arrived at the gate of Zhizhou Mansion, he immediately came up to ask for instructions.

"Where is the Third Field Regiment?"

"The Third Field Regiment recaptured Linqu on April [-]th ​​and is now heading here." Liu Xinhui replied.

Liu Xinqi lowered his head and considered whether to wait for the arrival of the third field regiment before heading north together, but he was worried that Sun Li would be attacked by three counties at the same time.

"Rest for the night, leave the wounded soldiers and a battalion of infantry behind, and the others will set off tomorrow to carry them on their backs and rush to Changshan County."

"Yes!"

……

April [-]th, Jiyin County.

"I heard that the field army has captured more than a dozen Puppet Qi cities." A spy said with a yearning look on his face: "It's a pity that we are in Taiyuan, Jiyin County, and are probably not within the scope of this expansion. Otherwise, we would definitely be able to play a great role. Big effect.”

"Yes, with the strength of our Diting branch in Jiyin County, we can open the city gate and welcome the army directly into the city." Another spy took over the words and continued to fantasize.

"Squad leader, do you think this expansion of territory will extend to us?" A spy asked Zong Chang.

"How could I possibly know this kind of combat secret?" Zong Chang said perfunctorily, continuing to eat and not participating in the dinner discussion.

"The defense of Jiyin County is so empty that it is almost useless. If we organize our helpers neatly, we can capture it directly. Alas! It's really uncomfortable that we can't pick up the great achievements so close at hand." The spy who started the topic After taking a few mouthfuls of rice, he put down the bowl and sighed.

"Yes! Look at those officials, they don't have any sense of crisis at all."

"These officials, no matter who is the emperor, are still officials. Of course they have nothing to worry about."

...

The topic slowly got derailed.

However, the previous view of "contribution within reach" left a mark on Zong Chang's mind, making him a little uneasy.

[Perhaps, something can really be done. 】

Zong Chang thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)