Is this a godsend?

The blade of the sword goes upwards slightly, pierces directly into the enemy's body, then draws the sword and uses the forearm or shield to push the enemy's body out, and then stabs again.

The cutting is used to make up the knife. Pull the enemy's hair upwards, cut the neck with the short blade, cut off half of the neck, and stamp it on the back with force. With the strength of the thigh, Pull out a bloody head with a broken spine, cut off the second half of the flesh, put it in a leather pocket with a smile, and you have a piece of military merit.

The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing, revealing a cruel and terrifying aesthetic feeling. In the Qin Dynasty, this process was simplified. Soldiers only need to cut off the ears, and the work of beheading the first level is handed over to the special responsible for beheading the head.

After the beating, the head will be displayed for three days, and the soldiers will hold their ears to confirm how many heads they have chopped off. After verification, after no one raises any objections within three days, they will pay homage to the prince.

However, Zishou is not stabbing on the battlefield, but using the Chengying Sword as a knife, which is completely slashing. The figure in front of him flickers, and he slashes across with the sword, and his head flies away, or he slashes obliquely. Zhong Jian was the next one, he didn't care about making up the knife at all, and Xi Lai, who was holding the sword behind him, looked helpless, he was going to cover for King Shang.

It turns out that it is not necessary at all. With the arm strength of this guy who can lift a copper pillar that is almost a thousand catties, coupled with Chengying who can't roll a blade at all, the human bone is as fragile as a reed, even if it is caught by flesh and blood or parried. , and only need to open Chengying's second function, even cutting down people with weapons.

As for the wounded quilts, the least injured were from the right shoulder to the left waist, at least a foot wide wound, and most of them were cut open. Even in modern medicine, military doctors can only say that there is only one special medicine that can relieve the pain. Pain - bullets.

If the posture is slightly wrong, those who are thinner will be separated directly. It can be said that no one survives to the second sword in front of him, just like an old farmer harvesting. However, this also means that the King of Shang is getting more and more separated from the left and right nobles With the cover of the soldiers, he became the person at the front of the army formation.

For the king, this is not a good thing, because it means that he may be surrounded by the enemy and be captured by mistake. If the retainers carrying drums behind him cannot keep up, the command is tantamount to giving up completely. Inside, it is not recommended that the master general do such a thing.

But the premise of this military common sense is: your general is not the kind of unparalleled stalwart who can really kill an army formed by hundreds of people on the opposite side by himself.

If it is this kind of hunk, then for all the soldiers and nobles of the merchant army and the countrymen, they would be dumbfounded watching Wang Qi go all the way to the north. For those who are unstoppable, the enemy's morale will collapse or not, but their own morale is directly A substantial increase is like a wedge piercing into the army formation.

In the evening of the battle, Zishou felt that his clothes and boots were soaked in blood, and his body was full of the smell of human blood. The battle was finally over, and the tens of thousands of barbarians who had gathered to fight collapsed completely.

Some people ran away, and some were blocked and captured, but most of the young and strong were hacked to death on the battlefield, which meant that it would be impossible to invade again for at least five or six years or even ten years.

However, the loss of the merchant army is not small. After all, the opponent is desperately trying to fight, especially in the fierce battle stage when the chariot cannot move and the pawns are entangled by layers of barbarians. Many people, even many nobles, died, and nearly half of those who survived were injured.

The main force of the Shang army facing the enemy head-on suffered heavy losses, while the losses of the princes on the two wings and Xiqi were relatively small, because their job was more to drive the enemy to the middle to be crushed by Zishou's main force.

However, according to the rules of this era, the merchant army facing the enemy gives priority to picking spoils and slaves, and the princes covering the two wings basically don't get much credit. Moreover, regardless of the slightly larger casualties here, the physical strength is also consumed. , but the princes dare not make trouble suddenly at this time.

Because the elites of this era are the nobles in the middle, if they rebel against their sons at this time, then when they fight in the future, people on both wings may rebel against them. Therefore, even if the merchant army suffered a lot of losses, Ji Chang and Ziqi They have all maintained considerable restraint, and will remain restrained in the future.

Because not only the enemy is intimidated, but also his own people. If Ji Changrang has seen how the Chinese army led by Zishou crushed to death the enemy's nobles who lead the team to fight against business or block the front army, believe it or not, tonight the West Qi will have to change a monarch, and whoever you let go will rebel against you.

After all, this era is still very barbaric. A strong man means nothing to both the enemy and us. "A two-day correction will make the surrounding Feng and Fang countries provide food." Zishou said indifferently.

The fighting during the day hadn't let him recover from the numbness. He shook off the blood and strange things in his boots, and took off his clothes again and again. Naturally, a maid came to help scrub the blood on his body and wash his hair with water.

In the Shang army camp, there is a team that is almost a mobile palace serving the Shang king and nobles at all levels, with all kinds of equipment and servants.

"Fengguo is okay, those Fangguo..." Fengguo is basically very obedient, so their water has not been cut off, and they can borrow water from Jihou for irrigation, so the food is okay.

However, they were the worst robbed, but no matter how badly they were robbed, they had to collect food to send the army at the door away.

"If the closed country doesn't provide food, let them send troops, and we will continue north."

"Your Majesty?"

"Remove all those Fang countries, then capture those escaped barbarians, burn their camps, and kill their cattle, sheep and horses, and distribute half of them as food to those feudal countries. Finally, Fang The countrymen and prisoners of war, we will take half, and the remaining half will be distributed to the princes who participated in the war."

"We will choose two out of three for the ceremony finance, and the remaining one will be given to those feudal countries to reward them for their duties."

Without hesitation, Zishou decided to sweep the earthworks, not only for himself to survive the winter, but also for those feudal states that still obeyed him to survive the winter. In this cold winter, is there anyone more "benevolent" than the King of Shang?

I believe that those fiefdoms will soon become Shang's loyal dogs, because it is impossible for any king or fiefdom in this era to come to support them and share their spoils. It would be good if they didn't blackmail them.

"However, our people..."

"What's wrong with our people? I haven't divided the land and slaves of those Fang kingdoms yet!" Elai has nothing to say, and his own people must have opinions on distributing spoils to those border countries that have no effect, but if the king of Shang takes It is another matter to exchange the fief and the other party's slaves, although these Fang Guo people and warriors must have been taken away by Shang.

"Does Xiqi share too?"

"Divide! All are treated equally. Those who participate in the war will be divided according to their merits." Of course, Zishou knew that it was not the time to be insane. Well, this method of dividing a group of people who are not insane may also be a kind of method in the eyes of the courtiers of the king of Shang. Crazy—you have to share things like Xiqi and Ziqi fairly?

According to the practice of this era, it is good for them to have loot, and you really divide according to the credit! ?

Ji Chang asked, "Your Majesty really said that?" Ji Chang had no idea what kind of medicine this guy was selling, and he was already prepared that the King of Shang would not share the spoils with him.

Then you can tell other princes that the king of Shang has no virtue, and it is also an excuse for refusing to marry his daughter. You can even find an excuse to leave in a logical manner and refuse the next call.

However, this guy really divides his money according to his military merits, and he didn't deduct a single point. Not only did he not deduct, but also those of the second- and fifth-year-olds under him. The princes under Ji Chang saw it.

If the King of Shang won't even deduct the credits of these second and fifth sons, then he won't deduct himself even more. After the start of the distribution of spoils, there are many princes who say good things about the King of Shang in front of Ji Chang, and he can't wait for time. The plan to send off the girl was also hit hard.

In this case, it is completely unreasonable for Ji Chang to make excuses to make troubles, and his princes will reject his decision. The next time the king of Shang recruits, even if Ji Chang finds an excuse not to go, his princes will also refuse to go. Pidianpidian's past - now it's tricky!

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Off topic:

Because someone mentioned the issue of Qin's land division earlier, let's focus on it here:

In the Qin Dynasty, the field of military merit followed the title of title, and if there was a title, there would be a field of military merit, but military merit and civilian titles could not be inherited in situ.

For example, your father is a public servant, and the imperial court allocated 100 mu of military land to your family. However, you have no merit and cannot inherit your father’s title. Therefore, once your father dies, you will not have the [-] mu of land if you have no title. Ownership of the land.

In other words, the [-] mu of land has become official land again, and although you can continue to cultivate it, according to the records of the court, this field has become a field waiting to be allocated.

If the next person does meritorious service and has no land, he will divide your 100 mu of land, because you have no title, you are only the head of Guizhou, and you are not entitled to have so many fields.

Moreover, in the Qin Dynasty, there was an upper limit on the division of land for military merit, and it would be changed to food towns to a certain extent. It would not increase your land, but increase your food towns, that is, how many households or how much land would be taxed to you, and You have no ownership of the land, and the country can still take it away, because it doesn't matter who you plant, it's just taxed for you.

So why did the military merit disintegrate later?Because of a foolish trick——"The Order of the Head of Guizhou from the Real Field"

To put it simply, Qin’s control over the old land of the Six Kingdoms was relatively low, so the local tyrants and the remnants of nobles invaded the people’s fields. In name, the fields still belonged to the people, but the fields themselves were seized, and the taxes were on the people. It is very common for future generations A way of doing this, such as Feisa.

As a result, the people everywhere almost went to the point of revolting. However, this behavior is illegal according to Qin's law. In other words, as Qin's control power increases, these occupied lands will inevitably be spit out in the end.

However, because of the serious situation, in order to solve this problem, I don’t know which Wolongfengchu proposed this plan, asking the people to go to the government to report how many fields they have, and then verify the new taxes and corvees based on the actual number of acres.

On the surface, it is very useful, because it does reduce the tax pressure of some people, but if you think about it carefully, you will understand that this is tantamount to turning the original illegal land into a legal one. You can also register the looted fields as your own.

And once this head is opened, it means that the land will continue to flow into the hands of Hao Qiang and the nobles of the six countries, because they only need to buy and sell by force, and then register as new land.

Moreover, the only civilians whose burden has been reduced are those who have two or three acres of land left, while the landless peasants have no one to register, and Qin believes that unemployed refugees are criminals and will be arrested to work, so the peasants who have completely lost their land dare not even sue the government.

Under such circumstances, the official land was reduced crazily, and the civilian military land could not be recovered and redistributed smoothly. Powerful at all levels, officials directly pushed the annexation of land to the peak, so Qin sent it.

Chapter 26 Blood Flowing Punch

The so-called Fang Kingdom is a tribe that nominally belongs to the Shang. To the east of Xingdi where there is Su, there are Bogu, Qi, Feng and other Dongyi Fang Kingdoms. In other words, on the east side of Shang at this time, there was a gap equivalent to the current Hengshui to Linzi, so that both Rongdi and Donghu might go south along this narrow strip to attack the eastern border of Shang and the tribes of Dongyi. .

The reason for moving in this way is that the current direction of the Yellow River is from the east of Xingdi to the modern Tianjin and enters the sea. Therefore, if Donghu and Rongdi don’t want to die of thirst on the way, they don’t want to be on the North China Plain with the border lords of Shang. If you are playing the battle lane, then the only feasible solution is to go south along the big river and attack the Eastern Fang Kingdom and the Dongyi tribes.

But now, they are not only attacking the Dongyi tribes, but also attacking the borders of the Shang. The farthest sufferer is the Yi tribe. It's neat.

And there are two victims recently, one is east of Xingdi, that is, the sand dunes of the titular Qihou Ziqi, and the other is a little farther away is the neighboring country of Ji State, Tang State, across the Fenshui River.

"Divide the troops, Zhouhou, you lead people to rescue Tang; Xinghou, you lead people to rescue the sand dunes, and keep Ziqi's sacrifice and ancestral temple." Zishou didn't intend to take the opportunity to weaken Ziqi's country at all, and his meat pad is still useful However, as long as he still intends to make his marquis of Qi come true, he must continue to fight with the Dongyi tribes.

And when the other barbarians were driving south along the Yellow River, Wei Ziqi was like a water diversion island, so that the barbarians were unknowingly led to the southeast, to Che Yifang and Dongyi tribes.

"And I lead the main force, until there is Yi!" Youyi is hopeless, and it is precisely because he is hopeless that he went to save him! (Sound of shock!) "At war with Rong Di and the main force of Donghu, do you have any opinions or want to replace it?"

"Follow orders" Ji Chang cupped his hands with a dark face. For another thing, there are not many troops running around in Chengzhou. To fight the main force, isn't that a gift?Even rescuing the Tang State would be a disaster, because there were so many Rongdi in the Tang State, and even like Xiqi, they were wrapped in barbarians.

And Wei Ziqi had no objection, but asked Yousu to rescue the sand dunes... As soon as he turned his head, he saw Su Hu showing a "friendly smile" to him, and sticking out his tongue to lick his lips. cold.

Since being placed in the old capital of Shang, Yousu has become a loyal dog of Shang, the kind that bites whoever is asked to bite, well, in this era, dog is really not a derogatory term, but a commendatory term for loyalty .

"You, Uncle Sub, no, Uncle Xing, you have heard the king's order..."

"Yes, no problem. I will lead my troops to the sand dunes and drive out the barbarians there."

"Then you will definitely help me conquer the dunes, right?"

"......."

"You're going to give me back the dunes, right?" (smile fades away)

"..." (meaningful smile)

However, this classic scene did not last long, "Yes, I will return it to you, don't worry, we are all relatives, how could I harm you?" Su Hu warmly said while holding Wei Ziqi's hand.

After making arrangements, Zishou led the team to the nearest city, where the Rongdi were retreating one after another because the main force had been defeated, but the Fangguo tribe was still alive, huddled in inside the city.

After arriving in this earth city, Zishou camped outside the city and asked the other party to provide food and tribute for rescue, but the other party didn't even have the money for Rong Di to grab. Where did the surplus food come from for Zishou's army to use.

"Tucheng people refuse to obey Wang Hua, don't move after hearing the beacon smoke, refuse to provide Wang Shi with food and grass, move them!" This is the rule in this era, just like the sea rescue rules in the age of great voyages. Others bring soldiers to rescue you, You don't talk about land remuneration, at least you have to take care of food, otherwise who will save you in the future?

And if this rule is violated, the lawsuit may be brought before King Shang, and if King Shang leads a team to rescue, then it is a typical disobedience to Wang Hua.

And Fang Guo itself is a tribe and city-state that nominally surrendered to the King of Shang. Making this kind of mistake, in the eyes of Fang Guo, who has not been attacked by water interception on the other three sides, is the way to die.

"Prepare to attack the city!" The siege battles of this era lack the technical content of later generations, which makes it almost impossible to capture a strong city in many cases.

There are no rushing carts, no wells, at most there are ladders, and there are no catapults. Of course, there are no strong crossbows, no rolling logs, no bed crossbows, no golden juice boiling water, and the city gates at this time are not as complicated as later generations. Structural and defensive reinforcement.

Therefore, the siege plan at this time is mainly to smash the city gates, not to fight on the city. Therefore, in the chapter on defending the city formulated by the Mohists, it is called "Beicheng Gate". focus.

Because compared to the city wall at this time, the city gate is too weak, and there is no city gate for reinforcement with iron nails. You should know how strong it is, it is just a wooden board reinforced with bronze strips.

After facing Zishou’s order and still choosing to pretend to be dead, Zishou ordered to attack the city. The nobles and personal guards were at the front. They had the best armor, which could resist the arrows sprinkled on their heads and take advantage of the armor. Break through the city gate.

This habit has been the mainstream of the battle to seize the city until the Spring and Autumn Period. Therefore, the Mohists developed a special countermeasure, which is to let the militiamen (not real militiamen) with short blades and large shields be in the front line, because the swords are short, in the It is easier to attack inside the crowded city gate.

The tactic was to use shields to squeeze the leading nobles, and then pierce the leather armor from bottom to top with short knives and penetrate into the opponent's armpits and other places. Once these leading noble officers suffered heavy casualties, the morale of the ordinary warriors behind would collapse.

Of course, the siege technique and the city defense technique also improve each other. After finding that the city gate is crowded and difficult to break through, everyone began to focus on the city wall. It's too useless to attack.

Therefore, it gradually became a common siege method on TV in later generations. Both "ant-attached siege" is too primitive, and the casualties are huge. Therefore, "digging your corner" and "tunnel tunnel" were developed. Advanced tactics such as "rushing forward", "flooding the city", "surrounding the Three Jueyi" and so on, and these tactics were perfected during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

In the future, there is almost no room for improvement, because in the Qin Dynasty, what kind of firepower was piled up outside the city to suppress the shooting, what kind of well was built to level the height, and even large-scale siege equipment appeared, which could make the cavalry go smoothly. There are things that can directly rush to the defenders on the city along the wooden slope.

After that, it is basically the improvement of equipment, such as various bed crossbows, trebuchets, rams, battering hammers and so on.

"First use wood to build such a high platform, then set up wooden boards on all sides, lay furs, the archers hide behind, and then shoot at each other!" Zishou took out the prototype of the well rail, a wooden platform that cannot be moved, so that both sides At a height, maybe even higher than the city wall, condescending and shooting.

This earthen city is not a strong city in the Central Plains. The height of the city wall is only 4 to 5 meters, so the wooden platform only needs 6 meters to be enough.

"Then the pawns are like this, then this, and then this." Zishou also improved the equipment configuration of the siege team. Simply put, he put together the large rattan shields in the barracks, covered them with fur, and then everyone gathered together to form a shield. A small team of more than a dozen rushed to the edge of the city gate.

Of course, only he can use this kind of tortoise shell formation, because the number of people is too small, and he can't carry heavy siege equipment, so only Zishou can lead the team, because he is a super siege machine.

However, to be within the range of the city gate, it takes a little time to practice the maximum output power at night, and it is very dazzling. It is probably the most beautiful cub on the battlefield. I am afraid that Arrow Rain has come all by himself.

"Bring me the king's armor." It was really a treasure armor, and it was made by the King of Shang himself after being made for a year.Soon Su Bi ordered his attendants to bring a treasure armor that could only be offered for thousands of years, not to mention now—it was not expensive, but no one could wear it.

The technique of smelting iron is not very good, Zishou managed it after several attempts. He piled up iron sand and charcoal shavings layer by layer, and ignited it to make a piece of black wrought iron. You ask, what should I do if I accidentally make pig iron?

It's easy to handle, he has coke, and he can just smelt it at high temperature and it's done, and it's still a good thing.Then this piece of sponge iron was wrapped around the occasional pig iron, and it was smashed into a very irregular steel plate with the strange force of King Shang, and finally cut into nail pieces with Xiaolian.

Take 2 hours a day to cut 20-30 pieces of nails. When you are free, maybe cut 50 pieces, and then throw them to the craftsman to polish and smooth them, and use the irregular steel chisel to punch holes in the same way.

It took almost a year to gather so many armor pieces, and then weaved them with bichao tough and hard vines to make this black and red lacquered treasure armor.

Not to mention in this era, it cannot be replicated technically in the next 1000 years. The reason is that the technical content of block ironmaking is basically non-existent, but this kind of forging process is only known by the king of Shang, and only this guy can execute this process. Because at least until the hydraulic forging hammer is developed, this kind of forging ability with serious power can be obtained.

Not to mention, using night practice to cut nail pieces from complete steel plates with cutting technology, wait until human beings develop machine tools and then consider this damn technology.

Of course, this thing is also very unsightly, because the smashing is not smooth, and the cut armor pieces are not consistent with the rules. As a result, even though the craftsmen have polished and corrected them as much as possible, they still look very...uneven. The vines that Bi grows, otherwise it will be impossible to deal with holes of different sizes.

In other words, this thing can also be regarded as a steel-clad rattan armor, weighing more than 100 kilograms. After wearing the full set, everyone saw a black and unknown object standing in front of the battle. People don't know how to feel that he is timid. , or admire its physical strength.

"Clatter!" With a step forward, the armor clattered, and the sound of feet hitting the ground could even be heard. I don't know if it was an illusion or what, but when they passed by, the nobles felt the ground was trembling.

The whole body is wrapped in steel armor, only a line around the eyes is exposed. If you put such a thing in the Song Dynasty, you can't do anything without a strong crossbow, mace or other professional armor-piercing weapons.

In this era, there are only wood-covered leather armor and a small amount of bronze breastplate. When have you seen this kind of "iron pagoda" (pagoda means tower).

"Well, it's safe now, line up and prepare to attack the city!" Zi Shou is satisfied with this armor. It is probably useless in field battles, and the field of vision is too small, but attacking the city is different. As long as their half-bone and half-copper arrowheads can scratch the paint for him, they are powerful.

As for rushing to the city gate, the opponent's spear, sword, or his armor is a question of which strength is higher. This kind of mysterious armor forged by the approximate method of pouring steel and forging with strange force, if you put it in the Song Dynasty, it will not It can make future generations stunned - whether the material of your later knife or the material of the opposite nail is sharp and strong has to be questioned.

Not to mention, he also wore a layer of leather armor inside, and most people would sweat profusely while standing in this suit, but this guy didn't sweat, as if he was wrapped in a leather jacket, just like that Heading towards the city gate, other nobles quickly formed a tortoise shield formation and followed closely behind. Archers, pawns, and pawns with spears also got ready one after another.

"Let the arrows, let the arrows!" Although the people on the top of the city couldn't see what Zishou was wearing, but such a black fellow ran over, he definitely didn't come to talk to everyone, almost half of the arrows on the wall were directed towards I received it with my son.

But Zishou just walked towards the gate of the city with his sword in hand, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and then held up Xiao Lian, the sword light soared into the sky, higher than the city wall. During the time of charging, the pawns and nobles began to charge.

Now all the attacks are aimed at him, including the stones thrown by the sling. However, facing the Zishou who is actually triple-armored and has a steel shell on the outside, it's just a trivial matter. No.

When the light blade fell, the city gate and the city tower were cut in half, and then the light blade swept across, and the people on the wall who had no time to hide were shattered.

In just a quarter of an hour, the gate of the city was broken, and the well was useless. The nobles were the vanguard, and the pawns rushed into the opening of the city gate under the cover of the flanks. Mom doesn't even know it.

Moreover, in front of this group of strong men, there was an old man carrying a luminous giant sword who was killing and killing. Therefore, that night, the main force of the merchant army lived in the city, while other vassal princes were stationed around.

After spending a day dividing up the city's population, wealth, remaining food and various supplies, Zishou continued northward with a mighty bloated team.