novelweb Chapter 1073 Biochemical Warfare
Chapter 1073 Biochemical Warfare
The round orange-red afterglow of the setting sun in the west spread over the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi.
The sky is orange-red, the ground is earthy yellow, and the sky and the earth are all warm colors, which makes people feel happy. But between the sky and the earth, a group of human silhouettes and waves of war drums hummed, breaking through the warmth from nature, and between the sky and the earth, there was a killing...
Although it was just a collision between two hundred-man teams between Song and Xia, there was also a kind of overwhelming momentum on this plain.
Because the battle between the two armies was not a collision of a hundred people assembled into a square formation, that was something that only a fool could do. It was necessary to disperse the team, stretch it, and keep the distance between the left and right, and the distance between the front and back, to ensure the connection between people and teams. If you are not a powerful general, there is no opportunity to show off your personal power. This is a highly collaborative, large-scale team battle.
The troops led by General Zhang have cavalry on the side, shield soldiers in front, crossbow soldiers in the back, and spearmen at the bottom. They are tens of meters apart horizontally and ten meters apart vertically. The whole team looked very loose from a distance, but they were basically within three steps of each other.
The Xixia army on the opposite side was also like this. Today, all kinds of military tactics and formations are no longer surprising.
In China, there are wars in ancient legends, wars recorded in the history of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, wars among various countries for more than 500 years during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the unification of Qin. There are also the Chu-Han dispute, the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the chaos of the Tang Dynasty, the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and now in the winter of the fifth year of Huangyou, it has been fought back and forth for more than 2,000 years. The art of war, this compulsory course, has been learned very well.
The Song Dynasty could not fight out, which was caused by many factors, not just military problems. In fact, war has never been just a military problem...
The team took Zhang Da and Xiao Dongliang as the two front points, holding shields and swords, and ran towards the opposite side. As the drum beats became more and more urgent, their speed also became faster and faster.
The first to engage in battle were the archers of both sides. The distance of fifty or sixty meters was enough to fire two rounds of arrows. In this regard, both sides suffered casualties and did not have any advantage. Because Xia and Liao also plundered many Song Dynasty craftsmen, and with the various smuggling by the wealthy, their weapons were not bad.
After the archers, it was the cavalry of both sides. They fought in tacit understanding, and did not stagger to find trouble with the infantry of both sides.
Finally, it was the two sides' hundred-man teams that fought hard with real swords and guns.
Xiao Dongliang ran very fast. He saw the Xixia people on the opposite side from a distance and found that their armor was different. The eyes looking at him were also very ferocious. But Xiao Dongliang was not scared. He calmly blocked the long sword on the opposite side with his shield, tilted his head to avoid the long spear that sprang out from behind the Xixia man, swung his sword to wipe the neck of the man who was obviously the leader, and then rushed into the Xixia team fiercely with his shield.
Just after Xiao Dongliang left, three long spears were firmly stabbed into the gap of the Xixia leader's armor. The spears were trembling. Wang Yan's good men had lost their minds at this moment. Their minds were empty, but their actions were not slow at all. They didn't know anything else, they only knew to charge and stab.
"Kill!"
Zhang Da roared loudly, his movements were even wilder than Xiao Dongliang's. He jumped up suddenly, passed the first person, swung his knife and chopped the face of the later spearman heavily, and then rushed in fiercely.
He wanted to prove himself, because he always believed that his position was not glorious, and his subordinates looked at him poorly. So he trained the most seriously and led the soldiers the most strictly. He wanted to prove that he was a strong man and that he was capable of sitting in the head of the city and the command position.
Now he finally had a chance. Soldiers had to kill the enemy to determine who was better, so he charged hard...
The battle between the two sides, which involved a total of 200 people, was not a competition, but a simple fight to take lives, so the battle ended quickly. Basically, the three or two minutes of a charge was enough to end this ordinary border conflict.
"Chen Liu is such an unlucky kid." Zhang Da shook his head, tore off Chen Liu's linen clothes, carefully wrapped up his half-cut neck, and finally closed his unwilling eyes.
"He is unlucky, but his family is. My husband keeps his word. The next year, the Chen family will build a new house and get more land. Damn, these barbarians are not that good. Why can't we defeat them?"
"Nonsense, how can a hundred people fight the same as a hundred thousand people?"
"It's still the incompetence of the officials. If my husband had been a pacification envoy, he would have kicked the head of that damn Xixia emperor as a ball."
"There is no difference in fighting. At the beginning, I was nervous, but I ended up killing three people..."
A group of people laughed and laughed for a while, then they were very depressed, and then they cursed. They also sighed that fighting was not difficult. If everyone practiced more, they would cut off the head of the Xixia emperor and let their husbands kick it as a ball.
But they did not stop, stopping the bleeding and bandaging the injured brothers, and those with broken hands and feet had to find parts of their bodies. They also had to simply clean up the dead brothers, and finally set off and dragged back.
It was only after they left that someone from the Xixia army on the opposite side came out to clean up the mess. They rushed over more than 20 people and beheaded them on the spot. Because those people had just escaped, now a whole team of 100 people was killed neatly...
"Hiss..."
On top of the city tower, Zhong'e accidentally trimmed a few strands of his beard, frowned and said, "Zhizhou, these barbarians are trying to establish their authority. If I have expected it to be true, the barbarians will definitely take the initiative to provoke others tomorrow."
"How does Zizheng know that I have no intention of provocation?"
Zhong E asked hesitantly: "Zhizhou is saying that he wants to fight a battle every day?"
"One in the morning and one in the afternoon. I want to see how long they can play with me."
"Zhizhou wants to use Xixia to train troops? Such a huge pension..." Zhong'e said, "In the battle just now, the sergeants under Zhizhou, a low-ranking official, advanced and retreated in a measured manner, with a strict formation and tacit cooperation. Although the specific casualties are not known, it is expected that half of them were killed. The people still have the strength to fight again. Zhizhou has been training for less than a year, so his fighting strength is enough. Why waste the lives of soldiers? Zhizhou thinks twice."
"They must see blood. How can they become elites without seeing blood?"
"But they are Xiang troops, Zhizhou."
"Under my command, there is no such thing as a bullshit army or a forbidden army. There are only powerful and invincible troops who are fearless on the battlefield."
Wang Yan said without looking back, "Deploy another two thousand people to clear the stream. With these three thousand soldiers, we will fight with them for half a month. Do a good job in the distribution of veterans and recruits, and bring those who have fought with those who have not. Let's start the battle together. We'll hurry up and send the doctors from Chunqiu Medical Center over. They must be here within five days."
"Yes, Zhizhou, I will go and deliver the order right away." After receiving the order, the military secretary turned around and ran down the city wall.
Zhong E listened in astonishment. He had no choice but to do so. This Zhizhou was really full of anger. He spoke hard, acted even harder, and had a hard heart. A lot of soldiers will die in the light words. Or is it a loss that he thinks has no practical significance.
Looking away from Zhong Er's expression, Wang Yan chuckled and said, "It's a waste of money and food, and my son's life is in vain. Does Zizheng blame this officer for being cruel?"
"I don't dare to be humble!"
"It's because I don't dare, it's not because I don't have any." Wang Yan asked with a smile, "Does Zizheng know about the pension benefits of the Xiang Army?"
"I don't know."
"For those who are disabled and unable to fight, their children will go to school free of charge and be exempted from land tax for three years. In the next five years, they will be exempted from land tax of 20 per cent and a supplementary payment of three times a year until the children are fifteen years old. For those who are disabled and unable to take care of themselves, on the basis of the former, they will receive For a new house, six guan of supplementary money will be provided every year, and a certain amount of oil, sugar, and cloth will be given every year.
Those who died in the war were given a new house and were exempted from land tax for five years and twenty-one taxes for the next ten years. Their children went to school for free, and the government paid for them to raise them until they were fifteen years old. If you don’t have any children, you can exchange money for ten guans per year and live with your parents..."
Wang Yan briefly talked about the pension rules, which are still very complicated. For example, if the child is seven or eight years old, he will not be able to enjoy it for fifteen years. For example, if he has a wife but no children, if the family is separated, if he is a gangster and has no relatives, etc., the situation is many different types of.
But there is only one principle, be generous.
This is not to mention the ordinary treatment. Xiaobing gets paid every month, eats and drinks at no cost, and is given clothes and shoes every year. Otherwise, Wang Yan couldn't afford to raise too many soldiers, which would cost him a lot of money every day. If there are casualties in the war again, the compensation will be fatal...
The people standing on the tower were not only Wang Yan and Zhong E, but also not all officers. There were also some soldiers standing straight because the leaders were there. Their eyes widened when they heard Wang Yan talking about his treatment. They used to think that the Forbidden Army was very majestic and the Xiang Army was not worthy of being treated as a dog. Now they got to know the Xiang Army again...
Wang Yan looked at Zhong E with a smile and was astonished: "What do you think Zi Zheng is doing?"
"A worthy death!"
Zhong E was already shouting in his heart, Wang Yan gave him the money to raise troops, and he could raise an army of 50,000. No wonder a group of people who had never seen blood were so brave in fighting. In a head-to-head field battle, a group of new recruits managed to inflict 1:2 losses in battle, even though more than 20 people on the opposite side were hacked to death by themselves.
After a moment of silence, he looked at Wang Yan, who was standing upright with his hands in his sleeves, looking at the returning men below, and asked hesitantly, "The Xiang army is treated so well, is it difficult for the state to support it?"
"Why am I so implicated and wantonly ransacking my house?"
"Wealth without roots rarely lasts long. Moreover, it is impossible for a Zhizhou to stay on the frontier for a long time. It must be because people are distracted by politics, and all the efforts of the Zhizhou are in vain."
"Don't worry, I will let anyone who dares to let my hard work go to waste. I have successively served as the general magistrate of Hangzhou and the inspector of the Kaifeng Prefecture Military Inspection Institute. Currently, everything is the same as when I was there. As for money and food, there is no root problem. I won’t talk to you about long-term matters. You just need to know that if I am here, you will have more money and food.”
Zhong E turned his head and looked at the innocent big eyes of his men. He couldn't help but get closer and asked in a low voice: "Zhizhou, I wonder if you can incorporate me, Qingjian, into the Xiang army?"
Wang Yan shook his head in a funny way: "My power and responsibility lies with Yanzhou, not with the Imperial Army. If I interfere with the Imperial Army, it would be an act beyond my authority. It is also suspected of buying people's hearts, forming cliques for personal gain, and having personal friendship with the generals. How is my official behavior in the court? Zi Zhengzheng is clear about the situation. If this is the case, the Japanese official will leave for Lingnan tomorrow..."
"It's the humble Meng Lang..." Zhong E was a little embarrassed, mainly because he couldn't hold it in, and even honest people would be jealous...
Wang Yan went down from the tower and welcomed his good sons back.
Zhang Daka knelt down on one knee and said, "Mr. Sir, I am fortunate to have lived up to my command. Fifty-seven people were killed in formation, and twenty-six were killed with last-minute slashes. Thirteen of my supervisors were killed in the battle, and twenty-one were seriously injured. The rest were lightly injured and will rest for a few days." Then we can fight again.”
"They are all good. I keep my word, and the pension for my son-in-law is not bad at all. Those who are seriously injured can live a good life, and return to the countryside to let me watch those who are officials live a good life. Leave it alone, and get treatment as soon as possible. ”
Wang Yan waved his hand and turned back to lecture the remaining Xiang troops.
"Soldiers should protect their homes and country, guard the land and borders, and protect the country and the people. I have said to my sons that when we ask our sons to fight life and death on the battlefield, we are not fighting for others, but for ourselves. If Xixia The barbarians broke through our Yanzhou defense and marched straight in. Those who suffered would be the sons, daughters-in-law, father-in-law, wives and children.
I have also said that the sons and gentlemen defend their homes and the country, and fight life and death. We must not chill the hearts of the sons and daughters. As the parent official of Yanzhou, I will represent the people of Yanzhou and provide good food and drink for my sons and daughters, so as to avoid worries. The sons and daughters fight with their lives, and I take care of the sons and daughters after their death.
The boys have lived up to the expectations of their officers and worked hard in training... Now, it's time to test the hard work of the boys in training. Everyone has seen the battle just now. I am now telling everyone that this matter will be carried out every day from now on. If we kill a barbarian, we will be less in danger. Starting from tomorrow, there will be one session in the morning and one session in the afternoon, the sons and daughters will meet the Xixia barbarians and let them see the bloody nature of my son, the sons of Yanzhou..."
As soon as Wang Yan spoke, the thousands of soldiers he brought out this time were already shouting to kill in excitement. Not only the Xiang army, but also the imperial guards who were watching were also bewitched by Wang Xianggong, and their killing sounds shook the sky one by one.
The Xixia people on the opposite side became frightened and became nervous. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, fast-moving figures could be seen...
Wang Yan kept his promise, and from that day on, Wang Yan began to play a one-on-one duel with his opponent.
His troops are really well trained. After all, they are all fed and raised with good food and good treatment. He has a strong will to fight and a lot of momentum. So on this basis, as long as they maintain their health, develop their strength, beat and scold them to learn how to attack in military formations, and learn to read flags, it will be enough to get them out to fight.
There is a fixed time every day, at two quarters in the morning, which is half past nine, and at two quarters at the end of the afternoon, which is half past one. In these two hours, a team of 100 people was dispatched on time to pick.
Xixia's side is also idle, and they have a huge psychological advantage and will not refuse anyone who comes. After all, they had won the previous wars. If the Liao Kingdom had not intervened, they might have really entered Guanzhong.
So the small fights in the past suddenly escalated with the arrival of Wang Yan. Two hundred people can fight in an encounter, and Han Xin can micro-manage this hundred-man team to carry out surprise attacks.
So although they are still provocative, it is definitely different from the past, where two sharp archers provoke each other, or when someone is disgusting and disgusting, and dozens of people kill each other.
After all, Zhong'e's troops only have less than 10,000 troops. One hundred men a day only lasts three months.
Of course, in the actual battle, not all hundreds of people must die. It's just that the Xixia people felt they had lost face and dealt with the runaways. They wanted to alert others and let them beat them with their lives.
The overall battle can be said to be mutually beneficial. Generally speaking, Wang Yan's side won more and killed more. But they had a strong will to fight and no one could escape. They would not retreat unless Wang Yan paid the gold.
After half a month, there were thirty battles, and in the most brutal one, only ten people from the hundred-man team sent by Wang Yan came back.
It's not that Xixia doesn't have elites. Of course they saw that Wang Yan was using them to train troops, but their new soldiers couldn't beat them, and their veterans couldn't beat them. The cold-blooded ones would also form an elite hundred-man team, just to slaughter the Song army.
After thirty battles, the three thousand men sent by Wang Yan were reduced to less than two thousand. This was a terrible battle loss. But Wang Yan can say with certainty that at least 2,000 people were lost on the opposite side, and the vast majority of them were not injured, but died.
Because his warriors' knives, guns, and arrows were quenched with liquids mixed with livestock excrement and other things, in order to increase the chance of infection of knife wounds, they engaged in biological and chemical warfare, which was very dirty.
But Wang Yan is different here. He has been running a hospital for five years and has already developed anti-inflammatory drugs, but his productivity is not enough. But there is no problem in taking it out for the military on his side. Moreover, the doctors he trained have even higher medical skills. The survival rate after the war is still very good.
His less than two thousand men can fight. Of the more than 1,000 people left, the number of those who died or were seriously injured was less than 800. The rest can be rescued and have a high probability of surviving.
After this, his battle losses were still one to two.
Moreover, he gained two thousand soldiers who had fought with real swords and guns. Those who had been on the battlefield and those who had not been on the battlefield were two absolute different concepts. If he sends these two thousand men to continue fighting, the battle losses will definitely be further reduced.
Of course he would not do that, because he mobilized another 3,000 troops, dispersed the more than 1,000 people who had fought in the battle, and regrouped them. They, who are considered veterans, will lead the new soldiers to fight. This kind of effect is definitely better than the original team where most of them are new soldiers. It can exert a stronger combat effectiveness and at the same time further reduce one's own casualties.
As for the coordination of the new formation, this is not a problem. Because they are all made from the same mold, they all received the same training, they all know how to cooperate, and the veterans are all officers, so they can be commanded...
Wang Yan took the initiative to provoke, and making an appointment with Xixia every day seemed like child's play. Fighting, training troops, and consuming the enemy's strength were all killing a thousand enemies and damaging himself eight hundred.
But Wang Yan's wars in ancient times were never purely battlefield battles. He always fought for logistics and national strength. He can rely on his strong logistics capabilities to turn a self-loss of 800 into a self-loss of 400.
He is so dirty that he has engaged in biological and chemical warfare. How can Xixia play?
He is not afraid of sending out an all-elite team. His current troops have been updated, they are three points stronger, and they are fighting elites...
On the sixteenth day, when Wang Yan's newly transferred three thousand troops were in place, they all had a good day's rest, reorganized their teams, and went out for a fight at 9:30 on the day, something unexpected happened.
The Xixia people are no longer coming out...
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