The smoke of gunpowder scattered the forest birds, the horseshoe scared the night fox away, and under the clear starlight at the end of April, there was a chaotic and messy scene on the top of Luliang Mountain and the ten-mile hill near Qingmu Village.
Among the undulating low ridges, the corpse spreads forward along the field of vision. On the grass, occasionally a burning fire can be seen, beeping, illuminating the nearby corpses. The bloody smell attracted the wolves in the mountains, gnawing at something in the dark outline. Sometimes, a wobbly figure would be seen crawling out from the pile of corpses or the grass, which could occasionally be heard in the night sky. moan.
In the direction of Qingmu Village, and in the direction opposite to Qingmu Village, there would occasionally be an unknown commotion in the mountains and forests. Only this battlefield under the night seemed to be temporarily forgotten. The previous battle was like a hallucination that suddenly appeared under the night sky. After the hallucination dissipated, the hallucinated corpse was left behind...
Actually... it wasn't such a big war...
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For the battle that will take place outside Qingmu Village, all parties involved, in a sense, have made a lot of preparations. Of course, on the side of Lu Liang's thieves alliance, they prepared a large number of people, while in Qingmu Village, the whole preparation was longer and more complete, but of course, in terms of number, it was definitely incomparable.
From Ning Yi's advice to Hongti, to the development and expansion of Qingmu Village, the elite military training has always been a very important task. There is a process of expansion and development of the stockade, and the number of soldiers that can be used is also gradually increasing, of course. Whether it is training, morale, combat effectiveness, or even the availability of rationed materials, it is impossible to cover everything. Since the entire Qingmu Village lives in such an extreme place as Mount Luliang, if mobilized, 80% of the population can use a knife, but there are more than 2,000 people who have been trained for a long time. Among the more than 2,000 people, the thousand above the pyramid. Two hundred soldiers, mobilized. Participated in the external battle that night.
And the remaining thousands of soldiers. Because it was necessary to defend the fortress, and at the same time prevent the Daguang Sect, the soldiers of the Wusheng Army, and the elites under Tian Hu's command, it was impossible to move. Therefore, with more than 1,200 people facing the Lu Liang thieves, the lineup of nearly 6,000 people was united. In theory. It's a little adventurous. Before the war, no one could say that they had much confidence in the outcome of the war. But of course. During the tense days in Qingmu Village, Hongti, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing and others still mobilized a lot of these soldiers.
This kind of ideological work has never stopped since the development of Qingmu Village. On the training methods that Ning Yi gave to Hongti, there are some copies of the military training for later generations, and there are also some generalizations of the current military books. In fact, most of the ancient books focused on conciseness and conciseness. There are many reasons for this, such as the cumbersome character carrier of bamboo slips, such as the simplicity before various ideas were fully integrated, such as the initial stage of character development. The "sense of ritual" and "sense of sublime" require them to tend to be concise or even obscure.
For example, in the Tao Te Ching, "the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs." If it is simplified to modern thinking, it says that all things in the heaven, earth, and all things can be regarded as ordinary elements, and these elements operate under fixed rules, never Deviating from will, likes and dislikes, so when we know things, the world, and society, we must clearly recognize these laws... From this sentence, it is deduced that it contains a huge philosophical system. When Lao Tzu wrote this sentence, he included not only the shallowest cognition, but also the deepest deduction. Therefore, when he wrote a book, he should not only write the superficial level, but only the deep level deduction. is what he values.
Similar to these classics, the ancients wrote military books, such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War", each paragraph also has a system, it is like an outline, and it is possible to use it in all situations if it is deduced according to it. But of course, as a modern person, after experiencing countless ideological fusions, Ning Yi can still try to simplify it as part of the direction. In the end, his advice to Hongti mainly focuses on three aspects: discipline, backing and subjectivity.
As for the details of how to deploy troops, how to support logistics, and whether to eat and live with the soldiers, he threw a few military books and asked Hongti to take them back to the mountain people to figure out for themselves.
Several immovable, iron-like disciplines ensure that subordinates can order and prohibit. In various trainings, trusting oneself to be protected by someone on the back can increase the sense of community, and also make people more trusting in each other and the cooperation of their companions on the battlefield. As for subjective initiative, of course, it is morale, and it is also ideological work similar to brainwashing. These three points complement each other. In fact, there are similarities with the management companies of later generations.
It is also for this reason that since the development of Qingmu Village, these three points have been well done. The ideological work has come from several directions: remembering the bitter and sweet; telling them what kind of enemy they are facing; letting them see the surrounding villages, Which one is like Qingmu Village? Let them discuss more, if Qingmu Village is breached, how will everyone move.
—The last one, which is discussed among the soldiers almost every month. Then it will cause a chain reaction: it will make most people imagine what will happen after Qingmu Village is broken. After that, they will be indignant. Who the hell wants to beat us, some people will also ask, we have trained so well now, what kind of person capable of hitting us.
Then there will be candidates from the top: Liao people and Jin people, they may all come over. Of course, the Liao people have been beaten at this time, but the Jin people are more powerful. Imagine how they used to fight grass valleys, they will definitely be able to fight. Called, what will we do then, so we have to think about it.
At this stage, some people will inevitably become depressed, and then the people above will tell them, let them think, even if they escape to other villages in Luliang Mountain, they cannot avoid this result. Then the conclusion can be easily drawn: only Qingmu Village is the best. Next, it will give everyone a signal that Qing Muzhai has such a good life and such a powerful training in the future to deal with the golden man - that is the opponent!
After the ideological work has reached this stage, everyone will start to talk about the golden man—that is, the invincible history of the Jurchen. These messages are all provided by Ning Yi, and they are quite provocative. Then everyone will find that the situation of Jurchens is similar to that of Lu Liangshan. They also lived very hard and were bullied. They were equally ruthless, they could not survive, and they dared to work hard. And after they were unified, they had a hero who could be disciplined and obey orders, and the myth of Jurchen full of invincibility began.
- People will find that we are not the prototype of the Jurchen.
This series of thought rectification has gone through a lot of attempts. During this period, specialized training, enough food to fill the stomach, and after hard training, in such a collective. Everyone's perception of themselves "getting stronger" is obvious: we are now. It's so arrogant!
At the same time, Qingmu Village has been expanding and developing. Although it often rubs against the outside world and kills people, it is a real large-scale dispatch. But not once. Blood Bodhisattva is kind to others. It makes many people feel hungry and thirsty: these people in Luliangshan are different from recruits in other places. They have all seen blood before, and killed several people just to eat a bite. very normal thing. The lack of food and the toughness of Qingmu Village made them learn discipline and discipline. After they felt stronger, they couldn't move out. Really upset.
And this time, Jurchen didn't come, and people from other hills really came over.
Since there are not many people to be dispatched, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing and others have been mobilizing for the first few days: "Think about your purpose! Think about how much more training you have received than those guys outside the mountain! Look at Around you, you are very strong! Outside the mountain, they are just a group of rabble who only rely on blood and courage, and have no battle! If you let them see blood, they will turn around and run! Now, they dare to force our Qingmu Village Come on, it's totally unreasonable! You've been waiting for a year, and now, it's time for the entire Luliangshan to open their eyes-"
After these mobilizations, the soldiers in the mountains were very enthusiastic. In the brigade and squad, one or two were so excited: "Boss, who do you want to kill..."
"Boss, I know who to kill, I know a lot of those people... His mother's gang without eggs would dare to join in the fun..."
"Finally I can go out and have a fight, it's so cool..."
In such an atmosphere, Hongti had to send a message to Cao Qianyong and Han Jing, and asked them to give orders. The subordinates should try their best to be calm, not be reckless or arrogant, keep in mind the previous training, despise the enemy strategically, and pay attention to the enemy tactically. . And this order was naturally Ning Yi's indirect persuasion to Hong Ti.
As the first battle, he has no bottom in his heart, but it is right to be cautious. And even if the people below are like chicken blood, Cao Qianyong and Han Jing, the leaders of the stockades, have enough vigilance in their hearts. That night, when the bonfire was lit in the Juyi Hall, they took more than 1,200 people out, and they also discussed the strategy of the battle very seriously: which part of the people should be attacked first, and which team should capture the thief first and capture the king first , how to intersperse, echo and cooperate with each other. After such careful planning, they joined the 200 people who came down from the back mountain and escorted the Yumu Cannon. The final lineup was 1,400 versus 6,000.
Seven miles away from Qingmu Village, the mountain named Huochuanling is full of bonfires and army formations. "Black Skull King" Luan Sanlang is in the middle, Chenjiaqu's team led by "Ranshan King" Chen Zhenhai is in the front left, and the team of Fang Yiyang brothers is in the middle. High on the mountain, slightly behind to the right, but the cavalry has the most of them in the formation. In the middle, there are a large number of Luliang retail investors, as well as more than 600 people who originally belonged to Xiaoxiangma who were arranged on the side of Luan Sanlang.
Facing the square array opened by more than 1,400 people, the two sides faced each other silently. Although Luan Sanlang and others also sent messengers to chat with Cao Qianyong and Han Jing, they were still waiting for the decision on Qingmu Village, so they suppressed their emotions.
Compared with the slightly quiet lineup of 1,400 people in Qingmu Village, the 6,000 coalition troops on Huo Chuanling seemed to be in a particularly high spirit. He looked at the Cyanwood Village crowd below. Luan Sanlang and others occasionally used to have fun with some of them. As long as they can get Qingmu Village, this gathering is the best time for them to increase their influence. Among them, some people spoke loudly to provoke them, and even a few groups of people fought because of quarrels with each other, causing a small disturbance on the mountain.
Cao Qianyong, Han Jing and others looked solemn, and they were a little annoyed by some people's provocation.
Until the fireworks rose from Qingmu Village, and then another fireworks relayed from a few miles away. Even if the people on the mountain didn't understand this, they could guess that it was the signal from Qingmu Village. On this side, Han Jing had a gloomy face, and whispered to the people around him: "This is the first battle..." He took out a piece of paper in his hand and glanced at it. , He has always felt a little confused and ashamed, but at this time. But it came out naturally.
"Battle name: Beat up children. Begin."
This mobilization order must not have been written by Hong Ti... he thought to himself. And beside. Cao Qianyong rode the horse and raised the sword, and the tiger roared loudly.
"Aoki Erlang has both! Follow me... trample them to death—"
The next moment, the roars of Luan Sanlang and others came from Lingshang: "Crush! Eat them—"
It was probably shaking, and the figure was surging. In the lineup of Qingmu Village. The people in the front row only fired a burst of arrows. The companions in the back had already shouted and rushed out frantically, and those with bows and arrows then carried their bows and arrows and drew their knives to keep up.
Looks like the same morale. The soldiers meet, and all the figures are melted together, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the frenzy of the camp...
Cao Qianyong, Han Jing and others tried their best to identify the people on their side in the battle, trying to see the pros and cons of the battle. After a while - about five minutes according to Ning Yi's timing - light began to shoot and explode from the side of the battle formation, which was Ning Yi's secret weapon. And after two so long, all the developments have caught people off guard...
"Clean up the formation! Clean up the formation! Whose team is running up the mountain - don't rush in, call me over and stop them, don't rush in! Don't fall for the trap! Who's on the right! Why did their group rush into the woods? Now—fuck! Bring me back—"
"The third brigade! The third brigade, Qi Qianjun! Why are they still rushing forward! Your mother... what are you doing... what? Before letting them cooperate with the fifth team? The group that ran across the mountain was the fifth brigade. What? Zheng Shitou and the gang, they have to take full responsibility when something goes wrong! Thinking that his father is the owner of the second village can make trouble! I want to sue his father about this, I want to sue his father about this, call They're not allowed to come in—why are you bringing me here, who's—"
"Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang-"
"Fang your mother-"
"Fang Yiyang's..."
"Gah..."
On the huge battlefield, when they saw the scene clearly, Cao Qianyong, Han Jing, and the others suddenly found that their command power had vanished like a landslide. However, if you do a review of the whole situation, the whole scene is so bizarre that people can't speak.
Originally, it seemed that they were charging each other with blood, and the morale on both sides was extremely high. Of course, since it seemed intuitively that there were not many people on their side, everyone in Qingmu Village was still nervous. Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, they Mao was full of energy to kill the past. Qingmu Village's current military system is very simple - because Ning Yi only "draws an analogy" in the book, and writes it simply, so the step-by-step Qingmu Village is basically a group of five people, a team of ten people, a squadron of thirty people, and a hundred people. The naive way of compiling the brigade—because there are people around, as the captain of each brigade, it is impossible to see what the situation is.
When they reacted a little, they found that the people on their side were cutting into the mountains of the Luliang Bandit Alliance like cutting tofu...
Especially after the cannon was fired, under the magnificent light and shadow effect, the 600 people who belonged to Xiao Xiangma's men who were originally in the center of the coalition army suddenly mutinied. As for the people in Qingmu Village, many people didn't even know what happened, especially a group that was chasing after the hundreds of people shouted "Stop and die for me" and ran the fastest , but not many people were killed. Their morale was high, and then a team of rescue heroes fell from the sky and tried to stop them. When they saw it clearly, a big man on horseback had already shouted: "Who dares to fight our side Yiyang!"
The momentum of the two sides was like the waves hitting the reef, Fang Yiyang rode his horse and the sword, and the most powerful members of Qingmu Village in front of the team couldn't think about it at all. They rushed forward and handed over their moves. The move was taught by Hong Tiping, and for some reason, Fang Yiyang was knocked off his horse after knocking one person away. When his subordinates rushed over, Fang Yiyang himself was overwhelmed by the surging crowd, and then was trampled to death.
For Luan Sanlang and others, the scene in front of them is definitely the most bizarre experience, and some of his core subordinates are still strong. But the coalition's charge was like a tidal wave. After washing them ashore, the water quickly receded. When they reacted, the three centenarians of Qingmu Village had already started to gnaw around them, and Chen Zhenhai's men turned around and flew away. In the distance, Han Jing yelled furiously in the dark. Luan Sanlang didn't even understand what he was still scolding. Who the hell won this? What the hell is going on now...
The situation of the entire battlefield, in the midst of such boiling and weirdness, lost control in an extremely gorgeous way... (...)