Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 74 Anxi Army (Second Update)
Li Qian led his troops back to the Han army's camp in Wancheng, where he met up with military advisor Du Ruhui to count the casualties.

Li Qian sent out 700 troops, of whom were killed. As many as Yellow Turban soldiers surrendered, and more than war horses were captured.

The ranking list for the Battle of Wancheng has been released.

First place, Jingzhou, is better than a scholar, with 83819 military merits.

Second place, Liangzhou, Xiao Lingxue, with 56666 military merits.

Third place, Yangzhou, Jiangzuo Meilang, with 31825 military merits.

Fourth place, Jingzhou, the greatest emperor of all time, with 29999 military exploits.

Fifth place, Yanzhou, Gaoliang River God of Chariots, with 28578 military exploits.

Sixth place, Yizhou, never left Shu, with 27591 military merits.

……

Just as Li Qian expected, Xiao Lingxue was far ahead of the players behind him in military merit because he killed Han Zhong, one of the Yellow Turban leaders.

Li Qian, because he killed Zhao Hong, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, and had the merit of being the first to reach the target, was far ahead of the second-placed Xiao Lingxue.

"This guy is simply a pervert. Fortunately, he and I are not in the same state or county, otherwise I would not be able to compete with him."

The Gaoliang River God of Carts recruited Yang Ye, who was invincible with a golden sword. Seeing Li Qian's overwhelming lead in the battle, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He fought hard for days, but only had more than 20,000 military merits, while Li Qian had 80,000 military merits.

"I must plan the six counties of Jiangdong as soon as possible to compete with him. There is still a long time to come, and I still have a chance."

Jiangzuo Meilang coughed lightly twice. The template of emperor and generals he got was definitely not bad. If he could take over the six counties of Jiangdong as a foundation, he might have a chance to compete for the Central Plains in the future.

The most unhappy among these players was the greatest emperor of all time in Nanyang County.

If Li Qian had not been there, he would have been the first lord of Nanyang County with the template of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty.

Li Qian's sudden appearance made him feel a sense of crisis.

Li Qian ignored the greatest emperor of all time.

He still has two rewards waiting to be claimed - the B-level achievement task "Capture the leader first" and the A-level achievement task "Recover Wancheng".

In the achievement list, these two achievement tasks are already in a golden state with rewards waiting to be claimed.

Li Qian was the first to receive the achievement task reward of "Capture the leader first".

"Ding, you received the reward for the B-level achievement task 'Catch the leader first', reputation +888, force +2, Fire Phoenix Spear x 1 (force +7), third-rate recruitment order x 1."

Li Qian felt that his strength had increased a lot, and his actual strength increased from 95 to 97.

This is already the upper limit of Li Qian's strength. Unless the upper limit is increased, the actual strength can continue to increase.

The Fire Phoenix Spear is a solid spear made of century-old mahogany. There is a Fire Phoenix totem reborn from the flames engraved on the spear body. It feels quite heavy in the hand.

This is a magical weapon with a force of +7.

Unfortunately, Li Qian already has the Fire Dragon Spear with the same force +7, so he naturally has no use for this Fire Phoenix Spear.

Among all the generals, Qin Qiong has a pair of copper maces, while Wei Yan prefers to use a knife, Cheng Yaojin uses an axe, and Li Xiuning and Gao Xiang both use spears.

Li Qian gave priority to giving the Fire Phoenix Spear to Li Xiuning, who had higher martial arts skills.

"Thank you, my lord, for the treasure."

Li Xiuning seemed very satisfied with this weapon. He took the Fire Phoenix Spear and waved it a few times. There was flowing fire and the sound of a phoenix could be heard faintly.

Li Xiuning's basic force is 85, the Fire Phoenix Spear +7 points of force, and the actual force is 92. Li Qian can feel that Li Xiuning's loyalty has subtly increased.

Granting a general a divine horse, weapons, cloth, or a beautiful woman can increase his loyalty as long as it suits his preferences.

For example, if Chen Yuanyuan was given to Wu Sangui as a reward, his loyalty would be greatly improved.

Of course, if the player recruits Chen Yuanyuan himself, he will most likely not be willing to give her to Wu Sangui. After all, Chen Yuanyuan is one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai who made Wu Sangui "become furious for her".

"As long as Miss Li likes it."

Li Qian believed that Li Xiuning, as one of the few female generals, had great potential for growth, so he tried his best to win over Li Xiuning and improve her loyalty.

Tiance Town can now recruit female soldiers, and Li Xiuning, who has the female soldiers, has become an important force in Tiance Town.

There is also a third-rate recruitment order.

Li Qian used it immediately.

"Ding, you used the third-rate talent recruitment order, and we are randomly recruiting talents for you... The talent you recruited is the second-rate general Feng Changqing [Anxi Army]."

"Feng Changqing showed up at your camp."

Feng Changqing?
Li Qian was not very familiar with this name, but the Tang Dynasty Anxi Army was a household name!
During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the great general Hou Junji led a large army to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom. Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, established the Anxi Protectorate based on this place.

In 657 AD, the Tang Empire conquered Qiuci and moved the Anxi Protectorate to the Qiuci area, establishing the Four Anxi Towns. At its largest, its jurisdiction reached north of the Tianshan Mountains, west of the Pamir Mountains, and even connected to Persia.

From then on, for a hundred years, the Anxi Army had only 20 to 30,000 people at its peak, but it controlled the vast territory of the Western Regions. Until the Anshi Rebellion broke out and the road between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions was cut off, the Anxi Army's white-haired soldiers were still trapped in the isolated city for more than 40 years.

This Feng Changqing seemed to be a military general from the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty and was considered second-rate.

A thin, squinting, limping middle-aged man came to see Li Qian and said, "Chang Qing is willing to serve the whip and reins until his death."

Li Qian, Qin Qiong, Wei Yan, Li Xiuning and others were all surprised to see the ugly-looking Feng Changqing.

Du Ruhui whispered to Li Qian, "This man may not look good, but he has extraordinary talent. My lord, you should not judge a person by his appearance."

Li Qian was reminded by Du Ruhui that he had indeed judged people by appearance. Since Feng Changqing was rated as a second-rate general, he must have some skills: "Does Changqing have any talents?"

Feng Changqing didn't seem to care about the others' eyes, and said calmly: "Warehouses, farming, armor, support, farming, and military management can be left to me."

Wei Yan crossed his hands in front of his chest: "Just you?"

Feng Changqing replied: "That's right. If you leave it to me to command the army, even if you, the general, commit a crime, I will punish you!"

Feng Changqing spoke with righteous indignation, Wei Yan's heart trembled, and everyone was shocked.

This person's appearance is inferior to that of ordinary people, and he is dressed in cloth, looking very poor, but his temperament is different from that of ordinary people. He is truly a genius.

As expected, he is a military commander from the Anxi Army.

Li Qian smiled with satisfaction.

He secretly checked Feng Changqing's introduction.

Feng Changqing was a famous general during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. His grandfather was exiled to the four towns of Anxi for committing a crime, and Feng Changqing studied with his grandfather. After his grandfather died, Feng Changqing was left alone and lived in poverty.

Feng Changqing joined the army when he was in his thirties. He recommended himself to Gao Xianzhi, the commander of the four towns, and through many persuasions he managed to become Gao Xianzhi's attendant.

Later, Feng Changqing was highly valued by Gao Xianzhi and became Gao Xianzhi's deputy, responsible for logistics and military management, and was promoted to Deputy Grand Protector of Anxi.

However, during the An Lushan Rebellion, Feng Changqing led the recruited LY citizens and servants to fight against An Lushan's rebels three times, but was defeated each time. In the end, he was ordered to be executed by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang because he and his former commander Gao Xianzhi decided to retreat to Tongguan.

(End of this chapter)