Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 419 The rebels are in chaos and the cavalry is dispatched (please subscribe!)
"Bang!" There was a sound, at the moment when Guo Xinke was about to launch the final decisive battle, suddenly, Guo Xinke's body exploded immediately, and then he was blown to pieces and fell off the horse.

This moment came so fast that Guo Xinke's confidants didn't have time to react. Everyone looked at Guo Xinke's body suddenly exploded and fell off the horse.

Just when all the confidantes were looking at each other speechlessly, one of Guo Xinke's personal soldiers suddenly shouted in horror: "The general is dead, the general is dead, run, run! !"

If a person shouts, there is nothing wrong, but once the shout is heard by the surrounding soldiers, then the shout will become a terrible plague, which will spread to the entire army in an instant.

Soon this army will disintegrate.

Some people must wonder why this army will disintegrate once the general dies. You must know that even if the general dies, the soldiers are still here. As long as the general is united, they can survive the crisis.

Here I want to say, in fact, this is a bit of God's perspective.

First of all, this is a rebellion. Many generals in ancient times rebelled (or rebelled), and their subordinates followed suit.And many times, because of this, the subordinates were inexplicably cheated by the master.

For example, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Han led an army of prisoners from Lishan to quell the peasant uprising.Those prisoners must be very happy when they no longer build the Afang Palace, but go to war.Because according to the military merit reward system of the Qin Dynasty, as long as the meritorious service is made, not only can the status of a prisoner be revoked, but also a reward can be obtained, and even a marquis may be granted.

But in the end Zhang Han didn't discuss with any of them, so he led them to surrender Xiang Yu.After surrendering to Xiang Yu, Zhang Han was named King Yong, but 20 soldiers who were "surrendered" were killed by Xiang Yukeng.This is really a huge "pit".

Another example is the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. After being put down, Zhu Gaoxu was the second uncle of the emperor Ming Xuanzong. Ming Xuanzong only deposed him as a commoner and did not kill him. In the end, more than 2000 people were killed or exiled.Obviously, this is another huge "pit".

Someone will ask again, why did these soldiers rebel?

First, soldiers must obey orders.

In the army, as elsewhere, in order to win a battle, you must obey the command.In the army, there can only be one will.Once the general has made a battle plan and issued a battle order, the soldiers will execute it unconditionally.Even if this order is wrong, the soldiers must wade through the mountains of swords and seas of fire. "Military orders are like mountains", this is the reason.

Also, in the army, the execution of orders is mandatory, and anyone who dares to disobey an order will be sentenced to death immediately.From the perspective of fear of the death penalty, soldiers have to execute it.

Second, the soldiers are all thought of as one.

All armies must unify the thinking of all soldiers before fighting.It is to let the soldiers have the same understanding of things.This can be said to be a policy of ignoring the people, but this kind of policy of ignoring the people is the most common method used by the army.No other noise is allowed, and no discussion is allowed.

All the generals will unify their thinking before the rebellion.For example, when An Lushan rebelled, he told the soldiers that he was Yang Guozhong who went to Beijing to fight against the confused emperor.Yang Guozhong is a treacherous minister, Yang Guozhong put the emperor in dire straits, we are here to save the emperor from the dire straits.For another example, when Zhu Di rebelled, he also said that there were traitors around the emperor. We did this for the "side of the Qing emperor".

Due to strict discipline and strict work and rest in the army, soldiers have very few chances to get the real situation.Even if someone got the real situation, even if this person told everyone the real situation, no one would believe his words.

Third, soldiers want to gain benefits.

When a general rebelled, if the soldiers knew the truth and knew that the general was rebelling.In fact, in a sense, they are also willing to follow the rebellion.Why do you say that?
Because once you rebel, there may be new hope.Those generals, they may think that once the rebellion succeeds, they may become generals, or even become heroes of the founding of the country, and enshrine their wives and sons.As a soldier, although he may not be able to be promoted, he can be rewarded with money and things.So it's all good.

The Five Dynasties period was the time when the army rebelled the most, and even the soldiers would actively support the generals to rebel and put yellow robes on them.The reason why there are the most rebellions is because every time you rebel, you will get a lot of benefits.

Li Congke, the last emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, relied on soldiers to rebel, and gave him a lot of rewards, and finally won the throne.After he won the throne, he gave out all the official hats, but there was still not enough to pay; he took out all the money from the treasury, but there was not enough to reward.As a result, the distribution was uneven, and he was rebelled by others and lost the throne.

In other words, those generals are the backbone of those soldiers, and the soldiers put everything they have on this general. Of course, if the general falls, the soldiers will lose everything completely.

In addition, there was no telegraph, telephone, and radio communication between the various formations of the ancient army, so it took a lot of time to dispatch it. If it was an improvised army, it would be more likely to collapse. If the commander died, it would be fine. Who would give the order?
What's more important is that in my ears, the news that the commander has died is full of news. Those soldiers are afraid that they will not escape in time, and even snatch their own army's luggage and run away first.

A very famous example is the Battle of Hastings. King Harold of England was shot in the eye and died. The originally strong Saxon shield immediately collapsed under the general attack of the Norman army, but the English army was still able to rely on its condescending advantage. Withstand the charge of the Norman cavalry, even if one wing is lured out, divided and annihilated, it will not collapse immediately.

"Run!" In such a situation, there is only collapse, because human nature is selfish.

And this sound of running, the first one who shouted was that old fried dough stick, brother Shan, who has always been an old fried dough stick. This guy has lived until now. , also turned around and ran away without saying a word.

At this time, Brother Shan looked at the brothers running back and shouted: "Don't run away directly, let's go to the warehouse first, grab some before leaving, we will be fleeing from now on, so we must have some money in hand."

Hey, this is the real old fritters.

Li You was on the top of the pagoda, and through his scope, he saw everything below. At this moment, Li You knew very well that the opponent's army had collapsed, and at this time, it was the best way to chase down the dogs in the water. great opportunity.

So Li You decisively took out the mirror in his arms, and took a picture facing the south gate wall.

You don't know, maybe it's a relationship between hearts, when a burst of white smoke came out of the pagoda, for some reason, Xue Rengui felt that Li You had succeeded, so Xue Rengui became a little excited, he was dead Staring at the direction of the pagoda.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, a bright light flashed on the pagoda, Xue Rengui's blood began to burn, and he quickly shouted to the top: "Old Su, the whole army...!"

Su Dingfang's third battalion was transporting arrows above the south gate at this time. Su Dingfang was a little surprised when he heard Xue Rengui's words, because Su Dingfang knew that this was a battle to defend the city. God Arm Bow Company, but they are more of two cavalry companies, and the cavalry soldiers on Su Dingfang's side also complained to him just now.

But Su Dingfang couldn't help it. Was this a field battle?

But when Su Dingfang was very surprised, Xue Rengui actually asked him to reorganize the army. What does Xue Rengui want to do? Does he want to disobey? You must know that this is absolutely impossible, so Su Dingfang was stunned for a while, and hurriedly came to Xue Rengui and said "Old Xue, what are you going to do? Reorganize the army? Did you forget the son's order? This is a battle to defend the city, so we won't move out."

"Haha. I know I know, but I don't know why the young master gave me the order to dispatch immediately. Don't you believe me, old Su?" Xue Rengui smiled happily, but while laughing, Xue Rengui had already Start the army.

At this time, Su Dingfang was also excited: "Old Xue, I believe you are the one. Finally it is our turn to attack. Then you charge first after I leave, and our third battalion will arrive later. Don't rush too hard, we have 500 people It’s more stable together.”

"I know there are more than 2 people outside. I won't rush out in one go. 500 of us will take down the horse armor, don't wear the infantry armor, go into battle lightly, and kill with a saber!"

"Okay!" Su Dingfang laughed.

Then I saw Su Dingfang riding a horse to his third battalion. At this time, Su Dingfang shouted loudly: "Don't move the arrows, the young master has ordered you to go out of the city to kill the enemy. You won't be able to mount a horse for a second company. The horses don't wear armor, and the soldiers don't wear armor." , Follow me to kill!"

"No!" All the cavalry became excited.

The south gate opened slowly, and Xue Rengui rushed out first, and when Xue Rengui came out, he saw the scene of Guo Xinke's rebels fleeing in all directions. At this moment, Xue Rengui's heart thumped. Only then will it appear.

Did King Qi really have a special way to make Guo Xinke punish him?

Thinking of this, Xue Rengui was a little horrified, but when Xue Rengui was surprised, the soldiers around Xue Rengui became a little anxious.

"Battle General. When shall we charge and kill?"

You must know that for those soldiers, the rebel soldiers who fled in front of them are walking points. Seeing these points running around, do you think these soldiers are not anxious.

One sentence awakened Xue Rengui on the side.

"Ah." Xue Rengui pulled back his thoughts, pointed forward at Ma Yang in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, charge and kill!"

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