hsntnovel Chapter 708 The cruelty of the imperial court
Chapter 708 The cruelty of the imperial court
Faced with this behavior of the Han army, Jiangzhou Admiral Qian Hanrong was shocked.
This style of play was unheard of and he had never seen it in his life.
By the way, what is the purpose of doing this?
He didn't understand, but he believed that the Han army would never do anything useless.
"Come here, send an army to harass the Han thieves so that they must not be stationed in front of our military camp!"
"promise!"
Following his orders, an army quickly moved out.
Then after reaching a certain distance, they were the first to receive the Han army's cavalry attack.
Because we are in the south, the horses are not war horses, but mainly rhinoceros horses, and the army is naturally not an archer who is good at riding.
Therefore, the so-called cavalry in the Han army really only has one large group, and the remaining cavalry formations at the level of other divisions and brigades are all mounted infantry.
To put it simply, these cavalry don't have much ability to rush into the formation. What they do have is the ability to save the infantry's time and energy and to harass them from the outside.
But even so, these cavalry are still a crushing force for pure infantry.
I saw these Jiang Jun who were attacking. They were discovered by two cavalry brigades as soon as they left the camp and surrounded them.
After they had just stepped out of the camp, the two cavalrymen had already moved to their positions and started attacking with their bows and arrows.
In just the first wave of attacks, hundreds of arrows flew out, and in just a few breaths, there were thousands of arrows.
If the rain of arrows in the past was just an exaggeration, then this attack was really like a rain of arrows.
"what!"
In an instant, Jiang Jun, who was under attack by arrows, fell to the ground one after another, screaming in agony.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
This sight directly frightened these Jiang Jun, and those who followed quickly retreated before they had time to rush out.
"waste!"
At the camp, Jiangzhou Admiral Qian Hanrong cursed but was helpless.
This is what his army is like. It was an accident that the two general troops were able to fight like that yesterday. He really didn't expect that the two general troops could fight like this.
But now the most capable general army has been defeated by the Han army, and the other general armies under him are so useless, it really makes him powerless.
For this reason, he ordered several troops to be sent out, but after being beaten back by the Han army's cavalry brigade, his face became extremely ugly.
If nothing else, the Han army riding on his face like this must have its own plan, otherwise it would not send cavalry to attack his army.
But he really didn't know what the Han army wanted to do.
The Han army cannot be good at bows and arrows, so prepare to build archery towers at the forefront to attack them.
He admitted that this method was good, but it was only good and did not bring him any real threat at all.
But he couldn't figure out what the Han army wanted to do, and he felt uneasy.
"Send someone to contact the Sichuan Army, and we will attack together to harass the Han traitors!"
"promise!"
Admiral Feng Wenfu, the governor of Sichuan Province, was naturally able to see the movements of the Han army, so he immediately sent troops after receiving Qian Hanrong's request.
But the situation he faced was the same as that of Jiang Jun. The cavalry brigade pushed him back with a hail of arrows.
The two reluctantly tried a variety of methods, including concentrating shields as vanguard cover and archers hiding in them to counterattack, or simply rushing out to fight the Han army with a quick attack.
But there is no doubt that these methods were easily defeated by the cavalry.
For no other reason than cavalry, they will take full advantage of their ability to move quickly. They will not attack you if you charge quickly, nor will they attack you if you have good defense.
It just relies on speed, hitting you from the side and behind, and poking your butt in circles.
In short, they hit you on your weak points, knock you out of touch, and then eat you when the opportunity arises.
After three or five times, both the Jiang army and the Sichuan army learned the lesson and hid in the camp and stood still, watching helplessly as the Han army camped in front of them.
This feeling is too frustrating. Although the actual harm to them has not yet become apparent, the harm to their hearts is already quite deep.
It's like his wife was...cough cough cough
It's like there is nothing you can do.
humiliation!
What a humiliation for them!
But when they tried to resist, they were all beaten with bruises and swollen faces by the Han army. They suffered heavy losses and could only watch in pain.
Therefore, some people put things in a mess and hide in their tents, out of sight and out of mind.
Some people were quite angry and glared at the Han army camp not far away, as if they wanted to eat the Han army in one bite.
In this regard, Wei Yuan succeeded in being disgusting.
On the other side, Prince Yi Yi has learned yesterday's detailed battle report.
He was not on the front line, but judging from the casualties and the battles described by the two admirals, yesterday's battle with the Han army could be said to be a win or a loss.
"Lord Lu, you see, our army had a fight with the Han bandits yesterday, and there was a winner and a loser. But overall, our army has the advantage."
Lu Wenlun took the battle report. No matter what the contents of the battle report showed, his side had the advantage, but when he saw the request for help at the end, he couldn't help but frown.
"Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is not good. Our army is completely at a disadvantage!"
Prince Yi Yi was not unhappy after hearing this, but rather a little confused. After all, Lu Wenlun was a loyal minister, and his judgment was still very important.
"I saw it, but the losses were a little big, but the losses to the Han thieves were not small, right?"
"As long as we fight a few battles without having to engage in large-scale battles, the Han army will have no choice but to flee in panic due to heavy losses!"
Yes, regardless of the heavy losses Jiang Jun suffered, he basically lost two general armies. But the so-called battalion with which the Han army went to war was not the same.
And if nothing else, he said that the intelligence he collected on the Han army all showed that the Han army valued untouchables and had a sparse population.
In this case, how many people of the Han thieves would be able to consume the imperial court?
Yes, Yi Yi didn't pay attention to the number of dead soldiers at all. In his opinion, these people were dead, and the court had plenty of people to replace them.
There are some problems with weapons, armor, and food, but it’s not too big!
For the imperial court, as long as there is time, they can have as much population and supplies as they want.
There are only tens of thousands of people, what a joke!
This is the court's attitude towards the people. It preaches that the people are the most important, but it never puts people first.
For them, people are used to produce resources for their own enjoyment.
If these people pay less taxes or cannot pay taxes, they still need to be supported by the court.
Then it would be good to die some.
One hundred thousand is never too much, and one million is never too little.
Anyway, since the establishment of the imperial court, every rebellion has not only resulted in the massacre of the whole place, but also the killing of hundreds of people.
Although most of them killed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, there were also cases of killing hundreds of thousands or millions.
Just like the Han army and the White Lotus Sect, as long as the Daqian court defeats them, massacre is inevitable.
For a Han army that only occupies half of the state, except for some necessary families, there are basically not many millions of people left.
The White Lotus Sect may be better. It covers four states and has a population of tens of millions. They can't kill them all, otherwise they won't be able to rebel.
Therefore, in response to this situation, the big families choose to recruit a group of people and beat a group of them, and kill all the disobedient ones, leaving the obedient ones as dogs.
From now on, it depends on whether the master is happy or not with regard to the small family and the common people.
Anyway, after the Imperial Heavenly Soldiers sweep through it, if you have more than half of the population, then you are derelict in your duty.
In this way, those who are willing to be dogs can survive, and those who are unwilling or follow the crowd will burp. The population will be reduced in large areas, and naturally there will be more land left.
In this way, conflicts will be reduced and the will to rebel will be reduced.
Not only that, the bodies were not disposed of in time, the plague came again in waves, and the population was decreasing.
With such a vast area and so few people, even a rebellion would not be that harmful.
You see, the officers and soldiers who participated in counterinsurgency made a lot of money, and the court could also gain decades of stability.
win-win,
How good.
This is Daqian's theory, and it is also the reason why he has been able to maintain his power for more than 200 years.
What stands out is one word, ruthless.
Precisely because of his ruthlessness, except for local people, basically no one would go against the imperial court.
After all, Da Gan's cruelty has a certain range, and others don't experience it personally, so they are naturally indifferent.
As for the next time the butcher's knife falls on their heads, let's talk about it.
Rebellions like the White Lotus Sect have not happened without incident in the past 200 years, but they eventually subsided and brought stability to the local area for hundreds of years.
Take Jiangbei, it has been peaceful for more than 60 years. Looking back now, who will still remember the massacre?
As for those who survived, they themselves, their sons, and their grandchildren may still remember it, but how much hatred do their great-grandchildren still have?