Chapter 60: The Essence of Military Discipline Is Absolute Obedience (2nd Update)

Finally, the scorching Greek fire melted the gate of Liangzhou City, and as the flames continued to burn, the originally tall and majestic city gate collapsed.

The Byzantines cheered loudly and celebrated their achievements.

Tongye Hu Khan is a man of his word, he said that if he wants to launch them into Liangzhou City as stone bullets, he will definitely launch them into Liangzhou City.

Now that the mission is finally complete, you don't have to die.

The Greeks wept with joy, embraced each other, and wept aloud.

It's just that their cries gradually became louder. Tears of joy turned into a howl of despair.

Yes, the Byzantines in the Western Turkic army were desperate, and at this time a mud wall inside the city gate, burned by the fierce Greek fire, became as hard as masonry, and if you want to break the city, it is no less difficult than to collapse the city wall with a ballista, they tried it with a hammer, and judging by the echo of the mud wall in the hole in the city gate, this mud wall is probably no less thick than the city wall.

Tong Yehu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he looked at the banner on the wall of Liangzhou City that was burned like black charcoal by the Greek fire, as the fire on the city wall was extinguished, with a new flagpole erected, the big flag with the word "Li" in white characters on a black background danced against the northwest wind.

The muscles of Tongye Hu Khan's face twitched slightly, and he let out an angry roar: "Give it to me, give it to Ben Khan, even if you smash it with your fist, you have to smash the turtle shell of Liangzhou City for Ben Khan......"

Batur took a deep breath of the blood-soaked air, the air was filled with the choking smell of fire oil, he let out a long roar, brandished his long knife and rushed forward, of course, he did not attack the city on foot, but rushed to a huge sheepfold on the edge of the camp, and in the sheepfold was not actually sheep, but a group of people.

They are all a people in the mountains of the Green Mountains, a tribe called the Kabal. According to the meaning of the Kabal language, they claim to be people of the mountains. Of course, this people have a characteristic, they are as thin as monkeys, but they are good at climbing, and they are taller than the city of Taixifeng, which is relied on them to conquer. The method of attacking the city, it is ridiculous to say, that is, they held a cowhide shield in one hand and a flying claw in the other, threw the flying claws with a rope on the city wall, and climbed the city wall along the rope, so the city of Taixifeng was captured.

Batur walked to the edge of this sheepfold and said to the slaves who were kept in the sheepfold like a sheepfold: "Guzanur, the walls of Liangzhou City are very high, and you are the best at attacking the city. ”

Gu Zainur, who was less than six feet tall, said timidly: "Tong Lifa, I hope to be able to get some of the food in the city. ”

Batur knew that Gu Zainur was worried about the heavy casualties and weakening the strength of his tribe, so he nodded and said: "The grain in Liangzhou City is piled up, and after taking the city, all of you can carry as much grain as you can." ”

If it weren't for the food in Liangzhou City, it would have been relatively easy to attack Liangzhou City. Because the ballista invented by the Greeks can not only fire giant ballistas, but also fire stone bullets like trebuchets, and can also fire Molotov cocktails, as many as 300 steps of ballistas, which can bombard Liangzhou City into a sea of fire.

It is not difficult to burn the Tang people in Liangzhou City, but in that case, the food in Liangzhou City will be finished. So, in this case, the Tongye Protector Khan didn't care about the casualties at all.

In Tong Yehu's eyes, there are people in the Western Regions, and they can send some soldiers and horses at will, and as long as they go out for a spin, they can capture tens of thousands of slaves.

Guzanur did not hesitate any longer, let out a shout, and rushed forward.

Li Daozong on Liangzhou City looked at this group of Western Turkic infantry in disbelief, and they rushed up like a swarm of bees.

Li Daozong said incredulously: "They actually attacked the city like this, are we dead?" ”

Li Daozong thought about it and couldn't help laughing. The so-called cities of the Western Regions are actually placed in the interior at the level of the landlord's house, taking the famous ancient city of Loulan as an example, its city size is 120,000 square meters, if it is converted into acres, it is about 181 acres. Such a city, in the Central Plains is not even a town, the city wall is not more than two zhang high, some are only more than one zhang, not to mention the ladder, even a person can jump a little, you can turn over, think about this, Li Daozong is relieved.

On the whole, the Western Turkic army is still an army with little siege experience, even if there are ballistas and Greek fire, they still will not attack the city. The disadvantage of an army is not something that can be compensated for by one or two new weapons, not to mention that Li Daozong believes that once he is given the opportunity, he can use Greek fire to make the Turks regret coming to this world.

Naturally, there was no drama in the battle, and the Kabals, who were known as the best at siege cities, suffered heavy losses under the continuous attacks of Li Daozong's stones, rolling logs, and ash bottles. In particular, when Li Daozong sent the golden juice of strategic nuclear weapons, the entire Kabar army suddenly collapsed.

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After a day of intense training in the Tang Army Camp in Lingzhou Wild Boar Ridge, Chen Ying specially asked people to find Guo Xiaoke, Chen Ying looked at Guo Xiaoke and said, "How do you feel, are you still used to it?" ”

Guo Xiaoke bowed and said: "Back to the general, the last general is still used to it!" ”

"Haha, listening to the meaning of your words, it seems a little insincere!" Chen Ying pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "You little slippery head, this is not like your character." ”

Guo Xiaoke actually didn't understand the true meaning of Chen Ying's training of the army, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the unlucky people who were standing in a neat formation and military posture. These unlucky eggs are punished for not completing their training tasks.

After thinking for a while, he said: "General, the last general doesn't understand, why do we practice the queue, why do we practice standing in a military posture, can it be said that we can scare the enemy to death if we walk neatly and stand neatly?" The last general thinks that as a soldier, it would be good for us to learn the skills of killing the enemy, so is it useful to practice these all day? ”

"Honestly, it's really useless. No matter how well the queue goes, it can't scare the enemy to death, and these are not of much use on the battlefield. Chen Ying said very seriously.

Guo Xiaoke was even more puzzled, and said confusedly: "Then why do we have to spend so much effort to learn it?" Today we practiced the queue for a day, and if we practice slashing, or stabbing, we can at least increase a few combat power. ”

Chen Ying pointed to the soldiers who were lining up to receive food, and asked with a smile, "Then how do you go to see them now?" ”

"Neat and orderly!"

"Anything else?"

Guo Xiaoke scratched his head, puzzled by Chen Ying's meaning.

Chen Ying asked again, "Then what's the benefit of doing this?" ”

Guo Xiaoke tilted his head and thought for a while, and said: "The advantage is that it is more efficient to do this, if everyone rushes up, you will not be able to fight for me, but you can get a meal quickly when you line up, and it will not hurt your anger." ”

Chen Ying threw out the third question: "Then you said that if you bring a group of soldiers who go to the battlefield and will only rush up to slash and kill indiscriminately to fight them, who will win?" ”

Guo Xiaoke said without thinking: "Then do you need to talk about it?" A group of rabble to storm the disciplined military formation can only be sent to death! ”

Chen Yingdao: "It seems that you also know the importance of discipline." But do you know what the nature of discipline is? ”

This Guo Xiaoke really can't answer.

Chen Yingdao: "The essence of military discipline is obedience, unconditional obedience, a disciplined army is composed of a group of soldiers who obey orders, they take obedience as their duty, no matter what kind of order the officer gives, even if it is wrong, they will obey unconditionally, even if this order may kill them all!" Such a force is the real invincible steel hero! ”

Guo Xiaoke asked suspiciously: "Then what does this have to do with our training queue?" ”

"It's a big deal!" Chen Ying explained: "Everyone has different personalities, some are cowardly, some are aggressive, some are introverted, some are troublesome, some are calm, some are reckless, and the most important thing is that everyone has a rebellious mentality, and if you want them to obey the orders of the officers unconditionally, you can only smooth their edges and corners and erase their personality." You see so many rules and regulations, how to walk, how to dress, how to eat, how to wash, how to sleep, all of which may make you feel bored, but it is these rules and regulations that make every soldier invisibly develop the instinct of unconditional obedience to orders, because they are living in the form of orders, and once they violate them, they will be punished. ”

Chen Ying suddenly realized: "So that's the case...... Then I have nothing more to say, I am willing to obey orders. But this stop is ...... queue"

"It's not enough to know that you obey orders, there are sharp arrows and guns on the battlefield, no matter how brave a person is, no one will fight side by side with him, he will die quickly, so the sense of teamwork becomes crucial...... What does team mean? It's very simple, you move forward when everyone moves forward, you follow back when everyone retreats, and find a way to support your comrades when they are in danger, this is the sense of teamwork. The purpose of queue training is to cultivate a sense of teamwork, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people, walk with the same foot, shout the same slogan, everywhere is a straight line, in it, you will find yourself and everyone around you is a whole, an inseparable whole. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ying patted Guo Xiaoke's shoulder and said earnestly: "Remember, the army is a whole, long soldiers, short soldiers, armor soldiers, cavalry, archers, and even the people who help transport materials are all part of this whole, no matter which link goes wrong, there will be annoyance, and even the whole army will be wiped out!" A guy who only knows how to rampage will not live long on the battlefield, and only by relying on the team can you defeat the enemy and survive! ”

"General Chen is reasonable, and the last general is willing to bow down!" Guo Xiaoke only discovered at this time that there is no vanity under the fame, and Chen Yingneng can have today's fame, which is absolutely wasted.

Chen Ying likes this feeling very much, especially to make the future Tang Dynasty Western Regions Protector worship him so much, although he promoted Guo Xiaoke in advance, in order to avoid pulling out the seedlings to help him grow, Chen Ying did not come up and gave him a very prominent official position, but still made him a lieutenant, such an officer has dozens of people under Chen Ying's command.

Seeing that the training progress of the new army is good, especially these soldiers from Hebei, not only have good physical fitness, but also can especially endure hardships, which makes Chen Ying very relieved.

However, he is still worried about Liangzhou. If it weren't for the ballistas of the Western Turks, he might have stayed in Lingzhou for two or three months with peace of mind, but now he didn't dare to stay for even ten days.

Just when the training of the new army from Hebei was on the right track, Chen Ying summoned the Modao Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army overnight and took them on a long journey.

When leaving the Wild Boar Ridge, Chen Ying looked back at the Thin Bone Law City, and muttered to the vast night sky: "Son, don't worry, your Lao Tzu will definitely take you home openly!" “