The beacon shines on Xijing, and I feel uneasy.

Ya Zhang left Fengque, and the iron cavalry surrounded the Dragon City.

The snow is dark and the flag is painted, and the wind is mixed with the sound of drums.

It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar.

"Jobs in the Army" Tang Dynasty: Yang Jiong

——I am the dividing line—

Near Tianmen County between Xiangzhou and Jiangling, as the birthplace of the "Green Forest Uprising" at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the foot of the southern foot of the Dahong Mountain, known in history as "the revival of Guangwu and the resurrection of the green forest", has become a temporary battlefield for people and horses to ride. Under the pergola of a watchtower.

"I didn't expect to see Mr. Gao Ling here!"

Li Hanzhi, who was rough and generous, was also looking at Li Cunzhang, who was standing silently and looking at him, and said in a familiar way:

"By the way, I'm not trying to harm you. Those people are too alert and immediately find someone to identify your appearance and origin."

"But if it weren't for us, you wouldn't have had the chance to see this thief with your own eyes... isn't it?"

"Don't be rigid. If you have the opportunity to escape in the future, you may not be sure to thank us, right?"

Li Hanzhi muttered like this and poured a large mouthful of sugarcane and burned honey. While looking at the practice of the smoke and dust rolling in the distance, there was an old friend there. To be honest, he did not expect to see Yang Shihou, a capable subordinate who had been killed in battle, and he did not expect that the other party seemed to be doing well after he joined the thief army, and he was a coach of the horse army.

Therefore, for this obviously awkward and unexpected meeting, Li Hanzhi only exposes the pretentious and open-minded attitude on the surface. Because compared to his extremely familiar cavalry tactics, he is more interested in the firearm array and corresponding supporting tactics mastered by these thieves.

Although he, "Monkey Li", had a rough and violent style and was very strict in control of the underworld, he was definitely not like a person who was indifferent to the lack of incompetence, or was not aware of the situation and adaptability. In the war-torn North, people who were greedy and irreversible in the north were almost dead. At least he had already seen that the firearms and battle formations of the thief army were very effective in dealing with the cavalry.

Whether it is the deafening sound, the firelight or the pungent and unpleasant smoke, it is undoubtedly a huge threat and shock to the mounts that have never seen such a battle formation. Not to mention the killing and morale of the people and horses that have been accumulated from this have fallen.

After all, as long as there are a part of the mounts in the charge or rushing formation, even a small part of them will inevitably squeeze, hesitate and stagnate, they will inevitably squeeze with the comrades in the sprint, causing corresponding chaos or disruption, and even causing mutual overwhelming casualties.

Therefore, it is obviously not accidental that Daibeixingying, led by the Hedong Army, was headed by the Hedong Army, which was mainly composed of the four major vassals and the cavalry outside the border, but they were still defeated and lost or returned one after another by these Taiping thieves who rose in the south.

Now, the Taiping Thief actually plans to give the corresponding horse team a right and perform corresponding and coordinated horse tactics. This is also inevitable for a vague sense of crisis like a person who is known for his skillful archery and bravery in the north.

Although the Taiping thief emerged in the south outside the ridge, there was no decent horse-producing land or sufficient weight-bearing and strong high-headed horses. Therefore, they could only maintain a limited number of light horses without armor or thin armor. They even used donkeys and mules to transport and created so-called incongruous cavalry and infantry.

However, this generation has made a different approach, and after considering the corresponding light cavalry equipped with firearms and finding out the corresponding formation methods; these light cavalry, which could only be used as scouts and whistles, and restrained harassment, have increased to a base in terms of corresponding threat levels.

Because under Yang Shihou's personal leadership, he was armed and reorganized according to the standard of orthodox official army, and the army was fully equipped with a group of troops. Not only were all armored and weapons seized from the official army's standard equipment, but most of the members were captured from the prison.

As the opponent, Taiping cavalry is trying to use firearms that are radiating and throwing immediately to replace and exert the skills of Beidi Jianke's skill in bow and horse riding and shooting, and even expect these light-armed cavalry to be able to scatter like infantrymen, or to be close to throwing tactics;

If the light cavalry is relatively maneuverable, even most Northland cavalry can handle the field with a sufficiently large scale; but the corresponding cost-effectiveness ratio is much lower. Not to mention the dispersion and killing effect of the team array by immediately throwing firearms.

Even if he was specially invited to make corresponding comments, and couldn't help but want to watch jokes and then talk randomly to deal with the past, Li Hanzhi couldn't help but take and observe them seriously. Because he really couldn't make sure that he could still fight with the corresponding situation in the future?

Therefore, after the battle in the simulated encounter lasted for several hours, there were waves of casualties and soldiers whose bodies and faces, or other key parts were stained with corresponding red powder, who were a little unwilling to the edge of the battlefield under the ruling and orders of the guards in the field, or retreated to the edge of the battlefield in dejectedly.

Especially the heavy firearm among the Taiping thief - the cannon truck with wheel hubs and brackets, after fireworks and shocking sounds were bursting in rows, neither Li Hanzhi nor Li Cunzhang, who was beside him, could not help but be moved or changed color on the spot. Because they did not expect that the Taiping Army would use it in the practical operation of the confrontation drill, and also use this kind of killing weapon that Qianjun Piyi was used.

You know, after Li Hanzhi saw the targets and ruins of the castle that were easily smashed during the test shooting, he did not think that there were any armor and shields in the world that could block such huge force like thunder. Moreover, compared to the stone cannons and crossbows that can only be used as siege, this kind of firearm is even better than the fire speed of a siege.

Li Cunzhang remembered the Yierdu, whom he led, and rushed to the thief formation fearlessly, but was torn apart by invisible huge force out of thin air, pounded and knocked down on the ground in the fireworks that were rushing towards him. If he wanted to crack it, he was at a loss.

Because in the face of this powerful force that swept everything, even the armored cavalry with great reputation in the country may not be able to escape unscathed. If you want to successfully kill and suppress it, you can only set up an ambush in the rugged and narrow places and unexpectedly break it close to you, and you can achieve certain results in the melee.

In the Yaqian Square in Jiangling City, routine performances of performing arts troupes and propaganda teams from various places after autumn harvest and before winter are also being carried out on the platform built. For example, at this moment, Li Keji, a famous actor from Chang'an, was leading a hundred-person music troupe and dancer under his command, working hard to perform the "Nitang Feather Clothes Song" passed down from the previous dynasty.

That's right, it is the famous song "Nitang Feather Clothes Song" that originated from the Kaiyuan period. Because the so-called "Nitang Feather Clothes Song" that later generations called each other witnesses about the love between Emperor Minghuang and Yang Taizhen of Tang was actually not a real palace Yan Yue, but a sacrificial music specially used to worship Emperor Xuanyuan in the Taiqing Palace, which is the ancestor Li Er, who was born to the Li Tang royal family.

Here is the opening music for sacrifice to heaven. As for this, Li Keji is not simple. He was a court musician favored by Emperor Yizong of Tang. He was known as proficient in music and good at participating military operas. He could sing new vocals with his throat, and his lyrics were tortuous, called "paotan", which was popular among the people. But his most famous deed was the "Sighing the Hundred Years of Dance" written by Princess Tongchang, who was favored by Emperor Yizong of Tang.

It is known as the dance is vivid, the music is moving; the lineup is strong. There are hundreds of dancers alone; the costumes of the dance are extremely luxurious, all of which are from the palace treasury to select various treasures as jewelry and props, hundreds of people dressed in pearls and jade dances, and more than 800 pieces of brocade as carpets. At the end of the performance, gold, jade and jewelry were scattered all over the ground.

It can be said to be a temporary example of luxury and desire in the last moment when Li Tang returned. Therefore, the emperor favored him very much and repeatedly gave him generously. His son received two large silver pots of gold, jade and jewelry when he got married. But as the saying goes, the reason for prosperity and decline, after Emperor Yizong of Tang died during a banquet and music, he was enthroned by an internal official in front of the spirit and sent his home to Lingnan without hesitation.

As a result, his family, who died of illness or accidents on the long road to Lingnan, was infected with the epidemic and died of illness one after another; in the end, he and a maid and a young grandson were the only ones who could arrive in Guangzhou. However, they were excluded and suppressed by the local Jiaofangsi and could only take turns to perform arts and teach apprentices in the local school.

Later, after Huang Chao besieged Guangzhou, he was unemployed and almost starved to death in poverty. It was not until the predecessor of the Taiping Army took over the Guangfu and began to recruit corresponding personnel with expertise from the hungry people. Only then did Li Keji survive. Later, he also wrote a dance song "The Four-way Bodhisattva Man" for this, to thank the Guangzhou Liusi under Zhou Huaian for his "reinvention grace" of "seeking life in death".

Therefore, considering that although this person has no moral integrity, he is just one of the millions of poor people who are drifting with the flow in this era when mountains and rivers are getting worse, and he does have some talent and usefulness. Therefore, after taking over and integrating the structure and foundation of the former Cantonese Jiaofangsi, the Taiping Army also left him the title of "art and literary guidance".

Although he was good at the palace music such as "Fifteenth He" and "Three Sacreds", it was mainly used in sacrificial occasions such as suburbs, ancestral temples, and rural stupas. However, he also dominated and led the vocal music fashion of Chang'an, and was even better at ceremonial work and meticulously crafted to the extreme.

Therefore, in the early Taiping Army's propaganda system construction, it was also a founding veteran who had made a lot of efforts. Now the Grand Governor's Office has begun to re-advocate healthy and beneficial entertainment and artistic styles. I think that he is unwilling to be lonely and can't help but see some opportunity for the new dynasty to be used.

Therefore, he had a chance to ask for his old wishes without caring about his old face. He led the former Yuefu old man from the palace from within the pass to start sorting out and collecting vocal treasures that have been scattered and lost in the war, and changed some of them into works that are appreciated by both the elite and the masses that are acceptable to the general public.
Chapter completed!