"Every army needs a designation, sir. Let's give this army a unique name."
Li Jing stared at the fleeing Kingpin, his face expressionless.
The fighting style of these Kingpin was no different from that of the Göktürks, Xiongnu, and other northern nomadic peoples during the Great Tang Dynasty.
Li Jing had dealt with them quite a bit.
Ling Yi nodded. The unit number is proof of an army's historical footprint.
Similarly, having a unit designation allows one to earn a reputation and Intimidation the enemy in subsequent Combat.
Ling Yi is terrible at naming things; asking him to come up with a name is really asking too much of him.
"General Li, what name do you think would be suitable?"
"We come from the Great Tang, and our unit designation must bear the mark of the Great Tang," Li Jing said slowly, looking at the soldiers who were almost entirely covered in gleaming silver armor and wielding gleaming silver longswords.
Ling Yi nodded.
"We have come at your command, sir. Since you are Heavenly People, let us call ourselves the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army."
Look, that's what you call professional.
"Alright, let's call it the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army. We'll make a flag later, and then our unit will be officially established." Ling Yi nodded.
In reality, the naming of a military unit required the emperor's approval, specifically Li Shimin's, to be officially effective.
However, a general in the field may disobey orders, especially since this is not the Great Tang and he cannot contact Li Shimin. Even if he could, Li Shimin probably wouldn't object.
"These Kingpin are weaker than I expected."
The first wave of Kingpin was not large, less than a thousand men. They already had an advantage in both numbers and equipment, so the outcome was a foregone conclusion.
Therefore, Li Jing's weakness made Ling Yi feel like he was in Versailles.
But I still asked, "How so?"
"The most important thing for an army is its spirit, its ability to execute orders, and its fearless fighting spirit. These Jin Kingpin had none of these."
"These people are nothing more than relying on temporary bravery to win a few battles when things are going well. Once they start to lose, they will immediately flee at the first sign of trouble."
"This shows that their commanders must have been training their soldiers regularly."
No wonder he was a renowned general listed in later generations; he was able to analyze so much from just one Combat.
Indeed, professional tasks should be left to professionals.
Li Jing did not rush to pursue the Kingpin who fled at the mere sight of him, but instead simply trailed them at a distance.
In half a day, Li Jing and his men advanced swiftly and decisively to the vicinity of Central Capital Dading Prefecture.
Looking at the majestic city before him, Li Jing couldn't help but smile.
"Finally, we can have a proper fight."
"How do you fight this thing?" Ling Yi, who had been observing the whole way, asked curiously.
How do we fight?
Li Jing drew his Tang sword and shouted, " Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army, heed my command! All troops, attack!"
Then, Li Jing slapped his horse and led the charge.
Ling Yi was dumbfounded. Good heavens, this is a siege, bro! You're just leading people out like this? Isn't that a bit too unskilled?
You're Li Jing, this is way too reckless.
However, what Li Jing did next truly astonished Ling Yi.
As Li Jing marched along, relying on the defensive capabilities of his armor, he completely Ignore the arrows that were being shot at him, and led his soldiers directly to the city gate.
Just as Ling Yi was wondering how Li Jing had broken down the gate, Li Jing simply raised his long sword and slashed at the city gate. The Tang sword, which could cut through iron like mud, directly slashed a huge gap in the city gate.
The other soldiers followed suit, and in the blink of an eye, they had shredded the city gate into pieces.
The Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army just charged in like that.
Ling Yi grinned. "Damn, is this the difference between people?"
He had upgraded and provided the equipment, but he never expected Li Jing to attack the city in this way.
It was him. The armor and weapons he created could rival modern armies, not just in this era, but even in later generations.
Unless you use high-powered firearms, ordinary bullets won't penetrate your defenses at all.
In ancient times, the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army would have been invincible.
The city gate? We'll just slice it to pieces. No, not just the city gate, if they get really angry, we'll even cut a hole in the city wall.
"I almost forgot, I gave them a cheat code."
After entering the city, Li Jing charged left and right, killing one person with each strike, while shouting, "Give up resistance, surrender and you will not be killed!"
There were nearly 30,000 Kingpin in Dading Prefecture, but their numbers were utterly insignificant compared to the sheer size of the city.
Forget 30,000, even 300,000 would be a waste.
In reality, Li Jing killed fewer than two thousand Kingpin, yet he had already terrified these normally arrogant Kingpin.
Good heavens, my weapons couldn't even leave a mark on these demon armors, but with a single strike, they cleaved my weapons, men, and horses in two.
The scene was too stimulating.
If it were just one or two people like that, it wouldn't be so bad, but the entire opposing team is equipped with these kinds of weapons and armor. How can you possibly fight like that? You're just getting completely crushed.
The battle to breach the city lasted only half an hour.
Two thousand Kingpin were killed, six thousand fled, leaving twelve thousand remaining, who now kneel trembling before the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army.
Li Jing naturally wanted to take all these Kingpin with him; in Li Jing words, they were excellent cannon fodder.
It can be used for both attacking cities and seizing territory.
While Li Jing was rearranging the puppet city lord and reorganizing the officials of Dading Prefecture.
Ling Yi wasn't idle either, looting everything he could find: grain, gold and silver jewelry, and all sorts of leather and jade artifacts.
Anything of value was basically stored in Ling Yi's Personal Space.
Li Jing and his group temporarily stayed in Dading Prefecture because they needed to make a flag.
Now that we have the unit designation, how can we not have a corresponding flag?
However, in just two days, another three thousand Kingpin died.
" Brother Yaoshi, did you deliberately put these Kingpin together, just waiting for one of them to cause trouble?"
"Of course, and this is just the beginning!" Li Jing sneered.
"Although we have Divine Weapon and armor, the soldiers' stamina is limited, and we don't have the time to keep an eye on them every second."
"Only by terrifying them, driving them to despair, and then offering them certain promises, will they obediently follow our orders."
Ling Yi understood; it was a classic case of giving a stick, then a sweet treat, and a pie in the sky.
What promise?
"Joining the Heaven-Answering Army, officially becoming a member of the Heaven-Answering Army, and also..."
Li Jing tapped on his armor and said, "And this Divine Weapon and armor."
clear!
Ling Yi immediately understood Li Jing's meaning. Of course, he couldn't give him the same Divine Weapon and armor, but he could give him some defective ones.
Ling Yi could even categorize Divine Weapon and armor into different levels, so that these Kingpin could exchange their military Divine Weapon for them.
The two discussed some more plans, and a week later, they set off again.
Just as Li Jing had predicted, the Kingpin caused trouble one after another during that week.
By the time Ling Yi and his group set off, less than 5,000 of the original 12,000 Jin Kingpin had been captured.
Li Jing and his men marched north, using the same method, and within a month they had conquered most of the Jin Empire's territory.
Li Jing's Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army suffered no casualties; on the contrary, the number of troops increased tenfold from five thousand to fifty thousand.
The Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army finally made a name for itself.
The successive defeats threw the Kingpin into chaos.
They were not inactive.
On the way forward, the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army had organized several large-scale battles, the most exaggerated of which was 200,000 Kingpin against Li Jing's 15,000.
A large army was pressing in from the front, prisoners of war were rebelling in the middle, and 20,000 Kingpin who had been scattered earlier were surrounding them from behind.
This battle lasted for two whole days and nights, from day to night and then from night to day again.
The Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army was like an eraser on the battlefield, constantly washing over the Kingpin.
Wherever they went, Kingpin lay on the ground, as if they had been erased by an eraser.
Of the 230,000 Kingpin, 60,000 were killed, over 100,000 escaped, and the rest were taken prisoner.
After this great battle, the Kingpin were utterly terrified, and wherever the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army went, they surrendered without a fight.
But it was also in this battle that Li Jing tested the Limit the Battle Power of the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army.
Even with divine Divine Weapon and armor, if they chose to fight head-on, the Heaven-Answering Army could only defeat a force of 300,000 at most.
Human strength has its limits, and the soldiers of the Heaven-Answering Army are not gods; the depletion of their physical strength is a huge problem.
Unfortunately, Ling Yi was also helpless in this regard, as his cheat was Personal As-You-Wish Space.
He himself is just an ordinary person.
Of course, large-scale Combat with such straightforward and hard-hitting tactics are rare.
Moreover, once Li Jing understood the Combat Limit of the Heaven-Answering Army, he wouldn't foolishly choose to fight head-on.
Just as the Great Tang Heaven-Answering Army was pressing close to the Kingpin capital, the Northern Song was secretly stirring up trouble.
Li Jing and his men swept through the Jin Empire territory, but their forces were limited, so they basically chose local puppets to govern the cities they captured.
Li Jing and his men don't have Kung Fu Hustle to worry about these things right now; they need to occupy the territory first.
Therefore, the Loyalty of these puppets is questionable.
In addition, these cities have been ravaged and have very little defensive strength left.
For the same reason, the Northern Song, under the pretext of recovering lost territory, dispatched a nominal army of 100,000 to the north.
The territory conquered by Li Jing and his men from the Jin Empire was easily taken over by the Northern Song.
"It seems that Zhao Ji isn't entirely brainless after all. I heard that the leader of the team is a Grand Commandant named Gao Qiu?" Li Jing looked at the Map in his hand and sneered.
" Gao Qiu, I must say, this guy does have some brains. It's just a pity he has a big appetite but not the teeth." Ling Yi didn't expect the Northern Song to cause trouble at this time.
Even more unexpectedly, Gao Qiu didn't bother to deal with Mount Liang Song Jiang; instead, he went north to take advantage of the situation.
"Even Song Jiang is no good. He's given all the cheat codes, but he hasn't made a move yet?"
This Song Jiang is very disappointing.