Chapter 68: A Crisis of Confidence
"Chen Mo? General Chen? He was walking out, but was stopped by Bao Hong.
"What else does General Bao have to advise?" Chen Mo looked at Bao Hong's head suspiciously, and had the urge to slap it down, which was really cheap.
"I'm ......" Bao Hong looked at Chen Mo with some embarrassment: "It's stuck, can General Chen help me get in." ”
Chen Mo looked at Bao Hong with some tears and laughter, the other party's appearance was really a little funny at this time, Chen Mo stretched out his hand and pressed the other party's head and pushed it in without saying anything.
"It hurts, it hurts~ you lighter." Bao Hong slapped the stakes of the cell with both hands frantically, like a fish on the shore.
Chen Mo rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll shoot faster." ”
At first, he didn't think anything of it, but Chen Mo rolled up his sleeves and looked at the whip-like muscles on Chen Mo's arm that should have been weak, Bao Hong swallowed his saliva: "General Chen, you should have something serious to do, and I will ask the jailer to help later." ”
?
Chen Mo looked at Bao Hong suspiciously.
"I just suddenly feel like I'm stuck like this, and my mind seems to be clearer than usual." Bao Hong swallowed his saliva and smiled.
And this kind of thing?
Chen Mo looked at the other party's head, shook his head, and didn't delve into it, although it felt very ridiculous, but the world is so big, there are no surprises, and there is still a fairy living in his head, maybe Bao Hong has some chance.
After bidding farewell to the prison officer, it was already afternoon when I returned to the house.
"Childe, Duke Lu has already replied, you can go to visit tomorrow, the Yuan Mansion has sent an invitation, and invite Gongzi and Duke Cao to go to Chunnuan Pavilion for a banquet tonight." Juan'er trotted up to meet her and handed the two stickers to Chen Mo.
"Why did Brother Meng De's post come to me here?" Chen Mo looked at Juan'er suspiciously.
"Because my brother hasn't left yet." Cao Cao came out with a piece of bread, looked at Chen Mo and said with a smile: "My post was sent by the steward of the house, how about you and I go to the banquet together tonight?" ”
"It's natural, it's just ......" Chen Mo had a headache: "I was drunk last night, and now I still have a headache......
When he went to the banquet, he naturally had to drink, but Chen Mo really didn't want to drink again.
"What's the matter?" Cao Cao patted Chen Mo's shoulder and smiled: "You are now a captain, there will be a lot of these socializations in the future, and you will get used to it slowly." ”
Habit? Chen Mo shook his head, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get used to it, and he didn't want this habit.
But the invitation has been received, and I can't escape this trip tonight.
"I'll go to the barracks first, Brother Meng De want to go together?" Chen Mo looked at Cao Cao, he had just been appointed as a lieutenant of the lower military academy, and it was impossible to go to the barracks, even if they basically knew Chen Mo in this battalion, they also needed to announce their identities to everyone first.
"It's okay, I haven't been to see it in a few days." Cao Cao nodded, and followed Chen Mo to the Pingxing camp.
With the arrival of Chen Mo, the school field became lively, mainly the battalion of the Lieutenant Department of the Military Academy, Chen Mo's performance in the Battle of Runan, everyone saw it, and in just a few months, with a force of 1,200 people, he was able to defeat a rebel army with tens of thousands of people like Ge Pi Thief, almost all of which were Chen Mo's credit, and the prestige of silence was also established in this battle.
Compared with Bao Hong, who sits in the rear most of the time, he can lead troops to fight, conquer cities and conquer cities, and dismount to give advice, and Chen Mo, who is decisive for thousands of miles, is obviously more respected in the army.
Chen Mo was promoted, and the vacated position of military marquis was replaced by Bao Geng, although this guy has a hateful face, especially when he said with an innocent expression that he has 300 acres of fertile land, it makes people have the urge to beat, but the public is public, and the private is private, Bao Geng's ability is still there, at least it is no problem to serve as a military marquis, and the credit is enough.
Killed a military Sima in battle, Chen Mo did not make up for it for the time being, but chose to lead one by himself, and then Zhong Yun and Yu Sheng each led a piece of people, Da Lang as the leader of his own guards, led a tun, a hundred people, and now he is also a general, Chen Mo arranged like this, naturally hoping that in the future, when Da Lang and Bao Geng's merits arrived, he would choose one of them to serve as a military commander.
Spring afternoons are neither cold nor hot, but there is always a feeling of not being able to lift your spirits.
After arranging the things in the camp, Chen Mo sat on the stone pier on the side of the school field and began to continue carving bamboo slips, the affairs of the Xun family have been delayed for several months because of the war, and the Xun family did not take back this business because of this, Chen Mo is very grateful, and if it is delayed, it will be a little too much.
The soldiers in the distance continued to sweat like rain of training, Chen Mo was idle, most of the time was in the engraving, although he became a captain, but Yu Lu will not send it down for a while, the family's expenses, you have to find some input, the Xun family's order is over, it should be able to support for a while.
However, compared to the step-by-step order here, the rest of the battalions still in Luoyang were somewhat envious of the fact that the Lieutenant Department of the Military Academy was able to fight a beautiful battle in the first battle.
Although for Chen Mo, after finding out the details of the enemy and then fighting according to the opponent's order, taking the initiative step by step into his own hands, and then relying on the power of the surrounding counties, this battle seems to be difficult, but in fact, from the moment Ge Pi was broken, the war was basically no longer suspenseful, just like when one side on the chessboard had already finished the game, but the opponent didn't even understand what you were doing, and there was basically no suspense about the outcome of the game.
But for onlookers, the real excitement is the second half of the game, cutting off the opponent's retreat, using county soldiers to attack and harass, cutting off the enemy's food route and then leading the enemy into an ambush step by step, which is quite exciting.
In the final analysis, the Ge Pi Thief has significantly improved his combat power compared to the Yellow Turban Army back then, but the other party's leader level is not at the same level as the Han Army at all, even if there is no silence, I believe that as long as he is a general with similar practice of the art of war, it is not difficult to defeat the Ge Pi Thief.
No matter how elite the soldier is, he will be led by the nose by the enemy throughout the whole process, and it will be difficult to give full play to the advantages of the elite.
At least an opponent like Ge Pi Thief is very boring in Chen Mo's opinion, even if there are few people, he can eat the other party to death.
It's just that this group of recruits thinks it's amazing, and they don't have a fart reaction when they don't see the military academy captain's department? That's the veteran who has really seen the cruelty of the battlefield.
"General, everyone is talking about you, but you are carving books here?" After Zhong Yun finished a day's training, he came to Chen Mo's side and watched the bamboo slips take shape quickly in Chen Mo's hands, even if he had been studying since he was a child, bamboo slips were not a new thing to him, but he couldn't help but admire Chen Mo's style of bamboo slips.
However, compared to this, Chen Mo's reputation has increased greatly, and his reputation in the Pingxin camp has also spread, plus he has just been promoted to captain, and he is still the youngest captain in decades, at this time, shouldn't he go to the battalions to show his ability?
"Why don't you engrave books?" Chen Mo looked at the soldiers around him and asked, "Continue to train the troops?" I don't have any problems. ”
The calm and indifferent expression doesn't seem to be fake, is it really putting yourself out of the matter?
"This is the time for you to establish your prestige in the army." Zhong Yun said helplessly.
"A rabble, defeated and not much to show off." Chen Mo shook his head, he didn't want to talk much about the matter of the thief, after all, his own official was taken down, and it had something to do with him, after all, it was a little unpleasant, and he hoped that this matter would be forgotten as soon as possible.
"That's not what you said." Zhong Yun thought that after Chen Mo fought with the Ge Pi thief for the first time, in order to prevent Bao Hong from directly taking the initiative to seek battle, he not only bumped into Bao Hong in the court, but also licked his face and ran back to lobby afterwards, Zhong Yun could remember that scene for a lifetime.
"Of course, the Ge Pi thieves were not destroyed at that time, what if I say that they are a rabble, what if they lose?" Chen Mo joked casually.
"You're really cautious." Zhong Yun shook his head, this was the first time he had seen such a way of thinking.
"Most of the reckless men are dead." Chen Mo glanced at him with a smile and said.
"Bao Geng, that kid is not alive, it's good?"
"How do you say that? There is no conflict between Bao Geng's survival and the fact that the reckless man is easy to die on the battlefield, after all, there are many reckless people who die on the battlefield, if you count them in, you will know how lucky Bao Geng is to come back alive. Chen Mo shook his head, among the people who survived, it does not mean that he has a temperament like this, it is easy to survive, but he has such a temper, and there is only one back, and the gap between the two can be described as worlds apart.
"I thought you would become a military commander, but who knew that this leap would surpass us." Zhong Yun said with some emotion.
"Not convinced?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.
"That's not true, your ability is ten times better than Bao Hong, you are a captain, everyone is not convinced, but it is a little awkward." Zhong Yun shook his head, this feeling is hard to say, the former subordinates climbed above his head all of a sudden, even if the other party went up with real skills, it still needs to be transitioned to accept it.
"You are all like this, let alone others, it's better to keep a low profile at this time, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, I don't want to be the target of public criticism." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled.
"But it's a really good opportunity at this time." Zhong Yun was a little unwilling.
"So what? No matter how famous I am, at my age, it is impossible for me to be promoted in a short period of time, so it is better to lay a solid foundation at this time. Chen Mo looked at Zhong Yun and smiled, "Thank you." ”
"You're really calm." Zhong Yun shook his head helplessly, the young man is ambitious, under normal circumstances, even if he is not arrogant, it shouldn't be Chen Mo like this, right?
"Read more books, sometimes what you want, people have already experienced before." Chen Mo put the carved bamboo slips into the frame, and took a roll of blank bamboo slips and continued to carve them.
"Tonight, the matter of Duke Yuan's banquet is ......" Zhong Yun looked at Chen Mo and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid that Duke Shuo will ask, I'll ......." ”
Chen Mo raised his head when he heard this, looked at Zhong Yun seriously, and then nodded: "I understand, to be honest, above the officialdom, these things can't be avoided." ”
"But I am loyal to the Son of Heaven." Zhong Yun said in a deep voice.
"I know, and I haven't turned my back." Chen Mo carved the bamboo slips, and he also understood why Zhong Yun said this.
"That's fine, the last general will retire first."
Looking at the back of Zhong Yun leaving, Chen Mo sighed helplessly, the Son of Heaven was very suspicious.