Zhao Dangshi flew to stop it, but it was too late, and suddenly a shadow came out of nowhere, jumped up, and kicked Liu Xiaohong's side waist. Liu Xiaohong's body was crooked, his hand slid underneath, and his progress did not change, and the blade pierced his white shirt, dyeing a piece of red. The shadow rose again, grabbed the coat press, and tossed it aside. Although these two rabbits rose and fell, although they could not completely prevent Liu Xiaohong from committing suicide, they saw Liu Xiaohong exhaling to himself, and his life should be safe.

The shock calmed down for a while, and he looked closely at the person who made the shot, but it was Zhou Wenhe. Commander-in-Chief Zhou Wenhe did not accept the night, and served as a special investigator when he was dispatched, and served as Zhao Dangshi's personal escort inside. He stood in the hall, observed his words and looks, and saw that Liu Xiaohong was quite popular with Zhao Dangshi, so he reacted quickly and stopped him as soon as possible.

"Go get a doctor!" Zhao Dangshi stepped forward in two steps, instructed Zhou Wenhe, and immediately supported Liu Xiaohong's body that had begun to slide down, and couldn't help complaining, "Why should Mr. Liu be like this, if there is really something unspeakable, Zhao will never force him." ”

Liu Xiaohong's lips turned white, and he closed his eyes and did not answer. Zhao Dangshi relied on his past experience to stop the bleeding first, Liu Xiaohong's eyebrows frowned, and his originally rapid breathing gradually stabilized.

A short time later, a doctor arrived in a hurry. Listening to Zhou Wenhe's introduction, this person once pulled an arrow into Guo Hu's neck, is good at treating external injuries, and has an excellent reputation in the camp.

Zhao Dangshi called Liu Xiaohong a few times, and when he saw that he pursed his lips and was silent, he stopped talking. Entrusted to the doctor and soldiers, he walked slowly outside the hall. Zhou Wenhe noticed that his face was solemn, and asked in a low voice: "How does this person arrange?" ”

"It's better to bring it back to the camp for resettlement." Zhao Dangshi paused slightly and said.

"Yes."

Zhou Wenhe received the order, and Zhao Dangshi asked rhetorically: "You seem to have something to say?" "As a subordinate, it is never wise to overstep his duties and ask his superiors, but Zhao Dangshi could see that he was holding back his panic, so he gave him a chance.

"Some of the subordinates really don't vomit and are unhappy." Zhou Wenhe's tone was deep, like a black swamp, thick and treacherous, so that people couldn't hear any emotion. Among the seven people who followed Zhao Dangshi in Jinlingchuan at the beginning, he was the most taciturn and inconspicuous, so he came out later than Hou Dagui and Guo Hutou. However, after successfully completing several very difficult tasks, Zhao Dangshi found that he was a malleable talent, and he had a good personality, which was very suitable for special service work. The words that come out of the mouth of such a person are bound to matter.

"Say it." At this time, the two walked into a side room, and there was no one on the left and right.

Zhou Wenhe responded: "It's not that his subordinates are broken, I think our Zhao Ying is all men who stand up to the sky, and they all command you to be a big hero and a hero." Where we kill, where there are no chickens and dogs, those squires and Confucian scholars who wear gold and silver on weekdays and pretend to be, aren't they still fart and urine when they see us? What's the use of the 'Zhihu also' that you chant all day long? If you want me to say, a brother, a knife, and a horse in the camp are ninety times better than those stinky old men, but now you are whispering to that little white face, and the brothers are really unhappy to see it! ”

Like Hou Dagui and others, he also didn't know a single big word, and wanted to say "invincible", but the exit became "chickens and dogs don't stay"; I wanted to say "high-crowned Bo belt", but I forgot about the words, so I could only replace them with "wearing gold and silver". Although the words are inappropriate, the meaning is obvious, in a word, I don't understand why Zhao Dangshi treats scholars.

Such an idea is not unique to Zhao Ying. Zhao Dangshi noticed that as more and more scholars were accommodated in the rear camp, and the tasks entrusted to them became heavier and heavier, many of the old men in the army who were originally in a monopoly position of power in the camp were full of complaints.

A few days ago, because of the military affairs of the recruits, Hou Dagui and He Kewei called the board. According to common sense, given He Kewei 10,000 guts, he didn't dare to go toe-to-toe with Hou Dagui, the second-in-command in the army, but Zhao Dangshi deliberately favored him, and he looked at He Kewei between the lines, and at the same time drank off Hou Dagui, who was annoyed and angry a few times. The original reason is that even if Hou Dagui is unreasonable, but after this scene, the generals listened to it in their ears and saw it in their eyes, and they were all surprised - what is it that is terrifying? There was no power to restrain the chicken, and the knife was not held, and he climbed on Hou Dagui's head with a mouth. If this continues, won't Zhao Ying turn the sky upside down?

Hou Dagui was the leader of the military generals in the Zhao camp, and with him as the benchmark, all the officers at all levels below were full of surprise, especially the dozens of old brothers when they returned to the camp. They have followed Zhao Dangshi the longest, the oldest, and the most trusted. Since the development of Zhao Ying, as long as there is a little ability in it, they are already officers. It can be said that Zhao Ying is not only Zhao Ying's Zhao Ying, but also their Zhao Ying, they are naturally satisfied with the dominant position, but once there is a threat, their resistance is also the greatest.

Zhou Wenhe, one of the seven hardcore brothers in Jinlingchuan, even if he has a general friendship with Hou Dagui and involves the interests of the group, he can't help but stand on Hou Dagui's side. His words essentially represent the voices of the generals who joined the gang before entering Sichuan and now dominate the battalion.

What's so good about reading people?

Zhou Wenhe, Hou Dagui, etc., counting up to three generations, are all masters of shaving food in the field. Don't talk about literacy, I haven't touched a book, and the only impression I have of a reader is: I am arrogant before being an official, and I never look at people with a straight eye; After becoming an official, he will become even more violent, and he will only poison the people and bully them as "honest people".

After being a thief, those who have been persecuted will sprinkle all their grievances on the scholars, and they will not discern what the character of the other party is. Those who have not been persecuted have a bad impression of the scholars anyway, and are happy to help the persecution and make profits by the way. Such an atmosphere spread, and even those who still have respect and sympathy for the scholars do not dare to squeak. Standing on the opposite side of the reader seems to be a matter of course.

After Zhou Wenhe finished speaking, he was still puffing out and breathing heavily. Zhao Dangshi patted him on the back and said, "Have you heard of Bao Gong?" ”

Speaking of other people, Zhou Wenhe may not have heard of it, but who is Bao Gong? The storytelling in the streets and alleys is rotten, and the story of fairness and loyalty is clear to a three-year-old child. He nodded and said, "My subordinates know that he is the master of Qingtian, a good official who serves the country and the people." ”

Zhao Dangshi said "um": "Do you say he is good or bad?" ”

Zhou Wenhe blurted out: "He is a great good person!"

"But he's a reader."

"No, no!" Zhou Wenhe shook his head again and again, "It's different, it's different." He is a good reader, unlike others. ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled: "What about Wen Tianxiang?" ”

Zhou Wenhe said in a sullen voice: "He is also a good person." Good reader. ”

Then Zhao Dangshi gave a series of names such as Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Wei Wei, and even Yu Qian and Hai Rui in this dynasty. He deliberately selected these well-known characters among the people, Zhou Wenhe was illiterate, but he was more or less impressed, and he only cared about saying "good reader", but his voice was getting smaller and smaller.

Zhao Dangshi saw that he was becoming more and more cramped, and took the opportunity to ask: "Tell me, since you came out of your mother's womb, what bad readers have you seen and heard of?" ”

Zhou Wenhe's expression was stunned, and he slowly reported some people, except for Qin Hui and a few other famous figures in history, the rest were only "Li Gongsheng in the west of the village", "Young Master Chen in the town" and so on. Speaking of which, I was a little embarrassed, and it was rare for a little red to appear on my swarthy face.

"Count, is it because there are more bad readers in your mouth, or are there more good readers in my mouth?"

Zhou Wenhe was not convinced: "They are all well-informed and have many people who know, and of course they can't compare with the subordinates who crawl out of the ravines." ”

Zhao Dangshi still smiled: "So let me ask you again, what kind of characters are Lu Bu, An Lushan, and even Lan Yu of this dynasty?" ”

"These people are all generals, they are all ......" Zhou Wenhe sobbed, and suddenly reacted, "All of them are bad people, they can't be really heroes!" ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled at this time, and said with a straight face: "Yes, according to what I said before, the military generals may not be loyal, and the civil ministers may not be evil, just say that nowadays, how are Deng Xi, He Renlong, and Zuo Liangyu compared to Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng?" ”

"Not as good as that."

What kind of people are Deng Xi, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and others, even if Zhou Wenhe has not been in contact with him, he can roughly guess if he has heard a lot of friends in the friendly army, saying that it is an official army, but in fact he is a thief in an official uniform, just like Bai Guangen, the capital secretary who returned to the camp with Cao Bianjiao in Jinlingchuan, is also a thief. More recently, didn't Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo also become officials and soldiers? At this time, officials and thieves are not separated.

Zhao Dangshi said in a deep voice: "Yes, although Deng Xi and Zuo Liangyu are fierce, they are just horses. Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others who have taken charge of the provincial war situation are the real fierce opponents of our righteous army. In terms of fighting alone, Hong Chengchou may not be your opponent, but in terms of terrifyingness, who can compare to him among the generals who are enemies and me? ”

Zhou Wenhe stared at his toes, silent, Zhao Dangshi said in a deep voice: "Scholars have their own usefulness as readers, they can't compare to us when it comes to reading and writing, we are much inferior to them." ”

"Why can't it be compared?"

Zhao Dangshi replied: "In the army, the supply of grain and grass should be shared, and the deployment of mules and horses, if it were not for Mr. He, they would have planned with all their hearts, but I am afraid that they would have been messed up long ago; If it were not for Mr. He's list on paper one by one, the scale of thousands of people would never have been completed so quickly. Therefore, on the surface, what these scholars do is inconspicuous and trivial, but in fact it is related to the survival of our army. In the end, he didn't forget to laugh, "Mr. Zhou Bai, you only bring twenty people now, you can still remember the name and assign orders, if you bring hundreds of people in the future, thousands of people, you don't write them down, I'm afraid that your subordinates will do some sneaky things and don't know it." ”

Zhou Wenhe raised his head as if he had been empowered, his eyes were shining: "I see, alas, my subordinates are short-sighted, if they don't all mention it, how can they understand the truth." ”

Zhao Dangshi said gently: "You have few people, so it is inevitable that you will not realize it. Hou and Xu are now in charge of a lot and have realized themselves. That's true. Xu Hui is okay, I think that Hou Dagui used to hate scholars the most, and it was not once or twice that he insulted He Kewei in public, but now, he has become a battalion of thousands of presidents, and there are more than 2,000 people under his hands, but he suddenly found that it is difficult to be competent for management work by himself and a few rough hundred presidents alone. It's not that they don't have enough organizational leadership skills, but they really don't know how to write and write, and it is difficult to systematize military affairs. In the face of a large number of people and complicated affairs, I don't know how to start.

Fortunately, Zhao Dangshi was prepared, and each of the 100 or more general managers in the front camp and the middle camp was equipped with one to three clerks, and they were specially responsible for assisting the general manager and the general manager of 100 to deal with government affairs on weekdays. Hou Dagui was very reluctant at first, but later, he gradually discovered the benefits, and these days he couldn't do without those weak Confucian students. Subtly, the attitude towards other readers has also changed.

The two chatted for a while, Zhou Wenhe's heart gradually disappeared, and he was about to retire, when Zhao Dangshi stopped him and said, "Don't leave in a hurry, I still have something here." ”

Zhou Wenhe paused and listened to him carefully: "What I just said is all about the benefits of scholars, in fact, as you said, these people have a lot of pickled things in private. Let us use him, but we shall not trust him. ”

"Then what should my subordinates do?" Zhou Wenhe didn't expect Zhao Dangshi's words to change suddenly, and he didn't react for a while.

Zhao Dangshi said in a low voice: "You also saw Liu Xiaohong, who was self-harming in the front hall, these scholars entered my back camp, and few of them were willing, if we were on guard from time to time, it would be difficult to guarantee that we would not fall for them." You sent some people to keep an eye on the few important Confucian students in the back camp, especially He Kewei, and focused on supervision. ”

Zhou Wenhe heard that he had no trust in He Kewei and the others in his words, and he was a little happy in his heart, but thought: "All command and courtesy those stinky old nines, in order to just use them, how can it compare to the trust in our old brothers." While thinking about it, the sense of anxiety and crisis that existed at the beginning disappeared, and he said with an unmoving expression: "My subordinates understand." ”

Zhao Dangshi watched him go away, turned back to the hall, looked at the little blood stains that remained under Liu Xiaohong's seat, and was speechless.

After two days in Shizhou Weisho, he received the baggage team into the city, and settled the upper and lower matters, Zhao Dangshi asked Hou Dagui to lead the front and left two divisions to continue south.

Originally thought that the morale of the Shizhou soldiers had fallen, this army of soldiers and horses who explored the road could be successfully driven to the area of Shinan, but it was expected to cross the Qingjiang River to the south, the mountain road was steep all the way, it was extremely difficult to walk, and the forts were densely packed, and the natives who were hidden in the earthen villages and forts in various places continued to harass and attack, day and night, Hou Dagui's department was difficult to advance, and the spirit was exhausted. After taking a few prisoners, I was surprised to find that there were not only eleven or twelve-year-old children inside, but even women.

Hou Dagui was delayed for more than three days in the area of the Dongxiang No. 5 Road Pacification Division, but he was never able to approach the Shinan Xuanfu Division, and the grain road was also threatened, so he had no choice but to temporarily return to the guard for rectification. At the same time, there was news from Xu Hui's side, and he was also trapped in the Tangya long lawsuit, and he has not won the Datian Thousand Households so far.

Both sides were frustrated, and the situation was instantly stuck.