Chapter Seventy-Three: Original Sin
And this time, General Wu has always been strangely entangled in the question of why he encountered the Jin army unexpectedly, and he is also thinking about whether Liu Anbang revealed the news to the Jin army, because this strategy of passing through behind enemy lines was made by Wei Qing!
"Uncle Liu, General Liu, why?!" Wei Qing shouted loudly.
Liu Anbang didn't answer Wei Qing, but just looked at Wei Qing with a desperate look.
"Come on, take Liu Anbang down!" Wu Ming shouted coldly, "Take strict care!" ”
Liu Anbang did not resist, several knife and axe men escorted Liu Anbang to the outside of the tent, and when he arrived at the door, Liu Anbang suddenly turned his head and said loudly: "I definitely didn't report to the Jin Army!" ”
Wu Ming ignored him, just waved his hand and motioned for the knife and axe to escort him out.
Wei Qing sat there in a daze, his head in a mess. He felt like he had suddenly become an idiot.
Will Uncle Liu harm himself? It's true? Why? He couldn't help but look at Ma Chao, hesitating in his heart, not knowing why Wu Ming summoned Ma Chao to watch this scene. It is said that the less people know about such a thing, the better, he, Liu Anbang and Wu Ming are all parties, what about Ma Chao?
Ma Chao looks even more idiot than Wei Qing.
He took a few breaths, and finally asked hesitantly: "General, I 。。。。。。 ”
"You have to know about it." Wu Ming cut off Ma Chao's words, "Because Liu Anbang was arrested, you have to act as the commander of the third team on the left." Okay, you can go, but don't spread the word about tonight, even if you meet Wei Qing and me again in the future, you won't be able to mention it again, otherwise you will be killed! ”
Ma Chao left dizzily. He wished he wasn't sitting here, but going to kill the enemy. The inside story in the tent of the Chinese army is really terrible, much more terrible than facing the enemy.
There were only two people left in the big tent, Wu Ming and Wei Qing.
Wei Qing looked at Wu Ming blankly.
Wu Ming seemed to be sighing: "Do you know why I left you behind? ”
"Yes," Wei Qing's voice was low and tired, "you want to tell me why General Liu did this. ”
"Have you guessed why?" Wu Ming's eyes flickered.
Wei Qing shook his head painfully: "No." I just can't figure it out. ”
He really couldn't figure it out. General Liu, Uncle Liu, has been his father's confidant for many years, Wei Qing was already often called "Uncle Liu" when he was less than five years old, and Wei Qing himself couldn't remember how many times he urinated on Uncle Liu's body when he was a child. If he didn't have this affection, how could his father rest assured that he would be handed over to Uncle Liu? Why? Why would Uncle Liu, who he regarded as his closest relative, harm himself like this?
Wu Ming really sighed deeply this time.
"Wei Qing, you won't understand, because you are young, because your position is too low, and because your enlistment is too short." Wu Ming said slowly.
Wei Qing completely agrees with this. Because even if General Wu said the reason why he didn't understand, he still didn't figure it out. He could understand that "youth" caused him not to understand why Uncle Liu did this, but he did not understand why his position and enlistment time would cause him not to understand why Uncle Liu did this. So, he could only listen honestly.
It was the first time that Wu Ming had been so patient and meticulous in telling Wei Qing about life lessons.
"Wei Qing, honor is what every soldier wants, but this honor is not so easy to get. You see, some of our soldiers have been in the army for five or six years, and they are only a military commander. Do you know what they think about someone who becomes a centurion after three months of enlistment? ”
"Envy, jealousy, hatred". Wei Qing replied in five words, but he still didn't understand what Wu Ming meant. Uncle Liu is General Chang, he is just a small capital commander when he rises again and again, and Uncle Liu will "envy, jealousy, and hate" him Wei Qing?
Wu Ming looked at Wei Qing, and he saw the blank look on Wei Qing's face. He suddenly asked Wei Qing: "Wei Qing, when you are riding on a horse, there is a horse parallel to you, and another horse is approaching quickly from behind you, what are you more afraid of, is the one next to you surpassing you, or is it behind you?" ”
The muscles on Wei Qing's face jumped violently.
"I'm more afraid of the ones behind me." He replied slowly, "My side, I already know his speed, no matter how fast he is, after all, I know his details, whether I can outrun it or not, I have prepared in my heart, but the fast approach behind me, I don't know how fast it can run, I don't know how fast it can run, I don't know the bottom of my heart, so I'm more afraid of it, especially if it was originally far away from me, but now it is approaching quickly, my psychology will be very unbalanced." ”
He knew that Wu Ming would definitely ask him the reason, so he simply said the reason together, and at the same time, he also understood what Wu Ming meant.
Wei Qing has been in the army so far, but in March, he has been promoted from a small Wu Chang to the capital, and if he continues to rise at this rate, he can replace Da Sima at the end of the year. He was the horse that was approaching at high speed, and he was approaching quickly from behind Liu Anbang.
Liu Anbang originally had a love for Wei Qing, but Wei Qing's growth rate far exceeded his expectations, plus Gu Shangshu did not distinguish between right and wrong, and the rewards and punishments were unknown, Liu Anbang obviously had a chance to be promoted, but instead of being promoted, he was reprimanded, and his heart was very unbalanced. He is the oldest and oldest General Chang in the entire Left Route Army, which means that he is the most suppressed General Chang. And Wei Qing must always be under him, because everyone knows his relationship with Wei Qing, and it is impossible for him to put Wei Qing in other teams until Wei Qing is promoted all the way and surpasses him, and then, he bows his eyebrows in the face of this person who calls him uncle when he meets and becomes a subordinate.
Therefore, Liu Anbang was very unbalanced, and he would be very embarrassed every time he thought about it, and in the end, this worry distorted his mentality, making him decide to hinder Wei Qing's promotion. It just so happened that Wu Ming asked him whether Wei Qing could be a traitor, and let him know that Wei Qing had made a big mistake, and he decided to use Gu Weidong to achieve his goals.
As it turned out, he did. Originally, Wu Ming promised to recommend Wei Qing as a general, but Liu Anbang made a bad result in private, and Wei Qing only got a centurion. However, Liu Anbang forgot one thing: Wu Ming is not a person who can rub sand in his eyes, how could he not be able to do it if someone interferes with his power so much? Wu Ming's first thought after calming down was to think about who could get close to Gu Weidong during his detention, which was a very easy thing to investigate, and among the people who could get close to him, find out the person who knew the secret of Wei Qing's mistake this time, and as a result, there was only Liu Anbang.
Wu Ming didn't want to confront Liu Anbang so openly, after all, this is a matter of loss. In any case, Wei Qing did send news to Jin Jun privately. But this time they unexpectedly encountered the Jin army, and the direction of the Jin army's march was obviously towards the main force of the Left Route Army, not the second left team that feintmed, which made Wu Ming suspect that it was Liu Anbang who was leaking the news to prevent Wei Qing from being promoted, but if this is the case, then Liu Anbang is not just a traitor, he is murdering tens of thousands of soldiers of the Left Route Army. Enraged, Wu Ming decided to publicly expose Liu Anbang.
This series of thoughts swept through Wei Qing's mind like lightning. He now understands why Wu Ming said that his youth, low military rank and short enlistment time led him to not understand Liu Anbang's approach.
Because he is young, he does not understand the psychology of middle-aged people; Because of his low military rank, he does not understand the mentality of high military personnel who suffer from gains and losses; Because he has been in the army for a short time, he does not understand the inner anger and anxiety of not being promoted for a long time.
Wei Qing did understand, but he would rather not understand. His heart was more painful now than when he didn't understand.
Who forced his dear Uncle Liu out of such a distorted psychology? It's not him Wei Qing, it's not General Wu, it's Gu Shangshu! Uncle Liu has been an official for many years, honest and honest, and has made outstanding achievements, but he has always been suppressed, that is, a few months ago, Gu Weiqing, who had obviously made a big mistake, was promoted to General Chang, and Uncle Liu, who fought hard to defeat the enemy, was reprimanded by the Ministry of War. If he could judge fairly, Uncle Liu would have been promoted a long time ago, and he wouldn't worry that Wei Qing would press on his head and embarrass him. The distorted rewards and punishments finally distorted Uncle Liu's psychology, but can Uncle Liu be blamed for this? He is also a human being, and he also has seven emotions and six desires, why should he be completely indifferent to everything? He's a soldier, not a monk! How many people like Uncle Liu were suppressed, and in the end they couldn't be loyal to the country and couldn't show their talents? Is it just Liu Anbang?
The more Wei Qing thought about it, the more angry he became, he was no longer thinking about Uncle Liu's affairs, but thinking about the entire military system. "If the rewards and punishments are not clear like this, in a situation like Uncle Liu, I am afraid that it will never be a person!" Wei Qing couldn't help blurting out.
Wu Ming was stunned. He didn't expect Wei Qing to associate this aspect with this. But he had to admit that what Wei Qing said was indeed reasonable. The problem is that no matter how justified it is, this status quo is not something that he Wu Ming can change. He let out a long sigh again and waved his hand to Wei Qing: "You go, don't worry, I won't abuse General Liu." It's just that you're going to get promoted quickly, and it's better to get to my head before I try to stop you. ”
Wei Qing walked back to his tent as if he were sleepwalking. Zhao Yueru had already left, and before leaving, she carefully laid out Wei Qing's bedding and helped Wei Qing wash her clothes.
Wei Qing sat down on the bed slowly, his heart numb. He didn't know whether to be grateful to Zhao Yueru or sympathize with Uncle Liu. Or, he should think about it, does Zhao Yueru prefer him or Bai Buxin?
With a snap, Wei Qing raised his hand and slapped himself fiercely. Why do people like you? You killed someone's father, and her mother died because of it, and she became an orphan with no relatives because of you, and people smiled at you, so they fantasized that people liked you?