Chapter 10: Becoming a Captain
Of course, the position of guerrilla will be handed over to General Liu as soon as the battle is over, but the commander of the army commands five soldiers, which is the lowest among all the officers with posts, Wei Qing has made great contributions before, even if he can't become a general, a tooth general, or the like, it's still okay to be awarded the title of commander, right? How can you become a captain? Is this a reward or a punishment?
Wei Qing didn't understand, Bai didn't believe it, and Li Guang, Hua Rong, and Lin Chong naturally didn't understand. As soon as Li Guang saw Wei Qing, the first thing he said was: "Wei Guerrilla, this matter is too infuriating!" ”
"We'll wait for you to come back." Hua Rong immediately answered, "The three of us have already made an appointment, let's go to General Liu together and ask what is going on!" ”
Wei Qing waved his hand: "Why bother? I'll just ask for it myself. ”
"I'll go with you." Bai Buxin said.
"We'll wait here, and if General Liu can't explain the reason, the three of us will go to him together." Lin Chong said.
Wei Qing sighed, he was puzzled, although he knew that Uncle Liu would never suppress him, but now this situation is really not a normal situation. But what's the use of these three going to Uncle Liu? He said: "This is not necessary, you also know the relationship between General Liu and me, and I believe that there must be a reason for him to do this." ”
"What is the reason? No matter how big the reason is, you can't demote a meritorious general, right? Li Guang was still indignant.
Wei Qing waved his hand, stopped Li Guang, and said to Bai Buxin: "Let's go to General Liu to report." ”
"Wei Qing, I'm looking for you." Someone behind him called him.
Wei Qing looked back, but it was General Zhang. He had some doubts in his heart. General Zhang is not familiar with Wei Qing, but he is a general friend, what is the matter with him?
General Zhang looked at a few people beside Wei Qing, and stretched out his hand to the side: "Borrow a step to speak." ”
Wei Qing followed General Zhang to a place where no one was. "General Zhang, I don't know what advice you have?" Wei Qing asked.
General Zhang said in a low voice: "You know that you have become a captain, right?" ”
Wei Qingyi frowned. He wanted to ask Uncle Liu about this matter himself, whether it was for a reason or not, it was his own business that he became the captain of the army, how did everyone ask him about it now?
General Zhang naturally understood Wei Qing's thoughts, and still lowered his voice and said, "I was entrusted by General Liu to talk to you about this matter. ”
Wei Qing's heart was even more strange. It's all in the camp, and you can go directly to Uncle Liu in just a few steps, why did Uncle Liu mysteriously send a general to talk about this?
General Zhang slowly talked about what happened.
After Wei Qing's victory, Liu Anbang was happy in his heart, and planned to promote Wei Qing to be a general, but he didn't expect Gu Weidong to resolutely oppose it. His reason is: Wei Qing himself is not a regular soldier, but he went out with the army to exercise, strictly speaking, this practice itself is not allowed, and now a person who is not even a regular soldier should become a general all of a sudden, which makes no sense.
Liu Anbang said in his heart, you Gu Weidong will be able to get through when you are a tooth? But it's not good for him to say this, because he is not accusing Gu Weidong of saying this, but of accusing Gu Shangshu. So Liu Anbang retreated and bargained with Gu Weidong all the way, the tooth will not work, so can the general? What about the capital? What about the small capital?
Gu Weidong has always been determined to bite the silver teeth and not relax, not to mention the small capital, not even the centurion!
Liu Anbang was furious. Although he can make his own decisions and ignore Gu Weidong's objections, the problem is that the appointment of the general officer must be reported to the military department for approval, if Gu Weidong does not agree, then he only needs a letter, and the military department will not approve it, not to mention that theoretically speaking, what Gu Weidong said is not wrong, Wei Qing is indeed not a formal military position. This is the reason why Liu Anbang reluctantly discussed with Gu Weidong. But now it's good, the more we discuss, the worse it gets.
In a fit of rage, Liu Anbang decided to directly appoint Wei Qing as the army commander, who was not a general officer, but the head of the soldiers, and he could decide for himself. Liu Anbang's idea was, since it can't be said that anything is okay, okay, I let Wei Qing get a formal military position first, didn't you say that he is not a regular soldier so he can't be appointed to a military position? Now that he is a regular soldier, I will promote him again as soon as he becomes the captain of the army, and then see how you oppose it!
After Zhang Shenjiang finished talking about this reason, Wei Qing understood why Uncle Liu sent Zhang Shenjiang to talk about this, this is to prevent Gu Weidong's eyes and ears, once Gu Weidong knew that Liu Anbang's purpose of making Wei Qing the captain was to be promoted in the future, I was afraid that he would not be able to be the commander of the army.
Wei Qing shook his head helplessly, and said to General Zhang: "I understand, please tell Uncle Liu, that there is nothing wrong with Wei Qing, I am still young, and there will be opportunities in the future." ”
General Zhang nodded, and said to Wei Qing: "I will transfer you to Bai Dutong's team, so that you can also be taken care of." ”
Wei Qingdang agreed. After the two finished speaking, Wei Qing said goodbye to General Zhang, and went to Bai Buxin first, according to the regulations, he is now a recruit, and he has to report to the commander first, and the commander will arrange the army. Wei Qing thought all the way, he felt that Uncle Liu sent Zhang Shen in the future instead of other generals, and did not let the others all pass the word, there should be another deep meaning in this, otherwise why not send Li Guang, Hua Rong and others? You must know that General Zhang has always had little contact with him, and Li Guang, Hua Rong, and Lin Chong are already his friends.
Approaching the military tent of Bai Unbelief, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and he figured it out.
He is now under Bai Buxin's hands, and Bai Buxin is controlled by General Zhang, the reason why Uncle Liu sent General Zhang to talk about this matter is actually to tell General Zhang: I handed over Wei Qing to you, you have to take good care of him!
"Uncle Liu, thank you." As soon as Wei Qing understood Liu Anbang's hard work, he was moved in his heart, and couldn't help but speak softly.
He entered the military tent of Bai Buxin, and Bai Buxin was already waiting for him.
"Brother Wei Xian," Bai Buxin said, "I have already explained to Li Guang, Hua Rong, and Lin Chong. ”
Wei Qing nodded, stood up and saluted: "Bai Dutong, under Wei Qing, come to report." ”
"Captain Wei Wu is exempt." Bai didn't believe in a serious matter.
Both laughed.
Bai Buxin beckoned to Wei Qing, and when Wei Qing approached, he whispered to Wei Qing: "There is a few bad news. ”
Wei Qing waited for Bai Buxin to continue.
"The first news, the leader of the Jin army we captured, Zamuhe, was returned to the Jin people by Gu Sima."
"What?" Wei Qing was surprised!
"According to the report of the military Zhongdi, Gu Shangshu and Jin discussed exchanging prisoners of war with each other, so they wanted to send Zamuhe back."
"But they don't have our soldiers there at all!" Wei Qing was a little angry, "In the whole battle, only we captured dozens of prisoners of war!" ”
"It is said that in exchange for five thousand taels of silver and three soldiers who were captured by our army in the previous battle." Bai Buxin lowered his voice.
Wei Qing was speechless. The tactics of the military department Sima make it impossible to find fault, you see, the prisoners of war have been replaced.
"The second news is that the Ministry of War urgently ordered to stop the dismissal of soldiers, and those who have been dismissed must be recruited back, because the main force of the Jin Army has crossed the Nanhe."
Wei Qing stomped his foot in hatred.
If you knew today, why bother in the first place? It turned out that the strength of the Han army and the Jin army was not much different, and the Jin army naturally did not dare to risk crossing the river, but the Han army destroyed the Great Wall, dismissed a large number of soldiers, and gave up the deployment along the river, which is not equivalent to telling the Jin army clearly: "Come on, come on!" ”
"There's a third piece of news." Bai Buxin accentuated his tone.
Wei Qing sighed. The first two pieces of news are enough to make people speechless, could there be anything worse?
"I just knew," Bai Buxin's voice was a little dull, "The Ministry of War ordered that because of General Gu Weidongya's meritorious service, he was promoted to General Chang and ordered him to lead the second team of the Left Route Army. ”
Wei Qing closed his eyes in pain.
If this order had come a few days earlier, he would not have had to be delegated to be the commander of the army, and now that the commander has been appointed, he cannot change it. But this is not the most painful, the most painful thing is that what will happen if someone like Gu Weidong becomes General Chang? You must know that he can lead 10,000 living soldiers under his command.
"But there's good news." Bai Buxin looked at Wei Qing, "At least for me, the arrival of Brother Wei Xian is great news. ”
Wei Qing smiled bitterly. None of them seemed to be good news for him.
The next few days were hectic. went around to arrest Ding, reorganized the army, rushed to transport grain and grass, and listened to the news of the approaching Jin army every day, and everyone was busy and anxious.
Wei Qing is relatively idle. Bai Buxin honestly and unceremoniously transferred Wei Qing to his side, as a marching staff officer, called "Wei Wu Chief" in front of people, and "Wei Xian Brother" in the back, only let him help with big ideas, and Wei Qing never refuted the idea Bai Buxin said, but immediately ordered it to be executed, as if Bai Buxin had become Wei Qing's mouthpiece.
On this day, Wei Qing stood in front of the tent in a daze, looking at the chaos in the army, and felt a little lost in his heart. He also wanted to get involved, but Bai didn't believe that he would let him do these inferior tasks, and he had no right to command anyone, so he could only watch like an outsider.
A loud bell rang out.
Wei Qing was startled, raised his eyes, and saw a cloud of smoke and dust in the distance directly entering the barracks, and the bell did not stop at all, and went straight to the Chinese military tent.
Wei Qing immediately turned around and went into the house to get his weapon.
This is a special war report! In the army, horses are not allowed to gallop, no noise, and those who violate the order are beheaded, this rule has been implemented for hundreds of years, and there is only one situation that can break this example, and that is the special emergency war report. However, the emergency war report is by no means issued lightly, and once it is issued, it means that something extremely important has happened.
Sure enough, Wei Qing had just walked to the door of the house with his weapon, and the horn had already sounded, followed by the gathering drum. The drums beat continuously, not one or two, but continuously!
There was chaos in the camp. The generals desperately ran to the tents of the Chinese army, and the soldiers rushed to the barracks to get their weapons. Wei Qing stood in front of the door of the house and waited anxiously, hoping that Bai Buxin would come back soon and tell him what had happened.