The fourth day of August in the fourteenth year of Liyang

General Pass, the main hall of the Shuaifu

As soon as Duanwang entered the door, he heard the hearty and heroic laughter of Peng Kuohai, the commander of the Jin army's anti-Zhou army and the rear general.

A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but Duan Wang still came to the center of the hall quietly on the surface, glanced around, smiled, and bowed to Peng Kuohai, who was sitting at the top, and Di Yi, who was the first at the bottom.

"Le Zhi has seen Peng Shuai, Di Shuai."

Although Emperor Liyang stated several times that when King Duan and King Jing came to the front line, they would obey the orders of Peng Kuohai and Di Yi, the two commanders and deputy marshals, and they could be regarded as their subordinate generals.

But after all, the two have different identities, not only the current emperor's prince, prince and noble, but also a strong contender for the next emperor, so even if Peng and Di are respected in the military, they dare not ignore the existence of Duanwang.

At least, the two military giants did not slack off in the treatment of etiquette on the surface.

When King Duan saw this, Peng and Di both got up, smiled and nodded as a gesture.

The three of them interacted with each other, and the rest of the generals in the hall did not have this row.

Duan Wang served as the supervisor of the army in this battle, according to the military regulations of the Northern Jin Dynasty, his status was only under the two commanders, and he was the respect of the prince, so he naturally did not need to salute the generals, but the generals, and he had to salute him first.

So, after King Duan and the two bigwigs finished saluting, all the generals in the hall saluted King Duan according to the rules, and King Duan smiled gently, nodding to the generals one by one.

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Before King Duan and the generals finished communicating with each other, King Jing, who was late for King Duan to enter the door, stepped into the door with a confident face.

Now it's okay, according to the process of King Duan's salute just now, Peng, Di Ershuai, and the generals walked again in much the same way as King Jing.

After the salute was over, the hall finally stopped, and everyone sat down, except for the two princes and a few people, many generals were full of tiredness.

Military generals, except for a few who are more strict and old-fashioned, most of them are used to being arrogant, and they are very arrogant in the camp on weekdays, even in the face of Shangguan, the etiquette is rarely so thoughtful every day.

It's okay to say that it's not bad, as long as it's not out of line, Shangguan generally doesn't ask much.

Especially this time, the coach Peng Kuohai is the leader of the military generals' arrogant faction, and he has never liked the coiling of civil officials.

Under his command, as long as you can fight, you are the heart and soul of the old handsome, and the rest of the generals, as long as they do not deviate from military regulations, violate laws and disciplines, or fight a big defeat, the old handsome is very generous.

Therefore, under the command of the old marshal, the generals lived a very comfortable life, and the old marshal also had a very high prestige and popularity in the military.

However, since the two princes of Duanwang and King Jing and Di Yi came to the General Pass with 50,000 Beijing and four battalions, the comfortable days of the generals are gone.

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Di Yi is okay, after all, he is from the military, he has been transferred before, and he doesn't pay much attention to etiquette, but the two princes of Duanwang are different, they have grown up in the palace since childhood, and they have been disciplined by strict etiquette rules since they were young, and their every move has long become a habit.

When they encounter people in the army, they inevitably reveal these habits consciously or unconsciously, which is a bitter thing for the generals who are used to it.

The two Duanwang are princes, and the things they value, the generals naturally dare not disobey the wind, otherwise they will leave a bad impression of being rude and uncourteous in front of the two prospective princes who are likely to become the great treasure in the future, and they will get away with it.

In addition, the generals of the newly transferred Beijing Fourth Battalion are familiar with the environment of the capital, and the two kings of Tongduan "cooperate" tacitly, and the generals are no longer willing to be "remembered" by the two princes.

As a result, the meeting where the two Duanwang showed up went through one or two cumbersome scenes, and the generals were extremely annoyed by this, but they had to do it.

It's been a long time............

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The mood of the generals, Duanwang and the two people understand it to some extent, but they don't care too much, one is due to habit, and the other is because of identity.

After all, it is the prince, although both of them have the intention to make friends with some military generals, but it does not mean that they can put down the prince's shelf and mingle with the generals, maybe there may be unexpected good results, but there are also many sequelae, so many that they are unwilling to use this trick.

Regardless of the side, the four words of royal system alone are enough to deter the two, not to mention that breaking the knots and handing them over can sometimes be interpreted as forming a party for personal gain, harboring evil intentions, bad intentions, and wolf ambitions............

According to the number of etiquette, it may not be impersonal, but it is also very likely to be deliberate.

Peng Kuohai and Di Yi also knew about these flies, and the two old foxes invariably chose an attitude of indifference and non-interference.

Their goal is to resist Zhou, as long as they can fight, whether it is between generals or princes, if there are any small actions in private, the two handsome men who should be in charge and should not be mixed also understand what to do, it really can't be done, and Emperor Liyang is cleaning up the mess in the back.

Touching the gray thick beard under his chin, Peng Kuohai smiled and looked at the two Duanwang.

"The two princes came just in time, a letter just came from Yan Lin's side, and this kid Qin Qi has won a big battle."

"Yan Lin?"

Duanwang and King Jing didn't come to the front line for fun, and the two who might be on the throne in the future valued this battle more than many people, so both of them knew the battle situation of the Jin army at various war points.

Before Yanlin's defense line was frustrated and suffered the first defeat in the second Jin and Zhou wars, Duanwang and Wang both heard about it, and even carefully inquired about the war, King Jing even specially said to Peng Kuohai that he wanted to increase troops to Yanlin and consolidate the defense line in case Yanlin was lost.

As a result, this reinforcement has not been sent yet, and the Yanlin defenders have turned the tables?

It has been less than half a month since the first defeat of the day.

This Qin Qi has some skills!

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The two Duanwangs, who were still unclear about the specific battle situation, preconceived the credit for Qin Qi, the main general, but after reading the complete battle report, the two found that the real heroes were someone else.

Yan Kui.

This name that is not unfamiliar makes Duanwang's mind flood with faint memories.

At the beginning, Yan Kui led his troops to exterminate the White Snake Valley, and Yin Heji of Tong'an Mansion vigorously recommended him, and King Duan naturally fell in love with talents, not only sent a treasure knife, but also wrote a letter to win over Yan Kui.

But at that time, out of various considerations, Yan Kui did not directly take refuge under Duanwang, but just asked him to write a sincere letter of thanks for He Ji to hand it over on his behalf, and then went to the front line to suppress the bandits.

After Duanwang received Yan Kui's letter, after seeing that he was full of thanks but did not say anything about his intentions, he also knew that Yan Kui had rejected him euphemistically, but he didn't care too much, after all, Yan Kui was just a small six-rank military attaché, and it was not worth Duanwang's dignified second time to attract a prince and prince.

In addition, at that time, the Western Zhou Dynasty came to attack, the war was urgent, and Duanwang focused all his energy on the front line, and slowly, he forgot about this "slightly capable but unruly personality" six-rank military attaché.

Until today's "reunion", King Duan remembered again the general who sent a knife and wrote a letter to win over.

Gee.........

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King Duan looked at the battle report in his hand, and his heart began to turn over the river and the sea.

Qin Qi is a real person, and he didn't take all the credit for his subordinates, in the battle report, he marked all the credits of Yan Kui on it.

Sent scouts to probe the enemy camp, keenly discovered the large-scale illness of the Zhou army, and strongly recommended that the main general Qin Qi go into battle.

Subsequently, when Qin Qi adopted his strategy to raid the Zhou army, he personally led 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard and took the lead in attacking the Zhou army's camp and killing many enemies.

Later, when the war was stalemate, he led his troops to block the reinforcements of the Zhou army, successfully defeated the total annihilation of the reinforcements, and personally captured Yu Wen, the deputy general of the Zhou army in Tuxian County and the general of the Northern Fifth Miscellaneous Army.

The official who wrote this battle report wrote a good handwriting, with only a few dozen strokes, and a brave and resourceful general jumped on the paper, anyone who read this war report would clearly understand how big the role Yan Kui played in this battle.

The word "head work", Duan Wang felt a little condescending.

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King Duan is not the only one who thinks so, King Jing next to him also thinks so, but his mood when he looks at this battle report is much worse than that of King Duan.

Because......... He also knew Yan Kui.

At the beginning of Tong'an's suppression of bandits, Yan Kui made repeated military exploits, and successfully made King Jing's plan to prevent King Duan from taking the Tong'an Mansion Army in vain, so, in addition to being lost, King Jing also noticed Yan Kui, a bandit expert who was born out of nowhere.

However, just like Duanwang, Yan Kui's status was too low, and after the original plan to stop Duanwang failed, King Jing did not continue to focus on Tong'an Mansion, but looked elsewhere.

Before today, Yan Kui was just a name that flashed in front of King Jing, until he read the battle report, and combined with the excited eyes of King Duan next to him, King Jing Fang remembered this Yan Kui who was quite good at fighting again.

However, because of Yan Kui's previous performance of suppressing bandits and Duanwang's expression at this time, King Jing successfully misunderstood that Yan Kui had already taken refuge in Duanwang's party.

The competitors have made great contributions, and King Jing's face is naturally not very good-looking.

"This time, Yan Lin made meritorious contributions and beheaded more than 10,000 prisoners, and the commander decided to reward him, which can also inspire the morale of all departments."

After Duanwang and the two read the battle report, Peng Kuohai stroked his beard and determined the matter, King Jing's eyebrows moved, and he wanted to speak, but he paused, but did not speak after all.

Meritorious service is rewarded, and it is justified.

Yan Kui has made a great contribution this time, if King Jing speaks out to prevent Yan Kui from getting the reward, if he doesn't say it properly, I'm afraid it will arouse the disgust of the generals, and the gains outweigh the losses.

King Jing didn't speak, and King Duan couldn't speak alone, and the two princes didn't speak, so Peng Kuohai took them as a default.

As a result, Qin Qi made the merit for his crimes, and the responsibility for the previous battle of the valley was completely eliminated, and another merit was recorded.

After all, Qin Qi is a fourth-grade cavalry general, because of the strange military general system, it is too difficult to rise further, so he can only slowly accumulate credit, and when there is a vacancy in the third grade in the future, he can rely on the merits and qualifications of the previous boil.

Of course, this is also the reason why Qin Qi's merits are not too big, if he really makes great contributions, or accumulates too much credit, and the imperial court has been pressing not to let the family be promoted, it will reward him with a title.

So every time there is a big war, a group of generals will successfully step into the ranks of the lords.

It's a pity that the weight of the Northern Jin Dynasty title is not enough, unless the knighthood is above the earl, otherwise the generals prefer their reward to be promoted.

After all, in the eyes of the vast majority of generals, being a powerful general is far more enjoyable than being a carefree marquis.

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Qin Qi's reward doesn't seem to be high, but if you count the previous defeats, it looks quite impressive.

However, although Qin Qi's reward is not low, the real big head of this reward is Yan Kui, who has made the first contribution.

In the name of the generalissimo of the front line, Peng Kuohai promoted Yan Kui to the general of Wupin Huben (miscellaneous), and rewarded 1,000 taels of silver, 10 war horses, and 2 pairs of armor.

In addition, in addition to the grade, Peng Kuohai also raised Yan Kui's position.

Originally, Yan Kui was just the leader of a small unit in the Yanlin Jin Army, and his position was not too high, but this time Peng Kuohai promoted Yan Kui to the deputy general of the Yanlin Jin Army in one go.

Since then, Yan Kui has not only crossed the threshold from military attache to military general, and from now on he can be called General Yan, but also unexpectedly became one of the commanders of tens of thousands of troops, both in terms of status and real power.

Strictly speaking, Peng Kuohai's reward for Yan Kui is a little out of line, but the current enemy, based on the sake of improving the morale of the Jin army, it is understandable to increase the reward.

Who made Yan Kui come out on top.

If someone wins the first victory of the Jin army, Peng Kuohai will also be rewarded, so in the face of Yan Kui, who has won the cheap, the generals feel slightly sour in their hearts, and there is no resentment.

It was King Jing who looked at King Duan who was smiling, and secretly held his breath in his heart, but when he saw the old handsome man with a spring breeze on his face, he didn't dare to stand up and spoil the scenery after all.