Chapter 3: Seven Tricks of Smoke
Lu Chen didn't know what he would do if his roommate was in his current situation, he only knew that because of his various performances and some coincidences before, he had already made these two thousand bloody battles, and the soldiers who came to rescue him had a strong disappointment with him.
Now, whether he wants it or not, he must regain the prestige of his identity. No matter how unacceptable he is, but now the fact that Lu Chen has become a border city county guard can no longer be changed, and if he wants to live, he must completely integrate into this world and his current identity.
Lu Chen has grasped the basic structure of this world from the information in his mind, and he knows very well that there is a clear distinction between respect and inferiority here, although it does not belong to any era in Chinese history, but it is very similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there are many places, but there are close to the Qin and Han Kingdoms.
Of course, the reason why Lu Chen dared to talk like this to Zhao Chuan in front of him was precisely because he had mastered these things. Here, his position is the largest.
As an ordinary person, it can be said that Lu Chen's heart is now more nervous than anyone present, because this is also the first time he has spoken to others in the tone of a superior person, not to mention that the other party is still a general who commands the army.
But no matter how nervous he was, Lu Chen had to hold on, he took a deep breath and stared down at Zhao Chuan who was kneeling in front of him on one knee.
The garrison of the border city is 30,000, which are the first, second, and third, each of which is 10,000 soldiers, and Zhao Chuan is the commander of the first corps. This person is an upright person, although he is very brave, but his mind is too simple, to put it bluntly, he is a brave and unscrupulous general, and it is okay to charge into battle, but if he is allowed to command a large-scale battle of 10,000 people, it is not possible to strategize.
And he himself is well aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and he also understands his own catties, so all along, Zhao Chuan has been extremely eager for the border city to send a wise county guard, therefore, after he heard that Lu Chen went directly to Wuguan to inspect the city defense as soon as he took office, he subconsciously thought that the new county guard this time was a good adult who cared about the safety of the border pass!
Therefore, after he heard that Lu Chen was attacked by barbarians, he desperately led his troops to the rescue, you must know that at that time, Zhao Chuan's first corps was not stationed in Wuguan, but changed to the border camp, Wuguan, which was also garrisoned by the second corps.
And the one who rescued Lu Chen was not the Second Corps, which was close at hand.
Thinking about this, Lu Chen knew it in his heart, but what still confused him at the moment was that his 6,000 troops were already twice as large as the enemy, and the barbarians were not sneak attacks, or they had a geographical advantage, they were completely on flat ground, and the two sides were fighting head-on, how could they be like this?
Could it be that the brutes are indeed too fierce? Can everyone fight one against two? Lu Chen shook his head secretly, looking at the two thousand soldiers who fought bloodily in front of him, although they looked down-and-out now, and many of them were injured, they were all young and strong young men, and since they dared to take the initiative to attack and could kill the barbarian soldiers, from this point alone, it could be seen that they were not soldiers who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
And through the information fused in his mind, Lu Chen has also learned that among the three corps in the border city, the only ones who can really be called combative, or dare to fight against the barbarians, are the soldiers of Zhao Chuan of the first corps.
But what's the problem? Lu Chen narrowed his eyes, and now, his nervousness was even worse than before, and the hands behind his back were also tightly clenched together.
After a pause, Lu Chenqiang cheered himself up, and asked deliberately again: "But you are incompetent in commanding the troops!" Cowardly and afraid of death! As a result, the soldiers below have no fighting spirit!? ”
Hearing this, Zhao Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then returned with a flushed face: "How can an adult humiliate the last general?" Our soldiers, up and down! In order to repel the barbarians, all of them fought for their lives, and no one retreated! ”
"Hehe..."Lu Chen laughed angrily, and asked again: "Then can General Zhao tell this officer that with 6,000 combat strength, he can meet 3,000 enemy soldiers, twice as many as the enemy, but he fights like this, what is the reason?" ”
"This..."Zhao Chuan lowered his head, as if there was something unspeakable.
"Huh?" Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "General Zhao has nothing to say?" ”
Lowering his head and maintaining the posture of meddling in the salute for a while, Zhao Chuan raised his head violently, met Lu Chen's gaze, and returned: "Return to your lord!" The last general didn't want to shirk his responsibility, but the reason why this battle was fought like this was because our army's weapons, armor, and armaments were inferior to the barbarians! So..."
"What?" Lu Chen's eyebrows furrowed deeply, and he sneered, "Hasn't Lord County Leader set aside new armor and weapons recently?" Don't you know that the place where we are stationed is actually a border fortress, and the materials such as grain, grass, and armaments are particularly important, and the imperial court has already issued a clear order..."
Without waiting for Zhao Chuan to answer, Lu Chen said again: "General Zhao keeps saying that it is because my army's armament is inferior to the other party, but is he bullying his own officials and ignorance?" As he spoke, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly because of nervousness.
When Zhao Chuan heard this, he was startled, and hurriedly said, "How dare the last general deceive the adults... It's just that... It's just..."You know, the hierarchy of this world is too distinct, the top is the top, the bottom is the bottom, Lu Chen is the official of the imperial court, if you really have to convict Zhao Chuan of deception, it is not fun, and even if Zhao Chuan is not convinced in his heart, he will never dare to commit it!"
Interrupting him with a wave of his hand, staring at Zhao Chuan for a long time, Lu Chen retracted his gaze and suddenly said, "You get up first." ”
Now, he has gradually calmed down, Lu Chen is not a cowardly person, nor is he a self-defeating and unassertive person. On the contrary, his character is tougher than most and smarter than the average person.
He didn't really know Zhao Chuan, but through some of the information left by that 'predecessor' and today's rescue incident, at least, he could roughly understand Zhao Chuan's character and character.
After Zhao Chuan got up, he walked past the latter and walked in front of a soldier, carefully and carefully, looking the soldier up and down several times.
The soldier didn't know what he was going to do, and seeing that Lu Chen kept glancing at him, he swallowed his saliva secretly and asked cautiously, "My lord..."
As soon as his words came out, how did he know that Lu Chen suddenly grabbed the armor on his body, and then pulled it violently, only to hear a 'stab', and the armor on the soldier's body cracked in response.
"Huh?" Everyone was staring at Lu Chen at this time, and they were all startled when they saw this, and Lu Chen was even more angry, and shouted angrily: "This is also called armor!?" How can our soldiers fight!? "In the era of cold weapons, armor was the only thing that a soldier could save his life on the battlefield, but now it was torn and torn apart by Lu Chensheng, who was 'powerless', let alone blocking any swords.
After the angry scolding, Lu Chen snatched the spear from the soldier's hand again, just looking at the rusty gun head, he was already half angry, and then the gun body was broken by his foot, which made his whole body tremble with anger, and the tension in his heart also disappeared, and what followed was full of raging anger!
"Tell me! What a broken armament is this! Are you joking with the lives of our soldiers!! Lu Chen roared angrily.
An adjutant general cautiously returned: "Your Excellency, the officers and soldiers of our army have been... It's been nearly two years since I changed my armor..."
"Why don't you change!? Could it be that all the new armaments have been embezzled by you!? ”
"Huh!?" When the adjutant general heard this, he almost fell to the ground in fright, embezzling armaments? Is that still there? What's more, this is still a border city? If that's the case, he won't be able to save even ten heads! He trembled and said: "My lord Mingjian, even if you borrow a hundred guts from the general, we don't dare to embezzle the materials in the army without permission... It's all because... Because the county chief has not allocated armaments at all in the past two years..."
"What? Didn't the previous county warden mention this to the county chief? Lu Chen asked incredulously.
"There's... The previous county warden mentioned it to the county head, but... But they were all prevaricated by the county head for various reasons..."
When Lu Chen heard this, his anger was smoking, he couldn't help it anymore, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhao Chuan, and shouted angrily: "Zhao Chuan! Bring the Honto! Come with me! ”
"Huh? My lord, yes... Are you going home..."
"Go back to what house! Follow me to the county seat! I want to see why our county head is secretly withholding our army's supplies!! ”