Chapter 239: Before the Great War
Zhong Hao also came with the 10,000 Western Army led by Di Qing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After he came to the camp of the Western Army of Daguling, he ran to Yang Huaiyu's camp, and Cui Feng heard that Zhong Hao was coming, and he also came to Yang Huaiyu.
The middle battalion of the Pingxi Army is also full of cavalry, and Cui Feng naturally has to take the middle battalion of the Pingxi Army to act together with the cavalry brigade of the Western Army and participate in the pursuit of Nong Zhigao. As for Yang Huaiyu, he also came with his father's vanguard army. Whether it was Yang Huaiyu or Cui Feng, they all wanted to try their luck and see if they could catch Nong Zhigao and make a big contribution.
The vanguard army first captured Kunlun Pass together, and then the middle battalion of the Pingxi Army in the vanguard army used the earth-shaking thunder to break the Nong Zhigao elephant soldier troops, and the other Zhenxi Army of the vanguard army and the three battalions of the Baojing Army armored cavalry completely crushed the Chinese army of Nong Zhigao, and finally the middle battalion of the Pingxi Army blew up the north gate of Yongzhou City. In fact, whether it is the middle battalion of the Pingxi Army, or the three battalions of the Zhenxi Army and the Baojing Army, they have all made a lot of contributions.
But who would be too much credit for it? If you can stand more, naturally everyone is willing to stand more. The capture of Nong Zhigao is also a great achievement, and Nong Zhigao has become a lost dog, and the danger of catching him is not great, so the cavalry departments of the Western Army naturally want to fight for this great credit.
Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng didn't expect that Nong Zhigao hadn't caught it yet, but now there was another big battle waiting for everyone to make another contribution, and they were excited.
Of course, not only the two of them, but the soldiers of the entire Western Army were also very excited about the opportunity to make meritorious contributions easily. In the eyes of the soldiers of the Western Army, these cochin monkeys are like scum. Although these armies on the other side are also the so-called regular armies of the Cochin Kingdom, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Western Army, I am afraid that they are not even comparable to the Nong Zhigao army.
Nong Zhigao's army and the Song army in Lingnan fought successively, giving rise to strong morale, and it can actually be regarded as a strong army. If it weren't for the fact that the army was too short, it would be really difficult to deal with over time. But what do these Cochins have? The equipment was unified at the time, but compared with the Western Army, it was simply scum, and Nong Zhigao's army managed to get a lot of Song Army standard equipment in the arsenals of the Great Song Dynasty states and counties. Although the equipment and weapons of the Western Army are not as good as the forbidden army in the capital, they are not known to be many times stronger than the Jiaozhi Army.
As for the combat power of individual soldiers, those cross-toed monkeys are all black, thin, and dry, how can they compare with those fierce Guanzhong men in the Western Army?
In terms of formation combat ability, the infantry of the Western Army formed a tight formation, which could withstand the impact of the Dangxiang cavalry and the Khitan cavalry, and they were not afraid in the face of the fierce Dangxiang and Khitan people, and these Jiaozhi monkeys naturally did not pay attention to them.
In terms of field combat ability, the cavalry of the Western Army can easily crush the Chinese troops of Nong Zhigao's army, and the infantry field combat ability is also very strong, which is not only many times stronger than those cross-toed monkeys.
In fact, everyone in the Western Army, not only Di Qing couldn't understand where those Jiaozhi people got their arrogance, but even most of the Western Army soldiers couldn't understand where the Jiaozhi people got so much courage to dare to provoke the Western Army so much. Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Western Army have very simple heads, and they will not think about things that they don't understand. Why do you want to do so much, since those cross-toed monkeys dare to provoke our Western Army, they will beat them all over the ground to find their teeth, and see what arrogant capital they have?!
In fact, in the final analysis, there is nothing to think about and understand, it is nothing more than the arrogance of the Jiaozhi people.
The Cochin Kingdom is a relatively powerful country in the south, and it can often gain the upper hand when it is at war with neighboring countries. Compared with the Champa in the south of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, and the Zhenla and Lao States in the west, the Jiaozhi army is relatively strong. The Jiaozhi State has sent troops to attack the countries of Zhancheng and Zhenla many times, and has won many victories, which is a bit bursting with self-confidence. Another is that the Jiaozhi people saw that Nong Zhigao, who had been defeated repeatedly under his hands, was able to sweep through Lingnan and was invincible, and the Song army could not stop its troops, so they couldn't help but be even more arrogant.
Zhong Hao has never had a good impression of those Jiaozhi people! This nation has a bad character since ancient times, and I don't know how many times it has harassed our country. Moreover, this country is always arrogant and arrogant as soon as it is stronger, and it invades the surrounding small countries everywhere, and even invades our country. And once these cochin people are beaten, they immediately wag their tails and beg for work without any dignity, which is a country with no bottom. In later generations, they even ate our Tian~Chao, and our Tian~Chao, and still took the weapons of our Tian~Chao and beat our Tian~Chao, which was extremely bad. It was precisely because Zhong Hao hated the Jiaozhi people very much, so as soon as he heard that the Western Army was going to fight the Jiaozhi people, he couldn't wait to see the excitement.
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Zhong Hao was chatting with Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng about dealing with people, when Yang Wenguang suddenly opened the curtain at the door of the tent and walked in.
Seeing that Zhong Hao and Cui Feng were also there, Yang Wenguang smiled and said: "Yo, you two are also here, that's just right, save me from letting people tell you again, Dashuai has decided to start a war with those Jiaozhi monkeys tomorrow!" ”
When the three of them heard that they were going to fight those cross-toed monkeys tomorrow, they were all overjoyed. Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng are so that they can make more contributions, and Zhong Hao is so that they can watch Jiaozhi people being beaten.
Yang Huaiyu's own father asked on the side: "Father, let's go to the Western Army to give an ultimatum, what do those Jiaozhi people say?" ”
Yang Wenguang Yang Huaiyu's words, he couldn't help but think of the arrogance of those Jiaozhi people, and couldn't help but blow his beard and glare: "Those Jiaozhi people really want to find death, not only do they not bird our ultimatum, but also provoke that if our Western Army has the ability, just go and fight them!" This isn't looking for death, is it for? According to me, it is enough to talk so much nonsense with them at all, just to do them directly, it is enough for them to invade our Great Song Realm for no reason. ”
Zhong Hao said to Yang Wenguang on the side: "In this matter, the reason why the soldiers are saluted first and then the soldiers, and the procedures that should be taken are taken together, Di Shuai is afraid that for the sake of overall consideration, he can't give people a handle, after all, behind our Western Army, there are still many civilian officials staring at it." Originally, they were very dissatisfied with Di Shuai's exception this time, and there was no civilian restraint, and they couldn't give them the opportunity to pick on our Western Army. ”
Yang Wenguang said angrily: "Those big turbans will play tricks all day long, our Western Army is desperate in front, and they are still pointing fingers at us in the back to make trouble, which is really infuriating." ”
Zhong Hao smiled bitterly and persuaded Yang Wenguang to say: "Uncle doesn't have to be too angry. Alas, who made the Great Song Dynasty such a political situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to change. However, judging from the fact that the official family let Di Shuai take command alone this time, the official family still intends to gradually improve the status of the general. I don't know how the official family will reward Di Shuai after our Western Army squad returns to Beijing this time? But no matter what, the status of the generals can only get better and better, and it will not get worse. ”
Di Qing is now a privy deputy envoy, and if he is promoted, he will have to be a privy envoy. Now that the Western Army has defeated Nong Zhigao and the immortal achievement of recovering Liangguang has been obtained, Di Qing, the commander of the army, must be rewarded heavily, and it is inevitable to increase the rank and enter the knighthood. Even if the official is promoted to one level, Di Qing should also be promoted to the privy envoy. However, although the privy envoy was in charge of the military, it had always been done by civilian officials, and no military general had ever touched it. Even if the official family wants to appoint Di Qing as a privy envoy, I am afraid that there will be many obstacles, and they will have to face the desperate obstruction of the civil officials.
Zhong Hao had the impression that Di Qing did become a privy envoy later, which seemed to indicate that today's officials wanted to reverse the current situation of light civility and military and serious imbalance between civil and military affairs. However, in Zhong Hao's memory, after Di Qing became a privy envoy, he didn't seem to resist the bite of the civil officials, and he was soon abolished by the civil officials. Although Di Qing is famous on the battlefield and invincible, it is obviously not enough to play with the civilian officials. Those civil officials in the era of the Great Song Dynasty were all famous people who were like smart people.
Yang Wenguang listened to Zhong Hao's words and muttered: "I hope, if this continues, I'm afraid that our martial artists will become less and less motivated." Wen Xuan, if you become a civil official in the future, you must not be like those sour turbans. ”
"Uh...... If I become a minister in the future...... Definitely not. Zhong Hao has always thought of himself as a member of the Western Army, Yang Wenguang suddenly said what will happen to him after he becomes a civil official in the future, Zhong Hao can't help but be a little speechless, and he doesn't know how to answer.
In fact, Zhong Hao's dispatches in Jingqiang Village, including the marching Sima and Zanhua in the Western Army's southward counterinsurgency army, are all civilians, but these civilians are obviously of the same mind as the Western Army, and these civilian officials who are not from formal scientific examinations have no right to speak. Yang Wenguang said that he would become a civil official in the future, obviously referring to Zhong Hao's future success as a regular civil official after passing the scientific examination and Donghuamen's roll call. What he meant was that after asking Zhong Hao not to be a civil official, he would work with those civil officials to deal with the generals.
However, Zhong Hao really has no confidence in participating in the "lock hall test", he just wants to try his luck, who makes this era an era of "everything is inferior, only reading is high"! If you have the opportunity to be a civil official from the right path, you still have to fight for it. Civil officials who were born in scientific examinations are much better in terms of status and future than those who are born in miscellaneous fields.
Besides, Zhong Hao can't take the test, and his father-in-law on the stage is there, but the father-in-law hopes that he can take the Jinshi exam, so that the father-in-law thinks that his daughter can have a good home. Zhong Hao felt that if he didn't go, he was afraid that his father-in-law would not be able to explain it.
However, as for Yang Wenguang's words, Zhong Hao didn't take it to heart. I don't want to say that it is difficult to be admitted to the Jinshi, but if I am really admitted to the Jinshi, I will mix in the ranks of civil officials in the future, and I am afraid that I will definitely not be like those civil officials, and I have to desperately suppress the generals. In fact, it is already difficult for the generals of the Great Song Dynasty to rebel, the suppression is too ruthless, the generals are cold, and when there are foreign enemies, I am afraid that no one will fight hard for the Great Song Dynasty.
Others don't know, but Zhong Hao knows clearly: Seventy years later, the Great Song Dynasty will be wiped out, and the "Jingkang Change" will become a great shame in the hearts of all Han people. And the root cause of that catastrophe, this civilian official's desperate suppression of military generals, is one of the most important ones.
Yang Wenguang listened to Zhong Hao's words and couldn't help but nod approvingly. Immediately, he didn't dwell on this topic, and said to Zhong Hao and the three of them in a deep voice: "You all prepare, the war will start tomorrow, and then let's clean up those Jiaozhi monkeys and let them taste the means of smashing the cavalry of the Western Army." Although Yang Wenguang looked impatient in front of Di Qing and Ma Jinhu, now in front of his juniors and subordinates, he wanted to show his elder's style and show a calm look.
When Zhong Hao and the three of them heard this, they all happily agreed, and they were still quite excited that they could finally cut those cross-toed monkeys.
Zhong Hao came later, and Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng came to hunt down Nong Zhigao with the cavalry of the Western Army. The despicable act of cutting off the ears of the soldiers sent by the Western Army to negotiate three days ago had already made the cavalry soldiers of the Western Army feel the same hatred of the enemy, and they were all waiting to kill a few Jiaozhi people, so as to vent their anger for their humiliated robes and the reputation of the Western Army! Therefore, Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng were excited when they heard the news that they were finally going to those Jiaozhi people.
Although Zhong Hao came late and felt less empathy for the insult of his Western Army soldiers having their ears cut off, this did not prevent him from hating those Jiaozhi people. The deep hatred of that country in later generations has long been seared in his heart, and when he came to this era, he was naturally happy to see the drama of hanging and beating Jiaozhi.
Yang Wenguang came to Yang Huaiyu's camp mainly to explain to him about the war tomorrow, and after the business was over, Yang Wenguang left.
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As soon as Yang Wenguang left, Yang Huaiyu pulled Zhong Hao and said, "Big brother, this time, the earth-shattering thunder will also be distributed to our Zhenxi Army, so that those guys in the Zhenxi Army will also be refreshed." Our Pingxi Army has made a lot of limelight in going south this time, so let's leave some credit for the Zhenxi Army. ”
Zhong Hao scolded with a smile: "In the end, the Zhenxi Army is your mother's family, so I want to take the credit of our Pingxi Army." ”
Yang Huaiyu said with a smile: "Hehe, I am naturally from the Pingxi Army, but the old man of our family is not from the Zhenxi Army, in fact, the old man is also greedy for your earth-shattering thunder, but he is embarrassed to ask for it." ”
Zhong Hao smiled: "It's not that I don't give it to you, but you don't use it." You see, the Pingxi Army only used it when it broke the elephants of the Nong Zhigao Army, and as for the charge, it was not used either. When this thing rushes into battle, it doesn't have much effect at all, and it's easy to accidentally injure your own people. When this earth-shattering thunder is ignited, it needs to be unleashed with both hands, and it is necessary to lay down the weapon, which can only be used before engaging the enemy, and if it is really engaged, it cannot be used at all. If the Zhenxi Army wants, the Pingxi Army naturally can't be stingy, and the rest of the earth-shattering thunder will be half of you. ”
Yang Huaiyu smiled: "Then thank you, big brother." The guys in Zhenxi Army are also hot-eyed, they have to urge the younger brother to beg for it, and the younger brother can't wipe off his face. Give them some, and if you don't use them well, they will die. ”
Zhong Hao smiled: "Well, it's a small matter. At that time, they just don't hurt themselves, and if something happens, don't rely on our Pingxi Army at that time. ”
"No, no."
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