Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Backbone
"Fool! Fool! Fool! ”
There was a birdcage hanging under the porch, and a white parrot in the cage kept repeating the word "fool", which embarrassed several people waiting under the porch, and one of the guards quickly explained:
"This bird is too stupid, the king originally wanted to send someone back to the mansion to give a few Xiaolangjun rare and rare, but no matter how you teach it, you can't teach it to speak, and then scolded a 'fool', and actually learned it!"
"Oh, this is the white parrot of Lin Yi Kingdom, how can the Central Plains parrot be so pure white?"
"It's not pure white, it's pure white for the Son of Heaven, this bird has miscellaneous hair, you see, it has a pinch of gray feathers on its head, and the king scolds it for being a 'pinch of feathers'. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Fool! Fool! Fool! ”
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed in a low voice, although everyone knew each other very well, but after all, this was Xiyang Wang Xingyuan, and the Xiyang King was meeting guests in the room next door, so they couldn't afford to be without rules.
Zhang Xutuo looked at the slightly miscellaneous white parrot, and asked about the customs of Lin Yi with great interest, and several guards saw that everyone was an acquaintance, so they whispered about what they had seen and heard.
The Lingnan Road march south to Jiangzhou and Lingbiao, its strength composition is mainly the army of the Huangzhou Governor's Office, there are Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen's Hulin Army, as well as the state soldiers and government soldiers, and because the combat scope is very large, it is actually divided into troops to march.
Part of it was personally led by Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, who served as the marshal of the march, to attack Jiangzhou, Chen State, Jiangnan; Part of it was led by the marching marshal Sima Cui Hongsheng, and the troops and horses of Shi Wansui, the head of the march, and Fan Zigai, obeyed the dispatch and attacked Jiangbei, Chen, Jinzhou and other places.
The offensive of the two parts of the Zhou army was very smooth, after Yuwenwen took Jiangzhou, the commander of the navy, Lai Hu'er, led the navy to garrison Sangluozhou, the commander of the march, Yang Ji and Murong Sanzang, as the vanguard, went all the way south, and the rest of the marching commanders exterminated the opposition forces in various parts of Jiangzhou.
When the Zhou army broke through the Great Yuling and took Qujiang and Zhenyang, Yuwenwen took the Hulin army south into Lingbiao, and then attacked Panyu in Guangzhou, and the Zhou army that had already taken Jiangbei Jinzhou and other places, after the Jiangnan Road march to take Jiangbei and Huainan, they had nothing to do.
Zhang Xutuo is under the command of Shi Wansui, his army attacked all the way east, and the soldiers went into battle to kill the enemy before they made enough contributions, and the war was over, and everyone could only envy their comrades who went south to conquer Panyu, Guangzhou.
He also crossed the sea into Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion, and even continued to march southward, raiding the capital of Linyi and the country.
After that year, the southern expedition of the Han Fubo general Ma Yuan, as if it was repeated again, only made people fascinated, Zhang Xutuo and several people were ordered to go south to Guangzhou Panyu on business, just to catch up with their comrades, and by the way to inquire about the strange things of the southern expedition.
"Ouch, that place is really hot, from morning to night, sweat is all over the body, and there are a lot of mosquitoes... For I say to you, The sun of that place is on the north side of man, and therefore it was called the south of the sun..."
The guards followed Yuwenwen around Lingbiao, and then went to Jiaozhou and Linyi to Dianchong, so there was a lot to talk about, and when it came to experience, it could be said that for several days, Zhang Xutuo and others were listening attentively, and the footsteps started, and after a while, a person appeared at the gate of the courtyard.
It turned out to be Yang Ji who retired after discussing with the King of Xiyang, Zhang Xutuo and others hurriedly saluted, everyone was acquaintances, so there was nothing to restrain them, after a few words of greeting, Yang Ji left in a hurry, he still had a lot of things to do, and the guards led Zhang Xutuo and others inside.
"Pay attention to the time, the king is very busy, you have an hour to report to the king, pay attention to the long story short!"
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"All of them are white and clean, are they idle and fat growing in Jiangbei? What's the matter with General Shi, letting you guys be lazy? It's not like that! ”
Yu Wenwen said while flipping through the official documents, he was very unhappy in the literal sense, but Zhang Xutuo knew that this was a joke by King Xiyang, so everyone smirked "hehe".
"It's not a widow to sell herbal tea, this thing is really useful, you come to Lingbiao just in the summer, drink more herbal tea to dispel the fire, you won't be so easy to get sick, bitter is bitter, you are not even afraid of death and are afraid of bitterness?"
"King, this herbal tea is really unaccustomed to drinking."
"Can't get used to drinking? If you have been to Dianchong and drank the water, you will feel how delicious the herbal tea is! ”
Yuwen Wen looked at the official documents and spoke, and the official documents on the bookcase in front of him were piled up, not only the official documents brought by Zhang Xutuo on the order of Cui Hongsheng, but also the official documents sent by the garrisons and official offices of various counties in Jiangzhou, which was not too much to say that it was piled up.
"King, the weather in Panyu is hot and there is a lot of miasma, please don't overwork." Zhang Xutuo's heartfelt advice, he saw that Yu Wenwen's face was a little haggard, and so was Yang Ji, he felt that the two of them should rest moderately, don't be tired and sick.
"Tired? If the imperial court does not formally appoint the magistrates of Jiangzhou and Lingbiao prefectures and counties, the widow bears the responsibility, and it is also thanks to everyone to fulfill their duties and share many affairs. ”
Yu Wenwen put down the official document and drank a cup of herbal tea, and did not forget to cheer up several young and promising generals present:
"Sooner or later, the world will be reunified, the so-called generals will enter the phase, everyone must be prepared, Taiwan auxiliary or something will be said later, the county guard, the county order, it is sooner or later, it is necessary to be the one, when the time comes, persuade the peasants, break the lawsuit, and educate the people, can not be said to be tired."
The implication is obvious, when the situation is stable, the king of Xiyang wants to recommend meritorious generals to the imperial court according to his military merits to transfer to civilian posts, but Zhang Xutuo and others are not too excited, they believe that the king of Xiyang has clear rewards and punishments, so they are concerned about when the Lingnan Road march will be able to take the class.
"Class teacher? Who knows, when the court will make a decision, it is not something that few people can predict, then again, how is Cui Sima this person? ”
"Back to the king, Cui Sima is not smiling on weekdays, but the rewards and punishments are clear, and the army is not arbitrary..."
Yu Wenwen chatted with a few people, as the marching marshal, he was the direct superior of the marching marshal Sima Cui Hongsheng, but in fact, this was a "helper", assisting the marching marshal Shi Cui Da to restrain Yuwenwen.
However, Cui Hongsheng was appointed as the marching marshal Sima has another intention, that is, to brush up on military exploits, because the younger sister of the two brothers, Cui Hongdu and Cui Hongsheng, is the princess of Shu.
The two brothers of the Cui family were still Sui Chen at the beginning of last year, and they had to be reused immediately after "anyway", which had a great deal to do with the strong wind blowing on the pillow.
Because the soldiers are divided into two ways, Yuwenwen rarely has direct contact with his subordinate Cui Hongsheng, and he doesn't know much about his style, so he took the opportunity to meet Zhang Xutuo to inquire.
The topic quickly turned to other places, everyone chatted from all over the world, Yu Wenwen looked at these young generals, and sighed in his heart, because he had worked hard for more than eight years, he finally had a reliable backbone of the army.
If an army wants to become a winning army, in addition to the ability of the commander, it must also be given by the grassroots generals, the so-called grassroots generals refer to the team general level, which can be called "centurion", or non-commissioned officer chief.
If an army is compared to an adult, then the commander is the brain, the ordinary soldier is the torso and limbs, and the team commander is the nervous system, and the role cannot be underestimated.
A strong army does not necessarily need a large group of middle and senior officers, and soldiers are difficult to form the backbone of the army due to various reasons such as greater mobility, so the army needs a backbone, that is, generals.
With more than 10,000 troops, boundless, in the era of no radio communications, if you want to command an army of 10,000 people, you need the assistance of the generals, whether it is marching and camping or fighting, relying on the experienced generals to help organize the soldiers, the commander can free up his hands to focus on tactics and strategy.
Once the commander personally broke through the battle and the order could not be issued to the various units in time, the generals could at least stabilize the soldiers and keep the formation from dispersing.
Jiangmen or the big families have elite troops, these people have rich military experience, know the flag, understand the gold and drum trumpets, know how to march and camp, and know how to arrange the formation according to the banner.
Therefore, the elite troops can be used as the backbone to assist the lord to master an army in a short period of time and form a certain combat effectiveness, even if the battle is lost, as long as the backbone is still there, recruit soldiers for training, and at the latest about a year can restore the basic combat effectiveness.
However, Yuwen Wen didn't have an elite army at the beginning, so he could only train himself, and his Tiger Forest Army had cultivated many veterans in the past eight years.
These veterans are all literate, have been on the battlefield to kill people and seen blood, have rich experience in marching and combat, and the best of them have excellent organizational skills, this is the backbone that Yuwenwen needs, and Zhang Xutuo and others here are only a few of them.
With these backbones, and then there are sufficient manpower and material resources, Yuwenwen's army will not be a "one-time army", after more than eight years of hard work, and finally have some family background, how can Yuwenwen not be full of confidence.
"It's rare for you to come to Panyu, take a good walk to the beach, look at the sea, pick up some shells and go back as a souvenir, and talk to your family." After Yu Wenwen finished speaking, he showed an expression that all men could understand:
"Tonight, the widow asked General Zhou to arrange the arrangement, everyone is happy!"