The Resurrected Empire Volume Chapter 228 The Glory of the Soldier
In the snow, two groups of black soldiers faced each other from a distance, his armor was the same, but the pheasant feathers inserted in his helmet were different, one was White Feather, and the other was Red Feather. On the high platform, Li Ang looked at his own army array with Akabane, and ordered someone to beat the big drum, and in the sound of the majestic drum, the two army formations began to attack at the same time.
A curtain of black-pressed arrows flew out of the two armies and covered each other. On the high platform, Lu Zhuji looked at the two army formations that were constantly attacking with arrows, and shook his head, the side with Chi Yu was composed of officers and staff officers in the Yuan, and the soldiers who fought against them were transferred from the Chang'an Metropolitan Protectorate, and it was the first time in the 150 years that this situation in the Jiangyuan Garden. "What exactly do you want to do?" Looking at Li Ang, who was expressionless on the side and just looking down at the battlefield at his feet, Lu Xianji frowned.
In the battle of the arrow array, the officers and staff officers of the general Yuan who were inserted in the red feather obviously lost to the soldiers on the opposite side, in terms of coherence and coordination, the two sides could not be the same, looking at the people and horses who were hit by lime arrows in the array and judged to be killed, Liu Yu, who was in charge of commanding the red feather army array, and the staff officers from a family on the side seemed to understand what Li Ang meant, they glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time.
Seeing that the Chibane army suddenly stopped the arrow formation, and dispatched the hoplites of the Chinese army in advance to press the other party, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Ang's mouth, at this time he is no longer an officer who only knows how to attack with elite soldiers in the past, and the experience of the general in the past three months has given him a high attainment in military strategy and tactics in this era, from the queue of sorties, he can see that Liu Yu and his staff officer from a family have put down their prejudices, and the two sides have coordinated their own people, so it is so fast and neat.
Seeing that the Red Feather Army Formation suddenly attacked with hoplites, the White Feather Army Formation quickly reacted, and the cavalry units on both flanks attacked the weak flanks of the hoplites who had assaulted from both sides. The arrow array, which had long been halted by the Akabane army, began to attack again, and they divided into two directions to protect the hoplites who were attacking in the middle.
"It's finally something!" Lu Zhuji looked at the just right arrow formation, and laughed, the cavalry troops sent by the White Feather Army Formation obviously did not expect that the opponent's arrow array would target them, and they suffered heavy casualties for a while, and at this time something even stranger happened, the hoplites of the middle assault dispersed the formation, separated from the middle, and killed the cavalry on both sides regardless of casualties.
At this time, the commander who commanded the White Feather Army realized that his opponent had abandoned his hoplites. Just to annihilate his cavalry troops, thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly admire the commander of the opposite general's Yuan, who had such courage, but if he wanted to win him, this ability was not enough, so the flag was waved, and the hoplites of the white feather army array unloaded the big shield in their hands. rushed to the battlefield that had already formed a chaotic battle in front of him.
"Enough, it's already a chaotic war." Lu Xian suddenly looked at Li Ang, the Red Feather Army Formation had lost too much in the previous ground arrow formation, and later in order to annihilate the opponent's cavalry troops, he lost all the hoplites, even if he left the cavalry on his hand, in such a chaotic situation, at most he would lose with the other party, and judging from his experience. In the end, they will lose to the opponent by a very small disadvantage.
Li Ang did not listen to Lu Xianji's words, he still looked at the fierce fighting between the two armies, the so-called famous generals, but only relied on mediocre generals to achieve their fame. This is when Li Ang entered the general's garden, a veteran said the ground, although it can't be said to be completely correct, but it also makes sense in it, just like a famous general to a famous general, in the case that everyone can see through the opponent's tricks, it is the soldiers on the battlefield who win the victory.
Looking at his own side that was constantly devoured by the white feather soldiers on the battlefield, Lu Zhuji was a little shocked, he didn't expect him to look away, according to reason, the gap between the two sides was not big. However, after the formation of a chaotic battle, the Akabane military formation completely lost its advantage. Lu Lianji looked at Li Ang, only to see that there was no surprise on his calm face. Apparently this was not what he expected.
"This is the difference between officers and soldiers, although each of them is stronger in martial arts than those soldiers, but on the battlefield, it is not who is superior in martial arts who can decide the victory or defeat." Looking at the Akabane officers and staff officers who were fighting separately after the chaotic battle, Li Ang suddenly said quietly.
"Your Majesty asked me to organize them into an army and take them to the plateau in order to sharpen them, but I can't take them to death, so I can only let them understand this truth." Li Angdi's voice became cold and sharp, and the cold light in his eyes made people shudder, "Whether they don't like each other or not, but from now on, they will be robes, and they will support each other on the battlefield, if they don't understand this, I will let them all die on the plateau." ”
"I'll let them all die on the plateau." Listening to this bloody sentence, Lu Lianji suddenly felt that he was really old, the young general beside him had a cold heart, in him, he seemed to see those generals who had passed away thirty years ago, closed his eyes, Lu Lianji remembered Li Ang's appearance at this time in his heart.
"The reason why the Great Qin Army has the reputation of being undefeated so far, in addition to those generals who are remembered by the world, is actually more due to those soldiers who fought down with flesh and blood." Lu Zhuji opened his eyes, he looked at the two armies that were still fighting on the snow field, and suddenly said, "So in the Qin Mausoleum where Emperor Taizu rests, the ashes of the generals and soldiers are placed together, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. ”
"I think you've learned that, so you can be a teacher." Lu Lianji looked at Li Ang, in the past three months, he and others have taught Li Ang, they have taught all the things that should be taught, but some things are not something that can be passed on, the inheritance of Daqin's military soul is continued on the battlefield, and Li Ang has undoubtedly understood what the real military soul is on the battlefield in the past.
Looking at Lu Xianji, who was emotional, Li Ang was stunned, but soon he gave a solemn military salute to the veteran, and slammed his fist on the armor in front of his chest, and said loudly, "I will do my best to bring them back alive." ”
The snow gradually decreased, and the battlefield under the high platform was also divided into winners and losers, and the ordinary soldiers with white feathers on their helmets won the final victory, although it was only a miserable victory, but for those generals and staff officers whose hearts were higher than the sky, this was still difficult for them to accept.
"Go ahead!" Lu Xianji looked at Li Ang, "Let them understand what mistakes they have made."
We really become soldiers. ”
Leon nodded and stepped off the platform. At this time, the soldiers with white feathers on their helmets had already regrouped their ranks and ran to the Chang'an Protectorate in the falling snow, just like when they came, always silent, and there was only the sound of neat footsteps between heaven and earth.
Looking at the Akabane officers and staff officers lying in the snow and depressed, Li Ang walked towards them step by step, looking at Li Ang who came over, Liu Yu and Chen Baxian and everyone else bowed their heads, and the elite team composed of more than a thousand officers and staff officers was defeated by an ordinary army in the Metropolitan Protectorate, which made them feel that their faces were gloomy.
"Stand up." Leon stopped. Then he yelled, "Stand up! The roar overwhelmed the howling wind for a moment, and it seemed that even the falling snow was still.
The roar echoed in the open air, and everyone's hearts seemed to be awakened by the roar, and they stood up, their messy armor covered with lime stains. Looking at the spots, they lowered their heads in shame, they knew that they shouldn't be so negative because of a momentary failure, but their hearts were still full of frustration.
"What if you lose, who in this world dares to say that they will win." Looking at those officers and staff officers who bowed their heads, Li Ang's voice stirred in the whistling wind, "Since the two great emperors of Taizu and Taizong went west, Great Qin seems to have exhausted a hundred years of heroic spirit, and there is no longer the demeanor of famous generals at that time. But after that, for a hundred years, Daqin's hegemony has always been unbreakable, relying on what it is, soldiers. ”
"Those soldiers with their blood. Hold up the sky of Great Qin with their lives, and lose to them, what do you have to be ashamed of. Leon glanced at the officers and staff officers in front of him and shouted, "Raise your heads and promise me that you will never let those brave soldiers lose to any enemy on the battlefield in the future, never in this life and this life." ”
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Listening to Li Ang's words, the officers and staff officers raised their heads, and they looked at Li Ang, who was asking them loudly in the wind, and their originally gloomy eyes seemed to be on fire. Compared to those soldiers who repeated boring training every day, what could they be proud of, losing to those soldiers who held up the Great Qin Sky. They should not be ashamed, they should be ashamed of their ridiculous arrogance that they thought they were superior to the soldiers, and what did they have to compare with those soldiers.
"General, we will not, and will never let those brave soldiers be defeated because of us." Liu Yu looked at Li Ang, his voice was infarcted, he was also a soldier, and he had his current status by virtue of his merits, but he forgot the glory of a soldier like those staff officers who were born too well, if there was no battle today, he thought that he would never know that he had made such a big mistake in his life.
Hearing Liu Yu's voice, those officers and staff officers looked at him, and their voices changed from messy to neat, and finally became the same sentence, "No, never." In the wind and snow, the voice roared in the heavens and the earth, looking at these indulgent and chanting officers and staff officers, Li Ang did not speak again, but just slammed his fist on the armor on his chest, and responded with a military salute.
Lu Xianji, who walked off the high platform, listened to the sound of tapping the armor behind him, and his old face laughed, only by realizing that the soldiers are the real strength of the Great Qin Legion, those young people can be regarded as inheriting the military soul of Great Qin, the military soul is immortal, and the legion is undefeated! As long as the Great Qin Legion is united, there is no enemy in this world that they can't defeat, even if they are enemies of the world!
Lu Zhuji looked at the veterans who were waiting in the distance and walked towards them, "I think when they come back from the plateau, we can unload our heavy responsibilities and go to find our glory." Lu said this, and the veterans laughed together, they remembered those comrades who died on the battlefield, and soon they could go to accompany them.
In the general's garden, the officers and staff officers who were once hostile to each other let go of their previous insignificant prejudices, and compared with those soldiers who were unified, they were far behind. Under the glorious name of the Great Qin Legion, they were just a group of tiny people.
"Those soldiers used their blood and their lives to hold up the sky of Great Qin." In the imperial study, Cao Anmin looked at the report submitted by the Dragon Tooth Society, recalling Li Ang's words, he stood up, this empire is not guarded by him alone, those thousands of soldiers are the backbone of this empire, the soul of the army is immortal, the army is undefeated, and the empire is not destroyed!
The young crown prince looked at his father, who suddenly became a little solemn, and asked puzzledly, "Father, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Father, it's not good." Cao Anmin picked up his son and said to him, "Father just thought of some people, they are the heroes of Great Qin, without them, there would be no Great Qin." ”
"Who are they, do you want to see them, father?" The prince blinked and looked at his father with a look of anticipation.
"When your brother is born, when you grow up, your father will let you go to see them and be with them." Cao Anmin looked at his son and said in a low voice, "No matter how bitter or tired you are, you can't escape, understand?" ”
"My father used to miss a lot of things." Cao Anmin remembered the situation when he was a child and stayed alone in the deep palace, according to the ancestral system handed down, when the prince was fourteen years old, he should go west along the Silk Road for thousands of miles, go to the place where there are millions of Great Qin army souls, and learn how to use the sword in his hand to protect Great Qin until he becomes an adult. Cao Anmin put down his son, took his hand, and walked out of the imperial study.
In Li Ang's Zhuangzi, Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang became pregnant, and in order to take care of the two of them, Li Ang simply brought the remixed 1,000 officers and staff officers back to his own Zhuangzi, trained with the orphans in the Zhuangzi, and let them teach those orphans by the way.
Due to the arrival of these officers and staff officers, Li Ang's Zhuangzi became more lively than before, but his actions were also attacked by some people, and soon there was an impeachment note to Cao Anmin, but Cao Anmin ignored all of them, didn't even look at them, and threw them directly into the brazier. And this incident also made the major families really understand how far Cao Anmin believed Li Ang had come, and they couldn't help but readjust their attitude towards Li Ang.