After Fu Nian left, Pei Xingjian pondered alone for a long time with a solemn expression. Xue Shao stood quietly on the side and did not disturb.

"Honor." Pei Xingjian shouted.

"Yes."

Pei Xingjian said: "You don't have to take seriously what I said to Fu Nian just now. ”

"Yes, I know." Xue Shao nodded, knowing that Pei Xingjian, as a military commander, was also the "order of the people", and the big battle would not really start unless it was absolutely necessary. Otherwise, no matter whether they win or lose, the guards under their command will have countless casualties, which will also be a huge loss to Datang's national strength.

Pei Xingjian is not a general of the brave fighting faction like Cheng Wuting, he is a representative of the fighting faction. In all wars, he has always used the minimum cost to obtain the greatest benefits. If you go to the army to fight and plot, you will never be able to use the bloody battle method of burning jade.

Pei Xingjian said: "There is some truth in Fu Nian's words. But more than that, it's alarmist. The old man absolutely did not believe that the Turks were as united as he said. Chengyu, what is your opinion? ”

Xue Shao's heart moved slightly, Pei Gong is discussing the general strategy with me and teaching the art of war on the spot!

"Pei Gong, I thought—" Xue Shao said, "Since ancient times, people have made up their minds, and the common people are unwilling to fight. The Tang Dynasty ruled the steppe for 50 years, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, agriculture and animal husbandry development and education flourished, and the culture of the Central Plains spread to all corners of the steppe, benefiting the people of the Turkic steppe. But the power and interests of the Turkic nobles were suppressed, and they had to fight back. Therefore, my opinion is similar to that of Pei Gong, Fu Nian exaggerated that all the steppe people forced him to be a khan and led them to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, which was just justifying his own rebellion and deceiving moral and conscientious comfort. In fact, there must be many different opinions and voices within the Turkic people, and there must be many people who are skeptical, hesitant and panicked about the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was about to come to quell the rebellion, the Turks also attacked Shuozhou against the wind, just to capture the city and defeat the famous Cheng Wuting before the arrival of the Wang Division, and play a role in stabilizing people's hearts and boosting morale at any cost. The more radical they behaved, the more it proved that within the Turkic rebels, the hearts of the people must be uneven! ”

"Well said." Pei Xingjian nodded approvingly and said with a smile, "Therefore, we must extinguish this rebellion of the Turks as soon as possible and as soon as possible, otherwise after a long time, the people of the steppe will slowly adapt and accept the Turkic pseudo-khanate psychologically." Once their puppet regime is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it will be really difficult to manage! ”

"Pei Gong seems to have a strategy?" Xue Shao asked with a smile. Whenever he saw Pei Xingjian smiling like an old fox who had stolen a hen, he knew that Pei Xingjian must have been a bamboo in his chest.

Pei Xingjian asked with a smile: "Right now, if it's you, what are you going to do?" ”

This is clearly an "exam", like a graduation thesis.

Xue Shao smiled and said, "People's hearts have always been like this, when faced with a common threat, people will put aside their personal grievances and unite to defend against foreign enemies. However, once the external troubles are eased a little, internal disputes are easy to surface and continue to expand. If I had been planning to lead my forces, I would have postponed a frontal military assault on the Turks. With my thoughts in hand, the initiative is in my hands. Since the Turks are not in harmony with each other, I can use the thoughts in my hand to divide and divide the Turks, so that their internal fears, uneasiness, suspicions, and fears continue to brew and intensify. Fortress, the easiest to storm from the inside! ”

"Yay!" Pei Xingjian showed the kind of weird expression like an old naughty boy that he only had when he was having fun with the demons, and he smiled.

Xue Shao smiled: "Pei Gong asked, I will answer casually, I can't take it seriously." ”

"Really. What you just said coincides with what I have in mind. Pei Xingjian smiled half-jokingly and half-seriously, "So, you're also a little fox!" ”

"What is Pei Gong going to do?" Xue Shao asked curiously.

Pei Xing twisted his beard in his chest and smiled slightly, "Don't worry." As you said, the mind is in hand, and the initiative is in my hands. This time you have made a miracle in the black sand. Not only alleviated the danger of the Shuozhou military disaster, but also seized an important initiative for the entire battle - Su Wei! ”

"The subordinates are here." The marching management remembered the taste of Su and came out to promise.

Pei Xingjian said: "You bring a few marching books and order history, and as soon as possible, you can test the details of the meritorious service of this brigade under Xue Shao's command more clearly, and then report it." ”

"Yes." Sue Wei answered the promise.

"Pei Gong, is this going to be rewarded for meritorious deeds?" Xue Shao smiled and said, "Appreciate more, appreciate more!" ”

Su Wei said with a smile: "Xue Gongzi, what you have set up is 'jumping' and 'reducing merit', Marshal Pei just wants to reward a little less, then it is also difficult!" ”

"Jumping? Reducing power? Xue Shao muttered, but he had read it in the military book, but he didn't understand it very well, so he said: "Why don't Su Guanji explain it in detail for me, and also let me increase my knowledge?" ”

"Don't dare to be. Childe wants to know about the road, so I'll say it. Su Wei humbly arched his hand and said: "There are twelve meritorious officers in the Tang Dynasty, and the evaluation method is very clear and detailed. Generally speaking, in front of the two armies, winning more with less is called going into battle, with the number of troops being equal to the middle formation, and winning more and less as the lower formation. Previously, Marshal Pei led an army of 300,000 to quell the rebellion and fight for the next battle. ”

Xue Shao nodded, "This is the premise of evaluating combat merits, right?" ”

"Yes." Su Wei replied: "To evaluate the merits of the war, of course, it must be based on the results of the war. If more than 40% of the enemy soldiers are killed or captured, it is called capture. Two percent, for the win; One percent, it is the next gain. In this way, there are nine categories of military merits in the evaluation, and if it is more than 40 percent of the enemy's troops who have won more than 40 percent of the enemy's troops, it is called going into battle, and this is the most military merit that can be obtained in a campaign, and it can be awarded five turns. For example, if the meritorious person is a white person, he can be awarded the five-turn commander 'Riding Captain', which is regarded as the fifth rank. If the person who has received the meritorious service has already had the three-turn policy medal before, then he will be promoted to the eighth-turn commander 'on the light car captain', which is regarded as the fourth grade. "Oh, I see, I roughly get it!" Xue Shao said, "But you still haven't said it, what is jumping and lowering gong?" ”

Su Wei laughed twice and said, "After the Great War I, there were many meritorious people. As mentioned above, this is just a general situation. However, there is a special kind of military merit, that is, the vanguard or strange soldier kills the enemy group with a very small number of men and horses to defeat the enemy army, which is called 'jumping'; or this vanguard or strange soldier captures the enemy's general, which is called 'degrading merit'. On the basis of jumping and reducing merit, add two turns to the victory. In other words, Xue Gongzi and this brigade under your command have won a lot less than the military merits of this surprise attack on the Black Sands! ”

Pei Xingjian smiled on the side, added, and said: "Do you know that many people have fought for a lifetime and rarely get a turn of strategy? Take the old man as an example, in the last Northern Expedition, I killed the head of the enemy chieftain and completely annihilated the enemy army and won a big victory. You guys who are not afraid of death, thousands of miles to attack the enemy to capture Ashina Funian, and force the Turks to retreat from Shuozhou, that is more than seven turns of Ce Xun! It is simply a war to become famous, comparable to the military exploits of my ancestor Li Weigong back then, who captured Jieli Khan! ”

Xue Shao's heart is happy, cool!

"In addition, the honorable officers of the Tang Dynasty only have grades, and they have no real palms." Su Wei said, "If a commander wants to be awarded a ministerial officer, he must be counted by the military officers after the war, and after the approval of the commander-in-chief, it will be reported to the military department and the official department for detailed review, and then the ministry officer will be arranged according to the family and background of the meritorious person." In the end, His Majesty the Emperor had to come down and personally give instructions - these steps and procedures are called 'examiners'. More than ninety percent of the officers are not eligible for ministry because they come from humble backgrounds and do not have a good family background. Therefore, more officers chose to stay in the army and continue to serve in the army in the three guards and five mansions, called 'sergeant officers'. Although non-commissioned officers do not hold official positions and hold power, they can enjoy the benefits and benefits of the rank of the honored officer. If the commander retires and returns to his hometown, the local government can share more land and houses according to the rank of the honorable officer. ”

Xue Shao nodded, the people in the third brigade were all "sergeants and officers", and many of them were just ordinary pawns, but many of them had more than six rank strategies, and they enjoyed no less than one county order.

"To get back to the point, jumping and reducing merit is the most special type of military merit, in addition to the extremely high number of revolutions of the Xun, there is another biggest advantage - there is no need to accept the 'examiner'." Su Wei said with a smile, "That is to say, these meritorious guards under Xue Gongzi can be promoted to ministry officers before the battle, and awarded officers such as team leaders and brigade commanders!" ”

"Really? It's so cool! "Xue Shao is overjoyed!

"The specific details have to be determined by Pei Gong after the official examination." Su Wei bowed his hand and said, "Congratulations to Gongzi Xue, you have brought out a tiger and wolf army and a group of meritorious generals!" They will be the mainstay and elite officers of the Tang army in the future! ”

"Okay, then there's the Laosu tube!" Xue Shao's heart is full of joy!

After coming to Datang for so long, Xue Shao really hasn't been so happy.

Compared with his own promotion, these brothers under his command were awarded honors together, which made Xue Shao feel even happier!

Pei Xingjian smiled, "Chengyu, the old man is just talking about it afterwards, you are really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers." At that time, if the old man was present, he would not allow you to go to the black sand to make a surprise attack, and the risk may not be too great, in case you have a mistake, how will the old man explain to Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping? She still has to peel off the old man's skin! ”

Xue Shaoha smiled, "Isn't this going over?" I will act safely in the future and never take any more risks! ”

"Okay." Pei Xingjian nodded with a smile, still very pleased, and said, "You have worked hard for more than 2,000 miles all the way. The old man allows you to rest and recuperate for five days, and you can rest well, and if you have private affairs, you can do some private affairs. Five days later, bring your people to the old man's place - to confer the honor! ”

"Yes!!"

Xue Shao was overjoyed!

Big risk means big reward!

These brothers under my command are not playing with me for nothing!.

[Again, the update has been changed to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.] Thank you for your support! 】