Luo Tong's top priority is to control the soldiers and horses of the three states in his hands, and only by holding the military power can he have the real confidence of the governor, and he can speak and do things like a thunderstorm. As for how to control the border army, Luo Tong had discussed with his subordinates before leaving Chang'an.

Everyone thought of different methods, and finally unanimously decided to take over the military power directly in the most direct and domineering way. Righteousness is in hand, and it is not his Luo Tong style that is timid.

Luo Tong worked vigorously, rested for a night, and on the second day of his arrival, he launched an investigation and integration of all the border troops of the three states. I plan to take control of the border troops who are not familiar with each other in the shortest possible time!

Under his influence, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, Fang Yiai, Wang Xuance, and Du He are also accustomed to liking Luo Tong's domineering way of dealing with things, and they don't want to follow those border generals who are unwilling to give up their power.

Anyway, it's just a sentence, if you don't accept or disobey, then you will be withdrawn.

You dare to rebel, okay!

Extinguish!

Against the army, the strength of the subdued is the most effective.

He Luo Tong took the consequences of forcing the border army, but the border soldiers could not bear the end of the rebellion. He accepts different voices and will never tolerate the tricks of yang and yin, light and dark!

The so-called three fires for new officials to take office, and Luo Tong's way of burning the fire is domineering, direct, and simple! In the shortest possible time, we should establish absolute prestige in the military......

Soon, Luo Tong received reports from Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chuliang, and they had successfully completed the handover without any accidents.

The border soldiers are as docile as rabbits......

Right!

Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chuliang were almost discussed, one of them was in Suizhou and the other was in Gyeongju, and almost at the same time used the words "well-behaved" and "rabbit" to describe the border army.

"Well-behaved" "rabbits"?

Hearing these two words that were not in line with the military, Luo Tong even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

Since ancient times, the border army is far away on the border in the harsh environment, they always maintain a state of combat with the enemy, compared to the Yang army is more savage and brave than the Yang army, even the Sixteenth Guards at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the Twelfth Army in Guanzhong are often rumored because of the rampant soldiers in the army, those who intend to gild the second generation of the army in the army, because of the lack of prestige and no real strength, let the soldiers bully the thing, not to mention the "rough and wild" border army?

Faced with this situation, Luo Tong was unexpectedly dumbfounded.

What's going on?

As the saying goes, when a new official takes office, there are three fires, and according to common sense, these veteran ruffians should be disobedient directly, and then burn three fires in a row to make them obedient.

That's in line with the script.

As soon as I entered this barracks, the "rough and wild" fierce border soldiers were as well-behaved as rabbits!

Moreover, the two generals also invariably used "well-behaved like a rabbit" to describe the "rough and wild" border army

At first, Luo Tong was happy that the handover was completed without any twists and turns. But then I thought about it and gradually felt that something was wrong.

A soldier like a wolf. A soldier like a tiger, this is what describes the army. However, Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chuliang invariably used words such as rabbit, well-behaved, and docile to describe the border army.

Is it appropriate?

Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chuliang are not illiterate scholars, how could they make such low-level mistakes?

Illogical! Very illogical.

"Immediately let Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, and Li Yesi come back to me."

This is the second appointment issued by Luo Tong, the governor of Gyeongju, after his arrival, and the first is to send Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chuliang, and Li Yesi to take over Suizhou, Gyeongju, and Yanzhou respectively. The second was to call them back.

"By the way, let Duan Decao come along."

Among the three states, only Li Yesi, who went to the Yanzhou military camp, reacted normally, and Duan Decao was a figure who defeated Liang Shidu and the Turkic invasion many times, so he must know the strangeness of this.

The Gyeongju military camp was not far from the Governor's Mansion, and Cheng Chuliang rushed back as soon as possible, and he said angrily: "Governor, it's really a waste, all of them are waste." ”

Luo Tong showed a few black lines on his forehead, and he didn't know how to speak.

"I didn't mean you!" Cheng Chuliang also realized his mistake, drank a large glass of cold water, and then shouted: "The Gyeongju army is unbearable, all of them are waste!" If you want courage or not, you have no combat power. It's good to say that they are little rabbits, after all, 'rabbits bite when they are in a hurry', but the Gyeongju Army is not even as good as rabbits, they are all a muddy mud, and the entire military camp is a muddy pond. Those guys are simply unruly, ten thousand times more wasteful than waste. If you give me a thousand, no, as long as 500 Mo Sword Army, I can easily kill 20,000 Gyeongju Army! ”

"Not only you, but Brother Huaiyu has also encountered a similar problem. You go back first, and then discuss together when Huaiyu, Ye Hei, and Duan Decao arrive. ”

"So what do I do now?"

"Didn't you say they were docile and well-behaved?" Luo Tong's eyes flashed and said: "Just use the set on our drill manual to deal with these little rabbits, if they are still rabbits, they will double, ten, or a hundred times more powerful in training!" Give me as much torture as I want, and I'll see if they still have a little bit of blood. ”

"I want to remind you. Our time is plentiful, but it must not be wasted. I'll give you a month, a month, to train these rabbits for me. If you don't have any ability, you can simply go back to Chang'an and wait for you to die! ”

Cheng Chuliang is a copy of Cheng Biting Jin, this temperament can be explosive, as soon as he heard Luo Tong say this, he immediately exploded and shouted: "Don't worry, I promise to turn these rabbits into a group of howling tiger calves in a month." He said menacingly, and walked away in a menacing manner.

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On the third day, Cheng Chuliang, Qin Huaiyu, Li Yesi, and Duan Decao arrived at Qihou. Luo Tong then convened a military meeting, and Luo Tong opened his mouth and asked, "What is going on?" No matter how weak the border soldiers are, they are also the army of the Mao defending side, how can they be as humble as rabbits? Master Duan, you have defeated and defeated Liang Shidu many times, how is your situation there? ”

Duan Decao confidently arched his hand and said: "Back to the capital, the Yanzhou army is comparable to the 12th army in Guanzhong. ”

Luo Daodao: "That's right to be comparable to the Twelfth Army." "Duan Decao defeated Liang Shidu and the Turkic invasion many times, although he himself is both civil and military, but it is not unrelated to the Yanzhou army that can fight well, it is reasonable for him to say so.

Qin Huaiyu saw Luo Tong looking at him, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Dudu, an army can be weak. But you can't have no fighting spirit, you can't have the heart to win, but the Suizhou soldiers don't have the consciousness of being soldiers at all, and they are lazy and lazy. Whatever they are asked to do, they will do it. If you don't speak, they're chatting and frolicking leisurely, and they don't look like soldiers at all. ”

Cheng Chuliang also said: "The same is true for the Gyeongju Army!" ”

"Do you know how Gyeongju and Suiju guard the border?

Duan Decao sighed: "They have a ridiculous way of playing, and the enemy army is coming. They hid in the city to defend, they thought that they couldn't fight anyway, and to go to war was to send them to death, as long as they held the city, they were innocent. After the reinforcements had driven the Turks back, the Turks passed through their territory in a panic. They seized this opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Repelling a few scattered Turkic troops is a great victory, and it is a result worth showing off. This is the way they fight, and they don't even have the courage to go head-to-head. ”

Luo Tong and the others were a little dumbfounded, is this tactical play clever or not clever? It took him a long time before he held back a sentence: "What a turtle tactic, no wonder once the Turks come, the imperial court will send troops to reinforce once." In this way, the border army is still talking about the Mao Defending side. Your Majesty, this is for me to train sheep into tigers, it's too difficult. ”

Duan Decao smiled bitterly: "Actually, these people have good physique and have the foundation of strong soldiers, but their will is so bad that they are not even as good as ordinary people." ”

Yao Chi frowned and said, "They don't dare to fight, what's the benefit of staying?" ”

Qin Huaiyu said: "It's not useless to say it, after all, it is a soldier who has been on the battlefield, whether it is a victory or a defeat." Being able to live is a sign of strength. They may not be strong, far inferior to the Sixteenth Guard or the Twelfth Army of Guanzhong. But it's still better than the recruits who haven't been on the battlefield. It's just that most of them are used to indulgence, have no discipline, and have no goals. The governor said a sentence that the last general still remembers that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. This has a goal, and there is a yearning to fight. The soldiers in the Suizhou barracks gave me the impression that they were walking dead. It is unimaginable that the border soldiers who were known for their bravery in all dynasties were like this in our Tang Dynasty. ”

"It's really strange in other dynasties, but it's not strange in my Tang Dynasty."

Everyone looked at Luo Tong in surprise.

Luo Tong initially had the same feeling, and in his impression that the border soldiers should be strong. They are constantly threatened by foreign races, live in the midst of war, and protect the peace of the frontier. Therefore, throughout the ages, the border army has been synonymous with brave men, and in many dynasties, the strength of the border army is even far superior to that of the central army.

Because the Central Army is far from the battlefield, it is easily eroded by luxury and bewitched by interests. As a result, the generals and colonels love money and cherish their lives, which affects the combat effectiveness of the whole army and is vulnerable. In history, because of the fall of the border, the central army was vulnerable. But in the Tang Dynasty, this situation was reversed.