Chapter 257: Bitterness Comes Sweetly
As soon as Pei Xingjian appeared, he immediately caused a sensation. Cheng Wuting jumped up in shock, and ran in front of Pei Xingjian like a hairy young man, and laughed incomparably happily, "Old fox, you are still so cunning!" Don't even let us know when you come! β
"Accept your auspicious scolding!" Pei Xingjian said with a smile, "Even you can't imagine that the old man has arrived in Shuozhou, and the enemy can't even think of it!" β
"Brothers, hurry-" Cheng Wu said happily, "Meet Marshal Pei!" β
All the sergeants, whether standing or lying, clasped their fists and shouted in unison: "Meet Marshal Pei!" β
"Brothers, don't be polite!" Pei Xingjian hurriedly walked in to comfort the wounded, with a kind expression and kind words, just like a good gentleman and an old man in the family.
The guards were flattered, Pei Xingjian is now the number one person in the Tang Dynasty military circles, and he is like a god in the hearts of the soldiers. Not to mention an ordinary pawn, even a general like Cheng Wuting is like a good boy in front of Pei Xingjian.
In his early years, Pei Xingjian was transferred to the Western Regions as an official, starting from a six-grade petty official, and later became the protector of the capital of Anxi, governing a large area west of the Hetao of the Tang Dynasty, and becoming the military and political head of half of the Western Regions. At that time, Evil Lai Cheng Wuting served under his command and led the Western Army to win many battles, and Evil Lai really began to become famous at that time.
Later, Pei Xingjian was transferred to the Chang'an Household Department as an official, and Cheng Wuting was also transferred to Hebei and Liaodong to guard the border passes, and the two were no longer superiors and subordinates. But Cheng Wuting has never forgotten Pei Xingjian, and when he meets people, he says that he was brought out by Pei Gong, and he has the taste of "being a teacher for one day and a father for life".
In the army, the relationship between superiors and subordinates has always been strong and strong, just like Xue Shao and Guo An, the guard of the Third Brigade, which is definitely better than the relationship between brothers. One day, Guo An was asked to stick a knife in Xue Shao's ribs, and he had nothing to say.
Pei Xingjian has been an official for decades, and has brought out many people like Cheng Wuting. Fang Yi, the deputy capital of Anxi, who is now guarding the Western Regions, is a general on the same level as Cheng Wuting, and the two of them can be called Pei Xingjian's right-hand men in the Western Regions. There is also the old general Li Jinxing who Xue Shao has seen in Bingzhou before, Li Jinxing's deputies Dugu Yizhi and Sha Zhan Zhongyi, these are two fierce generals who are good at charging into battle, and they once fought under Pei Xingjian's command and made military achievements and fame; Li Duozuo, the right guard general of the Qingzhuang faction, and Zhang Qianxuan, the general of Yulinwei, and even Cao Huaishun, who was defeated before, and Tang Huaibi, the deputy head of the march, who went out with him this time, can be counted as people brought out by Pei Xingjian. These people all have other subordinates and protΓ©gΓ©s, they are like Pei Xingjian's disciples and grandchildren, and they all bow down to Pei Xingjian.
In today's Tang army, Pei Xingjian's prestige and influence are absolutely incomparable!
Pei Xingjian entered the wounded barracks, and did not rush to talk to Cheng Wuting and Xue Shao about military affairs, but first spent a lot of time personally condolences to these wounded, and then asked Su Wei, the marching manager around him, and others to write down his words - at all costs, make every effort to heal all the wounded in the First Battle of Shuozhou, reward meritorious deeds, reasonable pensions, and proper settlement, and there must be no mistakes!
This kind of military order issued by the chief of the march in front is a major military event of the Tang Dynasty, no less than the edict of the imperial court. If anyone dares to neglect the medical treatment of these wounded, or to withhold pensions, or to manipulate the lord's assessment and the arrangement of land and property after returning to his hometown, he is looking for death!
Xue Shao immediately felt that being a military commander was definitely not just about fighting a good battle. He has a lot of power and a lot of responsibility. A battle, hundreds of thousands of combatants, these people have entrusted their lives to the commander!
With so much power means how much responsibility and pressure you have. Pei Xingjian's words in the wounded barracks are the final word - the medical treatment, lordship, retirement and return to the hometown and settlement of these wounded, I Pei Xingjian is in charge!
The wounded soldiers rejoiced. Their future fate is guaranteed because of Pei Xingjian's words!
That's power!
Xue Shao thought to himself that power is the most powerful tool to use against the enemy; But the rational use of power to do good deeds and good deeds is a huge gain compared to immeasurable, and there will be more comfort in conscience!
"Honor!" After entering the wounded barracks for so long, Pei Xingjian called Xue Shao for the first time.
"In!" Xue Shao stepped forward, as a junior general under his command, and saw the military salute.
Pei Xingjian glanced at Xue Shao up and down, and immediately smiled, "Your thin skin and tender flesh have become like black charcoal." If you run into this somewhere else, the old man may not be able to recognize you. β
Cheng Wuting and the others all laughed.
"I've heard everything about you." Pei Xingjian said, "Good job, continue to work hard." β
"Yes."
Pei Xingjian waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go to the marching governor's mansion to talk!" β
Xue Shao breathed a sigh of relief, after several months of hard training, Pei Xingjian summed it up with a sentence of "well done".
Although these four words are so simple that they are a little sloppy, in the military, when the superiors evaluate the subordinates in public, especially the supreme commander like Pei Xingjian, this is already a high evaluation. Cheng Wuting, who recovered the Shuo Dynasty and fought a hard offensive and defensive battle in Shuozhou, was trotting and offering courtesy by Pei Xingjian's side like a grandson, obviously for fear of being scolded!
Military martial artists will never be as keen on flattering and being polite to each other as Dr. Shi. No matter how deep the feelings are, they are also used to hiding them in their hearts. Often the more affectionate a person is, the more bluntly and rudely he scolds, and even punches and feet.
The feelings of military personnel have always been deep, heavy, and not overflowing.
When the group arrived at the governor's mansion, Pei Xingjian sat down in the middle, and everyone else stood. Cheng Wu poured tea for Pei Xingjian with a smile, and there was no trace of "evil" tiger power, just like Cheng Qizhi was serving him.
"Evil, you've lost a lot this time." Pei Xingjian said, "The entire army, 12,500 fierce tigers and wolves, only 800 remnants remained. Distressed? β
Cheng Wuting nodded pitifully, "The handsome man knows my heart very well." β
"Don't pretend to be pathetic, I know what you want to do." Pei Xingjian smiled and said, "How can you have no soldiers under the command of evil?" - I'm ready! β
"Xie Dashuai!" Pei Xingjian was so happy that he almost jumped up, seeing that the urge to kneel down and kowtow to Pei Xingjian was there, he said excitedly, "Handsome, you are my reborn grandmother!" β
Xue Shao was a little curious, there was really a tacit understanding between Pei Xingjian and Cheng Wuting, what did Pei Xingjian approve of him just now?
Xue Shaozheng muttered, Cheng Wuting really stretched out two fingers with a hippie smile, "Two armies, how about the two armies?" β
"You don't want to get an inch!" Pei Xingjian's face was flat, "There are not many elite cavalry under the old man's command!" β
"Marshal, you brought 300,000 troops this time, and you still don't allow me to pick two armies to ride over?" Cheng Wu said curtly, bargaining like buying vegetables in a vegetable market, "Two armies, just two armies, right?" Old man, I'm kowtowing to you! β
After all, Cheng Wuting really wanted to kneel.
Some of the people in the room looked funny.
"Alright, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid!" Pei Xingjian was angry and funny, and waved his hand, "Just two armies, no more!" β
"Dashuai, you are really my father!" Cheng Wuting laughed heartily.
The people in the room let out a loud laugh.
Only then did Xue Shao understand that Pei Xingjian had approved Cheng Wuting to pick troops and form his own troops. In the past, the evil came under the command of a whole army of 12,500 people. The first battle of Shuozhou was almost gone, and now Pei Xingjian allowed him to expand the two armies, 25,000 people!
This can be regarded as Pei Xingjian, the head of the marching army, and a major reward for Cheng Wuting to recover the Shuo Dynasty and hold Shuozhou.
Xue Shao thought to himself that Li Chongyi tried every means to touch the bottom line, just to cut Cheng Wuting's wings and suppress his power. It's good now, as soon as Pei Xingjian came, Cheng Wuting immediately resurrected with full blood on the spot, and became even stronger!
Pei Xingjian's stroke has the taste of overwhelming Baiqiao and slapping Li Chongyi in the face!
Thinking of this, Xue Shao's heart couldn't help but feel a little hot. It's good that the old man is here, whether it's a small monkey like me or a big monkey like Cheng Wuting, there are big trees to rely on. The idea is a bit flattering and unproductive, but it is!
In the army, you really have to have a big backer to gain a solid foothold. Take this incident as an example, if it weren't for Pei Xingjian's special care of Cheng Wuting, the men and horses under his command would be exhausted, and he could only obediently follow Pei Xingjian's command to be a general in front of the account in the future.
For generals who lead troops, only when they have a pro-order subordinate subordinate can they have confidence. Commander of the light rod, no matter how big the officer is, it is useless. It's like Wu Sansi, he was also the general of the right guard of the third grade before, and the official is really big enough, second only to Pei Xingjian, the general of the right guard of the inspection school. But Wu Sansi didn't have a single soldier under him, and his official position was also said to be picked. On the contrary, Pei Xingjian, who is a civilian in his own position, is only a general of the right guard of the school inspector in his current military position, but he can wave his arms in the army, who will try to pick up his inspector?
The two armies and horses, Pei Xingjian gave Cheng Wuting a capital to settle down and set up his life, which is also his biggest political capital in the future.
"Honor." Pei Xingjian called.
"In!" Xue Shao stood up.
"From today onwards, you don't have to be a brigade commander anymore." Pei Xingjian waved his hand, and one of his guards took out a large bag of things, "This is your thing, take it!" β
Xue Shao took the big bag of things, it was very heavy, and when he opened it, there was a brand new set of Mingguang battle armor, several new sets of red military uniforms and scarlet military attache court uniforms, and a new military register, which read "Right Guard Xun Yifu is the fifth rank of the left general, Xue Shao"!
Cheng Wuting came over to take a look, and Ha Luha smiled: "I finally worked hard to get back to the right body, and I will be promoted immediately, congratulations!" β
"What is there to congratulate." Pei Xingjian said lightly, "This is an appointment that has been made by the imperial court for a long time, but the old man has been hiding it and not giving it to him!" β
Cheng Wuting laughed even louder, "Dashuai, you are too bad!" You hid the appointment given to General Xue by the imperial court, but you created a fake household registration for him to join the army as a pawn, so that he has suffered a lot in the past few months and almost died several times! - You're still the old fox you used to wear! β
"Evil comes!" Pei Xingjian shouted, his old face was flat, "Do you want your old boy's two soldiers and horses?" β
"Yes, yes!" Cheng Wuting immediately laughed, "I was wrong, Dad!" You're my own father! β
The room was full of laughter.
Xue Shao took the coveted Mingguang armor and the delicate and glamorous military status, and he was indeed happy in his heart, but he was also a little reluctant.
I really can't bear to leave, these recruits of the Three Swords Brigade!
Pei Xingjian seemed to have completely understood Xue Shao's thoughts, and said, "This surprise attack on the black sand, you have made a great contribution. How you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds will be carried out by the court after returning to the court. But the old man has the right to reward the guards of the brigade under your command now! β
Xue Shao suddenly came to his senses, "What kind of reward?" β
Pei Xingjian smiled like a thousand-year-old fox who had cultivated the Tao, "Then you have to see how much the prisoners you have captured have weighed!" β.
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