Volume 2: The Eighth Route Army's Envoys - Chapter 19: The Security Cavalry Regiment (5)
"He's crazy!"
Withdrawing from Li Wenge's room, Gao Shaoyuan shook his head and said to Han Wei.
Han Wei, who was so angry with Li Wenge in the room that he almost went crazy, was silent at the moment, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to be racking his brains to think about something.
"Brother Qiren—"
Gao Shaoyuan called Han Wei in surprise, waking up the hunchbacked genius from his contemplation.
"Oh, brother forgive me, my lord is a little weird today, and when I think about it, I actually lose my mind!" Han Wei smiled bitterly and arched his hand.
Gao Shaoyuan smiled: "Brother Han doesn't have to worry, although the general is stubborn, after all, Yanzhou still has a literary and honest minister and Qin Buzheng, like such nonsense, they will never sit idly by." With their help and persuasion, presumably the general will take back his life! ”
Han Wei shook his head slightly: "Senior brother, you have been in Yanzhou longer than me, have you ever heard of any ridiculous things that adults have done?" ”
Gao Shaoyuan frowned: "That's really a lot, the position of the general in the domain town was taken from the hands of my third uncle of the dead ghost." At the beginning, a mere group of soldiers launched a mutiny and put my third uncle under house arrest, which is not a lot even in today's world......"
Han Wei shook his head: "This is not ridiculous, any normal person in his situation will react instinctively, but whether he has the strength and ability is another matter." What I said is ridiculous, but he made it clear that he made it unreasonable to mess around with you, and took things out of context, so that you know that he was not doing it right, but you can't reason with him in a righteous ......."
Gao Shaoyuan thought about it, but after thinking about it, he found that there were not many times when this Qiu Bajie Marshal who was born as a ruffian was really unreasonable and domineering. Sometimes there are many problems that can be solved with brute force and a quick knife. Instead, he had to choose some laborious method. At the end of the year before last, he had obviously controlled the situation in the state city, but he only asked for a command title and let Gao Yunquan go; Obviously, the military power seal is in his hand, but Li Bin is in front of the current affairs, and even when he left the domain and entered Beijing, he actually handed over the highest authority to transfer troops to the civilian officials, and wanted to reform the land tax system, but did not directly burn the land deed to divide the fields - although many Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who rose up did this, but they worked hard to give the commanders and get money to buy land, and even sent troops to Gyeongju in order to make money......
This grown-up does things. There always seems to be a preference for the least efficient and dumbest of all the methods......
It's weird, but it's not ridiculous......
Except for today's incident......
Forcing the eldest lady of the Chen family to come out, what is his idea?
"When things are abnormal, they are demon ......," Han Wei said slowly.
"I've known adults for a year, and although he sometimes has some strange behaviors that ordinary people can't do, he has never bullied the weak and unreasonable. Today, he did not hesitate to make a rogue face and force his insiders to come out. Brother Qizheng doesn't think it's strange? Han Wei said softly.
"Quirky...... It's very weird......" Gao Shaoyuan also nodded again and again.
"Staying in Gyeongju as the chief of public security, after some training, you can be promoted to the chief inspector, isn't it better than being a small soldier now? Military law is strict in the army, and if you commit a crime, even I can't protect it. Not only is it relatively stable in the local area, but it is also relatively easy to get promoted. Gyeongju has just been won, and we don't have enough manpower. You stay up for a while. Gao Qizheng might let you out to be a county magistrate, wouldn't it be good for one of your parents? ”
Li Wenge's persuasion can be called bitter, but the answer of the little soldier standing in front of him is quite clear.
"I'm not going!"
"Why?"
"I don't want to leave the army......"
Li Wenge was speechless.
Li Hu led a team to escort Han Wei and Gao Shaoyuan and other civil officials to Gyeongju. It is obviously the result of Shen Chen and others privately releasing water. According to reason, he has been demoted to the rank of lieutenant of Escort Rong, and he is not qualified to continue to lead troops. Shen Chen specially selected the two teams that were originally subordinate to the middle camp, appointed Li Hu as the inspector and the school, and led the two teams to escort Han Gao and others. This soldier from the head of the team to the captain is his old subordinates. Of course, there is no resentment about this. This unconventional appointment. Wei Xun has a name seal, so at least procedurally. This appointment is quite legitimate.
"If you don't leave the army, you will still be a small soldier when you go back, and you have to start from scratch, and the army is heavy on military merits, you have to climb up one level at a time, and if you don't have past military exploits, you are ready to eat a big stove for a lifetime!" Li Wenge said angrily.
"Then I'll do it too!" Li Hu looked at his eldest brother, for fear that he would be determined to keep him in Gyeongju.
Li Wenge sighed: "Why don't you understand? This place in Gyeongju is an enclave, we have just taken it, tens of thousands of people in seven or eight counties, and a few large ethnic groups are nomadic, the situation is complicated, and it is a good land for civil officials to govern the government, and if there is really chaos, we have to rely on soldiers to suppress it. There must always be someone in the army who can be relied upon here. I'm going to go back to the Northern Expedition, the rear must be stabilized no matter what, there can't be a fire behind the buttocks, if you don't stay, where do you tell me to find a more suitable candidate? ”
Li Hu still blinked and whispered, "That Jinghai is very good......
Li Wenge was angry and didn't speak for a long time.
"Brother, it's going to be a big battle, I don't want to stay behind......"
Nearly 700 state soldiers had been marched to the school field in the south of the city, densely standing in two squares.
Looking at these ragged and yellow-skinned Gyeongju soldiers, not to mention Kang Shi and Jing Hai, even the Yanzhou soldiers who were in charge of guarding the school field today frowned again and again.
Some of these soldiers did not even have decent clothes, and the weapons in their hands were sharpened wooden clubs like those of the C team, and a few wore felt hats, but most of them were bareheaded and their hair was disheveled. If they don't line up and scatter out into the streets, these people are no different from beggars.
This is the Gyeongju local soldiers, the border army of the Great Zhou Dynasty......
Kang Shi and Jing Hai stood in front of them like that, without half of their own soldiers around them, and all the troops were used to block the perimeter of the school field.
A dozen or so battalion officers stood in front of the queue, shivering at the young man who was not tall in stature.
"Jiang Dahai—" Kang Shishi nodded flatly
"Humble duty—" Standing at the front, the battalion officer nodded hurriedly and replied.
"Your left battalion should have 230 soldiers according to the system. Now there are only seventy-eight people. Where are the rest of the people? Kang Shi asked, tilting his head.
"Your Excellency...... The salary of the Ministry of Humble Posts is only enough for the establishment of 110 people, and last month there was a battle with the barbarians of the pheasant family, and only these people are left now! Jiang Dahai said with a bitter face.
Kang Shi and Jing Hai glanced at each other.
Kang Shishi continued to roll call, and the battalion officers who were named by him came out one after another, explaining the vacancies in turn.
After a circle, the two found that although the phenomenon of eating empty land among the soldiers in Gyeongju was not absent, it was far less serious than that of Yeonju. The shortage of most battalion leaders in the army was not due to the greed of the officers, but the fact that the salaries were not sufficient.
With the exception of two battalion heads.
Yue Chengwang, the commander of the middle battalion, had only 35 people under his command, and he couldn't even make up the strength of a team.
Guo Huan, the commander of the guard battalion, had 280 people under his command. Supernumered.
There is almost no need to judge, and looking at the disdainful gazes of those battalion officials looking at Yue Chengwang, you can see that this kid has peeled off another layer of skin after Guo Lingjun in the state capital, which has led to a serious shortage of personnel in the camp.
The main reason why the pro-guard battalion is not only not short of staff, but is overstaffed. Guo Huan is Guo Yanqin's nephew, and the personal guard battalion is Guo Yanqin's guard, and Guo Yanqin is also the personal soldier who is ready to escort himself and his family to escape at a critical time.
Of course, the situation of inferior equipment is the same.
There was nothing to say, at that moment, Jing Hai waved his hand and ordered two Yanzhou soldiers who ran over from the left side to pull Yue Chengwang down and hit the board, and the eighty military sticks were beaten and not spared. Kang Shishi shouted the password and ordered the battalion officers to reline according to their size.
After these officers stood up one by one, Kang Shi opened his mouth coldly. But with one sentence, these battalion officers and team officers blew up the battalion: "No matter what you were before, you have memorized it for me, and from now on, you are nothing......"
Guo Huan took the lead and raised his head and asked, "Why?" ”
Kang Shi glanced at him. "Name——? ”
He had obviously named him just now, and his question was really knowingly, Guo Huan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Guo Huan——! ”
"Job ——?"
"Gyeongju Guards Battalion Command ——!"
"Rank ——?"
"What?" Guo Huan stared at Kang Shi with wide eyes, not understanding what he meant by this question.
"I don't even understand what a military rank is. What's the mess called? Kang Shi still asked coldly.
Guo Huan was depressed.
"Listen to it all - it's okay to speak when the official is speaking. But first raise your hand and shout the report——! Kang Shi said in a loud voice.
“…… From this moment on. Your former positions and positions are null and void! Kang Shi's tone was not heavy, but it carried a certain unquestionable authority.
"All the officers above the deputy level of the Gyeongju Army, pack up your things tonight, gather at the state capital early tomorrow morning, and there will be a car and boat to send you to the Liutao Hall of Fenglimsan to study. There you will be formed as soldiers, and in addition to daily drills, you will practice the art of war and military strategy, and become familiar with the military system and military law of our Eighth Route Army. The training period is three months, and after three months, there will be an assessment. Only those who pass the examination will be able to obtain the original rank and lead the army again! Kang Shishi spoke at a medium speed, and every word was pronounced extremely clearly.
"What if you don't go?" Guo Huan asked.
Kang Shi looked at him coldly, but did not speak.
Guo Huan was stunned for a while before he reacted, raised his right hand and shouted embarrassedly: "Report——! ”
Kang Shi nodded and replied, "You can not go, but you have to think about it, this is your last chance to keep your job." If you don't report to the state capital tomorrow, it means that you will automatically give up your military membership and take off your military uniform and become a civilian! Tomorrow it will be me, and if I don't reach three times, I will be automatically removed. "There is no such ——! in the military law in the battalion" Guo Huan shouted as he pulled his neck.
Kang Shi looked at him again.
Guo Huan hurriedly added another report.
Only then did Kang Shi speak: "This is not military law, this is a military order!" This is the order of the Right Guard's General-"
Guo Huan was stunned, as if he hadn't understood.
Kang Shi glanced at him and said slowly: "I will teach you the first article of the military law of the Eighth Route Army today - soldiers, and it is their duty to obey orders!" ”
"Vocation is duty. It is the duty of a soldier to eat food. It is also a duty to obey military orders, and you can't even do your duty, so you don't deserve to be a soldier——! Jing Hai, who was standing on the side, said slowly.
Guo Huan still seemed to be unconvinced, and raised his right hand and shouted: "Report - the lowly position is a soldier of Gyeongju, why did you go to Yanzhou to be assessed?" ”
Kang Shi looked at him, slowly walked to his side, stared at him coldly with two eyes and asked, "Want to know?" ”
Guo Huan was a little weak-hearted, but he still snorted with his neck.
Kang Shi stretched out his left hand and said softly, "I'll let you have two hands." As long as you can put my hand down, I will allow you not to go to Yanzhou to be assessed. ”
Guo Huan was taken aback, he looked at Kang Shishi, who had a serious look on his face, and then looked at his colleagues around him, and he was a little undecided for a while.
Jing Hai, who was standing behind Kang Shishi, said a word at this moment: "Here Kang Xuanjie has the highest military rank. What he says is an order! Guo Huan hesitated for a long time and asked, "Are you serious?" ”
The corners of Kang Shishi's mouth moved, but he didn't bother to answer this stupid question.
Guo Huan rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his left hand and gently held Kang Shi's slender and thin left hand.
With the touch of his hands, Guo Huan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Kang's palms were not proportional to his arms, and although his hands were still slightly smaller than those of ordinary people, they were still slightly smaller than his thin arms. The hand was a little bigger.
Holding this hand, a cold but stiff touch passed along the place where the two hands were crossed, which made Guo Huan feel excited.
At that moment, Guo Huan's feeling was that he grabbed a stone.
A piece does not stink. But it's hard stone.
Cold, hard, that's what it feels like.
Guo Huan had already used all the strength of his body, and his two arms were constantly shaking, not much, but the stone was still standing. There was no sign of a half-point falling.
Guo Huan finally used his right hand.
The corners of Kang Shishi's mouth were still pursed. His eyes were still cold, compared to Guo Huan, who was sweating profusely because he used all his strength. His expression was much calmer, and his face didn't even change much.
A stone is always a stone.
The most typical characteristic of stone is that it is hard, hard rather than bending, and indestructible hard.
Kang Shi is not a very strong person, among the first batch of cavalry, his sense of direction and eyesight are the best, in terms of strength, it is only average.
His right hand tendon was broken, and now it is difficult to hold his job.
The only left hand was the only one he relied on for the rest of his life.
He has to hold chopsticks in this hand, hold the jar of wine and drink wine with this hand, draw a bow or arrow or crossbow with this hand, and hold a gun and a knife with this hand...... In short, for the rest of his life, he relied on this hand......
What kind of weight does it take to hold a person's life on one hand?
Therefore, when he began to gradually increase the strength in his hand with a faint smile, it was understandable that Guo Huan was shocked in his eyes.
That kind of power is not really huge, and when evenly matched, any little weight added on the other side of the scale will be decisive.
It's not a great power – it's like a mountain falling.
Jing Hai frowned slightly, he turned his face away slightly, a little unbearable.
Guo Huan is not an immortal, he is just a mortal, so he naturally can't bear the weight of the mountain falling, so he naturally turned his arm in the direction of Kang Shi's strength, willing to lose, he is ready to admit defeat......
Then, he was surprised to find that the speed of the opponent's strength increased rapidly, almost instantly exceeding the speed of his own arm rotation......
Then there was a soft "click" ............
Guo Huan's screams resounded throughout the school yard, muffling out the pig-like roar of Yue Chengwang, who was being tortured on the side of the school yard......
Guo Huan's left hand was distorted from the forearm to the upper arm, at a strange angle, an angle that a normal person can't twist anyway......
A group of battalion officers inhaled cool air and looked at Kang Shishi, who stood up straight as if nothing happened, and Guo Huan, who was lying crooked in the dust and convulsed, and a sense of urine rose from the bottom of their hearts......
"The bones are not broken, but the tendons are injured, and I am afraid that I will have to raise them for a month......"
Kang Shi said expressionlessly.
"Do you still have any questions about why you need to be assessed?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
Kang Shi nodded and walked back to Jing Hai's side...... neatly, led his horse to the gate of the state capital.
There was still half an hour before the nodding of the head, and the genius was bright, but there was a black shadow flickering next to the Shangma Stone in front of the state capital.
Kang Shi frowned, he let go of his mount and let the horse wander on its own, but he slowly approached the black shadow.
In the faint morning haze, Guo Huan squatted beside Shangma Shi with a pale face, wrapped a few pieces of cloth around his arm and hung around his neck, but judging from his convulsive facial expression, the injury did not seem to be as light as Kang Shi said yesterday.
"What? Broken bones? Kang Shi couldn't help but have some doubts, could it be that he missed the right shot?
Guo Huanhu stood up, he stood up straight, blinked his eyes for a long time before he saw Kang Shi, his face was suddenly embarrassed, and he hesitated for a long time before he whispered: "I'm waiting for a little ......."