Chapter 57: What is a Famous General?
West Garden, right thousand riding camp.
"Right Thousand Cavalry Captain Li Rong, Wei Chi Xiu Lin Gong is loyal to the country, the first soldier, killed the murderer, and is specially awarded a first-class medal, for the sixth grade of Zhenwei Lieutenant, Yu Chi Xiu Lonely is the seventh grade of the fruit captain," Yuan Xingchong said to Li Rong and Yu Chi Xiu Lian, "Yuan Ming, Xiu Lian, you two did a good job, the Queen Mother specially rewarded you, and the future is immeasurable." ”
"Thank you Queen Mother for your grace!" Li Rong and Wei Chi Xiu said in unison.
"Okay, I'll take a step ahead," Yuan Xingchong said slightly apologetically, turning around and leaving with his attendant.
"Let's have a drink!" Li Rong put away the commendation document and said disapprerovitically.
"It's only been promoted by half a level," Wei Chi Xiu said quietly.
Wei Chi Xiu was promoted from the deputy lieutenant of Zhiguo to the lieutenant of Zhiguo under the seventh grade, and he was only promoted by half a level, and his position did not change.
"The Son of Heaven guards seem to be glorious, there are not many opportunities for meritorious service, and it is natural that promotion is not easy." Li Rong said, "It's quite rare for us to be promoted by half a level. ”
After assisting in solving the homicide case in Nanshi, Li Rong and Wei Chi Xiu were both rewarded, and each was promoted to a half-level honor, and the following generals and soldiers had their own rewards, and the dead and injured soldiers were urged by Li Rong, and the rewards were also quickly in place, which can be described as a great joy.
Seven days later, the two thousand knights who died in battle held a funeral ceremony successively, and Li Rong rushed to the funeral with Yu Chi Xiulian, Yang Beifeng, and Ge Fushun, and saw the soldiers buried in the coffin before leaving.
Yang Beifeng and Ge Fushun were the brigade commanders of the army where the fallen soldiers were located, and the team was positive, so Li Rong brought the two of them here.
Bidding farewell to the grateful soldiers' families, Li Rong and Wei Chi Xiu and others rode back to the camp.
When several people appeared at the soldier's house, the soldier's family was very moved. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers were treated very well, and later, the war was frequent, the government was relaxed, and many soldiers often did not get the treatment they deserved after they died, and the generals would not go to the scene to pay tribute.
"Da Lang, what's the use of us coming to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers?" Yu Chi Xiu asked quietly.
"As I told you, although they are soldiers, they are actually robes, and the victory of the war is won by these soldiers with a knife and a gun, and they are worthy of respect." Li Rong said solemnly.
"Sounds reasonable!" Yu Chi Xiu thought for a while.
The generals of this era don't care much about the soldiers below, let alone the ones who have already died. Only Li Rong, a guy with memories of his past life, had this strange idea.
"The generals are wise, benevolent, brave and strict, isn't benevolence just a requirement to treat soldiers with benevolence and righteousness? What does it mean to have some truth? Li Rong said dissatisfied.
"No one has taught it before," Wei Chi Xiu said quietly.
"If you want to become a famous general, you need to understand, and it is impossible to become a famous general by relying on people alone." Li Rong said.
"So how do you become a celebrity?" Yu Chi Xiu asked suspiciously.
Yang Beifeng next to him, and Ge Fushun also stared at Li Rong tightly, looking eager for it.
After Li Rong entered the Thousand Cavalry, he won the unanimous love of the soldiers with his superb martial arts, novel training, strict discipline, and equal treatment, and was regarded as a famous general seed by the high-level generals of the Yulin Guard, and he was bound to shine. Everyone enters the Praetorian Guard, they all have their own ideals to pursue, which soldier doesn't want to be a general?
"Famous generals require wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, and if you do a good job, you can become a famous general, but famous generals are rare, why?" Li Rong asked rhetorically.
The crowd was silent.
"You must know that Zhixin, benevolence, courage and strictness are not coldly written in the words of the military book, but to be really implemented in the ordinary military life, so that you can become a famous general, since the beginning of the country can be called the first famous general Emperor Taizong, when it is the King of the Song Dynasty, do not eat for two days, do not dissolve the armor for three days, one day eight battles to break the Bird Mouse Valley can be described as brave, under the city of Luoyang, besiege Wang Shichong, break Dou Jiande, a war to determine the world, can be described as wisdom, when conquering Goryeo, Taizong pro-general Li Simo sucked blood, can be described as benevolence, the Xuanjia army under his command is strictly disciplined, The order is neat, it can be described as strict, the soldiers will be rewarded for their merits under the banner of Taizong, and they will be punished if they make mistakes, which can be described as a letter, can you think to yourself? Li Rong spoke at length.
The four of them rode horses and walked on the street, and there were many pedestrians on the road, and everyone walked not fast, talking as they went.
"Emperor Taizong is talented, how can he be within our reach?" Wei Chi Xiu said with emotion.
Although Li Shimin was somewhat unfair in his treatment of his grandfather Li Xiaogong, Li Rong still admired Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He was able to ascend to the throne of God because of his outstanding feats and high prestige, and there was no fluke to speak of.
"There will be no pie in the sky, Emperor Taizong's exploits are his sword and gun, your ancestor General Wei Chi has followed Emperor Taizong to fight for many years, how can you not know?" Li Rong said to Yu Chi Xiu.
"What about martial arts practice, how did you realize it, you have been promoted to the sixth rank when you are only twenty years old, I ask myself if I have worked hard enough in martial arts, why can't I break through for a long time?" Yu Chi Xiu asked quietly.
When Li Rong first came to Qianqi, Yu Chi Xiu Lin thought to himself that although his martial arts were not as good as Li Rong, he could still compete with Li Rong, and after a few days, Li Rong was promoted to the sixth rank, and Yu Chi Xiu was not an opponent at all, and he was often helpless to lose within a dozen moves, which made him depressed.
"Your accumulation is not enough," Li Rong said, "There is no such thing as a fluke in martial arts cultivation. Will, body, and comprehension are indispensable, and the mental and physical skills must reach the level required by the exercises in order to be promoted to a higher realm. Your willpower seems to be strong, but in fact, you have not been polished on the battlefield, you are not tough enough, and your physical fitness and marksmanship are the same, so you can't be promoted to the sixth rank. ”
"Do you mean that I am not strong-willed, physically weak, and not understanding?" Wei Chi Xiu said dejectedly.
"The spear marksmanship was created by General Chi Gong, the ancestor of the spear king, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and has mastered the techniques to create the spear marksmanship. It is conceivable that if you want to succeed in the marksmanship of the tyrant gun, you must go through the tempering on the battlefield, you have never even been on the battlefield, how can you really understand the essence of the tyrant gun? Li Rong said.
"Taught!" Yu Chi Xiu bowed his hand and said solemnly.
"As for the two of you, lay a good foundation, and you will have hope to be promoted to a master in the future!" Li Rong looked back at Yang Zhifeng, and Ge Fushun said.
Practicing martial arts is different from governing the army, more talent is needed, Wei Chi Xiu's talent is extraordinary, he is not very old, he is already a five-grade master, and he can be regarded as having excellent qualifications, these are incomparable to Ge Fushun and the two.
As they spoke, several people rode back to the camp of the Thousand Horsemen.
"There are more than half of the soldiers stationed outside the post house, it is estimated that there are more than 1,000 people, all of them are the elite of the guards of the Beijing Division, it seems that Tang Ting has indeed heard some rumors." Mohedagan sighed in a low voice.
Not long ago, Li Shangzhen, the host and guest of the Tang Dynasty Rite Department, personally came to the post house to ask Asli about the ** woman, and Mo Heda did everything possible to justify it, deniing that this was Asli's personal doing, and it was not about the Turkic mission, but he still looked very embarrassed.
To do such an ugly thing in another country, the key is to be caught, which is the real embarrassing thing. Of course, this is also because the Tang Dynasty is a big country, otherwise the Turks will definitely not give in. Reasoning needs to be backed by strength, and it has been the case since ancient times.
After Li Shangzhen came, the Tang court increased the number of garrisons near the post house, in the name of protecting the Turkic mission, and Mohe Dagan could not protest.
"Mohe, you're too entangled in this mission," Shifting Greed Khan shook his head and said, "Whether the snake spirit's operation is successful or not doesn't have much impact on our Turks, and wars between countries are decided by sword and gun, not one or two assassinations to determine the result." ”
"Shifting forces, counting the fact that I have been to Datang four times this time, every time I come to Middle-earth, I have a feeling of fear, compared to the Turks, Datang is too strong, far beyond our imagination," Mo Heda said in a deep voice, "As long as we are not careful this time, we may end up with the same fate as the previous Turkic Great Khan Jieli, so we must seize every possible opportunity to weaken Datang's strength as much as possible." ”
"You see the wealth and strength of the Tang Dynasty, don't you know the strength of Wu Zetian behind it, a person who can govern the country well, she will easily fall into the trap and be assassinated by a group of people in the rivers and lakes?" "I'm not optimistic about the snake spirit's actions, but I don't think that the Tang Dynasty will wipe out our Turks, at least during Wu Zetian's reign, she won't spend her energy on external expansion, being able to maintain her position of power is the first place, and it's not easy for a woman to sit in that supreme position." Even if Wu Zetian dies of old age, and his descendants are still busy fighting for power, they will not be able to threaten our Turks in the next twenty or thirty years. ”
"And what about twenty or thirty years from now?" Mohedagan frowned.
The struggle for power within the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more intense, and these Mo He Dagan naturally see it in their eyes, so they will join in and try to get a share of the benefits, but he wants to take the opportunity to make the Tang Dynasty more chaotic and unable to look outside.
"Twenty or thirty years later, we still don't know if we are still there, and we have our own children and grandchildren to worry about this." Shifting Greed Khan said.
"Perhaps!" Mo Hedagan said helplessly, "How did the snake spirit's action proceed?" ”
"Whether the snake spirit's operation can succeed or not depends on us, if the plan is thorough, we can naturally cooperate, if we can't even solve the surrounding garrisons, why let us bleed and contribute? As for the intelligence, sooner or later they will come to the door, you don't have to worry. Shifting Greed Khan said proudly.
After all, the snake spirit has more needs from the Turks, and the Turks are qualified to have the strength to have the upper hand.