The thick dark clouds covered the scorching sun and bright sky, and the people on the ground looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and their hearts were also a little hazy.

Not only in Liu Hong's eyes, but also in the eyes of the entire Han Dynasty, it was irrational for Xianbei not to digest the city he had just occupied at this time, and to attack the Han Dynasty.

But this sandalwood acacia did so, and it was when the Han army was unprepared.

Because Xianbei did not invade last year, the cities on the border of Bingzhou were a little less vigilant, and it was because of this lack of vigilance that the Han army was defeated, and the Xianbei people slaughtered the three cities of Linrong, Woye, and Sanfeng in Shuofang County.

When Zhang Chun, the captain of the Iron Cavalry Academy, came to Guangmu County, Shuofang County, Bingzhou, he was greeted by lifeless faces.

Zhang Chun found the county lieutenant and shouted: "Why don't you reorganize the army? Instead, let it go? ”

The county lieutenant looked at Zhang Chun with blood-red eyes, and choked up, "General, it's not that a certain general is unwilling to regroup morale, it's just that the county soldiers here are all from Yangzhou, how can they have experienced such a tragic war, and they are far away from their homeland, so they all have homesickness." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chun nodded, that's right, although this long-distance conscription system can prevent soldiers from being turned into private soldiers by generals, but it also makes soldiers feel homesick and not easy to fight.

At this time, the staff officer of the army beside Zhang Chun smiled and said, "General, can you let me talk to these soldiers?" ”

Zhang Chun was overjoyed when he heard this, and then slapped his forehead and said, "So-and-so has forgotten, and there is no big problem here." Then he said to the lieutenant of Shuofang County, "A certain soldier under his command took over the city defense, and all the soldiers under his command were gathered together, and Zijian conducted a rectification training." ”

"No"

The lieutenant of Shuofang County agreed to his promise, but his eyes glanced at the staff officer named Zijian, who obviously did not believe that Zijian would be able to restore the morale of the Han army in a short time.

Zhang Chun smiled and didn't say anything when he saw this, at the beginning, together with Zijian, several staff officers of the army, when they were airborne to the post of staff officers of the Eighth Army at the beginning of the fourth year of Jianning, even Zhang Chun, including the captains of the county, did not trust the staff officers of the army who were parachuted down.

However, this Zijian slapped Zhang Chun and other lieutenants with his performance, and in three days, in just three days, this Zijian changed the entire Iron Cavalry Army, and if it weren't for Zhang Chun, a person who had been in control of the Iron Cavalry for a long time, he would not have been able to find this subtle change at all.

Although it was a subtle change, it was difficult for Zhang Chun to accept, because this change made all of Zhang Chun's orders under the watchful eye of the staff officers of the army.

To this day, Zhang Chun still remembers that in the fourth year of Jianning, he ordered a tun soldier to protect his family, but before that, this situation was very simple, because there was no staff officer with the army among the tun-level soldiers.

But on that occasion, the commander of the tun actually said, "We are not the general's private soldiers, how can we use the country's soldiers for such private matters?" ”

Even if Zhang Chun wanted to punish him for the following crimes, who knew that even Zhang Chun's own soldiers did not obey the order, and even said to him, "We are all soldiers of the Han Dynasty, just because of the different division of labor, the general is resourceful, brave and good at fighting, so when we are the commander, we just need to fight the battlefield." ”

"The staff officer once said that His Majesty is a great man, so we are also loyal to Your Majesty, only Your Majesty is above us, and we have not offended Your Majesty, how can the general cure our crimes below?"

Zhang Chun was shocked when he heard these words, if there were people here in the future, he would definitely be able to see that this was the equality of officers and soldiers of the Red Army in later generations.

Although it was difficult for Zhang Chun to accept this idea for a while, Zhang Chun, who was able to rise to this official position by virtue of his military exploits, was not a stupid person, so he did not say anything, but sincerely apologized.

In the time that followed, Zhang Chun had to admit that it was this slight change that made the morale of the army strong, although it had not been tested on the battlefield, but Zhang Chun dared to conclude that once on the battlefield, the Han army would be able to make the enemy fearful.

In a short time, the county soldiers were gathered in the school yard of the military camp in the city.

Zhang Chun and the county lieutenant of Shuofang County watched quietly, Zhang Chun wanted to see how much the morale of the county soldiers could be improved, and the county lieutenant wanted to see if this Zijian really had the ability to regain the morale of the county soldiers who were about to collapse.

Zijian stood on the high platform of the school field and shouted, "Brothers, a certain is one of the most elite Eighth Army of the Han Dynasty, Wang Qiang, the staff officer of the Iron Cavalry Army, and Wang Zijian. ”

Shuofang Junbing stared at Wang Qiang coldly, without a trace of sound.

Wang Qiang smiled strangely, and then said to himself, "I didn't come this time to boost your morale, but to chat with everyone." ”

The eyes of the county lieutenant on the side were suddenly full of puzzlement, but Zhang Chun's eyes were full of smiles, because Wang Qiang also said the same thing when he talked to the Iron Cavalry, without a trace of change.

"Brothers, why are they all standing and doing while they are talking? All sit down. ”

As he spoke, Wang Qiang took the lead in sitting down on the high platform, and the county soldiers below saw a trace of puzzlement in their eyes, but the military order had been issued, so they sat on the ground one after another.

Wang Qiang looked at the puzzlement in the eyes of the county soldiers, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it is good to react, and if there is a reaction, it means that there is still the possibility of thinking.

Immediately, Wang Qiang pointed to an ordinary soldier at the front of the queue and said, "What's your name?" ”

The soldier hurriedly stood up and said, "Report to the staff officer, Ge Dan." ”

"Didn't you mean chatting! Sit down. Wang Qiang waved his hand.

When Ge Dan heard this, he sat down on the floor again.

After Ge Dan sat down, Wang Qiang then asked, "Ge Dan, where are you from?" ”

Ge Dan was about to get up and answer when he heard this, but when he saw Wang Qiang's expression, he stopped getting up and said, "Yangzhou Danyang people." ”

"Oh?" Wang Qiang showed an excited look and said, "Where is Danyang?" ”

"Wuhu."

Wang Qiang suddenly made a big wedding outfit, and said loudly, "A certain person is also from Wuhu, when did you become a soldier?" ”

When Ge Dan heard that Wang Qiang was also from Wuhu, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and when he heard this, he hurriedly replied, "Jianning has participated in the recruitment for four years, and after the recruit training, he was arranged here. ”

As soon as he said that it was arranged here, Ge Dan had a trace of melancholy on his face, obviously because he was far away from his homeland.

Seeing this, the county lieutenant who was on the side with Zhang Chun looked at Wang Qiang, and he wanted to see if Wang Qiang could solve it.

Who knew that Wang Qiang suddenly got up, pointed at Ge Dan and scolded, "Er is a coward, scum, don't mention that Er is from Danyang Wuhu in the future, and I am ashamed to be a fellow villager with Er." ”

Wang Qiang's sudden outburst stunned all the county soldiers in the school field, even Zhang Chun and the county lieutenant on the side.

That Ge Dan was even more stupid, but then there was a trace of anger on his face, although there were no clear four joys at this time, but no one could erase it, and it was a rare joy to meet someone else.

Wang Qiang's sentence made Ge Dan angry, who said that little people have no dignity?

Because Wang Qiang was his superior, Ge Danqiang held back his anger and said, "Why did the staff officer say that? ”

"Because you threw it into the face of the Wuhu people, you thought it was a scribe? That is a big mistake, before he became a staff officer, he was the Sima of the Yangzhou Prefecture Army, and he belonged to the Yangzhou Thorn Shi Zang Min. ”

"Since Er was a soldier in Jianning for four years, you should know about the extermination of the thief Xu Zhao."

"That time, we were ambushed by the barbarians, 10,000 troops were killed and wounded, and only a few hundred people escaped.

Ge Dan was silent, as were the rest of the county soldiers.

Wang Qiang shouted: "It is to ask the assassin Shi to avenge the brothers." ”

"There are only more than 100 people left, and a certain has never forgotten to avenge the brothers, and there are 2,000 people at this time, and they don't even dare to say the words of revenge.

"What kind of face do you have to say that you are from Yangzhou? You are simply embarrassed by a certain Yangzhou child, and the shame is not in front of his own house, and he also came to the northernmost state of the Han Dynasty to be embarrassed, what does this make the people of Bingzhou think? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Qiang paused, and then sneered, "Tell you what the people of Bingzhou think!" In the future, as long as someone talks about Yangzhou, the first thing that people in Yangzhou think of is to wait for this cowardly Yangzhou soldier. ”

As soon as they heard this, these county soldiers all looked at Wang Qiang with anger in their eyes, after all, what Wang Qiang said was too big, if that was the case, it would not be an exaggeration to say that these county soldiers were sinners in Yangzhou through the ages.

Wang Qiang smiled slightly when he saw this, and then pointed to another soldier and said, "A certain question, do you know that the last time you tried to win the big competition, which state soldier won the first place?" ”

"The report staff officer is a soldier from Youzhou Prefecture."

"So, tell a certain county soldier who won the first place, which county is it?"

"The report staff officer is Beidi County, Liangzhou."

"Which county is the first to win the county soldiers?"

"The report staff officer is Wuyuan County, Wuyuan County, and Bingzhou."

"Good!" Wang Qiang gave a good shout, and then said loudly, "What you said is good, you tell you, why are the three big men the first, all in the north?" ”

The county soldiers were speechless for a moment, and they could say that they didn't know, or they didn't want to know.

Seeing this, Wang Qiang continued, "Then ask you again, these strong soldiers should be here to protect their families, wives and children, but at this time, because of His Majesty's will, they went to a foreign country without a trace of complaints. Why? ”

"You can say that you don't have a trace of complaints, but have you protected the safety of their family? Although there is no Shuofang County among the three firsts, a certain told Er and others that it is the soldiers of Shuofang County who compete for the first place in the county soldiers with the Beidi County. ”

"I told you why they left their hometown, and let you wait for the soldiers of Danyang in Yangzhou, who had not entered the top ten soldiers of Dahan County, to come, because they knew that since they became Han soldiers, they no longer belonged to themselves, but to Your Majesty and to Dahan."

"You tell so-and-so, what are you going to do?"

"Kill the humbled and protect my big man."

"Kill the humbled and protect my big man."

"Kill the humbled and protect my big man."

The county soldiers in the school field were all shouting loudly, some wanted revenge, some wanted to take revenge, some wanted to be a stain on their hometown, some wanted to prove that the soldiers of Shuofang County were right to hand over their family to themselves, and every county soldier present could find a reason to stay and fight bloody battles in their hearts at this time.

The county lieutenant of Shuofang was on the side, dumbfounded, and muttered, "I didn't expect it to really be, but half an hour of conversation actually restored the fighting spirit of these county soldiers." ”

Zhang Chun sighed secretly and said, "It is worthy of being the most powerful power that Xu Zici said!" ”

It turned out that after the incident in Jianning four years later, Zhang Chun had chatted with Xu Rong, and Xu Rong asked at that time, "General Zhang, do you know what is the most powerful force in the world?" ”

Zhang Chunsi didn't know what to do, so he had to ask, "I don't know, please let General Xu know." ”

Xu Rong stared at Zhang Chun's head at that time and said, "It's faith!" ”

"Faith?" Zhang Chun was a little puzzled when he heard this, he really didn't know why faith was the most powerful force.

Xu Rong recalled and said, "I didn't know at the beginning, but after His Majesty took a certain place, I knew that people with faith are not afraid of death, it can be said that even if they know that the future is death, but for the faith in their hearts, they are willing to die generously." ”

Zhang Chun was surprised when he heard this, and said, "How is this possible?" ”

"Why not?" Xu Rong smiled meaningfully.

Zhang Chun was silent when he heard this.

Xu Rong continued: "What was it about the Battle of Fuyang that made those Han soldiers not afraid of death? It can be said that it is because of the reward, but it is necessary to say that the reward is also part of the faith. People of faith always have a reason in their hearts to fight for it. This is the terrible nature of faith. ”

Zhang Chun recalled Xu Rong's words, coupled with the scene of the county soldiers shouting three times in front of him, and muttered, "It's really a terrible faith." ”

After the county soldiers shouted three times, Wang Qiang pressed down with both hands, and then said loudly, "I will tell you another good news, that is, all young children who have service soldiers in their families can enter the county-level school to study for free." For those who have made war achievements, the state and county-level schools can also be free of charge. The county-level schools for the war dead are free to study, but the state-level schools require excellent grades. ”

"Drink"

"Drink"

"Drink"

As soon as the county soldiers heard this, they immediately shouted three times, the scholars were unattainable in the eyes of these soldiers, and now if they can fight bravely to kill the enemy, their children can be called scholars, how can this not make these county soldiers excited?

That's right, this is the prototype of compulsory education, and Liu Hong originally thought that this compulsory education would be difficult to implement.

However, Liu Hong learned through understanding that as early as the Western Han Dynasty, there were hierarchical schools, but because of writing and other reasons, this form of school only maintained the form, and did not become a talent training base like later generations.

At this time, Liu Hong also had no illusion that he would complete the nine-year compulsory education of the later generations in one step, and Liu Hong at this time just wanted to use this method to form a pseudo-belief in the Han army.

That's right, using money, honor, and the emperor's attention is nothing more than a false faith, because these can be given by others, not like the land reform that was a big killer in later generations.

But for Liu Hong at this time, even if it is a false belief, it is enough.

Unless there is an uprising of a person who implements land reform in the Han Dynasty, don't think about successfully overthrowing the Han Dynasty.

Loyalty is because the weight of betrayal is not enough, and Liu Hong firmly believes that the weight he gives is enough.

ps: Well, I didn't dare to read the book review in the past two days, the update was unstable, and I didn't scold or do it, right? Hehe, these are today's guaranteed two chapters, let's make up for it on Monday! Because Monday is a new book selection recommendation, so I don't plan to break out at that time, so I'm sorry for everyone.

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