The Weizhou army attacked Yanzhou in the first battle, although it finally defeated Yanzhou and the Xiazhou coalition army, but the losses of the third army were also very heavy, two brigades of the infantry phalanx were disabled by the strong Xiazhou iron cavalry, and many soldiers were wounded by feather arrows. In addition, there are crockpot grenades that blow up to their own side due to improper operation, and so on.

Xiahou Haoyue had a meritorious service in attacking Yanzhou this time, and just after noon, he defeated the Dingyan army, and forced the patriotic army to make Cao Ruting surrender, which was very good, and Li Bao had already informed the whole army of Weizhou to give credit to the Third Army.

When Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao heard that Li Bao was so sure of the merits of the Third Army, the two of them were also extremely happy, and immediately came to Li Bao's temporary residence, the Yanzhou Jiedu Embassy.

Li Bao sat in Cao Ruting's mansion, thinking about the future battle plan, Yi Wuji came to report, Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao of the Third Army came, and he immediately let them in.

After the two entered Li Bao's room, they immediately bowed to Li Bao and saluted, "A certain (Xiahou Haoyue, Ding Badao) greets His Highness, Good Day, Your Highness!" ”

Li Bao hurriedly got up and helped the two of them up, and then let the two of them sit down, and when the servants served the tea and soup, Li Bao looked at the two and said, "Why did you come to me so quickly, how did the casualties and compensation work of the troops go?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, before the two of them came, everything in the army had been arranged. Thank you for your concern! Xiahou Haoyue replied.

"Well, you have done a good job, the Third Army can have today's combat strength, and it can be seen that the two of you are very attentive. I have also informed the whole army that I will honor your merits for the Third Army, and the rewards for military merits will be distributed as soon as possible. You have to put more effort into appeasing those casualties, after all, the soldiers at the bottom are the foundation of our Weizhou army, and you must not be careless! ”

"Your Highness's teachings, the two of them must keep it in mind."

"Well, Haoyue and Badao, you are the first people to follow me, I hope we can win more battles, so that we can have more rights and territory in Weizhou, and more people can follow us at that time.

For the sergeants who performed well in the war, you must cultivate them well, you must not let them have a resentful heart, and you must not let the evil people in the army run rampant, if there are such people, we must reduce them as soon as possible, and we must not let some bad elements spoil the morale and traditions of our Weizhou army. ”

When Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao heard Li Bao say this, the two of them couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, did the king hear something, could it be that it was reported by the secret agents of the Shadow Guard? Some time ago, the Third Army did investigate and deal with a capital who deducted military salaries and rewards, and the king brought it up at this time, was he taking the opportunity to beat a certain class?

Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao immediately got up and knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "What the king said is very true, a certain person is not effective in discipline on weekdays, and there are some scum, and the king is asked to surrender his guilt." ”

"Hey, what's wrong with you, I just said it casually, don't take it seriously, get up quickly."

Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao glanced at each other, and then got up and sat down again.

Li Bao looked at the two of them, and he smiled and said, "As the main and deputy commanders of the Third Army, there must be something wrong with you coming to me at this time, so let's talk about it quickly, don't be nervous." ”

Xiahou Haoyue saw that Li Bao said this, he rubbed his hands, and then got up and said: "I came here this time to ask for a favor from the king, I don't know if the king can give this favor to a certain third army." ”

"Oh, what grace, tell me about it." Li Bao smiled.

"That's right, our Third Army relied on the leadership and wisdom of the king this time, coupled with the magic weapon created by the king, to defeat the alliance of the Patriotic Army and the Dingyan Army. But a certain third army is really heavy casualties, our Weizhou army has suffered such a heavy blow, so the morale of the sons and daughters of a certain group has also decreased a lot, is to ask the king to give a number to a certain third army, with this kind of glory, a certain third army will be able to spread the world, in addition, so that the sons and daughters can boost the morale, I don't know if the king can allow. ”

After Xiahou Haoyue finished speaking, he and Ding Badao stared at Li Bao and the two of them, their eyes full of pleading, Li Bao saw that the two of them were so eager, he couldn't help but groan.

When the Weizhou Army was established three years ago, he simply lined up the five armies in order to save trouble. Over the years, the generals under his command have seen a lot, and they have heard that many armies of other feudal towns, such as Li Keyong's Black Crow Army, Xiazhou Dingyan Army, Bao Dajun, etc., are all named and surnamed, and their Weizhou First Army does not sound majestic at all.

Now Xiahou Haoyue's third army relies on military merits, and comes to him to ask for favor, but in fact, the generals are like they are coming to test his tone. Alas, now he and the generals no longer want to be as casual as before.

In the past, Li Bao and everyone had something to say, but now they are all estranged from themselves, is this the price of being high? It's a really uncomfortable feeling to be alone.

Perhaps, since the courtiers can abide by the rules, they are much better than those courtiers who do not follow the rules outside. What else is he not satisfied with? So Li Bao laughed and said: "Well, Xiahou Dalang said well, this issue of the number of the armies is indeed my negligence, since the two of you are here today, this face must be given to you." ”

Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao immediately stood up and saluted Li Baogong, "Thank you for the grace of the king!" ”

Li Bao waved his hand to flatten the two of them, and then picked up the brush on the bookcase, ready to splash ink to give the third army a handwritten number. But what to write, Li Bao began to hesitate.

After pondering for a long time, he remembered that not long ago, he had given the number of the Fenghuo Army to the artillery battalion led by Yang Gan, who was far away in Tubo, but the Third Army of Weizhou was the top military establishment in Weizhou and the establishment of the artillery battalion could not be the same, so he decided that in the future, the number of military establishments below the army level would start with the wind, and the establishment at the army level would not be subject to this restriction.

So the number of the Third Army, Li Bao called Wa Hao and wrote: Tiger Wing Army, three big characters, the Third Army of Weizhou only seems to be domineering and leaky.

Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao saw that Li Bao had finished writing the three words of Tiger Wing Army, and the two of them immediately became happy, this name is really good, domineering and smooth.

So the two of them knelt down again and said in unison: "On behalf of all the sergeants of the Tiger Wing Army, the two of them bow to the king for his grace." After speaking, the two of them kowtowed to Li Bao three more times.

Li Bao laughed, helped up Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao, and said to them: "Don't thank me for this matter, you deserve it, you have made great contributions to my Weizhou, and you deserve this honor." Okay, you guys go back first, about the number, I have to arrange it again, this matter of awarding the number can't be hasty, a ceremony must be held. ”

When Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao heard this, they were even more beautiful now, and they thought that the king was really a good superior who was good at mentioning his intentions. The more grand this event is, the greater the honor of the Third Army. Yes, Xiahou Haoyue and Ding Badao went happily.

When the two of them left, Li Bao began to think about it, after the army had a number, it was necessary to get a military flag when awarding the army. As a traverser, Li Bao must copy the method of using military flags and numbers to cultivate soldiers' sense of honor and responsibility in the people's army in later generations, and he also hopes to use this method to control the soldiers under him, and finally he and his Weizhou group.

Thinking of this, Li Bao gave full play to his expertise and designed a military flag for the Weizhou Tiger Wing Army. The military flag is very simple, a square flag, and you have to think about the content on it, the Tiger Wing Army must have a tiger, or a tiger with wings. As for how majestic this tiger is, Li Bao gave full play to his talent for painting and his brain to paint as he wants, and finally painted a satisfactory one after painting for a long time.

The third army has a number, and the generals of other armies will definitely come to quarrel with him, so he used his brains and thought of a number for the other four armies, which are the Tiger Army, the Tiger Wei Army, the Tiger Head Army, and the Tiger Tooth Army. The reason why he did this was to save trouble, after all, thinking about a name also consumes brain cells.

As for these numbers, Li Bao didn't worry about who to give or not to whom, he decided that once the other lords of the four armies came to him, he would let them draw lots by themselves, and draw which one was that.

Sure enough, before the afternoon, the other military masters of the four armies came to Li Bao to ask about the number of each army, Li Bao thought that these guys were so active, he deliberately took care of it for a long time, provoking the generals to make it seem that they didn't want money, and took a picture of Li Bao as if they were sitting on the clouds, fluttering like a fairy.

was photographed comfortably, and Li Bao pointed to a swarthy box and said, "Oh, you go and smoke it, which one is smoked." ”

So the generals hurriedly abandoned King Li Bao, went straight to the black box, and scrambled to reach in. Everyone, you fight for me, it's not lively.

After a long time, the generals finally had one, so they opened one after another, and the first army of Zhang Qingping's generation drew the Huwei Army, and he felt very satisfied, so he smiled and looked at the excitement of other people.

Zhang Chengfan's second army drew the Tiger Ben Army, and he was also very satisfied, feeling that this number was very correct. Song Wentong's Fourth Army drew the Tiger Head Army, while Wang Bo's Fifth Army was the Tiger Tooth Army.

The two of them read it, and felt that their numbers were still a little worse than Zhang Qingping and Zhang Chengfan. I was a little dissatisfied, but I didn't dare to say it.

Li Bao looked at the generals like this, he laughed, and said: "This number is not good or bad, no matter how loud it is, but it can't be used in war, isn't it in vain." Therefore, it is important for soldiers to make a name for themselves on the battlefield. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited, so they all said to Li Bao: "Follow the teachings of His Highness, and you must keep it in mind." ”

Li Bao waved his hand at them, and then said: "Okay, now that we're done gossiping, let's talk about business, by the way, you go and invite the Xiahou Army Master and the Ding Army Master over, I have something to discuss with you." ”