"Zen master, please rest assured, if there is a case, I will definitely send this thing to Guo Cheng's hands!" Zhou Ping said in a deep voice: "However, Zen Master Jiren has his own heavenly appearance, and he will definitely be able to return triumphantly and make great achievements!" ”

"If the crockpot does not break from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle!" Zhishan waved his hand: "My Guo family is favored by the country, and it is natural that I am not in the king's master, I just hope that everything will go well in this expedition to Liao, and I can restore my Han family. ”

Zhou Ping saw that the peace between the best eyebrows was abnormal, but the divine majesty was unforgiving, and he obviously had the consciousness of death. Although I don't remember the details of the process of the Northern Song Dynasty's invasion of Liao, I generally remember that the war has always been unfavorable to the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the end, the Northern Song Dynasty took Youzhou by bribing the Jin army, which also buried the aftermath of the Jin soldiers' southward journey. If the supreme good were to participate in it, wouldn't he also be lost in the chaos. Zhou Ping remembered that since the two met, the other party treated him very kindly, treating him like a nephew, how could he watch the other party go to death? Thinking of this, Zhou Ping asked in a low voice: "The imperial court is handsome with eunuchs, what does the Zen master think?" ”

Hearing Zhou Ping call Tong Guan "eunuch", Zhishan's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Juncheng, according to the heart, such as generals, Jing Guogong is not a Chinese, but he has also brought soldiers in the northwest for more than ten years." I also know the sages and foolishness of the generals and the hardships of the border soldiers, although he is a little arrogant, but he can also be regarded as a person who can use soldiers. Although the generals are not as good as the old and small species, the system of this dynasty, with the literature and the imperial army, let the Duke of Jing come is better than sending a scribe to supervise the three armies. ”

Hearing Zhishan's words, Zhou Ping could only sigh secretly, as a time-traveler in later generations, he naturally had a thunderous ear for Tong Guan, a big eunuch with a surname like "being a eunuch to a long beard". Later generations' evaluation of him was also mostly negative, but from the evaluation of the best monk in front of him was quite different, indeed as he said, the Great Song Dynasty was not a better general, but from a practical point of view, it is unlikely, whether it is an old race or a small race, they can not get enough trust from the Son of Heaven; And according to the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, not to take the warrior as the commander, [***] together, must take the civil minister as the strategy, and take the general system, the warrior as the commander, the leader of the troops and horses, the general, the moderation, in and out of the battle, only the command, even if the old and small species come at most, they can be a deputy marshal. Under this system, Tong Guan, a eunuch who had been in the military for a long time, became the best commander of the Liao army, after all, he had stayed in the northwest for more than ten years, knew most of the generals of the Western Army, and had commanded many large-scale battles, so it was much better to let him be the commander of this army that was related to the rise and fall of the country than to let a civil minister with no military experience serve as the commander of this army related to the rise and fall of the country.

"What's wrong with the eunuch, Narses (a famous general in Eastern Rome, who has defeated the Franks many times and recovered Italy, is also a eunuch) is also a eunuch, not a world-class general!" Zhou Ping cheered himself up in his stomach, but said with a smile on his face: "Then I wish the Zen master a triumphant return!" ”

After bidding farewell to Zhishan, Zhou Ping just returned to the house, and saw Xue Liangyu and Xue Liangwu brothers coming in from the outside, Xue Liangyu said with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhou, tomorrow happens to be Xiu Mu (ancient Chinese rest, similar to Saturday and Sunday), this Liang cottage is stuffy, why don't we go down the mountain to Jeju City together, and visit the second brother by the way!" ”

Zhou Ping had just heard about the Liao invasion from Zhishan's mouth, and was secretly worried about the great disaster, how could he still have the heart to go to Jeju City to play, but when he saw the Xue family brothers' enthusiastic appearance, he was embarrassed to rush their excitement, and said: "You guys go, most of the soldiers in the village are thieves who have just recruited An, so it's better for me to stay!" ”

The Xue brothers are also knowledgeable, although Zhou Ping used to be a field guest in their village, but in the past two years, he has climbed fast in his official career, whether it is Han Xianggong or that Wu Gonggong is quite trusting him, how dare they despise him when it comes to sending or their boss. The two glanced at each other, and Xue Liangwu said with a smile: "Since the prisoners are staying in the stockade, then let's stay too, just to train the soldiers." ”

"Good, good!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "The matter of the training soldiers can't be relaxed, you two wait for a while, I'll change my clothes and go on a tour together!" With that, Zhou Ping walked inside.

Xue Liangyu saw Zhou Ping leaving, and complained in a low voice: "Third brother, don't you think it's strange? We are not facing the western thieves here, and now the water thieves have been almost pacified, but Ah Ping is still worried, as if someone is calling him tomorrow! ”

"It's always good to be careful, and besides, don't you feel it? These incarcerations were all prescient, so let's listen to him more! Xue Liangwu said this, looked around and lowered his voice: "Also, don't let Ah Ping Ah Ping scream in the future, now he is the personal guard of the seventh grade, our top boss, even Han Xianggong has to call 'Juncheng' without a name, we are also military attaches of the grade now, you have to understand some rules, you think you are still a cropper who poked the cow's ass with a bamboo stick in the field in the past!" Even if there are a lot of people who are imprisoned for talking nonsense like this, it is not good for others to listen to them! ”

"What the third brother said is that I will be careful in the future!" Xue Liangyu was a little depressed by Xue Liangwu's words. At this time, Zhou Ping had already come out of it, changed into a soap-colored straight embellished, wore a pair of thin-soled fast boots on his head, and wore a pair of thin-soled fast boots on his feet.

The three of them were still more than 100 steps away from the school field when they heard the sound of drums. Zhou Ping quickened his pace, and after a while, he went to the pavilion next to the school field to inspect the situation of the practice. Judging from the situation of the soldiers, not long after the training began, Yang Wu, as an instructor, stood on the point general platform, holding the command flag, and was directing the infantry to change the formation, so that the infantry on the first line contracted the formation into a chessboard-shaped phalanx, and let the infantry on the second line step forward through the gap in the phalanx to fill the gap.

Zhou Ping stood in the pavilion, saw the situation of the training, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, the formation of the soldiers who practiced was not fast and neat enough, most of these soldiers were just recruited water thieves, although they were all selected capable men, but in the past lack of training, if they let them row the boat and jump down, it would be fine, if they were to line up neatly, with the golden drum banner command in an orderly manner, it would be difficult, and it would be difficult to practice for a while.

"Prison, it seems that it is far worse than the Zhuang Ding in our Zhuangzi!" Xue Liangyu on the side said with a smile.

"Hmm!" Zhou Ping nodded, walked out of the pavilion, and walked towards the Dianjiangtai. Just got on the stage, Yang Wu hurriedly saluted him, Zhou Ping waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, continue to practice!" ”

Yang Wu responded, turned around and waved the order flag twice, and the drums under the stage were loud, and the team on the school field turned into three horizontal columns and strode forward, and no one looked left and right, except for the footsteps of hundreds of legs on the ground, there was not even a sound of words or coughing. Seeing this scene, Xue Liangwu and Xue Liangyu both showed surprised expressions on their faces.

At the end of the school field is a rocky beach, large and small rocks are scattered everywhere, plus a lot of rain a few days ago, due to the low terrain there, the rainwater has accumulated there, and the rocky beach is full of mud puddles and small pools. Seeing that the horizontal team was about to approach the rocky beach, Yang Wu was about to wave the command flag to order the audience to sound the gong to make the horizontal team turn back, but he heard Zhou Ping's voice behind him: "Beat the drum hard!" ”

Yang Wu was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood what Zhou Ping meant, and ordered to the audience in a deep voice: "Beat the drum hard, don't stop!" ”

Li Cheng, who was the drummer in the audience, heard the order, pushed away the drummer who was a little hesitant, grabbed the drumstick, and beat the war drum to the sky.

Zhang Guang was originally one of the more than 20 Xiangzhou people who came to Jeju with Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping, and now he is a flag leader among the more than 100 people in the training, holding the big flag in both hands and walking to the front, when he faces the Dianjiangtai, he waving the big flag in his hand according to the flag, so that the soldiers of the same team know the direction of progress; When he has his back to the point, he directs his team according to the sound of gongs and drums. At this time, he had already walked to the edge of the school field, and there was a big mud pit in front of him, but there was a dense drum sound in his ears, people looked at each other, and some people even turned back to look at the flag on the platform, and stood still, waiting for Zhang Guang's flag. Zhang Guang looked back twice, only to see that the order flag on the platform pointed to the front, as if it was cast in iron. Only then did he come to his senses, and hurriedly pointed the big flag in his hand forward, and shouted: "Go forward, don't look back!" "The first one walked into the waterhole. Under the guidance of the flag head, people walked into the rocky beach. The temperature in September (lunar calendar) in Shandong is already very low, wearing hakama pleats soaked in muddy water, it is really not a taste, plus the mud and rocks at the bottom of the pool, it is very difficult to walk in a queue, and people keep falling to the ground, but the people who fall immediately get up and follow. Because the drum beat was very urgent, and the banner held by Zhang Guang at the front was always forward, no one dared to look back or look left and right. The horizontal team passed the rocky beach, and continued to move forward while tidying up the formation, until the gong sounded, it reversed, re-crossed the rocky beach, and with the order flag in Yang Wu's hand, it turned into three columns and stopped in front of the point general.

Zhou Ping stepped off the platform, his face was pale, he first pulled Zhang Guang out, kicked him hard, and ordered him to kneel, and then drank the rest of the officers in the team out to kneel, and then said to the rest of the people: "Since ancient times, fighting with soldiers has all relied on temperance orders. If the order of moderation is not strict, even if there are millions of people, they are only a rabble, so what is the use? When a person is on the battlefield, no matter how high his martial arts are, he is only ten or a hundred enemies at most. But if you all obey the command, a hundred people with one heart is a thousand people before you, and they are just like chickens and dogs. When the battle is approaching, as long as the drum beats non-stop, there is water and fire in front of you, and you have to jump into the water and fire; If the gong does not stop, there are mountains of gold and silver in front of you, and you must return immediately. While the drum is beating, if anyone looks back, they must be beheaded immediately. When the big and small leaders look back, it is even more unforgivable. Why decapitation immediately? Because just when the sound of killing shook the sky and arrows rained down, if one person looked back, it would make everyone suspicious and most likely to shake the morale of the army. Especially if you are an officer, the eyes of the soldiers are looking at you, and the relationship is more important, so you must cut it. He looked at Zhang Guang and the others again and said: "Today is just a practice, not a battle, and I didn't have any orders beforehand, so I won't be held responsible." In the future, as long as the drum does not stop beating during the practice, and then there is a look back, the military stick will be beaten. Get up! (To be continued.) )