On the third day after Luo Yi and the others involved in the rebellion case were dealt with, the military affairs of the Tianjie Army also began to be able to continue to assemble under the reorganization of the officers. Then their goal is to go to Chang'an as soon as possible, and then go to support Chang'an. At present, the Turks have left them behind, because the Turks are cavalry, and the speed of cavalry is not comparable to that of infantry. Therefore, the cavalry of the Turks has been very fast and has left the Tianjie army behind, but the Tianjie army is also very fast to organize the troops, and then hope to go to Chang'an as soon as possible to support.

"Zhang Yushi, our Tianjie Army currently has 72,000 troops, let's march quickly to Chang'an. However, although the Turks broke through our defense line this time, they chose those weak points to bypass our defense, and they did not have the intention of fighting us, so they also passed our defense line quickly. In this way, our losses are much smaller, and if it is a head-to-face battle, then I am afraid that we will not be able to resist the heavy price of facing 200,000 Turks! Zhao Cihao said.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "Order the soldiers, hurry up and give me a quick march to set off, and then go to Chang'an to support our imperial court." At all costs, we will support the imperial court as soon as possible, so that we can save our Tang Dynasty. If you go late, then maybe Chang'an will be breached, and then at that time, Datang will be at risk of losing the country. So we have to get it as soon as possible, and we have to get it as soon as possible so that we can win, understand? ”

"Okay!" Zhao Cihao and Yang Qi set off immediately, and then prepared to lead the soldiers to support Chang'an.

And Zhang Chao was actually not too worried about Chang'an in his heart, because he knew that Li Shimin in the original history could survive the catastrophe of this Turkic siege, and he could not survive according to their agreement this time. Li Shimin's ability is not fake, he can have the last laugh in the troubled times. Can there be a few who are incompetent? So Li Shimin's ability is beyond doubt. If the Turks want to break through Chang'an, it is definitely not that easy, and the time to support themselves should be enough. And most of Li Shimin will choose to exchange the wealth in the treasury for peace, and then desperately develop the country and destroy the Turks.

It can be said that without this Turkic siege of Chang'an, Li Shimin would not have been so angry, and then went to take revenge on the Turks at the end of the third year of Zhenguan. The war against the Turks began to perish. Therefore, the Turkic siege of Chang'an City was what made Li Shimin feel humiliated, so he would work hard to destroy them and then avenge this great revenge.

What Zhang Chao has to do is not to support, but to make his own political capital. Because although with the ability of Li Shimin and his advisers and generals, the Turks would inevitably choose to retreat, but Li Shimin would not refuse to have reinforcements appear. It can be said that Li Shimin's presence in the Weishui Alliance was the most difficult time in his life, and it was the most humiliating time in his life. A king who has built a huge empire by himself should bear this kind of alliance under the city, of course he can't accept it.

It was attacked by an enemy nation and brought to the bottom of the capital. And then forcing you to take all your wealth in exchange for peace, this is definitely not an acceptable result for Li Shimin, who aspires to be a great emperor. And this kind of thing will be a stain on him for the rest of his life, even as important as the murder of his own brother. And if a reinforcement can come when he is in the most difficult time, then he will be very happy in his heart. This not only saved his life, but also saved his face. Sometimes. As a king, the need for face is far greater than his life. Especially aspiring to be a king who wants to be famous in history. That's to love life with face. Therefore, if Zhang Chao can lead the troops over in time, it will not only save his life, but also save his face, so that he will not leave a stain in his life, let alone be a king of the country.

At that time, Zhang Chaoke was the hero who saved Datang. At that time, he was definitely a person who made Li Shimin grateful. Zhang Chao had nearly 80,000 fresh troops to support them, and they were not afraid of the Turks, and the Turks' plan to attack Chang'an was completely aborted, and at that time, Li Shimin had enough confidence that he did not need to take out the money in the treasury to pay the Turks in exchange for peace. And Zhang Chao, as the hero who saved the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty, must be rewarded. Gained a lot of political capital. Who would despise Zhang Chao at that time, Zhang Chao's future must be very ambitious. At that time, relying on this merit, it was enough to make himself very safe in the future, and it was even possible to get a Danshu iron coupon.

"Let's go, give me a quick march!" Zhang Chao shouted.

Soon, the army began a rapid and rapid march. The soldiers marched on a run, and the senior officers had horses to ride, but the ordinary soldiers had to march on their own. Because Zhang Chao is a Qincha and is the supervisor of this army, he is naturally qualified to ride in the carriage. So Zhang Chao is not too laborious, so everyone has started to move forward.

However, what Zhang Chao didn't expect was that these soldiers were not able to cooperate, and the rapid march slowed down not long after.

"Smack!" An officer whipped it down, and then the soldier got a red mark on his face, and there were some blood stains on the whip, indicating that the whip was ruthless enough.

"Hurry up for me, hurry up and save King Qin, otherwise once Chang'an is conquered, then you will be guilty of too much." The officer shouted on his horse.

Similar things happened to many other soldiers, who were unable to keep up with the speed of their marches, or were unwilling to contribute. They are also reluctant to contribute now, and the officers are directly whipped with horsewhips, and they will not say anything at all. And this situation soon let Zhang Chao know.

"What are you doing, why are you whipping soldiers?" Zhang Chao asked.

But immediately an officer said: "Zhang Yushi, these grandmothers are actually unwilling to contribute." You must know that the imperial court is like fighting fires, and if we go late, maybe Chang'an will be breached. At that time, I am afraid that we will all become the fish and meat of the Turks, and then the world will be in chaos, how can we bear it? ”

"Then why are you whipping soldiers?" Zhang Chao asked.

"If you don't beat them, how can they help?" The officer said immediately.

Zhang Chao really didn't know what these ancient officers thought, and corporal punishment of soldiers was also prohibited in the army in later generations, which was explored after a long period of experience. Corporal punishment of a soldier is not only a physical insult to the soldier. It is an insult to their personality. This kind of feudal paternalistic style of beating and scolding soldiers at every turn is actually very bad for the psychology of soldiers. For example, Zhang Fei back then, isn't it legend that he whipped soldiers and generals after he was drunk, and then was killed by his subordinates?

Of course, although this may have a historical component, it is enough to show that corporal punishment of soldiers is a very serious injury to soldiers. This injury is not only a physical injury. It's a damage to the personality. A soldier is not a slave and cannot be punished casually. And only by respecting the soldiers and truly treating them as their comrades-in-arms is the most important way to make them work hard for you. Respect for soldiers is something that future generations of officers must do. And trying to get a soldier to do it is not based on beatings. Beating a soldier will only cause the soldier to mutiny in the end, and then it will kill you. A truly smart general is one who can let his soldiers know what they are fighting for. We can educate them well and let them know that it is in their vital interests to go to war, so that they can contribute.

"Alright, don't fight!" Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao came to the soldier who was beaten just now, and then asked, "Why are you not willing to contribute?" ”

"I don't want to fight anymore! I'm tired, I'm really tired. The soldier said.

"Yes! We don't like to fight anymore! Everyone said together.

Hearing this, many soldiers also felt the same way, and Zhang Chao knew how serious the soldiers' war-weariness was. The past few decades. These soldiers are all fighting, and they follow different lords to fight. Then he keeps going to fight with this lord today, and tomorrow this lord fails, and then immediately joins the new "boss" to help him fight. And now that they finally don't have to fight, they all feel a lot more comfortable. It has been more than ten years since the end of the Sui Dynasty, and in this era of short life expectancy and early marriage, it can be regarded as barely two generations. They can be said to have been at war since their parents' generation. Some have been veterans for more than a decade. And many of them are eleven or twelve-year-old child soldiers who have just joined the team. And don't look at these veterans who are fifteen or sixteen years old, but who have years of war experience. Although Zhang Chao knew that doing so would be very inhumane in the later life, he would have to go to war when he was more than ten years old. But what can be done in troubled times, especially in ancient times, many Jiangmen families also started to go to the battlefield at the age of eleven or twelve, which is normal in this era.

Perennial conquest. It made the soldiers have a very serious war-weariness, and they now hate war very much. They reject all wars, so now they are also tired and don't want to go to war.

"Nonsense, if you don't support Chang'an, then the Tang Dynasty is in danger of losing the country! Since we are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, we must be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and it is your responsibility to rescue the emperor, do you want to be a deserter? Immediately an officer shouted.

"Datang? What is Datang? What does Datang have to do with me? Suddenly, someone muttered.

But the officer immediately became furious and said, "What do you say, are you going to rebel?" Believe it or not, I pump you? ”

"Stop, you still want to hit someone in front of me?" Zhang Chao said.

"Zhang Yushi, he actually said such rebellious words, shouldn't he be beaten?" The officer asked.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "You go down, I probably understand what's going on." ”

Zhang Chao heard the words of these soldiers, and he also understood the mentality of these soldiers. In the hearts of these soldiers, there is no Datang statement, they don't care what their "boss" is called, they don't think that this country must be called Datang, they must be Datang people. In this chaotic era of the previous decades, there were many so-called countries, what is Dou Jiande's Daxia today, tomorrow's Yu Culture and Daxu, and finally the Li family's Datang, there are too many such situations. In that troubled era, the city was full of changing kings, and they no longer knew what this country should be called. They went to fight for Li Mi's Great Wei today, Dou Jiande's Great Xia tomorrow, and finally fought with the Tang Dynasty. And in their eyes, they don't have much loyalty to these so-called "Great Wei", "Great Xia" and "Great Tang", they just treat them as a place to eat.

And Datang has just unified the world, and those new generations have not been able to grow up. Those ordinary soldiers did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty. If a country has just been established, then the people's sense of belonging to the country is not too strong. Because ordinary people did not participate in the establishment of this country, they are still in a wait-and-see period for this country, especially the ordinary soldiers who have just come from the troubled times, and they are still very suspicious of this country. They don't know how long the country will be able to exist and if it will last long.

And now they are tired of fighting for many years. They finally had a peaceful life in Jingzhou, and of course they didn't want to fight. This is also the inertia of human beings, and once they take a break, it will be difficult to let them continue to fight. It's like if a person is tired of running, if they keep running, they may be able to hold on for a while. However, if they are allowed to rest for half an hour after running, but they are allowed to continue running, then they may not be able to continue running because of the pain.

This is also the case now, and the soldiers have enjoyed a peaceful life in Jingzhou for several years. But now they continue to let them give up their peaceful lives to fight, which they obviously can't do. They will certainly not be able to give up their comfortable lives to fight a country that does not have much sense of belonging. These soldiers have a serious lack of sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, plus they have fought in troubled times, and then enjoyed peace for a few years again, but now let them go to war, this is actually to let a person who is enjoying him let him do coolies. This is obviously very unacceptable, and they naturally slack off.

"Actually. I want to tell you, you go to war. That's for yourselves! Even if you take a step back, you don't have much recognition of Datang, but now Datang is about to dominate the world, and that time is the real peace. If Chang'an, the capital of your Tang Dynasty, is breached this time, do you know what it means? It means that troubled times will come again, and you will need to go with the flow. And then continue to live the situation of fighting everywhere and not knowing when you are going to lose your life. So, are you still willing to live this life? Are you still willing to live in danger every day, and then die on the battlefield at some point? So, no matter how Datang is. Now he has unified the world, and then you can really live a peaceful life. ”

"If the Tang Dynasty perishes, then you will fight again in the troubled times, and I don't know how long you will have to fight at that time. Maybe it's years, maybe it's more than a dozen years, maybe it's decades, or even hundreds of years. You have all experienced troubled times, and naturally you all know the horror of troubled times. So now you go to save Datang, that is, let the troubled times not continue. Then you will be able to truly settle down. So if you help Datang, it is not only for Datang, but also for yourself. So, you are fighting for peace now, not for the selfish interests of any one person, so you are fighting for the sake of being able to make peace in the world, so that you are fighting for both you and the hundreds of people in the world. So, so you guys get it? ”

Soon, the soldier also said; "I understand, I have helped Datang now, that is, to make the world peaceful, and then I can get long-term peace."

"That's right, the fate of Datang is tied to you now, if Datang is in danger, then I'm afraid your peaceful life will not be able to continue. So, you should know that. Therefore, you should fight for the sake of peace. Zhang Chao said.

"I understand, I will definitely speed up and go and drive the Turks away." The soldier said immediately.

Soon, the soldier also tried his best to march away, and he was not lazy or grinding, but desperately rushed forward. Because he knew that this time he was supporting Chang'an, he was fighting for himself and for his future peaceful days, not for someone's selfish interests. As long as they understand that war is for themselves, then they will naturally burst out with strong combat effectiveness, and they can burst out with very powerful strength, so that they will desperately march and fight for their own interests...... Next, Zhang Chao immediately began to talk to the generals.

"You use whipping, it's very inappropriate. Soldiers are not your slaves, and it will certainly not work if you whip them like this. And this is an insult to the soldier's personality, and then they will hate it very much in their hearts. Zhang Chao said.

But Zhao Cihao said helplessly: "In the past, when we were soldiers, we were all beaten by Shangguan!" ”

"Hey, what a tragedy. Zhang Chao understood the reason for this period, in fact, those officers were wantonly whipped by their superiors because they were soldiers in the past, and then they went to the position of generals and leading officers one day, and at that time, most of their superiors also went to higher positions, or had died on the battlefield. Or it's all the old Jiwei is still there, and they don't dare to be rude to their former bosses. Therefore, they also passed on this violent practice to their junior soldiers, and then passed on to them the humiliation they had suffered in the past by beating the junior soldiers. As for the next soldiers, they also repeated the old path of their predecessors step by step, and then passed on this problem again and again.

That is, it is like a piece of information that Zhang Chao has seen in later generations, that is, statistics about the family, all children who find that they have been beaten by their parents since they were young are likely to bring this emotion to their offspring when they grow up in the end, and solve the problem of education through beating. In fact, some of these officers are the "parents" of the soldiers, and when they face the soldiers, they use this kind of beating instead of education and management, which will inevitably cause them to hate the officers. And when they later became officers, they would inherit this kind of thinking, and then use it on their own junior soldiers, which is a tragedy.

"Well, I suggest you stop beating and scolding the soldiers in the future. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and since you were all beaten and scolded back then, then of course you don't want to receive this. Then you should also be able to treat those soldiers well, start with yourself, and then let the soldiers feel the unity and warmth of the army. Also, instead of making them feel important, your scolding will make them hate you. And you beat and scold them like this, and let them be loyal to Datang, not only will it not be beneficial, but it will make them disgusted with Datang. So you have to make them understand, let them understand what they're fighting for, make them understand that they're not fighting for somebody's own interests, they're fighting for their own interests. They must be made aware that they are not fighting for others, but for themselves. Only by making them understand that fighting is for themselves can they inspire great power. If it's all about persecution, then it definitely won't work. Only by letting them know that fighting a war is for their own good, is the real foundation. ”

"Next, tell the soldiers that they are not fighting for personal gain, they are fighting for the sake of peace in the world, but for the sake of peace in peace. Datang is also a country that can maintain peace in the world, so you must tell them that protecting Datang is also protecting the peace of the world, as long as you tell them this, that is the reason why they can fight hard. Otherwise, if you kill them, they will not be able to realize that the war is for themselves, for their own peaceful life, and they will not have the courage to fight. There are no soldiers in this world who are afraid of death and lazy, there are just soldiers who don't know what they are fighting for, and they don't know that they are fighting for themselves. Therefore, as long as you let them know that the war is for themselves, for the peaceful life of themselves and their descendants, then they will also fight desperately, and then they will be able to win. (To be continued......)