Chapter 10 Juntun
When Zhao Lei left the barracks, Yang Wenguang had already rushed out of the barracks with five hundred cavalry, and disappeared into the vast mountains in a blink of an eye, while Tang Jie and Di Qing, each with two thousand five hundred infantry under their command, walked out of the barracks, separated left and right, and hurried forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½\\ć qĪ5ć c0m\
"Di Qing! Why don't we compare and see who returns to the barracks faster, and the loser is Gyeongju Yunfeng Building. Treat! At the foot of the mountain under the barracks, Tang Jie looked at Di Qing, who was about to be separated, and said with a smile.
"Faster than that! General Tang said with a smile, Lord Zhao asked us to train soldiers, not for competition. Di Qing said with a smile.
"It's boring! In that case, farewell! When Tang Jie heard Di Qing's words, he muttered a few words in a low voice, waved his hand, and led more than 2,000 soldiers under him to the west.
Seeing Tang Jie leave, Di Qing looked at his two thousand five hundred soldiers dressed in step armor, armed with spears, long knives, bows and arrows, and short blades, and said loudly: "Your captain probably told you!" From today onwards, General Ben will carry out General Zhao's training plan, and lead everyone out of the camp for training twice a day in the morning and afternoon, and your captain will also tell you the training route! The journey of more than 20 miles is not difficult for us, but for some of us, it may be a difficult task to complete. ā
At this point, Di Qing looked at the pale and frightened old soldiers in the team, and sneered in his heart, those old soldiers who had been in the army for many years and were born and died for the Great Song Dynasty were all assigned to the left-behind camp and were responsible for the left-behind barracks, while the other old men who were placed in the barracks by the local government were arrested from the left-behind camp. Assigned to the training camp, these old ground borers in the army, wearing heavy armor, were already out of breath and pale when they walked down the mountain, and if they were allowed to run more than 20 miles, they might die of exhaustion.
"General Di! We're so old. Can I skip training? A pale old man walked up to Di Qing tremblingly and asked pitifully.
"General Ben knows you! Your surname is Han, a distant relative of the head of the Han family in Gyeongju, and you have been in the Gyeongju Army for two years, during which the Gyeongju Army has fought against a small group of horse thieves sent by the Western Xia three times, and you have stayed in the barracks, and you have never participated in a training in the past two years. In the barracks, you actually paid a soldier to take care of your life, do you think you still look like a big Song soldier! Di Qing looked at the old man in front of him and said coldly without pity at all.
The old man's face turned red when Di Qing said it, and the other old men behind him also bowed their heads with some guilt and were silent.
Di Qing looked at them with a sneer. When Zhao Lei sent these old soldiers to him, he made it clear that he would train these old soldiers to death, and it was best to let them not stand their withdrawal from the Gyeongju Army, if they were unwilling to withdraw, then everything would follow the rules.
"General Ben doesn't say much. General Zhao gave a death order, and this training must be rushed back to the barracks before noon. And the hundred soldiers who came back at the end, General Ben did not prepare their lunch, and now they are ready to pull! Di Qing said loudly to the soldiers who were talking.
"Wait!" The old pawn surnamed Han finally became angry, and the backward ones had no food to eat, isn't this obviously aimed at them, the old soldiers in the army!
"What! Do you have anything to say? Di Qing looked at the old man surnamed Han and said coldly.
"General! What if I wait for an old man and refuse to participate in training? Old Man Han also let go and asked Di Qing coldly.
Di Qing looked at Old Man Han, smiled slightly, and said coldly: "General Ben will not punish you!" But General Zhao has the official decree in his hands, and all the affairs of the Gyeongju army. He can cut first and then play, which means that if you disobey the military order, even if you kill you, you will not dare to speak! ā
Han Lao looked at Di Qing's murderous expression, and couldn't help but start to feel empty, he also understood the consequences of disobeying military orders, but he couldn't give up the Gyeongju Army, a good place to retire.
"General Di! You must know that the Han family supports Gyeongju every year with a lot of money, grain and grass, and you don't want the Gyeongju army to lose these supports! Old Man Han said loudly to Di Qing with some weakness.
"Support! Why did General Ben never know that the Han family had support for the Gyeongju army! All the materials of the Gyeongju Army came from the Privy Council, and the Han family supported the Gyeongju Army without authorization, did they intend to collude with the army and plot against them! Di Qing sneered and said, he knew what the support Han Lao Paw was talking about, it was nothing more than to give filial piety to the defense envoy of the Gyeongju Army every year, but he didn't think that Zhao Lei would ask for these filial piety, so he didn't care about the threat Han Lao Paw said.
When Di Qing buttoned the big hats on his head one by one, Old Man Han finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said with anger: "What if we really don't train? ā
"Two ways! The first is that you took the initiative to quit the Gyeongju Army, and the second is that you were kicked out of the Gyeongju Army by General Zhao on the charge of disobeying military orders! Di Qing finally said his ultimate goal.
Hearing Di Qing's words, the old soldiers finally understood that Zhao Lei and Di Qing wanted to drive all the old soldiers in the Gyeongju army out of the barracks, but these old soldiers also understood that if Zhao Lei insisted on driving them away, no one would be able to resist.
"I won't participate in training, I'll quit the Gyeongju Army!" The old soldier surnamed Han still had the bow and arrows in his hand and the foot armor on his body still on the ground, and after speaking loudly, he turned around and returned to the barracks.
When the other soldiers saw Han Lao's movements, they also threw their foot armor and weapons in their hands on the ground, and followed Han Laozhu back to the barracks.
Di Qing watched coldly at the old soldiers returning to the barracks on the mountainside, turned his head and said to the soldiers who were still talking: "Okay! Those who can't walk have left their hometowns, and the rest are good men in the Gyeongju army, the journey of more than 20 miles is difficult for you, now keep in formation and prepare to move forward! ā
Hearing Di Qing's words, more than 2,000 soldiers, holding the weapons in their hands tightly and wearing heavy foot armor, hurried towards the east.
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Zhao Lei and his entourage went all the way up the mountain road to the Gyeongju Mansion at the highest point in Gyeongju City.
After the briefing, the government officials took Zhao Lei to Sun Weidi's study.
"Lord Zhao! The gust of wind has sent your guests! Sun Wei saw Zhao Lei coming to the mansion. Said with a smile on his face.
"The spring breeze of reform!" Zhao Lei looked at Sun Wei and replied with a smile.
Sun Wei laughed loudly, instructed the official to make a few cups of tea, and then beckoned Zhao Lei, Yang Jinhua and Xiao Ruoruo to do it.
"Lord Zhao came to Gyeongju for the first time, he should be very busy, and he was in such a hurry to come to Gyeongju City, presumably he had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace. I don't know why Lord Zhao came? Sun Wei looked at Zhao Lei and asked solemnly.
"When I came to Gyeongju this time, I really need the help of Lord Sun!" Zhao Lei said with a smile.
"I wonder if Lord Zhao needs the help of this official for anything?" Hearing that Zhao Lei really came to find help, Sun Wei immediately asked solemnly.
"It's not a big deal! The officer is ready to disarm, eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled in the Gyeongju army, and then recruit new soldiers, and the military department will help with the affairs of the recruits, but the elimination of the old and weak Gyeongju army needs the strong support of Lord Sun. Zhao Lei said with a smile.
"The old and weak of the Gyeongju army cut! Does it also include those local soldiers in Gyeongju? Sun Wei asked with a strange expression.
"This official will not specifically target certain people, mainly those who are weak and of low quality, as long as they are such soldiers. The officer will kick them out of the Gyeongju army. Zhao Lei smiled at Sun Wei and said, he knew the meaning of Sun Wei's words, it seems that there are so many local old and weak in Gyeongju in the Gyeongju army, and Sun Chu must have something to do with it.
"Kicked out of the Gyeongju Army, did General Zhao do too much. If this is done, Gyeongju will have to reduce at least 2,000 people, so it will take too much effort to settle the old and weak and recruit new soldiers! Sun Wei looked at Zhao Lei. Said in a deep tone.
"It's not so easy to do anything, it takes effort, and besides, this official has decreed the reform of the Gyeongju army. If there are no achievements, it is estimated that he will stay in Gyeongju for the rest of his life, so no matter how much effort this official spends, he must continue to do it, and he must do it well. Zhao Lei looked at Sun Wei and said meaningfully.
I couldn't stop Zhao Lei's disarmament, Sun Wei smiled bitterly in his heart, and asked Zhao Lei: "What does Lord Zhao need the help of this official?" ā
"Bring the families of the Gyeongju Army to Gyeongju, and then assign them a place to implement the military cantonment!" Zhao Lei said indifferently.
"Juntun!" Sun Wei was stunned. Asked in surprise.
"Yes, it's Juntun! Juntun is a policy of enriching the country and strengthening the army, Zhao Chongguo in the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms Wei, have been a strong country, the frontier is sparsely populated because of the invasion of the enemy, if you let the veteran soldiers and the sergeants of the army together in the frontier Juntun, one can benefit the Song Dynasty court and the people, and the other can strengthen the border defense, as long as the military tun is implemented in Gyeongju, within a few years, the Gyeongju army can implement the self-supply of grain and grass, and you can also invite the Qiang people to come to the Juntun area to graze, maybe the military horses, cattle and sheep can also be self-supplied, and once these people take root here, the soldiers in order to take care of the whole family, Will be desperate to defend the enemy, guard the frontier, kill two birds with one stone, why not! Zhao Lei said to Sun Wei with a smile.
"Those soldiers come from the provinces of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not easy to move their families to Gyeongju!" Sun Wei said with some hesitation.
"Simple! If it was a simple matter, the official would not bother Lord Sun, and in addition, the official would need Lord Sun to support all the things that the people who moved in, including materials for building houses, various daily necessities, and things like ploughing cattle and seeds! Zhao Lei continued to Sun Wei.
"This! This requires a lot of money, food, and material resources, and the official can't call the shots, so he needs to report to the official's family! Hearing Zhao Lei's words, Sun Wei felt that the matter was very important, and replied to Zhao Lei cautiously.
"It's really not courageous, but it's just a family of two or three thousand people, and such a trivial matter has to be reported to the official family, with an official like Lord Sun, no wonder the official family is busy all day long and can't find the north!" Xiao Ruoruo heard Sun Wei's words, and said with a sneer, she had never had a good impression of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, so she said to Sun Wei mockingly.
When Sun Wei heard Xiao Ruoruo's words, his face darkened, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhao Lei with a smile and said, "Lord Sun! The subordinates are rude, don't be surprised by Lord Sun, about the matter of the soldiers, the official will ask the official family, and after the official agrees to this matter, he will also ask Lord Sun to help a lot! ā
Hearing Zhao Lei's words, Sun Wei glanced at Xiao Ruoruo angrily, and arched his hand and said: "As long as the official decree arrives, the military tun will benefit the country and the people, and this official should do his best to help!" ā
Zhao Lei saw Sun Wei pick up the teacup after speaking, and knew that Xiao Ruoruo's words just now angered him, and began to serve tea to the guests, so he didn't say anything more, called Xiao Ruoruo and Yang Jinhua, said goodbye to Sun Wei, and left the mansion.
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