Chapter 33: On Soldiers

The next day, Ji Qingchen had breakfast with Guo Quan, Guo Xiang and his brother and sister, so he called Guo Quanquan to the study and persuaded Guo to prepare to hand over the two hundred guards in the mansion to him. Guo Quan didn't expect that he had just expressed his intention to follow His Royal Highness the Nine, and he was entrusted with an important task the next day, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he was busy refusing to leave. However, Ji Qingchen knew the ability of Guo Quan, and insisted on being the commander of the two hundred guards in the house. Guo persuaded to see that His Royal Highness the Ninth valued himself so much, he was a little moved, and said a few words to Ji Qingchen to say that he would not disappoint him and agreed to this appointment.

At this time, it was already noon, and Zhang Rang told him that Bai Xiangcheng would usually appear in a tavern in King's Landing City at this time to drink, so he took out an item from the bookshelf in the study and handed it to Zhang Rang, and the two prepared to go to Bai Xiangcheng.

Just as he and Zhang Rang walked to the door, an attendant hurriedly came to the mansion to deliver an edict, saying that His Majesty had summoned His Royal Highness Nine to the imperial study to meet him. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that his father summoned him this time, and it was very likely that it was for the brawl at the entrance of King's Landing Street yesterday, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately changed into a python robe and followed the chamberlain into the palace to face the saint.

This is the second time he has gone to the imperial study to meet Emperor Yan, and he is already familiar with the way to the imperial study, and he does not need the inner servant to lead the way in front, and it took him a moment to arrive outside the imperial study in Ganlu Palace.

When he arrived at the door of the imperial study, he found that Zhang Rang's godfather, Wei Zhongxian, the head of the Internal Affairs Office of the Dayan Palace, was already standing outside the door of the imperial study, waiting, and when he saw Ji Qingchen, he bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness the Nine, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the study." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Wei!" He had already learned the identity of the eunuch in front of him through Zhang Rang, and also learned that the other party had a strong martial arts, and when Ji Qingchen said very politely to Wei Zhongxian,

This time he stepped into the imperial study for the second time, and unlike the first time he met Emperor Yan, this time he was very calm.

Emperor Yan had just finished the morning court, and now he was looking through the recital of the court, and when he saw Ji Qingchen walking in, he didn't have time for him to give a salute, so he asked, "Chen'er, have you recovered from your injuries in the past two days?" ”

Hearing Emperor Yan's first words was to ask about his injuries, instead of reprimanding him for participating in yesterday's street fight, Ji Qingchen immediately guessed that Emperor Yan would definitely not be responsible for his street fight in order to summon him today, so he said with a smile, "Thank you for your father's concern, through yesterday's battle, Erchen found that the internal injuries he suffered had healed." ”

"How dare you say it! What do you think my Feather Forest Ride is? Is it a test of whether your body has a target for healing? Emperor Yan seemed to have a good mind today, and was amused by Ji Qingchen's answer, so he scolded with a smile, "Bastard boy, don't bring your bad habits of leaving the country to the capital to King's Landing, no one cares when you go to the capital, Li Hongtu, this old bastard, deliberately indulges you and lets you act recklessly, but I won't do this in King's Landing, you are my prince, I don't want you to become a noble son who only knows how to walk birds and fight cocks in the future." ”

The Li Hongtu in Emperor Yan's mouth is the Emperor Xuan who left the country, and it is the father of the current new monarch Li Changchuan.

When Ji Qingchen left the country as a hostage, Emperor Xuan was still very good to him, in addition to not letting him go out of the capital, but did not restrict his freedom in the capital, just because he was the proton of Yan Kingdom, no matter where he was going, there would always be a few guards who left the country with him, usually these guards were responsible for his safety in addition to monitoring his whereabouts, which made Ji Qingchen feel very uncomfortable shopping, and in anger, he sprinkled his sullen anger on some rich children he was not used to seeing in the capital, and over time, He formed an indissoluble grudge with the noble children in the capital, and even for more than a year, he fought with the rich children on the streets of the capital every day, and really lived a life of bullying and dominating the market. And the Empress Dowager Xiao hated him very much, because he knew that the other party was the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao in a fight, and he still broke one of the other party's legs mercilessly, and Emperor Xuan did not pursue his charges at that time, so he formed a grudge with the Empress Dowager Xiao.

These glorious deeds about him in Shangjing naturally couldn't escape the eyes of Emperor Yan who deployed around him, and they naturally reported all these to Emperor Yan, and Emperor Yan would say this to Ji Qingchen.

"Uh-Father, this-" His Guan Rong's deeds in Shangjing City were exposed by his father, which made Ji Qingchen embarrassed, and he immediately defended, "Actually, it's not that the retainers want to do anything with them, it's just that Yulin is riding to help them abuse, and the officials of the King's Landing Mansion are only willing to bully ordinary people because they are afraid of the powerful and dereliction of duty, so the retainers will teach them a lesson." ”

Seeing that Ji Qingchen still dared to quibble with him, Emperor Yan said a little displeased, "Are you just teaching them a lesson?" There were 86 Yulin cavalry and 138 government officials who participated in the brawl, but in just one brawl, Yulin cavalry seriously injured 18 people and lightly injured 30 people, government officials seriously injured 64 people and lightly injured 73 people, 224 people participated in the brawl, and 185 people were injured in one brawl. Do you say that this is how you teach them? If you were to teach two undisciplined armies such a lesson, wouldn't they have to be wounded without even fighting? ”

Seeing that Emperor Yan was angry, Ji Qingchen could only whisper, "My father's lesson is right, and my son knows that he is wrong." ”

"Do you really think so?" Emperor Yan suddenly put down the piece in his hand and looked directly at Ji Qingchen and asked.

"Father, in fact, Erchen feels that like Yulin Cavalry is helping to abuse for personal desires, only knowing that the Dao bullies the elite riders of ordinary people, no matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, this time they were seriously injured Erchen did not feel that he was at fault, but thought that this time they were injured too lightly." Since Emperor Yan asked Ji Qingchen like this, he also took a deep breath and pretended to be bold and said, "A soldier and horse, the first thing is military discipline, if the military discipline is not strict, there will be a situation where the orders are inconsistent at the time of crisis, and the soldiers are arrogant and ruthless, and they will underestimate the enemy. Just like the people and the superiors agree, they can die with it, they can live with it, and they are not afraid of danger. ”

"Hmph-" Emperor Yan snorted coldly, "According to what you say, my Yulin Cavalry is useless except for only knowing how to oppress the people and defeat them when they encounter a strong enemy?" ”

"Please forgive your father, my son doesn't mean that." Emperor Yan's rhetorical question made Ji Qingchen stunned, and he was so shocked that he immediately pleaded guilty and said, "Erchen thinks that the current Yulin Cavalry is too arrogant and complacent, thinking that he is the Han general in front of his father's palace, he will not take the Great Yan army in his eyes, if it continues like this for a long time, it will definitely lead to the dissipation of military strength and the corruption of military discipline. ”

"Seeing that you said that my Yulin Cavalry was so unbearable, I almost forgot that you learned the art of war from Li Qingyi when you left the country, and personally witnessed the training of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Tiefutu who left the country, and there are two elite horses in front of the country, no wonder the Yulin Cavalry is not a good horse in your eyes." Emperor Yan said lightly, but there was no expression on his face, and he couldn't see any joy or anger, "Since you have learned the method of training and fighting with Li Qingyi, then I will test you, but you should talk about how to deal with the abuse of Yulin Cavalry?" ”

Since the conversation between the two has reached this point, Ji Qingchen doesn't want to hide it anymore, so he simply said generously, "I will be powerful to punish the big and reward the small." ”

After speaking, he glanced up at Emperor Yan and found that Emperor Yan was just looking at him quietly, so he continued, "Whoever kills one person and shocks the three armies, kill him; Reward one person and ten thousand people will be rewarded. Kill the big, reward the small. Killing a person who is valuable on the road is the most extreme punishment; Rewarding the cattle and horses to wash the stables is to reward the next pass. The punishment is extreme, and the reward is the way to go. This is also the best way for Erchen to deal with the abuse of Yulin Riders. Moreover, Erchen felt that he could not be rewarded in dealing with the matter of Yulin Riding, and the best effect could only be received if the punishment was not returned. ”

"Whoever kills one and shocks the three armies, kills him; Reward one person and ten thousand people will be rewarded. Emperor Yan pondered for a moment, his eyes showed appreciation, and he nodded slightly, "The killing is decisive, and it really has a bit of Li Qingyi's iron-fisted style of governing the army." Seeing that you say this, you really learned a little bit of Li Qingyi's methods. Then I ask you again, if you are asked to train an elite army, how will you train it all over? ”

When it comes to the way of military training, this is Ji Qingchen's strength, he talked to Emperor Yan eloquently, "To teach the method of warfare, we must apply for the order of the third five, teach it to drill the soldiers, and to move the soldiers. ordered one of the officials to learn to fight, and taught ten people; Ten people learn to fight, and teach hundreds of people; 100 people learn to fight, teach thousands of people; Thousands of people learn to fight, and teach thousands of people; Ten thousand people learn to fight and teach the people of the three armies. ”

Emperor Yan is an emperor of civil and martial arts, since he ascended the throne to the present, he has led the army for 30 years, after listening to Ji Qingchen's mouth of the training method, he felt that Ji Qingchen said that the training method is very effective, and a faint smile appeared on his face, and asked, "This is the method of leaving the country to train tigers and leopards, right?" ”

"When the teacher explained the way of military training, he said that the training method of tiger and leopard riding, this is indeed the training method of tiger and leopard riding in the country." Ji Qingchen said frankly.

"Li Qingyi, the military god of the country, really lives up to the name of the military god! Since he knows that you are my son and a future enemy who has left the country, he also accepts you as an apprentice, and he has never secretly taught you what he has learned, so that I can admire! Emperor Yan suddenly sighed, then he glanced at Ji Qingchen, and said in a solemn tone, "Now that you have obtained the essence of Li Qingyi's military science, can you have the confidence to train an elite soldier for me that is not inferior to the tiger and leopard cavalry?" ”

"Back to my father, if you train in the usual way, it will take ten years to train a fine rider like a tiger and leopard horseman. Therefore, Erchen can't guarantee that he can train tens of thousands of elite horsemen comparable to tigers and leopards for his father in a short period of time, but if he wants to train a team of about 3,000 people and no less powerful than tigers and leopards in three years, Erchen can still do it. Ji Qingchen replied confidently.

"Do you dare to make a military order to me?" Emperor Yan suddenly got up, and he stared at Ji Qingchen tightly and asked.

It takes ten years for the tiger and leopard rider to become an army, this is not a big secret, he already knows it, and this does not include the selection of soldiers and the training of war horses, the supply of financial resources, etc., if these factors are added, it only takes ten years to train a tiger and leopard rider, which is already the limit! So when he asked Ji Qingchen to train him to train a fine horse that was not inferior to a tiger and a leopard horse, he didn't expect to get the answer he wanted, but what he didn't expect was that Ji Qingchen said that he could train three thousand horsemen like a tiger and leopard in three years, which couldn't help but make him tempted.

Haw Par Ride – What do these three words mean for war? Emperor Yan knows better than anyone else.

Thirty years ago, in the first battle of Rouge with Da Yan and Liguo, it was because at the critical moment that Li Qingyi led 8,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to break into the formation of the two armies and beheaded 13 generals of Da Yan in a row, and broke the Chinese army composed of 80,000 Great Yan elite cavalry in one fell swoop, so that the 200,000 army lost its fighting spirit, the army was discouraged, and the 200,000 elite soldiers were wiped out. At that time, Li Qingyi only used 8,000 tigers and leopards to defeat the 80,000 elite cavalry of Dayan, which showed his own strong force, and the thirteen generals of Dayan were killed in ten ways in a row, which stimulated the morale of the army leaving the country, and the terrifying combat power of the tiger and leopard cavalry was the key to victory.

Therefore, when he heard Ji Qingchen say that he could train three thousand horsemen like tigers and leopards in three years, Emperor Yan behaved so gaffe.

"The retainers are willing to make a military order!" Ji Qingchen said without thinking, his expression was firm, and his tone was sonorous and powerful.

"Good! Good! All right! Emperor Yan said three good words in a row, and then suppressed the joy in his heart, and said with emotion, "No wonder Li Qingyi gave you his war knife wolf blade when you left, you are really worthy of this war knife." ”

Seeing Ji Qingchen's bewildered face, Emperor Yan explained, "Chen'er, have you ever known how many of the blood of Great Yan's generals are stained with the Dao Wolf Blade? You are a teacher, and you are definitely not inferior to his grandfather, the god of war Li Yaoshi, in thirty years, he used this wolf blade to kill one hundred and thirteen generals of my Dayan. Otherwise, what do you think will swallow your anger after Liu Donglou killed Hua Xixiong with a knife in front of Ning Wuguan? If you use his usual character, don't say that you are just an ordinary prince, it is his nephew Hongchang, who was named a prince, he would be arrested and questioned in that case. It's because of the wolf blade knife in your hand, because this knife is not only qualified to kill Hua Xixiong, but it is more than enough to kill him Liu Donglou. ”

Surprise! Astound! It was an absolute stark shock!

Ji Qingchen in the imperial study was already stunned, he didn't expect that the wolf blade was stained with the blood of one hundred and thirteen Great Yan generals of Great Yan, and he didn't expect that the wolf blade was so deterrent in the eyes of the Great Yan generals.

"Father, this, the wolf blade was given to the son by the teacher, no matter what, the son will not ......" Ji Qingchen suddenly "pounced" and knelt in front of the jade case to plead with Emperor Yan. It's just that before he finished speaking, he heard Emperor Yan say, "Don't worry! Li Qingyi has the courage to give you his ancestral wolf blade knife, don't I have such a mind and bearing to allow you to wear this knife in Dayan? ”

"Thank you, Father!" Hearing Emperor Yan's words, Ji Qingchen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, just now he almost thought that Emperor Yan might accept his wolf blade.

"Later, I will give an order to the Ministry of War, let the Ministry of War allocate a battalion of soldiers and horses to you, and you will start preparing for the school competition in March next year from tomorrow! Remember, in addition to allowing you to participate in the school competition in March next year, this battalion of soldiers and horses I gave you is also for you to train me to use as a horseman. But now I can only give you one battalion, and when it comes to the school competition in March next year, you can train them to my satisfaction, and I will give you two more battalions. Thinking of being able to have a tiger and leopard riding like a tiger and a leopard in three years, Emperor Yan said happily.

"No! Please rest assured that your son will not let your father down! Ji Qingchen immediately received the order.

"Yes! That poem of yours is good, and I like it very much. Emperor Yan said, and slowly chanted the poem that Ji Qingchen chanted when he was fighting with Yu Linlang and the officials at the entrance of Junlin Street, "Su Su went north to swear to destroy Rong, and the lion swallowed away with 100,000 gases." Try to see the trench thrown into the whip, don't believe in the Central Plains, don't believe in Yan. Don't believe in the Central Plains, don't believe in Yan, don't believe in the Central Plains, don't believe in Yan! Can there be this day? Will it be on this day? After that, seeing that Ji Qingchen was still kneeling in front of his jade case, he said lightly, "You go down!" ”

"Son's resignation!" Ji Qingchen slowly exited the imperial study.