Chapter 55: Old Ginger and New Onion
The first horse was about to hit Xi Da, but the knight on the horse slammed the reins, the front hooves of the war horse were raised high, and with a long neigh, the falling hooves smashed into Xi Da only an inch in front of him, and the dust splashed in his face. The hundreds of horsemen behind also stopped, but not one of them crossed.
Han Xin secretly applauded when he saw it on the side, thinking that the elite of the Northern Army really lived up to its reputation, and this Ling Xing's riding skills alone were enviable.
Xi Da was not so leisurely and elegant, the oncoming dust made him discouraged, coughed several times, glared at Ding Feng on the horse angrily, and roared: "Ding Feng, what are you doing." ”
Ding Feng, who was on the horse, did not change his face, and arched his hand to say something; "Tell Xi Junhou, the last general and others are practicing cavalry archery under the orders of Wang Junhou." glanced at Han Xin beside Xi Da again, and saw that he was dressed as a newcomer, but his expression was calm, and he was not frightened by his own momentum, so he couldn't help but show surprise and looked at Han Xin a few more times.
Xi Da's face was gloomy, and he glared at Ding Feng angrily, his face was very ugly.
The soldiers of the Northern Army were brave and good at fighting, but in their spare time, they fought privately, and often formed camps and fought fiercely. However, once on the battlefield, with strict military discipline constraints, there will be no barriers between the various departments. So generally, as long as you don't make too much trouble, you will turn a blind eye to the top.
As the marquis of the fifth battalion of the right army, Xi Da naturally knew that his subordinates were fighting with the crowds of other battalions, and he only asked his subordinates not to carry weapons when they were out of the camp in turn, and he didn't ask anything else. But these are all nonsense between subordinates, and a senior officer like Xi Da will never participate, but I didn't expect Ding Feng and them to be so arrogant and arrogant, and they actually provoked him, a military marquis.
And he lost face in front of Han Xin, a new subordinate, how could Xi Da not be angry, glared at Ding Feng viciously, thinking about how to clean him up. The stone on the side had already seen that the matter was a little big, and hurriedly came up to play haha round and apologized; "Lord Xi, we just saw your back and didn't recognize your adult, and thought it was the pawns of other battalions who didn't know whether they were alive or dead to spy on the drills of my third battalion, so we came to expel you. I hope that the offending will be forgiven and forgiven by you. ”
After listening to Shishi's words, Xi Da's face softened slightly, although his words sounded wrong, but at least it made Xi Da, a military marquis, a little more acceptable. At the moment, he just snorted coldly, he Xi Da is not a person who likes to cause trouble, so he doesn't want to worry about it anymore.
After Ding Feng and the others returned to their horses and left, Xi Da looked at Han Xin with a somewhat embarrassed face, and explained with a dry smile: "This is the case between the battalions of the Northern Army, although the battlefield is a robe of the same hatred and hatred, but in private, there are constant fights, hehe, even I, the military marquis, have been involved." ”
Han Xin hurriedly laughed and said: "The master of the tiger and wolf, presumably they are all unruly heroes, this is also common sense. But my lord, you are broad-minded and don't worry about your subordinates, which makes Han Xin admire him very much. ”
Han Xin's sycophant Xi Da was in a good mood, laughed, thinking that he was an informed and interesting person, and he would definitely get along very well in the future.
"Brother Han, I'll take you to your tent."
Han Xin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency doesn't need to be so polite, in terms of position, I am your subordinate, in terms of age and seniority, I am also your junior, you can call Han Xin's name directly in the future." ”
Xi Da nodded, the reason why he was so polite to Han Xin was that he felt that Han Xin and Wang Li had something to do with him, and since Han Xin also knew how to advance and retreat, he was not hypocritical.
On the way, Xi Da told Han Xin in detail about the military regulations of the Northern Army, as well as some matters that should be paid attention to. After entering the gate of the five camps, turning right is the second song of the five camps where Han Xin is about to take up the post of Qu Hou.
Compared with the noise of other camps, the fifth battalion seemed much quieter, and there was not a single soldier along the way. Xi Da saw the puzzlement in Han Xin's eyes, so he explained with a smile: "It's unfortunate that you came today, it happens to be the third day of the fifth camp, and today is the third day. The soldiers had worked hard for more than a month, and it was rare to relax, so most of them were not in the camp. However, I had already told Hou Tianshi, the deputy of Erqu, two hours ago, and asked him to gather the soldiers and wait. ”
Han Xin smiled and nodded, thinking that this was the case.
Unexpectedly, when he entered the camp of Erqu, it was still empty, and no one was waiting. Xi Da's face was a little unbearable, he snorted coldly, and walked quickly towards the Chinese army's tent. I heard a commotion from afar, and when I opened the tent door, there was a strong smell of wine.
I saw a few people in the tent drinking there wantonly, and a burly, about thirty-year-old military general in the middle was Tian Shi, but he was already drunk, holding the wine jar on the ground, and he didn't look up to pay attention to someone when he saw it, but just put the wine jar into his mouth.
A few soldiers who were not too drunk saw Xi Da come in with a black face, and they were so frightened that they quickly stood up. A soldier tried to wake up Tian Shi, but Tian Shi was very drunk and pushed him away with an impatient wave of his hand.
Xi Da was black and gloomy and ugly, and stepped forward to grab a wine jar on the ground, and all the wine in the jar was poured on Tian Shi's face.
Tian Shi was drenched with cold wine like this, and suddenly a fierce edge jumped up, wiped the wine on his face with his big hand, and said angrily; "Which bunny spilled my wine."
When he saw that it was Xi Da, he was still a little drunk, so he quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "The last will participate in the adult." ”
Xi Da asked in an unkind tone: "Tian Shi, I asked you to greet the main general, and you greeted it like this?" ”
Tian City's branch of the road; "The last general didn't know that the adults would also come in person, so ....... so ......" looked up at Han Xin on the side again, and lowered his head.
Han Xin heard the meaning of Tian Shi's words, he meant that he thought that Han Xin would come to take office alone, but he didn't expect Xi Da to accompany him. There was a wry smile in his heart, it seems that this Qu Hou is not so easy to be, as soon as his subordinates come, they want to give him a dismissal.
Xi Da naturally knew that Tian Shi fought bravely and was old, and it was his turn to kill Quhou in battle, but he didn't expect a Han Xin to suddenly appear. glanced at Han Xin beside him, and thought to himself that it was good that he came with him today, otherwise it would be difficult to offend the people around this handsome.
Although he sympathized with Tian Shi in his heart, he could only reprimand with a straight face at the moment: "As a general in the army, you are so unbearable, the face of the five battalions has been lost by you, and you don't want to apologize to Han Quhou soon." ”
When Tian Shi heard this, he had to reluctantly bow his hand to Han Xin and said, "The last general is slacking off, and I hope that Lord Han will forgive his sins." After speaking, he was about to bow down, Han Xin on the side smiled slightly, but he stepped forward quickly, supported Tian Shi with a smile, and said: "Today is supposed to be everyone's day off, and I didn't know the situation to talk to you brothers, where is the need for you to apologize." ”
Tian Shi had no intention of apologizing, but when he saw Han Xin coming up to help him, he got up. It's just that he didn't grasp the time well, Han Xin just stretched out his hand and didn't touch his arm, he was 'helped up', looking at it from afar, as if Han Xin would exert force in the air.
Xi Da looked a little funny, and he didn't say anything.
To be honest, as an old Qin man with extremely heavy military merits, he also despised Han Xin, a hairy boy who opened the door to convenience, in his heart. It's just that he has been in the army for decades, so he naturally knows how to do things as an official. So as long as Tian Shi doesn't go too far, he is also happy to see Han Xin, a hairy boy, deflated.
Xi Da straightened his face again and said: "Tian Shi, Han Quhou is new to the city, and he is not familiar with many situations, you have to assist him carefully and help him become familiar with military affairs as soon as possible." ”
Seeing that Tian Shi looked absent-minded, Xi Da shouted in an aggravated tone; "Do you hear me?"
Tian Yi replied in a rough voice: "No." There was a look of reluctance on his face. Xi Da snorted heavily, and didn't say much, just told Han Xin that if he didn't understand anything, he could come to the Chinese army camp and ask him, and then left.
The remaining Han Xin and Tian Shi stood there with wide eyes and stared at each other, and several soldiers on the side saw that the form was wrong, so they quietly hid out. There were only two people left in the big tent, Han Xin and Tian Shi, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.
Han Xin coughed his throat and said with a dry smile: "Tian Quhou, please take me to the camp to familiarize myself with the situation." ”
Tian Shi nodded expressionlessly, didn't answer, just turned around and walked out with Han Xin.
Because it was the day of the rotation, there were not many soldiers in the army, but I saw a few soldiers walking around the camp sporadically, and they all saluted respectfully when they saw Tian Shi, but they didn't know Han Xin next to Tian Shi.
Han Xin secretly kept an eye on it, it seemed that the prestige of this Tian City in the song was extremely high.
"I have a total of three songs in my five battalions, and we are the second song. There are 1,156 people in total, divided into 10 hundreds, all of whom are cavalry. In addition to you and me, you have just seen three of the ten hundred generals in the tent, and seven have gone out to play, and you should be able to see it tomorrow morning. ”
Han Xin nodded and asked; "Tian Quhou, I heard that our Erqu suffered heavy losses in the First Battle of Yinshan?"
Tian Shi's face darkened, and he sighed for a long time: "That battle was fought very fiercely in our right battalion, with 24,000 people, but against the 40,000 army of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King. Although the elite of our northern army is the best in the world, it can only win a miserable victory, even Yu Quhou lost his life at the foot of Yin Mountain, and we Qu also lost 316 brothers. ”
"We went back to the skin to recuperate this time, and General Jing gave us a full establishment from the reserve battalion, but these recruits have not been in the army for a long time, and many of them are not very proficient, and I have been training them intensively during this time, I believe it will not be long before these recruits will really integrate into our second song."
Han Xin asked Tian Shi some details of the question, such as the drill rules in the right army, the names and temperaments of the hundred generals. Although Tian Shi was still expressionless, he knew everything when it came to the issue of the battle formation, which made Han Xin have a good impression of him.
Thinking about coming to this Tian City, he is a man, although he is very dissatisfied with Han Xin in his heart, but his responsibility is still to be one-dimensional and conscientious.
Originally, Tian Ichi was full of hope to take over as the chief general of the army, but he was suddenly snatched up by the airborne household who came over. Han Xin asked himself, if he was him, he would be very annoyed and angry. Thinking of this, Han Xin smiled and said, "Tian Quhou, you are a veteran in the army and have profound qualifications. I'm a newcomer, and I don't have the size of it, but I just rely on the appreciation of the handsome. Therefore, in the future, I hope that Tian Quhou will remind him more. ”
Tian Shi returned the salute and replied lightly: "Your Excellency is polite, you are Shangguan and I am my deputy, where do you dare to use the word dot." ”
Han Xin smiled bitterly, he knew that the knot in his heart had been formed, and it would definitely be difficult to untie it in a short period of time, but as long as this Tian City did not publicly declare his personal grievances in military affairs, the rest could only slowly fade away.
After handing over the letter seal with Han Xin, Tian Shi looked up at the sky and pointed to a tent road in the distance; "My lord, it's getting late, there's your tent over there, please go and rest and eat."
After speaking, he saluted and said: "The lower official still has important things to do, so he will retire first." ”