Chapter 43: Gathering the Army's Heart (Part 2)
Soon, Gu Dazu invited Shangguan Yongping to visit the martial arts training ground, the Tao was to feel the bravery of the soldiers, and it was also the first step to familiarize himself with the Anbei Duhu military camp. Shangguan Yongping nodded, and did not speak, but agreed, thinking that Gu Dazu was still acquainted, and took the initiative to express it soon after receiving the order.
Gu Dazu and Zheng Xian looked at the arrogant look on Shangguan Yongping's face, and smiled silently in their hearts: Xiaoxiao, how long can you maintain such a smug expression?! The faces of the two of them became more and more respectful, and the successive invitations and respects made Shangguan Yongping fluttering, as if he felt that the 50,000 Anxi Du guards were already in the bag.
On the day of watching the martial arts training ground, Gu Dazu and Shangguan Yongping walked slowly on the edge of the martial arts practice, followed by Zheng Xian and Xian Maoxin. I don't know why, Xian Maoxin always felt a hint of ominous premonition, he looked at the other people who were smiling, and secretly hoped that he had thought too much about it, and nothing would happen. Over there, Gu Dazu was introducing weapons and ordnance to Shangguan Yongping, and the shouts and fights of the soldiers kept ringing in their ears, it turned out that they had already walked to a place where the soldiers gathered, and it seemed that there were still people competing, and this shouting was made by this group of soldiers.
"Is this a martial arts competition?" Because the gathered soldiers blocked the situation inside, Shangguan Yongping couldn't see what the specific situation was, so he asked curiously.
"It's not a competition, it's a sparring ......," Zheng explained with a smile. Isn't the competition just sparring? Is there anything different about this? Shangguan Yongping thought to himself, his face puzzled. But it didn't take long for him to know something was different.
"Smack!" Suddenly, something smashed in front of Gu Dazu and Shangguan Yongping, and a few drops of liquid flew onto Shangguan Yongping's face, and he smelled a strong smell of blood. When he saw what was smashed in front of him, his face turned pale, it was a bloody human form, one hand and one foot were gone, he was spitting blood in front of him, wailing, the remaining hand and foot seemed to be still struggling and twitching, and when he touched his face and saw the blood on his hands, he took a few steps back and exclaimed: "What's going on?!" ”
"It's a tool for sparring." Zheng Xian still smiled, and stepped forward to kick the human figure that was no longer vomiting blood and swallowing air, and said: "It's really useless, last time the one was gone, but the hands and feet were gone, and he could still live for two hours......" smiled and explained to Shangguan Yongping: These are all military prisoners, and they are used as tools for actual combat by the Du Hu Army, and it is also to improve the strength of the Du Hu Army. After explaining to Shangguan Yongping, he also casually said to the other soldiers: "Drag it down and cook it, and add vegetables to everyone tonight!" Everyone's got meat to eat tonight! The tone is also accustomed, and even a little expectant.
Add vegetables? Shangguan Changzhi remembered the pieces of flesh and bone that he ate last night, his pale face turned green, and he couldn't help but vomit out, feeling chills all over his body, looking at Zheng Xian smiling and grinning, but he felt even more terrible than evil ghosts, who are these people?! He couldn't help but feel afraid, and the hairs on his arms and body immediately stood up, and he felt a thrill in his heart, until this time he remembered that the ancestor of the Anbei Capital Protector in front of him had killed countless foreign enemies, and his hands were stained with blood, which was called "Anbei Yama" by the Turks!
Shangguan Yongping suddenly came to his senses, how could he go against Gu Dazu? Gu Dazu has been in Anbei for 20 years, and he must have a deep prestige and power in Anbei, how can he do it with him? It's self-inflicted. Thinking of this, Shangguan Yongping's heart was regretful and frightened, and he felt that he was really confused about Gu Dazu's dismount! Not to mention the 50,000 soldiers in Anbei, it is still unknown whether he can join the army in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, but ...... I just don't know if I can repair the relationship with Gu Dazu, right? He should be thinking slowly, and his mind is turning while vomiting, it seems that he is going to change his strategy......
Seeing that Shangguan Yongping seemed to be about to vomit out bile, Gu Dazu and Zheng Xian glanced at each other, and their hearts were gradually cold under the smile. At this moment, there was a boiling anger in their hearts: Have you ever seen what war looks like? Do you know what it's like to have bones stacked on top of each other? Do you know what it takes to survive on the battlefield? Do you know what kind of sound the blade makes when the blood is drawn out again? Do you know what it's like when your brother soldier has half of his face cut off by the enemy? Such a trivial matter as eating human flesh and drinking human blood can make you vomit, and you still want to take away my 50,000 soldiers in Anbei?!
The three generations of the Gu family and the Zheng family guarded the northern Xinjiang, and in the 20 years of war with the Turks, Xianbei and other tribes, more than 30 descendants were killed in the battle, and this pain of cutting flesh and bones in exchange for the peace of 150,000 people in northern Xinjiang. A prince supervising the army, let him stand in the land of northern Xinjiang is already tolerated, and the land is not hot, so he wants military power? This is what made Gu Dazu and Zheng Xian feel extremely angry.
Since that day after participating in the martial arts training field, Shangguan Yongping has excused himself from being accustomed to the water and soil and his health is slightly ill, and he hid in the room of the Metropolitan Guardian Army and did not go out, and even the military officials Xian Maoxin and others who accompanied him lived in a simple place, and did not ask about everything about the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate. A strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, they understand this truth, not to mention that the third prince is not a strong dragon? Therefore, they had to shrink in the Metropolitan Protectorate and look at the faces of the officials of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.
It is said that Shangguan Yongping is hiding in the prison room and is not idle, he is thinking about how to deal with Gu Dazu and the officials of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate. The trick of preemptive strike no longer works, Gu Dazu's prestige and force are many times stronger than himself, if he fights hard, he must be the one who suffers, what is the way to redeem Gu Dazu's kindness to himself? By the way, you can also collect the soldiers of Anbei?
The above is what Yongping, the chief of the Anbei Metropolitan Guardian Army, has been thinking about hard, of course, for a while, he can't think of any effective way, until he sees the three big boxes of jewelry and silver tickets in his room, his eyes light up, and he thinks about it. He doesn't believe that in this world, there will be people who don't like these two things, whether it is Anbei Duhu or Anbei ordinary soldiers, as long as there are these two things, he is still worried that he can't collect Anbei Duhufu?
Using jewelry and silver tickets to buy the officials and generals of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, this is the method that Shangguan Yongping came up with. Among the Anbei Protectorate, which officials can be bought? Shangguan Yongping's first thought was Sima Shen Zesi of the Duhu Mansion. Shen Zesi has not been transferred to Anbei for a long time, and he will not be too deeply influenced by Gu Dazu, and Shen Zesi is a child of Wu Yue's Shen family, so he finally knows the names of Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing, the names of the Shen family, and even the excuse for friendship is useful.
And Shen Zesi watched in amazement as Shangguan Yongping took out a stack of silver tickets and a stack of jewels, what was going on? Buying or flaunting wealth? I only heard him say arrogantly: "Lord Shen, you can have as much of these as you want." I finally let my uncle and brother have a few faces, and these should be regarded as the meeting gifts of this prince! After that, he also patted Shen Zesi's shoulder very friendly to show that the two had a deep relationship.
Shen Zesi looked at the hand that had just left his shoulder, and felt crying and laughing. I and the third prince seem to have never met, right? This pile of silver tickets and jewels was used to buy himself? With such jewels and silver tickets, let him betray the bosses and colleagues of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate? Wouldn't it be too child's play? Do you look so stupid and short of money? Besides, he is from the Wu Yue Shen family, and unlike other soldiers, the most important thing is money! Moreover, Lord Du Hu only taught the three princes a lesson a few days ago, why are these three princes still untaught, and they still want to win over and buy soldiers? It's really looking for death! But don't find me if you're looking for death! Shen Zesi was deeply puzzled by this, and it seemed that the eyes of the three princes were also like looking at the eyes of fools.
Of course, after watching the fool, he hurriedly reported this matter to Gu Dazu and Zheng Xian to know that he didn't dare to provoke these two great gods. He thought to himself: So the third prince, I'm sorry, I really don't dare to accept your jewelry and silver tickets.
"Why don't you take it? Since the three princes are sincere and have prepared such a meeting gift, how can we be embarrassed to refuse? Of course I have to accept it! Zheng Xian said with a smile, narrowing his eyes and smiling like a fox. Someone who gives money to the door for nothing, and if he doesn't accept it, he is a fool!
As soon as Shen Zesi heard this, he knew that he was far inferior to the belly of these two people, which was clearly the three boxes of jewels and silver tickets of the three princes to be used to honor these two people. He was silently mourning the money of the three princes in his heart, but he turned his head and accepted the jewels and silver tickets sent by the three princes very smoothly.
In this way, a strange scene appeared in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate. The three princes sent jewels and silver tickets, and Anbei soldiers collected cash tickets, and the people who sent and received them laughed, of course, the ones who laughed the most were the ancestors of the Duhu Valley and the deputy Du Hu Zheng Xian. It's so good, such a fool is really a rare occurrence in a hundred years!
"Jiang Bowen and Wu Nengchao are connected up and down, the emperor sent the three princes to be the supervisors, the emperor is suspicious, our Gu Zheng family no longer has more than 30 descendants to be damaged......" In the command room of the Duhu Mansion, Gu Dazu looked a little depressed. After watching the fool's play, he felt a sense of crisis. Thinking of the heavy price paid by the Gu Zheng family in Northern Xinjiang, I felt a burst of sadness, they were loyal, and the descendants of the family were all for Northern Xinjiang, how could it cause the emperor's suspicion?
It is precisely because of their loyalty that the people of Northern Xinjiang are grateful for the kindness of the Gu and Zheng families, and they are grateful for Gu Dazu. Now there are even soldiers in northern Xinjiang, who only know Gu Zheng and do not know Shangguan. This is the reason why the emperor sent the three princes to supervise the army. According to Shen Zesi's letter, Shen Huashan came to the conclusion that Gu Dazu's loyal guard had become a move to compete with the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't help but feel chilled by Emperor Changtai's move.
"Gu Dazu is brave and good at fighting, but he forgets that the emperor's heart is unpredictable......" He closed Shen Zesi's letter, his heart was heavy, and the rest of the words were not said completely, let Shen Zejing consider it himself.