Chapter 82: A good tiger general
Lu Dengyun, one of the hundred households in the Tiger Ben Army, is a favorite general of General Zuo in Youzhou.
General Zuo and General Right, in fact, are only part of their official titles, the full names should be General Zuo of the Youzhou Town Army and General Zuo of the Youzhou Town Army respectively, the two generals are in charge of the Tiger Army and the Yuyang Army, the second of the nine armies of the empire.
These two generals, in fact, are the subordinates of the old general Xu Qianzhong, although the Xu family has been guarding Youzhou for the imperial court for many years, so far four generations, but the people have not been particularly prosperous, and they have always been in a single line, thinking that they are also to make the court feel at ease, so they deliberately do not want the surname Xu to spread out and completely sit in Youzhou.
Youzhou Xu family, seems to be infinitely beautiful, but under the gaze of the world, they have always been walking on thin ice, cherishing their feathers very much, and they are afraid that they will be impeached by someone to grab the handle, so the old general Xu Quanzhong has never thought of nepotism during his reign, these two powers are actually only under the general of the left and right generals, both of whom are foreign surnames, and they have risen all the way up from the army by their own ability, and they are not much lower than the old generals if they count their qualifications alone.
Since the founding of the Liang Kingdom, three generations of monarchs, all of whom are virtuous monarchs, and have great ambitions, and there is no unification in the south, and there are still foreign enemies looking around, so they have not fallen, and the people below, as long as they are capable, and they are not too good at being people, they can be reused by the imperial court, regardless of the army or officialdom, all the time, they still abide by the principle of meritocracy, rather than cronyism.
It was also under this circumstance that Lu Dengyun was able to join the Tiger Army.
As a general who leads the army in the army, in fact, it is divided into two kinds, one is a military general, the other is a Confucian general, the military general is rude, and the Confucian general is elegant, the former can charge into battle, and has the courage of ten thousand people, the latter holds the military book, and the canopy is wiped out between talking and laughing, both of which can conquer the city, and then subdivided, there are more categories of generals.
And why is it important? Because they are where the morale of the whole army lies, if the morale is high, it is not difficult to use 12 points of strength, it is not difficult to win more with less, and it is not difficult to defeat the strong with the weak, but if the morale is low, and each of them can only exert three or four points of strength, then even if it is a group of so-called elite soldiers, it will be difficult to continue, and even if these people are faced with a gang of rabble, they may have to throw away their armor and scatter in a hurry.
For an army, morale is the condensation of the spirit and spirit of all of them, and it is the cornerstone for them to be able to exert their true strength, and even to exert their own strength beyond their own dependence.
The most important thing is that morale can overcome the fear of death of ordinary people, and the fighting spirit is up, regardless of how many enemies are ahead.
In most cases, as long as the front is defeated, it is a chain reaction, the people in the rear do not know the situation at all, even if there is a herald waving the flag, they can't take care of it at all, as long as the people in front start running, the people behind will not resist at all, and they will flee directly, this is the nature of people, the so-called defeat is like a mountain, that's the case, the ordinary rabble, maybe as long as one tenth of the people die, will directly begin to rout, but the long-trained army, maybe three out of ten people will die before the rout, and the power of the general is reflected at this moment。
As long as the generals of the unified army do not die and do not run, they will continue to condense the morale of this army, as long as he is still rushing to the front, the people behind will never stop, this is also human nature, why the army always conducts monotonous training day after day, emphasizing the rules everywhere, why the subordinates must unconditionally obey the superiors, this is all so that when you really go to the battlefield, you will not collapse because of the bloody scene, when you hear the orders of the superiors, the habits of the weekdays become a natural reaction, in order to serve your fear instinct。
Therefore, a fierce general who can drive morale is what every monarch will desire, and if the two armies are at war, if the general is against the general, and the opponent's general can be quickly cut off the horse, then the other party will most likely collapse without a fight.
The reason why this Lu Dengyun is reused is also because of his natural qualifications as a tiger general.
Military generals are not as good as civilian officials, although they are all poor and rich in martial arts, but in the army, especially the border army, that is the place where the family background is the least valued, to the battlefield, whether you are the son of a court, or an ordinary child of an ordinary fisherman in Haizhou, there is no difference at all, at least for the enemy, there is not much difference, the border army only looks at the ability, not the background, such as Lu Dengyun, Xie Houyin, that is from a poor background, but was entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
Lu Dengyun was originally an ordinary peasant child in a Youzhou village, his father died early because of the Rakshasa clan, in order to be able to eat a full meal, and at the same time not drag down his mother, he lied about his age when he was a child and was able to join the army.
started in the local army, after all, he was too young and his ability was not good, and the border army would definitely not accept him, but fortunately, he was still martial in Liangguo, so the welfare of the Liangguo army was excellent, even if it was a local army, not only was there a lot of money, but also the food was never deducted, so Lu Dengyun, who was worried about having no food to eat, was like a fish in water, and one person could eat three portions of ordinary soldiers at each meal, and this amount of food made him famous.
Later, there was this accident by the patrol to this General Zuo valued, transferred it from the local army, directly thrown to the scout camp of the Tiger Army, first in the territory of Shu and the elite scouts of the Shu State, in the mountains for a whole year, and then transferred back to the Tiger Army cavalry team, first learn horsemanship, and then learn horse fighting, this is another two years, during which often with the Rakshasa clan, practiced a skill, was the left general as a favorite general, and even in the army is rumored that General Zuo is to take him as his successor training, which can be seen.
Lu Dengyun was originally born tall and had a rough face, since he was transferred back to the Tiger Army, he deliberately aggravated it, and practiced like a tiger's back, plus this is a person who is really sharpened from the battlefield, he was born with a murderous aura, which is really extraordinary, no wonder Gu Xuan called him "a good tiger general" when he saw it, although he deliberately raised the other party and wanted to befriend him, but he didn't feel it from the heart.
Lu Dengyun escorted Gu Xuan and Jinglong and walked all the way together, from the central part of Youzhou to Huangsha County, getting along day and night in the middle, talking happily, Gu Xuan even said the words "sweep the bed and wait".
Although Lu Dengyun did not take the initiative to visit later, it was also because things in the army were too busy, and after he went back, Lan Yunxuan, the first strategist under General Zuo, took the initiative to find him, and told him a lot of things openly and secretly, in short, let him have nothing to provoke the little prince, although he was very puzzled about the reason, but General Zuo treated him like a mountain, not only a superior, but also a figure like his father, his words, Lu Dengyun must not listen to him, not to mention that even if he is not sensitive to politics, he knows that the other party's surname is Gu, but he is a legitimate prince of the court, and he is a hundred households in the border army, and it is always difficult to visit in private。
But after receiving Gu Xuan's letter, his temperament was actually relatively simple and honest, and he still ran over under the pretext of tracking down the horse thief.
With Lu Dengyun's status and reputation in the army, it is naturally indispensable to take a few days off, not to mention that as long as it is not wartime, soldiers have a vacation every year.
After knowing that the post station system was completely controlled by the Xu family, Gu Xuan actually didn't make much effort, the role of quicksand was this, and it was easy for people to send letters.
As long as you disguise yourself and go out, no one will know whether you are an ordinary businessman or a messenger, and it is impossible for the Xu family to stop and interrogate all the people who come out of Huangsha County, they just arrange people in key places to check the route you are traveling, and if you run all the way to the capital when you leave Huangsha County, you will definitely have to intercept and inquire, but if you leave Huangsha County and turn around and run to the border next to you, no one will waste any effort to care.
Lu Dengyun came alone, dressed very plainly, did not wear the conspicuous tiger army armor, the nine armies of the Liang Kingdom, all have their own armor, such as the fox guard, which is the image of the divine beast, the tiger army, there is a hideous tiger head on the chest, which is not only a symbol, but also has some other functions, in short, it is quite conspicuous, outsiders can recognize it at a glance, since he is a secret visit, a private visit, naturally he can't wear the standard armor of the tiger army.
It's just that he still carries the tiger head knife, even if the whole person is riding on a horse, his back is as tall as a javelin, and the clear-eyed person actually knows that he is a soldier at a glance, because this is their habit, and he can't change it.
Since this was agreed by both parties, Gu Xuan and Lu Yi had already retreated from the outsiders and waited at the city gate to greet them, you must know that the matter of taking back the baggage will fall on the head of this Lu Dengyun, and you must not slack off.
Lu Yi also prepared a lot of rhetoric early for this meeting, as well as various means to direct the hearts of the people, he made up his mind, he wanted to use this person's identity to regain the baggage seized by the Xu family, but the moment he saw Lu Dengyun, Lu Yi decided not to use any means this time.
"It's really a general!"
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