Chapter Twenty-Five: Winning the Hearts of the Army

The soldiers of the Four Towns and the North Courtyard Camp are very capable of fighting, but in the final analysis, they are no different from the soldiers of other towns, they are the same xenophobic, arrogant, and domineering, and they like to commit the following crimes.

Of course, in the current environment where the central authority is insufficient and the warlordization of feudal towns in various places, the soldiers of the camp can already be regarded as moral models, after all, they have only killed the marshal once and rebelled twice.

Most of the time, he still serves the court sincerely.

It can also be seen from this that these martial artists are not completely brainless, do not know the severity, and each of them has a scale in their hearts for who can move and who cannot.

Guo Ying's envoy is the emperor Qinfeng, with an extraordinary background, and he is friendly with Feng Heqing, the envoy of soldiers and horses, and he also has a hundred guards, no matter how domineering these martial artists are, they will not give him a dismount.

Of course, the martial artists are actually very easy to deal with, most of the soldiers do not have as high consciousness as imagined, and there is no concept of national righteousness and the rise and fall of the country in their minds, and their original intention is just to make a family happy.

To put it mildly, they are all mothers with milk.

As long as their interests can be guaranteed, they dare to do anything, isn't this the case in the melee of the late Tang Dynasty?

Therefore, it is not difficult to deal with these soldiers, Guo Yinglai had already thought of a countermeasure before he came, that is, to talk less nonsense and annoy people, and directly send money to make him tremble.

The three hundred horsemen assigned to him were each with one silk, the six teams were three horses per person, the three wanderers were five horses per person, and the three people were each given one of the two-color silk that was beloved by the people in the palace.

Of course, this must not be said to be a reward, and there is no reason in the world for a general to use his private wealth to reward the emperor, unless he has a heart of disobedience.

Guo Ying's rhetoric to the outside world was that he brought a little Chang'an souvenir to the soldiers as a meeting gift.

At this time, the price of a silk on the market is three or four thousand yuan, as a "meeting gift", this reward is very rich, even if it is put in Jiannan, Huainan, Hedong and other rich places, you can get it, not to mention the poor side of Jingyuan.

When the soldiers were rewarded, they immediately smiled with joy, swept away their previous unruliness, and became obedient and well-behaved.

They are not like the soldiers of the Song and Ming dynasties, who have a monthly salary and silver to receive.

On weekdays, they basically live by the harvest and reward, but the harvest is not so good, and the reward is not so much, after all, the most rewards in the feudal town have to be war rewards, without war, where are the rewards, and they are not tooth soldiers.

Therefore, Guo Ying's reward of several thousand dollars is commendable in this general poverty environment of soldiers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a charcoal in the snow.

This money is enough for their mother-in-law to buy two stones of rice, cut some meat, and eat it with an open belly for a while.

However, Guo Ying knows that this kind of respect is only temporary, and the void cannot be any more empty.

In the final analysis, if a general wants his soldiers to follow him with all his heart, he must win more battles, otherwise even if he rewards him every day and shares weal and woe with his soldiers every day, he may not be able to win their hearts.

Guo Ying is well aware that she needs a victory to prove herself, rather than relying on frequent rewards to maintain a semblance of decency.

Coincidentally, this in-depth investigation of the movement of troops and horses in Yuanzhou is an opportunity, but whether he can seize it depends on his own creation......

Whether it's a dragon or a worm, basically it depends on this one.

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"General Lao Fu, tell me about these three wandering generals."

The handover of soldiers and horses is a big deal, Feng Heqing naturally wants to come forward, Guo Ying just took this opportunity to catch him and ask him to introduce the three You Yi generals behind him, so as to find out who is who.

Second, he also has the intention of borrowing Feng Heqing as a tiger skin.

Feng Heqing didn't think there was anything wrong with Guo Ying hitting the idea on his head, and pointed his fingers one by one, the first one was a big man with a beard and dark skin.

"Wang Jinyong, a native of Anxi, has one in thirty, his father is a Mo sword soldier under the command of the king of Wuwei County (referring to Li Siye), who died in the battle of Xiangji Temple, and grew up with his uncle since he was a child, and has some courage."

Wang Jin clenched his fists: "Wang Jin of the Ministry of Employment, I have seen the general." ”

"The son of a loyal minister and martyr is worthy of a heavy responsibility."

Guo Ying politely approved, and then followed Feng Heqing's fingers to a young man with deep beard and braided hair.

"Thinking of knots and hearts, Tiele people, six out of twenty.

The son of Sijie Jinming, the leader of the Sijie Department, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Sijie Department followed Ge Shuhan to quell the rebellion, first defeated at Lingbao, and then defeated at Tongguan, with heavy losses.

At this time, Hexi was in turmoil again, and Sijie Jinming had to lead the remnants back to Hexi, but he was repeatedly attacked by Tubo, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and slaves, and had to leave Mobei again.

When he arrived in Mobei, he was besieged by Ge Lulu and Hui Hui because of the old enmity, and his wealth, cattle and sheep, wives and daughters and slaves were all taken away, and he had no choice but to divide into two parts, one returned to the Tang Dynasty, and took refuge in Zhou Ding, the assassin of Shazhou, and the other went north.

Six years ago, when Chixin was ordered by Zhou Ding, the assassin of Shazhou, to go to the Tang Dynasty for help, he was accidentally captured by the Tubo people, and experienced a lot of hardships.

Lao Shuai (referring to Ma Lan) thanked him for being thousands of miles away, came to return, and gave me a red heart to the Tang Dynasty, so he named him Chixin and arranged him under my command. ”

After listening to this, Guo Ying carefully looked at Sijie Chixin, and nodded secretly, it is rare for a Tiele person to have such a heart of righteousness.

Of course, this may also be related to Datang's ethnic policy of tolerating all nations, from the beginning of the establishment of Datang to the present, I don't know how many Hu people have served, and I don't know how many famous Hu generals have been born.

For example, the Tiele clan has Qibi He Li, Fugu Huai'en, Hun Yang and others are famous.

At present, there are also many Goryeo, Tiele, Tubo, Jinya, and Lite in the court...... The generals from the clan, the Jingyuan army is even worse, after all, when Suzong recruited Anxi and Beiting to defend the Central Plains, the countries of the Western Regions sent a lot of soldiers and horses.

"Not far away, tirelessly, asking for help alone, being captured without changing the festival, after being humiliated, he still cherishes the old state, the heart of righteousness, the sky can be seen, he can really be described as a hero!"

Guo Ying took the initiative to raise his hand to shake him.

But Sijie Chixin didn't know whether he was a little restrained or cold-tempered, so he just took it back after a little hand.

Guo Ying didn't think it was wrong, but admired him more and more.

The third person introduced by Feng Heqing was a tall and burly young man, with thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a wide mouth, and slender arms.

"He Xuan (cī), a native of Pingliang, Yuanzhou, whose parents died in Tubo and entered the Kou, grew up in the army since he was a child, with superb riding skills and the three armies.

In the past, he was responsible for going to Yuanzhou to investigate the transfer of Tubo soldiers and horses, and he was very familiar with the geography of Yuanzhou. ”

"Very good, very good, with the assistance of three heroes, a certain worry-free!" Guo Ying praised repeatedly.

When he said this, Feng Heqing also felt that there was a light on his face, and said quite proudly: "Hachiro, what I gave you are all elite soldiers and strong generals, if you are on top of the battle formation and have made meritorious achievements, don't forget my brother and me." ”

"Where is my brother, you will treat me like a brother, how dare my younger brother forget?" Guo Ying hurriedly lowered his posture and replied.

To tell the truth, Feng Heqing treats him well, if it weren't for him, maybe he would have to go around in Jingyuan Town for a long time.

"I'm joking with you, but this matter is over, you can set off for Lianyunbao tomorrow, and someone in the embassy will send you away to take office."

"That's good, the little brother will say goodbye to the elder brother in advance."