Chapter 44: The Golden Drum

"We shouldn't be punished."

On the way to the high platform of the soldiers, the black buttocks muttered quietly.

Except for Shiruma, who had a cold face, everyone else also looked left and right, looking uneasy.

In the drill just now, they had reached the edge of the school field, and there was a trench in front of them, and the line had already gone out on the opposite side of the trench.

It stands to reason that they can't cross the trench, and when they reach the edge of the school field, they should turn around and change formations and go back like those thousand-person arrays in front.

But the drums that should have stopped did not stop, and the sound of the golden cymbals that should have sounded did not appear, which caused everyone to be stunned.

Zhao Tuo rushed out at this time to the beat of the drum, which was very abrupt.

They also caught up with Zhao Tuo's trust.

But unexpectedly, after the drumming stopped, a herald suddenly arrived, ordering them to go to the warden platform.

It's scary.

After all, the other nine hundred-man teams did not follow the charge, which made the movements of the ten people of Gengshi seem very abrupt, which is equivalent to disrupting the formation.

The military order has words, and those who are out of array will be punished!

"Do you want to take us as a model and severely punish us in front of the three armies?"

"You won't cut off your head, will you?"

The long and short brothers and Ah Niu were all as pale as earth, and they already regretted following Zhao Tuo to charge.

Zhu comforted: "No, after all, the hundred generals also rushed with us." And we came to the beat of the drums, so it shouldn't be counted as a violation. ”

But his voice trembled a little, and Zhu still remembered that the last time he served, there was a commander who disrupted the formation, and as a result, all of them were beheaded for public display, and their heads hung on the gate, which made the hearts of the passing soldiers tremble.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu's legs trembled a little.

"Silence, keep the queue."

Zhao Tuo's expression was calm, and at this time, he still asked everyone to keep a good queue.

On the pawn platform, Li Xin stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes blazing on his knife-like face, staring at the Shiwu who had been ordered to come.

The two lieutenants next to him looked at each other, they weren't sure what the general meant.

Is it a punishment or a reward?

"The villain Gengshi is long Zhao Tuo, meet the general and the captain."

Zhao Tuo walked quickly and saluted respectfully to the three officials on the pawn platform. Everyone in Shizhong also trembled and followed Zhao Tuo.

Li Xin's gaze moved.

Accent.

It's not a Guanzhong Qin person.

Even if Zhao Tuo speaks Yayan, which can be understood by everyone, the local accent is still slightly obvious.

However, Li Xin did not dwell on this issue, just bowed slightly, but did not look at Zhao Tuo, but looked at others.

"All formations have stopped, why did you rush out, I don't know if this will disrupt the formation of the army?"

Li Xin's voice was cold, and he couldn't hear emotion.

Thump.

Ah Niu was so frightened by Li Xin's questioning that his whole body trembled, and he knelt on the ground and said, "I rushed with everyone, general, it's not my fault." ”

Chang and Short also cried: "General, we are all following them, if they don't rush, we won't rush out." ”

Li Xin's face was expressionless, and his gaze moved to the side.

Black Buttocks shouted: "I am following Shi Chang, I said in the military order before, let us follow Shi Chang in everything." ”

"Yes, we follow the chief closely, and we will do whatever the chief does."

Zhu and Xiaobai also echoed and said.

Xi Qigu gritted his teeth and said: "According to the military order, we must listen to the commander's command." ”

Everyone said the same thing, and the core problem was that Zhao Tuo issued the order to charge.

In this regard, Li Xin was noncommittal, and his eyes finally fell on Zhao Tuo.

"You gave the order to charge? Why did you reach the edge of the school field, all the arrays stopped, and you still rushed forward into the trench with a few people, disrupting the formation, I don't know what the military order says, and those who mess up the formation will be punished? ”

Zhao Tuo raised his head, straightened his spine, and his eyes were clear.

"The villain heard that since ancient times, the teachers who have won forever have relied on temperance orders. If the order of moderation is not strict, even if it goes to the battlefield, it is a rabble. When training the golden drum before, the tun chief and the hundred generals repeatedly emphasized that 'the drum advances, and the gold retreats'. ”

"Yes, the villain thinks that as a soldier, as long as he goes to the battlefield, he only needs to read the banner and order, and only listen to the sound of the golden drum. If the flag and the drum are urging us forward, even if the Lord will say that we will not allow it, we should not obey it, but follow the drum beat. ”

"If the drums don't stop, Hugh says that there is only a trench ahead, and even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, we will rush into it. If it is the sound of gold, even if the Lord will let us rush forward, we should retreat immediately, even if there is gold and jade jewelry in front of us, we should not have the slightest memory. ”

Zhao Tuo spoke loudly, and his seven-foot body looked extraordinarily tall at this moment.

The two lieutenants looked at the young man in front of them in surprise.

Li Xin's eyes flashed and he spoke loudly.

"As long as the drum does not stop, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, you have to rush forward."

"If all armies have such a heart, what army cannot be broken, and what merit cannot be established?"

Li Xin took a deep look at Zhao Tuo and encouraged: "Ben General, no matter what your background is, I hope you can keep this heart, and you will have a future in the future." ”

"Yui."

Zhao Tuo saluted respectfully and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Li Xin's words seemed to imply that he didn't care about Zhao Tuo's background, but only valued ability.

Li Xin said to Huan Zhao: "Captain Huan, the method of battle should be like this, hear the drum and advance, sing the gold and retreat, and everything will move according to the golden drum." If there is a little accident, you will be in a hurry and go to the battlefield, and you may be in danger of being overthrown and killed. ”

"What the general said is that the general should also be punished." Huan Zhao's face was bitter.

Li Xin turned his head to look at Zhao Tuo, who was calm and composed, and couldn't help but praise in his heart.

"This son will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars, and each of these people will be rewarded with a thousand dollars, and the team of a hundred will be rewarded with a hundred dollars. As for the remaining 900 people, they cut off their diet for three days. Tell the armies to take this as a warning. ”

"Yui."

……

"Ah Tuo has made a lot of limelight this time, in my opinion, Hugh said that it was just the chief, and even the tun chief did it."

In the tent, the black buttocks were dressed in new clothes, and they were sipping the hot wine they were given, and they were laughing and talking.

"That's it, Shi Chang is too powerful, you see everyone was stunned at the time, those hundred generals and tun chiefs didn't know what to do, only we Gengshi rushed out with the sound of drums. Let's talk about it, does this mean that those hundred generals and tun chiefs are not as powerful as our chiefs. ”

"That's it, when I saw that the chief said that, even the general was stunned when he heard it. Those two lieutenants should have promoted Shi Chang to Tun Chang. ”

The long and short brothers, Ah Niu and others also agreed, and while counting the rewards in their hands, they patted Zhao Tuo's ass.

Even Xiaobai and Zhu and others joined the praise team.

This reward of thousands of dollars has made them completely subjugated to Zhao Tuo.

When it came to Xiqigu, he rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think the tun chief is good?" That requires a knighthood, at least a knighthood above it. ”

At this time, the beggar provoked the anger of the public, and the black buttocks shouted: "So what, with Ah Tuo's ability, sooner or later he can be promoted to the rank of tun chief." ”

The others also spoke, and there was a commotion in the tent.

At the door, Zhao Tuo shook his head while listening to everyone's arguments.

As Xi Qigu said, the Qin State is a country with the rank of knight, and military merits run through everything, even if he is praised by General Li Xin, his performance far exceeds those tun chiefs and hundred generals.

But he didn't have enough knighthoods.

If you don't have a lord, you can't serve as a higher military officer.

"It's coming."

Zhao Tuo's eyes looked outside.

The cold winter has receded from the land of Yanzhao, everything is recovering, the green stripes have been pulled out of the bare branches in the distance, and the soil of the earth has been opened by the tender green grass.

In the distance, you can even see birds spreading their wings and flying.

Spring, here.

War, too, is coming.