Chapter 156 Severe Punishment and Failure to Loan Examinations in the Army
The book continued from the above, after Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin left with a group of generals, Tiance and everyone stood motionless in place, at this time there was still more than a month to celebrate the New Year, the cold wind in winter was like a knife cut, and today was a hasty assembly, everyone was already sweating when they arrived at the school ground, and they were still wearing cold armor, and after the sweat dried, it was replaced by a burst of cold breath.
The sun in the sky shone on the ground with a miserable white light, and the raging wind gradually increased its strength, and the crowd was no longer as silent as Fang Cai at the moment, and the soldiers who had long been unbearable began to talk to each other.
And everyone in the Tiance Army always looked at the situation on the field without squinting or saying a word, only to see Zhao Xin, who was standing in the front row, whispering to Sun Xian beside him: "Look at it, there will not be too many people who can hold on to it in the end, and when the big handsome comes back, they will definitely be mad." ”
I saw Sun Xian's face change and said: "So we can't embarrass the handsome." While the two were whispering, some soldiers in the crowd who could not stand it walked out of the queue and ran towards the hot water storage area on the school grounds.
As the first one came out, gradually about thirty or so soldiers rushed out of the line to the place where the hot water was stored.
A team of 1,000 people under Qin Qiong's command was also firmly nailed to the school field like the Tiance Army at this moment, and no one in the entire team came out, and it was Cheng Yanjin's subordinates on the side, only to see a soldier who couldn't help but want to leave the queue, and the companion next to him hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Are you stupid?
A companion on the other side also said angrily: "Yes, we all know that General Cheng can only go to the battlefield this time thanks to the recommendation of Grandpa Guo, if you want to be listed, don't say that it is General Cheng's subordinate in the future." ”
When the man heard his companions say this, he hurriedly bowed to them and said, "You are the ones who have blinded me with lard and almost made a big mistake. After speaking, he hurriedly stood in place and looked coldly at the chaotic crowd in front of him.
About half an hour passed, during which many people could no longer hold on, but they all endured and persisted again under the reminder of their companions, only those who had rushed out of the queue before, drank enough hot water, recovered their body temperature, and then took leisurely steps to return to the queue.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the school field, and after these people who left the team heard it, they secretly screamed in their hearts, and hurriedly accelerated their pace to prepare to return to the queue.
Seeing this, everyone who left the team was ready to scold, but after seeing the person who came, they lowered their heads and kept silent. I saw that the person on the horse pushed the cover, revealing Chu Mofeng's angry face.
"Isn't that a small amount of courage? What did you say when your father left? Have you all forgotten?" Looking at the more than thirty people who were chilling on the side, Chu Mofeng turned his head to the back and said: "I'll just say it, there are always people who can't stand the loneliness, you see I'm right, right? Everyone, come forward and claim it!"
Following the direction of Chu Mofeng's words, everyone found that His Royal Highness King Qin and their respective chief officers were standing not far away, and the soldiers who left the team and the soldiers in the queue to which they belonged bowed their heads when they saw this scene.
Seeing this, the generals drew their horsewhips and stepped forward quickly, slamming the soldiers under their command who made mistakes, these soldiers knew that they were wrong, and they all stood in place and did not dare to dodge, and Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong came to their team, nodded with satisfaction and said: "You have not disappointed the officials, you are all good." ”
After the beating, these generals looked at Chu Mofeng with luck, thinking that I have also beaten and scolded this beating, can your old man be able to dissipate his anger and exempt these soldiers from punishment.
Who knows the opposite, Chu Mofeng did not see their appearance, but looked at a person on the stage with a smile, everyone followed Chu Mofeng's gaze, and suddenly secretly said in their hearts, only to see Li Shimin standing on the stage with a blue face, looking coldly at the generals in the audience. The generals thought to themselves that this is broken, how can they forget this master, you must know that once this master launches a surge, nine times out of ten he will transfer himself back to Changchun Palace, and the one in front of him is in charge of the transfer of soldiers and horses, and no one in the entire Tang Dynasty knows who knows, these two are not only Uncle Lang's relationship, but also close as brothers, otherwise how could the following one not wait for the good Guogong Mansion in the capital, and make a special trip here to cooperate with the above to fight Liu Wuzhou?
Thinking of this group of generals, they suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Li Shimin on the stage, only to see Li Shimin say coldly: "Yes, let this king open his eyes, the candidates for the generals on this expedition are all drawn up by the king himself, and the prince of Qi Guo will play to His Majesty. ”
When everyone heard this, their heads were buried even deeper, and Li Shimin suddenly smiled and said to Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin: "General Qin, General Cheng, you two can return to their respective camps with the soldiers under your command, this king has already ordered someone to boil hot soup, let the soldiers go back to get rid of the cold on their bodies." ”
Hearing this, the two hugged their fists at Li Shimin on the stage and Chu Mofeng under the stage, and then led their respective men and horses to leave the school field, and after the two teams of people walked away, Li Shimin turned around, looked at the remaining people in the audience and said: "Do you know why I am disappointed? Because up to now, the Tiance Army beside you has always been motionless, do you know why? Because their commander Qi Guogong did not speak, so they did not dare to move. ”
Speaking of this, Li Shimin nodded at Chu Mofeng, only to hear Chu Mofeng whistle at the Tiance Army and say, "All go back to the camp to drink soup, and then repair it." I saw that the Four Hundred Heavenly Commanders responded in unison, and then under the leadership of the four commanders, they left the school with neat steps.
Looking at the neatly departing Tiance army, all the generals present sighed in their hearts, how good it would be if they had such an army, but it was a pity...... Thinking of this, they all looked at the soldiers under their command, and immediately let out a long sigh.
I saw Chu Mofeng leap onto the stage with an arrow step, and said coldly to the generals below: "I know that you are very envious of the fact that there is such a team under the command of your own duke that can do what is forbidden, but what you don't know is that when His Royal Highness the King of Qin handed over the black-armored cavalry to his own duke, this was a rebellious and unruly team that did not obey the command, and the first lesson that the duke gave them was that soldiers should take obedience to orders as their duty, and the lord would not speak, and no one could make decisions privately." ”
Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng's eyes appeared in front of the three hundred firm arms that were raised high back then, and tears gushed out in an instant, only to see Chu Mofeng say slowly: "I thought that these guys were just trying to perfunctory me, but who knew that when I went to Huangyuan County to rescue His Royal Highness the King of Qin, those three hundred people used practical actions to explain to me the meaning of the four words 'obey orders', and only twelve of the three hundred black armor riders came back alive in the end, and each of them was injured." ”
Everyone present had those who followed Li Shimin to be trapped in Wangyuan, and when they heard Chu Mofeng revisit the old things, they all nodded in admiration, only to see Chu Mofeng wipe a handful of tears and say: " If I had said a word of retreat, maybe they would have survived, but before charging into battle, I only gave an order to charge, and they could only charge and kill the enemy without hesitation, and later I changed the name of the black-armored cavalry to the Tiance Army, and the number was always controlled at four hundred, it is not a secret, I also left a reserve of one hundred people in the capital camp, and the model of the Tiance Army is to die one by one, as for how to replace, it depends on the constant training and assessment. ”
"Nowadays, in every big battle, as long as the Tiance Army's extinguishing banner is erected, then the 400 soldiers under my command will know that this is my last order--- fight to the death! There have been several times when the Western Qin Dynasty was pacified, once the extinguishing flag was erected, no one in the Tiance Army fled in a hurry, what is this? This is obedience, absolute obedience, as a general, if the soldiers under your command do not even obey your orders, then you are not worthy of being a general. I saw Chu Mofeng gradually raise his voice as he spoke.
As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin said coldly to Chu Mofeng: "General Chu, what do you think should be done with today's matter?"
Chu Mofeng tilted his head and thought for a moment and said: "At that time, it seemed that it was said that the first time the rebels were twenty military sticks, and the second fifty military sticks, those who came out for no reason will be beheaded. ”
As soon as Chu Mofeng's voice fell, he only heard Li Shimin shouting: "Come on, drag these soldiers out for no reason and behead them, in order to set an example!"
The soldiers who had come out of the ranks before knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and their commanders also hurriedly knelt down to intercede with Li Shimin, who knew that Chu Mofeng's joking voice came from the side and said: "I said His Royal Highness King Qin, why are you in a hurry before I finish my words?"
As soon as they heard Chu Mofeng's words, everyone looked at Chu Mofeng as if they had been amnestied, and in their hearts, Chu Mofeng was able to forgive these soldiers, only to see Chu Mofeng open his mouth and say: " It's a pity to cut it, but if you don't cut it, you can't talk and don't talk about it, it's better like this, when the next battle begins, the guild of the country will organize you people into a separate team, take your weapons to Lao Tzu to charge on the battlefield, survive Lao Tzu spared you, and when you die, Lao Tzu will send you to Valhalla, if you don't want to, now Lao Tzu will let His Royal Highness King Qin handle this matter by himself. ”
Hearing that they would charge first in the next battle, those soldiers who did not come out of the ranks for no reason breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if they were out of the ranks just now, it is estimated that this group of daredevils would have to have their own figures; and all the generals agreed with Chu Mofeng's decision, and if they made mistakes, they would be punished, and Qi Guogong had already spared them once, and in the end, life or death could only depend on God; and those soldiers who went out for no reason were slumped on the ground, looking like they had nothing to love.
Seeing this, Li Shimin on the stage said coldly: "Everyone will lead the team back to the camp, repair for a day tomorrow, and start the assessment early the morning after tomorrow." After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and led his personal soldiers out of the school grounds.
Approaching the last month of the end of the second year of Wude, it seems that Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou in the direction of Huzhou could not bear the cold of winter, and then had the idea of recuperation, so the scouts sent by Li Shimin did not find a trace of the enemy, which also made the nerves of the soldiers stationed in the city have been relieved.
However, this slackness lasted only less than three days before it quickly ended, and in the early morning of this day, the war drums in the barracks sounded again, and in view of the previous experience in the school field, the war drums sounded today, and the soldiers of each battalion were ready to assemble early and ran in the direction of the school field.
When they came to the school field, everyone found that the Tiance Army was the first to arrive at the school field, and at this time, the four hundred Tiance Army stood in place without squinting, and the whole team did not make a sound.
After Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng walked to the stage, the school field was suddenly silent, and Li Shimin said slowly: "Now that the assessment begins, except for the Tiance Army, the rest of the battalions will start to compete according to the alliance formed by your commander, and this king and the Duke of Qi will score for you, hoping that you can cooperate sincerely and achieve victory." ”
With Chu Mofeng's order, the assessment teams began to draw lots for a duel, because they had prepared wooden knives and spears wrapped in the head of the spear in advance, so everyone was not worried about the injury at all.
The Tiance Army who watched the battle from the sidelines did not show the slightest disdain, and everyone stared at every competition on the field seriously, hoping to learn from the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings.
After three consecutive days of competition, each battalion experienced a series of duels such as charging formation, cavalry shooting, and foot combat, and in the end, the lucky winner was the alliance formed by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin.
Looking at the names of the two people at the top of the list, Cheng bit Jinle and laughed, while Qin Qiong on the side looked at the Tiance army opposite, with a trace of sadness on his face, and then Li Shimin announced that all the soldiers in the battalion would be paid more silver according to their ranking, which made all the soldiers and generals applaud. And Li Shimin immediately announced that he would repair tomorrow and start the final competition the day after tomorrow.
That night, Cheng Yanjin found Qin Qiong with two wine jars, and wanted to discuss with him about the competition the day after tomorrow, as soon as he walked into Qin Qiong's house, he saw Qin Qiong standing in front of a simple sand table, holding a few pieces of paper similar to a war report in his hand, muttering something to the sand table.
Putting the wine jar in his hand on the table, Cheng Yanjin walked up to Qin Qiong, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What do you want, Old Qin? I see that you are about to be stunned, isn't it just that tomorrow you will have a fight with Grandpa Guo's henchman? Is it necessary to be so nervous?"
I saw Qin Qiong turn his head to Cheng Yanjin and say, "Didn't you notice? Those group of black armor don't seem to be worried about playing against us, and today I found that when they watched the game, they were not as focused as they were in the previous two days, it seemed that it was because the last few games had not aroused their interest." ”
"So what? It's not a man with a head and two shoulders, and tomorrow it's just a desperate rush. What is there to be afraid of?" Cheng Yanjin slapped open the mud seal of Liang Inquiry, handed Qin Qiong a jar, and then drank it to himself.
I saw Qin Qiong take the wine and put it aside, raised the few pieces of paper in his hand and said: "Don't underestimate this group of black armor, first of all, their martial arts foundation is taught by Qi Guogong himself, let me ask you, Pei Xingyan and Yu Wenhua and who are the best martial arts?"
"This is not nonsense, of course it is Yu Wenhua and, the world knows that Pei Xingyan can't beat Yu Wenhua. Cheng Yanjin thought for a moment and gave an answer in an instant.
"Then let me ask you again, is the late Third Prince Li Xuanba powerful or Yu Wenhua and powerful?" I saw Qin Qiong continue to ask.
When Li Xuanba was mentioned, Cheng Yanjin thought of the thin figure, carrying two dark hammers in his hands, and said with palpitations: "Of course that kid is amazing, who can beat that guy?"
"Qi Guogong, this is what His Royal Highness the King of Qin said personally, it is said that Qi Guogong is a martial artist, don't look at the plain He always holds his black sword, I heard His Royal Highness the King of Qin said, Qi Guogong marksmanship, knife skills, swordsmanship are all involved, and his secret weapon is said to be today Few people can stop it, I heard that he studied under the early years of the Sui Dynasty Xiao Cavalry Guard Secret Weapon Master Yu Intestine, it is conceivable that Qi Guogong trained it must be good. Recalling what Li Shimin said to herself, Qin Qiong couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"It doesn't matter, even if we lose, we can only say that our skills are not as good as others, but we are still the first, just follow the original drill tomorrow. Cheng Yanjin patted Qin Qiong's shoulder and said, "Don't think about it, come, our brothers haven't drunk together for a long time." Qin Qiong smiled when she saw this, picked up the wine jar and started drinking with Cheng Yanjin.
On the second day, the soldiers of the whole battalion rested for a day, only the Tiance army was still training without moving, only to see the forty soldiers of the Tiance army who were responsible for the battle, standing in front of the four commanders in a regular manner and listening to their lectures, only to hear Zhao Xin say sharply: "What is the heavenly killing? The task of the heavenly killing is to tear apart the enemy formation on the battlefield, and when you charge tomorrow, you only need to tear open a hole in the opponent's battle formation without hesitation, and hand over the rest to the brothers of the Tiangun Battalion and the Tiandun Battalion." ”
And Qian Ming on the side said with a smile: "Don't have any pressure in the Heavenly Spear Battalion, as long as the brothers of the Heavenly Killing Battalion tear apart the battle formation, you will be responsible for making this opening bigger and bigger for me, and the rest depends on the brothers of the Heavenly Shield Battalion." ”
"Foot combat, tomorrow we will dismount and fight with them on foot, crossbow arrows will not be used, it depends on the long knife and round shield in your hands. Sun Xian sighed helplessly, and there were some complaints in his heart about not being able to use crossbow arrows.
And Li Jian, who was playing with an arrow on the side, said with a smile: "If you want to talk about riding and shooting, except for our Tiance, there are few teams in the entire Tang Dynasty that can do a good job, and tomorrow we will follow the usual training to bring out their best state. ”
Then the four of them said in unison: "The marshal gave us food, gave us a place to live, exempted our family and relatives from forced labor, distributed the fields, let us get out of the days of hunger and clothing, our children have books to read, as subordinates, we can only fight bravely to kill the enemy and conquer the city, only in this way can we repay the marshal for our kindness, so the four of us discussed, tomorrow against the erection of the word extinguishing flag, do you all understand?"
As soon as everyone heard that the extinguishing flag was about to be raised, a scorching light appeared in their eyes. After a night, the long-awaited final battle finally came, and in the early morning of this day, everyone gathered in the school field, and forty people from the Tiance Army were fully armed and rode on horses, looking coldly at the Qin Cheng coalition army that was slowly walking on the opposite side.
At this time, Zhao Xin on the side personally raised the extinguishing flag high, whether it was the forty people who went into battle or the remaining two hundred and fifty-nine people in the audience, they all made a specific military salute to the extinguishing flag, Chu Mofeng on the stage saw the extinguishing flag rise, and hurriedly got up and clenched his right hand into a fist, and the heart of the fist was attached to his forehead.
Seeing this, Li Shimin and the generals on the side were puzzled, but they saw Li Shimin ask, "What is this?"
"Tiance military salute, once the extinguishing flag is raised, it is definitely an endless situation. Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng raised his forehead, sighed and said, "I should have put away the military flags of this group of rabbit cubs, now it's okay, I hope the soldiers on the other side will ask for more blessings." ”
I saw Chu Mofeng turn his head and shout to the audience: "The assessment begins, and the point ends." ”
As soon as Chu Mofeng's voice fell, I saw that everyone in the Tiance Army clamped the horse's belly with their legs at the same time, and the war horses under their crotch were in pain and rushed towards the front, and the Heavenly Killing Battalion that rushed to the front had already held up the wooden stick wrapped around the head of the gun smoothly, and looked coldly at the soldiers opposite.
Although it was the first time for the Qin Cheng coalition to fight against Tiance, after three days of competition, he had accumulated a lot of experience in the battle, and he saw the first person shouting: "Vertical shield" Then he heard a sound of 'whoosh', and the ten people at the forefront of the team took out a big shield and erected it in front of him.
I saw Cheng Jinle on the stage laughing, and said to Chu Mofeng: "I said Grandpa Guo, we have stipulated that all the blades are replaced with wood, but this big shield is a defensive weapon, and this is a real big shield." ”
"General Cheng, don't laugh too early, let's just take a look. Chu Mofeng smiled at Cheng Biting Jin, thinking that this old Cheng was still a person who couldn't hide things in his heart.
As soon as the leader of the Tiance army on the opposite side saw the other party erecting a big shield, he sneered and shouted: "The Heavenly Killing Heavenly Spear is scattered left and right, draw the horse's legs, and the Heavenly Shield is ready to meet the enemy." With his order, the Tiance Army, which was about to rush in front of the coalition army, suddenly scattered to both sides as if it had been cut by something, and the knights on the horse flashed to the inside of the horse's belly, raised the wooden stick in their hands and jerked at the legs of the horses in front of them.
The horses that had been drawn could not bear the sudden sharp pain, and they all raised their heads and neighed, and the people on the horse were instantly swept away, and then the horses that had been struck fled in all directions.
The Tiandun battalion that was charging quickly stopped the horses under his crotch at this moment, and one turned over and dismounted, took out the wooden knife and round shield at his waist, and rushed towards the coalition army that fell to the ground.
Everyone present couldn't help but stand up and applaud the Tiance Army's immediate response, and at this time, the coalition soldiers who were smashed to pieces looked at the Tiance Army that had become surrounded by them, and sat on the ground and sighed uncontrollably.
Cheng Yanjin on the stage saw this scene, his originally smiling expression instantly froze, and he was stunned for a while and didn't know what to say.
I saw Chu Mofeng turn his head and say with a smile: "General Cheng, don't be discouraged, there are other competitions that have not been conducted!"
I saw Cheng Yanjin smile awkwardly, turned his head and no longer looked at Chu Mofeng, but stared at the competition on the field with all his attention......
As the saying goes, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and look at the Tiance team's consecutive victories, the Tang defenders welcome the New Year, and want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......