Speaking of this, Liu Yu pointed ahead, and the soldiers of Chen Tianzi's troops had already burst into cheers, because at this time, there were almost no counterattacks on the top of the city. Dozens of cloud ladders were also placed on the city wall. The soldiers of the Jin army began to climb the city, and the attacking rams made the city gate tremble with each impact. They could even see the cracks on the city gate with their naked eyes, becoming bigger and bigger. Chen Tianzi's roar could be heard clearly after a mile: "Brothers, work harder, rush in to the city, kill Xu Daofu, kill Xu Daofu!"
Liu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The troops Chen Tianzi brought this time are not the Wu family soldiers he has been carrying for many years. Most of them are subordinates of Sun Chu. After joining the army with you, he also brought Yu Qiu into their troops. After two months, he commanded these subordinates of other generals very well. He has this ability, you have it, and you have it. The old brothers of our Northern Army have it. It is not that only the generals and generals whom he has been following can command themselves. If this is the case, then the soldiers will become private soldiers, become warlords who will be separatist and will eventually become a disaster for the country."
Liu Fan shook his head and said, "Brother Jinu, you misunderstood what I mean. I am not saying that these troops cannot be commanded, or they are not commanded well. In fact, commanding an army depends on grassroots, middle-level officers and officers. We are all people who have led troops for many years. As long as our personal soldiers, guards, and troops go to various army brigades, and go to these middle-level grassroots combat places to serve as command or governor, we can support the entire army. The familiarity, tacit understanding, and distribution of interests between soldiers and generals I am talking about is not training during or before the war, but more of it is after the war."
Xiang Mi raised his brow, touched his beard, and said, "Afan, are you saying that as the chief general and the commander, after the war, he asked for merit and reward for his subordinates, and then in the prefectures and counties where he served as governor and county magistrate, he bought houses and land for these old brothers and subordinates, and even helped them get married and started a family. In this way, in exchange for their loyalty for generations?"
Liu Fan sighed: "I know that this is not in line with the laws of the court. After all, the rewards and resettlement of meritorious soldiers should be carried out by the court. But if the war is really done, they will ignore the old subordinates and be randomly assigned to various places. After they are placed one by one, they may be bullied. Isn't the tragedy of Xie Tingyun the most typical example? If we, the elder brothers and generals, cannot protect our little brothers after the war, cannot let the soldiers be discharged from the army, and there is no good place to leave home, then who will serve us in the future? What are our own faces to face these brothers who fight for themselves? "
Liu Yu said calmly and firmly: "Afan, this is the biggest difference between you and your elder brother. You think doing this is to treat your brothers well, but in fact, whether it is to let these brothers occupy the civil lands of various prefectures and counties, or make them thugs in underground gangs in the capital, it is contrary to the national law. If the soldiers in the army retiring, they still form groups, compete with the people for profit, or even become a general, the subordinates of the former chief, they will really become soldiers and generals. Once this general has other ideas in the future, they can launch a rebellion at any time, which will become a huge hidden danger to the country."
Liu Fan gritted his teeth and said, "If Brother Ji Nu said this, then when you were free from the army and returned to Jingkou, didn't you use your prestige in the army to summon us to Jianyi and oppose Huan together? If it weren't for your prestige, if you hadn't been leading the organization, how could we follow? You can't get these benefits yourself, but stop the relationship between other people and old subordinates."
Meng Huaiyu's face changed and she said in a deep voice: "Brother Afan, stop saying this, your words have passed the line."
Liu Fan said in a deep voice: "Today I cut off my head and my tongue. I want to say this. Whether we join the army to serve the country or build troops, we rely on our bloodline. If you are afraid of this and that, what else can you call a man from Jingkou? Brother Jinu, if you think my words are unreasonable, please convince me. If it is dealt with by me because of national laws and military rules, or even killing my life, I have no complaints, but I have figured out this principle."
Liu Yu smiled slightly and said, "Well, if you are a soldier, if you don't understand the truth about the right and wrong, and you just can't just be at the mercy of others in a daze, you won't have to fight anymore. I can reply to you now, just like I replied to Wuji back then. He asked me at that time, saying that Huan Xuan came to Beijing, what would happen to our then commander General of the North and General of the North Army, Liu Laozhi?"
"I directly replied to him that three people in the north rebels, and the army was completely lost. Even if he wanted to resist Huan Xuan again, no one would follow him, because he was afraid that his life would be lost. However, we, the generals of the Middle Ages of the Northern Army, had to temporarily endure and retreat to the countryside to observe the development of the subsequent events. If Huan Xuan was loyal to the Jin army and was determined to fight the northern expedition, we could only assist him, or take a step back and not serve him, but we could not openly rebel against him. At that time, Huan Xuan's identity was the Grand Marshal of Jin State, the minister, the treacherous ministers such as Sima Daozi and Sima Yuanxian, and the loyal ministers and heroes of Liu Laozhi who wanted to rebel. Even if we don't deal with him, no matter how hatred we have, we can't resist him. If we resist him, we will treason and traitors."
"So, Liu Laozhi was killed by Huan Xuan, and other veterans, such as Gao Su, Sun Wuzhong, Liu Xi, Zhuge Kan, and others were killed by Huan Xuan. These people were the officials and generals who took us into the Northern Palace, and treated us like mentors, but we cannot avenge them, because Huan Xuan killed them under the name of great righteousness and the imperial edict of Emperor Jin. This is a matter of official business, not a personal grudge."
Xiang Mi opened her eyes wide, nodded repeatedly, and said, "Brother Jinu, you have never told us about these things back then. You only told Brother Wuji about feelings. To be honest, our brothers in Jingkou were afraid that someone would come to chase us every day. They lived a very nervous life. We thought every day that was just to fight with Huan Xuan and the others instead of waiting for death at home."
Chapter completed!