That night, the high positions in the Three Protectorate Houses were assigned in the living room, and the generals in the courtyard all got their jobs without having to stand all night.
The rotation of the Northern Army is not a trivial matter. There are dozens of generals in Chang'an City who will go to the north to guard the border with Gongxiang City of Anding County.
At midnight, everyone in the Dingbei County government office dispersed and went home one after another. The troops of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya on the street not only did not stop him because of the curfew, but instead let Luka go.
When Su Ce returned home, he first went to his parents' courtyard. His son was traveling far away, and his mother was worried!
After talking all night until dawn, Su Ce returned to his room. Instead of going to bed, Su Ce took off his coat and warmed his body by the iron stove in the room to drive away the cold. Wang Lan was weak now and could not go to bed with the cold.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Su Ce turned to look at Wang Lan on the bed. The worry in Wang Lan's eyes made Su Ce feel heartbroken.
Although Wang Lan is a girl from the south of the Yangtze River, she has been in Chang'an for many years, but she also knows that her husband is on an expedition, and a woman's family cannot show worry, as it is unlucky!
"Can you not go? When will you come back this time?" Wang Lan did not ask if he could go with him. Su Ce was a fourth-level general. He could be said to be a brave general in the army. The general went on expeditions, and his women and children stayed in the capital. This is
Rules formed over the years.
For an empire, the defenders come from the capital, and the people in the capital are the staunchest defenders.
Keeping women and children is the simplest way in the emperor's mind. No one can disobey the emperor of a powerful empire.
Su Ce walked from the stove to the bed, sat down next to Wang Lan, curled Wang Lan's hair with his fingers, was silent for a while and said: "I have to go because I am in my position. This time the Anbei lineage was exposed."
I've been seen at all. It's not like I won't come back. I'll be back at the end of the year for my work rotation. You take good care of yourself at home. When the weather gets warm in a while, you can go to Nanshan Village. I've been to my parents' place just now. I have something to do.
Tell Chang Li to do it."
Seeing Wang Lan's eyes welling up with tears but not daring to cry, Su Ce felt heartbroken. Su Ce knew that he had lied. In the last year of the three-year absence, there would be a chance to report back to the capital, but he could not tell the truth.
explain.
Holding Wang Lan in his arms, with the fragrance of Wang Lan lingering on the tip of his nose, Su Ce once wanted to abandon his title and official position, find a place where no one knew him, and spend the rest of his life with his family, but Su Ce could no longer just do it for
Live by yourself.
After he was knighted as a general, he was no longer burdened with his family.
At dawn, Su Ce gently put down Wang Lan, who was sleeping soundly in his arms, and looked at Wang Lan's hand holding the corner of his clothes. Su Ce gently opened Wang Lan's hand, tucked Wang Lan in, and walked outside.
, put on clothes and walked out of the room.
Just as I was about to step out of the room, I saw Dudu holding a white dog that was several months old. A voice like a silver bell suddenly came over: "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, slow down, slow down,
Yeah, Dad!"
Su Ce watched a little pink dumpling running towards him with his calves, squatted down, picked up the little pink dumpling with both arms, scraped his little nose, and said softly: "Keep your voice down, you
Mom is still sleeping!"
Today, Su Ce doesn't want to do anything, he just wants to spend time with his family.
Relaxed days are always short-lived. The sage Zhao Yumin has a lazy temperament. The personnel recommendation submitted by Gongxiangcheng of Anding County was signed by the three provinces without changing a word. The documents for troop deployment by the Ministry of War were sent to each province one by one.
After two years of peace, the people of Daqian have become accustomed to a life without fear, but the smell of war continues to be strong on the border.
At the end of February in the 15th year of Longsheng's reign, while the other five armies were still arguing over the selection of military leaders, the generals of the Northern Army who stayed in Gyeonggi were saying goodbye to their families.
From here, go north!
Su Ce's bodyguards were still too young, and the servants at home could not go there without status. However, this did not trouble Su Ce. He went to his teacher Li Sizhe's house and took away the Dingbei County government office when he came back. of elite.
There are a hundred personal guards. This is the family background of the old commander. They have fought with the old commander for more than ten years. Many of them are over forty years old, and several of them have grandchildren.
This is an old army, an elite army that the old commander Li Sizhe spent more than ten years selecting on the battlefield from hundreds of thousands of people.
The repaired armor on his body was mottled due to the new armor plates, and the fishy smell from the weapon could be smelled ten meters away.
The general didn't want to have a bodyguard under his command that would allow him to sleep peacefully on the battlefield.
By becoming a disciple of Li Sizhe, the old commander gained a successor, while Su Ce gained the military connections accumulated by an imperial military commander throughout his life.
Master of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Master is second to the Lord and higher than the biological father.
The previous nastiness dissipated with the spring breeze, and the old commander's generous teachings were enough to make up for the previous calculations.
"gone!"
Outside Chang'an City, there is a pavilion to say goodbye.
The parents, wife and daughter looked at Su Ce's pretending to be free and easy, and burst into tears.
On the official road, Su Ce and a hundred veterans galloped northward in a leisurely manner, one person and three horses. This was the third time Su Ce walked on the official road heading north.
For the first time, when I was a teenager, I was ambitious!
The second time, the military situation is urgent, and the horseshoes are playing fast!
The third time, the general marches, take your time!
There was no need to be complacent about food and grass, and the family was rich. Li Chang bought the war horses from Beiyuan at a high price and were strong and strong. One was for riding, one was for carrying weapons, and the other was for carrying armor.
The newly built official road leads directly to the Langyan Mountains. Su Ce first went to Langyan City, first to see Gong Gongsunzong of Duling County, the governor, and then went to the governor of the governor's office to submit documents from the Ministry of War, and got the seal of the Guansai Commander-in-Chief. The new soldiers who arrived at Zuowuguan went all the way north.
Su Ce arrived at Zuowuguan at the end of March. When the pass was newly built, it was conquered by the Nine Huros coalition forces. Tens of thousands of troops refused to give up an inch of ground and destroyed the valley. It became the first organized army in Daqian to be destroyed. But the military spirit of protecting the people remains in this valley.
The three passes were broken, and Da Qian almost lost the newly conquered Beiyuan, and a hundred thousand troops fell into the mountains. In addition to being sad, the Ministry of Revenue was unwilling to spend money on the pass, and the Ministry of War gritted its teeth and emptied its own small treasury. Three new levels were built on it.
Zuowuguan is located in a valley that runs through the west side of Langyan Mountain. It is the narrowest place in the valley, only one mile wide. There are continuous mountains on both sides of the valley. The pass is like an iron chain linking the mountains separated by the valley.
The site selection of Zuowuguan is very interesting. The city wall in the valley is three feet tall. The walls in the mountains on both sides of the valley are less than two feet high. However, taking advantage of the mountains, it is more difficult to attack it than from the three-foot-high valley wall. .
The entire Zuowuguan is structured into one city gate and two mountain fortresses. The valley is the city gate, and a city wall is connected to the mountain fortresses on both sides. The extended sides of the city wall are mountain fortresses built around the peaks. The three-foot-high city wall surrounds the city. There are two peaks with springs on them.
There is another city wall to the north of the city gate, and the distance between them is also calculated. The distance between the two city gates is three hundred steps. If one is breached, those who enter will be greeted by crossbow arrows from Zuowuguan City Gate on the south side.
This is no longer a simple city gate, but a millstone of flesh and blood with the smell of killing everywhere.
The city pass is one mile wide and three miles long. This is the barracks of Zuowuguan. It is both a city and a barracks. It is divided into two sections by the city wall. Together with the one-mile diameter ring mountain forts on both sides, it is enough to accommodate the five thousand border troops of Zuowuguan.
There are still three hundred generals to work on.
Including Su Ce's one hundred personal guards, the entire Zuowuguan had 600 cavalry and 5,500 infantry.
When Su Ce entered the pass, the generals at Zuowuguan in the Duwei Mansion had been waiting for a long time.
There are seven captains of the left Wuguan school: Guo Shan, the left school captain, and Huo Xin, the right school captain. Xia Zhi, the former school captain, and Xie Kaizheng, the frontline school captain. Jiang Yun, the left imperial school captain, Liu Baihong, the right imperial school captain. Gao Hong, the rear gate school captain. Each.
Lead an infantry of five hundred men.
Zuo Wuguan had three generals, the cavalry generals Qin Shanming led 500 cavalry, and the infantry generals Chang Yu and Zhou Fengwu each led 1,000 infantry.
These ten generals are Su Ce's team at Zuowuguan, and there is also the commander of Zuowuguan, Shi Zhaoyu. Su Ce already knew this information in Langyan City. There are no people who are waiting to die, they are all killed in battle.
The brave general who came out.
However, arrogance is inevitable for a good general. Su Ce did not intend to suppress this arrogance. Speaking of arrogance, he, the uncle of Jingyang County and the young commander of the Northern Army, should be arrogant!
Unlike the northern and southern yamen, the border army did not have as many rules. In addition, Zuowuguan was newly established, and there were no complicated personnel relationships. The last captain Zuowu went out to use troops without authorization and suffered a defeat. Therefore, these ten generals
There is no luster on the face.
Su Ce entered the front hall of the Captain's Mansion. At this time, ten generals were whispering. They found out that Su Ce, the new boss, although he was very young and only held the title of earl, his status was extremely special.
As soon as Su Ce entered the front hall, the eleven people immediately shut up. When Su Ce sat down on the main seat in the front hall without any courtesy, the eleven people shouted in unison: "I've seen the captain!"
"Tell me, how did you suffer at the end of last year?" Su Ce did not intend to save face for these brave generals. The frontier army was arrogant. With Su Ce's new appointment, the people below him would inevitably have some gossip. Su Ce did not intend to suppress their arrogance, but the arrogance
If it goes too far, it’s time to beat it!
The eleven people looked at each other. From the moment Su Ce came in, there was no missing smile, and they knew they deserved to suffer.
"Back to the captain, Jiuhu and a thousand cavalry came to the pass to provoke, but Sun Kang, the captain, was so angry that he led a thousand cavalry out to fight!" As a long history officer, Zhao Yu knew that no one else could answer this question, so he could only bite the bullet and reply.
Su Ce.
"It's so good that you can't get angry! When you get angry, you can lead your troops out of seclusion. After you win, you can still pursue them. You don't even understand why poor enemies should not pursue them. You've lost five hundred fine cavalry in vain. I heard that you guys are still following me. Is that right?
Wouldn't you be happy if you let the Jiuhu people cook them in one pot?
Sun Kang is stubborn, hehe, one person has shouldered the blame, and you can sit back and relax later! The old commander went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to save his face and save you. One general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies, but you, as a subordinate, did not know how to dissuade you, and even instigated the general to pursue him.
Good work brings great joy. If I hadn't seen you for your hard work in guarding the border, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to kill you. You are a bunch of reckless men!
Chief Shi Zhao Yu, you must be the nephew of the Duke of Yueyang County. When you came here, the County Duke told me that he knew about the military situation and concealed it. He wanted to stabilize the morale of the army after the war. You can avoid the death penalty but cannot escape the crime of living. The County Duke ordered me to
I'll give you twenty lashes, but you can accept it!"
"Admit it!" Zhao Yu, the chief historian, said with a bitter face. When he was in his twenties, he was the most loyal. Sun Kang treated him as his nephew, and the generals in the hall treated him as his younger brother. For this loyalty, this guy even forgot about his own
The responsibility of supervising the army.
The commander-in-chief of the army, Shi, is all a child of the royal family. This is the way the saint controls the army. If the saint had not seen his father and brother die in battle, otherwise the wrath of the Thunder Emperor would not be something that a child of the royal family could withstand.
"Captain I am too tired from traveling. Zhao Yu, I have to whip you to remember it first. Go down and think about where you went wrong. Hang the flag tomorrow and tell Captain." Su Ce waved his hand.
Looking at the eleven people still standing in the hall, Su Ce's temples were beating. A bunch of fools who only knew how to kill people with knives. Whether they were in the Luben Army or the Beiya Sixth Army, these people should know what they were doing at this time.
He retreated, but seeing these people waiting for his order, Su Ce couldn't get angry: "Command, retreat!"
"Here!" Everyone shouted in unison, and then exited the front hall with embarrassment on their faces. Su Ce's whip did not fall on Zhao Yu, but it made everyone even more uncomfortable.
At this time, Li Huaian, the leader of the personal guards, entered the hall and gave Su Ce a thumbs up: "What a good idea, young army leader. These veterans have no shame and let a young man stand in front of them. It's shameless!"
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Su Ce waved his hand and cursed with a smile: "There are only a few decent people who can survive the battlefield. Not to mention a bunch of reckless men, have you packed them up?"
Li Huaian shook his head and said with a smile: "How long has it been? You need some time. Young Master is still thin-skinned. If the commander-in-chief can scold you for an hour today, Young Master, you are still not very good at it!"
Almost? Much worse!
Su Ce laughed at himself, everyone has his own style of leading troops.
Confucian commanders scold people and quote scriptures. If the group of people just listened to it, they wouldn't understand it for an hour, otherwise they wouldn't be stuck in the rank of captain, and the highest one is the general.
Su Ce didn't like to preach. What the army needed was rigor. The general in the army would naturally form a style when leading troops. This is the style of leading troops. A mature general has a mature style of leading troops.
But just like there are no two identical leaves on a tree, there are no two generals with exactly the same style.
There are many famous generals in the army, some are delicate, some are rough, some are reserved, some are bold, some are steady, some are arrogant... there are many. The old commander Li Sizhe is elegant, delicate and decisive.
Su Ce was already famous in the military for his bravery, which was very different from the old commander's elegant and easy-going temperament. However, he liked to be rigorous in making mistakes, coupled with the decisiveness of burning the boat, his fighting style was very similar to that of the old commander Li Sizhe.
However, their leadership styles were different. The old commander was elegant and easy-going, talkative and good at teaching, while Su Ce was taciturn and showed both kindness and power.