When he first left Chang'an, Su Ce was in a good mood. Life in Chang'an City was not as beautiful as he imagined. On the contrary, it was full of overt and covert spears and arrows, and Chang'an City was not as prosperous as it appeared on the surface.
After leaving Chang'an City, Su Ce felt very relaxed, but Su Ce was also prepared for a lot of troubles to come.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Although Zhechong Prefecture has a large number of local troops, after the restructuring of Daqian, each province established a Xiang army accordingly. The Xiang army is very different from the soldiers produced by Zhechong Prefecture.
The Xiang army recruits soldiers, and they are given money and food, while the government soldiers are given land and tax exemptions. It is said that under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Su Ce has read the regulations set by the Ministry of War. The Xiang army recruits local soldiers, and selects strong and brave soldiers. They were given money and food every three months. Their armors were all made of leather, not iron armor, and their weapons were the same as those of the imperial soldiers, except that they were not equipped with crossbows.
The organizational system of the Xiang Army is different from that of the Fu Army. Because the troops are stationed at various chokepoints, its force distribution is extremely uneven. The most important thing is that the middle and senior generals of the Xiang Army are all selected for the Ministry of War, and the candidates are all recruited from various areas. The government elected.
The future of the Xiang Army is slim, and the best you can do is become a deputy captain, because once you become a captain, it means that you are already preparing strategies in the Ministry of War and become the lowest officer in the army.
If the Xiang Army can be promoted to captain, can they also be promoted to brigade commander or captain? This undoubtedly affects the interests of the Zhechong government, so the personnel replacement time of the Xiang Army is set at ten years.
All these results also led to the characteristic that the Xiang army could defend one side but could not attack it. However, at the local level, the civil servants who had soldiers in their hands spoke much more forcefully than in the past.
But after traveling less than fifty miles and arriving at Zhechong Mansion in Huyi, Su Ce's good mood ended.
Changgoro is an ordinary soldier. There are many such soldiers in Anbei. He is just over thirty years old and is already the father of four children. His position in the army is just that of a team leader. Logically speaking, he should Guarding the border and serving the country in the defense city of Anbei Protectorate.
But what I see now is a thick blue-black earthenware pot. This is the general pot.
Tsunegoro's wife was crying outside the Zhechong Mansion and cried out that she was wronged. She fainted from crying in grief. Four children, three boys and one girl, surrounded her mother and cried loudly.
A general jar, a bunch of copper coins, a letter from the Ministry of War, and a broken horizontal sword were the last traces Tsunegoro left in this world.
"King of Shu, Uncle Su, please come into the palace!" Zheng Baishan, the captain of Huyi Zhechong, looked unhappy and could not hide his sorrow.
"No, tell me what's going on. If I remember correctly, there has been no war in the Anbei Protectorate recently! This person was once under my account, what's going on?" Su Ce asked seriously.
If you don't know something, it's just a matter of course; if you know it, it's another matter.
"Please come into the house!" Huyi rushed to the captain Zheng Baishan.
"Let me tell you right here, I also want to know what's going on!" The second prince, Zhao Zaixiao, was just following Su Ce on this trip. It was supposed to be a sightseeing tour, and he was looking at Su Ce by the way.
"That's it, that's all. It's the evil done by the Guo family in Huyi. Chang Wulang's land is right next to the Guo family's land. At the end of last year, the Guo family invaded Chang Wulang's land. Chang Wulang came back from the border and went to the Guo Mansion to ask for an explanation. I went to the Guo Mansion and was killed by the Guo Family Guards on the grounds that it was a murderous incident. The county magistrate sent people to investigate and issued a document. Yesterday I went to the county government office to collect the body of Tsunegoro. Military Lord, it’s miserable! I feel wronged. !Chang Wulang's case has been decided!" Huyi Zhe rushed to Captain Zheng Baishan and big tears rolled down his eyes.
"Zheng Baishan, you are my veteran general in Anbei. Why do you cry so much? As a captain of a government, you will endure it when your subordinates are wronged. Are the 1,200 selected frontmen in your government dead?" Su Ce looked at the gray-haired Zheng Baishan but couldn't say anything no matter how serious he was.
Su Ce had already gotten to know this Zheng Baishan on the way here. At the age of fifty-three, he will relinquish his duties in June this year, return home to retire, and work hard. Today's government soldiers can retire and become civilians at the age of 40. Obviously, Zheng Baishan also Don't want to get into trouble in the end.
Su Ce frowned. The shortcomings of the restructuring at that time were revealed. In the past, the army soldiers took the exam every five years and did not retire until they were fifty-five years old. After they retired, the fields in their hands became their own.
Now that they can retire at forty and still retain half of their fields, many old soldiers have lost most of their courage.
After all, everyone is afraid of death. After three years of non-conscription, many veterans in the army have chosen to relinquish their status as government soldiers and have fought for half their lives. Now they can resume their civilian citizenship early and live their own lives. As for their status as government soldiers, You can let the family's descendants inherit it, or you can give up altogether and let Zhechong Mansion choose a good family son again.
According to Zheng Baishan's age and rank, Captain Zhechong is already at the peak of his life. With Captain Zhechong retiring from the army honorably, he can live a landlord's life with only half of his land. He doesn't want to get into trouble in the end. should.
"Tell the Ministry of War, what's the use of occupying your position and not doing anything! Where is Lieutenant Guoyi?" Su Ce frowned, and he had no choice but to be unreasonable about this matter.
"Captain Zuo Guoyi of Huyi Zhechong Prefecture, Liu Qian."
"Captain Zuo Guoyi of Huyi Zhechong Prefecture, Zhang Chen."
Su Ce looked at the two Captains Guo Yi, one fat and one thin. The fat one was Liu Qian and the thin one was Zhang Chen. After looking at it for a few times, Su Ce asked softly: "There is a U-turn, who is going to do it?" Do?"
The chubby Liu Qian glanced at Zhang Chen and stood up first: "Military leader, let me go!"
Su Ce nodded and said, "I don't care how powerful the Guo family is in Huyi. Go and invite the master of the Guo family to Zhechong Mansion. Don't hurt anyone's life."
Liu Qian shouted loudly: "Here!"
"King of Shu, come to the mansion to rest?" Su Ce reached out and pulled Zheng Baishan, who had his head down, and motioned for him to make arrangements.
No matter what, Zheng Baishan has white hair, and Su Ce also knows that Zheng Baishan is not a vegetarian, but he is older and has more worries. Considering Zheng Baishan's military exploits in the past, Su Ce will not force Zheng Baishan, but Su Ce will let him Zheng Baishan left early.
What the army needs are people who are passionate and brave enough to fight, not people who can assess the situation.
In the battle formation, the enemy does not know how to deal with the world, and only life and death is between you and me.
The opportunity was given to Zheng Baishan. Even though he is old, his sons are still young. Opportunities and futures are all earned through hard work. He doesn't want it, others want it.
There are more or less opportunities in the military, but every opportunity requires risking one's life. This opportunity now belongs to Liu Qian.
Zhe Chong Mansion is neither an official post nor an inn. The reason why Su Ce chose to live in Zhe Chong Mansion is very simple, because there are a large number of vacant houses in Zhe Chong Mansion. On weekdays, these houses are used for training soldiers. Su Ce and Er Prince Zhao Zaixiao was traveling lightly, but he still brought nearly 800 people with him, not counting the scout cavalry and peony guards who secretly concealed their identities and protected them nearby.
Su Ce led two hundred soldiers and a group of grooms, cooks, maids, and servants. Counting the couple, there were only 240 people.
The second prince, Zhao Zaixiao, did not display his own guard of honor, but only brought a group of Peony Guards, plus his official attendants, more than 500 people.
The team of nearly 800 people could not only live in Zhechong Mansion. As for going to the official post office, Su Ce did not have the documents from the Ministry of War for this trip, so he could not use the official post office. The reason for the official route of the Nine Company was that one of them was a prince and the other was a prince.
Only the nobles can use it.
In the afternoon, the Peony Guards and Su Ce's troops had packed up the place where they lived. The second prince, Zhao Zaixiao, got into the house and did not come out, while Su Ce counted the arsenal of Zhechong Mansion in Huyi based on the arsenal roster.
After the inventory, Su Ce randomly checked the maintenance status of the armor and weapons. Overall, Zheng Baishan was not bad at other things except his lack of energy.
After the spot check, Su Ce took his troops to send Chang Wulang's wife and children home. This was not because Su Ce had any agenda, but as a military leader, he had to do these things himself.
As a military leader, whether he is sincere or hypocritical, Changgoro is a soldier of the Anbei line. As a superior officer, Su Ce must get back Changgoro's justice, otherwise he will be sorry for his title.
, even more sorry for the identity of the military leader.