"Strong armor and sharp blades, long and short mixed, crossbows and crossbows coming and going, all kinds of troops marching forward." wrote a letter about military matters.
On this day, the emperor came to Shanglin Garden with several ministers and attendants. During the period, he heard a story. It was said that Wang Chang, the tiger warrior, was fighting as a vanguard in Lantian. When Aoguan was already guarded by the enemy, Wang Chang deployed suspicious troops on the mountain.
He boosted morale and personally captured the city. After the enemy fled, Wang Chang made a decisive decision and sent people to pursue him. Finally, with two to three hundred men, he forced the landing of Liu Xiongming, who had thousands of his subordinates.
Lang Fazheng, the accompanying secretary, couldn't help but admired after hearing this: "He used the old strategy of leaving the marquis soldiers out of Lantian. This man knows how to use troops, and he can control the masses with a small number, which is really good."
Fa Zheng was the one who knew the most about military strategy among the secretaries. Even he praised him, and the others all followed suit.
The emperor was riding on his horse. After hearing this, he sneered and said: "Anyone who can come up with this plan is indeed a rare general."
Everyone heard that the emperor's tone was wrong and looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what the emperor was thinking at the moment.
"Wang Zhong." The emperor asked Wang Zhong, the Lvbenling who was telling this story: "Where did you hear this story?"
Wang Zhong took over the vacancy left by Zhang Liao and had not been around long since he was appointed as the commander of Lu Ben. He had only a partial understanding of the emperor's temperament. At this time, he did not know what the emperor was thinking, so he said cautiously: "I heard that it came from Huben's army.
, it is said that the battle of Lantian would not have been won so easily without this person's planning."
The emperor didn't answer. If he hadn't seen Gai Shun's memorial asking for meritorious service and the familiar name after Wang Chang, he might have really thought that he had found a treasure and thought that Wang Chang was buried by history.
Where are the generals!
Originally there was still a trace of uncertainty in his heart, but now after hearing the rumors, the emperor no longer had any doubts.
The more generations of people follow it, the more they understand the rules and bad habits within this system. Wang Chang's father and ancestors are all tigers, so he naturally knows the rules well. Even if this kind of person has certain military skills and can be an elite soldier for a while, but it will last for a long time.
, it will definitely ruin the morale of the army.
If we don't take precautions early and stop this evil trend, the emperor's elite army, which has been trained with great difficulty, will turn into a mob!
Although many areas of Shanglin Garden were used for farming, in order to facilitate the emperor's frequent outings of the city for hunting and reviewing troops, some palace ruins with important functions and significance were deliberately preserved, such as Jianzhang Palace and Xuanqu Palace. Most of these ruins were
It is distributed in the west of Chang'an City, so it is also called Shanglin Xiyuan.
Xiliu Temple was the place where the emperor often came to inspect the troops. Since the emperor often came to this place, Hu Miao, the commander of Shanglinyuan who was good at doing things, built a simple temple on the original site. It took him a month or two to build it.
It was just renovated and looks presentable.
When the emperor and others arrived on horseback, everyone from the Northern Army's Zhonghou Wang Bin to the Zhonglang Generals Xu Rong and Gaishun, as well as several captains of the Northern Army, came out of camp to welcome him. Although this place is called Xiliu Temple, it is
It is not the real Xiliu Camp, and these generals are not Zhou Yafu who obeyed the general's orders but not the emperor's edicts in the army.
However, everything in front of him made the emperor uninterested. It was not that he had too high demands on these people. In fact, he had very low expectations for people like Wang Bin and Gaishun. He did not ask them to be good at fighting, but only asked them to
They are loyal and obedient, and they just need to firmly control the army for him.
But Gaishun just didn't know what was going on. Whether he kept it in the dark or deliberately condoned it and promoted Wang Chang, he was inevitably blamed for this matter. What he did also made the emperor extremely disappointed and regretful. In the end,
It was because I was too eager at that time. In order to master the imperial army as soon as possible, I suddenly promoted Gaishun, a young man with little experience, from the palace gate Sima to the high position of Tiger and Lieutenant General, whose rank was two thousand stones higher.
I originally thought that Xu Rong, who was experienced as a soldier and good at being a good person, would not have much of a problem if he taught me step by step, but now it seems that it has had the effect of undermining the situation.
After dismounting and walking up to the temporary high platform, the emperor, dressed in martial arts uniform and with a sword hanging from his waist, stood on the high platform with an approving expression and looked at the imperial troops arrayed in formation.
Lu Biling Wang Zhong on the side did not expect that the emperor's face would change so quickly. Just now, his face was still unhappy, as if he had a prejudice against Wang Chang, but now he suddenly became gentle and approachable?
He knew that the emperor was holding back his anger in his heart. Although Gaishun had shortcomings of one kind or another, it would not affect the emperor's strategy of supporting him as always. Even if the emperor wanted to pursue Gaishun's fault, he would have to be patient.
Even if you beat him, you still have to give Gaishun face in front of so many Forbidden Army soldiers.
Seeing the emperor surrounded by crowds, standing on a high platform, Yu Lin, Huben, the Northern Army and other imperial troops standing below, led by generals, stood holding their troops and bowing to the emperor, shouting long live the mountain.
The generals were wearing armor and were not allowed to bow to the emperor when they met him outside the palace. They were only greeted with military salutes. This was a kind of favor that the emperor specially implemented in the imperial army in order to improve the status of the imperial army.
After several months of integration and training, the troops in front of them finally fully integrated the Luoyang Forbidden Army and the newly recruited soldiers. At this time, it can be said that the morale is high and the troops are strong.
No matter how many times he watched it, the emperor could not help but get excited every time he saw this scene. He did not follow the example and said some cliches about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country to inspire the soldiers because this was unrealistic. The cultural quality of the soldiers at this time was too high.
Low, the ideological consciousness is not high. If you want to capture the morale of the military, no matter how much you say, it is better to ensure that the food, wages and weapons are provided before the war, and that the rewards after the war are fair and the pensions are timely.
In the huge paddock, after just one order, the flags were flying, the horses were galloping, and the golden drums were beating. Everyone was in high spirits, and their shouts were loud.
Military parades in ancient times were nothing more than rehearsing military formations, riding horses and shooting arrows. The emperor originally wanted to copy the rules of military exercises in later generations, but he gave up the idea after just thinking about it. After all, the operational and technical requirements of military exercises were too high.
, without an objective third party and reliable rules for calculating casualties and victory or defeat, no matter how good the idea is, it will only become a mere formality.
After the emperor watched the military formation drill, he beckoned to the Northern Army Lieutenant and Lieutenant Wang Bin, Lieutenant General Xu Rong of Yulin, Lieutenant General Gaishun of Huben, and Lieutenant Zhang Liao of Yueqi and other captains.
Said: "The so-called military's most important thing is to govern. It is necessary to declare the laws and regulations and be familiar with the golden drum. In this way, you will advance and retreat in an orderly manner on the battlefield. The most important thing is to make clear rewards and punishments for the general."
Seeing Gaishun's expression of accepting the instruction calmly and showing no guilt, the emperor frowned slightly and made his words a little more clear: "Arrangement of troops, horseback riding and archery are the basis of military training. But as a general of an army,
, you must be good at leading the people to safety and winning in the face of danger. To be honest, do you think this is the truth?"