"When you realize your thoughts and mistakes, you feel like you are hurting. If you have too few desires, your faults will cause slander and discussion." A poem of indignation.
The world has changed a long time ago. The knights of Sanhe and the good families of the six counties are no longer the only outstanding sources of soldiers recruited by the imperial court. A large number of Han family children from Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, and even Yangzhou Danyang were recruited into the army by the generals. They formed the army.
After pacifying the Yellow Turbans, the Han Dynasty conquered the Qiang people and quelled the main force of the chaos.
A large number of emerging generals are using their illustrious military exploits to challenge the past glory held by the older generation of the Forbidden Army. Especially after the establishment of the Xiyuan Army, it marked the transformation of these people from unscrupulous families into the Emperor's Forbidden Army. Not only did they compete with Yu Lin,
Huben and other veteran Imperial Guards are on the same level, or even above them.
What the generals at the top care about is that their military power has been taken away by Jian Shuo, the new commander-in-chief of the Xiyuan Army. Who cares about the worries and worries about the future of the veteran Forbidden Army soldiers at the bottom due to the decline in their treatment and status?
panic?
If it weren't for these reasons, why could Yuan Shao call on the imperial troops who were supposed to be loyal to the emperor to dare to violate national laws and enter the palace? Did He Jin really have such great prestige that he would let these imperial troops avenge him after his death?
As the upholder of the tradition that after the death of Huben father and son, Yulin must have a good family, Wang Chang naturally looked down on Xu Huang, who had a bad record as a thief and then joined Yulin. What's more, the other party did not think that Wang Chang was serious at all.
We have respect for the tiger and Ben that we have inherited. As Hou Zhe said, the world has indeed changed, but people like Wang Chang have not kept up with the changes.
So much so that he didn't believe that as a descendant of a general who had been inherited from generation to generation, he would be worse than Xu Huang, who was born as a small official.
But the facts always dealt him a heavy blow mercilessly, whether it was a night attack on Yaoguan, or persuading Liu Xiongming to surrender, or calmly stating the military strategy in front of the emperor, and talking eloquently. Xu Huang proved with actions time and time again that he was
He is better than Wang Chang, a Langguan who grew up in Huben since childhood and has a higher eye.
"But I'm not worse than him!" Wang Chang said repeatedly, like encouragement, but also like self-hypnosis: "My ancestors are taller than the six hundred stone tiger and the left emperor, and I am the four hundred stone taller than the tiger and the servant. I,
I"
Hou Zhe shook his head and said, "Then you should cheer up instead of feeling sorry for yourself."
At this time, there were bursts of hurried knocks on the door: "Hou Zhe! Hou Zhe!"
A Yulin Lang ran in from outside. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wang Chang whose tears had not yet been wiped away. His look of contempt flashed past. Then he stopped looking at Wang Chang and turned to Hou Zhe and said, "Your Majesty is going to go up."
Lin Yuan, I have been ordered to wait for Lang Wei to accompany you, please come with me to Xisima Gate to wait for you!"
"I'm taking a break today. I have something to do at home." Hou Zhe glanced at Wang Chang who turned away and said, "You go ahead!"
The Yulin Lang glanced at Wang Chang disapprovingly and urged: "How can Xiu Mu be so important as a chariot? If your cavalry and archery are taken aback by the emperor, it will be a great future."
Hou Zhe's eyes lit up and he subconsciously turned back to look at Wang Chang.
"Don't take him there!" Mr. Yulin pulled Hou Zhe aside and whispered, "He's not popular, so why take him there? Besides, he's drunk."
"But" before Hou Zhe finished speaking, Yu Linlang went out anxiously.
"Hurry up and pack up. I'll go to Simamen first to wait for you! Remember, it's Xi Simamen!" After saying that, he hurried away.
August 22, the third year of Chuping.
Weiyang Palace, Xisima Gate.
The sky was blue and transparent, with a few white clouds floating slowly. From time to time, a few birds spread their wings and flew by, flying over the palace wall in pursuit and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Under the towering gate stand more than a thousand Yu Lin and Hu Ben.
According to the new regulations, there are one Habayashi Inspector and three Cavalry Captains under him. The Habayashi Superintendent, Yubayashi Lang, and the Habayashi Cavalry are divided into three shifts to stay in the Weiyang Palace. The rest are all stationed outside the city.
The same goes for training with Huben. Every time the emperor was preparing to leave the palace to ride and shoot, he would first gather at the palace gate to stay with Lang Wei for the day, and then go out of the city to join the rest of Yulin and Huben.
They wore exactly the same uniforms and weapons, some were tall and majestic, some were magnificent in appearance, and some were mighty and mighty. Most of these people were sons of good families who had enlisted in the army from Guanzhong, Longyou and other places, and were skilled in bow and horse.
, knows soldiers well and is good at fighting. He is an excellent military attache and may even be the future pillar of the imperial court.
Hou Zhe is one of them. His father was selected to join Yulin because he was a good family member from six counties. Later, he died in battle. He was raised in the army as an orphan of Yulin. Now he inherited his father's legacy and became the emperor's attendant.
A Habayashiro.
A young man in his early twenties, who has a good education and excellent martial arts, always has the lofty ambition to be a wolf and a lord of thousands of households. Hou Zhe is no exception. Compared with his brother Wang Chang who grew up together, he is less interested in making meritorious deeds.
Xun's ambition is even greater than Wang Chang's.
However, he was born to be a calm and loyal person, not good at flattery, and his passion for young people was deeply buried in his heart. Only when he saw his comrades around him excitedly going to war, and triumphantly returning home, his heart would be filled with excitement.
Touched. But this kind of touch is only a sincere joy for others, not dark jealousy or regretful regret.
He has been waiting for his opportunity, which may come at some point, or it may never come.
Not only Hou Zhe, he is just a microcosm of all the lower-level soldiers in the 6,000 Yulin Army, 12,000 Southern Army, and 30,000 Imperial Army. Although there are many people like Huben Lang Wang Chang who choose to be greedy for merit and reward in order to seek promotion,
But most of them are like Hou Zhe, who are unknown and keep their own rules.
It's a pity that not everyone is as lucky as Xu Huang. After being unspoken, he can still win the emperor's appreciation with a few words and turn around. The emperor personally pays homage to the cavalry captain, and his future will be bright, unlike those at the bottom.
Xiao Bing is no longer a member of the same world.
Thinking of this, Hou Zhe couldn't help but think of Wang Chang who was drunk and unconscious. It would have been better if he had really won the battle or not done everything right.
Xu Huang got off his horse as soon as he was far away from the palace gate, led the horse to walk along the roadside, and stared straight ahead with an expressionless face.
It wasn't until he approached the palace gate that Xu Huang's face showed some emotion. He respectfully led the horse and stood in front of the waiting Lang Wei, lowering his head slightly to show his respect for Weiyang Palace and the emperor who had not yet arrived.
The respect he deserves.
Hou Zhe looked at Xu Huang's tall and upright body, and remembered that after the other party learned that his military exploits had been taken away, he not only did not make a fuss, but chose to be patient, and remembered that the other party presented his military strategy in front of the emperor without being humble or overbearing, and finally received praise for his deeds.
I remembered the emperor's evaluation of him, which was also a saying widely circulated in the army:
Where is the military rank? This is my future general!
Although Wang Chang had a close relationship with him, Hou Zhe still couldn't help but look at Xu Huang with envy and was happy that Xu Huang was able to live today. A good general will not be buried, as long as he works hard, he will definitely achieve something.
Such people and this kind of army are the role models for him to learn from, and this is the place where he deserves to stay and serve.
As for whether he is a son of a good family and whether he has been a fierce warrior for generations, what does it matter?