The sound of drums is beating, which is exciting every time.
Outside the Dingding Gate, tens of thousands of soldiers trotted all the way and stood still in the open space.
The spring rain fell and gradually became pouring.
A strong wind blew, and the rain hit our faces with the force of the wind, making it almost impossible to open our eyes.
Drops of water hung on the nail leaves, dripping down. After a while, the mud under the feet became soft.
Shao Shude ignored the dissuasion of his ministers and rode his horse to the front of the formation.
I thought it would be a sunny day, but unexpectedly a burst of rain suddenly came, which caught people off guard.
When the sergeants saw that the saint was not sheltered from the wind and rain, he was dressed in military uniform and inspected the troops. They all raised their heads and held their chests high, and their morale was high.
A man in the Great Xia has come and gone in the wind and rain, eating ice and sleeping in the snow, fighting bravely for hundreds of times, but has he ever frowned once?
Shao Shude walked by one after another.
The officers and soldiers of the imperial army stood in silence for a long time without making any noise or showing any signs of impatience, which made him very satisfied. When he thought of the performance of the Tutuan folk he saw when he climbed up the stairs yesterday, it was like a world of difference.
After the reward was announced, the sergeants cheered in unison again.
My athlete, Shao Shude, laughed loudly. At least he can still fight now and is still a strong force in the world. I hope the second generation can maintain it as well.
He thought of Zhu Quanzhong's second-generation soldiers in later generations.
In the fourth year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (910), Liang general Han Qing led 30,000 people to fight against the Jin army. After Zhou Dewei inspected the military situation, he asked Li Cunzhang to lecture the soldiers: "Have you seen this bandit army? They are Tianwu athletes from Bianzhou.
A butcher and a mercenary trader has nothing to show for his appearance. Even if he is finely armored, he is not one of ten, and his capture is enough for him."
So he selected elite cavalry to attack Liang Jun's formation from both wings. They broke into the formation four times and captured more than a hundred people before returning. Liang Jun's morale was frustrated and he "crossed the river and retreated."
The 30,000 "Tianwu athletes" Zhou Dewei met were the second-generation Liang Jun. They were very well-equipped, but they were called merchants and hawkers by him, which was false.
Of course, it depends on who you compare with whether it is really an illusion. He was surrounded by cavalry and charged from the flank. He was broken through the formation four times and more than a hundred people were captured alive. However, he was not defeated and even successfully retreated across the river.
The main force of the Jin army's infantry and cavalry was unable to take advantage of the enemy's morale loss and retreat to pursue them, and even allowed them to cross the river and escape.
We are afraid of comparison in everything. With the performance of the second generation of the Hou Liang imperial army, no matter which dynasty they were placed in except the late Tang Dynasty, they were the first-class powerful armies. One can only imagine how their fathers were able to conquer the war.
Shao Shude felt that the second generation of Luoyang could not fight. But whether they could fight or not was relative. If those Tutuan countrymen were placed in other dynasties and adapted to the battlefield, their performance would not be bad.
"The son of the Gongchen Army is quite impressive." Shao Shude rode his horse to the front of the Gongchen Army formation and said with a smile.
This army has been escorting the Weibo immigrants to Hehuang before, and this time they will also join the expedition. The entire army of 5,000 people has been assembled here.
"In the expedition to Hebei, Gongchen Jun's son should have made great contributions." Shao Shude said: "I was given two pieces of silk and one piece of woolen cloth."
After the order was passed down, military envoy Li Gongquan and deputy envoy Hua Wenqi took the lead and said: "On the first month of last year in Xuzhou, your majesty shared the meat with me and ate it. In order to repay your kindness, why would you hate to die? Brothers, your majesty will wait for me.
Raise a son and kill a thief!"
"Your Majesty, raise a son for me and kill the thieves!" "Your Majesty, raise a son for me and kill the thieves!"
The sergeants struck the ground with their poles and shouted in unison.
"How magnificent!" Shao Shude also sighed with emotion.
If you have enough food and pay, and then talk to the sergeants and put on a show, won't the results come?
Now that he stands in front of the Tielin Army, the entire army will cheer in unison and shout, "Kill him and his head will roll."
He stood in front of the sudden general, raised his sword and pointed it forward, and 30,000 soldiers would shout in unison, "The sudden general is here."
When entering the Tianxiong Army, the soldiers would shout "I only want to die" three times, and then charge towards the enemy with murderous intent.
An army needs inheritance and soul.
These slogans condense every moment of Shao Shude's time together with the soldiers. Every new recruit will be told the origin of these slogans when he enters the camp. Shao Sheng's glorious image will leave a deep impression on him.
With these forbidden troops here, which foreign enemy can attack us? Who dares to rebel?
In the most extreme case, even if the civil servants are against him, as long as he has a firm grasp on the warrior, he cannot be defeated.
This year is the third year of Jianji (903). Two hundred years ago, a literati could be an emperor and control the army. A hundred years later, a literati could even make the army round and flat. But this era is the era of warriors.
, if the warriors don’t support you, it will be of no use to you to be famous all over the world.
Shao Shude knows a lot about how to get along with martial artists.
First of all, you must be a warrior, otherwise just go to bed. People will not recognize you. Even if you rely on power to survive for a while, you will soon fall. This is why when he went deep into the army, he almost did not wear dragon robes, but wore military uniforms.
The main reason for taking it.
It doesn’t matter whether the emperor can govern the country or not, and it doesn’t matter whether he is a good person. Warriors are too lazy to care about these things. But the emperor must be a martial artist and must be recognized by the warriors!
People who fail are not because you didn't do well, but because you lost the support of your warriors. It's as simple as that.
Shao Shude was proficient in bow and horse. He once went to the front line to kill the enemy. He once got along with the low-level warriors. He said what the warriors liked to hear, gave them rewards and pensions, and allowed retired soldiers to occupy post stations and grassroots rural official positions. He did not hesitate to offend him for this.
Literary man and local powerful man. In the minds of the soldiers, he is a true warrior who is extremely pure and represents their interests. Anyone who dares to harm Shao Sheng will be chopped down.
We must understand where the core source of power in this era lies.
Not the prime minister, not the aristocratic family, not the powerful, not the local governor, not the literati, but the warriors of the imperial army. They are the protagonists of the change of dynasties. They have performed so many times in the past few decades. Would you rather not take notice?
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After the military parade was completed and the rain stopped, the army set off one by one and headed east.
The Yi Cong Army and the Ding Nan Army, plus the Tianxiong Army and Wuwei Army that set out in advance, as well as Tiande, Longxiang, and Tujiang who were still in Hebei, totaled more than 200,000 forbidden troops. It can be said that they left the country empty.
After Shao Shude returned to Dingding Tower, he changed into a military uniform.
The twelve-year-old fifth son of the emperor, Huixian, and the ten-year-old sixth son of the emperor, Mingyi, followed behind him, following suit.
When Shao Shude's sons reached a certain age, they all went to practice. On this expedition, Wu Lang and Liu Lang had to follow him, teaching them by words and deeds. When they were a little older, they also had to go to practice.
In fact, it was not that there were no ministers who tried to dissuade them, thinking that this was not in line with the rules, but Shao Shude only replied, "I am a martial artist," and blocked their next words.
Wufu, isn't everything normal? I don't care what you think.
The Shao family's Dalang is twenty years old this year and is already the commander of the Andong camp.
Erlang was nineteen years old and was the commander-in-chief of the expedition to Shu.
Sanlang was sixteen years old. He had served successively as the Secretary of Wendeng County and the Lieutenant of Huang County. In three or two months, he would be transferred to the post of Prime Minister of Penglai County.
Shiro is fourteen years old and will be working as a customs officer in Donghai County, Haizhou.
Goro will be released almost next year, and Rokuro will stay with him to study for a while.
Children do not expect to learn too much when they go out to practice, because local officials will have reservations about them. In addition, they cannot stay in one position for a long time, but they should be exposed to as many aspects as possible and work in various positions.
The main purpose of traveling is to get familiar with local people's customs, so as not to become blind.
After serving in the local area, they will be transferred to the military to gain experience and become familiar with military affairs.
They learn literature from the number one scholar and martial arts from the top martial arts masters. They are already good at both arts and martial arts, so naturally they need to be familiar with both.
"Let's go!" After Shao Shude changed into his military uniform, he went downstairs and got on his horse.
Shao Huixian and Shao Mingyi also mounted their horses.
Sergeant Xia Luqi of Yin'anzhi carried the big flag and followed behind. Three thousand horsemen surrounded the father and son, and marched out of Dingding Gate in a mighty manner.
Xia Luqi is from Qingzhou. After successfully recruiting into the state army, he was recommended to Shao Shude because of his extraordinary bravery.
After Shao Shude passed the martial arts examination, he was so shocked that he was rewarded with more than ten pieces of precious gold and silverware, as well as two beautiful palace ladies.
Xia Luqi is a relatively honest and loyal person. He is so grateful that he now carries the flag exclusively for Shao Sheng.
The fifth son of the emperor, Shao Huixian, had also seen Xia Luqi's martial arts. Although he was dissatisfied, he had to admit that this man was really unbelievably fierce.
Historically, if Li Cunxu had not had Xia Luqi as his bodyguard, he would have probably been killed by Liang Jun due to his recklessness and willingness to fight on the front lines.
In the fifth year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (911), Xia Luqi fought with Yan generals Shan Tinggui and Yuan Xingqin. The fight was so exciting that the soldiers of both armies could not help but "release their troops and look around" - they were too physically strong and were fully armed.
After only a few hours, everyone was too tired, so they put down their weapons and watched the battle.
Yuan Xingqin was actually quite good at martial arts. After surrendering to Hedong, Li Cunxu was once surrounded by hundreds of Liang soldiers and was about to die. Yuan Xingqin rode into the enemy formation alone, fought with bare hands, grabbed the sword of the Liang soldiers, and beheaded him.
Level 1, break two spears and rescue Li Cunxu.
He also fought with Li Siyuan and was shot with seven arrows one after another. He was bleeding profusely. He pulled out the arrows each time and fought with gritted teeth. Finally, he shot Li Siyuan with one arrow.
In the first year of Zhengming (915), Li Cunxu entered again with little force and was surrounded by Liu Wei. This time, Xia Luqi rescued him.
He held a gun in one hand and a sword in the other, guarding him to the death, fighting and advancing, fighting for two hours, leaving his body covered with bruises, "killing more than a hundred people with his hands", achieving the great feat of killing a hundred people.
The most rare thing is that he and Wang Yanzhang are loyal and loyal people who are rare in this society. They are "sexually loyal and loyal", which is rarer than a hen that lays golden eggs.
Shao Shude never felt that the generals under his command were very loyal. In this era when etiquette has collapsed, there is no such thing as loyalty. Everyone is hesitating between daring to rebel or not.
Because of this, loyal and righteous people are even more valuable, and they should be generously rewarded when they meet them. Therefore, Shao Shude did not hesitate to reward the beauties with both talents and appearance presented by the Liu family and the Xue family in the river - governors, prime ministers, etc.
The officials were unable to rebel, and Shao Shude rarely rewarded them with beauties. This was a high-level reward that only warriors could receive.
After the army set off, all the civil and military officials, princes, concubines, and palace attendants took separate carriages and left the Dingding Gate one by one, slowly following behind.
This time the Northern Patrol gathered a large number of troops, and it was probably the largest campaign in recent years.
The vassal towns in Hebei will face the conquest of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Great Xia. Throwing whips to cut off the flow of water is what it is!