Volume 7: Ma Mingfeng is Xiaoxiao, and the Young Man Raises His Sword
Reinforcements of about two thousand soldiers and horses arrived at the bamboo forest in a short time, formed a battle array, and surrounded the entire bamboo forest.
Gao Gan and Lu Kuang urged their horses to come to Chun Yong. The three of them clasped their fists and saluted. Chun Yong seemed a little dissatisfied. He glanced at Gao Gan and Lu Kuang and snorted: "You two, you are here too." It's too slow. Could it be that the camp where you two are stationed is more than ten miles away from the west of Bohai City? When I, Chun Yong, become the ghost under the sword, you will be able to take action, right?"
Ordinarily, Chunyong's rank is the same as that of General Gao Lu. It is quite inappropriate for him to speak like this. However, Gao and Lu both smiled and looked like they were apologizing. It seems that Chunyong's official rank is not as good as General Gao Lu's. They don't feel like one or two levels of size.
Chunyong was the deputy commander of the elite cavalry and halberd guards under Shen Jizhou. That was an important position, much more important than the positions of the two of them.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies evolved from the Commander-in-Chief’s Mansion of the Five Armies in Han Fu’s time. However, in Han Fu’s time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies was the first-class military attache general in the military camp. In terms of rank, he was also in the third rank. Shen Jizhou occupied the fifth-level positions such as Bohai. After the state, Li Chan, the general in charge of the fifth army, and the commander-in-chief of the fifth army mutinied. Although Shen Jizhou was safe and sound, he was also frightened. Although the rebellion had been suppressed, Li Chan and others also suffered death and family death, but the entire commander-in-chief of the fifth army still suffered. He still sympathized with Li Chan and others, so the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army was like a thorn in Shen Jizhou's throat, making him always uncomfortable.
Therefore, a few years later, after Shen Jizhou firmly established himself in the Bohai Sea, he drastically reformed the military system and firmly controlled the military power of the five states in the Bohai Sea. in his own hands.
The first step in reforming the military system was the Fifth Army Governor's Office. Shen Jizhou adopted the advice of his subordinate Sima Zuda and abolished the Fifth Army Governor's Office and established the Fifth Army Capital under the old system of the Five Army Governor's Office. Wei Ying, since then, the government has been transformed into a camp system, and the rights to run the government and the army have been deprived, and the overall status has declined. Furthermore, the position of the highest officer has been reduced from governor to captain. Although the difference is one word, it is a world of difference. Don't.
During the Jin Dynasty, the governor was of the third rank, while the captain was only of the fourth rank.
Even so, Shen Jizhou was not at ease, so he moved the Fifth Army Commander's Camp out of the Bohai Sea to garrison and defend the outside. The Five Commanders had an army of 800 people at normal times and no more than 1,000 in wartime. Not only that, there was no military headquarters. Together with the general, he issued a decree that he was not allowed to enter the city. Entering the city would be regarded as treason and he would be punished.
However, Shen Jizhou was still worried, so Zu Dashu made another plan, setting up a patrol camp in the city, and setting up a captain with the same rank as the fourth rank. Shen Jizhou personally appointed his confidants to serve as one, and they were all in one unit during the war. One thousand people, composed of soldiers directly from Shen Jizhou.
Therefore, the establishment of the city patrol camp further weakened the originally important Fifth Army Commander's Office (now reduced to the Fifth Army Commander's Camp).
In order to have complete peace of mind, Shen Jizhou appointed a deputy governor of Changjiwei. At the beginning of the establishment of Changjiwei, there was only one governor, and the annual establishment was maintained at about 5,000 people. When Changjiwei became the governor, he was also the commander of Changjiwei. The founder, whose surname is Ju and whose name is Yan, was originally the most relied-upon general under Shen Jizhou. Ju Yan was a man of pure kung fu, with unpredictable abilities both on horseback and every step. He was also the hidden power of the five states of the Bohai Sea. Grandmaster. This person is not only highly skilled in martial arts, brave in battle, and fearless of death, he is also familiar with the art of war, has a strategy in mind, a good plan in mind, knows and loves soldiers, and uses them like a god.
What Ju Yan is best at is training elite soldiers. When Wang Xi was in chaos, Ju Yan followed Shen Jizhou. Seeing the elite cavalry in Kushaliang in the Jin Dynasty for a long time, he secretly vowed that he would train a soldier in his life. The elite cavalry are coming.
After Shen Jizhou occupied the Bohai Sea, Ju Yan began to train elite cavalry. He worked day and night and worked tirelessly, except for watching the New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year. In every three years, the elite cavalry force was finally 5,000.
Because they were good at using halberds and spears, Ju Yan personally named this elite cavalry - Halberd Guards after asking Shen Jizhou for instructions.
As soon as the Changji Guard appeared in the world, he followed every direction, chasing Mowan in the north, merging with Gongsun Li in the west, and pressing Xuantu Mansion in the east. His reputation was unparalleled for a while.
Even the elite cavalry White Falcon Guards under Gongsun Li were defeated.
When the halberd guards were at their peak, the troops reached Liu Jingsheng in Yangzhou. Liu Jingsheng panicked and sent envoys to pay tribute. Only then did Ju Yan lead the halberd guards to drink their horses on the Jingxiang River and retreat.
However, Shen Jizhou was a man who looked fierce but was generous on the outside and jealous on the inside. The Changji Guards gradually gained momentum and Ju Yan's prestige in the army grew, so rumors spread that the Changji Guards had become Ju Yan's private army, and Ju Yan Yan is even more disloyal as time goes by, and soon he will use the spearhead of the halberd guard to force Ji Zhou to give up his position.
Shen Jizhou's position was unfair. He forced Han Fu to give up the throne, and Han Fu committed suicide. Shen Jizhou didn't believe this at first, but the treacherous villains around him instigated it, and Guo Tu and others were even more jealous of Ju Yan's high achievements. , making trouble in front of Shen Jizhou often means frame-up.
In the first year of Chong'an in the Jin Dynasty, five years after Shen Jizhou entered the Bohai Sea, Ju Yanzheng led his troops to fight with the old troops of Mowan three hundred miles outside the capital city of Mowan. Ju Yan originally wanted to annihilate Mowan in one fell swoop and then control the northern Bohai Sea of the Jin Dynasty. Trouble with barbarians.
If this success is achieved, it will be a success for the present generation and a benefit for the future.
Seeing that Mowan Khan had been trapped in the city for a long time, he was ready to surrender the city. However, at this moment, Shen Jizhou summoned Ju Yan back to Bohai City with nine orders.
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Ju Yan knew that this return to the Bohai Sea was going to be a disaster, and he was filled with grief and anger. He looked at the capital of Mowan and chopped the basalt stone under the city with his sword. The sound was sonorous. Ju Yan shed tears and sighed: "I will never go to Mowan again with troops in this life." The royal city is here! Everyone who heard about it burst into tears.
Ju Yan returned to Bohai City, but before entering the city gate, he was imprisoned by the commander of the army. Three days later, under Jun's decree, the commander of the army, Shi Guotu, presided over the trial of Ju Yan's rebellion case.
During the interrogation, Ju argued hard and said that after three years of hard work, he finally became a Jiwei; he chased Mowan in the north, merged with Gongsun in the west, forced Xuantu in the east, and went south to drink the Jingxiang River. Is it possible that one thing is selfish for the other? The so-called conspiracy is nonsense!
Guo Tu wanted to put Ju Yan to death, but what if he listened to his defense and used torture to torture Ju Yan into a dehumanized state. However, Ju Yan still cried blood every word. Fight based on reason.
After being tortured in prison for more than eighty days, Ju Yan still could not confess half a word of his confession. Ju Yan wrote on the pen and paper given to him by Guo Tu angrily, writing down all the facts about himself being imprisoned unjustly and being framed for capital crimes.
The righteous thieves took the book with them and spread it among the common people in the Bohai Sea.
After sinking, Jizhou was destroyed many times, but it is still destroyed. To this day, people in the Bohai Sea recite it, and they still shed tears every word!
At that time, a military advisor offered sacrifices to Sakata Hanwen, and the commander of the army, Ma Zuda, was angry and blamed Guo Tuyan. What crime did Ju Yan have?
Guo Tu Gu Zuo came to talk to him, and he said in an uncertain voice: "Your Majesty said that he was guilty, and he should be punished if he is found guilty..."
In the end, Ju Yan failed to make a move, but he was still killed, and the three Yi tribes were killed.
Even after Ju Yan's death, Shen Jizhou still couldn't let go. He couldn't tolerate the fact that he couldn't control the elite of the Bohai cavalry and had to entrust him to him. At that time, Zhang Chuyi, an old man from Yanzhou, came to surrender. This man was Wen Tao and Wu. Not inferior to Ju Yan, and having no roots in the Bohai Sea, he is suitable for leading the Halberd Guard.
So Shen Jizhou immediately appointed Zhang Buyi as the Commander-in-Chief of the Changji Guards. However, Ju Yan was demoted from the first rank to the fourth rank.
Shen Jizhou was also afraid that there was only one governor of the Changji Guards. If things went on like this, Zhang Buyi would monopolize the power and it was still difficult to control. In order to divide the power, he followed Guo Tu's advice and appointed a deputy governor of the Changji Guards, with Chun Yong as his replacement. .
It's just because Chun Yong has no ideas and no great talents, but he dares to be Shen Jizhou's dog, and Shen Jizhou can control it better. This is why there are many people in Bohai who have higher qualifications and abilities than Chun Yong. , and the reason why Chunyong could be the deputy commander of the Changji Guard.
In order to further weaken the military power of the Commander-in-Chief of the Long Halberd Guards, Shen Jizhou accepted Xu You's words. Every time he marched to the front line and the war was serious, 4,000 of the 5,000 Long Halberd Guards would be dispatched, and the remaining 1,000 would be under the command of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, who would stay behind to guard the safety of the Bohai Sea. After the first battle ended and another war broke out, the Halberd Guards who went on the expedition and the Halberd Guards who stayed behind were mixed into one and redistributed.
In this way, the halberd guards, ranging from the governor to the commander of thousands, and the soldiers under the commander of centurions, will be different every time, so as to prevent the formation of cliques and the formation of camps, and the tail will not be lost.
From then on, the Bohai Military Attache, starting from General Shen Jizhou, the highest official rank was no more than the third rank, including Yan Chou and Wen Liang. However, they both died this time.
Therefore, the highest official rank of Shen Jizhou's Bohai general is only the fourth rank.
On the other hand, if we look back at Shen Jizhou's subordinate camp, the commander of the army, Shi Shen Zhengnan, is from the third rank and leads the army division, which is the same as the second rank. The rest of the commanders, Shi Guo Tuzheng, is from the fourth rank, and the rest, Tian Hanwen, Zu Dashuo, etc. are all from the fourth rank. also.
Since then, Bohai's writing has not been lower than the fourth grade, and his martial arts has not been lower than the third grade.
In troubled times, we should emphasize military force. Shen Jizhou not only unjustly killed the hero Ju Yan, but also emphasized civilized and suppressed military force, destroying the Great Wall and creating chaos.
Therefore, the Shen family cannot be destroyed, and the law of heaven does not allow it.
Another reason why Gao Lu Er respected Chunyong is better to explain. Chunyong is a popular man under Shen Jizhou, and what he did today has the decree of General Jun. If he is angered, he has the ability to intervene between them. , these two people couldn’t bear to eat and walked away.
Gao Gan and Lu Kuang saw that Chun Yong was quite dissatisfied with their slow actions, so they laughed and lowered their voices and said in unison: "Captain Chun will atone for his sins. I will be here late. It is because of a sudden change that I have no skills. I am really helpless. ..."
Chunyong was shocked at first when he heard this. Then he saw that the two men spoke seriously and did not seem to be lying, so he said in a deep voice: "Sudden changes? What kind of change is it!"
Gao Gan nodded and glanced at Su Ling and others. Seeing that they were not paying attention to this compartment, he lowered his voice and said, "I dare not hide it from Governor Chun. We did encounter an accident on the way, so we came late..." ..This is a remote place in the west of the city, farthest from the east gate of the Bohai Sea. Our garrison and other places are all in the east, so the governor is not aware of the changes at the east gate..."
"What! Something has changed at the east gate of Bohai City?" Chun Yong was shocked when he heard this, and his voice suddenly became much louder.
Then he seemed to realize something and hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Speak quickly!"
Lu Kuang hurriedly cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "To be honest with the Commander-in-Chief, after we received the message of coordinated action from the Commander-in-Chief, we immediately ordered all the sergeants in the battalion and came from the station outside the east gate. Unexpectedly, we walked out of a group of people. In many places, nearly a hundred cavalrymen arrived in surprise. These nearly a hundred cavalrymen all had silver helmets, silver armor, and white robes. They were armed with long swords, and they also had snow-white war horses on their crotches. Don't look at the nearly one hundred cavalrymen. , both brave and unafraid of death, charged bravely. General Lu and I formed a formation to resist. We originally expected two thousand to face nearly a hundred, but we could win in a moment. ..... I never thought about it, but as time went by, these nearly a hundred cavalrymen whose origins were unknown were extremely tenacious and their momentum continued unabated. We had no choice but to leave five hundred men and horses to fight with all our strength. The remaining 1,500 soldiers accelerated their march until they arrived under the East City."
Gao Gan continued: "I thought there would be no obstacles, but as soon as I arrived at the east gate, I heard shouts of killing from the east gate. The battle was fierce. The two of us did not dare to delay and asked the scouts to investigate.
Only then did I know that just before I waited for the future, more than 20 riders suddenly appeared from nowhere outside the east gate. These 20 riders and the people who stopped me waiting on the way were
The attire is generally the same, they are all wearing silver helmets, silver armor, white robes, sabers, and white horses. As soon as these twenty or so cavalry appeared, they rushed up desperately. As soon as they rushed, the governor of the city gate left you.
One hundred Halberd Guards were caught off guard and hurriedly responded, but nearly half of them were killed. If we hadn't come, I'm afraid the east gate would have been captured long ago!"
When Chun Yong heard this, he almost fell off his horse. His voice trembled and he said in disbelief: "What? There were bold madmen who attacked the Halberd Guards and almost captured the East Gate of Bohai Sea? Not only that, even the first elite cavalry commander of the Jin Dynasty
The halberd guards can barely resist it? There are more than a hundred halberd guards, and that group of thieves only has more than 20 people! How is this possible!"
Gao Gan also had a look of helplessness and said: "I don't know, these twenty cavalry and the nearly one hundred cavalry who blocked us on the way should be in the same group... Not only that, the person leading them is
He's a young man
The general in white robes is covered in bright silver armor. He is running towards the clouds and chasing the wind. He is holding a dragon-coiling silver spear. His marksmanship is magical. He rushes into the formation like a mosasaur entering the sea. It is like entering an uninhabited land, where there is no one.
They are their combined enemies!"
"What! What...can't hold it together for a moment?" Chunyong's horrified eyes almost popped out.
Lu Kuang blushed and said in a low voice: "Yes, I fought with him once, but we didn't get along and came back defeated. Now my left shoulder is still wounded by his Coiling Dragon Spear... It's not serious at all."
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Gao Gan said: "We had no choice but to leave another two hundred soldiers and horses to defend the city, and then we escaped and came to help. Now there are only more than 1,300 soldiers and horses here..."
"Hiss——!" Chun Yong sucked in air-conditioning repeatedly and said involuntarily: "Who is this person who is so brave that more than twenty riders dare to seize the east gate of Bohai? General Lu is also a famous general in Bohai for a long time, but he didn't
And Yihe..."
In addition, Li Qitan, who was far away, did not pay attention to them on the surface, but he was secretly observing them. When he saw Chun Yong and the others changing their hair and color, he paid attention.
Although Li Qitan didn't hear everything clearly about their conversation, he still heard a lot.
He couldn't help but feel happy, secretly guessing, according to what they said, such a brave person...