Cao Ren, who was summoned, stared wide-eyed: "Sikong! Those are my old brothers who have fought with me for ten years! Are you asking me to hand him over like this?"
He Yan got an advantage and behaved next to him: "Uncle Ren~ Don't worry! I will be good to them!"
Cao Ren:......
"Boy! Those people are all veterans who fought with me all the way from Qiao County! They are better than the soldiers under Sikong's command..."
Cao Ren was just about to say something nice, but after noticing Cao Cao's cold eyes, he changed his words: "You are just a little bit worse than the soldiers under Sikong's command, so you just want to be a free hand, isn't it a bit too much?
"
Cao Ren's army is composed of soldiers from Qiao County as the backbone, and then supplemented by elite soldiers from Yanzhou and Yuzhou. These people are all brave elites trained by Cao Rensheng to die one after another. If they are to be handed over to He Yan like this, Cao Ren is
I really can't bear to part with it.
"Uncle Zixiao, didn't you win the title of Uncle Zihe (Cao Chun)? Don't be so stingy!"
"伱......"
Cao Ren stared at He Yan, is this the same thing?
Although the quality of the soldiers under Cao Chun's command is also good, their feelings are not as deep as those of Cao Ren's own troops, right?
"Zixiao!"
It was Cao Cao who spoke out to end the controversy.
"I know you cherish your soldiers, but do you still want to lead your soldiers to fight for a lifetime?"
Although there are many outstanding talents among the Xiahous, Cao Cao's favorite among the younger generation is Cao Ren.
Cao Ren is a figure in Cao Cao's eyes who is qualified to be the commander-in-chief of a party.
As a commander-in-chief, in the future he must be good at legion combat and look at the overall situation.
Always guarding your own little piece of land is not what a qualified commander should do.
After Cao Cao spoke, Cao Ren finally compromised.
He depressedly took out his military talisman and put it into He Yan's hand little by little with He Yan's longing eyes.
Just when the soldier talisman was only a few inches away from He Yan's palm, Cao Ren suddenly withdrew the soldier talisman and fired a feint.
"Uncle Zixiao..."
"He Yan!"
Cao Ren seemed to suddenly become serious at this time, and his usual unscrupulous look disappeared without a trace. Instead, he had a serious and handsome look: "Military affairs are not child's play."
"Although you have followed Sikong and I to the battlefield several times, being a general is completely different."
Cao Ren held up the military talisman, and the small stone tiger with seal script seemed to be as heavy as a thousand pieces of stone.
"When I put this military talisman into your hands, I put a thousand soldiers into your hands."
"They are also children of father and mother. They have brothers, sisters, and even children."
Cao Ren solemnly placed the tiger talisman in He Yan's hand with an expression that He Yan had never seen before: "A general must be wise, trustworthy, benevolent, courageous, and strict."
"You have no shortage of wisdom and courage, and you will be able to understand Yan Xin sooner or later. This is the only kind."
"You must always keep it in mind and never slack off!"
Cao Ren said that He Yan slowly closed his hand, allowing him to grasp the military talisman and experience its heavy weight.
He Yan, who had been playing childishly before, stopped laughing. He looked at the military talisman in his palm and looked at Cao Ren dragging his hands. He Yan thought that Cao Ren had made a promise between men - "I will do it!"
Just like the common people, they are more than just the population recorded in the household registration, more than just the tools for food production, and more than just the consumables for the struggle for hegemony, they are all living people.
This soldier is naturally the same.
"Huh~"
He Yan breathed a long sigh of relief and held up the military talisman with both hands: "Uncle Xiao, don't worry, from now on I will not lose a single battle and let them come back alive and safe!"
Cao Ren:......
Although it sounded fine, Cao Ren suddenly didn't want to hand over this military power.
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After taking the military talisman, he went to the barracks and shouted, and the thousand people were shouted out from the barracks.
Cao Ren said he was reluctant to give He Yan soldiers, but he was very generous in his actions. Not only did he give him enough equipment and weapons, he even gave He Yan 200 of the horses he regarded as treasures, so that He Yan could build light cavalry.
However, He Yan was still not satisfied.
"One thousand men, two hundred horses? Let the enemy see it and think that I, He Yan's soldiers, cannot ride a horse!"
"Hundreds more! One for each person!"
Cao Ren sneered, threw the general accounts to He Yan and closed his stable.
"One horse per person, do you want to play tiger and leopard riding?"
Cao Ren cursed a few words in displeasure, then turned around and looked at the old soldiers who had followed him all the way.
"I know you feel bad, but military orders are hard to disobey, and you will have to follow He Yan from now on."
Cao Ren was brewing his emotions and was thinking of saying something touching when he heard a very strange whisper from the troops on the opposite side.
"Captain Cao, we feel quite good."
"Yes, yes, you can eat meat if you follow Marquis Shen!"
"That's right! The days when I had meat every day were the happiest times in my life!"
"..."
Because of the victory in the Battle of Guandu, these soldiers had gained enough respect from He Yan and no longer called him "Succulent Marquis", but when he thought of those meaty days, he still had saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.
The soldiers became more and more greedy as they talked, completely ignoring Cao Ren's increasingly dark face: "That's enough!"
"You don't even think about it, who asked for that meat for you? One by one, how heartless! If you don't believe it, ask your Captain He now, will he give you meat in the future?"
In an instant, all the soldiers looked at He Yan, expecting the answer they wanted to hear.
When He Yan saw Cao Ren turning the blame on himself, he was stunned for a moment and then understood Cao Ren's intention.
This is helping to establish your own prestige.
Although He Yan has a high reputation in this army, he was not killed on the battlefield with real swords and spears, and there is no guarantee that he will be a bit disobedient to discipline.
There can only be one voice in this procession.
Even if he eats meat or not, only He Yan can decide.
The majesty of an army general does not allow anyone to offend him in any situation.
Otherwise, what awaits him is the iron fist of military discipline!
He Yan, who understood what Cao Ren meant, glanced at the soldiers, and finally shook his head and refused: "The meat you had before was all obtained by Captain Cao for you. It has little to do with me, and it has little to do with you either."
"If you want to eat meat, go grab it yourself! Fight for it! Don't expect me to serve you. From today on, I will be your captain, Captain Yao! Not the Mr. He or the Marquis of Rourou in the past!"
In the Guandu camp, He Yan already knew that being in the barracks was different from the outside world.
Gentleness outside is a good quality, but gentleness in the barracks is asking for trouble.
He Yan's answer made these soldiers look solemn, knowing that He Yan was not joking with them.
"Starting from tomorrow, you will find another school and I will train in person!"
To send troops to Lujiang County, we will have to wait until April or May of this year at the earliest, when the grains such as millet and bean sprouts are ripe before we can set off.
There are still three months until that time, and these three months are also the time for He Yan to get used to each other with these soldiers.
Fortunately, these soldiers are indeed elite. Although they are a little oily, they have very professional ethics. They all quickly adapted to He Yan's leadership and shouted the slogan uniformly: "Here!"
When Cao Ren heard the shouts of these soldiers, he felt a little happy and a little sad.
From today on, these soldiers who used to get along day and night are no longer his soldiers after all.
Looking back again, Cao Cao patted He Yan on the shoulder: "They will be left to you. If you need anything, just ask."
"I also want eight hundred war horses."
"Get out!"
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In order to get in touch with these soldiers as soon as possible, He Yan also had a rare moment of inspiration and lived in the military camp during this period.
The military camp is no better than outside. Even though He Yan is the captain in charge of the army, the living environment is messy and messy.
He Yan, who was particularly disgusted with this, naturally used his new skills in the military camp.
"There are microscopic poisons in everything, and they often gather in dirty things. If they are not cleaned regularly, the microorganisms will inevitably enter the body and contract serious diseases."
Naturally, the uneducated Qiu Ba people do not know what fine Gu is, let alone what new learning is.
But their execution ability is very strong, really very strong!
If it is stipulated that hot water must be heated, hot water will definitely be heated.
If the bed is stipulated to be washed, the bed will be washed.
There is no doubt, no denial, even if there are a few complaints, it is reasonable.
The military's characteristic of amplifying power and ambition was once again exposed to He Yan.
Only this time, after Cao Ren warned him to maintain the quality of "benevolence", He Yan not only did not fall into this huge temptation, but became more sober.
"No wonder the Qin Dynasty that implemented the "Shang Jun Shu" was destroyed, but the Han Dynasty that inherited the Qin system lasted for four hundred years."
This difference is the addition of Confucian "benevolence".
Without the suppression of "benevolence", the Qin Dynasty was like an army that had lost its reason. Although it was strong, it would eventually perish.
After injecting "benevolence" into his body, although the Han Dynasty was essentially an army, it was always restrained and would not lose control due to the amplification of power.
The taste can only be truly tasted by standing in that position.
"Benevolence."
"New learning."
"..."
With continuous experience in the army, He Yan became clearer about the direction of Xinxue and became more confident in the future of Xinxue.
"In the future, new learning will inevitably defeat old learning, truth will defeat absurdity, and freedom will defeat oppression!"
Two military flags with [He] embroidered on one side and [剽姚] embroidered on the other slowly rose behind He Yan. The color of the black background with red stripes gave the two flags a bit more vicissitudes of life and a bit more power.
"All old things will be destroyed in this troubled world and will be reborn!"
"Two or three sons!"
He Yan put on his own fish scale armor, rode on a majestic horse and drew his sharp sword: "Go to war! Target Lujiang!"
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