The work of recruiting athletes for the Long March was progressing extremely smoothly. Ten days before the deadline given by His Majesty the Emperor, Li Kuo, who was in charge of the matter, submitted the list of soldiers to Xingqing Palace for His Majesty's inspection.
Li Longji was overjoyed to have solved such a big trouble in just over twenty days. He ordered Cui Qian, the Minister of War, to enroll these Long March athletes into the military, and issued an edict to transfer 10,000 Long March athletes to the military.
They were assigned to various armies in Anxi. Among them, more than a thousand people selected by Li Kuo were all assigned to the Shule Army by His Majesty the Emperor as a reward for the young man.
As for Li Kuo himself, due to the young man's repeated rejections, Li Longji did not promote him to his actual post, but promoted and compensated him with false posts and titles. Therefore, the full title of Li Kuo's official rank today is Shule Soldiers and Horses Envoy - Xuan
Wei General - Tongzhi Sanqi Changshi - Qingche Duwei - Dingxiang County Marquis.
Such a series of titles is difficult to pronounce when read in succession, but it shows the emperor's supreme favor for the young man. I wonder if any young gentleman in the Tang Dynasty can be so appreciated. In order to express his good opinion of the young man, the emperor
His Majesty even issued an imperial edict stating that the young man's title is hereditary, which means that the young man's descendants will be marquises of the third rank as soon as they are born.
Li Kuo was grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness, so he would go to the army camp in the south of the city every day to supervise the training of new recruits. He was confident that these new recruits would be trained into warriors with iron will. The actual strength of the Shule Army was 12,000
Five hundred people, but in fact this number cannot be reached at all. Anxifan only has 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses that Gao Xianzhi can dispatch. If they are all sent to Shule, what will happen to the defense of other fortresses?
In fact, even if we include the 1,000 Long March athletes allocated to the Shule Army, Gao Xianzhi can only give Li Kuo 5,000 troops in total. When the establishment is not full of personnel, each border town has its own way of dealing with it. According to
The tradition of the Anxi army is to set up camps directly under the army and fill up the actual quota. Although this approach is a bit misleading, it is better than the embarrassing situation of a lot of Zhechong mansions being half full.
Among these five thousand people, there were soldiers from the Tongwu, Zhenwu, and Xiongwu battalions, newly recruited recruits, and Anxi veterans who had fought hundreds of battles. How to balance and coordinate the relationship between these soldiers was something Li Kuo needed to think about.
But now he obviously doesn't need to think about these issues.
Anxi's veterans are still blowing sand in Shule, so he doesn't need to worry about rejecting newcomers. What he has to do now is to make his soldiers perform better, so as not to be seen by the veterans after arriving in Shule.
joke.
Therefore, even though he was newly married, Li Kuo and a group of confidants moved to a military camp outside Chang'an City. He needed time to integrate and mingle with these new recruits.
Li Bingmao had his own way of leading the troops. Master Li Bingmao selected the fire commander from the third battalion of his direct line, and the team was waiting for the lower-level officers to serve as the captain and brigade commander of the battalion composed of Long March athletes. This approach
, which enabled the New Camp Group to retain the style of the Third Camp, and also brought the young man's personal authority to its peak.
After all, the brigade marshal and lieutenant talked about holding on to the Long Castle, the surprise attack on Fuqi City, and the flooding of Jiuqu City, and the command and dispatch of these battles were all completed by their own military commanders.
The most important thing is that his own military commander treats every soldier like a brother. He eats the same meal and sleeps with the soldiers and never discriminates against a brother because of his status. Looking at the Tang Dynasty, there are many good bosses like this.
How many? The soldiers and horses are the most clear-cut about rewards and punishments. Those brothers who have made contributions on the battlefield are now promoted to captains and brigade commanders. With such examples in front of them, how can these recruits not be tempted?
These Long March athletes who were able to enter the establishment of the Shule Army are now really glad that they chose to follow Li Bingmao. As long as they train hard and kill the enemy with all their strength, why worry about not finding fame?
The more they wanted to gain fame, the harder they trained. In just half a month, these rookies on the battlefield were trained by Li Kuo to develop some brand-new looks. Although they still cannot go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy,
At least laymen would be impressed by the strict discipline of this army.
Strict military discipline and strict enforcement of orders and prohibitions are what the military leaders most want to see. Although the Shule Army cannot yet achieve this situation, Li Kuo's authority has undoubtedly taken root in the hearts of the soldiers.
It was another refreshing day. After a routine review of the new recruits' conduct, Li Kuo returned to the central tent of the military camp and turned over the Art of War. Now he was no longer just a colonel leading hundreds of soldiers.
A lieutenant is an army commander. At this moment, he eagerly hopes to supplement his knowledge of the art of war to better dispatch the army. The general is the soul of the army. If he cannot be confident, what will happen to the army?
Combat strength?
As for the matter of Luo Shujue, we can put it aside for the time being. He has brought down the two inner ghosts Gao Xiuyan and Li Linfu, and has lost his inner support. How can a few Tubo Buddhist monks stir up big troubles?
However, the matter of Qing Change made the young man a little worried. After all, the matter was silenced by His Majesty, and in the end he had no choice but to let it go. The mysterious disappearance of Dezi last year made him even more uneasy. Such a strict organization, behind the scenes
There must be a noble person backing it. If not Li Linfu, who is behind it?
Why does His Majesty the Emperor no longer pursue the investigation? Is it because this matter involves some secret?
If he hadn't thought of these two things, the young man would have almost forgotten his identity as a hermit. With the identity of a mere hermit, and having reached the high position of a military commander, could I be considered the most successful chess piece in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor?
Wu Zi smiled bitterly and leaned back on the chair.
"Brother Kuo'er, brother Kuo'er!" Zhang Yanji stumbled in, holding up a piece of paper in his hand and breathing heavily.
"Look what happened to you!" Li Kuo stood up and walked towards his friend.
"Come and take a look, what is written on this piece of paper... on this piece of paper." Zhang Yanji handed the piece of paper to Li Kuo and shook his head with a wry smile: "Now there are many places in Chang'an City.
All these pieces of paper are passed around, which means that we stay in the military camp all day long, with no information, our eyes are dark, and we don’t know anything!"
Li Kuo took the note with one hand and frowned after reading only two lines.
"How could such an outrageous thing come out? The imperial concubine and I are only in a master-disciple relationship. But they..." Li Kuo couldn't say those vulgar and shameful words, his throat was surging slightly, and he swallowed it with difficulty
Foaming at a mouth.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. The important thing is to find out the source of the spread of these news!" Zhang Yanji clenched his fists, and two fierce lights shot out from his eyes.