Chapter 18 Winter Plum

As the general next to him said, this newly formed recruit who lacks clothes and guns is very likely to be defeated when he goes to the battlefield for the first time.

Although victory or defeat is common, if the name is called the Invincible Army, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to provoke others to laugh at them?

However, since everyone wanted Xue Chongxun to give him a name himself, it was difficult to refuse his affection, so he had to lower his head and think.

There was no clue for a moment. When he looked up and looked into the distance, the first thing he noticed was naturally filled with snowflakes, floating between the vast world, which was particularly spectacular.

The North Gate Chateau is right in front of it, and the quaint city tower is among the snowflakes. This feeling is full of classical atmosphere.

It's called Shen Ce Army.

Xue Chongxun blurted out a name that matched the times.

When all the generals heard this, they agreed and said generously and easy to remember...

However, their nickname for the Shield Army is probably difficult to wash away.

The group of people rode their horses to the schoolyard with snowflakes and saw a group of people in black and blue clothes standing on the white snow.

The team stood neatly, with the horizontal and vertical square array half the size of a court. Although there was no armor, all the clothes of the same color looked clean and neat.

The first thing to practice in military training is to train a team. Only by making people form a formation to form a collective consciousness can it be called an army. The army is not a martial arts master, but it relies on coordinated combat.

This group of people has been practicing for nearly a month, and their arrangements are already very good.

But Xue Chongxun knew that pulling them out to fight might be a big tragedy. Thinking that the matter is now only such a useless person in his hands, his face is naturally not very relaxed.

Xue Chongxun pulled the fur coat on his body and turned around and said: It's cold, so I asked them to move around. Don't they all turn into snowmen while standing like this?

Everyone knew that this was a euphemism for him to see the training results, and they all smiled.General Yin clasped his fists and said: The last general obeys the order.

The commander in charge of training the new recruits was Yin Ci. He is now the commander of the right brigade of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and he is temporarily in charge of the new army.

Xue Chongxun is actually not very familiar with this person, because Yin Ci was just a team leader at the beginning, so it was difficult for him to get into Xue Chongxun's sight.

However, Zhang Wulang appreciated him very much and had already spoken out to promote him.

Later, the personnel adjustment of the Flying Tiger Regiment was made. Zhang Wulang was transferred to the Shanzhou Army as the guard, Bao Cheng as the lieutenant, Li Kuiyong as the left brigade coach, and the right brigade coach was vacant, so Yin Ci made up for it, and then gradually entered Xue Chongxun's sight.

I saw that he was in his twenties or thirties, with a beautiful face, a clean face with only a small beard, and his every gesture was elegant, but he had a bit of the style of a Confucian general.

Just looking at his appearance, Xue Chongxun thought that this person might be more suitable for his literary approach, but I heard that he killed several people in a row when he fought in front of the Wude Hall of Tai Chi Palace and was very brave...

Thinking about it, Zhang Wulang also has a habitual temper, so it is normal to appreciate someone like Yin Ci.

Now two thousand new people have been recruited, and most of the generals have been transferred from the Flying Tiger Group.

This incident made the soldiers realize that in addition to the functions of the guard, the Flying Tiger Regiment was also close to Xue Chongxun's officer team.

This kind of thing is normal, because they are the first group of old people to follow Xue Chongxun.

Yin Ci didn't say much, nor did Bao Cheng's way of slapping his horse and showing his face. After taking his order, he rode his horse from here to the schoolyard, got on a convertible carriage that was used as a command carriage, and ordered the drum to simulate a marching.

Dong, Dong... The soldiers in the car beat a pair of cowhide drums rhythmically to coordinate the pace of the troops and maintain a strict formation.

Seeing this, Xue Chongxun thought to himself: The drum sound is similar to the modern military training shout.

After a while, the commander waved the flag and beat the drums into trumpets. The generals shouted and asked the regiments to change their formations to form various shapes such as square formations, circular formations, and font formations.

Just like a beautiful dance, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Group around Xue Chongxun watched with great enthusiasm.

Li Kuiyong's round head was still following the rhythm, as if he was playing the rhythm. Xue Chongxun glared at him speechlessly, and then he touched his forehead and stopped quickly.

Bao Cheng smiled and said: General Yin has two tricks, and he has practiced well in just one month.

Li Kui was unrestrained and slapped him in the face with words: "A flowery air, but it's not useful."

Bao Cheng looked at Xue Chongxun with an awkward look, and forced a smile and did not respond.

Xue Chongxun's eyes showed a hint of worry and said, "Go and pass on a message to Yin Ci, telling him not to walk in unison, and let everyone beat him up."

A general rode his horse to the side of the school field, waved his arms and shouted, and only after he caught Yin Ci's attention, he told him the order.

After a while, the shroud army separated from each other and stood in two opposite strands. The officers and soldiers each took the long and short wooden sticks for training and formed two square formations.

With a command, the open space first whimpered... Six or seven horns were blown by the ground, and then the drummer beat the war drum hard, and everyone shouted, rushing towards each other with long and short wooden sticks. After the close soldiers met, they started to fight with crackling and crackling.

Just then, Li Kuiyong suddenly laughed loudly, and Xue Chongxun frowned and said: Why are you laughing?

Li Kuiyong resisted the ridiculous expression and said innocently: I see they are soft and can't help laughing for a moment.Their move is wrong, and the posture is difficult but not lethal.There are different rules for chopping and thorning, which is the same as the crop handle. If you use your arms and waist, you will save your energy and be strong. If you don’t use the right place, you will have blood blisters on your hands, but you won’t do much work.

Bao Cheng said angrily: You are an expert, it’s not too late to be able to beat Xue Lang before you come to show off your skills, right?How long can I take care of the "book bag"?

Xue Chongxun heard the two of them and guessed that the book bag might refer to Yin Ci's nickname.

Bao Cheng is a little silly: he knows that Li Kuiyong is honest and is a little silly, not afraid of offending him, but helps Yin Ci speak nice things in front of him, and he is really good at it.

Li Kuiyong said unconvincedly: I said it was a scheming style, don’t believe it!If I don’t believe it, I will take one hundred people from Zuolu to work on wooden sticks, and let two thousand of them come to attack and cannot defeat them. Do you believe it?

Xue Chongxun spoke at this time: Then give it a try, the Flying Tiger Regiment is a cavalry, and you are allowed to ride a horse.

His words were orders, and a general went to inform Yin to resign, while Li Kuiyong turned around to take the left brigade of the Flying Tiger Regiment.

Brothers, put away the weapons, go to the school ground to get wooden sticks, and teach those kids how to fight.Li Kuiyong yelled carelessly.

A general whispered: The carrot head really needs to be more aggressive.After hearing this, Xue Chongxun remained silent and sat on the horse and watched.

Yin Ci looked here in the convertible carriage in the distance, and had to order the troops to form a formation and the left brigade of the Flying Tiger Regiment to stand on both sides.

There was an uproar on the school ground, probably because I felt that so many people fought with one hundred people was too nonsense, and the number was 20 to one. Many people in the new army thought it was a humiliation and had started to quarrel.

The generals there whip and shouted, finally letting everyone line up in peace.After they were ready, they still hedged the two sides as they did just now... Two thousand people rushed to one hundred.

Two large and small groups of people shouted and rushed together, but now they didn't clamp in the middle and then fight against each other like they did at first...

Now that we met, the left brigade of the Flying Tiger Regiment immediately broke the defense line of the Shield Army and penetrated straight into it.

The recruits came up with wooden sticks, but were beaten so hard that they could not stop them at all. The sticks in the hands of the knights seemed to have eyes, and they were quick to hit wherever they were. The recruits were beaten to the point of crying and calling their parents.

Yin Ci, the Central Army shouted: Pass the order, the Fourth Regiment will come out from the left and cut off the horse team!

The drums roared and the flag kept waving. But what was tragic was that the Flying Tiger Regiment team rushed into chaos in the new recruits' camp, and their military orders could not be put into actual actions in time.

The fourth regiment captain who received the order was almost shouting, but his subordinates were already in chaos, and where could they be coordinated?

Everyone rushed forward in a mess, and they all rushed up with anger and murderous look on their faces, but they were beaten as soon as they arrived.

Seeing this, Yin Ci sat down and did not give any orders.

Those new recruits who were idle were just rushing around, and some were fooled and beaten to pull down the horse's knights... If this was a real battle, it would be done with just one knife. How could you give you the opportunity to be beaten and pulled people?

Change!

Li Kuiyong suddenly shouted loudly, and every corner of the school ground was heard clearly with such a loud voice.

A brigade of cavalry gathered efficiently into the middle to form a dense defensive formation.

Let the rushing new army surrounded the crowd, but the contact surface was only a little bit, and there were no bows and arrows in this kind of group, so no matter how many people there were, they could not do anything to others.

Xue Chongxun looked at the noisy crowd on the school grounds like a market, sighed and said: That’s all, don’t beat them.

He suddenly turned his horse's head dejectedly. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw three riders riding horses from the city gate. Isn't the man in the middle Li Yi, the general of Jiannan Army?

Xue Chongxun looked back at the scattered shrouded soldiers and said angrily: It’s okay to be embarrassed in front of outsiders!

Li Yi rode his horse over, took a look at the noisy scene on the school ground, and clasped his fists and said: I went to the state yamen to find Xue Lang. Wang Shaobo said you have come to the school ground in the north of the city. I had urgent matters and had to come over.

Xue Chongxun asked: What's the matter?

Li Yi said anxiously: As soon as he received the order to transfer the governor, he ordered the Jiannan Army to go west with Xue Lang to reinforce Shancheng.

Xue Chongxun's dull face suddenly became vivid, with a little more joy, and he hurriedly asked: Has the main force of the Tang army in the southern front defeated Tubo?

There was no result yet, but the Shancheng army was struggling to defend the city for more than two months, and the Jiedushi could not abandon it, so he ordered the entire Jiannan army to advance westward to rescue the Shancheng army!Xue Lang also went with us.

Li Yi said.

Xue Chongxun asked in confusion: Do you want me to go with me too?Now the defense of the Shanzhou Prefecture Office is under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Army. If you all your troops are dispatched, this place will become an empty city. Are you not afraid of Tuyuhun calling out light cavalry to attack Shanzhou?

Li Yi stammered and said: This is not what we know. Since it is the military order of the governor, just be ordered to attack... Didn't Xue Lang recruit a new regiment of two thousand people to train the army and let them defend the city.

Xue Chongxun looked back at the school ground and now he has restored military discipline as if he is decent, but these people... If there are really enemy soldiers attacking, they can defend themselves.

Without further ado, Shancheng is in crisis. With the order from the governor, let’s set off as soon as possible!

OK, General Li went to assemble the army, and I went back to the prefecture to explain the matter and left.

Since he was going to save Zhang Wulang, Xue Chongxun naturally agreed with it simply.

As for the safety of Shanzhou City, although he was the governor, he really didn't care much about it and didn't have the awareness of his parents.

Even if the city is really broken, the account will not be settled on him.

Xue Chongxun and the soldiers walked towards the city together, thinking to himself: Although the southern line has not ended yet, Cheng Qianli must have received news that the Tubo army was about to retreat. Otherwise, he had persisted for so long, why did he suddenly change his mind?

People like Cheng Qianli are scheming and scheming, and they should be someone who has arranged everything before they can do it. It is absolutely impossible for them to find a conscience and make a decision on their lower body.

As long as Tubo is preparing to withdraw his troops, his servant Tuyuhun will definitely run fast. They have spent so long in Shancheng and have not gained any benefits. They are already suffering from it. I am afraid they will not have any strategic offensive intentions.

Thinking of this, Shanzhou is relatively safe.

Cheng Qianli's move was just right. He sent troops to rescue him before the end of the war, which not only achieved the purpose of the battle, but also did not easily leave the words he would not save him...

This is probably what it means to be a bitch and want to set up a archway.

Prepare some food and grass, and the flying tiger group will follow me west.Xue Chongxun wanted to stop and said to Bao Cheng.

He thought about it again: There may be no danger in Shanzhou. This kind of speculation is very likely, but it is still speculation...

The enemy soldiers were dozens of miles away, and this empty city was not completely safe.

So he decided to bring Cheng Ting with him, so he had no worries. As his adviser, Wang Changling naturally had to follow him.

In any case, there was always hope of solving the problem, and Xue Chongxun's mood became a little relaxed. He saw a wintersweet plant beside the wall of the state yamen that was developing in the snow. The resolute flowers seemed to bring the breath of spring.

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Shancheng was dead silent, and the enemy soldiers had long stopped attacking frequently, and everything seemed to have been sealed under the snow.People hid at home, and few pedestrians were seen on the market streets, which seemed like a dead city.

But the calm under the surface is not tranquility. Undercurrents are surging in the army, and the shadow of mutiny cannot be removed, just like the haze in the air.

In a light-impermeable room, several generals were sitting around an oil lamp as big as beans. The light was very dark, as if not during the day but at night.

Chen Tuanlian held You's imprisonment hostage and was the following offender. What we did was not a mutiny but a storm, and we had made contributions and no mistakes!

Why do you use these empty words?Damn it, we just don’t want to eat people.The criminals in the Luying camp came from other places, so they naturally had no worries in order to survive. We are native to Shanzhou. How can we be human after eating the villagers?It would be better for everyone to die, so as not to get poked by their parents and brothers.

Brother Zhao, we cannot use this reason for mutiny.Although this is the case, it is obvious that Chen Tuanlian hostages the chief general, which is a rebellion. Why don’t we use it if we are famous?

Stop talking nonsense, quickly discuss when to do it!Luo Duwei has a lot of ink in his stomach and is thoughtful, so let’s just listen to you!

The famous Luo Duwei, who advocated the division, said calmly: We have four people here, I have three regiments of soldiers and horses in my hands, and you lieutenants each have one regiment, with a total of five regiments.Although there are few people and no advantage, don’t tell others anymore. One is to prevent leakage of rumors, and the other is to be quick and easy to do it!Chen Tuanxuan's move is unpopular. When the time comes, others may not help him, so don't be afraid of fewer people, as the chances of winning are very high.

When everyone heard him say something, they immediately became more confident and nodded.

Luo Duwei said again: The swimming camp of the three regiments is Chen Tuanlian's loyalty and must be eliminated!They are now on duty in Xicheng, and they are changing to Xijianfang for rest at the You hour.Let's seize this opportunity. After two incense sticks after the hour of You, they started: they would have been working hard all day and would definitely relax, which was a great opportunity.We, Zhao Weiwei and Huang Weiwei, concentrated the troops of the Fifth Regiment to focus on eliminating the Luying Camp, and the other Second Regiments directly rushed to capture the headquarters, controlled the center and rescued General Zhang.Once these two things are done well, the winner will be the winner!

Brother Luo is right. In addition to his loyalty, there is also a general who is in charge of the overall situation. If one order continues, why can Chen Tuanlian slap?

Luo Duwei said in a deep voice: Just say that, two incense sticks after the hour of You, the bell from the watchtower in the southern city is the horn. When you hear the bell, you will lead your troops to your goals!Remember, I said to the soldiers like this: Chen Tuanlian took the general hostage and committed rebellion, and we made great contributions to the Jingnan Dynasty and rewarded him according to his merits.

At this time, someone said worriedly: We happened to be on duty and gave up the civil war. What if the Tuyuhun people took the opportunity to rush in?

Luo Duwei said: If you have no food to defend the city, no soldiers to fight in the field, Shancheng will be a dead place. Now, what do you care about?

Everyone agreed and agreed to leave the house one after another and scattered away.

It is already the time of the year, less than an hour away from the agreed time, from the planning to the implementation within one hour, it is very efficient.

As expected, the rebellion is still powerful. He doesn't care about the details at all. If he is a group of literati, he may be able to make a decision after discussing ten days and half a month.

Their affairs were not strict. It was impossible for several generals to leave their posts without knowing it. As soon as the news left, the people from Chen Tuanlian heard the news and hurried to the headquarters to report it.

Chen Shitang was shocked and angry when he heard this. Although the news was not accurate and there was no real evidence, what evidence would be given at this time?

A general suggested: He was buried in the throne and summoned him to come: he would kill him when he came; if he didn't come, he would definitely have a ghost in his heart, so we just took the opportunity to mobilize troops to defeat them one by one!

Another hurriedly said: Don’t do this. If you send an order, will others sit and wait for death?This will shock the enemy and miss the opportunity.The regiment training should make a quick decision and immediately dispatch troops to take action.

Without evidence, if it is just a rumor, wouldn’t we just open our chests and let Tuyuhun stab it?

The generals looked at Chen Shitang: Chen Tuan practiced his decision!

Chen Shitang walked a few steps left and right, and said: Go to the watchtower in Xicheng, order the battalions to be on guard, and summon them to the city to meet.