Chapter 329: All the heroes (Sixth)

The king of Nanping Gao Jichong was captured alive. Nanping, which had long been separated, naturally flew to the death. Jingzhou, Jiangling and Guizhou, became the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty without any blood.

Gao Jichong was then sent to Daliang City. Hou Dayong did not make things difficult for the foolish man, but instead gave him a house and rewarded him with more than a dozen concubines captured by Wu Guisi. The concubines included his father Gao Baoxu and his own, including Madam Sun.

All Gao Jichong's property was naturally paid by the rude Zhou army. After coming to Daliang, the former Nanping King Gao Jichong had to rely on the monthly payment of Kaifeng Prefecture to live. The relatively meager payment of money was required to support more than a dozen women, which was extremely difficult, and it could only be said that he could barely survive.

Mrs. Sun originally regarded herself as a family member in the Nanping Palace. Now that she has arrived in Daliang, she is good at observing words and despising her expressions, which makes Gao Jichong happy, and gradually gains the status of a family member again. One day, Mrs. Sun beat another concubine with a good appearance on the pretext of being beaten. The concubine could not be beaten and hugged her head and cried with two other concubines. After crying, the three concubines slipped into Mrs. Sun's room while it was dark, and suffocated her grandson to death. She did not stop and gritted her teeth and suffocated her two young sons.

After doing such a big thing, the three of them had nowhere to go and they all jumped into the well and died.

After the tragedy, Kaifeng Prefecture looked at it in a hurry, and the matter was dispersed. Zhang Shenliang, who had become a court official, heard about this and was moved to hide his heart. He released all the concubines of the former Gao Baoxu and sent some money to them to find a way out.

Only two of his concubines were left in Gao Jichong's yard, and the yard finally became quiet. Gao Jichong did not leave the yard for several years, drank and slept soundly every day, and he became fatter every day, and finally died of sudden illness.

Of course, these are all funerals, so I will not express it for the time being.

After the Great Zhou Southern Expedition Army annexed Nanping, Guo Jiong immediately ordered the army to command Jiangling as a front station to threaten Wuping. Jiangling is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The Jianghan Plain is in the west, the Yangtze River is adjacent to the Han River in the north, the Han River in the north, the control of Bashu in the west, and the Hunan-Guangdong in the south. It has great strategic value. The Jiangling area is abundant in rainfall and fertile land. It has rich resources, which can provide sufficient food and grass for the Southern Expedition Army and sufficient logistics problems.

The Southern Expedition Army was ready to attack Wuping.

At this moment, Wuping's civil strife was quelled by his own strength, and Yang Shipan led his army to capture Tanzhou. The rebel leader Zhang Wenbiao was killed by the rioters. The eleven-year-old Zhou Baoquan's first crisis after taking office was resolved invisibly. Wuping urgently sent envoys to report to the Great Zhou that the civil strife had been quelled, intending to ask the Zhou army to withdraw. At the same time, Wuping's army also began to assemble.

Among the three prefectures of Nanping and the fourteen prefectures of Wuping, Wuping is stronger than Nanping, especially the Wuping Navy, who has lived in the Yangtze River, Han River and Dongting Lake for many years, and should not be underestimated. In view of this, Guo Jiong, the commander of the Southern Expedition Army, stepped up mobilization of troops and formulated plans to attack Wuping in two groups. He only had to attack with all his strength when the negotiations broke down.

Six hundred miles of speed up, bringing the good news back to Daliang.

In the military camp outside the city, after seeing the news, Hou Dayong handed the news to Xue Juzheng, the political magistrate beside him, and said: "War is a continuation of the government affairs. Nanping is in a stupid and incompetent manner. How can he not defeat?"

Xue Juzheng was well-educated. After reading the good news, he smiled slightly on his face and said, "Nanping will be destroyed, and Wuping will not be able to survive alone. It seems that the war against Western Shu should be prepared in advance."

Teams of sergeants were marching in line with the command on the training ground. Five thousand newly concentrated sergeants from various towns were divided into square teams, led by veterans of the Black Eagle Army. This is an essential subject for the training ground for the Black Eagle Army recruits.

The sound of commands sounded everywhere in the playground.

Xue Juzheng had seen the training of the imperial guards. At this time, he saw that the training methods of the Black Eagle Army were very different from those of the imperial guards. He smiled and said, "The training methods of the Huwei Army are unique, not much the same as those of the imperial guards."

"The Black Eagle Army soldiers fought with the Hu tribe in the northwest for many years and have always won big and small losses. In fact, in terms of the combat effectiveness of a single sergeant, the Black Eagle Army soldiers and the Hu tribe soldiers are also similar. The victory or defeat is between 5 and 5. One hundred Black Eagle Army soldiers fought against one hundred Hu tribe soldiers, and the victory or defeat was between 7 and 3, and one thousand Black Eagle Army soldiers competed with one thousand Hu tribe soldiers, and the victory or defeat was between 8 and 2. Can Governor Xue know the reason?"

"I heard of his good fortune."

"The army is actually like a human being. A sergeant must cooperate closely to complete archery, stabbing and other movements, eyes, hands, feet and other parts of the body. The better the cooperation, the stronger the combat effectiveness, and the way to improve combat effectiveness can only be to be diligent in training. The same is true for an army. The better the sergeant cooperation, the stronger the combat effectiveness. The ongoing queue practice is the method of integrating these scattered soldiers into a whole."

"In another fifteen days, Governor Xue will come to the training ground again, and you will see the scene of five thousand soldiers advancing and retreating as if they were alone at the command."

Xue Juzheng was not familiar with the affairs in the army. He only felt that what the Prime Minister said was reasonable, but he did not really understand the essence. He nodded politely, but instead a sigh of praise came from behind him. Following the two important officials were Cao Bin and Su Wensen, the commander-in-chief of the new army. Cao Bin was the commander-in-chief of the new army, and Su Wensen was the commander-in-chief of the new army.

Cao Bin returned to Daliang this time. He did not expect that before the matter was completed, he received a new appointment, and the commander of the Tiger Wei Army was transformed from Zhengzhou's defense envoy to the new army. Although this position was on par with the defense envoy, the weight of the imperial guard commander was naturally incomparable to the ordinary defense envoy. Cao Bin was puzzled by this sudden change and took office with full of doubts.

Su Wensen was one of the five local lieutenants during the establishment of the Black Eagle Army. After the Battle of Gaoping, Su Wensen, Wang Qingshui and Hu Ji were transferred to the Imperial Army and became a lower-level officer of the Imperial Army. Seven years later, Wang Qingshui died in the battlefield. Su Wensen and Hu Ji were still struggling to intermediate positions such as commander and envoy. Following Hou Dayong to the other two northwest lieutenants, Shan Zongyuan and Kuang Cao, who were both senior generals of the Black Eagle Army after the war. After Shi Hu came to Luzhou, Shan Zongyuan presided over the military affairs of the Northwest as the deputy envoy of the Jiedu army. Kuang Cao's status in the Black Eagle Army was second only to Shi Hu and Guo Jiong, and he was also a general who commanded more than 10,000 troops.

After the Black Eagle Army entered Daliang, Su Wensen and Hu Ji all became subordinates of He Wulang and others. The huge contrast once made Su and Hu extremely disappointed. Before the establishment of the Huwei Army, Hou Dayong talked to Su Wensen individually. Su Wensen was then appointed as the deputy commander of the Huwei Army and finally entered the ranks of generals from intermediate officers.

After hearing Hou Dayong's words, Cao Bin couldn't help but praise: "No wonder the Black Eagle Army has become a powerful army that has been in the world in just a few years. The method of Hou's training is indeed unique, and I am very impressed."

This is Cao Bin's sincere praise, and the imperial guards also attach importance to practice, but they focus on practicing various formations such as circular formations, square formations, and goose formations, but they do not have the simplest basic queue movements such as advancement, retreat, turn left, and turn right for a long time. Hearing Hou Dayong's explanation to Xue Juzheng, he was ashamed to shout.

Many problems in the world are like a piece of paper. If there is no suitable opportunity to break it, this piece of paper will block the view strictly. Now Hou Dayong has broken this piece of paper, helping Cao Bin embark on the path of a famous general.

Hou Dayong turned around and said to Cao Bin: "I just received the news of Nanping, captured Gao Jichong alive, and all the three prefectures and 17 counties in Nanping surrendered."

Cao Bin and Su Wensen had already guessed this result when they saw the soldiers who had won the victory.

"Wuping Yang Shipan defeated Zhang Wenbiao in Tanzhou. The civil strife in Wuping has been quelled. They officially requested General Guo to withdraw his troops." Speaking of this, Hou Dayong laughed and said, "Zhou Baoquan is young. He really thinks that fighting is a child playing house. He can stop the battle with just one good word. It's really a dream to eat the meat in his mouth and ask us to spit it out."

Seeing that Hou Xiang was naked and did not hide his taste, Cao Bin thought to himself: "Hou Xiang was born as a general after all, so he spoke with pleasure."

"The Huwei Army will also go to the battlefield next year, and the enemy will become stronger and stronger in the future. General Cao must have a full understanding of this. The Huwei Army has selected tiger and wolf soldiers for each town. They must urge the drill every day and must not be slackened. I have asked someone to set up a few signs on the training ground, writing them with more sweat and less blood in battle, and always reminding the soldiers who want to be lazy."

Cao Bin was very familiar with these eight words. In Cangzhou, Hou Dayong established these eight words in the military camp. After General Cao Han saw this, he returned to Chanzhou to praise Hou Dayong. Therefore, the elderly in Chai Rong's mansion in Chanzhou knew these eight words.

Inexplicably, he was recalled to the imperial guards again. Cao Bin himself did not understand who played a role in the middle. He knew that without Hou Dayong's consent, he would never be able to take up this position. In other words, Hou Dayong had already dismissed him from Fan Zhi and Zhao Kuangyin's group. Looking at Hou Dayong with a leisurely face, he couldn't help but admire his tolerance.

When Cao Bin thought of Zhao Kuangyin, his heart became tight. Zhao Kuangyi was a entourage officer under Chai Rong and his subordinate. After Zhao Kuangyin was killed, Zhao Kuangyi suddenly disappeared, no one was seen alive, and no corpse could be seen. Cao Bin felt as clear as a mirror: The struggle of powerful ministers was extremely cruel, and he had always believed in killing the roots. Zhao Kuangyi must have been taken as a grassroots and was beheaded.

The main reason why Hou Dayong initiated Cao Bin was that Cao Bin was well-known among the lower-level officers of the Imperial Army. Although he had close ties with Zhao Kuangyin, he was not directly subordinate of Zhao Kuangyin. Using Cao Bin was able to attract people's hearts just right. At the same time, Hou Dayong was also guarding against Cao Bin. The deputy commander was Su Wensen, the old captain of the Black Diao Army. The lower-level officers of the Huwei Army used a large number of veterans of the Black Diao Army. In this arrangement, even if Cao Bin wanted to make any changes, he would definitely think about it again and again.

Hou Dayong and others were about to leave the barracks, and they walked past the training team. When the veterans of the Black Eagle Army saw Hou Dayong passing by, they shouted slogans even harder.

Suddenly, a soldier jumped out of the front row of the team. He knelt in front of Hou Dayong's horse with great speed and shouted loudly: "General, I'm so unfair."
Chapter completed!