By staying with Wang Zhen for more than half a year, Xu Huai had a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the current dynasty's regulations of using culture to control military affairs and using culture to control military affairs, or the "ancestral law" that the officials deeply believed.
He knew that if the fight continued, Xu Wujiang might be awarded the title of inspector of a place. Although he seemed to be in the mainstream, he was just a ninth-grade military official who was eaten to death by the officials and civil servants. Apart from that, the others
I can get some reward money for my merits, but I can't get more, let alone my descendants.
Except for Xu Xin'an and the others who were young and inactive, why did Xu Wujiang and the others not have any expectations for Wang Zhen's comeback?
To put it bluntly, it is very simple. Even if Wang Zhen regains the trust of the officials and makes a comeback, even if he becomes the Prime Minister, the benefits of following Wang Zhen as warriors can be seen at a glance as long as they have a little understanding of the current regulations of using civil society to control military affairs.
It's over.
For ordinary soldiers, military pay and reward money may be enough, but for more rising warriors, there is not enough driving force, so why should they be allowed to fight to the death?
At this time, Xu Huai also wanted to understand why Dai Viet, the Dangxiang people, and the Khitan people had been engaged in constant border wars for hundreds of years, but it was difficult to find an example of a large-scale battle that went deep into the enemy's territory.
In addition to some shortcomings such as the military system run by ministers and the restricted military system, no general who actually leads the troops into battle is willing to engage in such a deep battle with high risks but no high returns, right?
Playing the tactic of building a fort and attacking shallowly, how stable and beautiful it is.
Xu Huai had been in front of Wang Chen for several months. Xu Huai also had a general understanding of the centuries-old pattern of confrontation between Vietnam, the Khitans, and the Dangxiang people. In terms of national strength, Vietnam should be superior, but it has never been able to completely solve the border security problem. At this time, it turned out that
Are you hoping to join forces with the Red Husbands?
In the past three months, although Xu Huai had not left Tongbai Mountain, he could still vaguely see the root cause of the catastrophe in the first year of Jianhe.
"What are you thinking about?" Lu Xiong asked Xu Huai when he saw that he was distracted while talking.
"I didn't think about anything." Xu Huai shook his head and said.
Xu Huaiyou discussed with Wang Zhen the regulation of using culture to control military force, but Wang Zhen still regarded Confucianism as the norm, and his analysis of dynasty changes, wars, and even the rise and fall of aristocratic families since the Qin and Han Dynasties did not go beyond this scope.
Xu Huai didn't quite agree, but at this time he couldn't think of a better answer.
Then there's nothing to say.
"Do you think we should fight west?" Wang Zhen couldn't help but ask.
Wang Zhen is not a headstrong person who insists on having his own way, but he has his persistence.
If possible, he still wanted to curb this banditry as quickly as possible to prevent the people from suffering further heavy losses.
Compared with commanding many people in the tent just now, Wang Zhen knew that the young man in front of him was more decisive.
Xu Huai tilted his head and stared at Wang Zhen's stern and sincere thin face for a long time, then turned to ask Lu Xiong:
"I said that if we continue to fight westward, we can quickly suppress the bandits. Mr. Lu, do you think this will be a benefit or a disadvantage to the king?"
When Lu Xiong saw Xu Huai suddenly asking him this question, he smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid it does more harm than good. Whether the king's help in suppressing the bandits in the local area has meritorious service can only be determined by the official recognition; and I want these things that happened in Huaiyuan to be true.
It is really difficult to spread it to the ears of the officials. In my opinion, if Wang Xiang has done so many things, Cai Zheng may have secretly sent someone to tell the officials to write a book called 'Uneasy in the Place'."
"It may do more harm than good to me, but I won't consider it." Wang Zhen said calmly.
"Prince Xiang, you are the place of righteousness. Even though tens of thousands of people have gone there, I can still imagine that the greater your achievements in leading the Huaiyuan Township camp to suppress bandits, the more the Gonggun princes in the court and even the official family will regard you as unsettled in the local area.
But will the Huaiyuan Township Camp not only fail to receive rewards, but also become more and more jealous of the officials?" Xu Huai asked.
Wang Zhen was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Huai was thinking about these things, but he definitely couldn't say "it's not like this".
"When it comes to regaining Yanyun, Wang Xiaocheng resisted the decree sixteen years ago. Even if he could not capture the entire territory of Yanyun immediately, he could still drive a wedge in. Cai Qing relied on an imperial decree that did not exist at all and executed him.
Zhu, seized the military power and withdrew his troops. Why was it that no one in the Manchu Dynasty lamented the missed opportunity? No one remembered the ancestral teaching that "recovering Yanyun can make you king"? And after all these years, Cai Qing, who was in charge of the Privy Council, thought
They allied forces to attack Yan and regain their homeland, but the officials of the Manchu Dynasty refused to obey, making the king and prime minister unable to tolerate you in the court. Could it be that they suddenly remembered such an ancestral instruction at this time? This
Is it because Cai Zheng's power is overwhelming, or is it that the situation in the court has changed suddenly in the past twenty years, and it has nothing to do with the regulations of using civil society to control military force?" Xu Huai asked.
Lu Xiong looked at Xu Huai in shock. He had heard Wang Zhen say with emotion that if Wang Xiaocheng had been a true scholar, he would not have suffered such a fate.
However, Wang said that this was also out of character, and afterwards he warned him not to say such heart-wrenching words.
Lu Xiong carefully understood Wang Zhen's words and wanted to understand what they meant.
To put it bluntly, if Wang Xiaocheng was a true scholar, Cai Zheng would not dare to issue an imperial edict to kill him.
Even if Cai Ting took the courage of a leopard at that time and wanted to fake the imperial edict to kill Wang Xiaocheng, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty would never let this matter go lightly, let alone persuade the officials to acquiesce in this matter, and even there was no news of it for more than ten years.
spread to the people.
In the final analysis, Cai Qing is a writer and Wang Xiaocheng is a martial artist.
Cai Ting's imperial edict and the execution of Wang Xiaocheng were still able to prosper in officialdom. This was the foundation of Dai Viet, which was to use culture to control military force.
If the origins were reversed, Wang Xiaocheng was a scholar, Cai Qing was a martial artist, but they dared to forge an imperial edict to kill Wang Xiaocheng, that would be a heinous crime of beheading one's body and annihilating one's clan.
Lu Xiong did not expect that Xu Huai, who was only sixteen years old, would also see this level go up, and even associate it with the future fate of Huaiyuan Township Camp.
Aren’t all the Huaiyuan rural camps filled with vulgar warriors?
If you have merit, you will be rewarded, but if your merit is too great, too powerful, and too dazzling, will it still be a good thing in the current dynasty?
Lu Xiong didn't expect that even Deng Gui didn't see through the truth, but Xu Huai actually saw through it? He even wanted to wipe his neck and jump off the watchtower. It was really a waste of food for decades!
Wang Xun took a deep breath and sighed: "I don't think too much about personal pros and cons, but when it comes to the rural camp, if you are involved in me and are suspected, according to the usual practice, you may be moved to the forbidden area.
Exercise restraint in the army."
Xu Huaigong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, King, for telling me the truth."
Xu Huaixi used the Python Spear and the Python Saber, and inadvertently stepped into the realm of using spears to achieve his goals. However, he has always had a hard time understanding that Wang Xiaocheng, who knew Jingzhou, controlled the Jingsheng Army, and became a frontier commander in his thirties, should
At a time when the spring breeze is triumphant, why is it that the creation of the python spear is filled with a mood of deep anger and bitterness?
Today was a bloody battle, and in the afternoon Xu Huai also kept thinking about whether the Huaiyuan Township Camp should continue to advance westward.
He did not have the consciousness of "Where righteousness lies, even if tens of thousands of people are gone, I will go there." However, the small memory flashed in his mind clearly told that a disaster was coming, and he had been thinking about what happened to Dai Viet these days.
Problems made such a huge empire so weak. These problems were mixed with whether the Huaiyuan Township Camp should continue to advance westward. He was extremely entangled and entangled in his heart.
However, with such entanglement, when I recall the fight with the broken blade in my hand during today's bloody battle, I feel an indescribable sense of freedom.
He suddenly thought that Wang Xiaocheng was in a deep and angry mood when he defeated the python knife. In fact, he should also have such entanglement, entanglement, and depression in his heart?
Of course, Wang Xiaocheng cannot have insight into the future, so it must be that he has a more thorough understanding of Dai Viet's current situation, which makes him angry, right?
Wang Xiaocheng's fate was like this, and Xu Huai had to think about what kind of fate the Huaiyuan Township Camp would usher in if it continued to shine brilliantly.
Wang Zhen told him clearly and unmistakably at this time, and Xu Huai verified that his inner suspicion was not wrong.
According to the usual practice, if the Huaiyuan Township Camp continues to perform meritorious services, it is possible that they will be disbanded among the forbidden troops. What's more, there is still Cai Qing, a vicious tiger who eats meat but does not spit out bones, staring at the Xu family in the court -
This also directly determined that the Huaiyuan Township Camp could no longer fight to the west. Xu Huai held the back of his head with both hands, leaned against the fence of the watchtower, and said:
"The Prime Minister has said so, we definitely can't fight further west from the Huaiyuan Township Camp - my injury is also a bit serious, I might have to go back to Jinshagou Village to recuperate for three to five months before I can be completely healed... Oops, it hurts so much
, Mr. Lu, please help me go down and have a rest, my arm is going to be ruined!"
Seeing Xu Huai yelling, he was about to lie down directly on the wooden floor of the watchtower. Lu Xiong couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only cooperate with his acting and help him downstairs.
"What's going on? What's going on with Xu Huai?"
Looking at Xu Huai and Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong was standing upstairs talking, and suddenly he fell down, and people gathered around him in panic.
"After many fierce battles, I forced the string to open. After all, it was too painful for my muscles and bones. I didn't realize it would be so severe in the afternoon! If this arm is not well maintained, it may be useless!" Lu Xiong said.
