40. The story that Zhao Yun and Jiang Wei had to tell
"Let's do it again!"
With an angry shout, a boy who was similar in age to Li Shushi but much stronger than Li Shushi raised his gun and attacked Zhao Yun. Although Zhao Yun seemed to be standing casually, the wooden gun in his hand seemed to be limp.
He didn't have much energy, but his eyes revealed a serious look, and it was obvious that all the flaws in his body were intentional.
Not far around them, a young child was wandering around Su Xiaololi. The target was the candy man in Su Xiaololi’s hand that looked delicious and fun. However, from the look on Su Xiaololi’s face,
You can tell by the narrow look on her face that if she doesn't tease the child for a while, she won't give this candy to him easily.
Farther away, Hua Xiong and Zhang Xiu were shouting loudly, and in front of them were a group of powerful men who were as obedient as little sheep. But who would have thought that all of these obedient guys were originally
Extremely unruly.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the middle-aged uncle next to Li Shushi looked like he had found a treasure. He was obviously very surprised that Li Shushi's mercenary group was so hidden, and at the same time he felt lucky that his family could hire him.
Of course, as the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was founded on the works of Kong Laoer and his disciples, the mercenary group's financial relationship is naturally despised, so more often than not, everyone is more willing to treat this kind of relationship
The employment relationship is called "Yi Cong" - a group of people who follow because of their loyalty. It's just that in order to repay the followers' loyalty, the followers naturally need to pay some price, otherwise who will spread the news that you are too stingy?
Will I be loyal to you again?
Since Li Shushi and his party temporarily joined the Jiang family's battle order as "righteous followers", they have won several battles for the Jiang family in the mountains, riverbanks and other valuable places within a few days. But having said that, in the face of
Although the regular army, which has always felt challenged by the Xianbei Royal Court troops, basically held either wooden sticks or wooden sledges and other wooden tools in order to avoid killing people, its strength was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary villagers, let alone the hidden secrets in it.
A group of guys who specialize in giving various heaven-defying BUFFs.
Seeing the outstanding combat effectiveness of Li Shushi's men, it naturally aroused the idea of some larger and powerful families. However, because the Qiang people had just retreated, those tribes with stronger combat effectiveness were still in the rest stage, so Li Shushi's group of new troops could not be replaced for a while.
You don't have to worry about your own safety.
However, people have to worry about the long term. When the opponent completes the correction and frees up his hands, Li Shushi, a hundred or so people, no matter how powerful they are, will suffer a big loss against thousands of others. Therefore, Li Shushi asked Li Shushi to
The young head of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhen, offered to help him train the Jiang family's tribe. Anyway, his subordinates were quite skilled in similar tasks.
The Jiang family also welcomes Li Shushi's proposal. After all, although Li Shushi's troops have taken advantage of it for a while, Li Shushi is not a member of the Jiang family. Sooner or later, he will leave. So how will the Jiang family be protected then?
What about these hard-earned benefits? Obviously Li Shushi's proposal played into their hands and just went along with the flow.
It has to be said that everything has its two sides. Although the Jiang family rose to prominence because they were less harassed during the Qiang rebellion, it was precisely because of this that the combat effectiveness of the Jiang family was weakened due to the lack of baptism of war.
It has become far lower than the average level of the powerful tribes in Hanyang. Although some brave people who are quite famous and powerful in the world have been recruited, after all,
After all, the number is still too small. If a small-scale fight with dozens of people can still have the upper hand, then when hundreds of people fight with thousands of people, this gap will be completely exposed. It is precisely because of this
The reason is that the Jiang family got some opportunities almost every time when the imperial court was in chaos, but they were never able to seize them, and they all became cannon fodder for other families.
It sounds like the Han army relied on those foreign "righteous followers" to fight. Although it reduced casualties, it reduced the combat effectiveness of its own army over time. Once a situation had to be fought, it became vulnerable.
Therefore, although Dong Zhuo's theory was initially unacceptable to even the powerful Liangzhou warriors, after so many years, Dong Zhuo's troops became stronger and stronger as they fought. The battle damage rate that once topped all the Han armies increased with the original "
The "Yi Cong" people's counter-attack
It became less dazzling. After all, compared to the Han army that was wiped out at every turn, Dong Zhuo's battle loss rate of several percent could at least bring about a victory. So gradually, Dong Zhuo's theory began to be accepted by everyone.
, and his position has been further consolidated.
The child Zhao Yun is training now is named Jiang Xu, the eldest son of the younger brother of Jiang Zhen, the head of the Jiang family. Because Jiang Zhen does not have a male heir, Jiang Xu becomes the first candidate for the future head of the Jiang family. And because
Jiang Xu’s father died early due to illness the year before last.
passed away, so Jiang Zhen regarded Jiang Xu and Jiang Xu’s half-brother Jiang Ji, that is, the little kid with a runny nose who was played around by Su Xiaololi as his own. Seeing that many of Li Shushi’s men were powerful
Extraordinary, so I paid a lot of money to hire him, hoping to teach him.
After all, Jiang Xu had stayed in Hebei County for a long time with his father, who was a minor official in the prefecture, and had also seen some soldiers training. Naturally, he had a gap in his heart. Although Li Shushi had many soldiers who were accustomed to fighting.
, but he only likes
After seeing Zhao Yun's shooting skills, it was clear that Zhao Yun's freehand gun dance coupled with his enchanting figure was indeed very lethal. Even the head of the Jiang family, who was watching from the sidelines, decided to find a son-in-law for his daughter. Of course it would be best if he could marry him, but no.
Just get married.
It's a pity that Luo Hua is ruthless on purpose. Besides, there are already two tigresses in Xiao Zhao's family. Zhao Yun doesn't know how to deal with this. If there is one more tiger, Zhao Yun feels like the world is spinning and the sky is dark every time he thinks about it.
Of course, the job of teaching Jiang Xu naturally falls on Zhao Yun. Looking at Jiang Xu's hard work these days, it is obvious that little Jiang Xu is very happy to be able to study beside his idol. It's just a pity.
, although Jiang Xu's qualifications are really different from Zhao Yun's, Zhao Yun privately judged that he would be qualified if he could learn half of his own skills.
Regarding Zhao Yun's judgment, Li Shushi revealed it to Jiang Zhen, and Jiang Zhen was not disappointed with the result. In his opinion, Jiang Xu studied martial arts with Zhao Yun, and as long as he could record Zhao Yun's skills, then this would be the best for the Jiang family.
Precious wealth, future generations
Sun will always have people with outstanding talents, and they will naturally use them when the time comes. Even if they are never used, these routines are enough to slightly improve the combat effectiveness of the Jiang family's soldiers. In addition, the Jiang family learned the training methods from Hua Xiong and others.
The Jiang family now has a story that fits their identity.
Secondly, Jiang Zhen doesn’t think that Zhao Yun will be just a bodyguard all his life (it seems that Zhao Yun’s best job in history is bodyguard. Of course, his bodyguard level is Zhongnanhai level, and he will be a major general no matter how he recruits him). If Zhao Yun in the future
If he can soar into the sky, then Jiang Xu and his teacher-student relationship will naturally have a good future.
This kind of investment is small and seems risky (Zhao Yun can't make it), but in fact the Jiang family can completely afford failure (as long as it's not the Zhu Shi clan). There is really no reason for Jiang Zhen not to bet, let alone
Said he was quite confident in his vision.
Jiang Xu and his younger brother Jiang Ji are obviously not the only masters like Zhao Yun. Don't forget that Li Shushi also has Zhang Hui, a top student from Hongdu School. Although students from Hongdu School are better at poetry and songs.
Fu, chess, calligraphy and painting, and for those esoteric knowledge such as "Meng's Book of Changes" mastered by the Yuan family (that is, written by Liang Qiu He
The "Book of Changes" that he annotated, by the way, Liang Qiuhe's surname is Liangqiu and his given name is He), such as the Fu family, a direct descendant of Fu Sheng, the disseminator of "Shang Shu" in the Han Dynasty (yes, it is the Empress Fu and his
"Ouyang Shangshu" mastered by the Fu family (whose father died), such as "Ouyang Shangshu" mastered by the Yang family (that is, "Shangshu" annotated by Ouyang Sheng)
", and by the way, everyone knows Ouyang Sheng's surname Ouyang, but his name is not clear. The word "生" is the same as Fu Sheng's "生", which refers to people who are knowledgeable or have professional knowledge.
A kind of title, this person is Fu Sheng's apprentice. Both master and apprentice only know his surname but not his name, which can be regarded as an interesting conversation of the same generation), but because of the Hongdu School
It is also considered a royal university, so the outstanding students among them are still qualified to read some Dongguan books. Generally speaking, it is quite good in terms of knowledge. It is just because the people pay more attention to ancient classics rather than the modern classics that the official focuses on.
, so Zhang Hui is far inferior to Lu Zhi and Hu Zhao, but it is more than enough to teach two children.
"Leader Li, according to the intelligence from my Jiang family, the imperial court's counter-rebellion army defeated the rebels in Long County. Now the rebels have fled in all directions. I wonder whether we should use all our troops to support them or continue to recuperate here."
Jiang Zhen actually asked Li Shushi about the future of the Jiang family in such a respectful tone. This shows how much Li Shushi and his party had shocked him in the past few days. Of course, another important reason is that if troops are to be sent, it is obvious that these people have just
The domestic soldiers who have only been trained for a few days will definitely not be of much use. The real main force is the hundreds of troops under Li Shushi's command.
The victory of the Han army was partly attributed to Li Shushi, but because he had gained a certain favor from the fierce general Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, Li Shushi felt that this reward was much more valuable than visible property.
However, according to everyone's analysis of the battle situation, Dong Zhuo and others' troops were very tired after half a year of tug-of-war, and now they have been chasing the Qiang people almost continuously for such a long time. The most important thing is that if the Han army continues to pursue, it will
Going deep into the area where Han and Hu people live together, although the Hu people here get along well with the neighboring Han people, they are afraid but also very disgusted with most of the Han troops. Bian Zhang and Han Sui let the troops disperse
Although the escape seems to be scattered, it is very possible to use this opportunity to gather those Hu troops who did not participate in the war or did not participate in the offensive and defensive battles of Wugong and Meiyang. If these people were gathered by Bian Zhang and Han Sui, then Dong Zhuo, who was familiar with the geography of Xiliang,
It can still be regarded as a home battle. The remaining troops were completely blind to the situation. It is estimated that when the enemy cut off their retreat and wrapped their dumplings, they thought they were in sight of victory.
At the end of the day, the force of the strong crossbow could not penetrate Lu Zhen, and the accumulated victory of the Han people against the Qiang people was far from reaching its peak. It was just a sudden accident that caused the war situation to develop to this extent. If Zhang Wen could stabilize the situation and fight step by step,
So although the previous victory cannot be accomplished in one battle, it will never give the Qiang people a chance to turn defeat into victory.
But now, the Han army, which had traveled a long distance and was exhausted, was facing the possibility of a new enemy force. What's more, the Han army itself had become somewhat inconsistent due to the distribution of spoils and conflicts between generals.
Therefore, in Li Shushi's view, unless his judgment was wrong and the Qiang people were completely defeated, the Han army's defeat would be only a matter of time.
"I am familiar with the situation of Zhang Cheqi's army. If my prediction is correct, I am afraid that the so-called rout of the Qiang people is just to scatter the soldiers. When our army no longer notices them, they will gather together to attack us.
counterattack. What’s even worse is that if arranged properly, it is even possible to gather together those barbarian troops who were originally scattered in other places.”
Jiang Zhen knew what the latter words meant as soon as he heard it. He didn't completely believe Li Shushi's judgment, but he didn't dare not believe it. After all, this time the commander of the Qiang coalition was not the one who only knew how to beat the charging Qiang people.
They were two well-known resourceful men in Liangzhou. Jiang Zhen really couldn't tell whether they would adopt Li Shushi's method.
For him, although he didn't know the possibility of Li Shushi's words coming true, he did know that once it came true, the troops sent by the Jiang family would most likely lose their money. And the benefits brought by such risks
But it wasn't big. Because of the financial problems of the imperial court, the reward for the heads of Qiang leaders this time was much smaller than before, so he couldn't afford to take such a risk, and he was unwilling to take it.
Perhaps for him, the only thing he can do now is to pray with Li Shushi that Bian Zhang and Han Sui will not have such outstanding planning abilities.
