ps: Thanks to brother Zhixiang for the reward, and thanks to brother farmer and brother Yisili for their monthly tickets. I was coding in the office today and forgot to bring the USB flash drive when I got home, so I had to go back to the office again. It’s so sad.
A column of thick smoke rose into the sky from the Nanpi City Wall, standing out in the open Cangzhou Plain.
Primary School Wei Bo looked at the billowing smoke that suddenly appeared in the sky, and stopped in surprise. He raised his hand back, and the large group of civilians behind him also stopped immediately. Hundreds of carts were suddenly crowded on the official road.
Dozens of Weibo soldiers escorting the baggage looked nervously at the direction of the rising smoke. Some drew their swords from their waists, some took their bows from their backs, and some took their guns from the car.
This column of thick smoke comes from the direction of Nanpi, which means that Nanpi has been attacked by the enemy. It is both a warning and a request for help.
Didn’t they always say that the front was clear? Didn’t they say that the Lulong Army was powerless? Didn’t they say that Cangzhou was empty? Why did thick smoke suddenly rise? And based on the thickness of the smoke column, it can be preliminarily determined that Nanpi County suffered a considerable amount of enemy attacks
Violent, the situation is very critical!
Colonel Wei Bo hesitated for a moment before making a decision. He ordered the peasants to assemble the carts into formation, and ordered the only two cavalrymen in the escort to investigate in the direction of Nanpi.
The peasants quickly pushed the carts together and prepared to set up a temporary formation on the official road. At the same time, two cavalrymen leapt onto their horses and galloped towards Nanpi.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The cart had not been arranged in place yet. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the rumble of war horses' hooves could be heard in the distance. The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and many civilians heard the sound of horse hooves.
Everyone was so panicked that they didn't know what to do. They looked at each other in shock, stopped busy, and looked around with pale faces. Many people wanted to run away immediately, but they didn't know where to run. It seemed that the sound of horse hooves was everywhere in the sky and the earth.
The two cavalrymen had just galloped more than a mile before they fled back in panic. They shouted: "Cavalry! Lulong Cavalry!"
The cry was not certain, and large groups of cavalry appeared at the left and right front of the convoy at the same time.
Weibo Primary School kicked and kicked the peasants to move their vehicles and set up barriers, but there was nowhere to direct them. A few strong young men took the lead and fled backwards, which then caused the convoy to collapse. Weibo Primary School was in the flow of people.
He yelled and cursed at the top of his lungs, but no one paid him any attention.
The Lu Longcavalry soon swept up from two directions, spreading across the abandoned fields and engulfing the convoy like a tide. Dozens of Weibo troops were instantly crushed by this huge force, leaving them without any resistance.
The Lulong Cavalry detached several more cavalry teams and drove far away to drive back hundreds of fleeing civilians.
These cavalrymen are all wearing khaki shirts, light armor, shiny leather helmets, and standard Lulong Army cavalry uniforms. But if you look carefully at their appearance, they are barbarians from outside the Pass.
The leading cavalry general was surrounded by a group of cavalry and slowly came to the front of the convoy. The cavalry behind him held a battle flag and wrote "Huaiyue Alliance Army Horse Box Three Camp Yelu". It was Abaoji from the Yelu Department of the Khitan, and under his command was the post-expansion army.
The newly formed Third Cavalry Battalion consisted of one thousand cavalrymen and was also known as the "Yelü Camp" in the army.
Abaoji was initially sent to the advanced class of Bailangshan Military Academy for training, and two months later he was transferred to the new senior command class. He became a trainee with old rivals such as Li Chengyue, Wang Sitong, Gao Xinggui, Gao Xingzhou, etc.
, commonly known as "classmates" in military academies. In the past, enemies who were life-and-death on the battlefield had to eat from the same pot, sleep in the same room, study under the same roof, and train in the same queue. This feeling is quite strange.
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After another three months of new advanced training, Abaoji was unexpectedly appointed. It is said that Jiedushi Li Chengzhong personally named him and appointed him as the commander of Yelu Camp. He had already prepared to return to the tribe after completing the training.
Abaoji, who was a cowardly nobleman, did not expect that he would have the opportunity to lead an army, so he entered the customs in a daze, came to the coalition garrison in Wuqing, and became the leader of a thousand cavalry in a daze.
The soldiers in the Yelu camp are all from the Yelu tribe, and they are all tribesmen from top to bottom. The backbone of them also comes from Abaoji's Taima attendants. This kind of personnel configuration makes Abaoji not feel friendly and familiar, but makes Abaoji feel familiar.
He was trembling with fear and walking on thin ice. In the early days of leading the army, he always had doubts in his mind. Was this a test by Weixin Khan? Did Weixin Khan really trust him that much?
As the days passed, Abaoji's doubts were gradually eliminated. In the training of leading troops, in the actual military exercises, combined with the knowledge learned from Bailangshan Military Academy, he finally gave up the doubts he had at first.
With a trace of luck, he had no choice but to admit that even if he wanted to lead this army to another uprising, there was no possibility of success.
The subordinates are still familiar subordinates, but the channels and systems for communicating with superiors and subordinates and communicating with left and right have undergone fundamental changes. Although he is still the leader of this cavalry battalion, the days of keeping his word are long gone.
.Combat requires planning, going to war requires military orders, training is managed by someone, enforcing military law is not his responsibility, issuing rewards has nothing to do with him, and he does not even have the final say in promoting officers.
There are people in the camp who are educated, who join the army, who are escorts, and who have experience. Each of them is responsible for his own duties and responsibilities. He may be able to exert influence on these officers and guide the overall behavior of the army, but the premise of these influences and guidance is
, should not be mixed with selfish motives. Once he has selfish motives, the officers in the battalion can immediately refute him and advise him. If his orders conflict with military laws and regulations, the officers can even refuse to execute them, but he uses these officers to
There is nothing we can do.
Of course, it does not mean that Abaoji cannot exert influence on his subordinates. His influence is still very great. Within the scope allowed by the doctrine, he can make many choices that affect the combat effectiveness of the army and the future of the soldiers. But Abaoji also discovered that,
The thing he can't affect the most is himself. Faced with his own promotion and future, he can never make a choice. In the entire system, he seems so small and powerless.
So he finally realized that it was not that Weixin Khan was testing him, and that there was no need for Weixin Khan to test anyone; it was not that Weixin Khan trusted him, but that what Weixin Khan really trusted was such a peculiar organizational framework and system.
Abaoji didn't know that Li Chengzhong had discussed this issue with Feng Dao. What he said at that time was still remembered by Feng Dao. This sentence is that what we need to establish is an organizational system to ensure that
Everyone in the organization can influence and choose his subordinates, but at the same time, he cannot influence and choose himself; if he loses influence and choice over his subordinates, or he can influence and choose his own future, then
This organizational structure failed.
The entire army operates on its own within this unique framework and system. Within Yelu Camp, Yelu Camp and the coalition horse compartment, Yelu Camp and other compartments all communicate very well. Anyone can be missing, but it seems that they are missing again.
No one can.
Abaoji sadly discovered that the Yelu Camp was like a strict machine. Everyone in the camp, including him as the commander, was a part of the machine. Pulled by an inexplicable force, they were moving towards an unknown place.
moving in the same direction, but he himself was helpless, being pulled and pushed, and unable to stop.
Being in such a system, Abaoji felt very conflicted in his heart. He felt that his military talents and strategic vision could not be fully utilized. Of course, this did not mean that he could not display them at all. He still had great potential in combat and training.
He has the right to speak, but this right to speak has many constraints and obstacles and cannot be displayed happily.
He once complained to A Ping, who was also the commander of the first battalion, saying that such an army is an army that buries generals. In such an army, it is destined to be difficult to have famous generals.
Aping agreed with this, but he also said that this army may not produce truly famous generals, but it will also not produce mediocre generals. Step-by-step and disciplined are the characteristics of this army. Driven by this system,
, no one will make major mistakes on the battlefield. With this characteristic, perhaps famous generals can only appear in non-leading positions, that is, in the huge military General Staff Office. He is quite sure about this.
Say, the era of becoming famous generals relying on pen and paper calculations has arrived!
Abaoji felt very discouraged by Aping's words because he found that Aping's words were right. There is a good example around him that can confirm Aping's words. Gao Mingxun, the commander of the carriage of the Wyoming Alliance Army, has repeatedly
A mediocre man who had repeatedly failed in battles was now his and Aping's boss. Although both of them were unconvinced, they had to admit that under the command of Gao Mingxun, although Ma Xiang's performance in training and exercises was not too great,
There are a lot of great things about it, but there are very few mistakes and omissions.
For example, this time, the ability to accurately ambush and intercept Wei Bojun's baggage convoy was accomplished under the command of Gao Mingxun. Of course, Abaoji knew that with such a command level, maybe just another person could be placed in the carriage.
Maybe it can be achieved in the position of commander.
Abaoji glanced at the convoy and the prisoners, asked the soldiers to ask the prisoners a few questions, and then summoned Yuhou from the camp and asked him to report the results of the battle to the commander of the carriage: "The combat objective has been completed. Report to the high commander, Yelu Camp is ready to press
The plan is to open to the southeast and continue to sweep and clear Wei Bo's army. At the same time, the high commander will be reminded to pay attention to the smoke in the direction of Nanpi."
The smoke rising from the Nanpi City Wall was an emergency. The Maxiang Command had not anticipated this happening beforehand. On the flat Cangzhou Plain, it was likely to spread far. Abaoji wanted to remind Gao Mingxun
What's more, if smoke rises in Nanpi, Rao An may take the same action. Maybe Huangfu Jun can't see the smoke in Nanpi, but he will definitely be able to detect the smoke in the direction of Rao An.
Abaoji's worries are correct, but he doesn't need to worry, because at this moment, Rao'an has been occupied by the sudden arrival of the Waiyo Allied Forces. The one who recaptured Rao'an was the soldier from the side of the Waiyo Allied Forces, and the battalion commander
This is Aping, and his headquarters is the fourth battalion of the Allied Forces, commonly known as "Shulu Camp" in the army.
A Ping saw the faint smoke column rising in the west from the top of Rao'an City. He smiled and said to his subordinates: "Fortunately, we attacked in time. If Rao'an also lit up the smoke, Huangfu Jun would have run away." (To be completed.)