I, Qi Zeguang, only have one sword, which can move mountains, overturn seas, subjugate monsters, suppress demons, command gods, pick stars, cut off rivers, what else?... Destroy cities, open the sky!
Here comes the sword!"
Qi Zeguang rode forward, holding the Tang Hengdao and shouting in a very social manner.
With the sound of a sword coming, more than a hundred people from the Shu army in the convoy came together to look at him.
Chen Mu and Huo Quxie were marching side by side, and they could clearly hear the two Shu soldiers muttering in low voices.
"Is the kid not sick?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not normal."
Not long after, Qi Zeguang turned around and grinned: "Hey, Lao Chen, what you wrote is so domineering!"
As soon as he said this, more than a hundred people looked at him again.
Huo Quxie smiled and said nothing. Only Chen Mu lowered his head and covered his face. He really didn't want to admit that this was his buddy.
"Ahem, General Huo, ignore this fool and let's continue talking. The war has become so urgent. Why does Your Majesty still insist on using civilians to control the military?"
Huo Quxie sighed: "The ancestor emperor became emperor only because he held the army for his ministers to rebel. Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties have always distrusted the generals who hold military power."
If we take this policy seriously, Chen Mu doesn't think there is anything wrong with using culture to control military force. On the contrary, it benefits the country and the people, and greatly reduces the possibility of the country splitting again.
In the years before the Longxia Dynasty, the Central Plains was full of warlords. As long as they had soldiers, they were kings. At the beginning of the Longxia Dynasty, the policy of controlling military power with civility was undoubtedly extremely correct.
It can be said that Emperor Long Xia is already very good at being a human being. If he were a ruthless emperor, it would be easy for him to skin you and stuff him with straw for any excuse.
At the beginning of Long Xia's founding, the country was undoubtedly extremely prosperous.
But as time went by, the long-term suppression of the national military resulted in a booming national economy, while the military and political aspects had almost no combat effectiveness.
It's like a piece of fat meat, without the ability to protect it, it can only be eaten and slaughtered by others, or even directly owned by others.
As for how weak it was, after so many years of fighting, it was almost overwhelmingly suppressed by the barbarians from the north. In many cases, there would even be hundreds of Tatar soldiers chasing one or two thousand Chinese troops.
The best battle was the one two months ago, when Huo Quxie used thousands of soldiers and horses to force back tens of thousands of prairie cavalry.
However, Huo Quxie said that the reason why he was deprived of military power was precisely because he went to war without authorization.
Even if it can withstand the invasion of foreign tribes, it cannot withstand the ridicule and persecution of its own tribe.
Civilians rule the world, and military officers protect the world. Faced with the current situation, military officers should be reused. If we continue to use civil servants to control military affairs, the final result will be just like the Song Dynasty in the previous life.
"Hey, even though the Tatar cavalry are brave, but to be honest, we can win in many cases because of the damn eunuch sent by the imperial court..."
Having said this, Huo Quxie clenched his fists tightly, and a murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
As for the dead eunuch Huo Quxie mentioned, he was actually a supervisor sent by the imperial court.
The official position of Supervisor of the Army is of a very high rank, starting from the first rank, and is equivalent to the Imperial Envoy, supervising the generals on behalf of the emperor.
Responsible for accumulating evidence, rewarding and punishing soldiers for their merits and crimes in the field, and generals commanding battles. They have no command power but have the power of supervision.
Although it sounds like the commander-in-chief still has the power to command, in fact the power of supervision is greater than the power of command. If the supervisory army disagrees, they cannot fight like this.
If he dared to resist, he would be despising the imperial power. If Huo Quxie hadn't had his uncle Wei Qinghong around, he might have been stripped of his military power.
Immediately afterwards, Huo Quxie said again: "This guy has read some military books and thinks he can understand everything on the battlefield. However, many key battles were caused by his blind command, which resulted in the death of countless soldiers in vain. Without this Yin Yang man, Long Xia's army would have been defeated."
It won’t lead to defeat again and again.”
Chen Mu nodded: "Yes, actually the problem is not whether the army can fight, the reason lies in the fundamentals."
"Sir, tell me... can we really defeat those prairie barbarians with these things this time?"
Huo Quxie looked at the boxes on the carriage and asked.
Chen Mu glanced at Huo Quxie and smiled: "These things are not fundamental. If you want to ask, you have to ask yourself."
"Ask me?"
"I am a novelist, you should know that, right?"
Huo Quxie nodded while holding the reins.
"I once read a book called History. The world in it is similar to ours in Longxia. It is often invaded by foreign tribes and pays tribute to foreign tribes year after year. It was very useless at the beginning."
"Then what?"
Chen Mu thought for a while and then said: "But there is a protagonist in the book named Huo Qubing. This man was granted the title of Marquis at the age of 17, and took command of two national wars at the age of 19. He annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 foreigners, and fought all the way from Monan."
He went to Langjuxu Mountain in the Western Regions and was a very powerful person."
Hearing this, Huo Quxie suddenly fell into deep thought: "Being a Marquis at the age of seventeen... This is what a man should do."
Then Chen Mu continued: "There is Huo Qubing in the book, so why can't there be a national hero named Huo Quxie in this world?"
"I...I'm afraid it won't work..." Successive years of defeats have already completely wiped out Huo Quxie's self-confidence. How could he dare to compete with a genius who was made a marquis at the age of seventeen and took command at the age of nineteen?
"No matter what the world is like, a man cannot help but be determined. In troubled times, we are born in large numbers. General, just keep the tiger in your heart. Time and God will give you a chance."
Hearing this, Huo Quxie couldn't help but bow his hands and smile: "I hope that one day."
But at this moment, Qi Zeguang, who had been listening to the story for a long time, suddenly laughed and said: "Old Chen, we are determined to become a general who can resist foreigners. Is there any legendary general named Qi in that book? Tell us about it.
Also try to get some luck."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "What a coincidence, there is indeed a general named Qi Jiguang in the book. He was so powerful... He beat the shit out of those Japanese pirates..."
Sichuan and Sichuan are already mountainous and have steep roads, and the distance from Bajun to Shuofang is more than a thousand miles.
Fortunately, there is a trail leading all the way to Shuofang. Otherwise, Chen Mu would have to rely on manpower to carry the guns and gunpowder.
The path of more than a thousand miles was indeed a bit ridiculous, but after hearing Huo Quxie's explanation, I realized that it turned out to be an official road built by a dynasty long ago.
And this road also has a name - Sichuan-Long Avenue.
But even so, there are times when you have to get off your horse and walk the steep slopes of the mountains yourself.
But once we left Hanzhong, passed Sili Prefecture, and actually came to the Shuofang area, the road gradually became easier.
Shuofang is located between the three major plateaus of Loess, Qiang, and Tatar. The terrain is extremely complex, including alpine basins, plains, and Gobis.
However, the road we took happened to bypass those difficult places.
Half a month later, the group finally arrived at their destination - Shuofang City.