Chapter 659: Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man (2)
The situation in Zhi County is not good, and in fact, the situation on Wei Jun's side is not much better either.
Just as the Fenxing Army General Xu Yin had previously judged, tonight would be a cruel test for the young army of the Yanling Army.
Sure enough, that night, similar signs appeared in the Yanling Army's camp.
For example, they couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, asked each other about the number of casualties in this battle, etc.
However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that the situation of the Yanling Army was much better than that of the Shang Shui Army.
I remember that the morale of the Shang Shui Army was low that night, and the sergeants began to feel confused. It can be said that the morale of the army was disorganized. If Tatu had had the insight of Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, to prevent a night attack, I am afraid that
It will change the situation of the war.
Unfortunately, Bitatu missed the best opportunity to defeat the merchant navy, so what appeared in front of him the next day was a completely new army.
"Your Highness."
Zongwei Mu Qing lifted up the tent and returned to the commander's tent, saying, "I have already given that thing to Yan Mo."
The thing in his mouth refers to Zhao Hongrun's suggestions on the current shortcomings and shortcomings of the Yanling Army on today's battlefield. Among them, Xu Yin's suggestions for the Yanling Army were also included.
"oh."
Zhao Hongrun responded casually and continued to eat the fried rice for dinner.
Rice fried in water is the most common and common dry food in the Wei army's military camps. Especially when the army lacks Huofu soldiers and other logistics personnel, this kind of rice fried in oil can best fill the stomach.
Of course, it is also the easiest to lose appetite.
No, Zhao Hongrun, who was clearly in the stage of physical development, felt "full" after only eating two handfuls of fried rice.
How to improve the food situation in the military camp is really a difficult problem...
Chewing the last bite of fried rice in his mouth, Zhao Hongrun casually tied up the small bag containing the fried rice and threw it to Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao. Then he clapped his hands and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he asked Mu Qing, "Yan Ling
How is the situation in the army?"
"It's not as serious as the general said..." Mu Qing shrugged.
Zhao Hongrun immediately became suspicious after hearing this. After all, Xu Yin's concept was very correct, and he, Zhao Hongrun, had a deep understanding of it when he led the Shang Shui Army to defend Luocheng. How could there be a deviation?
Is the resilience of the Yanling Army stronger than that of the Shangshui Army? Much stronger?
After asking, he learned that Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and others had already been appeasing the soldiers and generals under their command. The two of them and the other three thousand generals in the army came to the army to eat with the soldiers.
Afterwards, they went to the camp where the wounded were placed to comfort the frightened wounded soldiers. It is no wonder that the mood of the Yanling Army was much more stable than that of the Shangshui Army.
This is the difference...
Zhao Hongrun sighed slightly.
It has to be said that the reason why the Shang Shui Army was demoralized for a time was ultimately due to the inaction of the commander-in-chief Wu Ji. This young general who climbed from the rank of general of a thousand men to the commander-in-chief of the Shang Shui Army, due to his lack of experience, could not do anything.
Understand how to comfort soldiers, stabilize military morale, and boost morale after a fierce battle.
In contrast, experienced generals such as Qu Cheng and Yan Mo would not have made any omissions in this regard. They were already performing their duties as generals without Zhao Hongrun's reminder.
It seems that there is no place for me to use tonight...
Zhao Hongrun joked to himself, then stood up and walked outside the tent: "Let's go!... Wei Jiao, Mu Qing, follow me to see the situation."
"yes!"
Zhu Zongwei responded with clasped fists.
Zhao Hongrun's command tent was set up in the Chinese military camp of the Yanling Army, and was not far from the Chinese military tent where the generals of the Yanling Army discussed military affairs.
Therefore, it didn't take much effort for Zhao Hongrun to look directly at the current situation of Yanling's soldiers.
As Mu Qing said, the post-war mood of the Yanling Army was much better than that of the Shangshui Army. Although many soldiers had their appetite affected by today's fierce battle, the atmosphere in the army still tended to be relaxed and there was no feeling of lifelessness.
.
No, after walking a few steps, Zhao Hongrun saw a group of Yanling soldiers gathered around a bonfire, talking and laughing about their bravery on the battlefield today.
I am talking about such beautiful expectations.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun secretly sighed in his heart: Wu Ji is still too young. Compared with Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, he is no better than Qu Cheng and Yan Mo in controlling the morale of the army.
At this time, he vaguely saw Yan Mo leading several generals in the distance, so he walked over.
"His Royal Highness King Su?"
Yan Mo and others saw Zhao Hongrun from a distance, quickly walked over a few steps, clasped their fists and bowed in salute.
Hmm? These generals...
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the generals behind Yan Mo who were also saluting him. He was slightly startled, but immediately realized: these generals are relatively unfamiliar, they are the ones who followed Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen a while ago.
The general of the Chu army in Xiangcheng who had three people surrendered to the Yanling army.
"Yan Mo, have you gone to comfort the wounded?"
Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.
He had a rough idea of the completion of Yanling Army's camps, so he naturally knew the direction Yan Mo was coming from, which was the location of the camps where the wounded were placed.
"Yes." Yan Mo lowered his head and replied respectfully: "According to past experience, the emotions of wounded soldiers are most likely to affect the morale of the entire army... Ah, I don't mean to show off."
Zhao Hongrun smiled and waved his hand, and then said seriously: "No, you did a good job... I remember that during the day, General Xu also reminded me that tonight will be a test for your Yanling Army. At that time, I was deeply
I thought so. But I didn’t expect that your response was more appropriate than I expected, very good, very good.”
He said two very good sentences in a row, which proved that Zhao Hongrun was really very satisfied at the moment.
But to be fair, the general system of the Yanling Army is better than that of the Shangshui Army. The generals in the army are all old people with previous experience in leading troops. Unlike the Shangshui Army, talented soldiers are promoted from the ranks to serve as generals. Therefore,
It seems normal to Yan Mo to have such a quick response and steady response.
"Your Highness, you are overly complimentary! ... We, the Yanling Army, will certainly not cause the same embarrassing incident as the Shang Shui Army." Yan Mo, while thanking Zhao Hongrun for his praise, teased the Shang Shui Army in a joking manner.
After all, how could the Shangshui Army be concealed from their powerful enemy the Yanling Army when they were almost defeated in Luocheng?
"You." Zhao Hongrun could hear the joke in Yan Mo's words, but he didn't really think that the latter was deliberately belittling Shang Shuijun. He only saw his eyes scanning the newly surrendered generals behind Yan Mo.
He glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Zou Xin, are you still used to leading the Yanling Army?"
After hearing this, a general behind Yan Mo trembled. He took a few steps forward as if he was flattered, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, you... do you remember the last general?"
At this time, Zhao Hongrun naturally wouldn't say anything embarrassing about my king's photographic memory. He just nodded and said with a smile: "As the deputy general of General Chi of Nanmen, you have tended to be righteous, and have fought with others.
General Chi of Nanmen offered the city together to submit to our great Wei Dynasty, how can I forget that?"
Yes, Zou Xin was the deputy general of Nanmen Chi, and now he serves as a general of three thousand men in the Yanling Army.
According to the conversation between Zhao Hongrun and Yan Mo a few days ago, this deputy general is also a very talented general.
"The last general...the last general..." Zou Xin was moved and speechless, and finally kowtowed to the ground and said like an oath: "The last general is willing to go through fire and water for His Highness, and his heart and mind will be ruined!"
"You're serious." Under the envious gazes of the other newly surrendered generals behind Yan Mo, Zhao Hongrun helped Zou Xin up and said with a smile: "I am a man who loves talents. When you submit to me, the Wei Dynasty, no matter what
Neither I, the Great Wei nor I, will treat you badly..."
Yan Mo looked on with a smile. Although he knew very well that the actions of His Highness Prince Su in front of him were trying to win over people's hearts, he did not feel the slightest disgust.
Because His Highness Prince Su always practices what he preaches.
As he thought about it, Yan Mo couldn't help but think that after this battle, when he returned to Wei State, he could become a noble. His heart became more and more heated, so much so that he even called him two words from Zhao Hongrun, but he didn't even react.
.
"Hug, sorry, Your Highness."
After reacting, Yan Mo awkwardly apologized to Zhao Hongrun.
It has to be said that the status of a nobleman is also very attractive to him who was born as a commoner, even if he is not very interested in joining the upper-class noble circle of Wei State.
Regarding Yan Mo's absence, Zhao Hongrun waved his hands with a smile and said jokingly: "You are not thinking about the rewards after the war, are you? This battle is not over yet... Hey, your expression doesn't mean that you are being frightened.
Is this king right?"
In Yan Mo's somewhat embarrassing behavior, the nearby Yanling soldiers burst into laughter, making the atmosphere that was not solemn in the first place more relaxed.
After a fuss, Yan Mo told Zhao Hongrun the reason why Zou Xin came to him.
It turns out that among the Yanling soldiers who died during the siege of Zhi County today, the newly surrendered Yuan Xiangcheng Chu army also accounted for a certain proportion. Compared with the Yanling army that had been training for two years, these newly surrendered Xiangcheng Chu troops
The Yanling Army's biggest hidden danger is currently their morale.
Therefore, Zou Xin approached Yan Mo and asked if he could use a sum of money to boost morale. Unexpectedly, a group of people were chatting about this topic, and he met Zhao Hongrun who came to inspect the morale of the Yanling Army.
"Spend a sum of money to boost morale...?"
After listening to Zou Xin's words, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel embarrassed. After all, the Wei army did not fight in the local area, so how could he get any money to distribute to his soldiers?
"Write it down first, can't you?" he asked with a frown.
Hearing this, Zou Xin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'm afraid it's not enough to boost morale..."
"This is troublesome..." Zhao Hongrun frowned again.
At this time, Zou Xin hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness, I have heard that Wan Xi, the county magistrate of Zhi County, and his Wan family are very wealthy. Can you wait for the city to be destroyed and take part of his family wealth to distribute it to the generals?"
Soldiers..."
Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Yan Mo.
Yan Mo understood immediately, snorted softly, curled his lips and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the general has already understood that the Wan clan is not a good thing."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's worries were all gone. After thinking about it for a while, he said in a deep voice: "If Zhi County is defeated, the wealth of the Wan family will belong to your Yanling Army!"
"Everyone?" The generals of the Yanling Army, including Yan Mo, breathed heavily.
"Yes, all!"
Zhao Hongrun said categorically.
Anyway, it was a generous act of generosity to others, and he didn't feel any distress at all.
On the same day, when the news spread throughout the Yanling Army, whether it was the old deployment of the Yanling Army or the newly surrendered Chu Army in Yuanxiang City, the morale suddenly rose to a level that even Zhao Hongrun was secretly stunned.
There will always be brave men under heavy rewards, this is absolutely true! (To be continued.)