Chapter 502 No matter what your identity is, we are all brothers
Xiao Tang knew that Wu Song was a fierce man with a straightforward personality, and he first thought that he had died in Liaodong, so he came thousands of miles to Daming Mansion to express his condolences. It is also conceivable that Wu Song must be very sad and mournful, but now Wu Song discovered
Not only is he alive and well, but he is also busy leading troops from two mountains and green forests to attack the powerful locals on the border of Texas. According to his temperament, it is strange that he is not angry.
What's more, Wu Song only wants to serve the country and make contributions in Bianting. According to his current thoughts, Xiao Tang, who could have shown his ambition in the Bianjing Army of the Song Dynasty, secretly recruited green forest troops in the rivers and lakes.
His actions were tantamount to destroying the Great Wall. Wu Song was anxious and his words were inevitably filled with resentment.
However, hearing Wu Song speak so bluntly to Xiao Tang, some of the leaders present felt a little uncomfortable. Because before they met Xiao Tang, the confidants who were present to gather for justice all respected Xiao Tang more or less in the officialdom.
A famous figure in the world. Even when Xiao Tang was just a son of a wealthy family in the Xiao family, Xiao Yi, Xiao An, Xue Yong and others all regarded him as the young master's boss.
However, Wu Song was the only exception.
Wu Song didn't have any scruples when speaking to Xiao Tang. Also present was Lu Zhishen, who was as outspoken as Wu Erlang.
Listening to Wu Song's words, he was dissatisfied with Xiao Tang's move to recruit heroes in the green forest. Lu Zhishen said loudly to Wu Song: "Erlang, the Sa family knows what you are complaining about, but back then you and Xiao Tang brothers were persecuted and framed.
, we were almost killed by that gang of thieves! Our brothers in Juyi were either framed by abusive officials and forced to find a home and a national disaster, or they just didn’t want to be scorned by the chaotic world.
We gather together in the green forest for righteousness to punish rape and eliminate violence, and do justice for heaven! We are all brothers who rely on each other in life and death, and support each other in times of adversity. What is wrong with gathering in the mountains and forests!?
Just like Zheng Tu, whom the Sa family beat to death in Weizhou, and brothers Xiao and Tang killed nine-headed insects in the Chang Street of Daming Mansion, you, Wu Erlang, also killed the Five Evil Tutuos with your bare hands. I don't know what your character is like.
?If you bump into those evil-doing birds again, how can you sit idly by and ignore them? Brother Xiao Tang gave the green forest hero who had been wronged and humiliated a place to live, so why are you complaining about him!"
Wu Song smiled solemnly and said: "Brother Luda is a hateful person. You killed a bully and gave up his official career to become a monk. If Wu Song ran into those thieves, I wouldn't kill him with a knife, so I would go too.
Imitate my elder brother and join a monastery to become a tutu! But if all the good men in the world think like my elder brother and become strong men, who will guard the borders? Who will defend their home and country?
What's more, Brother Xiao Tang has a lot to do in the country. If he doesn't want to see heroes being humiliated, he can secretly rescue some heroes in distress. Why bother to risk his life to make a big name in the green forest? If I don't know what Brother Xiao Tang is like, he
How is this behavior of an important official of the imperial court any different from the rebellious officials and traitors who are causing trouble and bringing trouble to the world!?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhishen raised his thick eyebrows, and when he was about to argue with Wu Song again, Xiao Tang had already stopped between the two of them and said to Lu Zhishen: "Brother, there are some things that I should talk to the second brother Wu.
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Xiao Tang then turned around and said to Wu Song: "Second brother, there are many people in the tent talking about different things. How about the two of us go for a walk in the village and talk while walking?"
Wu Song frowned. After staring at Xiao Tang for a while, he finally nodded...
When Xiao Tang and Wu Song walked out of the commander's tent, they walked around in the camp where soldiers and horses were stationed in the two mountains. The breeze blew slowly, bringing a bit of coolness, and not far away, the laughter and noisy sounds of the military warriors from various camps in the village were often heard. There was no sound, but Xiao Tang and Wu Song walked forward in silence, and after more than fifty steps they were still silent.
Wu Song couldn't hold himself back at first, and asked: "Brother, it is said that you were promoted to be the pacifier of the southwestern road of Beijing, and you also held an important position in the Palace Commander's Palace, whether it was fighting for the country, or being a marquis and a general. There are opportunities for everyone. But you insist on recruiting strong men and horses in the green forest. Now you have attracted the attention of the local government and have injured many officers and soldiers. You are doing something rebellious and causing trouble. You... What are you planning again?"
Xiao Tang sighed and said: "Second brother, you and I are both generals serving in the military department. How come we don't know that many officers and soldiers in various places have their superiors deducting their pensions and stripping them of their pensions, and it has become a common practice for them to eat free pay? The soldiers under his command are disheartened. They have already been disobedient to the general and the general does not know how to fight. The soldiers are lazy in training and are timid and weak. Even the chief officials in various circles often bribe the powerful or the treacherous officials. No matter what they are, they are shrewd and mediocre. Cowardly, wanton human life! The chief official who gained power deliberately deprived the army of food, killed good men and took credit, plundered soldiers, harassed the place, and even forced many innocent people to become thieves!
A few days ago, I only led two mountains of troops to drive away the soldiers and horses from several states in Jingdong who came to encircle and suppress them. Is this normal for a country with long-term peace and stability? The brave and loyal people in the green forest. There are many soldiers, but they have no chance to serve the country in this chaotic world. The green forest troops I command do not harm ordinary people, do not harm loyal heroes, and do not occupy state capitals. Many bullies who are protected by official law We can still kill bad guys! The generals are not like generals, and the soldiers are not like soldiers. Someone should have beaten them long ago!"
According to your opinion, is it possible that we need to establish branches in various states of the Song Dynasty, and instead recruit strong men from the green forest to defend our country?
Wu Song had been working diligently in the Western Army over the years. He couldn't turn around in his mind for a while, so he added: "Although there are many chaotic fools in various military commanders who have unworthy of the important tasks of the country, there are still some in the Western Army. There are many generals and generals who are ready to fight, train their troops diligently, and work wholeheartedly for the country. They are ordinary soldiers and soldiers, and there are countless heroic men who can trust each other with their lives and are not afraid of bleeding and dying for the country!
I am just an infantry commander, with a humble position and low power. Although there are many things I can't do, brother, you are highly regarded by the officials. Although I have heard that you and the old thief Gao Qiu, the Taiwei, often quarrel, since you are also in the imperial court. When high-ranking courtiers enter and leave the Privy Council and the Palace Commander's Office in the future, they will also have the ability to change the corrupt status quo of the Song Dynasty Military Department! Back then, when you were in charge of the official affairs of the Jingnan South Road Pacifying Envoy Company, didn't you also eliminate a few corrupt military idiots? ?The ambition in your heart is to fulfill your official status, but where are the officials and generals who have received important posts from the imperial court and want to be the strongman leaders of Green Forest Village?"
Xiao Tang couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this. Whether the Song Dynasty was criticized by later generations as the "weak Song Dynasty", or some people once discussed it as a military power with a winning rate of 70% in foreign wars. It was known as the famous generals and strong army of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Western Army, the cradle of China, is the most obvious example of the country’s increasingly worrying military strength.
To measure whether a country's national power is prosperous and its military strength is strong, it not only depends on whether the troops are well-trained and well-equipped. There is no doubt that the Western Army can suppress the Xixia Kingdom during this period until it surrenders and asks for peace.
After the Manichaean uprising broke out, the Western army that was dispatched to suppress the rebellion was also able to quickly wipe out the rebel army that was originally invincible in the battle with other weak government troops.
However, such an army was thrown into chaos due to the random deployment and use of powerful traitors from all sides in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and due to the struggle for power within the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. Tong Guan led the Song army to take advantage of the fact that the Jurchens were about to overthrow the rule of the Liao Kingdom.
At that time, when the Jin Dynasty was about to attack the Liao Dynasty, the most elite army in the Song Dynasty was killed by the defeated troops of the Liao army.
Tong Guan, who kept asking for battles and credits for the sake of fame and fortune, also took the opportunity to review the power of the Western Army during the expedition against Liao. The commanders of each department had their own agendas, resulting in the lack of training and the worrisome combat effectiveness of General Heshuo, as well as General Heshuo, who was world-famous and known as the elite.
The Western Army of the Song Dynasty were all killed by the Liao army. When the military power of the Song Dynasty was controlled by many powerful traitors, it was also more difficult to resist the powerful cavalry of the Jin Kingdom. Although Xiao Tang knew these things well,
If he wanted to work hard to eradicate the hidden dangers in the Song Dynasty army from the top of the Song Dynasty Military Department, then the danger he would face would probably be far greater than if he secretly conducted Liaodong and recruited troops in the green forest.
Now, just Gao Qiu can suppress Xiao Tang in officialdom. As Xiao Tang's official position gets higher and higher, if he is not satisfied with the status quo and wants to interfere in national military affairs, he will definitely offend Tong Guan.
The powerful traitors who are more sophisticated in their power tactics and more difficult to provoke will be involved. Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, etc. may even be involved in the interests of traitors such as Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, etc.
Xiao Tang knew that sooner or later he would have an open conflict with those powerful traitors, but with his power tactics, he asked himself that he could not defeat those people who were already proficient in power tactics in the officialdom where people's hearts were full of ghosts.
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"Second brother, you don't know. Even if I can find a position in the Privy Council and the Palace Commander's Palace, as my official position is promoted, sometimes the constraints I encounter in the officialdom will become greater..."
Xiao Tang sighed and said to Wu Song: "When I finish taking care of the affairs in the green forest and return to the capital, of course I will follow what my second brother said and try my best to turn things around and change the situation of the Song Dynasty Army.
However, the current situation in the imperial court has become corrupt and corrupt. However, the current situation in the imperial court has become such that the power is exploited, the virtuous are jealous of the capable, and the path of virtuous people is blocked. Although I seem to be prosperous in the court, regardless of my wealth, life, official status, and title, I am actually fighting many powerful traitors in the official family.
It’s within my grasp. So in order to achieve my greater ambitions, I can only take a two-pronged approach.”
After hearing this, Wu Song was silent for a while, and then suddenly said to Xiao Tang: "Whether you are a high-ranking official in the imperial court in Bianjing, or a strong leader who gathers heroes in the green forest, you have lived and died with me, Wu Er.
We are sworn brothers, but the officers and soldiers on Jingdong Road have been killed by you some time ago. When you make a big move in the green forest, one day the imperial court will dispatch the Western Army to suppress it. Is it possible that you and I will meet each other on the battlefield?
What?"
Xiao Tang smiled faintly and said to Wu Song: "Second brother, don't worry. I have my own sense of how to act in the green forest. I am determined not to alarm the government and the public in the capital, causing the Privy Council to issue an order to mobilize the soldiers of the Western Army to attack here. If I really offend my second brother.
Come, our brothers just watch the wind and descend."
Wu Song snorted heavily and said: "Who is still in the mood to joke with you! But what you said makes me feel relieved. Since you are fighting against the domineering local bullies in Zengtou City, I also
I'm too lazy to ask. You're still alive and well, so there's no need to ask me to mourn for you! Since you're dead, I'd better go back first!"