Chapter 701 Yao Shi's little captain, the undercurrent of the Western Frontier Army Division
The general who was called Lieutenant Yao by the Qin commander was naturally Yao Pingzhong, who was ordered to lead the Sixth Battalion to Hedong to assist Xiao Tang.
Yao Pingzhong's parents died when he was young, so he was adopted by his uncle Yao Gu. Since the last two generations of the Yao family, Yao Bao, "Guanzhong Second Yao" Yao Si and Yao Lin, they have repeatedly made military exploits as generals in the Western Army. And Yao Pingzhong's
My grandfather, Yao Si, a famous general in the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty, was even more brave and resourceful. During his lifetime, he held important positions such as Jianxiong, Dingwujunjiedu, and School Inspector. After his death, he was posthumously named Kaifu Yitong Sansi.
Yao Si was very fond of studying the art of war, and he never gave up on it until he was old. Later, he would often supervise and review the military strategies of future generations. He also experienced battles several times, and was good at riding, arching, and shooting enemies with bows and horses, and powerful bows and crossbows.
Therefore, compared with the martial arts passed down from generations of generals such as the Yang family and the Zhe family, the descendants of the Yao family are also outstanding in commanding troops and bows and crossbows among the generals of the Western Army.
Now Yao Xiong and Yao Gu among Yao Pingzhong's uncles are all famous generals in the Western Army. Yao Pingzhong had fought a bloody battle with the Xia army at Zangdi River a few years ago, and personally killed dozens of people.
As a result of his great achievements, Yao Pingzhong also became famous in the Western Army. He was praised as the "little Taiwei" in the army. Now he can teach the rebellious soldiers under his command to respect him.
As a descendant of a general, Yao Pingzhong's temperament was more civilized. He looked at the Qin commander and said lightly: "I am just a soldier. The rights and wrongs of the ministers in the DPRK are only messed up behind their backs."
What's the use of chewing your tongue? No matter whether Xiao Tang is good or bad, he still has to be controlled by him now. Even when you say nonsense, you have to find ways to shine, and you must know that trouble comes from your mouth."
The commander of Qin laughed when he heard this and said: "Wei Jiangxu is not a fool who doesn't know how to advance or retreat. It is impossible to scold Xiao Tang in front of him. But the little captain, these words do not seem to be what Xie said.
At that time, the eunuch was pretending to be pretentious and refused to sell his face. Since we didn't pay attention to the appearance of Lao Shizi, Xiao Tang was just a young boy according to his age, and he made his fortune by catering to the officials.
, what’s so great about it?”
Yao Pingzhong smiled slightly but said nothing. He had heard that Xiaotang met Xiao Tang when he was on official business in Bianjing. He seemed to have a very good opinion of him, as well as the Zhe family and the Qu family.
Ziyi, a military general who was assigned to Qin Feng Road, once said that the world called Xiao Tang a "Ren Xia", but he lived up to his reputation.
However, as the most famous and powerful generals in the Western Army, the relationship between the Yao family and the Zhong family is very subtle.
Yao Pingzhong also knew that there was an undercurrent in the Western Army. Among the generals with relatively high status in the army, Liu Yanqing, Wang Yuan and others were obviously inclined to attach themselves to Tong Guan; while Liu Fa, Yang Keshi
The others are still the most prestigious old Zhong manager in the Western Army. The two sons of Yao and Zhong are both from famous families in the Western Army. Although they are definitely not considered to have any feud, they are still competitive with each other.
They are very competitive, and each is unwilling to be outdone by the other.
Therefore, although Yao Xiong and Yao Gu cannot be said to be Tong Guan's direct confidants, they will tend to support Tong Guan in many major military and political decisions. Yao Pingzhong is young and energetic, and he can't stand the Zhong family.
Those two generations were in charge of the military and political power of the Western Army from the beginning, and they were also very disgusted with Tong Guan, who wanted to establish authority and seize power in the Western Army.
Originally, Tong Guan knew that Yao Zhongping was a rising star of the Shogun Mihara Yao family, and had personally summoned him to deliberately recruit him. However, the proud Yao Pingzhong treated Tong Guan with a cold eyebrow, acting businesslike, and had no intention of submitting to that emperor. Favorite minister, now he is the prime minister who holds great power in the Western Army.
Although he was very unhappy with Yao Zhongping, a newborn calf, Tong Guan did not want to completely break with Yao Xiong, Yao Gu and other senior generals who also had high status in the Western Army. Yao Zhongping's reward for his military exploits did not further suppress him. Once the matter was publicized, all the officers and soldiers of the Western Army said that in addition to the old manager and strategic minister, he could act like a child in front of the officials, and also made that person Although the Prime Minister was resentful, there was nothing she could do about it. Now there was another young captain, Yao Zhongping, who dared to openly challenge Tong Guan.
As for Xiao Tang, who is now on official business in Hedong...
Yao Pingzhong snorted in his heart, secretly saying that now that he was old, Xiaozhong's husband and Tong Guanna were at odds with each other, and the factional tendencies among the generals within the Western Army could be said to be complicated. I heard that Xiao Tang was relying on He was favored by the officials. First he took the initiative to request orders to appease the southwestern road of Beijing, and now he went to Hedong Road to conquer the bandits and form a new army. He must be like Tong Guan, who was unwilling to just be an idle official in the capital. As for those who want to compete for power in the army. Since I am a soldier, I naturally have to make a name for myself in the side court by virtue of my military exploits. Who can bear to deal with those court officials?
Thinking of this, Yao Pingzhong waved his hand impatiently and said: "Stop talking nonsense, since we have been dispatched to Hedong to suppress the bandits, we just have to kill the bandits as ordered. You guys should cheer up one by one. , Don’t let us lose the prestige of our Western army!”
Commander Qin laughed when he heard this and said: "Of course, we are not the cowards and weak generals of other state military departments. We are just fighting with those bird thieves who hang out in the green forest, but we cannot show our brothers' true abilities! "
The men and horses of the Sixth Battalion had rested for half an hour. Yao Pingzhong was about to give instructions to the commander of the Sixth Battalion to urge the soldiers and horses to prepare for the road. But at this moment, he suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the north. Yao Pingzhong He frowned, and when he was about to go to see what was going on, someone had already rushed up to the general, and bowed down and reported: "To report to the young prince, thousands of thieves suddenly rushed out of the mountains on both sides to attack our army. Now it seems that they are going to attack our army." Go straight to kill here and ask the young captain to make a decision!"
The military officer just complained, and the military officers around Yao Zhongping suddenly fell into silence. But only a moment later, something suddenly exploded in the shade of the mountain, and a wave of thunderous shouts and curses broke out:
"This is unreasonable! If the Yongxing Army, Jingyuan Road and other strongmen in the green forest bump into us, who will not go around, for fear of provoking the officers and soldiers to wipe out the bird village of those guys? I cut off the head of the Xia Army I don’t know how many hundreds there are, but these thieves and slaves in Hedong have taken advantage of the courage of bears and leopards, or they think their lives are too long and they don’t stay in the village, so they dare to come and die!?”
"Damn it, grandma. It's not like the Hedong soldiers are cowards and cowards. They also taught those thieves to think that our officers and soldiers are easy to bully! Open your damn eyes wide. Don't let a thief escape. The grass bandits are all If you dare to mess with Tai Sui, if something goes wrong in Hedong, won't you be ridiculed by your colleagues when you go back!?"
"I said you guys shouldn't compete with me for credit. If you want to fight, it's our battalion's turn to go first. I'm in a tight situation these days, so I'll kill more thieves and ask for rewards, so I can have spare money and be happy!"
The officers and soldiers of the Western Army present at the scene felt as if they were greatly humiliated when they heard that the Green Forest bandits came to attack them. They all rushed to request orders and strongly recommended to Yao Pingzhong that they should lead their troops to annihilate the bandits. And Yao Pingzhong again
Suddenly he raised his hand, and the commanders and officials around him all stopped talking, waiting for the general's order.
A smile gradually appeared on Yao Pingzhong's lips, and he thought to himself: Well, since I am a military officer, in the final analysis, I still have to rely on fighting to make a name for myself. How can I control so many powerful officials who are cheating on each other? These thieves are all here.
It's a good time to come, and it saves me the trouble of searching for it. It's not too late to annihilate this group of bandits who don't know whether to live or die, and worry about the rest in the future.
After Yao Zhongping thought about it, he immediately ordered: "Since the thief is coming towards us, we will kill the thief! Lao Qin, lead the brothers from your battalion to march forward, and the other two battalions will surround the thief from the left and right, cutting off the thief's formation.
I will also prepare my horses to teach the thieves east of Hedong how powerful the Western Army is, and how many eyes the Horse King God has!"