"Today's great victory is all due to the marshal's courage. We admire him, we admire him..."
During the day, a bewildered Guicada sat high up, while a group of generals below were overjoyed to salute him, sincerely.
Several Jishui officers even kowtowed. There was nothing they could do. They, the soldiers of the Qi State who were assigned to Guitian, were all miscellaneous troops, and they were a miscellaneous army among the miscellaneous troops.
He is neither the main force of Qihou's Wuxiang Army nor a descendant of an old local family.
Most of them were countrymen, and many were just ordinary samurai.
When it comes to loyalty, it's not that I don't have it, it's just not that strong.
To be able to stay this time, in addition to the fact that the wealthy families of the five capitals gave in, there was also a situation that did not allow them to do their best.
After all, veterans like them also know what will happen if they flee.
If you fight hard and block the enemy's rear, you can survive half of the time. If you just run away, you might all die.
In addition, during the day before, the Lu Army had just crossed the Wenshui River, and their momentum was so arrogant. A normal Qi Army would have attacked halfway across the river, or fired thousands of arrows. At the worst, they would have beaten the Lu Army.
The footing is not stable.
But the real situation is not like this. After the backbone of the Qi army broke out, he ordered the bulls to come, and only through discussions with the big bosses of all parties could the battle be brought down.
In a hurry, who will send troops and who will take charge, who will fight and how to fight are all problems.
Therefore, Guitian was obviously very timid, but his accidental collision made the middle and lower-ranking officers in the Qi army realize that this old man from Chen Guo knew his business.
Then Guitian made another nonsense about "The Theory of Courage": Fighting is also about courage.
He sounded like a cultured person, which made a group of middle and lower-level officers who had only received basic education immediately admire him.
As far as the level of this old man from Chen Guo is concerned, he is no worse than the Five Generators.
What do you mean by a five-genre doctor? Below the Marquis of Qi, above ten thousand people.
You're lucky, buddy.
There are a total of thirty thousand Qi troops after the break, of which there are just over ten thousand regular soldiers, and the rest are all supply troops, auxiliary troops, and even some civilians in the rear.
During the night attack, half of the civilians ran away because they saw the menacing Lu people coming during the day. In addition, the morale of their own side was low. The bosses were all dead, and their mood was extremely bad.
Many people have already lost their mentality. Suddenly they are met with loud shouts of death. Why don't they run away?
It was clear that the Lu people would not let them go and planned to end the battle in one night.
However, during the day, not only did half of the people who ran away come back, but they also brought three to four thousand more people with them...
Guitian always feels that life's fate is very subtle. You said that I am a Chen State person, why did I come to Qi State to be a marshal?
His small goal at the beginning was to make ends meet, but after meeting the rich woman from Anyi, Gui Tian, who didn't want to work hard, thought that this life would be over.
But who would have thought that when Yan State was in trouble, Qi State happened to have some connections, so he thought about getting some benefits from Yan State, so that he could gain a foothold in Qi State.
Hey, the desperadoes of the Beihai clan are really desperate, and many of them are willing to make a living with him.
Now that he has become one of the marshals of the Qi army, he is still a "general" of the Qi state. Although he does not have the seal and signature of the Marquis of Qi, he can still press his fingerprints at any time while holding the body of the Marquis of Qi.
"In this battle, just as the marshal said, the Lu army made great efforts, then weakened again, and was exhausted three times. Our soldiers went out to fight for their lives, and finally won a great victory. Marshal, today's orders for my subordinates are given by the marshal.
.Marshal! Please accept my subordinates and bow again..."
"Thank you Marshal for surviving!"
"Thank you Marshal for surviving!"
"Thank you Marshal for surviving!"
Gui Tian, who was sitting in the main seat, trembled. How did he do this? He even packed up gold and silver items in his tent.
Alas, this gold and silver is so soft...forget it, forget it.
So Guitian slapped his thigh, stood up and said loudly: "The victory in this battle is not due to me, but to the kings using their lives and the soldiers to die. Li Zi said: The military attaché does not care about his life, so he can win. Today, all the soldiers do not care about their lives, I
… He doesn’t hesitate to make money.”
After saying this, Guitian said loudly: "Come here! I have already prepared gold, silver and silk in the military tent to congratulate all the soldiers on their great victory!"
All the convinced officers and commanders in the camp were stunned at this moment.
They just took advantage of their mood to thank them. After all, whether they win or not is a trivial matter. The important thing is to survive.
As for the matter of ending the relationship, it might just be the ending.
Therefore, survival is the first rule, and the rest is how to gain benefits if you win.
As for the belongings of the Lu Army in Hebei, they were nothing more than a pile of tattered equipment, which the people of Qi didn't even care about.
Yesterday's night attack caused some losses to the Qi army, but the Lu army was much larger. Hundreds of tents were burned down, leaving the camp a scorched earth.
Even now, there are still a large number of corpses in the temporary camp in Hebei where the Lu army is based.
Along the Wenshui River, there are now many corpses. If nothing else, there will definitely be another plague.
Under the current situation, all the soldiers of Qi State want to go home as soon as possible.
After returning home, I will never be able to do this job again unless I can do it.
But I never expected that this old man from Chen Guolai was so majestic and bright.
This...is this a way to take the lead in spreading wealth?!
Before the Qi Kingdom, they always took the lead and divided the money first.
"Yuan, Yuan, Marshal! This, this, this..."
"Gentlemen, don't talk too much!"
Guitian raised his hand and righteously interrupted the person who wanted to speak, and said to the guards on the left and right, "All the gold, silver, wealth, and silk will be distributed."
"Hi!"
The two burly guards immediately led people over to move things.
Not long after, several large boxes were brought over, and at this time, there were several more officials and hundreds of generals in the camp.
Originally, a low-level officer like a hundred-man general was not even qualified to talk to Guida.
But Guitian said, the soldiers sacrificed their lives last night, and he, the marshal, just took advantage of everyone, so how could he get any credit? No.
Then Guida said again that as a marshal, he is just a decoration. Apart from his wife's family having some money, he can also reward everyone, but he has no ability. Don't be offended.
Such heartfelt words immediately moved the soldiers of Qi State to tears.
After serving as a soldier for so many years and following so many marshals, this old man from Chen Guo was seeing money for the first time.
When the guards of the Beihai clan slapped a gold bar into the hands of a Lang Guan, the low-born Lang Guan knelt down in front of Gui Tian and said all kinds of kneeling and licking words in his hometown dialect.
G.
Guita didn’t understand either. Anyway, he just nodded his head and was done.
When it was next time, the guard of the Beihai clan reminded his boss in a low voice: "Junzi, this person is from Changdi. What he said just now is that he speaks in a bad dialect. He is willing to join the gentleman's family, and the gentleman agreed."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Guida was furious.
Holy shit, is this even possible?!
I, Chen, am traveling all over the world. When have I ever lowered my status?
Just when he was about to refuse, he saw that Lang Guan, who was of humble origin, had already slashed his sword into the palm of his hand, and then wiped a handful of blood on his face.
"..."
His lips trembled, and Gui Tian's regretful words were not uttered after all.
He felt that if he regretted it now and said it out loud, someone might die.
Either the official committed suicide, or someone like him committed suicide.
After dividing the gold, silver, wealth and silk, he finally calmed down. After closing the door, Gui Tian hurriedly asked the guard: "These Qi Guolang officials are mostly from the Gongqing noble family. How can there be a Chang Di person?"
"The gentleman must have forgotten that in the early years, the 'Second Guards' often hunted Chang Di. After the fall of Chang Di, they were divided into Shanhu and others. Before the fall of the Xing Kingdom, the 'Second Guards' often had intermarried Chang Di remnants."
The so-called "two guardians" are actually the Guo family and the Gao family.
These two families, similar to General Heng Ha next to Li Jie, are the type who will never rebel.
And General Heng Ha of Qi State would use any means to deal with the barbarians in the north of Qi State.
There were fights and killings, and there were intermarriages. During this period, people from various Changdi families would naturally flow into Qi.
But even if they survive, their descendants will probably be looked down upon.
Most of the people who were able to escape were because they were dowries for the "princess" of Changdi. They were usually the slaves of the "princess"'s husband. How noble could their status be?
Some are even born to "princess", but their families look down upon them, so they can only rely on their own efforts.
It is not impossible for one or two of them to stand out.
Wudulang officials are originally controlled by wealthy families, and the wealthy families are dominated by the Guo family and the Gao family. After so many years, it is normal for there to be such an old country and the Gao family, and there is also the blood of the "Princess" Chang Di.
"Then...then that's it."
It was night, and Gui Tian couldn't sleep because he had insomnia.