Chapter 163: The Old Army of Yongzhou
Li Zhang saw that Yang Jingzong was unrelenting, and he was going to pick up the stick on the ground again, so he hurriedly pulled him down: "Uncle, listen to the little nephew's kind words and persuasion, let's stop today." If you are interested, my nephew has two bottles www.biquge.info of good wine that can't be bought outside, and I will be the host tonight, how about our uncle and nephew talk about the wine?
It's okay not to say it, as soon as he said this, Yang Jingzong didn't know where to get angry, and squinted at Li Zhang: "I know that you and Yongning Hou are brothers who grew up since childhood, and he makes wine at home, do you have any good wine there?" This thief's bone on the ground is his man, and you will protect it with all your might. Xu Ping is a minister of waiting, born as a jinshi, is it very good to study and be an official? A thief and beggar like an ant, just because he knows him, dares to come to my house to sprinkle! Li Zhang, let me tell you, if anyone dares to stop me and kill this guy on the ground today, it is my enemy, be careful of my methods! β
Li Zhang said: "Uncle, don't say that, everything depends on my face, not on my face, but also on the face of the official's family. When something happened, the official family was embarrassed, and the queen mother was not easy to explain. β
Yang Jingzong shook Li Zhang suddenly: "Don't use the Queen Mother and the official family to press me!" No one is here today! β
After speaking, he picked up the wooden stick and hit Qiao Datou on the ground.
Li Zhang saw that it was not the road, so he hurriedly rushed up to hug Yang Jingzong.
Yang Jingzong kicked away and said to the guards next to him, "What are you guys doing standing there stupidly? Don't come up and pull the little yane back! Let him watch from the side, and see how I can kill this bastard on the ground! β
The guards didn't dare to disobey the order and came up to stop Li Zhang.
Li Zhang brought two platoons over and came up together to protect Li Zhang.
Yang Jingzong saw that Li Zhang could no longer stop himself, took the stick, spit into his palm, and walked to Qiao Datou's side. Grit your teeth, and the stick will fall.
At this moment, more than a dozen big men suddenly poured in outside the door, shouting together: "The Imperial City Division bullied our old army in Yongzhou, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is no royal law left!" β
When Li Zhang saw the people who came in, the leader was Lu Fang from the Qiaodao Xiang Army, and the others were all selected from the Xiang Army and the township soldiers in Yongzhou to make up for the Sanya Forbidden Army. Looking at these people, Li Zhang only felt that his head was big for a while.
Breaking a country and receiving the surrender of the king of the enemy country in the imperial city is of great significance to Zhao Zhen. For a period of time, he has been constantly selecting talents from Yong Langlu, personally receiving them in the Chongzheng Palace, and making up for them in the Sanya Forbidden Army. After these people arrived in the capital, they were rewarded continuously, and their promotions were fast, they were a small force, and Gao Daquan was just the most prominent one.
The Sanya Forbidden Army is different from the bureaucrats in the officialdom, and even different from the local Xiang Army and Fan soldiers, they are professional troops, and the tradition has been handed down since the time of the Five Dynasties. Suddenly, such a force joined in, and it was valued more than others, and it was naturally excluded.
These people are either Guangnan or Fujian, who have traveled thousands of miles to the capital, far away from their hometowns, and are not accustomed to the water and soil, which is all kinds of unpleasantness. Coupled with being ostracized by colleagues, everyone has a sense of resentment. Xu Ping is no longer in the army at this time, he has to avoid suspicion, and he can't give them a head, they are in a state of leaderlessness. That is to say, Zhao Zhen values them, and the generous treatment is considered a kind of comfort.
Today, some of these people are looking for fun in Sweetwater Lane, and when they get the news by chance, as soon as someone agitates them, this resentment will come out. Qiao Datou and Chen Laoshi were just idlers raised in Yongzhou back then, and no one usually paid attention to them until the war with Jiaozhi, in order to boost morale, these two veterans and descendants who attacked Jiaozhi decades ago were pushed out again. Chen Laoshi held his breath to snow the shame of decades ago, although he did not participate in the battle, he has always been at the front of the team as a guide, and he was the first to enter Thang Long Mansion, Xu Ping also specially commended it, and many people knew him.
Friendship is that no one has a relationship with Qiao Datou, he is confused all day long, and he can't get along with people. But so what? Now that he is thousands of miles away from his hometown, this is his own people, and these Yongzhou veterans are just going to give Qiao a big head.
Yang Jingzong is a street scoundrel, relying on the favor of his clan sister to rise all the way, how can these veterans with military achievements look down on him? Since this guy is unreasonable first, let's make a big deal and let people know that these soldiers from Yongzhou are not easy to bully. With the emperor behind him, as long as he has a good grasp of proportion, what about the Imperial City Division?
Seeing one or twenty big men rushing into the door like wolves, Yang Jingzong was startled and half sobered up. The more you tolerate it, the more arrogant he will be, if you dare to show the knife, he will turn his head and run. Yang Jingzong couldn't change his temper for many years, so he involuntarily put down the stick in his hand.
Most of the military attaches who surrounded the gambling money were from the children of the Sanya, and they recognized at a glance that the person who came was newly added to the Sanya. They usually look at these people as unpleasant, a group of barbarians from the frontier, who have gained some military exploits by luck, come to the capital to grab their promotion opportunities and their rewards. Do you really think that you are a strong soldier in a hundred battles? What a laughing person! How many of these people are their ancestors who followed Taizu to fight in the east and west, and fought in the south and the north, how can these people compare?
Most of the old sons of the heroes and heroes of the front division of the palace are in the inner hall, and most of the people from Yongzhou are in the casual class. There are also other classes, but these two classes are the most concentrated. The loose members are those who are highly skilled and brave in martial arts recruited from the state armies, and they have no background in the army. In the past, they had no core and were often bullied, but after these people from Yongzhou came, they gradually united, and they usually contradicted the inner temple.
Although there are few people in the palace, he is on duty in the palace and is the closest person to the emperor, but his status is high. At that time, the tens of thousands of troops under Xu Ping only made up dozens of people to join the class, and these dozens of people were already a big force.
Seeing that Yang Jingzong was intimidated by the momentum of the old army in Yongzhou, and couldn't even speak for a while, a military attache named Su Zhengyuan stood up and said loudly: "You barbarians from Yongzhou are used to being wild in the local area, and there is no half of the rules!" What is the identity of Yang Taiwei as the Imperial City Division? You dare to break into his house with open fire! It's really the opposite! β
Lu Fang sneered: "It turns out that this is Taiwei Yang's house!" Who in the capital doesn't know what Sweetwater Lane is? You people are openly gambling hereβ" At this point, he pointed to a few disheveled women on the side, "and you are so indecent in broad daylight, and whoever comes in will not be considered a serious place!" It turns out that Mrs. Yang usually does this kind of business? It was an eye-opener today! β
Su Zhengyuan was annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Who are you?" A box army, dare to take care of the affairs of the Imperial City Division and the Sanya Forbidden Army? No wonder those people around you are unproductive, and they follow behind the ass of a box army every day! β
"The road in the world is uneven, and there are people who step on it, and there are people who take care of it! What happened to Xiang Jun? Back in Langzhou, my grandfather once killed the Jiaozhi general Li Fengxiao with one shot! What are you, dare to talk about it! β
The most annoying thing for Su Zhengyuan and these people is that the people from Yongzhou can't talk about their military exploits at every turn, which is the shortcoming of their own people. As soon as he heard Lu Fang mention it again today, he said impatiently: "Jiaozhi is a small country, just blow it and it will be destroyed!" It's just you barbarians, you haven't seen the world, and finally the blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, picked up some war exploits, and talked about it every day! If we use the forbidden army to go, a fool will be able to win! β
Lu Fang's face sank suddenly, and he pointed to Qiao Datou on the ground and said gloomily: "The person who was beaten by you on the ground was originally from Hedong Road and Bingzhou. His father, who was originally a forbidden army, was conscripted by Emperor Taizong to fight Jiaozhi, and his division was unfavorable, and he was exiled in Lingnan. What you just said was a rebuke to Emperor Taizong? β
Su Zhengyuan forgot for a while that Taizong had conquered Jiaozhi, but he was defeated and returned. Just said it smoothly, but Lu Fang grabbed the handle, and was so frightened that he closed his mouth tightly, and didn't dare to say a word again.
Lu Fang took a step forward, bent down and asked Qiao Datou on the ground: "Datou, do you have anything wrong?" Is the injury serious? β
Qiao Datou moved, spat blood out of his mouth, and said loudly: "Haha, this guy can't kill grandpa after all!" But if I am left with my life, sooner or later I will want you to look good! β
Yang Jingzong, who is a relative of the country and the deputy chief of the Imperial City Division, stood aside and couldn't say anything.
Emperor Taizu didn't know how many battles he had gone through in his life, and he did all the checks in front of the palace in the Later Zhou Dynasty with his military exploits. Familiar with military affairs, knowing people and being good at their duties, the generals in charge of the army during the time of Taizu were mostly people who could recruit and fight well.
When Taizong ascended the throne, he had never fought any battles, and his military talent was even more average, but he thought very highly of himself. Whenever the generals go on the expedition, Taizong draws the formation map, gives the strategy, and asks about everything. When it was the most outrageous, the general led his troops to fight, and Taizong would give them a clever plan, telling them which one to dismantle when they encountered something, and which one to dismantle where they went, which one was quite Zhuge Liang's clever plan. It's a pity that he doesn't have Zhuge Liang's talent, and in fact, Zhuge Liang can't do this, only a layman who doesn't know anything about military affairs will use this kind of crooked brain.
Since that time, the generals leading the troops have been inferior to one year to the next, and one is not as good as the other. The people of the Song Dynasty had already seen it clearly, and when they said Taizong, anyone who had some ability couldn't stand to lead troops under this kind of person. On the other hand, those who can lead the troops under him are only cowardly and incompetent, as long as they are obedient. Therefore, the general of the Taizong Dynasty is basically the former minister of his domain, except for a reliable and reassuring one, he has no advantages.
Zhenzong continued his father's problem, and those who were promoted to lead the troops were all his former ministers of the East Palace. They can't fight wars, they are corrupt, and they are more powerful than the other. In the end, it became more and more intense, so that Yang Yanzhao and several people made more military exploits in the frontier, and some people recommended them to join the Sanya Management Army, and Zhenzong actually said that I let them be in the border pass for their good, let them come to the capital, and others will crowd out and frame them.
The incompetence of managing the army and leading the troops will have no prestige in a place like the army. After the alliance of Zhenzong Yuanyuan, it was common for the forbidden army to be subordinate to the top, and it was common for the soldiers to disobey discipline, and they only knew that the obedient chief officer couldn't manage it if he wanted to.
In particular, Taizong also deliberately connived at this kind of thing, so as to achieve the purpose of using small soldiers to contain his superiors, so that he could firmly grasp the power of the army. With such an army, military discipline is already a joke. (To be continued.) )