"Along the way, I haven't seen you speak, what's wrong, in a bad mood? We've won a great victory, and we'll be rewarded when we go back. Niu Jinda walked to Suning's side, patted Suning's shoulder behind him, and from the moment he received the emperor's order to return to Chang'an Military University to prepare for the reward, Niu Jinda noticed that Suning's face did not have a trace of smile, with a gloomy atmosphere, as if he was troubled by something.

What is it like, everyone's feelings along the way are not too high, in the past, they were all elated when they led the army back to the division to receive the reward, for fear that they would lose the reward if they went slower than others, but this time, everyone, nine hundred and fifty-nine people, not just Suning, everyone was very silent, and there was a gloomy atmosphere.

Niu Jinda, who has experienced a hundred battles, of course knows what this is, so I want to focus on comforting the initiator Suning, because of that incident, Suning himself did not expect such a big impact, Niu Jinda is very sure, Suning himself does not know, otherwise it would not be so gloomy, but should be very angry, the kind that people say.

It's the first time I've seen such a dull Suning!

"Oh, it's fine, I just don't want to talk." Suning looked up at Niu Jinda, showing a reluctant smile, now his heart is very messy, he doesn't want to talk, he doesn't want to talk, so he has to deal with it like this.

Niu Jinda smiled, turned his gaze away, still riding side by side with Suning, and said, "Is it because of the fire that the bureaucrats have a bad heart? ”

Suning's heart suddenly sudden, and in an instant, a sea of fire suddenly appeared in front of him, and a distorted screaming shadow appeared in it. Hurriedly tightened the big gun in his hand, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Niu Jinda smiled lightly and said: "Don't pretend, I know, this fire burned too badly, everyone's hearts are not comfortable, it doesn't matter, if it is not comfortable, everyone is not comfortable, which means that everyone still has a conscience, this conscience can be used on the people of Datang, if it really reaches the point of ignoring life and death." Then when facing the people of Datang. If you don't please and feel uncomfortable, it means that you are still alone. ”

Suning looked up at Niu Jinda strangely and asked, "Uncle Niu doesn't think he is a human?" ”

Niu Jinda showed a look of reminiscing about the past and said, "Yes." Ever since putting on this armor. Pick up this iron lance. Since killing the first person, the old man will not look at himself as a man, Sanming, I ask you. If you need to sacrifice the lives of a hundred Tang people to win because of a war, are you willing? ”

Suning was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "If you really can't, there is no other choice." ”

Unexpectedly, Niu Jinda continued to ask, "What about a thousand?" ”

Suning frowned and said, "A thousand, it's too much, right?" ”

Niu Jinda laughed: "As expected, as expected, Sanming, if it is an old man, 10,000 people are fine, in order to win a battle, sacrifice 10,000 people, what is the pity?" This is the so-called success of ten thousand bones, the old man can accept it, and I don't know when it started, the old man can accept it, isn't it ridiculous, the grand wish made when he was young, willing to fight for the common people in the world, nine deaths without regrets, in the end, but with the common people in the world, he achieved his own ......"

Suning lowered his head, recalled his journey along the way, and closed his eyes: "Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering." ”

Niu Jinda sighed and said: "Yes, it is the people who are prosperous and suffering, and it is the people who are in turmoil and suffering, whether it rises or falls, it is the people who suffer, they are the ones who suffer, and they are the ones who suffer, and I, hehehe, have long forgotten the original oath, right?" Fame and fortune, it is really a poison in the intestines, the old man still remembers the grand wish he made when he saw thousands of miles of starvation, but after that, after seeing life and death, he never had such an impulse.

Or are you young and can feel uneasy when you burn the enemy, but what about the old man? It is estimated that even if it is one's own people who are burned to death, as long as it is beneficial to the war situation, they will not feel guilty, because if they have made meritorious service, they can be rewarded, and fame and fortune are at their fingertips, this was the case before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it is even more so.

The reason why the old man wants to enter the military university is because of the precept you set for the military university, please go his way to get promoted and make a fortune, and don't enter the door if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, in fact, people with a discerning eye know that such a place, if you enter, you will be promoted and make a fortune, greedy for life and afraid of death, and who is really not afraid of death? Whether it is a heroic hero or a small people, there is no one who is not afraid of death.

The old man once thought that this military university, which is also like this, will sooner or later become a place for high-ranking officials and nobles to compete, rather than a place for cultivating military talents, but the old man gradually found that this is not the case, it seems that your salvation has driven away those who want to use the military university as a tool for power and profit, and the military university is a real military university, and it has been cultivated, and these children are all excellent children who can take on great responsibilities.

In the final analysis, that precept is just a symbol, in the end, the most hope is that the promotion and wealth will not make the children of the military university greedy for life and afraid of death, I hope that they will always be able to fight bravely as they are now, and when they are old, they are still impulsive, and the old man's colleagues and friends have begun to enjoy the position of power after they have conquered the country, and they have almost forgotten it, but the old man still remembers the oath he made that year and that day.

It's good to be young, it's really good, stay with you, the old man can really feel that he hasn't become too much, although he is used to seeing life and death, his heart is like iron, but, at least he hasn't forgotten the original time, what he is for what he embarked on this road, the older he gets, the more greedy he is for life and afraid of death, many people are like this, the more he is used to life and death, the more he doesn't care about the life and death of others, the more he cares about his own life and death.

It's really not good to see life and death, it's really not good, Sanming, staying with you, the old man can feel that he is still alive, and he can feel that he is gradually becoming the same as he was at the beginning, you must not change, don't become the same as those old guys. What they say is, cruel to outsiders, gentle to their own people, that will drive them crazy, don't believe them, be cruel to outsiders, will be even more cruel to their own people, you know? ”

Suning looked at Niu Jinda in surprise, Niu Jinda smiled mysteriously and stopped talking......

Much later. Suning realized this truth.

The New Year has passed. The students of the military academy did not make it to go home for the New Year, and there were forty of them...... There will never be a return, there will never be a New Year, and the people who survive are in a heavy mood. They don't know how to deal with the crying family members. Not knowing how to face their families. This is even more true of the forty entrusted men, who even less know how to tell their families that their close comrades-in-arms have lost their lives.

obviously said that he wanted to be a general and let his family live a good life. I was no longer bullied by others, and I did the same, and entered the military university, seeing that good days were coming, but in the first battle, this first battle, they lost their lives, for the ideals in their hearts, for the ardent expectations of their families, they lost their lives......

How to deal with the living?

Everyone's mood is very contradictory, if every reward must be accompanied by the pain of losing a close friend, and it must be accompanied by the pain of family members, then such a reward is better never to come, really, don't come, come once, the wound will deepen once, come once, the wound will deepen once, the wound will be more serious, the heart will hurt more.

The criteria for awarding honors and awarding knighthoods promised by Li Er's Majesty will be applied to every military university student, but the requirements for awarding knighthoods are too high, and the main merits of this operation are concentrated on Suning and Niu Jinda, and the students did not play a decisive role, and it is difficult to award knighthoods just by killing the number of enemies, so the rewards this time are mainly awarded to officers.

There are 12 levels of Datang's ranks, from the second rank above the pillar country to the seventh rank of the military cavalry captain, a total of 12 levels, do not look at the status of the party, only look at the size of the merit, even if it is a civilian, it can also be awarded a medal, even if it is a high-ranking general, perhaps relying on the position held by the relationship, there is no rank at all, so whether it has a medal can be regarded as whether it is an official position with real talent and learning.

People with the rank of honor, no official position, but can enjoy the benefits of the same level of officials as the rank, this is one of the most fair and transparent systems in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, Suning has won two consecutive victories before the rank has been promoted to the rank from the third rank of the guard, and this time again to quell the rebellion of the wingmen, basically become the third rank of the protector is not in doubt, 30,000 wingmen were all wiped out, more than 200,000 wingmen were arrested Zhuangding, this credit is not ordinarily big, of course, as the boss, Niu Jinda's rank of Upper Protector is also about to be promoted to the pillar country of the second grade.

According to the number of enemies killed and the standard of awards, this battle is a battle on the battlefield, and the lowest is also a reward of five turns, every surviving student has killed about ten wingmen, like Xue Rengui, a fierce man, Wang Xuance next to him counted, and told Suning that Xue Rengui killed more than 200 wingmen alone, and Wang Xuance himself only killed more than 30 people, Xue Rengui was too fierce.

Therefore, according to the medal system, 959 people, all of them will be awarded the title of cavalry lieutenant, and the other Xiangyong because it is not a regular army, and the number of enemies killed is not obvious, it is directly converted into a silver reward, only the surviving 959 military university students and a small number of Chengdu defenders have won the medals, and they are all low-class medals, during this period, the Tang government awarded medals are more restrictive, the irregular army awards are very strict, and the regular army is trained to strictly review the number of enemies killed.

In the later period, probably the beginning of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, the honors gradually flooded and were out of control, so that the medal was greatly depreciated and became a chicken rib, and at the beginning the award was also because the Tang government tried to stimulate and tempt civilians to join the army, and later, because it was really easy to obtain the medal, the medal has become a dispensable thing, but in this period, the medal is still a very important criterion for judging military merits.

1,000 people went out, 959 people came back, united with the Han people in Shuzhong and 3,000 defenders, a total of 8,000 people, a total of more than 200,000 people killed, killed and captured more than 200,000 wingmen, and the direct killing of the wingmen was also about 60,000, and the real battle was won, and the object was Li Erma's baby pimple military university student, Li Ermaxi would not be stingy, he would be quite generous, Xue Rengui such a big military exploit, it is estimated that he will be awarded a higher level of cavalry lieutenant and even light car lieutenant.

Suning doesn't care about these, the rank is nothing to him at this time, because Shangzhuguo, who has no official position, if he wants to be an official, he can only do the official position on the sixth grade, and he is suddenly such a big level, or a loose official, and it is not so easy to be a real power official.

Suning doesn't lack these, he really doesn't lack them, but the forty students who died in battle, and the fire, he will never forget.

The ashes of the forty students were carried on their chests by the people they had entrusted to them, brought back, handed over to their families, or placed in the Shrine of the Loyal Soul......

When I arrived at the Chang'an area, when I could see the magnificent appearance of the military university, snowflakes fell in the sky, and the bigger and bigger they were, the bigger and bigger they became......

Brothers, let's go home...... (To be continued......)

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