Chapter 406: Plan ahead
The four words "hold troops and respect yourself" are spoken, and the meaning of the word is full of the eccentricity.
All the generals in the commander's tent were stunned. Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything for a while.
Even Duan Wuji, who was also from Shiqiao Village, has always stood on Gu Qing's side without asking whether it was right or wrong, and did not say anything. He stared at Gu Qing's face and blinked hard, as if he was wondering if he had heard it wrong just now.
Gu Qing saw the expressions of everyone, smiled, and said, "Look at your prospects, do you think I want to rebel just like An Lushan?"
Everyone was still silent.
"What I mean by 'holding troops and self-respecting' means to let the emperor know my weight and prestige in the Anxi Army, and let the Chang'an court discover an iron-like fact, that is, if the Anxi Army leaves my commander, there may be a big incident, forcing the court to transfer me back to Anxi and continue to be the governor."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and their expressions looked much more relaxed.
If it wasn't for rebellion, it would be easy. It turned out that the Marquis meant to force the court to transfer him back to Anxi.
"Mr. Marquis, please make sure what you have next time. It is best not to use idioms..." Li Siye smiled bitterly and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Gu Qing was stunned: "You are a rude man who actually mocked me as a well-known talent. Who gave you the courage? Is the idiom I used wrong?"
Chang Zhong sighed and said, "Marty, 'Holding troops and respecting oneself' is not what you just said..."
Then all the generals in the commander's tent nodded and agreed, telling Gu Qing straightforwardly that he used the wrong idiom.
Gu Qing touched his chin and murmured: "It is said that truth is within the range of the cannon, so... if I order each of them to reward ten military sticks, is it possible to hit a truth?"
After a word was spoken, there was silence in the tent.
Duan Wuji suddenly said in a serious and authoritative tone: "The Marquis's 'Holding Army' is not wrong, it is very suitable to use it here. I am a scholar, and all the generals believe me."
After the silence, everyone in the tent turned around and nodded vigorously to agree.
Of course, this is how "holding troops and respecting one's own strength" is used. The Marquis is a talented man all over the world. Can the words he uses are wrong? What's more, there is a shameless scholar who proves it to him.
Gu Qingzhan said with a smile: "That's right. The army not only has no jokes, but there are no noises. Only when everyone maintains a high degree of consistency at all times is an invincible excellent team."
It was a bit obscure, but everyone still understood the basic meaning, and there was another echo.
His eyes turned to Liu Hongbo. Liu Hongbo was a latecomer in the Anxi Army. He was transferred to the second batch of left guards and Jinwu Guards to guard the border. Liu Hongbo was introverted and not good at socializing, so he had a weak sense of presence among the generals of the Anxi Army.
Gu Qing smiled at him and said, "The training of the Unity Soldiers cannot be stopped. Rewards and meat are available every day, and they cannot be interrupted for a day. How are they practicing now?"
Liu Hongbo stood up and said, "The Unity Soldiers have been trained for more than three months, and now they are a little bit like that. Perhaps not as good as the soldiers of the Anxi Army, but they are only stronger than the soldiers stationed in the Tang Pass. According to the Marquis' new training method, each Unity Soldier has improved its physical strength and endurance. Twenty people have been selected into General Li Siye's Modao Camp this month."
Gu Qing smiled approvingly and said, "General Liu is good at his ability. The Unity Soldier is the reserve of the Anxi Army. If he enters Yumen Pass to serve the king in the future, these tens of Unity Soldiers will also enter the pass together. At that time, they will be regular soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no such thing as "Unity Soldiers". By the way, in order to train them, how many have you killed?"
Liu Hongbo shouted: "I killed eight people. These eight people did not accept military orders and often incite laziness. They are scoundrels in their daily words and deeds. After the generals checked them, they beheaded them and showed them publicly. After killing these eight people, the united army and army had a new look. These eight people are worth killing."
"Okay, the black sheep will kill one, and you cannot tolerate it."
Then Gu Qing looked at Chang Zhong and said, "The 5,000 people in the Shixi Camp have been shown. From tomorrow on, I will practice one more item every day, hold the ten-pound bucket flat for me, keep it for half an hour, and add one more hour after getting used to it... No matter whether I am in Anxi or not, the training content is not allowed to stop."
Chang Zhong was stunned: "Marty, why is this?"
"No, just do it, I have my own intention."
"yes!"
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Yingzhou City.
Feng Yu and Shi Siming's personal relationship has become deeper and deeper, and the two have basically reached the point where they can talk to each other at night to sleep.
This is Feng Yu's ability. He is cheerful and generous, especially when he is very good at speaking, he can always talk along other people's topics, and then flatter him without any trace. Of course, he will eventually be righteous and solve the other party's actual difficulties and show the noble quality of knowing friends in times of adversity. Even if the other party is heartless, it is difficult for Feng Yu to regard him as an outsider after this combination of fist.
Putting aside the two of them drinking and visiting brothels every day, Feng Yu did solve many difficulties for Shi Siming.
An Lushan ordered Shi Siming to fill up the food and grass for Pinglu Army within three months. In a hurry, Shi Siming's hair turned white. There were many merchants in Pinglu, but most of them were medium-sized merchants. No one could afford such a big deal. Fortunately, God pleaded with mercy and made him know Feng Yu.
Originally, Shi Siming had doubts about Feng Yushang and did not dare to believe in his origin and strength, but Feng Yu proved his strength with practical actions.
Last month, he gave 5,000 stones of food and grass without saying a word. This month he promised to arrange another 20,000 stones immediately, so that General Shi would definitely complete the military order of An Jie Zheng on time and in quantity.
Shi Siming was overjoyed and immediately attracted Feng Yu as his true friend.
No matter how luxurious or generous a person is when he is enjoying, he will forget it in a blink of an eye and cannot buy true friendship. However, if someone stands up to help when he is in a dilemma, such friends must be made.
Shi Siming felt that Feng Yu was a real friend, and his generous and generous helping him were very obvious advantages, not to mention that he was very good at chatting, such friends were worthy of sincere contact.
In the following days, Shi Siming's attitude towards Feng Yu changed significantly. The most obvious thing was that Feng Yu found that there were fewer eyeliners around his house to monitor him, and Shi Siming became more and more casual with him, and occasionally even took the initiative to treat him.
Feng Yu calmed down, and on the surface he still had the arrogant and domineering playboy's face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.
He found that the time was ripe.
In the house in Yingzhou City, at night, only a dim candlestick was lit in the room.
Li Jianjiu had a serious expression. Feng Yu, who was sitting opposite her, sat down without looking. He leaned half-sitting and half-lying against the cushion, with a cynical frivolous smile on the corner of his mouth.
"How sure are you? If you have the intention of taking a gamble, I advise you not to be lucky. The troops under An Lushan are not chaotic. They have been border troops guarding the northern border of the Tang Dynasty over the years. They have very high combat power and alertness. If you are not careful, you will be seen." Li Jianjiu's face was tense, with a strange cuteness.
Feng Yu kept staring at her face, and the more he looked at her, the more he liked her. Although this woman was a little older than him, she was strangely attracted to her like a young girl who was not very experienced in the world.
"Whether you are sure or not, this matter must be done. Calculate the day, and it is getting closer and closer to An Lushan's uprising. If I don't stab him secretly, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future." Feng Yu smiled lazily.
Li Jianjiu said in confusion: "Shi Siming trusts you very much?"
"I'm more trusting..." Feng Yu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Three days ago, Shi Siming and I were both drunk. He took the initiative to invite me to sleep in the same room and bed, and he was not prepared for me. Haha, the guy snored like thunder after falling asleep, which made me sleep all night and opened my eyes until dawn."
Li Jianjiu looked at him deeply and said, "Do you know how much risk you are going to take when you are going to do what you are going to do? Once discovered, Shi Siming will make you worse than death."
Feng Yu's smile gradually faded and he sighed: "Ajiu, I know it's very dangerous, but I have to do it because this is the task assigned to me by Brother Gu..."
"Can you ignore life and death by Marquis Gu's words?"
Feng Yu's eyes became blurred, and a thick fog seemed to rise in his eyes. At the end of the thick fog was the once barren mountain village.
"Brother Gu and I were both born in Shiqiao Village. Ajiu. You don't know how poor Shiqiao Village was once, that kind of poverty... is a poverty that makes people desperate for generations. Some people can't stand it. They went out to recruit soldiers and all died on the battlefield. Those who didn't go out were the elderly and women and children. They lived hard on several acres of thin fields, and they couldn't die of starving to eat, as if God gave us life to the purpose of reincarnation."
"I used to be hungry. Every year, I went to dig wild vegetables from the mountains and caught fish in the river. When I was so hungry, I also caught mice in the hole to eat. Do you know how to catch mice? I found the mouse hole, and the damp firewood smoked, and the thick smoke smoked at the entrance of the hole. A bamboo basket was blocked outside the hole. The mouse was so smoked that it could not stand it, so it ran out of the hole and fell into the bamboo basket. A mouse removed the intestines and had only two bites of meat that could be eaten. Such a little meat, the children in the village snatched each other and beat each other up to their heads and bloodshed..."
"I have lived like this for more than ten years. Until one day, Brother Gu's temperament changed drastically. He became different from the past. He was no longer the cowardly and kind orphan. He became very strong, domineering, full of murderous spirit and hostility. At the same time, he also had inexplicable abilities. He took us to build porcelain kilns and run village schools. From then on, every household of our villagers could afford meat and had the courage to go to the county town to buy flower cloth to make new clothes. The girls in other villages took the initiative to find matchmakers and wanted to marry into our village..."
"In just one or two years, the changes are really big, just like dreams. Later, Brother Gu became an official, went to Chang'an, leaving Sister Huaiyu. She was very strict. She kicked our butts every day and drove us to the hillside to practice, practice martial arts, learn to kill people, learn to kill swords, guns, sticks, and attack the enemy. Then he kicked our butts and drove us into the school. Whoever was not careful in studying would get whipped by her. It really hurts when the whip hit her body..."
Feng Yu lowered his head, trying not to let her see her red eyes, and there was still a frivolous smile on her cheeks.
"The whole village seems to have been pulled by Brother Gu, and we were pulled back from hell. If we stayed in the village, as long as we were willing to work hard, every household had food, money to make money, and even went to school to study and learn to read. If it were the case, we would never dare to think about it, but we lived such a life..."
"Ajiu, do you know why I want to tell you this? In your eyes, Gu Qing is just a young powerful man, a young man named county marquis, a big man, but in the eyes of our Shiqiao Village people, Gu Qing is a god. His words are more than imperial edicts and say something is taboo. Even if he climbs a high place today and calls for rebellion, we Shiqiao villagers will stand behind him without hesitation, conquer cities and land for him, and continue to do it."
He took a deep breath and Feng Yu said in a low voice: "Brother Gu said that An Lushan once slaughtered him hard in Anxi. He asked me to find an opportunity to take revenge. After he said this, I would bet on life and death to do it for him. This time I will stab An Lushan hard in the back."
Looking at Feng Yu with a ferocious face, the frivolous disguise on his face changed into a calm face, his eyes were calm and distant, like a wise hermit, staring at the sadness and joy of the world with cold eyes.
At this moment, Li Jianjiu finally understood Feng Yu and also understood Gu Qing better.
Chapter completed!