Chapter 119: Passionate Blood
The school grounds were so quiet that one could hear the soldiers breathing. ReadМ
Especially the soldier near the table, breathing heavily and eyes shining.
"Excuse me, you deserve this. If you hadn't sacrificed your lives to sneak into the Beidi army, I don't know how many soldiers' lives would have been sacrificed to capture him." Zhao Xu said.
Chen Hu nodded.
If it hadn't been for them at that time, all the more than a thousand of them would have been killed before reinforcements arrived.
He was not at all jealous of these rewards.
The other generals nodded, also recognizing their achievements.
Sun Qiang and others were still in a state of excitement. Three of the six of them were former county soldiers.
Before, they, ordinary soldiers from farm families, had no chance of promotion in the army. Even if they made meritorious service, they would often be snatched away by their superiors.
It would be nice if I could use a few copper coins to buy a jar of wine and drink it.
And now, not only have they been promoted to three levels in a row, each of them has also received one thousand taels of silver and ten acres of fertile land.
This simply allowed them to rise from the bottom of Yan County to a middle-class wealthy family.
"It is our honor to serve His Highness. To repay Your Highness, we are willing to follow Your Highness with loyalty and life forever." Yu Fang, one of the six, shouted. He knew some words and was better at talking than the others.
General Chang Wei smiled when he heard this.
Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, picking up a glass of wine, "I won't say anything anymore, it's all in the wine."
The serving soldiers filled the six people's cups with wine, and the six men raised their bowls and drank them all in one gulp.
After drinking, the six of them returned to their tables.
As soon as they sat down, the soldiers at the same table immediately pulled them to drink and caused a commotion.
Chang Wei glanced at them and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, a soldier has been promoted to three levels for meritorious service in the war. This is also rare in the Forbidden Army."
Liu Fu echoed: "I agree with this point. Whether in the officialdom or in the army, generals are basically controlled by wealthy families. Even if they have achieved military merit, they often have their credit taken away from them. I praise the Forbidden Army for their continuous combat power over the years." The decline has nothing to do with it.”
Zhao Xu looked at the soldiers filling the school grounds and nodded slowly.
He is naturally aware of the current bad government of Da Song, so this time he intends to use this to create a pro-military military style in the palace.
Just like the common people who were trapped by the wealthy families.
Their lives are like a pool of stagnant water, without hope.
After he gave them hope, the people played an important role in this autumn hunt.
On the frontal battlefield, he defeated the Beidi people, but on the secondary battlefield in the countryside, the people also fought well.
In the past two days, statistics have been sent over. Thousands of Beidi cavalrymen were killed by rural soldiers in the countryside. Li Zheng from each village sent captured war horses, armor, and weapons one after another.
Same reason.
In the military, soldiers also need hope.
He wanted the soldiers to see a way up.
Instead of being in a backwater-like military environment no matter how heroic they are.
"I will never allow such a thing to happen in my army. I want to give the soldiers a way to rise. Please make statistics on the soldiers who have made meritorious service in this war, and reward them according to different merits. As for The generals who cowered during the war should be taken down, and the soldiers should be punished," Zhao Xu said seriously.
He rewarded Sun Qiang and six others in front of everyone just to set an example.
It is to pave the way for the following comprehensive rewards and punishments.
"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.
Zhao Xu continued: "As well as the soldiers who died in the battle and were seriously injured and disabled this time, the army and the government must take care of them. You two will discuss it and hand over the solution to me."
Liu Fu and Chang Wei both agreed.
After leaving these words, Zhao Xu picked up the wine bowl and walked towards the school grounds.
Arriving in front of a table of soldiers, he picked up the wine bowl and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I would like to express my gratitude to you. However, with so many tables, I can only take a sip to express my feelings, otherwise I am afraid I will die of drunkenness."
The soldiers were drinking and eating meat when Zhao Xu's sudden arrival surprised them all and they all stood up.
Zhao Xu said he wanted to respect them, and their faces turned red with excitement, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Zhao Xu like this, Chang Wei and others got up and followed him.
King Yan treated the soldiers so kindly, and they were deeply moved.
"Don't be stunned, everyone drank." Chang Wei said with a smile to the soldiers.
The soldiers regained their composure, and one soldier said boldly: "We have done it, Your Highness is free to do whatever you want."
After saying that, the ten people drank it all in one gulp.
Zhao Xu laughed, patted the nearest soldier on the shoulder and said, "Okay, fighting is good, drinking is good too."
After saying that, he walked to the next table.
At this time, all the soldiers sitting down turned their gazes to King Yan, and the excitement in their hearts could not be dispelled for a while.
The soldiers at other tables saw King Yan toasting the soldiers one by one.
Although the soldiers who did not take their turn drank and ate meat as usual, their hearts were full of expectations.
They were satisfied until King Yan came and let them drink a bowl.
In the huge school grounds, Zhao Xu moved from the first table to the last table.
The time lasted from noon until evening, and all the soldiers were not left behind. He returned to his table.
At this time, he said to the soldiers: "The battle is won, the banquet is over, and rewards will be given based on merit in the next few days, but don't forget those soldiers who died in the hands of the Beidi people, and don't forget that the Beidi people are still there." Keep an eye on us in the north, but don’t be afraid. After today, you have to train desperately. When Beidi comes back in the future, I will lead you to win another battle. "
The pride that the generals and soldiers had just developed because of their victory was extinguished by Zhao Xu's words.
Yes, they just won a small autumn hunt.
Moreover, this was because the Beidi people were arrogant and fell into a trap.
In the north, the powerful Beidi people would not be hurt by this small defeat.
But as the King of Yan said, they were not afraid.
The myth of the invincibility of the Beidi people had been shattered in their hands.
"Your Highness is mighty!"
"Your Highness is mighty!"
"..."
Because of the wine, the blood of the soldiers made their hearts more fiery, and they shouted loudly.
This was a heartfelt respect for the King of Yan, and also a spur to themselves.
The setting sun was like blood.
The King of Yan drank one table after another and was already drunk.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Chang Wei asked someone to bring a carriage from the palace to take the King of Yan back.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
The carriage was driving on the dim streets of Yancheng. The people on the road saw that it was the guards of the King of Yan, and they made way and watched the carriage pass with smiles on their faces.
Life in Yancheng was completely restored, and their fear of the Northern Di people disappeared because of this battle.
They vaguely believed in their hearts that as long as the King of Yan was there, they could defeat the Northern Di people again.
Xu Lie accompanied the carriage.
The vendors shouted lazily, and the laughter of children chasing and playing came from time to time.
Now Yancheng didn't look like it had just experienced a war.
But at this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out.
"Your Highness the King of Yan, be careful!"