Chapter 816 Extra Deterrence (3)
Jiang Shaohua admired the awkward and ugly looks of the military generals for a moment, and then said slowly: "This martial arts exercise will also allow the generals to see clearly the problems of their respective armies. After returning, we have to train more troops to target the weaknesses. In three or four months, wait until next year. The weather is getting warmer in spring, let’s have another martial arts competition.”
The generals, after such a blow to their power, became arrogant and arrogant, and they repeatedly surrendered. When facing Liu Hengchang and the other three, their attitudes were much more polite.
The emperor left surrounded by his ministers.
General Zuo was furious in the military tent. He brought all his close officers over and cursed them over and over again.
The confidants were so scolded that they did not dare to raise their heads. When General Zuo got tired of scolding and his anger subsided a little, he whispered: "General, please calm down. What is the foundation of the Yingwei camp? It has only been three years, and it is enough to overwhelm the Yongwei camp of the Shenwu camp of the Royal Forest Army. This shows the general’s ability.”
"Exactly. How can these big soldiers from the British Guards Camp compare to the elite soldiers from the Nanyang Guards Camp?"
"If we lose, we lose. If we really win the Nanyang Guards Camp, where will the Emperor's face go?"
General Zuo was very angry: "According to what you said, the Yingwei camp has made a fool of itself these days."
"Bah!"
"Don't make so many excuses. If you lose, you lose. You need to practice more. Get back here, General, and think about how to train your troops next."
"The Emperor has already announced that there will be a martial arts competition next spring. In the past few months, I will train to the death for this general!"
"You lose like this again! Get out of the barracks! Don't come to see me!"
Similar conversations took place one after another in the Yongwei Camp of the Shenwu Camp of the Royal Forest Army.
Although the Guards Battalion won, they still held a review meeting after returning. Liu Hengchang pointed out the problem of the guard camp: "Arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Don't be complacent because of a temporary advantage."
"We deserve to win. Our Nanyang Guards Battalion has one man and two horses. We have the latest and best weapons and armor. Our monthly military pay is several times that of ordinary soldiers. The food in the army is also the best, with meat every day. Eat. If you can’t train elite soldiers like this, you will be useless.”
"We also have shortcomings in this martial arts exercise. Compared with ordinary soldiers, we are less bloody and wild."
"In the past few months, we must continue to train. We must continue to win the martial arts exercises in spring next year!"
"The emperor specially summoned us to Beijing, just to use our elite team to suppress all the arrogant soldiers and make them surrender. Therefore, we not only have to win, but we also have to win neatly and beautifully, so that they will be convinced and speechless. It can be said.”
When Liu Hengchang talked about the excitement, his eyes sparkled: "Brother Qin, Brother Meng, let me be more straightforward. The emperor has been training his troops to prepare for war. In the future, there will be a national war with Rouran. We have to show the emperor, personal guards The battalion is equally capable of fighting, and we are no weaker than General Zuo.”
Oops! This is true ambition! They all thought about competing with General Zuo.
Qin Zhan and Meng Dashan were inspired by these words. They looked at each other and said in unison: "We all listen to you how to train troops."
The five armies are actively training and training in full swing.
Jiang Shaohua was well-informed in the palace and received a steady stream of news from various military camps. He smiled at Prime Minister Chen Feng Shangshu and said, "If I had known this, I should have sent my personal guard battalion to the capital earlier."
Prime Minister Chen burst into laughter: "Isn't the Emperor afraid that they will show real fire when they perform martial arts next year?"
Feng Shangshu answered: "If civil servants don't form cliques and generals don't form factions, what are you afraid of if you fight with real fire? It's better to fight fiercely."
This is the true confidant. Jiang Shaohua didn't have to beat around the bush when he spoke. He nodded and said with a smile, "I think so too."
When the generals fight with each other, she can control them better. If the military generals work together in private and become monolithic, disaster is just around the corner. Therefore, it is not easy to be an emperor. It is more difficult to rectify the army than to rectify the civil servants. Civil servants can't stir up big troubles, and generals have soldiers in their hands. Once they have different intentions, big troubles will occur.
As soon as the guard camp arrived, Jiang Shaohua felt particularly at ease.
She smiled at Chen Prime Minister Feng Shangshu and said: "After the New Year, I will go to the Guards Camp to stay for a few days and watch them train."
In the past, Prime Minister Chen could not support himself alone. Since Feng Shangshu came, Jiang Shaohua seemed to have returned to his youth, and would go out of the palace for a few days from time to time.
What else can Prime Minister Chen and Feng Shangshu say?
Keep working hard!
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In the sixth year of Zhaoping, it was spring in March.
The five military camps held a grand martial arts performance, still in the Yingwei camp.
This time, Her Majesty the Empress came to watch the fun, not just a few ministers, but almost half of the civil servants in the court came.
The martial arts events were still the same, and the number of soldiers participating doubled. Each army had two thousand men. Accordingly, the top ten are selected for each category and awarded.
This was proposed by Ding Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Ding Shangshu was a good man, and he was afraid that several armies would suffer ugly defeats, so he simply made the list of awards longer. At least let the generals put some powder on their faces.
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Her Majesty the Empress was very happy to get it right. He also promised to give out ten BMW horses as a reward.
The soldiers who were already eager to give it a try immediately became excited when they heard about such a huge reward. The atmosphere of the martial arts performance reached its peak of enthusiasm almost from the beginning.
Jiang Shaohua couldn't sit still in the stands, so he got off the stands directly and went to the center of the martial arts arena, looking around with great interest.
Song Yuan and other personal guards were watching closely, but fortunately, there was no accident when they came over in half a day. However, the martial arts performance was so intense that several soldiers suffered injuries of varying severity.
Sun Zelan was already prepared. With a wave of his hand, someone came over and carried the wounded soldiers to the military tent for treatment. Minor injuries are easy to deal with, but only those with serious injuries will be taken action by Sun Zelan.
Qin Hu slipped over at some point and wiped his newlywed wife's sweat with a handkerchief.
That's right, Qin Hu, who had been waiting for more than ten years, finally married his beloved girl at the end of last year. The first few months of marriage are the time when they become inseparable.
The husband and wife both work in front of the emperor and have the opportunity to meet each other from time to time.
Sun Zelan was not shy and let Qin Hu wipe her sweat while asking with a low smile: "Have the armies made any progress in the past half day?"
There is no need to discuss winning or losing. It was still the Nanyang Guards Battalion that came out on top.
However, several capital armies have also made great progress.
"Your Majesty's method is very good." Qin Hu laughed in a low voice: "On weekdays, all the generals have their eyes set on top of their heads, and no one looks down on anyone. Now they have all been beaten to the ground by our guards. They train hard and make great progress.”
"According to this situation, in less than two years, our Liang army will be completely transformed and all of them will be elite soldiers."
Before he finished speaking, hurried footsteps sounded outside the military tent: "Qin Hu! It's not good! An urgent report has been sent from the border!"