Han Dao world

Chapter 839 Ten years ago
"Does anyone know him?" Shi Sun Rui said loudly, his voice was as loud as a bell.

Liu Biao is more than eight feet tall. Even though his leg is injured and he is not standing up straight, he is still half a head taller than Shi Sun Rui.He has good facial features, outstanding appearance, and well-dressed clothes, which immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers.

Soon, someone asked loudly, "Is it Shanyang Liu Jingsheng, one of the Eight Talents?"

Before the words fell, there was a commotion in the crowd.

Shi Sunrui looked back at Liu Biao, and said with a smile, "Jing Sheng's name is really known all over the world."

Liu Biao smiled, and unconsciously straightened his chest and back.

Shi Sun Rui turned his head and signaled the soldiers to be quiet again. "That's right, he is Shanyang Liu Jingsheng, one of the Eight Talents. Some people may still remember him. Ten years ago, he served as the middle marshal of the Northern Army."

All of a sudden, everyone became a little excited.

Liu Biao's heart also jumped suddenly, and his blood was a little hot.

"Today, he was ordered to go to Luoyang to recover from his illness and come to see the Northern Army drill. Please work hard, don't lose the face of the Northern Army."

"Here!" Thousands of soldiers roared in unison, shaking the ground.

Liu Biao glanced at Sun Rui in surprise, not knowing what it meant.He didn't make an appointment to see Shi Sun Rui, but a temporary decision after receiving the emperor's edict. Why did Shi Sun Rui seem to have been prepared for a long time?

Could it be that he had discussed it with the emperor?

Just when Liu Biao guessed, Shi Sun Rui commanded the soldiers of the Northern Army to start the drill.

Although Liu Biao is not very interested in martial arts, he has been in Jingzhou for a few years, and he has come into contact with it to some extent.Looking at the formations practiced by the Northern Army, he knew that the Northern Army in front of him was completely different from the Northern Army when he was in the middle of the Northern Army.

The equipment and tactics of these people have far surpassed the Northern Army of the year, and also far surpassed the Jingzhou elite led by Kuai Yue.

The biggest change is morale.

When he served as a middle-ranker in the Northern Army, the Northern Army was already a mess, filled with loafers and dudes around Luoyang, and Hu Qi soldiers were also infected with the bad habits of the Han people, so they had no intention of training.Every review is just going through the motions, let alone rehearsing exquisite tactics, even the queues are loose and disheveled.

But the soldiers of the northern army in front of them were not.Each of them has distinctive armor, their killing sounds are loud, and every operation is meticulous. It doesn't look like a drill at all, but actual combat.

And it is a matter of life and death.

This is probably because they are stationed in Taiyuan and are ready to attack Jizhou at any time.

Liu Biao secretly speculated.

Liu Qi on the side was also fascinated, and unconsciously compared it with Liu Bei's training.In contrast, the armor and clothing of the Northern Army are neater and their movements are more standard.But I don't know why, they don't have the murderous spirit of Liu Bei's soldiers.

Although they also shout loudly and go all out.

Perhaps it was because they were stationed in Taiyuan and had no experience in actual combat.In contrast, Liu Bei's subordinates first defended Pengcheng, then entered Langya, fought Yuan Xi for more than a year, and never left the battlefield.

The most recent large-scale battle of the Northern Army should have been the Battle of Huayin four years ago.

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After the rehearsal, Shi Sun Rui had a drink with Liu Biao on the platform.

"Jing Sheng, how do you think the Northern Army compares to that year?"

Liu Biao raised his glass with emotion. "Junrong's army is ten times better than mine. Today's Northern Army is the real elite, worthy of the name of the country's dry city."

Shi Sun Rui smiled, raised his wine glass, touched Liu Biao, and drank it down.

"If you want to say that the Northern Army is ten times stronger than it was back then, I will do my part. But this is not a comparison between you and me, but the situation is different. If you were not the Marquis of the Northern Army, but me, the Northern Army would still be in a state of disunity and cannot be an elite. The name."

Liu Biao pondered what Shi Sun Rui meant, and remained silent.

At the beginning when he was appointed as the middle marshal of the Northern Army, it was Yuan Shao, Wang Yun and others who wanted to control the Northern Army instead of letting the general He Jin mess around.

He Jin is incompetent. Although he wants to fight against Emperor Xiaoling and protect the position of the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian, he has no foresight, acts in a disorderly manner, and hesitates. Sometimes he listens to Yuan Shao, and sometimes he makes his own decisions. , which made Yuan Shao very annoyed.

Taking advantage of the chance that Emperor Xiaoling built the Xiyuan Army and He Jin was in dire straits, Yuan Shao and others recommended him to be the Zhonghou of the Northern Army and control the Northern Army.

The West Garden Army was built, but in name only.Except for Emperor Xiaoling himself, who claims to be the Supreme General, and Jian Shuo, who is in charge of the schools in name, the eight school lieutenants are all Yuan Shao's people.

The Northern Army is still the most irreplaceable force in the capital, and it is in the hands of Liu Biao.

But it is a pity that when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, all the plans became a joke.

Facing the brutal Xiliang frontier army, the Northern Army was vulnerable.Yuan Shao fled in a hurry, so he had no choice but to bow down to Dong Zhuo, and later accepted Dong Zhuo's order to serve as the governor of Jingzhou.

If the Northern Army had the combat power it has today, would Yuan Shao have fled?

If Yuan Shao doesn't escape, will Dong Zhuo still have a chance of chaos?

The situation is likely to be another situation.

Mr. Sun Rui showed me these, did he remind me that the situation collapsed back then, and I was responsible for it?

Shi Sunrui poured another glass of wine. "Jing Sheng, the northern army's military discipline was corrupt and its combat power was weak. What's the reason?"

Liu Biao came back to his senses, his eyes swept over Shi Sun Rui's face, but he didn't find Shi Sun Rui's intention of teasing.He thought for a while and sighed.

"Of course I'm incompetent."

The corner of Shi Sun Rui's mouth twitched slightly. "You don't have to be so self-effacing. As I said just now, even if I was the commander of the Northern Army, it wouldn't change anything."

He took a sip of the wine and held it in his mouth, but he didn't swallow it for a long time, as if the wine was bitter and hard to swallow.

After a while, he swallowed the wine into his stomach. "A gentleman is virtuous, but a villain is virtuous. Back then, the morality of the soldiers was decaying, they were all about empty talk, and they despised practical work. How could they expect the soldiers to train hard, and how could they expect the Northern Army to make great use of it and defeat Dong Zhuo?"

Sun Rui let out a long sigh. "As early as when Dou Wu and Chen Fan started the incident, we knew that the Northern Army was useless and not an opponent of the frontier army. But what did we do? For twenty years, we did nothing, even people like Li Ying there is none left."

Liu Biao's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly understood what Shi Sun Rui meant.

After the defeat of Dou Wu and Chen Fan, the eunuchs became more and more arrogant, and the party members became more angry because of this. It gradually became a consensus to use force to counter the eunuchs.

But what changes did they make?

Twenty years of painstaking planning all stayed on the lips, and in the end it was still vulnerable.

Compared with Li Ying and others, Yuan Shao, who regarded himself as Li Ying's heir, didn't even have the courage to fight, let alone face life and death, and fled in a hurry.

And these party members who hold heavy soldiers in their hands and usually think that the world is in my hands hold their breath in front of Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo gave up the military power of the Northern Army and rushed to Jingzhou.

Is the Northern Army incompetent, or the party members incompetent?

If it's the latter, then even if Dong Zhuo didn't mess with the government and Yuan Shao controlled the court, would the result be good?
In fact, there is no need to guess, the result is in front of you.

Suddenly, Liu Biao became extremely depressed.He held the wine glass tightly, clenched his teeth, and his face was pale.

"Jun Rong means that the collapse of the situation is not due to Dong Zhuo and Li Jue's generation, but to our scholar-bureaucrats?" Liu Biao raised his head and stared at Shi Sun Rui. "Then should I be the same as at the beginning, and go to Shu to plead guilty?"

"You are different from the original. He did it on purpose, but he went his own way and crossed the bottom line. You, it is an unintentional mistake, and there is still a chance to correct it."

Shi Sun Rui drank the wine in his glass. "Lu, I told you. How to choose is your own business."

(End of this chapter)