The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 59 Kindness does not hold soldiers (continued)

The sun was scorching, and there were more than 3000 soldiers standing on the field of the Flying Tiger Army barracks, sweat dripping from their necks.Instigated by Du Rui in the past few days, Li Chengqian has already punished many people through some trivial matters, allowing these noble children and arrogant soldiers to see the majesty of a country's heir for the first time.

This time, Li Chengqian also made up his mind. It is useless for anyone to intercede. As long as he violates the military regulations, he will be punished. However, Li Chengqian is quite kind. Those who can't stand it and want to quit, Li Chengqian is also open The door of convenience, in only three days, most of those honorable children ran away.

What is left now are the two sons of Yuchi Jingde, Yuchi Baoqing and Yuchi Baolin, the eldest son of Changsun Wuji, Changsun Chong, the only son of Luo Shixin, Luo Tong, the two sons of Qin Qiong, Qin Yong and Qin Shu, Gao Shilian Gao Zhenxing's fourth son, Qu Tutong's two sons, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan.

Sitting in the big tent in front of the school grounds, Li Chengqian looked at Du Rui who was standing beside him and said, "Chengming! Just in case~~~~~~"

Du Rui didn't wait for Li Chengqian to finish speaking, and said, "Your Highness! Mercy does not command soldiers! If you want to train a strong army, the first thing you need to do is discipline. Only with the constraints of discipline can everyone's hearts be twisted into one. When it comes time to fight against the enemy, everyone can move forward and retreat freely like His Highness' left and right hands!"

Li Chengqian nodded, gritted his teeth, and took Henglian out, while Du Rui stayed in the big tent. This is Li Chengqian's Flying Tiger Army, and he will become Li Chengqian's pro-army in the future. He can't participate because of his identity. He must ensure that Li Chengqian can establish enough prestige in front of this army.

Standing in front of these more than 3000 soldiers, Li Chengqian looked at the big battle, and all the timidity in his heart disappeared completely, and some of them were just excited. At this moment, his mind was full of how to follow Du Rui's method to get rid of this He trained an army into a division of tigers and wolves, which made his father proud of him.

"Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, warriors of the Flying Tiger Army, you have probably heard about Duan Gui. He has been dispatched to Lingnan for stealing and selling military horses. Some of you may feel unworthy for him, and some may feel wronged for him. , but what I want to say is that the punishment for him is really light. Duan Gui is guilty, but Gu, the coach, is also at fault. Qi, today I want to tell you a word, don’t take Gu’s kindness as weakness and deceit! Now the eyes of the whole world are staring at the Northern Expedition, at your army that has continued the glory of the Flying Tiger Army. What we have to do is to inherit the glory of our ancestors, instead of putting their brilliance on the ground and allowing others to trample on them. At this time, some people regard the Flying Tiger Army as dudes, rogue soldiers, and this is a disgrace to the Flying Tiger Army. In the Battle of Weiqiao, more than a thousand members of the Flying Tiger Army dared to challenge Jieli's hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, how about you! But you spend all day in your camp, gambling and drinking, is this your glory as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Chengqian's words made the arrogant soldiers below lower their heads one by one, their faces were burning hot, and they were so ashamed. Thinking about their behavior before, they really can't be called a soldier, at best they are just a group of soldiers. A soldier ruffian, or a soldier ruffian who can't go to battle.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers, and continued: "From today onwards, the lonely general will be stationed here to train you and build you into a truly strong army, and regain the glory of the Flying Tiger Army that you have defiled. Inheriting the glory of the ancestors, it will become a sharp sword for the Tang Dynasty to conquer the Turks in the north and expand the territory!"

At this time, the blood of the soldiers in the school field had been aroused by Li Chengqian, and more than [-] people shouted at the same time: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

"Heng Lian!"

Heng Lian cupped his hands and said, "The minister is here!"

Li Chengqian took out an arrow from the quiver prepared by a guard of the Eastern Palace, flicked it with his finger, and handed it to Henglian.

Heng connected the arrow and shouted: "No. 1 in the first row goes out!"

A soldier walked out of the queue, Heng Lian pointed to a target that had just been set up dozens of steps away, and ordered: "Stand over there!"

The soldier didn't know why, but the military order had been issued, so he ran to the target. Heng Lian suddenly drew his bow and aimed at the target above his head. The soldier's body began to tremble, and suddenly there was a string sound, he squatted down, and the arrow flew into the bull's-eye.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian couldn't bear it, but he said coldly to Henglian: "Let him go, next one!"

In this way, dozens of people were tried in a row, and none of them did not panic in the face of the flying feather arrows. Li Chengqian showed a disappointed look. When a soldier even fainted from fright, Li Chengqian became a little impatient. Loudly said: "Whoever dares to come, walk over by himself."

A big man wearing a school captain's armor calmly walked to the target.

Heng Lian reached out to touch it, picked up an arrow and was about to put it on the bowstring, but found that the arrow had no arrowhead, his face sank, and he looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was also furious in his heart, and the guard of the Eastern Palace who was holding the arrow plopped down on his knees in fright: "It's the little one who didn't check carefully! The little one won't dare again!"

Li Chengqian's eyes showed a trace of unbearable, but he was still ruthless, ignored him, looked up at Henglian and said: "According to the rules of the Flying Tiger Army, what should we do?"

Heng Lian replied loudly, "Go for an arm."

Everyone in the school grounds was shocked when they heard the words. Just as someone was about to come out to intercede, they heard Li Chengqian shout to Heng Lian: "What are you still doing?"

A little hesitation appeared in Henglian's gaze.

Li Chengqian also gritted his teeth, desperately trying to harden his heart, and said loudly: "Heng Lian, have you forgotten that this is the Flying Tiger Army barracks!"

Hearing this, Henglian didn't dare to hesitate any longer, he pulled out his waist knife and chopped it off, the guard let out a terrifying scream.

Li Chengqian's complexion changed slightly, and his heart was overwhelmed, but thinking of Du Rui's words that kindness does not command soldiers, he insisted on not looking at the guard, and said loudly: "Continue!"

Heng Lian also knew that Li Chengqian was cruel today. He drew his bow and set an arrow, and with a sound of strings, the arrow flew out like a shooting star, sticking to the scalp and piercing the top of the big soldier's head. The big soldier didn't even blink.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian nodded his hair and ordered: "Okay, you stand over there!"

After a whole day's work, all the more than [-] soldiers had finished their school exams, and only a thousand soldiers were left on the school grounds, including the big soldier.

Heng Lian looked up at the sky, the sun had already set in the west, he turned his face to Li Chengqian and cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, please go to the tent to eat some food first!"

Li Chengqian thought about what Du Rui said to him yesterday, and said: "Since Gu is the commander, how can he eat separately from the sergeants, so he eats with the sergeants in this school ground! Henglian! Go and give Cheng Ming a copy."

Heng Lian took the order, and soon several guards came over with food boxes, and placed some meals in front of Li Chengqian.In front of Li Chengqian was a chicken and some vegetables.Just as he was about to pick up the chicken with his chopsticks, he looked up and saw a small school boy with only brown rice and pickles in his hand, he hesitated and retracted his hand, pointed at the chicken and said to a guard beside him: "Take this away. "

The guard showed a hesitant expression, Li Chengqian said in a more serious tone: "Well, didn't you hear what Qing Gu said?"

The guard picked up the plate containing the chicken and left. Li Chengqian, under the gaze of everyone, walked to the big stove, filled himself with a bowl of brown rice, picked up two large pieces of pickles, and walked back.

Li Chengqian was born with fine clothes and fine food, so he never ate these things, but he kept Du Rui's words in his heart: "If you treat soldiers as your sons and share the joys and sorrows, the soldiers will regard you as your father and swear to follow you to death."

Li Chengqian didn't know if Du Rui's words were right, but when he picked up a bowl of brown rice and ate it fiercely, the eyes of the surrounding soldiers looked at him changed, they were more convinced than awe , especially Yuchi Baoqing and other honorable children who stayed behind looked at Li Chengqian with excitement.

Du Rui in the military tent saw what Li Chengqian did, and his heart was filled with excitement. Maybe after this incident, Li Chengqian could really grow up!

Li Chengqian started to move, and several large tables were set up on the playground, and all the meals were placed on the tables.The soldiers practiced for a day, and they were already hungry. They went to the table one after another, and started to gobble up.

Only the big soldier at the beginning stood still, and the rest of the soldiers looked at him and laughed, and someone shouted: "Big fool, come and eat!"

But the big man acted as if he hadn't heard it, standing on the spot like a nail, and soon there were only leftovers left on the table. After eating, Li Chengqian went into the military tent to discuss the next training outline with Du Rui, and heard the chaos outside. Then he walked out, seeing the big man, he also felt strange, the two came over, looked at the food on the table, and at the big soldier, Du Rui couldn't help but said: "Why don't you eat with everyone, don't you?" not hungry?"

The big soldier replied: "I'm hungry, but His Highness didn't give us an order to let us eat. Soldiers should be banned. After training just now, His Highness didn't give us an order to disband!"

When Du Rui heard this, he couldn't help being surprised, and there was a look of approval on his face, and he asked, "What's your name?"

The big soldier didn't speak, Li Chengqian asked again, and the big soldier replied: "Qiu Zhilei!"

Du Rui secretly approved in his heart, and whispered a few words to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment with doubts on his face, but he still announced loudly: "Okay, Qiu Zhilei! From now on, you will be the captain of the Flying Tiger Army!"

Li Chengqian's words shocked all the soldiers around him, except Duan Zhilei, who seemed to be not what Li Chengqian said, just knelt down on one knee and said: "Honorable order!"