Datang New Order

After thinking for a long time, Li Chengzhong was still at a loss as to whether to stay or not. In fact, in his heart, he had two entanglements that he was embarrassed to say.

One is that if he can stay in the end, then he will have the final say on everything in this abandoned military camp, including the people and soldiers!It's an attractive idea.In the defense of Yuguan in the past few months, he has deeply realized the various benefits of being the leader. This benefit does not mean how much profit and wealth Li Chengzhong has obtained. When people do things, they reprimand or praise subordinates for their words and deeds.He tasted the pleasure of "I am the master of my territory", and this pleasure made him very happy.Especially in this era, as a small army leader, he has initially experienced the sense of power that his brothers attach to him, and this attachment is not only a certain degree of interest attachment like later generations. This kind of attachment should be regarded as an out-and-out personal attachment!The whole team acts with him as the core, and the entire Yuguan operates with his will as the command.This is the real power, even the power to decide life and death with one word!

The second thought that is somewhat ashamed can be regarded as entanglement, apprehension, or even a trace of fear.This place is isolated outside Yuguan and within the coverage of the Khitan army. He wondered if these soldiers could withstand the Khitan attack and ensure the safety of the people in the army camp if they stayed. To survive this winter, or, more cryptically, to keep himself safe.He couldn't express this somewhat selfish idea, he could only struggle with it secretly.Because these soldiers are too weak, they are not as courageous as the brothers in the former Jianjun battalion. Those Yanzhao Qingzhuang and Rangers who were not afraid of anything, dared to pounce on the enemy's city when they first formed an army, and dared to take The swords and guns and the opponents saw blood. The soldiers in front of them were selected from the fleeing people outside the pass. They were scared to death in front of the Khitan's butcher's knives. They could even be described as lambs.Even after a bloody battle with the Khitans at Yuguan City, Li Chengzhong didn't have much confidence in them.He deeply understood that without his own mechanical training and targeted arrangements, that tiny victory over Yuguan City would never have been achieved.After leaving the strong and towering Guancheng, he really didn't have the confidence to rely on these soldiers to fight the Khitans.Just rely on that stone wall?Looking at the low and incomplete stone wall, he couldn't help sighing secretly.

Feng Dao sat beside the bonfire with a piece of grass in his mouth, chewing it over and over again like a scholar.He looked at Li Chengzhong who was pacing back and forth by the fire, and suddenly smiled: "Li Yuheng hasn't made up his mind yet?"

Li Chengzhong sighed. He was embarrassed to say these two entanglements, so he put out some doubts on the surface, such as whether the brothers would follow, how to solve the food and grass problem, whether Pingzhou would agree, and so on.

Feng Dao looked at Li Chengzhong with a smile. There was a ghost in Li Chengzhong's heart. Naturally, the more he looked at it, the more guilty he felt, so he asked, "But brother Dao, tell me, what do you think?"

Feng Dao asked: "Didn't Li Yuheng let everyone speak freely during the military meeting after the Yuguan War? If you are worried that your brothers will not follow, you can call everyone to ask. A certain person thinks that the key problem lies in Zhang Shijun and Zhou Shijun. There are soldiers and horses..."

Li Chengzhong nodded, thought for a while, and finally called Wang Dalang, asking him to call for an immediate military discussion with officers above the team leader.After finishing the order, he asked Feng Dao again: "I don't know where Zhang Shijun and Zhou Bingmashi are, but what do you think, Brother Dao?"

Feng Dao heard that the people Li Chengzhong convened for the military meeting were officers above the team leader, and he had a rough idea of ​​Li Chengzhong's thoughts in his heart, and said immediately: "It's still Xiu, explain the situation clearly, and let the two adults make a decision." Feng Dao didn't delay any longer, took the pen, ink and paper from the package, found a cave, leaned against the torch and began to concentrate on writing. …,

Li Chengzhong's military meeting was convened in a large cave dwelling. A total of 23 officers above the rank of deputy lieutenant and above participated in the military meeting, including one Dutou, three inspector Dutou, and [-] gang leaders. .Because the move northward to Bailang Mountain was rather hasty, only Li Chengzhong, Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong, and Zhou Paidao were appointed to report for promotion. Even Liu Jinhou, the new head of the gang, was not awarded the appointment.

"The situation is like this. Let's talk about what everyone thinks." After Li Chengzhong finished speaking, he spread his hands and looked at these officers.Because this is a very important decision after all, no matter who it is, everyone has to think it over carefully, so Li Chengzhong is not in a hurry, he intends to set aside some time for everyone to weigh it carefully. "Of course, it's not up to us whether we can stay or not in the end, it's up to Zhou Bingmashi and Zhang Shishi to make the final decision. I just want to ask everyone, if you stay, are you willing?" Li Chengzhong continued. Added a sentence.The last sentence added has actually exposed his true thoughts, with a hint of fluff for everyone.

The reason why Li Chengzhong expanded the scope of participants in the general meeting to officers above the regiment commander was that he had no confidence in whether Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Dadao were really willing to stay with him.The qualifications of these two officers in the Lu Long Army were older than him, Zhang Xingzhong was from an old military family, and Zhou Medao was extremely brave.In the initially formed small group under Li Chengzhong, these two people have a relatively independent style of conduct, and also have a relatively heavy right to speak, and they belong to Li Chengzhong's subordinates who are difficult to truly grasp.

In his calculations, Jiang Miao should support him unconditionally among the four top-level officers, but even so, it is only two to two. He needs more voices to support him in the military discussion, including Wang Dalang who has been closely following his footsteps, Zhong Silang who was recruited into the army by himself, and Liu Jinhou who was single-handedly promoted by himself.As for Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao, according to Li Chengzhong's estimate, they should be more inclined to follow him. After all, they are in his hands, and he has always used these two brothers.In addition, he also predicted that Zhao Da is likely to follow him, because without him, it would be difficult for Zhao Da, a gang leader who was born as a cook, to get along with others.Aside from the above few people, he still believed in the prestige he had initially established among the first-level officers of the gang leader. He believed that most gang leaders should not object to his decision.

In addition to the fact that he was going to suppress the two veteran officers Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Medao with the support of the majority in the military meeting, he was even prepared. This kind of preparation grew slowly from scratch. When the meeting was held and he said the above words, this mental preparation was finally formed.This preparation is, even if Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Paidao strongly object, he will insist on staying, even if these two former comrades-in-arms quarrel with him because of this, and eventually leave, he will persist!

Li Chengzhong's eyes scanned the audience, and he saw Zhou Chopper standing up with a grin on his face. He put his hands on his hips and began to yell loudly: "Dutou, I wanted to say this to you a long time ago, so let's stick here, this place It is a natural dangerous pass, stronger than Yuguan! We guard here, as long as the Khitan thieves dare to come in, I will kill them all for Dutou!"

Unexpectedly, the biggest opponent I expected would be the first to stand up and support him. Li Chengzhong couldn't help being stunned. Before he recovered, Wang Dalang, who always loves the limelight, followed closely and shouted: "Well said! We We can win in Yuguan, and we can win here! I don't believe that those Khitan thieves can do anything to win us."

As soon as Wang Dalang's words fell, all the officers also spoke one after another, one by one expressing their agreement, not to mention Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao, Zhong Silang also jumped to support, the atmosphere was so enthusiastic that Li Chengzhong was really excited. Unexpectedly, even Jiang Miao, Li Chengzhong's most staunch supporter, couldn't grab the conversation. Even Zhao Dadu changed his submissive appearance, and uttered the loudest voice in his life in a shouting and shouting tone.That feeling... Why does Li Chengzhong look more and more like these people are scrambling to express their determination to him one by one...,

Li Chengzhong, caught off guard by everyone, turned his head to Zhang Xingzhong, and saw that although Zhang Xingzhong didn't speak, he nodded in agreement without hesitation. The moment the most important officer under him expressed his support, he finally relaxed completely. tone.Both the process and the result of this military meeting were perfect, beyond Li Chengzhong's imagination.This kind of perfection finally exceeded Li Chengzhong's controllable range at the end of the final military discussion, causing a lot of cold sweat to break out on his back.

At that time, Zhang Xingzhong raised a question, that is, the views of Zhou Bingmashi and Zhang Cishi on the matter of stationing in the Bailangshan military stronghold. Zhang Xingzhong reminded Li Chengzhong to think about the countermeasures.After Zhang Xingzhong finished speaking, everyone calmed down. This question is really scratching their heads. No one can say whether the two adults will agree. If they don't agree, then what everyone discussed here tonight is all useless. what?Just in the middle of the silence, Jiang Miao, who had read the book, said suddenly: "The general is away, and the military orders are not accepted..." The military meeting was suddenly silent.

In any case, a perfect unity was reached in the military discussion. This high degree of unity made Li Chengzhong a little confused. After the military meeting, he started to talk to someone with a guilty conscience. During the conversation, everything in the military meeting was repeated again. The only difference is that when these military officers faced Li Chengzhong in private, their words of support were even hotter and more enthusiastic.After Li Chengzhong finished talking with Zhou Medao, he finally understood what the reason was. After Zhou Maidao patted his chest again to express his opinion, he lowered his voice and said to Li Chengzhong with a sneaky smile: "Dutou, don't worry! Our brothers from Old Youdu have finally set up a mountain, and everyone will definitely support you!"

sky!It turned out that his little calculation in Li Cheng's center had been seen through by his officers long ago!He finally understood why everyone's behavior during the military meeting looked like they were expressing their determination, so there was nothing like it, it was exactly that!

Speaking of it, Li Chengzhong still doesn't fully understand the thinking of soldiers in this era. He thinks that the little thought that should be hidden and dare not mention half a word is actually the practice of soldiers in this era.Through the retreat of Weizhou to the north, the guarding of Pingzhou, and the fighting in Yuguan, these old brothers under him have already gradually imprinted his brand of Li Chengzhong according to the practice of this era, and became a force attached to him.In this era when there are many feudal towns, in this century-old veteran feudal town Lu Longjun, there are also large and small hills. The officers under him showed great enthusiasm for Li Chengzhong's deeds on the hills.They will make his future their future, and his honor and disgrace.The more powerful Li Chengzhong is in the future, the higher their achievements will be. If Li Chengzhong does not improve in the future, their future will be equally bleak.This kind of relationship is like Zhou Zhiyu's to Liu Rengong, and Li Chengzhong's to Zhou Zhiyu.

Of course, this kind of "small hill" could not be erected so easily. If there were no comrades-in-arms in Youdu at that time, the difficult journey to the north, the choice of going out of the town in Pingzhou, and Yu Guanchengtou was bathed in blood, this kind of hill could not be formed in the end.