Horse on the World

Chapter 900 Rebuke
In the evening, Lu Yiming dragged his exhausted body back home. After leaving the Prince Regent's Mansion in the afternoon, he returned to the cabinet office and began to deal with the official affairs that could never be completed one by one. He began to review according to the priority. They were handed over to the relevant personnel one by one to handle. During the period, eleven officials who were about to assume office were also interviewed, and they were encouraged to be loyal to the country and work hard after they took office.He quarreled with Luo Daoming on business tax issues, and discussed with Yan Nanfei about the specific implementation of official performance appraisal for about an hour. When he returned home, he felt sore all over.

After taking a good bath, a maid massaged carefully for half an hour before he felt more comfortable. He stood up and walked out of the room. His wife had already prepared food and wine and was waiting for him.
The chief assistant of a country seems to have a high position and authority, but he is also extremely tired. Compared with Li Qing, he is more tired, not only physically, but also mentally. He has more things to consider than Li Qing. Also more complicated.

The dishes are very simple, Lu Yiming pays great attention to health preservation, he rarely eats too much wine and meat, and the daily meals are mainly light. The only luxury thing on the table may be the pot of wine, which is basically bought in the market. Unexpectedly, this is made by Huanqiu with the strong wine produced in Dingzhou and mixed with various rare medicines. It is specially made for senior officials in Dingzhou.
After drinking a glass of wine, Lu Yiming felt that the exhaustion all over his body had disappeared. Looking at his wife, he casually asked, "Concubine Bao is happy, is our concubine ready?"
Mrs. Lu nodded, "After the master gave the order, the concubine started to prepare early in the morning, everything is ready, and I will send it over."
Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Lu Yiming said, "Bring me the gift list."
Mrs. Lu gave him a strange look. Under normal circumstances, the master never cares about these trivial matters, as long as he can make up his own mind. Seeing that the master is very serious, he quickly ordered the maid who was waiting to go to the room to bring the gift list. Pass it to Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming examined it for a while, then gently placed the gift list on the table, and said, "Change it, the gift is too light."
Mrs. Lu said in surprise, "Master, how do I change it?"

Lu Yiming pondered for a while, and said: "Compared to the congratulatory ceremony that was given to the princess, I will give another copy to the concubine Bao."

"Ah!" Mrs. Lu looked at him in surprise, "Compared to Wang Hao's He Yi?"
Lu Yiming nodded, "Do as I say! My lord is going to inspect the city defense army tomorrow morning, so you can send Baofei there at this time."
"I see, master!" Mrs. Lu said.

Lu Yiming didn't speak any more, he lowered his head to eat his food, but he was pondering over and over again the details of what Li Qing said to him in the afternoon.The lord's mind is becoming more and more difficult to fathom.

Nothing to say all night.
The next day, the fiery red sun had just sprinkled his thousands of rays of light on the earth, and before he had time to radiate his fiery heat, a cavalry team had already driven out of the Prince Regent's mansion and rushed to the Fengtai camp ten miles away from Dingzhou city. ．There are 5000 Dingzhou city defense troops stationed there. There are only [-] people stationed in Dingzhou city, and one tenth of them are replaced every day.The Fengtai camp is the life and training place of the city defense army, and it is also the largest military force for defending Dingzhou city.Feng Guo, the first chief of the city defense army, committed suicide in rebellion, Yang Yidao, the second, was promoted, and Tang Hu was already the third military chief of the city defense army.

Along with Li Qing, apart from Li Wen, there was also a special officer. This man was Baofei's brother Wu Gui who had reported to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. He was summoned by Li Qing to inspect Fengtai camp with him. Iron Leopard, the commander of the guards, has been sent by Li Qing to Chen Zeyue's camp as Chen Zeyue's deputy.Soon after, Wang Qinian's Qi Nian division will arrive in Minzhou. Li Qing is worried that Qi Nian division is dissatisfied and has a secret conflict with Chen Zeyue. The generals saw their determination, and as iron leopards, it was enough to suppress these arrogant soldiers.

Unlike Li Qing and others who were elated, Wu Gui was in a depressed mood. After reporting to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, he was assigned to the Third Division, which was dedicated to researching the ongoing strategy and tactics of the Dengningbo War Zone.In the third department, there are as many as a dozen staff officers like him who study tactics.
Listening to these young officers' high-level talks, rambling discussions, and whimsical tactics every day made Wu Gui very tired. These officers were all directly transferred to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion after graduating from Jizeze Military Academy. I have never been on the battlefield, so I know how complex and changeable the battlefield is. If the commanders on the front line really want to direct the battle as they planned, then they will die without knowing how.

The depressed Wu Gui went to the third department every day to get an appointment, and then he would go straight away, either find a secluded place to sleep, or simply go to the street to drink, or go home directly to help Lao Tzu take care of the things in the yard at home. The ones let the crops take care of the pigs and sheep.

His out-of-group behavior is naturally unwelcome in the third department, especially the group of staff officers in the department are not very old, and that one is not full of enthusiasm, although due to Wu Gui's special status and military rank They are much higher than them, and dare not challenge directly, but strange words are indispensable.

Regarding this, Wu Gui turned a deaf ear to it, so what if he is the younger brother of Concubine Bao, outsiders only say that he is prosperous because of his sister, but they don't know that he can't express his suffering, and can only swallow his tears. It was because of my sister, but I was forced to leave the field army I loved the most, and ran to this broken place, doing nothing all day long.

Early this morning, I was directly lifted out of bed by the guards in the palace. I drank half the night last night, and my head is still dizzy until now.
"Wu Gui!" Li Qing, who was riding on a horse, glanced at Wu Gui who was a little pale beside him, and shouted.
"Master!" Hearing Li Qing calling himself, Wu Gui raised his horse to catch up a few steps, only half a horse's head behind Li Qing, and leaned forward on the horse.

"Equestrian skills are good!" Li Qing said with a smile, "My bodyguards are all good horsemen. Looking behind you, they are almost as good as them, not bad."
Wu Gui smiled and said: "Thank you for your praise, my lord. Actually, it's nothing. I've fought on the battlefield a few times. If my horsemanship is poor, it will kill me. I have to force myself to practice hard. Compared with my lord, who have experienced many battles Guard, I'm still a long way off."

Li Qing chuckled, "Are you still used to being in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies? You can't hear horns, war drums, and gold and iron horses there. You're not used to it, are you?"

Wu Gui lowered his head, "It's okay."

"Lie!" Li Qing's face darkened, "You have been in the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies for a while, how did I hear that you didn't do things seriously?"
Sweat dripped from Wu Gui's face, and he said: "My lord, I, I..."
"Every day you either sleep a lot, or drink heavily, look at your face, you must have drunk a lot yesterday, if it wasn't for my guards to lift you up from the bed today, you probably haven't woken up by now ?” Li Qing said while galloping his horse.

Wu Gui was sweating profusely on his face, if he wasn't riding the horse at this moment, he would have knelt down in fright, unexpectedly, the Lord knew every move of his own.
"You have resentment for being transferred from the army?" Li Qing asked coldly.
"No, no!" Wu Gui whispered.

"Then why don't you concentrate on doing things?" Li Qinghe asked, "Don't think that you are Bao'er's younger brother, so I won't punish you. Tell you, I will only be stricter and punish you twice. You are too disappointing I can’t bear even a little setback, I can’t bear it, I can’t bear it, I can’t bear it, I can’t bear it, I can’t bear it, I can’t help myself, how can I expect you to have a good life in the future?”
Hearing Li Qing's tone becoming more and more severe, Wu Gui raised his head, summoned up his courage, and said loudly: "My lord, the group of staff officers in the third department where I work don't even know what war is, and they talk about it all day long." , talking loudly, drawing up one inexplicable tactical plan after another, if we really fight as they think, our Dingzhou army may be defeated but never won."
Li Qing sneered, "So you are ashamed to be with them, right?"

Wu Gui lowered his head.

"You have studied systematically in the military academy, and you have been on the battlefield to fight on the ground. Your experience is indeed much richer than theirs. Now that you have discovered their mistakes, why don't you correct them and use practical examples to make them understand? Let them correct them? Instead, embrace it. Looking at the attitude of watching a joke? You have to know that these people may one day become the generals of my Dingzhou army. If they don’t let them understand their problems, won’t Dingzhou suffer a lot in the future? "Li Qing scolded: "I asked you to go to the third department. Could it be that I want you to watch the fun and eat rice?"
"My lord, I..."
"These people are all elites in the military academy, no worse than you. You just have more actual combat experience than them. You have experienced cruel battlefields. I put you there because I want you to impress them with actual combat examples." You understand the essence of battlefield combat, but you do nothing, which really disappoints me."

Wu Gui was drenched in sweat, "I understand my lord. After I go back, I will do things seriously, and I will never mess around like before!"
Glancing at Wu Gui, Li Qingyu said earnestly: "You have to understand that I have expectations for you. If these young officers in the Dudu's Mansion are properly trained, they will be the pillars of our Dingzhou Army in the future. You will go to the battlefield one by one. Now you teach them some experience, and they will suffer less in the future and avoid many detours. If you continue to behave like before, I will completely drive you out of the army and let you go home to raise Going to raise pigs and chickens, haven't you been busy all this time?"
Wu Gui lowered his head guiltily.

Li Wen on the other side said with a smile: "My lord, Captain Wu is young after all, and he is still only one. You don't have to be too harsh on me, my lord. If I were at this age, I still don't know how to do things. I only know how to make trouble in the street." , Lieutenant Wu, you have to understand my lord's words, and you should cheer up when you go back. You might as well organize your experience on the battlefield into a book and send it to your colleagues for reference."

"Yes, thank you, General Li, for your guidance."
Li Qing snorted, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse flew away like an arrow. In the distance, Fengtai camp was already in sight.

(End of this chapter)