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Chapter 602 The Four Founding Generals (Part [-])
Xu Shiji, Wang Mahan, Yu Chigong, Xue Wanche, and the four generals of Zhao Junfu under Li Chongjiu.

Xu Shiji was wearing a military uniform, with a dignified but calm face. He is only 30 years old this year, but he is known as a good fighter, and he is already the best in Zhao State.In the Battle of Yishui, when Dou Jiande was captured alive and Liu Heitai was defeated, he cooperated with Li Chongjiu's navy to advance the battle line from the border of Zhao State all the way to Yongnian City.
The soldiers in the army discussed in private that Xu Shiji should be the most famous general in the Zhao army, and even in terms of military strategy, they privately believed that he was superior to Li Chongjiu.After all, Xu Shiji hadn't lost a single game since his debut, but Li Chongjiu had suffered a defeat.

Yu Chigong next to Xu Shiji had a dark and heavy complexion. Among the four generals of the government army, who could take the head of a general, only Yu Chigong was the only one. All the soldiers secretly said that Yuchi Gong was Li Chongjiu No one knows if the brother in Shaolin Temple is true or not.

However, Li Chongjiu's trust in Yu Chigong was true, and he entrusted Su Su and Yu Chigong to guard the Taiyuan County.Yuchi Gong fought a lot of hard battles in the battlefield, but in terms of prestige, he was not inferior to Xu Shiji in the Zhao army.

Xue Wanche, who was beside Yu Chigong, had a majestic expression, his gaze was like a long sword drawn out of its sheath, exuding an indomitable aura.Among Zhao Jun's four major government armies, the soldiers of the Wuwei Army love and hate this general.Xue Wanche loves to take risks in battle, for example, in the battle of going deep into the Huoershen Grassland to defeat the Khitan, his army went thousands of miles alone.

So Xue Wanche commanded the battle, if he lost, he would be defeated.In addition, Xue Wanche's army was strict, and he issued a military order that anyone who dared to retreat when the Wuwei army fought against the enemy would be killed without mercy.Especially in every big battle, Xue Wanshu would strictly manage the army, and if he violated the military law even slightly, he would be ordered to be killed by Xue Wanche for no reason.

Jingguan is like this, but many soldiers of Zhao Jun are willing to fight with him.It turned out that when Xue Wanche was fighting, minor achievements must be recorded. No matter what merits the soldiers and generals made, Xue Wanche would report them, and he didn't have to worry about being missed.Moreover, once Xue Wanche wins, it is a big victory, and the rewards that come down are extremely generous. Xue Wanche himself does not take any of it, and distributes all to his subordinates.

Xue Wanche's reputation in the Wuwei Army is also growing, even surpassing the reputation of his father Xue Shixiong's Xue family general.Many disciples of the Hedong generals joined Xue Wanche, Xue Wanche governed the army like this, and his subordinates were lunatics who gathered together and fought desperately.Therefore, the combat power of the Wuwei Army gave thumbs up when Zhao Jun soldiers talked about it.

Wang Mahan, the last of the generals of the four major government armies, looked rough and heroic, with stubble all over his face.

Among the four main government armies of the Zhao Kingdom, the Yiwei Army is basically stationed in Youjing, known as the Yulin Army. It has the most elite cavalry regiment of the Zhao Army, and the Wansheng Army is attached to the Yiwei Army.But as the chief general of the Yiwei Army, Wang Mahan has the least reputation.Because whenever Yiwei was going to fight, it was Li Chongjiu who was going to fight himself.

Although Wang Mahan was the main general, no one believed that he was the one leading the battle.What the soldiers of the Yiwei army saw most every day was when they were patrolling the night, Wang Mahan, the chief general, held a weapon and guarded the door for Li Chongjiu outside the large tent of the Chinese army.

Therefore, Wang Mahan was basically reduced to soy sauce. Soldiers of the Wuwei Army who also often guarded the capital, discussed privately, and often laughed at the chief general of the Yiwei Army as His Majesty's loyal dog.

The joke is a joke, all the soldiers know that Wang Mahan is Li Chongjiu's younger brother, just like Liu Bangzhi's Fan Kuai, he is the most loyal to Li Chongjiu.Therefore, Li Chongjiu handed over Zhao Jun's most well-equipped Yiwei Army to Wang Mahan, and entrusted him with the important task of guarding Gyeonggi.Therefore, the four of them deserved the title of Duke of the county, and it is not an exaggeration to be called the four founding generals.

"...The letter in the letter ordered Wen Yanbo to be the Duke of Mayi County, hereditary replacement, and [-] hectares of food land, his wife was the Duke of the county, the eldest son inherited the title, and the second son, Yin Ting, was the County Marquis..."

"...Feng Shangshu Zuo Pu shoots Chen Xiaoyi as the Duke of Tianshui County, hereditary replacement, granting fifty hectares of food land, and his wife is the Duke of the county..."

"...Feng Shangshu's right servant, She Wanggui, is the Duke of Hedong County, hereditary replacement, granting [-] hectares of food land, his wife is the Duke of the county, the eldest son inherits the title, and the second son of Yin is the County Marquis..."

In addition, Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui, Chen Xiaoyi and Zhao Guo's three prime ministers were also ranked as Dukes along with the four generals.Wang Gui stayed in Youjing and did not come, but Chen Xiaoyi was sick and stayed in Gyeonggi. He had just given Li Chongjiu an old age note a month ago, and asked the elderly to return home due to illness.

Chen Xiaoyi has always been upright and upright in handling things.Once Li Chongjiu went to Chen Xiaoyi's mansion, but saw that the mansion was dilapidated, and his wife was still wearing patched clothes.

Li Chongjiu was very dissatisfied and asked Chen Xiaoyi: "The salaries of my officials in Zhao State are not low. As a dignified minister, why does my wife not even have decent clothes? How is this so decent? Wouldn't it be a joke to hear it?"

Chen Xiaoyi replied: "When I defended Yanmen County to resist Liu Wuzhou, the city was full of food, and many soldiers died of cold and starvation because of my stubborn thoughts. Therefore, after I became an official, I have been using my salary to help their relatives .”

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu said suddenly: "So that's the case, but this is also your fault. You are a high-ranking official in Shangshu. You only need to send an official document to the Ministry of Households to ask the court to support the families of these fallen soldiers? Why use your salary to do it yourself?" Woolen cloth?"

After hearing this, Chen Xiaoyi cupped his hands and said: "At that time, as a minister of the Sui Dynasty, I defended the city for the Great Sui Dynasty, and the soldiers also died fighting for the Great Sui Dynasty. Now that I am a minister of Zhao, I really dare not spend any money from the Great Zhao treasury."

When Chen Xiaoyi guarded Yanmen to resist Liu Wuzhou, Li Yuan stayed behind in Taiyuan. At that time, Li Yuan professed himself a vassal to the Turks, and turned a blind eye to Yanmen County being attacked by Liu Wuzhou. Instead, he intercepted and killed the messenger Chen Xiaoyi sent to Xijing for help.In the end, Chen Xiaoyi defended Liu Wuzhou against the isolated city for half a year. If Li Chongjiu hadn't happened to attack Liu Wuzhou, Chen Xiaoyi would have died with the city.

When Chen Xiaoyi said this, his wife burst into tears, and Li Chongjiu asked, "Why is madam so sad?"

But seeing his wife crying: "Your Majesty, the foolish woman and her husband have only two sons, but they both died in the Yanmen defense battle."

After speaking, Mrs. Chen Xiaoyi hid her face and left.

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu was in awe of Chen Xiaoyi, and finally issued an imperial decree for the Ministry of Households to pay for these fallen soldiers.Now that Chen Xiaoyi is going to be an official, Li Chongjiu is of course unwilling. He issued an imperial edict to give Chen Xiaoyi ginseng and deer antler, and then sent an imperial doctor to treat him.

Chen Xiaoyi still held the post of Zuo Servant of Shangshu Province, and the affairs of Shangshu Province were handled by the right servant of Wang Yu, and Yang Linfu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, took care of it together.

Among the three leaders of Zhao Guowen officials, only Wen Yanbo was present.Wen Yanbo is also very old, but he is in good health.This time Li Chongjiu was conferred the title, in addition to his eldest son Wen Zhen Jijue, even his second son Wen Ting, who was still studying at the Imperial College, was also conferred the title of County Marquis.

(End of this chapter)