As Zang Ba's headquarters set out for the expedition, the Jie clan, which was already under siege, immediately suffered heavy losses under the front and rear attacks from Zang Ba and Zhu Ling's headquarters.
Seeing the opportunity, Wang Chen and Wen Hong rushed forward with a group of private soldiers from aristocratic families, and took advantage of them, beating the Wanjie clan to pieces.
Seeing the collapse of the Jie clan, Zang Ba and Wei Yan took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, but gave up the pursuit after less than ten miles. Both of them knew what their purpose was.
When Zang Ba and Wei Yan came back, Wang Chen and others had already led the family's private soldiers to collect shrubs and dead grass, preparing to burn all the corpses with a fire. It was also at this time that Zang Ba saw the one who was surrounded before. The leader of the aristocratic family.
"Are you the leader of this group of people?" Zang Ba looked at the guy in front of him who looked younger than Wei Yan and had a fair complexion. He was slightly surprised. Although he was used to seeing some senior officials in Taishan who were very young and scary, but This is really uncommon after coming out.
"Guo Huai and Guo Boji of the Guo family in Taiyuan have met General Zang." Guo Huai saluted Zang Ba in a slightly embarrassed manner. This was the most embarrassing time for him since he grew up. By the way, this was the first time he encountered danger on the battlefield. , it feels like the battlefield is so close to death.
"He is a man." Zang Ba nodded and said, "But if you want to be a good general, the most important thing you need to do is not to charge into the battle and improve morale. What you should do most is to make the soldiers obey orders and prohibitions."
Guo Huai smiled bitterly. A month ago, he was promoting filial piety and integrity. He had never been on the battlefield. If he hadn't heard about the invasion of the Northern Huns, which made his blood boil, he wouldn't have involved his family's private soldiers and then come north. Beat the barbarians.
He met several barbarians before, and relied on his intelligence to annihilate them one by one. He also felt that he was very talented as a general, so he was ready to learn from Ban Chao and abandon his pen to join the army. However, as soon as he had this idea, he was killed by a Jie army with over 10,000 soldiers. The clan collided with each other. If Zang Ba hadn't come to the rescue, he would have had only one way to flee.
"Why are you so scared?" Wei Yan suddenly laughed.
"You were scared." Guo Huai said with a dark face, "I was just thinking about how to do better, what do you know!"
"Hey, the Han army with two thousand people was beaten like that by waves of thousands of Jie people, and the general still has the nerve to say such things." Wei Yan is a typical example of someone who is unforgiving.
Guo Huai's face was dark, but he didn't say anything. Just seeing how Wei Yan had beaten the Jie clan before like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, Guo Huai knew that he couldn't continue with Wei Yan in this regard.
Wei Yan chuckled, then left, and then Zang Ba said, "Don't argue with Chang Wen. He only talks about being unforgiving, but he is actually very reliable."
"I can see that." Guo Huai nodded, "Can you let me join the army? After all, I have been promoted to Xiaolian before and served as an official for a period of time. I can help with some chores."
Zang Ba nodded. Unlike Wei Yan, he could almost be regarded as a veteran. He could clearly see Guo Huai's previous performance. The opponent was obviously a novice with little experience. He was purely relying on his talent. In other words, this is called Guo Huai's young man claimed to have just abandoned his official position and was extremely talented.
In fact, Zang Ba's guess is almost the same as the reality. Now Guo Huai is completely relying on his talent. Before this, the Guo family's training direction for Guo Huai was not to be a general or a state pastor in charge, but to inherit the family business and continue. Be a civil servant.
As his great-grandfather Guanglu, his grandfather was a farmer, and his father was the governor of Yanmen, it is natural that the Guo family’s training direction for Guo Huai could not be placed on the line of military commanders. It can be said that if the Northern Huns had not gone south, Guo Huai would have jumped to the next level. For the general line, we need to wait until we meet Cao Pi ten years later.
However, after the Northern Xiongnu went south, many young people from aristocratic families burned their brains with passion, their IQs plummeted, and they involved their own private soldiers. This kind of thing is basically happening in every wealthy family, and Guo Huai is no exception.
To be precise, Guo Huai also got mad and kicked out the official position assigned to him by his father, and then recruited his own private soldiers to go north. Of course, after killing a wave of Northern Huns and calming down to think about it, Guo Huai also knew , that he could sweep away the private soldiers of his tribe so easily must be his father's acquiescence.
Going back to expand a bit, the guys from the aristocratic families who led their private troops to the north seemed to be all young people. Why didn't those group of experienced and capable middle-aged people go?
To put it bluntly, it not only satisfies the passion of young people, but also allows young people to feel the true cruelty. At the same time, it also sets an example for the people in the world. Finally, it also allows young people to understand that they must bear their own choices.
The old foxes of the aristocratic family saw very clearly that the Han-Hungarian War was politically correct, and the Han-Hungarian War could also be a battle to rectify the name of the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family could not avoid this battle at all. The law engraved on the Xuanyuan Rending Tripod was against the age of the old man. According to the original words recorded in the book, power comes from social recognition.
It is the recognition of society, not the recognition of the people.
The laws engraved on the Xuanyuan people's tripod are also recognized by all the families. Although it is a restriction, the carvings are the key to ensure that all people recognize the family, be recognized by all people, and be recognized by the inherited artifact.
In exchange for enjoying power, the aristocratic family must shoulder its own responsibilities. This is also the fact that the world aristocratic family acquiesced to when Chen Xi took over the banner of the leader of the world aristocratic family. When they met in Yecheng to form an alliance, they did not say much. But at that moment, the fairness oath made by Chen Xi was passed on to all the aristocratic families.
No matter how bad the rules are, they are better than no rules at all, not to mention that Chen Xi’s requirements are very loose. Since he has participated in the alliance and recognized the rules, he cannot tolerate such things happening either morally or in face. .
Don’t the aristocratic families know the danger of the Han-Hungarian war? No, they all knew it, but they still chose to send troops. Their education methods destined the young people in the family to respect their ancestors and their passion.
"The royal way is restored, respect the king and reject the barbarians, and the revenge of ten generations can still be repaid!" The thoughts flowing in this era between the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, to a certain extent, saying something scary is not disrespectful, but a compliment.
Maybe as you grow older, you will gradually reverse it, of course, you may also become the outright paranoid like Yuan Shu, but in your youth, no one can escape this culture that is almost burned into the bone marrow.
It's better to block than to open up. In this case, the elders of the aristocratic family know the situation well, so it's better to let the young people fight for that kind of passion.
Who has never been young and frivolous, with that passion for faith, ideals, for what they have learned and thought, and to live up to the spirit passed down by their ancestors? So what if you do something, now that you have chosen the way forward, Then you must at least be qualified to bear all this. (To be continued ~^~)
