Nanshan Temple on Fenghuang Mountain in Xining is currently the holy place of the three religions in Hehuang.
There are both the Dharma Protector Hall and Maitreya Hall of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, as well as the Zhenwu Hall and Feisheng Hall of Taoism. In the middle of the building complex, the Guandi Temple and the Caishen Temple, the largest in Hehuang, are arranged successively.
Zhao Fuhui offered a stick of incense to the four-legged bronze tripod in front of the Guandi Temple. After entering the temple, he raised his head and looked at the statue of Guan Gong quietly for a long time.
This statue of Guan Gong was built under the leadership of Liu Chengzu when he was the commander of the Xining Guards. It did not adopt the common folk image of Guan Gong with a green robe on the outside. Instead, Mr. Guan wore a Han Dynasty sleeved armor.
As the valiant general of the Marshal's Mansion's Ten Thousand Arms Array who assassinated the leader of the National Guards of the Rat Alliance, Khan was on horseback, General Zhao Fushu was properly treated after the war. When he was no longer in danger of his life, he was awarded the title of Third-Class Zhaoyong General and was sent to Xining Fenghuang Mountains heal wounds.
In addition, Liu Chengzong also dispatched four sergeants from the Bee Tail Division to take care of Zhao Fang's food and daily life.
The only fly in the ointment is that Zhao Kuang's wish to install a three-eyed blunderbuss for the severed hand failed.
Prosthetic limbs are a very old business. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the prosthetic limb industry has become popular due to the existence of corporal punishment. The cheap and the expensive. It means that because there are so many people who have been tortured, shoes are cheap and prosthetic feet are expensive.
It is not difficult to make a prosthetic hand. Liu Chengzong asked craftsmen from the Baodong Bureau to make many prosthetic hands for Zhao Fang, not only life-support prosthetic hands that can carry bowls and hold spoons, but also purely decorative prosthetic hands that can look real. .
But there is no prosthetic hand equipped with a three-eyed gun.
"Master Guan, with your blessing, I will send troops to Jiayuguan this time so that the younger generation can fight."
In just one year, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhao Feng died twice, and these two lives also allowed him to go from a small management team in Yulin Town to General Zhaoyong in the Marshal's Mansion in the shortest possible time.
He fulfilled 99% of the military dreams of this era, killed generals and captured the flag, and reached the sky in one step.
During the period when he was recovering from his injuries, Liu Chengzong personally visited him seven times, saying many times that the blood that needed to be shed had been shed, and all that was left in the future was to get married, have children, and live a good life.
But in his heart, Zhao Fuhuan was not very grateful to God for allowing him to save his life. He still wanted to go to the battlefield.
Not just for the pursuit of fame, Zhao Fufu is a soldier with no ideals. He is not a farmer. In other words, there are not many farmers in Yulin in this era. Generations of men live and die for war. .
Liu Chengzong said that he had made extraordinary contributions and could stay on the list of merits for the rest of his life and enjoy a life that others could only dream of.
But Zhao Fushu has no idea how a grown man can live and die in a decent way besides the battlefield.
The military and battlefields that others avoided were the environment where he had lived for generations. He had clearly made meritorious deeds, but he wanted to jump out of his comfort zone and become a rich man... He was a little scared.
Looking at the majestic statue of Emperor Guan in the hall, Zhao Fuqian prayed devoutly to return to the battlefield, even if he was not to be a general, he could just be a general.
In fact, on the day Lanzhou fell, he sent a letter to Liu Chengzong, hoping that the commander-in-chief would grant him the title of general Zhaoyong.
There were footsteps outside the hall, and the sergeant who took care of the daily life came in and said excitedly: "General Zhao, the handsome master has arrived at Hutai and summoned us."
Of course, the sergeants were excited. Their military status was still in the headquarters of Beetail Pin. After the war, almost everyone in the headquarters of Beetail Pin was promoted to the second class, leaving only a few ordinary soldiers.
But they are not fools or cowards, but solid old Lion Soldiers. They were punished after the war because they led the battlefield and dismissed the bee-tailed needle general from his post and promoted the hundred generals Zhao Fuge to the next generation.
There is no merit in taking care of a crippled general. The four of them are looking forward to Zhao Fan being able to gain practical instruction and benefit from it in the future.
The Lion Soldiers who followed Liu Chengzong with them in northern Shaanxi were all generals or commanders, and there were only a few who were still ordinary soldiers.
Upon receiving the news of Liu Chengzong's summons, Zhao Fu was extremely excited. He immediately asked his entourage to get the best decorated prosthetic hand and led four guards to Hutai.
Hutai is a tall general platform built in Xining, the capital of Nanliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. It is a nine-story earthen mountain, surrounded by open spaces and barracks for garrisoned troops. The militaristic Nanliang was born and destroyed, and it only existed for eighteen years, but this However, the Tiger Platform has been preserved.
When Zhao Fu arrived at Hutai, Liu Chengzong was receiving Zhang Tianlin from Haixi County.
A cavalry battalion preparing to cross the Qilian Mountains into Gansu has been assembled and is conducting mountain training at Nanshan Fort; Haixi County Magistrate Chen Qindai is mobilizing the Qilian Eight Divisions as a guide to explore the Gansu Army's defenses on the other side of the mountain.
All kinds of rockets and artillery required for this trip are also being transported to the sea from the Yaoshuihe Arsenal. They are just waiting for the Sanjie Council in Gansu to prepare the preparations for the war, and they can set off with an order.
Liu Chengzong paid special attention to Zhang Tianlin's actions. This was their first large-scale military mobilization across the mountains, so they naturally had to give them higher authority.
Zhang Tianlin's original official position was as a third-class general Zhaoyong, leading the field left brigade and the general of the left camp. Now the entire left camp was promoted to the vanguard brigade on the spot, allowing it to recruit and surrender on its own after arriving in Gansu.
After the two talked about military affairs, they had just chatted for a few words when Liu Chengzong heard the guard coming to report that Zhao Changzong was here.
Hearing this name, Liu Shishi had a headache. He was stunned and said with a wry smile: "Let him do it."
Seeing Liu Chengzong like this, Zhang Tianlin originally wanted to ask, but seeing that Liu Shizi had no intention of elaborating, she had no choice but to give up and get up to leave.
Liu Shishi couldn't say anything. He couldn't speak ill of the generals who came after him to his direct line generals.
There is no general who doesn't like a brave subordinate like Zhao Fu, and Liu Chengzong is no exception. During this period, he visited Zhao Fu more frequently than his wife.
To put it bluntly, Liu Chengzong would do whatever he could to win over Zhao Fufu. He would give money and whatever he liked. He even arranged a marriage for Zhao Fufu. With the girl from the Jing family.
But Zhao Fu is not an ordinary person. For ordinary people, joining the army and fighting are the process, and glory and wealth are the goals.
Zhao Fuqi is just the opposite. Prosperity and wealth are the process, and joining the army and fighting are the goals. In order to join the army and fight, you don't have to give up glory and wealth.
This is why Liu Shizi got a headache when he heard the name. He felt that Zhao Changzong was out of his mind.
To be precise, Zhao Fuhuan doesn't know what he wants at all, but his life has always been like this, so he hopes to continue to be like this.
If it were someone else, this matter would actually be easy to solve. If you like fighting, you can fight. However, the timing of Zhao's change of identity and meritorious service was too coincidental. He was an officer who was wounded and captured during the Battle of Hehuang, and he was also fighting in the duel with Wei Lat Zhu. The final decision was made at the time of the Ministry to stab the national master Khan under the horse.
The Marshal's Office has always taught the sergeants that the days of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty are over, and the current problems cannot be solved, so the imperial court must be overthrown. However, soldiers and civilians are all brothers, and killing each other is the result of the bitterness of relatives and the pleasure of enemies. Our purpose is to build a better world.
All officers and soldiers who turn against each other and come to surrender are their own people. Once they come, they will be treated in peace. The Marshal's Office will treat them equally.
Zhao Fu is a typical example that cannot be found even with a lantern. If this example is established, there will be countless Zhao Fu in the army in the future.
So Liu Chengzong didn't want Zhao Chang to return to the front line of the battlefield. He finally found such a typical example. After being rewarded by a high-ranking official, he rushed to the battlefield and was killed by a cannon. How much impact would it have on morale?
There are too many such things, and a brave general will most likely die on the battlefield. Not to mention Zhao Fang, Li Rusong, who has led the army since he was a child and has served as a nine-border officer, fights the Mongols as if for fun, marches into Korea and plunders thousands of miles of land and sweeps across the peninsula. Finally, he died in the hands of the Mongols on the battlefield.
Liu Chengzong needed a living Zhao Fuqian. He wanted to get married, have children, live a good life, live a long life, and also have to hang out often.
However, this requirement was difficult for Zhao Fu to accept.
Fortunately, Zhuang Langwei's agent sent a letter to Liu Shishi, letting him make arrangements for Zhao Fang's whereabouts.
"The humble Zhao Shiqiang, pays homage to the commander-in-chief!"
Seeing Zhao Changzhu signing up outside the commander's tent, Liu Chengzong stood up and welcomed him in: "Come on, I've been waiting for you for a long time, sit down."
Zhao Fang was not in a hurry to sit down. He walked around in the commander's tent that originally belonged to the General Soldier of Guyuan, jumped a little, raised his left and right arms once, and said: "Commander, you have recovered from your humble battle injuries and can return to the camp." ”
Seeing Zhao Changfang in high spirits, Liu Chengzong looked worried in his eyes. He knew Zhao Changfang's injury very well.
In the battle against the Imperial Preceptor Khan, Zhao Fuqian was injured by two axes and seven arrows, and was kicked by a horse. The other injuries were indeed healed, but now there are still two spots on his body that have not healed.
First, the fracture on the right forearm has basically grown back, but due to the difficulty of wearing the prosthetic hand, it has to become suppurative and the dressing needs to be changed; second, there is a penetrating injury to the left thigh caused by a close-range arrow shot.
The arrow missed the vital point and passed through very cleanly. It was not difficult to deal with. In theory, the injury should have healed long ago.
But Zhao Fu felt that it was too ugly to leave a hole in the long wound, so the doctor made a special scalpel for him. It was a set of small iron rakes with round heads ranging from large to small. When the wound was healed, he used a small scalpel. The rake goes in and the new meat is peeled off, and it is disinfected with steamed alcohol and bandaged with medicine.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether you peel or not. The muscles have been damaged and cannot be healed. The small hole left does not affect the normal use of the legs and feet, but they cannot exert great strength.
By constantly opening the wound in this way, the penetrating wound can indeed grow back, but it is not the muscle that grows, but the scar that is continuously injured and healed.
Liu Chengzong said: "It's good to have recovered, but I can't let you lead troops on the battlefield anymore. It's not that I doubt your ability. I have to let you live."
The expectation and joy on Zhao Fang's face turned into disappointment, his eyes widened in disbelief, he stretched out his slightly trembling left hand and his motionless right hand, praying like a drowning man grasping the last straw: "Commander, you can't... ...I am already like this, the commander-in-chief cannot let me live as a useless cripple!"
"You are the hero of the Commander's Mansion. How can you say that you are a cripple and living alone? Even if you can't hold a weapon, you still have experience and knowledge. I have two arrangements. Please listen to it."
Liu Chengzong raised his finger and said: "First, if we win this battle, Hehuang will be the hinterland in the future, and you can be Hehuang's deputy commander in charge of recruiting troops, training, and suppressing bandits and public security."
Zhao Fufu was a little moved, and looked at Liu Chengzong with a particularly grateful look. The five towns were in the rural soldier system. This was an official position that General Zhaoyong or Colonel Ningyuan could hold, which showed that the commander-in-chief did not treat him as a disabled person.
"But I don't want you to do this. You must know the reason. If you win this battle, this will be a job with no chance of meritorious service."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he changed the subject and asked, "Do you know Jing Xiaoliu from Dongguan?"
Zhao Fuhu nodded. Dongguan Commander Jing Xiaoliu was also a celebrity in the Marshal's Mansion. That guy was more famous than many generals. Everyone knew that Jing Xiaoliu had seized the land belonging to the Zhuang Langwei Banner Army and given it to the Marshal's Mansion. Return a large amount of food and fodder.
He asked: "I heard that General Jing is guarding the city at Zhuanglang. Will he become a general after this battle?"
"Your information is quite good." Liu Chengzong nodded, then shook his head and said: "The battle lasted for two days, and reinforcements arrived to replace him. He was a potter from Yanchuan Jingjia Kiln, and he has been with me for four years. I originally planned to let him become a general in Dongguan after this battle."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he put his hand on the desk: "But now, he has already written to me to resign."
"Please resign?"
Zhao Fu was stunned, and then became a little angry: "He has a bright future, why do you want to resign?"
My hand was broken, but I was still trying to stay in the army. Najing Xiaoliu, who was physically healthy, actually resigned!
"More than half of his men were killed or wounded. The soldiers he recruited from home died. He couldn't bear it."
Liu Chengzong waved his hand: "I'm sure. I have no experience in the past. Recruiting and leading troops must be separated and cannot be placed on the same person."
"This... a dignified man."
Zhao Fan couldn't understand, and spread his hands and said: "Commander, none of us who serve as soldiers are good men and women. After eating this food, we all know that we go to the battlefield to kill people. Either kill people or be killed. Otherwise, why are we arraying with swords? Woolen cloth?"
Liu Chengzong said nothing.
Chengyun wrote him a letter because of this. The death and injury of his subordinates made Jing Xiaoliu almost collapse. He didn't know how to face his subordinates' parents, wives and children in Dongguan, and wanted to resign and leave the army.
Chengyun thought of a place for him, so he wrote to Liu Chengzong that now that they had recruited an army, they had to keep up with the pension matters.
In the past, there were few people in need of pensions. Many soldiers had single household registrations and no one could receive pensions if they were killed in action. Dongguan Minzhuang, led by Jing Xiaoliu, was the first unit under the Marshal's Mansion to require pensions per capita.
Chengyun couldn't take care of it alone, so he hoped to set up a subordinate department, the Cleaning and Cleaning Department, in the military office of the Sixth Office of the Marshal's Mansion, with Jing Xiaoliu as one of the principals, specifically in charge of pensions.
"If you are willing, I hope you will join the military office."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, Zhao Chang was stunned. The military office of the Marshal's Mansion was the military department of the imperial court. He was a veteran and daydreamed about becoming a general and brigade commander, but even if he didn't dream in the middle of the night, I don't even dare to think about joining the Ministry of War.
This time, he showed his timidity, and he stammered and asked: "Commander, Commander, I'm going to the military department, no, I'm going to the military office, what are you doing?"
"General Zhaoyong was appointed as the official of the Qing Dynasty in Hexi Province. He was in charge of map confinement, narration of merits and demerits, rewards, punishments and pensions, and military briefing."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Fu and said seriously: "You are an injured person. You will definitely pay more attention to rewards, punishments and pensions for sergeants than others."
