This British king was so approachable that all the officers in the Xiaoqi Battalion almost couldn't believe that this was a prince or a prince. Officials of some rank are not willing to eat the big pot rice that ordinary sergeants eat. However, the King of England ate the food in large gulps, which was extremely sweet and could not be seen as half-packed.
The most important thing is that not only does he lead by example, but also the guards around him have strictly followed military orders since entering the knight camp. There is actually no one who dares to rely on the power of the palace to be arrogant and domineering. Duan stands like a pine tree, moves like the wind, and his style is no less than that of the soldiers of the heroic cavalry camp.
The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion went out for training every day, and they also followed suit. Whatever the soldiers of Xiaoqi Camp eat every day, they will eat accordingly. His Royal Highness, the King of England, was so considerate that the generals of the Xiaoqi Camp, who had been somewhat worried about the arrival of the King of England, finally felt relieved.
Not to mention that the British king never interfered in military affairs. Even on some matters that the commander took the initiative to ask for instructions, he was regarded as not in his position and not pursuing his political affairs. The imperial court ordered him to sit in the Xiaoqi camp, but he was just prepared to use it as an excuse to send him away. The British king's act of letting go made the commander in the capital breathe a complete sigh of relief.
Originally, the commander in charge of the capital was worried that this young and energetic prince would reach out everywhere after arriving at the Xiaoqi camp. It doesn't matter whether he, the chief official, takes charge or not. Guan, he is the prince of the dynasty, and he is just a third-grade commander. There is a huge gap in this level.
And from the day the imperial edict arrived, the British king actually had the right to take over the Xiaoqi camp and call the shots. Compared to himself, the commander of the capital, this British king was far superior. Only others have the right to control themselves, but you have no right to control others. Not to mention all the soldiers in the battalion, even he, the commander-in-chief, had to listen to others.
That's what they say, but in practice it's not that easy. These princes have been enjoying glory and wealth since they fell into the grass. Until the vassal period, I'm afraid I didn't even go to the capital, let alone lead troops. The soldiers in the military camp are completely different from the maids, women, servants, and eunuchs they saw in the mansion in the past.
If His Royal Highness, who has never led an army before, doesn't know how to pretend to know how to intervene and give random orders, how can he lead the Xiaoqi Battalion himself? No matter what, the commander of the capital was also worried that the British king would do something bad after arriving at the camp.
You know, there are not only sergeants in the Xiaoqi camp, but also a large number of family members. If this man feels lonely at night and relies on his own power to bully the weak and force him to take over the house, it will trigger a mutiny. If something like this really happens, do you still want your head?
I had only been transferred back to the Xiaoqi Camp from the border army a few years ago, so I didn't know the King of England very well. But among the princes, there was first King Teng and then King Yong, who had always been famous, and even had a bad reputation throughout the capital. I heard that Prince Teng especially likes to find other people's wives. Especially the family members of low-level officials. As long as he catches his eye, he will try his best to get it.
And King Yong was always cold-hearted when looking for women. There have always been many widows and prostitutes. As long as you like someone, you will definitely spend a lot of money. Although he didn't know the King of England very well, looking at the behavior of the princes, the commander of the capital was once worried that the King of England was similar to them.
Huang Qiong's current behavior made the capital commander's heart completely relieved. Although I don’t know what the British King’s intentions are behind this behavior. But for now, this is a good thing, isn't it? At least nothing out of control was done.
In fact, at this time, the imperial court sent a prince to the Xiaoqi camp to sit in battle. From the commander of the capital to the generals of the Xiaoqi camp, he was not welcomed in their hearts. In addition to the fact that Huang Qiong is just a yellow-haired boy who has never even killed a chicken in their eyes, there are also worries about these princes who are famous for their absurdity in this dynasty.
As for why the imperial court sent the prince into the Qiaoqi camp, although the other generals don't know, this is the commander-in-chief of the capital. As early as the day before, I learned about it from the letter sent by the Palace Secretary. As a military attaché of the imperial court, especially one who controls the Xiaoqi Battalion, one of the four major battalions in the capital, he has never been involved in a fight between princes before.
Because he knows what the emperor's bottom line is. He didn't want to touch the emperor's bottom line, and he had no interest in the fight between these princes. Even in his heart, he was not generally disgusted with the fact that these princes, in order to fight for power, risked the life and death of the people and launched armies and rebellions.
But now that the emperor has made up his mind, this time a prince will sit in the Xiaoqi camp and handle the counter-rebellion in Zhengzhou. What can he, a minister, do? Although according to common practice, the Zhengzhou court would choose another general when sending troops. But after all, he has been leading these soldiers of Xiaoqi Battalion for several years. The life and death of these brothers really worried him.
For him, who spent most of his career as an official working in the frontier army, he was very aware of the impact that an amateur commanding an expert can have on the success or failure of a war. Fortunately, after entering the camp, the British king was only interested in the lower-level military attaches and ordinary sergeants. He did not interfere in the camp affairs at all, and he did not even show any interest.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also hoped that the British King would not give random orders when he came to the battlefield in the future, and would not let the blood of his soldiers be shed in vain. He even hoped that the military attaches selected by the imperial court when sending out troops could restrain the British king. Let the King of England continue to be his hands-off shopkeeper, and wait until he returns to Beijing to continue to be his prince.
It's just that these naive military attachés know that although this prince is young, he never does useless things. Although Huang Qiong himself was very willing to mingle with the young sergeants of the Xiaoqi Battalion. But Huang Qiong really had his own purpose in doing this.
Huang Qiong didn't want to listen to the evaluation of the generals of Xiaoqiying by the bureaucrats in the Ministry of War. In Huang Qiong's opinion, half of the ten sentences about those things were true. It would be good if they could show the true abilities of these military attachés. Who knows if any of these officers got into this position by virtue of their family status.
Youdao says that an army of thousands is easy to come by, but a general is hard to find. This time I led the army to Zhengzhou, and I couldn't do it without a reliable general to lead the army. Although he has read several military books, Huang Qiong believes that it is better to believe in all books than to have no books at all. If you can read a few military books casually and be able to lead troops to fight, then there will be famous generals everywhere in the Qi Dynasty.
According to the so-called ancestral customs, the four major battalions always sent troops during expeditions, and the Privy Council sent additional military attachés to command. After the emperor established the Dianqian Division, the Dianqian Division selected and dispatched generals. Although this ensured that the generals would not dedicate their own troops, it would prevent the situation in the former Tang Dynasty where military generals relied on their own troops.
But there was also a problem before Huang Qiong. One is that there are many veteran generals in the front office who are experienced in fighting, but their qualifications are all very old. It doesn't matter whether these veterans can be used by themselves. Huang Qiong has never had this idea. He doesn't want to mess with these old foxes.
Moreover, the old man can tolerate you wooing civilian officials, but if you try to influence the military attaché, you will really violate the old man's taboo. But if you don't listen to yourself on the battlefield, you will miss a big deal. These people are indeed capable of fighting, but they may not necessarily have to blame themselves for being such a dirty boy.
Therefore, Huang Qiong still planned to see if he could directly select troops to lead the troops from among the generals of the Xiaoqi Camp. Of course, Huang Qiong still had to figure out how to persuade the old man to break the routine, but there had to be someone who was the first choice, right? As for the abilities of the generals, from whose mouth can we know more clearly? How can we know more clearly from the mouths of these big-headed soldiers?
You know, according to the Daqi military system, the generals of the Xiaoqi camp also rotate regularly with the border army generals. The entire military attache of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and even the ordinary sergeants, are all people who have experienced fighting on the battlefield. From the aura exuded by these people, it can be seen that the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Camp are definitely not comparable to the soldiers of the Eighth Yulin Army who have seen blood.
Compared with the meritorious officers and generals in the Palace Front Division, these military officers are not of high rank, and they have a stronger desire to make contributions. Without many backers behind them, it was easier for them to command. At least he won't appear on the battlefield and don't accept his own fault.
This battle, with the combat effectiveness of the Xiaoqi Battalion, was not a big problem militarily. The difficulty lies in the aftermath. This is the key issue. Zhengzhou has been sleepy and exhausted for a long time. After experiencing floods in the past few years and King Jing's extortionate expropriations in recent years, it can no longer withstand a military disaster.
As the saying goes, an officer's fault is like shaving, a bandit's fault is like combing his hair, and a soldier's fault is like shaving. For ordinary people, fighting in the army is even more harmful than being robbed by bandits. If the entire Xiaoqi camp cannot act like an arm and a finger, it will be extremely critical for Zhengzhou to deal with the aftermath. If the generals leading the troops blindly maintain their superiority, kill extravagantly, or even send troops to plunder people's property and women, it is very likely that the entire aftermath will be in vain.
Therefore, Huang Qiongcai believed that selecting military attachés from the Xiaoqi Camp might be more suitable for this counter-insurgency operation than the veteran generals from the Dianqian Division. Presumably these generals who have been transferred back from the border army and have not been promoted in rank for several years are definitely much easier to command than those veteran generals.
Therefore, in order to find out the capabilities of the generals of Xiaoqiying in the shortest possible time, Huang Qiong made great determination. Even if he deliberately puts on a show, he will not hesitate to share the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers. In just two days, the abilities and character of the military attaches in the Xiaoqi Battalion were revealed from the mouths of lower-level military attaches and ordinary sergeants.
Of course, Huang Qiong was not the only one who helped Huang Qiong do this. There are also two people, Fan Jian and Liu Hu, who have just arrived at the military camp and are very curious about the life in the military camp, and even the people around him. It can be said that except for the old-fashioned Su Changshi, who still carried him when he arrived in the Xiaoqi camp, he was a Jinshi and a third-level official.
Almost everyone around Huang Qiong has become his most effective helper. Especially for Fan Jian, who was full of philandering and had disappeared from his usual laxity after entering the military camp, it was not easy to get words from the simple sergeants of the Xiaoqi Battalion. This guy is full of evil intentions, and his emotional intelligence is definitely high enough. In a short period of time, he became close to the junior military attachés of the Xiaoqi Battalion.
It was almost a piece of cake to help Huang Qiong figure out what he wanted to know. How could these tough men fighting on the battlefield be as cunning as the two of them? When he was tricked into talking, he still regarded Fan Jian as his brother. To put it bluntly, scholars are generally languid.
Not only did these two people look harmless, they also put on an approachable and approachable attitude. Without even realizing it, he went through the entire Xiaoqi camp's generals. The one who fought in the border army, and the one who belonged to Enmeng, a young man from an aristocratic family. Which person is greedy, which one is ambitious but not talented, and which one is really capable? Check it out clearly.
At this time, Huang Qiong knew that this guy who almost starved to death on the roadside before being picked up by Chen Yao actually came from the largest martial arts family. The family is both a martial artist and a businessman, and several generations of people have worked hard to manage it. Although it is not as wealthy as the Guilin County Prince's Mansion, it is still one of the richest in Daqi.
