I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 152 Restore morale!Su Jingming spits fragrance
The next day.

It's not even five o'clock in the morning and it's still dark.

The soldiers in the military camp were awakened by the beating of drums.

The soldiers quickly put on their armor and reluctantly gathered towards the center of the battlefield.

The Song Dynasty adopted a recruitment system.

Many people join the army just to earn money and food rations.

He never thought that he could rise to the top by relying on his military exploits.

They are very self-aware and know that they are illiterate and have no background. If they want to transform from soldiers to generals, it is no less difficult than taking a scientific examination.

Therefore.

The idea of ​​many soldiers is that if they work as a monk for a day and clock the clock, they can get a day's salary and rations.

What's more, many soldiers are originally lazy, hooligans, hooligans, and bandits.

In addition, because the Song Dynasty adopted the garrison method, officers and soldiers were rotated every three years, sometimes even every six months.

This leads to the fact that soldiers cannot always be commanders, commanders have no long divisions, soldiers do not know their generals, and generals do not know their soldiers.

This method prevented the generals from becoming powerful to a certain extent, but it also seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty's imperial army.

Some generals even have no ability to drive soldiers to do their best for them.

……

Soon, the soldiers gathered.

Excluding the soldiers patrolling the perimeter, there were nearly 2 people.

In the middle, there is a high platform.

now.

Wen Yanbo, Su Liang, Wang Xin, Wang Kai, Mai Yunyan, and Tian Jing all stood on the high platform.

Wang Xin took the lead to stand up and said loudly: "My fellow soldiers, yesterday the government sent a special envoy to lead the general to judge the Beizhou mutiny."

"This is Wen Yanbo, deputy privy envoy of the current dynasty, who is currently the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei, and is in charge of all counter-insurgency matters; this is Su Liang, the supervisory censor, who supervises Beizhou's military affairs."

Although Wen Yanbo has a high official position, he is not as famous as Su Liang.

When Wang Xin mentioned Su Liang's name, many soldiers raised their heads and looked at the high platform.

Among them, someone else murmured: "Is he the most quarrelsome official in this dynasty?"

Some people's understanding of court officials is very superficial.

It is limited to the fact that Chen Zhizhong is the official yes-man, Xia Song loves to keep concubines, Ouyang Xiu has an affair with his niece, Su Liangnai is the No. 1 quarrel in the whole court, Bao Zheng is an upright official...

Immediately, Wen Yanbo stood up.

He looked around and said loudly: "Fellow soldiers, first of all, what I want to say is that the Beizhou Rebellion and the King of Soldiers and Thieves used evil cults and sorcery to establish a country and become king. This is a heinous crime. Anyone who is similar to it must be seriously punished. Punishment!"

"Secondly, it is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to recruit such rebels!"

"Beizhou is an important place for our military garrison. We must not lose it. The imperial court attaches great importance to this matter. I hope everyone can do their best in the next battle. When Beizhou City is captured, the imperial court will definitely reward you. If you are the first to take the lead, Those who rush to the city tower will be promoted to two levels in a row and will be given a thousand taels of money. Those who can capture Wang Ze alive will be promoted to three levels and will be given a hundred taels of gold and 500 taels of silver..."

Wen Yanbo spoke passionately.

Su Liang carefully observed the expressions of the soldiers below.

As Wen Yanbo expected, after hearing the military merit awards, the soldiers' eyes not only did not light up, but also showed a look of disdain.

They have been deceived so many times that they know that such good things cannot happen to them.

Even if it falls on you, you will be exploited, so there is no motivation at all.In a nutshell: The generals above have made too many mistakes and it is no longer possible to deceive them.

Su Liang murmured: It's time for the imperial court to tighten up its army. If it doesn't, it will be completely rotten inside before Xia Liao comes to attack!
After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he looked at Su Liang.

Su Liang nodded slightly, then stood up.

With a smile on his face, he said loudly: "Fellow soldiers, I am Su Liang, the remonstrator in your eyes who often quarrels with others in the court."

"Just now, I have been observing everyone's expressions. At this moment, everyone must be thinking that no matter how big the military reward is, it has nothing to do with them. If you care about this, you might as well think about what to eat for lunch, right?"

Hearing this, some soldiers couldn't help laughing, and then quickly covered their mouths.

Su Liang had already figured out what they were thinking.

Some soldiers were stunned.

He looked at Su Liang in surprise, as if to say: Can you tell the truth in this situation?

at this time.

Su Liang suddenly raised his voice.

"Do you know what I thought of you when I learned in Bianjing City that you had not captured Beizhou City for a month?"

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

Su Liang took a few steps forward, looked down with stern eyes, and suddenly cursed.

For a moment, the entire battlefield was quiet.

"After I came to the military camp, I felt more and more that you are just a bunch of worthless men!"

"If your wife, children and parents are imprisoned in Beizhou City, if your 65-year-old father is forced to put on armor and stand guard on the city tower, and your 12-year-old son is stabbed on the face: The rebels defeat Zhao and win. Your wife , your daughter has become a trophy for the prisoners who escaped from the prison, can you still stand here calmly, thinking that you are just here to make up for it!"

Su Liang walked to the edge of the high platform and was less than a foot away from the nearest soldier.

"Do you think this kind of thing will not happen to you? Once Beizhou becomes powerful, it will definitely rely on the Khitan. The Khitan and Dangxiang people are more ferocious than these soldiers and thieves. Do you have the ability to protect your parents, wives and children? "

"You can't!"

"As a soldier of my Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, you don't even have the desire to attack. You are greedy for life and afraid of death. You just want to live in peace. You just don't have the guts!"

At this moment, the soldiers below all had gloomy expressions.

A soldier couldn't help but look at Su Liang and said loudly: "You... can you protect your parents, wife and children? You... are even less talented than me. If you are brave enough, come down and challenge me. Let's see who is better." !”

Su Liang smiled faintly.

"Why should I compete with you? If the Khitans and Dangxiang people come to attack, we can protect these people on the high platform, our wives, children, parents, because we have fame, we have military merit, and the court is willing to protect us. And you have nothing!”

"This world is inherently unfair. I, Su Jingming, am a beggar. I worked hard for ten years to get where I am today. What about you? Have you worked hard to survive?"

Su Liang's words can be described as heartbreaking, but this is reality.

"It's useless to complain. Everyone's today is their own fault. You don't even have the ability to decide what kind of person you will be, and you don't even have the ability to protect your loved ones. How can you be considered alive? You are willing to make up for the rest of your life when a real man lives?"

"On the one hand, I can't protect my family, on the other hand, I can't let my wife, children and parents have no worries about food and clothing, and on myself, I have wasted half my life and achieved nothing. As a soldier, I am not brave, courageous, and don't even have the idea of ​​establishing military merit. I I don’t believe that there are parents who like such a son, there are wives who would like to have such a husband, and there are children who would be proud of such a father!”

"I won't force you, I won't force you to fight to the death. If you are afraid of death, if you can't fulfill the duties of a Forbidden Army soldier, then take off this armor, and from now on, be a commoner who doesn't cause trouble, and hide among those. Behind the soldiers who can truly serve the country!"

After Su Liang said this, he felt a little nervous.

The Forbidden Army's combat effectiveness was weak, and the soldiers were too cowardly. But more importantly, the court did not give the soldiers a higher status and promotion channels.

Now, he can only give blood first, and then solve these problems for the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)