Datang all-rounder

Chapter 30

Dongyue came to urge her for the fifth time, and Wang Ke got up reluctantly. As soon as she got up, Mrs. Wang and her two aunts also came in, and the girl behind her was holding a shiny armor in her hands.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile on her face: "Ke'er, this was worn by your father when he joined the army with the Supreme Emperor. After the founding of the Supreme Emperor, your father never wore it again. My mother thought that no one in our family would use it again." It’s gone. I didn’t expect to take it out today, so Ke’er put it on first to see if it fits.”

Wang Ke had no choice but to let the four women help him put it on.To be honest, even if he did it himself, Wang Ke didn't know how to wear it, not to mention that he couldn't wear the armor by himself.

After putting on the armor and helmet, Wang Ke stretched out his hands and raised his feet. Fortunately, he was about the same height and shape as Wang Si, so it seemed more than suitable to wear.

Wang Ke tried it and didn't feel that it didn't fit, so she took off the helmet and said to Mrs. Wang: "Mother, don't wear it for now. The imperial decree has not arrived yet. Besides, I have to report clearly after receiving the decree. I will wear this How do you drive? It’s better not to wear it, but to wear it when necessary.”

Mrs. Wang was right when she thought about it, so they quickly took off the armor again, folded it up and asked Dongyue to put it away.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and it was estimated that the morning court was about to leave. The whole family came to the front hall to wait, and only waited for the imperial edict to arrive before opening the door to receive the edict.

Not long after, the watchman outside the door ran in, saying that the master would be there soon accompanied by a military master.The whole family hurriedly walked to the gate and let the gate open to welcome the adults who announced the decree into the mansion.

When the visitor came to the gate of the mansion, it turned out to be Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War and Duke of Wei.

Wang Ke hurriedly cupped her hands and said, "Oh, it turned out that it was Uncle Li who came, and my nephew was really panicked."

Li Jing said with a smile on his face: "Nephew Wang, you don't need to be too polite, the old man has asked the emperor for this errand, and I hope that my nephew will come up with some beneficial ideas for the army after he enters. It would be a good thing."

Wang Ke repeatedly said yes, led the way, and came to the front hall.

Standing in the hall, Li Jing represented Comrade Li Er, so he naturally stood facing south and facing north.

Wang Si and the others stopped on both sides, lowered their heads slightly and dared not make a sound.Wang Ke knelt sideways to Li Jing, lowered her head and listened to Li Jing's loud reading.

Some people would say that it is oblique, but in fact it is true. The imperial decree represents the emperor, and at this time it cannot be facing directly. This is etiquette.

Don't look at Wang Ke writing traditional Chinese characters with a brush very slickly, and even speaking in a few sentences on weekdays, but now when encountering imperial edicts all written in classical Chinese, he just can't understand them.

But I also knew the main content in the palace yesterday, so today I couldn't understand it, and Wang Ke didn't care. I just hoped that Li Jing could finish reading it earlier so that he could stand up. Kneeling on the cold bluestone ground is not good. of.

After finally waiting for Li Jing to finish reading, Wang Ke hurriedly kowtowed and stood up. After receiving the imperial decree, the people from the palace presented the official uniforms, rewards and gifts one by one. Of course, Wang Ke would not forget to reward them one by one. .

Just kidding, I have watched too many costume dramas, so there is no way I don’t know about this procedure; besides, the people in this palace can’t afford to offend them, who knows, they may be accused of a black case one day, and then He didn't even know how he died, Wang Ke wouldn't do such an important thing.

After dismissing the people in the palace, Wang Ke turned around to greet Li Jing, but saw that Wang Si had already served tea and was talking with him.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle worked hard today. Uncle Cheng ordered my nephew to report to the army after receiving the imperial decree yesterday. My nephew will not be able to accompany uncle. I hope uncle will not be offended."

Li Jing shook his head and said: "Cheng Zhijie is a murderous talent. I scolded him yesterday. There is no reason to report immediately after receiving the imperial edict. But it's still early today, so I'll take you there, otherwise you don't know the way. Wait." I'll have a few sips of tea and we'll go."

When Wang Ke heard that Li Jing wanted to accompany him, there was no reason why he refused, so he hurriedly pleaded guilty and walked out of the hall.When he came to the side courtyard, he asked the housekeeper to move five jars of wine into his car, and then he turned around and went back to the front hall, where he had a conversation with Li Jing.

Seeing that his tea was also dry, Li Jing was about to call for someone to follow him, Li Jing waved his hand and said, "No, let's go, you ask someone to send my horse back to my house, and give it to my mansion." Let someone say it. I will also take your car today."

Wang Ke hurriedly replied: "Of course my uncle will go by car, but there is no need to ask someone to go to the uncle's house. My nephew has prepared a few jars of homemade wine for my uncle, and it will not be too late for us to report after my nephew drives them to my uncle. "

When Li Jing heard that he had prepared wine for himself, he said yes again and again, and followed Wang Ke into the car and left.

Along the way, Li Jing introduced the situation of the guard army to Wang Ke, what kind of team it was.Only then did Wang Ke know where he was going to work.

The guard army is divided into two parts, the right guard and the left guard, each with 5 people. It is the permanent army of the Tang Dynasty. It only does training on weekdays and is directly under the emperor. It is dispatched by the Ministry of War to protect the safety of the capital. different.

Other armies are scattered in the fields on weekdays, and they have to participate in labor and are managed by officers at all levels. They are only gathered together during wartime.

Most of the officers of the guard are the nephews of the ministers, and a small number of them are officers who have been promoted in previous battles.In addition to the officers stationed in various places, these two teams concentrated most of the old, middle and young military personnel of Datang, and they were also the best-paid and the latest equipment in the Datang army.

Listening to Li Jing's introduction, Wang Ke came all the way to the Right Guard's camp.Get out of the car and follow Li Jing all the way in.

When he came to Cheng Zhijie's main tent, he saw Cheng Laosha sitting on a saddle, drinking wine by himself.The people next to him stood far away, and the passers-by had to go around far away. It seemed that everyone was very clear about this old killer's temper.

Li Jing walked straight to him, pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "Well, you old master Cheng, you dare to drink in the camp, see if I don't come to join you with the emperor."

Cheng Zhijie glanced at his pair of white eyes, and said with good reason: "I'm thirsty, can't I have a drink? If I hadn't waited for the boy from the Wang family to come, I would have gone back to drink. What are you doing here?"

Wang Ke was sweating profusely. When he was thirsty, he quenched his thirst with wine. What kind of reasoning is this?It is estimated that only this old killer has this one.He hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "My nephew is here to report to my uncle. Uncle Li brought my nephew here."

Cheng Laosha only looked at Wang Ke, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you still wearing your own clothes? You should wear official uniforms if you don't wear armor. What do you look like?"

It was only then that Wang Ke remembered that she had come without changing her clothes, and what was annoying was that Li Jing didn't remind herself when she left.He glanced at Li Jing, only to find that Li Jing was standing there looking at him with a smile, and realized that he had been played by this old killer again.

But there was no way, and I didn't dare to speak out, so I had to stand there blankly, not daring to speak.

Li Jing saw that it was almost the same, and he said: "Okay, I'm here today to recognize the place. In the future, it's better for my nephew to wear armored clothes. It's better to wear armored clothes in the barracks. Soldiers still wear armors and helmets." Looks pleasing to the eye."

Wang Ke quickly said he understood.

Cheng Zhijie didn't mean anything else at all, now that Li Jing had spoken, he stopped talking, stood up and asked Wang Ke to go with them to see the soldiers who were training.

Li Jing asked Wang Ke to see how it was different from the army he saw in the Far West, and if he had any good suggestions, he could write them down.

Cheng Zhijie said to Wang Ke as he walked, "Come over tomorrow and introduce the generals of my Right Guard Army to you at Yingmao, so as not to work together but not know who is who." Wang Ke dared not listen and agreed repeatedly .

Followed the two old killers to the playground, stood in the stands and looked at the soldiers who were practicing.Comparing Wang Ke with his appearance when he was a soldier, he felt that the difference was too far.

During the march, the steps are not consistent, some have left legs, and some have right legs, and the formation is not neat and crooked.

The presiding officer's password was not clear and loud, and he did not ask the soldiers to shout slogans from time to time like later generations.Except for the monotonous footsteps in the whole playground, there is nothing to pinch.

The soldier's face was serious, but morale could not be seen clearly in his eyes.

Wang Ke couldn't help asking: "Are these the elite soldiers of my Tang Dynasty? Why can't I feel any morale?"

Cheng Zhijie was unhappy, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why, isn't this soldier trained well? These soldiers all returned victorious in their early battles."

Seeing that Cheng Zhijie was upset, Wang Ke quickly said, "That's not what I mean, I think it's almost something. Maybe the method is different."

Li Jing hurriedly asked: "What is the different method of my nephew, please tell me, it is different from our current method of training soldiers."

Cheng Zhijie said impatiently: "What are you talking about? In this way, I will send you a battalion of soldiers and horses. How long do you say? You can use your method to train them. When the time comes, see how it differs from the current soldiers. "

Wang Ke was dumbfounded when he heard this. It wasn't that he couldn't train him, it was just that he was new here and didn't know the water, so it was really difficult to figure out this trick.He secretly scolded himself: "What are you talking about? If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb. This is good, trap yourself."

Seeing that Wang Ke was silent, Li Jing thought Wang Ke was afraid, so he couldn't help being agitated: "What? Don't you dare to do what you said?"

Wang Ke gritted his teeth and said: "Train and train, my nephew, from the beginning of October to the end of the year, I will do my job in three months. I don't believe that I can't train these soldiers in three months."

"But I have two conditions. If you don't agree, I won't play." Wang Ke said after thinking about it.

Cheng Zhijie looked at Wang Ke and said, "Tell me, what are the conditions?"

Wang Ke rationalized and replied: "First, I have the final say on how I train, and no one else can interfere; second, I am only responsible for the basic content of queue training, and I don't care about fighting, tactics, and formation."

Cheng Zhijie thought for a while and said, "Okay, it's up to you, and we'll see what you hand over when the time comes."

The three of them walked back together after speaking, Cheng Zhijie rode home, and Wang Ke sent Li Jing back before driving all the way home.

(End of this chapter)