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Chapter 1628 Promoted to General

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    The Imperial Army Lecture Hall was filled with stars today.  "Everyone stand up and stand at attention." As the commander-in-chief shouted the command, the officers in the venue quickly stood up and paid attention to Li Zhongyi, who was wearing the uniform of the generalissimo.  Wearing a big-brimmed hat, a straight gray-green military uniform, long military boots, and a silver-white ceremonial saber hanging on his waist, Li Zhongyi looked particularly handsome today.  Today is a grand event for the promotion of a large number of generals, and Li Zhongyi must attend.  After winter, the new armies in the two towns attacked the Khitan people from both sides and achieved extremely fruitful results.  According to the battle report, more than 100,000 Khitan tents were destroyed.  Hey, in the middle of winter, the Khitan people who had no felt tents had to brave the severe cold to drive their cattle, horses and sheep to move. At least one hundred thousand people froze to death.  What is even more vicious is that after the Han army invaded the grassland, they did not take any prisoners. They only burned the felt tents, slaughtered cattle, sheep and horses, and drove the unprepared Khitan people to travel far away in the snow.  After all, when the army invades the grassland, it carries limited food, and it is impossible to waste food by leaving prisoners behind.  Li Zhongyi arrived at the rostrum in the middle of the venue. After he sat down firmly, Chief of General Staff Yang Wushuang took out the order and read loudly: "Order" "Pa." All the officers in the audience straightened their backs.  Bring your legs together and click your heels.  "Promoted Zhang Sanzheng to the rank of lieutenant general, commander of the first town." Zhang Sanzheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, strode up to Li Zhongyi, stood at attention and saluted across the rostrum.  Li Zhongyi stood up slowly and handed the red award certificate to Zhang Sanzheng with both hands.  After Zhang Sanzheng received the award certificate, he raised his hands in salute respectfully.  Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Congratulations, I hope you will make new achievements again." Zhang San was stunned, then realized what he was doing, and quickly extended his right hand as well, and grasped the emperor's right hand tightly.  In the two towns that participated in the Northern Expedition, the town commander was promoted to lieutenant general, and the auxiliary commander was promoted to major general.  ??Previously, those who had not been awarded the title of colonel were uniformly awarded.  According to the imperial military rank regulations, lieutenant general is the highest military rank in peacetime, and general is not a permanent member.  After the ceremony, the middle and lower-ranking officers filed out, and senior generals such as Xietong and Zhentong gathered around Li Zhongyi and went to the chief's official office.  ¡°Everyone, sit down, sit down, don¡¯t just stand around.¡± Li Zhongyi waved his hands and greeted everyone with a smile.  The emperor's office is now filled with fabric sofas, and there is a coffee table in front of the sofa.  The generals sat in a circle around Li Zhongyi, and the attendants quickly made hot tea and served it.  Li Zhongyi picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the tea soup, and said with a smile: "Everyone, tell me, what problems did you encounter in this out-of-season Northern Expedition?" Seeing that everyone did not dare to open their mouths to speak, Li Zhongyi smiled and encouraged.  : "We are not allowed to talk about successful experiences today, only the oversights that we did not expect in advance." Seeing that the emperor was indeed serious, Zhang Sanzheng hesitated for a while and whispered: "Back to the emperor, everyone mainly talked about camping in the snow.  It¡¯s more uncomfortable to nest inside, and the space is relatively narrow, making it inconvenient to light a brazier inside.¡± As usual, Li Zhongyi picked up the notebook and charcoal pen on the table and recorded the specific difficulties mentioned by Zhang Sanzheng one by one.  The army was not a child's drama.  If you only talk about merit and not the difficulties, where will the lives of the soldiers be put?  In history, Li Zhongyi was the emperor who paid the most attention to the life and death of his officers and soldiers.  The so-called "one general's success and ten thousand bones withered" does not exist in Li Zhongyi's case.  Whoever dares to lose ten thousand soldiers in one battle will wait for the thunder and fire to burn his whole family to ashes!  The generals present were all generals from the Guards. After getting along day and night for so many years, everyone knew the emperor's temper.  Li Zhongyi¡¯s temperament in running the army has always been about merit and deeds, with clear rewards and punishments.  ¡°Moreover, after each battle, Li Zhongyi would personally host an experience and lesson summary meeting.  What we have learned are mainly lessons, not successful experiences.  ¡°Your Majesty, I think that the sled is still too narrow and should be wider.¡± ¡°I think that the artillery is still too heavy and it will easily sink into the snow when being dragged by the sled.¡± ¡°Your Majesty,  I think there are still too few tea bricks. After all, the Khitan people eat too much cattle, sheep and horses, and they are too tired. "It is too difficult to burn the firewood and melt the snow. It is difficult to light the fire."  "When it rains and snows, artillery can easily freeze in the field." Li Zhongyi listened very carefully.?And recorded them one by one, and encouraged the generals from time to time, "Keep talking, don't be afraid, the more you talk, the more I will remember you in my heart." The generals are not fools, the emperor likes to listen to lessons, this  But it's absolutely true.  As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be worse at the bottom.  If the emperor is very happy with his achievements and only likes to listen to flattery, who among the generals would dare to tell the truth?  The summary meeting lasted for more than two hours, and Li Zhongyi recorded a large amount of practical things in his notebook.  After the meeting, Li Zhongyi served wine in the small canteen to entertain the generals of the new army.  However, after three drinks, Li Zhongyi wisely left early.  He continued to sit down. Who among the generals dared to open up to drink and fistfight?  Behind the chief¡¯s official hall, in the emperor¡¯s exclusive canteen, brothers Li Jiyi and Li Jixiao were sitting at the wine table, waiting for their father¡¯s arrival.  After Li Zhongyi entered the door, he saw his two sons standing up straight.  "Haha, sit down, sit down. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and I miss you. Come, sit down, have a few drinks together, and chat about homely things." Li Zhongyi smiled and waved his hands, gesturing to the two of them.  The two sons stopped being taut and sat down to talk.  Li Zhongyi filled two glasses of wine for his two sons with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Today, regardless of father and son, we only compete for the amount of wine. Damn, whoever drank me down, the BMW under my crotch belongs to him." Qiu Ba in the Army  Li Zhongyi grasped their ideas accurately.  Good horses, good hounds, and good guns are all favorites of soldiers, and his sons are certainly no exception.  "Really, father?" Li Jixiao had long been interested in Li Zhongyi's sweaty crotch, and he couldn't help but jumped up and shouted excitedly.  "You idiot brother, there are several new horses in my father's stable." Li Jiyi glared at Li Jixiao angrily.  "What does that have to do with me? I've been in love with my father's Little Blood Killer since I was a child. He's tall and mighty, running like the wind." Li Jixiao happily counted the advantages of Little Blood Killer.  Li Zhongyi looked at Li Jixiao tenderly. This child had suffered enough since he was a child. He should be silent.  Who would have thought that he would actually be a talkative boy.  On the contrary, Li Jiyi spoke less and less, and his thoughts became deeper and deeper.  "Come on, let's do it." Li Zhongyi raised the wine glass in his hand and clinked glasses with his sons one by one.  After putting down his glass of wine, Li Zhongyi picked up a pair of chopsticks and grilled the mutton. While chewing slowly, he asked his son: "How are the soldiers at the grassroots level able to adapt to the severe cold in the north?" Fighting out of season, the New Army's biggest enemy is not  Khitan people, but the weather is bitterly cold.  "Father, the woolen boots you prepared in advance should be ranked first in terms of protection against the cold. The second is the dog-leash ear-velvet hat. In addition, the thick cotton mask will work. It protects the nose and mouth and only exposes the eyes" Li Jiyi  Once I started talking, I couldn't stop talking.  Li Jixiao finally found a chance to interrupt, and hurriedly said: "Father, the sled is very easy to use. In the snow more than three feet thick, you can slide far away with a pole." Listen  The sons talked about the advantages of logistical preparations, and Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that the real drama was yet to come.  Sure enough, Li Jiyi changed the subject and began to criticize the snow camper.  "A dozen of us brothers were crowded together in the camping car. We could hold on at first, but as time went by, we couldn't sleep well and couldn't straighten our legs" "My brothers in the team are better.  My hands and feet were frozen, and it was difficult to hold the gun. " "On the grassland, the wind was too strong, and the gunpowder was likely to be blown away. " "It would be nice if there was a suitable barrel cover. The barrel was exposed and it would be gone in a short time.  It will freeze." Li Zhongyi nodded while listening. He arranged for his two sons to start from the grassroots level of the army, just to let them know the suffering of the soldiers at the grassroots level.  No matter how hard the officers are, how can they go further?  In the freezing battlefield environment, the suffering of the soldiers can be called real suffering.  The emperor¡¯s own son, like ordinary soldiers, was sleeping in a camping car in the snow, suffering from cold and fatigue.  Why did the Ming Dynasty fail so miserably?  The princes were more skilled than the women in the palace, and they had no idea that the generals of the army had turned the Ming army into servants.  After the imperial army became a servant team, it became urgent to get money and slow to go into battle, so it became normal to support the bandits with self-respect.  The so-called Guan Ning Cavalry and the Nine-Border Frontier Army are just such weirdos who care about the bandits.  From the Battle of Sarhu to the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army itself was the first to retreat, resulting in disastrous defeats.  Li Zhongyi was the founder of the country??, the military law is extremely strict. Whoever dares to abandon his army and flee will not be able to enjoy good fruits for his whole family.  ¡°However, Li Zhongyi¡¯s successor is different.  His sons cannot have natural authority in the military. If they don't know the situation at the bottom, they will be easily deceived.  Therefore, Li Zhongyi¡¯s training method is to let his sons start at the grassroots level in the army and know the sufferings of the soldiers in the army.  "If the emperor cannot control the morale and power of the army, can the country be secure?"  "When you have finished drinking, I will take you to the Ordnance Supervision and take a look at the good things." Li Zhongyi was very happy. After his sons knew the sufferings of the army, they would not be able to command blindly in the future.  "Warriors are about logistics. Logistics cannot keep up. For example, if there is no snow camper, camping in the ice and snow may be exhausting." Li Zhongyi's words won the unanimous approval of his sons.  The father and son drank happily, and the three pots of Zhuangyuanhong were quickly consumed.  Li Jixiao couldn't hold it back and actually invited Li Zhongyi to join them in drinking and boxing for fun.  Li Zhongyi is an old man, why can¡¯t he?  "As a result, the father got his two sons so drunk that they lost consciousness.
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