Straight man of steel

Chapter 381
Wei Qing didn't know why Zhang Yuan suddenly said these words to him so seriously.

Just thinking about it, it seems that everyone in the Zhang family is not allowed to drink raw water directly, even if it is brought down from the spring on Lantian Mountain.

In order to prevent others from doubting his identity, Zhang Yuan never warned others like a prophet.

The matter in front of him has obviously broken through Zhang Yuan's bottom line.

However, a breakthrough must also be made.

Since ancient times, literati valued Li Guang, and warriors respected Wei Huo.

Zhang Yuan himself knew what kind of guy he was, he was neither a literati nor a warrior, but he knew who was more important.

Li Guang himself lost his way until he died, and even at the end of his death, Liu Che couldn't stand it any longer and deliberately put him together, telling him to die quickly.

How can Li Guang be passed down through the ages, and even have a reputation no less than that of Wei Qing?

Zhang Yuan knew that Li Guang was not useless, but he was really not as good as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. To put it simply, he couldn't keep up with the trend of history.

There are conservatives and reformers among literati, and the same is true for generals.

Li Guang is a representative of the conservative school, while Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are reformers.

Liu Che supports the reformists. If he wants to become a generation of sages, he cannot tolerate the humiliation of the Han people by foreigners.

The conservative school of generals is different from that of literati.

Literati are conservative because they stick to a certain point of view, while generals are conservative because they are used to the old way of fighting, not because they do not support the new policy against the enemy.

Li Guang also supported Liu Che's offensive and defensive transformation, but he couldn't use offensive and defensive transformation to change his fighting style.

His strategy of leading troops is no longer applicable to the big men of this period.

Li Guang's name is very famous in the history of China, men, women and children know that there is such a titan in the big man.

For thousands of years, people have lamented the suicide of this titan, and even said that Li Guang is a hero.

The Li family has been generals for thousands of years, and there have been generals who can lead the army from generation to generation, and their reputations have accumulated.

Like Huo Qubing, Li Guang also joined the army as a young man. He joined the army when Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty was in the army, and he has joined the army for more than 30 years.

Since Zhou Yafu's death, Li Guang has become a representative figure in the army.

Although Dou Ying and Han Anguo had both commanded an army, with a small number of more than 30 soldiers and a large number of [-] soldiers, their direction was always political rather than military.

Therefore, Li Guang has always been the leader of the Han army. Zhang Yuan guessed that Liu Che cheated Li Guang the last time, and even took advantage of Wei Qing's reputation in order to make Li Guang die earlier.

Why did you do this?

Li Guang was unlucky every time, either lost his way or wiped out the whole army. What Liu Che needed was a general who won the battle, not a general who wasted the strength and supplies of the big man.

But can you cross Li Guang as long as you use troops?
Even if Liu Che is the emperor, he can't, it becomes a bug-like existence.

Infinite loop!
To use soldiers, you have to use Li Guang, and if you use Li Guang, you have to lose a lot of supplies and soldiers.

It would have been enough if the other emperors could bear their temper. At least Liu Che left Li Guang a famous name through the ages and did not let him go to Chang'an City to be humiliated.

Li Guang was just like Huo Qubing when he was young, he was born with general talent, and he was arrogant and domineering.

When he was young, he wished he could fight the Huns every day, and finally forced Emperor Han Jing to transfer Li Guang away from the border county.

Zhang Yuan felt that Li Guang just didn't meet the right person at the right time.

Both Wei Qing and Huo Qubing met Liu Che and a powerful man when they were young, while Li Guang met Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han when he was young and met a man who was in constant civil strife.

Ancient rules are very important, especially in the army, without rules, it is impossible to form a strong combat effectiveness.

However, Li Guang's marching army did not follow the organizational system, the stationing did not follow the organizational system, he did not patrol at night, and he rarely used documents in the big tent.

This way of leading troops is simple and simple, and the soldiers below are also a group of comfortable ones.

But how many soldiers can you bring?
The more troops Han Xin ordered, the better, but if Li Guang leads more troops, there will be chaos.

Moreover, although Li Guang said that he was unrecognized for his talents, and his obsession in his heart was not realized until his death, his head was clear when he was fighting, but he was confused politically.

During the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion earlier, he could have been granted the title of Marquis in one fell swoop by virtue of his military exploits in capturing the main flag of the rebel army. As a result, he threw himself into the arms of Liu Wu, the younger brother of Emperor Han Jing at that time, and accepted Liu Wu's general seal.

Isn't this just being politically confused?And he was also dazedly involved in the royal struggle between Emperor Han Jing and King Liang.

If Emperor Han Jing didn't suppress you, who would you suppress?
How can there be any kind person who can be an emperor?
If Zhang Yuan made the emperor's decision, he would also kill those who offended him. The suppression would be considered benevolent by Emperor Han Jing.

Letting Zhang Yuan find a reason to cut off Li Guang's head.

If Liu Che reckoned that this kind of thing would happen, he would have to kill all the main families of the Li family in Longxi without slaughtering your three clans.

Thinking about how difficult it was for Wei Qing to take Li Guang with him this time as the commander-in-chief, Zhang Yuan felt reconciled for Wei Qing, and could only hope that his students who acted as navigators would be of great use at that time.

But thinking about it, there are actually too many people like Li Guang.

Losing their way in battle or being wiped out by the enemy's main force, it's just that those people don't have such a great reputation as Li Guang.

Li Guang's talent is still outstanding among the great Han generals at this stage.

In addition, after Zhou Yafu's death, there was a gap between the generals of the Han Dynasty alternately. This gap made Li Guang a representative of the military, so his reputation increased.

Furthermore, before Li Guang died, it was Liu Che and Wei Qing who personally took away his chance to become a marquis, which made his unrecognized talent and obsession reach the peak.

Li Guang's cause of death was also suicide, which is even more tragic, and his reputation for loving nurses and soldiers has spread widely because of his lax method of governing the army.

His tragic fate just fits the grief and indignation of most literati at their underappreciated talents.

Finally, it is the credit of Sima Qian who wrote the historian's swan song without rhyme.

Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records" with his own feelings, so naturally he mixed a lot of personal likes and dislikes and emotions.

The two of them met Liu Che, the emperor. Sima Qian was unhappy with Liu Che, and Liu Che suppressed Li Guang, so Li Guang naturally became the object of Sima Qian's praise.

Sima Qian is estimated to be the first literati who did his best to sing praises for Li Guang, and there are countless literati and celebrities who later praised Li Guang and sighed for Li Guang.

But in reality, the Li Guang that Zhang Yuan saw was not what everyone praised.

At the very least, Li Guang is proud of his talents. Sometimes he doesn't take risks when he should take risks, and leads his army to rush around when he shouldn't.

Li Guang's archery is famous all over the world, but he often chooses short-range shooting.

Shooting at close range made Li Guang trapped in battle many times. On the other hand, Wei Qing rarely led troops to charge since he took the position of coach.

Therefore, Li Guang is at most a general, not a handsome talent.

Of course, the most important thing is Li Guang's ability to adapt. This is also the most uncomfortable point for Zhang Yuan. As a veteran who can't adapt to the change of the enemy's policy, he can stay at home and enjoy his life.

But as long as Liu Che said he was going to fight, Li Guang would definitely write a letter to go to the battlefield.

During the period of Emperor Wendi and Emperor Jingdi, the Han and Xiongnu battles were always against the Xiongnu in defensive battles.

Li Guang fought this kind of defensive battle for many years, but when it came to Liu Che, he changed from passive defense to active offense.

From positional warfare to mobile warfare.

The Han army often had to go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu and attack long distances. This method of combat required the leading generals to dare to go deep into the enemy's rear and find opportunities to annihilate the enemy during the movement.

In the Battle of Mayi, Zhang Yuan gave Wei Qing a way to make him run thousands of miles to attack the Huns' Dragon City, which is what he did, and Huo Qubing, who was born in the sky, took this combat method to the extreme.

But Li Guang, who was already old at this time, did not have the vigor he had before, nor could he adapt to this style of play.

Li Guang is just a famous loser under the trend of history.

Because there are many generals like Li Guang who cannot accept the change or are not suitable for the new style of play, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are particularly important.

It is so important that any one of them will make the big man powerless.

Because if we continue to fight, the big man will not have a general who can lead his troops to gallop thousands of miles in the desert.

Of course, if Liu Che can change the military merit system and give people like Li Guang a marquis, it may be possible to give these generals a second spring.

But Zhang Yuan couldn't do it, not to mention that no one in Zhang Yuan could do it except Liu Che.

Liu Che will not change the military merit system. The current military merit feudal system emphasizes "the first prisoner in the middle".

It includes three items: First, the capture of the Hun king, prime minister, general, and Que family can be named marquises.

The second is to kill more than a thousand enemies to become a marquis.

The third is to make a major contribution to the victory and you can be named a marquis.

This method directly blocked the possibility of a tie in the war, and the possibility of ending the entire army with less attack and more damage or losing both sides.

Only when a one-sided victory occurs, can the soldiers take away the heads of the killed Huns.

Liu Che can falsely report his military exploits to inspire the hearts of the people and inspire the great man.

But those generals dare not, once they lose, the enemies killed before cannot be counted as military exploits.

Didn't Liu Che know about this loophole and that it would dampen the enthusiasm of veterans?
He knows, but what he wants to see more is one victory after another.

Just like the Battle of Mayi back then, everyone in the Han Dynasty only knew that Wei Qing led more than 2000 gate troops to slaughter the Huns in Longcheng, but they didn't know that Han Anguo and Li Guang also killed tens of thousands of Huns.

History has always only recorded the victors.

Wei Qing was thinking about Zhang Yuan's warning, and Zhang Yuan's thoughts had been wandering among the generals of the big man.

Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the city gate of Du County.

"Tai Xue Ling."

The city gate guards in Du County naturally recognized Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan just nodded, and then rushed into the city with Wei Qing on horseback.

If you want to find Chu Da, you must go to Taixue.

After arriving at Taixue, Zhang Yuan led Wei Qing to his mansion to find King Wuqiu Shou.

"Tai Xueling, you can be regarded as coming back, how is Chang'an City?"

It's still a pity that King Wuqiu Shou didn't experience this great event in Chang'an City.

"Just like that, the empress was abolished from Nagato Palace, and all the people who should be killed have been killed by Zhang Tang.

The former general and I had to go to Lantian Mountain immediately, and we heard that Chu Da, the commander of the Shaofu, had resigned and came to Du County. Do you know the news? "

"Reporting to the Taixue Order, the Shaofu Order came a few days ago and Taixue said he wanted to find you, but you are in Chang'an City, so the lower official replied like this.

The Shaofu Ling told the next official where he lived, and told you that he was resting in an inn in the south of the city when you came back or could contact you. "

"Why don't you leave the Shaofu order in the mansion?"

"Well, he said that he has resigned from office and is no longer an official, so he can no longer enjoy such convenience."

Zhang Yuan didn't expect Chu Da to be so particular.

This is not giving anyone a chance to gossip.

But Zhang Yuan thought about it again. If Chu Da hadn't been such a cautious character, he would have overturned after being caught between Liu Che, the Queen Mother, and Chen Ajiao for so many years.

There are not many people who are famous Shaofu orders of the big man, basically they can't even be found in the history books, because this position changes too fast.

Sometimes the emperor's person is in charge, sometimes the empress dowager's person is in charge, and sometimes the queen's person is in charge.

It was really unlucky that the Shaofu did not escape from the two witchcraft disasters.

At that time, Liu Ju and everyone in the Shaofu were purged from top to bottom.

"Young brother, are you waiting here or will you go with me to the south of the city to find Chu Da?"

After thinking about it, Wei Qing felt that Chu Da must have something important to tell Zhang Yuan after waiting for such a long time, so he rejected Zhang Yuan.

"Brother Yuan, I have never been to Taixue, so please ask Taixuecheng to show me around here."

"That's fine too."

Zhang Yuan nodded and turned to leave.

And Wuqiu Shouwang really took Wei Qing around Taixue.

There were only two inns in the south of the city, and Zhang Yuan inquired about Chu Da at the first one.

Sometimes identity really comes in handy.

As soon as Zhang Yuanren showed up, everyone in the inn all looked at him.

At this time, many students who were kicked out of Taixue by Zhang Yuan were still in Du County.

Speaking of it, it was the first time Zhang Yuan felt that time passed so slowly, and so many things happened in the past half month.

"Dong dong dong."

"Who?"

"I, Zhang Yuan."

"Ayuan, come in, the door is not locked."

Under the leadership of the waiter in the store, Zhang Yuan went directly to the door of Chu Da's room, and there was a response when he knocked on the door.

When Zhang Yuan entered, Xiao Er was a little surprised and flustered.

At the beginning, I thought that a rich person lived here, but the house price and the price of the dishes have cheated Chu Da severely.

As a result, listening to the tone of the conversation between Zhang Yuan and Chu Da across the door, one could feel that the person living inside had an unusual relationship with the No. [-] figure in Du County.

The more Xiao Er thought about it, the more numb his scalp felt.

What if this matter is exposed?Whether their inn can continue to operate in Du County is still a matter of debate.

(End of this chapter)