Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 233: What our ancestors can do, we can do too!
Just as Qi Keyong was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Su Yun say, "General Qi?"

Qi Keyong raised his head quickly and said, "Does the manager have any instructions? Please speak frankly."

Su Yun nodded and said, "There is indeed something I want to discuss with you, and I hope to get your strong support."

Qi Keyong's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to say anything. He quickly nodded and said, "Just tell me what you want, Boss. I will obey you."

Su Yun smiled and said, "That's not necessary. Let's discuss it carefully. This matter requires not only your consent, but also the consent of all officers and even all soldiers. Only then can it be accomplished."

When Qi Keyong heard this, he knew he was in big trouble.

When a matter only requires the knowledge and consent of the upper level, generally speaking, even if the matter is not small, it is not difficult to handle. Once everyone needs to unanimously and approve of something, then things will become extremely troublesome.

"You said that I would obey you in every way."

Su Yun nodded and said, "General Qi, do you think the combat effectiveness of the Suide garrison is okay?"

Qi Keyong heard this and said: "It depends on who we are compared with. If we compare with those garrison troops and militia, our Suide Army is naturally the elite, otherwise we would not be able to defend the front line.

But if we are in the Northwest Army, we are also considered one of the top five elite troops.

But if you compare it with the Xixia army, there may still be some gap."

Su Yun smiled upon hearing this and said, "Is that the difference? I followed Qi Xingwen's camp and was dispersed by the Xixia cavalry after just one encounter. Then the soldiers scattered and fled. They couldn't be called back even if we shouted. They had no fighting spirit at all. How can you call them elite?"

Qi Keyong smiled bitterly and said, "The strength of our Song army lies in defending the fort. If we encounter cavalry in the wild, we will naturally panic. As long as we have a position, our soldiers are definitely not bad."

Su Yun shook his head and said, "This is not what I think of as an elite. The Qin army swept across the world, the Han army conquered Langjuxu, and the Tang army settled Anxi. These are the elite forces I imagine.

Staying inside the fortress, allowing the enemy to come and go as they please, and scattering as soon as they encounter the enemy in the wild, such an army can only be regarded as a mob, not a strong and elite army. "

Qi Keyong also shook his head and said, "That's true, but it's difficult."

Su Yun looked at Qi Keyong and said, "What's the difficulty? Is it that the soldiers of the Qin, Han and Tang armies are not Han Chinese, or that the generals of the Qin, Han and Tang armies are more powerful than those of our Song Dynasty, or that the Tanguts are more powerful than the Xiongnu and Turks?"

Qi Keyong was speechless, with many questions churning in his mind, but he couldn't utter a word.

Su Yun said: "When the Xiongnu were at their most powerful, their territory stretched from the Greater Khingan Range in the east to Central Asia in the west, occupying most of the Eurasian steppe.

This vast territory even exceeded that of the Western Han Dynasty of the same period, making them the most powerful nomadic empire in the world.

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Maodun Chanyu led 400,000 cavalrymen to the south, and Emperor Gaozu of Han almost became a prisoner. This shows the powerful strength of the Xiongnu.

A country that can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of cavalry is countless times stronger than the Dangxiang people!
But the Han army drove the Huns out of the south of the desert?

During the Tang Dynasty, the Turks stretched from the Liao Sea in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west, from the North Sea in the north to the south of the Amu Darya in the south, and had a million troops under their command!
The Xiongnu only had 300,000 soldiers at that time, while the Turks had a million soldiers. They were not a hundred times stronger than the current Dangxiang people, but the Tang army still defeated them, didn't they?
So, what our ancestors were able to do, we, the younger generations, cannot do?"

Qi Keyong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "What you said makes sense, but this is the condition of our Song Dynasty!

During the past 120 years, there have been wise rulers and famous generals, as well as people of noble character and lofty ideals who have devoted their entire lives to the cause, but they have always failed for various reasons.

I am just a small military officer, what can I do? "

Su Yun nodded and said, "There are many things you can do. For example, I want to organize the Suide garrison to conduct a military exercise, and I need your help."

Qi Keyong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It was just a military exercise, that would be easy.

Qi Keyong nodded quickly and said, "That's no problem. I'll cooperate with you no matter what you say."

Su Yun smiled and nodded, "Okay, considering that the Suide garrison still has to defend the fort, we can train in batches, for example, let Qi Xingwen's camp and Qi Ying's camp come first, with a total of 300 people."

Seeing that Su Yun had even thought of this, Qi Keyong couldn't help but said happily, "That's easy, just train them and train them as long as you want."

Su Yun smiled and nodded, "Training will eventually consume physical strength, so the food and wages for these two battalions must be arranged by me, and they must be allocated according to the food and wages of a fully staffed battalion."

Qi Keyong thought about it and felt a little embarrassed, but then he nodded happily and said, "Okay, this is originally your decision, you can arrange it."

Su Yun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, then there is nothing else for now."

Su Yun and Qi Keyong walked outside, and the rest of the people looked at them worriedly.

Qi Keyong smiled and said, "The general manager is concerned about the training of the soldiers and wants to try to be in charge of it himself. From now on, all the soldiers in Qi Xingwen Camp and Qi Ying Camp will be trained by the general manager."

When the others heard this, they felt relieved, especially Zheng Nian'an, but Qi Ying looked a little strange.

Qi Keyong looked at Su Yun and said, "What about Commander Qi?" Su Yun smiled and said, "I have some things that I need Commander Qi's help with. Why don't you come with me?"

Qi Ying groaned, his face somewhat bitter, and looked at Qi Keyong, who scolded him, "It is your honor to be able to train with the chief steward, why are you making such a bitter face?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ying quickly put on a smiling face.

Su Yun also smiled and didn't care.

After the matter was settled, the other generals left one after another, but Qi Ying did not dare to leave and stood there awkwardly.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, go and call the remaining soldiers of Qi Xingwen's camp to your camp headquarters, and we will start training from tomorrow.

Oh, yes. Next, you go to the quartermaster's office to get one month's worth of our food and wages. Get the slip from General Qi. Remember, you need to collect the full amount of food and wages for two battalions of one thousand people at once.

Then, our camp will have three meals a day. Breakfast must include steamed bread, three per person. Lunch and dinner must include fatty meat, one or two ounces per person. It must be big fatty meat, not bones or inferior meat. They must be five-layer big fatty meat. That’s all for now.”

Qi Ying's eyes widened and he said, "If they continue to eat like this, I'm afraid even a thousand people won't have enough food."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Let's do this for now. If it's not enough, I'll find a way then."

Qi Ying didn't dare to say more and quickly agreed.

Huo Yong and others had also followed the team back to Suide City. This trip scared them. After coming back, they wanted to have a good rest for a few days. Unexpectedly, Qi Ying came before they had even laid down for a while, bringing a new order. All the survivors in their battalion should report to Qi Ying's camp.

Huo Yong and others had no objection. The commander of their battalion had died, and there were only a hundred people alive. It was normal for them to be assigned to other battalions.

Everyone packed up their things and followed Qi Ying to Qi Ying's camp.

Qi Ying's camp originally had about 400 people. This time, about 60 to 70 of them were killed by the Iron Harriers. Together with the remaining 100 or so people in Qi Xingwen's camp, the total number was barely 500. Even if it was a full camp, they could still handle food and lodging.

Huo Yong and the others were relatively calm in their hearts. It was finally a good ending. They had not slept the whole night, and today they had been traveling and moving, so they were already very tired. Therefore, they all went to bed early after dinner.

It seemed like I had just slept for a short while, and then I heard the clanging of gongs, which was the sound of an anxious morning training.

Suddenly everyone in the camp was awakened.

Huo Yong got up from the bed and cursed, "Damn it! Today is not a training day. What are you doing so early? You are just making me suffer!"

Although they cursed like this, they did not dare to be negligent. Military orders were as heavy as a mountain and no one dared to disobey them.

Huo Yong hurriedly forced several members of the team to put on their clothes, and then ran to the playground.

As soon as I arrived at the playground, I smelled a strong fragrance.

I saw more than a dozen large pots next to the playground, some were cooking porridge, some were steaming steamed buns, and there were two large barrels next to them, which should be pickles or something.

Huo Yong led his men to rush over. Although everyone was given a quota, the porridge in the front could be thicker and more plentiful, while the porridge in the back might be thinner and less, and they might not be full.

Huo Yong and his men ran fast, but the people in Qi Ying's camp were not slow either, and seemed to be targeting them. They rushed out from the side, knocked Huo Yong and his men to the ground, and then surrounded the big pot.

Huo Yong and the others were so angry that their faces turned pale, but they did not dare to lose their temper. After all, this was Qi Ying's camp, and there were not many people in Qi Xingwen's camp. If they really wanted to fight, firstly, they would not be able to win, and secondly, Qi Ying would definitely protect his old subordinates. Then they would definitely suffer the loss, which was not worth it.

Huo Yong and the others could only stand up with their brows bowed and lined up at the back. Brother Luguan said angrily: "We are living and dying together with Manager Su, but Manager Su doesn't care about us!"

Huo Yongqi said, "Why should you care about us? It was Steward Su who saved us. If it weren't for Steward Su, our heads would not be on our shoulders now. Are you still not satisfied?"

The masturbator was very angry, but he didn't say anything.

But they heard someone exclaiming in front of them, so they hurried to see what was going on, and heard the person in front of them exclaiming, "Today there are three steamed buns, and you can eat as much porridge as you want, and you're full?"

Immediately, there were discussions, and some people asked loudly: "Are we going to have a big battle today? Otherwise, why would we have such good treatment? Aren't we going to be the death squad?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many soldiers began to clamor and demanded an explanation from the captain in front.

"Clap clap clap!"

Three crisp whip sounds came from the front, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"It's the archer next to Manager Su!"

The masturbator whispered to Huo Yong.

(End of this chapter)