Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 274 I am willing to die for my husband! (3k)

Su Yun now has a lot of generals to train, but he lacks a real talented general. Su Yun has set his sights on Zhe Keshi.

As the saying goes, it is easy to get thousands of soldiers but difficult to find a good general. Wang Shunchen and others can be the commander of a wing, the commander of an army, or the commander of a battalion, but they lack someone who can command a large military group.

Qi Keyong is pretty good, but in Su Yun's opinion, he is still a little bit lacking.

In the Battle of Mizhi, Qi Keyong's command was acceptable, but in Su Yun's opinion, his command was rigid and could only be considered mediocre, acceptable but not outstanding. Not to mention compared with any famous generals, he was probably not as good as any slightly outstanding generals.

But Zhe Keshi is different. He is a famous general who has been proven in history. Of course, this famous general is only considered good during the Song Dynasty. Compared with the famous generals in history, he is still far inferior.

But the good thing is that Zhe Keshi is young. He is only about 30 years old now, and it is the time when his abilities are improving rapidly. If he can learn from me for a period of time and pass on some combat concepts of later generations to him, maybe I can shape him into a truly famous general.

When Xixia and Liao are fully recovered in the future, Su Yun himself will definitely not charge to the front like this time, but will stay in the rear and command a large army of hundreds of thousands, so he will need some outstanding generals to charge in the front.

Guo Cheng didn't know where Zhe Keshi was now, but since Zhe Keshi was right in front of him, he naturally had to recruit him under his command.

Su Yun found a time to be alone and invited Zhe Keshi to have a drink.

Zhe Keshi was a little flattered and felt quite embarrassed in front of Su Yun.

Su Yun smiled and said, "General Zhe, there is no need to be so nervous. You and I are comrades who fought side by side. We are friends who have risked our lives for each other. Why are you acting like a child?"

Zhe Keshi smiled embarrassedly, his expression relaxed a little, but he still didn't dare to be negligent in his heart.

After all, although he is still a young man, he is only one step away from being the prime minister. He is an important official who is high above the others. How could a middle-level officer like him dare to neglect him?

Zhe Keshi hurriedly asked, "Jinglüe, do you have anything to tell me?"

Su Yun nodded and said, "General Zhe, are you willing to follow me?"

Zhe Keshi was a little confused, or rather, he did not dare to believe it, so he tried to probe: "Jinglüe, am I not your subordinate now? The Baoan Army is under the jurisdiction of Fuyan Road."

Su Yun smiled and said, "You followed General Zhong to the frontier before, so you should know who General Zhong was because of."

Zhe Keshi's face was filled with surprise when he heard this.

The reason why Zhong Yan was able to come to prominence was naturally because he was promoted by Han Jiang, the prime minister during the Xining period.

He could understand what Su Yun meant. Su Yun meant that he was willing to follow Han Jiang's example and promote a man like him!
Zhe Keshi was the son of a general. He practiced martial arts when he was young and was very brave. After seeing him, General Guo Kui of the Wuwei Army exclaimed, "He is a true general!" He recommended him for an examination and was appointed as a palace attendant. Later, he followed Zhong Yan out of the border and encountered an enemy general. He took the enemy's head alone and returned on horseback, becoming famous.

If he continues to develop normally, he will make progress step by step, but he may not be able to achieve the same level of success as others.

But if there is a prime minister supporting him from behind and constantly promoting him, he may become the next Zhong Yan, or even more powerful than Zhong Yan!
Under the Song Dynasty's system of civil officials controlling the military, military generals usually had no way to break away from the control of civil officials. Without the support of the prime minister and important officials, it was usually difficult for them to reach a certain position.

If a prime minister wants to consolidate his power, he needs to have local governors supporting him, and he also needs generals supporting him in the army.

Therefore, the prime ministers usually used several military generals. For example, Fan Zhongyan used Di Qing and Zhong Shiheng, Han Jiang used Zhong Yan, and so on.

Zhe Keshi immediately stood up, bowed to Su Yun and said, "I am willing to die for you, sir!"

Su Yun was also very happy when he heard this. Being able to defeat Ze Keshi was better than having 100,000 soldiers!

Su Yun smiled and said, "Okay, then I will ask you to follow the right path from now on."

Zhe Keshi said happily: "It should be so!"

Su Yun nodded and said, "You played a great role in the battle of Mizhi. I have already recommended you for merit. If nothing unexpected happens, you should be promoted to the military commander of Fuyan Road. You don't have to go back to the Baoan Army. You have to stay in Yanzhou to train the troops for me."

Zhe Keshi was overjoyed. As expected, he followed the right person. He was promoted to the military commander of Fuyan Road. This meant he had entered the ranks of senior generals!
Yes, he did make great contributions this time, but if the commander was unwilling to give him credit, it would be in vain.

If he met someone who was slightly fair, he would fight alongside Su Yun as his deputy and at most be promoted one or two levels. There was no way he could become the commander of a troop in one step!

Thinking of this, Zhe Keshi knelt down on one leg and said, "Zhe Keshi is willing to die for my husband!"

The two sentences are similar, but the first sentence is "I am your last name" and the second sentence is "my real name", and the meanings are completely different.

The first sentence is between public and public, but the second sentence is mixed with personal feelings.

Su Yun helped Zhe Keshi up and said with a smile: "With Zunzheng's help, I was able to defeat 100,000 soldiers. Zunzheng, now that we know each other, I will tell you my wish."

Zhe Keshi looked at Su Yun intently. Su Yun said, "In my lifetime, I will definitely take back the Hetao, Hexi Corridor, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. I hope you will always be the one leading the troops for me!"

Zhe Keshi was shocked when he heard this. If someone else said this, he might have sneered. The Song Dynasty and the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms had been at odds for 120 years, and neither could do anything to the other. There were many people who shouted these slogans, but who could really do it?
But since these words came from Su Yun's mouth, Zhe Keshi believed most of them.

This person is not only very successful in the court, but at the mere age of 18, he is already on the cusp of becoming a prime minister. Such a person is qualified to say such words.

The key point is that this man is not a civil official who knows nothing about military affairs, he is a rare military genius in himself!
Judging from this great battle, his military talent may be at the level of a peerless general.

In other words, this man is not only knowledgeable about the military, but may also become a prime minister second only to the emperor in the future. With him in charge, who among the generals on the front line would dare to fool him?

So maybe it could work?

A strong sense of anticipation welled up in Zhe Keshi's heart. If that day came, would he be able to rival the famous generals who founded the country and become a famous general who revived the Song Dynasty?

No wonder Zhe Keshi thought like this, because according to Su Yun, to take back the Hetao, Hexi Corridor and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it means to destroy the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. If he can destroy the two countries as the main general, then his achievements may be greater than those of the famous generals who founded the early Song Dynasty!
Maybe, he will become the number one general of the Song Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Zhe Keshi knelt down again. This time he put his head on the ground and said loudly: "I am willing to die for you, my lord!"

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More than a thousand riders marched one after another in the ravines of the Loess Plateau.

This is a delegation from Western Xia and Liao.

Li Binglin and Zhang Erbai both looked unhappy.

Their negotiations with the Song Dynasty in Bian Jing were fruitless, and then they were sent to Yanzhou to negotiate with Su Yun. Naturally, they were in a very bad mood.

What made them feel even worse was that the Liao envoy Yelu Ziming was sarcastic and mocking to them along the way, but they did not dare to respond.

They dared to speak tough words to the Song people because they had the support of the Liao Kingdom. However, when the Liao people ridiculed them, they dared not talk back. There was nothing they could do; they had to bow their heads under the eaves.

Now Western Xia was exhausted and could not even cope with the Song Dynasty, let alone the more powerful Liao Dynasty.

And they still have to rely on the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, even if the two were extremely angry, they had to endure it.

Zhang Erbai cursed in a low voice, cursing Yelu Ziming, the officials of the Song Dynasty, Su Yun, and even Ye Beima and Mie Emai, scolding them for being incompetent.

Li Binglin was so angry that he shouted, "Can you shut your stinky mouth? If you keep talking, I'll chop you to pieces!"

Zhang Erbai immediately shut his mouth. As descendants of traitors, they had some dignity when others gave them face, but if others did not give them face, they were not even human beings.

It became quiet here, but there was a sudden noise in front, with cavalry galloping towards them at a rapid speed.

Li Binglin's expression suddenly became serious, and he shouted, "What's going on?"

The cavalryman shouted, "Someone has stopped us ahead. He claims to be from this place. His business has been bad lately, so he wants to borrow some silver from us."

Li Binglin's face suddenly darkened, and he sneered, "What do you mean by people on the plateau? They are just bandits. Kill them all, and then send people to the plateau to kill all their people as well! Such blind people have no need to live!"

The knight smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid not. There are too many people."

Li Binglin glanced at the knight and said, "How many can there be? We have eight hundred Iron Harriers. Even if thousands of troops come, will we be afraid?"

The knight said bitterly, "Why don't you go with me and take a look."

Li Binglin whipped the knight on the head with his whip, and the helmet made a clanging sound. Then Li Binglin didn't even look at the knight and galloped straight ahead.

Zhang Erbai was a little curious, so he followed behind and soon saw the so-called people living on the plateau.

Zhang Erbai's face turned pale when he saw it.

There was an endless stream of knights wearing Tangut armor blocking the exit of the valley. There must be thousands of soldiers and horses!
What people on the plateau, what bandits, which people have thousands of cavalry, which bandits have thousands of cavalry?
We have already entered Yanzhou, and we can easily guess who these people are.

Zhang Erbai looked at Li Binglin and found that Li Binglin's face also turned red at first, then pale, and then red again. The rapid switching was even faster than the face-changing in Sichuan. Zhang Erbai was secretly puzzled.

I saw a knight from the so-called family on the plateau galloping over and shouting, "You poor fellows, we won't make things difficult for you. Leave your mounts and get out of here!"

(End of this chapter)