Chapter 415 The hearts of the people are back
The ancients said, don't take evil as small, don't take good as small. Though the evil deeds are small, if they are done in abundance, they will become great evils, and if the good deeds are small, they will be rewarded if they accumulate in abundance. Ye Heng really didn't expect that he helped an old peasant couple that day, and today he solved the difficulties of the whole city of Pingcheng. If all this is not a coincidence, it must be arranged in the dark.
The Pingcheng army, who took turns to rest, quenched their thirst after eating melons, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and their state recovered very well. They went up to the city wall and replaced their brothers, who were still fighting, and let them rest and rest and taste the fragrant and sweet melons.
"I have been a soldier for more than ten years, and this time in Pingcheng can be regarded as an eye-opener! The food is good in peacetime, and the food is better during the war, there are meat, buns, eggs, and cakes, and what you want to eat, and the food is better than the festival! Now that there is a shortage of water in the city, we have brought melons to eat, and this is a treatment that we have never had before! Although people will die in battle, this time I suddenly realized that this battle is worth it even if I die in battle! Because the people up and down of Pingcheng really regard us as brothers, and don't let the brothers die in vain, they think about us everywhere, if they can hold Pingcheng, they really want to take root here in the future!" An ancient city soldier who came here with Li Quan was replaced from the city wall, and said to his comrades around him while eating melons.
"To say that the commander of Pingcheng is really good to us, although because of General Peng's matter, the general here and General Li are not at the same eye, but there is no difference between us who are soldiers. Let's retreat here from the ancient city, take care of food and housing, and treat the same as the army of the city of peace, the key is to get along with each other during this time, and there is no feeling of being under the fence at all. The people in the city are kind to us, I never thought that we, a stinky soldier, would be so respected. It is said that we are soldiers to protect our families and defend the country, if we protect such people, even if I die in battle, I will not regret it, and I will be a soldier in the next life!" replied to the comrades-in-arms of the ancient city.
"Also, when have we ever drunk the prince's wedding wine? The lord of this flat city married his wife at a time of crisis, and the marriage was done with two jars of wine, and the lord of the city was a real person. This wine is not me bragging, it is the best wine I have ever drunk in my life! Although the wine is a little less, it is fragrant! And this city lord's wife is definitely a good woman with affection and righteousness. I heard that the lady came to Pingcheng with the lord of the city, and the long one was the beauty of the country, and the heavenly maiden was like a mortal, and she married the lord of the city in times of crisis, what a virtuous woman she was, and she should marry a daughter-in-law like this!" said another warrior sitting together.
Even the civilians in the city have the money to contribute, and they have the strength to contribute their efforts, silently paying for the defense of the city. You see, the men who carry the supplies back and forth, the women and children who bring us food and water, and the old people who clean up the debris in the city, all of them are doing what they can, such a scene is really unprecedented! If the people of the ancient city can also support us in this way, I believe that the ancient city will never be lost so easily. The first ancient city soldier to speak said.
"Who says it's not! There are quite a few rich and powerful people in the ancient city, but the rebels have not yet arrived, and each of them is faster than the other! In ordinary times, they flaunt their might and oppress the people, and each one is more powerful than the other, and they really need them to come out and play tricks, and each one is more inferior than the other! The most infuriating thing is that there are so many soft bones, taking advantage of the fact that we are fighting the rebels outside, they actually secretly collude to seize the city gate, so that we cannot return to the city, and can only break through to Pingcheng. Compared to the civilians of Pingcheng, these people are simply inferior to pigs and dogs!" The ancient city soldier who spoke behind him was not angry.
"Alright, let's stop talking. If the people of the ancient city are not as good as the civilians of Pingcheng, then I can only blame me, the supreme governor, for not being able to gather the strength of the people of the whole city. At this time, Li Quan came to sit down beside them and took all the responsibility on himself.
"General Li, we know that you are not to blame for all this, it is they who are ungrateful, and you don't have to excuse them. ”
"Actually, I was really wrong, and if I hadn't been in Heijo for so long, I wouldn't have realized what I was wrong. I ask you, if it was the past me, would I sit with you to eat and talk? If it was the past me, would I consult with someone to find the best solution? If it was the past me, would I admit that I was wrong in front of you? The past me was too self-righteous and self-centered, so I didn't unite everyone in the ancient city, and this is what caused the current situation. Li Quan said with all his heart and lungs.
"General Li, let me tell you the truth, compared to the vast majority of high-ranking officials, you have actually done a good job. It's just that some people never know how to be grateful, and always think that others should indulge him and accommodate him, for this kind of person, no matter how much you pay, he will turn a blind eye, you still don't think about the previous things, let's work together now to keep Pingcheng, this is the most important thing now. The ancient city soldiers who sat together and ate melons enlightened.
Li Quan smiled bitterly and said, "I have always boasted of being very high, and in the end, I still need my soldiers to enlighten me." You're right, now we must defend Pingcheng, if we can collect Pingzhou, I will advise the emperor, and in the future, Pingcheng will be the state city of our ancient Pingzhou, only here is the heart of Gupingzhou!"
"The general is right, this is the heart of Gupingzhou, Pingcheng will not fall, Gupingzhou will not be destroyed!" Li Quan's soldiers agreed.
"Let's eat quickly, everyone hurry up and rest when you're done, if the war is tight, we have to support us at any time. This battle has been fought so far, and we don't know how many more than 6,000 ancient city troops will be left, and I hope we can all live safely until the end of the battle. Li Quan said to his subordinates.
Everyone nodded, silently nibbling the melon in their hands, and their expressions became solemn.
Outside Pingcheng, Han Kaiyuan finally got the news that Han Bin was killed in battle, and his eyes were dark, and he almost fell. Wu Haoren stretched out his hand to help him up, so he didn't fall to the ground.
"Bin'er! Uncle can't stand you, Uncle didn't protect you!" Han Kaiyuan began to cry as soon as he regained consciousness.
"Marshal Han, life and death on the battlefield are fateful, let's mourn and change!" Wu Haoren said soothingly. Han Bin's fall made Wu Haoren also uncomfortable, which meant that the Han family's army, the elite army he had high hopes for, completely collapsed. There are not many teams that can enter Wu Haoren's eyes, and he regards these teams as his right-hand men to help him win chips, and he never thought that before Pingcheng was laid, Han Jiajun would no longer be able to participate in the later plans. This news is also bad news for Wu Haoren.
"How many people are left in the Han family's army?" Han Kaiyuan asked the person who came to report with grief.
"About three hundred people, they are all outside, you go and take a look, I'm afraid something is going to happen!" said the person who reported it immediately.
"What's wrong?" Han Kaiyuan asked as he walked out, and as soon as he walked out, he saw more than three hundred Han family troops gathered together, all of whom took off their battle armor and changed into civilian clothes. They held their armor neatly on their chests and lined up neatly between the camps. A small bookstore
"What are you doing here?" Han Bin's bones are not cold, are you doing this right, starting the Han family?" Han Kaiyuan immediately understood what these people were going to do, and asked with great sadness.
"On the order of the Han leader, the Han family army was disbanded, and from today, he will go into hiding for ten years, take care of his comrades-in-arms, and serve his father and mother. The Han family's great kindness cannot be repaid, if the Han family is called in ten years, the recall will be returned, and words will be done! I can't bear to leave now, so I have come to say goodbye to the marshal!" said a young man from the Han family standing in front of the team. He is Han Bin's deputy and Han Bin's apprentice, who met in the army. After Han Bin became the leader of the Han family's army, he was invited several times, and was moved by Han Bin's sincerity, and finally came to the Han family.
Hearing this, Han Kaiyuan immediately stayed on the spot, it turned out that all this was arranged by Han Bin.
Han Kaiyuan looked at the more than 300 people in front of him, and after a long time, he sighed dejectedly: "Let's go, after today, the Han family is afraid that it will be difficult to form the Han family's army." Liu Yi, I usually come to Han's house to have a look. ”
"Definitely!" Liu Yi nodded in agreement, and then half-knelt down, leaving the battle armor behind.
"It doesn't have to be like this, Liu Yi, I'm afraid that the Han family won't be able to use this armor, you can take it away, let's get acquainted, and leave you a thought." Han Kaiyuan stopped.
The reason why Liu Yi made this move was because the rules in the army have always been like this. Because the armor is not easy to build, expensive, and often damaged, veterans must wipe down the used armor before leaving the army for those who come after.
Han Kaiyuan's meaning is very clear, the Han family will not form the Han family army in the future, leaving this batch of battle armor is not very meaningful to the Han family, it is better to give it to these people who have worked hard for the Han family for many years, these battle armor is of greater significance to them.
"Thank you Marshal Han for the armor!" Liu Yi still knelt down and thanked him loudly.
"Thank you Marshal Han for the armor!" More than 300 Han soldiers knelt down at the same time and thanked Han Kaiyuan.
"Get up, where is Bin'er's body, I want to see him one last time. Han Kaiyuan said in a choked voice.
After Han Jiajun, who was kneeling on the ground, got up, Liu Yi said to the others behind him: "You go first, I'll take Han Shuai to see the eldest brother." ”
More than 300 Han Jiajun silently walked out, and Liu Yi took Han Kaiyuan into the tunnel and came to the place where Han Bin was buried.
"Bin'er, how can you bear to walk in front of your uncle!"
When he came to Han Bin's grave, Han Kaiyuan could no longer suppress the grief in his heart and cried loudly. As soon as Han Bin died, Han Kaiyuan felt that his dream of fighting for his whole life was completely shattered, and the whole person seemed to have been drained of his soul, and suddenly he lacked vitality, as if he had grown old at least twenty years old.
Liu Yi knelt in front of Han Bin's grave, gritted his steel teeth and wept silently. In Han Jiajun over the years, he has been living a life of fighting and killing, he thought that he had already looked down on life and death, and he would not grieve for anyone anymore. However, in the face of Han Bin's new grave, the grief in his heart could not be expressed, and the habit of shedding only blood without tears for many years was also broken.
The two of them were each immersed in their own pain, and I don't know how long it took, Han Kaiyuan put away his crying and asked Liu Yi on the side, "How did Bin'er die?"
"The eldest brother said that there was no need to avenge him, he didn't hate anyone. Liu Yi understood what Han Kaiyuan meant, but he understood even more the strength of Ye Heng, who was able to beat Han Bin to the point where he was seriously injured and dying, and he decided to respect Han Bin's meaning.
"So, is he unjustly dead?" Han Kaiyuan suddenly looked at Liu Yi, his gaze as sharp as a knife.
"Those who kill are always killed, and there is nothing unjust. All I know is that the eldest brother left with a smile. Liu Yi looked directly into Han Kaiyuan's eyes and said.