After all kinds of post-war matters were almost arranged, Shi Chi's vanguard army was stationed in Fuzhou City, and the Feifeng Army entered Xinzhou with Shi Cundao to rest.

Guo Dingyuan killed the crooked armor and his face was full of blood, and the rectification of the Left Route Army only collected less than 40,000 people, and the original 120,000 horses and horses that went out of the city lost two-thirds, and the casualties of the Left Route Army of the Honglie Empire in this battle were also the heaviest, and many numbers were lost, I looked at these soldiers who fought bloodily, and I felt extremely guilty, the Left Route Army was brought out of the city by me.

I steered up a dirt slope and said ashamedly: "Brothers, I'm sorry for everyone! I wanted you to live a good life with me, but in the end, many brothers died in a foreign land. ”

The people below knelt down together, and some of them cried bitterly, and some said: "What is this words, young general, soldiers should kill the enemy for the country, if there are no dead brothers, there will be no great victory today, even if our left army does not go out of the city, and the other people who die are also our fathers, you take us to kill Haggis, and the souls of those brothers who died will rest in peace." ”

I nodded gloomily and said, "Thank you for your understanding, I will definitely fight for more compensation for the brothers who have died." ”

There were many people below crying: "Thank you, Major General." "These soldiers are rough people, and they may not feel anything about the honor you give them, only this tangible thing can make them feel warm.

Guo Dingyuan looked apprehensive and said: "But the young general, our dispatch of troops this time is an act of disobedience, if the old marshal is investigated, let alone bereavement, I am afraid that he will be held accountable." ”

I said, "Didn't I say that?" I will bear the blame, and the dead brothers are heroes, so what are they doing? ”

Shi Cundao happened to pass by us and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Dingyuan hesitated, Shi Cundao understood his thoughts after observing his words, and said: "The pension for the fallen soldiers of the Left Route Army remains the same, as for you, hmph, I'll talk about it later!" ”

I asked, "What is the imperial court's standard for compensating soldiers who have died?" ”

Guo Dingyuan said: "According to the rule, it is 7 taels of silver per person. ”

I shook my head and said: "7 taels of silver is enough for something, I will be the master of the court, 50 taels per person, and the emperor is not short of this money." ”

Guo Dingyuan peeked at Shi Cundao, and Shi Cundao shook his whip and said, "That's it." ”

I smiled bitterly and said, "There are many people I'm sorry for this time, and there is another one in Fuzhou City." "According to the time, Pu Qixiong should have woken up early, and now he may not be able to scold me.

Shi Cun said: "Come back to the city with me first." "I walked away.

Hundreds of thousands of troops slowly entered the city, all of them were sleepy and tired, Shi Cundao ordered the whole army to rest, no words overnight, the next morning I was taken out of the quilt by two Shi Cundao's personal soldiers, two people stood in front of me with straight faces, watched me put on my clothes and then followed me like a prisoner to escort me forward, no matter how I hooked up with them with a hippie smile, it was nothing more than a hard sentence "The marshal ordered us to take you over to see him, and I don't know anything else."

I felt a pang in my heart, Shi Cundao's personal soldiers dared to be so unkind to me, it must have been Shi Cundao who told them, could it be that my identity has been exposed? Or is it that the old man who disobeyed the order and went out of the city wanted to settle accounts with me?

I was full of cranky thoughts, followed the two personal soldiers to the Chinese army tent, and at a glance, I saw Shi Cundao below, Shi Chi Shi Dong, Shi Di Yang Stilwell and Shi Di Qi Shi Zhou brothers are standing in two rows, Shi Cundao sat on the left side of a person is Pu Qixiong, the old man is glaring at me viciously, I just wanted to step forward to talk, Shi Cundao said in a deep voice: "Everyone is here, have a meeting!" ”

I had to stand beside Shi Diyan, Shi Cundao's face was serious, and he slowly spoke: "Yesterday's battle, our army and the Feifeng army hit the central part of Hejisi Wusi hard, and almost wiped out the Tailang Department, and now its three armies are retreating in the Black Forest, it is difficult to predict whether to withdraw or advance, but one thing is certain, in a short period of time, Hegis will no longer be able to attack, this battle can be described as a rare victory for our army in a hundred years since the Black War, all the generals have merit, the old man is very relieved, this is to the emperor to ask for credit!" ”

The other people in the big tent all showed a smile when they heard this, Pu Qixiong listened quietly, and Shi Chi's three fathers and sons secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this master sent troops without Shi Cundao's order, according to Shi Cundao's temper, no matter what kind of severe punishment is possible after the autumn, the old man is now talking, it seems that these things have been arranged by him a long time ago, since it is said that all the generals have merit, then there is no reason to punish again.

Shi Cundao continued: "Yesterday, the first merit should have belonged to the old general Puqi Xiongpu. ”

Puccion was surprised, took a step forward and said, "This ......"

Shi Cundao waved his hand to signal him to go back, and said: "The old man and his daughter General Zhao have already plotted to attack Hejis, in order to prevent the leakage of military information, so they deliberately said that the date was delayed by one day. ”

Pu Qixiong's face changed, and he wanted to speak several times, and finally had to clench his fists and say, "Thank you Marshal for the compliment." ”

Shi Cun said: "The second merit is to count the two generals Xuan Zhide and Ding Zhan, who led the Chinese army to fight hard with Wu Sizhong all night to defeat it, which not only ensured the safety of Fuzhou City, but also ensured the smooth rear road of the coalition army, which is also a great achievement." ”

These two people are the generals in the army in Shi Cundao, they led the troops out of the city under the command of Shi Cundao, what they did was just a routine, at this time a big pie fell from the sky, the two of them looked at each other, and saluted in a daze: "Thank you marshal, this is the duty of the last general." ”

Shi Cundao said: "Shi Chi led his troops to support the coalition forces, and he attacked decisively, and his credit was not small. ”

Shi Chi blushed and said, "Thank you, father." When Stilyan and Stilwell heard this, not only did they not hold them accountable, but they both listened to it with great interest.

Shi Cundao continued: "Shi Dong led the troops to stick to Lizhou, so that Qin Yiwu had no opportunity to take advantage of it, and it is also commendable. He named the names of several generals one after another, including Guo Dingyuan, the generals of the Left Route Army defending the city, and Li Jian and others were among them, in short, everyone was happy, everyone was meritorious, Hong Liejun fought a big victory, and the court rewarded him heavily.

Only I understand in my heart that what I say about the fear of leaking the military plane and the conspiracy of the Feifeng Army is all Shi Cundao's own words, as for why he did this, I also understand more or less - I disobeyed the order to go out of the city, and I have to be punished by military law, only the crime has no merit, Shi Cundao has taken care of everything!

After the meeting, everyone else resigned from the big tent, and I hurriedly ran to Pu Qixiong and bowed with a smile on his face: "General Pu Lao, if you are beating or scolding, I will make amends for you." ”

Pu Qixiong glared and said, "This is strange, where did you offend me?" ”

I said again and again: "I know that you are not lightly angry, so don't worry about me for the sake of me as a junior." ”

Pu Qixiong stood up and snorted, I knew that his anger should be gone, so he took his hand and said, "When the juniors are free, they must put down the wine and ask the old general for a crime." ”

Pu Qixiong waved his hand and said, "How dare I drink your wine?" At the end, he smiled bitterly and said, "That's it, the marshal said that I am the first meritorious, and I will not mention this matter in the future." ”

I said with a bitter face, "You still don't forgive me?" ”

Pu Qixiong put his hand on my shoulder and said: "I'm serious, this matter ends here, if you talk too much, it will be disgraceful to the marshal, and his words in the army are holy decrees, which makes people feel that it is not good for the marshal to talk about it." ”

I hurriedly said: "Then you say that the other generals can guess the truth of the matter?" ”

Pu Qixiong said: "Do you say that everyone else is a fool? Who can't see it with a discerning eye? ”

I was worried, "What if they say they missed it?" ”

Pu Qixiong smiled and said: "Everyone has been rewarded for their greed for heaven, who is so blind to touch everyone's bad head?" Moreover, the marshal also gave an account to everyone. ”

"What's the explanation?"

Puchchon asked me rhetorically, "Who do you say has the most credit for this battle?" ”

I was confused, "Who?" ”

Pu Qixiong said: "You! If you didn't lead the troops out of the city to meet the Feifeng Army, this victory would be impossible to talk about, and in the end, you blocked Qin Yiwu's 600,000 cavalry with the power of one person, this alone is a miracle that others dare not think of, but the marshal didn't say a word about you, the sword god, why is this? ”

I continued to wonder, "Why? ”

"The marshal is expressing his attitude to the generals, the mistakes you have made and the merits and demerits you have made are offset by a write-off, and all the rewards vacated are given to everyone, whoever breaks it up on this will sweep away everyone's interest, how will you gain a foothold in the army in the future?"

I suddenly, this is the cloud and mist to see the blue sky, while secretly sighing that Shi Cundao's old scheming and scheming is spicy, although he does this to protect the Shi family, but the other generals have to be grateful to Dade, but I just let me out alone, I don't care about these things for merit awards, and now it is my wish to have a win-win situation.

Pu Qixiong nodded at me, and said earnestly at the door of the big tent: "Di Zai, although you are a little reckless, fortunately you did not make a big mistake, the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the Left Route Army are heavy, but from top to bottom, they are also heartbroken with you, I am still relieved to hand them over to you, Hegis is unable to crusade eastward, it seems that there will be no war in three or five years, I will stay in this position for another year and a half, and it is time to officially give way to you, you are kind and tolerant of others, just be careful not to trust others, Other than that, you're already a qualified general. ”

These heartfelt words of his made me both ashamed and awkward, but I was still overjoyed to hear that the war was over, and as soon as I sent the old man to the door, I heard Shi Cundao in the tent say, "Gorou, you stay." ”

Pu Qixiong pushed me and said, "Go ahead, the marshal must have something to say to you, I'll wait for you in Fuzhou City." Stilwell came up and squeezed it in my palm, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "It seems that my grandfather will not blame you for the big trouble, and the second brother will follow you in the future." Shi Chi said with a straight face: "Nonsense, get over here!" Saying that, he glared at me and seemed to want to reprimand me a few words, so I hurriedly said: "Everything is arranged by grandpa, dad, you have to be careful when you speak." Shi Chi couldn't spread the fire, so he had to look at me indignantly and walked away. The two soldiers at the gate of the big tent also ran over at this time and said with a smile: "We were also ordered by the marshal before, but we didn't scare the young general, right?" ”

I breathed through my nose and eyes, "Can you two scare the young master?" ”

The two hurriedly said with a hippie smile: "The fifth young master is right, as long as you blow casually, the two of us will not know where to fly, and thank you for your grace of not killing." ”

I laughed and walked into the big tent, at this time there were only me and Shi Cundao in the tent, the old man had already walked down the handsome case, packed a pot of cigarettes and sat cross-legged on the ground, saw me come over and gave me the cigarette pouch, I hurriedly caught it, and I felt embarrassed to see each other in private, only while smoking hehehe, Shi Cundao looked at me deeply, and said coldly: "I heard that you said I was old in front of everyone?" ”

After sorting out the plot behind, there should be a small ** that everyone can't imagine......

(To be continued)