The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, the corpses on the battlefield were already all over the field, many lucky surviving recruits were sitting on the ground whining and crying, and other wounded soldiers who could move were slowly marching towards the direction of the camp with their own support. Li Ren silently watched the officers and soldiers below clean up the corpses of their own people on the city tower, and the captain Zhang Hu was leading everyone to count the number of deaths.

Many soldiers on the city wall were talking about the battle just now, and many of the survivors had palpitations and secretly admired their luck. One by one, the servants of the Holy Sect of Light were wearing white robes and holding canons in their hands, praying for the spirits of the soldiers who had just died.

A wounded soldier was being carried down from behind Rihito, and the wounded soldier was groaning on a stretcher. Rihito turned around with a little emotion on his face, and took two steps in to stop the stretcher. Seeing that the wounded soldier on the stretcher was already a bloody arm, Li Renqiang smiled and said to the wounded soldier: "It's okay, let the military doctors give you a good treatment in a while, and in March or May, you will be alive again." ”

When the wounded soldier saw that Chaozhou Hou's wife came to visit him, he immediately endured the pain on his body, and said to Liren with a trembling mouth and a slight smile: "Thank you Lord Hou for coming to see me, my little injury is not in the way, you see that I still have an arm, and I can still fight." It's just that the brothers hope that Hou Ye must beat away those officials and soldiers who eat people and don't spit out bones. ”

"Yes, I'm going to make those scum pay their due." Rihito wiped the dust off the wounded soldier's face and motioned for him to be carried away for healing. After seeing this wounded soldier, Rihito suddenly strode to inspect the other two city walls. Countless wounded soldiers were seen along the way, and many of the dead soldiers were still in the final posture of fighting the enemy, refusing to close their eyes for a long time.

Li Ren felt a lot along the way, and immediately instructed Zhang Hu behind him: "Let the bodies of all the brothers be found, make a book according to their names, and wait for the ceremony to be held." Those who have a family are all borne by the Marquis's Palace, and if they do not have a family, find an orphan to inherit his surname, and let this orphan be his adopted son. At this point, Rihito's eyes were a little unbearable, but he pinched the bridge of his nose to try not to let the tears fall. Finally holding back, Liren said: "Each of the disabled soldiers is registered and assigned to the military resources department, so that they can arrange a position, and their pension will be borne by the Marquis's Mansion in the future." Those who have family members are given land and established first-class military merits. Soldiers who were not wounded or killed were given second- and third-class military merit according to the front line and rear. ”

At this time, Chen Lin quickly calculated the amount of money to be spent by the Marquis' Mansion in the back, because as long as the military merits were established, there would be a reward of silver money. Not only that, but also the land should be distributed to the meritorious soldiers. After careful calculation, Chen Lin, who was in charge of finance, suddenly gasped, and he hurriedly reported to Liren: "Lord! That's a lot of silver, and now half of our treasury will be emptied. Look~~"

"Needless to say, the warriors fought hard to kill the enemy, and a little silver taels are not yet on my heart. It is given according to all merit, and it is remembered that there is no shortage of silver taels. Li Ren knew that the common disease of civil officials was slowly showing itself in his Vermilion Bird Army at this time, and after thinking about it, he categorically blocked Chen Lin's words.

Zhang Hu has been in the barracks, and he is very protective of all the soldiers under him, and he just heard that Chen Lin was going to cut the reward given to the soldiers, and he was a little angry. Just as he was about to speak for the fighters, he heard Rihito's words. With tears in his eyes, he knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said, "Subordinate, thank you to the lord on behalf of all the soldiers here~!" ”

Liren hurriedly helped him up, helped him wipe his tears, and said: "Men don't flick when they have tears, I know everything about the soldiers, and we wouldn't be sitting here without them." You can rest assured that all the rewards will not be less than a penny, even if there is no money in the treasury of the Marquis's Mansion, I will also make up the silver taels for everyone. There will definitely be no shortage of rewards and salaries that the soldiers have worked so hard for~! Go ahead and tell everyone the news and put them at ease. ”

When Li Ren said this, Zhang Hu was already in tears, unable to speak, only bowed his hand to Li Ren, turned around and walked towards the outside of the city tower. After a while, the entire City of Hope heard an earth-shattering cheer. Li Ren smiled at several strategists in the city tower and said, "You remember, no matter when, no matter when and where, the will of the people and the army must be taken into account first. ”

Late at night, Generalissimo Li could no longer arouse his interest in singing and dancing, and today was the worst defeat since he became an official. The whole army had more than 200,000 troops at the time of its majestic arrival, and after three sieges before and after, it has now lost more than 40,000 people, seriously wounded 10,000 people, and lightly wounded 10,000 people. He hadn't been able to capture a city wall yet, and he was worried all night about how to write a recital for Shi Miyuan. The last henchman who knew the inside story came up with an idea: "Marshal, you came to exterminate Chaozhou Hou by the secret order of Shi Xiangye, but not by the will of the imperial court. Hehe, this time it was a failure, and it was he Shi Xiangye who finally came to carry this black cauldron. And marshal, you don't have to worry about anything. ”

"Alas! Ying Yuan, you don't know, now I'm thinking about how to repay Shi Xiangye, not the incompetent emperor in the imperial court. Generalissimo Li was still inevitably depressed.

At this time, he turned his eyes and said: "Marshal, have you thought of it, why did Shi Xiangye insist on exterminating Chaozhou Hou this time?" And I have to send you? ”

Li Zhixiao still knew a little bit about these things, but he still couldn't figure out why Shi Mi was far from holding on to Chaozhou Hou and didn't let go, and when he heard the general talk, he asked: "Oh! Could it be that Ying Yuan knows the inside story? Then I'd like to hear about it. ”

"Marshal, do you remember the rumors that spread all over the capital at the earliest?" The general didn't directly say what he knew, but just asked tactfully.

"Ying Yuan is saying that the previous emperor was a false rumor?" Generalissimo Li suddenly thought of something, but he was not sure.

The general named Ying Yuan nodded at this time and said, "Yes." There is also a marshal, you first took refuge in Shi Xiangye, and the main purpose was to be promoted and make a fortune. Right? Li Zhixiao nodded, affirming the general's statement.

"Why, the lowly position is asking you, are you now promoted and rich?" There was a hint of fine light in the half-squinted eyes.

"Now, it's a promotion." Li Zhixiao said that he was a little bottomless in his heart, because he knew that he was only two or three levels higher than before, but he had never been in a rich official position.

"Hehe, the marshal himself has no bottom in his heart. Ask the marshal, do you want to be promoted and make a fortune now, or are you going to flee to the north? The general settled down and said the question in his heart.

"Oh! How to say it? Li Zhixiao is very vigilant in this regard.

"Also, this time, Shi Xiangye didn't send anyone, but he sent adults. Don't adults have ideas in their hearts? The partial general did not wait for Li Zhixiao to answer, and immediately said: "According to the time when I was in the capital some time ago, I carefully observed and found that Shi Xiangye's relationship with the north is not ordinary. ”

Li Zhixiao asked suspiciously: "But what you said has nothing to do with now?" ”

The general immediately smiled and said, "My lord, these things are inextricably linked to the present, how can you say that they have nothing to do with it?" Seeing that Li Zhixiao didn't believe himself a little, the general immediately said: "You know that there are rumors in the capital that the emperor is fake, but you haven't thought about whether it is fake or not, because you have always been Shi Xiangye's right-hand man to the outside world." But now Shi Xiangye didn't send anyone else, but he sent you. And he is so anxious to destroy Chaozhou Hou, so it seems that Chaozhou Hou must have Shi Xiangye's handle, so that Xiangye has to risk being dismissed and must destroy him. Gu Beizhi deduced that this handle must have something to do with whether the emperor was true or false, or the imperial court would have sent someone to clarify the matter of the holy decree. ”

"You mean, the emperor is also protecting Shi Xiangye now, isn't it a good thing?" Li Zhixiao hasn't figured it out yet.

The partial general shook his head and said, "Your Excellency should know the earliest rumors of the Vermilion Bird Army, and also know how General Xia Zhen defected to the north, right?" Seeing that Li Zhixiao hadn't reacted yet, the general said a little anxiously: "You still remember how the emperor treated the Vermilion Bird Army at the earliest, but in the end, the leader of the Vermilion Bird Army turned into Chaozhou Hou." But what happened to General Xia, who attacked them, hasn't the adults thought it through yet? ”

Li Zhixiao now understands a little, and immediately said angrily: "I said, a small Chaozhou candidate will send so many troops to attack, and he will ask me to destroy him at one time." It seems that the emperor is fake, and Shi Xiangye is ready to make a desperate bet. Speaking of this, he immediately asked the general: "Ying Yuan, what do you say to do now?" ”

"Now, now you'd better act for Shi Xiangye to see, and then, hehe, you secretly talk to them personally." The general suddenly smiled and pointed to the City of Hope to the west.

"You're making me~~" Li Zhixiao finally understood, and said in surprise with his mouth open.

In the middle of the night, a spy who had climbed over the city walls was caught by the defenders of the City of Hope and tied him up in front of Rihito. With a slight drowsiness, Li Ren heard that he had caught a spy and had to get up in the middle of the night to interrogate him. Zhang Lei couldn't just prepare the torture room according to Liren's wishes.

When Rihito arrives in the torture room, he sees a spy dressed in black and masked. Nodding to the soldiers around him, he gave the order, "Take off the spies' mask for me." ”

When the spies' mask was removed, they saw that it was a young man with an ordinary face. Rihito asked, "Come, tell me why you want to go into the city." What secrets are you going to hear? ”

The spy didn't answer at all, he asked directly: "Excuse me, who is Chaozhou Hou?" There is something important to repay for your humble duties~! ”