Chapter 215: Benevolence and Righteousness

Chen Cheng galloped wildly, and finally rushed to the edge of the Liuchuan River before sunset. The mountain road was guarded by infantry sent by Yang Qiu to prevent any soldiers from escaping without permission. When the guard saw Chen Cheng galloping forward, he recognized him early, and he hurriedly ordered: "Move away from the horse and give way to the lord!" ”

Gollum's figure is too tall, and his appearance is too eye-catching, even if he can't see the face clearly from a distance, he can recognize this extraordinary horse. Chen Cheng nodded at the defenders on the side, and rushed over the mountain road with his horse. He ran all the way and rushed directly to the handsome flag.

Yang Qiu was sitting on the horse under the banner of Shuai, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he thought that another military report had come over, and he turned his head to look back, but in his eyes was Chen Cheng's face that was not angry and arrogant. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up and arched his hand: "See the lord!" ”

The soldiers and generals on the side bowed their heads and saluted together, and said in unison: "See the lord!" ”

Chen Cheng reined in the war horse, kicked on the ground with four hooves of grunt, and stopped under the banner of the handsome flag. He didn't get off the horse either, and said directly: "Zhao Si, bring the guards and soldiers, and come forward with me." ”

Zhao Si shouted: "No! ”

Gollum spun around on the ground for half a circle, Chen Cheng turned sideways and said to Yang Qiu: "The back road has been opened, you should have received the news." ”

"Tanma arrived half an hour ago," Yang Qiu said respectfully: "The lord is brave, and the ministers will congratulate the lord first!" ”

"You've done a good job, now that the back road has been opened, we can go home as soon as the enemy retreats!"

As he spoke, Zhao Si had already gathered more than a hundred guards and soldiers, and then lined up behind Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng said to Yang Qiu, Li Kan and the others: "I'll talk to you in detail later, now I'll go around first." ”

With that, he rode his war horse and trotted to the front of the two armies. He didn't need to do anything, and he didn't need to say anything, just appearing in front of the battle, it had already aroused the enthusiastic cheers of the officers and men of the three armies. Soldiers worship the strong, as long as they can always lead them to win battles, they will naturally get the support of the army, if they can do "meritorious service is rewarded, fault is punished", then the army can be like an arm.

Not counting anything else, just on the banks of the Weishui and Liuchuan rivers, he had already fought twice, and the soldiers cheered loudly as soon as they saw him. During the Battle of Chencang, Chen Cheng also lamented that Huangfu Song's appearance on the battlefield completely changed the situation of the warring parties, but now he also has this prestige.

With the guards and soldiers, he walked around in front of the two armies, and the morale of both sides was lost. Seeing that the Han army Mingjin had withdrawn his troops, he did not chase after him, but returned to the formation with his own guards. By the time he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Ding Yuan and other generals were already waiting there. Not only that, but even Tian Le, Yang Kui and other generals in Han Suijun and Li Xiangru's troops also arrived.

Chen Chenghu walked in a hurry, walked to the top position and sat down, and then went straight to the point; "The back road has been opened, and now that the Han army has retreated, we must continue to retreat. The order of retreat was as follows: the lightly wounded left now, the seriously wounded spent the night in the camp and then left tomorrow morning. ”

"So what are we going to retreat?" Tian Le straightened up and asked, "Don't you take advantage of the night to evacuate?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "Tomorrow morning, when the seriously wounded go first, General Han Sui's soldiers and horses will retreat, then General Li Xiangru's subordinates, and then Yang Qiu's troops, Ding Yuan's troops, Li Kan's troops, and Liang Xing's flying bear hussars will retreat with me in the end." Do any of you have an opinion? If you don't have an opinion, then go down and prepare. ”

Every time he fights, he charges in front and retreats behind, what else can others say? Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei, that's it. Tian Le, Yang Kui, Yang Qiu, Li Kan and other generals bowed to the ground together and said, "Respectfully!" ”

Now that the order to retreat had been issued, several camps were set into operation. The lightly wounded left along the back door of the camp, and then walked up the mountain road and withdrew along the Weishui towards their hometown in Liangzhou. The mountain beam was still occupied by the Han army, and the sentry saw the retreat of the Xiliang army on it, and soon spread the news to the Han army camp under the mountain beam.

"The Xiliang army has begun to retreat?" Ding Yuan was overjoyed and stood up from his seat, but then he saw that Huangfu Song was still unfazed, so he slowly sat back in place and asked, "General Zuo thinks you can't pursue?" ”

Huangfu Song said calmly: "I have lost the opportunity to enter the army, and attacking now will only increase the casualties on both sides." Although Jing Zhaoyin sent tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang up, those people were okay to guard the camp, and it would be chaotic for them to attack. We have to attack Dong Zhuo in the state next, so we don't have to kill and injure more soldiers. ”

Ding Yuan thought for a while, and said a little unwillingly: "Then the matter is over?" ”

Huangfu Song was silent for a while, and said, "Wait a minute, I will send someone to send a message to Chen Cheng." ”

"Oh," Ding Yuan asked curiously, "I don't know what General Zuo wants to say to that Chen Cheng?" ”

“........ Exchange of prisoners of war. ”

Ding Yuan was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had misheard, "General Zuo wants to exchange captured soldiers with thieves?" ”

Huangfu Song said calmly: "Not bad. ”

"How can this work?" Ding Yuan hurriedly said: "The Han and the thief are not separated!" If General Zuo does this, it will inevitably cause trouble when it reaches the general! Besides, most of the enemy troops we have captured have already been slaughtered, and where is there anyone to change? ”

"Today, dozens of people have been captured, and since the Xiliang Army has retreated, let these prisoners of war go." Huangfu Song said: "Chen Wenzheng treated the captured soldiers of our army well, and also arranged for Lang Zhong to treat his illness. Poetry: Cast it with a peach, repay it with a plum. If these dozens of prisoners of war are put back, it is presumable that the other side will also release the soldiers of our army. ”

Ding Yuan thought he understood, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, it is said that there are still hundreds of people in our army in the camp of the Xiliang Army. With dozens of people for hundreds, General Zuo thought of going ahead of me. ”

But he was a little disappreciative in his heart, and it was certainly good to be able to come back with more soldiers. But in this way, it left people with a handle, and there was never a precedent for a court general to make peace with the rebels. If the defendant is sent to the court, it may be handed over to the end. If one day Huangfu Song is at odds with himself.........

Thinking of this, the smile on Ding Yuan's face brightened a little, but a little disdain increased in his heart: when Huangfu really broke the yellow scarf, how decisive was he to kill? Why is it that women are becoming more and more kind now? Could it be that he is getting older and his heart has become softer?

When Huangfu Song saw the smile on Ding Yuan's face, he seemed to understand what the other party was thinking, or maybe he didn't understand it so much, but the expression on his face was still calm, "I deserve this matter, please ask General Zhengxi to make it convenient, just don't know." ”

Ding Yuan said with a smile: "There are still some Xiliang thieves in our army, and they are handed over to General Zuo." ”

In the large camp under the Changpo Plateau, Chen Cheng had just gone to the wounded barracks and walked around, and at this time he was taking the engineer battalion to dismantle the recyclable prefabricated parts, when he heard Zhao Silai report, "My lord, the officers and soldiers have released the captured soldiers of our army." ”

Chen Cheng stopped what he was doing, straightened up, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, why don't you look so happy?" ”

Zhao Si suppressed his anger and said, "Among the soldiers who were put back, some of them had their ears cut off. ”

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, then was silent for a while, and by sighing softly, he found that he had been sighing more and more recently.

"First bandage the wounds of those people, and then bring a few soldiers back to the Chinese army's tent," Chen Cheng said to Zhao Si: "Pick a few of those who have had their ears cut off and those who don't, and speak clearly." ”

After a while, Chen Cheng sat in the tent and figured out what was going on.

He said to the soldiers with bandages on their heads: "You were all captured by Ding Yuanjun. ”

He also said to the soldiers who had wounds on their bodies but their ears were still intact, "You were captured by the Emperor's army."

The soldiers kneeling on the ground shouted, "Yes! "That's it!"

A soldier with a bandage on his head said angrily: "The enemy general claims to be Lu Bu, and says that even if he lets us go, he will teach us a lesson!" ”

"What does that man look like?"

"It's very tall, taller than the lord, I've never seen anyone so tall!"

Another man with a white cloth on his head shouted, "He kept laughing while cutting off our ears." Lord, if you catch Lu Bu, who was killed that day, please be sure to hand him over to us! ”

He smirked and said, "When the time comes, we will cut off the flesh on his body piece by piece, and roast it with wine!" ”

Chen Cheng was silent, wanting to sigh, but remembered that he had sighed too much recently. He stepped forward and patted a few people on the shoulder, and said gently: "Thank you for your hard work, go down and eat something first, and retreat with the wounded at dawn tomorrow morning." ”

Several soldiers kowtowed to him, and one of them said, "Although we are not soldiers under Lord Chen, we all admire him." If it hadn't been for the adults who let those officers and soldiers go, we would have died. My family is at the foot of Maqi Mountain, if there is an order in the future, just call the ward, even if I die, there are brothers in the clan, and I still have a son, I will come to serve the adult! ”

Other people on the side also said: "My home is in Wild Sparrow Bay!" ”

"We're from Stone Mountain!"

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For some reason, Chen Cheng's heart suddenly became sour, his eyes were a little red, and he forced a smile and said, "Okay, if there is really such a day, I will definitely go to you, and then invite you to drink!" ”

The crowd came and went, hula and left. Chen Cheng sat in the big tent, and after a while, he suddenly spoke: "Actually, I didn't do anything, if it weren't for our generals, they wouldn't have left their hometown and gone hundreds of miles away to shed blood and sacrifice." But even so, they are still grateful to me, why? ”

Zhao Siwen, who was standing quietly on the side, replied: "The lord is benevolent and righteous, and he is a soldier to return to his heart." ”

Chen Cheng thought that he was still forcing the soldiers to fight to the death half a day ago, and even did not hesitate to kill many defeated soldiers, he shook his head and laughed at himself: "I have led the soldiers to kill countless people, and my hands are stained with blood, not only the enemy's, but also my own people, such a butcher, how can he be qualified to talk about benevolence and righteousness?" ”