"Lord Lin, please speak." Han Gang stopped and turned around.

Lin Jue groaned: "This defeat ...... I'm afraid you'll be court-martial when you go back. Besides, you were saved by me, and Yang Jun may be angry with you when he knows about this. I actually want to advise you not to go back, but I'm afraid you won't listen to me. Well, I can only advise you not to mention our rescue, otherwise...... I'm afraid it won't be good for you. ”

Han Gang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Marshal Yang won't be like this, besides, even if he is punished, I am to blame." I was a defeated general, and I deserved to be punished. But Lord Lin's advice, Han understood. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said no more. Han Gang turned around and gathered the wounded soldiers to discuss a few words, and Ma Changqing volunteered to stay behind and take care of more than 200 wounded soldiers with dozens of soldiers who were convenient for mobility. Han Gang led more than 60 soldiers who were able to move and were less seriously injured to leave. That is also to prevent encountering the Liao people on the way, and it also has the power of a war.

Lin Jue and the others did not immediately change their position, although Han Gang would definitely inform Lin Jue and the others of their location after returning to the Great Zhou Army, which would bring great danger. But Lin Jue still decided to stay here to rest. Lin Jue thought that Yang Jun should not dare to act rashly anymore, and today's failure should have taught Yang Jun a great lesson. People like Yang Jun still know how to learn lessons. So staying for one night shouldn't be a big deal.

Moreover, with the hundreds of wounded soldiers in front of him, Lin Jue couldn't leave with his hands. Lin Jue didn't want to be anticlimactic, since he had saved these people, it was inappropriate to put them in a situation where the Liao people might find them at any time as soon as they left. This is also regarded as the end of his benevolence and righteousness. If you have your own people by your side, you can at least reconnoiter the enemy's situation in advance and respond in a timely manner.

The night is getting darker, and the weather in early summer is very cool at night, but there are many mosquitoes in the forest, which is quite disturbing. He didn't dare to make a fire to repel mosquitoes, so the glade was filled with crackling mosquito sounds and muttering curses.

The guards of the Luoyan Army are divided into two teams, one team rests, and the other team is on guard, and they rotate with each other in the middle of the night, which is already a system. Dozens of soldiers were scattered around the forest and on the high hills near the left, and everyone in the forest could rest at ease.

Although Lin Jue and the others said that the supplies were insufficient, they couldn't bear to see the group of wounded soldiers starving and being bitten by mosquitoes there, so Lin Jue ordered Bai Bing to bring people to send them some dry food and water, and also gave some homemade mint water from the cottage for them to smear and repel mosquitoes. The wounded soldiers were naturally grateful to Dade and ate some dry food to avoid the mosquito attack, and the tired people soon fell asleep with snoring like thunder.

A crescent moon has long since hung in the sky, shedding a hazy light. Lin Jue didn't feel sleepy, so he and Bai Bing and Gao Muqing came to a big stone at the edge of the woodland and sat down and whispered. The topic is not so much about what is in front of us, but about the things at home in the distant Funiu Mountain. Talking about the little county lord and others, talking about a pair of children, and talking about family reunions, Lin Jue also felt homesick in the chatter of the two daughters.

After chatting for a while, the husband and wife were about to go back to the simple shack next to the woodland to rest, but they heard someone shouting not far away.

"Who's that, what is the sneaky thing about? Reporting Identity. It was the voice of one of the guards who was protecting Lin Jue's side.

"Brother, don't misunderstand, I am getting off the horse and Changqing, seeing that Lord Lin has not slept yet, I want to come and talk to Lord Lin for a few words." The man whispered.

Lin Jue listened carefully, and the face of a dark-faced young general who had followed Han Gang before appeared in front of him. Not long ago, when he reasoned with Han Gang, the other people around Han Gang were angry and drew their swords, but this young officer didn't seem to do that, but sat aside and thought. This left a deep impression on Lin Jue.

"My family is going to rest, it's so late, what else can I see? Get out of the way. "The soldiers in charge of guarding Lin Jue's side are extremely responsible, because Sun Dayong has given a strict order, everyone must ensure the safety of Lord Lin, once Sun Dayong finds out that he has irresponsible behavior, Sun Dayong will make these guards suffer.

Ma Changqing looked disappointed when he heard this, nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I won't bother." Then he turned and left.

Lin Jue coughed and shouted, "Just ask General Ma to come over and talk." ”

The guards led Ma Changqing to the big stone. Ma Changqing obviously knew the rules very well, and all the weapons and bows and arrows on his body were unloaded, and his hands were empty, to show that he was not threatening. Coming to Lin Jue and the three of them, Ma Changqing bowed respectfully.

"Ma Changqing has seen Lord Lin and the two ladies."

Lin Jue returned the salute with a smile, and Gao Muqing and Bai Bing also returned the salute with their hands.

"General Ma, your brothers are still in stable condition. If you need help, please let us know and we'll help. Lin Jue smiled.

Ma Changqing nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Lin, the brothers are all very good, and they all sleep soundly." They are really tired today. Being able to sleep so soundly is completely because Lord Lin saved us, which can be regarded as our creation. Great kindness, I dare not say thank you, but I remember it in my heart. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "Why do you have to say some small things over and over again? I also told your General Han that it is our duty to help our compatriots in the Great Zhou. ”

Ma Changqing nodded and said, "Lord Lin is noble." Under the admiration of the extreme. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "General Ma is too famous. ”

Ma Changqing said: "Please Lord Lin don't call the general under the horse, he is Changqing under the horse, he is just a team leader." ”

Lin Jue was a little surprised, that Han Gang seemed to be very serious about this Ma Changqing, Lin Jue saw Han Gang and Ma Changqing whispering more than once, and thought that Ma Changqing was Han Gang's henchman general, but he didn't expect that it was just a team leader. The squadron in the Great Zhou army was actually just the lowliest general with fifty soldiers. How could Han Gang be so close to a team, and there were more than a dozen generals by his side, this was a strange thing. But there's nothing to say about it.

"I see, that's nothing. Whether it is a general or a soldier, they are all heroes who kill the enemy on the battlefield. In my eyes, all soldiers are equal, but there is no distinction between superior and inferior. Lin Jue said politely.

Ma Changqing nodded and said: "I did hear that there is indeed equality between officers and soldiers in the Luoyan Army in Funiu Mountain, but I didn't expect it to be true." Lord Lin's governance of the army is really a little different. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "You have also heard of these things? That's amazing. ”

Ma Changqing nodded and said, "I have not only heard of this, but I have also heard some things about Lord Lin." I know that Master Lin studied under Mr. Fang Dunru, the great Confucian of the world, and I also know that Lord Lin is the Duke of Xie Yuan of Liangzhejiang Road, and I also know that Lord Lin is the champion of the Spring Department of the fifth year of my Great Zhou Qingfeng. Lin Daren's poetry and essays are the best in the world, and I have also read it below. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "That's really unexpected." Brother Ma actually pays so much attention to me? Could it be that you and I have a relationship? ”

Ma Changqing smiled and said: "I don't have a relationship, but if I participated in the Spring University Examination back then, I might be a student of the same year as Master Lin." I don't know if this is a source. ”

Lin Jue was surprised: "Brother Ma is saying that you are also a scholar?" ”

Ma Changqing nodded and said: "Here is the thirty-ninth person in the Hebei East Road Examination in the fourth year of Qingfeng, and he also has the qualification for the spring examination of the following year." It's just that he didn't go to see the Chunqiu big exam, but went to Baozhou in the winter of the fourth year of Qingfeng to join the Ansu army as a soldier. Therefore, I'm afraid that it can't be regarded as the same year as Lord Lin, because I didn't take the Spring Exam at all. ”

Lin Jue was even more surprised, the young man in front of him was about the same age as himself, and his age matched. It is true that his manners are not as vulgar as those of ordinary soldiers. But he is like a man who has read books. However, the experience he said was a bit bizarre, this was definitely an exception in a society like Da Zhou, Lin Jue had no way to confirm it, and he also had some doubts in his heart.

"Oh? It turns out that Brother Ma is really a scholar, or a student who has passed the exam and is qualified to participate in the Spring Exam. In this case, why didn't Brother Ma take the Spring Exam? That's a promising future. In my big week, reading and entering the office is everyone's dream thing, but to put pen to paper? It's strange. Lin Jue said in a low voice. this

Ma Changqing smiled: "Isn't it?" After I made this decision, my friends around me called me stupid and said that I was crazy and lost. My teacher threw me at the bloody dog and said I was stupid. Even our local magistrate came to persuade me. But I still went to the army. They all thought I was stupid to make such a choice, but they didn't know what I was thinking. I thanked them for their concern, but I couldn't heed their advice. ”

Lin Jue felt more and more interesting, and asked, "But I don't know what made Brother Ma so determined to join the army, and he didn't even care about a good future?" ”

Ma Changqing sighed lightly and said, "Lord Lin, there is only one reason for doing this, and that is to avenge my parents." My father was originally a merchant and was located in a border town, and I traded with the Liao people in the Great Zhou, so my father started a business in furs and medicinal materials. Buy some leather herbs from Liao to sell in my Great Zhou, and then buy some cloth and tea from Great Zhou to sell to Liao. Although it is a small business, it also has no worries about food and clothing. However, at the age of twelve, something changed. When my father was selling goods in the border town of Luojiajichang, a group of Liao people ransacked the market and robbed the merchants' goods. My father refused to be robbed of the goods by them, and the Liao dog pooped...... And they slew him ....... Shocked to hear such bad news, my mother took me to the field to look for it, and found my father's headless body. These dog thieves, they even cut off my father's head to ask for credit. Pity my father for being loyal and kind all his life, but in the end he ended up with a headless result. …… My mother has been depressed since my father's death, and when I was fifteen years old, my mother also fell ill and died. Before she died, my mother said to me, 'Son, you have to avenge your father and get your father's head back.' Your father's grave still has headless bones. Your father is gone, how can his soul find a home? How can you be at ease? ’”