Chapter 152: Memorial
The next day, Yun Xi returned with his troops. When the www.biquge.info traveled to Chaigou Fort, what he had been waiting for finally came, that is, Lao Zhu's edict, and it was the edict that gave him the power he wanted.
After Yun Xi was rescued by Zhu Lu, he asked Zhu Xi to write a memo and asked Zhu Lu to send someone to the capital. First of all, of course, it is to report safety and let Lao Zhu rest assured; The second is to ask Lao Zhu to allow him to personally lead his troops to the Northern Expedition, of course, even if Lao Zhu does not agree, there is no way to stop it.
The third is to ask Lao Zhu to give him the right to check the merits of the soldiers who went out on the expedition and reward them on the spot. Yun Xi had already realized that this was an excellent opportunity to win over the border soldiers when he began to fight back, so he needed the power to obtain a reward.
Lao Zhu let people pass over a secret fold, and only Yun Xi can open it. Yun Xi was still uneasy before opening it, for fear that Lao Zhu would refuse his request indifferently, then he would be ready to be kicked down.
After opening it, Yun Xi was relieved, Lao Zhu defined the war as the Mongol tribe raiding the frontier, and the imperial grandson who patrolled here angrily led the troops to the Northern Expedition, and allowed Yun Xi to reward meritorious soldiers on the spot. And Yun Xi looked at Lao Zhu's concerned words and was very moved. Then he immediately wrote an excerpt to report safety, and informed that he had been completely annihilated. Then he wrote a letter to Xiyao to report his safety and brought it back.
Then, don't be busy rewarding meritorious soldiers, there is one thing more important than rewarding meritorious soldiers, that is, to mourn those who died in battle!
This time, the casualties of the people around Yun Xi were too miserable, and the two thousand households of the guards searched repeatedly and only left more than 400 people; There were more than 30 accompanying students in the lecture hall, and only Guo Wei, Cao Xing and other less than 10 people remained, and most of them were injured; Of the forty-eight guards, only Yang Feng, Song Liang, and Li Bo survived, and the casualties were too heavy. The Ming army, which fought with the Mongols, numbered 100,000 and suffered many casualties.
Yun Xi saw the detailed list of the dead on the night when he stayed and rested at Yanghe Fort, and cried again, he cried: "So many people have died because of me, I am ashamed of them! I also said that when I went back, I would find a daughter-in-law for Qin Nan, and I also said that when Lan Lian's child was born, whether it was a man or a woman, she would study with my child in the future, and I also said, ......"
Lan Zhen also had tears in his eyes, but he looked stronger than Yun Xi, and said: "Your Highness said carefully, this battle is because His Royal Highness can't bear to see the border people suffering from poison, so he is angry and raises the Northern Expedition. ”
Yun Xi knew that Lan Zhen was "right", this was the definition that should be made, but Yun Xi, who was not as thick and black as a senior politician, still felt uncomfortable, as if he was taking advantage of these Ming soldiers who had died.
Yun Xi put down the list and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and wanted to discuss tomorrow's memorial service with Qi Tai and the others, but he felt that he needed to soothe his mood and said, "You all go down, I'll stay alone for a while." Then he stayed quietly in the tent.
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On the second day, at the height of the noon sunshine, Yun Xi mourned the soldiers who died in the battle in front of Lan Lian's tombstone. More than 100 officers from all the units participating in the battle lined up on the sidelines.
Yun Xi looked at the tombstones in front of him, and couldn't help but burst into tears again. At this moment, he completely abandoned the process that Qi Tai and the others had formulated before, and cried and said, "Lan Lian, Qin Nan, and Chen Xing, I have come to see you." How are you doing over there? Have you ever been bullied by the old ghosts? ”
Then he held Lan Lian's tombstone and said, "Your martial arts are so good, I don't think you will be bullied." Even the Mongol prince has been suppressed by you, how can a little ghost bully! ”
Then he held on to Qin Nan's tombstone and said: "You are the same, how can you be bullied by the old ghost when you killed so many Mongolians before you died; It's just that this time the Mongols died a lot, so you have to be careful not to be bullied by their partnership. Remember to team up with other people, or you'll suffer alone. ”
He also held Chen Xing's tombstone and said: "You have always been life-sparing, and many people have laughed at you, but they probably can't imagine that you will behave like this in the end; You can refute them over there, you've never refuted them before. ”
Yun Xi cried and said a few more words, then retreated to the original position and said, "You are over there, I have nothing to help you, I can only give you benefits in the Yang World." On the sacrificial offering! ”
After he finished speaking, a bunch of subordinates came forward with a large number of sacrificial offerings, including chickens, geese, and fruits of the four seasons, and they were full of piles.
Then Yun Xi said again: "Bring a pen and paper, and write a couplet for you!" ”
With a pen and paper, Yun Xi was full of tears and wrote in front of Lan Lian's tombstone: "I will go to Quantai to summon the old department, and I will kill Yama with a banner of 100,000." ”
Then Yun Xi wiped his tears, and walked to Qin Nan's tombstone and wrote: "Why bury bones, why do you need mulberry ground, where is life not green mountains." ”
Yun Xi finally walked to Chen Xing's tomb and said with tears in his eyes: "You have been with me for the longest time, because you are usually afraid of death, and I never imagined that I would mourn you like this." I wanted you to be a hereditary commander for the rest of my life, but I can only mourn you today. ”
After that, tears rained down and wrote: "On this day, the world is full of tears, and there is a public foot to strengthen Mingwei." ”
The soldiers surrounding outside are sensational! Although they can't hear the artistic level of these three elegiac couplets, these elegiac couplets, especially the last one, have a very high evaluation of the mourners, and they are written by the future emperor, maybe some people will remember them after the ages.
The low-level generals are just fine, and the general's pursuit is not 'the name before and after death'! Who doesn't want to be as famous as Yue Fei?
Yun Xi didn't pay attention to what the people around him were thinking, and continued, "There are still some things to burn for you. As he spoke, he took out several copies of the decree from his body, which, of course, were not sealed.
Yun Xi choked up and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, so Lan Lian, the second son of Lan Yu, the king of Jining, ,......, Yu Yang and Fort,......, and added Yang and Hou, Qin this." ”
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Chen Xing, the eldest son of Chen Baoguo, the hereditary Qianhu of Jinwu, ,......, crowned Li Xinbo, and his son Chen Shi was crowned hereditary commander, and he was crowned as a hereditary commander, Qin this."
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Qin Nan, the eldest son of Qin Shoushan, the hereditary Qianhu of Jinwu, ,......, crowned hereditary commander, and he is here."
This is all a reward that Yun Xi has repeatedly considered with Qi Tai and others in the past few days, thinking that Lao Zhu will not refute it, and finally decided to give a reward.
Yun Xi put down the draft decree and asked the clerk to come over and copy a copy on the paper, and then burned it in front of the tomb. Yun Xi said: "I hope you can live better down there." ”
At this time, Yun Xi really couldn't bear it, so he went down to rest for a while.
Then Yun Xi came up and mourned the Ming soldiers who died this time, and posthumously awarded the hereditary hundred households, thousands of households, commanders and other official positions for those who made greater meritorious contributions, and they were also written on paper and burned.
Yun Xi went to the battlefield for the first time, and it should be the last time to go to the front line, and his mood was very heavy, and he couldn't help but 'do' a poem:"
The king's 100,000 conquests were forcibly captured,
The field battle is a mountain.
I am ashamed to see my father,
A few people are still in Triumph today. ”
Lan Zhen felt that the poem was inappropriate and wanted to remind Yun Xi, but Qi Tai and Lian Zining stopped him. The two of them felt that Yun Xi had gone too far this time, and this poem could just remedy his image in the minds of Confucian ministers, so they stopped him. Yun Hee himself didn't notice that the poem was inappropriate at all.
In the end, Yun Xi said: "This place will be the cemetery of the Ming soldiers in the future, and all the Ming soldiers, whether they died in battle or died of disease, can be buried here." But no one else is allowed to be buried. The soldiers of Yanghe Fort are responsible for guarding them on weekdays; Eleventh uncle, nineteenth uncle, remember to come here every year to worship. Zhu Gui and Zhu Lu agreed.
Then Yun Xi said a few more words, and this memorial service ended.