The captain medic and his men were rummaging through the survivors one by one by the light of the moonlight and torches, when suddenly the sentry next to him shouted, "What people, password." ”

"Don't shoot, we're North Koreans, we're not armed." A North Korean military academy came over carrying a large banner and said in Chinese, "On the orders of our prince, we have come here to help the wounded." Our lord said that when you see this flag, you will not attack us. ”

"Sir, they're North Koreans." The sentry shouted, "Flying the same flag as us, and saying that they are here to help the wounded." ”

The captain came over and looked at the flag of the North Koreans, he really couldn't understand why he couldn't attack under such a flag, and both sides complied with this rule: "Since you also flew such a flag, you are also here to help the wounded." Our generals have an order not to take the initiative to attack you. The people you help you, the people we save us, we have nothing to do with each other. ”

The North Korean military academy saluted: "This is very good, don't violate the general's order." ”

The military academy was just about to leave, but the captain and the military doctor stopped him again: "That, I also want to ask, why can't you attack if you hit this kind of flag, what did your prince say." ”

The military colonel said with a smile: "I just want to ask you this question, our prince didn't say why, he just ordered it, didn't your general say it?" ”

The captain medic shook his head: "No, he just asked me to carry out the order." ”

"Then don't bother." The military academy saluted again, "I'm going to rescue the wounded." ”

The medical teams on both sides were busy with each other, and suddenly there was a commotion on the side of the North Koreans. The regular military academy walked up to the captain's medic again: "That, I want to ask you for a favor if you have something." We had one of the wounded who couldn't stop bleeding, and we ran out of hemostatic bandages. ”

"I'll take a look." The captain and the military doctor picked up his satchel and followed the cadet to the wounded, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, who had been stabbed in the leg and blood was gushing out through the bandages.

"Your bandaging method is wrong, the bandage shouldn't be tied like this, it won't stop the bleeding." The captain medic said as he untied the bandage on the wounded man's leg and took out a roll of bandages from his satchel, "You hold down his leg, you are all watching, only such a bandage can most effectively stop the bleeding." ”

The surrounding North Koreans watched as the captain medic redressed the child's wound, and sure enough, the wound soon stopped bleeding.

"My lord is really a miracle doctor."

"Oh, it turns out that the wound should be bandaged like this, we were all wrong before."

The North Koreans began to compliment one after another, and the North Korean military academy waved his hand: "Let's go and get busy, if the Yulin Army needs any help, we can't help it." ”

"Sir, you can also rest." The military academy pulled the captain and the military doctor to find a place to sit down, and took out two cigarettes, "Where did you learn your medical skills, I have never seen such a beautiful bandage." ”

The captain took the cigarette and looked at it, and instead of answering the question, he asked rhetorically: "Where did you get this cigarette, this is the cigarette produced in our Yulin Bay." ”

The regular military colonel was quite surprised: "Is it, this is what you produced?" This kind of cigarette is very expensive in our North Korea, and ordinary people cannot afford to smoke it. ”

"It's normal in our Yulin Bay." The captain medic dug into his body and took out a box of unopened cigarettes, "Give it to you, this cigarette is our military supplies, and each soldier will be given a box every ten days." A box of 20 cigarettes, I don't smoke much, so I'll give it to you. ”

"Then you're welcome, thank you." The military academy took the cigarette and said with emotion, "Your Yulin Army is so good, you can still give cigarettes to the soldiers." ”

"Our Yulin Bay is better, and now the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to Yulin Bay, which is the most comfortable and moisturizing." The two of you talked like old friends who had been reunited for a long time, and no one forgot that just a few hours ago, the two sides were still your mortal enemies.

A North Korean man ran over and said a few words of Korean in the ear of the regular military academy, the main military academy nodded, looked at the captain and the military doctor and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, I'm afraid I have to trouble you." We had too many wounded, but we only came a few dozen people. I see that there are a lot of people from your Yulin army, can you help us send the wounded back. ”

The captain medic hesitated for a moment, and the military academy hurriedly said, "Don't worry, there will be no problems." Before we came, our prince had an order that he would never take any action against you. ”

The captain medic thought for a moment: "Okay, for the sake of you and I are so familiar with the face, I will help you again." ”

Arrangements were made on both sides, and the captain of the Yulin Army, a military doctor, led a company of soldiers without any weapons to help the North Koreans return the wounded to the barracks. The rest of the Yulin army sent their wounded back.

The captain and the military academy each carried their own red cross flags and laughed all the way back to Taomin's camp, and most of the new Korean troops had already slept and rested, but I don't know who broke the news, and more than 100 people from the Yulin army came to the barracks. Almost all of the new Korean troops stuck their heads out of their tents, what the hell is going on, why the enemy can swagger into their barracks.

The captain military doctor commanded the soldiers of the Yulin Army to settle the Korean wounded, and turned back to the regular military academy to say goodbye to the camp.

"Wait a minute, sir." The military academy stopped the captain and the military doctor, "My lord has invited my lord, and my lord said that I want to thank my lord." ”

"It doesn't have to be." The captain's heart was a little empty, "I still have to go back in a hurry to resume my life, and besides, I also helped you on the orders of my general, so there is no need to thank you." ”

"Your Excellency must go, my lord still has something to ask your lord to tell your General Zhang Hai."

The captain and the military doctor had no choice but to follow the military academy to Tao Min's camp.

Tao Min stared at the captain and military doctor for a while, and suddenly said thoughtlessly: "Your military uniform is so good-looking, especially this captain's rank, which is exactly the same as back then." ”

The people around didn't understand what Tao Min meant by this, and Tao Min didn't explain, and with a wave of his hand, someone next to him brought over a tray. Tao Min pointed to the tray and said, "This is one hundred taels of silver, to thank you for helping our wounded." You don't have to worry about anything, this king doesn't mean anything else, just thanks, and your general won't blame you. ”

The captain medic looked at the silver on the tray and didn't know if he should or shouldn't ask for it.

Tao Min said again: "I won't say anything else, you can go back and tell your General Zhang Hai that even if this year's battle is over, he and your cavalry division can withdraw to Beijing, and this king will not have any obstruction, of course, this king also hopes that they will not prevent us from returning to North Korea." Tell your general, how things will happen in the future, I will talk about it later, this king still hopes that we will abide by the rules of the game like today. ”

Zhang Hai returned to Beijing with his soldiers and told Jiang Beiming what Tao Min had said.

Jiang Beiming thought about what Tao Min said and didn't say anything for a long time, Zhang Hai was a little anxious: "Beiming, the North Koreans are about to withdraw, what should we do, chase or not." ”

"Let them go." Jiang Beiming's mood was a little depressed, "The 40,000 Eight Banners must have been evacuated in advance, didn't Tao Min also release you back, let's let him go, we have other things to do." ”

"Beiming, how do I think you're not in a good mood, do you have anything to worry about?"

"Not really." Jiang Beiming smiled bitterly, "In the past few months, no one has won against anyone." Tao Min, Huang Taiji, Li Zicheng, Chongzhen, including ourselves, did not achieve the goal in any respect, but so many people died, why is this. We were thrown into this era by God, and both we and Tao Min want to change this era, but why do we have to use war, and we must use the methods of the dead to achieve our goals. ”

"What else would it be like that?" Zhang Hai retorted, "The times determine us, not us." ”

"I understand." Jiang Beiming took a deep breath, "You and I are both soldiers, we were soldiers in our last life, and we are soldiers in this life. The duty of a soldier is to fight and prepare for war, and why war is not a question that we can figure out, nor is it a question that human society can figure out. Perhaps God buried the gene of war in everyone's heart when he created human beings, and we have no choice. ”

"Don't talk about these advanced questions, I don't understand." Zhang Hai changed the topic, "What should we do next?" ”

"Now that the war has subsided, let's think about how to arrange it." Jiang Beiming took out a pencil and notebook and began to write.

Except for Zhao Qi's artillery division, the rest of the Yulin Army was to assemble in Beijing, and Jiang Beiming decided to reorganize the new First Army.

The Yulin Army in Xuanfu and Datong will be organized into the 1st Independent Brigade and the 2nd Independent Brigade, which will be directly under the command of the military headquarters. It is said that it is an independent brigade, but in fact it still maintains the size of the original regiment, with 2,100 people per brigade. Lushun's combined fleet retreated to Dengzhou, leaving four warships under the command of Wang Zhaoxing, and the remaining warships were brought back to Yulin Bay by Zeng Guangxian to prepare for an attack on North Vietnam next year. The cavalry division suffered heavy casualties, so it temporarily rested in Beijing, and if the imperial court did not have any new instructions, it would retreat to Xi'an after half a month to assist Xu Lang and Xia Yang in reorganizing the captured rogues. Zhao Qi's artillery division would leave 30 artillery pieces for Xi'an to defend against Li Zicheng, and all the artillery divisions were scattered and mixed with the cavalry divisions, and began to transport prisoners of war to Yulin Bay in batches.

All the wounded were to be sent to Tianjin and escorted back to Yulin Bay by the Combined Fleet. Ye Zhan's infantry would also rest in Beijing and look for opportunities to retreat by land. At the end of the year, when most of the army had returned home, the First Army would be reorganized from home in light of the situation in Vietnam.

However, Jiang Beiming emphasized one thing in his letter to Xu Lang and Xia Yang, hoping that the two of them could explain to Han Wantao and Zhao Qi and return to Yulin Bay in advance. Because there are probably as many as 70,000 or 80,000 prisoners of war this time, how to place them will be a headache, and Jiang Beiming hopes that his family can make arrangements as soon as possible.

Letters were sent out one after another, and reinforcements from the direction of Xi'an also arrived in Beijing one after another, but by the time they arrived in Beijing, the war in Beijing had subsided.

When Xu Lang and Xia Yang returned to Yulin Bay, it was already early October, and Zeng Guangxian's combined fleet had just returned a few days later, and the first batch of about 10,000 rogue prisoners of war would also arrive in Yulin Bay a month later. This time, Hong Chengchou handed over more than 80,000 liukou in Yulin Bay, but among them, the number of women alone was close to 30,000, and the remaining old people and children were more than 20,000, and the real young man was just in his early 30,000s. Although Han Wantao was very dissatisfied, he had no choice but to reluctantly accept this fact.

Xu Lang and Xia Yang were warmly welcomed as soon as they returned home, Sun Tianhao and Leng Tianbing had returned from the Philippines, and the Spaniards in the Philippines, like the Portuguese in Macau, did not agree to send troops to help Yulin Bay nor said that they would help Tao Min. Of course, this is the best outcome.

Shi Xianyang was the east, and invited Xu Lang's family and Xia Yang's family to take Gao Chen to Yulin Bay Hotel, and at the same time called Liu Guannan, Leng Tianbing and Sun Tianhao's family. Xu Lang was afraid that Ye Sunquan and Bihe would worry about Ye Zhan, so he asked Cheng Yiyi to call the Ye family as well. Several families with a total of sixty or seventy people filled the corner of the lobby of the Yulin Bay Hotel, and it was quite lively for children to cry and adults to make trouble.

Sun Tianhao's son didn't know who was provoked, wow wow burst into tears, Sun Tianhao shouted to Yao Chun: "Lady, you go and coax him, let him stop crying, I'm upset when I cry." ”

"Tianhao, what are you worried about your son crying?" Xu Lang looked at these children and smiled, "It's okay to make a little more trouble, this is the real life." ”

"yes, it's better to be at home." Xia Yang also said, "My wife and children are hot on the kang, this is the real warmth, I don't want to go out again." ”

Sun Tianhao's son had just been coaxed, and Liu Guannan's son came over with a broken wooden knife wiping his tears: "Dad, the knife you gave me was broken by Brother Xiaoyan, and he didn't let me cry." ”

"Hahahaha." Xu Lang was amused and laughed, and picked up Liu Guannan's son, "You wait, I'll go home and clean him up and give you out." Let's stop crying, wait for my uncle to make you a new one, it's better than what your father gave you. ”

"Really? Uncle Xu, you are not allowed to lie to me. The child burst into tears and laughed.

"How could Uncle lie to you, Uncle did what he said." Xu Lang kissed the child's little face and put him on the ground, "Go and play with my brother, my uncle will definitely do it for you." ”

"Alright, let's let the kids play on their own." Shi Xianyang beckoned, "Lu Lao and Aunt He are waiting, let's hurry up and eat." ”

Everyone quieted down, and Lu Tianxiang picked up his wine glass: "Don't say anything else, Xu Lang, Tianyang, hard work." ”

"Lu Lao said seriously, it's not hard, it's not hard." Everyone drank the wine in their glasses.