"The rosary wooden fish in the hand, the children on the earthly edge of the heart, the heart in the robe, can no longer be seen clearly."

- "The Book of the White Horse"

It is said that the Yangzhou army captured Taizhou City, which can be said to be effortless, Zhao Cheng led the guests to escape, did not know where to go, and sealed the knife because of his fate, leading the Shence army to start the return.

On this day, there was a light rain.

Cheerful Jiangnan Yan, who doesn't know the sorrow of the world, makes smoke and rain with his wings, and makes people thin by crying.

Zhao Cheng, who fled in a hurry, under the escort of the doorman, secretly marched towards Jiangzhou, they first took the land route, and then turned to the waterway, day and night, along the way, frightened.

After staying in Taizhou County for a few days, Ying Qiong led his army to Wu County, preparing to solve the trouble of Yue County in one fell swoop.

Around the last days of May, Ying Qiong met Wei Jin in Wu County.

In the county hall, in the open lobby, Wei Jin was lying on a rocking chair, in a trance.

Ying Qiong faced the person in front of him, he was shocked, and was shocked why in just a few months, the energetic old manager had become the appearance in front of him, his hair was all white, he couldn't find a single black hair, his face was brown spots, wrinkles were like ravines, his eyes had lost his previous spiritual energy, and he had become trance-like. His hands trembled slightly. The whole person looks like a sign of the wind and candles.

"Boss...... Uncle Wei ......" Ying Qiong shouted in disbelief, and an inexplicable sourness welled up in his heart.

"Ah...... Be...... Is it a public ...... The marshal is back......" Wei Jin tried hard to put a smile on his face, but now, even a smile has become very difficult.

Shen Yan stood beside Wei Jin, silently watching the two of them talking, these days, after he finished handling military affairs, he would come to the county government to accompany Wei Jin.

"How did this happen?" Ying Qiong said distressedly, looked at Wei Jin and muttered, and then turned his gaze to Shen Yan.

"Back to the mansion, the old manager is very old, and he has worked hard for several months, and his body and bones have reached the limit...... Shen Yan replied.

Ying Qiong slowly squatted down, squatted beside Wei Jin, took his emaciated hand, and was speechless for a while, he knew that the old manager had done his best for Yangzhou Mansion, served their father and son for two generations, and worked hard.

"Greetings...... The old man can only accompany you here, and the rest depends on you, just like I will have such a day after all, and you will have to go alone. Wei Jin said slowly, like an old father telling his last words, and his words were serious.

"Boss, in front of you, I will always be the son in your eyes." Ying Qiong heard Wei Jin call him the marshal of the mansion, and suddenly felt awkward, after all, in the eyes of the old manager, he was the son of the young man who didn't grow up, just a child, and there was only one person in the marshal of Yangzhou Mansion, so his father Ying Tianyang.

"Childe has grown up,......" Wei Jin smiled and sighed.

"The boss still has a good rest, I'm going to ask people to invite famous doctors from Yangzhou and Luoyang to take a look at you." Ying Qiong stood up and said firmly.

"No need, Childe, the old man's body The old man knows best, time is running out, I hope before that, I can see the son pacify Yue County and Yangzhou re-settle, then it will be reassuring." Wei Jin said his wish, he didn't want to see Yangzhou in chaos and die, then he would die.

"Understood...... I see! Ying Qiong's expression was painful, he understood the old manager's intentions, and he also knew the way of life and death, and the destiny of heaven was difficult to violate. What I can do is to meet the boss's wish as much as possible in the last moment, which can be regarded as compensating the boss's heart.

"Go, there are still many affairs in the army, the Yue people failed to sneak attack last time, I'm afraid they will come again, Gongzi must be more vigilant." Wei Jin did not forget to tell Ying Qiong, he watched Ying Qiong grow up, he had no children, and sometimes, he regarded Ying Qiong as his own child.

"The boss is in charge of recuperation, I'll go first." Ying Qiong retreated, took a few steps back, and then left with some reluctance.

"Shen Yan...... I'm gone, you must help him well, help him at all times, no matter the hardships, weather, snow and rain, you must firmly support him. Wei Jin looked at the young back and thin shoulders, and was sad for a while, and couldn't help but explain to Shen Yan.

"Don't worry, the boss, his subordinates...... will definitely live up to the trust, saddle the horse for the marshal, and die! Shen Yan hurriedly agreed, the person in front of him was a model in his heart, and he naturally would not be lonely with Wei Jin's expectations, because what he wanted to do was to become a person like Wei Jin.

After the two finished speaking, they were quiet in the hall, each with their own thoughts.

The wind blew a few fallen flowers, playfully landed on the ground in the hall, and a fragrance of flowers also came to the nose, and on the trees in the courtyard, a row of chirping house finches fell, and the branches kept noisy......

Wei Jin fell asleep......

Shen Yan sighed, sat on a chair in the hall, and quietly accompanied Wei Jin.

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Ying Qiong gathered all his troops and camped on the bank of the Red Leaf River in the east of the city.

The morale of the Xuanzhou soldiers also recovered a lot with the arrival of Ying Qiong.

However, a problem made Ying Qiong into trouble, the Yangzhou New Army seemed to have some prejudices against the Xuanzhou Army, and there were not very good words circulating in the barracks. Maybe it was because they heard about the performance of the Xuanzhou Army that made these new generation of soldiers scoff and disdain......

The Xuanzhou army, which had suffered heavy losses, heard such a taunt, and naturally fell into a sluggish state again, and in the first battle of Yuejun, it lost 20,000 comrades, and the main general fled from the battle, and suffered a sneak attack by the Yue people, and the military heart was broken again and again.

Ying Qiong's first task now is to regain the confidence of the Xuanzhou army. He issued an order to dismiss 5,000 Xuanzhou troops, seriously wounded, disabled, and the elderly to return to the field.

As soon as this order was given, the whole army was in an uproar, and at first glance, how could this make the Xuanzhou army regain confidence and restore morale? In fact, this is the first step, just like the first thing to disinfect is to treat the disease, this part of the people, the most can affect morale, the old do not want to fight anymore, complain every day, the wounded shout every day who does not look upset, besides, when there are too many wounded soldiers in your battalion, it will bring an invisible depression. Therefore, Ying Qiong's first step is to clear out this part of the people first.

As a result, 5,000 people left the Wu County military camp one after another and happily returned home.

When the rest of the Xuanzhou soldiers saw it, their hearts were itchy, because they all wanted to disarm and return to the field, and when they returned home, their wives and children were hot on the kang, and they had a good life, and there was nothing to do, who wanted to lick the blood on the tip of the knife.

Subsequently, there was another military order, whoever beheaded and accumulated 100 levels was given a field bounty, and those who accumulated 500 levels could be unloaded and returned to their hometowns!

This is terrible, even the new army bombed the battalion, and for a while, the whole army was up and down, there was a lot of discussion, and the faces of the soldiers were full of excitement. The remaining 20,000 Xuanzhou troops are even more boiling, killing a hundred enemies, giving a bounty, and then killing another 400, you can go home, when the time comes, you have money and land, turn over in one fell swoop, isn't it beautiful?

"Hey, old cow, have you heard, the military order of the marshal ......"

"I've heard that I've heard that such a big thing is something we centurion said early in the morning."

"How many did you kill?"

"I haven't killed anyone......"

"Tsk...... Also, there is no fight, where are we going to behead......"

"Oh, across the river, see it, listen to the centurion said, the 36,000 people of the 36 villages of the Yue people are in the mountains."

"Hmm...... Yue people......"

"I'm afraid of an egg, last time I wasn't the turtle son surnamed Cheng, next time I will kill a hundred of him, haha."

"Also, there is a marshal here, and our Xuanzhou army is not a vegetarian, and those new soldiers think that they will be great if they go to the west."

"It's just, and laugh at us...... My old cow must give our Xuanzhou military commander a long face next time! ”