Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 5 Collecting Troops and Asking for the Future

Section 14 Carry the coffin back to the hometown

In the middle of April of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), Liaoyang.

Since Xiong Tingbi left, Liu Yunwei stepped up preparations to lead his troops south, and at the same time entrusted Yuan Mingxuan to handle the funeral of his father-in-law Xu Mingwei, and Qiao Ling also collected the funeral and prepared to be buried with him.

A few days later, Yuan Mingxuan found Liu Yunwei after making the arrangements and said, "Little General, I have already arranged the future affairs of Master Xu, and the day after tomorrow is set." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Yuan." ”

Yuan Mingxuan said: "Where is the little general, Master Xu can be regarded as sacrificing on the battlefield of the anti-Jin resistance, and it is my honor to take care of the aftermath for Master Xu." ”

After speaking, Yuan Mingxuan thought for a while and asked, "By the way, the little general, the preparations for the army to go south are almost complete, when will we leave?" ”

Liu Yunwei said: "After sending my father-in-law away, let's go south and go back to Sichuan." ”

"What about the remains of the old general and the major general? The journey to Sichuan is long, and the weather is about to warm up, so the body cannot be preserved. ”

Liu Yunwei had obviously thought about this problem, and said directly: "Cremate on the spot, then use longevity materials to collect the burial, and carry it all the way back to Sichuan." ”

Two days later, Liu Yunwei held a grand funeral for his father-in-law Xu Mingwei, and sent it along with the maid Qiaoling. Before that, Liu Yunwei saw that the Xu family had no family, so he entrusted Wang Hao to sell the Xu Mansion together with the Xu family's land and property, and got a total of 60,000 taels of silver. Liu Yunwei took out 20,000 taels and handed it over to President Qian, who was stationed in Liaoyang, and said: "You can give this silver to the brothers who remained, so it should be donated by my father-in-law." ”

Mr. Qian took the silver and was greatly moved, and said: "Little general, don't worry, if Jiannu comes to attack, as long as our brother is still alive, we will never let Jiannu step into Liaoyang for half a step!" ”

On the day of Xu Mingwei's funeral, the prefect Wang Hao came to mourn with the civil officials in Liaoyang City, dressed in plain clothes. After the incense, Wang Hao wrote a memorial text on the spot and read it in person, and it was very hot to see the civil and military officials and big families in the city who came to mourn, and Liu Yunwei also thanked him with a big gift.

After the funeral, the people who came to see them off dispersed, and Yuan Mingxuan and Lu Ying also returned to the city to arrange for the south. Liu Yunwei was the only one left next to Xu Mingwei's tomb, and there were dozens of guards waiting in the distance.

Looking at the two new tombs in front of him (one buried with Xu Mingwei and the other buried with Qiao Ling), Liu Yunwei was very sad, and he thought that he was going to travel thousands of miles to Sichuan, and his heart was even more painful. At this time, Liu Yunwei thought that all this was a nightmare, and hoped that the nightmare would wake up and find that the dynasty had won a great victory and Jiannu had been wiped out. However, Liu Yunwei knew that these were not nightmares, but real happenings, and he would have to suffer for a long time. Liu Yunwei warned himself in his heart that he must work hard to accumulate strength so that one day he would return ten times the pain he had suffered to Jiannu!

In the evening, Liu Yunwei returned to the General Military Mansion with his personal guards, and Yuan Mingxuan and Lu Ying were already waiting here.

Liu Yunwei saw that everyone was waiting for him, so he asked, "Everyone is done?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan said: "Yes, the matter of Hanwei Camp going south has been prepared; At the same time, my friend Cheng Shiyong of Haizhou Wei also sent a reply, saying that he had contacted the maritime merchants in Lushun, and after we arrived in Haizhouwei, Cheng Shiyong would personally take us to Lushun. ”

After hearing this, Liu Yunwei felt relieved in his heart, and everything would be fine when the affairs of the sea ship were arranged. At this time, Lu Ying said: "Big brother, there is one more thing, the opening silver allocated by the imperial court has not yet been delivered, Xiong Jingluo wrote to let us wait for two days, he is actively raising money, and the day after tomorrow it can be delivered together with grain and grass." ”

"Okay, then let's leave for Sichuan the day after tomorrow, let's go home!"

Two days later, Xiong Tingbi sent someone to send 3,600 taels of silver (125 taels per infantry and 225 taels per cavalry) to the Hanwei battalion, in addition to 2,000 stone (one stone is equal to about 125 catties) of food for the army.

Seeing that the food and salary had been paid, Liu Yunwei immediately sent the silver to the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion, and at the same time ordered the Hanwei battalion to go south at noon that day.

At noon on this day, Liaoyang was full of plain cities, and the people in the city learned that the Hanwei camp was going south to Sichuan, and the old general Liu Ting was also going to return to his hometown, so they all spontaneously came to both sides of the street, waiting for the Hanwei camp, waiting for the heroes who resisted Jin and defended the country to return to their hometowns.

At noon, Liu Yunwei led the Hanwei battalion from the school field in the city, and Liu Ting, Liu Zhao, and Xu Wanxin had already placed them in three good longevity materials and marched with the army (the bodies of Liu Ting and Liu Zhao had been cremated and placed in the longevity materials). At this time, the people who came to see each other off were already crowded, and Wang Hao hurriedly took the officials and guards in the city to maintain order.

When the people saw that the soldiers who fought bloodily and killed Hu Weiguo were about to leave, they all shouted, trying their best to keep the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion behind; And when the coffins of Liu Ting, Liu Zhao, and Xu Wanxin were carried out, the people were even more sad and all burst into tears. Many people even knelt down to the coffins of Liu Ting and Liu Zhao, and countless people lit tributes on both sides of the street, and the entire Liaoyang City was immersed in grief.

The soldiers of the Hanwei battalion marching in line were also in tears at this time, these iron-blooded sons did not retreat in the face of the wolf-like Tartar captivity, and they were not timid in the face of the battlefield of corpses and blood. But at this moment, these soldiers were scared in their hearts, and everyone felt as if they had been pierced by ten thousand arrows in their hearts, and they felt an incomparable tingle! Now Liaodong will be swallowed by Jiannu at any time, and the Hanwei battalion can not continue to defend the country, but has been transferred to Sichuan, thousands of miles away, how can these soldiers who already have a deep blood feud with Jiannu not be heartbroken? In the face of the people who came to see them off, how could I not be afraid, if I could not continue to protect them? The soldiers are afraid of living up to the expectations of the people and the honor of being a Ming soldier!

Liu Yunwei rode on his horse and walked slowly towards the city gate, his mind was blank, and the cries and retentions of the people came from his ears, and everything in front of him seemed so unreal. At this time, Lu Ying said on the side: "Big brother, Lord Wang Hao has set up a practice wine outside the south gate, and he wants to practice it for us." ”

Liu Yunwei came back to his senses and looked at Lu Ying. After Lu Ying repeated it again, Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "After the army leaves the south gate, a few of you will lead the army to continue to rush without stopping, and Lord Yuan and I will just go over and say goodbye to Lord Wang." ”

Lu Ying nodded, and rode his horse to pass the word.

Outside the south gate of Liaoyang.

Wang Hao looked at the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion who came out, and his heart was also not good. Although he is more concerned about clinging to the powerful and paying attention to his career on weekdays, he is also full of respect for the Liu family and Hanwei Yingna. Now that the little general Liu Yunwei is about to lead the Hanwei battalion to leave, Wang Hao is also very reluctant, and at the same time, he is also a little more worried about Liaoyang City, which is not garrisoned by the Hanwei battalion, and he doesn't know what will happen if Jiannu comes to attack in the future.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and Wang Hao followed the sound to see Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan coming with dozens of horsemen and guards. Wang Hao straightened his clothes and stepped forward with several officials to greet him.

Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan saw Wang Hao coming from afar, so they hurriedly stopped and dismounted and walked over, waiting until they saluted the two in front of them. After that, Liu Yunwei said: "There is Lord Laowang, and the last general will not dare to be ashamed!" ”

Wang Hao's eyes were slightly red, and he said: "Where is this, the old general and Ling Zun were captured in a bloody battle and martyred for the country, and the old man is extremely admired." The old man is dozens of years old and the little general is also an elder, and now the little general is about to travel far away, and the old man should be divided when he comes to send it off, so don't be polite to me. ”

Liu Yunwei saw that Wang Hao was also moved by his true feelings, and he was very moved in his heart, and once again made a gift to Wang Hao.

Wang Hao excused himself and accepted it, and then took the send-off wine handed over by his entourage, and said: "Come, the little general will drink this cup full, and you will have a smooth ride along the way." When he was a young general and a strong soldier, if Jiannu was still raging, don't forget the people of Liaodong and the soldiers who buried their bones on the battlefield. ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly burst into tears, took the wine glass and drank it all, then smashed the wine glass, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I, Liu Yunwei, am not going to Sichuan to retire or take refuge, I am going to train soldiers and accumulate strength, and one day I will definitely lead the army of tigers and wolves back to Liaodong." At that time, I will let the whole Jiannu clan be martyred for the souls of thousands of Han families in Liaodong! ”

"Good! You can say that again! Wang Hao was also infected by Liu Yunwei's pride, and said: "That old man is waiting for the little general to come back in Liaoyang, waiting for the day when the Jiannuju clan will be destroyed!" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded heavily and said, "Please rest assured!" I, Liu Yunwei, do what I say. In addition, Yunwei has another matter to worry about adults. ”

Wang Hao said: "The little general is referring to taking care of the cemetery of Master Xu. ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Exactly, and the tomb of Qiaoling next to it also bothered adults to bother." ”

"Don't worry, the little general, the old man will definitely take care of it, and every year on Qingming and death days, the old man will go to worship in person." Wang Hao responded directly.

Liu Yunwei saluted again and said, "Thank you, sir!" ”

Wang Hao helped Liu Yunwei up, looked at the sky and said: "It's not too early, there is a way to send you a thousand miles and you must say goodbye in the end, and the little general should take care of himself along the way." ”

"My lord, please go back, Yunwei has taken his leave."

After speaking, Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan turned over and got on their horses, and went to chase after the army with their personal guards.

Wang Hao looked at the figures of everyone in the distance, and there was a lingering pain in his heart, as if he felt that it was rare to see him in this life today.

"I hope the little general has a safe journey, and I also hope that Liaodong can turn evil into good fortune."