Everyone retreated, and the Liangshan army returned to Lishan Heiniuzhai to temporarily station. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After inspecting the men, it was found that 10,000 people had been lost in the past two days, almost 30% of the army; This made the generals of Liangshan feel heavy one by one.

Qin Qiong sighed and said, "Third brother, you send someone to negotiate with Tang Bi, and our brother's body must be recovered; Please allow us to clean up the battlefield! If he doesn't promise to tell him, there will be no grass left when the city of Jinan is broken! Li Jing nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it!" ”

At this time, Tang Bi was visiting Xue Shixiong, Xue Shixiong's injury was not light, and he was old, lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and his spirit was sluggish.

Seeing that the doctor bandaged him and Xue Shixiong's condition stabilized, Tang Bi and the others retreated to the lobby to speak. Their battle losses were also heavy, and more than 10,000 of the Sui army in Hebei were killed, and it was already a miracle that there was no collapse. Tang Bi's 100,000 new troops suffered heavy casualties, losing nearly 10,000 on the first day and nearly 30,000 on the second day; In the blink of an eye, only half of the 100,000 army remained.

Tang Bi took the Liangshan weapons captured on the battlefield and said with a sigh: "Ladies and gentlemen, please look, these weapons are much better than ours!" Often in a collision, we are even cut into two pieces with knives! You say they're a little bandit, where did they get such a good weapon! ”

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche each took a Mo knife and touched it with their own blades, and after a spark, they were not even damaged. The two of them gasped, their swords were the hundred-forged treasure swords that had been built by the world's famous generals for months; Why can't you win the standard weapons of the Liangshan thieves.

Tang Bi sighed slightly and said, "It's just a pity that most of this kind of blade thieves have been taken back, and we haven't captured much; If we can really grab it all, the world is so big, who are we afraid of? ”

Xue Wanjun said: "It's a pity that we didn't capture the enemy's bow and crossbow weapon, this is the real reliance of the Liangshan thieves." The others shuddered at the thought of the rain of arrows flying through the sky.

As he was talking, there was a guard report, saying that Ma Zhou, the envoy of Liangshan, called the city to ask for a meeting. A few people were stunned for a moment, not knowing what the hell Liang Shan was going to do, so they let him in.

When this envoy arrived, Tang Bi and the others were all shocked when they saw it, it turned out that the so-called Liangshan envoy turned out to be a fourteen or fifteen-year-old little doll. The man was dressed in a cloth robe, and his figure was thin and his face was dark, like a peasant child.

Tang Bi said with a smile: "There is really no one in Liangshan, and it really makes me laugh that a peasant child was sent to send an envoy." ”

This little child is none other than Ma Zhou; Since coming to Liangshan, he has been studying and reading while learning to handle government affairs with Du Ruhui. It didn't take long for the gentleman of the academy to tell him that he could graduate; Even Du Ruhui is full of praise for him and regards him as a successor.

This time Qin Qiong went on the expedition, and Du Ruhui arranged for Ma Zhou to follow the study of marching and fighting to increase his experience. Li Jing arranged for the scribes accompanying the army to send an envoy to Jinan; Ma Zhou took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the envoy.

Originally, Li Jing was afraid of an accident and didn't want to send him; However, he couldn't bear Ma Zhou's strong pleading, and the eloquence of others was indeed much worse than his; So Ma Zhou, who had just turned 15, became Liangshan's visiting ambassador.

Listening to Tang Bi's words, Ma Zhou smiled slightly and said: "There is no way, we have clear regulations in Liangshan; What kind of country is treated, what kind of envoy specifications are there. If it is the Great Sui Dynasty, then of course we have to send our military commanders, if it is the various Caokou kings, they need officials at all levels to go, as for Jinan, it is enough to have me. ”

Tang Bi said angrily: "You are a little doll that has not dried up, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Ma Zhou smiled: "I'm afraid! There is no one who is not afraid of death; It is also my desire to sacrifice my life for righteousness; How about the righteousness of Lord Shi, please? It also makes everyone in the world know that Lord Tang is dedicated to the country, and even if he is a thief messenger, he has the determination to kill him! ”

Tang Bi snorted coldly and said: "The little doll has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, the two countries will not fight each other, and for the sake of your youth and ignorance, I will spare you!" Go ahead! What did Liangshan send you to do? ”

Ma Zhou bowed and said: "Our two countries have fought each other, and there have been countless casualties in two consecutive battles; causing corpses to be strewn all over the field; The dead overlapped. Our chief steward can't bear to see the body of a hero exposed to the sun, and the body of a strong man pecked by eagles and dogs; I would like to ask Lord Assassin Shi for permission to recover the remains of our soldiers.

One can make the soldiers rest in the ground, and the other can comfort the dead heroes; The three also save adults the effort to bury them; I wonder what adults think? ”

Tang Bi was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this matter, dead is dead; Burying it on the spot is not over, and I have never heard of a corpse being returned.

Next to him, Xue Wanjun said: "Your name is Ma Zhou, isn't it?" I want to ask you, would you be willing if I asked you to be my military secretary? ”

Ma Zhou smiled slightly: "Zhou Tian was born poor, and it was the chief manager who promoted me from the coolies; provide me with food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and teach me knowledge and culture; If Zhou covets wealth and betrays the chief manager; How can such a ruthless and unrighteous person survive in the world? Can this general be regarded as a confidant? ”

Xue Wanjun was stunned for a moment and didn't say much. Xue Wanche stood up and said, "Okay! You can get those corpses back if you want, you can exchange this big knife for a corpse. ”

Ma Zhou smiled contemptuously and said, "This must be the son of the Four Tigers Xue Wanche?" I heard people say that the Xue family has five tigers, and three or four are the most capable; When I see it today, are the three tigers still good, and the four tigers? Brave and unscrupulous, stupid! A certain did not dare to compliment. ”

When Xue Wanche heard this, he was furious, pulled out his treasure knife and shouted: "Rukou boy, you dare to bully me!" Do you really think I don't dare to kill you? ”

Ma Zhou laughed and said: "I, Liangshan, still attach so much importance to the deceased, are you going to try it?" There are people from the city who are buried with me, although Zhou has no regrets when he dies! ”

Xue Wanjun hurriedly stopped Xue Wanche and waited for Tang Bi to make a decision. Tang Bi frowned slightly and said, "People die greatly, and it is okay to give the remains of these soldiers to you!" But just gave it to you, let outsiders know, didn't it laugh at me for being afraid of you Liangshan? ”

Ma Zhou said with a smile: "The adults also said just now, people die greatly!" I think that people will only convey the benevolence of adults, and will not think that adults are cowardly. If the adults are worried about being misunderstood, we can let the adults clean the battlefield first, and then we collect the bones. Tang Bi nodded slightly when he heard this.

Ma Zhou's mission was completed, and he refused the enthusiastic retention of Tang Bi and others, and said goodbye and returned to Lishan Black Cow Village. Qin Qiong breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw him come back, and then inquired in detail about his mission, and then asked people to write down his merits and arrange for the soldiers to pick up the remains of the soldiers.

A few days later, Tang Bi and others launched a tentative attack on Liangshan's station, Heiniuzhai, and were shot countless times by bows and crossbows; Tang Bi and the others were defeated and had to flee back to Jinan.

Liangshan's reserve army arrived one after another under the leadership of Wen Zhong, and the number of soldiers was quickly replenished to 30,000; continue to put pressure on the Tang Wall; However, the two sides fought several times, winning and losing each other; No one can help anyone.

Ge Yun was a soldier of the Liangshan Mountain Zizi Brigade, and it was their turn to clean up the corpse of Pao Ze today. They silently cleaned up the corpses of the robes, some of which had been cut into several pieces, and some of which had been cut into pieces, and their internal organs were scattered all over the ground. They all picked it up one by one, put it together, or put it back together. Even if it is a finger, a broken piece of intestine will be carefully pieced together; Leave it in place. Then they plucked a small piece of iron from the corpse's neck and put it in their pockets.

At this time, the armies of the two sides had a rare agreement that neither of them attacked the other; When the soldiers of Tang Bi saw the strange movements of the soldiers of Liangshan, they had long held back their doubts; Someone finally asked today.

"Brother! Anyway, they were all thrown into a big pit and buried, so why bother? Shovel it up and throw it in! And what is the piece of iron that you took off? What is the value of non-gold and non-silver? Is it still worth putting away your treasures? ”

Ge Yun glanced at them and said, "None of us soldiers can have such a day. Who wants to die without their bones complete? This little brand may be worthless in your eyes, but it is different in our Liangshan!

Engraved on it are the names and home addresses of the martyrs; We will pay a pension to the families of the martyrs on the basis of this nameplate, and the families of the martyrs are exempt from paying taxes by virtue of this plaque. ”

Tang Bi's soldiers opened their mouths in surprise and exclaimed, "There is such a good thing? What is your pension? ”

Ge Yun said: "50 taels of silver (one tael of silver in the Sui and Tang dynasties is about equivalent to 4,000 yuan)!" That's about five years of our money. ”

Tang Bi's soldiers sighed and said, "I really envy you, we don't even have one or two in a year!" It's good to have a full meal! Won't your generals withhold their salaries? ”

Ge Yun shook his head firmly and said, "No! Our military salaries in Liangshan have clear regulations, whoever takes how much will be announced, as long as it is found that it is wrong, it can be reported to the superintendent; Once verified, ten times the military salary was deducted, and the corrupt personnel were sent to the Military Justice Department for investigation, so no one dared to deduct it! ”

"I've heard that taxes in Yangsan are very low, and many of us here have left their hometowns for a living in the past two years. Do you really give land there and are you exempt from taxes? ”

Ge Yun said: "Of course! I ran away from the famine last year! Not only did the family divide dozens of acres of land, but the taxes for the first three years were exempted, and now the younger brothers and sisters are well fed and warmly dressed! I've only been in the army for a long time, and I'm already on the right track! ”

The soldiers of Tangbi drooled when they heard this, and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "If, I mean, if we also want to join your team, will you accept it?" Ge Yun laughed and said, "Accept, why don't you accept!" Come on! Here we are, brothers! ”