The water of the Yangtze River flows eastward.

Yang Fan's heavy sniper, the head of the spear was still stained with Sun Dasheng's blood, and he raised it again. If you look at it here, the boat is already hundreds of meters offshore. Zhang Xianzhong was also dragged into the dock.

The bullet was again pushed into the chamber.

Burst!

As soon as the gun rang out, bullets were fired.

Yang Fan coldly replaced the bullet again, added another round, three more shots, and then put the gun into the black box, turned the horse's head back, and muttered: "Whether you can live or not, it depends on your Zhang Xianzhong's creation." ”

Chen Wangting and others stood on the bank of the river together, corpses all over the ground, bleeding. Yang Fan's horse, with every step, will feel blood oozing out of the ground. He glanced at it and said, "Dig a pit and bury it." ”

"Master Yang, do you want to cut off your ears?"

Yang Fan sighed and pulled back, "No need." "War always kills, this sentence, if because of this sentence, to forgive yourself who participated in the war, it is so pale. Yang Fan didn't understand how he was ruthless and waved his hand down in the face of those old, weak and disabled people when he was standing by the river. Maybe they just want to protect Zhang Dabeard, so is it too cruel to order to shoot and slaughter?

The sunset gradually set, and Yang Fan walked in the afterglow, without the slightest pleasure of victory. Sometimes man is an animal with complex feelings, fanatical and unscrupulous in war, but when the war comes to a halt, that trace of conscience makes people sympathize and feel sad about the endless pain brought by the haze of death.

At this time, any sympathy is hypocritical. When Yang Fan returned to the barracks. The bonfire had just been lit and everyone was celebrating the joy of the victory. Yang Fan just took some wine. Sitting far away from the barracks, drinking sullen wine. There were not many days in the army where you could drink alcohol. However, this time to purge all the bandits and rebels in the territory, for the Huguang army, it is indeed possible to rest and relax for a while.

"What's wrong? Dean Yang, this is a big victory, how can your face look like you have lost a battle? ”

Yang Fan glanced at it, it was the Wang Qi he had just seen during the day, the goat's whisker. It reminded him of the man by the river again. His eyes changed slightly, "General Wang Qi." ”

"Don't, I'm not a general, you shout like that, but it will torment me. It's just an escort officer. ”

"Today, I took a few hundred people to chase the remnants of the army, and chased them all the way to the river."

Wang Qi stroked his beard and said, "And then? ”

"Then, I killed a lot of people."

Wang Qi understood something. asked: "At the beginning of the Battle of the Great Ling River, didn't Dean Yang lead his troops to kill the wild boar skin?" He handed over the new wine, but he didn't get a damn of it.

"Killed. It doesn't feel the same. They are aggression, and we are in order to resist. War was chosen. But this time, it was our Han people who were killed, ten or twenty years ago. Maybe it's still the good people of the Ming Dynasty, and they're still working hard. ”

"You said it too. That was 10, 20 years ago. If they are willing to surrender now, they are willing to go back to farming. If Dean Yang also ordered them all to be killed, it would indeed be a bit excessive, after all, they are all my Ming people, although some are disobedient. ”

Yang Fan refilled the new wine and said: "If this is the case, I can feel better in my heart, in order to escort a bearded man across the river, they would rather use themselves as a human wall to block us, so I ordered to shoot everyone." ”

Wang Qi put his hands on his chest, was silent for a long time, and asked, "That's it?" ”

"Yes."

"Who's on board?"

"The leader of the rebels, a bearded man, I seriously injured him, but I let him run anyway."

Wang Qi nodded and said, "If Dean Yang has lost these two thousand lives because of your own reasons today, it is not necessary. We eat the food of the Son of Heaven, and this country is also the country of the Son of Heaven, and all those who rebel and revolt should be killed, and the wild boar skin in Liaodong should be killed, without any reason to sympathize. ”

Yang Fan was silent and continued to drink. It's not the answer he wants, and it's not his answer, so he's not interested in commenting.

"In the north...... Wang Qi's voice became low, "there are many people who get up over there, and there are those who have killed good people and saved military merits. There are too many, too many people want to be ruthless, and even they don't know that their conscience will be eaten by dogs that day. You are not a saint, even if you are a saint, then you are not qualified to ask others to be on par with you, so, Dean Yang, clean up your mood. Either retire early, Jinling has your business, and your academy. My eldest nephew is still studying at the academy. You'll have to teach them. Or, wrap your kindness, in this world, only when you are dead and rotten, will someone come to sympathize with you and praise your kindness. If you haven't died, it's best to be cruel to yourself, even if the 2,000 people who died by the river are good people, so what! ”

He approached Yang Fan's ear, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I have already sent someone to cut off his ear and come back." In terms of reporting to the imperial court, I also mentioned your merits, and I believe that the saint will be very happy to see these things. ”

Wang Qi's sharpened face stared at Yang Fan, and said: "The thief's head is the monkey, that is, the person who died under Dean Yang's firearms, and his head will also be cut off, and it will soon be sent to the Beijing Division. ”

"Why do you want to help me?"

"Help? This is your credit, and it is not helpful to talk about it. The corners of Wang Qi's mouth moved, and some of his sallow faces were like orange peels. Tianxiong Army, this time the loss is less than half, and Lu Dujun is also distressed when he comes back. But no matter how distressed you are, it can't compare to the cold heart of the Holy One Day, when you no longer trust the Overseer, the court, there must be someone. Dean Yang's exploits, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, it is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Dujun came back this time, if you can still meet in the future, I hope that when someone in the court attacks Lu Dujun, you can speak up. ”

Yang Fan understood what Wang Qi meant. In the entire bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, it is not normal for a senior member who can ascend to the position and have three grades of official system, if he has not been impeached and attacked several times in his life. Sun Chengzong and Lai Zongdao have received countless attacks and impeachments in their lives. In terms of the dismissal rate, it is estimated that the dismissal rate of Ming officials will account for the first place among all dynasties. Some people can make a comeback, while others will never get up.

Yang Fan stood up, looked at the barracks where the spark gradually faded, and said with a smile: "This person is a very solid thing, if he wants to live, he can do anything, but one day, he will pay for his lost conscience and discipline." Therefore, whether it is General Wang or General Lu, Yang only says one sentence, which is worthy of his conscience. ”

"Hmph. Definitely, definitely. Wang Qi saluted, looked at the back in the distance, and muttered: "It's an interesting person." (To be continued......)