"Brother Qi, you are still an honest man!" A miserable smile appeared on Dolgon's face: "At this time and that time, Yue Tuo and Hauge were both there, and Starling had two yellow flags and blue flags on hand, as well as two red flags of Daishan's father and son, and the position of the Great Khan was as stable as Mount Tai; Now that Haoge is missing, the Zhenglan Flag is gone, Yue Tuo was captured by Liu Cheng, Dai Shan is old, and the two red flags are paralyzed; The real starling has only two yellow flags in his hands, if he dies, our three brothers have two white flags in hand, which is the biggest threat to his son, do you think our young and old starling will let go of such a good opportunity? But Brother Seven, you don't have to worry, first, you are just a deputy general; Second, you are not your father's son-in-law, and there is no threat to the starling's heirs, and the starling will fine you a little silver and a few horses at most, and they will be given back to you in a few months. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"This-" Hearing this, Abatai couldn't help but think of the words that Babutai said to himself that day in the Yongfu Palace, and his heart couldn't help but move, knowing that what Dolgon said was reasonable, but he smiled and said, "Old Fourteen, what nonsense are you talking about? The Great Khan is not such a person, I will treat you as nonsense, and I will not agree to any more nonsense! ”

Seeing that Abatai did not respond, he hurriedly smiled and patted his mouth twice: "What Brother Qi said is, blame me for this rotten mouth, tell you nonsense, you should be beaten, you should be beaten!" ”

Dolgon tried his best to hide it, but when he spoke, the water spilled out, and the atmosphere in the tent became awkward. The two of them had their own concerns and were silent, and after about half a sound, Abatai coughed: "Old Fourteen, according to my meaning, even if you really want to fight, you can't just hit it, you have to find out how many soldiers and horses Liu Cheng has, how many firearms, how many armor battles, and what morale is." This kind of thing is not as good as witnessing it with my own eyes after passing through other people's mouths, why don't I lead a team of scouts to see Liu Cheng's military appearance, and then make a decision, what do you think? ”

"It's okay, I'll bother Brother Seven!" Dorgon hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement, in addition to thinking that it was reasonable for him to do so, another reason was that if the emperor Taiji wanted to punish him after he returned, he would also be able to pull Abatai to his side.

On the banks of the Laoha River.

Liu Cheng rode his horse to the hillock by the river, it was already dusk, due to the sudden warming of the weather, the snow turned into sleet for several days, and the rain mixed with snow particles hit the iron pocket and the nail leaves on his body, making a crackling sound. Although Liu Cheng wore leather clothes and woolen tights under the iron armor, as the rain seeped in, he still felt the chill pressing, which made him shiver.

"That's where the battle was fought?" Liu Cheng turned around and asked Du Guoying, who was following closely behind, due to the sudden warming, the air was filled with a layer of fog, and the smoke and rain seemed to be shrouded in a veil, twenty or thirty steps away was a white expanse, and only the sound of rain and snow particles hitting the iron armor could be heard.

Du Guoying took a few steps forward, looked around, suddenly jumped off the horse, walked six or seven steps down the mound, came to a tree with a bowl mouth, stroked the tree for a while, turned around and replied in a very positive tone: "Yes, it is here, you see, there are still traces on this tree that day I left with a machete!" There are also a few arrow marks here! ”

Liu Cheng walked to the tree, and sure enough, as Du Guoying said, there were arrow marks on the tree, and he could vaguely imagine the scene of the fierce battle a few days ago. Du Guoying stood under the tree, pointed at the hillock with a horsewhip, and told Liu Cheng about the battle situation that day, Liu Cheng listened carefully, but it was a pity that there was only a white expanse as far as his eyes could see, and he could only rely on imagination to supplement the good words. After a while, Liu Cheng heard that Du Guoying had said almost everything, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I wasn't here at that time, and now I can only go to the river to see!" Guoying, can you show me the way? ”

"The order of the lord is the duty of the subordinates!" Du Guoying bowed down to receive the order, and then led six or seven personal soldiers to open the way in front, and Liu Cheng himself followed behind surrounded by his own soldiers, and after walking about twenty or thirty steps, Liu Cheng could vaguely see some remnants of the battlefield - fragments of weapons, remnants of corpses, and dense hoof prints. Suddenly, Liu Cheng tripped over something under his feet and almost fell, he leaned over to pick up the object, but it was a broken spear shaft, Liu Cheng used this as a crutch and walked forward.

After walking another twenty or thirty steps, Liu Cheng felt that the corpses around him were obviously dense, with the help of a faint light, he could see some shaking shadows around him, like someone else, and he could vaguely hear crying, Liu Cheng frowned, and asked Du Guoying: "Where did these people come from, how did I hear someone crying?" ”

"Tell your lord, these are the women and children of the left wing, I asked them to clean up the battlefield, collect arrows and weapons that can be recovered, strip off their armor, and exchange them for their rations, presumably someone found the bones of their relatives, so they wept!"

"Oh, that's it!" Liu Cheng nodded. According to the rules of the steppe, the winner of the war had unquestionable power over the loser, and the women and children of the defeated and captured left-wing tribes became slaves of Liu Cheng's army, so Du Guoying asked them to do the menial work of cleaning the battlefield. They had no horses, and it was already winter, so they couldn't run far on their legs, and they didn't have to run away.

Liu Cheng walked over along with the cry, saw a few fires swaying, and when he got closer, he found that seven or eight women and children were digging on the ground with broken spear shafts or other tools, there was already a big pit on the ground, and there was a smell of earth in the air, obviously they had been digging for a long time, and there were more than ten headless corpses neatly placed next to the pit, obviously these women and children carried over, although the weather on the grassland was cold, but it had been two or three days since the battle, and these corpses had rotted to varying degrees, It's disgusting, I really don't know how these women and children carried them over.

The nerves of these women and children were in a high state of tension, so that they didn't notice Liu Cheng and the others coming from behind, and when a half-old child occasionally raised his head to wipe his sweat, he saw Liu Cheng and his party, and he screamed in fright and sat on the ground. Only then did everyone realize that their grave digging had been discovered, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Are you burying your loved ones?" Liu Cheng asked in Mongolian, after he married Minmin, he spent a lot of effort on Mongolian, and after a few years of hard work, he heard that it was no longer hindered, and it was no different from the Mongols.

"Yes!" The leader was a woman in her thirties, she boldly raised her head and glanced at Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng was dressed in iron armor, and there was no sign of his identity, the woman couldn't see Liu Cheng's identity, but the guards around her were all dressed in iron armor, burly, knowing that she had met a nobleman, and kowtowed twice: "Taiji, this is all my idea, please punish me only and spare them!" ”

Liu Cheng cast a questioning glance at Du Guoying on the side, and a Mongolian general next to him replied: "Lord Jinong, according to the custom of our Mongols, these betrayed Great Khan and your dogs will be severely punished, and they are not allowed to be buried after they die, but can only be used as food for wild wolves!" ”

Liu Cheng frowned, and asked the servant Gu Heai behind him, "Husband, is there really such a thing?" ”

"Tell Lord Jinong, there is indeed this rule." He replied, "If there is no earth, if there is no lama chanting sutra, the ghost of the deceased will wander on the grassland and suffer until it is gone!" ”

"It's really an era when feudal superstition is rampant!" Liu Cheng's face showed a self-deprecating smile, and the woman on the ground heard that the famous Lord Jinong was standing in front of her, and she was already frightened, kneeling on the ground, her face close to the ground, and trembling all over.

"Get up, all of you!" Liu Cheng's voice was not loud, but it was very clear. The woman on the ground raised her head, secretly looked at Liu Cheng's face, and then stood up carefully, and the rest of the people also slowly followed suit, Liu Cheng looked carefully, only two or three of them were adult women, and the rest were only half-grown children, all of them were unclothed, barefoot, standing trembling in the rain and snow, and I didn't know whether they were scared or frozen.

"Wave the flag, you call a few people to help them and bury these corpses!" Liu Cheng instructed Hao Shaoqi, Hao Shaoqi responded, and ordered a few people casually. A few of the guards went over and dug up the earth. Liu Cheng turned around and said to the people with a confused look on their faces: "It's true that they are traitors, but the sin is only when they are alive, and once a person dies, everything will naturally end, so there is no need to delve too deeply!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Everyone responded in unison.

Although there were no tools to take advantage of, Liu Cheng's personal guards were all strong, and after a while, they dug a shallow pit, carried the more than ten corpses into the pit, and covered them with a thin layer of soil. Liu Cheng looked at the grave and smiled at Chesang beside him: "Master Chesang, today is a good person to the end, please recite a scripture for these people in front of the grave, and surpass the soul!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Chesan smiled in response, then walked to the grave, stood with a rosary in his hand, and recited the "Guanyin Sutra" to pray for the deceased. The women and children were so grateful that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng waved his hand, signaled the woman to get up, and walked forward along the riverbank, only to see that as far as the eye could see, the corpses were everywhere, and a gust of cold wind blew, carrying a kind of rancid smell unique to the dead, which made people sick, and the old and weak women and children walked between the corpses, looking for arrows and fragments of weapons that could be used, and from time to time there was a sound of crying and sobbing, although it was in the yang world, but there was a feeling of ghosts. Liu Cheng walked for a while, then returned to the mound and rode back to the camp. On the way, he suddenly said to Chessan, "Master, I have something to bother you! ”

"Don't you want the poor monk to do a ritual?" Chessan laughed.

"Not bad!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "In this battle, all the left-wing departments have been wiped out, and it is a foregone conclusion that Mo Nan will fall into my hands, which can be described as immeasurable merit." I plan to build a floating slaughterhouse on the riverside, in order to honor my soldiers! Bury the corpse next to the Futu, and also pity the fallen soldiers, although the left wing of the tribes are enemies of me, but in the future they will also be the people of the Great Khan, I intend to ask you to chant for the dead to surpass the dead! ”

"The adults are broad-minded, and the poor monks are very impressed!" Chesang smiled: "In this way, the grassland will inevitably praise the benevolence of the adults, and those who have escaped will also turn back to take refuge under the tents of the adults!" ”

"I hope so!" Liu Cheng smiled, although these people can say that they died at their own hands, and they are doing things and burying them, which is said to be hypocrisy, but there is no doubt that Liu Cheng's approach is undoubtedly a great comfort for those left-wing people who have just lost their relatives and become slaves. Liu Cheng has gone from a light pole that traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty to today, the blood of innocent people on his hands is like a lake and sea, if there is a true god in the world, he will definitely be sent to the infernal hell after death, and he will not be able to live forever. But a manly man was born in troubled times, and only by going straight with his own sincerity, right and wrong is not something he should consider now, and right and wrong are judged by future generations.

"Your Excellency!" Du Guoying, who had been silent since he dug the pit and buried the corpse just now, suddenly asked: "So, this is the end of your crusade?" ”

"Not bad! I'm going to do that! ”

"What about Toyo?" Du Guoying asked in a deep voice: "The last general learned from the captives that the captive chieftain Taiji sent a large army to meet the eastward migration of the left flank departments, which should not be far from here, why not fight with them?" ”

"Oh!" Liu Cheng smiled: "If the Dongyu is killed, then it is natural to engage with it, but if it doesn't come, I plan to parade and show off my martial arts after the Shufu Tu, and then go back to the west of the division." ”

Faced with Liu Cheng's answer, Du Guoying did not speak, but his face was gloomy, Liu Cheng looked at his face and said with a smile: "What? Guoying, do you want a decisive battle with Dongyu? ”

"Your Excellency, you have prepared so much for this expedition, and now that we have defeated the left flank with only the forward, and the morale of the soldiers is strong, why do you want to retreat? Are you afraid that you can't do it? ”

As soon as Du Guoying's words came out, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and casually heard Hao Shaoqi shouting: "Bold, General Du, can you say anything about your adult's actions?" Don't kneel down and plead guilty to adults! ”

"That's it!" Liu Cheng waved his hand, signaled Hao Shaoqi to get out of the way, and his expression became serious: "Guoying, you are half right, I am indeed a little afraid, but what I am afraid of is not Dongyu, but something else!" ”

"Something else?"

"Not bad?" Liu Cheng's voice was not loud, but his eyes became distant: "When I was young, I was reading in the temple and saw an autobiography. It was written by an ancient famous general of Tessie, this person was named Caesar, and he fought dozens of battles in his life, all of which were invincible, but in the end he was assassinated by the villain. When this person was young, he was good at using soldiers and dangers, and often won by surprise; And as you get older, you become more and more cautious in using soldiers, and if you are not extremely sure that you will never take risks, do you know why? (To be continued.) )