Although Ling Quan won Wang Kai in a single battle, as expected by Jiangnan, the next army charged, and Jiangzhou's soldiers and horses were defeated.

Li Zhong's 8,000 cavalry guards are not blowing, they are all like ghosts and gods possessed by ghosts and gods all year round, and it is really not enough to compare with the 5,000 cavalry troops in the south of the Yangtze River.

The nine hundred private soldiers in Yanyuzhuang are okay, with the help of the three-piece set of harness, there are not many casualties, and the thousands of cavalry in Jiangzhou are like sheep in the mouth of a tiger once they face the Qingguo Iron Cavalry.

After a round of charge, the Jiangzhou cavalry had been killed and wounded more than a thousand, and the cavalry of the second round of charge Jiangnan was even more terrifyingly half eaten.

Now it is impossible to equip all these soldiers and horses with three-piece horse harnesses, and it takes a lot of time and money to produce iron tools on a large scale, even if these are abandoned, it is impossible for Jiangnan to collect iron smelting masters to make these thousands of horse harnesses at this critical juncture of the siege.

With such a heavy heart, Jiang Nan began to read in the military tent, in fact, his idea was very simple, although he suffered a defeat, he also had to use his own appearance to boost the morale of the army.

Looking at the wounded soldiers complaining bitterly, Jiangnan's face gradually became gloomy, it can be said that he basically did not suffer any defeat in Jiangnan this way, and this time he was deflated at Wang Kai's hands, and he understood what kind of price he needed to come back after defeating.

After all, he is an inexperienced general, and the appearance of these defeated soldiers makes him unbearable.

The robe that was supposed to go out together may never come back after a few hours of fighting, this is a big living person, pierced by weapons, crushed by horses' hooves, and those smiling faces are already unrecognizable after a few rounds of charges.

Jiang Nan squatted next to an old soldier, and saw that this veteran was probably in his fifties, and he was wrapping the wound on his left hand with his right hand and mouth.

The medical equipment in the army is rudimentary, and minor injuries such as those of veterans are often only solved by receiving a few bandages and a few ointments from the armament department.

"Old man." Jiang Nan looked at the rough wound of the old soldier, and his heart was already full of emotion, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to help the old man re-bandage.

The veteran looked up and saw that it was Jiang Nan and was shocked: "The general can't help it!" ”

Straightening out his armor, ignoring his bleeding wounds, he erected his worn-out halberd upright in his right hand, and the next moment he was already kneeling on one knee.

"The general must not miss a major event in the army because of the injury of the little old man!" The eyes of the veterans carry an unshakable tenacity, and in the hearts of these veterans, the general is their own god, and the country is their own sky.

The veteran's reaction has shocked Jiang Nan and the others, Jiang Nan bit his lip stubbornly, if he changed himself, I am afraid it will be difficult to have the actions of the veteran in front of him.

"It's me who I'm sorry for you" endured the huge impact in his heart, Jiang Nan slowly spit out a few words, and it was not difficult to hear that he was already with heavy self-blame.

If it weren't for his own forced choice of this north road, he would not have caused such a big casualty, if it weren't for his own appearance, this veteran would still be guarding his city leisurely in Jiangzhou City and County, holding a few catties of wine bought with dozens of silver cars every month and quietly waiting for the day of discharge.

Jiang Nan went to help the veteran, but the veteran was reluctant to get up, and kept muttering that if the general still had to worry about the injury of the little second, he would rather kneel and die here.

"General, although we little old men have been soldiers all our lives, we have been guarding the city for half our lives, and we have long been tired of it, if it weren't for the general's willingness to lead us to the expedition, our old bones would be rotten!" The veteran continued.

Jiang Nan's dialogue with the veterans has attracted the attention of many people, Chen Lin is a person with a heart, and he divided some old soldiers into a camp tent, and tried not to let these veterans rush too far on the battlefield.

For a while, dozens of veterans with minor and serious injuries knelt in front of Jiang Nan, although their armor and weapons had been slightly mottled after the devastation of the war, but they tried their best to straighten their clothes, wanting to show the demeanor of a soldier of the country.

"General, in fact, we old bones will die when they die, but you are not the hope of our country!"

Some veterans have been in tears, and they can say these words, not because they are not afraid of death, but because there is a belief in their hearts that is deeply rooted, please leave the chance of survival to young people!

"Brother Qiu! I know you're bitter! A man behind the previous veteran had already spoken, "Say it today while the general is here!" ”

The old soldier, known as Brother Qiu, trembled violently when he heard this, but only for a moment, and then he still knelt there and did not speak.

The soldier behind Brother Qiu couldn't help but said, "General, Brother Qiu still has a son who serves in the cavalry battalion!" ”

A bad premonition saw that he climbed into Jiangnan's heart, the cavalry battalion is the battalion with the most serious casualties today, this old brother Qiu's son will not be...

"That's his pleasure!" The veteran said solemnly: "As a soldier of the country, he should not be afraid of death for the country, my son can die in battle today as a cavalry pioneer, this is the blessing that my old Qiu family has cultivated for several lifetimes!" ”

Jiang Nan's eyes gradually became a little wet, and after some questions and answers, he had already concluded from the mouths of these veterans that the veteran surnamed Qiu had a son who was really a commander in the cavalry battalion.

This attack on Longquan County, his son naturally stood at the forefront of the kingdom, but the unfortunate thing was just a round of charge, and this young man who was alive and well a second ago has completely disappeared in this world.

After the charge, the infantry veteran began to look for his son, but until the next charge began, he never found his child.

He should have collapsed, but he did not react out of the ordinary, and after an order from the general in his battalion, he resolutely picked up his weapon and started his journey.

A family that has been a soldier for generations will inevitably experience life and death, and after casualties again and again, the male members of the family begin to become scarce, and then the family disappears completely.

The tragedy of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man is constantly being staged in which world and which war years, and some people begin to choose to understand for life after losing their children. But this veteran surnamed Qiu chose a different path.

The death of his son almost marked the complete destruction of his hopes and hopes, but in the veteran's heart, he not only had a small family, but also everyone.

If the son is in the army, he is not a son, and if the son is in the army, he is his colleague.

The death of one's colleagues in battle does not mean that they should give up on themselves, but that they should take up arms and continue to write the obsession in the hearts of their colleagues!

The veteran seemed to recall the scene when he slashed and killed the enemy army to avenge his son, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

After the war, in order to obey the military order, this veteran did not even go to the battlefield to find his son's body, but he knew in his heart that after a few hours of life and death, his family was the only one left.

"It's his pleasure!" The words of the veterans have always stirred in Jiangnan's heart, and these soldiers have a different yearning for the battlefield in their hearts, which is a feeling that modern people do not understand and regard death as home.

Maybe I'm really not fit to be a general? Jiang Nan laughed at himself in his heart, and after listening to the conversation between the veterans, he chose to leave.

Escape was his only way, and for a while he didn't even know how to deal with these veterans who were not afraid of death and endured the pain of losing their children.

You must know that they are on Earth, I am afraid that they are an old man walking in the park and playing Tai Chi, and here they have to bear the ravages of war.

The robe of the veteran surnamed Qiu did not ask him to go to the battlefield to find his son's body once, but he refused, his reason is very simple, that is, the military order cannot be violated! The interests of the state are inviolable!

Military Order! Military Order! Interests! Interests! Do you know that the country you serve is already crumbling, and the regent you serve is a ruthless stubble who eats people and does not spit out bones!

Jiang Nan roared in his heart, the more these veterans obeyed military discipline, the more he felt guilty and unworthy for these soldiers.

"Did I choose the wrong one?" Jiang Nan walked in front and turned back to the people behind him, and suddenly asked such a sentence.

Bai Wei's eyes were red, obviously the scene just now made the cold-blooded killer feel sorry, at this time she stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Nan's hand, just like that, she didn't speak.

The generals were also stunned by Jiang Nan's question, and the dull atmosphere made them not know how to answer.

Chen Lin took a step forward, sighed and said, "Lord, in fact, you are not wrong!" ”

"The northern road you chose is completely for the sake of the country, and even if you don't lead troops to attack Longquan today, such a tragedy will still happen!"

"Actually, the lord has done well enough!" Guo Zhun also stepped forward and said: "If the usual generals had already begun to blame their subordinates for not being able to fight well, how could they go around to comfort the soldiers' injuries like the lord?" ”

"Actually, we all understand that these veterans don't expect to come back when they go to the battlefield, the current farming in Kyushu is not very good, and the food supply is also very insufficient, and the empire is counting on the death of these veterans to save some food, and only you"

Jiang Nan interrupted Guo Zhun's words with one hand, he understands these truths and facts, but he doesn't want to admit it, in Jiangnan's eyes, everyone should have human rights, and no one should be cannon fodder to die.

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Nan finally spoke: "Old Chen Lao Guo, pass me a military order!" ”

"From today onwards, veterans over the age of 40 will not be recruited in the barracks, and those veterans in the current camp will be dismissed if they can be dismissed, and if they are still willing to stay in the army, they will be arranged as much as possible, and then make arrangements when we have a place to live!"

Jiang Nan's eyes lit up and said: "In addition, a veteran surnamed Qiu will give them double the compensation, and send a small army to protect them at any cost to find the corpses of their own children!" ”