Late one night, the Han army camp on the northern front.

In the commander's tent, Lai Xi sat on the side of a few cases and fell asleep.

In the past few days, he has led his army to advance in a surprise attack and has never slept well. He was very devoted and conscientious in his work, commanding troops and handling military affairs during the day, and at night he had to consult materials and think about problems, often sitting at his desk until dawn.

(In the army, they don't sleep peacefully, but they wait for the rooster to crow with a few fake sleeps.) ）

On this day, he was also extremely tired and dazed, and he was about to fall asleep.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he touched it with his hand, something blocked his hand.

He hurriedly struggled to pick up the lamp and take a closer look, but it turned out to be a bright dagger inserted into his chest, bleeding nonstop!

He did not draw his dagger easily, and immediately woke up the guards behind the tent, not to ask them to greet him, but to ask them to hurry up and call General Gaiyan so that they could entrust the aftermath.

When the Huya general Gai Yan heard the news, he hurried over, and when he saw that Lai was injured like this, and his life was in danger, he couldn't help but be very sad, and he fell to the ground with tears in his eyes, and he couldn't raise his eyes.

Lai Sheqiang endured the severe pain and angrily reprimanded Gaiyan:

"Huya, why are you like this?! Now that I have been plotted by the assassins, I can't continue to serve the country, so I invited you to come, ready to entrust military affairs, how can you cry like a child?! Although I was stabbed in the blade, can't I punish you with military law?! ”

What a tragic scene!

Laishu was plotted by someone in exhaustion, and when Gaiyan was woken up in his sleep, the blood had obviously been shed for some time!

The reason why he is strong is, of course, that he has a strong personality, but more importantly, he is full of the heart of serving the country, and feels that his ambition has not been rewarded, and at the same time, he is also full of passion and extreme responsibility for his work, and feels that he must complete the final explanation.

Since following Liu Xiu, Gaiyan is also a tireless man who conquers cities and conquers villages, and he has also formed a deep friendship with Lai She in the battle. At present, seeing the murder of Laixi, he is spontaneously saddened, and it is completely from the heart.

Seeing Lai's anger, Gai Yan hurriedly got up to collect his tears and listened respectfully to Laixi's arrangement.

Lai Hui naturally knew that he was in danger, and the short time in the last moments of his life was extremely precious. He supported it with an astonishing will, analyzed the battle situation for Gaiyan one by one, carefully dispatched troops, and made serious arrangements.

Immediately afterwards, he beat his spirit again and wrote a recital for Liu Xiu by himself.

This is an amazing thing that an amazing person did in the last moments of his life, and we should take it seriously with respect.

This piece of General Lai She's recital is actually a suicide note, he said:

"In the dead of night, the minister was injured by a thief and stabbed the minister's vital point. The minister did not dare to spare his life and strength, but regretted that he was incompetent in his order, failed to complete the important task of cutting down Shu, and humiliated the mission of the court. The governance of the country should be based on the selection of talents, Taizhong Doctor Duan Xiang is upright and can be reused, I hope Your Majesty will investigate. Moreover, the ministers are not talented, and the ministers are always worried that they will one day break the law and commit crimes, and hope that Your Majesty will have mercy on them, and often teach and supervise them strictly. ”

At this point, it is clear that he is still unfinished, but he has almost exhausted the last of his physical strength.

At this point, he threw the pen away, pulled out the sharp blade on his chest, and was angry.

(The pen is stubble.) ）

Lai Shi was stabbed and died at the hands of the villain, the case has never been solved, his death is unknown, and the historians unanimously insist that the murderer is the mastermind of Huan'an.

(Zhonglang will rush to attack Wang Yuan and Huan'an, and An will make the assassins kill She.) ）

However, it seems a bit far-fetched for the historian to describe Peng Chong's death a few years ago in such detail, but he will pass it off this time and directly lock the main culprit in Huan'an.

Moreover, as a general who crisscrossed the imperial court and traveled between Luoyang in Xizhou, he knew and destroyed people, and he was in a state of war, and he was stabbed to death with a short blade in his own military camp and marshal's tent, which inevitably made people somewhat suspicious.

Here, there are doubts, to be examined.

Lai Hui passed away in a bright landing, calmly in the face of danger, leaving behind a generous and tragic song for the ages.

At that time and later generations, he was highly evaluated and there was no controversy, mainly focusing on three points:

He has a strong sense of responsibility, both ability and political integrity, and is a highly qualified general under Liu Xiu; He is upright, he has promises, and he is a believer who is enough to be a model for the world's scholars and doctors; He dares to fight tough battles and sees death as home, and is a warrior who will be remembered for thousands of years.

Upon learning of Lai's death, Liu Xiu was extremely shocked and grieved!

He looked at Laishe's suicide note, and tears welled up at the same time.

(The emperor was shocked when he heard this, and the provincial book was full of tears.) ）

Liu Xiu immediately gave a letter and publicly praised the coffin, which is tantamount to a conclusion on the coffin of the lai, and we may as well record it as follows:

"Zhonglang will be in the future, attacking and fighting for many years, pacifying Qianglong, worrying about the country and forgetting home, and showing loyalty and filial piety. Killed, woo hoo lament! ”

Immediately, Liu Xiu sent a doctor from Taizhong to posthumously present the seal ribbon of the general and the Marquis of Zhengqiang, and gave him the nickname "Jiehou", and changed the county of Runan County to the country of Zhengqiang, which will be commemorated forever.

Bestowing meritorious officials with high officials, Liu Xiu has always been very generous. However, for the sake of a certain comrade, the name of a certain administrative division was changed to commemorate it, although the merits were as high as Deng Yu and Wu Han, and the discipline was such as sacrificial obedience and Feng Yi, there was no such grace and glory.

At the same time, Liu Xiu personally organized the funeral of Laishu and arranged for the court staff (confessors) to escort the funeral.

When the coffin was transported back to Luoyang, Liu Xiu personally dressed him in filial piety clothes and mourned and buried him.

(Take the funeral by the public opinion.) ）

The court arranged that Lai's title would be inherited by his son.

Liu Xiu always remembered Laishe's discipline and loyalty, and 2 years later, he canonized Laishe's younger brother as Yixihou.

However, some of Liu Xiu's related practices also puzzled the historian, and there are still doubts.

First, Liu Xiu did not take Lai She's suggestion and let Gai Yan, who was entrusted by him on his deathbed, take over as the commander of the Han army on the northern front, but appointed Yangwu general Ma Cheng to act as the Zhonglang general left by Lai She, presiding over the military affairs of the northern front, and although Ma Cheng was very good and loyal, he was still significantly inferior to Feng Yi, Geng Yi, and even Gai Yan who were under the leadership of Lai She, who was also under the leadership of Lai She.

The second is that Duan Xiang, a cadre Taizhong doctor who was strongly recommended by Lai She, was never reused by Liu Xiu, and his actions and even his name are only seen in Lai She's suicide note, and Lai She, with his unique identity and status, has never recommended cadres to Liu Xiu in the past;

The third is that Lai She himself was not included in the list of the founding fathers of the Later Han Dynasty who followed Liu Xiu, "Yuntai 28 Generals", and later, this list was supplemented by Wang Chang, Li Tong, Dou Rong, Zhuo Mao 4 people, still not old, and among these 28, or 32 comrades, although there are Deng Yu, Wu Han, Geng Yi, Kou Sui, Feng Yi, and Xianzun such immortal talents, but many people's basic skills and performance are recognized as inferior to the old.

However, in any case, Laishe's ability and performance have gone down in history, and Liu Xiu's respect and nostalgia for him are also sincere.

Or perhaps, history always has more truths that we can never know.