Zhang Ru touched his face and said in surprise: "What are you doing looking at me like this, I can tell you that I don't have a habit of breaking my sleeves." ”

Zhang An raised his hand and twitched lightly on Zhang Ru's shoulder: "Get out, the old man doesn't have a habit of breaking his sleeves." The old man thinks it's strange, how can you not even think of such a simple question. ”

"What can't you figure out?" Zhang Ru was a little confused, and asked with a strange face.

Zhang Andao: "About the disposal of Ma Zhang. It is clear that as long as Yang Rong does not die, he will definitely participate in Ma Xuan's book. This time, even if Ma Xuan is guilty of meritorious service, I am afraid that the position of the deputy chief soldier of Datong will not be able to be kept.

Even if Ma Xuan made great contributions, even if it was because of his desperate rescue that he was able to keep Datong and the Xuanfu border army. In the future, Yang Rong and he are destined to not be able to work together, with Yang Rong's temperament, he will only arrange for Ma Xuan to wear small shoes in the future.

Unless you and I write the facts very tortuously and put the blame on Yang Rong, it is possible to keep Ma Zhang. You can't figure this out, that's where the old man wonders. ”

Zhang Ru smiled, not explaining or refutating.

This aroused Zhang An's curiosity even more, and he didn't let him leave, so he had to tell him why.

Zhang Ru asked rhetorically: "Okay! For the sake of Ma Xuan, did the general ever think about those captured brothers, but did he ever think about those brothers who died on the battlefield?

Yes, I don't want anything to happen to Ma Zhang.

Maybe in the entire court, except for the old general Ma Wensheng, I don't want Ma Xuan to have an accident the most.

But the matter has already come out, if you don't give Ma Xuan a little bit of power, he won't have a long memory. If you don't give Yang Rong and the court an explanation, even if Ma Zhang's father is the secretary of the military department, those civil officials will catch it.

I'm not afraid of setting myself on fire, I'm afraid of backfire. ”

Zhang An thought for a moment, then thought about Zhang Ru's situation in the capital, and suddenly understood Zhang Ru's intentions.

The reason why he pondered how to write this piece was not that he didn't dare to write it, but that he really didn't know how to write it.

It is obviously not possible to lay out a direct narrative, but one of Ma Zhang's lives is closely related to the performance.

It's feasible to beat around the bush, but he still has to consider a Yang Rong.

wants Ma Xuan'an to sit firmly in the position of the general soldier of Datong, unless Yang Rong dies. If Yang Rong doesn't die, with Ma Zhang's identity and qualifications, he will not be able to take charge of the military power in Datong alone.

"For the sake of the general, beware of being broad-minded, not small-minded. Yang Rong's heart is too small. After Zhang An figured it out, he said very plainly.

Zhang Ru defended: "General, I didn't mean that. ”

Zhang An didn't listen to his explanation at all, turned around and said: "For the sake of his lack of credit to the imperial court, he has also worked hard, and he has guarded the border town of Datong for the imperial court for so many years, and let his family go." ”

"I understand what the general means." Zhang Ru nodded and said softly.

Towards night, the Ming army counted the number of people, counted the battle losses, and also counted the gains.

The Huotou Army was burying the pot and cooking, and the others were boasting about today's achievements on the sidelines, except for the occasional person who showed a depressed look because of the death of the robe, the atmosphere generally looked good.

More than half an hour passed, and the results also surfaced.

Killing 18,000 enemies and losing 3,003 self-losses, such a record can be regarded as very good in the hearts of the Datong border army, which has always fought with the Tatars either in a crushing defeat or a miserable victory.

Throughout the war, no one from the Xuanfu border army and the Beijing army participated in the war.

Zhang Ru is quite satisfied with this result, after so many years, this is a good result.

After finishing the meal, Zhang Ru went to the wounded barracks to see the wounded soldiers, and Ma Xuan naturally had to accompany him.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't face his father in front of him, he won't show his face to Zhang Ru, only when Ma Wensheng is mentioned, he will not hesitate to turn his head and leave.

The wounded barracks were filled with wails, and a medic, who was no longer young, was cleaning the wounds of a soldier with an arrow in the chest in the corner.

Zhang Ru stood behind the medical officer, watching him carefully wrap the gauze that had been boiled in boiling water around the soldier's chest, and after carefully tying the knot, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "It's hard work." ”

The medical officer wiped the sweat on his face and said, "The handsome man has won the award, and the brothers are fighting hard, my little hard work is nothing." As long as my brothers are okay, I'm a little tired and happy. ”

"Alright, let's go and rest!" Zhang Ru said with a smile. This was already the last wounded soldier bandaged by the medical officer.

Many wounded soldiers saw Zhang Ru and Ma Xuan, and the two who were less injured struggled to get up and salute Zhang Ru, but Zhang Ru stretched out his hand and held them down: "It's all your own brothers, you are injured, don't get up." ”

didn't say a few words to the wounded soldier, a seriously wounded man over there struggled to get up, and shouted weakly: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye"

Zhang Ru nodded at the lightly wounded, turned around and walked quickly towards the seriously wounded, walked in front of the seriously wounded, and grabbed the old soldier's hand tightly with both hands: "Brother, I'm here." ”

"Ho Ho Hou Ye, I, I, I, I" The old pawn's chest rose and fell violently, his breathing became extremely rapid, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Zhang Ru clenched his hands: "Don't worry, if you die in battle, your family will be taken care of by the imperial court." Your child will receive the best education, and I will let the best gentleman teach him to become a talent. ”

He also thought that what the veteran was going to say was that after he died, the court would not care about their families.

But the veteran stared at him and kept shaking his head: "No, no, I just want to ask Master Hou, if I die, can I be like my brothers and brothers before, huhu, and engrave my name on the tablet." ”

Ma Xuan explained softly in Zhang Ru's ear: "This is the old pawn who survived the last battle of Datong, who was originally guarding the Black Stone Pass, and was transferred by me to Datong Mansion City. In that battle, he was covered with three wounds, and it was a blessing in misfortune that he survived. I thought he would be able to spend his old age in peace, but I didn't expect that I would harm him. ”

Zhang Ru was moved to tears, held the old man's hand tightly, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, all the brothers who died in battle, I will ask the court to erect a monument for you." Let all the people remember your great achievements, and let future generations remember that their ancestors were once heroes on the battlefield of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The old pawn smiled, held Zhang Ru's hand and suddenly exerted force, using his last strength to shout: "My name is He Da." ”

When the words fell, his neck was crooked, and he was already out of breath.

Zhang Ru held He Da's hand and couldn't let go for a long time.

In the capital, he was a young general who was so famous in the Great Tong War that the Tatars trembled at the sight of his name.

The trees of the 300,000 Da army sound staggering, and he, Zhang Wenxuan, defeated the Tatar army a few years ago with the Ming army, whose combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the steppe cavalry.

Everyone thought that Zhang Wenxuan was brave and invincible, and everyone thought that Zhang Wenxuan was strategizing.

But Zhang Ru himself knew that in the battle a few years ago, he probably won by luck.

At that time, if it weren't for Manduhai's dissatisfaction with the fake Batu Munch, if it weren't for the fact that several commanders were unwilling to obey that Batu Munk's dispatch at all, maybe he would not have won.

If it weren't for those soldiers who used their lives, if it weren't for the five thousand soldiers of Yajiao Mountain who fought to the death and did not retreat, if it weren't for the hot-blooded people like Lin Kedi and Liu Peng, he might not have won't win.

Without the desperate struggle of these soldiers and their bloody battles, even if the previous two conditions were met, today's Zhang Ru would not have been achieved.

Ma Xuan patted Zhang Ru's shoulder and said in a very low voice: "Boss, don't be too sad." When they came to serve as soldiers, they pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers. We don't have the ability to study, we can be Qiu Ba for the rest of our lives, and use that little military salary to feed the family, this is all fate. ”

Zhang Ru let go of the rough hand that had gradually become cold, turned his head and said seriously: "I am also Qiu Ba!" Brother, don't worry, Your Majesty and I will make Daming live better and better. ”

Ma Xuan waved his hand behind without a trace, and immediately someone carried He Da's body down.

He sighed with emotion: "Before last year, I still believed that Your Majesty could make the people of Daming live a good life. Now, I'm not so convinced. Boss, do you really have the idea of subverting Daming? ”

Zhang Ru shrugged: "I'm too busy, I haven't had time to think about it." ”

"Yes, you don't have this kind of thought, that heavenly son, why do you have so many thoughts?" Ma Xuan asked puzzled.

Zhang Ru said lightly: "I'm not dead yet, I'm just idle at home, and you are making such a fuss in Datong." Within a radius of two miles thirty miles north of this earthen city, it was stained red with blood everywhere. Don't you understand what it means? I haven't thought about it now, who knows if I will think about it in the future, and even I don't know about it, how can Your Majesty be so sure. ”

Ma Xuan showed a bitter smile: "Also, this time I am in a catastrophe." ”

"I said, with me, you don't have to worry." Zhang Ru stretched out his hand and patted Ma Xuan's shoulder, saying meaningfully.

After the two of them went back, they couldn't sleep for a long time.

Ma Xuan was thinking about what Zhang Ru's last sentence meant, after all, what he did could be said to have violated the taboo of the imperial court.

Zhang Ru was thinking about the question that Ma Xuan asked, and he asked himself, even he didn't know if he would have such and such thoughts in the future.

After all, that location, is really tempting.

At this time, at the foot of Lei Gong Mountain, a large number of people and horses wearing firearms were stopped by the border army, and the leader was clear-eyed, looking in his early thirties, and was very serious with the document stamped with the commander's seal and talking to a few border soldiers.

Then, I saw that the border troops gave way to a road, and the three hundred men and horses successfully went up the mountain.

In the Lei Gong Mountain Fortress, Yang Rong was pacing back and forth very anxiously, and it was Lei Gong Mountain who had been carefully accompanying him.