Hearing his words, everyone was surprised, and they didn't understand why Lu Yan did this.

Even Cao Wenzhao looked at him with a puzzled expression, he didn't understand why Lu Yan, who looked a little slippery, was willing to donate his war horses to these Ming troops for free.

That night was extremely shocked at first, but soon said to Lu Yan with an excited face: "How can this be done." ”

"How can this be done, everyone will not hesitate to kill the enemy for the country, how can I spare a few war horses."

Lu Yan said with his fists clenched.

Cao Wenzhao looked at Lu Yan with a surprised expression, as if he was meeting this person for the first time.

Those who didn't accept the night discussed with each other for a while, and then the one who was the leader said: "Gongzi Gaoyi, which makes Li admire." I don't know the name of Gongzi Gao, if there is a place where we can be used in the future, just come to our camp to find me, I am the chief soldier boy Zhong Gui will not accept Li Yi at night. ”

"In Xia Lu Yan, Shenyang people's family, it is also an honor to be able to meet Brother Li."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"We understand Childe's hospitality, but I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to give it away for free, we are willing to pay enough silver taels, I don't know what Childe wants."

That night did not close.

"There is no need for silver taels, although I, Lu Yan, am not a rich family, but there is no shortage of money for these five horses."

When he had finished speaking, he said to the people, "Free up five war horses and give them to these soldiers." ”

Hearing his words, everyone looked unwilling.

Although they had just captured 6 war horses, 3 of them belonged to Cao Wenzhao, which meant that they needed to free up two more war horses.

No one wants to give these horses away to others for free, even if they have captured them.

But Lu Yan had already made up his mind, in fact, if it weren't for the cowardice Xue's too much equipment, a war horse would not be able to be put down at all, and Lu Yan planned to donate all the surplus war horses to these soldiers.

Everyone slowly drove the war horses, and Zhang Xiaoyi whispered a few words of persuasion to Lu Yan, but was severely reprimanded by Lu Yan.

These people have lost their lives for the country, he is powerless to help, how can he spare some war horses?

Seeing that Lu Yan had made up his mind, the cowardly Xue had no choice but to vacate 5 war horses and give them to these nights.

Those who didn't accept it at night saw that Lu Yan was really planning to donate war horses, and they were all extremely moved. They hoped to be able to pay some silver taels, but Lu Yan insisted on not accepting them.

In the end, those who didn't stop Lu Yan at night still accepted the 5 war horses.

Feeling unhappy, they asked to send a night guard to escort Lu Yan and the others out of this area, so as not to be harassed by the rebels, but Lu Yan refused them.

They had a heavy task, and Lu Yan didn't think that he should bother them because of this trivial matter.

After saying goodbye to these nights, Cao Wenzhao was silent for a long time, and only after a long time did he say to Lu Yan: "You are really a strange person? ”

"What does Brother Cao mean by this?"

Lu Yan said with a puzzled expression.

"Do you really want to donate war horses for them?"

Cao Wenzhao stared into his eyes and asked.

"Of course, they fought bravely to kill the enemy and protect the safety of the people, what I admire most in my life are those soldiers who defend their homes and defend the country, so why not donate some war horses for them."

Lu Yan said.

Listening to his words, Cao Wenzhao was not only not happy, but his face was full of complexity.

Lu Yan didn't understand why Cao Wenzhao showed such an expression at first, but soon he understood the reason.

It is not surprising that he came from a later era of respect for the military.

And the low position of the warriors in the Ming Dynasty was very low, not to mention those low-level military households, not only to serve in the military, but also to live a difficult life, not enough to eat, for generations to make cattle and horses for the old Zhu family, has always been despised by ordinary people, even marrying daughters are unwilling to marry those military households.

Even the status of those generals is not high, and all the logistics and supplies are in the hands of civilian officials. Any civilian official dared to run to the military attache and point his nose and scold his mother, and the military attache could only kneel on the ground and admit it.

Some civil officials are even more excessive, such as Yuan Chonghuan, who was promoted by the Manchus as a national hero, and one of his very famous deeds was to kill Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of the Dongjiang River.

When Mao Wenlong was killed, he was the general of the general side of the town, which was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the front army who was fighting with the front line in later generations.

Yuan Chonghuan, a civil official, said that he would kill him, but he didn't have anything to do afterwards.

If it weren't for the fact that the Qing army entered the customs later and killed under the city of Beijing, which provoked Chongzhen's anger, maybe this matter would have been settled.

Therefore, there are still very few people who hold Lu Yan's idea.

Cao Wenzhao was a little moved, and he said to Lu Yan: "Brother Lu Xian, now that I am born in troubled times, it is the time for my generation of martial artists to make meritorious contributions. I don't know if Brother Lu Xiandi intends to serve the country in the army. If you are willing to enlist in the army, brother, I will definitely wait for the collapse and promise to ask you to be at least a hundred presidents, brother. ”

Listening to Cao Wenzhao's words, Lu Yan couldn't help but be moved.

Cao Wenzhao has been an official all his life, whether it is Xiong Tingbi or later Sun Chengzong, he trusts him very much, and finally becomes the chief soldier.

If you are willing to serve as a soldier under Cao Wenzhao, it is obvious that the future is bright.

But following Cao Wenzhao's words, there is also a shortcoming, that is, you have to fight to the death with the Jurchens.

After the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, Liaoyang was defeated, and what happened after that? It was still a big defeat, that was the defeat of Quang Ninh, and then there was a great flight of soldiers and civilians, both soldiers and civilians fled to Guannai.

Now his foundation is thin, only 5 cowards, no matter how elite they are, facing thousands of Jurchen cavalry is not a great combat power.

In this series of defeats, if he was ordered to die by any of his superiors, he would have no place to cry, so he felt that it was not a good idea to take refuge in Cao Wenzhao.

At this time, he thought of a person, that was Mao Wenlong.

It was this defeat of Liaoyang that led to the legendary rise of Mao Wenlong.

He took more than 200 people to recover Guanglu Island, Pig Island, Changshan Island and many other islands occupied by the Jin army along the coast of Liaodong, and conquered Zhenjiang and Forte for hundreds of miles.

Moreover, Mao Wenlong later became the chief soldier of the general town and the governor of Zuodu, and almost all the people who followed him were in high positions.

Moreover, his army was very free, and the clamp of the imperial court was very small, and the imperial court once tried to send literati to supervise the army, but was resolutely resisted by Mao Wenlong, and in the end the matter was also settled.

Therefore, Lu Yan believes that taking refuge in Mao Wenlong is the most ideal way out for himself.

"I do intend to join the army, but I heard that Mao Wenlong Mao Dusi is brave and good at fighting and is familiar with the art of war, so I plan to defect to him."

Lu Yan thought for a while and said.

Hearing his words, Zhang Xiaoyi felt a little dissatisfied, and even Lu Hongsleeve frowned.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qiu Ba was not a good career.

Not only is there no food and clothing, but also to face the murderous Jurchens, there is a danger of losing their heads at any time.

Since the Jurchen rebellion to the present, a full thirteen general soldiers have died, and I don't know how many of those small soldiers have died.

So now going to the military is definitely a high-risk, low-income occupation.

As long as they are not cornered, or they are generations of generals, there are really few people who are willing to join the army.

Zhang Xiaoyi had the heart to persuade Lu Yan, but was stopped by Lu Yan's eyes, and motioned to turn around and explain to him.

"Mao Wenlong? That Governor Wang's cronies? ”

Cao Wenzhao's face was strange, and he had also heard of Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong, a native of Qiantang, Hangzhou.

Because his uncle Haizhou Wei hereditarily taught a hundred households Mao Dechun had no children after his death, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he needed to find someone from his relatives to inherit his position, and Mao Wenlong, who was lucky, inherited this position.

However, because he was a southerner, he had little to do with Liaodong, and he was squeezed out by the local officers in Liaodong, so his career in the 20 years he came to Liaodong was extremely unsmooth.

Mao Wenlong once vented his bitterness to the emperor in the song: the ministers have repeatedly made small achievements, and every time they are covered by jealous people, they have suffered from bad encounters and have been depressed for 20 years.

Later, Mao Wenlong felt that he couldn't go on like this, and if he continued like this, his life would be over, and it happened that his maternal uncle Shen Guangzuo was the political envoy of Shandong, so he found his maternal uncle, and finally took the line of Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, through his maternal uncle.

After taking the line of Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, Mao Wenlong began to soar.

In 1620, he was promoted from garrison to capital, and in 1621, he was promoted from capitalist to guerrilla general, and the speed of promotion was enough to make countless people envious.

Cao Wenzhao's face was a little ugly, if you said that other people were brave and good at fighting, it would be fine.

But that Mao Wenlong obviously rose up because of Wang Huazhen's relationship, how can he be compared to him.

"Brother Lu Xian, if you look down on me, please say it directly, why do you bury me like this."

Cao Wenzhao said with some annoyance.

Lu Yan smiled bitterly, he didn't expect to be misunderstood by telling the truth, so he said sincerely: "Brother Cao is a fierce general in the world, how can I look down on Brother Cao." I sincerely want to join Master Mao's team, and I don't mean to deceive. ”

Listening to Lu Yan's praise of him, Cao Wenzhao's face was much better, but he still looked at Lu Yan with some disbelief: "You really plan to vote for Mao Wenlong's disciple." ”

"The little brother swore to the sky that he definitely did not deceive Brother Cao."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"Well, now that you've sworn by you, I'm going to embarrass you, I just hope you won't regret it then."

Cao Wenzhao said with some disappointment.

"No regrets."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

Cao Wenzhao shook his head and no longer persuaded him, so the people rushed to Liaoyang City.

When it was close to dusk, the group finally came to Liaoyang City.

Although the city of Liaoyang is under martial law, there are still a large number of refugees who have flocked into the city, and it is said that this is the order of the compassionate Liaodong Jinglu Yuan Yingtai Yuan.

Lu Yan could only sigh at this, Yuan Yingtai is a good official, but he is not a good general, he should not lead troops in his life.

These refugees who flocked into the city were mixed with a large number of Jurchen fine works, and after these fine works entered the city, they took advantage of the opportunity of the great battle to defend the city and set fire everywhere in the city.

Not only did it cause the ammunition of Little Simon to catch fire, but the fire also burned to the castle tower.

The shacks and pastures of the defenders were also burned to ashes, and finally the defenders collapsed, and the Jurchens rushed into the city.

The bodhisattva-hearted Yuan Yingtai finally committed suicide to apologize.

In this regard, Lu Yan can only say that this is a tragedy, and Yuan Yingtai did an inappropriate job at an inappropriate time.