Lin Kedi, a veteran who has lived and died on the battlefield, has an indescribable charm, he is very talkative, and unconsciously, Zhang Ru also talked about some strategies that have become a foregone conclusion.

There is a lot of remorse in the words.

Especially the raid launched to save Ma Jinzhong, so that more than 1,800 veterans were buried on the battlefield like this, and he was still a little guilty.

Lin Kedi saw that he was a little depressed, and asked: "Killing one person and saving a thousand people is worth it in the eyes of many people, but it is not worth it in the eyes of some people." Even if he is a heinous criminal, it is inevitable that there will be someone who will be sad for him. To the relatives of those who were killed by criminals, criminals deserve to die, but to those who care about him, criminals do not deserve to die. Killing a thousand people and saving one person, the same way, as long as you think it's worth it, it's fine. ”

Zhang Ru shook his head and smiled bitterly: "1,800 old soldiers, all of them are warriors who have survived a hundred battles, just for a horse to be loyal, worth it?" But I can't just watch my brother in prison and not save him, and this rescue has put in 1,800 people. ”

"You're young." Lin Kedi said very nonsensically: "When I was young, the last thing I was afraid of was making mistakes, and if I changed to a nine-sided governor, I might not be able to do you so well." ”

This general is not very flattering, but every sentence is to the point.

Zhang Ru doesn't like compliments, but Lin Kedi's words make him very useful. Reason tells him that he has done nothing wrong, but emotion makes him feel guilty all the time.

1,800 soldiers seems to be a very large number, but in this border area where hundreds of thousands of border troops are hoarding, 1,800 soldiers are really nothing.

It is a great merit to let 18,000 or even 180,000 people survive when 1,800 people die.

Lin Kedi said faintly: "The commander may not know that the soldiers of this army live a repetitive life every day, except for occasionally going to Datong Mansion City to find the powder that can produce water, that is, patrolling and training day after day. War is a very new thing for them, especially those recruits who are bent on making meritorious contributions, and what they want to see most is war.

Of course, after the war, no one dares to say that they like war anymore.

After all, war means that someone will die at any time, and this person may be the main general who taught you earnestly yesterday, or the big brother who once taught you how to ride a horse and shoot arrows, or even the stuffy gourd that usually can't beat a stuffy fart with three sticks.

Soldiers who have seen blood are real soldiers, but most of the soldiers who have seen blood have died on the battlefield.

Their heroic spirits wander over the border, and they don't know when they will come to see us old brothers. It is normal for hundreds or thousands of people to die on the battlefield.

I'm still alive, so many brothers are gone, according to the Governor's thoughts, wouldn't Lin someone have to feel guilty to death?

No, on the contrary, I am very at ease, because I want to live for them, live well for those dead brothers, and use my eyes to see for them the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty that they protect with their lives. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Kedi couldn't say any more, tears crossed his resolute face, they were men's tears.

Zhang Ru was silent, he didn't know how far-reaching the garrison general meant by saying these words to himself, he only knew that his guilt reminded the general of a lot of previous things.

Maybe it's a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, or maybe it's a forest of arrows.

"Come, let's stop talking about the unhappy things, drink some wine." Link raised the jar.

The sons and daughters in the army are bold, no matter what they do, they never use cups to drink, and they don't use chopsticks when they are hungry to eat.

After a few sips of wine, they chatted about some common things, and when it came to the old wife who no longer had the slightest delicate appearance, Lin Kedi's face was full of happiness.

Zhang Ru smiled and said: "My brother is really blessed, he has a sister-in-law and wife to run the house, and he has such a big son." ”

Lin Kedi said wistfully: "If you want to say guilty, what I feel most sorry for is my family's son and that kid, she was also a famous lady in Changsha Mansion back then, although her family is in the middle of the road, but it is not something that Qiu Ba in my army can touch." I really don't know how many wealthy children are waiting in a long line to marry her, at least those who wear crowns have one.

My family took a fancy to me, and married despite the opposition of my family.

That's a real marriage, my family is surrounded by walls, my mother is still blind, and my father doesn't know where to die for a long time. At that time, I was not a garrison, just an ordinary guard.

It is said that a good man is not a soldier, and the chance of becoming a soldier is much more than that of other professions.

My old pedantic father-in-law, who had a lot of beard, even told me to my face that he would rather his daughter marry a runaway boy than marry me.

But that's how she married me.

There was no dowry, no bride price, not even a wedding.

A few well-connected Pao Ze brothers carried a jar of old wine and a few catties of bacon, even if they had celebrated.

When I got married in March, I came to the frontier and went back several times, each time for no more than 20 days.

Until now, that kid in my family hates me, why can't my useless father give his mother a peaceful environment, why my father in a high position is unwilling to recruit a few slaves at home to serve them.

If I can not die this time, I will return to the field, the first half of my life is dedicated to the border of the Ming Dynasty, and the second half of my life, it is time to accompany the two of them. ”

Zhang Ru put one hand on Lin Kedi's shoulder: "Don't worry, you won't die." ”

He knows why Lin Kedi doesn't give his wife a happy life, and he also knows what Lin Kedi is like, which is why he wants to put Lin Kedi, the general of the Datong right guard, in the position of the tiger's mouth.

He was in the enemy camp and needed someone to rely on.

And Lin Kedi is undoubtedly such a person.

"Come, after drinking this little wine, I'll take my brothers out and come back with some decent military exploits." Zhang Ru smiled.

Lin Kedi was stunned: "How to take it?" ”

Zhang Ru smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when the time comes." ”

After drinking, the thousands of defenders who were anxious about the tiger's mouth, plus the 5,000 people who were later increased, a total of more than 7,000 people, opened the gate and went out.

At first, the Tatar battalion reacted, but soon, as the Soaring Cloud Knights under Zhang Ru's command waved the flag, those Tatar soldiers actually gave way to a way.

Fortunately, Zhang Ru had already given a military order in advance, otherwise some recruits who didn't know the right way might pull out their waist knives and kill them.

Alibu greeted him and knelt down on one knee: "I've seen the commander." ”

Zhang Ru dismounted and helped Alibu up: "We are allies, you are not my subordinates, so you don't need so much courtesy." Look at it, I brought you people, how to fight? ”

Alibu frowned and said, "Commander, most of your people are foot soldiers, I'm afraid they are not suitable for long-distance attacks!" ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own measure, you just need to say how to fight." ”

Alibu turned his head to look at Blot, who took a few steps forward and said, "These thousands of people are too few. ”

Zhang Ru said bluntly: "You don't have to worry about this, there will be at least 100,000 troops gathered in Baobao before dawn tomorrow, and it will only be more, not less." You just have to tell me how you want to fight. You have set the course, and my people will be ready to cooperate with you.

Remember, this time it is not the Ming army that takes the initiative to make trouble, this is your internal battle in Tatar, and it is a war in which you want to pull the traitor Batumunk down from the throne. ”

Brodt nodded and said: "Now Batumunk's 200,000 horses are camped near Fort Bao, and the time it takes to get from here to Fort Baoan is about two hours, of course, this is the speed of a foot soldier. The speed of the cavalry is estimated to reach its destination in an hour.

I plan to let the warriors under my command take the lead, and after fighting with Batu Munk's men, I will need the Ming army to come out of the security fort to cooperate, and it doesn't matter if you have 7,000 people or not. ”

Link glared at Blott with a pair of tiger eyes, and he felt that the bearded Tatar was too disrespectful to his commander.

Zhang Ru waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't drag you back." You take the people first, and my people will come later. ”

Brott asked, "Dare to ask Lord Zhang how to order the people of Fort Security to help when the time comes?" ”

Zhang Ru said: "There is Zhang An, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu Mansion, in the security fort, so naturally there will be no accidents, and he will not be soft when it is time to make a move." ”

Blott got down on one knee: "Please go with us, Commander." ”

He didn't want to kneel down with this Mingren, but for the sake of so many warriors under his command, he had to kneel, because he couldn't watch so many of his brothers die at the hands of the enemy, while his allies became fishermen watching from the sidelines.

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Link took a step forward: "Don't be a commander." ”

Zhang Ru said lazily: "Give us the war horse, and we will set off with you, but it is not realistic for me to leave so many brothers to set off with you." ”

He said that if he wants to take his brothers to get military merits, then he must let his brothers get military merits.

After thinking about it, Blott looked at Alibu, he could come up with ideas, but it was Alibu who was in charge.

Alibu nodded slightly: "Okay, I will have people prepare enough war horses." ”

The Tatar army is most indispensable for war horses, and sometimes in order to maneuver, there have been cases of one man and three horsemen.

And Zhang Ru grasped this point, so he didn't bring out the two thousand war horses in the city of Laohukou Pass, and those who could pit the Tatars should try to pit some of them.

Anyway, the Tatars are not short of horses, and there are really not many war horses in our Ming Dynasty.

After making preparations, led by the Tatar army, Zhang Ru followed from afar with 7,000 people, and the group quickly rushed towards the direction of Baobaobao.

At this time, Batu Munk was still enjoying the fun of torturing Ma Jinzhong, and he didn't know anything about the movements here.