Chapter 67: Silent Fear (3)
In the headquarters, Xiao Yimin looked at a group of silent leaders and decided not to waste any more time:
"Seniors, the juniors have discussed with you the dismantling of the border army for two days, and now it seems that there is no need to grind the tongue anymore, the marshal died tragically, and the border army has no leader, I am afraid that even the name can not keep the younger generation to understand your difficulties, and I dare not pull the brothers of the battalions who have just taken a breath after many years of hard fighting to go to Chengdu desperately, so the younger generation proposes that all the original dismantling opinions have been declared null and void since then, and the seniors can do whatever they want, and go there wherever they want, especially the 'Jingbian Battalion' and ' Almost all of them are brothers from Hunan and Jiangxi, who have been away from their hometowns for seven years, and I believe that the brothers in both camps want to go home. ”
"How is this going to work? Could it be that the handsome man died in vain? How can we not avenge the great revenge of our border army? ”
Bars, who was over fifty years old and already had a gray beard, stood up excitedly and asked loudly, if Qi Luo hadn't grabbed him, I'm afraid his saliva would have sprayed Xiao Yimin's face.
Xiao Yimin stood up, clenched his fists and bowed:
"Senior Bars, if you are willing to avenge the marshal, you will send someone back to the Ganzi camp in a while, and pull out all the brothers in the 'town side camp', and the weapons, ammunition and military salaries will be borne by the juniors! As for the materials and military salaries hoarded in the 'Tai'an Battalion', they should be distributed to the brothers of the 'Jingbian Battalion' and the 'Dazi Battalion', because the imperial court is almost gone, and the marshal is gone, so the brothers of these two battalions should also go home. ”
Bars looked at Chen Quzhen and Zhang Hongsheng angrily, and the two staff leaders, Chen and Zhang, bowed their heads guiltily, and finally stood up and bent down to thank Xiao Yimin.
Chen Quzhen was moved: "Yiming, it's not that I don't want to avenge the big handsome, it's just that the only remaining 800 children in the camp are too tired, and they haven't stopped coming back from Batang Lian, and nearly half of the wounded and sick brothers are no longer able to fight." Yiming, the elder brother will always remember this affection, and one day it will be useful to the elder brother's place, you will send someone to Xiangxi to say hello, I believe that in less than a year, the elder brother can pull up two or three thousand soldiers in his hometown. ”
"Brother Yiming, I have nothing to say, just like Chen Shenling, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, I believe we will meet again one day."
After Zhang Hongsheng finished speaking, he once again bowed deeply to Xiao Yimin.
Xiao Yimin hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his hand: "Seniors don't need to be like this, although the juniors have only been in the border army for a few days, as long as they are border soldiers, they will treat all border troops as their own brothers!" ”
"What are you doing with so much rambling? If you don't want to stay for revenge, get out of here! Baals was so angry that he smashed his teacup.
Chen Quzhen and Zhang Hongsheng have just turned 40 years old, and because they have been fighting at high altitudes for many years, both of them are full of vicissitudes and wrinkles, and they look much older than their actual age.
The two were yelled at by the military general Bars like children, except for a wry smile, they didn't dare to be disrespectful, but begged Bars and Qi Luo for forgiveness in a low voice, and finally said with tears in their eyes that the life-saving grace would be difficult to repay for the rest of their lives.
A few words made the angry Bars cry, the first fierce general of the border army scolded Bars, but he saved the lives of the two of them on the battlefield of Kangzang many times, and the friendship between them is not a few words that can be weakened, and the hard-mouthed and soft-hearted Bars is very reluctant to the two little brothers
It was nearly noon, Xiao Yimin, who had arranged everything, was about to lead his troops back to Chengdu, but found that there were only artillery battalion commander Wang Jian and adjutant Zheng Changze around him, as well as 300 artillery and 100 guards led by the two.
Xiao Yimin saluted Qi Luo, Bars and other staff leaders, flew on horses and rushed to Chengdu, hundreds of brothers rode horses to follow, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Qi Luo looked at the dust in the north and sighed: "This group of rabbit cubs, all the horses have been ridden away, we just have to catch up, and we have to look for horses everywhere, otherwise a dozen artillery pieces will not be able to be dragged." ”
Bars scolded disdainfully:
"What are you afraid of? Isn't it just pulling a dozen seven-five guns? I will hand over to you the three hundred horses I have brought, and I will catch up with them with your 1,000 soldiers, and it will not be a flat road of two or three hundred miles from here to Chengdu. Compared with the road to the west where you have to cross the mountains and mountains two steps away, you still have a face to complain, and you have recuperated your injuries and softened your bones in recent years. ”
Zhang Hongsheng asked nervously: "Yiming really wants to fight Chengdu?" ”
"You're not going to fight, it's your business?" Bars choked him again.
Qi Luo didn't want to go, and explained in a low voice: "Don't look at Yiming's heart like a knife, but he has a sense of proportion, whether to fight or not, it's all in one thought, so big brother, I can't drink with you, and I'll lead all the brothers who can fight to catch up after me, in addition to revenge, I also want to snatch back the face of our border army!" ”
At noon, Chengdu Imperial City, Mingyuan Building.
A team of 500 cavalry returned to Mingyuan Tower listlessly and dismounted, and several soldiers lowered the bamboo pole amid the shouts of the small leader, took off Zhao Erfeng's head, hung it on the front of a longer bamboo pole, and supported the bamboo pole together, carefully hanging the head on the hook directly above the door hole of Mingyuan Tower.
The cold wind caused several soldiers to shrink their heads and walk away quickly, and no one looked at the head above with pale hair fluttering in the wind.
When I just marched with Zhao Erfeng's head in the morning, everywhere I went was the cheers of the people, and when I just walked to the south gate, a sharp voice sounded, and after a terrible shout of "Lord Zhao is Xiao Yimin's master", all the cheers on both sides of the street disappeared instantly.
People gradually woke up, and many citizens who watched the excitement turned around and ran away in fright, and the news that "Xiao Yimin will definitely come back from the Ya'an border army to take revenge" spread throughout the city in a blink of an eye.
As a result, from the south gate, the team that provoked Zhao Erfeng's head to show the public no longer received a single cheer, all they heard were rumors that the war was coming, all they saw were worried faces, and the hateful eyes mixed with the people.
In front of Mingyuan Tower, Tao Zekun, the hero who was dressed in red silk and went around the city to kill his relatives, was still riding on a tall white horse, but the new officers and soldiers around him hurriedly dismounted, hiding aside in a panic, not daring to look at more and more onlookers, who knows if there are Xiao Yimin's people in the crowd, and whether these people will remember their appearance and then retaliate.
All the new officers and soldiers who came back from the parade with Zhao Erfeng's head were in the same mood as Tao Zekun, they had long lost any glory and pride, and the rest were all frightened, and the word "little brother" in the mouths of the people in the city was like a sharp blade on the tip of each of their hearts.
Another gust of wind struck, Tao Zekun, who was dressed in red and green, shivered on his horse, he looked at more and more onlookers in front of him in horror, hoping to hear a few cheers and praises, but except for the "buzzing" whispered discussion, no one cheered and applauded the death of the "butcher" Zhao Erfeng, and what came into Tao Zekun's ears was almost all the people's discussion about Xiao Yimin:
- Zhao Erfeng is my brother's teacher!
- What should I do when my brother comes back?
- Someone is going to suffer......
(To be continued)