It was not clear what the people in the hall of the Governor's Palace would say about him after he left, but he walked south of the city with the support of many of his own soldiers, where his army was stationed.

"Tick tock" horse's hooves knocked on the bluestone paved street, Pang Gang was silent all the way, although Luoyang City has implemented a curfew, and the people are not allowed to go out after dark, but there are still many people on the street who are cowering in the dark corners and looking at this mighty team of men and horses in horror.

After walking on the street for a while, being blown by the cool breeze of Xia Yue, Pang Gang's drunkenness began to subside, and he said to the generals behind him: "Are you very strange about the behavior of this official, and think that since people are picking up the wind and washing the dust for us, shouldn't we give people a little face, and come out after drinking to the fullest, wouldn't everyone be happy." ”

"This ......"

Cheng Kai, Wang Zhi and the others looked at each other and didn't speak, only Heitie plucked up the courage and said: "My lord, isn't it too shameful for us to come out like this, you must know that this is someone's territory." ”

Pang Gang sighed and said, "How can this official not know this truth, but this official really can't drink it." ”

After Pang Gang finished speaking, he pointed to a corner of the street with a horsewhip and said: "Look at the influx of so many homeless people in Luoyang City, they don't think about how to help the hungry people, but they spend all day drinking and drinking, and ask which grain of rice on their table is not planted by those homeless hungry people on the street?" Why do they have to work all night and night, but these hungry people have to leave their homes to starve? ”

"Why?"

Pang Gang's voice echoed in the cool night sky, echoing on the street, behind Pang Gang, all the generals lowered their heads, very ashamed in their hearts, when they followed Pang Gang out just now, although they didn't say it, but it was still a little strange and even puzzled, and now they understood the reason why their adults came out.

"Wang Guerrilla, Cheng Guerrilla, and you." Pang Gang pointed at Wang Zhi, Cheng Kai and those thousands of households said earnestly: "Most of you are from poor people, and some of you are also from homeless people, you know these things best, so I don't need to say more." Dog leftover, do you remember when I was digging wild vegetables on the back slope of Lingshan Weibao with you and Da Zhuang? ”

When Pang Gang said the two words left, Wang Zhi's body shook, since he became an officer, no one dared to bark by his nickname for a long time, and when he heard Pang Gang call his nickname in the past, his heart couldn't help but be touched violently.

Speaking of this, Pang Gang's face showed a trace of bitterness, "I still remember that night I ate a stomach full of wild vegetables without salt, but I was awakened by hunger in the middle of the night, and I got up in the middle of the night and sat at the door, looking forward to digging wild vegetables again at dawn to satisfy my hunger. Now, the people who came out of Lingshanwei are officials, even if they are not officials, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking if they do some small business in Qingzhou or go to the workshop as a buddy, but we can't forget our roots. ”

Listening to Pang Gang's rare confession, everyone was almost embarrassed, and when Pang Gang said this, they suddenly realized that they were once from mud legs, just like the homeless people on the street.

"Don't say it, my lord, I know it's wrong!" At this time, Wang Zhi's eyes were already red.

"If only you knew!" Pang Gang nodded, "When the official says this, he doesn't mean that he wants you to go through the bitter life again, but that you must remember that you can't forget your roots." Everyone has thought about a good life, but you can't ignore your conscience for the sake of a good life, let alone do those things that hurt nature and reason, do you understand? ”

In the face of Pang Gang's earnest words, everyone said in unison: "Adults' teachings, don't dare to forget your humble duties!" ”

Looking at the generals who spoke in unison, Pang Gang said in a voice that only he could hear: "I hope you can remember!" ”

To be honest, Pang Gang was not a puritan, and he also liked to enjoy, but he could never accept the way that many Ming Dynasty officials now did not care about the lives of the people, but spent all their time drinking. Throughout the history of the end of the Ming Dynasty, under the attack of the Liukou and the Qing soldiers, the large and small cities around the country were broken by the enemy army as if they were blowing dry, not because the Liukou and the Qing soldiers had strong combat effectiveness, many of them were because many people in the city who could not survive opened the city gate to welcome the enemy into the city, because for those people, if they continued like this, there was only a dead end, it was better to open the city gate to welcome the enemy into the city, maybe there was a way to live,

Just when Pang Gang gave his subordinates a lesson in reminiscence, in the grove in the east outside Luoyang City, Li Zicheng was also having a meeting with his generals.

A bonnet was lit in the middle of the grove, illuminating the surrounding space, and around it were dozens of generals dressed in different ways, with Li Zicheng also sitting in the center.

The atmosphere around the campfire was very dreary, and everyone was silent, just looking at their feet silently.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Zicheng laughed to himself and said haha, "Why don't you speak?" Dumb? This morning, I was still coaxed to take Luoyang down, and now I have become a new little daughter-in-law? ”

It's just that his joke obviously didn't impress everyone, and the atmosphere was still silent.

"Li Guo, Jie Xuan, you can tell me about the course of the war today, and give everyone a long insight." Li Zicheng said casually.

Listening to Li Zicheng's words, Li Guo and Liu Zongmin were so ashamed that they almost shrank their heads into the crotch of their pants, today's battle was too aggrieved, they drove the hungry soldiers to launch an offensive, but they were beaten again and again by the opponent's firearms, but today they lost more than 20,000 horses, and their results were only a few hundred.

Liu Zongmin snorted for a long time before he whispered: "King Chuang, it's me who is incompetent, you punish me." ”

Li Guo also hung his head and said: "King Chuang, we are really bad at fighting today, and I am willing to accept the punishment." ”

To the surprise of Liu Zongmin and Li Guo, Li Zicheng looked at the bonfire and pondered for a while and shook his head: "There is fault between the two of you in today's battle, but the fault is not all with you, first of all, I underestimated the combat power of this Ming army, so that there was such a big defeat. ”

Everyone looked at Li Zicheng with some surprise, but they didn't expect that King Chuang not only did not get angry, but took the responsibility on himself, and everyone spoke out to persuade him.

"Why did King Chuang say this, how can I blame you for not fighting well, brothers are responsible. And the combat power of the Qingzhou army is really amazing, especially the firearms are even sharper and abnormal, so we have suffered a big loss. Don't you often say that it doesn't matter if you lose the battle, let's just get the field back next time. ”

Seeing that everyone spoke one after another, the originally dull atmosphere began to liven, and Li Zicheng was secretly relieved in his heart......

(To be continued)