On the second day after Wang Lanping woke up, he let people use a bamboo sedan chair to carry around in the battalions, in order to dispel the doubts of the departments, after the battle of Changle Koushan, the Dingyuan battalion casualties were nearly half, Yu Linwei also lost forty percent of the troops, those who had been collected all the way to the casualties of the troops as high as sixty percent, on the battlefield, because of the Han King's leading soldiers, everyone was out of the way, ******** desperately, and only after the battle did they find that there were few acquaintances left, a kind of decadence and war-weariness in the army quickly grew, confused.

In addition, since the Battle of Changle Pass, the army has been resting around Chenzhou City, and there is no date, isn't it said that it is good to go west? Even King Han didn't know why he didn't show up, I heard that he was seriously injured, but he didn't know whether it was true or not, and various emotions such as suspicion, frustration, and malaise emerged, and his morale was extremely low.

Watching the King of Han sit in a bamboo sedan chair through the battalions, the whole army is boiling, the King of Han is their backbone, since there is the King of Han, these soldiers really live like people, know why they fight, not for the emperor, not for the King of Han, it is the King of Han who gives them the opportunity to fight for a merit on the battlefield, an opportunity to exchange for land, money, a chance to get ahead, and not like a few years ago, the officials have been officials since hundreds of years ago, and the life of the soldiers is only the share of their lives.

Since the king of Han took charge of the army, the commanders of the battalions have all made the following generals and colonels from the bottom of the small soldiers, and the status of Guangzong Yaozong can be earned from the battlefield, which is the only way out for those who are illiterate and incapable of the imperial examination, everyone wants to work hard in the army of the king of Han, even if they die in battle, the family can also get a lot of pensions, and so on only the king of Han dares to do this, dare to break the rules of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, Without the Han kings, there would be no day for them to emerge.

As Wang Lanping circulated in the various camps, it seemed that at this moment, everyone was thrown into the haze that had shrouded their heads for many days, and the King of Han returned, and the martial champion who stood up to the sky and led the whole army to dare to lose stones appeared unharmed in front of everyone's eyes.

When Wang Lanping was carried into the Yulinwei camp, he immediately attracted the whole camp to bow and worship, and even the wounded soldiers were supported by each self-consciously divided into two rows on the route that the king of Han was going to pass, and when the figure of the king of Han hurriedly swept high from their eyes, everyone cried, with tears in their eyes, and called for the king of Han in a low voice.

Behind Wang Lanping's bamboo sedan chair, Song Dali, Cao Dingjiao, Zheng Sen, He Tengjiao and others accompanied him, they could see that these soldiers and horses would not be able to command if there was no Han Wang, especially He Tengjiao, who had only heard of the prestige of the Han King in the past, and always had a feeling of being deliberately exaggerated, but when he had the kind of expression of these soldiers to the Han King, there was no need to say anything, the same 10,000 soldiers, in the hands of the Han King, they could block ten with one.

Wang Lanping smiled and nodded frequently at everyone with the ups and downs of the bamboo sedan chair, he was very heartbroken, he didn't see many old faces, he didn't have time to remember their names even if they were a surname, alas, when the battle was over, he had to reward these warriors who couldn't see the peace of the world, so that their children and grandchildren could enjoy peace.

In the flow of people, several wounded soldiers squeezed forward, throwing crutches as if they saw relatives, and then knelt on the edge of Wang Lanping's bamboo sedan chair, crying bitterly, and a soldier who pressed the broken arm cried and shouted: "King Han, I don't go home, I still have to follow King Han to fight, stay with me."

The only ten remaining guards around Wang Lanping were divided into two rows on the edge of the bamboo sedan chair, and Wang Lanping at this time was powerless, and even a small child could kill him, although this was in his own army, but he also had to prevent spies from getting in, and this security matter was not sloppy at all.

"Get out of the way" Wang Lanping felt that he had seen these people, but he didn't know the name, in Nanjing City, he didn't run to Yulinwei, as long as he met him, there would always be some impressions in his mind.

The soldiers retreated, and the wounded soldiers almost cried and crawled to Wang Lanping's side, and the soldier with the broken left arm climbed on the handrail of the bamboo sedan chair with his only hand, "King Han, we can still fight, you and General Song, don't let us go home, just go back, we are unwilling."

The rest of the people also cried and agreed, "Yes, King Han, if we don't leave, we can still hold a knife and kill the enemy, but we won't burden everyone."

At this time, Song Dali walked over from behind and arched his hand: "King Han, these are wounded soldiers in Changle Mountain, they are no longer suitable for war, the last general will send them a pension according to military discipline and send them back to their hometowns, these days have been sent away a lot of cemeteries and cemeteries, but these people are useless to persuade them, they must continue to serve in the army."

This is Wang Lanping's military practice, the wounded soldiers are divided into two kinds, one is to be able to go into battle again after healing, the other is permanent disability, for these disabled wounded soldiers, Wang Lanping's unified approach is to be repatriated home according to their military duties, and then every year the imperial court will distribute pensions to these wounded soldiers, although it is not much, but it is enough for them to survive after losing their labor force.

Wang Lanping struggled to straighten up, and more wounded soldiers around him rushed over, kneeling around him, and ten personal soldiers pressed their hands on the handle of the knife, very vigilant.

"Song Dali, how many wounded soldiers are there in your camp like these to be repatriated" Wang Lanping tried his best to make himself look more energetic, and after finishing a sentence, his forehead was already sweating, and there were seven wounds on his body, and any movement could make one of them crack.

"Forty-Seven More"

Wang Lanping nodded, his eyes swept over the kneeling people around him, "Old brother, get up, don't kneel"

One of the people in the crowd shouted: "The king of Han promised us to stay, and we will get up, we are the soldiers of the king of Han all our lives, and we will never desert."

"Who said that you are deserters" Wang Lanping put a trembling hand on the back of a person's hand, and said: "Everyone has done their best, without your sacrifice of life and death, how can I Wang Lanping today, I thank you, cough cough, compared to those brothers who died in battle, you are lucky, you can still go home alive, the general died in a hundred battles, the strong man returned in ten years, go home, no need to fight anymore, you have done your best for this court, take your glory and pain back"

"No, King Han, let's not go, I can still go to the battlefield with this bone, don't let us go back, how many brothers have died, they were all raised by my father's mother, I don't do this eggless thing, I still have a hand, even if I don't have two hands, I still have teeth, as long as I don't die for a day, I won't leave my brothers"

"Yes, King Han, just go back like this, we can't live with those dead brothers, let's stay, even if it's to lead a horse for our brothers, we are willing"

……

Wang Lanping listened to the appeals of the wounded soldiers, and felt really bad in his heart, looking at the soldiers around him, these were all 700 warriors brought out from Huaining City that day, and now there are only ten left, how many people will die in the world.

"Song Dali" Wang Lanping really has no way to refuse them.

"In!"

"For those wounded soldiers who are unwilling to stay, when they return home, we must ask the local officials to deliver the pension money on time, and if any officials dare to fill their pockets with this money, once it is verified, no matter how much they have embezzled, they will be executed."

"Yes!"

Wounded soldiers who have been discharged from the army can go to the Soldiers and Horses Division where their hometown is located every three months to receive a living allowance, and the Soldiers and Horses Division is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

When the wounded soldiers heard this, they burst into tears, "King Xie Han ......"

Wang Lanping said a lot of words in a row, and the wound on his chest finally cracked, and the blood penetrated the gauze placket and was red.

"Soldiers!" Wang Lanping asked Song Dali to straighten him upright, and the wounds that opened around him hurt him in a cold sweat, Song Dali also knew that there was no need to persuade him at all, and waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop talking, and then repeated Wang Lanping's words, because King Han's body was too weak, and few people could hear what he said.

Song Dali's voice was loud and powerful, and he only heard him repeat Wang Lanping's words: "Battle, we have fought a lot, people, died a lot, don't ask me whether I should fight, whether people should die, we are all people in the army, I Wang Lanping only tell you one word, for you and me who are soldiers, 'If you want to fight, you will fight, and if you die, you will die', if you die, we will be buried together, and those who are alive will be rich and noble!" ”

When everyone heard this, they cheered and shouted in unison: If you want to fight, you will fight, and if you die, you will die......

After saying this, Wang Lanping coughed violently, a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and the soldiers hurriedly rushed to him when they saw this, Song Dali hurriedly stepped forward and said: "King Han, the brothers are all good, you have to hold on, you can see, these soldiers are indispensable to you King Han, come, carry King Han back"

Wang Lanping shook his head, his face was a little pale, and after wiping the blood stains on the corners of his mouth, he pointed ahead, there was still a military camp to go, injured, and used to it.

In the cheers of thousands of soldiers of Yulinwei, the bamboo sedan chair moved forward again, and suddenly the call signs of all the troops in the crowd became unanimous for a moment, and they actually shouted in that Qi Mountain: Long live the King of Han! Long live the King of Han......

I only heard some of the officials behind me happy and worried, and finally someone raised this, and some of the officials accompanying Chenzhou were so frightened that their faces turned white when they heard it, and He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, was also terrified.

Wang Lanping didn't stop, didn't look back, and slowly left the Yulin Guard camp listening to the sound of long live.

**

A few days later, Wang Lanping finally picked up a life, and his injuries were healed, at least he could sit up and eat alone, and his face gradually became ruddy.

It is precisely because of this that he raised the big tent for the first time after recovering from a serious illness, and all departments successively reported the situation of the previous battle in Changle Mountain.

In the first battle of Changle Mountain, from noon to dark, the number of soldiers killed in the battle alone was as high as 5,000, the wounded soldiers were more than 10,000, and the ordnance consumption was more than half, but fortunately, the heavy ordnance was intact.

He Tengjiao, who suddenly joined the battle in the middle of the battle, also lost more than 1,000 people, which was also thanks to He Tengjiao, who helped in the most difficult time of the army, when Wang Lanping fainted to death, the army attacked King Gui's Chinese army from the left and right sides, the battle was quite tragic, fortunately, Song Dali's Yu Linwei was the elite of the elite, taking advantage of its unpreparedness to quickly break through the left flank of the Gui army, straight into the Chinese army, and quickly surrounded King Gui and Zhao Zhishang and one hundred and ten personal soldiers who had not yet reacted, at the same time, Song Dali's Yu Linwei was hit by the Gui army's almost wave-like impact.

At such a critical moment, the Gui army was in chaos, listening to the chaos of the army shouted, saying that the military rations were burned, suddenly, the morale of the Gui army plummeted, Song vigorously seized the fighter plane, captured King Gui and Zhao Zhishang, with him as a hostage, forced down most of the pairs, and the rest of the birds and beasts scattered, running everywhere.

In this battle, the Gui army had 130,000 casualties, 20,000 casualties, 70,000 prisoners, and more than half of the tens of thousands of people who escaped came back one after another these days, because they had no food, and they could only starve to death if they escaped.

In addition, the 40,000 people who marched into Kuizhou from the waterway also sent military reports, and pressed dozens of copies, the day Wang Lanping fell, it was the time when the naval army arrived in Kuizhou, there were 5,000 Qing soldiers and defenders in the city of Kuizhou, Azig transferred 20,000 troops from Shunqing to reinforce, and the two armies confronted each other across the river, and more than 20 days have passed, but the battle has not started.

There is also news from the capital, Duoduo has returned to Huai'an, and Li Shun's small dynasty has also sent envoys to Nanjing to thank these things, and the two most important things at the moment are the military of Kuizhou and the arrangements of King Gui and Zhao Zhishang and their subordinates.

It is still the old rule, the most elite of these soldiers are selected first to be filled with Yulin Wei and Dingyuan Battalion, the old, weak, and disabled are all dismissed, and the remaining 50,000 people are all organized into a battalion, named: Dingjun Battalion; It is directly under the jurisdiction of Wang Lanping.

All the middle- and lower-level generals in the Dingjun camp were all selected from the Yulinwei and Dingyuan battalions, and the senior generals did not move, and all the eunuchs in the army were dismissed, and they were replaced by Wang Lanping's cronies who came with the army, so as to completely control this army from the root.

In addition, after this battle, almost half of the middle and lower-level generals of Yulinwei and Dingyuan battalions died, and many small soldiers were promoted, and in the blink of an eye, they were full of personnel, and the drills were also continuous day by day, striving to restore combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time.

**

Outside the city of Chenzhou, there is a tall loess mound built in the wasteland, surrounded by paper money covered with white flags, not far away, is Wang Lanping and all the surviving subordinates and local officials.

The whole army stood around the loess mound, everyone wore a white scarf on their arm, and a white ribbon was hung on the battle flag fluttering in the wind, and 5,000 corpses were buried in the loess mound.

There were soldiers who put incense cases and sacrifices, Wang Lanping did not let people help them, he struggled to carry a suit of armor, walked to the side of the incense case alone, silently looked at the big cemetery that made his heart ache, and only after a long time did he lift the big bowl of wine on the case, hold it high above his head, and after drinking half of it, he sprinkled it towards the big tomb, and said loudly: "Brothers, let's go!" ”

It was repeated three times in a row.

"Come on, bring the anti-thieves Zhu Youlang and Zhao Zhishang up" After the memorial, Wang Lanping wanted to do what he wanted to do the most.

A path flashed through the army, and two horse-drawn prisoner carts slowly approached.

At this time, the whole army roared violently: "Kill them, kill them, pay tribute to the brothers who died in battle, kill ......"

Zhu Youlang was already so frightened that he didn't know how many times he had urinated, he was a prince in the deep mansion of the palace, how could he have seen such a terrifying scene, if it weren't for the fact that his neck was stuck by the wooden fence, he was afraid that he would have collapsed into a heap.

But that Zhao Zhishang is calm, he closes his eyes all the way, doesn't shout or make trouble, in the end, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield, and begging for mercy when he dies is actually the most useless practice, it is better to save some face for himself at the end.

There was no one in the carriage behind the prisoner's car, only a delicate copper-nailed wooden box, which was found out of King Gui's account, according to his confession, there were dragon robes and privately engraved jade seals, as well as correspondence with people he had or was trying to woo, and some documents that planned to appoint the civil and military of the new dynasty.

The prisoner cart came to Wang Lanping.

"Zhu Youlang, are you guilty?" Wang Lanping pointed to Zhu Youlang, who didn't dare to look at him, and shouted.

Zhu Youlang shuddered, the iron chains under his feet clanged, and he swallowed saliva and muttered: "I am the prince, even if I am guilty, only the Zongren Mansion is qualified to condemn me, please King Han to transfer me to Nanjing, I will personally ask the emperor for guilt"

Just by taking the troops out of the fiefdom without an edict, it is enough for Zhu Youlang's whole family to be imprisoned in Fengyang, the central capital, but unfortunately, Fengyang is now occupied by Li Shun, don't sit in prison, but if you want to go to Nanjing, it's a dream, in case a few more people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble on the way will rob you, and then use your name as the grandson of the Wanli Imperial Army to fight for the world, it will be a bunch of troubles. (To be continued.) )