That night, Xiang Zhuang asked Gao Chu to lead the troops to collect a large number of white silk, white Luo and white cloth from nearby Liyang County, and arranged the entire Chu army camp into a huge mourning hall.

Xiang Zhuang even bowed three times and bowed nine times to the Wei Yi spirit mallet.

Generally speaking, only to the heavens, the earth, the king, the relatives, and the teacher to perform three kneels and nine bows, obviously, Xiang Zhuang has regarded Wei Yi as his father or teacher.

After hanging filial piety, Xiang Zhuang guarded the spirit of Wei Yi for three days and three nights to show respect.

After the funeral, Xiang Zhuang immediately broke free from his grief and began to deal with the right thing, according to the captain's plan, the first thing to do was to send some veterans across the river

Huan Chu, Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, and Yu Ziqi put the fish into the big tent of Xiangzhuang.

Although Ji Bu is now the nominal general of the Great Chumo, Zhong Liwu is still ahead of him, and Ji Bu is also calm about this, which shows that some old rules cannot be changed at once.

"See Admiral!" Huan Chusi lined up in a row, and Chong Xiangzhuang bowed his hands.

Xiang Zhuang knelt down from the seat and bowed his hand in return, and solemnly invited the four generals to sit down, and then said: "Lao Huan, Zhongli, Lao Ji, Ziqi, do you remember when you were in Shouchun?" ”

"Remember, why don't you remember?" Huan Chu said abruptly

"If it weren't for the general, we would have died in Shouchun." Huan Chu also said.

Zhong Liwu was not emotional, and said: "The last general didn't expect that the general took 3,000 lonely troops to fight thousands of miles, not only was he not destroyed by Liu Bang Lao'er and all the princes, but in less than a year, he even came back with 30,000 iron horsemen. ”

Yu Ziqi didn't say anything, but his face showed the same emotion.

Speaking from his heart, when he was in danger in Dong'e County, Yu Ziqi never imagined that the general would not only be able to lead the troops into the Kanto region, not only could he retreat with his whole body, but he could also pull up such a huge cavalry to fight back, even if he was the first king, he was afraid that he might not be able to do better than the general, right?

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Do you remember what I said to everyone at the Shouchun Barracks?" ”

Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, and Yu Ziqi all showed solemn expressions, Xiang Zhuang took a breath, and said: "I said, as long as I Xiang Zhuang is here, the sky of Da Chu will not fall, one day, my Xiang Zhuang will take everyone back to Jiangdong, now, Jiangdong is close at hand, go home, the soldiers finally go home!" ”

All of a sudden, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, and Yu Zi were all trembling.

The four of them couldn't help but recall the critical moment in Shouchun Military Academy, when the news of the first king's self-engraved Wujiang "set sail without watermark" suddenly spread, and the hearts of the three thousand remnants of the army floated, and when they saw that the ice was about to disintegrate, it was the general's exciting words that reawakened everyone's fighting spirit, and then, the general angrily beheaded Fan Ha outside Shouchun City, and stabilized the army's heart at once.

Looking back now, this scene seems to have happened yesterday, and it is really emotional.

Xiang Zhuang said: "The three thousand veterans who participated in the Shouchun line at the beginning, there are about 1,000 people left, you will take these more than 1,000 veterans across the river tomorrow, and return home to save your relatives, since my father crossed the Wujiang River with 8,000 soldiers in the early years, the soldiers have not returned home for nine years, and it is time for them to go home and reunite with their relatives." ”

Huan Chu nodded vigorously, and suddenly asked again, "General, what about you?" ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "I want to stay and guard the spirit of the military advisor, keep the three-month period, and then cross the river before it is too late." ”

Huan Chu and Ji Bu nodded silently, both of them knew about the friendship between Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yu, Xiang Zhuang wanted to give his nephew a gift to Wei Yu Shou Xiao Renyue, they also thought so, Zhong Liwu was a little surprised, Yu Ziqi fell into deep thought, obviously, among the four, only Yu Ziqi faintly guessed the intention of Xiang Zhuang's move.

Xiang Zhuang said: "Also, remember to send a good horse to each veteran, and then pay according to the title, 10,000 yuan for the public officer, 20,000 yuan for the Shangzuo, 30,000 yuan for the hairpin, and ...... for each additional level of the title, the salary will increase by 10,000 yuan!" In addition, the pensions of the fallen soldiers were also brought back to their families, along with the instruments conferring knighthoods. ”…,

Wu She, who was sitting at the bottom of the writing paperwork, reminded in a low voice: "General, the money is not enough. ”

The Chu army sacked Luoyang, Xianyang and Guanzhong counties, and robbed a lot of gold and silver, but most of the money was thrown away due to its large quantity and heavy weight.

Xiang Zhuang said without thinking: "If the money is not enough, it will be converted into gold, and if the gold is insufficient, it will be offset by horses, no matter what, the families of the fallen soldiers will not be allowed to suffer." After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said in an extremely heavy tone, "We can't let our soldiers of Dachu shed blood and tears." ”

Can't let the soldiers of Da Chu shed blood and tears? The four generals of Huan Chu were moved.

"Whoa!" Wu Shi was also slightly moved, and immediately agreed to the promise, so he immediately turned out the roster of veterans, followed the fourth general Huan Chu out of the Xiangzhuang big tent, and went straight to the pro-army camp at the beginning of the year

Sanglin Village is a large village in the eastern suburbs of Wu County, there are 100 households, most of the villagers rely on farming, silkworm raising for a living, although the world is not very backward recently, but life can still go on.

Because it was a hurried day, there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the dirt road at the entrance of the village.

In the crowd, an old woman who is close to the age of sixteen is carrying a bamboo basket, struggling to rush to the direction of the county, the basket of the old prostitute is full of baskets of eggs, it is estimated that she has been saving for a while, it should be planning to go into the city to exchange eggs for some New Year's goods, Zhang Luo is going to celebrate the New Year, behind the old woman, there is also an eight or nine-year-old child.

"Ah, the rest of the children need to wear new clothes." The child tugged at the placket of the old woman's clothes and said in a childish voice.

"Yu Er, when Ah Jia sells the eggs, I will go and pull two feet of cloth and make you a beautiful new clothes." The grandmother carried the basket and looked back at the child, her eyes full of love.

While walking, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old green-skinned student suddenly rushed from the front.

The old woman was taken aback, and hurriedly carried the basket and dragged her grandson to the left side of the dirt road.

I don't want to have sharp eyes after the green skin, and I saw my mother at a glance.

At that moment, the green-skinned descendant rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Front door, your dog is back!" ”

"What, what do you say?" The old lady didn't hear clearly, and subconsciously asked, "Qingpi, what did you just say?" ”

Qingpi Housheng said: "Daughter-in-law at the front door, your dog is back, just on the road ahead, riding a tall horse, wearing iron armor, carrying a long knife, and there are more than a dozen soldiers behind him, but he is majestic!" After that, the green-skinned posterior stretched out his hand and pointed to the front again, and said, "Oh, look at the front door, isn't that your dog's leftover brother?" ”

The old prostitute looked up, and sure enough, he saw a tall horse coming on the road, the man on horseback was wearing armor and carrying a knife, and he was followed by more than a dozen soldiers, so majestic, this man also greeted the grandfather next door on the dirt road, the prostitute in the back house, and the prostitute in the front village along the way, but who else came if it was not her dog?

At that moment, the old daughter-in-law put the basket full of eggs on the ground, pulled up her grandson and went forward to greet her, or the green skin was alive, and quickly picked up the basket from the ground and chased after it.

As she walked, the old woman raised her hand and shouted: "Dog left, my dog is left...... left."

"Mother?!" The man on horseback saw the old woman in the crowd at a glance, immediately rolled the saddle and dismounted, rushed to the old woman with ten steps on his knees, and hugged the old woman with a big "sail without watermark" leg and cried, "Mother, the unfilial dog is back, the dog is back, your old man is suffering, and he is teaching ",..."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." The old lady was also in tears, stretched out her dry hands and stroked the man's face, and said in a trembling voice, "Dog leftover, let Grandma take a look at you, let Grandma take a good look at your ......." After carefully examining the man's eyes, the old prostitute said quite distressedly, "Dog leftover, you have lost weight, but you are also strong." ”

"Mother, your old man is much older." The man's tears were pouring out.

The old prostitute wiped her tears, suddenly pulled out the child who was shrinking behind her, and said softly: "Yu'er, your father is back, this is your father, call him Daddy." ”

"Daddy." The child screamed in annoyance.

"This is leftovers, so big?" The man was pleasantly surprised.

..., I remember that when he left home, the rest of the child was still in swaddling clothes.

"The leftovers are good, and they have suffered a lot with me." The old prostitute said and began to wipe away her tears again.

"Mother, the dog is also a knight now, from now on, you don't have to work as hard as before, your old man will sit at home and enjoy the blessings, hahaha......" said the man, then picked up the child and put it on the horse, and then walked back with the old woman, "Mother, go home, let's go home." ”

The villagers around them got out of the way, and the eyes of the three people who looked at their ancestors and grandchildren were full of envy, and a white-bearded old man said with emotion: "The old man has long said that the dog is not an ordinary person, you see, it's only been nine years, this kid is like a big man, hehe." ”

In the crowd, the green skin queen squeezed up with a basket: "Brother Dog, this is your egg." ”

The man took the basket, handed it to a soldier who followed behind him, and said, "Are you Qingpi?" ”

"Yes, yes, I'm the green skin, do you remember me?" Qingpi Housheng was pleasantly surprised, looked at the horses behind the man, and then looked at the dozen or so soldiers following behind, and said enviously, "Brother Gou, are you developed now?" ”

"That's it." The man said with a big grin, "Now we are also an official master, doctor, do you know what a doctor is?" ”

Qingpi Housheng naturally didn't know, but said enviously: "Doctor? What a big official, Brother Dog Leftover, let me follow you to be a soldier after the New Year, will it be successful? ”

"Done." The man said without thinking, "After the New Year, you can go with me." ”。 ）