Xu Liang politely stepped aside. The returning team set off again.

In Pingliang City, Tongzhi Lu Yifa and Tuiguan Huang Daozhou ordered people to prepare wine, meat and food, and the lightly wounded Ming army was taken into the table one after another, and the seriously injured Ming army was also carried on a stretcher to the Pingliang guerrilla barracks, where dozens of barracks had been emptied and transformed into wards for the wounded, and the slightly famous trauma doctors in Pingliang Mansion had been waiting here for a long time.

In Xu's mansion, in Xu Liang's study, Xing Zhongshan, the deputy general of the Liang army, who came back with the wounded soldiers, held an urn wrapped tightly in red cloth in both hands and gently put it on the table.

Xu Liang stepped forward and gently stroked the urn, looking sad.

After a long time, Xu Liang asked, "Why didn't General Dai come back?" ”

"My lord," Xing Zhongshan said softly, "General Dai said that since the second lady has married into the Xu Mansion, she is a member of the Xu Mansion. The aftermath of the second lady, you can just make up your mind. General Dai said that Hanzhong Mansion was still under the control of the rebel army, and some people did not die, and General Dai was uneasy. ”

Xu Liang was gloomy, he knew that some of the people Dai Feng was talking about were Huang Ziren, Zhu Zijian and others who killed Dai Yingying. Although the rebel army retreated again and again under Dai Feng's repeated blows, and the main force had been suppressed near Hanzhong Mansion, Huang Ziren, Zhu Zijian and others never died.

The enemy who killed his daughter is not dead, and General Dai is not willing to give up.

Xu Liang sighed and said, "General Dai wants revenge, let him go." General Xing, you're tired too, let's go down and rest first. ”

"Yes, take care!" Xing Zhongshan arched his hand. With that, he withdrew.

Xu Liang sat behind his desk, his eyes falling on the red urn.

Pretty women of yesteryear. A handful of dirt today.

It hurts, it hurts to the heart.

The northern suburbs of Pingliang City. A new tomb was quietly inaugurated.

More than a dozen Tsing Yi guards changed into black clothes and black pants at this moment and scattered around. Xu Liang, Feng Suqin, Lou Xian'er, Tietou and others are all dressed in plain clothes.

"Yingying, the landscape here is beautiful, the terrain is open, it is the most famous feng shui master in Pingliang Mansion selected, I don't know if it suits your liking." Xu Liang said in a deep tone: "The most important thing is to look back from here. At a glance, you can see the Xu Mansion. And when I was in the attic of the house, I could see you at a glance when I looked into the distance. ”

"Your father is still leading the troops to fight in Hanzhong Mansion, and he asked someone to bring me a message, if those people don't die, he won't return to the division. Look at it, the 30,000 horses newly recruited by the Liang army have been training for half a month, and I am ready to personally lead the troops into Hanzhong. Avenge you. ”

"It's getting late, you can rest."

After Xu Liang finished speaking, he turned around first and walked down the mountain. Behind. Feng Suqin, Lou Xian'er and others followed silently.

Back in the city, Pingliang pushed the official Huang Daozhou in Xu's mansion. Seeing Xu Liang, he stepped forward and arched his hand: "My lord." Several generals, including He Huchen, the general soldier of Yansui, Wang En, the general soldier of Ningxia, and He Renlong, the garrison of Qingyang, had already returned to the garrison with the slightly wounded Ming army. In the Pingliang guerrilla barracks. There were still more than 2,000 wounded Ming troops receiving treatment, and it was inconvenient to return to the garrison with several generals. ”

Xu Liang said: "Those seriously injured soldiers, let those doctors heal well." ”

Huang Daozhou said: "My lord, those seriously injured soldiers, even if they are healed, they can no longer go to the battlefield." The court's pension was originally small, and most of them could not be paid in full. ”

"What do you want to say?" Xu Liang said.

"My lord," Huang Daozhou solemnly bowed to Xu Liang and said in a deep voice: "Xiaguan means that if these two thousand wounded soldiers are allowed to return to their hometowns, the world will be difficult, and their lives will definitely be extremely difficult, and even precarious, Xiaguan wants to intercede with the adults on behalf of these two thousand wounded soldiers and take them in, so that their future lives can be somewhat secured." ”

Xu Liang sighed and said, "Dao Zhou, do you know that my Liang Army's life is not easy. General Dai fought with the rebel army in Hanzhong for half a month, but the court did not provide a single soldier or salary, and relied on the business of the Xu Mansion to maintain itself. If we had to afford the rations of another 2,000 people, life would not be easy. ”

Huang Daozhou was silent and sighed: "Xia Guan understands. But...... In the final analysis, these people were injured in order to protect my Ming dynasty. If the court left it alone, it would inevitably chill the soldiers. ”

Xu Liang said: "This official is only Pingliang Tongzhi now, above us, there are three divisions of Shaanxi, and there are three governors' mansions, even if we want to take care of it, it is not our turn to meddle in affairs." ”

"But......" Huang Daozhou said with difficulty, "Governor Wu is already anxious to deal with the war in Hanzhong Mansion at the moment, and as for the Third Division of Shaanxi, he has been frightened by the rebel army and has shrunk in Xi'an Mansion without doing anything. My lord, if the livelihood of these two thousand wounded soldiers is pinned on these people, the lower officer is very worried. ”

Are you worried? What are you worried about? Xu Liang squinted his eyes at Huang Daozhou, and said secretly, you are just worried that the officials on both sides don't want to care about these people, so your sympathy is rotten, and you want to take over this burden!

If other people rely on their personal likes and dislikes, and want Xu Liang to do this and that, Xu Liang will definitely be angry, but fortunately, Xu Liang knows the personality of Huang Daozhou, and knows that he has always taken the common people in the world as his responsibility, open-minded, and upright.

Xu Liang appreciates him for this, but he also troubles him for this.

Looking at Huang Daozhou waiting for his decision, Xu Liang pondered for a long time before he said helplessly: "Okay, as a Pingliang Tongzhi, this official can't see death without help." After the two thousand wounded soldiers are healed, Lord Huang, you go and explain to them clearly, if you are willing to return to your hometown, the prefect yamen will pay the travel expenses, and if you are not willing to go back, you will be assigned to various military bases in the Liang army and the Pingliang soap paste factory to do things. Don't think about getting promoted and getting rich, at least you have a bowl of food to eat. ”

Huang Daozhou smiled when he heard this, nodded again and again, and praised Xu Liang's benevolence and righteousness on behalf of those wounded soldiers, and went back to implement it happily.

Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, and Hong Chengchou, the political counselor of Shaanxi, also left Pingliang in the following two days and returned to their respective stations. Before Governor Wu left, he specially summoned Xu Liang, firstly, to instruct Xu Liang to take care of these wounded soldiers, and secondly, to urge Xu Liang to send troops as soon as possible to reinforce the Pingliang guerrilla Dai Feng and quell the rebel army in Hanzhong Mansion as soon as possible. At the end of the conversation, Governor Wu vaguely hinted that the position of Xu Liang's Pingliang prefect was a sure thing.

Xu Liang once again saw the grace and power of Governor Wu! Whipping and rubbing three times can not only urge Xu Liang to do things, but also give Xu Liang some hope.

Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh, Governor Wu's mastery was really superb, at least Xu Liang heard Xu Liang's words from Governor Wu's mouth when this Pingliang prefect was almost a certainty, Xu Liang's heart that he thought had been through ups and downs for a long time couldn't help but skip half a beat.

After Governor Wu left, Xu Liang arranged the affairs of Pingliang Mansion properly, and stipulated that after he left Pingliang, the affairs of Pingliang Mansion would be handled by Pingliang and Zhilu Yifa and Pingliang Governor Huang Dao Erren. After the affairs of the prefect's yamen were arranged, Xu Liang began to draw recruits from the military bases in Guyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingzhou and Pingliang, preparing to personally conquer Hanzhongfu.

Easier said than done. The 30,000 recruits of the Liang Army that Xu Liang transferred this time took nearly ten days from the issuance of the military order to the preparation of all things, and the whole army was mobilized.

When Luo Baiguan, the head of the Liang army, delivered the last part of the grain and grass, his face hurt as if someone else had chopped a few catties of meat on him, and he kept following Xu Liang's carriage and muttered: "My lord, this is the last time, but don't fight anymore, if you continue to fight, Xu's business will all be closed!" ”

Xu Liang poked his head out of the carriage and shouted angrily: "Accountant Luo, can't you hope for something good?" Xu's mansion collapsed, and your family went to the street to drink the northwest wind? ”

Luo Baiguan lowered his head and muttered something in a low voice, obviously very unconvinced, but Xu Liang didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't want to pay too much attention to this miser.

The 30,000-strong army was marched, although most of them were recruits who had never been on the battlefield, and the team lacked that aura of slaughter during the march. However, this did not affect the respect of the people of Pingliang for Liang Jun.

Xu Liang sat in the carriage, and on the way from Xu's mansion to the city gate, from time to time he heard the people along the road talking about the Liang army's expedition.

"Look, the Liang army has gone out to fight the rebels again!"

"Isn't it, since the other day I saw an army gathering outside the city."

"You don't know, I heard that this expedition was personally commanded by Lord Xu! Hey, Lord Xu is out of the horse, how many days can those rebel armies in Hanzhong Mansion hold out? ”

"Yes, I heard that Lord Xu led troops to fight, and kung fu can be at stake!"

……

Xu Liang listened to the discussion of these people outside the carriage, but he didn't expect to hear the people talking about himself! Listening to the comments, the people of Pingliang Mansion seem to respect themselves very much and have confidence in themselves? It was an unexpected surprise.

Xu Liang thought, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a slight smile.

The marching speed of the 30,000 Liang army was not particularly fast, Xu Liang walked for a while and was a little tired, and at this time he began to miss the benefits of Dai Yingying's time.

Xu Liang thought about it, and felt sad for a while, sleepiness hit, and he gradually fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept in a daze, Xu Liang was awakened by a knock on the car door, opened the car door unhappily, looked at the Tsing Yi guard standing by the carriage in awe, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"My lord, Pingliang City is in a hurry!" The Tsing Yi guard said, handing over an urgent secret letter with both hands.

Xu Liang took it and looked at the handwriting, recognizing it as the handwriting of Pingliang Governor Huang Daozhou, and couldn't help but secretly guess that just a few days after the team left Pingliang City, Huang Daozhou sent someone to send an urgent secret letter, could it be that there was something wrong in Pingliang City?

Thinking like this, Xu Liang checked the seal paint of the secret letter, and after seeing that it was correct, he opened it and looked at it, and after just one glance, his face became extremely ugly, and he shouted out of the carriage: "Stop!" ”

The Tsing Yi guards who were guarding the carriage shouted in unison: "Your Excellency has an order, stop advancing!" (To be continued......)