On the third day of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's return to Beijing, Chen Yingliang obediently reported to Shangshu Province, received a seal letter, a fish charm and an official uniform and other necessary things, and then entered the East Palace from Yanximen in a dejected manner, and met with the new right leader Pei Xin, the new head of the right inner leader, who was reluctant to officially take up the post of the prince's right internal deputy leader.

Fortunately, the top boss Pei Xin is not only a person who likes the Pei family, but also the blessing of Chen Yingliang to be able to drive away Chai Shenguan's promotion, plus Pei Hongce has explained in secret, and his attitude towards Chen Yingliang is naturally extremely cordial and affectionate, and he immediately summoned his civil and military officials such as Changshi, Records to join the army, Records, and Bing Cao to join the army, introduced Chen Yingliang to everyone, and asked his subordinates to respect Chen Yingliang as if they respected themselves, and everyone looked at the fame of Little Chen Qingzhi, and they didn't dare to play any tricks to make things difficult for the new boss. All of them were honest salutes, and many people couldn't wait to pat Chen Yingliang on the back, boasting about Chen Yingliang's miraculous counterinsurgency skills.

But it's a pity, the so-called prince right inner leading mansion, the name sounds fresh and bright, in fact, the personnel and power are extremely pitiful, basically just a guard of honor, the entire right inner leading mansion from the general to the soldiers, together with Pei Xin and Chen Yingliang, the two main and deputy leaders, a total of only one hundred and twenty-two, the number of personnel is only half of the regular Sui military academy regiment, so that Chen Yingliang, who once commanded nearly 5,000 troops to fight on the battlefield, inevitably quietly lamented, lamenting that he is more and more miserable, The power he really holds is not even as good as Fang Xuanling's eight-rank palace servant.

On the first day of taking office, Chen Yingliang had something to do in addition to meeting with a cadre, and then there was endless standing guard, as Pei Xin inspected the standing guard of his subordinates, he could only be confined to a fixed place and a fixed route, and he couldn't even mumble casually, so boring that Chen Yingliang couldn't cry loudly. Then when Zuo Nei led Sima Teng to make amends, Chen Yingliang found a little more to do, and then when Chen Yingliang forgave Sima Teng for not knowing that day, Sima Teng quickly disappeared without a trace, Chen Yingliang fell into a painful situation of extreme boredom.

Chen Yingliang was bored in the imperial city and was about to go crazy, but Chen Laosan was smiling so hard in Chen Yingliang's new home that he couldn't close his mouth, because the day after Emperor Yang of Sui returned to Daxing, the reward officials had already sent Chen Yingliang the reward promised by Emperor Yang of Sui, a fairly wide mansion in Yiyangfang, the title deed of thousands of acres of fertile land in Yunyang, and thousands of colored silks, thousands of grains, three thousand copper coins and three hundred taels of gold, and the money box cloth was piled up in Chen Yingliang's new home, which was magnificent. In addition, Emperor Yang of Sui also very considerately rewarded Chen Yingliang with fifty young men and women as slaves.

Because of this, when Chen Yinghao finally returned to his new home to rest after finishing his duty time, Chen Laosan limped to the door to meet Chen Yingliang despite his leg injury, and then Chen Yingliang personally carried Chen Laosan into the door with a conscience, asking Chen Laosan not to exercise indiscriminately until his leg injury was completely healed, and he didn't need to go out to greet him.

It was also a coincidence that Chen Yingliang had not yet sat hot on his ass when he returned to his new home, and there was an urgent report from someone outside the door, saying that there was a middle-aged man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, leading seven or eight men with the same crooked appearance and cracked dates, which were not good things at first glance, and came to visit Chen Yingliang together, and said that the middle-aged man claimed to be surnamed Liu Changgong. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and rushed out of the gate to greet him without putting on his shoes, but when he got to the door, he saw that it was really Liu Changgong who led a few acquaintances of the right martial guard to visit him, and the three captains of the **** Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu were also among them.

"Brethren, what did I just say?" Seeing Chen Yingliang barefoot to greet him, General Liu was immediately happy, and said with a laugh: "I just said that Brother Chen will definitely invite us to a big meal, you still don't believe it, but now you believe it, right?" Brother Chen greeted us barefoot with such righteousness, can't we eat and drink enough wine and meat tonight? ”

"No problem." Chen Yingliang laughed and hugged Liu Changgong, and said: "Come to me, there is nothing else, I am full of wine and meat, that is, I just moved in, and the furniture and beds are not yet ready, and if I am drunk, brothers, I can only sleep on the floor." ”

"The floor is on the ground, as long as there is wine to drink, you can sleep directly on the ground!" General Liu can't fight, but he is a good hand at coaxing, and he greeted the lord with a loud voice: "Brothers, go, go in and see what is pleasing to the eye, just take it, Xuchang Marquis Chen has money, he won't feel distressed about anything, let's fill our waists first, and talk about the rest slowly!" ”

In the sound of agreement, seven or eight right military guards rushed into Chen Yingliang's house in a big stride, making trouble everywhere like a devil entering the village, and soon made a mess of the hall that Chen Laosan had finally commanded the servants to clean up, and then some people rushed directly into the backyard, saying that they wanted to check whether Chen Yingliang had a golden house to hide Jiaojiao, and stirred up Chen Yingliang's new home like a chicken and a dog, Chen Yingliang laughed and let these companions who were born and die together mess around, and at the same time took out the reward he had just received with tears in his eyes. Ordered the servants to prepare good food and wine to serve the rice barrels and wine barrels.

When Chen Yingliang's new home was almost demolished, the wine and food were finally delivered, and the rice buckets of the right Wuwei pounced on the dining table like hungry wolves, and directly grabbed the good dishes with their hands to eat and drink, and at the same time threw away all the wine glasses prepared by the Chen family, and asked to replace them with large bowls.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Changgong rarely put away his hippie smile, and said to Chen Yingliang in an even more rare solemn tone: "Brother Yingliang, we are here to say hello to you today, and we are also here to say goodbye to you by the way, General Dugusheng has ordered that we will withdraw to Luoyang at noon tomorrow, and all the people of the right military guard have to go, including the army you formed to serve the country." ”

"So fast?" Chen Yingliang was stunned and asked, "Your Majesty has only been back to Luan for three days, why are you leaving?" ”

"We were originally here to be inspected by His Majesty, and now that the emperor has finished the review, of course we have to go." Liu Changgong replied helplessly: "General Dugu said that this is His Majesty's will, and he doesn't dare to give us grace time." ”

Chen Yingliang was silent, although Chen Yingliang didn't look down on Liu Changgong, who was incompetent in battle, in his heart, but after getting along day and night for a few months, when it was time to separate, Chen Yingliang was still very lost and reluctant in his heart. Sighing lightly, Chen Yingliang grabbed Liu Changgong's big hand and said softly: "Brother Liu, you have to take care, if you have the opportunity, we will kill the thief side by side!" ”

"Take care of yourself, too." Liu Changgong nodded, sighed and said, "I really don't understand, how could His Majesty the Emperor let you stay in Daxing and not let you enter the Right Martial Guard?" Brother Yingliang, you may not know, after hearing that you are going to be left in Daxing by the emperor, many of the brothers of Youwuwei cried on the spot, and they were reluctant to let you go. ”

Chen Yingliang was silent, and only after a while did he say, "How can I give up on you?" ”

Sighing, Chen Yingliang turned his gaze to Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu, and Guo Feng, who usually likes to make noise, was already in tears at this moment, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu even shed tears directly, Chen Yingliang's nose was sour, and he looked at each other speechlessly with a few comrades-in-arms who crawled out of the pile of dead people, until another moment later, Guo Feng choked up and said: "Chen Ji room, we ......." ”

"Brother Guo, don't say it, don't say it today." Chen Yingliang interrupted Guo Feng's choking, and Yan said: "I'll see you off tomorrow, let's drink with peace of mind today, I'll give you some money later, you prepare some wine for me, and tomorrow we'll drink parting wine together." Remember, not only the bowls of the living brothers, but also the bowls of the fallen brothers, one bowl per person, no less ....... ”

"By the way, by the way, prepare an incense case, a spirit card, and write a few words on the spirit card to report to the **** soldier Yingling." Speaking calmly, Chen Yingliang's eyes were still flickering with tears, but Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu, the three military captains who served the country, were already crying, nodding silently, whimpering in their mouths, and unable to make any other sounds......

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The next morning, Chen Yingliang took leave from his boss Pei Xin early, first returned home, took the clothes and armor he wore when he served the national army, and then led a horse, just like when he went to the eastern capital to join the army, one by one rode out of the Daxing city gate, changed into military clothes and armor outside the city, and came all the way to the outside of the city where the right Wuwei army was stationed. Seeing Chen Yingliang's arrival, the neat team of the right guard suddenly appeared messy, and many soldiers who were familiar with Chen Yingliang left the team regardless of military law, rushed to Chen Yingliang's face, and greeted Chen Yingliang who had turned over and dismounted with tears.

"Take care, brethren! Take care! Chen Yingliang hugged the familiar soldiers of the Right Armed Forces one by one, whispered to take care, and while greeting everyone, he slowly moved forward and approached the team of the National Service Army.

Slowly walked to the side of the team of the national army, everyone in white robes of the **** soldiers had already lined up neatly, the big waves washed down, except for Chen Yingliang, the eight hundred and forty-four **** soldiers, now only the last five hundred and twenty-five people remained, seeing Chen Yingliang arrived, the five hundred and twenty-five soldiers were all in tears, and many people cried on the spot, but the military order was strict, and no one left the team without permission to hug Chen Yingliang.

Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu had already guarded next to an incense case, and the spirit card on the incense case was written according to Chen Yingliang's request, and the front of the incense case was neatly placed in two hundred and nineteen wine bowls filled with wine. Seeing the dense wine bowl, Chen Yingliang's eyes turned red, and he finally couldn't help shedding tears.

Dugu Sheng, the general of the Right Martial Guard, appeared in front of Chen Yingliang and said in a low voice: "Yingliang, there is still some time, go and say something, we will wait." ”

Wiping a handful of tears, Chen Yingliang nodded, strode to the incense case, first saluted the head of the spirit card, then got up and turned his head to face the **** team, and said loudly: "Brothers, we are about to separate, to say something from the heart, I am reluctant to the right guard, and I am reluctant to you!" ”

The scene was extremely quiet, there was only a slight sobbing in the **** team, hearing this sobbing, and seeing the tearful **** soldiers, Chen Yingliang once again burst into tears, pointed to the **** soldier spirit card behind him, choked and said: "I am also reluctant to them, so, before seeing you off, I want to see them off first, soldiers, all serve the wine bowls, we will see off the sacrificed brothers together." ”

In the crying, the **** soldiers raised the wine bowl one by one, Chen Yingliang also took the wine bowl handed by Guo Feng, turned to the fallen soldier spirit card, choked up and said loudly: "Brothers who died in battle, we have won, Yang Xuangan's rebellion has been pacified, and we have also caught Yang Xuangan's traitor himself, the emperor has rewarded your family with pension money and food, as well as fertile land, your soul in the sky, you can look at it." ”

"Come!" Chen Yingliang stretched out his hands, handed the wine bowl to the direction of the spirit card, and forced himself not to cry, and said loudly: "Brothers, come, it's time for us to drink the parting wine, after drinking this bowl of wine, you ......." ”

"Brethren, go on the road with peace of mind!" shouted hysterically, Chen Yingliang drank the wine bowl in his hand, and when he put the wine bowl down again, Chen Yingliang's tears still couldn't contain the tears flowing down his cheeks.

"Go on the road with peace of mind!" Five hundred and twenty-five newspaper **** soldiers cried in unison, and also drank the wine bowl in front of them, and then cried bitterly.

The friendly soldiers stepped forward with the wine jar in their arms, and filled the wine bowls one by one to the **** soldiers with tears in their eyes, and Chen Yingliang turned to the team of the national army, shed tears, and said with a forced smile: "Brothers, it's our turn, thanks to your blessings, the emperor gave me a big official position, but I must stay in Daxing and separate from you." ”

"Brothers, there is no banquet in the world, we are going to separate, I will never forget jì, forget the days and nights when jì fought side by side with you, never forget jì, the days when we killed thieves and quelled the rebellion together, and served the country loyally! At the last moment before parting, in addition to drinking a bowl of wine with you, I also want to give you one last order in the honor of serving the chief general of the national army! This order is, don't cry, you have to leave with a smile, and you must always remember the soul of our **** - kill thieves and kill enemies, and serve the country loyally! ”

"Kill the thief and kill the enemy! Serve one’s country with true allegiance! The **** soldiers shouted in unison again, but then they still violated Chen Yingliang's order and continued to cry bitterly, and Chen Yingliang himself took the lead in disobeying the order and crying in the sky.

The wine bowl was full, Chen Yingliang once again raised the wine bowl flat, and shouted loudly to the soldiers of the national army: "Brothers, after drinking this bowl of wine, I will be brothers in the future!" After drinking this bowl of wine, I will continue to be brothers in the next life! In the next life, let's continue to ...... and serve the country loyally! Done! ”

"Loyal to the country-!" The **** soldiers were silently crying, crying and shouting, and drank the wine in the bowl with Chen Yingliang.

Putting down the wine bowl, Chen Yingliang suddenly shouted: "The flag bearer is happy, bring up our military flag!" ”

"No!"

Yu Le agreed loudly, walked quickly in front of Chen Yingliang with the military flag, handed the military flag to Chen Yingliang with both hands, Chen Yingliang took it with both hands, and then handed the military flag to Dugu Sheng next to him, and said loudly: "General Dugu, Chen Yingliang, the former secretary of Henan Zanzhi Mansion, was ordered to lead the army to fight with this military flag and kill Yang Xuangan's traitors. Now the general's flag is returned, please General Dugu to collect it on his behalf, and hand it over to Fan Liushou and General Huangfu! ”

Dugu Sheng solemnly took the military flag, and Yan said: "It's hard work, it's a good fight." ”

The moment the military flag left his hand, Chen Yingliang seemed to have put down the burden of a thousand catties, both relaxed and reluctant, and the tears did not flow again, the same is true for the **** soldiers, Dugu Sheng strode in front of the army of the country, and said loudly: "Soldiers, now I announce in the honor of the general of the right Wuwei of the Great Sui that the **** will not be disbanded, and will also select the elite soldiers of each battalion to re-replenish the strength of the four regiments for you, so that you can continue to hold high this military flag, kill thieves and kill the enemy, and serve the country loyally!" In addition, your team will always enjoy wartime treatment, with priority in the supply of clothing, weapons, and food, and will be directly subject to the control of this general or the emperor general, and will not be under the command of other generals! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The **** soldier replied neatly.

"Ying Liang, do you have anything else to say to the Baoguo Army?" Dugu Sheng asked in a low voice.

Chen Yingliang shook his head, but he poured a bowl of wine himself, and then slowly walked to the right guard team next to him, raised the wine bowl and said loudly: "Brothers of friendly troops, I'm sorry, I don't have so much money, please drink a bowl of wine for each of you, I can only use this bowl of wine to toast you, thank you for your silent assistance, thank you for your equally heroic battle to kill the enemy, without your assistance, I and the team of the national army would not have today's glory." ”

"Thanks!" Chen Yingliang shouted, drank the wine in the bowl, then smashed the wine bowl to pieces, and then saluted the friendly team, and shouted, "Thank you!" ”

After shouting this sentence, Chen Yingliang got up and left, took his horse's head and returned to Daxing City without looking back, while refusing to pay attention to the cries and calls of the **** soldiers and friendly soldiers, while crying silently, and couldn't find any other way to express the pain and loss in his heart at the moment.

"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls, the horse neighses, the sword is like frost, the heart is like the Yellow River, who can resist in 20 years? Hatred, long knives, how many siblings are buried in their bones? ”

The familiar military song sounded behind Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang, who was in white robe and white armor, still refused to look back, couldn't bear to look at the familiar faces, the familiar scenes, and continued to walk towards Daxing City without looking back.