Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nothing More Than Lime

The corpse, which had no body temperature, weighed heavily on its shoulders, like a thousand pounds.

This weight is not the weight of the corpse, but a duty, as heavy as Mount Tai, invisible is better than tangible.

They will come with me and die for me, and I will return them to their homeland, to their relatives, so that they may see them.

This is not hypocrisy, nor is it a play, but an obligation, but individuals must do it spontaneously, and there is no room for hypocrisy.

Walking step by step, every time I took a step forward, the heaviness in my heart became more and more depressed, and the tears in the corners of my eyes could not be stopped.

One by one, without any mobilization, without raising their arms, the surviving soldiers followed closely in the footsteps of the garrison, carefully picked up their comrades from the ground and headed towards the nearest carriage.

The righteousness of the comrades makes the heavens and the earth change color.

No one spoke, the atmosphere was so heavy, and thousands of generals, generals, and small flags joined the team of transporting corpses one after another.

They carefully searched the grass for each severed limb, and could not be more careful than to miss a tiny severed finger.

The stomach mixed with blood and water was coiled together, greasy, no one was disgusted, no one was disgusted, and it was gently picked up with tears and stuffed into the stomachs of comrades-in-arms...

"Brothers, my lord has sent you home."

"Second brother, the lord said that he wants to send you back to the gate, so that your father and mother can see your last side. You can go with confidence, let's go home."

A thousand words are less than a sentence to return to the hometown, and the sound of whimpering is endless, it is a man's cry.

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The search for corpses was so difficult that many soldiers had two heads in the body, and it was impossible to tell which head was with which corpse.

In the end, Huang An came up with the idea to find out those Tartars first, and then search for his own brothers.

The tartar is easy to find, and a braid on the back of the head is enough, and the headless can be separated by the clothes of the corpse.

Find the corpse of the Tartar, and the rest will be the Matsuyama army. At that time, it will be really difficult to make up all of them, and you can only make a few and make one.

There is no way to do it, believing that the dead know underground, and they will not blame the living brothers.

Shi Dayong and the soldiers have been searching for the bodies of the dead soldiers, and they have not stopped for a moment. He had to stare at every corpse he picked up for a moment.

Until the gate of Dalinghe opened again, Zu Dashou led a group of generals of the Liaodong Army to come.

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"Who's the guard?"

The top and bottom of Songshan in front of him, whether it was an officer or a soldier, were all bloody, and his clothes were already in tatters, and it was really difficult to find Songshan Garrison Shi Dayong from these bloody people. After looking at it a few times, Zu Dashou chose to ask.

However, he asked several times, but no one answered him. Matsuyama looked up and down as if he was deaf, and he only lowered his head to find the severed limbs, and carried the corpses of his dead companions to the carriage. ignored him, the general of the striker, and didn't even look up when he walked in front of them, which made Zu Dashou very embarrassed, but he couldn't get angry.

People are self-aware, and the people in Songshan hate him for what they want, and Zu Dashou knows it.

Zu Zerun had the temper of his son: What kind of thing, it's just a little pine mountain guard, and he dares to put on such a big shelf!

When he opened his mouth, he shouted: "Where is Shi Dayong, which one is Shi Dayong, haven't you come to see the general soldier of the striker!" ”

Listening to his son's shouting, Zu Dashou was angry and shouted: "You shut up for me!" ”

"Father, me? Zu Zerun was startled, caught a glimpse of his father's angry eyes, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak again.

"Great commander, the last general will go to the Nashi garrison." He Kegang has never seen Shi Dayong, so he would really like to meet this warrior who would rather die than retreat.

When the words fell, I saw a strong man stepping over, looking at their eyes of the generals of the Liaodong Army were very unkind, and a little viciousness was faintly visible

The strong man is naturally Shi Dayong, he really doesn't want to deal with Zu Dashou for half a point, Zu Dashou's behavior of not saving him when he sees death has seriously provoked Shi Dayong. If it weren't for the fact that the gate of Dalinghe City was closed and he didn't send a soldier to rescue him, why would Songshan have suffered such heavy casualties.

was already sad and angry, coupled with resentment, there was naturally no good tone in his words, and the lukewarm Chong Zu Dashou gave a salute and said coldly: "The last general Shi Dayong has seen Zu Shuai. After the ceremony, he didn't wait for Zu Dashou to speak, so he straightened up, and stood there looking at it like that, very rude.

Such an appearance immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of Han Bingxun, Han Daxun, Zhang Dingliao, Pei Guozhen and other ancestral generals, and the three sons of the ancestral family were even more angry. If he hadn't just been scolded by his father, Zu Zerun would have rushed forward to scold this rude embryo. Zu Zehong's wrist is still painful, and his eyes are as red as if he was an enemy meeting him, but now he doesn't dare to look at this rough man who drinks human blood and eats human flesh, and the scene is really frightening.

Reckless and coarse, he is still a madman, and he really loses his identity when he fights with such people.

He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and others can understand this Songshan garrison, and the behavior of their own commander-in-chief ignoring friendly troops is a bit inauthentic, and it is no wonder that people are so rude to garrison, in other words, they are afraid that they will also be angry.

Guerrilla Gao Guanghui admired the most is the warriors, Songshan fought the Jiannu cavalry, and the feat of not retreating in the bloody battle had already made him look at this garrison with admiration. Heroes cherish heroes, and there is no dissatisfaction in their hearts, but there is a little admiration, this is what a hero looks like.

The eldest husband has clear grievances, and Zu Shuai will not save him when he sees death, so people will naturally treat him coldly. If you have a smile on your face, is you still a man? Are you still worthy of these dead soldiers?

However, Shi Dayong was so rude that he didn't give Zu Shuai any face, he was afraid that Zu Shuai would start a fire, but it would be difficult to clean up.

Not only Gao Guanghui thinks so, but everyone else also thinks so, Jundao Zu Shuai has to train this Shi Dayong for some face, otherwise everyone is like him, how will Zu Shuai command the army in the future?

But to everyone's surprise, Zu Dashou was not half angry at Shi Dayong's rudeness, but opened his mouth and praised: "Shi garrison forces to fight Jiannu, bloody battles do not retreat, showing the true colors of heroes, I am really a good general!" ”

After listening to Zu Dashou's praise, Shi Dayong only arched his hand, still neither humble nor arrogant: "The general is polite, the last general is just doing his duty, where to be a good general." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the corpses around him, and laughed at himself: "If the last general is really a good general as the chief soldier said, then what should I say about the corpses all over the ground?" ”

Zu Shuai is also not weighed, and the sentence "Lord General Soldier" seems to be very raw. This is clearly self-deprecating, but secretly it is sarcastic. However, Zu Dashou was still not angry, he didn't even twitch his cheeks, nodded and naturally ordered: "The soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, they must be tired, Shi Garrison can lead his troops into the city to rest, and Ben Shuai will prepare wine and good food to reward the soldiers." Another letter of resignation was written to Jinzhou, so that the governor could be happy. This battle of Matsuyama can be called a great victory! ”

I didn't want Shi Dayong but refused: "The general is kind, the last general is the general, but our army has suffered heavy casualties, and the last general is anxious to transport the corpses of the fallen soldiers back to his homeland, so he doesn't dare to stay for half a minute, I hope the general soldiers will forgive me." ”

"What? You're going to bring all the dead back to your homeland? ”

Hearing that Shi Dayong was going to send these soldiers who died in battle back to their homeland, Zu Dashou and He Kegang were taken aback, and they suspected that their ears had heard it wrong.

Convinced that Shi Dayong on the other side did not say the wrong thing, Zu Dashou smiled bitterly and said: "If Ben Shuai is not mistaken, most of Shi Garrison's subordinates are from Changping in Guannei, thousands of miles apart, and it is in the scorching heat, I am afraid that this thousand miles of corpse transportation will not be possible." ”

Shi Dayong said categorically: "This matter has already been decided, I Songshan and the whole of Songshan are working together, even if there is a great difficulty, I will also transport the corpses of the soldiers back to their homeland and hand them over to their relatives." ”

Zu Dashou sighed, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, so he said: "Shi Shou has the wind of ancient benevolence and righteousness, and this handsome admires!" ”

This sentence of admiration is really admired, and everyone present, including the three brothers Zu Zerun, Zu Zechuan, and Zu Zehong, all admired Shi Dayong's righteous act of transporting corpses for thousands of miles. Gao Guanghui secretly praised: Good man!

Shi Dayong didn't want to say anything more to Zu Dashou, thinking about packing up the body as soon as possible, and then set off for Jinzhou as soon as possible. He was about to say, "The general soldier, please take care of it, the last general still has a lot to do", but the words became "The last general has a request, and I ask Zu Shuai to fulfill it!" ”

As soon as he heard that Shi Dayong still asked for himself, Zu Dashou was happy: If you ask me, this matter is easy to say. A heroic wave of his hand: "What's the matter?" But it doesn't matter, as long as Ben Shuai can do it, it will be done for the garrison! ”

Shi Dayong said: "The general soldier repairs this Dalinghe City, I am afraid that the army has a lot of lime, and the last general wants to borrow some lime from the general soldier to use." ”

"Lime?"

Zu Dashou was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he Songshan Army wanted to transport the dead body back, and if he wanted to ensure that the corpse did not rot on this hot day, he could only spread it with lime and transport it, otherwise, it would not be transported for two days, and the corpse would smell the dead. The plague will also follow, but I am afraid that if I don't reach Ning Yuan, I will be stopped and not allowed to leave.

"There is a lot of lime in the army, so the commander will ask someone to transport some for Shi to defend and standby."

Zu Dashou turned his head and said to Counselor Yang Changchun, Yang Changchun turned around without saying a word and went to transfer lime.

"The last general will thank you for the whole of Matsuyama!" Shi Dayong bowed and thanked him.

"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning, don't be polite."

Zu Dashou walked to the corpse of a Songshan soldier as he spoke, looked at it silently for a moment, and then said to Shi Dayong: "Can Shi Shoubei take a step to speak?" ”