Xu Ping replied loudly without squinting: "Yes, my lord, the humble position is Xu Ping." ”

He Baodao leaned forward and asked in a deep voice: "What the general is asking is: Are you the Xu Ping who abandoned General Zhao Shuize on the battlefield, pretended to be an officer, deceived his colleagues, and transferred and commanded the Dongsen battalion as an officer?" ”

At this time, Jin Shentong had already walked behind He Baodao, and he stopped with that sneer, listening to the conversation between the two.

"Yes, sir." Xu Ping immediately replied loudly: "The lowly position is the Xu Ping who abandoned General Zhao Shuize on the battlefield, pretended to be an officer, deceived his colleagues, and transferred and commanded the Dongsen battalion as an official. ”

The person on the other side leaned back, as if he was a little surprised by Xu Ping's answer.

"Very daring." He Baodao suddenly made a comment, then leaned forward again and shouted, "How dare you violate the military law regulations? ”

"Because our army wants to win the victory!" Xu Ping's eyes looked into the distance behind He Baodao, and the words in his mouth were fluent and high-spirited: "I remember that when teaching the team to study various regulations, including the military law regulations, the first sentence on the first page of each regulation is: 'The regulations are formulated to guide the officers and soldiers on how to achieve victory, and the implementation of the regulations is for our army to strive for victory. Before his death, General Zhao told his subordinates that our army must defend Texas in order to achieve victory in defeating the traitor army. After General Zhao was martyred, he discarded General Zhao's body on the battlefield, pretended to be an official in the Dongsen Battalion, and transferred the Dongsen Battalion to Texas in the name of the official, all because he wanted to fight for victory. ”

After Xu Ping finished speaking, he closed his mouth tightly and stood on the ground like a nail.

"Well, it's guts." He Baodao looked at Xu Ping's eyes, nodded his head slightly, and said, "Xu Ping, the mistake you made, it is enough to die three times." Just now, General Xiao Jin found the general and said that there was a little general who had committed a capital crime, and he must try to save his life, and I was very strange at the time. He Baodao said and glanced back at Jin Shentong behind him, the latter still had that faint smile on his face, He Baodao turned around and continued: "But General Xiao Jin said to me, you are a rare talent, you are brave and knowledgeable, you are still clear-headed in an emergency, and your words are clearly organized, well, it is really good."

"Mr. Xu, what you just said, the military judges will never accept it. But if it were to be judged by Ben, Ben would say-" He Baodao shook his head with a smile on his face. "You said it very well! Only the Grand Duke can be selfless. ”

Xu Ping didn't speak, because he didn't know what to say for a while.

He Baodao had already seen several soldier witnesses brought by Jin Shentong, and he walked slowly past Xu Ping and walked towards the soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion standing behind Xu Ping in line. When these soldiers saw the front-line commander coming this time, they all immediately grabbed their weapons tighter, and they all stood up straight one by one.

He Baodao stood in front of the army for a moment, and once again took another step, letting his loud voice resound over the heads of this group of soldiers: "On the 29th day of the first month of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion went to Texas to fight against the 8,000 robbers of Ji Kou for two hours......

"These brothers standing in front of Ben General did not flinch in the face of robbers, no matter how dangerous the situation was, they did not leave their comrades to steal their lives alone, they fought side by side, and annihilated five thousand thieves together with the direct guard." As he spoke, He Baodao had already walked back to Xu Ping's side, he reached out to untie a rope on the back of his neck, took a bright medal on his chest in his hand, and held it high and shouted to the soldiers of the Ming army: "This medal of excellence is the highest honor in our army, and it should only belong to the bravest people in our army, and now I want to hand it over to the brave General Xu Ping." Warriors of the Forces nouvelles, I ask you aloud, but is there anyone who is dissatisfied with this? ”

Hundreds of Ming soldiers all looked at He Baodao in amazement, the medal he held high in the air, shining bright and dazzling colors in the firelight, beating in the eyes of every soldier. He Baodao stood beside Xu Ping with the medal, his eyes slowly swept over the body of the Ming soldiers, and he asked loudly again: "These heroes standing in front of me He Baodao, are any of you dissatisfied with this?" ”

"Nope."

"Nope."

Some Ming soldiers began to respond one after another.

As if he hadn't heard their answer, He Baodao shouted loudly again, "Who of you is dissatisfied? ”

"Nope."

"Nope."

More soldiers shouted.

"Is anyone upset?" He Baodao asked a question for the fourth time.

"Nope!"

Countless soldiers scrambled to answer their commander's questions.

"Is anyone upset?" He Baodao waved his arms and repeated the question loudly again and again, and his face turned red with this roar: "Who is dissatisfied? Who is dissatisfied? ”

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

All the soldiers of the Dongsen battalion stood up straight and shouted feverishly at He Baodao: "No! No! No! ”

The soldiers shouted hoarsely, they banged their weapons violently, they jumped on the ground, and even though He Baodao stopped asking, they still shouted "no" over and over again.

He Baodao took two steps back, walked in front of Xu Ping, hung the medal on Xu Ping's chest with both hands, and tied him with his hands: "Hou Ye also tied it on the general's chest like this back then, and now it's yours." ”

Xu Ping's lips trembled and he couldn't say a word, and after tying him with the medal, He Baodao took two big steps back, looked at the medal of excellence on Xu Ping's chest, laughed heartily, and waved his hands to the soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion behind Xu Ping: "Cheer for your victory today, cheer for the brave Xu Ping." ”

"The new army is mighty!"

"Xu will always be mighty!"

Many of them were flushed and could no longer shout, but they coughed and waved their arms forward, waving their weapons in the air.

After the group of soldiers gradually regained their quietness, He Baodao said to Xu Ping: "General Xu, your outstanding performance should have been reported to the whole army, but because of your misdeeds, it is impossible to report it, otherwise it is simply encouraging violations of the regulations." And—"

With this "and", He Baodao's tone became stern again: "Merit will be rewarded, and guilt should be punished, you will be exempted from the death penalty, but it is impossible not to punish." ”

"Humble duty-" Xu Ping finally regained his ability to speak, and shouted loudly: "Humble duty understands! Please punish you. ”

"Well, it's good to understand." He Baodao nodded, then turned around and asked Jin Shentong, "What was your idea just now?" ”

From beginning to end, Jin Shentong had always behaved calmly, and after hearing He Baodao's question, he smiled and said: "Let Xu write a letter of repentance, inform the whole army of the letter of repentance, and make a statement to promise that he will never do it again in the future." ”

"yes, yes." He Baodao turned around and asked majestically, "Xu Ping, did you hear clearly?" ”

"Yes, my lord." Xu Ping replied loudly.

"The letter of repentance should be carefully written, every detail, including all the details of the battle," Jin Shentong continued from a distance, "such as the details of why I, Xu Ping, pretend to be a general, how to judge the battlefield situation, and under what circumstances to order a counterattack and finally repel the rebel attack." ”

"Xu Ping, do you understand?" He Baodao asked majestically again: "This is a letter of repentance to inform the whole army, it must be written carefully, carefully, profoundly, and touching the soul (a word He Baodao learned from Huangshi), otherwise this general will not be able to pass here." ”

After finishing speaking, He Baodao couldn't hold back his face anymore and laughed like a child.

……

On the 29th day of the first month of the 21st year of Chongzhen, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion under the New Army fought fiercely with more than 8,000 people from the rebel divisions Xiao Baiwolf and Chen Yuanlong, who intended to go around the flank of the Ming army, near Dezhou. When the battle reached dusk, the direct guards of the new army rushed to the battlefield, and the new army completely defeated the rebel Xiao Baiwolf's department, annihilating nearly 5,000 rebels. In the afternoon, he left the battlefield and went straight to Wuqiao to try to outflank the rebel Chen Yuanlong's department, and after hearing that the new army's firefighting revenue had recovered Dezhou, he fled south overnight, taking advantage of the night to get rid of the pursuit of the new army and escape the fate of being annihilated.

……

"I heard that the imperial court has decided not to let our new army go south for the time being?"

At noon on 6 February, in the training camp of the New Army's training team on the outskirts of Beijing, Jiang Yizhou, who was waiting for dinner, chatted about the imperial court's decision on the New Army. He, his brother-in-law Yu Shenhe, and Lin Guangyi were all on Xu Ping's list of meritorious soldiers, and these meritorious soldiers were selected into the teaching team to receive officer training.

"yes." Cao Yun immediately replied: "Lord Hou disagrees, of course the emperor still listens to Lord Hou." ”

In the Battle of Texas, although Xu Ping appointed and dismissed a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers without authorization, after the victory, the New Army also acquiesced in the military positions of these people. Then the general must first undergo basic tactical training, and the meritorious leaders should also be given the opportunity to be promoted according to the regulations. Now Xu Ping is already the leader of this group of people, and every time he eats, he will be surrounded by everyone in the middle. Like the other battalions of the New Army, the Teaching Brigade Battalion was most concerned about the imperial court's decision-making on the New Army.

In addition to Ji Huisi's rebels who were in rebellion in Shandong, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Cao Cao", joined forces in Henan a few years ago, and repeatedly defeated the officers and soldiers who went to encircle and suppress the localities.

Lin Guangyi said: "There are hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen in the Khan, and our new army stayed in the Beijing Division, definitely to prevent the Khan from entering the army." ”

In the past, Lin Dan Khan had a bad relationship with the various tribes of Monan Duoyan, and he was not in harmony with the king of Shunyi, and the Horqin Mongols in the east of Chahar formed an alliance with the Houjin, and they were inseparable from Lin Dan Khan. In addition, the grassland does not produce salt and iron, although Lin Dan Khan claimed to control 400,000 strings at that time, but in fact, he was just Yang Daming's breath. Three years after Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan took less than two years to unify Monan and Mobei Mongolia, and later accepted the subjugation of the whole country of Liaodong Houjin, and sent the original Houjin Erbeile, now Lin Dan Khan's brother-in-law Amin to conquer Korea. At present, Lin Dan Khan's territory is thousands of miles away, and he has no worries about the future, and salt and iron are also self-sufficient through the output of Liaodong and the tribute of his brother-in-law in Korea.

Although the imperial court was anxious for a new army to be dispatched to quell the rebellion, the Marquis of Zhendong insisted on more training time, and the Son of Heaven finally agreed to give the Marquis Zhendong a few more months.

After the teaching team finishes the morning exercise and lunch every day, they can ask for leave to leave the camp in the afternoon. Xu Ping changed into cloth clothes again today, left the camp and walked into the capital. After returning to Beijing, Xu Ping managed to find out Zhao Jingzhi's mansion, and he has been disguised as a passerby for the past few days, circling around Zhao's mansion unobtrusively.

Looking at the courtyard wall of Zhao's mansion, Xu Ping whispered: "Little lady Zhao, when I saw Ling Zun fall that day, I was already in despair in the next time, because I couldn't explain to Zhao Xiaoniang, and I couldn't protect Ling Zun, so I let him die at the hands of thieves."

Knowing that the impostor was guilty of killing the head, I still didn't avoid the axe and insisted on going my own way, so that one day I could say to you, Little Lady Zhao: 'Ling Zun's will, in the next talent, luckily completed for him'.

Only later did I realize that the strict military law was even more than my imagination. If it weren't for General Kim's full rescue, I would have been a ghost in the underworld. To this day, I still shudder when I think back to the dangers of that time. ”

Looking at the silent courtyard wall in front of him, Xu Ping shook his head slowly, only feeling sadness: "What you have gained today is far beyond what you ask for and think." It's just stepping on the iron shoes...... There is nowhere to find it when you step on iron shoes. ”

As if God heard Xu Ping's words, at this moment, a soft sedan car stopped at the gate of Zhao's mansion. Xu Ping looked from afar, and the plain maid who followed the sedan chair seemed to be Qiu Yue. Then he saw a young woman step out of the sedan chair. Xu Ping fixed his eyes, who is that woman who is not Miss Zhao?

"Little lady Zhao!" Seeing that Miss Zhao was about to enter the door, Xu Ping's blood poured into his chest, and he didn't know where the courage came from, so he screamed from afar.

This shout made the people at the gate of Zhao's Mansion stunned, and the pedestrians around them also stopped and looked at Xu Ping inexplicably.

Xu Ping took three steps and made two steps to the gate of Zhao's mansion. The people on the other side were staring at him tightly, this vigilant gaze made Xu Ping can't help but stop his steps, his mouth opened and closed, and finally bowed forward with his fists in front of him: "Little lady Zhao, please mourn." ”

When the palanquin driver and the porter saw a stranger rushing up to say such a thing, they were all surprised and let out a "Huh?" ”

Miss Zhao was also on the spot, but she quickly reacted, and hurriedly turned around and said to the people around her: "This is Xu Gongzi, it's okay, you can disperse." ”

The palanquin driver and the porter all looked at Xu Ping carefully, but at the same time, they stepped back. Only Qiu Yue stood behind Miss Zhao, staring at him intently. Blown by the cold wind on the street, Xu Ping's feverish head began to cool down, and his face was flushed again: "Little lady Zhao, you are presumptuous, and you still hope to forgive your sins." ”

Seeing the fairy-like girl in front of him, Xu Ping suddenly hit his heart again, he didn't dare to look more, lowered his eyes slightly, and fixed his gaze on the pair of small hands that the opposite person put on his waist.

The hands were twisting uneasily, and Xu Ping only heard Miss Zhao say quickly: "Xu Gongzi's great achievements The little girl has heard about it, and the little woman is deeply admired, and the young woman is really not a thing in the pool." ”

"Zhao Xiaoniang has won the award, but she only has some skills to play the piano and sell her skills, and she has nothing to do with it, this time she ......"

Xu Ping was about to say: "This time I relied on Ling Zun's promotion, and I was instructed by Ling Zun to ...... it."

But Miss Zhao didn't plan to say much at all, she hurriedly interrupted Xu Ping: "This place is not a place to talk, the little girl is missing, please Xu Gongzi Haihan." ”

After speaking, Miss Zhao bowed to Xu Ping and hurriedly stepped on the steps, Qiu Yue followed closely behind, the porter had already opened the side door for them, and the two of them walked quickly across the threshold, and disappeared in a flash.

Xu Ping stood alone in front of the Zhao Mansion, several gatekeepers on the steps looked at Xu Ping with wide eyes, and the pedestrians on the road also looked sideways at him. It was inevitable that he was a little lost in his heart, Xu Ping sighed and was about to leave, when the door suddenly opened with a "ah", and Qiu Yue came out with a note: "Xu Gongzi, my young lady has a gift." ”

Xu Ping took the piece of paper, and Qiu Yue didn't wait for him to speak, so she hurriedly turned around and entered the door. Xu Ping didn't dare to look at it anymore and hurriedly slipped away. After running a long way in one go, he found a small restaurant and sat down, and then he carefully opened the precious piece of paper. It seems that Miss Zhao scribbled with pen and ink in the gatehouse, although the words on it are not big, but the handwriting is chic and powerful:

"Expose the scales of the cheeks, and do not read the water of the cup; The wings of the clouds, how can you care about the food of the cage! ”

Exposed gills means that the gills of a fish have been dried by the sun on dry land, and is generally used to refer to people in distress, but here it is different. Legend has it that the carp can be reborn from a fish to a dragon by jumping over the dragon gate, and countless carp are jumping forward for this reason. But there is not one in a hundred who can jump over, so that the dry land on both sides of the dragon gate is full of fish with dry cheeks and cracked scales. The meaning of the previous sentence on the paper is: those carp who can't jump the dragon gate, although they fall on the dry ground and are exposed to the sun, but what they want in their hearts is not to get a glass of water to quench their thirst, but still full of pride in the torrent. And the meaning of the next sentence is: The Roc soaring above the nine heavens will never look at the food in the birdcage.

Xu Ping gently stroked the handwriting in front of him, which not only praised Xu Ping's talents, but also tactfully criticized the self-contemptuous words he had just spoken. Holding the couplet and sitting in a daze for a long time, Xu Ping gathered his mind and pondered again, and finally made up his mind to return to the camp.

After the morning exercise, Xu Ping rushed to the Zhiwei military camp after lunch, and asked to see Jin Shentong, the commander of the Zhiwei.

After the guard soldier looked at Xu Ping's waist card, he showed admiration: "It turned out to be Instructor Xu, who has admired his name for a long time." Lord Jin rode a horse, please wait a while, and send someone to inform Lord Jin. ”

While the guards went to inform Jin Shentong, they led Xu Ping into the camp and asked him to wait outside Jin Shentong's account. When the direct guard in front of the tent heard that it was Xu Ping, who had just informed the whole army, he also exclaimed: "Instructor Xu is really bold and courageous. ”

He didn't have to wait long, and Xu Ping saw Jin Shentong striding towards him. He was wearing a bright red cloak, still wearing the silver helmet with red feathers on his head, a red scarf tied around his neck, and a bright red military uniform under the armor, and the whole person looked like a ball of fire.

After this flame approached, he smiled first without waiting for Xu Ping to speak: "Why is Instructor Xu interested in visiting this general today?" ”

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