"Brother Wang doesn't have to be so worried," the big battle was imminent, He Baodao saw that Wang Qinian looked a little nervous, so he cheered him up and said: "Tomorrow is 100,000 Wang Shi against 30,000 thieves, he Xu Ping has three heads and six arms and absolutely no power to return to the sky, is Brother Wang so despised himself?" ”

"If you can unite sincerely, of course, but Dashuai, if everyone can really unite sincerely, how could Daming fall into this field?" Wang Qinian is obviously not as optimistic in private as he is in public: "For example, the Jin army, I am not optimistic about them at all, and it is difficult to say whether they will come to reinforce us." ”

"Even if there is no Jin army, with our 60,000 army, can't we help Xu Ping?" Since the expedition, He Baodao couldn't listen to the frustrating words, and said a little angrily: "Starting from Changsheng Island, how many times have we won more with less, and we have all broken through when it is much more dangerous than this. ”

"At that time, we didn't need to spy on our soldiers, and we didn't need to promise rewards in advance to get the brothers to go into battle to kill the enemy, as long as we ...... As long as Hou Ye shouted where to kill the enemy, everyone would go without thinking about it. When sending troops this time, as well as along the way, He Baodao has been repeatedly arguing that the Shun army is by no means the opponent of the new army, and if there is no such conclusion that it will win, it is estimated that some battalions will not want to fight: "Do you still think that we are on Changsheng Island?" ”

"So what do you say?"

"Maybe we can use a trick to pretend to be a thief, cheat, and then break out."

"Nonsense! We have 100,000 kings, do we still need to surrender to 30,000 thieves? He Baodao was furious when he heard this: "Besides, we are so much stronger than Xu Ping, will we believe him if we deceive him?" Can you believe it? ”

"Maybe you can get a battalion to surrender ......"

"General Wang, this is to grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige." He Baodao was even more angry: "Even if it is done, it will make the world laugh, and if it is defeated, it will be a laughing stock for the ages." ”

After breaking up with Wang Qinian, He Baodao wrote to his wife who was far away in Beijing:

“…… Since the emperor ascended the throne, the credit treacherous and perverse acts, and the world is full of images of the country. After the new army entered Shanxi, the people did not distinguish between the enemy and me, and there were many foolish people and foolish women who asked each other: What is the great shun of the army? The Ming Army? If the Ming soldiers are said to go in all directions; If you say that the great shun soldiers will gladly bow down. As Brother Yang said before his death: The resentment of the people of the world is clear, and the hatred goes straight to the bone marrow. And the emperor didn't know it, and he prided himself as the king of the country. Thinking about the beginning of the collapse of the first emperor and the beginning of the emperor's succession to the throne, the scene of love and allegiance in the sea is really like a dream......"

He Baodao didn't want to write a long letter, but as soon as he picked up the pen, he couldn't put it down:

“…… Li Chuang got up in Longmu, his intelligence is not as good as that of a Chinese person, but there is today's situation, there is a faint atmosphere of a new dynasty, I think about it late at night, and I am also very shocked, this is not the destiny of heaven I am afraid that it will not come. ”

Thinking of Huangshi's conspiracy, He Baodao couldn't help but sigh again, even if Huangshi was like King Yue alive, Daming's Optimus Prime would be ***, this Daming seems to be really going to be finished:

"It's just that the world can be opposed, but I can't be opposed, my He family has been favored by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. If you follow *** to make trouble, even if you follow an adult, you will be pointed out by your ex-husband. The adult was born poor, although he received the favor of the first emperor, but he did make great contributions to the country, he was the opposite, and the people of the world could finally understand him, not to mention that he disgraced his ancestors. But my He family is different, my He family must have someone to martyr for the Ming Dynasty, in order to live up to the profound imperial grace of the past 200 years. ”

Although the situation was far from despair, He Baodao still asked his wife to prepare immediately, and in case he was defeated, he would seize the time to escape from the capital with his children and grandchildren: "...... If I don't die for the Ming Dynasty, the tigers and leopards will not be able to raise their heads in the future, and everyone will poke their backbones and say that they are the sons of betrayals and thieves. But if I die in Shanxi, then everything will be different, and everyone will say that they are loyal and good for generations. The two of them did not receive much grace from the Ming Dynasty, Hu'er didn't even have fame, Leopard Er injured another leg and couldn't go into battle, no matter how they acted in the future, no one could blame them for anything. Not to mention that today, if I were not the queen of the He family who has been a general, but just a historian, Xu Ping would not say anything about him if he broke through the capital and killed the emperor, I would only say: I have not heard of killing the king, but I have heard of a husband ......"

At the end of the letter, He Baodao emphasized again: "Even if I have an accident, don't let the tiger and leopard serve the emperor again, even if the emperor is a faint king, the He family must have someone sacrifice to protect the reputation of the ancestors, but I am enough for one, enough, enough." ”

He Baodao instructed his wife to destroy the letter immediately after reading it, and before that, in front of everyone, He Baodao showed absolute loyalty to the Ming court - even if it was Huangshi, at most He Baodao was foolish and filial, but no one would be able to say that he had any selfish intentions when he went out with the new army.

……

"Father-in-law, what is the order to summon the child?"

After nightfall, Wang Qinian brought Jin Mancang over, and only the father and son were left in the barracks.

"You should still have a few friends on Shunjun's side, right?" Wang Qinian asked.

"The child has long sworn to those thieves." Jin Mancang said categorically.

"Between father and son, we don't have to tell such lies." Wang Qinian waved his hand, indicating that he didn't like to listen to this kind of nonsense: "I remember that several of your friends when you were teaching the team went to General Xu. ”

Jin Mancang paused for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, my father-in-law sees it." ”

"I want you to write them a letter saying I want to defect." As soon as Wang Qinian's words came out, Jin Mancang was so shocked that he almost jumped up, Wang Qinian said calmly: "My father is the master of the first battalion of the fire battalion, and everything must be for the sake of the brothers in the whole battalion, and I can't watch everyone go to the road of knowing that they will die." ”

"Does the marshal know about this?" Jin Mancang has not yet recovered from the shock.

"He Baodao is stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't listen to people." Wang Qinian pouted disdainfully, he felt that He Baodao had not been in a good state recently, and he had said a lot about the big festivals and righteousness, but he lacked attention to some hidden dangers in the army.

"What about the other generals?" Jin Mancang asked tentatively.

"They, I have to think about the fire battalion first, and so are they." Wang Qinian agrees that the new army has a great chance of winning, but the advantage is not so great that there is no need to worry a little: "If General Xu is really vulnerable tomorrow, everyone will definitely rush to the top." If you're in a tough fight, hehe. ”

"Especially the camp of Mount Tai," Wang Qinian sneered twice, Ji Xinghui has always been good at every military meeting, obviously not thinking about what to do in case of distress, Wang Qinian, who was watching coldly, couldn't help but secretly speculate why the other party was not worried about danger at all: "Some people, maybe they are already one step ahead of me, and they have prepared a way to retreat for themselves." ”

……

Liu Yixuan took Jin Mancang's letter and read it carefully, and after putting it down, he nodded at Xu Ping: "That's right, my lord, this is indeed Brother Jin's handwriting." ”

"Well," Xu Ping was also surprised when he first received this letter, but if this matter is true, then tomorrow's decisive battle will be much more certain: "Brother Jin is really rare, and he has reversed the fire camp." ”

Xu Ping had always suspected that there was Jin Mancang behind the Shanlanying incident in Jingshi, and there was no mention of the change in Jingshi in this letter, but Xu Ping knew that most of the letter was written under the gaze of Wang Qinian, of course, it was difficult to say the secret in that incident, especially a failed ***.

Jin Mancang's letter not only told Xu Ping that the new army would launch a general attack tomorrow, but also mentioned the specific arrangements for He Baodao.

"The firefighting battalion will be left as a reserve until the end, and General Wang said that if we can withstand the three-plate axe in front of the new army, when He Shuai asks the firefighting battalion to be dispatched, he will defect and cooperate with us in the battle." Xu Ping asked his subordinates: "What do you think?" ”

"It didn't do us any good, because we didn't know if the fire battalion would actually turn against us." Yu Shenhe didn't trust Wang Qinian at all: "The last general thinks that this is a fraudulent surrender, He Shuai wants to induce the general to use the reserve force too early, and when he dispatches the fire battalion, we will not be able to resist." ”

"But there is no harm in agreeing with him," Zhou Dongtian said: "Anyway, how we should fight or how we fight, keep the reserves as much as possible, and it is best if the fire battalion defects at that time, and we are not afraid of it if the mattress does not defect." ”

"There's no good, there's no harm, and that's when it's easiest to get cranky." Xu Ping wrote a reply letter and handed it to the messenger to take back to the fire camp: "Just don't have this letter, so as to respond to all changes." ”

"So what does the general think of the deployment mentioned in the letter?"

"It is consistent with the information sent by Brother Zhong," Xu Ping smiled: "There is nothing new." ”

Yu Shenhe shook his head on the side: "Originally, this kind of thing of preserving strength and dying friends is just the Ming army, why is it that the new army is like this now?" ”

"Isn't the new army the Ming army?" Xu Ping didn't feel too surprised: "If the Ming army is not like this, how can we cross the Central Plains." ”

……

Early the next morning,

"Ushio Zhuangnan discovered the banner of the direct guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and was the main force of the direct guard...... It was followed by the Changqing and Shanlan battalions of the New Army...... All the sentinels along the way were using beacon fire and wolf smoke to alarm, no longer paying attention to concealment, and the last general thought that the new army of the thirteenth battalion had poured out...... For the time being, no fire battalion has been found, presumably in the position of the Chinese army...... There is also an urgent report from Liangling Pass, and the defenders have always been the banner of the Jin army, and there is no change. In the end, Zhou Dongtian told Xu Ping his judgment: "Yes, this is the decisive battle, and it should be seen." ”

"Got it," Xu Ping nodded at his chief of staff, and then turned his head to Yu Shenhe, who was waiting beside him: "Gather the commanders and officers of the battalions, I want to talk to them." ”

"Yes," the Guards battalion officer jumped to his feet.

"The officers of the battalions were ordered to come, and hundreds of them looked at their commander with their heads held high, each wrapped their nervousness under their pitch-black cloaks and did not show it. This was not the first time Xu Ping had spoken in front of everyone, they had faced countless hardships and obstacles, and each time their commander led them from victory to new victory.

It's just that Xu Ping's performance on the stage this time is completely different from the past, and the generals of the Shun army in the audience all noticed that their commander's hands were abnormally clasped in front of him, and the ten fingers crossed together were still rubbing uneasily. After waiting for a long time, Xu Ping's tone after opening his mouth was also very low, and his face was still melancholy:

"Thirty-one years ago, a twenty-three-year-old young man, with the ambition of protecting the territory and the people, took a hundred loyal subordinates to a deserted island in the Liaohai Sea. They cut down wood as soldiers and erected poles as banners to fight against the iron hooves of the northern captives. Their ambition and courage were favored by Providence, and they called themselves the Immortals, and they named their first battalion the Fire Battalion......"

The audience was silent, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen to their commander recount the history they already knew, and listen to him repeat the glorious history of the Immortal Army and the fire battalion. Xu Ping waved his hand to the brother in front of him, and raised his voice slightly:

"The structure, military regulations, and regulations of our army are exactly the same as those of the enemy standing opposite us today, and our army and the enemy army are like brothers of the same father and mother, because we are originally two gourds on a vine, two beans in a pod, and we all come from the immortal army thirty years ago. It's just that the fire battalion has gradually forgotten their original will to save the people, and why they can get the favor of the Mandate of Heaven, although their military discipline is still good, and although their combat power is still strong, they have become butcher's knives in the hands of the traitorous ministers, so they can no longer get the grace of God, and the Mandate of Heaven has been transferred to us. ”

Xu Ping paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and his voice suddenly became high-pitched, as passionate as before: "We are not the rebellious ministers and thieves who disturb the world, this world has been disturbed by the faint monarch and traitorous ministers, we are just setting things right; We are not traitors who commit rebellion, Dashun is the destiny of heaven, and what we are doing is the great cause of Tang Wu***! Today, the fire battalion opposite us is the last knife in the hands of the faint king, and it is also the last reliance on corrupt officials and corrupt officials to abuse the people. From today onwards, the honor of the fire battalion will be ours, and the legend of the fire battalion will become the foil of our legend. The faint king can not continue to sit firmly in the court and poison the world, the loyal people will not be thieves, the people who respect the heavens will not be ruined, the kind people will not be separated, the elderly will be supported, the young children will not be sold into slavery, and the dead will ...... There will also be a burial place for them to rest in peace. ”

The commander's words paused, and all the officers waited for his last shout of "all the gentlemen work hard", but when Xu Ping spoke again, he did not let out a fierce shout, but became as indifferent as at the beginning of the speech:

"Go forward, my friends, my brethren, for ahead is our time, the age of peace."

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