The long caravan turned around the fork in front of the road and headed in the direction of Hedeng Market. The Chinese cavalry accompanying it went to the other side. Zhuo Yongqing was in the middle of the team. He was covered with travel dust and had a stain on his forehead.
It was patched with gauze, and it was obvious that he had returned from the battlefield outside the mountain. There was a cloth bag on the back of the war horse. In the bag were things Mao Yishan and Hou Wu and others asked him to bring back from the mountain.
Outside Liangshan, the Chinese army's offensive was swift and violent, easily capturing six or seven towns on the road to Chengdu. Due to the high degree of discipline, the people's livelihood in these places was not greatly damaged.
Supplies began to circulate, and people with families bought some items that could not be seen in the mountains and asked people to bring them back, including rouge, gouache, and strange cakes.
Over the years, although the Hedeng regime has vigorously engaged in business, in fact, what was sold was weapons and luxury goods, and what was bought back was food and many scarce and practical things. Things for enjoyment, in addition to internal digestion, are not included in the mountains.
Not much was actually shipped in.
Zhuo Yongqing was originally from Yanzhou in the northwest. He came to the Chinese army to serve as a soldier in order to eat food. Later, he accidentally killed Wanyan Loushi and became one of the most dazzling fighting heroes in the Chinese army.
He made great achievements, was promoted, and received an interview and encouragement from Mr. Ning. After that, he brought his family to Xiaocanghe. However, not long after, the puppet Qixing army invaded, followed by the Jurchen attack. He
Zhuo Yongqing's parents first returned to Yanzhou, and then moved south with the refugees. On the way, they encountered Puppet Qi soldiers. Zhuo Yongqing's bragging father led people to resist, covered everyone's escape, and died in the Puppet Qi soldiers.
Under the bow and arrow. In the three-year Xiaocang River War, Zhuo Yongqing fought bravely to kill the enemy, but luckily survived. Less than a year after arriving in Hedeng, his mother also died due to depression, and Zhuo Yongqing became a loner.
He came all the way. If he knew what bloody nature was in the battle that killed Wanyan Loushi, it was only after his father passed away that he really participated in the war. After that, he made several military exploits. Ning Yi's second
When I met him, I just instructed him to transfer from military service to civil service and gradually move towards the core area of the army. Now, Zhuo Yongqing serves as a staff officer in the Fifth Army Headquarters. Although his position is not high, he is already familiar with the core of the army.
Operation.
A few years ago, in the battle that killed Lou Shi at Xuanjia'ao, several survivors, including Zhuo Yongqing, have still maintained a close relationship. Among them, Luo Ye entered the top ranks of the army and this time has followed Liu Chengzong.
The general went to Xuzhou; Hou Wu lost one of his hands in the battle of Xuanjia'ao, and changed his career from the military to civil security work. This time the army attacked, he also went out with him, and participated in many comforts and arrangements after the war.
; Mao Yishan now serves as the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment of the Fifth Army of China. This is a highly regarded reinforced battalion. When he attacked Luqiao Mountain, he played a critical role. Naturally, he also followed him when he came out of the mountain this time.
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Qu Qing was a general during the Wu Dynasty, and now works in the General Staff Headquarters, turning from the front to the backstage - he is still working with Deng. After the death of his parents, these people have become Zhuo Yongqing's relatives, and they gather together from time to time.
Whenever something happens, everyone will show up to help.
After returning to Hedeng, he went to report on his work according to the rules. After finishing the work, it was already late, and Zhuo Yongqing led the horse to the family area on the mountainside. No one wanted to live there, but there were not many people at home now.
, Luo Ye has big things on his mind, and he has not yet married a wife. It is said that Qu Qing's life was corrupt when he was in the Wu Dynasty - he was still considered a soldier at that time, and his family was based on the army. Although he once married a wife, he later divorced him, and now he has not
Marry again. On Zhuo Yongqing's side, many people had come to propose marriage - especially after killing Wanyan Lou's wife - many people went back and forth, but Zhuo Yongqing had never settled down. After his parents passed away,
He even avoided the matter somewhat and put it off until now.
Hou Wu has a long family background, and the Hou family's sister-in-law is gentle and virtuous - she often arranges blind dates with Zhuo Yongqing. Mao Yishan also got married in Xiaocanghe, and the girl he married was a northwest woman with a straightforward personality who dared to love and hate.
Zhuo Yongqing just appeared on the street and was seen by two women who had been looking at him at the street corner - his return was not a secret. He was reporting on his work earlier, so the news may have been passed here.
"Sisters-in-law, my brother asked me to bring you something."
"They always cause you some trouble." Sister-in-law of the Hou family said with a smile, and then turned her head and asked: "Come, tell sister-in-law how long you will stay this time, and when will you have some serious time. Let me tell you, there is a girl...
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After being warmly entertained by two women for a while, a tall young man in military uniform in his early twenties came back from outside. This was Hou Yuanyong, son of Hou Wu. He had joined the General Intelligence Department for two years. When he saw Zhuo Yong
Qing then laughed: "Uncle Qing, you are back."
"Yes, yes, come back and deliver something."
Zhuo Yongqing and Hou Yuanyong talked for a while. Hou Yuanyong seemed to know Zhuo Yongqing's purpose of coming back this time. After the others walked away, he whispered: "Uncle Qing came back, don't dare to fight with me.
I'm afraid I'll be the first to eat." Zhuo Yongqing also smiled and said, "I just came back to accept my punishment." After chatting like this for a while, the sunset gradually faded, and Qu Qing also came back from outside.
Among the five survivors in Xuanjia'ao, Qu Qing and Hou Wu were relatively older. Among them, Qu Qing had the highest qualifications. He had served as a general and participated in grassroots fighting. He was half a soldier. He had his own majesty and dignity in the past.
Murderous, now serving in the General Staff Headquarters, he seemed even more restrained and steady. After the five of them had dinner together and the two women took care of the housework, Qu Qing and Zhuo Yongqing went out for a walk, followed by Hou Yuanyong.
The purpose of Zhuo Yongqing's return is not a secret, so there is no need to be too evasive - the most prominent crimes and disciplinary incidents during the war actually involved some combat heroes in the past, and the most troublesome one was a company commander.
Chief, I once had some unpleasantness with a small businessman who climbed into the mountains. This time he fought out and found the businessman's house just after the siege. He accidentally killed the businessman and left the businessman with a widow and two daughters. This incident
After being found out, the company commander confessed his crime. As for how to deal with it, the army hoped to be lenient. However, they tried their best to ask for mercy. Zhuo Yongqing was one of the representatives sent back this time - he was also a combat hero and had killed many people.
Yan Lou's room, occasionally the military would use him as a prestige project.
"It has been almost ten years since the Huaxia Army uprising, and this is the first time it has been fought out. But the top priority is not actually the outside world. Before the fight was launched, Yongqing, as you saw, had the strictest discipline, holding meetings one after another...
..." Qu Qing said these things with a smile as he walked away, "But the matter has nothing to do with you in the first place. You are just a messenger. If something happens, you guys have to express it... I know you are
Just those who convey the message will do. For the rest, watch more, think more and talk less."
Zhuo Yongqing nodded: "I'm not the one leading the team. I won't say anything. But according to my brother's wishes, will he be dealt with strictly?"
"I personally estimate that it will be stricter, but there are two types of strictness. Intensifying the punishment is stricter, and expanding the scope of the attack is also stricter. It depends on which one you can accept... If it is deepened, do you agree that killing people will pay for their lives?" Qu Qu
After Qing finished speaking, he patted his shoulder and smiled, "Okay, that's enough gossip, let's talk about something serious..."
Zhuo Yongqing waved his hand quickly: "Brother Qu, there's no need for business."
"I have to say something serious. Just as I entered the door, I was pulled over by your two sisters-in-law and given a death order... I'm old enough to find a woman. Don't imitate Luo Ye. He is the young master in the capital. He is among the most famous.
Come here. You grew up in the northwest. You have met more women than he has touched. Your parents are gone, so we have to help you organize this matter. Come on, let’s not play tricks. What are the conditions?
Draw a path and see if my brother can catch it."
Zhuo Yongqing just shook his head with a grimace. He didn't dare to cheat - he originally thought of threatening Qu Qing with a blind date, but Qu Qing didn't think much of women. He just had enough fun and didn't want to mess around anymore.
, does not mean that blind dates are taboo. If he made a condition of going together, this eldest brother Qu would definitely go along with the situation, but he took this matter seriously.
A meeting between the Military Department and several other departments regarding this matter was scheduled for the afternoon of the next day. As Qu Qing said, the superiors attached great importance to this matter. After several meetings, Mr. Ning and Ba Dao, who was in charge of the Military Law Department,
The leader, Liu Dabiao, also came over - although this woman was also Mr. Ning's wife on the other hand, she had a bold temperament and was very skilled in martial arts. She had personally participated in several military competitions and was deeply loved by the soldiers.
The specific handling of this series of events is still a matter between several departments. Mr. Ning and Liu Dabiao were only present. Zhuo Yongqing remembered Qu Qing's words, listened carefully at the meeting, and stated fairly.
After all opinions were stated one by one, Zhuo Yongqing saw that Mr. Ning in front of him was silent for a long time before he started to speak.
"I have asked you several times...even more than a few times. Who do you think you are? What is China? What is the difference between you and people outside?"
"...The Wu Dynasty was defeated by the Jurchens. Millions of people were defeated like mowing grass. We killed the emperor of the Wu Dynasty and defeated the Jurchens. We say that we are the Chinese army. After so many years, we have won battles.
After fighting enough, do you think you are any different from the Wu Dynasty people? You are not the same people from the beginning to the end! Right? How on earth did we defeat so many enemies? "
"...Because we realize that there is no way out, because we realize that everyone's life is earned by themselves, we risk our lives and work hard to become excellent people. A group of excellent people come together to form
An excellent group! What is Huaxia? China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has the beauty of uniforms, so it is called Hua. Only outstanding and extraordinary things are called Huaxia! You have done great things, you say we
If you are a citizen of China, then China is great. You have done bad things and say that you are a citizen of China. Do you have such a face? It is shameful."
"In the Wu Dynasty for more than two hundred years, the civil servants wanted power and formed private cliques to fight against dissenters. The military attachés wanted money and formed cliques to exploit and exploit each other at all levels, so that the civil servants could not remonstrate with the military and could not fight! When the enemy came, the soldiers looked first
People around you can't run away. It has been almost ten years since the Huaxia Army finally fought. The good days have come, right? What a good start you have made! You are also from the Wu Dynasty! Only when you are pushed to the extreme, wake up, and become excellent can you start
To be able to win the war, your excellence is not born from your parents! Those people outside, they may become like you! Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, chasing Jurchens away, do you want to become the next Jurchen!?
Can I all be your slaves?"
"We have held many meetings and done many ideological work. We have worked hard for ourselves and done our duty. But when things come to an end, we feel that we are superior to others! Many people say that there are too many meetings, but I think they are not enough! Zhou Tong
It used to be said that for a good world, a scholar must have a ruler and a warrior must have a sword. Today your swords have been sharpened. It seems that the ruler is not enough and the rules are not enough! The last meeting was about the court. Whoever committed a crime will be tried.
How to judge, we must make it clear next and give everyone a clear ruler——"
"...I begged for mercy, received a lighter sentence, and paid it off with merit... In the future, when I become emperor for you, it will not take two hundred years. Your children will be killed in the Jinluan Palace, and you will be scolded in the spine by future generations...
I don’t think there is such a chance. The Jurchens are attacking Damingfu now! Wang Shanyue and Zhu Biao risked their lives to fight in the front! Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin also came down and passed Yanmen Pass! We still have a fight with the Jurchens
A decisive battle, do you want to enjoy happiness? Become the same as the people of the Wu Dynasty today? Join the party and oppose dissidents? If you do something wrong, you will be punished with three cups of wine? I think you will die at the hands of the Jurchens!"
"We are not trying to rebuild a Wu Dynasty, we are trying to do better, everyone... This time, all the leadership of the Fifth Army must write a self-criticism. Those who were involved in this matter should be the first to get to the bottom of it... Who
I asked you to ask for this love..."
While Zhuo Yongqing listened to these words, he brushed his hands and wrote down all these things. Although the words were strong, his attitude was not negative, but the tendency could be seen - Brother Qu said
Yes, compared to the battle situation outside, Mr. Ning pays more attention to internal rules. Now he has experienced a lot of things and participated in many important trainings, and he can finally see the stability inherent in it.
He was the representative who came to be scolded, and he was just a messenger, so he didn't panic too much. After the meeting, Mr. Ning took the time to see him again in the evening, and said with a smile that he "was pushed here again."
” and asked him about some situations on the front line.
The next day, Zhuo Yongqing left Hedeng with the team, preparing to return to the frontline battlefield south of Chengdu. When he arrived in Jiading, he left the team for a while to arrange and implement something Ning Yi had told him: the businessman who was killed in Jiading
The surname was He. After his death, he left behind a widow and two orphans. The Huaxia Army dealt with this matter seriously this time, and the family members must also be provided with pensions and resettlement. In order to implement this matter, Ning Yi casually told Zhuo Yong
Qing mentioned it and asked him to pay attention to it.
Zhuo Yongqing went there in person with some things - he actually had some selfish motives.
The last time he was in Jiading, he had actually met this family and learned some things about it. The businessman surnamed He was not from a very good family. He had a bad temper and loved to drink. This may have been the reason why he had a conflict with the Chinese army who came to visit him and ended up with him.
He was killed. His widow had a weak temperament. She actually didn’t dare to speak out after her husband died. The eldest daughter He Ying was quite pretty and a bit stubborn. If it hadn’t been for her persistence, this matter probably wouldn’t have become a big deal at all.
, the military’s plans were probably put aside as soon as possible.
The businessman's second daughter, He Xiu, was a lame person who was obviously malnourished and thin. She was introverted and could hardly speak.
She reminded Zhuo Yongqing of Xuanjia'ao seven or eight years ago.
At that time, he was seriously injured and was left in Xuanjia'ao by his comrades. The villagers treated his injuries and asked their daughter to take care of him. The girl was mute and lame, and as skinny as a piece of firewood. The poverty in the northwest is like this
Girls couldn't get married, so the old villager wanted Zhuo Yongqing to take the girl away, but he couldn't tell him in the end.
The Jurchens came, and the mute girl's clothes were torn off, and then she was killed in front of him. From the beginning to the end, they never said a word, but for many years, the mute girl's eyes flashed in front of him.
, every time his family and friends asked him to go on a blind date - he actually wanted to get married - then he could see the look in his eyes. He remembered that the mute girl was called Xuan Manniang.
A lame girl named He Xiu reminded Zhuo Yongqing of her.
He went to Hejia's house and knocked on the door. When he saw the military uniform, a jar inside was smashed down. Zhuo Yongqing raised his hand to block it, and the jar smashed into several pieces. A piece of fragment scratched his forehead. Zhuo Yongqing
There was already a wound on Qing's forehead, but now another one was added, and blood seeped out from the wound.
It was the eldest daughter He Ying who smashed the jar from inside, and the lame girl He Xiu was hiding behind her long hair with a look of fear in her eyes. Zhuo Yongqing reached out and touched the oozing blood, then raised his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm sorry.
..." He paused, "My name is Zhuo Yongqing. I have met you. On behalf of the Huaxia Army, I am here to inform the two girls that the Huaxia Army will give you a fair and just explanation of your father's matter. The matter will not be long.
Everyone involved in this matter is already investigating... Here are some urgently needed supplies and food, please accept the emergency first, don't refuse, I'm leaving first, the injury doesn't matter, don't be afraid."
He picked up the two bags on the carriage and put them in the door. He Ying stretched out his feet and kicked them: "I don't want your smelly things." But she had no strength. Zhuo Yongqing put down the things, closed the door smoothly, and jumped
Get on the carriage and leave quickly.
Don't scare people, see you next time.
——Thinking like this, he pressed on the wound and hurried back. The next day, he rushed towards Chengdu.
This was their second meeting. He didn't know what the future would bring, but he didn't have to think too much about it because he was on the battlefield. In this war-torn era, who could think more about this...