As soon as Chen Chong returned to the military camp, Xu Huang led the people to the tent, saying that he was sent to Yuanyang City under the order of Zhengxi.
This was the first time that Chen Chong met Xu Huang since the Baibo rebellion. As a result, Chen Chong was shocked when they met. He still remembered that when he visited Yuanyang City for the first time at night, it was this fierce and tiger-like man who recognized him with words.
He exposed his weakness and broke two of his ribs with his own hands. He talked and laughed freely afterwards without taking it seriously. Unexpectedly, when he met him now, his whole person had lost a lot of weight. Not only the cheekbones on his face had changed.
It is obvious that even the once majestic and terrifying leopard eyes now appear softer due to the relaxation of the corners.
He looked at Chen Chong's eye injury, and his eyes were filled with sadness. Chen Chong couldn't bear this. He said to Xu Huang: "There is no need to say anything. I am still alive, you are still alive, what else is worth saying?"
What? The living should be worthy of the dead, that’s enough."
When he said this, he suddenly thought of Chen Zhong in his mind, and tears flowed down. Xu Huang didn't know why, but he also shed tears while standing aside. When he was in Henan, Chen Chong talked to him about Guo Da's death. This man seemed to
They were made of iron. He just responded lightly and continued to sharpen his sword in the army. What did he think of at this moment? The sergeants Baibo who followed him all said: As soon as Guo Shuai died, the whole family started killing each other like enemies.
, the battlefield is stained with blood, which is naturally more sad than birth, old age, illness and death!
The next day, Xu Huang drove an ox cart and asked Chen Chong to sit in the cart and drive eastward slowly. Chen Chong looked at the slow pace of the green ox, and the mountains on both sides receded slowly. The autumn colors on the mountains became darker. It turned out that it was already nine.
It is late autumn. However, both sides of the Wan River are no longer as busy as before. Many houses can be seen along the road, but there is neither smoke nor human sounds. Instead, there are a few red foxes that sometimes poke their heads and sometimes hide in the grass. Chen Chong knows
, most of them are now in the two cities of Yuanyin and Yuanyang, waiting for their disposal, and some of them have been buried at the foot of Lishi City forever and will never come back.
Moreover, it is said that a broken mirror cannot be repaired, and a broken mirror cannot be restored. After this incident, the soldiers from other counties in Bingzhou may also have prejudices. Can they still be reconciled with the Baibo soldiers? This is an unsolvable problem. The oxcart moves slowly.
, Chen Chong's thoughts wandered for a long time, until it got dark, and he slowly fell asleep on the bullock cart to the chirping of the mandrill.
When I woke up the next day, we were less than twenty miles away from Yuanyin City. People could be seen one after another on the road, and then military camps and flags could be seen. Many people recognized Xu Huang who was driving, and they soon guessed
Who was getting out of the car, but no one dared to come forward to say hello. They all looked at the car with sad eyes. Chen Chong leaned out of the car window and looked around, so the people who were watching hurriedly dispersed, not knowing what was going on.
What are you still busy with after the autumn harvest?
Before arriving at Yuanyin City, Chen Chong got out of the car with a wooden stick. Tian Yu was guarding in front of the city gate. When he saw him, he hurriedly came to help him. Chen Chong waved his hand and refused, saying with a smile: "I hurt my eyebrow bone, and I'm not blind yet.
What's more, I'm really blind, but I'm not a lame, so I need someone to help me." He then praised Tian Yu and said, "I've heard all about what you did in Meiji. You are a young and talented man. I may have to rely on you in the future.
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Tian Yulian said he didn't dare, and was about to lead Chen Chong upstairs when he suddenly heard someone calling Chen Chong loudly. His voice was extremely sad. Chen Chong turned around and saw a man leading about ten people.
The man is holding something in his hand, and behind him, more than ten people are carrying a yellow wood coffin.
Their wrists were tied with the customary white turbans of the Baibo Army, which was stipulated by Guo Da, showing that they never forgot the last wishes of Master Daliang. The coffin was also covered with a piece of white cloth. The city guards were all recruits from Jinyang and had already taken over.
After reaching the city defense, when he saw them approaching, he subconsciously raised his long spear and crossed in front of Chen Chong to prevent the group of Baibo soldiers from getting close.
The group of Baibo soldiers immediately knelt on the ground and called to the envoy again. Chen Chong shook his head slightly at the city guards, crossed the forest of guns, and walked up to these people. Before he could ask any questions, he saw the leader with his head lowered and his hands raised.
, handed it to Chen Chong and said: "Master Wang entrusted me before his death to return this thing to the envoy, saying that he has fulfilled his promise, and I hope that the envoy will treat Baibo counties well for the sake of his fulfillment of the contract."
Chen Chong saw the wooden document in his hand and accepted it silently. Then the man took out a small wooden box the size of a palm from his robe, handed it to Chen Chong, and said, "This is the relic left by Commander Guo to the envoy. Wang Shitou
I will hand it over to the envoy."
Chen Chong accepted it, and then he realized that it turned out that nothing happened when Wang Mao persuaded everyone, but after completing the series of connections in private, he was worried that Bai Bo would be discriminated against because of the rebellion, so he decided to seek death. 1
This was to break with Yang Feng and Han Xian, and secondly, he hoped to gain understanding from the state capital. After that, the man asked his colleagues to open the coffin. In front of Chen Chong was a thin, headless corpse. Chen Chong sighed and said to them: "
There is no need to be like this, I, Chen Tingjian, will never change what I said."
Seeing these people carrying the coffin and leaving again, Chen Chong entered the city with Tian Yu. As Tian Yu walked, he said that Xu Rong sent an envoy over this morning, and General Zhengxi was meeting with him. He didn't know what they were talking about. He asked
What does Chen Chong think of the current situation?
Chen Chong was a little absent-minded for a moment, but he was shouted at by Tian Yu several times before he realized what was happening. He smiled and said, "What kind of situation can this have? Xu Rong is planning to withdraw his troops. Most likely, he is here to show his dignity and make both armies get along." Sure enough, when they entered the county house in the city, they heard the sound of Liu Bei talking. At this time, the door of the county house was wide open, and the accompanying officials were constantly coming and going. It was obvious that there were many chores that needed to be dealt with urgently, and a man was standing in the lobby with integrity.
Facing Liu Bei who was sitting on the main seat, Liu Bei sneered at him and said: "Where will Xu Rong be under my rule? Come when you want and leave when you want?"
The man standing was the envoy. He replied: "Liu Shijun is wrong. Jianwei is just caring for the children in the army. It has always been human nature for leaves to return to their roots and souls to return to the old land. If Liu Shijun encounters this, he will
Won’t you collect the bones of your comrades on the battlefield?”
Liu Bei was silent for a moment, his expression softened, and he said: "This is indeed human nature, but killing thieves is even more human nature. I am not a woman, and you praise me so much, and I will not show mercy." But he quickly said.
Then he said seriously: "You can report back to Xu Rong. He can send soldiers to collect the bones. If he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to fight again, I will stay with you every day and wait for him to come over and fight for life and death again."
The messenger made a "promise" sound, glanced at Liu Bei's staff on both sides, and asked: "How is Longshou's injury now? If the injury is serious, Jianwei asked me to bring some medicine, which may come in handy."
It's better to be in time than to be early. Chen Chong walked up to the hall. He still had gauze on his left eye. He looked sideways at the messenger with his right eye and said calmly: "Chen can't die yet, so there is no need to worry about Jianwei." When the envoy saw Chen Chong dressed like this, he immediately wanted to bow down and salute. Chen Chong bluntly told him to stop: "I have never liked these false rituals. I think you are just doing this for fun. Why do you do this?" He asked: "If Jianwei is serious about it,
Chen just wants to ask for one thing from Jianwei."
"What?"
"Yang Feng Han Siam's head."
"Dragon Head is joking."
"It's true that you are joking. You can't do business without capital." Chen Chong smiled mockingly, and then said: "But since it is said that Ye Luo has returned to his roots, can you return the head of the old man Bai Bo who was established by you before the war?
What about our army?"
The messenger wondered: "This is not something I can decide. I hope the dragon head will allow me to report back."
When Chen Chong arrived, the conversation ended hastily. Before the envoy left, he bowed to Chen Chong. Liu Bei couldn't help but tease Chen Chong and said, "Ting Jian is so famous that he is better than thousands of troops." Chen Chong shook his head and said, "What if?"
A false reputation can defeat thousands of troops, so we don’t have to fight this war."
There were still many things to be busy with. As soon as the envoy left, all the staff were scattered. Liu Bei was a little tired after reading the documents for a day, so he chatted with Chen Chong in the hall. Chen Chong saw that everyone had left, so he
He asked Liu Bei in a low voice: "How many people were killed in this battle?"
"The new soldiers I recruited killed and injured more than 4,000 people, and the Xiongnu tribes lost nearly 5,000 people. Add in the Xianbei people recruited by Yanmen, and there are more than 10,000 people."
Chen Chong took out the wooden certificate from his arms, looked at the writing on it and sighed, then asked: "Xuande, what do you think we should do with these tens of thousands of white waves now?"
"Now that Xu Rong plans to withdraw from the army, Yang Feng and Han Xian will probably stay in Shangjun. If we don't match our words and deeds, these Baibo people will probably leave."
"What do you mean?" This matter is completely decided by Liu Bei.
"In troubled times, there is no need to be so demanding on the people. They just want to survive. Those who are willing to join the army will stay, and those who are not willing to join the army will be sent back. I think Xu Huang knows the general idea, so I will entrust him with this matter."<
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Liu Bei reminded him again: "Although Baibo has been pacified, Shangjun has not been pacified. Although Xu Rong has withdrawn his troops, we are still unable to attack Fushi. The battle line has stayed at the line of Huan River. It can be seen that you were very foresight when you said to move the government to Huanyang."
Ah! Ting Jian, this matter cannot be delayed any longer."
Seeing that Liu Bei was now thinking about everything, Chen Chong couldn't help but be happy for him. The two began to chat and deal with political affairs until late at night. At night, the two fell asleep in the lobby with their clothes on.
The next day, Chen Chong asked Xu Huang to stay in the city and began to reorganize Baibo's soldiers. Those who were willing to stay were directly under the prefectural government. From today on, they were no longer called Baibo Army and were renamed Taiping Army by Chen Chong.
After waiting for a few more days, Wang Mao's head was brought by Xu Rong, and Chen Chong handed him back to Wang Mao's old troops. Then he continued eastward, crossed the Wan River, and arrived at Wanyang City. There were already aides in the state capital rushing to the city.
When he came over, he was leading the handymen to clean up the houses one by one in the city. Chen Chong followed the old memories and walked into Guo Da's original house. After Guo Da's death, he had no children to inherit, but no one dared to use it, so when Chen Chong came
, the place was covered with cobwebs. He walked into the bedroom, which was well organized and full of dust. After the bedroom, Chen Chong opened the door, and a cloud of earthy mist suddenly came out of the mourning hall, causing him to cough repeatedly.
It was dark, and all the lamp oil in front of the tomb was burned out. Chen Chong lit a candle and placed it on the table. He immediately saw Zhang Jue's tomb. He smiled, wiped the dust off the tomb, and then took out Guo Da from his arms.
place him next to Zhang Bao.
There was also the word "生" written by him on the wall next to him. The blood stains turned brown and black after too long. When Chen Chong touched it lightly, the word turned into dust and fell.
After walking out of the mourning hall, Chen Chong opened the wooden box left by Wang Mao, and it turned out to be the little finger he had cut off when he entered the city.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the city. It turned out that Hu Cai's body had been dug up.