Prime Minister

Zhang Yueqi, the appeasement envoy of Xihe Road, played His Majesty.

The minister arrived at Tabai City on March [-]th...

Zhang Yue was writing a memorial to the emperor, and when he stopped writing here, his pen stopped concentrating...

Then keep writing.

... to bury the fallen soldiers of the past!

On the second day after the Song army stepped into the great victory of Baicheng.

The red flag in the Song Dynasty is curled up. If you look carefully, there is also a flag with the words Jing, the governor of Hezhou, written on it.

The long wind whimpered, and countless vultures circling in the air, feeding on carrion.

Ten miles to the west of Tabai City is the place where Jing Sili led the army to fight Guizhang, where more than [-] Han troops broke down.This battle shook the foundation of Song Dynasty in the Northwest.

Guizhang had no intention of burying it at all, and let the soldiers of the Song Army die in the wilderness, and stripped off all their swords, guns and armor.

After Zhang Yue captured Gui Zhang and Mu Zheng alive, he led his army to this place to bury the bones of the fallen soldiers and pay homage to them.

His younger brother Jing Siyi, Wang Hou, Han Cunbao and the former soldiers of the First Army who fought with Jing Sili back then couldn't help crying bitterly when they saw this scene.

Seeing everyone like this, Zhang Yue remembered his relationship with Jing Sili, and couldn't help feeling sad.If he had been more thoughtful when he left, perhaps he would not have separated from Hezhou, that is, Yin and Yang were separated.

Zhang Yue said to the generals: "The loyal soul must return to its home, and it will be immortal for the country. I will bury it here to pay homage to the fallen soldiers."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, the strong wind blew up the long grass on the grassy beach like waves.

The soldiers dug several long pits and buried all the bones of the dead soldiers, in addition to the horses that died in battle with them.

There were still many arrowheads embedded in the bones of the soldiers and horses, and many soldiers died of fighting with dozens of arrows in their bodies.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers were all moved.

After the burial, Zhang Yue, the leader of the three armies, spilled a bowl of vegetarian wine on the ground, and then Zhang Shouyue, Wang Hou and other generals sprinkled the bowl of water on the land where the soldiers of the Song Army were buried.

White flags were erected everywhere on the edge of Tabai City, yellow paper was scattered all over the grass beach, and there were robes and relatives of fallen soldiers in the army. Swing far away with the long wind.

Zhang Yue chose a high place beside Tabai City to bury Paoze, and led the whole army here and made a grand sacrifice to lay down the loyal soul of the country.

The soldiers talked about returning to their hometown in a shroud of horse leather, but it is not suitable now, so they are buried here.

Along with the [-] soldiers who died here, as well as the more than [-] Song soldiers who died of illness in this battle, some people asked whether they should be buried back to Qinzhou, and Zhang Yue also said no.

In the future, a monument will be erected here for future generations to commemorate.

Jing Siyi heard this and wanted to bury his brother's bones here with the soldiers who fought together that day, Zhang Yue agreed.

After this battle, Hezhou will always be the soil of Song Dynasty, and there is no longer any need to worry about the bones of the fallen soldiers being destroyed by the enemy.

After the victory, the Song army should have celebrated in a big way, and the solemnity of the sacrifice told the three armies that this victory was really hard-won.

After the funeral, someone reported that Zhang Yue Wang Zhongzheng and Cai Yanqing had arrived.

When Wang Zhongzheng saw Zhang Yue, his face was full of joy, and he said with admiration: "There is nothing more wonderful in using soldiers in ancient and modern times than using them skillfully!"

Zhang Yue's solemn expression hangs between his eyebrows and said lightly: "The envoy of Fang has already said that."

Cai Yanqing's expression was not good when he saw Zhang Yue, even though he was overjoyed after knowing the victory, he just bowed to him.

Wang Zhongzheng said: "Jinglue made this battle completely wipe out Muzheng, Guizhang's troops, conquer Tabai City, Hezhou City, capture more than a hundred enemy fortresses, burn more than [-] tents, wipe out more than [-] people, and win the Tibetan army. There are more than [-] people in the department, and [-] cattle and sheep..."

"I learned that the former army won a great victory and captured Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang alive. I have reported to His Majesty, and they will be escorted to Beijing in a few days."

Zhang Yue frowned and said, "If you two have time, why not accompany me to the wounded barracks..."

Cai Yanqing said: "Exactly."

It was Zhang Yue's habit to appease the wounded soldiers after the war, and it started when he first fought Tiandu Mountain.

"Mr. Jinglue is here!"

"Yes, it's a good idea."

Zhang Yue went to the wounded barracks to see that there were more than [-] wounded soldiers waiting for him.

It seems that everyone knew that he was coming.

Even after such a big victory, the wounded soldiers knew that they would pay homage to the fallen soldiers before returning to the camp to visit them.

Zhang Yue carefully told the doctor in the camp to use the best wound medicine for treatment. Every wounded soldier has experienced fighting.Stay in the establishment, and the recruits can teach each other when they make up in the future.

A veteran is an asset to the army, so the army is most afraid of the annihilation of the entire establishment.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yue wanted to wipe out Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang Yu under Tabai City.

There was also a soldier who was seriously injured. Zhang Yue went to the side and asked him if he had any more dying words to say. Zhang Yue, a soldier from the Guangrui Army, still recognized him. He saw that his arm had been chopped off in half, and there was still a wound on his chest. The sores are as big as a bowl, and I know that the other party is probably dead.

When the other party saw Zhang Yue, his eyes shed tears and said: "It's Mr. Zhang Yue, I've waited for you for a long time with this breath."

Zhang Yue pulled the quilt for the other party, leaned down and asked, "Zhu Qilang, why did you see me? Is it because the family is not settled?"

The other party shook his head and said: "Thanks to Mr. Jinglue, I settled down early. I was originally a bachelor. I followed Mr. Jinglue all the way to fight here. With my military exploits, I divided the three riverside fields and married a fan." Being a mother-in-law and giving birth to two dolls, this life is worth it.”

Zhang Yue knew: "Don't worry, I'll take care of your two dolls for you. I'll ask your wife to keep them for you for a few years. When the dolls grow up, you can remarry or not."

The other party said happily: "Thank you, Mr. Jinglue, my wife is quite virtuous. I saved a lot of money and food during the war before, and there is also the pension you promised to give, Mr. Xiang. I will not worry about raising them for the rest of my life."

"I just want to meet Mr. Jinglue. You are a senior official and say something nice to me, saying that I died loyally for the country, and maybe I will have a good pregnancy in my next life."

Wang Zhongzheng and Cai Yanqing all wiped their tears when they heard this.

Zhang Yue took a deep breath, held his hand and said, "Good! Good! You died loyally for the country, Zhu Qilang, don't worry."

The other party nodded, looked at the roof of the tent out of focus and said: "It is too hard to be a soldier in this life, and it is best not to do it in the next life..."

Zhang Yue walked out of the wounded barracks and asked Cai Yanqing, "Have the soldiers of the Guangrui Army not been released from crime?"

"Not yet, according to the rules, the army is old and sick. Those who have committed minor crimes can be moved or the emperor will pardon the world, otherwise the crime will be hard to remove..."

Zhang Yue said: "From now on, how about all the soldiers of Guangrui Army, regardless of whether they have made meritorious service or not?"

Cai Yanqing said: "Everything depends on what Longtu wants."

Zhang Yue nodded. When he walked out of the camp, he paused and looked back at the wounded barracks.

After offering sacrifices to the fallen soldiers and pacifying the wounded, it is the banquet after the great victory.

Zhang Yue specially invites Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang to the account.

After Mu Zheng turned his back on the front line that day, Gui Zhang knew that the overall situation was over, so he surrendered without saying a word.

This makes Zhang more unexpected. Shouldn't the ghost chapter fight to the end?At any rate, it will end in Xiang Yu's end.

At that time, the Song army still refused to accept Guizhang's surrender. Firstly, the position of governor and the [-] guan money were too tempting, and secondly, Guizhang had blood debts in his hands.

Seeing that the Song army refused to stop, Zhang Shouyue forced the troops to stop attacking.

It was a battle, and all the more than [-] Tibetan troops who rushed into the battle surrendered except for the more than [-] casualties.As soon as Guizhang and Mu Zheng surrendered, the more than [-] defenders who stepped on Baicheng also surrendered.

Therefore, to wipe out Guizhang, the Muzheng coalition army had 8000 people, and more than 2 horses were seized alone, as well as gold and silver treasures worth more than [-] guan in the city of Tabai, and the Song army suffered more than [-] casualties in this battle. Not big, it can be called a complete victory.

In the tent, Zhang Yue, Wang Zhongzheng, Cai Yanqing, Zhang Shouyue, Wang Hou and other civil and military officials were more than ten people, and under them were Mu Zheng and Gui Zhang.

At this moment, the Song army outside celebrated the victory of the battle, and lit a huge bonfire in the barracks, and the voices of the soldiers celebrating the victory continued to spread into the tent.

Hearing this, Mu Zheng lowered his head, while Gui Zhang acted disapprovingly.

Zhang Yue said to Mu Zheng: "One person is in the corner, and the whole seat is unhappy, why is this so?"

Mu Zheng said silently for a while: "I only surrendered to save the lives of my wife, children and subordinates. If Longtu wants me to act happy, please forgive me for not being able to do so."

Zhang Yue glanced at the dozens of soldiers in armor holding swords outside the tent, and said with a smile, "Stay back!"

All those holding the tents bowed to Zhang Yue saying yes, and then motioned the soldiers to step back.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Blame me, blame me, give Mu Zheng wine to calm down!"

Mu Zheng stopped drinking, but handed it to the ghost badge beside him.Gui Zhang took the cup and drank it, drank it all in one gulp, looked around at the people in the tent, and said with a heroic smile: "Good wine!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yue lowered his face and said, "When did I allow you to drink?"

After the words fell, Yao Xi, who was sitting beside Gui Zhang, and Yao Lin brothers grabbed Gui Zhang, one on the left and one on the right, and then pressed the other's head on the wine table.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Hou drew his knife and slashed at Gui Zhang's neck.

Wang Zhongzheng was the only person in the tent who didn't know anything about it. He was surprised and was about to call for someone to stay under the knife, but he saw that the ghost Zhang had already settled the account.

Wang Zhongzheng was secretly calling for bad things, the memorial to capture Guizhang alive had already been handed in, and Guizhang was about to be escorted to Beijing to be dealt with by the emperor, how could Zhang Yue be killed on the spot.

After a while, dozens of people came in outside the tent to change the table, case and blanket, and it only took a moment for the inside of the tent to be brand new, only one case and one person were missing.

Zhang Yue took the wine to Mu Zheng and said, "I will only punish Gui Zhang, and the rest will not ask any questions! At the same time, how about the promise I made with you?"

Mu Zheng hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, when a woman and child came in outside the tent, they were Mu Zheng's wife and children.When they were captured by the Song people at the foot of Hezhou city, Zhang Yue has always taken good care of them, and now they are specially sent to the foot of Tabai city to reunite with Mu Zheng.

Seeing this, Mu Zheng was overjoyed, and then said to Zhang Yue: "Before it was Dong Zhan, and Gui Zhang provoked me, but now I have completely obeyed, please tell you Song emperors, I wish to be a Song official forever."

After speaking, Mu Zheng took Zhang Yue's wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

Zhang Yue smiled and drank a glass of wine, and stretched out his palm.

Seeing this, Mu Zheng was taken aback, then nodded, and gave Zhang Yue three high-fives on the spot!

Seeing this scene, the full tent generals all applauded.

After clapping hands, Zhang Yue shook Mu Zheng's hand and said, "Peace is not easy to come by. May the two peoples of Han and Tibetan be a good alliance forever, and there will be no more killings from now on!"