Humane Yongchang

Chapter 362
In a not very spacious independent mourning hall.

Chen Dao pushed open the bronze coffin above the mourning hall, revealing Chen Ji's body.

Chen Sheng looked at the withered corpse inside the bronze coffin that looked like an old man who had been suffering from illness. No matter what, he couldn't connect him with the lively Chen Laoliu in his memory.

The one who came back to the Chen family's compound to eat dinner, always squatted outside the kitchen door with a sea bowl bigger than his face, taking advantage of the stall where other brothers listened to him and gagged with him, it was like charging a toll , the thief-eyed scrawled from every plate of food that Zhao Qing brought out to his own bowl, but he was still so sweet that he could always coax Zhao Qing not to hit him...

"Is this my sixth?"

Chen Sheng blankly looked at Chen Dao and then at Wu Guang.

Neither of them dared to look him directly in the eyes, they lowered their heads and made a low "um".

Li Xin on the side, and Chen Ji's battalion commander were also standing beside him at the moment, not knowing what to do.

They didn't know what to say.

In fact, it was not until Chen Dao led Chen Sheng to this hut that Li Xin and Chen Ji's battalion commander learned that Chen Ji was actually the Chen family.

At that moment, both of them couldn't tell the absurdity in their hearts. The first reaction was, 'With such a relationship, what kind of platoon commander do you have? If you mention the king, you have to be a battalion commander! '

But immediately, the two felt that this is the king, this is the Chen family!
Chen Sheng was silent for a long time before he hoarsely said in a low voice, "Tell me what is going on!"

Li Xin looked at Chen Dao like a conditioned reflex.

Chen Dao sighed and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this matter has to start with the last general and General Li who were forced to face the three-way reinforcements supporting Luoyi..."

He tried to simplify as much as possible, starting from the fact that he and Li Xin led the troops to the three-way reinforcements, and all the way to why he sent an extraordinary army, mixed into Luoyi City, and then turned his eyes to Wu Guang.

Wu Guang understood, and immediately followed Chen Dao's words, starting from how the two thousand strange soldiers infiltrated Luoyi City, and Chen Ji proposed to take advantage of the chaos to burn the Spring and Autumn Palace, and rush the army into the city before the army entered the city.
When it was said that he and Chen Jibing were divided into two groups, all the way to Xuanwumen, all the way to the Spring and Autumn Palace, he also looked at the second battalion commander.

The second battalion commander took the words tremblingly, and told how after they arrived at the Spring and Autumn Palace, how they tore apart the Imperial Army and rushed under the Spring and Autumn Palace, and how they used rockets and kerosene to ignite the wooden buildings outside the Spring and Autumn Palace, and after the fire ignited , A strong wind suddenly blew, helping the fire spread quickly...

He is a sincere person. He not only told Chen Sheng carefully how they set fire to the Spring and Autumn Palace, but also after the fire spread, the big flaming bird that appeared in the flames, and the After hearing the sad bird chirping, all of them spit out blood, but Chen Ji spit out three mouthfuls of blood in a row, and his long hair was instantly white.

Even Chen Ji fell into his arms, and he said the last murmur before he lost his breath to Chen Sheng without saying a word, but he didn't notice Chen Dao and Wu Guang who were winking at him.

When he heard the phrase "eldest brother, we are afraid", Chen Sheng finally couldn't help it, and his eyes dazzled.

He turned his back to Chen Dao and the others, covered his cheeks with his hands, and said in a low voice, "Come down, let me be quiet!"

Li Xin and the second battalion commander looked at Chen Dao and Wu Guang.

Chen Dao and Wu Guang opened their mouths hesitantly, but in the end they sighed silently, clasped their fists towards Chen Sheng's back and said, "I will retire at the end!"

Li Xin and the second battalion commander hurriedly saluted: "The last general (under the mark) retire."

The four of them filed out of the deep mourning hall. When they walked out of the door, Wu Guang secretly turned back and saw the dancing candlelight in the mourning hall, pulling Chen Sheng's lonely back for a long time.

After the four of them retreated, Chen Shengcai turned around, sat heavily on the steps in front of the mourning hall, stretched out his hand and patted the bronze coffin lightly, and said in a low voice: "Eldest sixth, don't be afraid, eldest brother is here, eldest brother will accompany him. You are here!"

Chen Ji's death made him sad.

But what saddens him even more is that no matter how he recalls, he can only remember Chen Ji's thief-eyed appearance outside his room, pestering Zhao Qing to eat.

He never paid attention to his little brother, he subconsciously always felt that the days were still long, and they still had time to get along slowly, like his father Chen Shou, Chen Hu, Chen Qiu and the others, to be siblings for a lifetime, When you are old, you can still wield a cane and fight.

But Chen Ji, there is no future, his future has come to an end here.

In the future, among the brothers in the Chen family of their generation, there will be no sixth child.

Perhaps the greatest sorrow in the world is not being able to say goodbye...

It didn't take long for Wu Guang, who took off his armor and put on a robe of black robes. Qiqiai Ai walked in and said, "Brother, before we split up with the old sixth, we had a few deep conversations..."

Chen Sheng, who held his forehead with one hand in the hall, asked in a low voice without raising his head: "Did he say that he wants to take the name of that monarch for the ages for my eldest brother?"

Wu Guang was at a loss for words.

Chen Sheng closed his eyes, slapped the bronze coffin lightly, and scolded in a low voice like weeping and laughing: "You bastard, how big of a head do you have? I need you to carry this eternal infamy for me?"

Wu Guang was silent for a long time, and then he held his hand again, his voice becoming more and more soft: "He also told us to tell the eldest brother, if he can't come back, the eldest brother will...just...don't have to wait for him to eat."

Chen Sheng tilted his head sharply, his tears kept pouring out, he opened his mouth to say something but couldn't spit out a word, so he could only wave his hand vigorously to signal Wu Guang to go down first.

Wu Guang pursed the corners of his lips, sighed in a low voice, clasped his hand and said, "Brother take care of you", then turned around and left the mourning hall gloomily.

……

Chen Sheng sat alone in the mourning hall for half a day.

It was not until the sun went down that he finally walked out of the mourning hall.

When Li Xin and Chen Dao, who had been waiting outside, saw this, they quickly greeted them and greeted them: "Long live the king, long live my king!"

Chen Sheng picked up the second general, and said in a hoarse but gentle voice, "Would the two generals accompany me for a walk?"

The two generals clasped their fists together: "I am willing!"

Chen Sheng took the arms of the two and said to the many royal guards who rushed up around him: "Take the horse and go to Xuanwu Gate!"

……

Surrounded by five hundred royal guards, the three climbed the Xuanwu Gate tower and overlooked the huge Luoyi City.

At the time when the sun did not enter the horizon, half of the city was still bathed in the setting sun, and half of the city had already started to light up with dots of candles.
Chen Sheng supported the parapet with both hands, overlooking the huge city of Luoyi, and asked without looking back, "Did you guys invade Luoyi from here that day?"

Li Xin clasped his fists and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, my army entered the city through this place that day!"

Chen Sheng nodded, and said with great emotion: "Thanks to your troops coming to Luoyi, if you hadn't caught Can Zhou by surprise, I guess my army is still fighting with Wang Jian's 30 troops in Chenliu now!"

Li Xin was taken aback, and quickly said: "Your Majesty is too self-effacing, Your Majesty uses his troops like a god, and he is the only one in the world. Even if the last general fails to make a contribution, His Majesty will definitely be able to defeat him. A little bit of power is just icing on the cake in the overall situation, and it is not worth mentioning, the king is too much to love the last!"

Chen Dao glanced at it: 'Really?That's not what you said in front of my face! '

Chen Sheng couldn't help but smiled faintly, and said softly: "It should be your credit, it's your credit, no one can take it away, and I, Chen Sheng, haven't been so overjoyed that I want to grab the merits of the generals to decorate the front!"

Hearing this, Li Xin was filled with gratitude, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the gift, I will never forget it at the end of the day!"

"Is this the beginning of thanking?"

Chen Sheng turned his head to look at him, and said softly with a smile: "I haven't rewarded you yet!"

Li Xin replied without thinking, "It's all up to the king!"

Chen Sheng joked: "You will only be awarded one mu of land, do you accept it?"

Li Xin did not hesitate: "No complaints!"

"Well!"

Chen Sheng turned his head and continued to look at Luoyi City: "I plan to form the Huben Army, and I plan to transfer General Li into the Huben Army to be the commander and lieutenant general of the Third Army. As for other land and property awards, we will have to wait until Wang Ting completes the procedure. It will be promulgated later.”

Li Xin got what he wanted, and ecstatically squeezed his palms and forced a bow to the end: "Thank you, King, for your generous gift!"

Chen Sheng lifted him up and said with a smile, "Are you happy?"

Li Xin hesitated for two breaths, and finally nodded honestly: "Happy!"

Chen Sheng nodded: "Then let's talk about something unhappy..."

He patted Li Xin on the shoulder, looked at the lights of thousands of homes lit up in pieces under the city, and said lightly: "I intend to retire, the class teacher will return to Chen!"

Li Xin heard the words and habitually glanced at Chen Dao, both of them could clearly see the confusion and shock in the other's eyes.

"Please, Your Majesty, forgive the general's stupidity!"

Li Xin still couldn't hold back his doubts and asked anxiously: "The city of Luoyi is Gaochijian, and the surrounding area is a world-renowned granary and dangerous barrier... Why did the king retreat? The last general is willing to lead [-] soldiers to guard this place where the confidant of Kyushu and the richest man in the world for the king!"

Especially if he is impatient, the battle to break Luoyi is definitely the most dazzling and commendable battle in his military career, and even his Li Xin is very likely to be recorded in the annals of history with this battle, and his name will be remembered in the history!
But if Luoyi is defeated and then returned, then the merit and significance of this battle will be directly broken.

It may even be far inferior to Chen Ji, who set fire to the Spring and Autumn Palace and killed the Young Emperor!

How does this teach him to be willing?

Chen Sheng shook his head slightly: "It's not just a matter of logistical supplies... Look at them, do they welcome us?"

He pointed to the huge Luoyi City below and asked Li Xin.

Li Xin immediately thought of the scene when Chen Sheng entered the city today, a bloody light suddenly lit up in his fierce eyes, he clenched his fists heavily, and shouted in a low voice like a tiger's roar: "The last commander, please order, clean up the servants. !"

Chen Sheng sighed lightly, helped him up and said lightly: "Can you teach these 10 people to shut up, maybe teach the whole world to shut up? If you have to slaughter so many compatriots in order to complete our great cause, So what's the point of our great cause?"

Li Xin was speechless and remained silent.

Chen Sheng patted his shoulder lightly again, and patiently explained to him: "Actually, on the way here, I have been thinking, what is the benefit of occupying Luoyi for me in Hanting?"

"The Zhou Dynasty has not been destroyed, the Dao of Taiping still exists, and there are as many ambitious people in the world as crucian carp crossing the river!"

"This Luoyi city is good or not, but the problem is, everyone in the world knows this Luoyi city is good, everyone regards it as a treasure, and everyone wants to take it as a treasure!"

"If I, the Han court, take Luoyi as my own, then we will face the situation that Can Zhou faced before, and it will definitely be worse..."

"Do you really think that we, Hanting, have the ability to fight against all the ambitious people in the world at the same time?"

"Do you really think that we, Hanting, have the ability to fight against all the ambitious people in the world at the same time, and we still have the strength to withstand the invasion of the four barbarians?"

"It's not that I don't want to bet on this game, it's that this game is too risky, one mistake and the whole game is lost!"

"And the price of losing, neither you nor I can afford!"

Having said this, he took a long sigh, stared at Luoyi City, where the lanterns were just beginning, and muttered to himself: "I think when I started the army, I promised all the brothers in the Red Army to feed everyone. Food, warm clothes, and the main house can all live upright and upright like a person... In a blink of an eye, the age of three is approaching, the territory under our control is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more soldiers and horses, and there are more and more people, but The life of the big guy is still so miserable, and I, the king, feel ashamed!"

"There are only disadvantages and no benefits at all."

"They are still so ostracized and hostile to us."

"Then let's go home and return this so-called 'Kyushu confidant' to these high-ranking Zhou people."

"I, Chen Sheng, really want to see how long they can laugh..."

After a pause, he turned his head to look at the thoughtful Li Xin, and said seriously: "Sometimes, when the fist is retracted, it is not to retreat, but to punch out more powerfully!"

Li Xin couldn't understand it, but he was shocked!
After pondering for a while, he turned around, imitating Chen Sheng's appearance, and looking at the lights of the whole city below... At this moment, when the sun rises and the sun rises, most people can't afford oil lamps, even if they can. I was reluctant to light the oil lamps since the beginning of time, such a spectacular night scene can only be seen in Luoyi in the world!
"Your Majesty, come back next time, can the last general still be the vanguard?"

Li Xin asked with a smile on his face, but the murderous meaning in his eyes was like a hurricane, and he wanted to connect the fire in his eyes.

Chen Sheng didn't notice the strange look in his eyes, and replied lightly: "You are worthless, try to make some more military exploits, come back next time, and let me worship you as General Zhengxi!"

Li Xin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out: "Your Majesty, Yinuo, the world is light, ah, king!"

Chen Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to him, turned around and left.

As he walked, he didn't look back, and said casually, "Before leaving, clean up the rumors in this city. Chen Ji is my loyal and brave marquis, not some murderer who set fire to the Spring and Autumn Palace... If someone must come. If you recognize this, the Spring and Autumn Palace was set on fire by my own hands, Chen Sheng, and if you want to beat, kill, or scold me, even if it comes at me, Chen Sheng, if anyone dares to rob me of Chen Sheng's unparalleled merits, don't blame the butcher knife for not recognizing anyone!"

Li Xin and Chen Dao heard the words, looked at each other secretly, and said in their hearts: 'That's true! '

(End of this chapter)