Humane Yongchang

Chapter 483 Sniffing the Roses
The cool feeling like raindrops falling on the body came from both hands and the back of the neck at the same time.

Bai Qi opened his eyes and looked up at the sky. The gloomy sky was falling from the gap of the prison car, mixed with fine salt-like snowflakes.

"It's snowing."

He spread his rough palms to catch a few delicate snowflakes, and thought worriedly: "I don't know if the sheepfold at home has ever rested..."

"Old man, it's time to eat!"

A burly general in red clothes came over with a steaming alms bowl, opened the food delivery port under the stainless steel prison cart, and handed the alms bowl in.

Bai Qi took the bowl and glanced at it, and saw half a bowl of white rice soaked in oily broth, with several pieces of softly cooked pork floating on it.

He couldn't help smiling wryly and said in a low voice: "As a general, you should have the same heart and mind with your soldiers. An old man is a guilty body. Don't get too close to the old man, which will cause a gap between brothers and feet."

The burly general smiled and shook his head, "No, this is my own ration, and it does not violate the regulations..."

Bai Qi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it after all... As a defeated general, how can he talk about the military discipline of the Red Army?
Instead, he said: "I taught you "Jiangwei Pian" yesterday, have you ever understood it?"

The burly general quickly replied: "Recite all night, memorize everything!"

Bai Qi lowered his eyelids, picked up chopsticks to eat: "Really? Let's recite it!"

The burly general's face froze, and he recited in a low voice: "Wu Wang asked the Taigong: 'What is the general's prestige? Reward the little ones for the sake of..."

A big rough hand stuck out of the prison cart, and tapped his fingers on his forehead, and then a calm and low voice sounded: "Punishment and trial are prohibited, so if you kill one person and shake the army, kill him; reward one person." But those who please all people will be rewarded. Killing is more expensive, rewarding is lesser. Killing the noble ministers on the road is the ultimate punishment; Extremities, rewards and rewards are the actions of generals."

The burly general rubbed his forehead, and said in a low voice, unreasonable and angry: "It's as smelly and long as the old woman's foot wraps. How can there be lectures from our Jixia Academy, which are simple and easy to understand..."

Bai Qi was out of breath, turned his back to the burly general with his bowl in hand: "You go, I don't want to see you!"

The burly general smiled "hehe" and said, "You can always eat at ease. When I set off later, I will hit the prison car with a coir raincoat to block the wind..."

He hesitated for a while, then whispered in a low voice: "After passing Zhongli County, Jinling is not far away. You should treat your stubborn temper properly. Don't think that we will escort you to Jinling all the way. If you have something to rely on, you can go fight with our king!"

"Our king is never used to any surrendered generals. If you dare to come to our king and beg for death, he will really give you a whole corpse!"

Speaking of this, he said in a softer voice: "Let's not talk about you, even Meng Tian and Li Xin, the two great generals of our Han Dynasty, who pretended to be chaste and strong women with our king, told our king to deal with them severely." Take a moment, look at how honest they are now, like the two little daughters-in-law, where our king points, where they fight..."

He is a veteran of the red army who fought with Chen Sheng since he fought in Panlongzhai, and now he is the regiment commander under Wu Guang, and he was ordered to escort Bai Qi back to the capital for interrogation, which is to pave the way for subsequent promotion.

Before leaving, Wu Guang had told him in private that Bai Qi was a rare general, and asked him to dig out more of the dry stuff in the old man's stomach and poke his arrogance at the same time.

After getting along all the way, this burly general really realized that this old man's military skills are indeed very high, and as an outstanding graduate of Jixia Academy's school official class B, he can't even hope for the top. high.

Out of respect for talent, he was moved with compassion...

Bai Qi's old face was crushed by his insinuating vulgar words, and he almost couldn't help splashing the broth in the bowl on the big face outside the prison car: "A dog can't spit out ivory, go quickly, The old man doesn't want to see you!"

The burly general was not surprised, he turned around and pressed his saber to leave, at this moment, Bai Qi in the prison car suddenly said: "Come back!"

The burly general looked at the old man wonderingly, the old man was very old-fashioned, and he didn't calm down so quickly when he was angry with him in the past.

Bai Qi put down his chopsticks and looked at him solemnly: "Old man, let me ask you, His Highness the King of Han built a shrine for the soldiers of the Han army who died in the battle, and enshrined Lian Po, the grandson of the former generals of the Youzhou Army and the Bolang Army. Entering the shrine as the main sacrifice, is it true or not?"

The burly general was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the Paoze brothers who were packing up their suitcases around him, suddenly puzzled, and then asked in wonder, "Can this be fake?"

Bai Qi looked at him in disbelief: "Sun Tzu and Lian Po are General Zhou!"

The big Han built shrines and temples for the soldiers, that's all!

Although it sounds absurd and unethical at first glance, it is not the first time that the King of Han has done such a pioneering act. With his reputation of loving the people like his son and treating his soldiers like brothers and sisters, he did such a thing. It's not surprising!
But enshrining General Zhou into the Han Temple is completely different!

Da Zhou was overthrown by the king of Han with his troops!
Now that you invite General Zhou into the Han Temple again, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?

Furthermore, with these two Zhou generals sitting on the Han temple, how can the big man show his own national integrity?
You said that the previous dynasty was tyrannical and lawless, and deserved to be overthrown.

Then why do you still enshrine the commander-in-chief of the previous dynasty?
Is not this contradictory?

However, he couldn't figure it out, and the burly generals couldn't figure it out even more than him: "What does this have to do with whether they are Zhou generals? What we respect is not their status as Zhou generals, but their character and morality of giving up their homes for the country and returning the shroud of horse leather." integrity!"

"Isn't their character and integrity worthy of admiration and praise?"

Bai Qi was puzzled: "However, no matter how admirable and praiseworthy they are, they are also Zhou generals!"

He has studied the art of war for a long time, so how can he not know how great the achievements of Sun Tzu and Lian Po are.

But their achievements, and whether they can enter the Han Temple, are completely irrelevant two things!
Put another way.

Among the Quanrong people and Baiyue people, are there no heroes and heroes worthy of praise?
But what is the relationship between the heroes and heroes of the Quanrong people and Baiyue people and the big men?
Your hero, my enemy!
It's too late to curse and cast aside, how about enshrining?
Even a dog can't wag its tail at the enemy, how can a human being be inferior to a pig or a dog?
Of course, on the issue of Sun Tzu and Lian Po, it is not so serious.

After all, this only involves civil wars and dynastic changes, not national righteousness and the hatred of subjugation and genocide.

But in Bai Qi's view, this is still an incomprehensible thing...

Because of this incident, it is tantamount to opening a hole.

And it was opened at the beginning of the founding of the country...

To put it in a short way, this will severely damage the morale of countless Han soldiers: We risked our lives against Da Zhou's soldiers and horses, but you turned around and invited Da Zhou's generals into the temple to confess?What do you take us for?
In the long run, this will bring disaster to the foundation of the Great Han. It may not be obvious when the national strength of the Great Han is strong, but once the national strength of the Great Han declines, countless people will inevitably jump out to make trouble under the banner of the Great Zhou.

Bai Qi couldn't figure it out, a man as talented as the King of Han, how could he make such a low-level mistake!
The burly general finally understood the meaning of his words, and raised a finger solemnly: "First, our king said: 'Keeping the land and the people is the highest duty of a soldier!'"

"Sun Tzu and the old general Lianpo are both great heroes who defended China and fought against foreigners. This achievement has nothing to do with whether they are Zhou generals or not. It is an honor for them to be in the same temple together!"

"Secondly, during the Kyushu Civil War, neither the Youzhou Army led by Sun Tzu nor the Bolang Army led by General Lian Po gave up their responsibility to defend their home and country, nor did they fight against our Han Wangshi on the battlefield, life and death. On the other hand, in our eyes, the Youzhou Army and the Bolang Army are both seniors and allies!"

Bai Qi finally understood, and felt shocked inexplicably.

Kyushu in his eyes is colorful and messy.

There are old dynasties and new dynasties, and there are differences between the north and the south.

There are also inextricable connections between the powerful families, the government and the public, and so on, as well as the self-styled prejudices such as "Guanzhong people should be governed by Guanzhong people".

In the eyes of King Han, Kyushu is a whole and the same color from beginning to end!
There is no distinction between old and new dynasties, no distinction between north and south, east and west, and no distinction between aristocratic families and courts...

In the eyes of the King of Han, the world is only divided into inside and outside, within Kyushu and outside Kyushu.

In the eyes of King Han, Kyushu only divided good from evil, the good ones were right, and the evil ones were wrong.

Therefore, the King of Han was able to openly invite the two Zhou generals into the Han Temple.

It can also step into the mud with one foot for the aristocratic family on the other side.

Such a boldness, such a pattern...

'It's really split! '

Bai Qi muttered to himself.

The more he studied the King of Han, the more he felt that he couldn't figure out the King of Han.

Let's talk about Han Wang's small belly and chicken intestines, his courage and style can hold this splendid world and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!
It can be said that the King of Han is magnanimous, but he doesn't even bother to give the most basic respect to the surrendered generals.

Two diametrically opposed, even diametrically opposed temperaments appeared in one person at the same time.

It's like a talented and generous emperor who just discussed with his ministers of civil and military affairs about sending millions of troops to attack the enemy's country. I ordered a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and asked the store to put more duck blood, more vermicelli, and more soup...

No matter how clever a painter is, if he hasn't been mentally ill for more than ten years, he might not be able to conceive such a fragmented picture, right?
However, such split characters actually exist!

Bai Qi was amazed for a long time, and then he thought about it, if a person can bear the weight of the country and the country, but also see the suffering of the traffickers in his eyes... the luck of Kyushu, the luck of China!

"Maybe this is an extraordinary thing that ordinary people do!"

He smiled wryly.

It wasn't until this moment that he was finally convinced.

Regarding the defeat at Hangu Pass, he has always been brooding in his heart.

It's not that he can't afford to lose.

But the defeat at Hangu Pass was indeed a crime not caused by war.

It's not that he got up in vain, not as good as Meng Tian.

It is really a corner of Yongzhou, far less than the Eleven Prefectures of the Han Dynasty...

Now he finally understands that even if Yingzheng could survive and he could survive, the Yongzhou army still could not escape the end of defeat!

Based on his military skills, he might indeed be able to find no less than ten ways to defeat the Han army.

But with King Han's control over the overall situation and his delicate skills, he can also make all of his methods of defeating the enemy impossible...

……

Seeing that Bai Qi was lost in thought and stopped answering, the burly general didn't delay any longer, and urged the Paoze brothers who were packing their bags to be quicker.

Suddenly, there was the sound of rolling horseshoes, and the direction they came from quickly moved from far to near.

The burly general calmed down and listened for a moment, then frowned: there were no fewer than thirty riders, and the scouts he deployed in the rear were less than 30.

"Emergency assembly!"

He pressed his left hand on the saber, raised his right hand high and shouted.

As soon as the words fell, all the red-clothed soldiers in the camp immediately put down their work and took out their armors to put on each other.

By the time the sound of horseshoes approached the temporary camp with guns, two battalions and a thousand well-armored red-clothed soldiers had already assembled.

"Call..."

When the visitors approached the camp within [-] feet, they started to rein in their horses. From a distance of nearly [-] meters, the burly general saw that this sturdy cavalry was also the king's army of Xuanqi Xuanjia, but he couldn't see the banner, and the burly general also It is not sure whether the person who came here is his brother.

"Brother in front, what part is it?"

The person coming from a hundred meters away shouted loudly.

The burly general pondered for a moment, then responded: "I am Tian Zang, the commander of the [-]th regiment of the Red Army Corps, the brother in front, which part?"

"It turned out to be the chief of the Second Red Division. The small school is Yang Xi, the battalion commander of the first reinforced battalion of the Longxiang Division. Our division commander mentioned earlier that Mr. Wu owed him a meal of wine and meat!"

The burly general grinned, as Wu Guang's confidant, he also knew about it.

Seeing the raised hand slightly clenched into a fist, the thousands of red-clothed soldiers who were waiting in full force gradually relaxed.

He responded loudly: "Mr. Guan's Zhuifeng has never suffered in the hands of Mr. Wu. He has eaten better than us!"

"Hahaha……"

Hearing the sound from that side, he also confirmed the identity of the burly general, and he laughed and rode over to him.

The burly general also came out to greet him with a pair of short soldiers... He was also a little curious, what did Master Long Xiang and his brothers do here!
Normally, a small group of soldiers and horses like them who perform missions alone should not get together when they meet in the wild, not only to prevent being deceived by the enemy's disguised brothers, but also to prevent the mission from being leaked.

The two groups of soldiers and horses approached, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, the burly general asked first: "Brother Yang, isn't your main force still in Jizhou? Why are you here? Also, when we meet in the wild, how can you come up against military discipline? "

Yang Xi bowed his hands in shame: "Excuse me, Head Tian, ​​the small school's escort mission accidentally discovered Head Tian's secret post, and I was worried, so I came here to take a look..."

The burly general was surprised and said, "You are also carrying out the escort mission?"

Yang Xi was also stunned when he heard this: "Why, you too?"

The burly general nodded: "Who are you escorting? Han Xin of Youzhou?"

Yang Xi shook his head again and again: "No, that guy Han Xin committed suicide the day he was defeated, and we escorted Li Mu, the general of Ji Zhou who was handed over by the Xiang family army, and I heard that he was also the one that the king asked for, where is Captain Tian? "

The burly general replied: "We are escorting the enemy general Bai Qi in the Battle of Hangu Pass..."

(End of this chapter)