Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1374
In late April, the captives from northern Shaanxi returned to Luoyang.In order to welcome the representatives of these expeditionary soldiers to return to the country, Xingtai deliberately stopped for one day, and everyone from General Shen to Luo came out to welcome them.

After all, this should be regarded as the first time since the establishment of Xingtai, Weiyuan fell to the side and returned to the teacher after victory.In the past, whether it was Longyou or Liao land, it was the homeland of Zhu Xia, which was recovered rather than created.

On this day, many people from inside and outside the city of Luoyang helped to watch the ceremony, eager to appreciate the heroic appearance of these warriors riding on Yinshan Mountain.

But at this point, the people will be disappointed, because what appears in their field of vision is not a majestic and arrogant army.

On the contrary, at first glance, this team of about [-] people looks a bit depressed. They don't even have basic armor, they just wear ordinary linen clothes, and there are many people who are lying or lying on the ground. When driving, even in the walking queue, there are many rickety attitudes, which makes the queue even more irregular.

Moreover, there are many scars distributed on the exposed hands and faces of these soldiers, which looks terrifying.Such is the aura revealed by the whole team, it is more similar to a team of refugees, and it is far from the majestic and heroic appearance that people expect from a king.There are hundreds of carts in front of and behind the special team, some carrying wounded soldiers, while others are stacked with huge cages, which makes the crowd of people walking in disorder less noticeable.

"What's going on here? Didn't it mean that Wang Shi won a big victory at the frontier and revived the old county of Shuofang?"

"Many of these soldiers are wounded..."

The onlookers were chattering a lot, and General Shen, who had been waiting in the square outside the old Luojun city, stood up and left their seats when they saw the team approaching. Welcome up.

Walking at the front of the team was a young soldier with a weak crown aged eighteen or nineteen. He was completely plain, with large scars left by frostbite on his hands and face. The young soldier supported him on foot The coffin on the carriage moved slowly.

"General, this one is the virtuous young man of General Xue Tao's family."

When General Shen approached the front, some people who were in charge of escorting and offering captives had already walked out of the team to make introductions.

When Shen Zhezi traveled across Hedong in the past, he met Xue Tao's son Xue Qiang, but the image in his memory was different from the silent and scarred young soldier in front of him when he grew up.

He took another step forward, and Xue Qiang realized it later, hurriedly withdrew his palm resting on the coffin, and hurriedly bowed down: "Mo, Mo will see the general..."

Seeing this, Shen Zhezi felt more emotional in his heart. He raised his hand to stroke Xue Qiang's hair, and said in a concentrated voice: "Birth is a great husband, and death is a heroic soul. I am a peer in the stage. I am grateful. Children don't have to worry about losing their parents. The shade is long. Never be lost."

Hearing the general's words, Xue Qiang, whose grief had already settled down on the way home, once again burst into grief, wept again, and kowtowed: "There is no repayment for a special favor, and there is no regret in a deadly battle! The martyrs are gone, and there will be no successors Jue, Hedong Zhuang, bravely serve the general!"

"The martyrs are gone, and the successors will continue!"

The soldiers in the ranks kowtowed on the ground, although the tone was not high-pitched, but the determination made the faces of those who heard it change, and they felt that the spirit of Xingtai Wang Shihan's bravery was already deep in his bones, and it was not affected by his appearance. Discount.

Shen Zhezi took a few steps back, then spread his arms, bowed deeply to these triumphant but scarred soldiers, and opened his mouth loudly, "Love and righteousness, engraved in the heart! In the coming year, the Northern Expedition will be successful, the prosperity will be reshaped, and the battle formation will be rebuilt." If there is one disabled person who is lonely and helpless, Shen Weizhou will be hated by everyone!"

Afterwards, the official presentation of the captured and beheaded prisoners was opened one by one, and a large number of processed heads were placed in piles on the square outside the military city. The slightly unsophisticated figures of the disabled soldiers formed a sharp contrast.

"Master Wang Zhuangwu!"

The cheers of the people around the square sounded one after another, and some of them were slightly naive roars. The students of the academy, such as Shen Xun, have always flaunted heroes and beauty. How could they miss the ceremony on such an occasion.

What's more, for this prisoner presenting ceremony, the museum is still closed for one day, just to let these ignorant school children see clearly that the reason why they can study and play in peace and happiness is precisely because there are thousands of them. Master Wang's soldiers used their lives to prevent disasters for them, and propped up a world of prosperity and comfort!

Xingtai officials such as Du He and others, because they knew more inside information, didn't have much feeling for the beheading piled up in the hills, but when the steles and ancient relics from Shuofang, Jiuyuan and other places in the cage were carried out one by one for display In the past, it was difficult for them to remain calm. They stepped forward and carefully stroked the stones with rough surfaces and blurred writing, and their eyes were already full of splendor.

"The revival of the Xia, the mighty power of the universe, the use of martial arts on all sides, from the beginning of my generation! The dead are heroic, the living encourage each other, the six barbarians are ugly, and there will be no more rampant!"

Because there will be a real war to start later, the soldiers who return to Luo to offer prisoners this time are mainly the disabled who have lost the ability to fight.And this time, the disabled soldiers are not only the two thousand or so soldiers in front of them, but the others either died of injuries or were resettled in the nearby counties and counties in Beidi.

This battle is powerful, but it also exposes many shortcomings of Wang Shi, and the main reason for these shortcomings is that the rise of Xingtai Wang Shi is still short, and the accumulation of background is not deep, because he has fought in Zhuxia for a long time. , can not adapt to more combat environments.In the future, if you want to truly attack the six barbarians and deter the world, you still need to continue to accumulate, and it is not short-term success.

Although this group of disabled soldiers could no longer continue to fight against the enemy, they were still a huge and precious asset to Xingtai.What they have learned along the way during their expeditions can greatly enrich the blank and blind spots in Xingtai's grasp of the frontier situation. Even the bitter cold they suffered will become a difficult problem that needs to be overcome in the future, providing a more comprehensive solution for the successors. Assure.

These disabled soldiers had a hard journey and were injured and sick, so they should not be harassed by complicated etiquette, so they were placed in the old Los Army City first, and handed over to the medical team of the Engineering Academy led by Ge Hong for diagnosis, treatment and care. Not only is it necessary to heal these injured people, but more importantly, it is necessary to extract simple and effective anti-cold measures.

Among the captives offered, there were no real captives at all. It wasn't that Wang Shi was so fierce that he would kill them all and never keep any captives, but that those captives were directly collected in northern Shaanxi on the spot and used for labor consumption in the subsequent war.

Those leaders collected checkpoints from relevant officials of their own travel platforms, which served as certificates for conferring rewards.As for the steles and ancient relics, they are temporarily stored in the Xinshi Museum, and the textual research documents of the erudite and general ancient scholars in the pavilion are collected to fill the collection.

In addition to these harvests, there are more than a dozen carts loaded with the geographical information of mountains and rivers collected by many masters during the journey, as well as various products on the frontier, including earth, rocks, vegetation, and animals.

All these things will be handed over to the Academy of Engineering for collection.Today's Academy of Engineering has formed a very rigorous Gephysics, a deep understanding of physics, and a wide range of applications.Through the research on these properties on the fortress, try to dig out the use and hidden value of these properties, so that the future frontier affairs will not only be limited to the attack on the barbarians, but also have definite and predictable returns .

Prestige at the frontier and far away is the demeanor of a powerful empire, but without the drive of profit, it will be difficult for this kind of offensive expedition to obtain a long-term stable and lasting fulcrum.The superior farming foundation of Zhuxia’s homeland is not only a unique guarantee, but also a natural limitation, which is enough for farming and weaving, and lazy to seek outside.

The project of discovering the untapped value of things and collecting four sides to supplement China began after the establishment of stable business and trade with Liaodong. The Engineering Institute spends a lot of money every year to acquire many seemingly useless products in the frontier and barren regions.As long as there is a little harvest, it is not just a little bit of technological progress, but also the firm reason Wang Shibingfeng pointed out.

After that, all kinds of affairs will be followed up by relevant personnel.After burying Xue Tao and other soldiers who died in battle in Beimangao Garden, Shen Zhezi summoned Xue Qiang to the altar and explained to him the reason why Xue Tao has not been formally named Ai Rong.

"Currently going to the stage, we are still trying our best to prepare for the first battle in Hebei. The personnel and material resources are not calm, because there are many new achievements, and they are not recorded. After the Northern Expedition, all kinds of awards will be made known to the world."

Not only the northern part of Shaanxi, but even last year's feats in southern Hebei, including the Fenwu Army's attack on Xiangguo, have not been conferred by Xingtai for the time being.On the one hand, it is naturally due to what Shen Zhezi said, the lack of manpower and calmness.As for the other side, it has profound meaning and cannot be discussed in detail.

Xue Qiang didn't feel any impatience or disappointment about this, he just kowtowed to hope to win his favor: "Hedong Erlang did nothing to repay the general's kindness in the battle. He didn't dare to fight for his reputation for fear of hurting morale. The folks and elders have a deep blood feud, and the only way to avenge the blood is to capture the blood! I beg the general not to abandon the eagle claws, and allow this lonely body to follow the army and kill the thief!"

Hearing Xue Qiang's request, Shen Zhezi was somewhat hesitant. From the bottom of his heart, he did intend to slightly suppress the power of Hedong Township, and Xue Tao's death in battle was indeed beyond his expectation.Now that Xue Tao is newly mourned, it is too unreasonable for his son-in-law to take the risk again.

But Xue Qiang's desire to fight was so hot that Shen Zhezi couldn't bear to refuse. After pondering for a moment, he said: "At present, a new secret pavilion will be formed in Taiwan, and all the young and strong in the country will be honed with the army. Your father entrusted me with my life, and I must not send him lightly." Heir blood wanders the risk of life and death, you enter the secret pavilion first, come in and out with me, first strengthen your talents, and then try to revitalize your family. Let’s not mention the troubles of rebellion for the time being, and the wolves will rely on you. Young and strong, do your best for me!"

Xue Qiang also knows that he is still immature at the moment, and he is very grateful for the arrangement of the general.

After busying with the offering of captives in northern Shaanxi, Hebei Yongbing had already completed the preliminary preparations. Wang Shi's troops crossed the river separately, and Shen Zhezi was also busy arranging the matter of staying behind on the platform, and then went to Fangtou to supervise the battle in person.

And at this critical moment, something happened again in Liao: the Murong tribe in Liaodong returned to the Jie Kingdom, and the leader Murong Hao officially accepted the Jie Lord Shihu as the King of Yan!
(End of this chapter)