Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 110
Zhang Xutuo, dressed in iron armor, sat astride his horse, facing the wind and looking at Zhangqiu County in front of him.

The county seat was not far ahead, but what made him stop was the headposts on both sides of the thousand-step road in front of the county seat.

There was still a lingering stench of blood in the air.

Jia Wuben rode over and stopped beside him.

"Juncheng, Zhangqiu County was settled overnight as a rebellious internal thief, and it suppressed [-] rebels. It's really a good job. Just by looking at the heads of thousands of people passing by, you can know the ruthlessness of Zhangqiu City."

"Is it okay if you don't be ruthless?" Zhang Xutuo raised his eyebrows, "I just don't know who ordered this headpost to be erected."

"It's County Magistrate Zhang Yichen!"

"I didn't expect him to be so cruel at such a young age as a son of a noble family who was born as a Jinshi. It's quite remarkable."

"The entire county government in Zhangqiu County was overthrown this time, and only Zhang Yichen survived, which is very rare."

Jia Runpu galloped forward with a knife in his hand, rolled the saddle in front of the horse, fell off the horse, and knelt down on one knee.

"Captain Zhangqiu, Jia Runpu, sees the Prime Minister!"

"You still have the face to see me?" Zhang Xutuo raised his eyebrows, "Is your county barracks all decorations?"

"Humble and incompetent, I ask the county magistrate to surrender."

"The first general is incompetent, exhausting the entire army. You have been with me for many years, and you have some credit. I originally asked you to come to Zhangqiu to be the sole leader, hoping that you could make achievements, but the result disappointed me. You have a battalion in your hands. Five hundred county soldiers, and five township regiments, but they didn't even realize that the county was colluding with thieves and bandits to do chaos. The city gate, but you still want Luo Cheng's Xiangyong to help you take it back."

"The thieves are approaching the city, and you have to rely on Luo Cheng's brother to defeat the enemy for you. I am really ashamed of you."

Jia Runpu's face turned red when he was told, and he did not dare to lift his head.

"Do you know how the brothers in the county city pass you on now? You have become a joke of my county soldiers in Qi County. Even the prefect told me that since the county soldiers are so useless, why bother to waste money and money?" How do you ask me to answer the preparation of food?"

"Humble and incompetent, dragging down the county magistrate."

Jia Wuben stepped forward and kicked his son, "Useless trash, why don't you hurry up and ask yourself to resign, go back to Juncheng and be an honest bodyguard."

"Yes." Jia Runpulian claimed yes.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "What about Luo Cheng, why didn't you see him?"

"Go back to Juncheng, Luo Cheng went back to Changbai Township today to accept the newly recruited township youths, and he will probably come back after accepting them."

"After the two thieves Wang Bo and Wang Yong left that night, did you send scouts to follow them?" Zhang Xutuo asked again.

"I sent a group of people, but ten of them went, and only three came back. The two thieves, Wang Bo and Wang Yong, had been on guard for a long time. The people in the county barracks were inexperienced. They were ambushed by them and almost disappeared."

Jia Wu yelled again angrily, "Waste, your Zhangqiu barracks are full of waste, why don't you die as a county captain? Can't you follow it yourself?"

Jia Runpu was so scolded that he didn't even dare to raise his head and fight back.

"Forget it, I didn't expect you to do anything." Zhang Xutuo stopped Jia Wuben.

at this time.

Luo Cheng returned home.

The third son, Siye, swaggered, but he still hurt a little, so Luo Cheng simply let him go home and take care of him for a while.

In addition, Lao Si led people to recapture Dongcheng that night. Although the battle was fruitful, several Xiangyongs died.These were all fellow youths from Changbai Township, and Luo Cheng personally sent their bodies home.

For each boy who died in battle, he gave [-] guan of pension and [-] guan of funeral expenses, which the county government thought was too much.But Luo Cheng insisted on giving so much, and in the end Zhang Yichen saved face and took out money from the confiscated thief's money to pay.

Luo Cheng also had brand new clothes tailored for each of the young men who died in battle, washed them clean, put on new clothes, and then each chose a good coffin.

They set off from the county seat, and the youths of the township regiment took turns to carry the coffins of several fallen comrades back to their homes.

Every time they went to a house, they were greeted with crying and shouting.

A boy of thirteen or fourteen was exactly the age of a flower, but he just disappeared.

Those gray-haired mothers were crying so much that Luo Cheng was also in grief.

From the day the team was pulled up, he knew that these lively teenagers would have this day.

"Auntie, they sacrificed their lives for the country and died by killing thieves. Their deaths are more important than Mount Tai. They saved the people of a county and countless families."

"But my Heiwa is dead, dead." Huabai's mother cried so heartbroken that it made people cry.

"Auntie, the county and the township regiment gave them [-] guan as pension and burial expenses, and also changed them into a new set of clothes, shoes and socks, so that they can leave clean and dignified."

"Also, I wrote an epitaph for them all, and Hei Wa has it too."

For many villagers, dying before the age of 50 is regarded as premature death and short life, and they are not even allowed to enter the ancestral hall.And people who didn't even have a family and no children died, and they didn't even have the qualifications to erect a monument.

They are short-lived ghosts. They dig a pit and pile up a grave at random. After many years, there are no descendants to worship, and they are gradually forgotten by people and become lonely ghosts.

"My Heiwa, I didn't even become a human being, but I lost my life as a soldier and murdered a thief for you."

"Auntie, I have a proposal. Our township group will find some young orphans to raise. They will be named under the names of these fallen brothers and become their adopted sons. Our township group is responsible for the cost of raising them. You can You can raise them yourself, or let us raise them, it’s fine, in the future when they grow up, they will also be their sons, so they can have successors, and in Qingming, someone will burn incense and sacrifice for them, what do you think?”

Luo Cheng came up with this point after thinking for a long time.

People in this era pay more attention to passing on the family line and continuing the incense.Ordinary people, if they have nothing to do, will find their nephews and nephews of the same clan to succeed them.And these thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys are too young, and generally they can only be regarded as premature deaths.

In this era, there will still be many orphans and beggars. You can send someone to find them, or you can just ask someone to buy them.

Luo Cheng felt that this was the only thing he could do to raise a child for those who died in battle to inherit their incense.

Although, this may be a lot of expenses, after all, it is not easy to raise a child, but it is even more difficult to raise a group.Especially if we start this way now, I'm afraid there will be more and more children to raise in the future.

Some people from the township group also suggested that it would be very difficult, but in the end Luo Cheng decided to do it.

If he didn't do this, he felt that he would be sorry for these young lives.

The various families accepted the money, but they were not very willing to adopt a child.Maybe it's because it costs a lot to raise children, or maybe it's because there are many children in the family and life is difficult.

In the end, Luo Cheng decided that these children should still be raised collectively by the township group, and let the children be named under the names of the young men who died in battle and become their heirs.

"We will raise their children. Hei Wa and the others will not become lonely ghosts without sacrifices. I, Luo Cheng, will do what I say!"

(End of this chapter)