Song Xiance got out of the cabin, stood at the bow of the boat and asked the man not far away: "You are the rear army joining the army Lian Ji" The man was shocked when he heard this, turned around and ran.Song Xiance shouted: "Don't run, I'm Song Xiance" The man stopped, turned around to distinguish carefully, and then took a few steps forward and said: "Sure enough, how is the military division here" Song Xiance looked around, and there were also several ships moored in the dark shadows nearby, and light and shadow were revealed in the cabin.He said to the man: "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk about it."
Lian Ji got on the boat, and the painting boat that followed Song Xiance, Wang Shuo's voice had also woken up.He also had an impression of Lian Ji, at this time, under the candlelight, but saw him in rags, like a beggar.Lian Ji also recognized Wang Shuo, and asked at the moment: "General Wang is also injured, why don't you go west and come here" Song Xiance asked him to sit down first, took out dry food for him to eat, and poured him a bowl of water.Lian Ji was hungry, so he didn't care about it, so he devoured the dry food and drank the bowl of water.Song Xiance said: "You cushion first, and then they will buy food, and we will eat together."
Lian Ji agreed repeatedly.Song Xiance asked him at this time: "How did you get here" Lian Ji said with tears rolling down his eyes: "The rear army has killed all the Tartar cavalry in Shahe, more than 10,000 brothers, corpses are all over the field" He choked up when he said this.After a while, seeing that he had stabilized his mood, Song Xiance said, "Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Lian Ji told the story of the battles between Dingzhou and Zhending, and then said: "I escaped death, I was disheartened, and I didn't want to follow Your Majesty.I wanted to come to Tianjin to seek refuge with friends, but I didn't find it.I thought that I was waiting for the boat to go west here, and there were fellow villagers who could take me a ride back to my hometown in Shaanxi. ”Song Xiance asked: "Why don't you want to follow Your Majesty" Lian Ji smiled bitterly: "Haven't you also escaped, Your Majesty's brutal temperament has not changed, our Shaanxi Army, as well as those Henan Army that you follow Your Majesty, will die sooner or later, and there will be no one left.Unexpectedly, His Majesty insisted on going his own way, the people's hearts were lost, and everyone rebelled and left.Even the people of Hebei hate us, what kind of strength do we have to fight General Gu Kecheng was dying, and shouted to his subordinates, you must go home, go home, he blocked the enemy for his brothers, that is, he wanted the sons to save their lives and go back to their hometown, but everyone left their lives on the great plain, and they could never go home again."
For a long time, only Lian Ji's whining cry was heard in the boat, and there was no other movement.After Lian Ji stopped crying, Wang Shuo asked: "King Chuang returned to Shanxi, did you bring all the baggage" Lian Ji said: "Your Majesty is in a hurry to evacuate, and the baggage is behind the army, and he didn't follow."
The money and grain, as well as the women collected in His Majesty's palace, had just left the city of Beijing, and before they had gone far, they were caught up by the enemy and taken captive, and they did not reach the Zhending camp at all. ”And so it was.Chongzhen accumulated his belongings and fed Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Li Zicheng looted the property and finally gave it to Dolgon for nothing.And these treasures were created by the blood and sweat of the people of the Central Plains, but they became the capital of the warlords' melee.Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh: "The people are suffering, the people are suffering, and when Lao Tzu comes back one day, I want these people to repay their sins twice as much and be slaves to the people for a lifetime" Lian Ji looked at Wang Shuo in surprise.Song Xiance said: "This, originally you only knew that he was General Zuo Guoyi, but now I can tell you the truth, he is the Jinmachao in the northwest, the general who guards the land."
Then he said: "The general has benevolence and righteousness in his heart, and loves the people like a son.General Li Yan and I have decided to follow the general, and you will follow the general. ”Lian Ji got up from his chair, then knelt on the ground and said: "I have heard that the general is loved by all the people in the northwest, and the land law and election order have allowed the people of Longzhong to live a good life.Lian Ji went home this time, just to go to the general, and beg the general to take him in" Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Get up."
You come to vote for me, and I can't ask for it.We in the northwest have long stopped kneeling these old rules, pay attention to the equality of everyone, you get up quickly. ”Lian Ji got up and said: "After Yongping flooded the enemy army, many of the rear army sons and daughters have already guessed that you are a general.They said that there would be no second person in the world who could use soldiers like a god like this, except for the general of the northwest garrison. ”Song Xiance raised his face and asked, "Is that really what everyone said?"
Lian Ji said: "That's really the case."
Everyone said, the general broke Xining, refused to congratulate Jin, accepted Xin Sizhong, and kept the party to keep the plain, which battle was fought skillfully, and the four or two were thousands of catties.In addition to the general, who still has the ability Your Majesty has fought such a beautiful battle Besides, under the city of Yongping, a thousand cavalry troops defeated 10,000 enemy troops, except for the general, who has the courage to do this" Song Xiance said impatiently: "Okay, okay."
Flooding the enemy army is my strategy, how can I go to him, am I Song Xiance just a waste" and then complained to Wang Shuo: "It's really people who are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, you have a big reputation, all good things are yours, mine is also yours, this will be the future historian to write history, wouldn't it bury the name of someone in Song" Wang Shuo shook his head and smiled: "Why are you better at everything, even if this credit is yours, don't be so anxious" Song Xiance said: "What do you mean even if it is mine, it is mine" instructed Wang Shuodao, "You remember, when you write history in the future, you will write here, and the credit is mine." ”Wang Shuo's face was serious, ignoring Song Xiance's jokes, and asked Lian Jidao: "Those brothers in the rear army, how many are still alive" Lian Ji said: "Even the dead and wounded, plus those who escaped, there are less than 3,000 people."
Wang Shuo was silent for a long time and said: "They are all good young men, after you return to the northwest with me, you will be responsible for finding them."
Those who died in battle, like the brothers who died in Yongping, enjoy the provisions of our Northwest Military Service Law, and their families will be given bereavement benefits. ”Song Xiance said: "Let's talk about this when we go back."
You hurry up and go to bed now, recuperate your spirits, and don't think about it a lot" It turned out that he was gagging, but he didn't want Lian Ji to continue talking about it, which would affect Wang Shuo's mood.Tianjin and Beijing were so close that the Manchu army could rush here with a word.Wang Shuo's injuries are not getting better quickly, how can he quickly get rid of the enemy army, rush back to the northwest He asked Wang Shuo to rest, called Lian Ji outside the boat, and instructed Li Da to find clothes for Lian Ji to change into, and take him to the back of the boat to rest.Wang Shuo let Lian Ji toss this time, and he really couldn't sleep.Li Zicheng, Dolgon, Shanhaiguan, Yongping to resist the enemy, everything came out of his mind.He must return to the northwest as soon as possible, organize a large army, resist the Manchus, and eliminate this impending catastrophe for the Chinese nation: