From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 633

"The Guyuan army will dispatch 30,000 elite troops to Ningxia in the north to join the Ningxia Town army, and then march northeast out of the city to Shajing to join me."

"In war, timing is important. We must march lightly and at full speed. Those who slack off will be punished by military law."

The first letter was sent to Guyuan Town.

"The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties. Sabdan, whose supply line was cut off, has no intention of fighting again and must retreat north to Ludu."

"Five military camps are interspersed and blocked to limit the speed of the opponent's retreat. Sabdan is short of food and grass and dares not fight. He should not go to Ludu, but go directly north to Saynshand."

"The 40,000 cavalry of the Khoshut tribe should rush to Saynshand as quickly as possible to completely cut off Sabdan's retreat."

"According to the time, our Northwest Army of the Great Jin will set out on October 14, station in Shajing on October 18, pursue northward, and reach Ludu on October 25."

"On the first day of November, in Saynshand, we will encircle and annihilate the Mongolian army. All plans will count down to this."

The second letter was sent to Yijinai.

"Sister Virgin, I miss you too. I hope you can leave early and meet me at Shajing."

"This time we will witness a catastrophe like the collapse of heaven and earth. We will go upstream against the tide of the raging water."

The third letter was still sent to Yijinai.

The fourth letter was sent to Li He.

The fifth letter was sent to Xiang Yong.

"The sixth letter, stay in Datong Town and give it to Min Tianrui."

Zhou Yuan carefully put the letter into the brocade bag, and then climbed the city wall with Zhuang Xuansu.

The war here is over, but for many people, this war will never end.

"Kill me! Please, General! Kill me!"

The shrill and desperate cry attracted a crowd of onlookers.

A soldier with both legs broken at the knees sat on the ground, covered in blood. He grabbed Min Tianrui's sleeve with his left hand and gritted his teeth and said, "General, help me, kill me!"

He also lost his right hand, which was broken at the shoulder.

Many soldiers around lowered their heads and sighed.

Min Tianrui's face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he murmured: "Live, no matter how difficult it is, it's better than death."

The wounded soldier cried loudly. Who doesn't want to live? But if he lives, his family will not receive the death pension, and he will have to pay an extra head tax. He can't farm or serve in the army. Living will only drag down his family.

"General, for the sake of my following you for eleven years... let me be free!"

"I look like this. Living will only hurt people, hurt people! I don't want to be a waste, I don't want to drag down my family."

Who can bear the agile soldier, the pillar of the family, becoming a waste in one day?

This is not an isolated case.

Zhou Yuan looked around and saw that the entire Great Wall was stained with blood. In this scarlet world, countless wounded people wailed and told their pain.

And more people, broken and incomplete, piled up under the tower, or placed on wooden boards, leaving no trace except for the pair of angry eyes still staring.

Who among them is not a filial son in the family? Who is not a good husband, a good father, and a pillar of the family.

Poor bones by the Wuding River, still the dream of the spring boudoir.

Perhaps countless people are waiting for them to go home, but they can't go back, and their families can't wait.

"Use our flesh and blood to build our new Great Wall."

At this moment, this sentence is like a knife, piercing people's hearts.

How many heroes have fallen here in a hundred years of guarding the border. They are insignificant, but they are glorious for thousands of years.

Zhuang Xuansu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Will he die?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Maybe, but not now, but in the future."

"He is disabled and cannot engage in production, but he has to pay the head tax and eat. He may suffer for the rest of his life, or he may not be able to bear it one day and end his life."

Zhuang Xuansu blinked hard, but her eyes were still a little red.

She whispered, "Zhou Yuan, they are clearly protecting this country, why do they have such a tragic end? Those corrupt officials, those arrogant second-generation descendants, are clearly a scourge, why can they always live a carefree life?"

"We are all human beings, all citizens of Dajin, why do heroes live worse than villains?"

Zhou Yuan could not answer this question.

He just remembered that sentence.

Meanness is the pass of meanness, and nobility is the epitaph of nobleness.

He was also filled with emotion in his heart.

Zhuang Xuansu still couldn't help herself, she lowered her head and dared not look at the corpse under the tower, but came to the inside of the tower.

Then, she saw a scene that made her feel mixed emotions.

Countless people had already filled the streets. They came from all over, ragged, pale and thin, but they carried baskets on their backs and carriedHolding a basket filled with steamed buns, fruits, flour, and other things they treasured.

"We won the battle! We won!"

"Soldiers, come and have something to eat! You've worked hard!"

"Datong depends on you! Otherwise, those barbarians will come into the city again."

"How many barbarians did my son kill? Did he make military achievements?"

Zhuang Xuansu's breathing suddenly stopped, her mouth opened wide and she couldn't make a sound, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

She looked back at Zhou Yuan, and couldn't help but throw herself into his arms, hugging him and sobbing.

Zhou Yuan's body was like a mountain, motionless.

Zhuang Xuansu choked and said, "This place is different from Lin'an Prefecture, this place is different from Shenjing, this place is like another world."

"Zhou Yuan, has it always been like this here?"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "For countless years, or in other words, since the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, hundreds of years have been like this."

Zhuang Xuansu seemed to have lost his strength and didn't know what to say.

She was silent for a long time before she murmured, "Living like a human but not like a human, and living like a human but not like a human."

Zhou Yuan said, "People with conscience will be moved by this, and what we should do is not to be moved here, but to change all this."

"Get ready, we are going to the war."

Zhuang Xuansu trembled and said, "Do we still need to fight? So many people have already died..."

Zhou Yuan looked solemn and said coldly, "That's why we have to fight! These hundreds of years of blood, these countless corpses, if Mongolia doesn't have to pay the price, how can I explain to these sacrificed soldiers!"

"Do you know why the land here is yellow with red? This is stained with the blood of the soldiers."

"In order to save blood for our descendants, we must completely extinguish the flame of Mongolia's rise!"

"We must fight them so that they never dare to come again! Only then will there be peace!"

Zhuang Xuansu wiped her tears and gritted her teeth and said, "I will go with you, I will also kill people, I will avenge them."

Zhou Yuan nodded and handed the brocade bag to Min Tianrui.

He smiled softly and said, "Don't open it, keep it close to you, don't lose it, when the time is right, there will be the answer on it."

Min Tianrui was a warrior, he didn't understand this kind of suspense, he said in a daze, "When will it be opened?"

Zhou Yuan said, "You will understand, but I hope you will never have the chance to open it."

"General Min, the blood of the soldiers cannot be shed in vain, I will lead the soldiers to the battle."

"I leave it to you."

There is no war in Datong Town, but there are more uncomfortable things to do than war, such as claiming corpses, treating the wounded, comforting family members, and recruiting soldiers and rebuilding a majestic army.

Why do military generals dislike elegance?

Because the emotions in poetry and songs, the so-called homesickness, the so-called love, the so-called loneliness, the so-called unfulfilled ambitions... Military generals have long been accustomed to them.

In this important frontier town, every soldier is homesick, stronger than anyone else. Their love is the separation between life and death, their loneliness is facing death, and their ambition is to defend the country.

Each of them is a poem, a masterpiece for all ages.

Zhou Yuan left without Zhuang Xuansu, he needed her to stay in the northwest to pass on information.

The armies of Guyuan Town and Ningxia Town gathered, and 60,000 horses marched towards Shajing.

At the same time, in the southwest of Dajin, Xiang Yong sat on horseback and looked back at the gate of Guiyang Prefecture. He was leaving the city he was defending, and he was going to Sichuan to help.

In the southeast, the pirate ship docked, and the short island bandits came up with knives and bared their teeth. This time, their number was greater than before.

Outside Shanhaiguan, Shengjing, Daishan and Abai looked at each other, and headed north with 30,000 cavalry. They wanted to take down the Yehe tribe and completely complete internal unification.

On the shore of Juyan Lake, King Bartu Khan looked to the east with deep eyes and a serious face.

He saw his ideals and ambitions.

"I'm leaving."

Li Yu'an waved at him and chuckled, "King Bartu Khan, Duke Weiguo said he missed me, I want to go see him first."

King Bartu Khan said, "It's safer to stay here and travel with the army, and it's more conducive to the communication between the two sides."

Li Yu'an said, "Of course, I think so too, but he told me to go."

King Bartu Khan frowned and said, "You are a martial arts master, and you are his uncle, but you have to listen to him?"

Li Yu'an covered her mouth and chuckled, "Isn't it a happy thing that there is someone in the world who can make you obedient?"

"I'm tired of living a life where I make my own decisions. He makes decisions for me, and I like it."

"Let's go, King Bartu Khan, I wish you can realize your ideals as soon as possible."

She rode on the horse,Walking side by side with Luo Zhiyuan, heading towards the east.