Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "I told him that the war has been won and what he can get."

Miao Jin asked again in detail, Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Duke."

Chapter 424 Memories of Governor Liu

Unexpectedly, this freezing rain in early spring lasted for seven or eight days at once.It comes and goes, but the mud of the road never dries.

It turned out that the Central Army of the King of Han expected that they would be able to cover the rest of the road and reach Guizhou City in six or seven days; but until the eighth day of the first lunar month, Liu Ying's troops were still nearly [-] miles away from Guizhou.

In the afternoon of the same day, the army requisitioned a village, and various ministries camped around it.All the houses and eaves in the village are crowded with people, but they can only accommodate a small number of people.Everyone was muddy and exhausted, and they built grass huts and tarpaulin tents on the camp, but finally stopped.

After Liu Ying patrolled the camps of various ministries, although he could see the exhaustion of the soldiers, he believed that the morale of the King of Han Army was not bad at this time, and the brothers could continue to endure it for a while without encountering enemy attacks. .

It was already the seventh day after he parted with the King of Han, and at this time he belatedly and carefully remembered what the King of Han had said to him.

In those words, Liu Ying understood the principles of not being greedy for merit and taking care of the overall situation, and the king of Han said it again to emphasize the strategy.

After the victory, Liu Ying could roughly guess that he would be crowned Duke of the State. After all, punishing crimes and punishing treacherous ministers were just rhetoric. The King of Han was fighting for the throne and not the king.If the King of Han became the emperor, it is impossible for his direct military generals to be without rewards.

For some reason, it was the childhood memories mentioned by King Han at the beginning, which lingered in Liu Ying's mind.That said, the king of Han was very happy when he said that he went to his uncle's house when he was a child.

Gradually, Liu Ying also recalled some things from his childhood.

Back then Liu Ying seldom went to his uncle's house, instead he often went to his aunt's house.My aunt also married a Baihu official, and her Baihu house was only more than ten miles away from Liu Ying's house, maybe twenty miles away, I can't remember clearly.

His aunt has a son who is several years older than Liu Ying and is his old cousin.Liu Ying went to play at her aunt's house and often slept in the same bed with her cousin

Thinking of this, Liu Ying felt her face was hot, and she stretched out her hands to rub her cheeks.He still doesn't know whether the old cousin has a quirk of liking boys, or it's because Liu Ying looked like a girl when she was young.

But Liu Ying thinks he doesn't have this hobby, because he likes beautiful women now.When he thought of what his cousin had done to him, he felt very humiliated, annoyed; and a certain fear!Because he occasionally has a curious idea and wants to try it again!But this kind of thing hurts the face of the man he has always cared about, so every time he has such a thought, he feels very scared.

Liu Ying is a person who cares about self-esteem and face very much.When he grew a girlish appearance when he was young, many people thought he was easy to bully and always made fun of him; at that time Liu Ying would be very fierce, showing that although he looks like a mother, he has a brave heart!

But although he was never willing to admit it, he couldn't lie to himself. He was a person who was strong on the outside but capable on the inside.Fighting when he was a child, and fighting with a hereditary general when he grew up, he was very afraid every time, and he was a very cautious person secretly.

That's why he was even more afraid that his brothers, especially his subordinates, would see through him. In his usual words and deeds, he deliberately showed his radical, brave and fearless side.Even the king of Han believed that he was such a person.

Liu Ying scratched her head, and heard a voice say: "Liu Dudu!" "Meet Liu Dudu!"

When he came back to his senses, he saw a group of soldiers coming out of the hut in front, and they were saluting this way.

"Excuse me." Liu Ying held her head high and put on a look of anger, but she asked kindly, "Brothers, can you continue marching tomorrow?"

One of the young generals clasped his fists and said, "Returning to Dudu Liu, it's a bad road, it's just tiring to walk, there's nothing wrong with it!"

Liu Ying nodded in satisfaction, "What's your name?"

The young general said: "The last general is Yin Desheng, the Yunnan defender Baihu."

Liu Ying looked around and said: "Brothers like Yin Baihu who are not afraid of hardships and dangers are the mainstay of the army. Yin Baihu fought the enemy with all his strength and made meritorious service. I will ask for meritorious service and promote you."

"Liu Dudu will definitely forget about the last general," Yin Desheng said, "In the battle of Taiping Field, the last general was almost sentenced to death by Liu Dudu. Thank you for your mercy."

Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a person, "You were the one who ran first before the battle on the Nanhuokou battlefield?!"

Yin Desheng hurriedly said: "Liu Dudu Mingjian, I really don't blame the last general, otherwise you would not be merciful! Most of the people under the last general's command are recruited by surplus soldiers. They only know how to farm, but they have never Once on the battlefield, it will collapse when you go up.”

Liu Ying felt very embarrassed, just now Fang praised this guy, but he brought up that crap!

"You still have those people under your command now?" Liu Ying asked.

Yin Desheng said: "A lot of soldiers have been changed. In the battle of Taipingchang, the hundred households under the last general's command were defeated first, and then was asked by President Qian to make up for his mistakes. He led his brothers to the front, and more than half of the casualties. Later, we arrived in Chengdu City , Shangfeng has recruited many Sichuan military households for the last general, and these brothers are better than before, but the words are not easy to understand."

"Military law is ruthless, and rewards and punishments are measured! You do it yourself!" Liu Ying said.Then he left here immediately and went to patrol elsewhere.

Yin Desheng clasped his fists and stood in the mud. He waited for the generals to move away before he straightened up and looked at the general's back thoughtfully.

"I can not only farm, but also forge iron." A voice said.

Yin Desheng turned his head to look, and there was a man standing behind him who was half a head taller than Yin Desheng and taller than him. It was Liu Dagen.Everyone in the Hundred Households Team calls him "Old Blacksmith". Liu Dagen is not old, but rather young, but he looks too old and bearded like a middle-aged man.

"Why don't you come to the governor to talk nonsense? It's better to recognize a relative." Yin Desheng said angrily.

Liu Dagen said solemnly: "There are too many people with the surname Liu in the world, I am afraid that Governor Liu will not recognize me."

The surrounding soldiers laughed "hehe".

Yin Desheng cursed again, Liu Dagen had an iron lump in his head, went back to the damp hut, and lay down on the thatched grass on the ground.

This time, although Yin Desheng's right sentry team marched with Liu Dudu, they did not fight with Liu Ying.After they arrived in Guizhou, they stopped moving forward and waited there to prepare to attack the city!

So Yin Desheng was quite honest. He didn't lie in front of the general. He really didn't think that trekking in the mud for a few days was nothing compared to the horror scene in Ananduobang City. It was really not a big deal.

It was still bright outside, but it was very dark inside the low straw hut that was randomly built.Yin Desheng trudged through the mud all day, and fell asleep inadvertently due to fatigue.

After an unknown amount of time, someone called him in dialect: "Yin Baihu, bully!"

Yin Desheng woke up suddenly, only to feel a "thump, thud, thump" in his chest as loud as thunder.He responded, and came out a little confused, and the Sichuan military household next to him asked again: "Is Baihu having a nightmare?"

Yin Desheng nodded, and only then did he feel the chill in early spring, his whole body was cold, but his head was covered with sweat.

The sky outside has gradually dimmed, and the fires are burning everywhere, and there are flames everywhere.Yin Desheng couldn't remember most of the scenes in the dream, but the mountains of corpses, the heads full of arrows and gunshots, and the screams of stumped limbs and broken arms still remained in his mind.

The veteran Liu Dahan who came out from Yunnan died on the battlefield of Taipingchang, but in Yin Desheng's heart, the old man Liu had a good home. There was a coffin and a grave. Those brothers who died in Duobang City were piled up together. Like being slaughtered.

Siege, this time it's siege again!

The next morning, the weather finally cleared up.Liu Ying's troops pulled out their camp early in the morning, the army walked on the official road for nearly half an hour, and the east sun slowly rose.After the rain, the sky is sunny, the air is fresh, and the green hills between the sky and the earth look more and more clear.

Only then did Yin Desheng see that the treetops on the side of the road had sprouted new shoots. Although the weather was still very cold, the breath of spring had already arrived unknowingly.

As soon as the sun shone, the road was completely dried out in the afternoon, and the marching speed of the army began to increase.

On the morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the various units of the former army bypassed Guishan along the official road at the foot of Guishan. Soon after that, Guizhou City appeared in people's sight.Guizhou City is located between Wudang District in the south of Guishan Mountain and Dongfeng Town, so the name of Guizhou also comes from this mountain.

The vanguard has already selected a place to set up camp, and everyone continues to walk eastward, detouring several miles north of Guizhou City; the troops marched in formation, but were not attacked by the defenders out of the city. Perhaps Liu Ying's troops are far more powerful than the Guizhou city guards. The reason for the army.

The right post where Yin Desheng was stationed was to be stationed on both sides of the main road in the east, so as to eliminate the rear threat of the Guizhou defenders to the main force of Liu Ying's troops. With bad luck, most of the military generals have made it to the top, but he is still a hundred.

Yin Desheng now has an inexplicable fear of the city wall, but he can't help but keep looking at the city wall of Guizhou.Seeing that the city of Guizhou is not comparable to the big cities in the mainland, it is not too small, the length of the four walls may be nearly ten miles!The bottom of the city wall is estimated to be a ten-foot-high mosaic of stones, and the top is an earthen wall. From a distance, it looks like a castle built on stones, and it looks very strong!

Everyone arrived at the camp before noon. The mountains around this area are small and the sight is relatively open, so it is difficult to be attacked.Yin Desheng's men and horses were joining the Qian Corps and continued to build a camp on a hillside; the forwards and supply soldiers had already dug trenches, and everyone was going to repair earth walls and fences, and build tents and camps.

The main force of Liu Ying's department took a rest on the main road, and continued eastward after eating.

Yin Desheng was on the hillside next to the official road, watching the queues and the continuous stream of people on the road.Liu Dagen's voice said again: "How far have we traveled? My feet are covered in blisters, so I finally don't have to go!"

Yin Desheng turned his head and glanced at him, and said, "I think, after a while, you will say that I would rather go for a few more days."