Chapter 558 Moral Bottom Line

Youzhou, Shanggu County, Zhuolu County

Qin Heng and Sun Ming finished discussing the matter and went to order all the troops and horses, leaving Sun Ming and others to have a feast here to replenish their physical strength.

An hour later, on the way back to Yanmen,

Two teams of Pingzhou soldiers marched silently in the snowy night,

The soldier at the front held a small shovel to clear the way, and quickly cleaned and adjusted any unevenness to make it easier for those behind to move forward.

Sun Ming, Qin Heng and others walked in the middle, and at the end were soldiers pushing carts and wheelbarrows.

Sun Congyi looked at the small shovel in the hands of the soldiers in front and was amazed, and his expression was even more eager to try.

Sun Ming looked at this scene in a daze. He experienced Pingzhou speed for the first time. This was so efficient.

"General Sun, we are the advance force. The tools brought by the soldiers are convenient for us to move the wounded soldiers." Qin Heng and Sun Ming said.

"Um, General Qin Heng, don't you bring any food and grass?" Sun Ming explained with some embarrassment, "The imperial court's food and grass are no longer available, and Yanmen doesn't have much food and grass left."

Qin Heng replied, "We have brought enough dry food for two meals. Tomorrow morning, there will be a baggage team delivering a batch of food and grass to Yanmen and Daijun."

The ones from Yanmen are smaller, enough to feed the entire army for three to five days, and the ones from Daijun will always be available.

They had just discussed that the Sun Army would withdraw first, and the Pingzhou Army that took over would use three days to break up the rear and inflict a heavy blow on Xianbei.

When the whole team reached a fork in the road, they separated into a team of 300 people, led by Sun Congyi and assisted by Le Lin, and headed towards Dai County.

After all, only Sun Ming and others knew about the switch to the camp. The Sun family's eldest son, Erlang, and even the entire Dai County did not know about it yet. Sun Congyi needed to inform him.

At five o'clock in the morning, they returned to Yanmen.

Their defensive switch this time is secret, so the noise needs to be as small as possible.

As the captain, Yuan Datou had to remind those boys who usually made a fuss, "Listen up, quietly enter the village later, and don't make any big noise for me!"

Snap!

A burly man appeared behind him and whispered, "Who are you?"

"Brother--" Yuan Datou looked aggrieved at the sworn brother.

Looking at this scene, the soldiers below were all snickering and shrugging their shoulders.

"Okay, let's get to work!"

Zheng Hu is a captain of the Sun Jiajun. He will always remember the experience of guarding Yanmen in the third and fourth years of Tianhe.

Their Sun family army went north to fight against the Hu in the late summer and early autumn of the third year of Tianhe. Those months were really the most difficult years in his military career. Food and grass were not available, cold-resistant materials were in short supply, and there was no hope of survival in the entire war. He was also injured at the time. He once thought he would die in the spring of Tianhe four years.

Everything changed on that cold night. He was wearing the thickest clothes he owned and covered with a thin quilt. He endured the cold and slept unsteadily. Then he was shaken awake at the fifth watch.

He opened his eyes and saw the familiar Shangguan Muye, "General?"

Makino signaled him to be quiet, "Shh, don't talk. Get up and take your belongings with you. We are about to move."

Transfer? Where to go? Zheng Hu was confused, but he still obeyed his words and got up with his help. He didn't have much belongings, so he packed up his bedding as soon as he rolled it up.

Then, outside the wounded barracks, he saw countless cars parked there in an orderly manner, including wheelbarrows and carts, with a layer of straw spread on them, and the wounded were being loaded onto the cars one after another.

General Mu led him to a wheelbarrow and said, "Lie down on it." Then he brought a quilt and said, "Cover him, don't freeze."

Zheng Hu was full of doubts.

His doubts were not answered until he reached his destination.

After Makino saw the wounded being carried to the car, he ordered the evacuation.

The wounded lay in the car and were pushed away by the healthy Pao Ze. They had very little possessions and took almost everything with them.

Seeing this scene, Makino felt inexplicably ashamed.

Ma Jin waved, "Let's go, let's leave the rest to us."

In the quiet snowy night, they moved so quietly.

Southland

Xie Zhan received the decree from the imperial court to appoint him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Horses, and his subordinates were all overjoyed.

Xie Zhan is calm. Now he has several large armies at his disposal. It doesn't matter whether the military commander is sealed or not. There are no added benefits.

The army to encircle and suppress King Jin had already set off, led by Dong Guowei.

Xie Zhan will then go to the East China Sea. In the north of the East China Sea, there are Pingzhou soldiers led by Qin Zhao. During this period, they have been stationary, making people confused about their intentions. He is worried that Dong Guowei cannot handle it.

Before that, he wanted to talk to Dong Jichuan.

Dong Jichuan is capable, and he wants to use it for his own use.

So he asked people to invite Dong Jichuan.

When Dong Jichuan arrived, he and Xie Zhan were the only two people in the outer study.

Xie Zhan asked him to sit opposite him.

After Dong Jichuan sat down, Xie Zhan personally poured him a cup of tea, "King Cheng has been executed. What are Mr. Dong's plans next?"

Dong Jichuan stretched out his right hand, put his five fingers together, and tapped the table three times with the center of his fist downward.

Facing Xie Zhan's question, Dong Jichuan pondered for a moment and said tentatively, "Mr.

Xie Zhan paused while drinking tea and sighed, "Mr. Dong, I can understand that Mr. Dong is a little discouraged now. But now the Xianbei Hulu are ambitious and rebellions are rampant in the country. I am determined to drive out the Hulu and put down the rebellion. Sir, you have the talent to help the world. Please help me and give the people of Dali a clear sky."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for overestimating me. Dong has little talent and little knowledge and is not worthy of such a big post." Dong Jichuan waved his hands repeatedly.

He knew that Xie Zhan wanted to recruit him, but he didn't really want to join him.

In the past few days when he was invited to the Xie Mansion as a guest, he seemed to be doing nothing. In fact, he had already thought about the current situation in his heart, and by the way, he had also picked up the leaders of various forces.

The first is Song Mo, the emperor of Dali. His behavior of throwing away his ministers is really chilling.

Although Xie Zhan is very capable, his reputation is a bit mixed.

Although he has never been to Pingzhou. But Lu Songli, the leader of Pingzhou, has managed his reputation very well, and his ability is not low. Just look at the development of Pingzhou, and you will know that steady progress has become a climate.

Although Xie Zhan returned to the court, he was now appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Horses, and he also had full power over the government and the public.

As a subordinate, in fact, from the bottom of my heart, I still hope that my superior's moral bottom line will be higher.

"Sir, don't belittle yourself. The country is facing a crisis. Please show mercy to all the people in the world."

This hat was a bit too big, so Dong Jichuan could only emphasize that he had no intention of pursuing an official career or making achievements, and just wanted to live a life like a leisurely cloud and wild crane.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, forceful melons are not sweet, especially for counselors like us. You should understand this truth." Dong Jichuan reminded and refused in a subtle way.

When the Xie and Zhao families were exiled to the Southland, the Chen family, one of the six great families, forced him to do so. What happened in the end?

If he is reluctant to be a counselor, he may end up on the same path as the Chen family.

Xie Zhan saw that he was resolute, so he had no choice but to give up, "That's fine, but the country is in chaos now. Mr. Dong, please settle down in the south for now. When you change your mind, send someone to say that I will be waiting for you."

After Xie Zhan finished speaking, he picked up the tea. It was impossible for him to let Dong Jichuan leave, because he might run to Pingzhou, and he wanted to kill this possibility in the cradle.

Dong Jichuan had no choice but to say, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your understanding."