of Merit

After all the post-war affairs were arranged almost exactly, Shi Chi's vanguard army was stationed in Fuzhou City, while Feifeng Army entered Xinzhou together with Shi Cundao to rest.

Guo Dingyuan killed his helmet and his armor were tilted and his face was covered with blood. He only collected less than 40,000 people from the left army. The 120,000 troops who had originally left the city lost two-thirds. In this battle, the left army of Honglie Empire was also the most casualties, and many numbers were killed. I looked at these soldiers who fought bloody battles and felt extremely guilty. The left army was taken out of the city.

I rode a slope and said ashamedly: "Brothers, I'm sorry to everyone! I wanted you to live a good life with me, but in the end I caused many brothers to die in a foreign land."

The people below knelt down together, some burst into tears, and some said, "What do you mean by Major General? Soldiers should kill the enemy for the country. If there were no dead brothers, there would be no great victory today. Even if our left army did not leave the city, if others died, our elders would be the same. If you take us to kill Heijis, the dead brothers will rest in peace in the heavenly spirit."

I nodded sadly and said, "Thank you for your understanding. I will definitely seek more pensions for the sacrificed brothers."

Many people below cried and said, "Thank you, Major General." These soldiers are all rough people. They may not feel anything you say to give them any honors. Only this real thing can make them feel warm.

Guo Dingyuan said nervously: "But Major General, our dispatch of troops this time is an act of disobedience. If the old marshal pursues the matter, let alone the pension, he may even be punished."

I said angrily, "Didn't I say it? I will bear the blame. The dead brothers are all heroes. What's the matter with them?"

Shi Cundao happened to pass by us and asked, "What's the matter?"

Guo Dingyuan hesitated and said nothing. Shi Cundao understood his thoughts after observing his words and expressions, and said, "The fallen soldiers of the left army will still be given the same pension. As for you, hum, let's talk about it later!"

I asked: "What is the standard for the court's pension for the dead soldiers?"

Guo Dingyuan said: "According to the rules, each person has 7 taels of silver patterns."

I shook my head and said, "What's the price of 7 taels of silver? I'll be the leader of the court, each person is about 50 taels. The emperor is not short of this little money."

Guo Dingyuan peeked at Shi Cundao, and Shi Cundao shook his whip and said, "Just do it."

I smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry for more people this time, and there is one in Fuzhou City." According to the time, Puqixiong should have woken up early, so why should he scold me now?

Shi Cundao said: "Everyone will come back to the city first." After that, he left alone.

Hundreds of thousands of troops slowly entered the city, but they were already trapped. Shi Cundao ordered the whole army to rest and talked all night. The next morning, I was lifted out of the quilt by two Shi Cundao's personal soldiers. The two stood in front of me with stern faces, watching me put on my clothes and followed me and walked forward like a prisoner. No matter how I smiled at them, the words were nothing more than a tough sentence, "The Marshal ordered us to take you over to see him, and I don't know anything else.

My heart was shocked. Shi Cundao's personal soldiers dared to be so rude to me. It must be that Shi Cundao said something to them. Could it be that my identity has been exposed? Or is it that I disobeyed the order and the old man who left the city wanted to settle the score with me?

I was full of random thoughts and followed two personal soldiers to the central army tent. I could see Shi Cundao below at a glance. Shi Cundao Shi Ding, Stilan Stilwell and Stilzi Stilia brothers were all standing in two rows. Shi Cundao was sitting at the left of Puqixiong. The old man was staring at me fiercely. I was about to come forward to talk, but Shi Cundao said in a deep voice: "There are all people here, we have a meeting!"

I had to stand beside Shi Cundao, with a serious face on his face and slowly speaking: "In the battle yesterday, our army and the Feifeng Army severely damaged the central part of Heijis Wu Si, almost destroying Dan Tailang's army. It is difficult to predict whether to retreat or advance in the Black Forest. But one thing is certain that Heijis will no longer be able to attack in a short period of time. This battle can be said to be a rare victory in our army against the Black Forest. All the generals have made contributions. I am very pleased to ask the emperor for the merits!"

When the others in the tent heard this, they all smiled. Puqixiong listened quietly, while Shi Chi and his son secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The three men sent troops without Shi Cundao's order. According to Shi Cundao's temper, no matter what kind of severe punishment is possible. The old man changed his subject now, and it seemed that he had arranged these things long ago. Since all the generals had made contributions, there would be no reason to punish them again.

Shi Cundao continued: "Yesterday's first contribution should belong to the veteran General Puqixiong."

Puqixiong was surprised and stood forward and said, "This..."

Shi Cundao waved his hand to signal him to go back and said, "I have already conspired with General Zhao of the Kingdom of Women to launch an attack on Heijis. In order to prevent the military information from leaking, he deliberately said the date for one day. Yesterday, the veteran Lipu was properly arranged, which allowed the Feifeng Army to sneak into the Dantai Lang camp smoothly. The soldiers of the left line army fought bravely and worked hard and made great contributions. The veteran Pu was well trained on weekdays."

Puqixiong's face changed, and he wanted to speak but stopped several times, but finally he had to hold his fists and said, "Thank you for the praise of the marshal."

Shi Cundao said: "The second merit is to count the two generals, Xie Zhide and Ding Zhan. They led the central army and Wu Sizhong to fight hard for one night to defeat him. This not only ensures the safety of Fuzhou City and the smooth retreat of the coalition forces, but also makes a great contribution."

These two were generals in Shi Cundao's army. They led their troops out of the city and were all under Shi Cundao's command. What they did was just routine. At this time, a big pie fell from the sky. The two of them looked at each other and bowed in a daze: "Thank you, Marshal, this is the duty of the last general."

Shi Cundao said again: "Schi led his troops to support the coalition forces, attacked decisively, and made great contributions."

Schie said with a red head and a thumping face: "Thank you, Father and Commander." When Stilian and Stilwell heard that, they not only did not hold them accountable, but instead made contributions, and both listened happily.

Shi Cundao continued: "Shi Dong led his troops to defend Lizhou, so that Qin Yiwu could not take advantage of it, and it was also commendable." He pointed out several general names in succession, including Guo Dingyuan, the left army's generals defending the city, and Li Jian and others. In short, everyone was very happy and everyone made contributions. Hong Lie's army won a great victory, and the imperial court rewarded him. Everyone had a share of such a big piece of cake, so naturally everyone was happy and cheered up, and praised the Marshal's magical plan.

Only I knew in my heart that I was afraid of leaking military aircraft and the Feifeng Army conspiring were all about Shi Cundao's own words. As for why he did this, I also understood some of it - I disobeyed from the city and wanted to deal with the military's crimes but not merits. Shi Cundao took everything down!

After the meeting was held, everyone else quit the tent. I quickly ran to Puqixiong and bowed and smiled, saying, "General Pu, please come if you beat or scold me, I'm here to apologize."

Puqixiong stared at his eyes and said, "This is amazing, how did you offend me?"

I bowed repeatedly and said, "I know you are very angry. You just don't bother with me because I am a junior."

Puqixiong stood up and snorted. I knew he should have anger, so he grabbed his hand and said, "When I am free, I will definitely put down my wine and ask the old general for a crime."

Puqixiong waved his hand and said, "How dare I drink your wine?" Finally, he smiled bitterly, "Forget it, the marshal said that I am the first meritorious person, so don't mention this matter again in the future."

I said with a bitter face: "You'd better not forgive me?"

Puqixiong put his hand on my shoulder and said seriously: "I am serious. This matter has ended here. I have said too much to the Marshal's face. His words in the army are imperial edicts, which makes people feel that it is not good for the Marshal to speak nonsense."

I hurriedly said, "Then do you think other generals can guess the truth about the matter?"

Puqixiong said: "Do you think others are fools? Who can't tell anyone with a discerning eye?"

I worried, "What should I do if they say they missed?"

Puqixiong smiled and said, "Everyone is rewarded by greedy for heaven. Who is so unhappy to touch everyone's bad luck? Besides, the marshal also explained to everyone."

"What explanation?"

Puqixiong asked me back, "Who did you think has the greatest contribution to this battle?"

I said in confusion: "Who?"

Puqixiong said, "You! If you didn't lead your troops out of the city to pick up Feifeng's army, there would be no way to start this victory. In the end, you blocked Qin Yiwu's 600,000 cavalry with one person. This is a superb skill that others dare not imagine. However, the Marshal did not mention you, the Sword God. Why is this?"

I continued to wonder, "Why?"

"The Marshal is expressing his opinion to the generals. The mistakes you made and the merits and demerits you made were written off, and the rewards you freed were all given to everyone. Whoever argued about this would be to wipe out everyone's excitement. How can you gain a foothold in the army in the future?"

I suddenly realized that I saw the sky after I cleared the clouds and mists away. While I was secretly feeling that Shi Cundao was so sophisticated and thoughtful. Although he was more involved in protecting the Shi family, the other generals were grateful, but they just gave me up alone. I didn't care about rewarding merits and rewarding these things. Now I have to win more is my wish.

Puqixiong pointed out me and said earnestly at the gate of the big tent: "Dizai, although you have been a little reckless in doing things, fortunately, it has not caused a big mistake. The casualties of the soldiers of the left-wing army have been a little more serious, but from top to bottom, I am still relieved to you. Heijis is powerless to fight in the east. It seems that there will be no war in three or five years. I will be in this position for a year or two and a half. It is okay for you to be kind and tolerant, but you are just careful not to trust others easily. In addition, you are already a qualified general."

These heart-wrenching words made me both ashamed and awkward, but I was still very happy to hear that the war was over. As soon as I sent the old man outside the door, I heard the Insider of the Account say, "Goro, stay."

Puqixiong pushed me and said, "Go, the marshal must have something to say to you, I'll wait for you in Fuzhou City." Stilwell came up and pinched my palm, winked and said, "It seems that my grandfather will not blame you for causing trouble. From now on, the second brother will follow you." Schi said with a stern face: "Anything nonsense, get over here!" As he said, he glared at the sight of him, it seemed that he wanted to scold me a few words, I quickly said, "Everything is arranged by my grandfather. Dad, you should be careful when you speak." Schi couldn't let go of fire, so he had to look at me angrily and left in disappointment. The two personal soldiers at the door of the tent also came over and smiled, "We were also ordered by the marshal before, but didn't scare the major general?"

I spit out my nose and said, "Can you two scare the young master?"

The two of them hurriedly said with a smile: "The Fifth Master said, as long as you breathe a breath, we may fly wherever we are. I would like to say that I would like to thank you for not killing you."

I laughed and walked into the big tent. At this time, there were only Shi Cundao and I in the tent. The old man had already walked off the handsome case and put a pot of cigarettes on his legs and sat cross-legged on the ground. Seeing me coming over and giving me a cigarette puff, I hurriedly caught it. I felt embarrassed when I met in private. I could only smile while smoking. Shi Cundao looked at me deeply, and said, "I heard you said I'm old in front of everyone?"

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After sorting out the subsequent plot, there should be a small climax that everyone would never have imagined...
Chapter completed!