Xu Ping replied loudly without squinting: "Yes, sir, the humble one is Xu Ping."

He Baodao leaned forward and asked in a deep voice: "What I'm asking is: Did you abandon General Zhao Shuize on the battlefield, pretend to be an officer, deceive his colleagues, and transfer him as an officer to command the east coast?"

That Xu Ping from Senying?"

At this time, Jin Shentong had already walked behind He Baodao. He stopped with a sneer and listened to the conversation between the two.

"Yes, sir." Xu Ping immediately replied loudly: "The humble position is that Xu Ping who abandoned General Zhao Shuize on the battlefield, pretended to be an officer, deceived his colleagues, and transferred him as an officer to command the Dongsen Battalion.

"

The person opposite leaned back, seeming a little surprised by Xu Ping's answer.

"Very brave." He Baodao suddenly commented, then leaned forward again and shouted: "How dare you violate military regulations?"

"Because our army wants to win!" Xu Ping looked at the distance behind He Baodao, and his words were both fluent and high-spirited: "I remember, when I was studying various regulations in the teaching team, including military law regulations, every book

The first sentence on the first page of the regulations is: 'The regulations are formulated to instruct officers and soldiers on how to achieve victory, and the implementation of the regulations is for our army to strive for victory.' General Zhao told his subordinates before his death that our army must defend Dezhou in order to

Obtained victory in defeating the rebel army. After General Zhao died for his country, he humbly abandoned General Zhao's body on the battlefield, pretended to be an officer in the Dongsen Camp, and in the name of the officer, transferred the Dongsen Camp to Texas.

, all because we want to win.”

After Xu Ping finished speaking, he shut his mouth tightly and stood on the ground as motionless as a nail.

"Well, you are indeed very courageous." He Baodao looked into Xu Ping's eyes, nodded slightly, and said: "Xu Ping, you have made a mistake, and you have to die three times. Just now, General Xiao Jin found me and said that there is

A little boss has committed a capital crime, so I must try to save his life. I was still very surprised at the time." He Baodao said and looked back at Jin Shentong behind him, who still had that faint expression on his face.

With a smile, He Baodao turned around and continued: "But General Xiao Jin told me that you are a rare talent. You are courageous and knowledgeable. You can still have a clear mind in emergencies and speak coherently. Well, you are indeed good.

"Mr. Xu, the military judges will never accept what you just said. But if it is left to this general to judge, I will say -" He Baodao showed a smile on his face and shook his head. "

You said it very well! Only a great prince can be selfless."

Xu Ping said nothing because he didn't know what to say for a moment.

He Baodao had already seen several soldier witnesses brought by Jin Shentong. He walked slowly in front of Xu Ping and walked towards the Dongsen Battalion soldiers who lined up behind Xu Ping. When these soldiers saw the front-line commander of this dispatch coming,

Suddenly everyone grabbed their weapons tighter and everyone stood up straight.

He Baodao stood in front of the army for a moment, then took another step, letting his loud voice resound over the heads of the soldiers: "On the 29th of the first month of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the two thousand officers and soldiers of Dongsen Camp,

He went to Texas to confront the eight thousand strong bandits of Ji Kou, and fought fiercely for two hours...

"These brothers standing in front of me did not flinch in the face of strong thieves. No matter how critical the situation was, they never left their comrades to survive alone. They fought side by side and together with Naoe, annihilated five thousand thieves." He said.

Seeing the congratulatory sword, he walked back to Xu Ping. He stretched out his hand to untie a rope on the back of his neck, took a bright medal on his chest, held it high and shouted to the Ming soldiers: "This is an outstanding medal."

The medal is the highest honor in our army. It should only belong to the bravest people in our army. Now I want to hand it over to the brave General Xu Ping. Warriors of the New Army, I ask you loudly, is there anyone

Not happy with this?"

Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming Army stared at He Baodao in amazement. The medal he held high in the air shone brightly and dazzlingly in the firelight, dancing in the eyes of every soldier. He Baodao stood holding the medal.

Next to Xu Ping, his eyes slowly swept over the Ming soldiers, and he asked loudly again: "Of these heroes standing in front of my He Bao sword, are any of you dissatisfied with this?"

"No."

"No."

Some Ming soldiers began to respond one after another.

He Baodao seemed not to hear their answers and shouted loudly again: "Which of you is dissatisfied?"

"No."

"No."

More soldiers started shouting.

"Who is dissatisfied?" He Baodao asked for the fourth time.

"No!"

Countless soldiers struggled to answer their commander's questions.

"Who is dissatisfied?" He Baodao waved his arms and repeated the question loudly again and again. His face turned red with the roar: "Who is dissatisfied? Who is dissatisfied?"

"No!"

"No!"

All the soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion stood up straight and shouted fanatically towards He Baodao: "No! No! No!"

The soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, banging their weapons violently and jumping on the ground. Even though He Baodao stopped asking, they still shouted "no" over and over again.

He Baodao took two steps back, walked to Xu Ping, stretched out his hands, hung the medal on Xu Ping's chest, and tied it for him: "The Marquis also tied it on my chest with his own hands in this way.

It's yours now."

Xu Ping's lips were trembling and he couldn't say a word. After tying the medal on him, He Baodao took two big steps back. He looked at the Medal of Excellence on Xu Ping's chest and laughed heartily, then looked towards the Dongsen Camp behind Xu Ping.

The soldier waved his hands: "Cheers for your victory today, and cheers for the brave General Xu Ping."

"The new army is mighty!"

"Xu Ba is always mighty!"

Many people's faces were red and they could no longer shout, but they coughed and waved their arms forward, dancing the weapons in their hands in the air.

After the group of soldiers gradually returned to calm, He Baodao said to Xu Ping: "Mr. Xu, originally your outstanding performance should have been reported to the entire army, but due to your reckless behavior, it is impossible to report it, otherwise it would be just

Encourage violations of regulations. And—”

Following this "and", He Baodao's tone became stern again: "Reward for meritorious deeds, punishment for guilt. The general can spare you the death penalty, but it is impossible not to punish you."

"Ji Zhi——" Xu Ping finally regained the ability to speak and shouted loudly: "Ji Zhi understands! Please punish me."

"Yeah, just understand." He Baodao nodded, then turned to Jin Shentong and asked: "What was your idea just now?"

From the beginning to the end, Jin Shentong had been very calm. After hearing He Baodao's question, he smiled and said, "Let Mr. Xu write a letter of repentance, inform the whole army of the letter of repentance, and promise to never do it again in the future."

"Yes, yes." He Baodao turned around and asked majestically: "Xu Ping, did you hear clearly?"

"As you command, my lord." Xu Ping replied loudly.

"A letter of repentance must be written carefully, every detail, including all battle details," Jin Shentong continued from a distance: "For example, why did I, Xu Ping, pretend to be a general, how to judge the battlefield situation, and under what circumstances to order a counterattack

, details like how to finally repulse the rebel attack."

"Xu Ping, do you understand?" He Baodao asked majestically again: "This is a letter of repentance to be notified to the entire army. It must be written seriously, carefully, profoundly, and touch the soul."

I learned the words from Huang Shi), otherwise I would not be able to pass here."

After he finished speaking, He Baodao could no longer hold his face and laughed like a child.

…

On the 29th of the first month of the 21st year of Chongzhen, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Dongsen Battalion of the New Army fought fiercely with more than 8,000 soldiers of Xiao Bailang and Chen Yuanlong, the rebel armies who were trying to bypass the Ming army's flank, near Dezhou.

When the fighting raged until dusk, the New Army's direct guards rushed to the battlefield. The New Army completely defeated the rebel Xiao Bailang's troops and annihilated nearly five thousand rebels. In the afternoon, they left the battlefield and went straight to Wuqiao in an attempt to outflank the rebel Chen Yuanlong's troops behind the New Army.

, after hearing that the New Army's fire-fighting battalion had recaptured Texas, he fled south overnight, using the darkness to escape the New Army's pursuit and escape the fate of being annihilated.

…

"I heard that the imperial court has decided not to allow our new army to go south for the time being?"

At noon on February 6, in the training camp of the New Army Training Team on the outskirts of the capital, Jiang Yizhou, who was waiting for the meal, chatted about the court's decision on the New Army. He, his sworn brother Yu Shenhe, Lin Guangyi and other people were all there.

On Xu Ping's recommendation list, these meritorious soldiers were selected into the training team to receive officer training.

"Yes." Cao Yun immediately replied: "The Marquis disagrees, of course the emperor still listens to the Marquis."

In the Battle of Texas, although Xu Ping appointed and dismissed a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers without authorization, after the victory, the new army also acquiesced in the military positions of these people. Therefore, the general must first undergo basic tactical training, and the officers who have made meritorious services should also be required to do so according to regulations.

get the chance to be promoted. Now Xu Ping has become the leader of this group of people, and everyone will sit in the middle every time he eats. The teaching team camp, like other battalions of the New Army, is most concerned about the court's decision-making about the New Army.

When it comes to this issue, everyone immediately expresses their opinions.

In addition to the Ji Tuisi rebels who were causing trouble in Shandong, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Cao Cao", joined forces in Henan two years ago and repeatedly defeated local officials and soldiers who went to encircle and suppress them.

Lin Guangyi said: "Zhaohan has hundreds of thousands of cavalry. Our new army is staying in the capital, definitely to prevent Zahan from invading the invaders."

Many courtiers complained that Huangshi bore the greatest responsibility for Lin Dan Khan's rise to power. In the past, Lin Dan Khan had a bad relationship with the Monan Duoyan tribes and was at odds with King Shunyi. The Horqin Mongolia east of Chahar formed an alliance with Hou Jin.

He was even more incompatible with Lin Dan Khan. In addition, the grasslands did not produce salt and iron. Although Lin Dan Khan claimed to control 400,000 strings at the time, he was actually just looking up to the Ming Dynasty. Three years after Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan unified Monan in less than two years.

, Mobei Mongolia, later accepted the national surrender of Hou Jin in Liaodong and sent the original second beile of Hou Jin. Now Lin Dan Khan's brother-in-law Amin conquered North Korea. At present, Lin Dan Khan's territory is thousands of miles away and he has no worries. Salt and iron also pass through Liaodong

The output and the tribute from my brother-in-law in Korea made it self-sufficient.

Although the imperial court was eager for the new army to be dispatched to quell the rebellion, Zhendonghou insisted on more training time, and the emperor finally agreed to give Zhendonghou a few more months.

The teaching team does morning exercises every day. After lunch, they can ask for leave in the afternoon and leave the camp. Xu Ping changed into civilian clothes today and left the camp and walked into the capital. After returning to the capital, Xu Ping tried to find out Zhao Jingzhi's residence. In the past few days,

Since then, he has been disguising himself as a passer-by, wandering around the Zhao Mansion without attracting anyone's attention.

Looking at the wall of the Zhao Mansion, Xu Ping whispered softly: "Mrs. Zhao, when I saw your father fall with my own eyes that day, I was completely despairing the next moment because I couldn't explain to you and failed to protect my father.

, he actually lost his life at the hands of thieves.

I know clearly that the impostor is committing the crime of decapitation, but I still do not shy away from the ax and insist on going my own way, so that one day I can say to you, Mrs. Zhao: 'Your Majesty's legacy is not talented, but I was lucky enough to complete it for him.'
To be continued...