Sheng Zhaojun's face was full of guilt. This guilt was like gnawing at the bones and searing the heart. The bear-like man knelt there, sobbing.
No one knows what happened, but whatever happened doesn't matter.
You killed Paoze's relatives who died in the battle. This is not just a loss of life. No matter what the reason is, it cannot be justified and there is no justifiable reason.
"I…"
Huang Laosi stood up, walked down the jade steps, and came step by step to the crying Sheng Zhaojun: "I'll give you one last chance. Do you have any secrets? If so, tell me!"
The fourth man's face turned cold: "If you don't tell me and have no hidden secrets, then I will not only take away your county, but also your life!"
As the emperor, Chang Chengyou had many negative qualities, such as money, money, money, money, money, etc. But this emperor with many negative qualities was originally a general on horseback, so he was most unlucky.
Shame on this kind of thing.
It is very common in the army to ask one's wife to sacrifice one's son. Blood has long been thicker than water among the soldiers.
There is an old saying among the people that after the death of a brother, the uncle becomes the sister-in-law, and when the sister dies, the sister fills the house. It cannot be ruled out that the literal meaning is against ethics and morals, but the core meaning is the word "take care of", one's own family, take care of one's own family.
In the army, there is also a saying like this, "Paoze has a high-ranking wife and a young child. I am a high-ranking wife and a young child. After Paoze dies in battle, it does not mean that the surviving ones must marry other people's widows and let their sons be their own sons. Rather, they should
Try your best to take care of them and take care of them like family members. This is what soldiers in the army must abide by. It is both a rule and a friendship. No one wants to take advantage or suffer a loss, because they may also die in battle, and if they die in battle,
, the worried wife and children will be taken care of by the closest person, Paoze.
In this world, there are no single mothers who can start a business and turn around, Bai Fumei said. Without a man in the family, the world will collapse, and the orphans and widows will not live long.
The fourth son was born in the army, and he cared about this kind of thing the most. In fact, when the Qianqi Battalion was first established, it was to give the guards who followed him an end and a way to survive. Otherwise, the majestic emperor's personal soldiers
, there are hundreds of people, how is it possible that only three or five are literate, and the fourth child has not only had this habit of deducting Sun An's money recently, he has done it a long time ago. If the fourth child does not want to take care of his former comrades,
Not to mention that Zhang Songling would not be allowed to run rampant for so long.
"No…no secrets."
Sheng Zhaojun, who had already burst into tears, seemed to have lost his soul and was just crying. In the political hall, the dignified military heroes and the majestic Shencao tribe leader on the grassland were like a baby in confinement, only crying.
Huang Laosi is about to lose all his patience: "If you don't tell me, I will treat you as if you really have no secret, and you have killed innocent people indiscriminately, and killed Paoze's relatives indiscriminately, and say, you have hidden secrets!"
Sheng Zhaojun was still crying, filled with deep sadness and unbreakable guilt.
Huang Laosi shook his sleeves and turned around suddenly: "Take this beast down!"
Sun An walked over quickly and called the palace guard.
Seeing two palace guards walking in, and following Sun An's signal to push Sheng Zhaojun down, Chu Qing suddenly ran out.
"Wait!"
Chu Qing, who had already lost his mind in a hurry, kicked the palace guard on the butt: "Get away!"
The court was in an uproar, but the fourth child sighed silently.
The civil servants looked at each other in confusion.
The general meaning is, we are going to kick the palace guard in front of the court. Should we... take the opportunity to kick him?
Civil servants, you looked at me and I looked at you, but in the end they all lowered their heads, pretending that nothing had happened.
"Sheng Zhaojun!"
Chu Qing roared and stood in front of Sheng Zhaojun: "Look up and look at me."
Sheng Zhaojun was still crying there.
"I don't believe you would kill innocent people indiscriminately. You are taking care of dozens of wives and children on the grassland. I don't believe you would do such a thing."
Tang Zhinian interjected: "Commander Chu, back then I..."
"My commander..." Chu Qing looked at Tang Zhinian coldly: "I only warn you once, shut up!"
Under Chu Qing's gaze, Tang Zhinian's heart beat wildly, but he finally chose to remain silent.
"Sheng Zhaojun!"
Chu Qing lowered his head again and looked at Sheng Zhaojun who was crying bitterly: "Tell me, what is your name, Paoze?"
Sheng Zhaojun just cried and remained indifferent.
Chu Qing suddenly raised his foot and kicked Sheng Zhaojun on the shoulder.
Then... Brother Dajun didn't move at all, but Chu Qing took three steps back and almost didn't fall.
Huang Laosi turned his head away and muttered something embarrassing.
Chu Qing was also furious.
You're so devastated that you're crying like a bird, why are you still as big as a mountain and can't even be kicked up?
In fact, according to Chu Qing's script, he kicked Sheng Zhaojun down and then asked this guy what was going on. Unfortunately, he overestimated his own strength and underestimated Brother Dajun's physique.
"Looking at you crying like this, I only used 10% of my strength, huh."
Chu Qing subconsciously rubbed his waist, then looked at the ministers: "Oh, by the way, my waist has been bad these days."
No one paid any attention to him.
A palace guard wearing armor next to him asked softly: "Master Chu, how about I give you a kick?"
Chu Qing was confused, and then he saw that the one who served as the palace guard today was actually Niu Ben, the king of emotional intelligence. The one he kicked just now was Niu Ben.
Too lazy to pay attention to this guy, Chu Qing knelt down and said, "Tell me, what's the name of your robe?"
Sheng Zhaojun's eyes were dull, tears were still flowing, as if he had lost his soul: "Zhang...Zhang Ju."
"Why did Zhang Ju's family appear outside the customs?"
Brother Dajun became silent again and cried even harder.
Chu Qing turned around and looked at Tang Zhinian: "Why do Zhang Ju's relatives appear outside the pass?"
Tang Zhinian was eager for Chu Qing to ask for details: "The army came out of the pass and organized the people to transport grain and grass to the soldiers outside the pass. The manpower was not enough, far from enough. The strong men in Wangyuan City have been incorporated into the auxiliary barracks, and many relatives of the army have
, voluntarily escorted the grain and grass to be transported outside the customs. This beast's comrade has a young family. I think it was because of this that when I came out of the customs to see him..."
"That's enough, I'll ask you, you'll say it again!"
"Zhang Ju died in the battle?" Chu Qing squatted down, wiped Sheng Zhaojun's tears, and said softly: "I don't need you to explain anything, I just need you to tell me the truth. After telling me, even if you commit suicide, I don't care. Now,
I just want to hear the truth."
As he spoke, he kept wiping the tears on Sheng Zhaojun's face. Brother Dajun finally came back to his senses. His eyes were still dull and his face was gloomy.
"Killed by the Ryo Rangers, killed... just like that, killed."
"Why did you stay with Zhang Ju's family?"
"The last general...the last general will escort the grain and grass together."
"How many people, how many troops, and how many people were there at that time."
Sheng Zhaojun closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to recall the scene twelve years ago, and burst into tears again, but he finally opened his mouth, speaking intermittently.
"Four hundred carts of food, fifty troops, three hundred people..."
"The manpower is not enough, far from enough. The people have all left the city. Zhang Ju's mother-in-law, his mother-in-law's two sisters, and her mother-in-law's three children, three, all three are daughters, don't worry about these three children
, let the baby follow them out of the city, sitting in the car, smiling...humming a song, the three girls, the three babies, humming a song..."
"The little flag that sent the message... the little flag said that the Guoyi camp was crippled and scattered, and there was no food. Let us... let us send the food to Nanyang Slope on the map. Originally, it was said to be a hundred miles outside the city.
, but getting further and further away, even if I want to go back, I can’t go back..."
"We're here, we're all here, but..."
"Brothers from Ke Guoyi Camp are not here..."
"Here are the rangers, hundreds of Liangrong rangers..."
Sheng Zhaojun's pupils gradually focused, and he looked at Chu Qing, still crying: "The people have no horses, so they can't run away. The horses that pull the carts can't be used. If they are used, the food will be robbed. Without the food, Guo Yi
If we camp those infantry, we won’t have anything to eat, and we won’t be able to get back alive..."
Chu Qing nodded: "What happened after that?"
"Fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death... The people are fighting to the death, and Zhang Ju and I are also fighting to the death, fighting to the death, guarding food, fighting to the death..."
"Winning or losing?"
"We won, we won." Sheng Zhaojun lowered his head and gradually calmed down, but his voice was so hoarse, as if every word he said added more pain: "Fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death,
Most of the people in the army were killed in the battle. We have no horses. How can we fight against the Liang bandits without horses? Nearly half of the people were also killed."
"What happened next?"
"The rangers are here again, dozens of rangers. The border army camp has been dispersed, and the Liang bandits' tribe has also been dispersed. The stragglers, when they see us, will grab food. There are not many enemy thieves, but they all ride on
Ma, we, there are not many people, we are all common people, fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death..."
"Zhang Ju asked two commoners to ride their horses back to the pass and call for people, even dozens of people, to guard the food. Let's guard the food together."
"The fifth time, the sixth time, I can't remember how many times. For three days and four nights, we fought to the death on the Nanyang slope. There were fewer and fewer people, and more and more corpses. The rangers came and fought back.
It won’t be long before they come again, as if they can’t finish the killing…”
"The people who sent the message came back and said that the garrison guards were coming. There were not many people, just a hundred. If we hold on for two more days, it would only be two days at most. The garrison guards would definitely come. There are too many grain supervision teams outside the customs to protect. We
It’s just one of them. It only takes two days, and it will definitely come within two days.”
"It's raining. It's raining heavily. I can't see clearly. I can't see anything clearly. On the south side, there are people coming. I thought they were the brothers of Tunbingwei, but they are still rangers. Damn cool bandit rangers..."
"Time and again, time and time again, there are as few as a dozen people, as many as dozens of people, they are all rangers. Every time, they think they are military guards. Every time, they are all rogues..."
"On the fourth day, the rain got heavier, and I saw..."
Sheng Zhaojun hugged his head and cried again: "Zhang Ju died. I don't know when. He died. He died just like that. Zhang Ju's mother-in-law, his mother-in-law's sister, and his mother-in-law's children have cried all their tears. Such a big living person, just like that."
He died, I don’t even know when he died..."
Beating the ground violently, Sheng Zhaojun cried and said: "I always said that Zhang Ju was incompetent, but he refused to admit it. That day, he admitted it and asked me to protect his family, him and others, to protect the people. I
I protected him, I really protected him. His family members are all still alive, but Zhang Ju is dead, just dead. The people are all dead too. Only his family members are alive. Only his family members are alive.
I am dead, and Zhang Ju and I are the only ones left..."
In the political hall, only the cry of Sheng Zhaojun was left, and many generals sighed secretly.
"Ranger, here we come again. My sword is broken. I have also broken Paoze's sword. He comes again and again, and kills again and again, and kills again and again, and again.
, Once again, I thought that the people from the garrison came to take Zhang Ju’s family back, to take those women and a few children back, and I don’t want any food!”
Sheng Zhaojun raised his head, as if he was crazy, suddenly grabbed Chu Qing's shoulder, and shook it hard: "Everyone is damn dead, and we still have to guard the food. Three hundred people, fifty troops, only
There are seven of us left, and only six women and children are left, including me and six women and children. The six women and children are like zombies..."
Sun An's complexion changed drastically, and he appeared like a ghost. Just as he was about to push Sheng Zhaojun away, Brother Dajun had already lowered his arms, crying and his voice was hoarse.
"Chu Qing, young master, my young master, do you know what will happen if our Han women and Han children are captured by the rangers?"
Chu Qing nodded with a complex expression: "So, you killed them?"
"Yes, general, kill them. It's still raining. At night, the torches can't be lit. This time, it's not a few rangers, not a dozen rangers, not dozens of rangers. The earth is shaking.
The ground was shaking. There were at least a hundred people. The last general... The last general couldn't kill him. He really couldn't kill him. He couldn't lift the knife. There was no knife to lift. The garrison guards couldn't come. I'll wait.
I have been with them for so long, so long, but five days have passed, and the ones who came are just the rangers, the cold bandit's rangers."
"Zhang Ju's mother-in-law and her family were kneeling in front of me, kowtowing, their heads were bleeding, and they wanted to die. They would rather die than be captured by the rangers. They wanted to go find Zhang Ju and talk about Zhang Ju.
They must be waiting for them on the road to hell. The bigger children are also kowtowing, begging me, begging me to kill them. They would rather die than be captured."
A strong and powerful arm pressed on Sheng Zhaojun's shoulder: "I...pardon your innocence!"
No one has any objections. In that case, there is no way to survive.
Sheng Zhaojun was extremely brave, with one man and one sword, he could kill several rangers, or even dozens of them. But they had been fighting hard for five days, and he was the only one in the army, one man, protecting six women and children. Once these women and children, these children
, were captured by the rangers, and their fate was conceivable. Otherwise, these six women and children would not have begged Sheng Zhaojun to kill them. They would rather die than be ravaged and humiliated by the rangers.
The emperor pardoned Sheng Zhaojun for his innocence, as it should be.
But who would have thought that Sheng Zhaojun cried again: "I killed them. I killed them with my own hands. My heart hurts like a needle. That little baby was lying in my arms, still smiling, smiling."
Dead, just like that, killed by me..."
The fourth child gently patted Sheng Zhaojun on the shoulder: "If it were me, if I were in this situation, I would be like you, General Sheng, I..."
Sheng Zhaojun turned a deaf ear, closed his eyes, and told the final outcome of the story.
"Hundreds of cavalry appeared from the rain. I stood up, holding a broken knife. Behind me, there were more than three hundred corpses, including those of the common people, those of the robes, those of the army, those of the common people, those of Zhang Ju, and... and me.
I killed Pao Ze's wife and child with my own hands. I stood up, holding a broken knife, and yelled, come on, come on, kill me, kill me, but I saw... I saw... a hundred cavalry... they were...
It's Tunbingwei, he came three days late... He came three days late... Damn it, Tunbingwei who was damned by God, he came three days late... I, Dachang... Tunbingwei!"