Chapter 152: Death of Dongliang (2)
Because of Li He's intervention, several Qin army's thousand generals and two thousand generals slowly retreated with their soldiers, but they were still staring at Zheng Hou's wary eyes from afar with a vigilant look.
"Mr. Zheng."
At this time, Wei Zhu, who followed Li He, also came over to greet Zheng Hou and said half-jokingly, "Don't you put down your weapons yet, let our army capture you?"
Although Wei Zhu did not participate in the Battle of Dongliang at the beginning, he and Hou Zheng had been together in Old Liang for several months, but they were also familiar with each other.
Now, Zheng Hou also complained to Wei Zhu jokingly: "As both soldiers from Dongliang, can the generals of Wei's camp be together? "
That's it, but he turned around and issued an order to the soldiers behind him: "Send the order and everyone will throw down their weapons."
"Zheng Erqian General..."
Perhaps a five hundred general came forward and watched Li He, Wei Zhu and others want to speak to Zheng Hou but stopped.
As if he had guessed the other party’s thoughts, Zheng Hou shook his head and comforted him: “It’s okay, these two are Doctor Li and General Wei of Shaoliang. Please ask the soldiers to put down their weapons with peace of mind. They will not harm us.”
The five hundred general looked at Li He and Wei Zhu thoughtfully, and hugged Zheng Hou and clasped his fists: "Yes!"
Under the order of Zheng Hou, about 2,000 Wei soldiers under his command successively put down their weapons, then sat on the ground, looking at the soldiers of Wei camp who replaced the Qin army and surrounded them with panic.
However, they were surprised to find that among them, someone recognized the enemy soldiers and waved hard to say hello to the other party.
"Qiuzi, it's me."
"Gengchun, Gengchun, me, me."
Not only did they shout, these Wei soldiers also squeezed out the crowd and ran forward to greet the soldiers of Wei camp.
Seeing these Wei soldiers, the soldiers of Wei camp who were called to their names showed surprise and joy on their faces, and then pretended to be disgusted and pushed the other party away: "Okay, okay, that captive, go there and stay."
"You kid, I'm so lucky that I was blocking the arrows for you..." Wei Zhu, who was called a prisoner, pretended to be angry, but there was a smile on his face, as if he was not worried that the soldiers of the Wei camp around him would be detrimental to him.
It is obvious that this Wei soldier was a real "Dongliang soldier" - an old soldier who participated in the Battle of Dongliang, fought side by side with the Dongliang army, and was born and died.
Because of this, the soldiers of Wei camp nearby did not confiscate the weapons he put down from beginning to end. Even a five hundred people under Wei Zhu who were familiar with him picked up the sharp sword he had discarded and put it back on the scabbard on his waist: "Okay, the little soldiers back then are now 200 generals? Unfortunately, they are still not as good as me. Look at me, five hundred generals!"
He looked down at the sword that was stuffed back to his waist. The 200 generals of the Wei army who were formerly "Yuanli Wei Zhu" were moved and relieved.
It was these real Wei soldiers in the former Yuan Dynasty who exchanged with the Wei camp soldiers that little by little dispelled the wariness and fear of the more than 2,000 Wei soldiers under Zheng Hou's command. They finally believed that these young Liang soldiers would indeed not be detrimental to them.
At this time, Li Ying also came to Li He, Zheng Hou and others, and laughed and teased Zheng Hou, saying, "I remember that when you left with Hua Jia, you only took more than 500 people. Why did you turn so many people out in vain?"
Zheng Hou spread his hands and said, "Although there were more than 500 people when he left, there were 7,000 people in Yuanli…"
Li Ying was speechless and had to laugh and scold: "I haven't seen each other for several months, and I've become more and more cunning... Where is Hua Jia?"
Seeing Li Ying mentioning Hua Jia, Zheng Hou put away the smile on his face and looked at Li He with deep meaning and explained: "I'm separated from him, he should be nearby..."
Li He naturally understood what Zheng Hou meant, nodded and said to Li Ying, "Li Ying, take the soldiers in the battle to see nearby."
"good!"
Li Ying also knew that things were getting urgent, so he didn't bother to tease Zheng Hou anymore, so he hurriedly took the soldiers to find Hua Jia.
As expected, not long after, Li Ying saw a group of Wei troops surrounded by a group of Qin troops and shouting "I am the Dongliang soldiers." There were about three thousand people in the distance.
"Good guy."
Li Ying buried himself in response to the people beside him, "When he left, there were only 500 people, but he had only 5,000 people in a few months, which was faster than a rabbit's cub."
Peng Chou, Hu Feng, Hu Fen and others all laughed.
But no matter how much he joked, Li Ying still came forward to negotiate with several Qin army generals in the distance.
Those thousands of Qin soldiers were already concerned about the Wei army who shouted "I am the Dongliang soldiers." They were afraid that they would actually kill the Shaoliang people by chance and arouse the hostility of the Shaoliang army, but they refused to give the credit they received to the Shaoliang army who followed behind them for nothing.
So they sent someone to ask the Qin general Gongsun Zhuang.
When Gongsun Zhuang heard this, he guessed what happened to the Wei army who claimed to be the "Dongliang Sect" - among the Wei army, the only ones who were qualified to call themselves the "Dongliang Sect" were the only ones under the command of Wei Xiayangjun.
However, as far as he knows, after the Battle of Shaoliang, only more than 500 Wei soldiers were left in Yuanli, following Xiayang Jun to return to Hedong, and the remaining hundreds of people chose to stay in Shaoliang. Now more than 5,000 "Dongliang soldiers" emerged in a flash. This must be Zheng Hou and Hua Jia, in order to protect their soldiers, deliberately called them to be called under their command.
Of course this is not a big deal.
After a little thought, Gongsun Zhuang replied: "...even if you sell Shaoliang for a favor. Tell those thousands of generals, the prisoners who claim to be the Dongliang soldiers will be handed over to the Shaoliang army for their care, without interfering. In addition, tell them that they will not be missing the merits. Those prisoners who claim to be the Dongliang soldiers will all be counted as beheadings."
He was a general of the Qin army and had a slightly higher status than Miao Lin, so he could naturally make such a promise.
Furthermore, he believed that even if Ying Qian was here, he would make a decision that was exactly the same as him.
After receiving Gongsun Zhuang's reply and promise, the Qin army's thousand generals and 2,000 generals were overjoyed and readily handed over Hua Jia and his three thousand Wei soldiers to Li Ying for more than 200 soldiers who were trapped in the army.
Of course, in order to be cautious, a Qin army 2,000 people led people to escort Hua Jia and the three thousand Wei soldiers to join Li He.
At this time, Li He was confirming the whereabouts of Wei Wushu to Marquis Zheng: "...Mr. Zheng, when I came, I did not see the body of a Wei Wushu along the way. Obviously, Wei Wushu did not follow you and evacuate. Are they planning to retreat from my Dongliang to Fenyin?"
Zheng Hou was silent for a moment and apologized: "...Doctor Li don't blame me, I can't disclose this matter."
"It's okay." Li He nodded.
In fact, he just asked casually. After all, he was convinced that Wei Wuzhu was definitely heading for Dongliang. Zheng Hou was unwilling to disclose his duties as a general, and he did not force it. So he asked Zheng Hou: "Although I also heard that Xia Yangjun was summoned back to Daliang by the King of Wei, you and Hua Jia, as the beloved generals under Xia Yangjun, dare Long Jia let you two break the rear?"
Zheng Hou shook his head and explained: "It was not that General Long Jia forced me and Hua Jia to break the rear. It can only be said that the Qin army was chasing the ground too tightly. We both couldn't bear to abandon our generals and flee alone, so we were surrounded by the Qin army..."
Li He suddenly realized.
He said, with the 2,000 generals of Zheng Hou and Hua Jia, and the beloved generals under Xia Yangjun, Long Jia would not dare to ask these two people to cut off the rear.
Soon, Hua Jia led 3,000 Wei soldiers and came here to meet with Li Ying and a 2,000 general of the Qin army.
After seeing Li He, Hua Jia also ordered the three thousand Wei soldiers under his command to put down their weapons and immediately expressed his gratitude to Li He, Wei Zhu and others.
He said embarrassedly: "...It made Dr. Li embarrassed."
"Not." Li He shook his head.
Given the current relationship between Qin and Shaoliang, there would be no cracks due to the five thousand Wei army captives. Even the reason why he still followed the Qin army with the first battalion of Wei Zhu and pursued the Wei army was originally planning to capture some Wei army prisoners to supplement his young and strong laborers in Shaoliang. Therefore, he didn't care whether it was the "500 Dongliang soldiers" or the "5000 Dongliang soldiers".
The question is whether there is a way to absorb these Wei soldiers into his Shaoliang.
With a slight change in his heart, he asked Zheng Hou and Hua Jia, "What are your plans for the future?"
Looking at Hua Jia, Zheng Hou smiled bitterly and clasped his fists and said to Li He, "...What are you going to discuss? Let's see Dr. Li deal with us."
Li He thought for a while and said to the two, "With the Qin army by my side, I can't let you go directly to the soldiers under your command. In this way, you can stay in Dongliang for a while. After a few days, I will put you back to Hedong."
Even though Zheng Hou and Hua Jia knew that Li He was in love with him, they did not expect that Doctor Li was so willing to release more than 5,000 of them for nothing.
Of course they also understood that Li He was considering the friendship between the Wei army in Yuanli. On the other hand, he released more than 5,000 Wei generals this time, and Shao Liang owed the Wei army in Yuanli to pay off the favors. Next time, even if they shouted "I am a Dongliang soldiers", they would probably not be able to receive the same treatment as they are today.
Thinking of this, the two were in a complicated mood and wanted to say something but stopped, but they still didn't say the word "Thank you".
After all, once this word is spoken, it means accepting Li He's kindness and also means clearing the relationship between Shaoliang and the Wei army in Yuanli.
Seeing this, Li He felt a little moved and comforted the two of them, "You two are here for a while, I'll go and talk to Ying Qian about something."
Zheng Hou and Hua Jia hugged each other and expressed their gratitude to Li He again.
On the way to find Ying Qian, Li Ying asked Li He: "Are you really going to let them go? I thought you would try to recruit them..."
Li He did not hide it and truthfully expressed his thoughts: "Whether to recruit it depends on whether they are willing to do so. I plan to let them live in Dongliang for a while. As for the next step, I will leave it to Dr. Fan... I am willing to stay, which is of course the best, otherwise there is no need to force it."
"Dongliang?"
Li Ying suddenly realized and showed a clear smile on his face: "Do you want them to see the 'Pillar of Merit' in Dongliang City?"
It turned out that after the Battle of Shaoliang, Dongliang, Zhiyang, Laoliang and Fanpang, stone pillars and stone tablets were erected one after another during reconstruction to commemorate this extraordinary war of patriotism and praise the Shaoliang military and civilians who died bravely in this war.
Among them, there are only the meritorious pillars in Dongliang City, carved with drawings of the Yuanli Wei soldiers fighting bravely to kill the enemy, to commemorate the nearly 6,000 Yuanli Wei soldiers who died in the Battle of Dongliang.
Chapter completed!