Zhang Ke raised wine and told Yang Wenguang: "General drinks."

Putting down the wine glass, Zhang Ke pointed to a pot of meat on the table and said, "General, please use dishes."

After eating the meat, Zhang Ke still had to speak. Yang Wenguang raised his hand to stop: "We are all colleagues. You are so polite, how can I stay!"

Zhang Ji sighed: "What's the solution? Now the generals in the military, you and General Zhao have followed Ji Shuai from Suizhou, and they have made great contributions when they arrive at Hequ Road. I'm really deserved it. I came after the New Year and am lucky to get this position. But this time I went to Beijing for exercise, and I was really uneasy. Everything went well. If it was a mistake, I was defeated and lost Ji Shuai's reputation, how would I explain it when I came back?"

Yang Wenguang said: "Jingshuai is not a person who cares about such things. As long as you try your best, no matter what the result is, Jishuai will not blame him."

"Even if Jishuai doesn't blame him, I can't afford to lose the face of the Hequlu army. Hequlu won a lot of victory in a row, and no army can compare with it for decades. If he loses this time, will it be underestimated?"

Yang Wenguang looked at Zhang Ji and after a while, he said, "To be honest, if we only compare the army array this time, we will lose eight out of ten. The elite soldiers of the imperial guards were carefully selected from the world, which one can compare with them? It is just a military stance, but only a strict training. As long as they know the tricks, it is not difficult. If they want to win this time, if they want to win, they should find a way from the actual combat exercises of both sides. The court agreed that the generals and soldiers this time did not need the old people from Hequ Road, and they only learned these few months. The general entered Hequ, and he had led troops in the actual combat battle in Quyehe and had seen the real battle formation. For the remaining one month, we will work hard on it, and the generals will be dedicated to it."

Zhang Ke nodded. Although he was still nervous, he couldn't say anything else. He just drank and ate meat with Yang Wenguang.

This entry into the capital is of great significance. Although Du Zhongxiao didn't say anything, Zhang Ke understood it in his heart. The performance of the two armies directly reflects the difference between the Hequ Road Military Academy and the Beijing Military Academy, and affects the subsequent arrangements of the court. The victory and defeat of the two armies are related to Du Zhongxiao's face. Du Zhongxiao no longer needs these things to add to himself, and the army on Hequ Road is different. If he performs poorly, it will make people think that the previous victory is all luck and underestimate it.

Before I knew it, I entered the leap month of July, with white dew condensed in frost, and autumn suddenly came.

On that day, Du Zhongxiao was sitting in the study room. The magistrate Chen Xiliang came in urgently and handed over a document and said, "Jingshuai, Suizhou official document."

Du Zhongxiao was not sure about this, so he took the official document and put it on the desk after reading it. After a while, he asked Chen Xiliang: "Have you arrived?"

Chen Xiliang said: "He Jie Zheng has arrived at the Volcano Army. The officials have sent public officials to welcome him to the Volcano Army."

Du Zhongxiao stood up, looked out the window, and said, "It's almost a year, but I didn't expect that the end was this result. You use my seal to instruct Zhao Zi that those who were familiar with Liu Huai from other troops back to Shengzhou and meet them together."

Chen Xiliang responded to the promise and saw that Du Zhongxiao had no other orders, turned around and said goodbye and left.

After Liu Huai passed away, Du Zhongxiao reported to the court and went to his hometown to find his clan members. He welcomed Liu Huai's corpse back to support his troops. The local government searched for several months, but there was no news. Liu Huai's lineage had long been cut off. No one had welcomed the corpse back and could only be temporarily stored in Tanglong Town. There was no way, so he might be buried in a foreign land. Du Zhongxiao even asked someone to find a suitable Taoist priest to prepare to build a small temple and bury Liu Huai in Tanglong Town.

When the news reached Suizhou, Li Xuan, the governor, was unwilling to give up, and finally thought about Fan Xian, who had been in love with Liu Huai. After Liu Huai's death last year, Du Zhongxiao asked Li Xuan to give him some money to ask Fan Xian to choose a good man to marry. Not long after, Fan Xian got married and gave birth to a son not long ago.

Du Zhongxiao didn't know why Li Xuan told Fan Xian, and there was no way to explain this kind of thing in detail. The final result was that Fan Xian and her husband agreed to his first son, nominally adopted him to Liu Huai, and brought his bones back to Suizhou. The public in Suizhou brought official documents with Fan Xian and his wife to the Volcano Army and asked Du Zhongxiao to help.

After so many battles were fought on Hequ Road, the highest general who died on the front line was still Liu Huai, which had special significance. Yingtianxiang Army came north, everything was too hasty and knew nothing about the information on the front line. Civil strife broke out. If Liu Huai had not led people to guard the city gate, Tanglong Town might have been in the hands of Yelu Chongyuan. That would have been different. Liu Huai led people to guard Tanglong Town and won the most precious time. In the subsequent wars, Yingtianxiang Army could be calm and win again and again. After fighting so many battles, the most critical battle was still the battle of Tanglong Town.

When Liu Huai died in battle, Du Zhongxiao wanted to give him the courtesy he deserved, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated. There was no way, the main force of the Yingtianxiang Army was the Laxianxiang Army in the Central Plains. They were originally at the bottom of society and were marginal people. Liu Huai still remembers where his hometown was. Many people didn't even know about his hometown, and many people grew up in a mess, not even their parents. When they made meritorious service and wanted to go back to glorify their ancestors, they could not find their home at all.

Li Xuan welcomed Liu Huai back to Suizhou, which was not a big deal. As Liu Huai's identity, the rewards received could be built in a temple and a temple in the burial place, and the court had a special fund allocated every year. For local governments, such a temple of heroes was also a local face, so local officials had to fight for it. In the words of later generations, it was a base for patriotic education. It was built in Suizhou and was the virtue of the prefect.

However, Du Zhongxiao felt very uncomfortable when he asked Fan Xian's first son to be adopted by Liu Huai. The two just met on a blind date, and Liu Huai then took the train and went to Hequ Road to fight. For the two, the other party was just a passerby in their lives, and there was no need to force the connection. According to Du Zhongxiao's idea, even if Liu Huai was buried in Suizhou, there was no need to do so. That was the place where he lived, and local sacrifices were just. However, the court did not think so. There was no such reason, and Liu Huai could only set up a temple in Tanglong Town for burial.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao walked out of the study and looked at the yellowing leaves in the yard and the fallen leaves flying in the wind, and the feeling in his heart was unspeakable.

Five days later, Du Zhongxiao took Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi and other old generals from Suizhou, stood in front of the city gate, watching Fan Xian follow the public from Suizhou, holding Liu Huai's coffin and boarding the train heading south.

The three coffins who went south with Liu Huai were also from the three deputies who were uninhabited at their homes, and were accompanied by sacrifices in the Liu Huai temple. The Yingtianxiang Army fought in succession, and although many victories were victorious, not many people died. But about one-third of these few people were alone, and no one was able to take care of their future generations.

When he boarded the train, Fan Xian turned around and looked at dozens of generals below Du Zhongxiao outside the city gate, holding Liu Huai's coffin in his hand, and sighed softly.

About a year ago, I met the man in the coffin and didn't even say a few words. That night, my father was drinking happily, thinking that he had found a home. Unexpectedly, that parting would be forever separated by heaven and man. If there was no such side, I had no relationship with this man, and the person in the coffin might have to bury his bones in a foreign land. Now I am holding the coffin back home, and I don't know if the people inside are willing.

A man came over and saluted Fan Xian: "Madam, the train is driving again, so sit there and be more stable."

Fan Xian agreed, sat down at the seat next to him, and looked out the window, and saw a vast area.

With a whistle, the train moved faster and faster, heading south along the valley between the mountains.

Seeing the train getting farther and farther away, Du Zhongxiao said: "Liu Huai returned to his hometown, and the war on Hequ Road was over. After the generals returned, they ordered their subordinates to write a letter to report their safety to their families. They were in the army to guard the border, and life and death were unpredictable. Don't worry too much about their family members."
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