Yang Fan had breakfast and decided to take a walk on the pier. This is his habit, stretching his legs after meals to eliminate food.
His retainers were stationed around here, and people were greeting him everywhere.
"Good morning, sir"
"Young man, I have met the master." Yang Fan was followed by guard captain Qin Gang and a group of ten elite guards.
Wandering in the market near the pier. He likes this kind of fireworks. Especially under the protection of his wings, he was very happy to give these people a safe living environment.
In the distance, a group of civilians came over carrying a stretcher, filled with groaning wounded soldiers. They are all seriously injured. The conditions here are not good and the conditions of the field hospital are limited.
It is only preliminary treatment and needs to be sent to Guihua City for further treatment. The supplies in Guihua City are much more abundant than here.
Yang Fan walked over and checked the dressing and treatment of the wounded one by one. If he doesn't handle things properly or neglects his duties, Yang Fan will get angry.
Some medical staff were in a hurry and failed to handle the situation well. They were discovered by Yang Fan and beaten with military sticks.
Although these wounded soldiers were lying on stretchers, Yang Fan was wearing a python robe. Regardless of whether they knew him or not, they would immediately know that this was Yang Fan, the uncle of Dingyuan and the general who conquered the west.
They struggled to get up and salute Yang Fan, but Yang Fan held them down.
"You are injured, so there is no need to be polite." The officers and soldiers were somewhat moved. In this era, classes were solidified, and the people at the bottom were very simple.
A noble person in a superior position will gain their sincere love if they show a little courtesy and respect for them.
Yang Fan asked them in turn where they were injured and why. How do you feel now?
These injured officers and soldiers excitedly spoke manly words to Yang Fan, as if they were afraid of being a little weak and being laughed at by others.
"You are all good. All of you are injured in the chest, and none of them are injured in the back. These are the soldiers I, Yang Fan, brought out." The officers and soldiers suddenly became excited and shouted at the top of their lungs: " I am willing to die for the Ming Dynasty. I died for the commander-in-chief." For a moment, he wished that the wounds on his body could be longer and wider to reflect his bravery.
The atmosphere of an army is directly related to the chief officer. The soldiers brought out by Yang Fan attach great importance to the honor of soldiers.
I would rather die in battle than be a deserter. This is also the reason why they look down on other Ming armies. They are all proud of their troops.
The wounded soldiers got on the boat, and behind them there were some people waiting to get on the boat with coffins. These are the families of the officers and soldiers killed in Yang Fan's retainer regiment.
It is difficult for family members from the Beijing Camp to come here. The logistics department usually cremates and takes the ashes back.
In war, no one is immune to death. In order to ensure combat effectiveness, Yang Fan stipulated that the soldiers in the Beijing camp were all from the same neighborhood and were organized into the head of the same camp.
They are all relatives, neighbors, and children. Such troops will help each other when fighting and will never abandon their comrades.
If someone does something bad, they will be stopped. If someone dies in battle, others will instantly become red-eyed.
Such a good man was beaten to death, and they must avenge him. Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain it even when I go home.
This is called blood revenge. Yang Fan's rule is that you must not abandon your comrades under any circumstances, otherwise you will be severely punished.
If the leader dies in battle and the others escape, the entire team will be killed. Let alone abandoning wounded soldiers, this is also a serious crime that requires beheading.
If circumstances permit, the stumps of dead and wounded comrades must also be recovered. The dead must be laid to rest in one piece.
These measures give officers and soldiers a feeling of never being abandoned. Even if he died in battle, his name will be engraved in the Heroes' Shrine in New City and he will be worshiped every year.
The fallen servants and other combatants in the Yang Fan system will also have a dedicated cemetery on the back hill of the Heroes' Shrine.
Their dependents will also receive annuities and various benefits. Therefore, Yang Fan's soldiers had no worries. On the battlefield, everyone died, and they all dared to fight the enemy desperately.
These people were all slaves of the Yang family. When they saw the master, they all knelt down and kowtowed. While kowtowing to my grandfather, I cried.
Yang Fan comforted each one with a warm voice, and asked each family if there were any difficulties at home. Let the adjutant Hou Ping record everything and let the wife solve it later.
These people all got on the boat, and the last person was a girl. Yang Fan was a little surprised and looked carefully.
This girl is about eighteen or nineteen years old. She has a simple appearance, a red face, and a strong body. At first glance, she looks like a farm girl.
Although the clothes were worn, they were washed and washed very clean. There were several men behind him, who looked very similar to her and should be her brothers.
Behind it stood a coffin with white stubble. Seeing Yang Fan, although this girl was a little shy, she stepped forward and kowtowed to Yang Fan gracefully.
"Hu Lan, a folk girl, has met Uncle Dingyuan."
"Get up, no need to be polite, who are you here to pick up?" Yang Fan was a little surprised. If he is the father of this girl, it seems that there is something wrong with her age. The servants are all young men in their teens, or at most in their twenties, and there is no one so old.
If it was her brother, it should be her eldest brother who came forward to greet her. This is the etiquette requirement of this era.
But it was she who came up to salute. This shows that she is the representative of this family. Moreover, she calls herself Hu Lanshi, and she is dressed like a girl.
Yang Fan suddenly understood. He felt a pain in his heart, he was so disappointed! That is to say, this girl was already engaged, but before the marriage, her husband disappeared.
"These are your brothers, right? Why didn't anyone come to pick you up at your husband's house?" Yang Fan asked.
Hu Lanshi had tears in her eyes and whispered:
"There is no one in my husband's family." Yang Fan was silent. As long as there is a war, there will be casualties. There is no way around this, and the people at the bottom will always be the ones hurt the most.
"What are your plans for the future?"
"My husband and I were childhood sweethearts, and we don't want to remarry in this life. It's a pity that we didn't come in time to come and leave a son and a half for the Hu family." Yang Fan felt moved in his heart. People of this era have very simple and sincere feelings. .
"If you have any difficulties at home, just bring them up. The families of the officers and soldiers who died in the war will have a guaranteed life."
"There is no problem for the daughter of the people. The Hu family was allocated fifty acres of paddy fields, which were all transferred to the name of the people of the country. My eldest brother also agreed to adopt his second son into the name of the Hu family. The widow heard that the master's poetry was unparalleled, and he wanted to do it for him. My late husband asks for a poem." In this era, it is not easy to ask literati to write epitaphs or poems.
But Yang Fan didn't hesitate at all. He turned around and said to Qin Gang: "Bring paper and pen." Soon two guards took the paper and pen from a calligraphy and painting stall.
When the boss heard that Uncle Dingyuan wanted to use it, he quickly urged his clerk to bring him the best paper and pen. He also specially held the well-ground ink and asked the waiter to hold it and serve it on the side.
Two soldiers opened and stretched an open blank scroll diagonally. Let Yang Fan write the inscription. Yang Fan thought for a while and wrote: "Suddenly, an old friend passed by me. Looking back at the mountains and rivers, it is already autumn. The two places miss each other and are covered in snow. This life can be considered a common death." The people around looked at the poems written on the white scroll and started to express their excitement. Start chanting.
All of them showed expressions of admiration. This poem expresses true feelings and praises the loyalty and beauty of the love between the two.
Everyone praised the poem as a good one. Yang Fan carefully dried the ink and handed the scroll to Hu Lanshi. Hu Lanshi was moved and kowtowed three times to Yang Fan, then took the coffin onto the boat.
Yang Fan watched them get on the boat with some sadness. He turned back to his adjutant Hou Ping and said, "Let Madam take special care of this poor girl. Any difficulties she may have in the future will be solved." At this time, an old voice behind him said: "I have heard for a long time that Uncle Dingyuan is good at poetry. I can be considered blessed today."
