Wu Nian wanted to offer sacrifices to the people who were massacred in Chong County.
Zhang Li and other officials, of course, gave their full support and went to work together.
Zhang Li led Wu Nian to stay in one of the few surviving mansions in the city.
Zhang Li knew that the guards of this mansion would be taken over by Wu Nian's personal soldiers, so he did not arrange any servants or cooks.
But there were eight maidservants in bright dresses, arranged in two rows, standing at the door to greet Wu Nian.
"General." When the eight maids saw Wu Nian, they immediately lowered their heads and saluted Wu Nian.
They are all sixteen or seventeen years old, with delicate facial features and fair skin. They have the delicacy of beauties from the south of the Yangtze River, but they also have the height of northern women, and their figures are bulging forward and backward.
I'm afraid there aren't many maids with this kind of beauty in Chong County. Wu Nian was probably someone from a wealthy local family. Some of the maids secretly looked at him, their faces slightly red.
Wu Nian is not a hypocrite, he will be moved when he sees a beautiful woman.
A graceful lady, a gentleman is fond of quarrels.
But forget it now.
Tired.
Plus, the wounds on his body haven't healed yet.
Wu Nian turned his head and said to the person who sent him here: "Thank you Master Zhang for me. It's just that I am tired from the army and can't bear it. You can take them back."
"Yes." Zhang Li's people immediately bowed in response.
After listening to Wu Nian's words, the eight maids looked more or less disappointed. This is a good opportunity to fly up the branches.
General Fu Han. Now he is a big shot who rules the entire Yingqing Mansion and takes life and death. If they could be concubines and give birth to a boy and a half girl, they would be able to enjoy happiness for the rest of their lives.
Of course they didn't dare to say anything more, so they had no choice but to leave with resentment.
Wu Nian entered the mansion with his soldiers. The soldiers quickly took over the security of the mansion, with spears and bows in hand, and they were heavily guarded.
Wu Nian really wanted to take a bath and go to sleep. But first he came to the main room and sat down, waiting for someone.
"Da da da!!!"
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps. Wang Gui hurried in from outside. When he saw Wu Nianhou, his face showed joy and he said, "General. It's great to see you safe and sound."
They are all brothers. When Wang Gui heard that Wu Nian had invaded the Mongolian and Yuan lands, he was so frightened that he could not sleep at night.
Knowing that Wu Nian had won a great victory, he couldn't help but be happy.
Now that I see Wu Nian in person, he is very energetic.
He was filled with joy.
Wu Nian was also very happy to see Wang Gui. He even boasted and said with a smile: "Brother, you are worrying too much. I have elite soldiers and I can conquer the world. Meng Yuan is just a small quagmire."
"Hahaha. That's right." Wang Gui laughed and nodded.
The two brothers talked and laughed and were very happy.
After a long time, Wu Nian asked: "Brother, how are the soldiers under your command doing now?"
"Confused." Wang Gui waved his hand, shook his head and said: "General, you have confused our armies. Now I have the old army under my command, and there are soldiers from three thousand Han households who surrendered in Yaxian County. There are also soldiers from Chongqing. The county surrenders its troops."
"Without your order, I can't organize myself well, so I can only practice in a daze."
"This is a problem. When I go back, I will have to redistribute military power to you and redefine the defense zones according to your situation."
Wu Nian suppressed his smile and nodded seriously.
Yingqing Mansion has been captured, and army expansion is an urgent matter. But how to expand the army, we must first go back to Jiang County to see. Liu Zhixing should have counted the population of the entire Yingqing Prefecture.
There were also tens of thousands of Han soldiers who surrendered in Chongxian, Yaxian and Yunxian counties.
Plus a Zhao Yanting.
The current Yingqing Mansion is actually a mess. It must be sorted out before we can organize our troops to attack the Mongolians again.
"Then the relationship is good. Otherwise it would be a blur." Wang Gui said with joy on his face.
The two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Wu Nian wanted to take a bath and take a nap, but he became more and more energetic. So he took Wang Gui with him to eat and drink.
Wang Gui was left to sleep in the house.
This sacrifice also needs to choose a suitable day. Zhang Li considered that Wu Nian had many things to do every day and could not stay in Chong County for a long time.
So I chose a date nearby.
same day.
The weather was clear and windless.
Wu Nian dispatched all the soldiers currently in Chong County, lined up from the city gate to the cemetery, and arranged soldiers around the cemetery.
Solemn and solemn.
Wu Nian was wearing black clothes and a black ribbon on his head. He was astride a black horse and rode forward with a solemn expression.
Wang Gui and Chong County officials followed closely behind. Further behind were the people in the city who participated voluntarily.
soon. Wu Nian arrived at the cemetery.
Thousands of people are buried in the cemetery.
Zhang Li used all his strength to arrange a wooden board for everyone. Buried densely. I don’t know who is who, so I can only build a big seal.
Following Wu Nian's order, he erected a tombstone. Write a letter [The soul returns].
Then around the cemetery, walls were built and a courtyard was built.
There are dedicated officials and established etiquette. Pigs, cattle and sheep were used as sacrifices. Wu Nian presented sacrifices, the heads of Puguli, and the heads of more than a dozen Mongolian Yuan captains and county magistrates.
Wu Nian was dressed in black and looked like a wooden figure throughout the whole process, performing sacrifices according to etiquette.
Until the end, Wu Nian came to the tombstone of [The Return of the Soul] with a bowl of wine in his hands, and poured the wine in the bowl.
"Rest in peace. I avenged you."
Wu Nian thought to himself.
real.
After being massacred in Chong County, Wu couldn't sleep. It seemed like there were countless undead souls wailing and pleading in his mind.
The undead begged him to avenge themselves.
Wu Nian had nowhere to vent his anger, so he simply entered the Mongolian and Yuan lands and paid for his debt with blood. Now, his mind is clear.
The undead are redeemed.
Immediately, he turned around and looked forward. Soldiers lined up on both sides, solemn and solemn. The kings, nobles and officials are the first echelon, and the common people are the second echelon.
Everyone exudes an aura of sadness.
Buried here are all corpses that have not been claimed. That is to say, the family is extinct. But they still have neighbors.
The surviving people felt the same way.
If they hadn't run so fast, they would have ended up buried here.
At this point, the sacrifice was supposed to be over. But when Wu Nian saw the people in Chong County in front of him, some of his words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them out.
Wu Nian took a deep breath and said loudly: "Folks and compatriots, I am very sad about what happened in Chong County. But is this just a matter about Chong County?"
"No. This is a matter for the whole of Liaodong. We Han people have a saying called [Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their door]. I think it is bullshit."
"Now I have pacified Yingqing Prefecture and driven away the Meng Yuan people. But there are still people in Huanglong Prefecture, Nanhai Prefecture, Guangchuan Prefecture, and Guangyang Prefecture, living under the rule of the Meng Yuan people. If we don't do something , what happened in Chong County will still happen."
"There is another sentence. [With all the nests, how can there be a complete egg]. If Liaodong is gone, Yingqing Prefecture and Chongxian County will not be able to survive alone."
"So I said. [Expel the Tartars and restore Liaodong]."
"What I mean when I tell you this. Do you understand?"
"For the survival of all us Han people. Please don't be stingy. Send your sons, husbands, and brothers to the battlefield and let them fight and die with me."
"Save your rations and provide them for us."
"The next days will be very hard, very painful. But I firmly believe that I can do it. Return a bright future to Liaodong."
"I know that too. Some people will still say that I, Wu Nian, am militaristic, cruel and tyrannical. But I, Wu Nian, have a clear conscience."
"Those who laugh at me, scold me, and insult me, let them do what they say."
"I only care about you, folks. Do you believe me?"
At the end of the sentence, Wu Nian took a deep breath and asked loudly.
