The palace was quiet, and outside Yong'an Hall, only Han You and Lao Ba were sitting side by side on the steps.
Han You was in pain and was very suitable. Lao Ba just stayed with her quietly. When he needed to speak, he spoke, and when he needed to listen, he listened.
"The military is a major event of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. It is foolish for the people to talk about war lightly. The so-called common hatred of the enemy by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty is just a generous act of generosity of other people's lives. Those who sacrifice their lives for the country are mostly war pawns, not pawns. Flag bearer.”
Lao Ba lowered his head: "You are willing to become a chess piece from a chess player. I admire, admire, admire and admire you so much. Even I don't like fighting, I like peace and tranquility. I just rely on humiliation and losing money by cutting off territory. If you can't get peace, you can't get tranquility. You don't like war, but you can't live without war. If you like war, you will die, if you forget war, you will be in danger. This war of yours is a war of benevolence and justice. There must be a war. If it is a war, how can it not kill people? , not disabled, although you are crossing the sea to fight in a foreign country, you are fighting to end the war, protect the East China Sea, and protect the three roads. This war of benevolence and justice, no matter how cruel it is, must be fought."
Patting Han You's leg, Lao Ba's face was filled with bitterness and a bitterness that could not be expressed to ordinary people.
The imperial guards sent there have returned. The ones who came back last night arrived in Beijing less than two hours after Han You. They told them the situation of Jiangying Island in detail.
The battle damage was very high, so high that the imperial court could accept it, but Lao Ba could not.
Han You also couldn't accept it. He couldn't look at the whole thing from a more macro and long-term perspective like Lao Ba. He could only look at the whole war from a personal perspective, a "human" perspective and a personal experience. , to think.
Too many people have fallen, and no one blames him.
The more this happened, the more guilty Han You felt.
He knew that he was doing the right thing, but this kind of "rightness" required too many people to pay the price with their lives. Honors and merits were given to him as the commander-in-chief and to those who survived, and those who truly sacrificed their lives for the country Most people have become numbers, groups of numbers.
"I see."
Han You's voice was extremely hoarse. He just said that I understand, but he did not say whether he wanted to go back to Yingdao.
He said that he returned to Yingdao to drive away the Japanese thieves.
But deep down, who knows whether he wants to die in battle as Lao Ba said.
At least, many people who survived the battlefield could never return to their original lives, and they would never find peace. Their ordinary lives were as painful as Ling Chi, and finally returned to the battlefield under the confusion of the world. Everyone thought they were He likes the battlefield, even bloodthirsty, but he doesn't know that he just wants to die. Death has some value, and death can provide relief.
Lao Ba grabbed Han You who was about to sit up and leave: "Beiland has been a little uneasy lately."
Han You didn't say anything, and Lao Ba continued: "The countries outside Xiguan are ready to take action after hearing that the imperial court is launching a large-scale attack on Ying."
"oh."
Han You said oh, just oh.
Lao Ba was very angry: "You are an important minister of our Zhou Dynasty, you have to take care of more than just Yingdao!"
"You yelled like shit."
Han You cursed angrily: "A large number of gunpowder arrows were transported to the northern army. In order to hunt down Ma Rufeng, Ma Rulong took only two thousand light cavalry out of the border and penetrated deep into the hinterland of the grassland. He used gunpowder arrows along the way to frighten many grassland tribes. Those who The tribes all want to join me, Great Zhou, and even the Liangrong Great Khan and the Turkic Golden Wolf King once again sent envoys to the capital to seek peace. Do you think I, Han You, am blind or deaf?"
Lao Ba's face turned red: "You found out."
"There is also Xiguan, and the allied forces of the countries, with gunpowder arrows, King Yan is like a madman, leading 20,000 people out of the pass, killing anyone he sees, killing all the countries in the Western Regions, and their families retreat westward, expanding the territory thousands of miles More than that, you told me something happened in Xiguan?"
"You even know this?" Lao Ba was extremely surprised.
Han You rolled his eyes fiercely: "You might as well say there was trouble outside Nanguan."
"Oh?" Lao Ba looked happy and said subconsciously: "Is there really trouble in Nanguan? If so, you don't have to go back to Yingdao."
"Excuse me, uncle!"
Han You was completely convinced. Just when he was about to curse, he suppressed the curse words.
He could feel Lao Ba's worries, which were also "private" and not out of consideration for the emperor or the court.
"Go back to the villa first. The New Year is approaching. If you still want to return to Yingdao after the New Year, I will never stop you."
"oh."
With another "Oh", Han You didn't ask any more questions, stood up, patted his butt and left.
Lao Ba did not go to see him off until Wen Wu came over and the latter asked: "Why is Your Majesty so sure that Han Jian will not leave when he reaches his prime years?"
"If Han Bairen is really as good at fighting as Huang Youwei and others say, and he has many soldiers in Yingdao and a large number of gunpowder arrows, he will definitely be able to send back good news before the end of the year. With good news, Han You will feel at ease. If you feel at ease, you won’t be in a hurry.”
"Might your Majesty not see that Han Jianzheng is not so anxious to return to Yingdao because he is worried about the war."
"I can see it, I feel the same way."
Lao Ba sighed faintly: "Let me think about the countermeasures again."
The four princes also came over, but there was no young prince Zhou Yan.
There is one thing to say, among so many princes, the eldest, second and third are actually the worst. The eldest is ruthless, the second is reckless and the third is stupid. Except for these three brothers, the other princes are very good, even Xiaoba is just because It's just that he's a bit cowardly because of his age and experience.
Lao Ba knew what these four children wanted to do, so he waved his hand impatiently: "Go away, go to Four Seasons Villa."
The four brothers immediately beamed with joy, and left with their arms around each other.
The four princes came to Beijing one after another, and the place they wanted to go to the most was the Four Seasons Villa. However, the emperor and the empress wanted to use this unfortunate brother as a human shield. They stayed in the palace every day and refused to leave. Every day was like a year.
As for Han You, after waiting at the palace gate for a while, the queen also had the three ladies, one child, and Brother Hai sent out.
Han You wanted to show his trademark big smile, but the corners of his mouth turned up, and his smile was exaggerated, or rather bitter.
I didn't think much about it when I left Yingdao before. Now I always feel like a deserter. I didn't kill the last Japanese thief, as if I felt sorry for those robes who died in the battle.
The Han Mansion carriage has been waiting for a long time. After Han You and the three ladies entered the carriage, they were all silent. The more no one spoke, the more silent they became. The more silent they were, the more depressed the atmosphere in the carriage became.
Han You wanted to say something. We haven’t seen each other for so long. There are always thousands of things to say and the child to be hugged.
It's just that when he reaches out his hand, he will think of something, something that he doesn't know how to say or how to hold the child.
"It's so annoying."
At the critical moment, Sikong Zhao had an idea and said angrily: "Go back to bed, the three of us will go to bed together."
As soon as he finished speaking, Han You finally showed his long-lost smile, accompanied by a trace of saliva.
