On the third day after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty returned to Beijing, Chen Yingliang obediently reported to Shangshu Province, received the seal, fish talisman and official uniform and other necessary things, and then entered the East Palace from Yanxi Gate dejectedly, to meet his immediate boss, the new right Pei Xin, the inner leader, was full of reluctance to formally take up the post of deputy leader of the right inner prince.
Fortunately, the immediate boss, Pei Xin, is not only a member of Wenxi Pei's family, but Chen Yingliang was able to get rid of Chai Shen and be promoted to a higher level. In addition, Pei Hongce had confessed in secret, so his attitude towards Chen Yingliang was naturally incomparable. He was cordial and affectionate, and immediately summoned the civil and military officials under his command, such as Changshi, Lushi Joining the Army, Lushi, Bingcao Joining the Army, etc., introduced Chen Yingliang to everyone, and asked his subordinates to respect Chen Yingliang as much as they respected themselves. In the meeting, they didn't dare to play any tricks to make things difficult for the new boss, they all paid their respects honestly, and many people couldn't wait to flatter Chen Yingliang, bragging about Chen Yingliang's miraculous achievements in suppressing the rebellion.
But it's a pity that the so-called Prince Younei led the mansion. The name sounds fresh and bright, but in fact the personnel and power are very pitifully small. Basically, it's just a guard of honor. Including Xin and Chen Yingliang, there are only 122 people in total, and the number of personnel is only half of that of a regular Sui military academy regiment. The more miserable it is, the power he really holds is not even as good as Fang Xuanling's eighth-rank palace attendant Yushi.
The power is small, the oil is not enough, and the more frightening thing is that it is boring. On the first day of taking office, Chen Yingliang had some things to do when he met with a subordinate, and then he stood guard endlessly. As Pei Xin checked the situation of his subordinates, he also He could only wander around in a fixed place and on a fixed route, and he couldn't even mutter gossip casually. It was so boring that Chen Yingliang wanted to burst into tears. Then, when Zuo Nei led Sima Teng to make amends, Chen Yingliang found something else to do, and then when Chen Yingliang forgave Sima Teng's ignorance that day, Sima Teng quickly disappeared without a trace. Chen Yingliang fell into the painful situation of being extremely bored again.
Chen Yingliang was so bored in the imperial city that he was about to go crazy, but Chen Laosan was laughing so hard in Chen Yingliang's new home, because the second day after Emperor Sui Yang returned to Daxing, the rewarding officials had already sent Chen Yingliang a Sui The reward promised by Emperor Yangdi was a rather spacious house in Yiyangfang, the title deed of a thousand acres of fertile land in Yunyang, a thousand bolts of colored silk, a thousand dendrobium grain, three thousand copper coins and three hundred taels of gold, and a cash box with cloth in it. Chen Yingliang's new home was piled up like a mountain, and it was magnificent. In addition, Emperor Sui Yang thoughtfully rewarded Chen Yingliang with fifty young men and women as servants. Of course, Chen Laosan, who was taken to the new home by Chen Yingliang to enjoy the blessings, laughed unhappily. It doesn't work either.
Because of this, when Chen Yingliang was not easy to finish his duty and returned to his new home to rest, Chen Laosan limped to the door to greet Chen Yingliang regardless of his leg injury, and ended up recruiting Chen Yingliang. He complained, and then Chen Yingliang acted conscientiously and personally helped Chen Laosan to enter the door, and asked Chen Laosan not to exercise indiscriminately until his leg injury was completely healed, let alone go out to greet him with such hypocrisy.
It was also a coincidence that before Chen Yingliang returned to his new home, his buttocks hadn't warmed up yet, there was an urgent report from the servants outside the door, saying that there was a middle-aged man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, leading seven or eight people with the same crooked appearance. The men from East and West came to visit Chen Yingliang together, and said that the middle-aged man claimed that his surname was Liu and his name was Changgong. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard that, and rushed out of the gate to greet him without putting on his shoes. When he got to the gate, he saw that it was really Liu Changgong who brought a few acquaintances from Youwuwei to visit him, Guo Feng, the three captains of the national army , Chen Ci and Zhao Yu are also among them.
"Brothers, what did I just say?" Seeing Chen Yingliang coming out barefoot, General Liu immediately laughed and said, "I said just now that Brother Chen will definitely treat us to a big meal. You still don't believe me?" , believe it now? Brother Chen came to greet us barefoot with such loyalty, can't we have enough wine and meat tonight?"
"No problem." Chen Yingliang laughed and hugged Liu Changgong, and said, "Come to my place, there is nothing else, just drink and meat, but I just moved in, and the furniture and beds are not ready yet, brothers, if I am drunk Yes, but I can only sleep on the floor."
"The floor is on the floor, as long as there is wine to drink, you can just sleep on the floor!" General Liu is not good at fighting, but he is a good player at booing, and he greeted in an overwhelming way: "Brothers, go in, just take whatever you see pleasing to the eye, Xu Chang Lord Hou Chen has plenty of money, he won't feel bad for anything, let's fill up our pockets first, and then we'll talk about the rest slowly!"
Amid the loud promise, seven or eight generals of the right guards rushed into Chen Yingliang's house with strides, making troubles everywhere like ghosts entering the village, and soon messed up the hall that Chen Laosan ordered his servants to clean out with great difficulty. , and then some people rushed into the backyard directly, saying that they wanted to check whether Chen Yingliang had a golden house, and disturbed Chen Yingliang's new home. With tears in his eyes, he took out the reward he had just received, and ordered the servants to prepare good food and wine to entertain the group of idiots and wine barrels.
When Chen Yingliang's new home was almost demolished, the food and wine finally arrived, and the rice buckets of Youwuwei pounced on the dining table like hungry wolves, grabbing the good dishes with their hands to eat and drink, and at the same time they took the food prepared by the servants of the Chen family. Throwing away all the wine glasses, he demanded that they all be replaced with big bowls. Then, Chen Yingliang was forced by the gang of hungry wolves to rush out three bowls of wine in a row to celebrate his promotion and wealth and his title of knighthood. After being blushed and thick necked, everyone sat down honestly to exchange glasses, drink, chat and fart.
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Changgong rarely put away his hippie smile, and said to Chen Yingliang in a more rare and solemn tone: "Brother Yingliang, we are here to congratulate you today, and we are also here to say goodbye to you. General Dugu Sheng has ordered that tomorrow At noon we are about to retreat to Luoyang, and all the people from Youwuwei have to leave, including the Nationalist Army you formed."
"So fast?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, and asked, "Your Majesty has only been back to Luan for three days, why are you leaving?"
"We were originally here to accept His Majesty's review. Now that the Emperor's review is over, of course we have to go." Liu Changgong replied with some helplessness: "General Dugu said that this is His Majesty's will, and he dare not give us a grace period."
Chen Yingliang was silent. Although Chen Yingliang did not think highly of Liu Changgong, who was incompetent in combat, in his heart, after getting along day and night for a few months, when it was time to part, Chen Yingliang was still extremely disappointed and reluctant. Sighing softly, Chen Yingliang grabbed Liu Changgong's big hand and said softly: "Brother Liu, you have to take care, if there is a chance, we will kill the thief side by side!"
"Take care too." Liu Changgong nodded, sighed and said, "I really don't understand why His Majesty the Emperor would let you stay in Daxing and not let you enter Youwuwei? Brother Yingliang, you may not know, I heard that you are going to be imprisoned." After the emperor stayed in Daxing, many of You Wuwei's brothers cried out on the spot, and they couldn't bear to part with you."
Chen Yingliang was silent, and after a while he said: "How could I be willing to part with you?"
Sighing, Chen Yingliang turned his gaze to Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu. Guo Feng, who usually likes to be noisy, was already in tears, and Chen Ci and Zhao Yu even shed tears directly. The comrades who climbed out of the dead man looked at each other without saying a word, until after a while, Guo Feng choked up and said: "Chen Jishi, we..."
"Brother Guo, stop talking, don't talk today." Chen Yingliang interrupted Guo Feng's choking, and said seriously: "Tomorrow I will see you off, today we will drink in peace, I will give you some money later, you prepare some for me." Tomorrow, let’s have a farewell wine together. Remember, not only should you prepare the wine bowls for the living brothers, but also the wine bowls for the fallen brothers. Each bowl of wine should not be less…”
"By the way, by the way, prepare an incense case, a spirit tablet, and the spirit tablet writes the words "report to the national army's heroic spirit." As he spoke calmly, tears still flickered in Chen Yingliang's eyes. He couldn't make a sound, nodded silently, whimpered in his mouth, and couldn't make any other sounds...
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In the morning of the next day, Chen Yingliang reported to his superior, Pei Xin, for leave early. He first returned home, put on the armor he wore when he reported to the national army, and then led a horse, riding one by one, just like he did when he went to Dongdu to join the army. After leaving the Daxing City Gate, he changed into military uniforms outside the city and went all the way to the station of the Youwuwei Army outside the city. And You Wuwei's troops had already pulled out their battalions, and they were preparing to set off. Seeing Chen Yingliang's arrival, the neat team of You Wuwei suddenly became chaotic. In front of Chen Yingliang, with tears in his eyes, he greeted Chen Yingliang who had dismounted from his horse.
"Brothers, take care! Take care!" Chen Yingliang embraced the familiar Youwuwei officers and soldiers one by one, and whispered to take care, while greeting everyone, he slowly moved forward, approaching the queue of the Nationalist Army that had already lined up.
He walked slowly to the side of the national patriotic army team. The soldiers of the national patriotic army in white robes had already lined up neatly. After the big waves washed away the sand, there were only 844 soldiers of the national patriotic army except Chen Yingliang left. The last 525 people, when they saw Chen Yingliang coming, all the 525 soldiers burst into tears, and many of them even cried out on the spot, but the military order was strict, no one left the team without permission and came out to meet Chen Yingliang. Embrace.
Guo Feng, Chen Ci, and Zhao Yu, three captains, had already stood by an incense table. According to Chen Yingliang's request, the spirit plaque on the incense table was written with the seven characters "Serving the National Army Generals and Soldiers". In front of the incense table, two hundred and nineteen Wine bowl full of wine. Seeing the densely packed wine bowls, Chen Yingliang's eyes turned red, and finally he couldn't help but shed tears.
General Youwuwei Dugusheng appeared in front of Chen Yingliang, and said in a low voice: "Yingliang, there is still some time, go and say something, we will wait."
Wiping away his tears, Chen Yingliang nodded, strode to the incense table, bowed to the head of the Lingpai Jishou, then got up and turned to face the Nationalist Army team, and said loudly: "Brothers, we are going to say goodbye. From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to part with You Wuwei, let alone you!"
The scene was extremely quiet, and there was only a slight sob in the Nationalist Army team. Hearing the sobs, and seeing the soldiers of the Nationalist Army with tears streaming down their faces, Chen Yingliang once again burst into tears and pointed at the Nationalist Army behind him. The soldier's spirit card choked up and said: "I don't want to part with them either, so before I send you off, I want to see them off first. Soldiers, all the wine bowls are ready, and we will see off the sacrificed brothers together."
Amidst the sobs, the soldiers of the Nationalist Army raised their wine bowls one by one. Chen Yingliang also took the wine bowl handed over by Guo Feng, turned to the spirit plaque of the fallen soldiers, and said loudly with sobs: "Brothers who died in battle, we have won, Yang Xuangan The rebellion has been put down, and we have personally captured Yang Xuangan, the traitor himself, and the emperor rewarded your family with pension money and food, as well as fertile land, and your spirits in heaven can rest in peace."
"Come!" Chen Yingliang stretched out his hands, and handed the wine bowl to the direction of the spirit tablet, trying not to let himself cry, and said loudly: "Brothers, come, it's time for us to drink the farewell wine. After drinking this bowl of wine, you… ."
"Brothers, let's go with peace of mind!" Shouted hysterically, Chen Yingliang drank the wine bowl in his hand, and when he put down the wine bowl again, Chen Yingliang's tears still flowed down his cheeks uncontrollably.
"Let's go with peace of mind!" The five hundred and twenty-five soldiers of the Nationalist Army cried out in unison, and they also drank up the wine bowls in front of them, and then wept bitterly.
The soldiers of the friendly army came forward with the wine jars in their arms and refilled the wine bowls one by one for the soldiers of the patriotism army with tears in their eyes. It's our turn, thanks to your blessings, the emperor granted me a big official position, but I have to stay in Daxing and say goodbye to you."
"Brothers, there is no permanent banquet in the world, we are about to part, I will never forget, I will never forget the days and nights I fought side by side with you, I will never forget that together we killed thieves, suppressed rebellion, and served the country loyally Days! At the last moment before parting, besides drinking a bowl of wine with you, I also want to give you the last order in the honor of serving as the general of the Nationalist Army! This order is, don’t cry, and walk away with a smile , We must always remember the soul of our army of serving the country—kill thieves and enemies, and serve the country faithfully!"
"Kill the thieves and kill the enemy! Serve the country faithfully!" The soldiers of the national defense army shouted again, but then they still violated Chen Yingliang's order and continued to cry bitterly. Chen Yingliang himself even took the lead in disobeying the order, crying to the sky.
The wine bowl was full, and Chen Yingliang held up the wine bowl again and shouted to the soldiers of the Nationalist Army: "Brothers, after drinking this bowl of wine, you will still be brothers in the future! After drinking this bowl of wine, you will continue to be brothers in your next life!" In the next life, let's continue... to serve the country loyally! Done!"
"Serve the country faithfully!" All the officers and men of the national service army wept uncontrollably, weeping and shouting, and together with Chen Yingliang, they drank all the wine in their bowls.
Putting down the wine bowl, Chen Yingliang suddenly shouted: "Yu Le, the flag bearer, bring up our military flag!"
"promise!"
Yu Le agreed loudly, walked up to Chen Yingliang holding the military flag, handed the general flag to Chen Yingliang with both hands, Chen Yingliang took it with both hands, and then handed the general flag to Dugu Sheng next to him, and said in a loud voice: "General Dugu, former Henan Chancellor Chen Yingliang, the secretary of the government, was ordered to hold this army flag and lead the army to fight to kill Yang Xuangan's rebels. Fortunately, he did not disgrace his order and successfully completed the task! Now return the general flag, and ask General Dugu to store it on your behalf, and hand it over to Fan Liushou and General Huangfu!"
Dugu Sheng took over the military flag solemnly, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your hard work, you fought beautifully."
The moment the military flag left his hand, Chen Yingliang seemed to have let go of a heavy burden. He was extremely relaxed, but at the same time he was extremely reluctant to let go. Tears flowed down again without disappointment. The same was true for the soldiers of the Nationalist Army. In front of him, he said loudly: "Soldiers, now I announce in the honor of General Youwuwei of the Great Sui Dynasty that the Baoguo Army will not be disbanded, and I will also select elite soldiers from each battalion to replenish the strength of four regiments for you, so that you can continue to fight. Hold this military flag high, kill thieves and enemies, and serve the country with loyalty! Also, your team will always enjoy wartime treatment, with priority in supplying clothing, weapons, and food, and you will directly accept the restraint of this general or General Huangfu. The other generals are commanding! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" The soldiers of the Nationalist Army replied in unison.
"Ying Liang, do you have anything else to say to the Bao Guojun?" Dugu Sheng asked again in a low voice.
Chen Yingliang shook his head, just poured a bowl of wine by himself, then slowly walked to the side of the Youwuwei team, raised the wine bowl flatly and said loudly: "Brothers in the friendly army, I'm sorry, I don't have that much money, please Drinking a bowl of wine alone, I can only use this bowl of wine to salute you, thank you for your help in obscurity, thank you for your equally heroic fighting and killing the enemy, without your assistance, I and the Nationalist Army team would not be as brilliant as they are today."
"Thank you!" Chen Yingliang yelled, drank the wine in the bowl, smashed the bowl into pieces, saluted the leader of the friendly army, and yelled again, "Thank you!"
After shouting this sentence, Chen Yingliang got up and left, took his own horse and returned to Daxing City without looking back. While refusing to pay attention to the cries and calls of the soldiers of the national army and the soldiers of the friendly army, he wept silently, and could not find any other way To express the pain and loss in my heart at the moment.
"The smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls up, the horse neighs, the sword is like frost, and the heart is like the Yellow River, who can resist in twenty years? Hate is mad, the sword is directed, how many brothers and feet are buried A foreign land?"
The familiar military song sounded behind Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang in white robe and armor still refused to look back, couldn't bear to look at those familiar faces and scenes, and continued to walk towards Daxing City without looking back. A lonely person goes to Daxing City, to Daxing City where fish and dragons are mixed and undercurrents are turbulent, to meet new challenges in his life.