Chapter 805: Pledge of Allegiance

Not to mention that Su You and Shi Wei were treating the wounded and keeping in touch with each other in the army, Guo Kui and Zhao Man had another disagreement about the strategy of entering the army.

Zhao Man's idea was to take advantage of the unmoved troops and reorganize the troops to organize the troops in the caves of the two rivers, select their brave men with generous rewards, let them preach the policy, recruit them, win over their hearts, and then follow them with large troops.

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Guo Kui didn't listen.

Later, Zhao Man tried to get people to join the imperial edict and recruit them among the thieves, but Guo Kui still refused to listen.

Zhao Man persisted in his request, and in the end the lawsuit was brought against Su You, because Zhao Xu's decree made it clear that if the general had doubts, it would be up to Su You, the deputy privy envoy, to make the decision.

In the military tent, Su You was supervising Guo Kui and Zhao Man to take medicine.

Zhao Man was still angry: "I'm not sick!"

"You have to eat even if you are not sick. This is called prevention!"

The two old men were of the same age, and both were more than twenty years older than Su You. Therefore, although Su You was the top chief executive, he could only act as a mediator.

Su You forced Zhao Man to take the pills, and then said: "Mr. Zhao, you are also from Shu. You should know that there is an old saying in Shu - you look into other people's bowls, but be careful when others look into your pot."

"Let's not talk about the incompetence of Dongding. Let's talk about the loyalty of those in Dongshou."

"If you use them, can you guarantee that they won't betray you if you get the chance?"

"So it's better to use a large army to suppress the situation, surrender to those who obey, and annihilate those who don't. This is the kingly way."

Seeing that the old man wanted to refute again, Su You said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I mean, your suggestion is still very feasible within the scope of our control, but now we can't expect it to be beyond our capabilities."

"For example, Guangyuan Prefecture is now under the oppression of our military. Liu Ji, the pseudo-Korean Observer of Guangyuan Prefecture, has sent a letter to secretly transfer love money. His purpose is just to protect himself."

"There are also many conflicts within the Li Dynasty. The civil servants in the court have long been dissatisfied with Li Qiande...hey, that's a ten-year-old child...with the pseudo-Queen Mother Li's appointment of eunuchs to control the government and military power."

"Now that Li Changjie and Zong Quan have retreated, they will leave Liu Ji's 5,000 men behind. Since Mr. Zhao has such a suggestion, just order Yanda to lead the troops to recruit them to surrender."

Guo Kui spoke: "Old Zhao, it's not that I don't want to listen to you, it's actually... we are guest troops from thousands of miles away!"

"If you order Yanda to go forward and recapture Guangyuan, the entire army will have to move forward and occupy Taiping Village, otherwise Yanda will be alone."

"But once the order is given, the war will begin."

"Your Majesty wants us to fight quickly, but the troops and horses have not recovered yet."

Zhao Man disagreed: "In the past when we conquered Annan, our army might have been damaged by 30% when we arrived here. Now our army is still intact, how can we say it has not recovered yet?"

Su You shook his head: "Mr. Zhao's words are wrong. The sergeants are not numbers on the general's memorial. They are living human lives."

"It should be the duty of the commander to allow them to kill the enemy on the battlefield instead of dying of illness on the march. I don't agree with forcing sick soldiers to go to the battlefield."

After saying that, he handed over to Guo Kui: "Mr. Guo, what Duke Zhao said is true. Now the weather is good enough to march into the army. After this, the soldiers have a deep understanding of the military's epidemic prevention and health regulations. After thinking about it,

Non-combat attrition will be greatly reduced."

"I've already made the soap smaller, but these soldiers are still planning to take it back to their hometown to sell it. Now I've made it as big as a matchbox and so thin that they won't be able to make a fortune."

Guo Kui smiled: "Old Zhao, did you see that? In order to let the sergeants use soap to bathe, Mingrun would find a way to make the soap smaller; they were not used to drinking boiled water, so Mingrun would make that... filter

. He will not force them, he will only find a way by himself. Why? He treats the sergeants as human beings."

"You are so smart at studying... you always take the lives of the sergeants too lightly. This is why I have to look at Mingrun with a high regard."

"You can't just use the reason that our army can afford to lose 2.5% of the army here than before, right? It took a lot of effort to bring all the men here, if only they could be brought back all.

, wouldn’t it be better?”

Seeing that Zhao Man looked ashamed, Su You quickly smoothed things over: "Mr. Zhao, that's not what he meant... Mr. Guo, it's really time for the army to move, otherwise none of us will be able to hold His Majesty back."

Guo Kui asked: "How much has the sergeant recovered now? How is the morale?"

Su You handed over his hand: "There are still hundreds of sergeants who need treatment, and the rest have basically recovered. As for morale, leave it to me!"

Guo Kui nodded: "Then it's up to you to march in the army in the middle of autumn!"

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In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the ninth year of Xining, the Song army, with 800 generals and above, took an oath in the south of Yongzhou City.

The autumn wind is hunting, and golden chrysanthemums are clustered in clusters.

On the hill are more than 50,000 tombs, and in the middle is an ancestral hall - Su Zhongyong Temple.

There is a small shrine in the ancestral hall, which houses the statue of Su Jin. Behind the statue is a screen, on which is engraved a poem that Su Jin wrote when he went to Zhenjiang to pay homage to his cousin Su Shen's tomb.

"In the misty village of Wuliping Suburbs, tears are shed in the graves and the souls of heroes are wept. In recent years, their loyalty has been as strong as iron, and they have lived up to their lifelong education."

Su You led the backbone of the army to worship the dead at the foot of the hill.

On both sides of the memorial shed is an elegiac couplet written by Su You personally.

He cares for the city in exhaustion, and the mountains and rivers with blood and tears, and the noble heroes of three generations bring relief to the country.

Killing one's body to uphold great righteousness will mark the annals of history, and one's loyal soul will be carried forward through the ages.

After three glasses of wine, Su You turned around and looked at the solemn general in front of him.

"There are fifty-eight thousand innocent souls on the hill, including my clan uncles, clan brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews."

"For thousands of years, since the Qin Dynasty established Guilin, Nanhai, Xiangjun, and Jiaozhi, it has been my hometown in China."

"During the Han Dynasty, it was Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, and Rinan County."

"It wasn't until the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties that the three counties were divided by warlords and have been moved to this day."

"The Song Dynasty was so contemptuous and far-flung, yet it cared for it with grace."

"Unexpectedly, the wolfish ambition has encroached on our territory of the Song Dynasty year by year. For hundreds of miles, we have no sense of shame. We brazenly raised troops to invade our territory and massacre our people!"

"Why should I, the Great Song Dynasty, be the neighbor of this little evil thief?!"

"Look at the 58,000 undead on the hill. What reason did they have to be slaughtered?!"

"They should still be living peacefully on this land - the elders are working in the fields, the housewives are cooking in the kitchen, and the children are grazing in the mountains and fields..."

"When the call from home comes, they should happily drive the buffaloes and sheep, wash the mud off their legs, go home and reunite, and enjoy a dinner that may not be sumptuous as a family."

"But now, they are all lying here, lying here coldly forever!"

"Who gave the Puppet Vietnamese such courage? Allowed them to take away the lives of my people in the Song Dynasty without restraint?!"

"Those people walking on the hill are not soldiers and have no weapons."

"They are just like your parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, they are just ordinary people!"

"They just stood up bravely when the invaders wanted to occupy this sacred land and said, no!"

"Then, the brutal invaders waved their butcher's knives at them!"

"Can the butcher's knife scare us? Today, we will step into the territory of Jiaozhi. Like the people who died in Yongzhou, we will also stand in front of those despicable and shameless wolves and continue to say, no!"

"We must hold our chests high and tell them that if you really have the guts, please raise the butcher knife that massacred the people of Song Dynasty again and attack me!"

"We have to ask them, if they really have the guts, never put down their weapons, never beg for life!"

"We have to ask them to resist to the end!"

"Until our sharp blades cut off their heads! Until our stabbing spears pierce their hearts!"

"We have to ask them to continue to be arrogant and domineering, just like they did to the innocent people of the Song Dynasty!"

"Don't be polite to me. If you have any skills, just come! Use them all at me!"

"We are here to get this debt back!"

The commanders drew their swords wildly, shouting with red eyes: "Revenge! Take us to revenge!"

"Destroy the traitors and repay the blood debt!"

Guo Kui stood next to Su You, his white beard fluttering, and his old face under the iron helmet as cold as ice.
Chapter completed!