[Red Chamber] Jia Huan's Army

Jia Huan knew that if he could not drive his horse away from the pursuers, he would surely die in the chaos.But now there is no time to think about the consequences, the only thing Jia Huan can do is to make himself faster, faster.

Seeing the ambush valley in front of him, Jia Huan heaved a sigh of relief and rode his horse towards the valley.The pursuers behind received the order from the coach, and they didn't think about whether they would be ambushed if they entered the valley, so they all chased them in without hesitation.Seeing that most of the people had entered the valley, the cavalry led by Jia Huan no longer ran away, but turned around and confronted the Tatars.

Seeing that the little man in front of him was so fearless, the Tatar general shouted wildly: "How dare you shoot and kill Prince Batu Monk! I will let you die without a burial today!"

When Jia Huan saw this bearded man, his palms were sweating nervously for a while, but he forced himself on his face, and said with a sneer, "I'd like to see how he died?" It's a few arrows.

But this time the general seemed to have been prepared, and easily dodged the continuous shooting of bows and arrows.Just when he was going to laugh at Jia Huan for "it's just that", there was a roar of killing in the valley, and the people who had been ambushing for a long time rushed down.Only then did the Tatars realize that they had been fooled by Jia Huan, and hurriedly prepared to retreat.It's just that this retreat was blocked by another army that caught up later.

Seeing that the Tatars were enraged by Jia Huan, the team sent by Geng Yuan as a back-up move followed them closely, waiting for the best opportunity to encircle them from behind.Now the Tatar army had ambushes and pursued them, and they were besieged to death in this nameless valley.

Seeing that there was no hope of withdrawing the troops, the leading Tatar general shouted: "Fight!" Then he took the lead and rushed towards Jia Huan.Originally, based on the general's many years of battlefield experience, he would not have made such a mistake.It's a pity that Jia Huan was fooled because he easily shot and killed their little prince, making him angry and frightened.The Tatar General naturally blamed Jia Huan for the current situation, so he was the first to settle the score with Jia Huan.

Jia Huan saw that the other party rushed up so recklessly, and had no way to retreat, so he had to bite the bullet and fight this reckless man.As soon as the swords and swords collided, Jia Huan was shocked by the brute force of the opponent, and Jia Huan was about to be defeated.Naturally, Jia Huan also knew that he couldn't fight recklessly, relying on his agility, he dodged the opponent's attack lightly, and then stabbed the opponent's mount with his long spear.After a successful blow, the opponent really didn't check, and was thrown off by the frenzied war horse.Seeing the situation, Jia Huan didn't wait for anyone to get up, and without hesitation pierced the spear in his hand into the opponent's heart.The bearded man who had uttered wild words just now died.

This fight lasted for a whole afternoon, from the very day of the sun until the sunset.The frontier defenders encircled and wiped out tens of thousands of opponents at a very small cost.The commander of the Tatar army was killed, the remaining soldiers were killed, and those who were captured were captured. There was not even a single person who fled back to report.

In terms of merit, Jia Huan can be said to be the biggest hero in this battle.He not only led the Tatar army into a trap beyond everyone's expectations, but also shot and captured the opponent's little prince and leading general successively.Although the prince named Batu Monk didn't know whether he was alive or dead, the remaining two points alone were enough to make people admire.The subsequent promotion and rewards are estimated to be just around the corner.

However, Jia Huan was not as happy as expected at this time.After counting the number of people, ten of his soldiers were seriously injured and seven were killed in battle.Although Jia Huan now has dozens or hundreds of lives in his hands, they are all enemies.He couldn't accept that the soldiers who were eating, living and even fighting together the day before turned into cold corpses in a blink of an eye, and some of them were even mutilated.Looking at the unwillingness and fear of death on the faces of these people who get along day and night, the only thing Jia Huan can do is to help restrain the corpse, carefully wipe off the blood on the corpse, and then ask Nan'an King about the pension .

"Ten taels per person, if there are only children or young children in the family, an additional five taels will be added." Geng Yuan looked at Jia Huan with a gloomy face, a little surprised.He didn't expect Jia Huan to think about it.

Although Jia Huan was not taken seriously, he also grew up in the Duke's Mansion.In his eyes, this short ten taels of silver is probably not enough for a small gadget that these young masters and ladies bought casually.Not to mention other things, even the big maids in Baoyu's room probably wouldn't care about such money.Now, the money for such a small thing actually buys out a lot of lives.Jia Huan looked at Geng Yuan in disbelief, and asked, "That's all?"

Geng Yuan knew that Jia Huan didn't have the concept of money, so he didn't care about it, and explained: "This is quite a lot. If there are soldiers in the guards in various places, there are not so many." Even this pension is not available.Geng Yuan looked at the blue-faced Jia Huan, and didn't want to tell him such a cruel thing.

Jia Huan still didn't give up, and asked: "Then if there are only orphans and widows in the family, they probably won't be able to survive with this money. Isn't there a related philanthropy here?"

"There are not many of them. The charity halls relying on donations alone cannot accommodate so many people." Geng Yuan sighed.He has been stationed here all year round, and the soldiers he leads are like flowing water.Some of these soldiers are names he can name, some he knows well, some have been drilled by him, and some have eaten the same pot of food as him. Why doesn't he want these soldiers to have a good ending, at least in death? Finally, the family can feed and clothe through the next years.It's just that the reality is cruel. These pensions, which are more than the average soldier, are determined by him and Bai Shi after years of constant discounts and constant negotiating.More, it is estimated that he has no ability to do it.

After hearing this, Jia Huan felt as if a big rock was blocked in his heart, which made him feel very ashamed of those brothers who died in battle.It wasn't until today that he really realized what it means to be "one general succeeds and ten thousand bones die". These dead soldiers are just a number reported, and some will even be removed as a fraction, without even a name. It's gone without leaving.As for those families who lost their sons, fathers, and brothers because of this, no one seems to care.

Jia Huan has been depressed because of this, he found that there is too little he can do.Of course, apart from this main reason, there is another thing that makes Jia Huan not very happy, that is, Tanchun's letter mentions the news that Yuanchun was conferred the title of "virtuous concubine".

"What a dishonest villain." Jia Huan kneaded the letter paper and muttered secretly, if Mo Lian knew about it, he would probably have to smile wryly, but he had been notified in advance.

Of course, Jia Huan would never admit that the sour emotions in his heart were due to such things.

In Tanchun's mind, apart from mentioning the news of Yuanchun's concubine, everything is fine, plus his advice on Jia Huan's safety.Jia Huan knew that with Tanchun's self-reliant temperament, naturally he would not let himself know that they were not happy in the mansion.Just don't mention Tanchun, Jia Huan can also imagine how proud Mrs. Wang is at this time, and how she suppressed Aunt Zhao without a trace.

In fact, Mrs. Wang is really not so comfortable at this time.Because the news of Jia Huanli's military exploits was sent back to Beijing through the battle report of King Nan'an.Mrs. Wang, who had been arrogant in front of the wives of the officials these days, heard the mainstream saying in a blink of an eye, "The virtuous concubine is also lucky, and she even got the honor of her own brother. I heard that she was still a concubine before." What about Wu Tanhua, who made a great contribution in the blink of an eye, it's really amazing."

Mrs. Wang did not know how many veils she tore behind her back.It's just that now that this posture has been put on, it's hard to keep a low profile.And there are always people who are not good at flattering my good life, and I don't know whether it is a compliment or a mockery, which really makes people feel uncomfortable.In the past, when I was in a bad mood, I could still punish Aunt Zhao, but now because Jia Huan's little boy is promising, even Mother Jia has sent more people to look after Aunt Zhao, and there is no time to even start.This day is really suffocating.Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do.

Some people are sad and some are happy.Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth here, while the other people in Jia's mansion over there were all honored, and fully experienced the feeling of double happiness.Of course, the happiest of all people is not in Jia's house.

Mo Lian looked at the battle report in his hand, his face was soft, and he couldn't help saying to himself, "Sure enough." Then he frowned again, wondering if this reckless little guy was injured, he needed to ask carefully in the letter ask.Of course, in order to prevent Jia Huan from telling the truth, the person who asked the question was naturally not Jia Huan himself.

In addition to the battle report, Mo Lian also received a letter from Jia Huan early in the morning.In his letter, Jia Huan mentioned to him his thinking about these soldiers these days, in addition to the consolation of the families of the soldiers who died in battle, and the arrangements for some disabled soldiers, there is no lack of self-blame and expectation in his words.Mo Lian had thought about this phenomenon as early as when he went out with his father as a prince, and he also had some plans in his mind, but now he has no real power in his hands, such a change will not happen overnight, but now I guess he can only treat Jia in his heart. Ring comforted a little.

Besides, Mo Lian was secretly thinking about speeding up the pace of regaining power.Now he is too passive.He couldn't accept reasonable suggestions from his sweetheart, which really challenged his self-esteem.