after being kidnapped by the general

But the work of treating wounded soldiers is a bit tiring, but the sense of accomplishment it brings cannot be described in words.

They were so exhausting and the final effect was remarkable.More and more veterans returned to the battlefield after recovering from injuries, and the death rate of soldiers has been greatly reduced.

The soldiers were very grateful to Yuan Li, and after returning to the battlefield, they told others about the wounded barracks.Before Yuan Li knew it, his reputation had spread rapidly among the soldiers in a small area.

That night, out of curiosity, Yang Zhongfa came to the wounded barracks, wanting to see the wounded soldiers.

The soldier waiting in front of the wounded barracks pointed to the water basin beside him and said, "My lord, Mr. Yuan has ordered that everyone who enters and exits the wounded barracks must wash their hands."

Yang Zhongfa let out a "Hey", "Is there still such a rule? Pay attention!"

He squatted down and washed his hands with the water in the basin.He found that there was a piece of soap beside the water basin that had been worn until the carvings disappeared, and he turned his head to ask the soldier in surprise, "Is this soap also put here by Mr. Yuan?"

The soldier nodded honestly: "Master Yuan said that washing hands will be cleaner this way."

Yang Zhongfa looked distressed, "With soap, have more people come to wash their hands every day?"

The soldier nodded again.

Since Mr. Yuan put a piece of soap here, everyone who came out and went in didn't need the soldiers' reminders, and happily leaned over to wash their hands, and they had to wash it several times every time they tossed and turned.In the disease doctor alone, several people deliberately went out and in and out many times, pretending to be out on business.

If it weren't for the soldiers watching, someone would have wanted to take the soap away.

Yang Zhongfa carefully smacked his palms with soap.

He also has a set of soap that Yuanli gave him, although Yuanli said that this thing is not worth much, you can ask him for it when you run out.But Yang Zhongfa cherished it very much. After returning to Youzhou, he gave all three pieces of soap to his wife, but left one piece for himself to wash his face every morning and evening. After using the soap every time, he just felt refreshed The air was refreshing, and the water in the washbasin turned into black water.

He washed his hands several times before standing up and entering the wounded barracks.

As soon as he entered, Yang Zhongfa subconsciously held his breath, preparing to face the oncoming stench.He has been to the wounded barracks many times, because there are too many wounded soldiers, often mixed with all kinds of dirty things, the smell of blood and feces mixed together, there is no place to set foot all over the ground, it is more disgusting than the battlefield.

But to Yang Zhongfa's surprise, after entering the wounded barracks this time, the first sight was clean and tidy.The ground was compacted and leveled, and the ground was dry without any blood or other dirt.Clean old quilts are lined up on the ground, and wounded soldiers are lying on the quilts to rest.

Yang Zhong was in a daze, he let go of his breath tentatively, only smelled the strong smell of medicinal materials and blood, and the nauseating smell that made people breathless before all disappeared.

Is this still a wounded barracks?

A disease doctor saw him who was stunned, and walked over quickly and asked, "Are you injured, sir?"

Yang Zhongfa couldn't recover, subconsciously shook his head, "Where is Mr. Yuan?"

"Master Yuan is going to inspect other wounded barracks," said the doctor, "If you want to see Mr. Yuan, just wait a while."

After finishing speaking, the disease doctor went to work on his own.

Yang Zhongfa stood for a while, and wandered around, and saw a military officer under him on the way.

This military marquis broke an arm on the battlefield. Yang Zhongfa thought he would die, but he didn't expect to see him lying here.Yang Zhongfa stepped forward immediately, and carefully sniffed Tan Junhou's breath.The military breath is stable and long-lasting, and it will definitely survive.

The breath hit the fingers, and the real touch made Yang Zhongfa's eyes tingle inexplicably.At this moment, he could suddenly feel what the changes Yuanli had made meant to the soldiers.

When Yuanli came back, he saw Yang Zhongfa bandaging the arm of a wounded soldier.

"Master Yang?" Yuan Li was slightly surprised, "Why are you here?"

After Yang Zhongfa bandaged the wounded soldier for the last time, he stood up and clapped his hands, laughing loudly: "I'm here to find you, Mr. Yuan! Do you have time now, let's go out and talk?"

Yuan Li put the medicinal materials in his hand aside, and walked out of the wounded barracks with him.

It's getting late.

The night wind outside the camp carried a hot breath, rustling his robe.Soldiers on patrol walked over one after another, and the torches were blown into long strips by the wind, flickering flickeringly.

Yuan Li asked casually, "Master Yang is going to speed up his siege?"

"Yes," Yang Zhongfa said categorically, "The Baimi people in Yu County are about to lose their hold. Our arrow tower has already been erected. If we work hard tomorrow, we will surely be able to attack the enemy's city wall and take back Yu County!"

"That's good," Yuan Li said comfortingly, "After retaking Yu County, you and the soldiers can also take a breather."

Yang Zhongfa stopped suddenly, turned around and cupped his fists towards Yuanli, "Thanks to Mr. Yuan's 'rescue soldiers' and the herbs collected along the way, the casualties of soldiers can be greatly reduced. I won't say anything, Mr. Yuan Yang admires his benevolence and righteousness."

He gave a deep salute, then straightened up and sighed, "I led troops to attack the city these days, and I noticed the changes in the soldiers. Since the wounded soldiers recovered and returned to the battlefield, the rest of the soldiers also knew about the wounded camp. With enough medicinal materials and manpower, they became much bolder when attacking the city. You can also take credit for taking Yu County so quickly, Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Li even said a few words of "I dare not be that", and said with a smile, "I just did what I can do."

"It's because Mr. Yuan thinks so, that makes people even more admirable." Yang Zhongfa smiled wryly and shook his head. I wonder if any scholar would do this for the low-level soldiers?Even veterans like them are used to recruiting recruits after too many casualties.

Yang Zhongfa changed his words and asked: "I came to find Mr. Yuan today. I have another matter besides being curious about the wounded barracks. Mr. Yuan, please don't be angry, but I really feel itchy. I want to offend and ask, what happened between Mr. Yuan and the general?" What dispute?"

As soon as this incident was mentioned, Yuanli became energetic.

He hadn't had any communication with Chu Hechao for almost a whole month.Yuan Li originally wanted to use this method to tell Chu Hechao that he has a bottom line, you can doubt me, but if you want to cooperate with me, then don't use this method to test me, but give me a certain amount of respect and freedom right.If you want to use me and don't trust me, it's a big deal that you will break up and not cooperate with each other.

If you still want to cooperate with me in the future, just remember that this is my minefield, and you can't step over half a step.

No matter how soft-tempered a person is, he will not get the slightest bit of tolerance and respect in front of Chu Hechao. Only when he shows his unique talent and shows his bottom line of temper, Chu Hechao will know how to back down.

Yuan Li has a lot of secrets in his body, and he doesn't want to have to deal with the suspicion from Chu Hechao when he has a big fight in Youzhou in the future.Once there is a crisis of trust in the front and rear, it will only have a terrible impact. It is better to resolve it as soon as possible before everything starts, and get in touch with each other as soon as possible.

It also worked out in the end.During this month, Chu Hechao always appeared by Yuan Li's side seemingly without a trace.

He was exercising in the morning, and he was also training when he met Chu Hechao.When he went for a walk at night, he could see Chu Hechao leading people to inspect the barracks.

Even when he asked Chu Hechao for 300 people a few days ago, Chu Hechao didn't even ask, and directly allocated them to others.Yuanli really felt the difference.

Thinking of this, Yuan Li couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then coughed to cover up, "There is no dispute."

Yang Zhongfa asked a few more questions, and Yuan Li said briefly: "After I made meritorious service, the general asked me some questions, which made me feel very unhappy."

Yang Zhongfa suddenly realized: "Mr. Yuan is suspected by the general, right?"

Yuanli was noncommittal.

Yang Zhongfa looked left and right, covered his mouth and said in a low voice: "Young Master Yuan, I don't know if Mr. Xiao Ge told you how much the general tolerates his family?"

Yuan Li nodded, "Xiao Ge always said it."

"This is true. Mr. Yuan, since the general's testing you can make you aware, it must be an obvious temptation," Yang Zhongfa said, "The general's ability to test you so bluntly means that he has some trust in you." Saying this may make you feel that I am speaking well for the general, but Yang is indeed telling the truth. If the general really doubts you and doesn't trust you at all, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell that the general is To test you."

Yuan Li was taken aback, and turned to look at him.

Yang Zhongfa smiled and said: "You are the general's sister-in-law, and you are the general's family. The general has never been with his family for a long time, and he can't handle this well. For the general, asking you openly is already him. Seeing it as a result of family members, I feel a little embarrassed to say this...but I ask Mr. Yuan to teach the general more for the sake of his elder sister-in-law as a mother...as a father."

The wind blew past, and Yuan Li's hair was also messed up.

Yuanli didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he nodded slightly, "I understand."

Yang Zhongfa happily retired, leaving Yuanli alone to think in the wind.

Yuan Li quietly watched the dust floating on the ground, and remembered the picture of Chu Hechao silently looking at Yang before he was taken away.

He didn't know General Chu, the God of War in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

But it seems that he understands Chu Hechao a little better.

Two days later, Yu County was broken.

The number of wounded soldiers in the wounded battalion has gradually decreased, and except for some seriously wounded soldiers, the rest of the soldiers have returned to the army.

But when the last batch of seriously injured soldiers woke up, they were not excited or joyful at all. Instead, they had the will to die, and their eyes lost hope of life.

Because these soldiers are all disabled soldiers with broken limbs.

They lost arms, legs, eyes and hearing, which meant that they could not go to war and had to be sent home.

But after returning to their hometown, they do not have healthy limbs to work in the fields, and they will only become useless people.If they are lucky, there are still people in the family who are willing to support them. If they are unlucky, they will live in extreme misery and even starve to death.

Especially Ding Zongguang, a military officer under Yang Zhongfa's command, after waking up to find that he had broken an arm, he was silent for a long time. At night, when the disease doctors were resting, Ding Zongguang wanted to commit suicide. He was stopped by patrolling soldiers in time.

Yuanli didn't know about this until the second day. After he hurried to the wounded barracks, he saw Ding Zongguang lying on the bed without eating or drinking, his face was ashen, and he closed his eyes and ignored everyone.

The disease doctor sighed again and again, looked at Ding Zongguang with sympathy in his eyes, and said to Yuanli in a low voice: "Once the soldiers are injured, they will become like this. They can't go to the battlefield, so they can only go home to live. If It’s good that I have some savings, if I don’t have it, I won’t be able to live on in the future.”

"I've heard about the reputation of this Lord Marquis before. He is indifferent to fame and wealth, and he is extremely generous to his subordinates. He rewarded his subordinates with the spoils he gained in previous battles. Now that he has a broken arm and no money, he just I am afraid that the military marquis will also know that life will be difficult in the future, so I have the will to die."

Yuan Li frowned as he listened.

There is no so-called pension in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.Except for the central army and the border guards, the rest of the soldiers are temporary soldiers who are recruited when needed and dispersed when they run out.But even if it is a standing army, the treatment is no better than that of temporary soldiers.

Most of the disabled soldiers like this will only die in poverty and poverty for the rest of their lives.

Yuan Li looked at the other disabled soldiers.

These soldiers were all in the same state as Ding Zongguang, with their heads bowed and silent, decayed like dead wood.

He went to inspect other wounded soldiers' battalions, only to find that more than a dozen disabled soldiers had secretly killed themselves unbearably.

Yuanli's Adam's apple rolled, he turned to the soldiers and said, "Look at them, don't let them hurt you."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly left and rushed to Chu Hechao's barracks.

In the barracks, Chu Hechao was discussing the siege with Yang Zhongfa and He Lang.

After hearing that Yuanli was coming, Chu Hechao stopped his finger tapping on the table with a blank expression. He subconsciously sat up a little bit straighter, and immediately returned to his original state. After waiting for a while, he lazily said: "Let him come in." .”

As soon as Yuan Li came in, Yang Zhongfa and He Lang greeted Yuan Li.When the two parties greeted each other, Chu He Chaoju sat on the seat and looked down at Yuanli with half-down eyes.

From Yuanli's reddish eyes to the tight corners of his lips, from his messy robe feet to the dust on his boots, Chu Hechao glanced calmly and had some thoughts in his mind.

The tent fell silent.

Chu Hechao didn't speak, his subordinates didn't dare to speak, Yuan Li also lowered his head and said nothing.The atmosphere was so uncomfortable, He Lang looked at Yuanli a few more times curiously, and bumped Yang Zhongfa with his arm.

Yang Zhongfa coughed, "General, the last general will retire first?"

Chu Hechao gave a faint "hmm".

Yang Zhongfa and He Lang hurriedly backed out, and as soon as they went out, He Lang said carelessly: "Just now that handsome man is the God of Wealth you and Mr. Yuan mentioned? He looks younger than I thought, and he should be older than the general." Seven or eight years younger, right?"

"Although Mr. Yuan is small, he is much more powerful than you." Yang Zhongfa squinted at him, "You are such a generous person, please don't provoke Mr. Yuan."

He Lang rolled his eyes, and said slyly: "No, then I have to establish a good relationship with the God of Wealth."

They walked further and further away, but there was still silence in the tent behind them.

Chu Hechao saw that Yuanli had something to ask him, and his posture instantly became more comfortable.The faint irritability accumulated in the previous month was swept away in an instant, and he was even refreshed.

He slowly invited Yuan Li to sit down and served tea. Looking at Yuan Li's tightly pursed lips and fingers holding the cup tightly, he was even more happy. A small smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and finally he took the initiative to say: "Sister-in-law What's up?"

Yuan Li immediately put down the tea bowl, "There is indeed something wrong, has the general ever visited the wounded barracks?"

When it came to business, Chu Hechao turned serious, "I've read it."

After finishing speaking, he paused, looked straight at Yuanli, and sincerely thanked him: "On behalf of the soldiers under my command, I thank you very much."

Yuan Li was a little surprised, "This is just something I want to do..."

The two of them didn't quite adapt to this atmosphere. Chu Hechao quickly returned to his normal expression, and asked calmly, "Why did my sister-in-law ask me if I have visited the wounded barracks?"

"Today, only the wounded soldiers with disabilities have not left in the wounded barracks," Yuan Li pursed his lips, "These soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield, I would like to ask the general, how were these wounded soldiers handled in the past? "

Chu Hechao was silent for a moment, "When they are sent back to their hometown, each person will be given cloth and money before returning home."

Yuan Li was thoughtful, "Did the general pay for these things privately?"

Chu Hechao acquiesced.

Yuan Li remembered how poor he was when he picked up a copper plate earlier, and sighed softly, "The general should know that when I was in Ji County, I ordered the prisoners to build a soap shop and a livestock farm, right?"

Chu Hechao nodded.

"The general asked me how soap was made before. I didn't tell you then, but I can tell you now that soap is made from lard," Yuanli said directly, "that's why I plan to make livestock But the soap only needs lard, and there is no waste of pork. I want to use lard to refine soap, and the pork will be supplied to the army as meat for soldiers.”

Yuan Li suddenly smiled, "The soap shop needs to be kept secret, and the livestock farm also cannot allow people with malicious intentions to mix in. Both of these places urgently need trustworthy people to settle in. I still have many places where I need people... General , I would like to request with you to let these soldiers who can no longer go to the battlefield come to work with me."

Chu Hechao suddenly looked up at him.