It was early August when Chu Qing returned home. The corn and soybeans would be harvested in a few days. She became worried again. There was no one to harvest a thousand acres of land!

Lao Zhao and the others have already taken people to the fields, and they will do as much as they can. They are always very pragmatic. Xiaobao said to Chu Qing, "It's okay, I can finish the harvest sooner or later." Before he finished speaking, Chu Yuan came in and said

, someone is looking for you.

Chu Qing asked who it was, and Chu Yuan said to go and have a look. Chu Qing went to take a look for no reason, and was shocked. Dozens of people came outside, looking dusty, but they were all very strong.

"Master Chu!" greeted these strong men.

Are you calling me sir? Who are these people?

"Master Chu, we have retired from the army! Come to join you!" said a young man.

"We belong to the Hong Family Army, and our military service has expired." This finally gave someone a clear explanation.

Chu Qing asked: "General Hong asked you to come?"

"No, we came here by ourselves! Mr. Chu, I went to Donglun Fishing Village with you, and there are several of my brothers there!" said the leading young man, "After I escort you, I will discuss it with my brothers when I get back.

I’ll come to you when I retire.”

"You are lucky this time. We were not killed by the Voss people, so we were lucky enough to come to you." A young man who looked dark and honest said, his eyes kept glancing at Chu Yuan.

Chu Qing remembered that Xiaobao had asked himself, if those soldiers came to our house, would we give them clothes? Look, Xiaobao is a koi!

They asked Chu Yuan to register them, and Lao Yu brought a few more letters over there. They were written by the guys from the sales team in Donglun. The letters were all about the same thing - they had

Veterans came and asked if they could be hired.

Chu Qing replied in unison: Our family has enough brains. You can accept them as you see fit. If there are not enough people, you can find them again. If there are too many people and you can’t accept them, send them home to find me.

Chu Qing had nothing to worry about them.

The people here who had already harvested the crops were not idle, and were led by Lao Yu to harvest the crops.

Now someone was helping with the work. Chu Qing felt relieved.

Bai Hua never left. Firstly, he really needed to recuperate. Secondly, he couldn't bear to leave Brother Zhuizi. Thirdly, he should be disciplined by his father after returning to the capital.

Brother Zhuizi is recovering well. Although he is still weak, he can go to the toilet on his own. He can bear the pain no matter how much pain he has suffered. What he cannot bear is that he cannot take care of himself. The doctor does not allow him to move.

These days were very peaceful. Hongliang's army was stationed at the junction of northern Donglun and Voss for a little more than a month, and King Voss had to withdraw his troops.

Since the last time King Vos personally led the troops to avenge his son, Daxuan's army came directly for reinforcements. He did not dare to act rashly and retreated twenty miles to camp.

I originally wanted to bring more troops over and have a good fight, but none of the tribes could raise food and grass. The war in the Kingdom of Vos was different from that in Daxuan. King Vos had only 20,000 troops directly under his control. Each war required resources from each tribe.

Gather manpower and food. That is, each tribe provides soldiers, and these soldiers bring their own weapons and food.

Then after the war is over, they can go back and strengthen their own tribes through the spoils obtained. This is why each tribe particularly supports the war. But in Daxuan's view, this kind of army is no different from fighting bandits.

The problem King Vos encountered at that time was that the tribes could send out people, but they could not send out food. So King Vos led more than 60,000 troops at the time to wait in place, hoping that they would be ready to come. But his 60,000 troops

The food was only enough to last more than ten days.

So half a month later, the leaders of each tribe began to persuade them: withdraw the troops for the time being. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. We really have no food now. After less than half a month, King Vos had to go back in frustration.

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Hong Liang made great achievements in this national war, and the emperor issued an order to return to Beijing to report on his duties. At the same time, some wounded soldiers and soldiers who had expired their service were approved to be discharged from the army.

Hong Liang left one hundred thousand troops to garrison Dong Lun and returned to Beijing. As soon as he entered the palace, Hong Liang handed over his military talisman first and then reported his duties. Afterwards, Hong Liang requested an order to retire and retire.

There is no fool who can be a general. It all depends on what you want. At this age, Hong Liang wanted to return to Beijing to serve his mother and reunite with his wife and children. As for military power, it didn't matter.

The reason why military power is valued is that it can be used to exchange for a higher status and pave the way for his children, but Hong Liang has no room for promotion now, and his children have all been stereotyped. It is really unnecessary. Doesn’t the eldest nephew still have a general?

Title?

Being pragmatic is more important than anything else. It is safest not to let the emperor have unnecessary thoughts. This is also the main reason why Hong Liang handed over the military symbols as soon as he returned to Beijing.

I remember that my wife once told him that Chu Qing came back as a guest and said something like this - Zhang Jiajun, Li Jiajun, no, these are the emperor's army. At that time, Hong Liang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

This is a truth that everyone knows about women, but why am I still proud of having trained a Hong family army with full combat effectiveness?

The emperor announced that he would give Hong Liang a good reception in the evening and hold a celebration banquet.

During the dinner, the emperor praised Hong Liang's military prowess, lamented that Hong Liang went to the battlefield for the country at such a young age, and regretted that he did not see the general's heroism in killing the nine princes of Voss with his own eyes. All the ministers were in awe.

Praise loud and clear.

After three rounds of drinking, the emperor called Hong Liang to his seat next to him and talked at a close distance. This was a great honor. Usually this position was reserved for princes.

"My dear," the emperor said, "it's all thanks to you these years!"

Hong Liang said "I'm afraid," and immediately stood up to kneel to the emperor. However, the emperor grabbed Hong Liang's arm, pulled him to his side, and asked him to sit down.

How dare you do this! Hong Liang resigned modestly, and the emperor became downcast. Helpless, Hong Liang had no choice but to move his stool and kneel down under the emperor. The emperor could stay away from outsiders, but ministers had to treat themselves as outsiders.

Maybe it was because of drinking that Emperor Qingde sighed a little: "If it had been... I might have been the crown prince... I love you, I thank you!" He drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Hong Liang is nearly a generation older than the emperor. It can be said that he watched the emperor step by step until he is today. He is also very emotional in his heart.

"Without you, I would not be able to sit on this throne; without you, I would not be able to expand my territory in just five years! My dear, you must continue to help me!" the emperor said affectionately.

"Your Majesty!" Hong Liang's voice trembled. He knelt straight and knelt his head deeply on the ground: "I just did my duty as a minister! It is because of the Emperor's preference that I can be where I am today!"

Hong Liang buried his head deeply and his shoulders trembled slightly, as if he couldn't suppress his gratitude to the emperor. But he was thinking in his heart: Your Majesty, I really want to retire, so don't try it. It was so affectionate that I almost believed it.

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In fact, the emperor's words were not all a test, at least half of them were sincere. Hong Liang was indeed a rare military talent.

He ran the army strictly and judged and controlled the battle situation very accurately. The most important thing was that he never expressed dissatisfaction with the emperor's monitoring methods against him.

Every time he went on an expedition, he took the initiative to leave his old mother, wife and children in the capital to reassure the emperor. He even said in a nice way, "please take care of me." This time I have been guarding the border for several years, and I only took my wife with me.

You can rest assured with such a person. But the army cannot be controlled by the same person for a long time. Therefore, even though the emperor seems to be sincere, he is also tempted.

Hong Liang knelt down and kowtowed, but murmured in his heart: I handed over the military talisman and returned to Beijing alone. I even brought only one personal guard with me. I was afraid that you wouldn't believe it. Why did you try to test it? You didn't have so much to do when you were a child!
Chapter completed!