After Zhao Yun heard these words, he felt enlightened. He cupped his fists in joy and said, "Thank you for your enlightenment, general. If the great general does not abandon me, this great general shall stay to assist the great general! "
Chen Lang was overjoyed, and laughed out loud: "Good good good! For General Zi Long to be willing to stay is truly a heavenly blessing! " Seeing how concerned Chen Lang was with him, a sense of familiarity rose in Zhao Yun's heart.
Chen Lang thought for a moment, then said: "I will appoint Zi Long as the Regional Commander of the Eighth School in the Western Garden, and will lead all of the original Eighth School troops in the imperial forest." Zhao Yun was shocked, and immediately cupped his fists: "Great General's love, I am extremely grateful! However, since I have just arrived, it would be hard for me to accept the public if I suddenly hold such a high position! " Chen Lang laughed: "Men should be brave enough to bear the burden, why should I be afraid of all these? I absolutely believe that Zi Long has the ability to solve any problem he encounters! " Chen Lang's words stirred up Zhao Yun's arrogance. Zhao Yun cupped his fists and said: "Since the great general trusts this lowly general, I will not let the great general down!" Chen Lang praised: "Good! This is my beloved General Zi Long! " After which, he wrote out the letter and sealed it with the seal of his Great General, passing the letter to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun stepped forward and accepted the order with both hands.
Chen Lang said: "I will send a group of janissaries to Zi Long, he will bring them to the west garden's eighth academy camp to receive troops."
Zhao Yun cupped his fists proudly: "Thank you for your good intentions, general. I will go myself, I do not need the general's personal guards!"
Chen Lang smiled and nodded. Zhao Yun bowed: "This general will not disturb the general's rest, this general will take his leave!" Chen Lang nodded. Zhao Yun left.
Chen Lang was in a good mood, he started to hum, "Back then, my team only opened up, there were only a few dozen people with eight spears in total."
Dong Yuan laughed and said unhappily: "What are you singing? "How strange!"
Chen Lang raised his right hand and pinched an Orchid Flower Finger as he pointed it at Dong Yuan, pretending to be a woman as he sang: "Love and hate, in that instant, raise your glass to the moon as if it were the heavens, love and hate, and ask when Monarch is in love …" Dong Yuan was startled at first, but then her face immediately flushed red, looking very excited. She scolded: "You can't do things like sleeping, why are you teasing me! "You are so evil!" Chen Lang laughed, and stopped teasing Dong Yuan, if he really did tease the fire out, it would be hard to deal with it.
Around noon on the second day, all the imperial guards in Luoyang received Chen Lang's order and rushed to the great hall. Seeing Chen Lang walking up to the seat of honor with Dong Yuan's support, everyone revealed an excited expression. Of course, some of these officers were truly excited, while others only pretended to be.
Chen Lang swept his eyes across everyone and laughed: "I'm sorry to have caused everyone to worry!"
Chunyu Qiong could not help but say excitedly, "Seeing that the great general is unharmed, this lowly general is extremely happy!" Chen Lang smiled and nodded. The Western Garden Army general Xia Mou said excitedly: "General, it's as if we've lost our backbone! Now that I have seen that the general is safe and sound, I have finally calmed down! " Several high-ranking officers echoed his sentiments.
Chen Lang laughed: "I understand everyone's feelings. Fortunately, the heavens are willing to help me survive this ordeal. " Xia Mou immediately said: "With the protection of the heavens, the great general can only turn the tide!"
Only now did Chen Lang notice that Xia Mou's left cheek was slightly swollen. He couldn't help but take a glance at Zhao Yun, who was standing at the head of the group. He swept a glance across everyone and said: "I have been unconscious for the past few days, so I am not very clear about Luoyang's situation." Then, he looked at Chunyu Qiong and asked, "Chunyu Qiong, tell me about the situation regarding the military." Because all of Dong Yuan's thoughts were on Chen Lang, he was not very clear about the various aspects of the Luoyang, so it was necessary for Chen Lang to ask his subordinates once.
Chunyu Qiong came out and cupped her fists: "Reporting to the Great General, right now the Huns is already heading north, and the surrounding marquis' troops that are plundering the nearby towns have also been wiped out. Our losses are extremely small, yet we have captured over fifty thousand marquis' troops and over ten thousand Hun cavalry.
Chen Lang thought for a moment, then said: "No matter what, the marquis' Chaos Army is still considered to be one of us, we can send people down to tell them that those who are willing to join the imperial guards can join the imperial guards, those who are not, I can let them go back!"
When everyone heard this, they could not help but discuss softly. Chunyu Qiong cupped her fists and agreed.
Chen Lang continued: "As for Huns," Chen Lang's eyes flashed with intense killing intent, and said coldly: "All of them will be bet on Yellow River shore beheading and showing off to the masses!" Everyone was shocked. Chunyu Qiong asked in confusion, "Why did the Great General treat the marquis' army so leniently just now, and why does he treat the Huns like this …?"
Chen Lang continued, "In the end, the marquis' army is still our own people. Unless there's absolutely no other choice, there's no need for us to kill everyone else. But Huns is different. They are of a different race, since they dared to invade our homeland to kill our compatriots, they must pay the price for their actions! If the non-humankind was magnanimous, wouldn't it encourage them to kill and rob the Central Plains when they had an opportunity? They have to let them know that offending us will definitely pay a heavy price, so they don't dare to act rashly! All morality and benevolence are just bullshit. Only an iron-blooded person can prevent others from offending you! The next time they will not hit you with their fists, they will stab you with their knives; the next time they will hit you, you will stab them, and if they dare to touch you, you will cut their heads off! This was the only way to solve the problem! Hmph, what do you mean by the war that continues to haunt the common people? It is all those corrupt and pedantic views, isn't it worth it to exchange the pain of one generation for the prosperity of tens of generations of people? Furthermore, where is the continuation of the fire after killing all of the enemies? "
Everyone could not help but feel deep in agreement as they cupped their fists and said, "The great general is wise!"
Chen Lang said: "The Huns is not over, since they dare to do it, I will make them pay the price! There is no mercy here, there is no mercy. Only by exterminating the entire Huns will this matter come to an end! "
Everyone's hearts could not help but shake, they vaguely felt that the Huns had provoked a god of death that they should not have provoked!
Zhao Yun took a step forward and cupped his fists: "The Great General's decision has been made with complete approval, but he has something to say about the marquis' chaotic army."
Chen Lang nodded his head: "Zi Long, just speak your mind."
Zhao Yun continued, "Within the chaotic army of the dukes, there are some people whose methods are incomparably cruel, and whose hands are filled with fresh blood! These people, we must not let them go like this! "
Chen Lang nodded, and said: "It's true that I didn't think it through properly. Zi Long's suggestion was very good. Most of the army could let bygones be bygones, but towards some of the beasts that were cruel to their own kind, they definitely could not be forgiven! Then we will send these people along with the Huns s to Yellow River shore and behead them! " Chunyu Qiong cupped her fists and replied.
Zhao Yun said: "General, I saw outside the city that the commoners who escaped from the prefectures did not receive sufficient relief. It is said that someone had already died from hunger!"
Chen Lang frowned, he glanced at the people and asked: "Who is responsible for helping the citizens?"
Xia Mou hurried out and said while trembling in fear: "Yes, yes, this lowly general is in charge."
Chen Lang said angrily: "You bear this heavy responsibility, yet you disrespect your responsibilities and cause severe consequences. How do you think I should punish you?"
Xia Mou was so frightened that he trembled. He knelt down and kowtowed while begging for mercy: "Great General, spare me! Great General, please spare my life! This lowly general does not dare to do so again! "
Chen Lang shouted, "Drag him away, and behead him to show off to the masses!"
Xia Mou and the other officers of the imperial guards could not help but have their expressions change, as they pleaded for mercy verbally. Zhao Yun cupped his fists and said: "Great General, since it is General Xia Mou's first offense, let us bypass him this time!" The many generals of the imperial guards all came out to plead for Xia Mou.
Chen Lang took into consideration that the majority of the army officers belonged to the same branch as the imperial guards, so he thought that if the punishment was too severe, it might cause the troops to be unsettled, thus he said: "On account of everyone pleading for leniency, I will let you off this time." When Xia Mou heard this, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief, his entire body seemed to have collapsed. He quickly kowtowed and expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Great General, for your mercy not killing me! "Thank you, great general, for not killing us!"
Chen Lang replied: "You can avoid the death sentence, but escape towards the south. From today onwards, you will be reduced by three levels. You will still be employed in the Western Gardens Army. "
Xia Mou was extremely furious, but he had just escaped from death's door, how could he dare say anything, after thanking him, he retreated into the group.
Chen Lang felt a little tired, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zi Long, I'll leave this matter of rescuing the refugees to you. I'll give you a special privilege. If you need anything, you can go to the warehouse to claim it. You don't need to report to me first. " Zhao Yun was extremely grateful, and he cupped his fists in acknowledgement.
Dong Yuan saw that Chen Lang's spirits were slightly low, and started to worry, saying to everyone: "The Great General is tired, everyone can leave!" Everyone could see that Chen Lang's mental state was not good, so they bowed to Chen Lang and quickly left the hall.
Chen Lang laughed bitterly: "I never thought that I'd feel tired after such a short time!" Dong Yuan said with a pained heart: "It's not that easy to recover from such a heavy injury." With that, she walked forward and supported Chen Lang up before walking to the back.
With Dong Yuan's support, Chen Lang returned to his bedroom and laid down. Feeling tired, he quickly fell asleep.
After an unknown period of time, Chen Lang woke up to see that the sky was already a little sun-filled. Half a day passed, and soon it was nightfall.
At this time, Dong Yuan's voice came from outside the door, she was instructing the servant girl to move something.
After a moment, Dong Yuan walked in. Seeing that Chen Lang had woken up, his face couldn't help but reveal a look of joy, and hurriedly ran over, saying: "Are you hungry? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare dinner! " Chen Lang looked at Dong Yuan and could not help but laugh. "I feel like you are my wife!"