Chapter 1790 Funeral

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General Ge was about to escort Tang Zhongzhou to the county seat. When he learned that Qiu Qianhu was dead, he finally let go of his worries.

Qiu Manwu, don't blame us, it's you who are stupid.

If you don't die, once the canonized team arrives, what happened in Gaoshui County will probably be revealed, and then General Xu will become a mediocre person who only knows how to fight but not how to run an army. Emperor Jingyuan could use this to arrange many people to come to the army to help General Xu manage the army, and then everything General Xu had worked so hard for would be lost.

So for General Xu's grand plan, we can't let you live!

"Old Ge, Qiu Manwu has gone." Vice General Ma touched the dazed General Ge with his hand and reminded him.

General Ge woke up, his eye circles quickly became red, and he burst into tears.

He wiped away his tears and sobbed: "Why should Man Wu do this? General Xu has exempted him from the death penalty. He can take off his armor and return home to reunite with his wife and children!"

Don't think General Ge is pretending, he is really crying at this moment.

Qiu Manwu was his confidant. The two had fought many battles together and were considered brothers in life and death. It was true to let him commit suicide, but it was also true to shed tears over his death.

"Old Ge, don't be sad. This is Manwu's own choice." Vice General Ma patted General Ge on the shoulder, comforted him, and said, "Let's go and see Manwu."

General Ge nodded, and the two of them led a group of soldiers to the camp where Qiu Qianhu was located.

Outside the camp, a circle of soldiers had gathered. Qin Sanlang and the others stood outside the human wall of soldiers. When they saw General Ge and Vice General Ma approaching, they raised their hands and saluted, saying: "To the two generals, Qiu Qianhu's body was found. Everyone who died is in the camp and no one is allowed to leave. Please let the two generals go in and make the decision."

Qin Sanlang had long expected that Qiu Qianhu would not survive, so he evacuated Zhang Zhong, Zhang Tu and other soldiers yesterday. The soldiers guarding Qiu Qianhu last night were Qiu Qianhu's own soldiers and Xiaoyue Baihu. The soldiers brought.

Now that he came here, he just surrounded the camp to prevent chaos, and didn't care about other things.

Vice General Ma was very satisfied with this. Saburo was really smart and knew what things should be taken care of and what things should not be taken care of.

"Keep guarding." Vice General Ma called to General Ge: "Old Ge, come in and take a look."

General Ge looked sad, but in his heart he felt that Vice Admiral Ma would be too kind to Qin Sanlang, but now was not the time to study these details in detail. He walked to the camp and took a look at Qiu Qianhu.

The moment he saw Qiu Qianhu's body, he cried sincerely, hugged Qiu Qianhu's body, and cried: "Manwu, General Xu has given you a way to live, why are you still unable to let go!"

Xiaoyue Baihu had already been crying, and when he saw this, he cried again: "General, Master Qianhu died in such a pitiful manner!"

After hearing this, General Ge wanted to kick Xiaoyue Baihu into the air. Damn it, can you speak? What you said makes it sound like Qiu Manwu was assassinated. He committed suicide to apologize because he knew that he had sinned deeply. Do you understand? !

Xiaoyue Baihu was not stupid. Seeing General Ge's expression, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly pointed to the scabbard: "General, Qiu Qianhu left a suicide note... He knew he was wrong, he really knew he was wrong, He has been fighting all his life, and he asked the general to intercede for Qiu Qianhu and bury him with military honors!"

This is possible.

"Don't worry, although Manwu made mistakes, we all remember Manwu's achievements. I will report what you said to General Xu." General Ge said this because before he came, Xu The general had already discussed with them that Qiu Manwu should commit suicide and be buried with military honors.

But it's one thing to negotiate, and another to go through the motions.

"Bring the suicide note." General Ge held Qiu Manwu's body motionless and ordered the soldiers.

Only then did the soldier dare to move the scabbard, take out the suicide note underneath, and present it to General Ge: "General, please take a look."

General Ge took it and read it. After reading it, the hand holding the suicide note was trembling and tears were shed silently. Everyone present could feel that General Ge was really sad for Qiu Manwu's death. Desperate!

After a long time, General Ge choked up and said, "Manwu, don't worry, the evildoers who caused Gaoshui County will be severely punished. We will also recruit your sons and let them become successful. Don't worry."

What General Ge was most satisfied with was the last request. Qiu Manwu was stupid and smart. With the last request in his suicide note, General Xu cleaned up the entire northwest, which added a bit of friendship and allowed the northwest to The soldiers were more convinced of General Xu.

In short, the trouble Qiu Manwu caused was settled with his life.

"Come here, bring hot water, a bathtub, and clean clothes. I will personally bury Manwu's body!" General Ge ordered as he wiped away his tears.

"Yes!" All the soldiers started to move, and soon brought buckets of hot water, bathtubs, cloth towels and other items, and asked General Ge to bathe Qiu Manwu and prepare him for burial.

Qin Sanlang asked the soldiers to bring unused wooden boards and drove out a decent coffin in an hour, with thick cotton padding inside.

After General Ge cleaned up Qiu Manwu's body, he saw the new coffin outside the camp, and his opinion of Qin Sanlang changed a lot: "You are thoughtful, I will thank you on Manwu's behalf."

Qin Sanlang clasped his fists: "General, there is no need to thank you. This is what the last general should do. Although Qiu Qianhu made mistakes, he also made merits. Making him a coffin and sending him off is our comradeship for him." .”

This is true, and General Ge, who is prejudiced against Qin Sanlang, cannot be wrong.

After repelling the Rong people, General Xu kept emphasizing that the armies must unite and have the camaraderie of being on guard. Qin Sanlang's words spoke to General Xu's heart.

"Come here, put Qiu Manwu into the coffin!" General Ge shouted, and in accordance with military etiquette, he asked the soldiers to carry Qiu Manwu into the coffin.

There are some steps in this etiquette, so after more than two quarters of busy work, Qiu Manwu's body was put into the coffin and the coffin lid was closed.

What Qiu Manwu wore when he was buried was not his shroud, but General Ge's own suit of armor.

General Ge gave his armor to Qiu Manwu, and this incident became a favorite story among the army officers.

After the coffin was closed, General Ge bowed to the coffin with tears in his eyes.

Xiaoyue Baihu and others immediately followed, knelt down and kowtowed to Qiu Manwu's coffin: "Master Qianhu, please go well. The generals will definitely continue to resist the army and fulfill your ambition to drive the army out of Chu territory!"

As soon as these words came out, Lieutenant General Ma had to say: "All soldiers, send Qiu Manwu away!"

With an order, all the soldiers in Gujiacun gathered to pay homage to Qiu Manwu.

This battle made Qiu Manwu look like a great hero rather than a sinner.

And that's what General Ge wants.

Qiu Manwu must die, but he cannot chill the hearts of the soldiers, so the dignity that should be given must be given.

The farewell ceremony lasted for more than an hour. In the afternoon, General Ge and the others took Qiu Qianhu's coffin and escorted Tang Zhongzhou to the county seat.