Chapter 325
Chapter 325: Choosing Men
The soldiers of the Southern Army were originally descendants of hereditary meritorious generals, whose ancestors carried great honors, but who all perished in one battle, their bones buried in Qingzhou.
More than forty years have passed, and many of the bodies have yet to be recovered.
All 30,000 Southern Army soldiers died without survivors, causing many noble families to lose their heirs.
At that time, the tragic news from Qingzhou cast the entire capital into a storm of grief.
Falling in their prime serving the country could be said to be a full buff. No wonder the Imperial Court felt deeply guilty toward the Southern Army.
The Former Emperor, along with the current Emperor Wei, both felt ashamed toward the Southern Army soldiers. Even though they had rewarded the meritorious ones previously, they still maintained a measure of leniency toward the descendants of those later joining the Southern Army.
And this leniency has lasted for so many years.
“Nowadays, most of the Southern Army soldiers are descendants of those early heroic martyrs…”