The scene in front of me is undoubtedly very shocking.

Seventeen old soldiers, all with gray hair, laboriously half-knelt on the ground and performed the military salute in the army that year, and everyone was in tears.

Ye Sheng may not have known all of these people before, or even basically didn't know all of them, after all, there were too many people who had fought with him, and it was impossible for him to remember these soldiers at the bottom.

But these people, every single one remembered him.

Ye Shuai, who was like a god of war at the beginning!

Ye Sheng looks ordinary now, like an ordinary old man who cares for flowers and plants at home, but because of the reason for the rush back then, his prestige in the army, especially in the Northern Expeditionary Army, is extremely high, to the point of being terrifying.

Emperor Wu, who was so high-minded that he was broad-minded, had to be jealous of this great general who had made great achievements.

At the beginning, Ye Sheng, as long as he ascended to the heights, at least ninety percent of the people in the Northern Expeditionary Army would respond and return to the capital with him.

And at that time, Ye Sheng had already hit the capital of the Northern Zhou Kingdom, and with his huge influence at that time, he could be the son of heaven in the capital of the Northern Zhou Kingdom without going back to the capital.

In comparison, Li Xin also used to be a general of the forbidden army, if he ascended to the top during the western expedition, the result was most likely that the people under his command would quickly find a hemp rope to tie him up and escort him into the capital to receive the reward.

That's the gap.

When it comes to the heart, Li Xin may not be inferior to Old Man Ye, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, at least "leading soldiers", Li Xin is much inferior to his teacher.

To this day, there are still many people in the Great Jin Dynasty who sigh for Ye Sheng, if the imperial court can continue to trust General Ye after the Northern Expedition, at this time, not only the Northern Zhou in the north will be destroyed, but the Tubo in the west will most likely be included in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty.

These seventeen people have not seen Ye Sheng for decades, but everyone has not forgotten the domineering Ye Shuai on the battlefield forty years ago, and now they are all in the year of the Ancient Scepter Dynasty, and everyone is excited to see Ye Sheng again.

Old man Ye, who was already unsteady in walking, faltered, but he walked towards the seventeen old brothers with great determination.

Although he didn't recognize these people, they were all brothers who had fought together back then, Ye Sheng was a very nostalgic person, he recognized these brothers.

Because of his slow walking, the road from the gate of Chen Guogong's Mansion to the front of these seventeen people seemed extraordinarily long, so long that Li Xin wanted to step forward to help his teacher, but as soon as he took a step, he sighed and retreated.

At this time, if you go up to help, Master Ye will be unhappy.

No matter how long the road is, there are times when it comes to the end, Ye Sheng finally walked in front of these people, after he arrived, he stood in place and gasped for breath a few times, and then slowly bent down and helped the old Wang Zhong who was kneeling in front of him.

"Brothers, get up."

Old man Ye had a happy smile on his face.

"The big guys are all getting old, if you hurt your body bones again, you will lose the life of the old man."

Because he was afraid that something would happen to Ye Sheng, Li Xin still followed, and at this moment he was standing more than a dozen steps nearby, and after seeing Ye Sheng's smile, he was very moved.

Counting the days, Li Xin met this Chen Guogong in the eighteenth year of Chengde, until the first year of Taikang officially apprenticed, the two have known each other for so many years, Li Xin has also chatted with Ye Sheng many times in private, during which Ye Sheng will also be angry and laugh, but in the past ten years, Li Xin has seen the teacher smile so sincerely for the first time.

Seventeen old pawns got up from the ground one after another, and one by one they bowed to Ye Sheng, like their Ye Shuai wishing his birthday.

Old man Ye was smiling the most happily at this time.

In previous years, when he celebrated his birthday, I don't know how many people would kowtow to him to celebrate his birthday, but Ye Sheng always went in and out of his left ear, because he didn't look down on those who worshipped his birthday, but some of these old brothers who couldn't walk steadily gave him a birthday, Ye Sheng listened, and his heart was very happy.

He stretched out his hand to take Wang Zhong's hand, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about standing at the door of the house, old brothers, go, go to my house and sit down." ”

He didn't go to pull Wang Zhong, but let Wang Zhong support him.

Because of the age of these people, everyone's body has some problems to a greater or lesser extent, only Wang Zhong, who has been practicing internal boxing since he was a child, has a tough body at this time.

But anyone who practices kung fu knows some medical skills, and Wang Zhong is naturally the same, if the soldiers of Yu Linwei have any bruises or broken bones on weekdays, Lao Wang Zhong can be cured quickly, and the heaviest breath of the inner fist, so close, he can clearly perceive the breath of Old Man Ye...... It's already very shaky.

Lao Wang Zhong, who was already in his early seventies, his eyes were also a little red, he lowered his head, supported Ye Sheng with his hands, and then said with tears in his eyes: "Brothers, Ye Shuai invited us to the mansion as guests." ”

Except for Wang Zhong, the other sixteen people heard this, their eyes were red, not all of these people were working in the yamen, among them there was an old farmer who had been farming for decades, his trousers were still rolled up, and there was mud on his feet, he looked up at the gate of the tall Chen Guogong Mansion, and took a few steps back with some staggering.

"I ...... There is still a farm to take care of at home......"

Ye Sheng has lived for eighty years, he has never seen any people in the world, seeing this, he can see the thoughts in the old brother's heart at a glance, he walked in front of the old farmer with the support of Wang Zhong, stretched out his other hand, took the old farmer's hand, and grinned: "Old brother, I am also from farming, this is Mayday, the wheat is confiscated, the rice is not planted, you will give the old brother a face, go to my house to get together, is it done?" ”

His tone was pleading.

The old farmer's tears welled up all of a sudden, he nodded and choked up: "Ye Shuai......"

Old man Ye shook his head: "Where else is Ye Shuai." ”

"Here today are the eighteen veterans of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I invite the old brothers to go to the house to drink a few glasses of wine and catch up with the old days."

As he spoke, he took Wang Zhong with one hand and the old peasant with the other, and walked towards the gate of Chen Guogong's mansion.

When he walked under the gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, he smiled at the old farmer on his right hand and said, "Brother, don't you see that this gate is tall, at our age, it's not bullshit." ”

"It's not as comfortable as the two tiled houses in Lao Tzu's hometown."

As soon as these words were finished, all eighteen people laughed.

Indeed, at their age, material life is no longer so important, the difference is only that they can leave something for future generations.

So, eighteen people supported each other and walked towards the backyard of Chen Guogong's mansion little by little.

Ye Lan, Ye Mao and others, for fear that something would happen, followed behind them step by step, and were glared at by the old man, scolding: "Get away, don't disturb Lao Tzu and his brothers to drink!" ”

Ye Xuan and Ye Mao both shrunk their necks, but they had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow all the way.

Only the Marquis of Jing'an didn't follow up, but just stood at the door of Chen Guogong's mansion, thoughtful.

A familiar voice sighed behind him.

"Forty years have passed, and the old man is still like a god in the hearts of the deceased."

Li Xin didn't look back, just slowly exhaled a breath.

"Your Majesty, these people... once laid half of the Great Jin. ”