Everyone took Xiaoyu to Lu Longsai, paid tribute to Tian Jing, Ji Ming, and all Lu Longsai's sacrificed comrades, and told them that the battle was won, and the Hu people were driven out.

Li Hong always thought that Tian Chong's friend was probably an old man at the gate of Xu Wucheng, but he didn't expect it to be the richest man in Xu Wucheng, the local wealthy Tian family. The Tian family has been a scholar for generations, and the family has pastures, granges, and workshops. The head of this generation is called Tian Xing, and he once served as Xu Wuxian Order. Tian Zhong had a deep friendship with him. Back then, on the battlefield, Tian Xing was carried out of the pile of dead by Tian Chong. Tian Chong was old and found a janitorial errand in Xu Wucheng, and he walked around with his old comrades-in-arms in his spare time, and he came back to see him this time.

Tian Xing held a banquet at home to entertain Li Hong and Tian Chong and his party, and in his words and deeds, he admired Tian Chong very much, he was still serving the country, and he was fighting on the battlefield. Tian Xing tried his best to keep them in his own home, and he could take care of them if he had something. Everyone was very enthusiastic, but they immediately lived in Tian's house.

Tian Xing has a grandson named Tian Chou, who is handsome, smart and clever, and has an extraordinary knowledge at a young age, and has a reputation as a prodigy in Xu Wucheng. He admired Li Hong very much, was obsessed, and wanted to worship him as a teacher and learn martial arts. Li Hong liked him very much, and during his time in Xu Wucheng, he took him every day and taught him some martial arts in his spare time. As for apprenticeship, of course Li Hong didn't dare to agree.

Since Li Hong came back, Gu Yu seems to have changed as a different person, and he is very happy every day. Li Hong took her out of the city every day, with Tian Chou, a little guy leading the way, and the nearby mountains and rivers were all run by them.

Happy days are always fleeting. Due to the long distance to Shanggu Guangning, Li Hong and his subordinates immediately set out on the way back after staying in Xu Wucheng for a few days.

Gu Yu sent each other all the way, tears rippled, which made everyone feel very uncomfortable. Li Hong repeatedly dissuaded and asked Tian Chou to take care of this sister. They have gotten along very well these days, and the well-behaved Tian Chou knew that Gu Yu was only two years older than him, so he changed his name to call his sister.

"When will you come back?" Gu Yu asked softly.

Li Hong shook his head, looked at her delicate face, and said with a smile: "I don't know." ”

Seeing Gu Yu's face darken, Li Hong couldn't bear it, and hurriedly continued: "In a few months, we may have to return to Lulongsai. At the end of the year, I will come back to see you at the end of the year. ”

Li Hong was pushed a few times by Tian Zhong and woke up.

"Are you thinking about Xiaoyu?" Tian Zhong said with a smile.

Li Hong smiled embarrassedly and did not deny it.

"You told Xiaoyu that we will go back at the end of the year, are you sure?"

"I just said it casually, and I wasn't sure of anything." Li Hong said with a wry smile.

Tian Zhong glared at him, pretended to be angry and said, "Then aren't you just lying to her?" ”

Li Hong laughed.

"I don't think we will be able to go back to Luronse at the end of the year." Tian Zhong immediately said solemnly, "When we passed through Jicheng and visited Lord Thorn Shi, he said that the situation was very serious. Now that the rebellion in Xiliang cannot be quelled, the yellow turbans in Jizhou have risen again. What an eventful time. ”

"Lord Huangfu was framed by traitors and villains, and he can't lead the army to go out, so of course the rebellions everywhere are difficult to quell." Zheng Xin turned over and sat up, took Tian Chong's words and said, "If it goes on like this, something big will happen sooner or later." You say, Gongsun Chan led his troops to the Xiliang battlefield this time, can he win the battle? ”

"Absolutely." Li Hong said as a matter of course: "The Youzhou Iron Cavalry led by Lord Gongsun can dominate the world, how can Xiliang's cavalry be an opponent?" He will surely return triumphantly. ”

Li Hong and his entourage passed through Jicheng and met with the newly appointed Lord Thorn Shi. Yang Chun was very polite to Li Hong, a well-known border officer. At this time, Li Hong knew that he had been promoted. Lieutenant Lieutenant Xing Lifeng. He was already overjoyed when he heard the word lieutenant, and he didn't care about what was "okay" or not. Although everyone felt that the imperial court treated the heroes too harshly, they were very happy to see Li Hong, and they couldn't say anything, so as not to ruin his fun. In fact, in some prefectures and counties, the title of this lieutenant is not as powerful as this Sima of other departments, it is a temporary official position, and it can be removed at any time. Fortunately, Li Hong is in the border army, otherwise he doesn't ask how long he can be an official.

Li Hong and his subordinates immediately gathered with their old friend Xian Yufu. Xian Yufu specially invited them to the largest restaurant in Jicheng for a meal. Li Hong tasted this delicacy for the first time and was full of praise.

Coincidentally, they met Gongsun Chan again. Gongsun Chan was leading the army to the Xiliang battlefield at this time.

Gongsun Zhan came to Jicheng, firstly, to visit the newly arrived Lord Thorn Shi, secondly, to urge supplies, and thirdly, to resign by the way. If he made great contributions on the battlefield of Xiliang, he would definitely be promoted, and it would be unlikely that he would return to Youzhou.

When my friends met, I was very happy, and I went to that restaurant to drink in the evening.

Gongsun Chan and his subordinates admired Li Hong. This time on the battlefield of Shanggu, if Li Hong won the first battle by luck, then defending Macheng and letting Tuoba Feng's 15,000 army return in vain, it was hard work. Later, the 6,000-strong army of the head of the Kui was completely annihilated in Sheephorn Mountain, and the 8,000-strong army was completely annihilated in Hengling, which was a bloody battle without luck, and its exploits were close to the previous generation of sages. If you don't admire, you can't do it.

Gongsun Chan was outspoken, he was very jealous of Li Hong. For more than a year, he fought in the south and the north, made many military exploits, and at the age of nineteen, he became a Sima of other departments, and he was cut out with a knife, which is unique in the Han Kingdom. He patted his chest and said that if he had Li Hong had so many opportunities to participate in the war and made such military exploits, he might be a general by now. The implication is that Li Hong's military exploits are outstanding, but the reward of the imperial court is too light. Now that the eunuchs of the relatives are in charge, the dynasty is destroyed, and there is no way to do it.

In his eyes, that official position was a piece of garbage, not a reward at all, but an insult, an insult to the warriors of Northern Xinjiang. Because of this, he thought of himself, and he was also a talent. There is no one in the court to be an official.

Li Hong and Gongsun Zhan sympathized with each other, and they had the taste of heroes hating each other, and drank fiercely. Li Hong was overwhelmed by the strength of the wine, and poured it on the wine table on the spot, just like the last time he was in the Shankou military camp. Compared with Gongsun Chan, he is too far behind when he drinks.

This time, it was Gongsun Chan who paid for it. Xian Yufu is a poor egg, and Li Hong is even more empty. His rank and the rewards given from above, except for a little left for Xiaoyu, the rest were confiscated or rewarded to his subordinates. So when it was time to pay the bill, except for Gongsun Chan and his subordinates, there was no sober person at the table. Gongsun Chan laughed and checked out.

"Brother Bo Jue is a hero, you see his kind of spirit, he walks majesticly. I'm willing to follow him. Li Hong thought of Gongsun Zhan, and still had a look of admiration on his face.

Tian Dazhong laughed. He pointed at Li Hong and said, "Lord Gongsun said before leaving, you must invite him to drink a meal of wine, otherwise military law will be involved." ”

Li Hong laughed awkwardly, "Did he say it?" Anyway, I drank too much and didn't know. Next time, when he won the battle on the Xiliang battlefield, made military achievements, and was promoted to become a big official, we will eat him. He has money. ”

Zheng Xin couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Now everyone says that you have money. You don't know how embarrassed we are at the wine table, we can't even afford to pay for the wine, so we have to pretend to be drunk and perfunctory. ”

Li Hong laughed.

"I have money? I'll go back and ask Tie Yue if he has filled his pockets. ”

Returning to the Quang Ninh camp, beard, fist, shooting Yingtong, Heng sacrificed several soldiers according to Li Hong's plan, with soldiers who had not taken a vacation, they were still training infantry and cavalry to fight. Although these cavalry were not as combat-ready as the trained infantry, they were very well versed in their basic formations, especially in their defensive formations against the onslaught of the cavalry. Now, the dense defensive formation of 2,000 men was completely able to block the onslaught of the cavalry.

Li Hong was very surprised, and he didn't care about resting, and immediately asked them to form a demonstration.

It turned out that after Li Hong and the others left the barracks, they gathered their subordinates to discuss ways to break the cavalry. Their men used to be horse thieves, and they had a lot of small doors. Everyone discussed and discussed, and there was no good way, so it was better to defend according to the old routine, but the weapon was updated. The shield uses a giant long shield, the spear uses a giant spear, supplemented by a long knife hand to chop the horse's legs, and the archer specializes in shooting cavalry.

Li Hong was very excited, applauded repeatedly, and ordered a heavy reward. Tie Yue was not happy. He said that in order to prepare these weapons for them, the guards ran around, looking for materials, looking for craftsmen, and the soldiers also worked hard. Also rewarded. Li Hong hurriedly added. Heng Sai and Shoot Yingtong immediately came to find it. The cavalrymen all took turns to participate in the training of infantry, why only one part of the cavalry was rewarded, and the other part was gone. Li Hong thought about it too, and he was negligent. Both.

Jade rushed back from Yuyang, brought back a batch of refined weapons, and equipped the Hu soldiers with a set of ordinary armor. Tian Zhong began to curse. If the money goes on like this, it will be like flowing water, and by the end of the year, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind. The days when the troops dispersed in a hurry were just around the corner.

As if he hadn't heard it, Li Hong still went his own way, happily all day long, intoxicated by the training battlefield of the duel of 10,000 cavalry. Everyone is calling around every day, and the border grassland is bustling.

One day Tian Zhong scolded him in a hurry, and Li Hong had to pretend to be an idiot, saying that every day is a day, and if there is a war one day, there will be no money, and the war will be fed by war. The Hu people are poor, and they don't rely on wars to get by. According to your old man's statement, how can Tanshi Huai unify Xianbei? How did the Huns fight the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years?

Beat. Li Hong shouted. Tian Zhong almost fell into anger.

At the end of September, the news came that half of Gongsun Zhan's troops had fled near Jicheng. Li Hong and everyone were surprised when they heard about it. They also heard Xian Yufu talk about the Xiliang battlefield. The Xiliang cavalry is brave and good at fighting, and with Qianghu as support, it is difficult to fight. Even famous generals like Huangfu Song can't win in battle, which shows their strength. Now Gongsun Chan has only brought 5,000 cavalry to Chang'an, his strength has been greatly reduced, and his prospects are worrying.

Immediately, there was news that the Jizhou Yellow Turban Zhang Niujiao Department was in great momentum and attacked the city and seized the county. Several veterans of Jade immediately keenly smelled from it that the war was about to break out again. The troops immediately carried out very targeted training for infantry and cavalry battles on the plains to prevent accidents.

On this day, the 800-mile fast horse galloped into the camp.

The Yellow Turban Army attacked Youzhou. Li Hong and everyone looked at each other, thinking that this horn was really powerful.

"Three days later, the army will be mobilized."

"My lord, rescuing soldiers is like fighting a fire, why did it take three days to start?" Jade asked curiously.

"The holiday ended three days later, and there are still a few hundred soldiers who have not returned. We'll wait for them to come back and then we'll go. ”

"The military order is like a mountain. From the moment the adults receive the order, the holiday is over, and the army should set off immediately. Jade said solemnly.

Li Hong shook his head with a smile, looked at the jade helplessly, and said almost in a pleading tone: "Congyi (the word for jade), everyone is brothers, this time when you go south to fight the Yellow Turban, how many people can come back?" Everyone has loved ones, so let them take a vacation. Besides, how am I going to find them now? Three days. Three days is a short time. ”

"My lord, righteousness is right, we should set out immediately. When they returned, they were able to catch up with the large army and not delay our trip. Tian Zhong immediately picked up and said.

Li Hong shook his head resolutely.

"Now there are more than 7,000 Hu soldiers in the army, and treating them with respect and fairness is more important than anything else. Why did the Karasuma soldiers in Kosun-sama's troops flee? ”

"Although there are only a few hundred Hu cavalry, we are here waiting for them to come back, which will make all the Hu soldiers feel that our Great Han Kingdom respects them, values them, and is willing to live and die with them, so the soldiers will be inspired, and they are willing to swear to the death and charge for the Great Han Kingdom. Only in this way can the troops be concentric from top to bottom, and only when they are pulled to the battlefield can they be invincible. If everyone has different intentions and betrays morality, even on the battlefield, it will collapse at the touch of a button. ”

"I'm going to wait for them, I'm going to stand under the gate myself, waiting for them to come back."

Li Hong really stood under the gate, waiting for the soldiers who returned from the horse.

When the Hu soldiers saw that the captain valued them so much, many of them were very moved, and there was a blood boiling in their hearts. What's not worth dying on the battlefield for such a person?

On the evening of the last day, more than 20 Karasuma soldiers from Hakusan had not returned. The troops are in charge of the joint sitting system, and if one of the soldiers in a group violates military discipline, the others will be affected. Li Hong proposed revisions several times, but they all pushed back to the soldiers. Now that so many people have not returned, the soldiers of the same team are anxious, and they stand in groups at the gate of the big camp, looking into the distance.

As night fell, these people still did not return.

Li Hong was anxious, and there was a faint regret in his heart. He was also worried that someone would not come back.

If you don't insist on waiting for them, maybe the impact of this matter will be less. So, what should be done with the soldiers who sit together, they should be beheaded according to the law.

Li Hong was so anxious that he turned around under the gate.

Midnight was approaching, and Tian Chong, who was an assassin, finally couldn't help but yell:

"Someone's coming......"

Li Hong was startled, hurriedly stopped the guards, grabbed Tian Zhong and said with a smile: "The time has not yet come, why should the old man be in a hurry." Go back and rest, I'm here to watch. ”

Tian Zhong looked at him with suspicion, and said with great distrust: "It's better for adults to go back and rest, I'll watch here." ”

Suddenly, Li Hong heard the sound of horses' hooves faintly coming from the wind. He glanced at the arc next to him. Arc Ding comprehended, and leaned on the ground to listen carefully.

"My lord, they're back. It seems that they all came back together. ”

Li Hong's heart suddenly fell.

He raised his arms and shouted, "They're back, they're back." ”

For a time, the camp was brightly lit and thunderous.