There was no moon in the sky, only a few sparse stars, dim. The tall and majestic Wing City was lost in the dark night, solemn and silent. After a day of hustle and bustle, the bloody battlefield finally fell silent.

On the battlefield, corpses were strewn all over the field, and rivers of blood flowed like rivers, which was unbearable to see.

Han soldiers lit hundreds of bonfires around the battlefield, and under the leadership of various ministers, they cleaned the battlefield overnight. Tens of thousands of soldiers came and went on the battlefield, busy.

Xian Yufu saw Li Hong sitting next to the corpse of the fist, gloomy and sad, his beard squatting on the ground, constantly wiping his tears, and the fist's sworn brother Tie Yue knelt there to hide his face and sob, his heart couldn't help but be sour, and tears suddenly moistened his eyes. Another comrade-in-arms from Youzhou died.

Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Liu He stood behind Xian Yufu, trying to find Li Hong from the crowd opposite. They saw a tall young man with a disheveled hair sitting on the ground in despair, with a scruffy beard and a haggard face, an ordinary appearance, shabby armor, and a kind complexion, which looked very much like the legendary leopard, but this man looked less like a commander than a fierce and murderous guard.

"Excuse me, my lord, which one is Li Zhonglang?" Jian Shuo saw that Xian Yufu's face was full of sadness and was silent, so he quietly leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice.

Xian Yufu pointed to the young man sitting on the ground, and whispered, "The one with the cloak is it." ”

Jian Shuo and Yuan Shao glanced at each other, their faces full of admiration. The young man in front of him, with a group of young generals such as Xian Yufu, created a miracle of annihilating 30,000 Qiang people in a battle, which was the most glorious battle in the Great Han Kingdom in decades to completely annihilate the Qiang people outside the country. Even the three famous generals of Xiliang, Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, and Duan Cheng, who are famous in the Han Kingdom, have never had such an impressive record. After this battle, this leopard from the north of Xinjiang can be vaguely compared with the most famous general Huangfu Song of the Han Dynasty.

Xian Yufu walked up to Li Hong, patted him gently, and whispered, "Adult, adult......"

Li Hong raised his eyes to look at him and asked nervously, "Who else?" And that military Sima died? ”

Xian Yufu sighed and said sadly: "There is also Fang Biao." While resisting the Qiang attack phalanx, he was shot and killed. ”

When Li Hong heard the news of Fang Biao's death, he couldn't hold back the pain in his heart anymore and cried silently. Xian Yufu shook his head, slowly squatted down, hugged his shoulders hard, tried his best to hold back the tears in his eyes, and said in a choked voice: "At least 20,000 of our brothers died here, and we didn't keep our promises and left them alone in a foreign land. They can no longer see Jizhou, northern Xinjiang, or their homeland. ”

Li Hong felt a pain in his heart, and was suddenly heartbroken, hugging his head and crying.

Yuan Shao heard Li Hong's cry, remembered the bloody and tragic battlefield, and sighed in his heart: "It's not easy to survive." He turned his face to look at Liu He, pointed at Li Hong and said, "Zi'an, you look carefully, Li Zhonglang is a bloody man, you can draw this scene and take it back to your majesty." ”

Li Hong cried for a while, and the pain in his heart was relieved. Under the introduction of Xian Yufu, he met with Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and Liu He. The two sides exchanged a few words of greeting, and Jian Shuo explained his intentions, saying that the Son of Heaven promoted him to the rank of general of Huqiang Zhonglang and the governor of Xiliang Military Administration. Li Hong was sad in his heart, without any joy, and reluctantly said a few kind words. Jian Shuo knew that he had a lot of things to do after the war and was very busy, so he immediately congratulated him, congratulated him on his victory, and then took Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Liu and the three of them to find a place to rest.

"Yuxing, when are they leaving?" Li Hong looked at the backs of the four of them gradually moving away, and asked in a low voice, "That surnamed Yuan is covered in blood, did he participate in the battle?" ”

"Lord Jian said that after announcing the decree to the Lord tomorrow, he will go back." Xian Yufu said, "Yuan Shao not only participated in the battle, but also almost died. He is a disciple of the gate valve, he has a very good reputation in Luoyang, I always thought that he was a vain person, and he was useless, but I didn't expect him to be heroic, brave and good at fighting, which is really impressive. ”

Li Hong nodded appreciatively and said, "Do the people of the Gate Valve Family seem to be so transcendent and talented?" ”

"There are too many wine bags and rice bags." Xian Yufu said, "Yuan Shao is an outstanding figure in Luoyang, and there are few in the capital. ”

"Oh." Li Hong turned his head to look at Xian Yufu, and suddenly asked, "This morning, are you confident that you can win this battle?" ”

Xian Yufu shook his head and scolded: "Except for you, a madman, who has confidence?" We won very lucky, if it weren't for Jiang Wu's defection, the June thunder would have broken through. ”

Li Hong asked in surprise, "The kingdom is here with an army?" ”

"Yes." Xian Yufu said: "When the scouts came to report, I was crazy. ”

"Didn't I send someone to tell you about Jiang Wu?" Li Hong said, "You probably think I'm talking nonsense, right? ”

"Of course, who knows if what Nine Sheepskin said is true or not?" Xian Yufu sighed and said regretfully, "This time, it's a pity that Nie Xiao's army failed to quickly defeat Han Sui and counterattack the kingdom. ”

Li Hong shook his hand and said, "It's already a miracle that the battle can be fought like this, don't be too greedy." Nie Xiao hated Han Sui too much and wanted to eat him, but they couldn't get enough of it, but they were entangled by Han Sui. If this battle can be won, Nie Xiao and his Huangzhong Qiang soldiers should be the first to take the lead. He looked at Xian Yufu, and then said, "This time, we have annihilated all the Qiang people, and we have made outstanding achievements, and everyone can be promoted and rich." ”

"Get promoted and get rich?" Xian Yufu said helplessly, "Don't be delusional. Do you know what you've done? ”

Li Hong said suspiciously: "We have made such a great contribution without a reward?" No way? Don't be so frustrated. ”

"The corrupt officials imprisoned in the Huaili camp have **** orders." Xian Yufu said, "You killed them all in one go, do you know how serious this matter is?" People, why are you killing yourself? ”

Li Hong lamented: "I didn't expect to win this battle. I think it would be nice if we could lose both of the enemy and die together. Who knew we could win? ”

"May Your Majesty be holy." Xian Yufu said worriedly.

The two chatted casually, walking side by side on the battlefield that exuded a strong smell of blood, chatting eloquently.

Zheng Xin hurriedly walked over and shouted loudly: "My lord, my lord, Lord Fu is dead. ”

Li Hong and Xian Yufu looked at Zheng Xin in surprise.

"Shou Yan, who said that?" Li Hong shouted, "He is in the city, how can he die?" ”

In Li Hong's heart, Fu Xie is his friend, a friend he trusts very much. He and Fu Xie met outside Handan City, and when he arrived in Xiliang, he received a lot of care and help from Fu Xie, and Li Hong was very grateful to him. Li Hong didn't expect him to die suddenly.

"The news sent by Zilie." Zheng Xin said, "Zilie said that when they arrived at the south gate to clean the battlefield, they found Master Fu's body. ”

"Let's go, let's take a look."

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Xu Rong, Yan Rou and Jiang Wu hurried to the south gate with their troops to clean up the battlefield, only to find Fu Xie's body and Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong was seriously injured and unconscious.

Li Hong rushed to the south gate with the black panther Yicong, and after paying homage to Fu Xie, he comforted Fu Gan, who was crying incessantly. At this time, Arc Ding ran to tell him that Hua Xiong had been rescued and had woken up. Li Hong was overjoyed and hurriedly ran to see him.

Li Hong held Hua Xiong's hand and said gratefully, "I have heard Jiang Wu tell you all about going out of the city to fight. In order to defeat the rebels and annihilate the Qiang people, Master Fu and the defenders of Yicheng died and martyred the country, which is admirable. Then he comforted Hua Xiong a few more words and got up to say goodbye.

"What about Yang Hui? Will Bo Yang, the lord of Hanyang County Government, die? Hua Xiong asked in a low voice.

Of course Li Hong didn't know, he turned his head to look at Xu Rong and Yan Rou. Jiang Wu, who was standing on the side, bowed down and said, "Lord Hui, Lord Yang is dead, and he will die by Lord Fu's side." ”

Hua Xiong closed his eyes in pain.

Li Hong sat down again, patted his hands, and said, "Ziwei, is there something wrong?" ”

Master Fu knew that he was going to die, so he entrusted his wife to Yang Hui before going to war, but Yang Hui swore to follow Master Fu to the death and insisted on going to war. He said that if he didn't die, he would be entrusted to raise Fu Gan, and if he died, he would let his friend Li Wei, the county official in charge of education, send Fu Gan to Linjing in Anding County, where he would be taught by Wang Jian, the son of the great Confucian king Fu. ”

Master Fu was very uneasy about this Li Wei, he said to me privately that this Li Wei was a disciple of Guanglu Doctor Zhu Jun, and he got this official position by Zhu Jun's recommendation, he said that although Li Wei was intellectually outstanding, he was young, uninhibited, and unreliable. I wonder if it would be safer for adults to come forward and send Fu Gan to Linjing in Anding County. ”

Li Hong nodded and said, "Master Fu is such a child, of course I have to do my best." Li Hong turned back to Zhao Yun who was standing behind and said, "Zilong, tomorrow, you go and invite that Li Wei and Master Li to the big tent." ”

Zhao Yun bowed down and answered. Li Hong immediately took his leave, and he was anxious to see Nie Xiao.

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Nie Xiao, Camel, Baili Yang, Chop Horse and Nine Sheepskin were very excited to see Li Hong come to see them in person.

Li Hong took Nie Xiao's hand and said a few words of gratitude and appreciation, but Nie Xiao's words choked him up.

"When will your lord attack Jincheng?"

Li Hong didn't know how to answer. He had no intention of continuing to pursue the rebels and attack Jincheng, nor did he have the idea of killing Han Sui. While he was thinking about how to answer, Baili Yang also spoke.

"My lord, we can follow closely behind Han Sui, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and take Jincheng County in one go."

Li Hong pretended to smile and asked, "Attack immediately?" ”

The camel said, "Yes." If it drags on, Han Sui may run to the Great Snow Mountain. Now, the weather is getting colder and colder, and once it snows, the transportation of grain and grass becomes a big problem. ”

Li Hong snorted and nodded again and again, looking quite agreeable.

"My lord, we have conquered Jincheng County, and we have the final say in the area around Huangzhong." Chopping Ma said, "We don't allow any Han officials to set foot in Huangzhong. ”

Li Hong's smile was a little abnormal.

"Your Excellency." Nie Xiao broke away from Li Hong's hand that was holding him, bowed down and said, "Can your lord give us the captured Qiang captives?" ”

"Of course." Li Hong smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You can go and receive the prisoners right away, but ......" Li Hong paused, looked at a few people and said, "None of them are allowed to be killed." ”

"My lord, can we send the remains of June Thunder and other Qiang leaders back to the outside of the Saiwai?" Nine sheepskin hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.

Li Hong didn't say anything for a long time, he originally wanted to send June Thunder and a group of small and small Qu Shuai's heads to Luoyang to receive the reward. Seeing the expectant, pleading eyes of Nie Xiao and the others, his heart softened, and he said, "Okay, you can send someone to fetch it." ”

Nie Xiao and the camels knelt down and kowtowed to Li Hong with emotion.

Li Hong hurriedly pulled them up and said with a smile: "Don't forget, you are Han people." ”

"But our roots are in the Great Snow Mountain." The camel sighed, "No one will ever forget it." ”

Li Hong's heart trembled, and he suddenly thought of his parents and relatives. When will my memories be restored, and I will be able to remember my parents, my hometown, and my roots?

Nine sheepskins asked Li Hong again when he would set out to attack Jincheng and Longxi.

"The war has just ended, and we still have a lot of things to do to deal with the aftermath, and if we rush to pursue it, it may lead to accidents. You have lost nearly 10,000 men in the process of attacking Han Sui, and the soldiers are very tired, so I think it is better to rest for a few days? ”

Nie Xiao muttered in a low voice, "Don't you want to fight anymore?" ”

Li Hong said with a smile, "Of course we have to fight." Think about it, if we were well prepared and an army of 50,000 or 60,000 would rush up, would our losses be a little smaller, and our certainty would be a little greater? At that time, even if he Han Sui has great ability, he will also be defeated. Wait, okay? ”

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Late at night, Li Hong entered the city.

Some of the principal officials of the Hanyang County Government told Li Hong about the defense of the city for more than a month, and then proposed to Li Hong that the county government and the county yamen should be restored, the people in the territory should be pacified, and disaster relief materials should be prepared to help the people survive the winter. They needed a lot of money and food.

Li Hong immediately ordered Xu Rong to be in charge of the military administration of Hanyang County for the time being, and asked the officials of the county government to work out the matters that needed to be resolved overnight, and discuss them with Xu Rong tomorrow.

In the early morning, Li Hong returned to the temporary military tent. Xian Yufu first talked about the preliminary statistics of the number of casualties and the amount of materials captured, and then the generals of each department began to report, and then everyone discussed whether to continue to attack the rebels or take a break for the time being. The generals of the various ministries had different opinions and argued endlessly.

In the second half of the night, Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, and Liyi discussed the matter of reporting to the Son of Heaven, the matter of military salaries, grain and grass, the matter of rewarding soldiers for meritorious service, and the matter of handling prisoners, etc., until dawn, and a few people did not disperse until dawn.

Early in the morning, Li Hong went to the wounded barracks to visit the wounded soldiers. Then he hurried to the prisoner camp, and he wanted to talk to Tempest and Sand about the future of Xian Lingqiang.

In the morning, Li Hong took a group of generals to bid farewell to Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Liu He, who were ordered to sacrifice the army. On the way to see them off, Li Hong and Yuan Shao had a very happy conversation with each other, and they felt very close to each other.

At noon, Li Hong didn't even bother to eat, and even wrote several recitals and documents. After Zhao Yun and Pang De transcribed it, they stamped it with Li Hong's seal and immediately sent it out in eight hundred miles of fast riding.

Li Hong just wanted to lie down, but Zhao Yun said, "My lord, Li Wei, the sacrificial wine of Hanyang Mansion, has been waiting in the side tent for an hour, are you going to see you first?" ”

Li Hong nodded and said with a wry smile: "I'll go right away, I want to wash my face, I can't support it anymore." ”

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