Chapter 11 Praise
The morning light is bright, and the smoke of gunpowder after the war has not completely dissipated, but the inside and outside of the city have almost been cleaned up.
Last night, in addition to them, the army that led the troops out of the city to pursue the western thieves who had won the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain also turned back, and all the soldiers stayed up all night cleaning the battlefield and counting the captured heads, and the generals discussed the battle.
When the sky was slightly light, the Northwest Supervision Envoy and the Deputy Chief of Soldiers and Horses, who had been protected in the rear in order to avoid danger, also rushed over, but these things were the things that the high-ranking generals were responsible for greeting.
After being busy, Xu Maoxiu and the others were placed in the barracks for a short rest.
The hot water was poured into a large wooden barrel, and the two servants carried it into the house.
"Master Bing, the water is ready, wash it." They nodded and said.
Xu Maoxiu nodded and casually threw a handful of money to the two.
The two of them caught it excitedly and thanked them again and again.
These heroes single-handedly dared to break into the formation of 100 people with the strength of five people last night, which helped them delay time and scared the western thieves, and they were really heroes in the eyes of everyone.
I didn't expect that these heroes were still very rich.
Outside, there was the shout of Xu Bang's mallet again.
"Is there still hot water? Is there still hot water? ”
The two of them immediately rushed out of the city, but they were still a step slower and were preempted by the other two servants.
"Damn, do you understand the rules? This is the responsibility of our brothers. The two of them quit and said viciously.
The two servants were not vegetarians either, especially when there was a pot of meat in front of them.
"Yours? Why can't I see you when I was alive before? They said.
Seeing that the two groups of people were about to fight, Xu Bangmao smashed the money bag in his hand angrily.
"Hurry the fuck, what a noise. Guys are still waiting to take a bath! ”
The four of them didn't care about fighting. Serve these masters first.
"It's amazing. These seem to be poor soldiers, but they are so rich..."
"What kind of soldier is it if you have money! It's weird! ”
Everyone whispered and walked away.
When the hot water came, Xu Bangmao proudly enjoyed the envy of the other soldiers outside.
"It's not a girl, what kind of bath," someone said sourly.
"Oh, I'm used to washing at home, and I can't change it when I go out." Xu Bangmao raised his head and said.
"Aren't you the Xu stick mallet of Kai-shek Castle?"
Someone in the onlookers shouted suddenly.
Xu Bangmao stared at it, and sure enough, he saw that it was an acquaintance.
"Stick, didn't you run?" The acquaintance shouted.
The word "run" is very unpleasant.
"We went to the capital to redress our grievances, and the court has rehabilitated us. The indictment has already been sent. He said.
The acquaintance came over and looked at Xu Bang in surprise.
"I heard that there is a rich soldier here, it turned out to be you? Bang mallet, have you made a fortune? He asked.
Xu Bangmao was triumphant before he was about to speak, when he heard a pop in the room behind him, his face changed and he hurriedly ran over, but saw that Liu Kui had already taken off his net light and soaked in the barrel, and was squinting comfortably.
"....stinky shameless get out..."
In the back hall of the city government, officials and generals from all walks of life have already met, and the preliminary distribution of merit rewards has also been discussed. The good news was also unanimously approved after deliberation, so a team of people rushed out of the official hall with the good news to report the victory in all directions.
In the courtyard of the official hall. The low-ranking generals were not qualified to enter the official hall, and they all stood outside waiting to speak.
Saturday Lang was among them, surrounded by several people.
"Good boy, good boy, he dared to rush to the front line when he first came, and he deserves to be the seed of our old Zhou family." An older, dark-faced military general said with a smile, reaching out and patting Liuliulang's shoulder.
"Uncle Cousin has won the prize." "I didn't help anything, and when the enemy came, I retreated." ”
"You can't say that, it's courage to dare to come." Uncle Zhou Tang smiled, "Otherwise, why didn't you escort Lord Zhou and them behind?" ”
"That's it, I thought you and your uncles had raised a little white sheep in the capital, but it turned out to be a little tiger." The other brothers of the same clan also laughed.
After the battle, the joyful atmosphere of the survivor and the victor infected Liuliulang, which was a complex taste of cruelty and joy that could never be felt in the school field and dreams in the capital, and the young man grinned and smiled.
Just as he was talking and laughing, a group of generals came out of the official hall, and everyone was busy standing to greet each other.
"Old Zhou." A man shouted loudly and greeted Uncle Zhou.
"This is Guo Xifeng, the capital eunuch of Dragon Valley City." Uncle Zhou Tang said to Liulang in a low voice, standing up straight and clenching his fists, "Guo Dujian!" ”
Guo Dujian strode over, and his eyes fell on Liuliulang.
"This is one of the three hundred heroes last night?" He said, a little surprised, "It's still a child, your Zhou family is too anxious, just send such a young child?" ”
"Back to the capital prison, although the son is young, the heart of killing the enemy and serving the country has not diminished." Liulang straightened his chest and said loudly.
Guo Dujian Ha Luha laughed, reached out and slapped Liulang's chest.
"Good boy, some strength, like a calf." He laughed.
The people behind him laughed too.
"I heard that when the sentry was sent that day, Zhou Xiaolang took the initiative to mention it and said that he was responsible for the accident?" Someone asked.
This is true, but it cannot be acknowledged.
Uncle Zhou Tang was about to give Liuliulang a look, but Liuliulang had already spoken.
"Don't dare, it's Lord Zhou and Lord Jiang who have clearly allowed us to act and bear all the consequences." He straightened up and said loudly, "Someone would dare to take a risk." ”
Uncle Zhou Tang smiled with relief.
Everyone present also laughed and nodded their heads in praise.
Since it is the people of the Zhou family who are named, the Zhou family has many brothers and clans in the army, and they have also won great achievements, everyone wants to give face, so they more or less opened their mouths to talk about the events of that night, praising Lord Zhou and Lord Jiang for their strategizing, praising the courage and courage of the three hundred soldiers, and ordering Liu Lang to tell yesterday's events from how tired they were to come to support and tell them again.
Of course, they have already heard these things once, and at this time, let's talk about it again is to give Liulang a chance to let everyone know and remember him.
A hint of hesitation flashed in Liulang's expression.
"It's fine. Say whatever you want. Uncle Zhou said in a low voice. I thought he was afraid that he would not be able to say something bad and make the general unhappy. "Just tell me how you do it."
This is an opportunity that everyone deliberately gave him, of course, to focus on himself.
This kind of opportunity is not available in any way, looking at the other generals next to him, it is difficult to hide the jealousy in his eyes.
Liuliulang looked up and seemed to have made up his mind.
"Actually, it was a bit of luck at first, if it weren't for the attentiveness of the sentinels, and the fact that there happened to be a few horses that could run quickly," he said.
Luck? Isn't it supposed to be discerning?
And horses? Isn't it supposed to be heroic, what's the matter with horses?
This is the first time this has been said. Everyone present was a little surprised and stunned, originally a little perfunctory and suddenly aroused a little curiosity by this young man's narration.
When a group of people poured into the barracks, Xu Maoxiu and the others had already finished washing, soaked in the hot bath to get rid of the fatigue of the fierce battle all night, changed into clean military clothes, and were standing and talking to acquaintances.
"Brother Xu, you have really changed," the acquaintance looked at them and said, looking back at the husbands who were smiling and cleaning up the barrels at this time.
In just half a day, the news of a few generous soldiers here has spread among the husbands and servants.
It is the law of the court for officers to send their husbands, but for soldiers to send their husbands, they can only rely on profits. It is conceivable that Xu Maoxiu and others will definitely have a good life in the future.
"You really made a fortune in the capital?" He asked curiously. "Then why did you come back to be a soldier?"
Xu Maoxiu smiled and shook his head.
"No, no." He denied it.
As he spoke, a crowd poured in outside the door.
"What about the heroes who dare to fight a hundred people with five people?" One of the generals shouted, "Stand up and let someone see!" ”
"It's the deputy commander."
The soldiers present whispered one after another, while hurriedly avoiding the way.
Xu Maoxiu and the others didn't dare to slack off, bowed down to greet them, and beat Liu Kui, who had just started to take a shower, and ran out without even bothering to wipe off his messy clothes.
The eyes of the deputy of the Lord Metropolitan Supervisor of Dragon Valley City swept over several people one by one.
"Okay, good job, a good boy from my Northwest Army." He said loudly.
A good boy of the Northwest Army!
They are good boys of the Northwest Army!
It's not a deserter from the Northwest! No more deserters!
Xu Maoxiu and the others looked excited.
"It is natural to kill the enemy for the country." They said in unison.
"By the way, and your horses?" After the condolences, the deputy thought of something and asked, "I heard that you can still run fast after driving thousands of miles?" ”
When Xu Maoxiu came over with people, Xu Sigen stayed in the horse camp as always, looking depressed, arguing with people about something.
Because there were no horses, he did not participate in the support, but followed Lord Zhou and waited for dawn to arrive.
"My beg, my lord, go and bring back the two dead horses, or bury them on the spot," he pleaded, pulling one of the young generals.
"I know that you love horses and get sick, but there is no reason to pick up the carcass of horses and come back? Driving the car for dozens of miles, just to pull two corpses, or the corpses of the horses come back, even if we die, it is just a fire on the spot, your horse is more precious than a person? The young general said impatiently.
"Of course it's precious, it's precious, that's my sister...."Xu Sigen nodded and said.
Seeing a lot of people coming, the young general pushed him away to meet the past, and was a little surprised when he learned the intention, although this time these horses were not small, but he didn't expect to alarm the deputy of the metropolitan eunuch to check it in person.
Could it be that these horses are really precious?
"Sure enough, you came all the way from the capital?" The deputy asked, looking at a horse shortly.
After a night's rest, the tired horse had recovered a little of his spirit, and was watched by his hooves and snorted with some temper.
The deputy looked at it and then asked what road he walked, how many miles he traveled in a day, and so on, and Xu Sigen answered them one by one seriously.
After listening to the answer, the deputy looked surprised and a little incredulous.
"It really eases the wear," he said, "just by these few pieces of iron?" ”
His words fell, and someone behind him took over.
"Let me see!"
It was an old voice, still hoarse.
Everyone got out of the way. Immediately exclaimed.
"Master Zhu!"
The person who came was Zhu Si, a veteran who held Dragon Valley City to avoid the destruction of the city. He lost his strength that day. was carried down by the prison to rest, but I didn't expect to be helped over at this time.
Although the position was higher, the deputy of the capital supervisor was very respectful to this veteran and personally stepped forward to support him.
"Boss, why are you here too?"
Mr. Zhu didn't speak, but directly helped the person to the horse, pushed away the person who was supporting him, and half-knelt on the ground and stared at the horse's hooves.
"Sure enough, sure enough... Ahh
He looked at it and muttered. His body was shaking more and more, and he seemed to be about to collapse due to his physical exhaustion.
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to help, but they saw that the veteran had already thrown himself to the ground.
"Artifact from the sky, artifact from heaven, my Han family's sons and daughters are no longer afraid of difficult to raise!" He fell to the ground and wailed.
The people around him were stunned by his howl.
Old Master Zhu quickly got up again.
"Who is it? Who is it? He asked.
Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone knew what he was asking, and someone immediately pushed Xu Sigen, who was squeezed to the back, over.
"You!" Old Master Zhu staggered to Xu Sigen and grabbed his shoulders suddenly.
Although the veteran is old, forty years of killing have been integrated into the bone marrow, and the young Xu Sigen didn't dare to look him in the eyes.
"You. It will be the hero of the Northwest Army! Old Master Zhu shook Xu Sigen's shoulder fiercely and shouted.
The heroes of the Northwest Army...
The hero of the Northwest Army!
Xu Sigen was stupid, and the people around him were also stupid.
“… With these horses... Horse what? … Horseshoe....our horses won't be lost so much..."
"....less attrition. You can get more equipment..."
“… Now the soldiers have been added, and the total number of cavalry is less than 5,000... It will definitely become 10,000 in the future..."
“… 10,000 cavalry! 10,000 cavalry! Kids, let's go and put down the thieves! If you don't break Loulan, you won't return it! ”
"....And two horses died on the road and were thrown away? How can it be done, if you want to get it back, get it back, of course it is precious, although it will inevitably be learned by the thieves in the future, but if we can lead by one day, we will have one more day stronger...."
“… Oh, yes, I'm going to tell the Metropolitan Supervisor, the Inspector, and the Deputy Commander of the Soldiers and Horses..."
With Mr. Zhu's words, the people around him were busy, but Xu Sigen was still stunned, he was knocked and swayed, and he fell to the ground.
Xu Maoxiu and the others, who were standing on the side, also stayed for a long time, and came back to their senses at this time.
"My mother-in-law, just these few fourth brothers have become heroes of the strong army?" Xu Bangmao muttered.
"We're just heroes when we fight to the death," murmured another brother, "how can these horses become heroes?" ”
"Because, in the end, we can only kill the enemy with the power of one person to get the fruit of one person, and these horses can help hundreds of people and thousands of people." Xu Maoxiu said, stepping forward and looking at the horses munching on grass in the stable, "It's like a one-person doctor is just a doctor, and a 10,000-person doctor is a country." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the eastern sky.
"Sister, this third gift is really too big...."
On the other side, Liuliulang was also looking at the eastern sky.
"I said Xiaoliu, who are you with those people?" Behind him, Uncle Zhou frowned and asked, "You actually gave them the opportunity?" ”
Saturday Lang snorted.
"They have nothing to do with me, I don't know those things." He said, smiling slightly, "I'm just telling the truth." ”
Uncle Zhou frowned, to tell the truth, he also scored occasion opportunities.
Liu Liulang looked at the eastern sky and saw a black cloud pressing over, and a faint thunder rumbled.
It's going to rain!
What is the woman doing now?
Thunder rolled through the sky, and a scream came from the car.
"No, no, no!" Wang Qilang brushed the curtain and shouted, "This thunder is going to split people, why do you have to hurry?" The rain is about to fall! ”
The men and horses in front of them continued to move forward.
"Our lady said that it will not rain on this day, and the thunder will pass in a while." One man turned around and shouted impatiently.
Your lady said, your lady said, mother, how can this lady say all the way!
Wang Qilang shouted to stop and jumped out of the carriage.
"Childe!" The old servant who dismounted from behind hurriedly shouted, but Wang Qilang had already run to the carriage in front of him.
"Cheng Jianniang! Are you disobedient? He stood by the carriage, stretched out his hand and tore open the curtain, and shouted angrily, "It's me..."
The explosion thunder exploded at this time, overshadowing Wang Qilang's words, Banqin looked at the young man in front of him like a fish, opened and closed his mouth without making a sound, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and giggle.
The explosion thunder rolled over, and Wang Qilang almost couldn't stand on his feet.
"What are you going to do?" The female voice in the car asked, her voice was flat, and I don't know when the woman's voice improved, no longer the hoarse and unpleasant voice, but it didn't sound comfortable.
"Cheng Jianniang, I sent you home, not you escorted me home, did you listen to you or me on the way?" Wang Qilang shouted, staring at the car.
The woman in the car sat like a clock, her black skirt scattered around like a blooming flower, and she held a book in her fair and slender hand peeking out of the wide gold-rimmed embroidered cuffs, and she slowly raised her eyes.
"Listen to you." She said.
Wang Qilang stood beside the car and lost his mind for a while.
Picturesque beauties are like that, they are as immobile as stagnant water at all times, but they always look beautiful and breathtaking.
"Childe."
The old servant's voice whispered from behind.
Wang Qishilang woke up smartly, beauties are very beautiful, but they can't be arrogant, the so-called arrogant beauties are allowed to be arrogant when he wants to be arrogant, not that they want to be arrogant.
"Listen to me?" He shouted loudly, "Since you left the capital, which sentence has listened to me?" ”
"Go home." Cheng Jianniang said.
Wang Qilang was stunned.
Thunder rolled in the sky again.
"Don't say anything else, now find a place to settle down immediately, it's going to kill people in the rain halfway!" Wang Qilang shouted.
"It won't rain." Cheng Jianniang said, smiling slightly, "Didn't we listen to you and find a place to stay?" ”
The carriage continued to move forward, and Wang Qilang was pushed aside.
"Childe, get in the car." The old servant whispered.
Wang Qilang gritted his teeth.
"Looking for a place to stay? Is this to listen to me? What else is mine besides the words that are my words? He shouted, glaring at the carriage in front of him, "Won't it rain?" You seem to know God well! ”
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One more is still fat~
It feels good to write a big chapter, and there is actually no difference between one and two more. (To be continued......)