The general who defended the city in Xinyang County was none other than Zhou Luo, a general under Wu Mingche, so Zhou Luo, who had fought side by side with Xiao Yao, immediately rode his horse and ran outside the city to personally welcome Xiao Yao into the city as soon as he heard that Xiao Yao was back!

"Shiro! You're finally back! Haha, God blesses you to be able to come back safely! Zhou Luo saw Xiao Yao from a distance and immediately shouted excitedly.

"Haha, Brother Zhou, don't come unharmed! As soon as Shouyang said goodbye that day, in just half a year, I didn't think that now General Zhou has also led his troops to take Xinyang, fortunately General Zhou is here, otherwise I am afraid that I will continue to flee, and it is safe to flee to Shouyang! Xiao Yao also smiled happily, after all, he finally saw a general he knew, and now he is absolutely safe!

After the two dismounted, Zhou Luo immediately rushed over and gave Xiao Yao a big hug, and then the corners of his eyes flashed with tears, and he said very excitedly: "Shilang, don't laugh at Brother Zhou!" Without you, how could we take Huainan! We have all heard that Gao Changgong sent tens of thousands of troops to hunt you down, and even surrounded the entire Luoyang City, but we can't continue to send troops to Qi to rescue you, alas, it really makes you suffer! ”

"Thank you Brother Zhou for your concern, I, Xiao Yaofu, have a great life, and Gao Changgong has no ability to catch me! And you see how fat I have been raised, where does it look like suffering! Xiao Yao said with a laugh.

"Haha, I knew that you, Xiao Shilang, were a little fox, and today, there is really no one who can help you! We won't say much else, I will immediately ask people to prepare a banquet to celebrate your safe return, big brother must have a drink with you, today we are not drunk and have no return! Zhou Luo said happily.

"Brother Zhou, you don't have to drink alcohol, I just came back from the escape of Zhou, and the most important thing now is to rush to Shouyang immediately and report to Wu Dudu about safety, and in the past half a year, I don't know the information in Chen Guo at all, and I don't even know what is happening to my father-in-law and my subordinates now, so I hope Brother Zhou can tell me in detail!" Xiao Yao waved his hand to reject Zhou Luo's kindness, and asked anxiously.

"Well, this, Shiro, don't worry, General Xiao and your subordinates are very good, because of your containment, they have all returned to Shouyang safely at that time, but the losses are still very serious! General Xiao's cavalry battalion has more than 5,000 horses, and it is the elite cavalry of our Chen State, but it only brought back less than half of the people, so Wu Dudu relieved him of his military power and let him go back to Jinling, so I don't know the specific situation of General Xiao now! As for the loss of your forward brigade, it is even more serious, and there are only more than 1,000 people left who have returned to Shouyang, but Huang Wenyuan's kid is still very loyal to you, after he brought back more than 1,000 of yours, he has not relented, and he has always said that he will immediately lead troops to attack, and he will rescue you back in Linying County! In the end, the quarrel made Wu Dudu angry, so he drove him to the Western Route Army and let his father, General Huang, take care of him! As a result, Huang Wenyuan, this kid, was furious, so he took the more than 1,000 people of the Forward Brigade to the Luzhou West Route Army, saying that he would ask his father to borrow troops there, rebuild the Forward Brigade, and then wait for you to come back! Zhou Luo's eyes flickered a little, and he said lightly with a little avoidance.

"It's good that the father-in-law is fine! However, we did lose this battle too badly, we lost so many men and horses, and my father-in-law and I really have to bear all the responsibility, and Wu Dudu did not deal with our military law, so it is already very lenient! As for Huang Wenyuan, this kid is indeed a very righteous person, and he will definitely be able to take over the position of his father Huang Lao General in the future and become a fierce general of Chen Guo! Xiao Yao said with a sigh of relief.

After all, this defeat, Xiao Moke's mistake can be said to be the most fatal mistake: the enemy pursued and went deep alone, but was ambushed, resulting in the loss of more than half of the cavalry, because in Chen Guo, a place where horses are not produced, it is difficult for cavalry to be replenished, and war horses can only be purchased from Zhou State, so now Xiao Moke has lost thousands of cavalry at once, Wu Mingche wants to deal with him by military law, he has nothing to say, I believe that Wu Mingche is also looking at Xiao Yao's face and Xiao Moke's previous achievements, He was released and only relieved of his military power.

However, Huang Wenyuan's loyalty made Xiao Yao's eyes shine, I didn't expect that this little gentlemanly second generation of officials was still affectionate and loyal to him, and he had just escaped the encirclement of Gao Changgong, so he immediately said that he would go back to save himself, it seems that he will cultivate and brainwash him well in the future, and let him stand on his side!

"Since Shiro, you want to go to Shouyang as soon as possible and report your safety to Wu Dudu, then Brother Zhou will not keep it, after all, Wu Dudu is also very worried about you, you don't know, when he heard that you were defeated and disappeared, he was restless, for the sake of the overall situation, he couldn't send troops into the hinterland of Qi to save you, but he still ordered us to send many spies into Qi to inquire about your news! I'm sure he knows you're back safely now, and he'll be so happy that he can't sleep! Zhou Luo said with emotion.

"Wu Dudu is the commander of the army, of course he can't be emotional, and Linying County is guarded by Gao Changgong's heavy troops, if he sends troops to the north and desperately tries to save me, then it is possible to fall into Gao Changgong's trick and consume the main force of our Chen Guo's army in Linying County, then the Huainan region we have worked so hard to fight may be recaptured by Qi State!" Xiao Yao expressed his understanding of Wu Mingche's decision not to save himself, after all, Wu Mingche, as the commander-in-chief, must not ruin the entire battle for Xiao Yao alone!

"Shiro, if you can understand Wu Dudu's difficulties, then we can rest assured! Okay, Brother Zhou will immediately arrange a team of people, and this will escort you to Shouyang! Now that the Governor of Wu has been appointed by His Majesty as the Assassin of Yanzhou, the Governor of the Six Prefectures of the Military, in Shouyang, the Governor of Wu has the final say, how many local famous families, rich businessmen and gentry are tying him down! Haha, if you go to Shouyang, Wu Dudu will definitely celebrate your achievements well! Zhou Luo squeezed his eyebrows and smiled. Lewen

"Haha, then bother Brother Zhou to send me to Shouyang, since Wu Dudu has reaped so many benefits now, then of course I have to follow him to eat and drink spicy food, and also pick up cheap ones!" Xiao Yao also laughed loudly.

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A fleet of ships marched east along the Huai River, led by a large warship equipped with six poles in one hand, and on the warship, thousands of soldiers with spears and broadswords in their hands and bows and arrows stood on guard! The big ship was followed by two smaller warships, but it was also carrying hundreds of heavily armed soldiers!

Zhou Luo sent such a large array of ground guards to protect Xiao Yaodong to Shouyang, which shows that he attaches great importance to Xiao Yao and Xiao Yao's status in the Chen army, and he is no longer the little Xiao Lieutenant last year!

Although for the sake of safety, Zhou Luo arranged so many soldiers to escort Xiao Yao, but after all, this area has been occupied by the Chen army for half a year, and in this half year, Wu Mingche's combat focus is not to fight with the Qi State, but to make every effort to clear the various armed forces against the Chen State in the Huainan region, and then stabilize the rule of the Chen State over Huainan, so now the entire field on both sides of the Huai River has also been planted with rice, and the whole area is peaceful and stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The team went down the river on the Huai River, and a day later, they finally arrived at Shouyang City safely, because Zhou Luo had also sent people to Shouyang City to report to Wu Mingche that Xiao Yao had returned safely, so now the wharf of the entire Shouyang City was full of people, and the victory flag was waving, and Wu Mingche, the governor of Chen Jun, personally led the civil and military officials of Shouyang City to stand there, watching the fleet slowly land!

Seeing that Wu Mingche, who was now above 10,000 people under Chen Guo, greeted him so ceremoniously, Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed, after all, he had fought a defeated battle, and he was chased by Gao Changgong for more than half a year before fleeing back. So I decided to give Wu Mingche some face and put on a good show in front of everyone.

So as soon as the warship docked, Xiao Yao immediately rushed off the warship, knelt down on Wu Mingche's knees, and said ashamedly: "Shiro is ashamed of his entrustment to the Metropolitan Governor, and did not take Linying County for the army, which led to the disruption of the Northern Expedition of the Metropolitan Governor, and also led to the defeat of the soldiers of the Forward Brigade. ”

"Shiro, hurry up! I already know the details of the battle in Linying County, and the blame is not you! And I also know that Gao Changgong also sent tens of thousands of troops to hunt you down, and now that you can come back safely, you can already be regarded as a great achievement! Wu Mingche was also moved by Xiao Yao's kneeling, and hurriedly helped him up, then wiped the dust on Xiao Yao's face with his hand, looked at Xiao Yao excitedly, and tears flowed out involuntarily.

"You're back! Although the Qi State kept releasing news that you had been caught, betrayed, or even killed, and there were all kinds of rumors, I knew that you must still be alive, and you would definitely not betray our Da Chen, you little fox would not be caught by Gao Changgong so easily! Haha, you look like you're still fat, it seems that this fugitive life is still good! Wu Mingche said with tears of joy.

"Hehe, I know that Wu Dudu knows me best! In fact, I have long escaped from Gao Changgong's pursuit, and I escaped from the Qi State and fled to the Zhou State very smoothly! Then I also went to Chang'an City and did something earth-shattering! Xiao Yao said mysteriously in Wu Mingche's ear.

"A person who is chased and killed by Gao Changgong and keeps running for his life can still do anything great in the Zhou Kingdom? Could it be that you still killed the emperor of Zhou? Wu Mingche said with a look of disbelief.

"Wu Dudu guessed right! I just killed the Zhou State who controlled the government for 12 years, which is actually equivalent to killing Yu Wenhu, the powerful minister of the Zhou Emperor! Now their emperor Yuwen Yong has regained the power of the Zhou State, and now he should consolidate his control over the Zhou State situation, so in the past two years, the Zhou State should not use troops against the Qi State, so the Northern Expedition plan of the Wu Governor and the Zhou State to deal with the Qi State together may have to be changed! Xiao Yao put away the hippie smile just now and said with a serious face.