Xiahou Zhuo brought 1,200 elite border soldiers, and after continuous fierce fighting, there are now less than 400 people who can barely guarantee combat effectiveness, about 200 wounded, and 600 people can no longer return to where they came.

In fact, yesterday, the black warriors almost broke through the Daizhou Pass, and after Xiahou Zhuo led people to defend it desperately, he glanced back at those who were still watching coldly, those people from Zuo Wuwei.

They are just watching the battle situation, and when those righteous warriors are gone, they will report it immediately, and the army of Zuo Wuwei will arrive immediately.

It was at that moment that Xiahou wanted to give up.

Such Chu, such a royal family, is it worth him and his people to defend desperately?

So after withstanding the attack of the black warriors this time, Xiahou Zhuo ordered to withdraw, and everyone left the city wall, at that moment, those few cold-eyed bystanders were frightened, and immediately sent people to leave to report the news.

Xiahou Zhuo gave the order loudly, roaring one after another, ordering his men to withdraw from the battle, but the soldiers looked back at him, and then silently prepared their weapons and equipment for the next enemy onslaught.

"This is my military order, why don't you leave!"

Xiahou roared.

His lieutenant general, An Song, wiped the blood on his face, and smiled at Xiahou Zhuo with a tired and proud face: "It's all your soldiers, who is to blame?" ”

Xiahou was stunned.

An Song rubbed the long knife that had collapsed into countless gaps back and forth on the stone of the city wall, and said as he sharpened the knife: "General, in order to defend this city, there are too many people who have died, not only those righteous brothers, but also our six hundred brothers. ”

He looked back at Xiahou Zhuo again and said, "They are all dead, and we have no right to go." ”

An Song raised his hand and patted hard at the position of his heart: "Here, don't let me go." ”

A personal soldier handed Xiahou Zhuo a pot of water, and then silently walked to the city wall, picked up the bow and looked out of the city, but there was no arrow in the quiver beside him.

"General, this time is gone, so why are we coming?"

Xiahou Zhuo stood there looking at them, his hand holding the hilt of the knife was trembling, this is his soldier, who is to blame?

The next day, when Yu Jiuling arrived, reinforcements also arrived.

Xiahou Zhuo sat on the ground, leaning against the wall and eating dry food one bite at a time, tears sliding silently down his face, washing away the dust and blood.

"General!"

A soldier ran over and said, "Prince Wu wants to see you." ”

Xiahou Zhuo raised his head and glanced at the soldier, ignored it, lowered his head and continued to eat his dry food.

The soldier looked at him blankly, at a loss for a moment.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Prince Wu Yang to arrive, wearing dazzling gold armor, with a fierce and majestic guard, waving the banner with the wind, releasing the majesty of the royal family.

"Zhuo'er."

Prince Wu looked down at Xiahou Zhuo, he didn't like this nephew very much, but he had to admit that this was his nephew.

Xiahou Zhuo raised his head and glanced at Prince Wu, but ignored it.

Prince Wu was not angry, he knew very well why Xiahou Zhuo was like this, but he felt that Xiahou Zhuo was naïve, very naïve.

"You can take your people to find a place to rest."

Prince Wu said in a flat tone: "I will take over here, you and your soldiers have protected the Great Chu Border Pass and blocked foreign enemies, I will ask Your Majesty for your merits, as a matter of moderation in the northern military affairs, I will now officially promote you to the rank of General of the Fourth Rank." ”

After finishing speaking, Prince Wu waited for Xiahou Zhuo to reply something, but Xiahou Zhuo still didn't say a word.

"You rest."

Prince Wu pointed at Xiahou Zhuo, and his soldiers came up with a box and opened it in front of Xiahou Zhuo, inside the box was a particularly beautiful set of four-grade general armor, as well as a long knife inlaid with precious stones.

Prince Wu said lightly: "Your father said that you are very smart, and you actually understand my hard work, Chao."

The court does not want to get the news of the rebels defending the city, nor does it want the people of the world to know the news, if everyone in the world knows, then the rebels are still rebels? ”

He looked back at Xiahou Zhuo and said, "A rebel can only be a rebel. ”

Xiahou Zhuo raised his head and glanced at Prince Wu, at that moment, he wanted to smash the general armor in front of him, but he didn't, he suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand and touched the general armor of the fourth grade, and then smiled: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

He didn't smash, he didn't make noise, he didn't make trouble, he didn't scold.

It was because he suddenly understood that only by wearing this four-grade general armor could he protect more people, and if he smashed and made a noise at this time, then his people would suffer.

He is the son of Prince Yu, and Prince Wu will not kill him if he is angry, but he will dispose of his subordinates.

When Prince Wu saw Xiahou Zhuo's appearance, he nodded and said, "Very good, it's good if you understand." ”

After speaking, he stepped up to the city wall.

In fact, a few days ago, Prince Wu had already sent someone to expedite a piece of music to the capital, and the content of the music was probably ...... The black army of one million people pressed the border, stormed Daizhou Pass, all the soldiers of Daizhou Pass were killed, and the general Xiahou Zhuo led an army of 1,200 people to help, with a battalion of troops, resisting the black army of one million for more than ten days.

As long as this recital reaches the imperial court, it is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor not to react, so after this death battle, Xiahou Zhuo's reward is definitely not only General Zheng Sipin, this is something that Prince Wu can give on the spot, and the emperor has what the emperor should give.

The emperor will also try his best to tell the world, this world that he can no longer tell the world, so that the people know how the border army of Da Chu resisted foreign enemies, and how the generals of Da Chu showed their might.

Even if Dachu is now rampant with rebels everywhere, and there are fifty or sixty large-scale teams that have already been famous, the people will still respect heroes, and Xiahou Zhuo is a hero needed by the imperial court.

Therefore, the imperial court will definitely not be stingy in rewarding Xiahou Zhuo, and it will even be unprecedented.

What's more, this unprecedented award is not given to outsiders, Xiahou Zhuo has his mother's surname, but he is a member of the Yang family, and Prince Wu will definitely write Xiahou Zhuo is the Yang family clearly, and it will be clearer than the military exploits.

This hero, this general, has to be surnamed Yang.

And this is where Xiahou Zhuo suffers, he is standing on the corpses of those rebel brothers, those righteous brothers, usurping their merits and even fame, and receiving rewards from the imperial court.

Before Prince Wu climbed the city wall, he said a very good word, you understand.

Xiahou Zhuo said to himself: "I understand, how can I not understand, who called me surnamed Yang." ”

Xiahou Zhuo got up and walked to the side of Liu Wenju's motorcade, Liu Wenju was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out when he saw Xiahou Zhuo like this, he hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Grass people Liu Wenju, meet General Xiahou." ”

Xiahou Zhuo ignored him, opened a box and looked at it, it was full of silver, piece by piece, reflecting a faint light in the sun.

Xiahou Zhuo's hand patted on the box, and then turned back and ordered: "Count out the silver and distribute it according to the head." ”

The soldiers answered, but there was no desire for silver in everyone's eyes, and if it wasn't for the general's order, they would prefer to rest for a while, what would they do with this useless silver?

"Don't count."

Liu Wenju said flatteringly: "General, there are 20,000 taels here, and there can be no mistake in the number." ”

Xiahou Zhuo finally glanced at him and nodded.

The silver was distributed quickly, for there were not many survivors, less than six hundred, but the silver was divided not according to six hundred, but according to five thousand six hundred and thirty-six parts, about three and a half per person.

Five thousand six hundred and thirty-six, the number of all those whose names were carved on the walls, and those who are still alive, six hundred.

A soldier looked at the silver in his hand, was silent for a moment, and then stepped over and put the silver back in the box.

He shook his head: "I don't want it, let's erect a monument to the dead, their names must be on the monument." ”

Everyone came, and put the money back in the box.

Prince Wu stood on the city wall and watched this scene, his face was a little ugly.

After a long time, Prince Wu instructed: "Go and tell General Xiahou that a stele forest can be erected outside the city of Daizhou Pass, but only a name can be left, not an identity, and if you want to stay, it will be the border army of Great Chu." ”

His subordinates hurriedly went to pass the order, and Xiahou Zhuo agreed, because he knew that this was his last and only compromise.

If you don't compromise, those who die here won't even have their names left.

Liu Wenju has been waiting for Xiahou Zhuo to say something, and he has always wanted to say something to Xiahou Zhuo, if he doesn't seize this opportunity, it is not his Liu Wenju character.

"You are the person sent by my brother Li Qi?"

Xiahou asked.

Liu Wenju hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, it was Li Gongzi who arranged for me to come." ”

Xiahou Zhuo was silent for a moment and said: "I know what you want, so just be direct, you write a handwritten letter and go home, tell your family to send another 50,000 taels of silver as soon as possible, after the silver arrives, I will give you everything you want, you also saw it, I want to build a stele forest cemetery, but the silver is not enough, you raise it, I will report to the court, Your Majesty will also know your name." ”

He patted Liu Wenju on the shoulder: "If you want the right, I can give it." ”

Liu Wenju's face changed, the amount of 50,000 taels was too big, and he was a little distressed.

But he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if he didn't agree, the machine would slip through his fingers.

Compared to power, money is a fart?

As long as you can work under Prince Yu and become a big official in the future, won't the money come back in a steady stream?

So just a little hesitation, Liu Wenju immediately agreed.

"After the grass people go back, they will prepare to come out immediately."

Before he finished speaking, Xiahou Zhuo's brows furrowed.

Xiahou said, "You don't understand what I just said?" I told you to stay here and wait, you write back, and you will come back when the money arrives, am I clear enough? ”

"Enough enough, clear enough, I'm sorry general, the grass people know their mistakes."

Liu Wenju immediately asked people to find a pen and paper, wrote a letter and handed it to his cronies, sent it home immediately, and transported the silver as soon as possible.

The subordinates did not dare to delay, and hurriedly left Daizhou Pass with a few people.

After the people left the city, Xiahou Zhuo said to Liu Wenju: "Since you have arrived, you should do something, and I will also give you a meritorious service, you go to the baggage camp of Prince Wu's army over there to bring some feather arrows and send them up, which can be regarded as assisting in defending the city." ”

"Yes, yes, right away."

Liu Wenju blossomed, and hurriedly took one hundred and ten people to the baggage camp of Prince Wu's army to carry arrows, Xiahou Zhuo and his people followed behind, and when they arrived at the baggage camp, Liu Wenju and they were at a loss, not knowing where to move.

A group of people waited for Xiahou Zhuo's instructions, Xiahou Zhuo had already walked to a carriage, pulled open the canvas, and the carriage was full of bundles of feather arrows, he beckoned, Liu Wenju immediately brought people over, one person and two bundles carried to the city wall.

They hadn't walked out for a long time, and Xiahou Zhuo shouted from behind them.

"Where did the thieves come from, they actually robbed the armor and materials of the army!"

Liu Wenju turned around in fright, and a feather arrow came over behind him.

Xiahou Zhuo's soldiers released arrows one by one, and the people of Zuo Wuwei, who didn't know what was going on, also began to release arrows after hearing Xiahou Zhuo's shout, and the feather arrows were dense, and after a while, one hundred and ten people were shot dead on the spot, and the feather arrows on their bodies were as many as hedgehogs.

Xiahou Zhuo walked up to Liu Wenju's side, looked at the person who still had a breath left and didn't swallow, and said in a flat tone: "Be a bad person, I will too, and it is more legitimate than you." ”

Liu Wenju looked at Xiahou Zhuo and tried hard to raise his hand, but he didn't succeed.

He swallowed that breath after all.