In order to report the progress of the peace talks to the emperor and the imperial court as soon as possible, Zhang Xiaowu asked Li Chuncheng to escort Su Yu to Longdu City first, and told Li Chuncheng to protect Su Yu before returning after seeing the emperor.

"You are very familiar with Longdu City, if someone assassinates Master Su, you must protect him." Zhang Xiaowu said, "I'm worried that someone under Du Shanbo will sabotage the peace talks. ”

Li Chuncheng nodded and didn't ask more.

The thought of returning to Longdu City, Su Yu's heart was complicated, he naturally wanted to return to Longdu to show his strength, but he was worried about being framed, and said incoherently: "I don't know how dangerous this trip is, but I feel more calm when facing Inuyi." You must know that in Saibei, I can at least trust you, you support me behind my back, even when facing the Wuhuan King, I can also deal with him calmly and calmly. But back in the court, there are dark arrows everywhere, everyone is selfish, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. ”

Zhang Xiaowu didn't say anything, just gave him a waist knife, Su Yu understood what he meant, took the knife with a wry smile and left.

The speed of the 20,000 wounded soldiers marching south was very fast, and everyone was worried that the Wuhuan people would take the opportunity to chase and kill, Li Yuan led the troops to lead the way in front of the team, and Zhang Xiaowu led the 200 cavalry to break the rear. But the Wuhuan people did not send people, but the Tartars appeared, and five hundred Tartar cavalry followed, not knowing what they meant.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaowu knew that these Tartars should wait for them to be exhausted before killing them, so he immediately made a decision and ordered the two hundred cavalry after the break to turn around and face the Tartars. He raised his sword and shouted, "Brothers, come back with me and chop off these tails." ”

"Whoa!" The generals roared in unison.

"Kill!"

Zhang Xiaowu shouted, shouted and killed the Tartar cavalry, and the two hundred Han cavalry also raised their spears and rushed over. Unexpectedly, among the 20,000 wounded soldiers, thousands of foot soldiers also drew their swords and killed them.

The Tartar cavalry never thought that the Han army would fight back, hesitated for a while, missed the opportunity to control the war horse, and was led by Zhang Xiaowu into the battle, becoming a live target.

Zhang Xiaowu drew a circle with his saber, split the two Tartar people in half, and when he saw the Tartar commander, he shouted and rushed forward. Seeing this, the Tartar Commander also raised his sword to kill, and the two struck each other, making a loud noise, and the Tartar Commander was knocked out with a knife. The other Tartar soldiers immediately rushed up, and were swept and killed by Zhang Xiaowu's saber, and the Tartar commander remounted his horse and shouted: "Okhulaha! Olhulaha! (Retreat.) ）

The Tartar soldiers immediately turned their horses around and ran, but many were entangled by the Han army and could not escape, and as thousands of wounded soldiers from Jincheng joined the battle, only more than 200 Tartar soldiers fled, and they were killed and captured.

Wang Yijin's face was covered with blood, Zhang Xiaowu glanced at him, Wang Yijin said, "Someone else's." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "Martial arts are rising. Wang Yijin smiled.

The leader of one of the wounded soldiers came up on a snatched Tartar horse, carrying a long axe in his hand, and laughed: "Enjoyable, enjoyable, really enjoyable." He also said: "In the Qingzi Battalion of the Fifth Regiment, I waited for Chen Qing, and I saw the ghost general. ”

Zhang Xiaowu was quite surprised that there was a soldier of the Qinglong Army hiding in the wounded army, he immediately figured it out, it was Gu Yong who didn't believe him, he sneered in his heart, and saluted Chen Qing: "It's polite, Chen Junhou is ......."

Chen Qing was very embarrassed and apologized: "The military advisor is afraid that the general's escort force is insufficient. ”

Zhang Xiaowu chuckled lightly and said, "With Chen Junhou's assistance, this trip will definitely go smoothly." ”

On the other side, Li Yuan came with more than 20 Tartar captives and asked how to deal with them and whether they were all killed, but Zhang Xiaowu asked Li Yuan to cut off all the right ears of the Tartar captives, and told them: "I am the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu, who is not afraid of death to come to Mucheng to find me, I am waiting for you." ”

The Tartar captives fled back in embarrassment after being released with their ears cut off, and when the Tartars learned that the leader of the team was actually a ghost general, they regretted how they had met such a hard stubble, so they stopped pursuing.

Without other pursuers, the speed of returning to the south has also accelerated a little, and the 20,000 soldiers and civilians have been holding on to Jincheng for six months, and their hearts have long been tempered with great tenacity. The mighty procession returned south along the official road, and in late May, they finally saw the pastures around Mucheng in the distance, and a few flocks of wild sheep.

Last year's snowfall was abundant, this year's Saibei suddenly became lush with vegetation, and the Roland River re-converged into a river, there were also many small lakes and small rivers near Mucheng, and even a lot of small fish, which had to make people feel the magic of nature, in the dry desert, fish eggs can survive for more than ten years or even decades.

In the surrounding area, many people actually cleared the wasteland and planted drought-tolerant crops early.

Seeing tens of thousands of troops from afar, the people panicked, and then saw Zhang Xiaowu and others coming back, and shouted happily: "The ghost will return to the city!" The ghost will return to the city! ”

Xiao Kai had already received the news, led the generals to greet him, and quickly arranged for the treatment of the wounded. The garrison of Mucheng was not relaxed, Xiao Kai completed the duties of the garrison envoy very well, and Zhang Xiaowu returned to the city to see that Mucheng was in good order, and the people had hope for the future on their faces, and they were relieved.

Xiao Kai said again: "General, the imperial court has issued six holy decrees in a row these days, and six imperial envoys have been waiting at the post station for several months. ”

Zhang Xiaowu suddenly chuckled in his heart, and immediately thought of the story of Zhao in the Southern Song Dynasty who composed eleven gold medals to summon Yue Fei to return to the dynasty, could it be that the imperial court changed its order and did not allow himself to negotiate peace with Inuyi, or was he blamed by the Ministry of War because he escorted Su Yu without authorization, he immediately asked: "Is there an official document from the Ministry of War?" ”

"No, but the Ministry of War sent someone to send 50,000 taels of military salaries for two years." Xiao Kai laughed.

Zhang Xiaowu was overjoyed, and the Ministry of War sent a military salary, indicating that the Ministry of War recognized the status of Mucheng, and Mucheng finally won a living space for himself, and then he asked, "What are the contents of the six holy decrees, you tell me." ”

Ruan Qingwen reminded: "My lord, you need to take the order in person. ”

Xiao Kai also said: "General, don't let the imperial envoy register." ”

"Okay." Zhang Xiaowu was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, what do you call me, general?" ”

Xiao Kai laughed with the generals: "Yes, you are now the guard general of Mucheng, an upright third-grade military general of the imperial court." ”

Hu Li said: "General, general, general, general, now you and those two wolf guards Cao Yan are at the same level, then Murong Yan has to salute when he sees you." Big guy, think about it, Yingchuan is waiting to see our general. Everyone couldn't help laughing, this Hu Li just likes to talk nonsense, Zhang Xiaowu also smiled and asked: "The imperial court, that is, the saint, didn't he blame me for taking the place of Su Yu without authorization?" ”

Xiao Kai said: "Yes, that's why six holy decrees were issued in a row." ”

This is strange, the court blamed him, and actually promoted him to an official, what does the emperor think? Could it be that the people in the military department have water in their brains?

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