"The ghost will be invincible, and the Han army will last forever ......"

Thousands of soldiers shouted at the same time, resounding in the sky, and everyone was very excited. Zhang Xiaowu looked at the generals with a smile, and sighed in his heart that this adventure was very worthwhile, the Tartar not only retreated and civil strife, but the defenders of Mucheng only suffered no more than 100 casualties in this battle, but killed more than 20,000 enemies, and it was really a complete victory.

"Back to the city! Celebration! Zhang Xiaowu laughed.

Guan Cheng immediately pulled his horse, helped Zhang Xiaowu to sit on, and led the horse to Mucheng with a smirk, and the rest of the two shouted loudly: "The general is back!" The general is back! ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Mucheng was victorious.

After returning to the city, the soldiers and civilians immediately cheered, and flocked to the city gate to watch Zhang Xiaowu's successful return, these days all the soldiers and civilians in the city know that Zhang Xiaowu led twenty martial arts warriors to assassinate the leader of the Tartar Tower, Li Gaotu, and personally picked off Li Gaotu's head. The knights who came back spread this story to the gods, and Xia Ming, who went to assassinate Li Gaotu with Zhang Xiaowu, actually did not see the assassination process with his own eyes, so half a guess plus half a point think about it and half a point deduce that there is Xia Ming's version of Zhang Xiaowu's story of assassinating Li Gaotu.

However, because Zhang Xiaowu once told Cao Li about the assassination process, in fact, the officers and assistants in the army knew more about the assassination process, and Cao Li had been deeply blaming himself for not rescuing Zhang Xiaowu, and did not tell this story to others, which led to the story of Zhang Xiaowu's assassination of Gaotu becoming more and more magical.

The people of Mucheng worshiped Zhang Xiaowu to the extreme, and as the soldiers entered the city, the people shouted happily "The ghost will not die, and the Han army will last forever". In fact, the people were happy that the Han army had won another battle, and this battle ended in defeat before the dog even attacked the city, and the returning soldiers had the heads of the Tartar people pinned to their waists, so the people sat aside and counted them carefully: "One human head, two human heads, three human heads, four human heads...... counted for a while, dizzy, only to feel that there seemed to be tens of thousands of Tartar human heads.

It was Zu Gongmao's idea to slaughter the head of the people, and his original plan was that if the general was killed, he would use the Tatar people's head mountain to make a pyramid, so as to sacrifice the general's spirit in the sky. However, Zhang Xiaowu returned safely, and these heads were taken back to the city by the way and displayed to the people.

Sure enough, the people became even more crazy after seeing the head, and their mouths kept cheering: "The ghosts will be invincible, and the Han army ......will last forever."

Wu Song rode on a horse, pointed at the people with a scroll, and said with a smile: "Mucheng, you can't do without the general." ”

Zhang Xiaowu thanked everyone and replied: "It's a pity that all the grain planted by the people in spring was eaten as tender grass by the horses of the Tartar Tower. On my way back, I noticed that our thin fields were afraid that they would not produce much grain this autumn. ”

Wu Song said: "There is still military rations available, and it can be used for three years." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was surprised: "Three years? Isn't it six or seven years? ”

Wu Song smiled bitterly: "Wen Ruyu and I have calculated an account, now the population of Mucheng has increased three times compared to the past, where can it be used for so long." Saying three years, counting the harvest next year and the year after, the land around Mucheng is barren, and the grain harvested is only a few thousand stones, where is enough to feed more than 43,000 people in Mucheng. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "There are more than 43,000 people in Mucheng, and I only know that this small city is so crowded. ”

Wu Song said: "The general doesn't need to worry, when the war is over in the future, the rest of the Qinglong Army will definitely return to Longdu, so there are at most 20,000 soldiers and civilians left in Mucheng." Although the land around Mucheng still cannot support a population of 20,000, we can buy grain from the Central Plains, and when this war is over, the imperial court will definitely allocate food supplies for us. The 20,000 people in Mucheng are enough to live. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said gratefully: "You know that I am not good at governing the people's livelihood, if it weren't for you, Guan Xiang and Ruan Qingwen, the three strategists, I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians of Mucheng would have become a mess long ago." He then asked, "Wang Xiaojian and Dongfang She, have they returned safely?" ”

Wu Song said: "No trace of these two people has been found, what happened during the period?" Zhang Xiaowu told him the story of the Tartar cavalry they lured away in order to protect himself, and Wu Song listened to it for a long time before he said: "This is what the nine-fingered beggar Wang Xiaojian and the sword judge Dongfang She can do, these two are first-class heroes in the rivers and lakes, but it's a pity that ......"

"They'll survive." Zhang Xiaowu said, "It will be." ”

Wu Song smiled reluctantly, after all, in the boundless grassland, two martial arts masters could not defeat twenty cavalrymen, Wang Xiaojian and Dongfang She should have sacrificed their lives for righteousness. Zhang Xiaowu instructed Li Yuan to immediately send someone to search for the traces of these two people, and Li Yuan took the order and left. Back at the house, everyone knew that Zhang Xiaowu needed to rest, so they didn't bother anymore, and Zhang Xiaowu also took Miss Tao to the general's mansion, where there are many rooms and can be placed in any place of cultivation. Tao Zhiruo was unwilling, but was persuaded by Zhu Wushuang to stay, saying: "The garden of the general's family is very large, he does not live in the backyard on weekdays, and there is no man trespassing, so he will not disturb his sister's purity." ”

Tao Zhiruo said: "How can I receive his kindness again, he saved my life." ”

Zhu Wushuang hurriedly leaned into her ear and said, "Sister, I heard that you and the general were alone in the room for three days and three nights, are you okay with the story during the period?" ”

Tao Zhiruo suddenly turned around with a red face, thinking of what happened in the warm wall, as if it was a legendary story, but it really happened to him. She had a stronger and stronger impression of Zhang Xiaowu in her heart, and thought that she could meet him often if she lived here, so she blushed and nodded.

Zhu Wushuang said strangely: "Shouldn't something happen to you?" Sister, why are your ears red? ”

Zhang Xiaowu still remembered the last words of Wang Xiaojian and Dongfang She, so he ignored his physical fatigue to find the acting leader of the rebel army, the eighth-generation elder of the beggar gang, Zijin Dao Ran Gu Master, and told the story of the two to Ran Gu Shi. After hearing this, Ran Gushi couldn't cry and said, "How can they ...... Alas...... It's a pity, young, young. The general didn't know anything, but the old gang leader told me, saying that if Wang Xiaojian could return to the Central Plains alive, he would be given the position of the leader of the beggar gang in the future. Where can the beggar gang find the next gang leader who is so chivalrous and loyal! ”

Zhang Xiaowu talked about Dongfang She's entrustment again, Ran Gu Shi hurriedly asked people to call Dongfang She's eldest son Dongfang Shengdao, it was a twenty-four or five-year-old high-spirited young man, when he saw the head of the token Yue Huazhu, Dongfang Shengdao's body shook for a while, and his brothers and sisters were busy supporting him. Dongfang Shengdao stared at Yuehuazhu for a long time, suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and said with red eyes: "Thank you general for bringing the token back, my grandfather once said that if he can be loyal to the country, how can he be a ranger." Now that he has got what he wants, I should be happy, happy is ......" After that, Dongfang Shengdao smiled and shed tears, turned around and walked out of the general's mansion.

"This man is of true nature." Zhang Xiaowu looked at his back and said.

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