"If it's to conquer Tianlan, it's really worth taking a little risk."

Li Qipeng said to Guo Yuzuo: "The general is far-sighted and his subordinates admire. ”

Guo Yu smiled dumbly: "When I joined the army, I looked like I was not approached by anyone on weekdays, but I didn't expect that this sycophant was unambiguous." ”

"The words of his subordinates are true, General Guo should not smear people's innocence out of thin air."

The Song army was victorious, and Li Qipeng, who had always had a strained face in recent days, also rarely showed a slight smile: "Today, General Guo has made immortal achievements, if the general Quanxia knows, it will be..."

Li Qipeng's words suddenly stopped.

"Sure enough..."

Guo Yu glanced at Li Qipeng deeply: "You are really a general." ”

"Did General Guo guess it a long time ago?"

"Half a month ago, you were still targeting me everywhere in the military tent, but after I was worshiped by the king as the general of Zhengnan, instead of making a stumbling block, you did your best to help me deal with the affairs of the army, if I can't guess that there is a problem, then I'm afraid that something is missing in my head."

Guo Yu sighed: "But the general confessed before he died, and asked you to set some tests for me?" ”

"No, the general just asked me to assist you, and as for the test and the like, it's all the subordinates' own opinion."

Li Qipeng said: "On that day, when the army went out to Tianwei Pass, the general suddenly called me to him, saying that if something happened to him, the Southern Expeditionary Army would be taken over by General Guo, and the general also asked me to assist General Guo wholeheartedly. ”

"When General Guo unveiled the royal flag in the military tent that day, I knew that the general was probably dead. Originally, I should have directly pushed you to the position of commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army according to the general's wishes, but..."

"It is the long-cherished wish of the great general to go south, if this southern expeditionary army falls into the hands of incompetents, it will not only bury the lives of tens of thousands of great Song Erlang, but also under the general Jiuquan, it may be difficult to look at.

Li Qipeng's eyes were full of emotion: "Facts have proved that the general is right." Although General Guo is young, his talent in leading the troops is no less than that of the Great Song Dynasty military gods, which is really admirable. ”

"I'm not as good as my father."

Guo Yu shook his head and said, "It's just that I'm just lucky." ”

"Luck is not a kind of strength, and the general should not be too humble."

"Alright, alright."

Seeing Li Qipeng say this, Guo Yu suddenly cried and laughed: "I can't stand it if you brag about me like this." There's nothing going on right now, and you've been working hard these days in the army, so go and take a good rest. ”

"No."

Li Qipeng left, and Guo Yu shook his head. After a sleepless night, coupled with a series of battles, he was already exhausted, and his brain became a little chaotic at the moment.

He stepped out of the tent and took two sharp breaths of fresh air, and suddenly felt much more energetic.

At this time, in the Tianwei Pass, except for a few armor soldiers standing guard at the head of the city, the rest of them all returned to the tent to rest, and the surroundings were unusually quiet.

After casually calling a soldier to ask, Guo Yu walked towards the camp of the Sancheng Army.

After leading the snow armor cavalry to raid the Chinese army of the Qi army, Guo Yu first fought with Lu Bo, then organized the Song army to tackle the key problems, and then had to deal with many post-war matters, until now he had time to find his brothers.

In the battle of Tianwei Pass, the Sancheng Army was not the main force, and the casualties should not be very large, and Li Qipeng also specifically mentioned this matter in his previous report.

But despite this, Guo Yu's heart was still a little heavy.

Not to mention anything else, how many of the 300 dead soldiers disguised as prisoners of war can come back?

Ci is not in charge of the army, this kind of big truth Guo Yu naturally understands, but...

After all, it was the brother he had been with day and night for several years, not the cold numbers in the casualty report of the army.

Guo Yu smiled self-deprecatingly.

Obviously, he sent them out to be dead soldiers, but now he put on a worried face.

In silence, Guo Yu finally came to the front of the Sancheng military camp.

Perhaps it was unnecessary, and there were no guards in front of the camp. Guo Yu walked directly into the camp and met Hou Jinyong, who was walking forward with his head down.

"Jinyong."

Hearing the voice, Hou Jinyong immediately froze his figure. He raised his head, and when he saw that it was Guo Yu, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "I've seen General Guo." ”

Guo Yu waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and then said, "You have something to go out?" ”

"Yes."

Hou Jinyong lowered his head and said, "The last general has something to find General Guo." ”

"It just so happens that I have something to ask you, so let's talk as we go."

Guo Yu took the lead in taking a step, "I'm too busy these days, I don't even have time to take a walk, Jinyong, you can walk with me." ”

"No."

"Nuo hammer Nuo, these days I have heard this word Nuo my ears are almost out of the cocoon, if you promise me again, I will beat someone."

"Yes."

“……”

Guo Yu put his hands behind his head, as if he was in Sancheng, and walked forward, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Hou Jinyong, who was following behind Guo Yu, was slightly silent before he spoke: "The last general wants to report to General Guo the casualties of the Sancheng Army. ”

"I already know."

Guo Yu bowed his head slightly, and no emotion could be heard in his voice, "Five hundred and seventy-two people were killed in the battle, two hundred and sixty-three people were injured, of which thirty-nine were seriously injured, and sixteen were disabled even if they recovered. ”

"Now it's five hundred and seventy-three, and one of the armorers just died of serious injuries."

"Hmm."

Guo Yu nodded: "How many dead soldiers have returned?" What about Long Tao's kid? ”

Hou Jinyong said softly: "Twenty-six of the three hundred dead returned, five were disabled, eleven were seriously injured, and the rest were all injured. Although the dragon commander was injured a lot, it was only a minor injury after all, and it was not a major problem. It's just..."

"Commander Lu died in battle."

Guo Yu's footsteps were sluggish.

"In addition, there is another person who asked the last general to hand this over to General Guo."

Hou Jinyong took out a bloodstained letter from his bosom and handed it to Guo Yu.

The blood on the envelope had long since dried up, leaving a dark brown mark, Guo Yu, who took the letter, was silent for a long time, and asked, "This is..."

"This is Xiao Zhao's letter to his wife."

Perhaps worried that Guo Yu didn't know who Xiao Zhao was, Hou Jinyong added: "Xiao Zhao was one of the city gate guards when he was in Sancheng, named Zhao Ritian. ”

"Well, I remember him."

Thinking of the smiling face he would see every time he entered and exited Sancheng, the look on Guo Yu's face became more and more heavy.

"He..."

"He just died."

"When he returned, although he looked covered in blood, he looked really energetic, and we thought he was fine, but he suddenly collapsed."

"The military doctor said that he had lost too much blood, and it stands to reason that it was impossible to come back, and he was able to survive until now, all by breath."

"Before he died, he asked me to hand over the letter to the general, saying that he hoped that the general would personally hand over the letter to his wife at home when he returned to Sancheng in the future, so that he would have a lot of face."

"He said that General Guo could open it first to see if the letter inside was stained with blood, and if so, General Guo asked for help to write a new one, and when the letter was delivered, don't tell Xiaofang that he is dead."

"He also said that he had always wanted to thank General Guo, but he was too embarrassed to say it..."

Guo Yu pursed his lips.

He took the blood-stained letter, held his head high, and looked northeast.

There, there is a scattered city.

There were hundreds of people in the city.

Some of them were the parents of the Sancheng soldiers, some were wives, some were children, or they were relatives, friends, and neighbors.

Although their identities are different, without exception, they are all waiting for the return of the person they miss in their hearts, waiting for the day of reunion.

But they could never have imagined that the person they were waiting for would never return.

From Yumen Pass to Tianwei Pass, along the way, more than 1,000 soldiers of the Sancheng Army were buried in other places.

Guo Yu's fingers trembled slightly, and he opened the letter.

Sure enough, the letter inside has been stained with blood, and the contents of the letter are no longer clear.

Guo Yu barely discerned the contents of the letter.

Xiao Zhao's handwriting is not very good, twisted and crooked, and what is written on the letter is nothing special, just something that happens ordinarily. The language is simple and plain, but between the lines there is a revelation of how much he misses his wife.

If there were no bloodstains, the woman named Xiaofang would have been very happy to receive this letter.

Would she laugh as she read it, and then put it away with great care, thinking about her husband while waiting for the next letter that would never come?

Guo Yu closed the letter and gently put it into his arms.