Night has been everywhere and shrouded all around.

The whining wind is like the constant chirping of ghosts in the field, which makes people feel chills in their hearts when they hear it.

The soldiers who had been busy all day had gone into the tent and fell asleep, as for who snored, who grinded his teeth and farted, whose feet tasted better, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, as a big-headed soldier, to have a decent camp to sleep like now, not to be in the open field, it was already quite content.

After a day's walking, Hu Zhen also had a sore waist and legs.

After all, he is older, and he no longer looks like a young man in his early twenties, how hard it is, if you sleep, you will be able to live the next day, nothing happens. After so many years, how can you not be injured after walking through the rain of swords and arrows? These injuries are now slowly starting to erupt, always reminding Hu Zhen of their existence.

The most serious thing was a knife in the left chest, and the bones were deeply visible at that time, and the bones were cracked, and they almost didn't survive...... This was the wound he was wounded when Zhang Wen presided over the pacification of the Qiang rebellion, and then ......

Hmph, no more......

At that time, Taiwei Zhang Wen sent Dong Zhuo to lead 30,000 men to crusade against the rebellion of the Xianling tribe of the Qiang people, but the military rations could not keep up, causing the Qiang and Hu people to gather troops and surround Dong Zhuo north of Wangyuan. Hu Zhen led people to raid the encirclement of the Qiang people several times, but there was no way to break through, and he was hit by a heavy knife and almost died in Huangquan.

At that time, Li Ru offered advice and built an embankment next to the Wangyuan River, pretending to fish to satisfy his hunger. When the Qiang people saw it, they thought that Dong Zhuo's army had a source of food, so they did not dare to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's lack of food to raid the camp, and then, under the cover of the embankment, Dong Zhuo led the army to retreat quietly. When the Qiang people found out and pursued, Dong Zhuo broke the embankment again, and the turbulent river successfully blocked the Qiang people's pursuit, so they survived.

And Zhang Wen, who was in the rear, even felt that Dong Zhuo had lost the battle, so he wrote to the court to investigate his guilt, and in the end, Dong Zhuo still gave a lot of gold and silver treasures to the Zhongchang servants, which can be regarded as smoothing out the matter. As for a soldier like Hu Zhen who was injured in that battle, naturally there was no reward at all......

Now, the wound on the left chest is aching, and the dark red scar seems to be telling Hu Zhen something......

Hu Zhen, who has been running for a day, almost all the injuries accumulated by his youth have jumped out again under exhaustion, soreness, numbness, swelling and pain, and even lying down is a little uncomfortable, so he can only support his head on the table obliquely, as if he is sleeping and slowing down.

"I thought that I could get some benefits by following the Taishi to Luoyang, but I didn't expect it to become the situation I am now...... "Since Hu Zhen couldn't sleep, he couldn't help but think about it in his head," ...... Luoyang is not a good place...... I didn't expect to go back to Chang'an, and it turned out to be extremely dangerous......"

"The current Xiliang Erlang is no longer the same as when the Taishi brought it, the spirit is gone, Xu Zhonglang said that he wants to rectify and reiterate the military order, hehe...... But I don't know that the current court is not the court of Taishi's time, and it has lost the slightest popularity, but it is like a group of ghosts swaying above the main hall all day long, and the yin is deeply terrifying......"

“…… Fighting, hehe, what Xu Zhonglang said is not wrong, although it is the duty of our generals to fight the army, and if we take the court's money, we naturally obey the command of the court, but ...... But ah......"

“…… Xiliang soldiers, after this battle, in the future, I don't know where to settle down...... Who's going to bother? During this time, the prices in Chang'an were ridiculously high, and the soldiers' salaries were issued with a bunch of five baht coins, but those money were simply a pile of scrap copper, and they couldn't even afford to eat, so they had a fart...... The hearts of the people are scattered......"

Hu Zhen opened his eyes, although he knew that there was no one, he still subconsciously glanced left and right, and then took out a towel from his arms, which was densely written with small characters.

When the army marches, it is natural to send scouts, and the Chang'an forbidden army has always been stationed in Chang'an City, and rarely goes out of the city to fight any battles, so the matter of long-range scouts is mostly taken care of by the Xiliang soldiers......

The scouts on both sides are from Xiliang, so when the fellow meets the fellow, naturally there is an extra towel like this in Hu Zhen's hands, instead of handing it over to the main general Xu Rong.

Hu Zhen flipped the towel over and over several times, pondering and thinking about it word by word.

Who can be trusted?

Who can be relied on?

Who can pull the Xiliang soldiers and Xiliang people up from the muddy swamp-like Chang'an City, so that they will not bear the catastrophe of the top?

Who can understand the suffering of Xiliang people over the years, and who can know the difficulties of Xiliang people for many years?

All of this is only understood by the people of Xiliang themselves.

Hu Zhen sighed, he really felt tired, he just wanted to go home, return to the place where he crossed the horse and whipped when he was a teenager, and return to the hometown where he was born and raised, but if he is now under the control of the imperial court in Chang'an, even if he wants to leave, will the imperial court let him go back with peace of mind?

Or did he agree that he would be a petty official in Chang'an and end his life?

A mocking smile appeared on Hu Zhen's face, these Shandong scholars who are so long-sleeved all day long, when it comes to fighting, it is estimated that there are not many who are good at it, but when it comes to playing with power, they are all first-class talents, even Dong Taishi can't play with them, let alone himself, a big boss?

If you really do this, I'm afraid that not to mention three or two months, even if it is three or five days, all kinds of guilt will find your head.

Where does this go from here?

Hu Zhen's heart was constantly measuring and pondering.

“…… Command...... It's late at night, rest early, you still need to order tomorrow......" The guards outside the big tent saw that the candlelight in the tent was still flickering, and couldn't help but remind Hu Zhen softly outside.

"Dot, dot, yes, dot...... Well, I got it......" Hu Zhen muttered a few words when he heard this, then smiled, glanced at the towel again, stuffed the towel in his hand back into his arms, paused for a while, and suddenly said, "Ergouzi, come in and ......"

"What does the Commander command?" Hu Zhen's guards opened the curtain of the tent, entered the big tent, and bowed down to ask.

Hu Zhen's eyes flickered a few times under the reflection of the torches, and he muttered for a while, and suddenly said, "Ergouzi, if you can go home...... Would you rather or not? ”

"Of course I do!" Ergouzi's eyes widened, and he said happily without thinking about it, but after a pause, he retracted his smile, "...... But can you go back now......"

Hu Zhen laughed, then stood up and said, "If we can come, we can naturally return!" ”

The night was deep, and the wind howling around was getting louder and tighter......