After Wei Huan's soldiers and horses rested for three days in the abandoned Shangdang City, they were invited into the Yellow Sky Fortress by Zhu Lihua.

The fortress was originally designed to accommodate 50,000 soldiers and horses at the same time, so the current fortress with only 20,000 people here seems a bit empty.

Although the Qi ** soldiers who participated in the construction of the fortress had introduced to their own master general what this strange fortress looked like, Wei Huan, who felt that he was ready for it, was still completely shocked by the behemoth in front of him when he came to this fortress.

After carefully observing for a long time, Wei Huan, who had been a general for half his life, finally came to the same conclusion in his heart as when he and the others saw the Yellow Sky Fortress for the first time.

No one would send troops to forcibly attack such a perverted fortress unless it was particularly necessary, so he also had a lot of confidence in resisting the invasion of the Rong people with Lu Lihua.

Although at the request of Zhu Lihua, Wei Huan handed over the command of his soldiers and horses, and most of his soldiers were arranged on more than a dozen high ground outside the fortress, but at this time, Wei Huan was not the slightest dissatisfied, he only hoped that Zhu Lihua could fulfill his promise in the future, and let Gongzisi return with him.

Otherwise, if all the soldiers who died in the past are resurrected, then the Duke of Qi is afraid that he will also execute his entire family in anger because the eldest son is in prison.

In the following days, Wei Huan, who had put down his military power and posture, just exchanged his experience in using soldiers with Lu Lihua every day, but he was also free and had a rare leisure.

In the early morning of the fourth day when Wei Huan came to the Huangtian Ferry, the soldiers in charge of the defense of the Yellow Water suddenly noticed a warship slowly approaching from the south in the mighty Yellow Water.

The ship was medium-sized, not as large as the 100-man ships in the army, but slightly larger than ordinary merchant ships.

It's just that from a distance, the jet-black hull of the ship is covered with bruises, and there are traces of sword slashing everywhere. The soldiers at the crossing of the ferry port still hung with arrows on the side of the ship seemed to be able to clearly recall the tragic battle that had taken place on this warship not long ago.

After getting the news, Zhu Lihua immediately led a group of generals to the ferry, although he didn't know who the people on the boat were, but his intuition told him that the boat must have a close relationship with Wenshui City.

Half a month ago, he asked Wei Huan to attack Yuanyou according to Zhao Zhihai's letter, attracting most of the Rong army in Gyeonggi. It's been half a month, and although there is no news from the scouts sent to Wenshui, Lihua expects that no matter what measures Wenshui has taken, I'm afraid it will be over by now.

Therefore, it is very likely that this warship from the south came from Wenshui, but it is still lonely and desolate for such a lonely warship to move against the current in the mighty yellow water.

After a short time, after the sailors who went to contact the incoming ship raised the flag and said that the incoming ship was indeed not an enemy, Yu Lihua was relieved to order the sergeants to withdraw their guard, and he and the generals came to the ferry dock with a small number of soldiers and horses.

In full view of everyone, the warship slowly sailed into the ferry pier. At this moment, everyone clearly saw the Xuanwu banner waving in the wind on the bow of the ship.

"It's Duke Qin, Duke Qin is here?"

Before Zhu Lihua could speak, Xi Zihui beside him immediately said in surprise. Seeing that everyone turned their heads to look at him puzzled, Xi Zihui hurriedly explained to the grassroots Shu generals beside him

Commentary:

"My Great Qin battle flag is a black Xuanwu, and the Xuanwu flag representing the Duke of the Kingdom is inlaid with white edges, and it is much larger than the ordinary battle flag. Everyone can see that the Xuanwu flag on the bow of the ship is inlaid with white trim, so what this warship is carrying must be the current Duke of Qin. ”

As soon as Xi Zihui's words fell, all the generals beside him "hissed" and inhaled cold air. Although everyone doesn't have a good impression of the current monarch on weekdays, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the generals who have always been the Shu clan still seem a little nervous when they hear that the prince is coming.

Not to mention them, even Zhu Lihua was a little at a loss for a while, and hurriedly asked Xizihui: "Captain Xizi, what kind of etiquette should we have to meet Guogong?" ”

Xizihui was stunned when he heard this, it is said that the nobles have learned etiquette since childhood how to meet Guogong, but at this time, Guogong fled in distress, naturally it is not the same as going to the Xuanwu Hall in Gyeonggi to meet Guogong, so he was also a little speechless for a while and didn't know how to answer.

"General, it's also the first time I've seen the monarch, so I'm ......" Just when Xi Zihui was a little embarrassed, a voice next to him suddenly sounded:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Duke of Qin is still coming under the banner of Western Hunting this time, so when you meet the Duke of the Kingdom, all the etiquette is simple.

Gao Junhou and other Shu generals can kneel down and pay homage after seeing Guogong, and General Yuli and General Xizi have different etiquette from Gao Junhou and others, so you can follow me for a while.

Although Wei is a Qi general, the etiquette of all countries is the same, and the current Duke of Qin is also the Great Zhou Taishi of the Son of Heaven, so you can follow my example and see Duke Qin in a while. ”

Just when everyone was at a loss, Wei Huan suddenly stepped forward and said loudly, Yu Lihua and the others immediately understood that this Qi official doctor often met the monarch, so he was proficient in etiquette, so everyone was overjoyed and hugged Wei Huan and walked towards the warship that was about to dock.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, Zhu Lihua and others naturally did not have time to lay brocade silk, and prepared to take a vehicle to meet Guogong, but the loess paving can still be done.

A moment later, on the road paved with brand-new loess, a cadre of generals under the command of Zhu Lihua knelt on both sides of the road, while Zhu Lihua led Wei Huan and Xi Zihui to the pier and threw the warship that had landed and stretched out the escalator to the ground.

After a while, she heard several people walking down from the boat in front of her. Squinted, I saw more than a dozen people holding the black Xuanwu flag and the Jiaolong banner in the wind, what was it that was not Qin Gong's honor guard.

Before he could take a closer look, he only heard Wei Huan cough and then said loudly:

"The foreign minister Qi Guo's five doctors, Hedong General Wei Huan has seen the Great Zhou Taishi and the Great Qin Guogong, and the Taishi please forgive the foreign minister's armor and can't give full courtesy."

After saying that, Wei Huan knelt down on one knee to the people in front of him and saluted solemnly. After looking down at each other, Lihua and Xi Zihui also followed Wei Huan's appearance and shouted to the crowd in front of them, either bending down or kneeling to give a salute. It's just that the two of them removed the words of Young Master Da Zhou between their words, and Zhu Lihua also explained the reason why he couldn't kneel.

After the three of them finished the salute, they did not hear the voice of the monarch, but a woman's delicate voice sounded softly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Xiaojun Yin and Gongzi Hui came to join General Yuli, and asked the general to take in our mother and son on the kindness of the ancestors." At this point, the woman who spoke actually began to cry, and then a milk voice

Angry cries rang out at the same time.

The three of them raised their heads in amazement.

I saw that in front of the flags on both sides of the wharf, a young woman in palace clothes with a beautiful face was holding a three- or four-year-old child in her arms and walked to Zhu Lihua who was sitting on a bamboo chair, obviously distinguishing which of the three people was the main general here.

When the woman in the palace costume saw Lihua and looked up at her, she didn't speak at first, but looked at the child in her arms and wept. Only then did she carefully examine the appearance of the woman in front of her and the situation of the people behind them.

The woman was dressed in a gorgeous palace dress as green as a sprout, and an elegant golden hairpin was inserted next to the cloud bun, which was decorated with agate beads, and shook her head as she cried.

Although the woman has pear blossoms and rain, she shows a noble atmosphere both in dress and dress, and she is even more polite and dignified in her gestures.

Behind the woman and the child, there were more than 20 people standing with their heads bowed with desolate faces, as if they did not dare to look at Zhu Lihua, and as if they had escaped death and suddenly became extremely sad under the relaxation of their hearts.

Not far away, there was a steady stream of people walking off the wrecked warship.....

"This, this."

Lihua's eyes widened as he sat up straight, and at the same time, he was also digesting the words of the woman in front of him that shocked him, until a few figures came down from the boat that made his heart tremble.

Then he raised a hand to the warship, and his mouth trembled and he could no longer speak.

After a moment, he slowly lowered his arm, and his gaze went from gloom to joy, and then from joy to gloom. Then he whispered to the person in front of him, "What the hell is going on?" ”

As he spoke softly, he saw a man with a beard on his face walk up to him, crawl on his lap and cry.

While looking at the people in front of him blankly, Zhu Lihua patted Ma Yuan who was lying on his lap with trembling hands, and asked with a slight trembling of his lips: "Ma Yuan, what's wrong, where is Jie Zi?" What about Guogong? What about the bigger ones? What about General Yin and General Wu?

Didn't you break out separately, they came later.

Did the Middle-of-the-Middle-Aged ask you to come to me and let me send rescuers?

When you speak, you speak. ”

As Zhu Lihua's voice became more and more excited, he clapped Ma Yuan's hands and gradually increased the frequency. This scene made the expressions of the people around him even more gloomy, and the crying voices of Mrs. Yin's mother and son also seemed even more desolate.

"Ugh."

Looking at the sudden gaffe of Lihua, looking at the soldiers behind Lihua and looking at this in amazement, an old man dressed as a red-faced and slightly chubby official finally stopped being silent, he slowly walked to Lihua and said to Lihua:

"General Kaori, this is not the place to speak. Lady Yin, Gongzi and the adults traveled a long way, and they were frightened and frightened along the way, and they were exhausted at this time.

I also ask General Yuli to arrange a place to stay as soon as possible so that they can rest for a while.

As for what happened, Gu Mou would explain it to General Lili in a while. ”

After Gu Daoyuan finished speaking, he saw that Zhu Lihua was shocked, as if he understood in an instant who was talking to him, so he hurriedly wanted to give a salute, but Gu Daoyuan, who was frowning and shaking his head, hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.