Outside Xu Liangcheng, a small team of people and horses were hurrying in the wind and snow, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xu Liangcheng. In order to avoid the pursuit of the other party, Liu Ye led people to spare a long way, so that he only arrived at Xu Liang now.

"Open the city gate quickly, General Liu Ye is back!" One of his own soldiers ran to the gate and shouted.

The soldiers on the city wall were startled when they saw Liu Ye's embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly opened the city gate to greet him. Not long after, all the people of the Northern Route Army gathered in Liu Ye's temporary mansion.

There was a brazier in the house, and everyone gathered in front of the brazier to look at Liu Ye's gloomy expression, and no one dared to speak, looking at such a scene, Liu Ye must have been defeated.

"Don't you have any questions for me?" Liu Ye had a hint of warmth on his face and glanced at everyone.

Peng Mao knew that this plan was his own, and he would definitely not be able to escape responsibility. So he stubbornly asked, "Is the general defeated?" ”

"Hello! It's all your bullshit idea, Lao Tzu almost died in Qinghua City, if it weren't for Han Jia and Xiong Zhan desperately blocking the enemy army, you would have waited to collect my body now! Liu Ye jumped up angrily, if he hadn't known the news of the annihilation of Su Chang's army, Liu Ye would have killed Peng Mao directly.

Peng Maocheng asked in fear: "Qinghua City has a maximum of 2,000 men and horses, how can they win the general's 3,000 men and horses?" ”

Liu Ye slammed his fist on the table: "Jiudu Zhai sent troops to support Qinghua, Zhang Jun, this old man, I will definitely attack Jiudu Zhai after I set foot in Qinghua City this time!" Come! Gather the soldiers and horses, set off with me tomorrow, and set foot in Thanh Hoa City! ”

If it were normal times, Peng Mao would definitely have to stop it, but now Peng Mao didn't dare to stop Liu Ye anymore, so as not to hit the muzzle.

Everyone knew that Liu Ye had only returned with a few dozen people, so they could think of the embarrassment that Liu Ye had experienced, and they didn't dare to dissuade Liu Ye.

At this time, a guard reported outside the door: "Report to the general, General Han Jiahan is back!" ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he stood up excitedly: "Quick, pick General Han in!" ”

After a while, two guards walked in with Han Jia in their arms. Everyone saw Han Jia wearing the clothes of an ordinary soldier, and his face and body were covered with dirt, and they had a better understanding of the tragic situation in Qinghua City.

"General, Han Jia is back!" When Han Jia saw Liu Ye, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Liu Ye directly rushed over to help Han Jia up: "If there was no cover last night, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back!" Come on, show General Han! ”

After speaking, Liu Ye said to Han Jia and Han Jia: "Don't worry, I will gather the army and set foot in Qinghua City tomorrow!" ”

Han Jia stood up violently when he heard this: "General, don't do it!" ”

Seeing Han Jia blocking it, everyone was relieved. Han Jia had just saved Liu Ye, and now I am afraid that only he can stop Liu Ye.

"What does that mean? Could it be that you were scared out of that kid in Jiudu Village? Liu Ye asked.

Han Jia shook his head: "If your subordinates are afraid, they won't stay alone to stop the enemy army." It's just that it's snowing heavily, the roads are difficult to walk, and the army lacks equipment to protect against the cold. ”

Seeing this, Peng Mao hurriedly persuaded him: "What General Han said is extremely true, and our army has just finished the battle and has not yet rested, so I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to bear it in continuous combat." ”

Seeing this, the others also began to persuade one after another, and Liu Ye calmed down. After thinking for a moment, Liu Ye snorted heavily: "Okay, I'll let them live for two more days!" But even if you don't beat them, you have to disgust them, and cut off Su Chang's head and send it to the last city! ”

The snow lasted for a day, and after the heavy snowfall, the temperature dropped sharply and the river began to freeze.

In Thanh Hoa City, many people who had fled fled fled back one after another. Most of these people who came back were poor people, they had no fixed place to live even if they went to other places, and now it snowed, and they couldn't stay in other places, and there were still two dilapidated houses in Thanh Hoa City, which could withstand the wind and cold, so they ran back one after another.

Zhang Shumo has been busy these days, because Liang Jia asked many people to evacuate before the war, and now there is a serious shortage of manpower in Qinghua City. In addition to Zhang Shumo in the entire county government, only Liu Tiantian helped with chores.

Moreover, the previous battle caused the troops to lose a lot of people, and there were serious vacancies in the army, in addition to Lu Li continuing to manage the scout team, Zhang Shumo had already made Shang Lei a county lieutenant, and at the same time pushed Lei Zi, Hu Xing, Hu Kun and Lou Zaiying to the position of military marquis.

But Rao is so busy, Zhang Shumo has been on the street every day these days to ask these people who have returned, asking them which city they have gone to, how the people there live, whether there are displaced people, etc.

Liu was naturally very puzzled by Zhang Shumo's approach: "What are you asking all day long? Do you want to slip away to other cities? ”

Zhang Shumo smiled slightly: "When the news comes back from Jiudu Village, you will understand!" ”

While the two were talking, a large group of people came up on the street, and it seemed that a large family had returned to Thanh Hoa City.

Zhang Shumo was very puzzled by this, the war in Qinghua City has not stopped, and the big families have the strength to live elsewhere and come back after the battle, why did this family come back at this time?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo stepped forward to inquire, but found a pair of old acquaintances Niu Wen and Lu Caiyun in the crowd.

"Brother Niu, Sister Caiyun, don't come unharmed!" Zhang Shumo took the initiative to step forward to say hello.

Lu Caiyun didn't pay attention to Zhang Shumo, but Niu Wen showed a strange expression, he had heard a lot about Zhang Shumo's recent deeds, especially the killing of Zhang Jian and Yang Hua, which made Niu Wen very shocked, thinking that Zhang Shumo was a murderer without blinking, Niu Wen hurriedly put on a smile: "Master Zhang, don't come unharmed." ”

Zhang Shumo was stunned when he heard this title, he and Niu Wen are also related, but he didn't expect him to call himself like this, so he said: "Brother Niu is outside, you and I are brothers-in-law, Brother Niu can call me by my name!" ”

Niu Wen still wanted to be polite, but Niu Zheng in the carriage suddenly opened the curtain: "Why did you stop?" ”

When Zhang Shumo saw Niu Zheng, he hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Master Niu, the junior Zhang Shumo is polite." ”

Niu Zheng arched his hand to Zhang Shumo in the car: "It turned out to be Lord Zhang, I don't know what the Lord stopped us about?" ”

Zhang Shumo smiled: "It's nothing, I haven't seen Brother Niu Wen for a long time, catch up with him, since Master Niu has just come back, and the boat is tired, the younger generation will not bother you." With that, he stepped aside.

Niu Zheng and Niu Wen nodded to Zhang Shumo respectively, and then continued to set off towards Niu's house.

Looking at the back of the Niu family, Zhang Shumo couldn't help laughing, and Liu on the side naturally asked puzzledly, "Who are they?" Is it that funny? ”

Zhang Shumo shook his head: "It's not funny, it's happy!" There is a shortage of manpower, and the Niu family is back, so there is no need to worry about no one. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shumo said to Liu Tiantian again: "You quickly go to Shang Lei and ask for some people, let's go and help the Niu family move things!" ”