Hua Mulan recognized Zhao Junsheng's arrangement, due to long-term hunger and malnutrition, Wei Jing was tired and out of breath after only practicing a few boxing techniques, so she beckoned to him: "Wei Jing come here!" ”

Hearing this, Wei Jing wiped his sweat and walked over, raised his little face and looked at Mulan and Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Wei Jing, from now on I will recognize you as a nephew, you can call me uncle, call her aunt!" ”

Although this child has been wandering outside for two years, he is more sensible than ordinary children, and knows that there is an opportunity in front of him, so he is very well-behaved: "Uncle, aunt!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded with a smile and beckoned to Li Bao: "Did you hear it?" From now on, Wei Jing is my nephew, take him down to wash and clean, find him a few sets of decent clothes, arrange a special room, and call him to come over and dine with us every time we eat! ”

Li Bao promised: "Yes, General!" ”

Hua Mulan said to Wei Jing again: "Brother Jing, you go to take a bath with Li Bao first, you recognize the people around your uncle and aunt these days, but you are not allowed to run around, and you don't go out of the house easily, understand?" ”

"Got it, aunt!"

After Wei Jing was taken away by Li Bao, Zhao Junsheng said to Mulan: "Let's go see Zhang Xing!" ”

Zhang Xing is different from other captives, he was previously the generalissimo of the Yan State Expedition to the West, after the failure of the Western Expedition, he was assigned to guard the White Wolf City, it was Jianchang Taishou, Zhao Junsheng did not detain him with other prisoners, but isolated a small courtyard in the backyard of the Taishou Mansion, and placed Zhang Xing here, including his family.

Zhang Xing's family members and children were very nervous when they saw Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan coming, Zhao Junsheng knew that they were afraid, they were worried that he and Hua Mulan would execute them, in fact, he didn't need to do it himself if he wanted to do this, and he didn't need to come here, just an order.

"I've seen the old general, I've seen my sister-in-law!" Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan clasped their fists together to salute Zhang Xing and his wife.

Zhang Xing's expression was flat, "The two generals are polite, the old man is the general of the defeated army, and he can survive until now that the two generals are gracious, and he can't afford such a big gift from the two!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Won't the old general please sit down and have a cup of tea with the next two?" ”

A little boy stood beside Zhang Xing's eldest son, and the boy shouted: "The Taishou Mansion has been occupied by you, do you still need us to sit and drink tea?" ”

As soon as these words came out, both sides had a little bad looks on their faces.

Zhang Xing's eldest son hurriedly pulled his son behind him and scolded him a few words, Zhang Xing said to Zhao Junsheng: "The child is open-mouthed, and please don't be like a child."

Zhao Junsheng smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!" This matter was not well thought out, and he did not instruct the officials and generals below not to disturb the life of the old general's family in time, so the old general's family was wronged! ”

The little boy stuck his head out from behind his father and shouted, "You said it nicely, then why did you beat our Yan Kingdom?" If you don't fight our Yan Kingdom, we will live well! ”

Zhang Xing can't protect the child now, the adult speaks, and the child interjects three times and twice, which is a manifestation of no tutor, and he also confronts Zhao Junsheng, a person who can decide their life and death.

"Bastard! Drag him down to serve in the family law! Zhang Xing was furious.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "The old general is angry, the child does not have as many complicated thoughts as adults, but they have clear grievances, who is good to him and who is not good to him, he can remember it clearly!" He didn't understand many things, and he had doubts in his heart, so he had to ask, this was their normal desire to learn! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he beckoned to the little boy: "Little brother come here, my brother will tell you why we want to fight Yan Guo!" ”

The little boy walked over slowly, and Zhang Xing and his sons couldn't stop him.

Zhao Junsheng untied the war knife from his waist and stationed it on the ground, this action made Zhang Xing and several of his hearts tremble.

"My name is Zhao Junsheng, what's your name?"

The little boy hesitated and replied, "Zhang Peng!" ”

"Okay, I'll call you Brother Peng, Brother Peng, you know what the knife is used for, right?"

“······ Murderous! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head with a smile and said: "The role of the knife is not only used to kill people, it can also be used for self-defense, of course, it can also be used to chop vegetables, chop wood, ······"

Zhang Peng asked, "Then what do you use it with you?" Have you ever used it to cut vegetables or chop firewood? Have you ever killed someone? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Under normal circumstances, it is just an ornament, this knife has not chopped firewood, nor has it cut firewood, but it has killed many people!" ”

"Why do you want to kill? Why do you want to attack our Yan Kingdom, you haven't answered yet! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "For this knife, it is in my hand, I am the one who holds the knife, I can use it to kill, I can also use it to defend against the enemy's damage, and I can also use it to chop vegetables and chop, it all depends on my will!" ”

"But for the person who really calls the shots, I am just a knife in his hand, whether I kill people, or defend myself, or chop vegetables or chop wood, is not up to me, but to him!"

Zhang Peng tilted his head and asked, "Are you talking about the Emperor of Wei?" He is the one who decided to attack our Yan Kingdom? ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and touched his head, "Brother Peng is very smart!" ”

Zhang Peng asked again: "Why did the Emperor of Wei attack our Yan State?" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled, "As a courtier, I can't speculate on the king's intentions and thoughts, but the king is also a human being, and he is also eager to make meritorious contributions, which is the wish that any man will have after solving the problem of survival with food and clothing, and the king, as the lord of the world, is eager to expand the territory and establish meritorious deeds in the world!" ”

"Because when a person comes to this world, he must leave a trace in this world, whether it is a crime full of evil, or a reputation that will be immortalized in the annals of history, to show that he once existed in this world, otherwise once he dies, no one will remember him anymore, as if he has never appeared in this world, do you think such a person will be very sad?"

Therefore, the way for the king to make contributions is to expand the territory and create a prosperous era, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and protect the country and the people! After his death, the history books will record what great deeds Emperor XX did during his reign to benefit future generations! In this way, he is comforted by the spirit of heaven! ”

The little boy Zhang Peng scratched his head, "Is attacking our Yan State the great achievement of the Emperor of Wei?" I only know that many people have died in our Yan Kingdom, so that our people cannot live and work in peace and contentment. If you don't come, won't we live well? ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "You think you are living well, but what about the other Yan people in and outside the city?" Now there are many children like you on the streets, they were already on the streets before we came, and now we are here, and we have opened the treasury to distribute food and porridge relief, so that they can have a bite to eat, and give them to those who have no children, the children have a home, and those who want children finally have children, and everyone is very happy! ”

"I will tell you now the real reason why the emperor sent troops to fight the Yan Kingdom, because he felt that the people of the Yan Kingdom were living very hard, and he felt that he was better than Feng Hong, the Heavenly King of the Yan Kingdom, and he could make the people of the Yan Kingdom live well under his rule! War is only a means, not an end, through the war to include the Yan State into the territory of the Wei State, let the people of the Yan State become the people of the Wei State, through the war to unify the world, China will have only one country from now on, and there will be no war before each other, otherwise, the war between countries will never be finished, and more people will die! ”

Zhang Peng clapped his hands and seemed to remember something, and said: "I know, I heard my grandfather say that long pain is better than short pain, isn't that the case!" ”

"Yes, Brother Peng is a smart child! Study hard, practice martial arts diligently, and when you grow up, you will be useful to the world! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he got up and put away his knife, hugged his fist at Zhang Xing and said, "Old general, if you need anything, just tell the guards outside, they will definitely try their best to meet them!" In two days, the army may have to march to Dragon City, but I am afraid that I will have to invite the old general to go with me, and the emperor may summon the old general! ”

Zhang Xing promised: "Okay! ”

Two days later, the scouts sent to Dragon City returned, bringing news of the army on the southern route. Emperor Tuoba Jian and the Southern Route Army have arrived outside the city of Longcheng, and Feng Hong, the king of the Northern Yan, has already ordered all the people and cattle outside the city to be moved into the city, intending to strictly defend it.

After the army of the South Road arrived outside Longcheng, Tuoba Jian ordered 30,000 people from the surrounding counties to dig a trench to trap Longcheng.

The detective sentry also brought back an order from Emperor Tuoba Jian, telling the Northern Route Army to immediately go to Longcheng to converge.

On the sixth day of September, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Zhu Xiuzhi led their troops eastward.

On the eighth day of the first month, the army arrived at Shicheng west of Longcheng, and Li Chong, the Taishou of Shicheng, led the entire army and people of the city to surrender to Zhao Junsheng.

After resting for a day in Shicheng, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan led their army to continue eastward, arriving outside Longcheng on September 12 to join the South Route Army.

Longcheng, also known as Huanglongcheng, Beiyan sent envoys to the Southern Dynasty to call the ministers after Feng Ba became the king of heaven, so the Southern Dynasty is the suzerainty of Northern Yan, because Longcheng is also called Huanglongcheng, and the Southern Dynasty calls Beiyan Huanglongguo.

When Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan arrived with their troops, tens of thousands of people were digging trenches outside the city to pile up the slag into a high earth fortress, which could not only prevent the soldiers and horses of the Yan Kingdom from breaking through, but also use this high pile of earth to release arrows on the city wall.

"The lower official met the envoy and met General Hua!" Fan Yang guarded Mao Xiuzhi and brought several state and county generals to meet him.

Zhao Junsheng jumped off the horse, instructed Bai Jinguang and the others behind him to set up camp, turned around and asked, "Escorting grain and grass?" ”

"Yes, Ambassador! The consumption of grain and grass by the army is too great, the emperor sent several groups of messengers in a row to urge, and the lower officials had to personally bring people to escort the grain and grass, and the three thousand heavy soldiers have arrived, and the grain and grass escorted this time are enough for the two armies to eat for two months! ”

While the two were talking, a middle-aged eunuch walked over quickly with two little eunuchs: "Is it Youzhou Assassin Zhao Envoy?" His Majesty ordered Zhao Zhijun, General Hua, and General Zhu to go to see the driver quickly! ”