By the time everyone gathers in the living room again, it's already almost three.

Liu Biao, on his side, also said hello to the battle damage, killing 397 people and wounding 872.

The two thousand and a half of the stable defenders were lost.

"What a blessing!"

Liu Biao had a straightforward temperament, looked for Huo Bao directly, and bowed down: "It's me who underestimates the enemy, thinking that I can fight in the city, and I don't want the enemy to hide firearms, if it weren't for General Huo Xiao's righteous action, I'm afraid that it will be the two thousand and five defenders who will be completely annihilated!" ”

Huo Bao hurriedly turned sideways to avoid: "The white shirt in the world is a family, I just did my part, General Liu should not be polite!" ”

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "I know that I borrowed my brother-in-law's light...... But this life-saving grace is something I should write down! ”

The third disciple was beside him, and when he saw it, he said: "Don't go outside, they are all relatives, not outsiders." ”

……

Shui Jin stood not far away, talking to Jiang Ping.

"The third master is going to Lingshui?"

"Where do you go if you don't go to Lingshui? The people of Jiashan County are dead, and Anding County is ...... The gates are gone? ”

“……”

is a fellow villager, but the most familiar one, but now the two are speechless.

Each has its own position, and there is no need to point fingers.

But they were all on guard.

……

On the other side, Marshal Liu beckoned General Yin to come close and asked, "Feng Shuai left Bozhou half a month ago, is this ...... Went to Chuzhou? ”

"Hmmm! My senior brother has few soldiers and insufficient food and grass, so he didn't dare to stay in Bozhou, so he took a detour to Duliangshan to Chuzhou for help, and now he is in Binjiang with Huo Shuai! "General Silver told the truth.

"Riverside?"

Marshal Liu groaned, thoughtful.

It was late at night.

After a simple meal, everyone will settle separately after one bite.

Huo Bao also learned from Li Yuan about the damage of the child soldiers.

Fifteen people were killed and thirty-three were seriously wounded.

Even if they are all sneak attacks, but the swords and guns have no eyes, and it is inevitable that there will be casualties when it comes to desperate efforts.

The child soldiers killed and wounded more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and collected more than 1,400 armor and more than 1,400 weapons.

The child soldiers are called child soldiers, but in fact, only the 100 people who were younger than the Black Python Mountain were slightly younger.

The 1,000 people in Quyang were basically sixteen or seventeen years old.

The 300 people who were later enlisted in Yongyang, the state capital, were thirteen to sixteen years old, which was also slightly longer.

This time they went north to Bozhou, and all the child soldiers under the age of thirteen stayed in the state capital.

Rao is like this, when they arrive on the battlefield, the teenagers are inexperienced, flustered, and have little strength, and there are casualties.

Huo Bao's heart was heavy.

"There's no need to arrange for people to send the casualties back...... The imperial court has recruited back the counterinsurgency army, the siege of Bozhou has been lifted, and we will return to the state capital together tomorrow......"

Li Yuan responded, looked around, and whispered: "Bao Ye, those two cannons ......"

"Keep it! That's a seizure! ”

The child soldiers have helped so much, so it is natural that the seizures should be kept.

If it weren't for these captures, the child soldiers would not have been so motivated.

It was those firearms that alerted Ho Bao.

No matter how high the force is, it will not be able to withstand it when it encounters hot weapons.

I just don't know how the imperial court's firearms reserves are.

As long as there is a reserve in the place, then there is an article to do.

If not......

Huo Bao is also powerless.

It's not scientific to let a liberal arts dog study cannons!

As for the gunpowder formula......

Do you want to make a grenade?

Nowadays, there are strong crossbows, and the longest range is more than 100 zhang away.

How far can a dirt grenade be thrown?

I'm afraid it's the same as this bomb-loving artillery, which has a deterrent effect.

……

After breakfast the next day, Huo Bao was taken into the inner house to meet his aunt Liu, who he met for the first time.

Liu is in his twenties, his appearance is only delicate, and his expression is gentle and kind.

"Nephew Huo Bao has seen his aunt!"

Huo Bao was a little surprised in his heart, not surprised by Liu's appearance, but surprised by her age.

Nowadays, there are not many women who marry and drag on to their twenties.

He did not show it on his face, but he had seen it respectfully.

"Hurry up! I heard your uncle talk about you...... The only thing he can't let go of in his heart is you and your cousin......"

Liu personally helped Huo Bao up, pulled him to sit down beside him, and asked him about the current situation with Huo Wu.

She didn't know that her husband had a dislike for Chuzhou, so she just regarded her as a close relative and a person her husband cared about.

Huo Bao also answered them one by one.

Liu looked at the young man in front of him and liked it more and more.

Just by virtue of this somewhat similar appearance to her husband, she has more closeness in her heart, not to mention that when she got married before, she also received a congratulatory gift from Huo Bao.

The gift of He Ji made up for the regret of the absence of the three relatives of the apprentice, but it also made the Liu family feel guilty.

Seeing the well-behaved and polite Huo Bao with her own eyes, she had an inexplicable idea in her heart.

Huo Bao has the blood of his disciples in his body......

But I didn't dare to talk to my husband......

Thinking of this, Liu turned his head to look at her husband, and saw that her husband had love on his face, staring at Huo Bu and taking his eyes off.

Liu sighed in her heart and whispered to her husband: "Madame, I'm afraid I don't like to see people right now......"

"Then I'll see you later, there's always a chance in the future!" Three in vain.

Huo Bao got up and said: "Uncle, aunt, flesh and blood reunion, nephew should have been on his knees, and he has done his filial piety...... It's just that there are many casualties in Chuzhou Erlang who went north with his nephew, and they can't be let be lonely ghosts, and they need to send their remains back to Chuzhou for burial as soon as possible. The nephew wants to go first and come back to say goodbye to his uncle and aunt......"

Liu's woman's heart is inherently incapable of listening to life and death.

Thinking of the changes in the past half a month, she couldn't help but reddened her eyes: "Good boy, it's hard for you to think about this...... The deceased is great, as it should be! ”

There was reluctance on the face, but there was a bit of trance in his heart.

I listened to it before, and the water entered the other side and brought the remains of the soldiers who died in battle.

On General Silver's side, there is a cart of ashes jars.

Jiang Ping seemed to be joking before, talking about these two people, acting like this, inviting people's hearts.

How many people can do such an invitation to buy people's hearts?

The pattern of my brother-in-law is bigger than I know.

Before Huo Bao came out of the Liu family, Mrs. Han sent someone over to pass the word to meet Huo Bao.

Apprentice 3, Liu and his wife glanced at each other and accompanied Huo Bao over.

……

Mrs. Han is the same age as her husband, the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but her hair is gray, her face is dry and wrinkled, and she looks like a person in her sixties.

The circles under his eyes are red and swollen, and his face is a little discouraged.

Losing a child in old age is the saddest thing in life.

Marshal Liu was deeply shocked, not to mention Mrs. Han, the biological mother.

It's just that Liu Da acted too much, causing Marshal Liu to lose the foundation of Bozhou.

Now except for the sadness of his parents, wife and children, no one else mentions Liu Da at all, let alone what happened after his death.

When I saw Huo Bao, the old lady was quite close and gave a belt with gold and jade as a gift.

"This little treasure is handsome, this thing should be used for him!"

Huo Bao glanced at his uncle, saw him nodding, and then took it with both hands.

Start with Wenrun, it is a piece of warm jade.

This greeting gift is too heavy!

If you are courteous to others, you will ask for something.

Mrs. Han is here in terms of age and age, what do you want from herself?

Huo Bao was a little apprehensive in his heart.

"How old is this year? What about reading? Or is it something else? ”

"Thirteen, I'm studying, and I'm also practicing martial arts."

"It's a little thinner......"

The old lady touched Huo Bao's arm and said with a bit of kindness: "Eat more, you will grow strong, just like your uncle." ”

Huo Bao noticed the old man's kindness, his heart settled a little, and he nodded honestly.

Liu was beside him, looking at his mother-in-law's white hair, and covering his mouth with a handkerchief to keep himself from crying.

Yesterday I was still dyed with frost on my sideburns, and today I have half of my hair white.

Apprentice San was obviously also shocked, with a little unbearable on his face.

It's just a mother's heart.

The old lady had already looked at the third apprentice and said, "San'er, you are also twenty-five this year, and you are thirty-...... If you get married early, the child will be as big as Xiaobao! ”

Tusan nodded, looking at his nephew with more and more loving eyes.

If the ancestors bless him and give birth to a son like Xiaobao, then he would have nothing else to ask for.

Liu was beside him, his face was pale, and his eyes were a little more apprehensive.

The old lady continued: "Even if you have a child with Xiulan, it will take a few years to stand...... How to close the family is a precarious day, why not accept Xiaobao as an adopted son? Flesh and blood dear, your sister has left, and your maternal uncle should also fulfill the responsibility of raising him, and also let the soldiers below feel at ease. Your father-in-law is a lesson from the past, and you should take this as a warning......" The last sentence was already choked.

Speaking of Marshal Liu, Tu San and Liu continued to sit and stood up.

Liu didn't dare to raise his head, bowed his head and wept silently.

The third disciple's eyes were shining, and he looked at his nephew with a hot look in his eyes.

Oh, yes!

Why didn't he take Xiaobao as his adopted son?

He said before that he regarded Xiaobao as a son, isn't this an opportunity?

Huo Bao endured it, so he didn't jump his feet.

I have a kissing father, who likes to be an adopted son?

The three disciples were careless, and they only thought that what the old man said was good words, but he was a bystander, but he found that Liu's expression was different.

"Mrs. Xie is kind, but my uncle and aunt have been married for less than three months, and Lin'er can be expected, where do I need to raise moths? Even if the uncle wants to adopt a son to succeed him, he should put his cousin first. Huo Bao said.

The focus is on the "moth".

His surname is Huo, not a family member.

There is also a "temporary heir" who is not uncommon to be a third apprentice.

This position is left to the descendants of the real disciples.

In history, King Qiyang was adopted as an adopted son and changed his surname, and the surname Li was restored before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is embarrassing to think about.

I am a good young master of Chuzhou, why did I let myself fall into this situation.

Huo Bao said, also paying attention to the expressions of the Liu family and the three disciples.

When it came to "Lin'er can be expected", Liu's face really changed.

This woman became a parent, and it was a matter of time before she had a child, so what was wrong?

Unless...... Can't give birth......

When the old lady proposed to adopt a son, Liu's expression was so complicated, as if she was happy and sad.

Could it be that it is difficult to give birth?

As for the third apprentice, when he heard that "the adopted son should be the successor, and the cousin should also come first", there was hesitation on his face.

It seems that my father expected it to be good, no matter how close his uncle is, but when there is a comparison, his nephew, who has only met a few times, is not as good as his own nephew who has grown up with his own eyes.

Huo Bao's heart was flushed.

Isn't that normal?

Don't talk about the love of living together, let's just say that in the eyes of the world, this nephew is his own family, and his nephew is just a nephew.

Even if the cousin doesn't know where he is, there is no shadow at all, which makes the disciple hesitate.

This uncle is still the unreliable uncle.

So, that's it!