When Lu Shi took Dalang and other cavalry of the invading army, rushed to the Yichuan ferry, Ji County on the other side of the Yellow River had completely collapsed in the flames, and the blazing flames had been extinguished, but the rolling heat wave still swept over the Yellow River, scorching people's faces, and scorching Lu Shi's heart.

"Where's Guangwu?" Lu Shi's face darkened, gritted his teeth and asked Chunlan beside him in a low voice.

This kind of tone is unique when Lu Shi gets along with others, which also reveals Lu Shi's incomparable anger. If Guangwu was on the spot, Lu Shi would definitely give Guangwu a violent beating, although he was one of his most valued general brothers, although he was one of the talents he could cultivate the most, but this time he did it too much against his own principles.

At this time, the only one who could stand by Lu Shi's side and dared to stand by Lu Shi's side was Chunlan, and even Erlang, who had always been admired and favored by him, hid far away and didn't dare to step forward.

"The head of Guangwu is already in Ji County—" Chunlan remembered the heroic appearance of Guangwu standing alone at the head of the city, shouting in the flames, and her voice couldn't help but tremble.

Lu Shi no longer spoke, he could imagine Guangwu's mood at that time, and he could feel his tragedy.

Looking at the city wall that collapsed in the fire, it seemed that at this time, he still saw Guangwu's lonely but tall figure on the city wall, and Lu Shi's heart swelled with a kind of sadness, a kind of tragedy.

"There was a fire in Ji County, and it burned too badly, although those who died were our enemies." Lu Shi muttered in a low voice, "But, after all, those people who were originally poor and desperate, how can you bear it?" Facing Chunlan, who was obviously emaciated, Lu Shi really didn't know how to express his heart, so he could only blame in a low voice.

Chunlan raised her eyes and looked at the fourth brother who was always smiling lightly, at this time her eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the face that had become angular had become dark and thin, and the eyes that were originally clear and made people feel safe at all times, and countless wrinkles were added to the corners of her eyes, although it was only a short separation of less than a month, but now there was a feeling as if she was in another world.

The current Chunlan, after the war, at this time, felt that she was really tired, really helpless, and really wanted to throw herself into the arms of this fourth brother, who was thin and weak, but could definitely give herself safety, cry, and then sleep peacefully.

However, at this time, it is really not the time for children to grow up, nor is it the time to talk about the pain of lovesickness, not only behind thousands of troops, but also hundreds of people, but also because, at this time, there are still many things that have not been done.

"Those people were indeed kind, desperate people, but, you don't know, after the destruction of Ji County, they have become wild beasts." Chunlan saw with her own eyes the atrocities of the hundreds of thousands of poles after the city was broken, they were indeed no longer good people, and they had indeed lost their humanity and turned into beasts.

Beasts are not terrible, they are beasts that are turned into beasts by people.

Lu Shi was speechless, in fact, Lu Shi had already expected the scene when Ji County was broken. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, quietly took Chunlan's hand, and said softly: "This battle, you have worked hard." ”

Hearing the fourth brother's words, Chunlan's tears instantly flowed down uncontrollably, and she could no longer stop it, the hardships and hardships of these ten days, and the dangerous struggles of these dozen people, instantly dissolved into invisibility in her own rushing tears in this gentle sound.

The two looked at each other for a long time, both understood each other's thoughts and love, and both understood each other's deep friendship, for a long, long time, Lu Shi broke this kind of warmth and tranquility that could not bear to be broken, and asked softly again: "In the battle of Jixian, how did we lose?" This is what Lu Shi is most concerned about.

Chunlan heard the fourth brother's question, so she looked around, at this time, Li Chunhou, the Yichuan administrative official, appeared in front of Lu Shi in a timely manner, bowed deeply to Lu Shi, and then reported: "Qi Yu Chuang Wang, in the first battle of Ji County, we killed 2,113 garrison soldiers and wounded 515 people. ”

Hearing this number, it made Lu Shi's heart ache for a while, but this casualty figure Lu Shi knew that it was absolutely not reversed, and he knew deeply which soldiers were willing to die to fulfill their promises, "For the fathers and elders behind them, they will not retreat." From this number, you can see their tragedy and grandeur.

"Three hundred and seven men were killed and two thousand one hundred wounded." Li Chunhou reported without any emotional factors.

There were 3,000 masters, and almost all of them were wounded, which also shows the hardships of this battle, and also shows the determination of the people in the entire base area to defend the base area.

"But." Li Chunhou's expression was raised, and he said loudly with pride on his face: "However, those brothers died well, because. His eyes swept around, as if he was looking at the sky, and beside him, there were those brothers, and he was just reporting their thoughts to King Chuang on their behalf: "However, they annihilated 150,000 elite Liukou, so that Gao Yingxiang's gang was no longer able to invade the base area, and no longer dared to face the base area. ”

Lu Shi knew, Lu Shi knew deeply that in Li Chunhou's confession, a wave of enthusiasm and pride began to drive away the sadness and decadence in his heart, and he couldn't help but puff up his chest.

Yes, they died well, and they are proud to have such brothers rushed to the pride.

At this time, Zhang Zhongchao came over with bloodshot eyes, and also saluted Lu Shishen, his demeanor was very respectful, and he also called the king of Chuang.

Zhang Zhongchao's salute, Lu Shi did not dare to procrastinate, after all, in principle, this is still the county commander of Ji County, Daming Mountain, and he is not his subordinate at all, it stands to reason that he should be his guest, although Ji County is no longer at this time. In particular, almost all the people in Ji County were coerced by poles, or fled, and the people in Ji County, who were not killed in battle, were also evacuated by Chunlan to cross the Yellow River and withdraw to the base area.

Lu Shi hurriedly returned the salute with his fists, and said in a calm tone: "What advice does Zhang Xianling have?" ”

When Zhang Zhongchao heard Lu Shi call him like this, he quickly shook his hands like a fan, and said again and again: "King Chuang can't be called like that, please call me Zhang Zhongchao directly." ”

Zhang Zhongchao's county order, in fact, as early as when he sang and interacted with Mr. Zhao Zi, he had already paid attention to what Lu Shi did, as a Ming official who wanted to do something for the people and had no way, he finally found his own place, but he and Mr. Zhao Zi revealed it openly and secretly several times, but they were persuaded by Zhao Zi.

Zhao Zi knew what Lu Shi had done, and he took Ji County, which was just a gesture, but at that time, Lu Shi was still fully operating the seven counties in the base area, and he was preparing for the upcoming south to Weinan, so he didn't want to or set up the great enemy of Shanxi at all. It's better to be like this, Mingli is the Great Meizhi Office, and secretly it is actually a base to break into the military forces, to be a buffer to connect the mountains and Shaanxi, this is actually what Zhang Zhongchao admires most about Lu Shi, not impatient, not publicized, steady and steady, and slowly expanding his strength, which is also secretly with the essence of Hong Wuye's "accumulating grain and slowly becoming king".

But now it is different from the past, not to mention that he has become a bare-bones commander, an empty county honor, and even an invitation to break into the army to defend the city, which is where he is now - he is standing at his feet, but the territory of the thieves, just this one, has been in Daming, and he is the one who broke into the army.

At this time, if he didn't take the initiative to explain the relationship between the upper and lower levels with Lu Shi, the ambitious King Chuang, the world was so big that there was no place for him to settle down.

At the same time, he also knows the rules of the army, there is no habit of calling the word and the name, it is all brothers or names go straight, if it is really called a person's position or a person's name, it is actually an outside, that is, he does not regard the person as a close confidant, so he quickly corrected it, hoping that he can be recognized by the king of the army as a member of the army.

Lu Shiwen heard Zhang Zhongchao's humility, and also understood his situation, and said with a slight smile: "Since Mr. Zhang is like this, then I will no longer be polite, the construction and governance of the base area is in need of Mr. Zhang's full help." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhongchao was overjoyed, and he didn't know what to say, but he felt a crowd around him, and when he looked back, it was his deputy Qianhu and other original subordinates, who stepped forward to greet Lu Shi, and his words were full of loyal confessions, which made Zhang Zhongchao secretly glad that he had taken a step earlier, otherwise, this was not killed by these boys?

Seeing this, Lu Shi hurriedly returned the salute, and his mouth was greeted with a stack of comforting welcomes, which diluted the sadness of the garrison brothers who were originally killed because of the loss of the Guangwu brothers.

Looking at everyone's repeated humble confessions, Zhang Zhongchao immediately straightened his face and coughed to get down to business.

His cough immediately made his subordinates shut up one after another, and habitually gave gifts to the former county honor, but thinking about it, even Zhang Zhongchao himself was embarrassed, yes, he is now equal to his former subordinates in principle, and he was like this before he arranged work.

Lu Shi smiled and broke the embarrassment and said, "Mr. Zhang, please say something." ”

Zhang Zhongchao hurriedly saluted, and said affectionately and sadly: "In the first battle of Ji County, the people of Ji County suffered huge losses, not only the people outside the city were coerced, or fled, but in Ji County, there were more than 10,000 dead and wounded in Ji County, and more than 20,000 dead and injured people and businessmen stranded in Ji County, and more than 20,000 dead and wounded, and the houses and shops became a scorched earth in this big firepower, these, these-" These for a long time, but I didn't know how to speak, after all, at that time, Ji County was still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, how could I be embarrassed to ask Lu Shi for mercy?

Lu Shi's expression was also gloomy, but he turned his face to look at Li Chunhou, and Li Chunhou nodded lightly. Lu Shi knew that Li Chunhou still had some materials in his hands, so he turned his face to Zhang Zhongchao and said sincerely: "The reconstruction of Ji County and the bereavement of the people are, of course, what the local government should do. ”

After receiving Lu Shi's assurance, Zhang Zhongchao and the others couldn't help cheering, and hurriedly conveyed the good news to the people who were martyred.

At this time, Li Chunhou stepped forward lightly and asked in a low voice: "What is the arrangement of this post-war matter?" ”

Lu Shi turned around, stared at the sparkling plain on the other side of the Yellow River, and gritted his teeth and said: "For the vitality of the Han family, for the sake of the dead brothers, I want to kill Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng." ”