In the early morning, the banks of the Han River are covered with layers of white frost.

In the distance, it is rare that there is no morning exercise in the barracks of the cadres, some people are still sleeping in the camp tents, some people have already woken up and run laps in the camp, and some people have already washed up and gone to the room with dishes and chopsticks to eat.

The captives were kept in a corner of the camp, surrounded by thick trees and heavily guarded and patrolled by patrols.

The Song captives were all imprisoned in this makeshift camp, and a tent that originally only housed ten people now houses thirty captives.

Before dawn, many of the captives came out of their tents, all of them with blackened eyes and haggard faces, apparently having not slept all night, and they were all worried about their future and fate.

Although the cadres still have rules for treating prisoners, it is not unheard of for the cadres to kill prisoners, and God knows what they will do this time.

There are also prisoners with big hearts who are still lying in the camp tent and sleeping, these people have long seen it, whether they live or die, it is not for them to decide, if the Emperor of Qianguo wants to kill them, no matter what they do, it is useless, it is better to lie in the camp tent and sleep, and do nothing.

Not long after, some soldiers of the cadre army came over with a load of food, and at the request of the captain of the cadre army, the prisoners lined up in order to receive the food according to the original structure.

A group of cadres and soldiers came in line and stopped in front of the two captives.

The two captives were both dressed in iron armor, and they were clearly Xiao Bin and Zong Yue, and the two turned their heads to look at the Qianjun Tooth Master.

Qianjunya said: "Xiao Bin, Zong Yue, come with us!" ”

The surrounding captives stopped working, they thought that these cadres and soldiers were going to pull Xiao Bin and Zong Yue out and cut off their heads, and someone immediately shouted: "What are you going to do?" Now that we have surrendered, we cannot kill the unarmed indiscriminately! ”

Qianjun said: "The two of them were captured, not surrendered!" ”

The captives were silent, but someone still shouted, "So what? If you slaughter people who have no power to resist, you will definitely be scolded by the world! ”

Zong Yue raised his hand and motioned to the captives around him to stop talking, now it is a man who is a knife and I am a fish and meat, and I don't even have the right to speak, do you still want to blow up the stab? Someone slashed you with a knife, and there is no place for you to avenge your grievances!

"Wait and stay well, as a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner, don't stir things up casually, otherwise we will only suffer the loss!" After Zong Yue finished speaking, he bypassed the Qianjun Ya Lord and walked outside the front camp.

Seeing this, Xiao Bin could only follow along, and the Qianjun Ya Master led the soldiers to sandwich them in the middle to prevent them from escaping.

After walking out of the prisoner camp, Xiao Bin and Zong Yue were taken outside the tent, and the two were quickly tied up by the soldiers with ropes.

"Your Majesty, the enemy will bring Xiao Bin and Zong Yue!" The tooth master bowed down and clenched his fists to report to Zhao Junsheng.

In the tent, Zhao Junsheng and the generals of the various armies and the ministers and officials of the army knelt down a few times on both sides.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Here, I believe that Xiao Dashuai and General Zong will not lose their minds and make any transgressions, and untie the ropes for the two of you!" ”

"No!" The tooth master bowed and clenched his fists in agreement, turned around and waved to the soldiers behind him: "Untie!" ”

The soldiers stepped forward to untie the ropes of Xiao Bin and Zong Yue, and then retreated to the side.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Have you ever had breakfast?" ”

Xiao Bin said: "It's all come to this point, Your Majesty won't say anything about food, it's good to be able to make a living!" Xiao and Zong Yue were about to receive food when His Majesty sent someone to invite them."

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "I and Zhu Qing didn't eat either, just right, Xiao Dashuai and General Zong are together!" Kang Yide, set a table for Xiao Dashuai and General Zong, and let the room serve wine and food! ”

"No!" Kang Yide agreed, and immediately walked outside the tent and shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree, serve wine and food!" ”

A group of soldiers lined up and walked into the tent one by one to serve wine and food to each table.

Zhao Junsheng said to the generals and ministers of the army, Zong Yue and Xiao Bin: "Going out to march and fight, there is no condition to be too particular, I and you eat the same as the soldiers on weekdays, but this time is different, the battle is over, the army will soon return to the court, I set up a banquet to invite Zhu Qing to eat today, which can be regarded as a summary of the war, and it is also an affirmation of Zhu Qing's efforts and contributions in this war!" ”

"The year before last, why did I send 100,000 iron horsemen into Mobei to fight Rouran? Because Rouran has to go south every year in the past few decades, and it has never fallen for a year, causing countless painful injuries and major losses to the people of the Central Plains. ”

"This time, why did I want to march south? Fighting Bashu is a rare opportunity, our purpose in fighting this battle is to prepare for dominating the world as soon as possible, why do we want to dominate the world, in order to highlight the great achievements of my Zhao Junsheng? I admit that I have some great achievements, and this problem is common to everyone, especially the emperor, but this is not the real reason why I am eager to conquer the world in the south! ”

"The greatest merit of the first emperor is not to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to build the Great Wall, not to order people to unify weights and measures and writing, but to unify the world, ending the war situation of hundreds of years of wars and chaos in various countries since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so that the people everywhere do not have to endure the suffering of endless wars, and accelerate the integration between various ethnic groups in various places!"

"Reunification is the trend of the times, the choice of history, and the aspiration of the people of the world, and anyone who tries to prevent the unification of the world will be crushed to pieces by the wheel of history!"

The ministers and generals of the army stood up and bowed one after another, shouting: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, with the world in mind, and the ministers swear to follow!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.

"In this war, many soldiers died on the battlefield, and after a few years, who remembers? The Great Qian Dynasty and 30 million people remember! Without them, there would be no peaceful life for the people today, and there would be no strength of the Daqian Dynasty. ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he picked up the wine cup and got up and poured the wine on the ground, and the generals and ministers got up and did so with solemn faces.

After everyone finished toasting, they put down the wine cup.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to Kang Yide next to him: "Let's announce the decree!" ”

Kang Yide came out with the edict in his arms and opened it to read, this is an edict to canonize the soldiers who have made great achievements in this war, and after the edict is read, the people who have been named are smiling.

"Okay, now that we're done, now all of you are starting to eat bars!"

The ministers raised their wine cups to salute Zhao Junsheng, and they saluted each other for a few more rounds.

Zhao Junsheng said to Xiao Bin and Zong Yue: "Xiao Dashuai, General Zong, I'm afraid that I will invite the two of you to go to Chang'an to live in Chang'an for a while, I hope the two of you can get used to living in Chang'an, it just so happens that the princess of Nanjun and the concubine Chu Yuan of the Southern Dynasty are also there, you can get together on weekdays, you shouldn't feel lonely!" ”

What else can Xiao Bin and Zong Yue say? It is no longer up to them to disagree.

The next day, the army pulled out the battalion.

Zhao Junsheng was not in a hurry, the army went all the way north, passing through Suixian, Xiangyang, Nanyang, Xuchang, Yangzhai and other cities, and then went to Xingyang, and then went from Xingyang to Luoyang, and rested in Luoyang for three days.

The night before departing from Luoyang to Chang'an, Zhao Junsheng asked Lin Jinghui: "In the past six months, has anything happened in the imperial court?" ”

Lin Jinghui hesitated for a moment and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, nothing happened in the imperial court, and it was relatively stable, but the secret agents of the black-clothed guard collected some news, saying that the crown prince, the king of Shu, the king of Jing, and the king of Sui each gathered ordinary people around them, including officials of the court, speculative businessmen, staff, and literati and artists!" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't feel strange after hearing this, now that these princes have grown up, even if they don't compete for the throne, there will naturally be people who will move closer to them and let them involuntarily participate in the struggle for the throne in various ways, these people are not thinking about his sons, but betting on their own future and future!

Zhao Junsheng said: "These boys are starting to fight now?" ”

"There are signs of this, but it is not obvious, and they are all petty fights, most of them are still disputes of will, and they do not involve the official positions and interests of the imperial court!"

When the army arrived in Chang'an, it was already mid-December, and there were not many days left before the Chinese New Year.

Zhao Junsheng has been on the expedition for more than half a year, and this time it is a major event to lead the army to return triumphantly, and the imperial court held a grand celebration, according to Zhao Junsheng's requirements, the scale of the celebration is medium, and the cost is not large.

After dealing with the state affairs, the royal family held a family banquet, which was organized by Hua Mulan and Wan Yutong together, and Hua Yuan was also invited.

When Zhao Junsheng walked into Zihuan Palace from outside, the royal people were chatting and talking.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Hua Mulan, Wan Yutong and several children all saluted, and Hua Yuan's family also said a blessing: "The old body sees Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng stepped forward to help Hua Yuan: "It's all my own family, my mother-in-law doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng walked to the main seat and said to Mulan, Wan Yutong and the children: "You all sit down!" ”

Under the greeting of Mulan, the eunuchs and palace maids brought the meals one by one.

Zhao Junsheng started first, picked up a piece of braised pork, and thought about it, "Well, this braised pork is well cooked!" ”

Wan Yutong smiled: "This is my sister who burned it for you, we don't have it, only you have to eat!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled: "Yo, my treatment is not low!" Mulan, when did you practice this cooking skill, I haven't seen you have this skill before! ”

Hua Mulan said: "I started to learn to cook in a few months, and now I can only cook a few dishes!" I'll do it, you've got it on your table! ”

"Then I'll have a good taste!"

Zhao Junsheng ate a few dishes cooked by Mulan cleanly, his mouth was full of oil, and he touched his stomach after eating, "It's up to eat!" ”

Hua Mulan only showed a smile at the corner of her mouth at this time, and she said to Zhao Junsheng: "The concubine and the second child have been married for two years, and they have been idle at home, I wonder if I should find him an errand in the yamen of the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the horse Weikang and asked, "Isn't the horse doing business by himself in a trading house?" How do you say that you are at home? ”