Siguo Valley was a mess, full of scorched black, burned old houses piled up in place, drenched by the autumn rain, and weighed down by the light snow of early winter, looking desolate.

Xu Ji and Zhang Shiqing suddenly had a sense of foreboding, according to the explanation before leaving, if the village was burned, the villagers in the valley should come back as soon as possible to rebuild the house, but now there is no human figure, not even a recognizable footprint.

The two went to the back cave to check, but they didn't find anyone, and the stored grain and utensils had been moved clean.

"Bao Dun and Lan Ruofu are so cruel, just because you refuse to go out of the mountain, you have to kill everyone?" Zhang Shiqing was both angry and frightened, and some self-blame, "If I stay......"

"We need to go to Yecheng."

"Huh?"

"There is no blood on the ground, and the villagers should still be alive."

Zhang Shiqing looked at the clean ground, "That's because this place has been cleaned up, so there is no blood." ”

"If you haven't cleaned up the village, why bother cleaning up here? The soldier probably didn't have that kind of leisure. ”

"Makes sense. The old man was a little too much, and he didn't say anything about moving away, and he didn't leave a letter to inform us. ”

"There must be another reason."

It was getting late, so the two rested in the cave, and the next morning, they went to Yecheng together.

Bao Dun was defeated in Yuyang, Yecheng didn't know who it fell into, and the two were in a hurry, and they never found out the exact news.

Xu Ji and Zhang Shiqing didn't meet any people along the way, but they met a team of soldiers a few miles away from the city.

The soldiers stopped the two men, and the leader looked them up and down, and saw that they were riding on horses, and their looks were good, so he arched his hand and said, "Where do you two come from?" What's the matter with Yecheng? What do you call it? ”

Xu Ji also arched his hand and said: "Dare to ask who is the general in the city now?" ”

"General Lu Jixiang, do you recognize it?"

Xu Ji didn't recognize it, "It's General Chu?" ”

The leader was a little vigilant, and signaled the soldiers to cut off the retreat of the two, "You don't even know who owns Yecheng, so you came to spy on it, it's a spy sent by the Bao family, right?" ”

"Could there be such a blatant spies?" Zhang Shiqing interjected, "Who is General Lu's boss?" ”

The leader was slightly stunned, "You just say you know whom." ”

"I said that we know the King of Chu, I'm afraid you won't believe it." Zhang Shiqing said to Xu Ji: "The generals under the command of the King of Chu, how many do you remember?" ”

Xu Ji whispered: "He was a general himself at that time, I haven't seen many of his subordinates, after so many years, I don't know if Ma Jin and Song Wushou can be generals...... Xu Ji shook his head, feeling that these two people were not material for leading troops, and could only become confidants of the King of Chu, so he said tentatively: "I know General Mao Yuanti Mao." ”

Mao Yuanti was originally from Xiangzhou, and went with Guo Shifeng to pacify Hunan and Guangzhou.

The leader was stunned again, "There is such a general, but he is far away in the south, so he can't come over to testify......

Zhang Shiqing was a little annoyed, "Then take us to General Lu, since he is a Chu general, he can always ask for an understanding." ”

The leader sneered, and was about to answer, when a group of people came from the direction of Yecheng, and the leader said: "There is another General Tang, if you know him, you don't need to go to General Lu." ”

As he spoke, the men and horses had arrived, and the forward soldiers shouted: "Why are you blocking the way? Get out of the way! ”

The leader didn't dare to argue, let alone introduce strangers, and hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat to the side of the road.

More than 100 knights galloped past, with a general in the middle, tall and strong, covered tightly with iron armor, only a small number of faces were exposed, and neither Xu Ji nor Zhang Shiqing recognized this person.

The soldiers on the side of the road bowed down one after another, and when they saw that the stranger did not kneel, the leader whispered: "This is the first fierce general under the King of Chu, invincible in the world, why don't you kneel down quickly?" ”

Xu Ji and Zhang Shiqing glanced at each other, unable to believe their ears and eyes.

Someone among the knights noticed these two people who stood up and did not kneel, and pointed their guns at them: "Who is bold enough to see General Tang not kneeling?" ”

"Tang is the general of the Tiantang Dynasty?" Xu Ji asked.

The knight was furious, "General Tang's name is what you can call?" With that, he slapped the horse over, and pointed the tip of the gun at the front of the target's chest.

Xu Ji said in a loud voice: "Tang Weitian, have you forgotten your old friend when you become a general?" ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Xu Ji's voice was not far away, but the knights who had just passed by heard it, and they stopped pulling the reins one after another, and the spears were pointed at in unison, and the tip of the first knight's spear was already against Xu Ji's chest, and he didn't get an order and didn't do it immediately.

The knight in front turned around and said in a deep voice, "Who called my name?" Get out of the way and let me see...... Ha ha. ”

As soon as he saw Xu Ji and Zhang Shiqing, the man laughed loudly, dismounted more than a dozen steps away, strode over, stretched out his hand and pushed the knight in front of Xu Ji and the horse away, plopped down on his knees, and knocked a few times, "Childe, I finally waited for you." ”

Everyone was shocked, and the knights dismounted and bowed down, and the soldiers who had already knelt on the side of the road prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

"You...... Is it really Tang Weitian? Xu Ji still couldn't believe it.

Tang Weitian got up, took off his helmet, and said with a smile: "Isn't that me?" Hey, why is Childe so much shorter? The appearance has not changed, and the princess has become shorter. ”

The two looked up, and that face did look like Tang Weitian for six or seven points, but it was much wider, and there were a few scars, and the change in figure was particularly incredible.

Zhang Shiqing was dumbfounded, "Oh my God, how much grain have you eaten?" ”

"My appetite hasn't changed, it's the same as before." Tang Weitian was so happy that he couldn't help but pick up Xu Ji, shook him up and down twice, and looked at Zhang Shiqing after putting it down, "You didn't raise your son fat." ”

"I don't have that much food to feed him." Zhang Shiqing said coldly that she already knew that Xu Ji's injury was caused by Tang Weitian, but Xu Ji didn't say it, and she didn't mention it.

Tang Weitian didn't hear anything, he was still happy, "I was about to go to the valley to check, but I didn't expect to meet it just after I left the city, my luck is really good." ”

"You're going to Siguo Valley?" Xu Jidao.

"That's right, I made a bet with the general, saying that Childe must live in the valley, and he can only come if he invites him, but the general said that he doesn't need to be invited, Childe will come by himself, or the general is more powerful."

"General?"

"Let's talk about it in the first city."

Tang Wei was on the horse in the sky, personally protected the two, and happily went to the city, talking endlessly along the way, telling about the experience of these years, although it was upside down, it was generally clear.

Tang Weitian stayed in Xijing, spent a difficult winter, and in the spring of the following year, he went around pacifying the counties and counties, looking for grain and grass, and soon met with the Hanzhou army sent by Huangfukai.

"From spring to summer, I haven't had a full meal, not even half full." Tang Weitian sighed and wanted to shed tears, "In the end, it was the general who saved Xijing and saved me." ”

At the most critical moment, a group of men and horses came from Jingzhou, defeated the Hanzhou army, and relieved the siege of Xijing, and the leader of the troops was the later general, the then general of the West Road, Tan Wuwu.

Tang Weitian decided to surrender to this person.

Xu Ji interjected and asked, "Why don't you refuse to surrender to the Hanzhou army?" ”

"None of the soldiers in Hanzhou are my opponents, and they all rely on the large number of people to force me back, so I would rather die than surrender. Moreover, the Hanzhou army had no morals, so I tied myself up and went out of the city to kneel and surrender. Tang Weitian scolded, "When I am an animal?" The general was different, he first sent someone to bring grain into the city, and told me that he and Gongzi were sworn brothers, and as soon as I heard this, I immediately went out of the city and surrendered. ”

The two armies were combined into one army, Tan Wuwu quickly pacified most of Qinzhou, personally went to form an alliance with the Yang clan in Liangzhou, borrowed cavalry, and made a gesture to attack and annex the state, but in fact, he transferred his troops to the south, entered Hanzhou, and defeated Huangfu Kai.

After that, it was one battle after another, Tan Wuwu was not victorious in a hundred battles, but the territory he occupied was getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more soldiers under his command, and he fought eclecticly, not only to the surprise of the enemy, but also to surprise others, and to make his subordinates admire afterwards.

The king of Chu and the king of Ning competed for power, and the decisive battle was chosen in Yecheng, and Tan Wuwu and Tang Weitian also led the army to participate in the war, and they made a lot of meritorious contributions and became famous.

After the war, the king of Chu sent Tan Wuwu to lead the army to feint to attack Wuzhou to deceive Bao Dun's slackness, and the king of Chu personally entered Hebei to quell the chaos.

Tan Wuwu and Tang Weitian did not participate in the Battle of Yuyang, and then rushed to guard Yecheng, where they rested their soldiers and waited for the will of the King of Chu.

Tan was shocked to hear that Xu Ji was still alive, and immediately sent Tang Weitian to Siguo Valley to look for people, but he didn't see Xu Ji, but he happened to bump into the villagers who had just returned to the valley from the cave, so they all took them to the city to settle down.

The general said that if he left a message, and Gongzi heard that the villagers were safe, he would be suspicious in his heart, and maybe he would not come to the city, and he would hide. So we didn't leave anything, but I was in a hurry, so I went to take a look every few days, but I didn't expect to be lucky today. ”

Xu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "General Tan's good plan. ”

Entering the city, Xu Ji and Zhang Shiqing saw the villagers first, and when they saw that they were safe and sound, Xu Ji went to see Tan Wuxian alone.

Tan Wuwu has already learned the news and prepared a banquet, he has not changed much, he is still equipped with a long sword at his waist, but he has been walking for a long time, and no one dares to despise him.

Tan senselessly greeted him outside the hall and said with a smile: "The fourth brother 'came back from the dead', which is gratifying." ”

The second brother laughed. The second brother invited me to come, why bother with me? ”

"I am proud to be able to beat the fourth brother. Ha ha. ”

Tan didn't invite anyone else, only Tang Weitian sat with him, and the three of them drank and talked happily, although Xu Ji didn't drink, he raised his glass again and again to help him have fun.

Tang Weitian had an amazing amount of food, and said while eating that he was most happy about this reunion, but he loved to drink, and he had to be allowed to enjoy himself today, and he drank a little too much, drunk and smoky, and even his tongue was big.

Tan Wuxuan was quite proud, "There is something for the fourth brother to know, the king of Chu will make me the king of Yecheng, and the will will come soon." ”

"Congratulations." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"Fourth brother...... Think that's not a good thing? Tan senselessly saw a hint of abnormality.

Xu Ji put down the glass, and the wine in the cup almost moved, "For the two of you, I treat them as friends, so I may not be able to listen to them." ”

"Good medicine is bitter, the more unpleasant the fourth brother's words are, the better it will be for the two of us." Tan smiled meaninglessly.

Tang nodded in agreement as he ate.

"Riptide retreats." Xu Jidao.

Tan Wuwu's face changed slightly, Tang Weitian didn't understand, and continued to chew.

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