This withdrawal of the Don Army is really different from the past.

The first battle against Goryeo was a tough battle, and in the case of the strong horses and strong horses of the Gaisu literati and the strength of the country to resist, the Tang division conquered Jian'an, Liaozhou, Anshi and other important towns with strong barriers, and the battle was hard.

When he was a teacher, even the emperor's robe was torn one by one.

In addition, the Liao River was swollen and there was heavy snow on the way, and every sergeant was in rags, and when he returned to Yingzhou, his horses were completely lost.

And this time, it's just a military appearance.

As Gai Suwen said, every Tang army fed mutton like a calf, and even the withdrawal of the army was vigorous. Soon they will be back to their hometowns, and there will be people humming and singing in stirrups.

In front of the army, tens of thousands of white-flowered sheep were rushed, grazing while rushing to the Yalu River, and behind them, groups of local people followed to collect sheep dung.

The Tang army guards of Bozhuo City had already built a huge pontoon bridge to welcome the army across the river.

The only fly in the ointment is that the leader of the Jieli Department, Simo, was hit by a cold arrow in his right shoulder blade, and he didn't care much at first, so he picked up the arrow, put gold sore medicine and wrapped it simply, what should he do.

When the army was withdrawn, the British prince Li Shichang asked Simo to drag his 3,000 horses to serve as the rear guard at the end, and Simo readily agreed.

But the more I walked, the more I found that the arrow in Simo's house was a little strange, the wound was black, it never healed, and it still had the momentum of festering.

It is speculated that the arrow is poisonous. At first, Simo could grit his teeth and ride a horse, but then every step he took, he was so involved that even his chest hurt, and he began to have a fever.

Simo's military doctor thought of any method, and the military doctor of the Jieli Department did not hesitate to lie down on the wound to suck the evil pus of the leader, but he could not stop the deterioration of the injury.

Scraping the bones to cure the poison will not work at all, because the injury is the scapula seam.

The 3,000 horses gradually dragged to the rear, and when they set out, they were thirty miles away from the Tang army's brigade, and later they were left behind fifty or eighty miles......

Until Smoker could no longer ride his horse and fell into a coma, his own soldiers made stretchers to carry the leader forward, and had to fly to the front army.

Li Shichang hurriedly sent the senior military doctor in the general. However, the north will soon enter the snowy season, and the army cannot stop for a moment to wait for them, but can only continue to advance.

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The Lu clan was able to quickly make a decision to break away from the Qianzhou High Trial, precisely because the Jiang'an Wangfu was riding Cao to join the army and Ma Xun.

After the Lu family committed an accident in the Forbidden Palace, Ma Xun did his best to beg Li Yuanshen, the king of Jiang'an, who had just received a relationship, to intercede with the prince in person.

Of course, he soon let Lu know about this matter.

After sending all the people in Qianzhou back, the Lu family lived in the private house that Ma Xun had just purchased in Quchifang.

Quchifang is in the southeast of the city, close to the west bank of Qujiang Pond, although the house is not big, but it is far away from the downtown area, the scenery is also good, and Ma Xun's wife does not know that there is such a place.

When Ma Xun settled her down and was about to leave, Lu Shi once grabbed him and said, "You are gone, I am afraid alone, or you will bring my son over to accompany me!" ”

Ma Xun didn't dare to agree to these two conditions, the former was afraid of being passed on to Gaofu, and the latter was afraid of his wife.

Mrs. Ma once said seriously that it is impossible for a son to have a second mother! You memorized it for me with your dog's head!!

Therefore, Ma Senjun suggested that Lu Shi could secretly go to Dongshi to watch the dog fight, firstly, this game was more lively, and secondly, he thought that the people in Gaofu were unlikely to be interested in this kind of thing, and it was impossible to bump into them in person.

In the new house, the Lu family has a whole class of servants, servants, and maids, as if she is another hostess. There is an exclusive VIP seat in the dog fighting room, and a bamboo curtain is also hung in front of it.

Ma Xun's ability to hook up the relationship really surprised the Lu family, and the last time she won 200,000 yuan was thanks to Ma Xun, who heard the top-secret inside story from an insider in the Fuwang Mansion.

After the Lu family invited himself out and had nothing to do with Qianzhou, Ma Xun observed for a few more days and found that the Xinglufang Gaofu and Yongningfang Gaofu ignored the matter, as if nothing major had happened.

Only then did he dare to live in Quchifang occasionally.

Then he used the signboard of Li Yuanshen, the king of Jiang'an, to give Yao County some benefits, and went to Qianzhou to operate without the high trial, and soon unknowingly, the Lu family's household registration book was stuffed into Wannian County.

Even if this matter is a high-ranking trial, it is impossible to do it so quickly without a legitimate reason.

And a seventh-grade royal palace can easily join the army.

Ma Xun boasted that although they are all seven products, can the county master of Yazhou compare with Ma? The county order of Duwei County can't compare to me.

"What kind of identity should a person have, this is born with destiny, even if some young people obstruct it, what can it do? Joke! On the contrary, it makes me more and more beautiful. ”

Lu Shi said, "Master Ma, I have long seen that you are such a person, and I cherish your ability to see the stitches, otherwise, how could I make a promise early." Don't mention anything else, just say that the moment the horse race and the stands fell down last time, even those relatives of King Jiang An were scared away, but you dared to rush up. ”

He said, "There is a way for a handsome bird to choose a tree to perch, I think King Jiang'an has the power of an overlord, and he is a first-class prince, it is really more than a hundred times stronger than the high examination, even if the new military department is still Gao Jun?" I think he still can't compare to Prince Jiang'an, we have to behave in front of the prince carefully......"

Soon, Li Yuanshen, the king of Jiang'an, was invited by Ma Xun to Quchifang.

Ma Xun's private house was full of brilliance, red, and the prince was wearing a small suit when he arrived, and he was not very quiet, and even the guards only brought a few guards.

When I entered the door, the dishes on the wine table were not very eye-catching, just ordinary craftsmanship, but a crystal clear jade cup was placed on the main seat.

The whole jade cup is carved from a piece of cold jade, and the outside is embossed with two lifelike dragons circling upward, three-legged, and the complicated rings on the ears are as thin as bean vines, and the rings are swaying and can't be swayed, and they are completely carved out of a piece of jade.

Li Yuanguan, the king of Jiang'an, had countless treasures in his mansion, and he had never seen such a rare thing, and after Ma Xun poured wine into the jade cup, Li Yuanshen's eyes widened.

Because there is a blue stone tendon in the jade at the bottom of the cup, after pondering, it is like a green dragon lurking in the water, and when you shake the cup, you feel like you want to swim in the wine.

Ma Xun said respectfully to the prince, "This is the ancestral inheritance of the villain, the ice jade hidden dragon bottle, which means the sentence 'or leaping in the abyss' in the Book of Changes, and also has the meaning of 'the green dragon sees joy'...... Villains and ordinary people, how can they use dragon things, it should be used by the prince! ”

Li Yuan, the king of Jiang'an, said yes again and again, and he couldn't put it down.

Subsequently, when he heard the ring, the Lu family walked out, and Li Yuanshen was even more happy when he saw it.

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When Gao Jun and Liu Yuru hurriedly returned to Chang'an, they learned that the emperor had moved back to Taiji Palace from Cuiwei Palace, and Xie Jinlian told Gao Jun about the rumors she had heard from those officials and relatives during the meeting in the mansion at the end of September, but Gao Jun disagreed.

Because no matter in terms of age or qualifications, he is not enough to take on Fang Xuanling's position.

Liu Yuru also thinks so, of course, she also likes Gao Jun to get a high position. But Hou Junji made so much merit that he was able to become a minister and a secretary and seal the country, which caused so much trouble, which made her a little worried.

Chang'an is not as good as Xizhou, there are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in every yamen here, people are convenient, and a casual trick is enough for people to play for half a year, "And your temper is too straight, you don't know how to forbear, I'm worried about ......"

Gao Jun said, "It's just a rumor, why worry, besides, everything that can be achieved is often quiet, how can it be like this time-even Xie Jinlian knows it first!" ”

Liu Yuru said, "This makes me even more worried, people are like tigers, it should have been yours, and it may be a bad thing for people to spread it around!" ”

Gao Jun didn't know whether Liu Yuru wanted to be promoted or not, and from her words, he could feel her conflicted mood at this time.

In the early dynasties, everyone expected that the emperor would most likely announce the replacement of Lord Fang.

However, the emperor first carefully inquired about the beginning and end of Gao Jun's disaster relief in Quanzhou, and then said with great satisfaction, "The prince's arrangements for this disaster relief are very much in line with my wishes. Li Zhi said yes again and again.

Next, the eldest grandson Wuji thought that the emperor should always mention the arrangement of Shangshu's left servant, and if Gao Jun could take the position, it would be great.

But if this is the case, he is a little disappointed, because of such a big thing, His Majesty did not communicate with him after returning to Taiji Palace.

The emperor said again, "What is the situation with my army this time?" ”

This was the question that the military department Shangshu came to answer, so the eldest grandson was once again worried about whether Gao Jun could master it.

Because last night, Sun Run, the eldest son of Mozi, told him that Gao Jun had just returned to Beijing from Quanzhou.

Gao Jun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the British Duke has passed Youzhou a few days ago, and the army in Liaozhou has a group of scattered troops in Liaocheng and Qinggu Zhichong Mansion, one part of the Yingzhou Zhen'an Army, and the rest has been returned to Youzhou Luping, Dewen, Lucheng, Qinghua, and Liangxiang Five Mansions, and currently has 3,000 people directly under it...... After 10,000 sheep passed the Tong Pass, they could arrive in Beijing in a few days. ”

The eldest grandson's hanging heart was put down again, and it seemed that Gao Jun's account code was still quite clear.

The emperor became interested, "There are so many sheep in the war, I don't know what Lord Gao plans to do with these sheep?" ”

"Your Majesty, the matter of the sheep...... Wechen didn't think about how to dispose of them, because these sheep were all purchased by the household department with military salaries. The minister thought that they should always be disposed of by the household department, and then the household department might sell the sheep and cash them into the account. ”

So the emperor asked the household department again how much the total cost of this crusade against Goryeo would be if the sheep's income was included.

Tobe Shangshu couldn't figure it out for a while, so he quietly hooked his hands and let his servants deal with it.

But the squire couldn't figure out the relationship between the 10,000 sheep and the military salary for a while, but in front of everyone's eyes, His Majesty and the crown prince were also waiting to hear the next words of the household department, and he was a little anxious, so he went to read the military department's book.

Gao Jun didn't have the heart to answer, and the things that the household department answered were not good for himself.

But the Tobe squire looked at it with a blank eye, and even His Majesty and the Crown Prince also set their eyes on him.

He said, "Your Majesty, Wechen doesn't know either. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, only to hear the military department Shangshu cough, and then said, "But Weichen's second wife Xie Jinlian is good at calculation, she calculated for Weichen last night, and Weichen still has some impressions." ”

"I don't know how much I can bargain?" The Emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, at the beginning, Weichen asked the current Xizhou Sima Li Ji to buy 30,000 sheep in Goryeo, and the sheep there were 120 wen, and the salary was 3,600 taels. At this time, there are 10,000 sheep returned, and the price of Chang'an sheep is 600 wen, if it is sold, it will get 6,000 taels of silver, and after removing the capital, there are 2,600 taels left. But there are 300 pairs of sheep left in the pasture of Crested City, and according to the current price there, there should be seventy-two taels. At the same time, from April to the end of September, the Fengtoucheng Ranch produced another 1,100 sheep, which were worth 132 taels in Goryeo...... 18,660 taels, excluding the rest, nearly 16,000 taels were used to cover the military rations. ”

The squire had already woken up at this time, and answered, "Your Majesty, there is an account that has to be calculated, mutton is also different from ordinary polished rice, if the sergeant only eats rice, 40,000 people will have more than one liter per day, and the situation for half a year is ......."

But the emperor's interest was obviously no longer in this account, he raised his hand to interrupt the waiter's words, and asked Gao Jun again, "But Lord Gao has just returned from Quanzhou, did you, Mrs. Xie, do not do anything serious the first night, and only count you as a sheep?" ”

The hall was full of monarchs and ministers, and they couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

The head of the household department has quietly reconciled the accounts with the waiter at the bottom, and at this time he replied, "Your Majesty, in the eighteenth year of the crusade, the army has spent 4.6 million taels of silver. The crusade from 19 to 20 years cost 2,450,000 taels of silver. This year's war cost a total of 1.2 million taels of silver...... Subtract the sheep money. ”

The emperor said, "Your algorithm is still not as good as Mrs. Xie. In the eighteenth year of the expedition, eighty percent of the 100,000 military horses were lost, which should be 400,000 taels according to 5,000 wen per horse. And this time even the sheep have come back so much, I don't think there will be fewer horses, right? Therefore, the 1,200,000 taels of the household should be subtracted from 400,000 taels. But this account has to be calculated after the British duke returns, and we have seen the horses. ”

There was a report from the attendant on duty that the triumphant division of the British Duke would arrive in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an in due time.

The emperor got up and said, "The princes in Beijing, the incumbent officials above the third rank and those with loose ranks, and the generals and their families who have returned to Beijing, will follow me to the Chunming Gate in the afternoon to greet them!" ”

Today's dispersal was earlier than the previous day, and after Gao Jun returned home, Siqing greeted him.

Gao Jun knew that she wanted to go to Chunmingmen with him in the afternoon, her brother Simo went to the front line of Goryeo to help this time, the brother and sister had not seen each other for five months, and Siqing should have gone to pick it up.

Siqing was a little excited when she had lunch, and after the meal, she went back to the house to clean up and dress up, and changed a few outfits that were not satisfactory.

His Majesty was present in person to welcome the army, and Gao Jun was afraid that it would be too late, so he urged, "Madame is wearing a sack, and she should be the most beautiful one in the crowd." ”

Siqing scolded him for talking nonsense, and continued to change his clothes. In the end, put on the previous uniform, leather armor scimitar, and Gao Jun got on the horse and left the house, which should be the dress of the army.

And Siqing hasn't worn such an outfit for a long time, and when she appeared on the streets of Chang'an, she was a sassy and heroic female general. Her face was filled with the joy of seeing her brother, and she looked unique in Gao Jun. 8)