The snow has finally stopped.

The sky also changed the corners of its mouth, and unconsciously, it laughed, and the sunlight pierced through the thick black clouds, like a fairy poking a few holes in the clouds.

The winter sun is not so warm, but it can make people dissipate the boredom in their hearts, and their mood is suddenly brightened.

Li Bi and his subordinates waited for two nights in the mountains around Wuwei County, until the rearguard of Menghu's army withdrew, and they quickly set off, thinking about Wuwei County.

Wuwei County.

The Monhu were gone, but the remnants were not happy.

When Li Bi was three miles away from the city, he sent people to reconnoiter first, and after confirming that there were indeed no Menghu people in the city, he led his subordinates into the city happily, but when he and his soldiers saw the scene in the city, their faces sank.

In the sun, the streets were empty.

Although Li Bi had been mentally prepared, the bloodstains on the ground still told him that he still had illusions about the Menghu people.

Li Bi arranged the city defense, and rushed to the county capital with the guards.

As a result, the county government has been reduced to ashes, and in front of me, there are still puffs of green smoke rising from the ruins. Li Bi stood for a while and sighed.

"How can you do it without the county government?" He stepped forward, picked up the charred doorpost, and tossed it aside.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the guard hurried together to help clear the rubble.

Gradually, all the black clouds in the sky dispersed, the sun shone, and finally, people felt a trace of warmth.

The soldiers of the Yilong Battalion planted the banner of Chang'an Mansion in the city, cleaning up the ruins and bloodstains everywhere.

Occasionally, there are brave people who open the door and take a look.

Wang Kee Pharmacy.

A ray of sunlight squeezed into the attic window, and the flower girl on the bed slowly opened her eyes and yawned lazily. Just as he was about to get up, he found that Wang Chuan was sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning on the bed rail, sleeping soundly.

A warmth rose in the flower girl's heart, she got up gently, got dressed, and went down to the attic.

"Ah, Master!" The apprentice was sorting out the medicinal materials on the counter, and when he saw Hua Niang coming down, he shouted excitedly.

"Shhhh Don't bother your master. Hua Niang walked quickly to the apprentice, touched the apprentice's head and whispered.

The apprentice nodded.

"You've worked hard these days." Hua Niang looked at the child and said distressedly.

"Hey, hey, hey......" The apprentice held his little belly and smiled devilishly.

"Today, my sister will make you something to eat." Hua Niang instantly saw through the little guy's mind.

The apprentice didn't say anything excited, just nodded.

"How's it going out there? Are all the Monhu people gone? Hua Niang straightened up, looked at the tightly blocked door, and asked.

"I sneaked out this morning to take a look, there are no more Menghu, but there are a lot of soldiers here." The apprentice said with a frown.

"Oh? What do they look like? Hua Niang said excitedly.

"They are all wearing red cotton clothes and armor, and they are holding big long swords." The apprentice replied without hesitation.

Hua Niang thought about it, where is this army, how come she has never seen it.

"However, they planted a lot of big flags with black on red backgrounds in the city." The boy remembered something and added.

"Red on a black border?" Hua Niang was pleasantly surprised, she had heard of the military flag of Chang'an Mansion on a red background and black edges.

"Yes......" the boy affirmed.

"It's time to open the door today, quick, open the door." Hua Niang patted the apprentice's head, happy and couldn't do it.

The apprentice was skeptical, looked at Hua Niang, and nodded.

Hua Niang was happy for a while, and went to the kitchen with small steps and humming a small tune.

……

At noon, the sun melts the snow, and the eaves are ticking and crisp.

Li Bi held his black hands, looked at the cleaned up county government compound, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Go, look for a craftsman in the city, please come, I will build the county government anew." Li Bi said to the guards.

"Yes!" The guards quickly turned and left.

Several fast horses galloped through the city, and gongs rattled.

"The Yilong Battalion of Chang'an Mansion is stationed in Wuwei County, looking for all kinds of craftsmen to repair the county government, and those who wish to go there on their own!"

This sentence quickly spread all over the streets and alleys of Wuwei County, although people had never heard of Yilong Camp, but the three words of Chang'an Mansion were heard really clearly, and in an instant, a sun rose in their hearts.

So, the crackling sound of the door opening and the opening of the window was endless.

People cautiously poked their heads out from all corners and looked at the military flags with red backgrounds and black edges fluttering in the sun, at this moment, as if they had magic power, so that the people who saw it swept away the haze on their faces.

Soon, the city finally came to life, and people swept away the broken bricks and buried the dead......

Li Bi rode a horse down the street and was relieved to see the appearance of people......

In fact, the reason why he insisted on rebuilding the county government and asked people to spread such words was to use the most real, practical and effective way to make these people have the desire to start their lives again.

Now, it seems, he succeeded.

I've seen it row by row, Li's bun shop, Feng's layout, Qiu Juyuan, stuffed upstairs, Tang's dart bureau...... Wang Kee Pharmacy.

Li Bi stopped, thought about it, and dismounted.

"What do you buy, this lord?" When the apprentice saw that the person was in red clothes and red armor, and with the guards, he thought to himself, he must be an official.

"Where's your family?" Li Bi saw that there was only one child, so he asked.

"Wait a minute." After the apprentice finished speaking, he ran upstairs in a panic.

Not long after, Wang Chuan hurriedly went downstairs while wearing a robe.

"Adults forgive sins, adults forgive sins." Wang Chuan's head was covered with beads of sweat, in this world, the most unprovoked are these soldiers.

"The shopkeeper doesn't have to be nervous, my subordinates have been suffering from the wind and cold a lot recently, I want to ask you if there is anything I can give them to go to the cold." Li Bi remembered that his subordinates followed him and starved in the snowy mountains, and he felt really uncomfortable.

"Yes, yes, you wait." Wang Chuan hurriedly ran into the counter, picked up a brush and wrote down a few pairs of medicinal herbs, and handed them to the apprentice.

The apprentice hurried into the backyard to get ready.

"The general is really sympathetic to his subordinates and admires him." Wang Chuan couldn't help but say.

"Where, how much is this?" Li Bi asked as he took out the silver.

Wang Chuan smiled and pressed Li Bi's hand.

Li Bi was stunned.

"No money." Wang Chuan said.

"How's that going to work?" Li Bi said loudly.

"Compared to the soldiers who used their lives on the front line, it is nothing for me to give out some medicinal materials, besides, I kept this batch of medicinal materials under the looting of the Menghu people, just to be of great use." Wang Chuan said with emotion.

Li Bi was silent for a while.

"Then thank you shopkeeper!"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The apprentice struggled to carry two large bags of medicinal herbs and walked out with a sigh.

The guards hurried to pick it up.

"Boil in a cauldron, divide and drink." Wang Chuan said.

"There are a few big bags in the back." The apprentice pointed.

The guards didn't need Li Bi to speak, and quickly followed the apprentice to get it.

"Thank you so much." Li Bi is really grateful.

Wang Chuan smiled.

After the medicinal materials are collected, the two of them will say goodbye.

Li Bi took the medicinal herbs to the military camp in the south of the city.

……

"Master, who are they, why don't they want money?" The apprentice asked, puzzled.

"You'll know when you grow up." Wang Chuan looked at Li Bi and replied.

The apprentice secretly glanced at Wang Chuan, thinking, I knew it was this sentence again.

……

It's busy, and it's getting late.

Li Bi entered the camp tent tiredly, fell on the couch, and fell asleep. The guards filled the brazier with firewood, lowered the curtain, and withdrew.

This was the first calm and peaceful night in Wuwei County in a long time.

They don't know how many frightened and sleepless nights they have sprought, they have been harassed and frightened by the Monhus, and tonight they can finally sleep in their own homes, and sleep until dawn.

As soon as it was dark, the whole city fell silent......

……

At the head of the city, the hearts of the soldiers who drank the decoction were warm, although the head of the city was very cold, but no one shrank behind the city wall, and everyone was very vigilant, staring at the outside of the city.

Li Bi arranged a garrison of 1,000 people for Nancheng.

Only patrols were arranged at the head of the east and west cities, with a total of 500 people.

The remaining 500 men were placed on the northern city.

His own guard, consisting of 200 men, personally patrolled the city.

……

At night, the wind was not strong, but it was extremely cold, and the soldiers defending the city could not stand it, so they took turns to warm themselves by the fire.

North Side.

Just in turn, a centurion led people to the city tower, and was about to hand over, when he suddenly saw many dark shadows moving in the distance, and the veteran who had been in battle for a long time reacted very quickly, ordering the soldiers to squat down and not make a sound.

He watched as the dark shadows hid not far away, looking towards the city.

The centurion thought about it, could it be a Menghu man? No, the Menghu army has already left, so these people ...... ...... from the north Suzhou? Could it be the remnants of Suzhou?

Thinking of this, the centurion simply got up and shouted: "Listen to the people under the city, we are the Yilong Battalion of Chang'an Mansion, and we have been ordered to meet the brothers of the Suzhou Battalion here, who are you, report your name quickly!" ”

After a while, a voice came from under the city.

"Hey! We are under the command of General Huo of the Suzhou Battalion, please open the city gates. ”

The centurion laughed, when I was stupid? You say yes yes?

"Do you have a certificate?" The centurion asked. After speaking, he ordered his subordinates to report to Li Bi.

There was no sound in the city.

The centurion thought that the enemy had failed to deceive the city, and was about to give the order to prepare for battle, when he saw a man and a horse, leading the gallop.

The night was dark, and I couldn't see the face of the person who came, but I saw the man pointing at the head of the city with his horsewhip.

"Hurry up and call Li Bi!" The man drank coldly.

The centurion was shocked to know the commander.

"Wait a minute!"

……

Soon, Li Bi hurried over, lying on the head of the city and looking at the person below, squinting his eyes, he really couldn't see clearly.

"Who's coming?" Li Bi said loudly.

"Li Jiatun's little scoundrel, have you forgotten our agreement?" The man smiled, his tone mixed with helplessness and bitterness.

Li Bi's head buzzed, and he was suddenly speechless with excitement.

"Wushuang, is that you?" Li Bi shouted at the top of his voice.

"I'm cold and hungry right now." Leng Wushuang said.

"Hurry up, hurry up, why are you still stunned, open the door!" Li Bi was so anxious that he bit his tongue when he spoke.

While urging the city gate to open, he ran down.

……

The gates of the city slowly opened.

Li Bi threw his legs at Leng Wushuang.

Leng Wushuang was hugged tightly by Li Bi, and smiled helplessly: "I'm not your daughter-in-law." ”

"Hey! You were my daughter-in-law when you were a child, hahahaha! Li Bi grimaced and said mischievously.

"Hahahaha, save me some face, my subordinates are still there." Leng Wushuang smiled helplessly.

"Let's go, let's ......" Li Bi grabbed Leng Wushuang.

Along the way, Li Bi kept talking as if he was chattering.

That night, Li Bi's division of the Yilong Battalion successfully received the remnants of the Suzhou Battalion in Wuwei County.

(Note: Chang'an Mansion inherited the military system of the previous dynasty, and the generals and commanders all had guards, with 1,000 guards, 800 guards, 500 Sima guards, and 200 commanders.) The guards are not counted in the combat establishment, they are under the jurisdiction of the general's office, and they are full-time guards for important generals. However, now he has become the general's private soldier in Chang'an Mansion, but he is nominally under the direct command of Chang'an Mansion. ）