Zuo Fengchenwei's five colleagues were all surprised when they saw Xue Shao. They never thought that Pei Xingjian would "distribute" Xue Shao into a cloth pawn, let him and the recruits work together to escort grain and grass and endure all the hardships, and this time he almost lost his life as a scout ranger.

That's a real deal!

From his conversation with them, Xue Shao learned that most of the people who came out of the Martial Arts Academy at that time, except for Su Wei, who were assigned to the military to take charge of the documents, were all appointed as middle and low-level officers in the army. Zuo Fengchenwei's four imperial swords, all of them served as the "civilian" officers of the "civilian" category such as the record of the in-house to join the army, the marching chief history, and the marching Sima, and even Xue Chuyu was an honor guard officer like Zhonghou, and Wei Yuanzhong and Guo Yuanzhen were treated similarly to Xue Chuyu. This time, if it weren't for the five of them joining forces to fight strongly, it would have been difficult to go into battle and kill the enemy.

Only Wu Yizong, Wu Yougui and Song Zhiwen are still in Chang'an to help raise food and grass and recruit new troops, which is not only an easy errand, but even has oil and water to fish.

Cheng Boxian and others were quite remarkable, thinking that Marshal Pei was a little biased?

However, Cheng Wuting was a bystander, and he explained to Xue Chuyu and others with the sentence "Heaven will descend on the people", saying that Marshal Pei has always been like this - the more he values him, the more he will give him more encouragement and refinement.

The military is different from officialdom. If you have a background, family and backstage, plus you have read a few books, your brain is not particularly stupid, and it is not too difficult to mix a bowl of soup to drink in the officialdom. But the army is the world of tough guys and pure masters, and it is difficult for a person who can't endure hardships, can't bend down, and has no real skills to gain a foothold in the army. Even if he gets the appointment of the imperial court and becomes a general, his subordinates will not be convinced, and will be hollowed, isolated and ostracized.

Xue Shao was not at all interested in Cheng Wuting's theoretical teachings, but wanted to hear what he was deliberately concealing. However, in front of everyone, Xue Shao didn't ask, but just made some chats about reunion after a long absence. Cheng Wuting said that after running to kill the two states of Shuodai and chasing the Turks for three days and three nights, the army was a little tired. In addition, the battlefield needed to be cleared, and the people and wounded needed to be settled, so the order was given to let the army be stationed here for two days to rest.

Xue Shao finally had a full meal with peace of mind, and then took a shower, shaved his beard, cut his hair, and changed into a new military uniform, and then he regained a little bit of Lantian Gongzi's demeanor.

After nightfall, Cheng Wuting personally visited the marching tent where Xue Shao lived. Xue Shao knew that he was coming, so he waited and didn't sleep.

Cheng Wuting is really a very straightforward person, after he came, he didn't detour at all, and said straight to the point: "Xue Gongzi seems to have some questions in his throat, I wonder if Cheng can help answer one or two?" ”

"Yes." Xue Shao was also blunt and said, "I wonder when General Cheng learned about my origin and whereabouts?" ”

"When I had just recovered the two states of Shuodai, Li Duozuo sent a secret envoy to report to me, telling me that a recruit named 'Chengyu' had joined the scout rangers he had sent, and his whereabouts were unknown, so he asked me to find them on his behalf. Of course, Li Duozuo also told me your true identity. Cheng Wuting said, "Cheng was taken aback after learning the news, if Xue Gongzi has any mistakes, Li Duozuo and I can't afford to be guilty!" ”

"I won't mention that." Xue Shao said, "In this way, when you sent troops from Fengzhou to recover the Shuo Dynasty, you didn't know about me? ”

"I don't know at all." Cheng Wuting said, "I received a military order from Governor Shi and Governor Shi Li Chongyi, who is also the commander of the Shan Dao Army, so I immediately reorganized my men and horses and sent troops to recover the Shuo Dynasty. If it weren't for Li Duozuo sending a secret envoy to tell me, I am far away in Fengzhou, how could I know about you? Don't say it's me, it's the dog Qizhi, he didn't know about you when he came from the state to convey the military order! ”

Xue Shao frowned, Cheng Wuting was able to justify his words. In this way, Niu Ben did not deliver my letter to Li Duozuo, otherwise he would not have thought that I was "missing".

This stupid bear, it won't be in the middle of the road, right......

"Young Master Xue, do you have any questions?" Cheng Wuting asked.

"Oh, no!" Xue Shao smiled, "Thank you General Cheng for solving my doubts." ”

Cheng Wuting smiled reassuringly, "Xue Gongzi is Pei Gong's protégé and a rare talent in the world. Cheng was able to get acquainted with Xue Gongzi, which can be regarded as a blessing for three lives! ”

"Where!" Xue Shao said with a smile, "I have heard the great name of the evil of the ancients for a long time, and Xue Shao admires it very much. If I have the chance, I still have a lot of military questions that I would like to consult with General Cheng. ”

"I don't dare to ask for advice. But whenever the son asks, Cheng must know everything and say everything! Cheng Wuting patted his chest and agreed, very bold.

As soon as General Cheng said it, I remembered it. There is indeed something right now, and I would like to ask General Cheng. Xue Shao said, "I wonder if General Cheng has found out about my comrades in the brigade after recovering Yanmen County in Daizhou, in the process of chasing and killing the remnants of the Turkic army in the south?" ”

"Xue Gongzi is saying that the vanguard ranger led by the third brigade of the Xun Yifu Yue Cavalry Regiment is the third brigade of the three swords, right?" Cheng Wu said.

Xue Shao nodded.

Cheng Wuting frowned, his face became a little ugly, and he shook his head, "I'm sorry!" ”

Although ...... had expected it, Xue Shao still suddenly shuggled in his heart, "General Cheng, might as well tell me the truth?" ”

Cheng Wuting sighed and said: "After recovering Yanmen, I received Li Duozuo's secret envoy, so I immediately personally led the troops south, one is to hunt down and kill the remnants, and the other is of course to find the son in person." At the junction of mountains and forests in the southern suburbs of Yanmen County, we found a battlefield. There were many bodies of fleeing civilians, and there was also a pile of burning corpses. Judging from the remnants of military uniforms and flags, the pile of corpses is ...... Situation Sandao and others. ”

"Burned?" Xue Shao felt out of breath.

Cheng Wuting nodded, "The Turkic people's usual bandit style is to cut off the head of the killed enemy and hang it on the horse's neck and bring it back to ask for merit, and at the same time take off the armor and knives as combat weapons, and then put the corpse on fire and burn it, so that the enemy is not even qualified to become a ghost, so that you can't go back to them to take revenge." I was terrified, thinking you were among the corpses. ”

Xue Shao was silent and did not speak.

"Fortunately, Xue Gongzi Ji is ...... in nature" Cheng Wuting sighed again and said: "There are many winds and snows in Mobei, and the Turks are used to wearing warm sheepskin hats and rarely wear iron helmets, and besides, they think that wearing the helmets of dead people is quite unlucky, so they will not ask for the helmets of the enemy. We found seventy-three helmets in a charred pile of corpses. According to the message from Li Duozuo, there are still seventy-five of you left in the small village after the First World War. At that time, I thought that you would be one of the two people who left. ”

Xue Shao nodded, "Before the death battle, Guo Sandao ordered me to escort the people into the woods with another recruit named Niu Ben, and at the same time shoulder the task of delivering a letter to Li Duozuo in Bingzhou. ”

"What about Niu Run?" Cheng Tingwu asked.

"This is also something that I really want to know about Lu Dao now." Xue Shao said, "Judging from the current situation, Li Duozuo did not receive the letter from me. It was probably because the people of Daizhou fled south to Bingzhou, and the Bingzhou side learned the news of the fall of Daizhou in Ludao, so they sent you to set out from Fengzhou to recover Shuodai to fill the gap in the northern defense. ”

"It's reasonable, it should be like this...... Cheng Wuting nodded, "It seems that the recruit named Niu Ben probably had an accident halfway." ”

"Maybe......" Xue Shao sighed and said, "General Cheng, I want to ask you to do me a favor." ”

"Xue Gongzi, please speak!"

"Give me those seventy-three helmets!"

Cheng Wuting was a little surprised, "What's the use of the son?" ”

“…… The situation is handsome, there are last words on his deathbed! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Cheng Wuting's army continued to rest and clean up the battlefield, and Xue Shao called Du Zheng and a few other people who had escaped together, and returned to the small village with the seventy-three helmets. Cheng Wu was afraid that he would encounter scattered Turkic remnants on the road, so he sent Xue Chuyu to bring a team of elite soldiers along the way to escort.

Returning to this small village again, Xue Shao was in a completely different state of mind. A few days ago, the new graves of a dozen brothers were planted, and a few grass shoots have grown. Xue Chuyu, Du Zheng and others helped dig graves, one helmet and one grave.

Xue Shao wanted to erect a monument for them, but counting before and after, he didn't get along with Guo Sandao and others for more than three days. Most of them don't even know their names.

But this brotherhood between each other seems to have lasted for more than 30 years!

Xue Shao brought a big wooden stake and stood in front of this grave, and wrote a column of big characters on the stake with his pen - "Ninety martyrs of the Tang Dynasty under the command of the Third Brigade of the Right Guard Xun and the Yue Cavalry Regiment are immortal"!

Xue Chuyu and the others helped set up a bowl in front of each grave, and the bowl was all filled with amber wine, and then they walked away.

This is a moment that belongs to Xue Shao alone, and no one should be an eyesore next to him.

Xue Shao stood in the middle of a circle of new graves, holding a bowl of wine, and said, "Commander Lv, brothers, I'm ashamed, because I can't even collect a whole body for you to bury. I swear, I will definitely avenge you - the Turks will not be destroyed for a day, and Xue Shao will not be buried for a day! ”

"I am not a person who belongs to this world or this era, I believe that there is a spirit in heaven and that a soul is reincarnated. God is so cruel that we are only allowed to be brothers for three days in this life. In the next life, we must be brothers again, for a long time, for many years, for a lifetime - not to live together, but to die together! ”

"I will always remember that the sky above my head is the sky of the Tang Dynasty! The thick soil under your feet is the land of Datang! The people behind him are the people of the Tang Dynasty - swear to defend them! ……”

"How can you say that you have no clothes, and you are with the Son! ……”

"Brothers are gone, but your spirit is with me! I will pass on the spirit of the Third Brigade of the Right Guard Brigade to more Datang guards, so that they can inherit and carry it forward from generation to generation! Xue Shao held the wine bowl with trembling hands, red eyes, and a thick voice like three knives, hoarse and sonorous-

"Your names are remembered, but your spirit lives on!"