With the general's tooth flag in front, Zhang Jun hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to his uncle, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "General, Jun is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he will return to his life!" “

The strategists and generals under Zhang Jun's command also stepped forward one after another, bowed to the ground behind their lord, and said in unison: "The lowly rank is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

"Hahaha・・・・・・"

After more than two months, Zhang Mao's face was much haggard, but when he saw his nephew kneeling in front of him, he seemed to have a strong vitality all of a sudden・・・・・・

I saw that Zhang Jun seemed to have grown taller again, and his posture was more upright. Although the armor www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion is torn and patchy, it is still very neat and tidy. The young and handsome face could no longer see the smell of the milky book, but instead there was a perseverance and martial courage that could not be concealed in a few vicissitudes.

"Good・・・・・・ good・・・・・・ good!"

After saying three "good" words in a row, Zhang Mao patted his nephew's shoulder vigorously, and only said: "Jun'er is about to be taller than me・・・・・・"

Zhang Jun had tears in his eyes, he didn't know how many tribulations he had not experienced in his two lives together, and now he finally returned to his relatives, and his excitement was irrepressible. After all, it is the fusion of two souls, and half of the spirit still belongs to this era, so he has excellent feelings for his uncle.

"Father, these people are nephews' subordinates, and they all have credit this time!" Tears rolled twice in his eyes, but after all, he didn't fall, and Zhang Jun turned sideways to introduce Zhang Mao.

After all, these subordinates are all cadres who accompany themselves from birth to death, and people tie their heads to the waistband of their pants to follow you, in addition to the loyalty of each other, but also to be able to seal the shadow of their wives. There are very few people in this world who can do nothing but throw their heads and spill their blood with a lofty spiritual realm.

Sure enough, hearing that the lord personally praised his merits in front of the general, Liangzhou civil and military and hundreds of people, all the civil and military generals who fell to the ground bowed again: "See the general!" ”

Seeing that his nephew could have so many talents to follow in a short period of time, Zhang Mao was also very pleased, made a gesture of false support, and said, "No courtesy!" ”

"General Xie!"

After all his subordinates got up, Zhang Jun pointed to the dozen or so old men behind him and said, "Father, these are the sect masters of the remnants of Zhulongxi, and they are here to visit!" ”

For the ruler, in addition to expanding the territory, there is no greater merit than the people taking the initiative to follow, which not only means the strength of the country, but also represents the benevolence of the ruler far and wide.

Sure enough, as a Liangzhou pastor on one side of the secession, Zhang Mao could not be an exception. When he followed Zhang Jun's pointing, there were more than a dozen silver-bearded and white-haired old men slowly stepped forward with the support of the young disciples, and suddenly knelt down in unison a few steps away, and cried with old tears: "Unfilial wanderer, kowtow to the mother state ・・・・・・" After saying that, he suddenly kowtowed with a loud "bangbang".

Although the pavement had been re-paved with loess, it was still very hard, and within a few strokes, blood stains appeared on the foreheads of these old people. The corners of Zhang Mao's mouth trembled excitedly, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped those old people one by one.

Some of them simply sat on the ground, slapped the ground with their hands, and cried: "Ten years・・・・・・ ten years, I still have the life to return to my parents' state alive・・・・・・

Zhang Jun was also stunned for a while, although he really wanted these old people to be excited, but he didn't expect them to work so hard. There can only be one explanation for this situation - the feelings of the remnants for the homeland of the Han family are far beyond anyone's expectations.

Since the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, in order to defeat the opponent and seize the throne, the princes and kings did not hesitate to borrow troops from the nomadic tribes to help the war. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty clan established the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime in Huainan and Jiangnan in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which was equivalent to completely abandoning the vast land in the north. Due to the tyrannical and brutal rule of the Hu people in the north, the Han people in the north avoided chaos on a large scale from the Yellow River basin and entered the stable Yangtze River basin, and moved in more than one million in total.

However, in the face of the horrific genocide, not everyone was able to flee to the south, except for a small number of people who were able to take refuge in the Zhang clan of Liangzhou, the Murong clan of Liaodong and even the Wang clan of Youzhou, most of the Han people in the north still lived under the sword of the Hu people.

According to the Book of Jin, after the unification of the whole country in the first year of Emperor Taikang of the Jin Dynasty (280), there were 2,495,804 households in the country, with a total of more than 16,160,000 people. However, due to the existence of the gate valve system, many hukou were hidden, the actual hukou of the Western Jin Dynasty was more than twice that of the registered hukou, the highest time was about the first year of Yongkang (300 AD), there were more than 35 million people in the country, of which there were more than 24.5 million people in the north, and only more than 11 million people in the relatively backward southern regions.

But in the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, because of a large number of massacres and continuous wars of secession, the population loss was only a little smaller than that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At the time of the trough period, the population of the northern and southern regions combined was just over 30% left. Even seventy years later, when the former Qin destroyed the former Yan, according to the record of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, only 2.45 million households were obtained from the former Yan, less than 10 million people. Even if you add the Qinlong region, which was previously under the jurisdiction of Qianyan, and the Hexi region, which was under the jurisdiction of Qianliang, the actual population of the north at that time was only about 13 million people.

What does this mean? It is equivalent to the nomads losing more than 11 million people in the north in just 70 years! The horror is so terrible that you can imagine how these remnants were treated when they were not hiding in the mountains. Even if they enter the mountains, it is difficult to avoid the pursuit of the minority regime, and if it were not for Zhang Jun's appearance this time, they would probably end up like Zhangjiazhai. Either they were slaughtered or they were reduced to slavery of a foreign race.

Seeing that the elderly people were showing signs of fainting, Zhang Mao hurriedly asked them to be forcibly taken down to take care of them. When everything calmed down, there was silence all around.

Hundreds of people witnessed Fang Cai's scene throughout the whole process, and while they were moved, they not only aroused their anger against the alien race, but also expressed their gratitude to the Zhang family. Because a considerable number of the people of Guzang fled from the west of the Central Plains. Looking back now, if there had been no protection from the Zhang family over the years, maybe they would have become the target of Hu Lu's abuse just like these people in front of them.

Zhang Mao also wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a silk cloth handkerchief, and said with emotion: "Jun'er has done a great good deed・・・・・・

Zhang Jun bowed down and said: "Where righteousness lies, there is no excuse!" ”

"Good・・・・・・ good・・・・・・ good!"

Zhang Mao said three "good" words in a row again, he was already very satisfied with his nephew, grabbed Zhang Jun's hand, turned to the Manchu Dynasty and said loudly: "The remnants have returned thousands of miles, and it is the work of my Zhang's thousands of miles!" ”

"Congratulations to the General・・・・・・"

"Congratulations to the General!"

Seeing this, the civil and military officials all gave great gifts and congratulations. Even the surrounding people followed and shouted, and the sound of the four fields was stirred for a while!

Zhang Mao was very proud, the scene became enthusiastic again, and everyone rejoiced. Although there are only more than 2,000 of these remnants, and more than half of them remain in Guangwu County, the symbolism is very significant. As the last bastion of the Han Chinese in the north, this happy event was a shot in the arm and restored the self-confidence of those who were afraid of Hulu.