In the afternoon, Xue Shao and others returned to Cheng Wuting's army station. The battlefield was almost cleared, and the civilian and wounded soldiers were well cared for.

Cheng Wuting said that he will leave for Shuodai Erzhou early tomorrow morning to preside over the border defense and military affairs there. These people had to be sent back to the prefecture, and the metropolitan government of the prefecture was responsible for the settlement. At the same time, many of these defeated soldiers were once garrisons in the two states of the Shuo Dynasty, and they were also under the command of the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the United States, and now they are also going to return to the United States.

The two groups of people have to go their separate ways.

Cheng Wuting was righteous, he lent Xue Shao 200 elite soldiers as guards along the way, and gave some war horses, grain and other things from the Turks, so that Xue Shao could smoothly lead these defeated soldiers and people back to the state. At the same time, Xue Chuyu and the other five people were not under the command of the Fengzhou Army under Cheng Wuting, but the people from the Right Guard's Mansion, and it was time to go back now.

On the same day, the two groups of men separated. Cheng Wuting gave up his camp to the people under Xue Shao's command very righteously, and led the army to camp in the open air. In the early morning of the next day, Xue Shao, Xue Chuyu and other five people led the men and horses all the way south, and Cheng Wuting waved his army north.

Now Xue Shao doesn't have to worry about encountering Turkic cavalry on the road again. The two states of the Shuo Dynasty have been recovered, and these two gates are guarded by the elite army of Fengzhou under the command of Cheng Wuting, which is absolutely reassuring. In fact, the number of people under Cheng Wuting is less than that of Cao Huaishun, the governor of Shuozhou, and Dou Huaichou, the governor of Daizhou. The combined number of men under the two defeated governors was almost three times that of Cheng Wuting.

However, they lost the humiliation of the country and the city, and as soon as Cheng Wuting's army came, the Turks retreated without a fight, and the two states of the Shuo Dynasty were automatically recovered.

This is called, a thousand armies are easy to get, and a general is hard to find.

Xue Shao thought to himself, Wu Zetian has always had the ability to recognize people, her vision is really good, Cheng Wuting is indeed a very good general, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a commander. And Cheng Wuting is a martial artist with a relatively simple mind, not like those doctors who have a lot of crooked thoughts. If Wu Zetian really vigorously promoted Cheng Wuting and made him return to the dynasty to become a big official, Cheng Wuting would definitely be determined to serve - this can already be roughly judged from Cheng Wuting's courteous attitude towards me Xue Shao!

This is the power of Wu Zetian. She is a female stream who grew up in the harem, proficient in power but not military, but she can control the "ancient evil" like Cheng Wuting and let him use it!

……

For the next three days, everything was safe. There were no more Turkic stragglers, not even any troublemakers in the ranks. As soon as Cheng Wuting's army appeared, the group of refugees and defeated soldiers led by Xue Shao were all relieved. Thinking of the panic when he left the small village, Xue Shao was really a little afraid of sweating.

When they arrived in Bingzhou, Cheng Boxian, Xue Chuyu and others wanted to return to the camp of the Qinfu, and Xue Shao's destination was the camp of Xunyifu. The people and the defeated army who came with them were to be received and accepted by the people of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Seeing that they were going back to the Dadu Governor's Mansion and the army were sent down, Tun Duzheng and the others were a little frightened, and they wanted to ask Xue Shao to take them back together. While they were discussing, a group of people rushed over like lightning.

Xue Shao saw that Li Duozuo was here, and Guo Yuanzhen also accompanied him.

"Oops! You're finally back! Before Li Duozuo could speak, Guo Yuanzhen turned over and ran over, "You scared me to death!" I haven't slept for days and nights! You're scaring me to death! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Brother Guo, let's make an appointment to travel the river with the United States, I don't dare to miss the appointment!" ”

When Li Duozuo saw Xue Shao, he let out a long breath.

Xue Shao glanced at him, a martial artist in the first district, actually had yellow muscles and dark circles on his face, it can be seen that he has really been in a hurry these days, and it is certain that he has not slept for sure.

"I won't say anything more, just come back." Li Duozuo sighed loudly, "My heart can finally be put in my stomach now, and my head can rest firmly on my shoulders." ”

Everyone laughed.

Xue Shao took Li Duozuo aside and asked, "Didn't General Li receive the letter I asked Niu Ben to send back?" ”

"Nope!" Li Duozuo was also taken aback, "As far as the three knives of the state sent ten wounded soldiers to escort the villagers back and brought back the military intelligence report you wrote with the secret code of Lantian, I haven't received any news from you since then." Later, there were refugees who fled from the north, and it was only then that they learned that Daizhou had fallen. The fact that you have gone deep into enemy-occupied territory and have not been heard from has made me anxious. But I am only a lieutenant, and I will not have the right to privately send more than one regiment of troops. So I immediately ran to Li Chongyi and begged him to let me send troops to recover the Shuo Dynasty and find you. But Li Chongyi didn't agree with me doing this! ”

"For what?" Xue Shao's eyebrows tightened.

"Li Chongyi, as the official of Hebei Frontier and the chief of the Northern Expedition this time, he should have his overall considerations!" Li Duozuo said, "As a subordinate, Li didn't dare to ask more, so he could only obey orders." Later, I learned that he passed the military order and asked Cheng Wuting, the governor of Fengzhou, to send troops to recover the Shuo Dynasty. Come to think of it, this is a good move. It's just that...... The action is a little slower! ”

Slightly slower?

Just a little slower?! - I spent seven days in the woods and two days in the small village, almost ten days before and after!

Xue Shao's heart lit up like lightning piercing the night sky, but his face remained silent and said, "General Li, have you told Li Chongyi about me?" ”

"I didn't dare to say it explicitly." Li Duozuo frowned and said, "In terms of identity and status, Li Chongyi is even far above Marshal Pei. If I say something about you, Li Chongyi will think that I am using the Queen of Heaven or Marshal Pei to suppress him. The conspiracy to disrupt the military state with personal feelings is a taboo in front of the army. Li Chongyi could push me out of the city on the spot, behead me, and then refuse to send troops. In order not to backfire, I only vaguely mentioned it at the time, saying that this vanguard ranger must not have an accident! ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly and shook his head, with this sentence, it is too much.

Li Chongyi is Li Shangdan's father and Li Xiantong's grandfather. This time, when I was assigned as a recruit pawn with the Northern Expedition of the army, Li Xiantong, who has been staring at me with wide eyes, must know it clearly.

If I were Li Xiantong, I would definitely send a letter to Li Chongyi secretly, not to say "take the opportunity to deal with Xue Shao", at least I have to "beware"!

Li Duozuo is a martial artist and a sincere person, and his anxiety and worry must not be concealed in front of a person like Li Chongyi. Coupled with the hint of that sentence, where can Li Chongyi not understand?

Li Chongyi was ruthless, and since he didn't say anything, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and never sent troops to save our tourist horse. And he didn't even tell Cheng Wuting that Xue Shao was there. If it weren't for Li Duozuo having a heart and sending a confidant to report to Cheng Wuting, and Cheng Wuting also reacted immediately, then I, Xue Shao, would definitely be like Feng Laoqi, confessing in that encounter!

In that case, Li Chongyi's conspiracy will really succeed! - He clearly wants me to die in the chaos, this is to kill people with a knife!

"Xue Gongzi, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Xue Shao's expression became more and more solemn, and even a little solemn, Li Duozuo asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I'm a little tired along the way." Xue Shao smiled indifferently and said, "By the way, there are a large number of refugees here who are in urgent need of resettlement and rescue, can you take them to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and properly resettle them?" ”

"Absolutely." "One of the main tasks of our front army is to pacify the people displaced by the war. Recently, our army took out its own marching tents and set up a number of temporary shelters outside the city of Bingzhou to house the exiled people - let them go with me! ”

"Okay." Xue Shao was a little relieved, and said, "What about the guards who have returned from the defeat of the two states of Shuodai, how to settle them?" ”

"This ......" Li Duozuo frowned with an embarrassed face, and said in a low voice: "These people are the garrisons of the two states of the Shuo Dynasty, and they are the household affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture; Even if the armies of Hebei are now under the control of Marshal Pei and have become one, then how to deal with these defeated troops is also within the authority of the marching commander. ”

"Then don't force General Lee." Xue Shao nodded, the marching commander Shi was in charge of the internal affairs of the army, and it was one of his duties to be in charge of military law and reward and punish crimes.

Pei Xingjian is still in Chang'an, and here Li Chongyi has the final say.

Xue Shao thought to himself, although it is not completely conclusive that Li Chongyi was using Yang to harm me before, but I fought like that with his own grandson Li Xiantong in Chang'an, Li Chongyi at least will not have any good intentions towards me. If I use Xue Shao's identity to see Li Chongyi to intercede for the defeated soldiers now, it will definitely backfire. Along the way, Du Zheng and these people have become my diehards, and they have been spreading my virtue and prestige all the time, how can Li Chongyi not "hate the house and Wu"?

To put it another way, if I use the identity of the guardian to say it...... That's not even a thought. It's hard to say whether a pawn can see Li Chongyi. Even if he saw it, people's slight and one-sided remarks and the fact that he himself was a member of the remnants of the army, Li Chongyi could have ignored it and even handled the "Guardian Honor" together!

The reward and punishment system of the Tang Dynasty military law is quite strict, desertion is a big crime, even if you lose your armor, weapons and war horses, you will be punished heavily. Li Chongyi holds great power and is in charge of military law, and he can do it justifiably!

In the end, if I didn't come forward to see Li Chongyi, Du Zheng and these people would say that I had destroyed my promise and crossed the river and demolished the bridge. They and I escorted the people all the way south, sharing life and death, and weal and suffering. Even Feng Laoqi's subordinates, although they did desert at the beginning and may have done some illegal things, in the end they still fought a bloody battle with the Turks. Not to mention meritorious, at least it can offset the merit and be exempted!

Before Feng Laoqi died, a mouthful of blood sprayed on me - I swore a blood oath and a poisonous oath to him, anyone can be deceived, and the dying person must not live up to it!

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Li Duozuo took the sergeants to lead the resettlement of the people; Cheng Wuting, who escorted Xue Shao and his entourage south, completed the task, and immediately went home to Shuozhou; Cheng Boxian and others must also go back to their relatives to report.

Xue Shao was left alone.

He looked up, and Du Zheng and a large number of ragged and yellow-skinned remnants of the soldiers all looked at him pitifully, and the word "help" was almost written on their faces.

"General Xue, we have been able to survive until now to save a life. At the moment, I don't want to be meritorious, but I want to be innocent! Du Zheng and a group of remnants of the soldiers all bowed down, "I beg General Xue to have mercy and rescue!" ”

Xue Shao suddenly felt a new burden on his shoulders.