In October, the conquest army escorted hundreds of thousands of captives from the grasslands of western Liaoning into Han China. With the construction of a huge number of resettlement projects almost breaking ground, it should be possible to build simple huts, tents, and plan a temporary camp before the winter comes, at least to withstand the winter snow and cold winds, and not to kill many people.

Fuyang, the Governor's Mansion.

Seven-year-old grandson was humming a little song he learned from his mother from the Dongfang elder brother's room, the sun was shining brightly, he trotted across the corridor, hurriedly pushed away a few maids who came up, rushed through the crescent moon door, went to the backyard, and when he saw Jian Shuo, he shouted crisply: "Jian Steward, do you see my mother?" ”

When Jian Shuo smiled and pointed in a direction, the little figure ran over excitedly with a robe, stopped in front of his parents' door, his cheeks were slightly red, and he knocked on the door again and again.

"Mother, open the door."

Inside the door, footsteps came, and the door opened in the next second, revealing Tingting Yuli's figure, "The eldest prince's face is red no matter how he runs, are the people below lazy...... It's really undisciplined, I'm going to clean them up. ”

However, the little figure at the door ignored her, crossed the threshold and walked in, opposite, Cai Yan was sitting at the dressing table embroidering a round little tiger on the small shoes, turned his head to see Zheng'er panting, put down the shoes, turned around, took out a brocade handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"Running in such a hurry, the white wolf is chasing you and biting again?"

"It's all old, can't run away......" The child tilted his head and looked serious, becoming more and more exactly the same as Gongsun Zhi, but he seemed to realize that the words were off, and grabbed his mother's sleeve, and said quite excitedly: "By the way, I just heard from Brother Dongfang that Daddy is coming back, isn't it?" ”

Cai Yan's eyes were kind, and his hand gently stroked his son's head: "Naturally it's true, my mother also saw the news from Li Juncheng this morning, your father should be happy to return from a big victory, but as the eldest son, Zheng'er must remember not to shout like this, lose your dignity." ”

"Got it...... Mother, you're going to be verbose again......" Zheng'er is in a very good mood, and when she meets her mother preaching in the past, she will cover her ears and run away. At this time, he didn't leave, but looked at the woman in front of him pitifully, "When will Daddy come home, I'm thinking about him so much." ”

"Then you have to wait until the army returns to the camp and arranges the soldiers, your father commands the three armies, so you naturally have to lead by example, otherwise the generals and soldiers below will have a whisper, so you have to wait patiently at home, don't run around, if you are really bored, you can go to your aunt...... She's bored anyway. ”

Gongsun Zheng slanted his face slightly, his delicate long eyebrows were slightly raised, and he hugged his arms: "I won't go, my aunt knows how to read books, and never plays with me, forget it, you are all boring, I will go to the door and wait for my father to come back." ”

The villain snorted and trotted out, and Xianglian followed him to the front yard for fear of falling and bumping. In the room, when it was quiet, Cai Yan picked up the small shoes that he had made for Zheng'er before, and he didn't have any thoughts, got up and walked under the eaves, the leaves in the courtyard had turned golden, and the birds were chirping on the branches.

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

………

On the afternoon of October 16, the figure of the army appeared on the boundaries of Upper Valley County, and the banner painted with the white wolf was held high in the air, and the hunting sounded, and thousands of cavalry meandered in several columns, high on the horizon, among the yellowing grass, raising astonishing dust.

Under the banner of the white giant wolf, the two thousand guards around the guards rode on the wolf horse, with knives and bows, and surrounded by the 'wolf king' with wolf velvet armor and scarlet cloak. After nearly two months of expedition and more than two months of return, he finally returned triumphantly with hundreds of thousands of prisoners.

Boom, boom, boom.

It was still early, in the roaring sound of horses' hooves, on the horizon ahead, a group of horseback figures greeted the army, and there were no weapons, armor, the team added up to only fifty or sixty people, even the rangers in front were too lazy to come over and interrogate, after a glance from a distance, they turned around and left, if it was the enemy, they collided with the cavalry in front head-on, and they were purely looking for death.

Not long after, the front team guarding the wolf flag raised their hands in Li Ke: "Stop!" In the voice, slowly slowed down, dozens of people running in front of them, and stopped their horses, riding horses were Zou Dan and Sima Yi with a halberd, and the scribe in the middle dismounted first, shook his wide sleeves and walked closer, bowed down.

"Confucian, meet the governor!"

Behind him, Zou Dan, Sima Yi and even the guards who came with him all dismounted, standing on the spot and shouting in unison: "Congratulations to the governor for pacifying Liaodong, and we will congratulate the governor for his triumph—"

"It turned out to be Juncheng...... You wait, I'll inform the chief. Li Ke said to the middle-aged scribe who bowed with a big grin, and then, with a pull on the reins, turned around and went to the Chinese army.

Sima Yi, who bowed his hand, raised his face slightly, looked ahead, he was already twenty years old, and his body was becoming taller and stronger, in the past few years, he has been practicing martial arts diligently, and he has gone to the master to ask for advice.

After the master Wenhou Lu Bu went to Jizhou to participate in the war, his heart wanted to make contributions to the cause of the more and more lively, after knowing the news of the victory in Liaodong, the three armies returned to the city, is to come with Li Ru to greet him, so that in the eyes of the governor of Gongsun, there will be a chance to lead troops to the battle in the future.

Thoughts floated, the sound of horses' hooves in front of them was stirring, and the horse team in four rows slowly divided into a road, when Li Ru and the others raised their heads, in the field of vision, a black horse stepped out of the crowd with majestic steps, a red cloak was displayed, and on the horseback, Gongsun stopped a rein.

Wow!

Ma Ming hissed -

The iron hooves stopped in front of everyone, Gongsun stopped looking at Li Ru, who had not been seen for more than half a year, and there was a smile on his face, he lifted his cloak, dismounted and strode over, and arched his hand towards the other party: "Wen You is doing his best in the rear, so that the three armies have no worries outside, I should thank you!" Bow down to Gongsun Zhi—"

"I can't do it, I can't help it!" Li Ru hurriedly supported the figure under the bow, "Confucianism is doing things under the lord's command, it should be his duty to share worries and solve problems, the lord wants to be grateful, you might as well invite Rufu to have a glass of wine another day." ”

He has been thinking about it all these years in Shanggu County, and he has never complained, but it is much better than when he was under the command of his father-in-law, there are not many people and rules that bind him here, but sometimes he thinks of the one-armed young man who used to work side by side, and there will be a slight memory.

"Okay, this is what you Wenyou said, I was going to give you a promotion, since a glass of wine is gone, it couldn't be better...... Ha ha! ”

Li Ru was slightly stunned.

On the other side, Gongsun Zhi turned over and got on the horse, and his voice was heroic: "Wenyou also got on the horse and went back side by side with me." ”

The rest of the generals around him showed more or less envious looks, and being able to walk side by side with the lord throughout the ages was the greatest trust and affirmation for this person, which was beyond the scope of his henchmen.

"My lord, please!" Although Li Ru is a scribe, he also has a chivalrous style, riding on the back of the horse, riding the horse and Gongsun Zhi side by side towards the city gate, but walking, still slightly behind half a horse's head, after all, the monarch and the minister are still different.

As they moved forward, the rear team also set off again, following behind them unhurriedly and keeping a certain distance, and the two of them happened to be talking about these things at this time.

"This Liaodong victory, the number of Xianbei and Wuhuan people who returned from captivity is huge, far beyond the scale of the people of Montenegro who moved into Shanggu County that day, the fields planned by the original scholars have been arranged, and now to resettle this group of people, in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be too difficult, it is better to reward one of the batches to the meritorious soldiers, and then select a batch to work and build sheds, saving our own labor."

The horse team moved forward, walked on the official road, the distant fields showed a golden color, the breeze blew like a wave of ripples, the farmers with a family busy harvesting, children who can't do things, naughty sitting on the ridge to play with mud, the busy figure in the field occasionally straightens up the waist, let the wind blow through the sweaty face, revealing a pleasant refreshment, this is a harvest season.

Gongsun looked at the busyness of the fields far and near, and was silent for a while, before picking up Li Ru's words: "The reward is necessary, when I was a horse thief with my Gongsun, I have never treated my brothers badly, and I should give no less, and when the time comes, you will arrange it and go to Cao Ang to receive the credit book." ”

“.…… Although there are many captives this time, it is still necessary to leave Shanggu County to fill the population, and it is not possible to lock up slaves for the Xiongnu and Xianbei, for a few years, more than ten years, and even the descendants of this group of people are Han people through and through, enriching the border fortress, and gradually reducing the number of foreign races, this policy cannot be changed. ”

"On the way back, I also had an idea, these will be incorporated into the Han nationality in the future, and slowly the Xianbei people who can speak Chinese and are friendly to the Han people on the grassland will be brought in, and the number of grassland tribes will gradually decrease, and only a certain number will be maintained."

Li Ru looked at the outline of the city wall in front of him, stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, as if thinking of the meaning inside, and laughed: "The lord is raising ...... While slaughtering, squeezing Xianbei. ”

"That's pretty much it." Gongsun Zhi didn't look at him, and looked ahead: "The alien race in the north is almost finished, the rest of the time, hurry up to absorb this batch of captives, supplement the scale of the wolf horse, this year is almost no longer able to fight, next year, our eyes should be on Yuan Shao's piece of fat." ”

Li Ru nodded: "Then there should also be an adjustment in the position." ”

"Naturally, we have to adjust." The war horse took a few steps forward and stopped, and Gongsun Zhi turned his head to look at the scribe, "....... Wen You, you are relieved of the county and promoted to the head of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, Tian Guorang is Sima, and it is Wang Lie from Liaodong who replaces you, and then recalls Bingyuan in the grassland, this person still has the intention of being an official, and the time to stay up is almost over, as for Guan Ning, he still forgets it, he has a weak heart, and being an official will only kill him. ”

After a pause in his words, Gongsun Zhi turned sideways slightly, looking at the halberd-wielding young man who had been following behind him, "Zhongda, now that a few years have passed, has the martial arts improved?" ”

"Yi can be tested by the lord at any time." Behind, Sima Yi, who was riding a brown horse, had a clean face, and urged his horse to step forward and answer aloud.

Gongsun Zhi nodded at him, "Okay, next year, do you dare to lead the troops to the expedition and be a pioneer?" ”

"It's all at the command of the Lord!"

"Then I'll wait for you to make meritorious service, and if you want to please Zhen Ji, you have to have merit." After Gongsun Zhi finished saying this, his eyes swept over Pan Feng, who was holding his head high, and then moved away, and said to everyone: "The whole army returns to the camp, the horses unload the saddle, the people unload the armor, take a three-day holiday, and reward the meritorious deeds after three days——"

The gentle wind carried the sound, spreading across the vast sky, and the columns of cavalry raised their heads in solemn excitement, and then let out one roar after another, resounding through the field, causing the busy peasants in the surrounding countryside to raise their heads.

"Long live the lord—"

The sun was almost dusk, and the little man at the door of the mansion in the city was sitting on the threshold, closing his eyes in a daze, pecking his little head slightly, Xianglian wanted to go over and pick him up, but as soon as the footsteps passed, he was pushed away by the vigilant Zheng'er: "I don't want you...... Go away, go away, I'm going to wait here for Daddy to come back. ”

In the shouting, Cai Yan also walked out of the house, the sky outside gradually darkened, she came to find Zheng'er back, heard the child's temper nonsense, frowned and was about to pass, when the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distant street, the slender figure just walked around the door, and heard Zheng'er's voice suddenly and cheerfully shouted: "Daddy!" He jumped up from the threshold and ran forward.

The war horse stopped, Gongsun Zhi turned off the horse and put the oncoming son in his hand, raised it above his head and turned around, causing the child to laugh, and after a while, he lowered his arm and hugged Zheng'er in his arms, and then turned his head to look at the mansion.

Not far away, at the gate of the mansion, someone was leaning there and looking at him quietly.

"Wishing you husband......" The woman whispered, wiping her reddish eyes.

“.…… Triumphant return. ”

When the sky darkened, red lanterns hung up in the whole house, the lights in the room flickered, and the cheerful laughter of children was heard.

It's not the same night.