Chen Xu and others continued to follow the army.

The towns and towns made the soldiers under them get rewarded and returned to the station, and the forbidden army returned to Beijing.

From the south of Zezhou, the Beiyang Town Army and the Forbidden Army were separated and returned to their respective homes.

On the way back to the teacher, Chen Xu lived a very relaxed and comfortable life, no one restrained and no one controlled, the reward was tied to the horse's back, and the large bags of items were shared by others.

It's a lot less troublesome than when I went on the expedition.

Won the battle, got a rich bounty, and many people were promoted in this battle, these are all deserved, this is all fought with their lives, except for a few who were not effective in fighting and were settled, the faces of the other soldiers who came back were full of joy and excitement.

Return home with a full load.

After Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, captured Xianyang, some people persuaded him to set the capital, but because he missed his hometown, Xiang Yu was anxious to return to the east, saying: "Wealth and wealth do not return to their hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night, who knows!"

Although the generals are not as good as the overlord of Chu, the mood of returning home is generally the same.

It's just that in this seemingly happy occasion, there is a cruel truth hidden.

Of the 20,000 Beiyang town troops who went out to fight, only more than 3,000 people remained. In the entire Beiyang City, I don't know how many parents have lost their sons, I don't know how many wives have lost their husbands, and I don't know how many children have lost their fathers!

Qin Shimingyue Han Shiguan, the Long March has not been returned!

Once the success is achieved, the development and prosperity of a country are always accompanied by blood!

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By the time the march reached Beiyang City, it was already evening.

Beiyang City at dusk, from a distance, looks particularly simple and heavy.

Since the construction of the former (later) Han Dynasty and the settlement of the people in the interior, as the military town of the northern territory at that time, with the establishment of the (later) Wei Dynasty, the military importance has been greatly reduced.

Although it was already evening, the streets were crowded with people. Most of the people were the families of the soldiers who came to greet the soldiers who returned from the expedition.

“…… Shiro, Shiro, where did my son Shiro go? An old woman's voice.

Chen Xu turned his head, but saw an old woman pulling an officer and asked.

"What's your son's name, in that army?" The officer's attitude began to soften when he heard the old woman ask about the whereabouts of a soldier.

"His big name is Liu Yubing, and he commands the first capital of the fourth infantry army in Beiyang Town." The old woman hurriedly replied, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

The officer obviously knew him, and his face changed, "I am his head." ”

He paused for a long time before he said, "Liu Yubing, he died during the siege of Jinyang."

Chen Xu's eyes were very good, and when he saw the old woman's sad expression, the last trace of luck was shattered.

……

However, such things are just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't say enough tears in the eyes of my relatives!

Of the 20,000 people who set out on the expedition, only 3,000 remained, and only 12 out of 10,000 were alive.

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Since yesterday, I heard that the army returned to Beiyang City, and Nian Zhen has been waiting early.

Like the warrior family who is looking forward to the return of their family, she is also waiting for someone in her heart.

When I went to the front to fight and went out to fight, it was the end of February, and it was already summer in June, and the heat was unbearable. Nian Zhen had been waiting under the tree for most of the day, and his face was flushed. She didn't eat at noon, and she didn't dare to leave, for fear that she would miss it if she left. It was hot, but she had a stronger feeling in her heart, and she had been hoping that the person was safe and sound.

She wanted to see him come back safely.

She has lived for more than 20 years, encountered many things, and met many people, but only Chen Xu has no other intentions who are really good to her. She was really scared, afraid to hear the news of Chen Xu's death, if this was really the case, she really didn't know how to alleviate her sadness.

God, don't let him die!

Nian Zhen hopes that Brother Xu will come back alive, but she doesn't want him to see him, she just wants to watch him safe from afar. Afraid that others will point to her backbone and scold her for being shameless.

But the army that entered the city did not see Chen Xu's figure.

I've been watching here all along, and I haven't left half a step, so I can't miss it. Nian Zhen's heart rushed to an inexplicable grief, a strong sadness.

With a hint of hope, he searched around the crowd, but in vain.

Nian Zhen only felt that his head was blank, and he walked aimlessly, and unconsciously walked to Chen Xu's blacksmith shop.

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Chen Xu shook his head, the faint joy he had when he came back was diluted by the somewhat sad atmosphere, and he suddenly felt bored, and the more than thirty soldiers who came back with him were reunited with their families, so Chen Xu did not bother. Suo Hu and He Meng were both alone, so he Chen Xu took Ning Sanmei and beckoned the two brothers to ride a horse and leave.

I couldn't bear to continue watching this sad scene, even though most of the dead warriors themselves didn't know it.

It's dusk now, and Nian Zhen should go back. Chen Xu thought.

When he came back, Chen Xu heard everyone shouting "Go home"! He was like, except for He Meng and Suo Hu, who were sworn by, the only one left to know was Nian Zhen, a woman with a miserable fate.

In my previous life, I often heard others say, "Because a man falls in love with a city." If a person has an attachment to a city, it is probably that there are people worth missing.

Riding on horseback, the four of them soon arrived at the blacksmith's shop.

The door of the blacksmith shop was closed, as if no one had been here for a long time, and Nian Zhen was naturally not here.

Seeing this, Chen Xu was thoughtful.

"Second brother, third brother, I'll leave you with a matter." Chen Xu suddenly spoke.

"Big brother, what's the matter?" He Meng asked.

Chen Xu took out a sack from his horse: "There is some money that the emperor gave me here." You divide all this money among the thirty brothers who went with us, and the four brothers who died with us in Xinzhou. It's all money for your life. ”

When he was on the road, Chen Xu had already thought about this matter, and now he is just putting it into action.

"Big brother did the right thing, dead brothers are also brothers!" He Meng said with round eyes.

The atmosphere became silent for a while, this topic is indeed a bit heavy, the stone will be hot after holding it for a long time, and there is more or less friendship between birth and death.

Suo Hu suddenly realized: "I said that these days, how does the eldest brother ask everyone's addresses and other things, and he also took notes on paper and wrote them?"

Looking at Suo Hu's suddenly realized expression, the two of them felt a little funny when they saw it, and couldn't help laughing.

The two brothers that Chen Xu swore to are both fierce generals with high martial arts, but the difference is the personality, He Meng is like a fierce Zhang Fei with thick and thin, and Suo Hu is like Li Kui with a little cuteness in the TV series.

After giving orders to the two of them, they rode away first.

Chen Xu found the key in a hidden corner, opened the door first and went in to rest, after all, he still had a little girl who was a little tired.