"Jieli's brain is fine, tens of thousands of dead and injured people have not retreated, does he really plan to stay outside the city for the New Year?" Li Xiu quickly wrapped all kinds of spices in gauze, and then threw them into the pot that had already boiled.

"It's not that he has a brain problem, but he wants to come back and ask for benefits!" Ma Ye carried a knife in his hand, and a cleaned sheep was chopped into more than a dozen pieces by him with bones and meat, and then thrown into the pot, Li Xiu took a spoon to scoop out the boiled foam. A few days ago, they defeated the Turks and captured a large number of cattle and sheep supplies, so the Tang army in Gyeongju City has also lived very comfortably these days, and there is meat to eat at almost every meal.

"What? I heard you right, but if you lose, you dare to come and ask for benefits? Li Xiu plucked his ears when he heard this, and said in disbelief, this is the first time he has heard of this kind of thing in his two lives.

"What's so strange about this, although the Turks suffered heavy casualties in this defeat, but their troops were originally more than ours, and the loss of some still has an advantage in terms of troops, plus the national strength of the Turks is also stronger than ours, my Datang has been aggrieved all these years, so the Turks have long been accustomed to looking down on us, even if we occasionally win a battle, but they still think that they have the upper hand, according to the past habits, as long as they threaten a few words, our Datang will obediently send them back." Ma Ye said with disdain on his face at this time, he has been dealing with the Turks all year round, and he knows better than anyone what the Turks are thinking.

"What if we don't give it?" Li Xiu asked again when he heard this.

"Don't give it?" Ma Ye sneered again when he heard this, "According to the past virtues of the Turks, if you don't give it this time, they will send someone to threaten you, telling you that if you don't give it this time, then they won't retreat, and when they wait until the next year, they will organize more troops to go south. ”

"I'll go, that's okay?" After hearing this, Li Xiu shouted in surprise, what the Turks did always made him feel like a scoundrel, he couldn't beat others, not only did he not leave, but he still blocked the door of people's houses, shouting that if you don't give benefits, he will hang himself at the door of your house, it's really not okay Next time, he will call a group of brothers to hang themselves at your door together, see if you are afraid?

"Then what will the court do this time, should it still break the fortune and avoid disasters?" Li Xiu inquired again, and by the way, he turned over the mutton in the pot with two long chopsticks, so that the flavor of the seasoning could enter.

"Who knows? However, King Qin has always advocated being tough on the Turks, and this time he presided over the military and political affairs in Gyeongju, maybe he will be tough on the Turks to the end! Ma Ye couldn't wait to use chopsticks to stuff a small piece of minced mutton into his mouth, and there was blood on it, so he could get into his mouth.

"It's so unpalatable, you forgot to put salt!" Ma Ye said that he reached out and took the salt and wanted to put it in the pot, today he had a rare rest, and his subordinates sent a sheep, so he called Li Xiu to cook mutton together, and when it was ready, he would invite a group of old brothers to come over and eat together, which was also a rare leisure on the battlefield.

"Don't put it, you must not put salt when cooking mutton, otherwise the taste of the mutton will become old, and it is not too late to put salt when it is cooked!" Li Xiu hurriedly stopped Ma Ye at this time, he couldn't put salt when cooking mutton, this was what he learned from a Gansu brother in later generations, so that the boiled mutton was tender enough.

"Okay, listen to you!" Ma Ye knew that Li Xiu was proficient in cooking, so he put the salt aside at the moment, and then willingly gave Li Xiu a hand.

The fire was boiled for nearly half an hour, Li Xiu took out some firewood and changed it to low heat and slow cooking, at this time some foam floated out of the soup, he still cleaned it up with a spoon, and boiled it for another hour, at this time the mutton was not only cooked, but also picked up the bone and shook it gently, the bone and the meat could be separated, the real bone and flesh were separated, until this time Li Xiu sprinkled the salt into it, and then began to put the meat out.

"It's so fragrant, Lao Ma, you shouldn't change your career to be a cook, right?" At this moment, he suddenly heard a bold voice outside the door, and then saw a tall general walk in, to Li Xiu's surprise, this general turned out to be a native of the Western Regions, with a high nose and deep eyes, and a big beard, which looked a little similar to the famous Uncle Lamp in later generations.

"Just the tip of your nose, if you want to eat, hurry up and roll over to help!" Ma Ye laughed and scolded when he saw this general from the Western Regions, and then introduced Li Xiu, "This guy's name is He Panren, and he is also an old man in the women's army. ”

After introducing the other party, Ma Ye pointed to Li Xiu and introduced: "Li Xiu, I told you about him before, this young man has a great favor to our women's army, if it weren't for him, the princess would be in danger this time!" ”

Hearing Ma Ye's introduction, He Panren, who came in, immediately put away his smiling expression, and solemnly saluted Li Xiu and said: "More than 10,000 soldiers of the Lady Army of the He generation have thanked Captain Li for saving his life!" ”

Seeing the other party saluting, Li Xiu was immediately startled, and hurriedly returned the salute: "General He is too polite, I am the person recommended by the princess, and I can be regarded as a person of half of the women's army, so it is also my duty to save the princess!" ”

"Haha, I love to hear this, we are all brothers of the Women's Army, if anyone dares to bully you in the future, I will report the name of our Women's Army!" He Panren heard Li Xiu claiming to be half a women's army, and he also laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

"Oh, Lao He, you still know that you are a member of the Women's Army, this is a rare thing!" At this moment, another bearded general strode in, but this person was an out-and-out Han man, but listening to the meaning of his words, he didn't seem to be very friendly to He Panren.

"The surname is Xiang, you make it clear, when did Lao Tzu stop thinking of himself as a member of the Women's Army?" Hearing the words of this bearded general, He Panren immediately said angrily.

"Hmph, when did you know in your own heart that you saw a member of the Women's Army running to Tiance Mansion every day?" The bearded general surnamed Xiang snorted coldly, and it seemed that he was very dissatisfied with some of He Panren's actions.

"I ......"

"Lao Xiang, everyone is a brother, why bother to say it so ugly, and Brother He also has his difficulties." But before He Panren could speak again, he suddenly saw a tall and thin middle-aged general outside walking in and interrupting him.

"Lao Qiu, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, who doesn't know that your good brother was originally from our women's army, but now he has entered the Tiance Mansion of King Qin, and I heard that he has made a lot of contributions, but it is really majestic!" The bearded man surnamed Xiang was unforgiving, and even scolded the tall and thin general surnamed Qiu.

"You ......"

"That's it! Shut up Lao Tzu, I invited you to dinner today, not to quarrel! At this time, Ma Ye finally spoke, and a roar made everyone shut up, and then saw Ma Ye glance at the three people in front of him, and then slowly said, "Lao He, you have difficulties, our brothers are considerate of you, but you always remember that you are a member of the Women's Army, as for Lao Qiu's younger brother, it was originally the princess who sent him to serve under King Qin, so there is nothing to say, and Lao Qiu has always been loyal to the princess, I know this better than anyone else." ”

Hearing Ma Ye's words, He Panren and the generals surnamed Qiu both showed grateful looks, and then saw Ma Ye turn to the foul-mouthed bearded man and said: "Lao Xiang, you have always been a fast-talking person, and Lao He and Lao Qiu also know this, so they won't take your words to heart, but you also have to change your bad mouth, otherwise I don't know how many people you will offend in the future." ”

"Hehe, I'm convinced by Brother Ma's words, but I'm afraid I can't change this stinky problem, and I'll go home and farm if I offend people in the future!" The bearded man surnamed Xiang seemed to have a lot of respect for Ma Ye, and he didn't dare to refute his words in the slightest, but said with a hippie smile.

"I know that you said it in vain, in addition to inviting you to dinner today, there is also a little brother who introduces you to you, this is Li Xiu who saved our princess, I also mentioned it to you before." Ma Ye pointed to Li Xiu next to him at the end, and then helped Li Xiu to introduce him, "Lao He You already knew him just now, this bearded man is named Xiang Shanzhi, and he never speaks with his brain, and the tall and thin man next to him is named Qiu Shili, they are all the old brothers of our women's army, you will get closer in the future!" ”

"Junior Li Xiu has seen all the generals!" Li Xiu hurriedly saluted, these people are all high-level in the women's army, and they also call Ma Ye brothers, so he can naturally only regard himself as a junior.

"Don't! Don't salute! Li Xiu's salute was only halfway done, and he was stopped by Xiang Shanzhi, and then I saw him and Qiu Shili solemnly saluting him, "This salute is our thank you Brother Li on behalf of the princess and the women's army!" ”

Seeing that Xiang Shanzhi and the two of them behaved almost the same as He Panren just now, Li Xiu also hurriedly returned the salute, from the quarrel just now, he could see that there were indeed some contradictions in the women's army, but it was true that they respected Princess Pingyang, otherwise it would be impossible to make the same move when they saw Li Xiu.

"Okay, don't be polite, if you don't eat the mutton, it will be cold!" At this time, Ma Ye greeted with a smile, at this time he had already filled the mutton, and in each big bowl was a large piece of bone and meat, just pick it up and gnaw it when you eat it.

Hearing Ma Ye's greeting, He Panren and these people also laughed, and the quarrel just now seemed to be forgotten by them, and several people laughed and picked up the sea bowl and prepared to eat, but at this moment, they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside again, which made Ma Ye also stunned, because except for Hugh Panren and a few people, he did not invite outsiders, and now that everyone has come, who is the person who came outside this time?