Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Compared with the embarrassment when they first came back, the remnants of the expeditionary force finally took a breath, and after conditioning and recovery, they were not as sick and dying as when they first came back.

After paying dozens of lives for the rest of the sergeants, the remaining sergeants gradually recovered their health, their faces were flushed, their skin was no longer dry, and the pain of the rest of their lives gradually calmed down.

Because of Li Rang's policy, the rest of the Arab clans lived in Tongli Town, and there were many Persian merchants, and the Damin merchants were cut like leeks and revived, and once again set foot here to operate gold mines.

On this day, as usual, the merchants enjoyed their breakfast comfortably in the town tavern, and then planned to go to the mine to check how much ore had been dug up last night, while the local clan workers were also at home eating feta cheese and dates, and reserving their strength to cope with the fatigue of the day.

In the calm, there was a sudden sound of snorting, and the sound of neat footsteps came from far and near, and at last, the infantry in the new armor, full of spirit, ran out of the corner of the city, shouted a neat trumpet through the main street, and then headed out of the city.

The most charming were the soldiers, wearing straight uniforms, sweat dripping hard cheeks, and many of the most conservative Arab women couldn't help but lower their faces, their cheeks flushed with anger, and several businessmen exclaimed in disbelief.

"Isn't this Captain Song?"

It's no wonder they were surprised, originally Song Jing had always been a fat man, and on weekdays, these businessmen who used to deal with the government didn't hear Song Duwei shouting about losing weight, but unfortunately, he had never been seen successful.

But now in the desert, Song Jing has finally completely lost his shape, and has become a very stylish strong man, with burly but unassuming chest muscles, and a square face, the female college has changed to hear it, and the male college has changed to the eighteen, and they have not seen it, and they have run to the door of the tavern, and several fat or thin businessmen can't help but be stunned.

However, Song Jing was quite friendly and suddenly turned around and saluted a few people, and the friendly smile made several businessmen also hurriedly salute in a hurry, making them embarrassed.

A team of about 2,000 survivors set off from Tongli Town and ran along the small sand dunes nearby, and then returned to the barracks, where the quartermasters who had raised people as pandas these days had prepared steaming meals early and arranged for the sergeants to eat in order, and Song Jing's mood was also quite happy.

The drill is nothing to the army drill, but this drill proves that the Damin Expeditionary Force is still an army, although it failed, but the soldier's spine did not collapse!

After being busy with the sergeant, Song Jing himself was also growling in his stomach, although he lost weight successfully, but he did not reach the realm of not eating, especially after such a strenuous exercise, rubbing his suffocated stomach, Song Jing planned to go to the cooking class to find some food, but as soon as he walked to the door, a man carrying a wine gourd, a few oil paper wraps, wearing a flowing scribe's robe, a rather fair and handsome young man walked over with a smile.

It's still the usual headquarters shed, a little cooked beef, a small plate of peanuts, plus a few pieces of dough, it is a very good breakfast, the dough is rolled with beef, Song Jing is quite gobbling into his mouth, leaning on the pillar in a chic manner, sipping wine with a very scholarly sip, Yao Chong looked at the scenery outside Tongli Town.

The sun is gradually rising, and the scorching sun fills the sand in the distance with a layer of colorful brilliance, which looks quite magical.

The poetic Wen Crepe chanted two sentences of sour poems, and Yao Chong twisted his head back sourly.

"Seriously, my son is really a little envious of you, life and death have gone through a while, but he has become handsome, tsk, this arm and this chest, it's really stylish! I guess I lost another bit of our bet. ”

Datang is not the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations to appreciate the power of the helpless chicken book sick state, the great man is still the mainstream aesthetic view of the society, in fact, the fat man is also a symbol of the beautiful man in this era, after all, there is no money and no blessing, it is impossible to eat so fat, but it is a pity that a long time ago, Li Jie, the king of Fujian, said that the fat man of Min had to tighten his belly and began the era of weight loss.

However, being stared at by Yao Chong so "lustfully", Song Jing still felt a tingling feeling, hurriedly turned sideways unnaturally, and changed the topic depressedly.

"Don't pretend to be a kid, I'm afraid you're the real spring breeze recently! Tsk, don't drive from the Wupin Capital Protectorate, you kid can be regarded as a senior civil official, that is like me, this trip is full of hope, and I am defeated, it is estimated that it will not be long before I will lose my official position. ”

Speaking of this, Song Jing is a little lonely, in this way, I am afraid that he and Li Chenxi will be further away.

"Alright, don't pretend!"

Looking at Song Jing's loneliness, Yao Chong actually rose again, pouting sourly, and muttered: "If you hadn't kept the rear army, this expedition would have really wiped out the whole army!" Especially your kid has a rare trick and records the maps along the way, General Xue has succeeded again and again in the past two days, and he and General Guo are waiting for General Guo to ask for credit for you at the king of Hezhong County, I'm afraid you will have to be promoted and make a fortune in a few days. ”

"Nima, it's so unfair! Why did Lao Tzu struggle for so long, and the meat didn't grow at all, you kid walked around the desert and became so stylish! ”

The topic was actually pulled back again, arching his arms, Yao Chong tried hard to show some muscles to Xianbei, but unfortunately, the wide civil robes on his arms were just bulging into small bags, which made him depressed.

However, when it came to unfairness, Song Jing suddenly lost his appetite, put down the cake and hesitated for a moment, before hesitantly pulling Yao Chong's sleeve.

"Did you get any information, and what did that guy do?"

Song Jing's thumb pointed to the city, you don't need to look at Yao Chong to actually know that it is Li Chou, this time the defeat, Li Chou can be said to bear the main responsibility for poor command, but the problem is that he is the son of the clan, the brother of the King of Min, the son of Li Su, the king of Shu, the clan disposed of, the court has always been careful, the death of more than 40,000 people, it is estimated that Li Chou will not be shaken too much, at most he will lose his official position, and it will not be long before he will be activated.

This is a capital crime for any general!

Many of the victims in the army were Song Jing's comrades and friends, and Song Jing's hatred for Li Chou was obvious, but looking at his gritted teeth, Yao Chong shook his head with difficulty.

"I'm afraid the disposal won't be too heavy, you should have gotten the news in the past two days, the Arabs in Mesopotamia have also rebelled, the court is facing enemies at both ends, it is a difficult season, and the court feels that people with intentions are not allowed to attack the royal family through the right general Li Chou."

"It's fucking unfair!" Listening, Song Jing glanced to the side in annoyance.

"That's politics!"

Yao Chong was quite natural at this time, and said without surprise.

Two people, two attitudes, an invisible estrangement emerged, and for a while, the harmony just now dissolved the invisible, replaced by an awkward silence.

The silence lasted for a few minutes, and suddenly Cui Parker, a few meters high, hurriedly ran over and shouted upstairs at the top of his voice.

"Brother Song, Brother Yao! The military order of the king of the river has arrived! ”

Suddenly, his expression tightened, and he threw down the cake and wine glass, and Yao Chong and Song Jing ran downstairs frantically.

Next to the sand dunes near Tongli Town, the remaining 3,000 officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force lined up neatly on both sides according to the previous formation, but some of the teams and brigade losses have been completely disabled, and there are only a few people left in a phalanx, and the winding team looks quite tragic.

Facing the scorching heat and hot wind in the desert, the black banners of Damin were planted around and hunting, and Li Chou, who had been under house arrest since his return, finally appeared, leading Song Jing and other remnants of the expeditionary force to walk towards the sand dunes heavily.

It can be clearly seen that Li Chou's face, which is a few years older, is full of anxiety and uneasiness, and he no longer has the arrogance and sharpness he once had.

"Pass on the king of the river county, and most of the army in the river will protect the army!"

It was Li Rang's cronies who came to give the order, Jiao Dalin, as the newly squeezed henchman of the King of Hezhong County, Yao Chong was also able to squeeze into the herald team, and actually squeezed his eyes at Song Jing, but unfortunately Song Jing was not in the mood to pay attention to him at this time, and was engrossed in the military order at hand by Jiao Dalin.

"The right general Li Chou, who was ordered to attack the Bedouin barbarians, rushed forward, ran rampant, lost his division and humiliated the country, so that the territory under the jurisdiction of my capital was in danger, according to the military law, the right general was dismissed from his military position, degraded to the people, and matched with Xinhangu to set an example!"

Sure enough, the board was raised high and fell gently, Li Chou, who listened to it, breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him, and Song Jing, who was kneeling behind him after listening to this order, couldn't help but clench his fists tightly and gurgle.

But then, Jiao Dalin continued to read out the order, but everyone was stunned.

"Sima Song Jing of the Right Army, Zheng Datong, the commander of Zhong Wujun, and Guli Naxin, the captain of Linchuan Zhechong Mansion............ and others were afraid of the enemy like a tiger, left their posts without permission, and retreated without orders, resulting in the defeat of our army, and the crime was unforgivable!! ”

Jiao Dalin's voice echoed in the empty desert, making everyone silent for a full minute.

"Master Jiao, is there any misunderstanding? Song Jing is a meritorious person, how can he escape from the battle? The smile froze on his face, Yao Chong anxiously grabbed Jiao Dalin's sleeve for the first time, and at the same time, the remnants of more than 3,000 Duhufu troops on both sides of the queue were even more boiling, Li Chou led them to death, Song Jing led them to escape death, and now Li Chou easily escaped punishment, but he wanted Song Jing and most of the other generals to be responsible for this defeat and die! This is clearly reversing black and white!

Full of disbelief, thousands of remnants of the army first looked at the herald in astonishment, everyone suspected that there was something wrong with their ears, and they heard it wrong, until they saw the relatives holding wooden shackles and shackles come forward to take people, and the remnants of the expeditionary force rushed forward like a frying pan.

"Unconscious!"

"Death! The king of the river is unfair! ”

There was a noisy shouting everywhere, and the angry bee chrysalis of the remnants of the chaotic formation came over, scuffling with the pro-army of the Protectorate who came to lock it, trying to snatch Song Jing and his party out, and the chaos spread in an instant, such a scene frightened Li Chou's farts and urine, and hurriedly shrank in the middle of the pro-soldiers, as if he was the prisoner who should be locked up.

"You should ask His Royal Highness the King of the County about this matter in person! But if you care about your piety, shut up! ”

Secretly scolded, shook off Yao Chong's hand, Jiao Dalin with the herald pro-army also crowded into the crowd, and the pro-soldiers of the Duhu Mansion directly smashed the heads of the remnants of the army who were clustered over to grab people, and even beat and kicked, and finally squeezed out a bloody way.

Jiao Dalin's warning made Yao Chong hesitate for a minute, until the person was about to be taken away, Yao Chong made up his mind to follow anxiously, but before he took two steps, he froze there again, looking forward in astonishment.

The shackles around his neck were dragged back, Song Jing was still desperately shouting something to him, the noisy fighting scene drowned out his voice, with years of tacit understanding, he watched it for a while, and Yao Chong understood in shock.

As if struck by lightning, a thick sense of shame floated on his cheeks, and he gritted his teeth fiercely, Yao Chong found a horse and turned over and stepped on, without taking the luggage of Lizhen, and galloped towards the east in a hurry............