On the tenth day of August, the autumn breeze was blowing, the sun was shining, and tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of Chengnan Avenue to welcome Wenyuan's army back to the city.

The people spontaneously held the wine, meat, fruits and vegetables, eagerly waiting, the gratitude is overflowing, over the years, the Montenegrin thieves have repeatedly violated the border, although Jizhou is rich in things, but after several looting, the people have also suffered deeply, rare this year, the new Taishou Zhang Liaozhang General struck the Montenegrin bandit army, only one county was robbed, and the rest of the counties were safe and sound, and they reaped a bumper harvest!

Therefore, for this young Taishou who has just taken over for less than three months, the people are grateful from the bottom of their hearts, and they are just waiting for the Wenyuan army to arrive, and they will come forward to send melons, fruits and wine, and reward the victorious soldiers to return to the city.

The officials and people of the gall Tao braved the autumn sun until the afternoon, and saw the dust at the end of the southern sight, leading to hundreds of cavalry, followed by infantry, chariots, neat queues, and clear distinctions.

From far to near, there were bursts of cheers among the people, and some people beat gongs and drums excitedly, and the people rushed up, vying to give the wine and food in their hands to these officers and soldiers who were defending their homeland.

Wen Yuan rode a horse and walked in the team, seeing that the people were so enthusiastic, he was also moved in his heart, and deliberately made the team move slowly, not to covet the people's wine and meat, but to let the soldiers fully feel this strong family affection.

Sure enough, being so supported by the people, the soldiers were moved in their hearts, and a huge sense of responsibility filled their chests, and even those Montenegrin soldiers who had just joined were deeply touched, and they held their heads high one by one.

Wen Yuan sat on the horse, surrounded by the sincere admiration and admiration of the people, they pointed at the generals on the horse, and recited the heroic deeds of the various generals.

Seeing all this in front of him, Wen Yuan's heart was extremely satisfied, isn't this the meaning of crossing into this world to survive? Looking at the other generals, Wang Li also opened his mouth and laughed non-stop, and his jaw opened like a flower, only Jiao Touch was unhappy because he was guarding Nanhe and did not catch the battle......

The army arrived at the city of gall, formed a neat formation, and tens of thousands of old and weak escorted carts were sent into the gall pottery treasury under the guidance of the gall officials, this time the Montenegro invaded the border, the city of the people was broken, the grain, grass and goods were robbed, and Yiyang City moved nearly 20,000 people, in order to make them worry about food and clothing, Wenyuan allocated most of the seized to these suffering people, the people of the two counties were robbed of money and grain and recovered, grateful, spontaneously set up a shrine for Wenyuan, and worshiped every day.

After the military horses were heavy, the atmosphere was solemn for a while, and I saw thousands of sergeants with white flags and white flags, all dressed in vegetarian clothes, with white scarves wrapped around their heads, each with a heavy expression, holding a small jar in their hands, which was stuffed with a cloth stopper, and a note was pasted on the outside of the jar, with their names written on it!

Among the thousands of troops, there is a private person carrying a wooden statue, the wooden man is dressed in military uniform, his arms are open, as if he wants to hold his relatives in his arms, the wooden man has a resolute face, and the corners of his mouth are filled with a kind smile, which is the wooden statue of Wu Yan carefully carved by Wen Yuanling's craftsman!

Before the wooden statue, Murong Ping personally held a big flag, and wrote eight big characters on it: "The Spirit of the Fallen Soldiers of the Giant Deer"!

It turned out that Zhang Jaw reported that the good letter mentioned that the bodies of the dead soldiers would be sent back to Xiaquyang for burial, Wen Yuan immediately and clearly revised this decision, and the Black Mountain War for nearly two months, thousands of soldiers in Julu County died on the battlefield, if they can't give them hero-like respect, Wen Yuan can't be at peace in his heart anyway!

Wen Yuan immediately ordered someone to go to Xiaquyang to pass the order, so that Zhang Nan supervised the construction of a cemetery in the south of Xiaquyang City, and prepared to bury Wu Yan and other thousands of soldiers who died in battle. Written by Liu Hui, a famous man in Hebei and a lieutenant of Diannong!

And because of the hot weather, the corpses will soon decompose, so Wen Yuan asked Zhang Jaw to incinerate the remains of more than 1,000 people into ashes, and returned to the gall with the army, Wen Yuan decided! Heroes should be mourned and respected by the people! Die fighting to protect the people! Die well deserved!

Seeing this formation, there was a sudden silence, and then a desolate horn sounded, and the people along the road knelt on the ground and wailed bitterly!

All of a sudden, the people of the gall Tao wept, the cry shook the heavens and the earth, and countless people came forward to see Wu Yan's remains. When Sergeant Julu saw this scene, he also burst into tears, his throat was blocked, but he just held the weapon in his hand tightly, raised his proud head, and stood upright!

Wen Yuan also had a stiff throat and tears in his eyes, but he was very relieved in his heart, clenched his fists and said secretly: "Fallen soldiers! Do you hear the people shouting at you? You deserve it! Please go in peace, maybe you will never be able to eat meat again, but after death, I will make you mourn to the fullest! I swear! In the name of my Zhang Wenyuan! ”

It wasn't until dusk that the triumphal ceremony in front of the city gate was over, and Wen Yuan ordered a banquet to reward the whole army! Gather civil and military officials to have a banquet in the Taishou Mansion.

At the banquet, everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and when the wine was hot, Wen Yuan raised his glass and said: "This time with the Black Mountain thieves, although our army has won a big victory, but I hope you will not be proud of the victory, if today's troubled times, there will inevitably be more difficult tests in the future, and the generals who participated in the war can summarize the lessons and lessons of this battle for future warnings." ”

Everyone even claimed that it was, Tian Feng looked at Wen Yuan, and a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

Wang Li spoke first, the light cavalry under his command suffered the heaviest casualties in this battle, and the five hundred light cavalry just had a certain combat capability and lost nearly half, and now it is no longer enough to be responsible for patrolling the sentry, but fortunately, many war horses were captured in this battle, Wen Yuan has promised to let him draw soldiers who can ride horses from the army to form a thousand cavalry:

"The cavalry of our army is still small, and cannot be used as the main force, and can only be used as a flank assault and pursuit of enemy soldiers for the time being, in addition, the street battles in the city are not suitable for cavalry, and many brothers are surrounded and killed by thieves because of the narrow streets and alleys."

Wen Yuan nodded, signaled to take note on the side, the use of cavalry Wen Yuan has a fixed number in his heart, he has ordered the gall pottery craftsman workshop to step up the construction of two stone crossbows, and give priority to the cavalry, so that the cavalry can have the ability to maneuver at the same time, it can also be attacked in close combat and from a distance, making it a rapid reaction force that can fight independently.