On the 26th day of July in the fifth year of the Great Zhou Jingzhi, it was definitely a day comparable to a major festival for Jijing, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was surrounded and attacked by the northern Xinjiang army under the city for several months.

Because on this day, the Gyeonggi division of the Jizhou Army, which defended the land of Gyeonggi in the Great Zhou, finally returned to the Gyeonggi Division after a lapse of two years.

Of course, the Jizhou army that returned to Beijing at this time is no longer the Jizhou army that was taken out of Jijing by Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, two years ago and went to the land of Nanyang in Jingzhou to deter the forces of the three kings. In its place, fresh blood was absorbed from various forces, the most representative of which was probably the withered sheep Niu Zhu army and Luo Qing's original Wei Hu army, as well as the green forest heroes recruited from Jiangnan by Li Xian, the king of the eight sages.

These people were used by Xie Anshan, the commander of the Jizhou Army, and were transferred to the three partial divisions of Fei **, Ma Danjun, and Liao Lijun, as well as the main division under his own command. To put it bluntly, although the Jizhou army has been fighting for many years, although countless hot-blooded men have been killed during the period, the strength of this elite army is not inferior to that of two years ago, and even more, there is a faint momentum that surpasses it.

This point, just looking at the talents in the entire Jizhou army, it is not difficult to get a glimpse of one or two. Even, even if the Jizhou Army is divided into four, there is still no shortage of generals in various departments in the army. It is undeniable that the Jizhou Army has the potential to become a strong army that will never decay for at least 40 years.

Of course. The premise is that the Jizhou Army can survive the difficulties of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Yuyang Iron Cavalry. Don't look at the previous Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li, each of whom led the partial division under their command to fight good results, but this did not dampen the strength of the Northern Xinjiang army. After all, at least Li Mao, the king of Yan, has not come forward in person, so the northern Xinjiang has its heritage.

The terrible underworld of the utter destruction of the steppe tribes known as the people on horseback!

"Oh oh!!"

"Oh oh!!"

"Oh oh!!"

At the head of the capital city, the shouts of the soldiers defending the city sounded happily. More than 20,000 soldiers forgot to raise the weapons in their hands and let out a loud, heartfelt cry.

Even the soldiers of the Southern Army's trapped camp, which was nicknamed the lifeless army, shouted mercilessly this time, in order to express the difficulties of defending the city in the past few months.

"Is it finally here......"

Lin Zhen, the head of the three major generals of the Southern Army, a bold man who was over thirty years old, held the spear in his hand and burst into tears with excitement.

This fierce general, whose status is like Yan Kai of the Eastern Army, was shot in the right eye by a stray arrow in this defensive battle around the Beijing Division. So much so that one of them was lost forever.

But even so, Lin Zhen at that time still did not change his face, calmly commanding the southern soldiers under his command to resist the siege of the northern Xinjiang army, as if there was no arrow in his right eye that was still dripping blood.

It is no wonder that such a fierce general will be trusted and supported by Lu Gong and Xie An, and he will lead the entire southern army as a retainer of the Lu family.

Such a steady and resolute fierce general. Will you be moved to tears by the arrival of reinforcements?

Yes, of course he will. You must know that in the past few months, the reason why Jijing was able to defend to the end in the fierce offensive of the Northern Xinjiang army. Thanks to the bloody battles of his southern soldiers, who were blocked on the city wall, and did not let any of the northern soldiers who tried to attack the city tower, there are countless heroic sons and daughters of the southern army, even if they die, they are nailed to the head of the city. With the thick armor weighing hundreds of catties, and the body whose body temperature gradually became cold, even after death, he did not forget to add another steel barrier to this Jijing.

"Ah, it's finally here......"

Exhaling slightly, Wei Yun, the general of the Southern Army, also echoed and said. This young general, who was once known as Junmeilang like Luo Chao, seemed to be ten years old out of thin air at this time, and his face was pale and bloodless.

"Live up to our Southern Army...... More than half of the dead and wounded! Le Jun, who is also a general of the Southern Army, pulled the corners of his mouth and barely showed a smile, but this smile, no matter how you look at it, can only be regarded as a bitter smile.

Following the Battle of Hanhan Valley Pass five years ago, the Southern Army once again suffered a nightmare as if it had been cut in half, but this time, Lin Zhen believed that those sacrificed Southern Army sons and daughters were full of blood and hope and died generously.

The Southern Army, the only army in the Four Towns equipped with large shields and fine iron armor, has finally become a shield for friendly troops to meet the incoming enemy, using their own flesh and blood to resist wave after wave of damage for friendly troops, instead of being completely swallowed up by the tide of rebels as they did five years ago, when all friendly forces collapsed.

This time, they can proudly say that the sacrifice of our army laid the foundation for the victory of the whole battle!

The bitter expression was naturally inevitable, but none of the southern soldiers showed a look of regret, because they were the shield of the Great Zhou, absorbing as much damage as possible for the friendly army, which was the foundation of this army when it was first founded.

Compared with the three generals of the Southern Army, Hou Wenqin of Beichi, the general of the Northern Army, his expression is obviously much calmer.

Glancing at the handsome flag with the word "Xie", the corners of Wen Qin's mouth flashed with an inexplicable smile, and he turned back and said to Li Shouyu, the Son of Heaven, respectfully, "Your Majesty, the reinforcements have arrived!" ”

"Ah, I...... See! ”

Taking a deep breath, Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, walked to the edge of the city wall, holding on to the battlements, and looked at the main division of the Jizhou Army in the distance.

[One year and five months...... Is it? ]

Li Shou estimated the day Xie An would leave Beijing.

In his memory, Xie An left Beijing in March of the fourth year of Jingzhi, and was ordered by the emperor to go south to the south of the Yangtze River to secretly visit the Taiping Army, until today, on July 26 of the fifth year of Jingzhi, this triumphant return, which lasted nearly one year and five months.

In this year and five months, Xie An first conspired with the Eight Sages King to force out the Taiping Army, a tumor buried deep in the shadow of the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then fought the Taiping Army in three consecutive battles in Hukou, Jiangxia, and Xiakou. Immediately after that, he rushed to Jiangling and successfully relieved the siege for Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages. Afterwards. Xie An, with the cooperation of Li Xian, destroyed Li Yan, the king of Chu, and completely eradicated Liu Qing's Taiping army, and even forced the heavenly Ji Liu Qing.

After this, Xie An forced the Qin king Li Shen to death in Xiangyang, and then led the victorious army to quickly return to Jiangdong. Along the way, he broke the local forces of the Taiping Army, and finally forced Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, to die in Guangling City.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xie An has hardly had any rest and leisure for more than a year, and the feats he has made are enough to be crowned a king and a prince.

[You...... You're actually doing murder in the streets? Take steamed buns and smash this king? ]

[Smashed you?] I'm still beating you! ]

[You dare!] You...... Are you really fighting? Damn it! ]

[You fight back?] ]

[You rude little bastard, do you still expect this king to be beaten by you for no reason?] Are you still coming? ]

Li Shou's mind couldn't help but think of the twenty-second year of Hongwu, the last night before the New Year, two guys who were only the same age but had no relatives. On the New Year's Eve when the whole family gathered to celebrate the New Year, they scuffled in the snow like two uneducated scoundrels, and they made bad moves.

"Huh......" let out a long breath, the corners of Li Shou's mouth raised a little smile, and he looked around with some pride at the Jijing royal capital that was still under his control.

[Total...... Finally, this time I fought for a tone, so as not to make that guy laugh......]

Thinking of this, Li Shou raised his right hand violently.

In an instant, there was silence on the castle tower. Countless pairs of eyes looked directly at Li Shou's right hand, which was slowly clenched into a fist.

"I am honored with the countless brave Zhou sons and daughters who sacrificed their lives for the country in this battle, and we will wait for ...... After all, he held this capital, so as not to let the blood of countless heroic Tongze be shed in vain! I'll wait...... Wait for reinforcements! -- I am the Gyeonggi division of the Gyeong-An-Pyeong-kung. It's back! ”

After a few breaths of dead silence, an unprecedented cheer erupted from the tower.

"Oh-oh!"

The abnormal morale of the defenders at the head of Jijing not only shocked the northern army outside the city, but even the soldiers of the Jizhou army were a little dumbfounded.

Especially Xie An, with a stunned expression, blinking his eyes and staring at the gentleman and friend upstairs in Jijing City. A figure that is both familiar and feels a little unfamiliar.

"This ...... Awesome! Licking his lips, Xie An muttered with a shocked expression, "That guy Li Shou...... When did it become so powerful? In a few words, the morale of the soldiers defending the city was raised to this level......"

Next to him, Tang Hao, deputy marshal of the main division of the Jizhou Army, heard that Xie An called the name of Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

But despite thinking so in his heart, Tang Hao immediately diverted the topic, after all, Xie An's seemingly ungentlemanly remarks would not be good if he was caught by the imperial historian in the court.

"Unbelievable...... After being besieged for several months, I thought that even the southern army and the northern army had been defeated by the northern army, at least in terms of morale, but now ......" smacked his lips, and Tang Hao couldn't help but be amazed.

Unfortunately, Tang Hao's intention to say this did not come true in the end. Because just after Xie An said those words in a daze, Li Xian, the Eight Sages King, glanced at him with extremely speechless eyes, and said casually, "Lord Xie is open-mouthed in front of his true appearance, doesn't he think that the tea in Yushitai is relatively mellow, and he wants to go there for a few days?" ”

Xie An's surprised expression suddenly froze, and he only then remembered that the Eight Sages King Li Xian beside him was the man who controlled the Imperial Historical Observatory, and he was the left prime minister of the Great Zhou Imperial Court.

I remember that in the past, Xie An was invited to the Yushitai for tea because of the problems of style and etiquette, and was taught by His Royal Highness the Eight Sages.

"Our relationship is so iron, don't you ask me to go to Yushitai for tea because of such a trivial matter, right? It's been repeated over and over again, it's strange that it's not appropriate......" Xie An frowned and looked at Li Xian.

Li Xian looked at Xie An helplessly, to be honest, Li Shou, the little ninth brother, had transformed into such a majestic and imposing person after two years, Li Xian was secretly shocked and very happy in his heart. Comparing his heart to his heart, of course he can understand Xie An's mood.

But the problem is that a king is a king, and a minister is a minister. seems to be the kind of close friend relationship between Li Shou and Xie An, who is not a gentleman and a minister, to be honest, Li Xian is a little resistant in his heart. In his opinion. Since he has chosen to assist Li Shou, then Li Shou must become a wise gentleman who is covered by the world, and Xie An's even if it is only unintentional remarks. It will also dampen Li Shou's majesty as the Son of Heaven, which Li Xian cannot tolerate, even if he and Xie An have been good partners for two years, and jointly eradicate the two rebel forces in the south.

And at this moment, I suddenly saw the carriage behind the two of them slowly drive forward, the curtain was raised, and the pretty face of a beautiful woman was poked out, and then. The beautiful woman squinted at Li Xian with her glass-like eyes, and said with a playful smile, "Yo! Isn't this the Lord of the Eight Sages who was saved by her concubine husband three times and twice......"

When Li Xian heard this, his already thin body seemed to be shorter suddenly, his face was full of embarrassment, and he looked at the beautiful woman in the car window with a smile.

As we all know, Li Xian, the eight sage kings who are worried about the country, the people, the society, and the world, is known as the legacy of the ancient gentleman. Never bowed to others because of small righteousness. If there is one person in this world who he can't deal with calmly, it is only her.

The granddaughter of the former Prime Minister Yingong, the eldest daughter of the eldest grandson's family. The second lady of Xie An's mansion, Xiangyu, the eldest grandson of the concubine.

As the saying goes, one thing descends to one thing, in front of this Xiao Ji, who has been bullied and teased since he was a child, even if he is Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, who has never been afraid of any force, he can only nod and smile.

To be honest, it is rare to see Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, behave like this. Xie Anxia was secretly amused, but for the sake of this highness who would be the teacher of his eldest son in Xie An's mansion in the future, Xie An finally said a few good words for him.

But then again, in fact, even if Xie An doesn't speak, the eldest grandson Xiangyu will not embarrass Li Xian too much, after all, the two of them have been young since childhood, and Li Xian's love for her is aside, their friendship is far above Xie An and Li Shou.

To put it bluntly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu is just ridiculing and ridiculing Li Xian while helping his husband, who called Liang Qiuwu not present at the moment, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu must not seize the time to consolidate her position in the eyes of her husband Xie An?

Although there is not much hope, this female middle school lady who has enough ability to make the world turbulent has not completely given up the position of the wife of the Xie family!

Just when Xie An, Li Xian, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu each had different expressions, ignoring the solemn Northern Xinjiang army in the distance and laughing and talking, the one on Xie An's left couldn't help it, and snorted heavily and sneered and said, "Talking and laughing in front of tens of thousands of Northern Xinjiang troops, the three of them are leisurely!" Can you interrupt the leisure of the three of them and leave it after the defeat of the enemy? ”

There is no doubt that the only one who dares to speak to the eldest grandson Xiangyu like this is her who stands firmly on Liangqiuwu's side, another female military division of the Jizhou Army, Ji Liu Qing in the sky.

"......" The eldest grandson Xiangyu turned to Liu Qing with a pair of beautiful eyes, tugged at the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "What does the right military division have to teach you?" ”

"Humph!" Liu Qing sneered and said coldly, "Without him, it's just that I see that the left army division looks confident, and I hope that the left army division can share some of my self-confidence!" ”

"I don't know what self-confidence is...... Is it? The eldest grandson Xiangyu's beautiful eyes flashed with a strong cold color, hummed and laughed a few times, and suddenly opened his mouth and made a few lip shapes.

[Defeated!] ]

"What did you say?!" Liu Qing was furious when she saw this, her little face was red with anger, and she pointed at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with a horsewhip and said angrily, "Say it again!" ”

"What did the concubine say? This kid ...... It's going to be vexatious! With a very innocent expression on his face, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled.

"Vexatious? Who is vexatious? Dare to say it or not admit it?! No wonder it can't be compared to Sister Xiao Wu......"

"What did you say?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu frowned unhappily, after all, Liu Qing's words hit the sore spot in his heart.

"I just said, what's the matter?"

"Good ......"

"I also said that you are not as good as Sister Xiao Wu!"

"You...... The concubine body is not with the general knowledge! ”

"I don't know you like a woman!"

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

Seeing the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing glaring at each other angrily like cockfights, Xie An and Li Xian smiled bitterly when they met, and weakly helped their heads.

"This battle...... It's hard to fight......"

"Ah, there was infighting before I hit my own people......"

Next to him, Gou Gong heard the conversation between Xie An and Li Xian in a helpless tone, and he was secretly amused in his heart.

Perhaps the vast majority of Jizhou soldiers feel that as long as there are two famous military divisions who support them and win one great feat, the Jizhou army is undoubtedly invincible.

However, only a small part is clear that the relationship between the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing is far more intense than the incompatibility of water and fire, it is simply the confrontation between oil and water in the red-hot iron pot.

But......

It's weird, I don't think I'm going to lose......

The generals of the Jizhou Army glanced at each other and smiled tacitly.

"Woo-"

Several horns sounded, and on the left, right and rear of the main division of the Jizhou Army, three armies that also hung the banner of the Jizhou Army appeared at the same time.

The tiger of Liang State, the wolf of Yanmen, and the cattle of Nanyang, Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li led their partial divisions at the same time, and converged with Xie An's main division under the capital of Ji.

Ah, the Jizhou Army at this moment has the most prosperous lineup of literary and military strategy in history!

However, in the face of the powerful military momentum of the Jizhou Army, the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army did not waver at all.

Because, they have a great hero in the world!

Yan Wang Li Mao! The first brave general of the Li clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty in ancient and modern times!

"Guess what, this battle is how much the king has won the enemy's head?!"

Glancing at the Jizhou army in the distance with eyes that seemed to be looking at the fish on the chopping board, Li Mao, the king of Yan, held the fine iron halberd of the dragon and tiger, and asked the Jizhou army under his command with a smile in front of the battle.

"Kill all the enemies!" The soldiers of the Northern Frontier shouted loudly.

Li Mao laughed when he heard this, waved his hand and said, "Kill all the enemy troops? Do you want to exhaust the king? So be it! As he spoke, his face sank, and he said sonorously, "Kill enough hundred, Mingjin will withdraw the troops!" ”

"Oh oh!!" The troops of Northern Xinjiang turned red with excitement, holding their weapons and shouting loudly.

At the same time, whether it was the defenders of Jijing City or the Jizhou army, they were suddenly silent, as if they were shocked by Li Mao's powerful momentum.

Seeing Li Mao, the king of Yan who was single-handedly coming towards his army, Xie An couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Again? One-man army ......"

Subconsciously, Xie An thought of Liang Qiu Hao, Thunder, and Liang Qiu Wu.