Although there were still two or three hundred of those thieves, seeing that the head of the family was shot through the head by the black-armored general, everyone had no intention of fighting again, and someone greeted them, and the two or three hundred people turned around and fled into the distance. Li Xian raised his eyes and looked ahead to look for Zhang Jincheng, where could he still find his shadow.

Li Xian wanted to chase again, but he saw that many anti-thieves had already rushed towards this side. Although the thieves have been completely defeated, the number of people who have fled in chaos is innumerable. Because of the help of Li Xian's elite cavalry, the soldiers of Qi County unexpectedly won a big victory. It's just that after all, the number of soldiers in Qi County is too small, and they can't control the situation at all. As soon as the rout fled, the soldiers from all walks of life pursued and killed after a while, and Zhang Xutuo ordered to withdraw and rectify. In this battle, Zhishilang Wang Bo came with an army of 100,000, and when he fled, he had less than 10,000 horses around him, which can be described as a great loss of vitality.

Li Xian chased and killed Zhang Jin alone, saying that he had come to this point, so he had to return with regret.

Halfway to meet Luo Shixin, who was already crumbling, Li Xian simply bandaged his wounds, and the two of them slowly returned to the foot of Dai Mountain, Luo Shixin had too many wounds, although there were no fatal injuries but excessive bleeding, so his face was a little frightening, and the tense breath when he fought on the battlefield relaxed, and he looked extremely weak at this time.

It's just that he has too many questions in his heart, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't ask clearly.

"Anzhi, there's something I want to ask you."

Luo Shixin coughed a few times and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth casually with his clothes.

"You say"

Li Xian handed over a soft cloth handkerchief.

Luo Shixin took the piece of cloth and looked at it thoughtfully.

"Anzhi, the imperial court went east to Goguryeo last year......"

"It's me."

Without waiting for Luo Shixin to finish asking, Li Xian nodded and said, "Yan Yun is me." ”

Luo Shixin was stunned, raised his head and glanced at Li Xian, but he didn't know what to say. The two of them walked forward silently for a while, and Luo Shixin couldn't help but ask, "Why did you join the army?" And how ......?"

"And how did you get back to the thief?"

Li Xian smiled and said, "You want to ask this." ”

Luo Shixin nodded, not denying it. He is a fair and upright man, and he always goes straight to everything. However, as soon as Li Xian's thief word came out, Luo Shixin's heart subconsciously tightened. Since arriving in Qi County, his view of thieves has changed. In private, when he and Qin Qiong were chatting, the two of them also talked about it, the Great Sui was only thirty years old, and it was chaotic no matter how they said it. Are those thieves really plotting rebellion with ill intentions?

Qin Qiong said an intriguing sentence at that time.

How can there be so many ambitious people in this world, if there are all in the family, if the common people can be fed and clothed, who wants to be displaced and buried in another country?

Qin Qiong is twice as old as Luo Shixin, and he has experienced much more warmth and warmth than Luo Shixin. Moreover, Qin Qiong is kind-hearted and benevolent, and when she looks at problems, she can often see the level that Luo Shixin can't see. Before Luo Shixin came to Qi County, he was jealous and hateful, and when he saw those thieves who burned, killed and looted, he was eager to chop them into pulp. In the past two years, he has killed the largest number of thieves in Qi County, but after killing people, he is not as happy as before. Many of the people who died under his hands were ordinary people who were forced to pick up kitchen knives and wooden sticks to rebel.

After coming into contact with officialdom, he really saw clearly that those who are officials often have more trouble than bandits.

Seeing that Luo Shixin's face was different, Li Xian smiled and said, "Look at your outfit, you have become a lieutenant in just two years, which is really amazing." ”

Luo Shixin shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You have achieved the five-grade general in Liaodong in just a few months!" ”

Li Xian slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you don't ask, I didn't want to mention that trip to Liaodong to anyone again." If you don't join the army, you don't know the darkness in the army, you don't know the officialdom, you don't know the filth of officialdom. I originally wanted to serve the country in the army, and I fought against the Goguryeo people on the battlefield in Liaodong, and I killed all the foreign criminals, even if I killed more, my heart was happy. ”

"From Liaoshui to Sashui, all the people killed all the way were Goguryeo people. But ......"

Li Xian turned his head to look at Luo Shixin and said, "When we retreated from Sashui, we returned to Liaodong all the way, do you know who stopped us from going home?" ”

Luo Shixin's face changed, and he faintly guessed something in his heart.

"It's a soldier of the Great Sui Mansion!"

Li Xian said coldly: "I finally rescued a team of more than 20,000 people from the siege of hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo people, and returned to Liaodong with great difficulty. You have also seen that my brothers are all from government soldiers, if people like them are not dead to the court, they are willing to be thieves? Their families are all military families, and they are all good families! Who wants to carry a thief on their back? ”

"Why?"

Luo Shixin asked Li Xian with an ugly face: "Why did the imperial court do this!" ”

"Why?"

Li Xian sneered: "Because the nine great generals were defeated, and the 300,000 troops were all killed in Goguryeo, but I came back with a team of 20,000 people to fight a bloody way, can those generals tolerate me?" The emperor knew that there was still a group of men and horses coming back, why did he order the pontoon bridge on the Liao River to be burned? ”

Luo Shixin had already guessed this, but there was still a sharp pain in his heart.

"Perhaps...... Your Majesty doesn't know. ”

He spoke in a very soft voice, so light that he felt that he had no confidence to say it.

"The emperor doesn't know?"

Li Xian sneered: "He just doesn't want to know, he doesn't want to know, and if he knows, he pretends not to know!" Choosing between more than 20,000 soldiers and several families, which one would he choose? ”

Luo Shixin was silent.

……

……

When he returned to the foot of Daishan Mountain, Luo Shixin was startled by the scene in front of him! He glanced sideways at Li Xian, and seeing that Li Xian's face was not good, he hurriedly urged the war horse to rush forward. In the open space under Dai Mountain, the soldiers of Qi County were already arrayed, and they were confronting the five thousand elite cavalry under Li Xian's command!

On the side of the county soldiers of Qi County, Zhang Xutuo and Qin Qiong stood at the front of the team, the archers were already ready to fly, except for some of the people who were guarding the prisoners, most of the county soldiers were assembled, and it seemed that they were ready to fight. On the side of Yanyunzhai, the cavalry led by Daxi Changru and Zhang Zhongjian and others had also lined up the attack formation, and the battle seemed to be imminent.

"Wait!"

Luo Shixin rushed to the front of the two armies, stopped in front of Zhang Xutuo and said, "General, why is this?" ”

Zhang Xutuo glanced at him and said: "You retreat from the battle, and the army is ignored, and you can't escape the military law after you go back!" ”

Luo Shixin's face was miserable and said: "General, I know that I should be punished for violating military law, but General, without them, we would not be able to win this battle today!" If it weren't for the men and horses of Yanyunzhai coming, I'm afraid that we would all have died on the battlefield at this time, general, you can't help but distinguish between the enemy and me! ”

"Friend or foe?"

Zhang Xutuo stared at Luo Shixin coldly and asked, "Then you come and tell me, who is the enemy and who is me?" ”

He snorted coldly and said, "You're right, without the help of their Yanyun Village, the men of my Qi County wouldn't be able to hate this place today." Luo Shixin! But you have to understand one thing! The official army is the official army, and the anti-thief is the anti-thief! Look at the people on the other side, what is the difference between them and Wang Bo Zhang Jin and the like! ”

"But they were all soldiers of the Great Sui."

Luo Shixin said almost pleadingly.

Zhang Xutuo's eyes widened and said word by word: "But they are all thieves now!" The soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion are thieves who do not serve the country, and it is an unforgivable capital crime! ”

"What a Qijun Zhang Xutuo, what a dog official face!"

After Li Xian returned to his main formation, he sneered and said.

"Ungrateful, crossing the river and demolishing bridges, not distinguishing between black and white, fake benevolence and false righteousness, he really knows how to be an official!"

Li Xian's words pierced Zhang Xutuo's heart word by word, like a knife cutting his heart. Zhang Xutuo's face changed color in anger, and he pointed at Li Xian and said, "I don't care why you came here today, and I don't care what your identity was before. All I know is that you are now a thief on the one side of the disaster! Zhang is deeply favored by the emperor, protecting one side, I am an official, you are a thief, this is enough, this is the reason! ”

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "Why do you have to make such a disgusting gesture?" If you want to fight, bring someone to attack, I want to see, what can you do with me? ”

The cavalry of Yanyunzhai were also very angry at this time, originally they were all soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion, Li Xian took them to kill Juye Ze Zhang Jin said that such anti-thieves are nothing, they are willing to follow Li Xian. But let them fight with the officers and soldiers, and they always have some awkwardness in their hearts. But today, they only helped the soldiers of Qi County defeat more than 100,000 rebels, and Zhang Xutuo immediately turned his face and denied people, which made their previous hesitation suddenly disperse. They had already been betrayed by the imperial court once, and if it weren't for Li Xian bringing them back, they would have been headless and dry bones in Liaodong. At this time, Zhang Xutuo's angry heart was angry, and as long as Li Xian gave an order, they would not hesitate to kill this evil breath.

"General!"

Qin Qiong approached Zhang Xutuo and said softly: "The soldiers have no strength to fight anymore, and the enemy army is all light cavalry...... When the war starts, there won't be many people back from our Qi County. ”

Zhang Xutuo's face was extremely ugly, and he sighed and said, "Shubao, can we still be cowardly without a fight and lose the prestige of the imperial court?" ”

"Majestic?!"

Luo Shixin said coldly: "The majesty of the imperial court, is it such a majesty?" ”

Zhang Xutuo said angrily: "Shut up! Privately gang gangsters, regardless of the overall situation, after I go back, I will report to the court to punish you! ”

Luo Shixin smiled miserably and said, "Punishment? Why wait until you go back? In the past two years, General Domeng has taken care of him, and Luo Shixin is grateful! However, General, Shixin is unhappy if he doesn't say a word! That's right, they were all government soldiers and became thieves, but do you know the reason, general? 300,000 soldiers died in Liaodong, but they came back, the court did not allow them, and His Majesty wanted to kill them! If they weren't forced to be helpless, would they be willing to be thieves? I don't know what the prestige of the court is, and I don't understand the law of the court, I only know that justice and morality are at ease in the hearts of the people! Shixin once thought that to deal with the thieves, he would kill them directly. But now it seems that the biggest thief is not in the deep mountains and wilderness, but in the middle of the court! ”

"Since a war is inevitable today, and since the general insists on doing so, then Luo Shixin will take the first step and repay the general in the next life!"

After speaking, he pulled out a horizontal knife from his waist and stabbed it into his heart!