In the short but fierce battle, Xuzi suffered many wounds on his body, and he relied on his excellent armor to avoid losing his life. He didn't know that reinforcements had arrived, and he didn't realize what was happening behind him. He only felt that he was surrounded by rogues, and if he stopped, he would definitely be dead. It's also death, so it's better to slash off the timid bandit leader not far in front of you first.

A minion who was too slow to escape was chased by Asako from behind and slashed off half of his shoulder. Ignoring the tragic situation of the other party rolling and struggling on the ground, Asahiko's boots stepped over the man's body, catching up with another rogue, and slashing him down from behind. The sound of his heavy footsteps and bellows-like breathing as he ran made people feel creepy, and a small leader couldn't stand the pressure, and in despair, he turned his head desperately, and was swept off his head by Asahiko.

"Poof!" The red plasma fountain jumped up and splashed all over Asahiko's face. He reached out and wiped it, continuing to chase the figure in front of him. Where Shizihe ran, he couldn't see it anymore. At this moment, the world in front of Xuzi has completely turned red, and the sky, earth, clouds, and mountains are all red. He remembered the first time he killed someone, and the world was red at that time. What was the reason for the first killing? As he ran, he thought in a daze, in order to live, yes, for life, if he didn't kill those taunts, he would have to be killed by them.

Asahiko didn't want to die, but he felt that he couldn't support it anymore. He remembered the spring day when Su Si eliminated the Suotou Xi tribe, and in a silent red world, Su Si Xiang raised his knife and cut the blood vessels of the old man Wu Yile like a chicken. Then, let the red blood squirt into a red wooden barrel.

Su Sibu killed people in order to worship the Immortal Heaven and let the Immortal Heaven give them courage and good luck. What am I killing for? What are these rogues killing for? There was no answer, Xuzi felt the red world in front of him shaking, and a figure was caught up by him, and the person suddenly knelt down, kowtowed, and wept.

"Will you atone for your sins?" Li Xu heard a voice that was not his own coming from his mouth, and then, he swung his knife and slit the throat of the surrenderer.

Several of the rogues who had fallen to their knees on the hillside were stunned by this scene, and they screamed, got up, and stumbled to run for their lives. Asahiko chased after them as if she was drunk, and cut them down one by one. "Atonement!" "Atonement!" He muttered and shouted for each one he fell. The world in front of me is getting redder and redder, red like blood that can't be dissolved.

He didn't want to continue killing, but he couldn't suppress the crazy thoughts in his heart. The first time he killed, he remembered that he was trying to live. All the killings in the future, the Turks, the Goguryeo, the rebellious people of the Great Sui, he remembered that he was all for survival. "I'm just trying to live well, God, why don't you let me live better!" He waved his knife and questioned the sky, but his mouth only let out a wail of "ah-ah-ah", like a wolf howling. Whenever I just have some happiness of my own, you have to take him away mercilessly. Tao Kuotuosi, the partners of the grain protection army, the brothers of the Xiongwu battalion, and friendship, trust, and affection......

"It turns out that I don't have anything!" He laughed and chased after another group of enemies who couldn't run. When they saw a devil covered in blood and smiling, they did not dare to meet the battle, but fled in all directions. Asahiko chased after him with a knife in one hand, and suddenly, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him.

"Die!" Li Xu shouted, twisted his body and slashed back. All I heard was "Choke!" With a crisp sound, the black knife that had become a part of his life was actually knocked into the air. It's finally here! Asahiko felt surprisingly relieved in his heart, and he straightened up and smiled to welcome death.

It wasn't a knife that came to him, but a large, powerful hand. "General Li, General Li, I'm Shubao!" The military general who smashed Li Xu's weapon jumped off his mount and helped Li Xu's body. Li Xu's eyes widened in confusion, and he found that the scenery around him was clear again. Qin Shubao supported himself with his big hands, and not far away, Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin were rushing over with the black wind.

"The thieves have retreated?" Li Xu rubbed his eyes vigorously, and as a result, the scenery in front of him turned blood red again. Someone smiled innocently and handed over a sweat towel, and Xuzi wiped the blood from his face again, this time, he finally saw the situation on the battlefield clearly. There were traitors kneeling on the ground and begging for surrender all around, Qin Shubao took more than forty cavalry to protect him, and thousands of soldiers from the Great Sui County ran along the official road, following the smoke and dust in the distance.

"General Li is good at martial arts, he stepped into battle alone, and he was so frightened that Shizihe hugged his head and fled for his life!" Luo Shixin stepped forward and smiled and picked a thumbs up. He was handsome, tall at his sides, fair-skinned, and when he smiled at people, a mouthful of white teeth would show out of his mouth.

"It's the brethren who came just in time!" Li Xu smiled modestly. He felt weak, a sign of post-war detachment.

A famous soldier ran forward and picked up the black knife for Xuzi. Everyone saw that the general's weapon in front of them was picked up by Qin Shubao, but this did not affect everyone's respect for him. This man is a hero, and he chases Shizihe all over the mountains alone. Governor Qin was in a state of confusion at that moment, if the two really fought each other, Governor Qin might not be able to surrender his weapons so smoothly.

"General Li, please forgive Qin for being reckless!" Qin Shubao took the black knife and returned it to Li Xu with both hands. The other party is the general of the government soldiers, and he is the governor of the county soldiers. Although there is not much difference in level between each other, it is better not to have a misunderstanding that can occur.

"Brother Uncle Bao is polite, if it weren't for Brother Uncle Bao to wake me up in time. I'm going to have to go crazy today! Li Xu took the black knife with both hands and replied with a smile. He knew that Qin Shubao's blow was out of kindness, otherwise, he didn't know how long he would go crazy today. He knew that he had just been in a dream, and that the scene in the dream was very painful and very real. Thinking of this, Xuzi wiped his face with a sweat towel again, feeling cold in his heart, and he was afraid for a while.

"General Li has been fighting for too long and is fascinated by blood. Get on the horse and take a walk, and you'll be able to recover in a while! Qin Shubao saw that Xuzi's eyes were still a little confused, and he smiled and admonished. When many people first go to the battlefield, they see blood, and a similar situation will happen. "But General Li has been through a hundred battles?" Qin Shubao suddenly felt that something was wrong. Out of caution, he hid his confusion deep in his stomach.

The battle was soon over. The 4,000 soldiers chased more than 20,000 rogue soldiers for more than 20 miles, until the sky began to darken, and then they successively collected their troops and returned to the camp. In this battle, more than 700 rogues were beheaded, and more than 5,000 rogues were captured because they were injured or ran away. And the total losses of the county soldiers together were less than sixty people.

After Pei Caozhi, the Taishou of Qi County, determined that the Liukou was repulsed, he took the fathers and elders in the city, beat gongs and drums and went out of the city. Pei Caozhi was very ashamed of his mistake of failing to identify the enemy's situation and going out of the city in time to respond. At the banquet that night, he repeatedly made amends for his sins. Zhang Xutuo, Qin Shubao and others did not express any unhappiness, but turned around and toasted the old lady, thinking that he was "conscientious and well-planned!"

Li Xu looked at it from the side and secretly wondered, he knew that if he changed his position in Zhang Xutuo, even if he didn't turn his face with Pei Taishou, he would at least complain in public. But Zhang Xutuo and Qin Shubao seemed to have forgotten the danger of the bloody battle, and the smiles on their faces became brighter and brighter. Even Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin, who were very arrogant, smiled and accompanied each other, and didn't take the day's events to heart at all.

"It seems that things in the county are the same as in the court, and there are mysteries behind it!" Li Xu looked at his partner who was frequently raising the lamp, and thought secretly in his heart. Suddenly, he felt a flash of inspiration in front of him, as if he had grasped something. It's like a person walking in the fog who suddenly sees the sun, and his heart is instantly filled with joy. I thought about it, but I didn't catch anything. But when he looked at the smile on Pei Caozhi's face again, he felt that the old guy was not as pedantic as he imagined, as if the other party's unintentional mistakes were forgivable, although he almost sent everyone to death.

Just as he was thinking nonsense, Pei Caozhi raised the wine cup again and turned his gaze to his side. "The old man heard that the imperial court had sent a tiger general to assist in suppressing the bandits, and was about to send someone to greet him. I didn't expect to meet General Li for the first time, but it was on the way to triumph. The general shed blood for my Qi County, and the old man saluted the general with this thin wine to show my gratitude to the people of Qi County! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. The last general is just doing his duty, and he is willing to drink with the old lady! Xuzi quickly stood up and replied very politely. Unconsciously, the clichés and false etiquette he learned in the officialdom were skillfully applied by him, and he dealt with them calmly and steadily, and he was generous.

"Captain Luo and Captain Dugu retreated from the enemy in a bloody battle today, the old man is not talented, and I would like to use this lamp as a congratulatory merit for the two!" After saluting Li Xu, Pei Caozhi personally saluted Luo Shi and congratulated Dugulin, and the two deputy governors with lower positions than Li Xu also hurriedly stood up and raised the lamp, said modest words in their mouths, and drank all the wine in the cup.

"You have all shed your blood to protect your hometown today, and the fathers of your hometown will never forget your kindness!" Pei Caozhi raised his lamp again and said to the captains and brigade leaders in the county soldiers. "Please fill the cup with a drink, fight to kill the thief in the future, and defend your hometown!"

"I want to drink with the boss!" All the lieutenants and brigade leaders also raised their lamps accordingly, and for a while, the cups in the room came and went, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"This time, our army retreated from the enemy in a bloody battle and captured more than 5,600 thieves. Among them, more than 2,000 gray shirts are ready to be released by the general in order to divide the hearts of the two rogue tribes. After Mrs. Pei finished saluting a round of wine, Zhang Xutuo gave him a glass in return, and then said with a smile.

"General Zhang wants to do whatever he wants, just do it defensively. How to deal with it on the side of the court, there is an old man to arrange! Pei Caozhi was in a good mood, and drank with Zhang Xutuo with a smile, but he didn't agree.

"The remaining more than 3,000 people, let's still deal with them the old way?" Zhang Xutuo put down the wine cup and asked with a smile.

"Of course, according to the old way, they are looting everywhere, can they still be spared! The old way, the general just do it! Pei Caozhi laughed and cupped again. Judging by the smile on his face, it looks like he has just completed a big deal.

"Your lords have strategized to make us have no shortage of food and grass, and you should be the first to protect the territory and the people" After Taishou and Juncheng finished drinking, Qin Shubao stepped forward and paid tribute to the civil officials and subordinates of Qi County on behalf of the county soldiers.

"How dare you, how dare you, we all do our duty, and we don't dare to be greedy for the bloody achievements of the brothers!" Jin, Hu, Bing, Fa, and Shi Zhu Cao hurriedly stood up and drank with Qin Shubao with a smile. The Great Sui Dynasty has always attached great importance to military merits, and since the Sui and Tang dynasties have been in the current sainthood, those with military merits have been promoted as quickly as before. However, as a civilian, he did not spend a knife or a shot to share a lot of credit, which still made the civil officials very happy.

"The rogues are all wolves, and if they don't die, they will inevitably come back to take revenge. This time, we only caused him to suffer minor wounds, but did not hurt his muscles and bones. As far as I can speculate, within half a month, it will make a comeback! After everyone finished drinking, Qin Shubao held another glass of wine and explained with a smile.

"Kill the thieves, generals, and do everything you can to eliminate evil. As for the baggage supplies," the head of the household trough glanced at Pei Caozhi, and after getting the other party's hint, he responded very magnificently, "We will do our best to move it, and we will definitely make up enough rations for the generals to feed 20,000 people for a month, and the feed for mules, horses, and livestock will never be lacking." ”

"So, on behalf of the brothers, Uncle Bao would like to thank you for your righteousness!" Qin Shubao skillfully knocked on the corners of the bricks and nails, and then raised the lamp and drank it all.

"May I see the soldiers triumphant again at the city gates!" Civil officials and subordinate officials of all sizes also toasted, and the expressions on their faces were smoky and indescribably pleasant.

"If I had ...... at the beginning" Seeing Qin Shubao and Zhang Xutuo leading their soldiers to skillfully deal with the civil officials, Li Xu's eyes became brighter and brighter. At the beginning, I had a very comfortable life in the food protection army, and that was because I had a low position and had no conflict with others. In addition, the experienced Liu Hongji took care of all the chores for himself. In the Xiongwu Battalion, these articles in the officialdom are all done by Yuwen Shi and Lai, although the third son of the Yuwen family never interferes in military affairs, but this person has contributed to the development of the Xiongwu Battalion.

Asahiko finally understood what she had suddenly realized just now. The setbacks and tribulations I have suffered in the past may not all be due to the tricks of fate. There are some things that are clearly not done well enough. Just like right now, if General Zhang Xutuo grabbed the other party's handle and didn't let go, maybe he could temporarily let Pei Caozhi bow his head. But after a bad breath, the situation of the county soldiers is bound to become more and more difficult.

The relationship between people may not be measured only by right and wrong. Sometimes it is wise to take half a step back, to give each other some leeway, and to tolerate some mistakes, which can actually make both parties try to do better in the future.

In officialdom, at some point, principled concessions do not mean submission, but another way forward. And blind stiffness often makes things worse when they are not bad.

Xuzi found that he had come to the right place, he raised the wine cup and walked towards Pei Caozhi's boss with a smile. There is a dull pain in the freshly wrapped wound, but after the pain, the person will become more awake and mature.

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