Zhou Da Niu rode on the back of a horse and followed the group to retreat eastward happily.

This time Liaodong did not come in vain, just yesterday, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo battalion defeated the enemy army with more than 2,000 casualties, and opened the way home for the 300,000 expeditionary force. As a member of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion, he worked hard in the poisonous smoke offensive, so that he was poisoned and hung up, and Zhou Daniu took it for granted that his own credit would be thicker than that of other robes. This is not counting the care that Captain Zhang promised, if Zhao Changshi can mention his name in the face of Captain Zhang when he reports to the imperial court, Zhou Daniu can foresee that he will break away from the ranks of ordinary soldiers and become the captain, and the day of the brigade rate is not far off!

"Maybe Captain Zhang will recommend me to General Li Lang as a personal soldier!" Zhou Daniu's eyes were full of dreamy colors, "But am I a brigade leader, or a personal soldier for General Li?" He soon began to worry about his choice, and as a brigade leader, he could lead more than a hundred brothers, shouting five and six every day, and thinking about it was indeed majestic. can be a personal soldier for the general, you can charge into battle with him, have more opportunities for meritorious promotion, and have a greater chance of being admired. Thinking about the legend in the army that Li Lang would cut off the head of the enemy general with a flying sword at a distance of more than a dozen steps, Zhou Daniu felt that he was actually standing beside the general at that time. "An enemy is coming, and I will use my knife to block it and protect the general's vital point!" While dreaming, he gestured on horseback, "Another stray arrow flew over, I couldn't stop it, puffed up my chest to meet it..."

Just when he alone "killed" thousands of heinous Goguryeo people, "saved" the main general hundreds of times at a critical moment, and blocked the fatal shot for Li Xu for the one hundred and first time, the call of his companions shattered his sweet dream. "Big bull, big bull, wake up, Captain Zhang called you!" The companion, who didn't know how to respect heroes, shouted loudly, as if Zhou Daniu was born deaf.

"What nonsense! Who called me? Zhou Daniu's eyes widened dissatisfiedly, and he spoke incoherently, "Who, which Captain Zhang, Bow Captain Zhang or Lizaozhang, what, Captain Zhang, my grandmother, why didn't you call me earlier!"

He finally came to his senses completely, reached out and wiped his saliva, and rode along the passage left for the heralds in the army. After running five or six steps, I heard a familiar scolding behind me, "What about this, stupid, I'm right next to you, where do you want to run!"

Zhou Daniu took the mount and turned his head curtly. He saw Zhang Xiu, the captain of the pro-corps, standing on the side of the road, and all the robes around him had a narrow smile on their faces, looking at him like a monster.

"Just now, I slept on horseback just now, and I slept in a daze! Captain, don't blame Captain!" Zhou Daniu reached out and scratched the back of his head and explained awkwardly.

"It's okay, everyone was tired yesterday. You can sleep on horseback and regain your strength, which is also a skill!" Zhang Xiu smiled and looked for Zhou Daniu to get under the steps. Just finished a big victory, everyone is in a good mood, there is no need to be too serious in some details.

"So, then, what does the captain command?" Zhou Daniu asked tentatively, and a heart instantly beat like a drum in his stomach. "Lord Captain really wants to promote me, I finally met a nobleman" He thought excitedly, "I'm going to go out of the ground, I have a chance to seal my wife and son, I ......."

"You come with me, I have something to arrange for you to do......." Zhang Xiu smiled and beckoned, leaving the brigade with his own soldiers. The road was quite wide, and he had plenty of room to handle his business.

"Hey, hey, I'm here, this is ......" The happy bull walked forward quickly, and his waist stopped like an ancient tree on the side of the road.

Zhong Xiaoguo watched Zhou Daniu leave, and his eyes were full of envy. Yesterday's battle was so exciting, after going back, it was difficult for Lord Lang to be promoted or not. Zhou Daniu, who walked shit luck, was appreciated by the pro-soldier captain Zhang at this time, and the future days will naturally be blessed. Who doesn't know that Master Li is a righteous man, and if he has a share of his credit, the people around him will get a share!

"You say, let's go back to Liaoxi this time, how will the emperor reward General Lang?" Another group of soldiers passing by looked at Zhou Daniu's distant figure and asked enviously.

"That's not easy to say, our family Lang pulled the adult up with the emperor's hand. He showed his face this time, which is equivalent to the emperor himself showing his face. This time, it's possible to directly seal 10,000 households if you don't get it!" Captain Wang Qijin, who was walking at the front of the team, responded with a smile. He was brought by Xuzi from the Grain Guard Army, and because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted from a small soldier all the way to a lieutenant. A descendant officer like him often has a relationship with the main general, so the expectation of the court's reward is also the largest.

"Well, our adults are brave and strategic, and they do give Banzai a long face!" Someone came up and commented proudly.

"Of course, you don't look at our lord's performance since he joined the army, when has he been defeated!"

Yesterday's battle was indeed too beautiful, and Wang Qijin couldn't find a place to be humble if he wanted to be humble for his own master. The Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion first took advantage of the terrain and wind direction to adopt poisonous smoke tactics to make nearly half of the enemy lose their combat effectiveness. Then he attacked more with less, and broke through seven enemy camps in a row. Although the main reason for the collapse of the Goguryeo army was that the 300,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army arrived in time and copied the other side's back road, if it were not for the bloody battle of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Battalion, the Eastern Expeditionary Army would not even be able to get home, how could there be a chance to pick such a big bargain on the way to withdraw the army!

The only regret in this battle was the failure to capture the enemy's main general, Etoji Wenxing, who was shot through the chest by a spear flying from nowhere in his last-ditch attempt to salvage the defeat.

"Yes, that guy named Yizhi or something still wanted to try the general for our general, but he didn't even get close to the general, and he was nailed to the ground with a spear by the adult's flying hand!" No one knew whose hand the flying spear came from, so the Xiaoguo naturally credited their own commander with the credit for beheading the enemy's commander.

"It's a pity, if he is captured alive, we can take him to the emperor as a prisoner!" Captain Cui Qian sighed regretfully. His team was far away from the center of the battlefield, and he couldn't see the scene. But if he changes his perspective to Li Xu, he will definitely capture Yizhi Wenxing alive at all costs. It is also a success, grabbing the enemy's chief general to sacrifice prisoners and carrying the enemy's commander's head to report the merits, and the sensation caused is different after all.

"Our lordship should fulfill his reputation, otherwise, we will capture him immediately!" Wang Qijin loudly defended Li Xu. Although he knew that under the circumstances at that time, Xu Zi, who was already so tired that he was about to lie on the ground, would not have the strength to capture the enemy general alive, he was still willing to make his general's image higher.

Xuzi is the face of the grain protection army. In other words, Xuzi is a model for people like Wang Qijin, who came from a relatively humble background, but wanted to change his status by his own efforts. Many people, like him, were born without a golden rice spoon, a father who was a national father, and an endless amount of family resources. Everyone struggled between food, clothing and poverty just like Xuzi back then, wanting to share some responsibilities for their fathers and make their lintels look brighter.

Everyone has not been able to find a way to shine on the lintel, and the fact that Xuzi has gone from an unknown team to a positive five-pin-lang general in two years has made many people in Xiaoguo Camp have their dreams again.

As long as people work hard, there is hope to change their status. Xu Zi can do it, Wang Qijin can do it, Zhang Xiu can also do it, and countless people with the same background and are also unwilling to be ordinary can do it.

"It's different, it's really different!" Cui couldn't help but shake his head. If you can dedicate Yizhi Wenxing alive to His Majesty, those bigwigs in the court can't cover up the merits of Lord Lang Jiang! But offering a human head, many merits can be selectively ignored by the ministers. Although General Lang is wise, he has less experience in officialdom after all.

"How is it different?" Wang Qijin asked with a frown. He doesn't like Cui Qian, or he is born to look at each other awkwardly. "You must know that this is a withdrawal, and the millions of people have not established any credit, only our heroic Xiaoguo battalion has retained the last bit of face for the Great Sui at the moment of defeat and retreat!"

"I think it's hard to say, although the passage was opened by us at the risk of death, but the 300,000 army was brought back by the old general Yuwenshu after all! Besides, this expedition to Liao is in vain, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have not been rewarded, how can the emperor reward our family alone!" Captain Cui Qian put on a profound appearance and explained in a low voice. He was born in the Bolingcui clan, and he has a little more experience than the others, and his opinions are often very different from those of others.

"That's not necessarily, when we came back from Liaodong last year, everyone thought so like you!" The more Wang Qijin looked at Captain Cui, the more awkward he became, "At that time, everyone thought that General Liu and General Li were busy in vain, but after half a year, the emperor promoted both of them several levels!"

"The situation then was different from now!" Captain Cui Qian looked at the slightly hostile gazes around him and retorted in a low voice. In this case, it is a very thankless act to sweep everyone up. But Captain Cui, who is familiar with the rules of officialdom, still can't help but pour cold water on everyone. The greater the hope in the heart, the greater the disappointment in the future. As the boss of the other 300 people in the neighborhood, he didn't want to mind when his brothers were too disappointed and caused a mess.

"How was it different? Tell me about it? What is there about you that you can't live with, you don't want him to be promoted by the emperor so much!" Wang Qijin's face slowly became ugly, his team and Cui Qian's team walked side by side, and the people under his command were not less than the other party, and they were not subordinate to each other, so he didn't have to save face for the other party.

Hearing Wang Qijin's question, whether it was Wang Qijin's subordinates or Cui Qian's subordinates, their eyes glared at Cui Qian. Before the Battle of Nameless Valley, Lord Lang only had one official position. But after the First Battle of Nameless Valley, Xuzi became a big hero in the eyes of all Xiaoguo. Where to find such a boss who shares weal and woe with everyone in peacetime, takes the lead in battle, and does not give up a brother in times of crisis? The so-called famous generals of the ancients are nothing more than this. How can a person who speaks ill of him have a conscience?

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that the situation is not as simple as everyone thinks!" Cui Qian, the lieutenant who knew that he had committed public anger, felt a sense of powerlessness when a scholar encountered a soldier, "In this year's Eastern Expedition, the imperial court needs to set an example for everyone, so he rewarded the two generals Liu and Li generously." And, last year......."

"According to what you say, the emperor doesn't plan to go to the Third Crusade?" Wang Qijin seized the flaws in the other party's words and chased after him.

"I can't guess what the emperor is going to do. But last year, General Li was only a grain guard captain, and he was promoted two levels in a row to General Xiongwulang. He is now a fifth-rank official, if he is promoted again, he will be a fourth-rank tiger general, and at present, there are less than thirty people in our Dasui who have achieved this position, and almost everyone is behind the general!"

"Scared, according to what you say, the children of the common people will not have a chance to achieve more than four grades! None of the generals' ancestors were poor? Wang Qijin fought back loudly. He came from a relatively humble background, and he looked down on some people who relied on their family status to see everything. What's wrong with the family, Yu Wenshi and the children of the family, he needs General Li to save his life many times. Li Jiancheng is also a child of the family, and last year everyone handed him the way out, but he didn't even look at the bridge. The so-called wealthy family is rotten stinky meat! The words that Qin Ziying said at the beginning were deeply remembered by Wang Qijin.

"There's a chance, of course there's a chance. General Luo Yi came from a humble background, and finally became a Tiger General!" Cui Qian had no choice but to surrender to everyone. Speaking of which, it touches on the sensitive topic of origin, which is really finding guilt on my own. Among the surrounding heroes, he was the only one from a wealthy family, and he didn't want all his subordinates to treat him as an enemy. After carefully looking at everyone's faces, he added in a low voice, "No matter how the emperor rewards General Li, the reward for everyone will not be less." After all, we have cut off the heads of a lot of Goguryeo soldiers, how can we record merit according to the head, the imperial court has its own corresponding laws!"

"That's pretty much it!" Seeing that Cui Qian was soft, everyone no longer looked deep into his mistakes. What is Xiaoguo for, isn't it just for the reward promised by the court? This rescue mission is so much credit......! Everyone continued to discuss with great interest, calculating their possible gains according to the military regulations of the Great Sui. Everyone tried not to mention Lord Lang and his future, that was a matter for the imperial court, and people without strength could not interfere. Although everyone won the debate just now, everyone knew in their hearts that what Captain Cui said was not completely unreasonable. Li Lang will come from a humble background, which is a fact that was deliberately spread by some people when he first took office. Although he has experienced the test of life and death, everyone will no longer lose respect for Lord Lang because of his humble background, but what the people in the court will think, no one can predict!

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