On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the good news of the great victory of the Khan Court had just reached Changxing City, and Emperor Hongwei was so surprised to see the good news when he was celebrating with the hundred officials, and he jumped up from the dragon chair with joy and said twelve good words in a row.

The princes, nobles and officials who participated in the New Year's celebration were overjoyed, knelt down in unison, and shouted long live to celebrate the Hongwei Emperor Megatron Grassland.

A sharp blade hanging over the head of Great Wei collapsed in an instant, and Emperor Hongwei sighed sincerely: "Xu Qing was able to repel hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen on the grassland with 10,000 people, and it is a great luck for the country and a great luck for Great Wei to have such loyal ministers and good generals!" ”

Subsequently, Emperor Hongwei instructed the cabinet to draw up a letter of state on the spot, denouncing Uliji for ignoring the covenant and provoking a war without authorization, and citing Uliji's treachery and attack on the Great Khan of the grassland during the Hebei Alliance, describing him as a villain who was disloyal and unfilial, and everyone got it.

The letter of state proclaimed that the Great Wei State sent troops to the grassland in the name of the lord of the grassland, appointed Xu Rui as the northwest economic strategy, commanded the northwest border army, presided over a major military and political affairs on the grassland, and continued to crusade against Wuliji, and returned all departments of the grassland to a bright and prosperous world.

At the same time, Emperor Hongwei also personally wrote a holy decree to Xu Rui, one of which said: "As soon as Gangfeng was invincible, the grassland wolves were terrified, and I was very relieved.

I now entrust all the power of the northwest to Qing, how to act I don't ask, just look at the results, I hope Qing will make persistent efforts, after the beginning of spring, the troops will go out of Tianqi Pass, sweep the grassland, and never suffer in the future.

However, the grassland is bad, you need to take care of your body, if you can't do it, you don't need to force it, I'd rather lose the grassland than have any mistakes, remember, remember!

Qing has been away from Beijing for two years, and I miss it very much.

I looked at the northwest on the palace wall, looking forward to Qing's early return. ”

After writing the holy decree, Emperor Hongwei was still excited, and ordered people to carry wine and food and drink with hundreds of officials, and the drunken banquet dispersed in the middle of the night.

The next day, the news of the great victory of the grassland spread all over the streets and alleys, and the people put up lanterns to celebrate the great achievements of the champion Hou, and some people even set up a shrine for him.

Even Mr. Dongli, the eldest doctor who was teaching in the university hall, was very happy, shouting how wise he was not to leave Xu Rui to do his studies in the first place.

On the other hand, by the time Xu Rui got the letter and decree of Emperor Hongwei, the harsh winter had quietly gone, spring had reappeared, and everything began to recover.

Xu Rui and Lin Shaodong stood on the tower of Tianqi Pass and looked northwest, planning how to fight in the new year.

"The Holy Admiral entrusted the northwest to the marshal, this is my unprecedented grace, and it is also a huge pressure!"

Lin Shaodong held the holy decree that he had read four or five times, and sighed sincerely.

Xu Rui pestle the city wall, turned his head and asked with a smile: "How do you say this?" ”

Lin Shaodong gently stroked the holy decree and said: "The holy letter of state is equivalent to a statement to the world that Great Wei and Uliji are incompatible, although Uliji is now a lost dog, but if it cannot be eradicated, it will finally live up to the expectations of the saint."

But now Uliji has fled north, after the beginning of spring, I don't know which corner it will shrink into, if we don't want to go to the grassland along the way, not to mention the huge consumption of the labor expedition, once there is a case, we only have more than 10,000 people will inevitably fall into danger.

In addition, although we defeated Uliji, we only dealt a fatal blow to the Zhana tribe, and the other tribes of the grassland still retained a strong strength, and they were still far from completely pacifying the grassland.

Unlike the Central Plains, all parts of the grassland live in the vast grassland, and it is impossible for us to fight every tribe again.

Even if we have so much time, when we finish beating the grassland, this place will become a no-man's land, and when a nomadic tribe appears, it will be as if a seed has found a breeding ground and will immediately take root and sprout, even more tricky than Uliji. ”

Xu Rui listened carefully to Lin Shaodong's words and nodded with a smile.

"You're right, Uliji needs to be captured, the grasslands need to be pacified, and I don't want to waste time here, so we need to speed up a bit, but after sowing, watering, and fertilizing, it's almost harvest season."

"Harvest? What's the catch? ”

Lin Shaodong was stunned when he heard this.

Xu Rui said: "Of course, it is to eradicate Wuliji and pacify the entire grassland!" ”

"Huh?"

Lin Shaodong was even more puzzled, his eyes swept around the grassland outside, and said inexplicably: "But now that Wuliji is far away in the sky, the grassland wolves led by Sukhbaru are still eyeing each other, and they may even occupy the Khan Court while we return to Tianqi Pass for the winter, where is the harvest?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "Let's make a bet, within three months, Ben Shuai will be able to pacify the grassland and eradicate Wuliji!" ”

"Three months?!"

Lin Shaodong's eyes widened, if he were a different person, he would probably say Can you go to Mobei in three months?

But in the face of Xu Rui, he didn't have that much confidence, he just thought about it, it was impossible to solve Uliji and Sukhbaru within three months anyway, so he gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay, I bet, what's the bet?"

Xu Rui patted Lin Shaodong with a smile and said, "If I win, you stay in the northwest and help me take care of the treasures all over the ground here!" ”

"Huh?"

Lin Shaodong was stunned again, what does it mean to stay in the northwest and be optimistic about the baby? Could it be that Xu Rui has any other plans?

He was about to ask what was going on, when suddenly a herald hurried up behind him.

"Report! The left-behind spies of the Khan's court came to report that the Uliji army and Sukhbaru's men and horses appeared sixty miles away from the Khan's court, and the left-behind troops who set off in advance asked the marshal to send troops quickly, so as not to lose the Khan's court! ”

When Xu Rui heard this, he looked at Lin Shaodong with a smile, but Lin Shaodong's eyes widened again.

"What do you say? Both Sukhbaru and Uliji are here?! ”

Lin Shaodong asked in astonishment.

It was not surprising that Sukhbaru would take advantage of the Apocalypse Guard's return to Tianqi Pass to seize the Khan's Court for the winter, but it was greatly unexpected that Uliji, who had been beaten into a lost dog, would also come.

At this time, Uliji did not stay in Mobei, but returned to the Khan Court all the way, isn't this looking for death?

Could it be that Uligi suddenly lost his mind? Or has ambition made him lose his mind?

Lin Shaodong couldn't figure it out, so he had to look at Xu Rui in a daze and ask, "What's going on?" ”

Xu Rui shrugged and said: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, remember your bet with me!" ”

After speaking, Xu Rui laughed and walked down from the city tower.

Lin Shaodong stood on the city tower and thought for a long time, but at some point, a warm and cold spring breeze penetrated his neckline, making him feel agitated.

"It's broken!"

At this moment, he finally figured it out, stomped his feet fiercely and said, "This is a handsome handsome!" Damn, this guy is even calculating his own people now, I have to reason with him! ”

Lin Shaodong gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, and then went straight to Xu Rui angrily, but Xu Rui had already run away, where would he give him a chance to regret it?

In March of the twentieth year of Hongwei, the Apocalypse Guard, who had been recuperating for a whole winter, once again went west to Tianqi Pass and once again set foot on the vast grassland, waiting for them will be the last battle that will determine the fate of the grassland.