"Not the son of man, not the son of man!"

Yang Tong's head was crooked, his face was red, and he was angry.

At this time, he was already hundreds of miles away.

Earlier, Xia Yi was clumsy in the city, and step by step he put Rilu Baming into the scheme, and when his momentum reached the highest point, when he thought that he was winning, Xia Yi was stabbed at the cost of rioting and killing Rilu Baming.

Then he led his two hundred cavalry to charge into battle, and cooperated with Xia Qian and others who came out of the city, and defeated the barbarians who were in chaos after the death of Rilu Baming in one fell swoop, and quickly evacuated the dangerous beard and fled away before the barbarians from the north and south came to help.

Along the way, suspicious formations were arranged, delaying the pursuit of the barbarians, until a hundred miles away, the barbarians retreated, and then stopped repairing.

Yang Tong was knocked unconscious by Xia Sheng, and without knowing it, he was brought here. When he woke up and learned of what had happened, he was immediately furious.

"Did you know that there are still thousands of Han people in the city?!

Yang Tong pointed at Xia Yi's nose and scolded: "Why did the Xia clan do some barbarians!" You killed Rilu Baming, this is a great achievement. But as soon as Rilu Baming dies, the barbarians will definitely vent their anger with the Han people in the city, and I will wait for it to leave, why should the Han people be innocent! ?"

"Woohoo, I, Yang Tong, I'm sorry for the emperor, I'm sorry for the people!

As he spoke, he wept loudly, looked at the danger from afar, and bowed down again and again.

Xia Yi was speechless.

Although Yang Tong scolded him for being bloody, he was not angry with Yang Tong, but blamed himself.

Earlier, I thought that Yang Tong was unwilling to evacuate early, and thought it was just because of his rigid personality. But it turned out that this person really considered the Han people in the city.

Although he was not talented, he had a very principled heart.

Xia Yi couldn't help but secretly admire.

Virtuous people often make people feel corrupt, but such people are worthy of admiration.

Xia Yi stood silently for a long time, there were still blood stains on his shoulders, and he said in a low voice: "The prince of the mansion doesn't have to be like this, whether it is merit or pass, I will bear it on my shoulders!"

"Do you have it on your shoulders? How do you bear it? That's the lives of thousands!" Yang Tong raised his head, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth.

Xia Yi pursed his lips: "One day, I will raise my troops and return to the Western Regions, and I will definitely kill the Northern Barbarians!"

Yang Tong glared at him for a long time before nodding fiercely: "Okay, I'll just watch." Xia Yi, if you can't fulfill this promise,

I, Yang Tong, will die and will not let you go!

Xia Yi nodded vigorously.

Jiaohe City.

"Oh? Is it really done?"

Xia Zhuo laughed: "Killed another six-rank barbarian general? Good boy, what a good boy! Sure enough, I didn't live up to my expectations!

He walked back and forth a few steps and shouted, "Li Xuan, you go to the city gate and wait, and when Xia Yi returns, bring him to see me immediately!"

"Whoa!"

Li Xuan smiled, exited the hall, stood for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

This sigh is both gratifying and envious.

Fortunately, as his subordinate general, Xia Yi has made meritorious service again. Let him get by with his face.

What is envious is that Xia Zhuo attaches great importance to Xia Yi.

thought to himself, maybe it won't be long before Xia Yi will be able to sit on an equal footing with him.

After all, first of all, Xia Yi is a member of the Xia clan, and he is inherently close to Xia Zhuo. Second, although Xia Yi is still only a fifth-grade martial artist, he can leapfrog the challenge and kill sixth-grade masters one after another, and his potential is much higher than that of Li Xuan.

Third, Xia Yi has merit, there is no doubt about this.

In addition, Xia Yi and the important generals under Xia Zhuo have no contradictions, and they have been promoted to the top, which is a matter of nails on the iron plate!

Thinking about it, Li Xuan smiled dumbly, shook his head, walked out of Xia Zhuo's mansion with brisk steps.

At the city gate, at noon, a small black dot in the distance gradually appeared.

Li Xuan's eyes were sharp, and he couldn't help but say left and right: "Xia Yi, this kid is back!"

But isn't it Xia Yi and others?

There were more than 3,000 people in this line, including soldiers under Xia Yi, three people under Xia Qian and their soldiers, as well as Yang Tong and the county soldiers under the command of Weixu County.

It looks very messy and dusty, but if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that all of them are extremely high-spirited, which is commendable.

"Sima!"

Xia Yi saw Li Xuan standing under the city gate from afar, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, quickly stepped forward, and saluted.

Li Qi smiled happily, stretched out his hand and patted Xia Yi's shoulder: "Well done!"

"It's Sima who has good guidance." Xia Yi said with a smile.

"Mentor fart!" Li urged and scolded: "Even if I personally lead the troops, it may not be better than what you do." lad

There's a future!

"Without Sima, how could I be now." Xia Yi gave another salute: "Since the last general joined the army, all kinds of military affairs have been taught by Sima by hand, and the great grace here will always be remembered by the last general."

Li Xuan felt comfortable and laughed: "Okay, don't say more polite words."

Then his eyes took in Xia Qian and the others who arrived one after another behind Xia Yi, and said, "Xia Qian, Xia Sheng, Xia Yun, the three of you will bring all the soldiers and horses back to the camp for repair."

looked at Yang Tong again.

Yang Tong snorted coldly and turned his face away.

Li Xun didn't care, and slightly saluted: "Yang Fujun will go into the city to rest first, and the captain will hold a banquet at night to catch the wind for Fujun."

"Hmph, I have something to ask Captain Xia!"

Yang Tong raised his eyebrows coldly, said a word, and entered Jiaohe City with others.

After the personnel dispersed, Li Qicai said to Xia Yi with a smile: "The general is going to see you immediately, so I will come here to wait." Let's go, don't keep the general waiting. ”

Xia Zhuo looked at Xia Yi, who was standing upright in front of him, and felt extremely relieved, and said, "Okay, you are injured, don't stand, sit down and talk."

Xia Yi thanked him and knelt down on the side.

"Tell me, how do you do that?" Xia Zhuo was interested.

Although he had learned a lot from the battle report that came earlier, Xia Zhuo preferred to listen to Xia Yi's personal report.

Xia Yi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly told all his thoughts and deeds one by one, Xia Zhuo nodded again and again when he listened.

"Yes, yes, you are less than eighteen, and you are still two or three years away from being crowned, but you are already well versed in the art of war." Xia Zhuo commented and said, "Although you are bold in your calculations, it is not unreasonable. However, marching and fighting cannot be based on strategy alone. Although the surprise victory makes people's blood boil, but the head-on tough battle is the real postgraduate examination. I hope that you can make persistent efforts, read more military books, combine them with reality, and form your own tactical system, so that you can win by surprise, and you can also defeat the enemy head-on, so that you can match the right and the strange. That's when you'll be able to really take charge of yourself."

"General Xie's teachings!" Xia Yi solemnly saluted: "The last general will definitely keep it in mind, and never let the general down!"

Xia Zhuo nodded with satisfaction, but suddenly sighed: "I suddenly envy your father for having such a unicorn." I, Xia Zhongying, may have killed too much, and I have no heirs, which is very regrettable. If I can have a son like Xia Yi, if I can have an heir like you, I will die, and I can be blind.

When Xia Yi heard this, he heard some other meanings, but said: "The general is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period." If there is, he can't say it.

Xia Zhuo understood what he meant.

Xia Zhuo is only in his early forties now, and he is a top martial arts master, if there is no accident, it will be easy to live for another hundred years. It is not a lie to say that it is at its peak in the spring and autumn.

Not to mention forty years old, it is not surprising that he has another son at the age of eighty.

Xia Zhuo nodded and said, "I am very pleased that you have made great achievements today, killed the two generals of the Northern Barbarians, and completed the military affairs excellently."

Speaking of this, Xia Zhuo's voice stopped, but suddenly changed: "Xia Yi, what do you think of the current situation in the imperial dynasty?"

Xia Yi's heart jumped, and he came secretly, saying: "Back to the general's words, the last general thinks that the imperial dynasty is already in decline!"

He looked at Xia Zhuo's expression and said: "The Royal Dragon Liu clan has deviated from the clans and families, and in recent years, there have been many natural disasters, the political situation of the imperial dynasty is turbulent, and the Son of Heaven can't control the situation, I'm afraid that change is imminent!"

Xia Zhuo nodded slightly.

Xia Yi took a breath and said, "The last general is just a soldier, he doesn't dare to talk about politics, and he only obeys the general's orders." What the general wants the general to do, the last general will do!

When Xia Zhuo heard this, he laughed: "Well said! Soldiers, you have to obey orders!"

After a pause, his expression was correct, and he said, "Xia Yi listens to the order!"

"The last general!"

Xia Yi suppressed the slight excitement in his heart and got up suddenly.

"Xia Yi made meritorious service and played the prestige of my own school captain's department! From now on, he will be promoted to the rear army Sima! Give a horse with horned scales, a thousand forged war knives - one handle, one hundred red gold, and ten beauties! Xia Zhuo's eyes were like a tiger: "I hope you will make persistent efforts and make immortal contributions to the captain of this school, and the captain of this school will not hesitate to reward!"

"General Xie!

Xia Yi looked excited, and suddenly fell to the ground.

Xia Zhuo laughed: "Get up" and shouted outside the door: "Come on, take the rear army Sima of this school captain to see his car, blade, and beauty!" Then, take care of your injuries!"

After saying that, he laughed and turned to the back hall.

Xia Zhuo, as a captain of the Western Regions, has more than 20,000 soldiers under his command. These soldiers and horses, the most elite of which were 3,000, were under the command of Xia Zhuo himself, and his commander was Huaxiong. The remaining 20,000 people are divided into four major divisions, led by four military commanders on the left and right.

These four army Simas, the former army Sima Li Xuan, the right army Sima Guo Yan, the left army Sima Niu Fu, and the rear army Sima was originally Xia Min, because Xia Min was ordered to go to Luoyang, so the rear army Sima was temporarily absent, and now he is replaced by Xia Yi.

As for what position Xia Min will be in the future, Xia Yi doesn't have to worry about this. As Xia Zhuo's younger brother, Xia Zhuo will definitely not let him suffer.

The rear army Sima Suobu has a total strength of 5,000 people, which means that Xia Yi now has a high status and has become Xia Zhuo's henchman.

Commanding 5,000 soldiers and horses and commanding 500 soldiers and horses cannot be the same day.

After being promoted, Xia Yi did not show much eagerness, but he pressed it for a day or two, and waited until his injuries were much better, and then Shi Shiran took over the rear army Sima Suo, showing considerable stability.

After taking over the soldiers and horses, Xia Yi did not act immediately, and observed for several days.

After the fifth day, the means were gradually used.

There are 5,000 people in the rear army and 10 soldiers. Of these ten songs, one is a pro-soldier compilation. Different from the military candidates, Jun Sima is already the backbone of the imperial army, and it is inevitable that he will have a personal guard.

The remaining nine songs are the soldiers.

Xia Yi took over the army and observed it for a few days, and then the army was reorganized according to his own ideas.

Originally, three of the ten military candidates were eliminated by Xia Yi and the seats were vacated. Of these three positions, one of them is a pro-soldier song, Xia Yi promoted Xia Ying to be the leader of the pro-soldier Qu Commander, and promoted Chengying to be a military candidate, so that Xia Zhen was a scout Qu military candidate.

As for the three people who were knocked out, they were not convinced, and they were beaten by Xia Yi, so they settled down and were demoted to the head of the tun.

As for Li Da, he is still the tun chief. There is no way, getting rid of the three military candidates is already the limit, if you do it again, I am afraid it will damage the morale of the army, so I can only temporarily wronged Li Da and still be a tun chief. Moreover, Li Da's martial arts realm is not enough, and he is not qualified to be a military candidate.

As for Xia Ying and Xia Zhen, because of their martial arts five qualities, it is more than enough to be a military candidate, and no one objected. It was Cheng Ying, after becoming a military candidate, there was some small trouble, but fortunately with Xia Yi's support, he was able to completely control the ministry.

Ten songs, Xia Yi according to the preparation of the military waiting, a scout song, a logistics song, added a pro-soldier song, and the remaining seven are the war songs.

After the establishment was completed, Xia Yi began his military training career, and it was imperative to fully control this army as soon as possible and integrate himself into it.

It has been more than ten days since Xia Zhuo withdrew his troops to Jiaohe City.

The army was stationed here, but it did not move. It still has a firm grip on the eastern part of the Western Regions. Although the Beidi Barbarians gradually mastered most of the Western Regions, they were not in a hurry to advance eastward, nor did they engage the Chengji Captain head-on.

However, according to intelligence, after the Northern Barbarians occupied Weisu, they successively increased their troops, and now more than ten days later, there are at least 30,000 troops of the Beiban Xianbei Department in Weisu City.

These 30,000 troops were stationed in Weisu and were eyeing Jiaohe City.

On this day, Xia Yi was training the army, and he received Xia Zhuo's order, so he immediately cleaned up, wore a red armor, rode the horned scale horse rewarded by Xia Zhuo, and arrived at Xia Zhuo's mansion.

In the hall, Li urged Guo Yan and others to arrive one after another.

Xia Yi chatted with the generals for a while, and then saw Xia Zhuo turn out of the back hall.

Everyone was silent and sat upright.

Xia Zhuo's tiger mother swept away, slowly bowed her head, and knelt down. "There are two things to say about the generals gathered this time."

Xia Zhuo got straight to the point: "First, tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers have gathered in the west, and they are looking at the wolf. I am not afraid of the brutes, but I do not want to be entangled with them in such a situation, and the generals can express their opinions and say what to do.

After a pause, he directly named him: "Zhiran has a strategy, you say."

Li Yu clasped his fists and saluted, pondered for a moment, and said: "The imperial dynasty has already given up the Western Regions, and if our troops and horses are entangled with it, it is indeed meaningless. However, the current situation is special, the imperial order has not yet arrived, and our troops and horses still don't know where to go.

All the generals looked pensive.

Xia Zhuo nodded: "It's been more than a month since Shu Ying went to Luoyang, but there is no accurate news to return. I have a headache!" Speaking of this, Xia Zhuo couldn't help but sigh slightly: "Military affairs, it is advisable to be quick and urgent, what is going on in this court?" It has been two months since the order to abandon the Western Regions, but the arrangement for us has not yet been decided."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Xia Yi: "Tell me your opinion."

Xia Yi saluted and said thoughtfully: "General, according to the last general, the imperial dynasty has three arrangements for the general."

"First, recall the general to return to the court."

"Second, Hedong!"

"Third, Liangzhou!

Xia Yi's eyes burned: "But I don't know what choice the general makes?"

"Choice," Xia Zhuo's eyes flickered, and after a moment, he said, "It is not my wish to enter the court." Although the Zhonglang general is powerful, he can't directly lead the army, and I don't have strong reinforcements in the court, although the Empress Dowager Xia is noble and the head of the harem, but the court officials and the harem can't have too close relationships.

Otherwise, it is very easy to violate taboos.

"As for Hedong" Xia Zhuo groaned: "Hedong is the Xia clan land, Liangzhou in the west, Guanzhong in the north, and Guanzhong in the south, and the location is not bad, and the population is large, very rich, but it is an ideal place."

"Liangzhou is the best." Xia Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he twisted his beard and said: "I have a lot of roots in Liangzhou, if I can be an official in Liangzhou, haha,"

"What the general said is very true." Xia Yi heard this: "However, it is not easy. If the general goes to Hedong, Hedong will have the main vein of asking for joy, and then there will be an army under the general's command, I am afraid it will not be what the Son of Heaven wants. As for Liangzhou, the same is true. Even if there is a question of the main vein and the queen mother of the dynasty as a promoter, even if the ears of the Son of Heaven are soft, but according to the opinion of the last general, I am afraid that many people in the court are unwilling to see such a knot

Spirit.

"It makes sense, Shu Ying has been gone for a long time, but there is no good news back, I'm afraid that's why." Xia Zhuo frowned, and said after a long time: "If you want to enter the court, it is really not what I want."

"How can this be good? !" Guo said: "Is there a solution?"

"There must be a way. Xia Zhuo said in a deep voice: "If you enter the court, you will enter the court, aren't there still you?"

His eyes condensed slightly: "If you can't do anything, I will enter the court, and you must be good at mastering the undercurrent of the army and the imperial dynasty is turbulent, and there will be big things happening in the end, and then it will be the day when I come out again!"

Xia Yi nodded and suggested: "The general can make detailed arrangements now, or he can send one person to Liangzhou and one person to Bingzhou or Hedong, and then lay a foundation first."

"Great goodness!" Xia Zhuo smiled: "That's exactly how it should be. Except for Xia Yi, all the generals under my command are from Liangzhou, and I am afraid they will not be able to serve in Liangzhou. That's it, Xia Yi, if the guess is correct, and the Son of Heaven summons me to the court, then I will write a letter and suggest that you go to Liangzhou to take up a post. Well. I am afraid that the captain of Huqiang can't, but the southern or northern lieutenant is sure.

"Obey the general's orders!" Xia Yi smiled in his heart and hurriedly clenched his fists.

Xia Zhuo said again: "Zhiran and Ado are on the right to support the wind, and the virtuous son-in-law will go to Hedong."

After some discussion, Xia Zhuo came to a conclusion, he got up slowly, flicked his sleeves, his face was deep, and his eyes swept deeply at the generals under the hall: "After you wait, you will be ready, just listen to my orders. The captain hopes to wait, don't let me down!

"Dare not to die!?"

The generals stood up and shouted.

"Good!" Xia Zhuo laughed: "Treat me to soar, I will have my own benefits!"

Coming out of Xia Zhuo's mansion, Xia Yi pondered all the way.

The guess just now was calculated by him based on his own memory and the actual situation. It's not that Xia Yi is clever

Xia Zhuo in his memory, and his future development is probably such a route.

And the actual situation of the world seems to be developing in this direction.

There is no doubt that Xia Zhuo will be recalled to the court. Xia Zhuo has led troops outside for many years, and his generals are excessive, which is not a secret thing.

In fact, he had already violated the taboo of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court.

Therefore, neither the Son of Heaven nor the courtiers will continue to let it go. Now that the imperial dynasty has given up the Western Regions, it is just taking this opportunity to erase the hidden danger of Xia Zhuo.

As long as Xia Zhuo is recalled to the court, it will not take three or two years to smooth it out.

As for the Fenglong Xia clan, although he can exert a lot of strength, it is almost useless to think about it. Although the imperial dynasty is declining, after all, there is no chaos on the surface, the prestige is still there, and there are many loyal ministers. Although the Fenglong clan is strong, it can't risk the world's condemnation and force the Son of Heaven in this situation.