Volume XIV, Chapter 22

Unexpectedly, the outside of the big tent was already surrounded by enemies, and he was already surrounded by groups, and it seemed that it would be impossible to escape, but after seeing the fires everywhere, and a signal had been sent from the air that the barrier had been destroyed, Xie Zhenguo knew that he had succeeded, as long as the king could break through safely, even if it was his own sacrifice, it didn't matter.

Now there is no big chaos, the four hundred people brought by Xie Zhenguo are all surrounded by enemy legions, although there are tens of thousands of people around, but no one is silent, and no one dares to do anything, everyone is staring at each other, the sound of burning camp tents around is crackling, but no one goes to put out the fire, everyone is staring at Xie Zhenguo, and the situation is stalemate for a while.

"What's going on, what do they want to do?" Li Yu muttered softly behind Xie Zhenguo.

"You don't have to care if I live or die, I command you to do it at once and destroy them all. The man who was wrapped like a big dumpling suddenly shouted.

"But the commander, you ......" Xie Zhenguo, a general-like person, said in a squeak, as if he was quite scruples about Xie Zhenguo's hand listening to the hostages.

"It turns out that he is the commander of the army, it is really good luck, whether we can save our lives today is up to this person. Xie Zhenguo was secretly happy in his heart, so he carefully looked at the prisoner in his hand, the other party was also a young man, and he seemed to be a year or two younger than Xie Zhenguo, he became a military commander at such a young age, this person must not be simple, this is his best bargaining chip, Xie Zhenguo whispered to Li Yu: "Shut his mouth, lest he talk nonsense." ”

Li Yu also understood the importance of the people in his hands, which was their life-saving medicine. According to Xie Zhenguo's order, his mouth was tightly gagged. And the knife was also put on the hostage's neck.

"If you want to save the life of your commander, gather them all at once. Then put down the weapon, otherwise, we will only have jade burned, we are nobodies, afraid of death, we will not come. Hurry up, we don't have much time. Xie Zhenguo scolded sharply.

"Yes, our lives are less precious than yours. If you don't do it immediately, then we're welcome!" Li Yu also threatened loudly on the side.

"Okay, don't hurt our commander, we listen to you. The general who had just spoken immediately turned to the people behind him and ordered, "Everyone do what they say at once, quickly!"

The troops of an army were all captured by Xie Zhenguo, Xie Zhenguo did not have time to pay attention to these surrendered troops, and immediately ordered someone to send a message to the king, telling them that they had relieved the siege of Yanzhou City, and Wu Zhujun heard the news. I couldn't believe my ears, I didn't expect that there would be such a capable person under my command, and all 40,000 people were captured with 400 people, after hearing the news. Wu Zhujun asked three times in a row to confirm whether the news was true, after getting an accurate answer. Wu Zhujun personally led the generals out of the city to meet Xie Zhenguo.

Wu Zhujun talked with Xie Zhenguo all night, and felt that this person was really a general. Unexpectedly, he was condescended to the position of a small light cavalry captain, which is really condescending. Wu Zhujun decided to immediately promote Xie Zhenguo to the rank of general, and along with 400 warriors, he was promoted to a higher reward.

The next battle became more smooth, Xie Zhenguo himself was well versed in marching, controlled the troops well, and carried out several major battles with An Yunguo, although there was no victory, but they all had the upper hand, and in the end, An Yunguo finally didn't want to fight anymore, so he sent people to sue for peace, and exchanged the city of Gunzhou for the commander captured by Xie Zhenguo.

After Wu Zhujun heard the news, he felt that his goal had been achieved, and it would not make much sense to continue this war, so he agreed to An Yunguo's request, and after the exchange between the two sides, An Yunguo withdrew from the border with his troops, Wu Zhujun also proved his ability, established his authority, and returned to the capital with a part of the troops, and Xie Zhenguo was also promoted to the general of the border and was responsible for the safety of the entire border of An Yunguo.

However, Wu Zhujun and Xie Zhenguo both ignored one person, that is, the military commander who was captured by him, the nephew of the king of An Yunguo - Prince Lei Ming, who has always governed the army strictly, and led the troops well, and he was already a military commander at a young age.

In order to resist the invasion of An Yunguo, Xie Zhenguo was trapped at the border and had no time to go home, this stay was ten years, not only let his wife and daughter stay alone, but also did not give birth to a man and a half girl, as he grew older, this has become Xie Zhenguo's heart, the general stationed in the border must detain all his family in the capital, the law of the country is so, Xie Zhenguo is helpless, although sometimes he can take the time to go back, but he comes and goes in a hurry, and there is no time to do this thing of inheritance.

When he had nothing to do, he took his henchman Li Yu to wander around the border, and happened to meet a pair of brothers, which were later Xie Zhenguo's two righteous sons - Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng. At that time, Wang Yongbin was ten years old, and Wang Zhiheng was even younger, only seven or eight years old, the two of them looked down, unkempt, ragged, completely a little beggar on the street, Xie Zhenguo was nearly thirty-six years old at the time, because of the long years of war, still no children under his knees, as soon as he saw these two brothers, he felt a little fateful, out of pity, he gave a meal, and then gave them some money, but I didn't expect that although these two brothers were poor and destitute, but they were very tough, and they didn't accept Xie Zhenguo's money.

"You two little dolls, why don't you ask for money?

Wang Yongbin wiped his unfinished mouth and said to Xie Zhenguo: "Benefactor, you are a good person, our brothers will always remember it, but we can't take your money, it's hard to repay the kindness, and my mother once told us that people can't be greedy, and if you get one, you can't be greedy again, and now we have received your benefits, if we receive your benefits again, we will be insatiable, so we would rather be hungry than ask for your money." ”

Looking at the two black and immature faces in front of him, Xie Zhenguo suddenly felt that the two brothers were very interesting, looking at their behavior and behavior, it seemed that they were well-educated, but they didn't know why they had fallen here. "Little brother, what is your name, where do you live, why did you become like this, has something happened in your family?"

"Yes, my name is Wang Yongbin, this is my younger brother Wang Zhiheng, our family is next to the border, a few days ago, all seven members of our family were killed by An Yunguo, and the whole village was killed by them, and the two of us were lucky to escape this catastrophe by hiding in the cellar. Wang Yongbin said with a sad and indignant face, it seems that the tragic massacre has been deeply imprinted in his young heart.

"Alas, it's all the sins of war, when will such troubled times and strife finally stop!" After Xie Zhenguo listened to Wang Yongbin's words, he couldn't help but sigh deeply, the long-term campaign has exhausted him, and he has completely lost the impulsive energy of his youth, as he grows older, his sighs are more and more, and his disgust with the war is getting stronger and stronger, the turmoil of the war has made countless wives separated, displaced, and homeless.

"Do you brothers want to go with me, I will treat you like my own sons. Xie Zhenguo suddenly had an impulse to take the two orphans as his son.

"Benefactor, we will only drag you down, we are too young to do anything, and we can't help you much. Wang Yongbin didn't seem to understand the intention of the person in front of him with a faint sense of sadness.

"Hahaha! I'm not going to let you do anything, I don't have any children yet, and I want to take you back as my sons, and now you understand. Xie Zhenguo felt that these two children were really interesting, but it was precisely because of their sincerity that Xie Zhenguo had the idea of accepting the two of them as sons.

"That's it, but we already have a father and mother, although they have passed away, but ......" Wang Zhibin is too young after all, and he really doesn't know how to face this matter.

"You two stupid boys, how many people want to be accepted as sons by the general, but they are all rejected by the general, but you two are still here to shirk it, I really don't know what to do!" Li Yu on the side finally couldn't help it, and scolded Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng.

"Alas, Li Yu, they are still young and don't understand anything, be quiet, don't scare the children. ”

"General, it turns out that you are a general, I really can't see it!" Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng looked at Xie Zhenguo carefully, the person in front of them, Si Swenwen, has a weak appearance, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a general, in their young minds, the general should be a fierce and terrifying, imposing fierce man, but Xie Zhenguo is 108,000 miles away from the appearance of the general in their hearts, teach the two of them how to believe. In the end, the two unanimously came to the conclusion that this man was definitely not a general, and although he was not a bad person, he loved to brag. (To be continued......)