The officers and men of the 300 forward battalion of the Northern Army finally completed the task after galloping in the mountains of Shudi.

It was afternoon when they entered the city, and the crowd was as numerous as they had been when they had come. Crowds of people stand on both sides of the road. The soldiers of the forward battalion of the 300 Northern Army walked on foot, unlike when they first came, they were led by one person and one horse. However, the people seemed to think that the soldiers in front of them were exactly the same as when they came, except that they had no reins in their hands and no horses around them. The armor is still bright and black, the weapons are still cold, and everyone's faces are resolute and calm as yesterday. It is not at all like the gray-faced armor and helmet that he usually looked like when he returned to the city after commanding the soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits.

Captain Lu walked beside the line, and standing closest to him were the commanders of each army, the captains were in a column on the left, and the ordinary soldiers were in several columns.

"Run forward. ”

Captain Lu said suddenly.

The soldiers, who had been frustrated in their footsteps, suddenly raised their hands under their armpits, and their steps sped up and trotted.

"Knock knock..."

The footsteps were like thunder, stepping on the bluestone slab, and at a speed that was absolutely running for ordinary people, they walked towards their camp in the Prime Minister's Imperial Palace.

It was supposed to take more than half an hour, but they only needed a little more than two sticks of incense to get there.

The people didn't know where to start, first there was sparse applause, and then more and more people applauded along. As if to express gratitude to the Northern Army for the fighting these days.

It seems that Captain Lu had expected that the people would be like this, so he let the soldiers run in advance, but in fact, what Captain Lu thought in his heart was that it was not good for so many villagers to watch, which might make these soldiers feel that they were very powerful, and it was easy for them to breed pride. The pride of the officers and men of the Northern Army has always been a big problem, and as the general said, we must always pay attention to it and never relax.

That's the reality.

But even so, the soldiers in the running still listened to the applause all the way, although everyone was expressionless, but the fatigue of running in the mountains these days, at this moment, in the applause of these villagers, they felt that even death was worth it.

Isn't it their duty to protect the territory and the people, and it is what they should do.

Arriving outside the Prime Minister's Imperial History Yamen, Prime Minister Imperial History Chen Letian, King Shu, the Governor, and the Chengdu County Commander, all of whom stood under the steps at the entrance of the county government to greet them.

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The captain first saluted on one knee, see Lord Chen, see the prince, see the governor...

Captain Lu quickly asked, Chen Letian grabbed over and helped Captain Lu up: "Captain Lu has worked hard, and the soldiers have worked hard." The words were flat, and he held Captain Lu's hand and shook it tightly to show his hard work.

Captain Lu arched his hand and said: "The duty is not enough, and I asked to take the soldiers back to wash, and the brothers finally ran and chased for twelve hours without a good meal or a good rest." ”

"Okay, well, go back to the camp to rest quickly, Captain Lu don't be polite. ”

And they hurried out of the house, and lined up on either side, as the people were.

In this way, under the gaze of the supreme power of Shudi, the three hundred soldiers passed through the vestibule, atrium and backyard, and headed towards their residences.

In fact, there was obviously a side door to enter and exit, but Chen Letian directly asked Captain Lu to go through the main entrance. This is also a kind of wordless praise for them. And none of the other high-ranking officials in Shu felt that it was inappropriate. These 300 people have been crisscrossing the mountains of Shu with the strength of 300 people until now, and the soldiers and horses of other commanders have always only been arranged to deal with the aftermath, and all the hard encounters in attacking the city and pulling out the village are the work of these 300 people in the Northern Army, 12,000 people in ordinary gangs, and 5,600 people in large gangs, but they have always been 300 people to do it.

What else is there to say?

All the high-ranking officials, including the governor of Shu and the county magistrate of Chengdu, all felt that even if everyone rewarded one thousand taels of silver, it would not be too much. Because the task is too difficult. If any other army in this world were to do this, I am afraid that it would not be able to gallop through such a large group of mountains with such a small number of troops.

After this battle, except for those who could not be found in hiding, and those who were disbanded on the spot, they were captured. One captive was the entire stockade of several thousand people.

As a result, there are not enough cells in Shudi, and there is no way but to lock dozens or hundreds of bandits in one room, although it is very crowded, it can only be done temporarily. As for the interrogation and punishment in the later stage, it was a matter for the county officials in each locality, but the Prime Minister Yushi Yamen handed over the final supervision to the Governor's Mansion and the Shu Wangfu, and asked the county officials to submit the final results of each bandit to the palace and the Governor's Mansion as soon as possible.

"Lord Chen, tonight is in the camp, this king wants to feast the soldiers of the forward battalion, and I hope that Lord Chen will lead the line. After seeing the soldiers of the Northern Army return to the camp, the prince said.

Chen Letian said with a smile: "It's easy to say, the official will be cheeky and rub the rice, haha." ”

"Ben Du also has a meal. "Your Excellency the Governor arched his hand.

"Xiaguan is really rubbing. "Chengdu County Order bent over and bowed his hand.

The King of Shu haha: "We are all safe and secure in exchange for the lives of the soldiers of the Northern Army." Just now I saw these soldiers, all of them are children of the same age as Chen Gongzi, and many of the children of this age in our Chengdu City are still obedient babies at home, but the perseverance in the eyes of these children of the Northern Army has long exceeded their age. To tell the truth, this king feels sorry for them, but this king is also very fortunate to have them, they sacrificed their youthful spirit and youthful fun to the cruel battlefield, and the cheap ones are those of us who eat and drink spicy food every day..."

"The prince has said this, whether it is the northern army or the southern army, it is the duty of all soldiers to protect their families and defend the country, and it cannot be counted like this. Besides, everyone is making different contributions in their own positions, and the methods of contribution are different, but they are all contributing, and the prince and the governor are not easier than the soldiers of the Northern Army to appease the people in Shudi..."Chen Letian said.

When the soldiers of the Northern Army returned to the barracks, it was close to noon, and they had a full meal and then everyone rested.

This sleep went straight from noon to sunset, and the physical strength of the soldiers who had not eaten well for twelve hours and had not slept at all was completely recovered, and the previous fatigue was completely swept away. Now everyone's eyes are transparent, and the excellent spirit makes them look like they can definitely fight a vicious battle immediately.

Captain Lu walked out of his house and saw that everyone had gotten up and was doing simple stretching movements in the yard. There are even several groups who are still exercising according to their own daily schedule. At least more than 40 pounds of stones were thrown up, caught again, and thrown again.

Nine men in the eighth group were scuffling in the corner with their spears untucked. The dust is flying and humming haha.

Captain Lu was very satisfied.

Practice every day as much as possible, except for the time of combat, do not forget to train at any other time, not only to complete the training tasks given by the peak, but also to have their own additional plans, which is the reason why the soldiers of the Northern Army are strong. Ideologically, no one is here to make rations, everyone wants to make contributions.

Cultivate children to take the initiative to train themselves and improve themselves, so that our team can be truly strong. Otherwise, no matter how strong the external force is, it will not be able to create such a strong team.

Mobilizing oneself is the best and only way out.

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