Li Tiezhu led the remaining remnants of the army to retreat all the way to the east, large and small experienced dozens of battles, although the personnel were not reduced again, but everyone was exhausted, rushed to Tuyuhun to deliver the message of the ghost special combat team received the news that Tuyuhun and Tubo had attacked the black army and the Longwei battalion, he quickly found the secret stronghold of the intelligence bureau, and sent the news to Xishan and Huating as quickly as possible, and now Li Tiezhu and they do not know whether they are alive or dead. Li Yong, who is in Huating County, has been restless these days, always feeling that something is going to happen, but there is no specific news to report back, he really wants to create a radio, this message transmission is too slow, slow makes him feel irritable, but how can radio be so easy, now he has to wait, after a long wait, the first news came from Goguryeo, it can also be said to be the first bad news, 400 Longwei battalion and the black army were surrounded and suppressed by the coalition forces of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, and the combined fleet that went to meet arrived when it arrived, They were almost wiped out, there were less than 100 people left in the Longwei camp, and only 32 people left in the black army, so Li Yong, who usually never got angry, was directly angry.

"Okay, very good, it seems that you want to start a full-scale war with me, inform Xue Rengui to keep an eye on the movements of the Turks, Tuyuhun, Tubo and the Western Regions, and save all the troops outside at all costs, the enemy is looking at me lately and forgetting the strength of our black army."

Zheng Liwan also saw such an angry Li Yong for the first time, she quickly held Li Yong's hand that was trembling because of anger, and said softly.

"Don't worry, they will be fine, the mysterious organization must want to get something from us to attack us at such a big cost, you must first calm down now."

Li Yong looked at the sea outside the floor-to-ceiling window expressionlessly, his current mood was like the waves of the sea, and it was he who proposed the mercenary, and now it was because of this that he felt that his subordinates would be killed, and even the corpse could not return to his own country, self-blame and guilt made him very painful, and the enemy's pressing and unscrupulous means made him understand the shamelessness of the mysterious organization, and he exhaled deeply and said to Zheng Liwan, who was worried about him.

"I know, they can't just want to get our weapons and equipment, and our training methods, I can now be very sure that these are a group of anti-thieves who want to overthrow, their forces have infiltrated there, we don't know, so we have to focus our energy on dealing with them now, otherwise we will develop while they are making trouble, and let them go, it will definitely cause a big disaster at that time, you don't have to worry, I know in my heart, you continue to take care of the affairs of the maritime yamen, and let the people of the intelligence bureau always pay attention to the situation in Huating County and Xishan, Especially here, this place has been opened to the outside world, and those people have infiltrated it, so we should pay close attention to the investigation and strictly manage the people who enter Huating County. ”

"Well, I will."

Seeing Li Yong calm down again, Zheng Liwan also relaxed a little, but in the following days, bad news continued to come back, the mercenaries in the Turkic direction were surrounded and suppressed by Xue Yantuo, Hui Hui, Gelulu and other countries, although the retreat order arrived in time, but the incident happened suddenly, the Longwei battalion and the black army mercenaries were chased and killed for thousands of miles, and finally escaped from the Turkic steppe with the cooperation of the Intelligence Bureau, and after retreating to the border of the Tang Dynasty, they also lost more than half, after all, the people who went out this time were infantry, and they encountered this kind of country dominated by grassland cavalry, Or was it suddenly attacked, such a loss is already remarkable, followed by the news of Tuyuhun, Li Yong felt that the whole person was not good, the four words of missing whereabouts made him very angry, he wanted to see people in life, and he wanted to see corpses in death, and now you tell me that his whereabouts are unknown, what do you mean? Li Yong roared and scolded the intelligence officer who sent the information, and Xue Rengui, who also came from Xishan, was also frightened by Li Yong's anger, but he could understand how to say that these people had his subordinates.

"Tell me? What about Li Tiezhu and Xi Jun buying people? What about the soldiers of the One Hundred Black Army and the Three Hundred Longwei Battalion? Check, check for me, if you can't find out, you won't come back. ”

The intelligence officer of the intelligence bureau hurriedly ran out of Li Yong's villa, and then mobilized all the people to find the missing Li Tiezhu and them, Xue Rengui handed Li Yong a cup of tea, and Li Yong calmed down and took the teacup.

"Am I wrong, you say?"

Xue Rengui didn't speak, and Li Yong continued.

"Li Tiezhu will come back in a month, and he also told me that he will marry Pei Qing when he comes back this time, and let me drink his wedding wine, how can this be?"

Li Yong finally couldn't help it, shed men's tears, Xue Rengui sighed and said.

"Commander, it's not your fault, can you still fight without dying? Now they are just missing, not killed, the kid of the iron pillar has a flexible brain, maybe he has escaped from the encirclement and is dealing with the enemy, isn't there no news the best news? ”

Li Yong put down the teacup, he didn't want to drink tea at all, I knew that Xue Rengui was right, but he was still not at ease, his relationship with Li Tiezhu was deeper than Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang, probably because he was often by his side, Li Yong also had selfish intentions to make him successful, so he handed over Longwei Camp to him, I thought that in a few years, he would really grow up, but I didn't expect to be interrupted by this sudden situation, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, his wedding with Pei Qing is arranged in the Spring Festival, But now how should he tell his family, and his fiancée who was waiting for him to come back, Li Yong was distraught and smashed his fist on the table.

"Damn, these barbarians are all damned, Xue Rengui, your side is ready, when all the troops outside are withdrawn, we definitely have to teach these people some lessons and make them pay the price of blood."

"I understand, before I came, I had already put the Xishan Battalion into a state of combat readiness, and the blood of the Xishan Battalion could not be shed in vain, and anyone who killed our Xishan Battalion would have to pay a hundredfold price."

Xue Rengui was also very angry, but he restrained himself very well, and Li Tiezhu, who Li Yong was worried about, was leading the remaining personnel in the vast desert at this time, they had fled day and night, sometimes they didn't even have time to rest, all of them were injured, and someone died every few days, Li Tiezhu's current condition was also very bad, he had a fever because of wound infection, but he had been enduring it by willpower, the original team of four hundred people, now there are less than half of the people left.

"Tiezhu, take a rest, your injury must be treated, otherwise you may not be able to support yourself to get out of this desert."

Xi Junmai lifted the collar on Li Tiezhu's chest, a wound on his chest that was injured by a blunt object had suppurated, Xi Junmai wiped the wound with alcohol, the painful Li Tiezhu gritted his teeth and did not make a sound, Cheng Chuliang came to them with water and food, saw the wound on Li Tiezhu's chest, Cheng Chuliang knelt in front of him and shed tears, Li Tiezhu saw him like this, and scolded weakly.

"Stand up for Lao Tzu, I'm not dead yet, I don't need you to give me a good mourning."

"It's all my fault, if it weren't for the commander trying to save me, you wouldn't have been so seriously injured."

Xi Junmai didn't go to see Cheng Chuliang, and continued to disinfect Li Tiezhu's wound with alcohol, and Li Tiezhu broke out in a cold sweat in pain, his lips were white, and he beckoned to Cheng Chuliang, who was kneeling in front of him.

"Come here, you don't have to blame yourself, I am your commander, I have the responsibility to protect you, you remember, if you become a general in the future, become a good general, you must protect your subordinates, Jun buy, okay, no need to wipe it, I know my own body, you go and take a look at the situation of the team, I have something to say to this kid."

Xi Junmai sighed, then patted Cheng Chuliang's shoulder and left, Cheng Chuliang knew that Li Tiezhu's situation was very bad, but he didn't know that it was so bad, Li Tiezhu wanted to sit up, but he didn't have the strength, Cheng Chuliang hurriedly helped him to sit and lie down, and Li Tiezhu sat the marching bed.

"Boy, do you remember how your brothers met me?"

Cheng Chuliang remembered that day when he and his eldest brother Cheng Chuhei, younger brother Cheng Chubi and several other gentlemen made trouble in Qingfeng Building, and then were cleaned up by Li Tiezhu, he nodded and said.

"Remember, you cleaned us all up by yourself at that time, and we worked as buddies in Qingfeng Building for a month."

Li Tiezhu's trembling and weak hand reached out to Cheng Chuliang's head and rubbed it, Cheng Chuliang's tears couldn't help but flow, because this in front of him was so powerful in the past, and now it seems to be a residual candle that may be extinguished at any time, Li Tiezhu can say that the mentor of their brothers is like a brother to them, although it is very strict, but it is very good to them, Li Tiezhu took out the mandarin duck silk scarf in his arms, the white silk scarf has been almost completely dyed red with blood, Li Tiezhu looked at the silk scarf in his hand affectionately and said.

"I know I'm dying, I can't go back, this is your sister-in-law gave me a token of love, I didn't keep my promise, I disappointed her, when you go back alive, return this silk scarf to her, let her find a good family to marry."

"No, you have to pay it back, you go and pay it back yourself, commander, you will definitely be able to go back alive, I have not been ignorant since I was a child, and I have been fooling around when I grow up, if it weren't for you and Lord Hou, I wouldn't have today's achievements, you are not my eldest brother is better than my eldest brother, we will definitely be able to go back alive, you lie down, have a good rest, we will be able to get out of this desert soon, when the time comes, you can marry your sister-in-law, your child, I recognize me as a godfather."

Li Tiezhu shook his head with a smile, he knew that he was running out of time, and he gently patted Cheng Shiliang's trembling hand.

"Silly boy, you have also received training in the new army, you and I know my situation, I don't have much time, you must promise me."

At this time, Cheng Chuliang couldn't cry, nodded with tears streaming down his face, and held Li Tiezhu's cold hands tightly, Li Tiezhu wanted to help him wipe away his tears, but he had no strength, he hummed his favorite song softly.

"Climb the peak and look at the hometown, the yellow sand is thousands of miles long, where the camel bell sounds, the sound knocks on the heart, looking forward to stepping on the road of longing, flying thousands of miles of mountains......"

Cheng Chuliang cried and sang softly with him, the sun in the desert slowly set, Li Tiezhu's life disappeared little by little like the afterglow of the sun, and finally slowly stopped and closed his eyes with the singing, Cheng Chuliang held the blood-stained silk scarf and roared like a volcanic eruption.

"Ah~"

The resting soldiers heard Cheng Chuliang's roar, and they all ran here, Xi Junmai pushed away the crowd and came to Li Tiezhu's side, looking at his pale lips with a smile, Xi Junmai knelt down on one knee and said lightly.

"Commander, thank you for your journey."

Then everyone began to kneel down on one knee, tears fell down their cheeks into the hot sand, and the whole campsite was quiet, because in their eyes, the commander was just tired and asleep, and they couldn't make a noise to him, their commander brought them out from the enemy's countless encirclements, and he left countless scars on his body in order to save them, and saved them again and again with his wisdom and brave force, Cheng Chuliang held the silk scarf that Li Tiezhu handed him to him before he died, and the other hand tightly held the hot sand, His eyes were bloodshot, the pain in his heart, and self-blame devoured him like a poisonous snake, Xi Junmai gently laid Li Tiezhu flat on the marching bed, and then put the quilt over him.

"Let's go, the commander is tired, let him rest."

Xi Junmai wiped the tears on his face, and then his head would not leave, and the rest of the soldiers began to leave one after another, and finally Cheng Chuliang was left, he pinched the corners of the quilt for the deceased Li Tiezhu, and then sat next to the marching bed, holding the silk scarf in his hand, he flattened the crumpled silk scarf as if he was holding the most precious thing, until there were no wrinkles at all, and then folded it neatly and put it into his arms.

"Brother Li, I will definitely go back alive, live up to your efforts, your family will be my family in the future, I swear to the sky that I will not exterminate Tuyuhun and Tubo, and I will never be reborn in hell."

Cheng Chuliang took off Li Tiezhu's nameplate, and then wiped the scarred Xishan helmet clean, but when he saw that the position of the armor's chest was hit by a blunt object, the tears flowed out uncontrollably, and after packing up Li Tiezhu's relics, Cheng Chuliang personally lit the torch, in the flames, Li Tiezhu's body slowly turned into ashes, Cheng Chuliang suddenly saw a star in the night sky that was particularly shiny, just like Li Tiezhu was as bright as when he smiled.

"Brother Li, I'll take you home."

Next, Cheng Chuliang became speechless, the rest of the team seemed to be blessed by Li Tiezhu, they passed through the desert smoothly, got rid of the pursuit of the Tuyuhun and Tubo coalition forces, and when they were about to arrive in Minzhou, the intelligence bureau intelligence officers who had been searching for their news finally looked for them, and saw that these were all wounded soldiers, those intelligence officers hurried to treat them as soon as possible, Xi Junmai told the intelligence officers the specific situation, and he also knew that Li Yong was about to go crazy in order to find them, It's just that when he saw Cheng Chuliang, who was sitting sluggishly and holding the jar containing Li Tiezhu's ashes while receiving treatment, he sighed helplessly, the news of Li Tiezhu's death soon spread to Li Yong's side, Li Yong was not angry and didn't say anything, didn't say a word, just stood quietly by the floor-to-ceiling window of Guanhai, Changle They also heard the news of Li Tiezhu's death, and looked at Li Yong worriedly.

"This can't be done, he's been standing for a day and a night, and his body can't bear it."

Li Xueyan wanted to call Li Yong, but was stopped by Changle, she shook her head and said.

"You don't have to go over, Lang Jun will figure it out, let's just not bother him at this time, Sister Liwan, has Tiezhu's family notified?"

Zheng Liwan shook her head and said.

"Not yet, Lang Jun said that he would report it together when all the personnel were counted, Tie Zhu had been with him for so many years, he was his best brother, and he would come back soon this time to get married, alas, God is so unfair."

Li Tiezhu's matter, Changle and they knew, his marriage to Pei Qing, they originally wanted to drink their wedding wine, but now something like this happened, Zheng Liwan closed her beautiful eyes, and then suddenly opened her eyes and left the villa.

"Tell me, I want all the intelligence agency personnel to report to me, I'm going to catch those damn rats, and cut them with a thousand cuts."

Zheng Liwan angrily gave an order to the personnel of the Intelligence Bureau, this time she was really angry, and she Langjun Li Yong was the same, Li Yong was like preparing for the calm before the volcanic eruption at this time, this time the entire black army that went out lost half of the four hundred black army, and half of the 1,200 Longwei battalion was also lost, and the commander Li Tiezhu was killed, which he Li Yong could not accept, if he died in the open, then he admitted, there is nothing to say if the skills are not as good as people, but they all died under the conspiracy and tricks, he can't accept it, Li Yong directly crushed the teacup in his hand, the pain of cutting the flesh was not as good as the pain in his heart, and the blood was dripping to the ground, just like the blood of those soldiers who died abroad.

"If you want to cry, cry out, it's a little more comfortable."

Changle comforted Li Yong while bandaging him, and Li Yong let her bandage the wound and said lightly.

"I'm fine, I've been mentally prepared for a long time, it's just that I can't accept it for a while, the blood of my brothers can't be shed in vain, and I have to avenge them, so you don't have to worry, I'm fine, I've never been so sober now, you go and get busy with you, let Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang come to me, I have something to tell them."

"You are like this now, how can we rest assured, I will ask someone to help you inform the two of them to come over, you have been standing for a day and a night, take a rest and eat something."

"Okay."

Li Yong said a simple word, then sat at the dinner table, finished the prepared meal, Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang immediately rushed to Li Yong's villa after receiving the notice, they saw Li Yong eating, and they were a little relieved, the news of Li Tiezhu's death and the news of the heavy losses of the troops can be said to be a shocking news, since the formation of the Xishan Battalion, except for the bloody battle of the Turks, there has been no such a big loss, just like Li Yong thought, come openly and die, but Li Tiezhu They died under the conspiracy, As the commander of the Xishan battalion, Xue Rengui is also angry, although Liu Renliang is now in the navy, but his relationship with the Xishan battalion has not faded, especially he is Li Tiezhu's predecessor, the first captain of the guard, Li Tiezhu This young man he likes very much, and he is also very optimistic about him, sudden bad news, Liu Renliang locked himself in the office, and then there was the sound of knives chopping wood and the roar of beasts, Li Yong put down the dishes and chopsticks and left the table, they also saw the bandage on Li Yong's hand, which was stained red with blood.

"Come and sit down, tell you to come here, you know what's going on, right?"

"Yes, we already know."

"Boss, we can't do that."

"The dead are counted and disposed of according to the regulations, how to settle the iron pillar?"

"I received a message from Tuyuhun that the Tiezhu brothers confessed to Lu Guogong's second son, Cheng Chuliang, before he died, and Cheng Chuliang also said that he wanted to inform his family in person."

"Then do it according to Tiezhu's last wish, I just became the commander of the maritime yamen, and I can't go back to Xishan, you two will go back on my behalf, during this time, let the intelligence bureau and ghosts search for all the information of Tuyuhun for me, and I will destroy them."

Li Yong said murderously, Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang, who were his right-hand men, naturally understood what he meant, and they saluted Li Yong one by one.

"Yes, we must let them pay with blood and comfort the souls of the Iron Pillar brothers and other sacrificed brothers in heaven."

After Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang left, Li Yong wrote a letter asking for guilt and situation analysis to Li Er, such a big matter, he must give Li Er an explanation, the loss of the Longwei camp can be said to be the entire establishment is about to be disabled, and Tubo and Tuyuhun are united, their next goal must be the Tang Dynasty, and he wants to warn Li Er.