A few days later, the excerpts and the list of military merits for the soldiers were signed by Zhang Kai, and sent to the capital Bianliang and sent to the hands of the official Zhao Xu. As for how to reward these meritorious soldiers, let Zhao Xu and the ministers of civil and military affairs have a headache, and this will be decided after Zhang Ji and Wu Zhi lead the Red Guard Battalion to return to the court.

After Wu Zhi repaired in Pingxia City for two days, under the awe-inspiring eyes of all the soldiers in Pingxia City, he led the people of the Red Guard Battalion, took more than 100 party nobles, officials and generals and other prisoners led by Li Qianshun and Wei Ming, and rushed back to Weizhou in a carriage. In order to hurry, and because Wu Zhi did not want to abuse these party prisoners with status, he requisitioned more than 50 ox carts in Pingxia City and converted them into horse-drawn prisoner carts, so that the prisoners also drove back to Weizhou City in horse-drawn carriages.

As for Liu Zhongwu, Chong Pu, Wang Sunchen and other generals and cavalry, Wu Zhi left them to continue to rest in Pingxia City, asking them to treat the wounded while waiting for Zhang Ji's next order.

Wu Zhi estimated that after Zhang Ji received his letter, he would definitely take new actions and issue new instructions. In order to prevent Liu Zhongwu, Chong Pu, Wang Sunchen and other generals and cavalry from going back and forth on the wrong road, he simply ordered them to repair on the spot in Pingxia City and wait for instructions. Zhang Ji is a commander with a pioneering spirit, and when he sees Wu Zhi's proposal, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity, and he will take action sooner or later.

The disinfectant alcohol brought by Wu Zhi once again made a great contribution, showing miraculous results, more than 1,000 wounded people were disinfected with alcohol, most of them did not have wound infection, miraculously survived, and only a dozen soldiers died of serious injuries, which is simply a miracle.

In the past, due to the lack of disinfectant potions, the mortality rate of the wounded due to wound infection was as high as about 50 percent, and the remaining wounded could only resign themselves to their fate, depending on God and their own survivability.

Therefore, the so-called disinfectant alcohol in Wu Zhi's mouth has become a life-saving medicine for all the officers and soldiers in the northwest, and Wu Zhi has also become a living bodhisattva and a living thunder god in the hearts of the officers and soldiers in the northwest. Respect for the god of thunder is because the power of the bamboo grenade in the hands of the Red Guard Battalion is too amazing, and everyone is in awe and panic.

When Wu Zhi led the group back to the gate of Weizhou City, Zhang Qi personally led the officials of Jingyuan Road out of the city to greet them, the scene was very warm, Zhang Qi and the officials of Jingyuan Road gave enough respect and respect to Wu Zhi and the soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion. Wu Zhi led the Red Guard Battalion to participate in two battles, killing and wounding countless enemy soldiers, winning countless victories, and making brilliant achievements in the annals of history, but the officers and soldiers of the battalion were unharmed, which can be called a miracle in the war!

Zhang Qi and everyone laughed when they saw Li Qianshun and Wei Ming's burial and other captives in the prisoner car, and this record of killing the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang and capturing Li Qianshun alive can also be called the biggest gain in this war.

Wu Zhi smiled and walked into Weizhou City side by side with Zhang Qi, and had a good conversation. From Zhang Ji's words, Wu Zhi knew that Zhang Qi had adopted all of his proposals, and the day before yesterday issued an order for the Six Route Army to march together to expand the territory.

Zhang Ji's decisiveness made Wu Zhi admire, and at the same time, he was secretly happy for his wise decision to leave Liu Zhongwu, Chong Pu, Wang Sunchen and other generals and cavalry waiting there for orders in Pingxia City, and he was vaguely a little complacent.

Wu Zhi can foresee that in the near future, the so-called Hengshan defense line between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia will become history, and the border line of the Song Dynasty will directly approach the Xiping Mansion of the Western Xia, directly threatening the Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia.

When he came to the hall of the Weizhou Bureau, Zhang Ji exchanged some opinions with Wu Zhi and asked for Wu Zhi's opinion. Wu Zhi did not get carried away, and modestly communicated with Zhang Qi, he also needed to learn more about the border army from Zhang Qi's mouth, be familiar with more affairs, and at the same time explain his views to Zhang Qi one by one. Many of his views are very forward-looking, and Zhang Qi couldn't help but nod his head in agreement after listening to it, and appreciated his knowledge and strategy more and more.

From the coping strategy proposed early before the war, to the emergence of the Red Guard Battalion to show its might, and then to the northward expansion strategy proposed after the war, all of them advocated the eloquence and excellence of the martial arts; And Wu Zhi is victorious but not arrogant, he talks freely, he is gentle and polite, looking at his young age but actually stable and old, Zhang Ji admires it from the bottom of his heart.

And Zhang Qi, this old man who is over seventy years old but still old and strong, is bold and wise, and Wu Zhi also respects him very much in his heart.

Zhang Ji was very interested in the new weapons that Wu Zhi and the Red Guard Battalion had repeatedly made war exploits, so he asked, and Wu Zhi immediately took out the bamboo grenade he was carrying and handed it to Zhang Qi.

Just in case, Wu Zhi also carried eight grenades with him when he led the Red Guard Battalion to the northwest, but in the two battles, he used only two each time, and now he has four left. The purpose of Wu Zhi's carrying grenades with him is to defend himself. Although his martial arts are very good, but when he goes out, it is easy to dodge the open gun and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, no matter how strong a person's strength is, there are times when he is outnumbered and the crowd is not caught, so he also has to use grenades to prevent one or two, after all, the power of grenades is more direct and amazing.

Zhang Qi took the bamboo grenade in Wu Zhi's hand, looked at it over and over, and was a little puzzled: "Will this small bamboo tube really have that much power?" ”

Wu Zhi saw Zhang Kai's face full of doubts, so he took him to the backyard of the office, found a relatively remote and uninhabited place, and asked Zhang Kai to hide behind a rockery, Wu Zhi took out the fire and lit the bamboo grenade in his hand, and then threw it out into the woods in front of him.

Zhang Kai was taken aback by the explosive power of the grenade, looking at this rather terrifying explosion effect, he finally understood why the party members were defeated so badly! The sound of this thing exploding alone can shock people to the core, not to mention in the case of a sneak attack, it can have the amazing effect of killing and injuring the enemy and deterring the enemy.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and Zhang Ji also understood why Wu Zhi and the officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion dared to go to the northwest and kill more than 1,000 people. With such a powerful new weapon, soldiers can run rampant on the battlefield again!

"What kind of weapon is this? Was it made by the imperial court? Zhang Qi asked curiously.

"It's called a bamboo grenade! I made it myself, little brother! Wu Zhi replied with a smile.

"Bamboo grenades? Good name! Good weapons! Wu Xiaoyou is really talented! Zhang Ji looked at Wu Zhi in surprise and said in admiration. It's a genius that you can make your own new weapons! He was now utterly impressed.

The two of them were talking at the scene of the explosion, and a large group of guards rushed over from the front yard and asked what was going on, looking very nervous, they were obviously frightened by the shocking explosion just now.

"It's okay! Stand down! Zhang Qi hurriedly put away his mind and gave orders to everyone.

Seeing that Zhang Ji and Wu Zhi were both safe and sound, although the guards had doubts, they still turned around and slowly retreated to the front yard in an orderly manner.

After staying in Weizhou City for more than ten days, on the 20th day of the first month of November, the cool weather began to turn cold, and Zhang Qi and Wu Zhi finally received the imperial court's order for their class to return to the court.

After receiving the emperor's will, Zhang Qi hurriedly recalled the deputy marshal Wang En from Longgan to Weizhou City, and temporarily presided over the military and political affairs of Jingyuan Road on his behalf. In the early morning of 26 November, Zhang Kai took a group of subordinates and family members, led Wu Zhi and the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion, escorted Li Qianshun, Wei Ming, and other prisoners, and embarked on a mighty journey back to Beijing in a carriage with a procession of more than a dozen horses and more than 500 carriages. Others continued to guard the north-western frontier and were not allowed to leave their posts without permission.

The more than 320,000 ears of party members who were invited to be rewarded had already been wrapped with lime for anti-corrosion and anti-odor and put into bags, which were full of more than 600 large bags and loaded in more than 80 wagons. Wu Zhi didn't want any of the party heads sent by Zhong Fu, Yao Xiong and others, leaving only the two ears of each head, and all the heads were burned to ashes. It is enough to panic when you go on the road with the ears of the party members, and it is impossible for Wu Zhi to face the dead man's head every day, it is purely a blockage in his heart, and he is uncomfortable.

There is a carriage to travel, and everyone walks steadily, smoothly and smoothly, and there is not much hardship. Wu Zhi and the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion left the capital on the 10th day of October and came to the northwest to fight, eating and sleeping in the open air, and they have been tossing and sleeping for almost a month and a half.

This time he followed Wu Zhi to fight in the northwest, and none of the soldiers in the Red Guard Battalion thought that it would be such a fighting method and result. The road is a horse-drawn carriage for travel, completely mechanized, easy and comfortable, and does not cost legs and feet; When fighting, there is no need to directly charge into the battle with a naked body, it is easy to kill the enemy, and it is easy to make meritorious contributions, except for dozens of people who were slightly injured outside the skin, everyone else was unharmed. Until now, everyone still feels like they are in a dream, unbelievable and ecstatic.

Fifteen days later, at noon on the 10th day of the first month of December, everyone returned to the capital, stopped at a post ten miles away from the west gate of Bianliang in the capital, and immediately sent fast horses to the capital to report the news, and the rest of the people camped on the spot and waited for the will and arrangement of the imperial court.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a group of officials and eunuchs of the Ministry of Rites brought a lot of food and wine to comfort the people, and also brought a lot of flags representing victory, and they also had to train everyone on the etiquette when they entered the city tomorrow, so as to prevent mistakes and jokes. Tomorrow, the 11th day of the first day of December is the auspicious day of the zodiac, and it is advisable to travel far and sacrifice, so the imperial court intends to carry out the ceremony of returning to the city at noon tomorrow, entering the city from the Wansheng Gate of Xicheng, and then will build a Beijing view outside the city gate, and the emperor will lead the civil and military officials to meet outside the city gate, etc.