The vast Xiongnu steppe.

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

Nearly 10,000 elite horsemen galloped in the direction of Yumen Pass on the Xiongnu grassland.

The cavalrymen were all dressed in dark red armor and cloaked in scarlet heat, but this was not what they were.

Their armor was originally black, but it was soaked in blood and now it turned dark red, and even the original bright red cloak had become the same as if it had been fished out of the blood.

On their horses, one sits a man, and the other carries their various equipment and logistical supplies.

As for the last one, it was supposed to be used for rotation, but now it is full of heads.

After nearly four months of fighting, they killed all the Xiongnu tribes within 300 miles of Hedong, even on a snowy day, those tribes could not escape, and were blocked in the tribe and dyed the station red, leaving only countless headless corpses quietly in place, proving that there were once people living here.

The bloodbath of nearly 100,000 Huns by 10,000 elite cavalry has calmed down the entire Hedong, and the incident of small units of Xiongnu cavalry entering the Kou that has popped up from time to time this year has not happened once in the past four months.

Because no matter what tribe they are, the Huns have become a corpse under Huo Qubing.

And everything that happened near here also made the Huns, who originally wanted to move with them, retract back to the grassland in fright, and the news that the demon appeared on the grassland again spread.

Where Huo Qubing's Huo Ziqi passed, the Huns ran away in fear!

However, where can the two-legged one run over the four-legged one, none of the Huns who let Huo Qubing see it have successfully escaped.

Finally, after four months of purging, the ones who should be killed were cleaned.

Huo Qubing also embarked on the road back to China with the spoils of war and victory.

While galloping, suddenly an eagle roar resounded in the sky, and the next moment, the majestic Hai Dongqing fell straight towards the army, and soon landed on Shen Ji's arm.

Quickly checked the information brought by Xia Hai Dongqing, Shen Ji's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly hit the horse and chased to the front of the team, Huo Qubing's side reported:

"Master Hou! There is a holy message from Bianjing, Your Majesty asked us not to go back for the time being, according to the address sent to exterminate the Lu family's nest outside the Guan, and bring back the heads of the remnants of the Lu family! ”

"The Lu family?!"

A flash of surprise flashed in Huo Qubing's eyes, he didn't expect that under the crazy purge of the imperial court in the past two years, there was still the Lu family alive and still outside the gate!

Shen Ji nodded and said:

"That's right, it's the Lu family, according to the information sent, the Wang family, one of the eight major merchants in the east of the Guannei River, is the force supported by the Lu family.

In addition, there were many local officials and forces in Hedong, and even in the army, the hand of the Lu family was more or less stretched out.

Your Majesty has sent troops to Hedong, ready to clean up Hedong in a carpet way, clean up all the hands and feet of the Lu family, and hand over the Lu family's nest outside the gate to us. ”

Huo Qubing nodded slowly when he heard this, and then said: "Reply to Bianjing and inform Your Majesty that Qubing will definitely wipe out all the tribes of the Lu family, and the head of the Lu family will be a congratulatory gift for Your Majesty's birthday next year!" ”

"No!"

"Listen to all! Veer! Four hundred and eighty miles northwest of the nameless valley, under the order of His Majesty, clear the remnants of the Lu family! Bring back all the heads of the remnants of the Lu family to celebrate Your Majesty's birthday! ”

"Roar!"

A deafening roar resounded in the savannah!

The next moment, the army of nearly 10,000 turned around in an orderly manner and galloped towards the northwest.

And at the same time, Kannai.

The 2,000 Shenji battalion and 1,000 dragoons from Bianjing finally arrived in Hedong County after nearly half a month's journey.

As soon as the army entered, the local secret guards and the Imperial City Division who received the news cooperated with the army and began to clear the locked targets.

Suddenly, the whole Hedong knew the news that His Majesty had sent a large army to Hedong to clear the forces that colluded with the Lu family.

There are no ghosts in their hearts, for fear of involving themselves, and they are cautious to eat melons and watch the excitement.

If there is a ghost in his heart, he will shrink himself to death for fear of being noticed.

However, no matter what, the pace of the imperial court's clean-up will not stop, and with the accurate information, coupled with the new information obtained in the process of the clean-up, the entire Hedong County has been plowed in an almost carpet-like way.

All the forces related to the Lu family have been uprooted, whether you are in business, or in politics, or you own a lot of land in the local area, or you control a certain side of the force, all of them have become powder under the crushing of the imperial army!

The violent iron fist of the imperial court wiped out all the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods.

The military forces involved in the Lu family were the last to be eliminated, but the purging of them was the most cruel.

The so-called crime of knowing the law and committing the crime is added to the first degree.

As a member of the imperial court, but still colluding with the Qin criminals expressly forbidden by the imperial court, this is contempt for the imperial court!

No effort is spared to crack down on this kind of person!

Late at night, the night was cold and dewy.

The night in Hedong is very cold, especially now that the weather is gradually getting cooler.

The soldiers stationed there were wrapped in thick cotton clothes in order to be on duty on the city walls.

The walking patrol team walked around quickly wrapped in winter cotton clothes, wanting to complete the patrol task as soon as possible and return to the warm class room to rest.

A room on the wall of Xuancheng was still brightly lit, and several generals who were responsible for guarding the gate were gathering together to bake a fire.

"Lao Xie, have you heard? Hedong County is not calm these days, the imperial court sent troops over, I heard that it is still the Shenji battalion and dragoons in Bianjing!

Dragoons, do you know? It is the trump card of the Great Song Dynasty, the heavy armored cavalry! Once the good guy's charge starts, ten times as many as it may not be able to stop it.

During this time, they have tried to compete with it, and they have all been crushed!

There is also the Shenji Battalion, I heard that it is also the trump card in the hands of His Majesty, the all-firearms troops, whether it is the firearms rockets, artillery and palm mines, are all weapons with great lethality, and no one is invincible at present! ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

The bearded man called Lao Xie glanced up at him, took out the barbecue meat in his hand, took a bite of it fiercely, and asked while chewing.

The general, who was still talking just now, suddenly stopped talking, and was quiet for a long time before saying: "What I want to say is, will we be found, in the past two years, many people have been released by us, and many of them seem to be supported by the Lu family according to the official reports disclosed by the imperial court."

If this involves us, what can we do? ”

As soon as he said this, the others immediately fell silent.

Lao Xie's action of gnawing on the meat also froze, and only after half a sound did he throw the meat skewer in his hand to the ground, picked up the wine beside him and drank it all, and then took two big breaths, and then said:

"It shouldn't be found that we didn't really collude, we just let some people out, and we didn't know that they would be members of the Lu family!

Besides, we all did these things secretly, and the soldiers who did it with us were dealt with for all sorts of reasons, and now except for a few of us who are here, who knows that we have ever let people out?

Or will you turn yourself in? ”

Saying that, Lao Xie turned his head to look at his companion and asked, "Old Fang, will you?" ”

The general surnamed Fang hurriedly shook his head.

Lao Xie turned his head to look at the others again, and after asking them one by one, Huo Ran got up and said: "Look, no one will say it, we are all people in the same boat, and at this time, God knows that you know and we know."

How could the imperial court know?

Besides, if it weren't for the silver obtained from these things, would you have been able to live so chic in the past two years?

Enough meat, right? Mother-in-law, which of you didn't marry a third or fourth room, and Lao Deng, I remember that the fourth lady of your family seems to have just given birth to a big fat boy for you, right?

If you didn't have all this money, you would have what you have now?

Now the only thing we have to do is to be honest and avoid the limelight during this time!

When the dust settles, we'll look at the situation.

I don't think the customs will stop because the customs are cleared, and you don't want to think about how much profit there is?

Today, without the Zhang family, there will be the Wang family, tomorrow there will be the Chen family, the Sun family, as long as there is still the soil for trading, we can still make this money!

Now we all put our hearts in our stomachs, and we honestly wait for them first! ”

Among them, everyone nodded in agreement in the future, and was persuaded by Lao Xie.

Seeing this, Lao Xie had a smile on his face, and then raised the wine glass in his hand and signaled to everyone: "After drinking this glass of wine, everyone will go back to sleep, it will be fine!" ”

With that, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

The rest of the people also raised their glasses and drank together.

And yet at this moment!

Bang!

The door was kicked open!

A group of soldiers of the Shenji Battalion wearing black military uniforms poured into the hut in the blink of an eye, lined up directly in a row, and aimed the muskets in their hands at the people in the house.

A captain of the Shenji Battalion walked in from the crowd and looked at the already stunned crowd.

looked down at the meat skewers that had only eaten two bites on the ground that had been thrown on the ground, and the wine jar on the ground, and couldn't help sneering:

"Yo, my brothers are eating pretty well!

I don't want to eat this meat, this wine is enough! ”

Immediately after that, his face suddenly sank, and he said coldly:

"But this is the army! You have all forgotten the military regulations in the belly of the dog? How dare you drink in the army!

And! You still dare to collude with the Lu family!

You have the means to die! ”

Several frightened generals suddenly came back to their senses, and looked at the musket feet of several people aimed at them trembling, but they still hurriedly begged for mercy.

"General! Leave us alone! We don't dare anymore! We ......"

The captain of the Shenji Battalion directly interrupted their words and said coldly:

"Since you have violated the rules of the army and the rules of the court, then you must learn to bear the consequences!

Ladies and gentlemen, remember to accept your greed in the next life! The province fell on this again, and said hello to Lord Yama for me!

All of them! ”

Praise and praise!

"Put!"

"Wait......"

Bang bang bang~

The misty white smoke slowly rose, and several generals who were still drinking and eating meat just now were covered with blood holes and fell quietly to the ground.

……

(End of chapter)