Chapter 57: Free

Boy, when you read this letter, you must have guessed a lot, and when I thought, you should know more. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info so I'll tell you everything you want to know.

Boy, the land in southern Xinjiang is very large, bigger than the Central Plains, I don't need to say this, I believe you know. But do you know why such a large piece of land, in the past 1,000 years, except for the one more than ten years ago, the Central Plains has never coveted it? Even the one more than ten years ago, do you really think that it was because of the fact that I had to stop the war because of the loss of more than 30% of the Great Zhou War?

It's not that simple.

Whether it was Chu, Shu, or Wu back then, they all had the idea of this southern Xinjiang, after all, such a big place, even if it was seven mountains, two rivers and one field, it could feed many people. It's just that they all failed.

Later, my Great Zhou took advantage of the general trend of the world to launch a strategy against southern Xinjiang, but before the troops were dispatched, there were already 10,000 veterans unarmed.

Even so, the king did not change his original intention of going south. After all, these small tribes in southern Xinjiang are the opponents of our bear soldiers who have just experienced the battle of the deer.

But the king and I were wrong.

We headed south from Wuyun Mansion, and when we arrived in Houjia Town, we were ambushed. Those savages who did not know etiquette and righteousness actually used the art of war, relying on the terrain of Houjia Town and those simple weapons that could be used as burning sticks, they blocked the army for ten days.

Although there were not many casualties in these 10 days, it was a great blow to morale. When we broke through Houjia Town, they retreated to Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Tiger Leaping Gorge they guarded it for another eleven days.

In this way, we broke through the passes and tribes, but it took more and more time. When we came to where you are now, there were many people who had fallen because of the water and soil. The anger that had been suppressed suddenly exploded.

The soldiers began to make trouble, they didn't understand why they came to this place where there were poisonous insects and beasts, they didn't understand why they wanted to fight those barbarians, they all wanted to go back, they wanted to go back to the north of Wuyun Mansion.

But even so, the king and I still didn't give up. We raised the reward of the big soldiers, suppressed the chatter in the army, and set out south again.

But this time it was different, we couldn't go south again.

Less than fifty miles south of where you are, there is a place that the tribesmen call Death Valley. Where, the people of the tribe guarded for a whole month. On several occasions we have breached their defenses, but they have taken them back with their lives. This time they resisted unusually resolutely.

If that's all there is to it, I believe that if I am given enough, I will be able to conquer Death Valley. But I forgot, or rather, I was careless, that the people of those tribes were here to stop us for no purpose at all, their purpose was for our supply lines.

In the space of a month, our supply lines have been devastated. A whole thirteen convoys were wiped out by them.

But the deadliest blow is yet to come.

When our army was less than seven days after our army was short of food, countless generals in the army came to the Chinese army camp tent with the orders of the heads of their respective families, and demanded that we withdraw our troops.

I'm sure they must have been colluding before this, but I haven't heard the slightest word. And most importantly, the 100,000-strong army was less than 80,000 at this time, but they had nearly 40,000. My 10,000 Chinese troops are simply powerless.

Even if I have the ability to suppress it, the southern expedition will never have a chance. Because the imperial court issued seven gold medals in a row at this time, urging me to return to the division.

In such a situation, I can only withdraw my troops.

I'm not telling you this to tell you about my past. I just want you to know that the world is never peaceful.

Behind the generals who forced me to withdraw their troops stood one after another from the incapable families of the imperial court.

These families are like moths, lying on the body of the court to suck blood, and sooner or later they will suck the court dry. And at that time, our Hou family was definitely not spared.

So since eight years ago, I asked Hou Li to come here, trying to find a way out for our Hou family. And Hou Li did not live up to my expectations, and controlled the rat clan in a short period of time. It's just that when he wanted to take the next step, he encountered a lot of resistance.

It turns out that those big tribes have been in contact with people from various families all these years, and the people of big families are also looking for partners here for their own interests.

This southern Xinjiang is becoming more and more like the Central Plains before the Battle of the Deer, where the heroes are divided, fighting separately, and the chaos is very large. And Hou Li's strength lies in conquest, and it is shorter than strategy. Since taking down the rat people, there has been no progress. There is more than self-preservation, and there is not enough development.

It just so happens that you are about to reach the age of travel, so I want you to take over Hou Li and find a way out for our Hou family and Baidao Villa in southern Xinjiang.

Boy, you are the next head of the Hou family, you should try to provoke the responsibility you should resist.

After reading the letter, Hou Ping'an did not stand up immediately, but took out the charcoal pen that he never left from his arms, opened the envelope and flattened it, and drew on it.

Sure enough, after a while, dense handwriting appeared on the envelope.

This is the real letter, as for the letter in his hand, Hou Ping'an didn't believe a word, how could his extremely confident father have so many feelings.

How could he show cowardice in front of his own son.

How could he let himself, a hairy boy, find a way back for the family.

If Hou Li is shorter than strategy, then what about Yue Laoqi?

So the letter was just a smoke bomb, or just to confuse Hou Li, it seems that Hou Li can't get the full trust of his father.

After reading the contents of the envelope, Hou Ping'an was more sure of his thoughts.

He handed the envelope to Qin Hao, only to remember why Qin Hao appeared here, shouldn't he be hiding outside?

It turned out that when that man, that is, Hou Li, left, he specially entered Qin Hao's side. At this time, Qin Hao also knew that people had already discovered him, but he didn't break it.

Moreover, Hou Li had already left, and Qin Hao believed that there should be no danger here, so he walked in.

Of course, he still kept an eye on it, that is, he didn't let Xiaobai in.

"Monkey, is what the owner said in the letter true?" Qin Hao, who had finished reading the letter, asked.

"Perhaps, what my dad thinks in his heart, who can say clearly?"

Yes, people's hearts are separated from their bellies, and no matter how close two people are, they can't guarantee that they can fully understand each other's meaning. What's more, Hou Ping'an is not close to his father.

Yue Niu, who was more anxious, couldn't understand what they were saying, and snatched the envelope from Qin Hao's hand.

There are actually only four words on the envelope, which is all handwriting.

You're free.