The soldiers of the Blood Knife Fort all knelt in front of You Jingyao and Jia Yinyang to admit their mistakes, saying that they were forced by Tie Han, so they followed the rebellion. You Jingyao was sad in her heart and didn't want to speak, Jia Yinyang said: "I will explain to Lord Luobao for you, I believe he will also understand, you are all on the mountain and on standby." The soldiers thanked them with joy. Wanyan Wushu saw that the situation was not good, and thought that Ling Junlai was dead and the goal had been achieved, so he separated from Wanyan, and Ni Hongyan and the others secretly went down the mountain. Dangu looked at their backs and said fiercely: "Now that the soldiers are listening to us, why should we let them go." Chu Laike said: "The hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, although they are seriously injured, but ordinary soldiers still can't stop them, don't make senseless sacrifices." Dan Gu glanced at him and said, "Isn't there still you? If you shoot any of them and run away, why don't you kill them all?" Chu Laike smiled bitterly: "There are so many of them, they will definitely stay alive, and my Tubo country will also face the disaster of war, Chu does not dare to take risks." You Jingyao said: "The Lord of Chu City has his own hardships, so don't force him." Although Dan Gu spoke harshly, You Jingyao's face still had to be given, so she nodded and stopped talking. In this way, the four of them went down the mountain and went to the monk.

When they led the soldiers back to the monk's plain, they were already on duty at night, and when they arrived outside the south city gate, they heard the gongs and drums beating in the city, which was so lively, as if there was a happy event. Everyone looked at each other in surprise, only to hear the soldiers on the city tower shouting: "Is the city under the city the master of Gu Zhai?" Gu Yao said: "Exactly, we just came back from the Blood Knife Castle." The soldiers of the city were overjoyed and said, "Let us open the door." "After the city gate was opened, everyone entered the city, and saw that the city was full of lights, as bright as day, and there were dozens of tables of banquets in the open space, and the wine, meat, and meals were very rich, and the soldiers took turns to eat and drink at the table, and they made a fist to carry out the drinking order. Zhu Yushi and they were puzzled, not knowing what had happened in the past seven days after leaving, and why they celebrated so much.

Cao Cheng, who was guessing boxing, saw them and walked over with two bowls of wine and said, "You came back just in time, come and come, drink these two bowls first." Gu Yao said: "Why are you so happy?" Cao Cheng laughed and said: "Oh, it turns out that you don't know yet, something big has happened in the past few days, but it's a pity that you missed it." Zhu Yushi said: "Don't sell the lawsuit, what the hell is going on." Cao Cheng said excitedly: "The day after you left, a few Yi people came to meet the commander, and the leader of the Yi tribe was named Guomu, who said that there was a secret mountain road that could go around to the rear of Jinying, and he came to help." Commander Luo immediately made a decision and set a strategy of flanking the Jin soldiers on both sides, led by Elder Guomu, and the commander personally led 5,000 infantry to sneak into the rear of the Jin camp, and on the front there were Wu Jingluo, Lu Fei, and Zhao Hengshan led the main force to sneak attack. After the war, the main force of the Jin soldiers was attracted to the front, and the back of the village was empty, and Commander Luo took advantage of the weakness to enter and burned the granaries and camps of the Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers were suddenly in chaos, and only 10,000 of the 60,000 Jin soldiers broke out. Commander Luo led the cavalry in pursuit, and if it weren't for Wanyan Lou's room building ten pontoon bridges on the Wei River in advance, the remaining 10,000 people would not have been able to escape. In this battle, we have captured countless weapons, grain, grass, flags, equipment, and horses, and you should celebrate such a great victory. Everyone was refreshed when they heard this, and their frustration was relieved, and they all wanted to make the castle lord's eyes like a torch, and Luo Tianchu really lived up to his expectations. Gu Yao said: "We are going to see Lord Luobao, and these thousand soldiers are still troublesome for Brother Cao to resettle." Cao Cheng smiled and said: "You can go by yourself, and I will arrange it." ”

Gu Yao and others came to the living room, the banquet in the hall has been withdrawn, everyone is sitting around the round table eating tea and hangover, there are Luo Tianchu, Wu Jie, Zhao Huanhuan, Xu Huan, Gongsun Mingyue, Lu Fei, Zhao Hengshan, Feng Huilan, Ling Xue'er, He Yuelian, Jiang Nu'er, Yan Weifeng, Dongguo Wendao, Du Kill, Cai Lianhua, Guomu Patriarch, as well as Wu Lan and Yang Zuoyi, who withdrew from Dasanguan, they sat at two tables and were talking. Seeing that Gu Yao and his party were back, they all happily greeted them, and Luo Tianchu said: "It's great that you guys are back, has the matter been resolved?" We just won a big battle, hey, why don't you see the Lord of Lingbao and the Lord of Lu Zhai." Gu Yao didn't want to talk about family affairs in front of outsiders, and said with a smile: "It's all okay, they are all behind, one step late." Luo Tianchu smiled: "That's good." Gongsun Mingyue noticed that their expressions were different, but it was inconvenient to ask.

Gu Yao sat down, Zhu Yushi sat down next to He Yuelian, He Yuelian was still angry with him, and she didn't want to pay attention to him, but when she saw Zhu Li beside her, she didn't dare to be willful, and her expression and demeanor were very virtuous. Along the way, Zhu Li listened to Zhu Yushi talk about the matter between him and his second daughter, so he reprimanded him for not being manly, and couldn't even deal with two women, and said that it was normal for the eldest husband to have three wives and four concubines, and ordered Zhu Yushi to marry both of them. Zhu Yushi didn't dare to talk back, thinking that it was not that simple. After Zhu Li sat down, he first looked at He Yuelian, and then at Jiang Nu'er, and saw that these two "future daughters-in-law" were beautiful and polite, and the other was lively and generous, naughty and cute. I feel satisfied, thinking that the children are very blessed, if they can marry them all and pass on the ancestry, it is the blessing of the Zhu family. He Yuelian found that Zhu Li was looking at herself, her face was red, and she was shy and silent. Jiang Nu'er looked back generously, and smiled to pour tea and water for Zhu Li's family, Li took it with a smile, and laughed continuously: "Good, good, good." Although Zhu Yushi felt that the atmosphere was awkward, he found that the hostility between He Yuelian and Jiang Nu'er was gradually becoming more and more relaxed, and he felt a little relieved.

Luo Tianchu said to everyone: "If there is no Guomu Patriarch to guide the way, there will be no victory in this battle, so the first merit of this battle should be the Guomu Patriarch." Everyone applauded and said yes, and no one objected. This fruit wood patriarch is the Yi patriarch who honored Ling Jun on the way when Luo Tianchu and Zhu Yushi entered Sichuan three years ago. He was over seventy years old, but he was in good spirits and had strong bones. When Luo Tianchu finished speaking, he was intimate with one hand and said respectfully: "The Blood Knife Castle has the grace to save the lives of my Shu people, and the new Moon God has fought bloodily for our homeland and the golden soldiers. Luo Tianchu persuaded a few more words, but the fruit tree patriarch insisted on not taking credit, so Luo Tianchu had no choice but to give up. Wu Jiedao: "Wu will report to the imperial court tonight, don't the commander and the Guomu patriarch really want to remember the merits?" Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "Yes, please ask Wu Jingluo to arrange another meritorious soldier." Wu Jie said with a smile: "If the letter does not mention the Blood Sword Castle, then it can only be written that 3,000 Song soldiers annihilated 90,000 Jin soldiers, which is an unprecedented victory, and it will definitely alarm the government and the opposition." Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "This is the best, now that the Jin soldiers have been defeated, and I, the temporary commander, have done it, it is time to return it to Wu Jingluo." Wu Jiedao: "Commander is just a title, everyone is already brothers, and whoever is the commander is the same." It's just that as soon as this good news arrives at the imperial court, Wu will definitely be added to the official rank, but Guibao has nothing to gain, and Wu is really ashamed. ”

Luo Tianchu moved, and secretly thought that the time had come to put forward the conditions, so he said: "The loss of my fort this time is indeed not small, I don't know if I can leave eighty percent of the loot to reward the brothers in the fort." Wu Jie said: "No problem, it doesn't hurt to give it all to you." Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "The armor, war horses, weapons, and siege equipment left by the Jin soldiers are enough to equip a force of 50,000 people, and we can't use them up, taking eighty percent is enough." The rest will be left to Wu Jingluo. Wu Jie smiled and said, "Then Wu is very grateful." Luo Tianchu said: "The Jin soldiers have retreated, we plan to get up tomorrow and go back to the fort, these days with Wu Jingluo day and night, I really learned a lot of things, in the next tea instead of wine, toast Wu Jingluo a glass." Wu Jie said: "It's rare for everyone to fall in love, and they should be close to each other, so why leave in a hurry." Gongsun Mingyue said with a smile: "As soon as Wu Jingluo's good news arrives at the imperial court, there will be a ceremonial official who will come to read the holy decree in the near future, and I am afraid that we will be suspicious when they see us." Wu Jie said: "I see, but for my sake." ”

Luo Tianchu said: "There is another thing I want to ask Wu Jingluo for advice." Wu Jiedao: "Please speak." Luo Tianchu said: "The first battle of the monk was only a partial victory, looking at the general trend, the Jin State still has millions of soldiers, holding the two saints hostage, dominating the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the puppet state of Qi is also divided into the Central Plains, and my Great Song Dynasty is the enemy, the situation is not optimistic." I don't know what Wu Jingluo thinks about the future strategy of the Great Song Dynasty. Wu Jiedao: "Wu is a military general, taking obedience to orders as his duty, and he has never thought about such a long-term thing, but he only knows how to do his best, and he will die, and he will not let the Jin soldiers step into Sichuan and Shaanxi." Luo Tianchu said: "In the battle of Song and Jin, my big Song Dynasty was mostly beaten passively, and Wu Jingluo could have considered taking the initiative?" Wu Jiezheng said: "Recovering the lost territory and welcoming back the two saints is Wu's volunteer, but the matter of sending troops is not trivial, and the court must be played first." Luo Tianchu said: "If my castle sends troops to fight for gold without authorization, does Wu Jingluo think it is appropriate?" Wu Jie exclaimed: "I didn't expect the lord of Luobao to have such ambitions, Wu admired." Guibao does not belong to my Great Song Dynasty, and you can come and go freely, of course. But the Jin army is strong, and it is difficult to do anything by relying on the strength of your castle alone. Luo Tianchu said: "Now that Yue Fei is on the Northern Expedition, the soldiers of the Qi State will be just a group of rabble, and I expect to be broken by Yue Fei." The Jin Kingdom will not sit idly by, and will definitely mobilize a large army to support the Eastern Front, so that the Western Front will be even more empty, and our opportunity will come. Wu Jie nodded and said: "That's right, we just wiped out 90,000 Jin soldiers, the vitality of the Jin State is greatly damaged, and the city is empty. Luo Tianchu said: "The premise is that Yue Fei must win a big victory in order to force the Jin State to transfer troops." On that day, the general poured the troops of the whole fort to the north to attack gold, and hoped that Wu Jingluo could help. Wu Jie said: "It should be so, as long as Wu can do it, there is no other word." Luo Tianchu asked for this promise, and said happily: "Then I will thank you first." (To be continued.) )