A long-distance expedition of 800 cavalry appeared outside the Huling Pass.

He rode first, carrying a spear, wearing black armor and hanging a dark coat.

Before Chu Yujia and the Huling Guard Ye Bian met, there were five hundred veteran soldiers from the northwest who had retired from the army before to join the team, although these veterans had no armor, no helmets and even no weapons in their hands, but they stood there, and the momentum that naturally exuded from their bodies should not be underestimated.

These veterans of the Northwest Army all lived near the capital, and they were relatively well-informed, when they saw the excitement on the street and saw the former robe in the team, and saw Zhuang Jiade, the former cavalry commander, they almost did not hesitate too much, and did not even inform their families, so they followed the team directly to Huling Pass.

For them, the Northwest Army is faith, and for them it is the glory of their lives.

The highlight moments of his life seem to be when he joined the army in the Northwest Army.

There were also many soldiers in the Huling Pass who used to be in the Northwest Army, but later Chu Qianwen suffered and was transferred here from the east.

These days of warfare actually rely on the old teams of the Northwest Army to support them, but the old team of the Northwest Army, which has a total of less than 10,000 people, after yesterday's fierce battle, there are less than 3,000 people left, and they are almost tearfully collecting the corpses of the dead robes.

The old pawn of the Northwest Army, if one dies, there will be one less, because there will never be a person like that man in this world.

There was a sense of desolation throughout Huling Pass, the city had long since been devoid of civilians, the houses had been requisitioned into barracks, and the streets were full of the remains of soldiers who had died in battle, waiting for the war to end, to incinerate the remains, and to return the ashes to their homes.

There are some soldiers who have just entered the army, because of the death of their friends, because of the death of the captain, they are crying.

There are also veterans who have become accustomed to this, or gather together in groups of three or five, or rest alone against the wall.

Among them, there was a commander named Xu Gaoda, looking at the recruits who were whining and crying beside him, and couldn't help but reprimand: "Recruit eggs, isn't it just that Captain Wu is dead, crying eggs, Lao Tzu collected corpses every day when he fought in Humaguan, and he didn't cry like you." ”

"But Captain Wu is dead......"

The recruit raised his hand and touched his face and said, "Captain Wu, he helped me block a knife before he died, if it weren't for me, he wouldn't have died." ”

Hearing this, Xu Gaoda was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, raised his hand and patted the recruit's shoulder, grabbed the war knife that he was holding until death from the captain's side, handed it to the recruit and said: "Since your captain died to save you, then you should fight for him next, take his knife, and kill the enemy who he has not had time to kill." ”

Without waiting for the soldier to reply, Xu Gaoda returned to the appearance of Lao Tzu who was the best in the world, and said: "Tell you, old man, bleeding without tears, crying like a girl, isn't it just dead, after eighteen years, he is still a good man, and he can still be our Ye Guoerlang." ”

"Reinforcements from the Central Army have arrived, reinforcements from the Central Army have arrived!"

I don't know who shouted first.

Hearing this, everyone began to look in the direction of the city gate.

At this time, I saw that the nearly 1,000 cavalry soldiers and the 500 veterans of the Northwest Army slowly entered the city along the avenue in the city.

When he saw one of the riders, Xu Gaoda frowned, and involuntarily walked out of the crowd, and when he saw the person's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but scold: "Hey, your mother's Zhuang Jiade, do you still know about coming back?"

In the team, Zhuang Jiade, who was walking with Chu Yujia, could naturally hear Xu Gaoda's undisguised abuse.

Chu Yujia frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at Zhuang Jiade.

Zhuang Jiade smiled and said: "This person's name is Xu Gaoda, and he used to be a commander under me, with a stinky temper. ”

"When we left the Northwest Army, he said that he would guard the last family business for the major general, otherwise when the major general came back, there would be nothing, then it would be okay?"

So he stayed in the army, and later heard that he was transferred, but he didn't expect to come here, and from the northwest to the southeast, he hasn't changed at all in the past three years. ”

Chu Yujia smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, then let's go over and take a look." ”

Zhuang Jiade nodded yes, and then urged the horse to Xu Gaoda's approach, with a smile in his eyes but unforgiving in his mouth: "What's the surname Xu, I'm not your commander now, you dare to make a big deal in front of me?"

"Hehe, even if you are the commander, I dare to scold you, what's the matter, is this trying to open?"

Xu Gaoda walked to Zhuang Jiade's horse with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but raise his hand to touch the mane of the war horse, his eyes were full of love and nostalgia: "This horse is really good, but it is not as strong and tall as the horse we raised before." ”

Xu Gaoda was also a member of the Northwest Cavalry before, and he had a very deep affection for war horses, but after arriving in the southeast, the cavalry turned into infantry, and in the past three years, he has almost never ridden except for seeing it.

"Look at your little bit of breath. ”

Zhuang Jiade smiled: "Don't worry, you will still have the opportunity to raise horses." ”

"That's a good relationship, my Lao Xu has no other hobbies in his life, he just likes to raise horses. ”

Xu Gaoda only saw the young general standing side by side with Zhuang Jiade at this time, and couldn't help frowning: "Have you found a new home?"

"Then I want to ask, whose puppy is this, who can make your commander Zhuang willingly become his pawn. ”

He didn't hide the hostility in his eyes at all, and even deliberately distanced himself from Zhuang Jiade a little.

"Major General, don't mind. ”

Hearing that Xu Gaoda even scolded Chu Yujia, Zhuang Jiade also pinched a cold sweat for him, and hurriedly explained to Chu Yujia: "Xu Gaoda, this person is this stinky temper, otherwise he wouldn't be able to mix up to today and still be a thousand-commander, he has the ability, but his feelings for the old general are too deep." ”

Xu Gaoda was born in the civilian class, and after joining the army, he went to the northwest, and at the beginning in the Northwest Army, he only helped raise horses and feed horses in the rear, and later became Chu Qianwen's personal soldier by chance, and then became a thousand commanders in the Northwest cavalry led by Zhuang Jiade.

Under the influence of Chu Qianwen, Chu Yujia also has an inexplicable sense of closeness to these Northwest veterans, how could he be angry with these Northwest veterans.

Chu Yujia waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, if he sees you following someone else and doesn't scold you, then I'm going to be angry." ”

Hearing this, Zhuang Jiade's respect for the young general increased a little more.

If it was just because of the nostalgia for the old general before, now I am really convinced.

Zhuang Jiade smiled at Xu Gaoda and said: "You kid is afraid that you are stupid in the southeast, you don't know what is high and the earth is thick, even the young general, you dare to scold?"

"What...... What? Major General?"

Xu Gaoda blinked his eyes, and his gaze swept over the faces of the dealer and Chu Yujia in surprise.

"If it's not a major general, who can let us return to the army willingly?"

"Lao Xu, I don't think your eyes are very good, you don't even see the young general?"

At this time, the veterans of the Northwest Army who rushed over couldn't help laughing, and surrounded Xu Gaoda for a long time to mock.

When he saw those familiar faces, Xu Gaoda realized that it was really the young general who had returned.

Xu Gaoda, who came back to his senses, knelt down on one knee in front of Chu Yujia, and said loudly: "The last general, Xu Gaoda, meet the young general!"

"They are all their own brothers, and they don't have so many politeness. ”

Chu Yujia turned over and dismounted to help Xu Gaoda up, raised his hand and patted his shoulder in fear and said, "Thank you for helping me take care of my family in the past three years, so that when I come back, I can still see my family." ”

As soon as these words came out, the veterans who had been injured so much on the battlefield were also moist for a while.

The Northwest Army is the home of these veterans, and every soldier in the Northwest Army is also their family, and they have long regarded the robes beside them as brothers, and the idea of family has been thoroughly rooted in their hearts and minds.

When he heard the word 'home' from Chu Yujia's mouth again, Xu Gaoda, who had just reprimanded his subordinates for crying and crying like a girl, pulled Chu Yujia's arm and couldn't cry silently.

It's back, the Northwest Army has gathered, even if the 80,000 Northwest Army is now less than 4,000 people in this Huling Pass, the Northwest Army is also back.

Because Chu Yujia is back, Chu Yujia is what they think, and what their hearts want.

As long as the Chu family is not extinct, as long as Chu Qianwen's son is still there, then the Northwest Army he established is still there, and their home is still there.

They no longer have to worry about finding their way home, no longer worrying about wandering themselves.

All of this is just because Chu Yujia is back.

I don't know how long it took for Xu Gaoda to hold back his crying, Chu Yujia raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said: "The Northwest Army will definitely be established by us again in the future, our glory has just begun, this Huling Pass is the starting place of our glory, and the Qi army outside the pass is our whetstone and an opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves." ”

"The past three years of travel have given me a bold idea, which I may not understand now, but I only have one sentence to tell you. ”

Chu Yujia slowly turned around and said to all the old soldiers from the northwest who were present, as well as the young soldiers who had gathered: "The Mingwu Empire has been divided for hundreds of years, and the people have been fighting for hundreds of years, and the people are suffering, and our Ye country is even more suffering, because our Ye country is poor, they all call us Ye country barbarians, and even call us savages, but I don't care. ”

"When I was young and frivolous, I wrote two sentences in the drunken bin building in the capital, the city was broken and people died, the wife and daughter of the ancient road cried and broke their bowels, since ancient times, I saw Lang Jun go west, how could I have seen Lang Jun return to his hometown. ”

"Compared with other vassal states, we are indeed much backward, the land is barren and we even have a problem to eat, and many years of conquest have made many Ye girls wait for her lover to return home every day, so that many children look forward to the triumphant return of their father. ”