Chapter Eighty-Five: Returning in Victory
After a while, the two generals Xie and He arrived.
Ouyang Yu asked, it was 5,000 enemies annihilated, 3,000 thieves captured, and the rest escaped, and the casualties of officers and soldiers were less than 2,000, as for the food and clothing found from the stockade, it was enough for a team of tens of thousands of people to eat and clothe for two years, and there were countless gold and silver.
Luo Huaping's 20 years of hard work is really not trivial, if Chai Shaoning hadn't accidentally discovered the secret road in the back mountain, the officers and soldiers would not have been able to exterminate this gang of bandits even if they attacked for a year.
Everything was checked clearly, leaving some people to bury the corpses and burn the cottage, Ouyang Yu and the others followed Xie and He to lead a large team of men and horses, escorting the prisoners and a large number of property back to the camp under the mountain.
Outside the camp, firecrackers rang out on both sides of the road, and Ouyang Qian, Song Yuanlan, Wang Zhong and others were elated, accompanying the patriarch of Dong Lao to lead the mountain people to line up to greet them.
The villagers were full of joy, and brought out the roasted game together with the water to reward the triumphant soldiers.
Although the food is simple, the sincere feelings of the mountain people trump all the deliciousness.
Many officers and men recalled the oppression of the people in the past, and shed tears of remorse in the face of these simple villagers who regarded themselves as benefactors. And the bandits who were caught were trembling with fright, and they couldn't help but think of their past.
Most of these thieves were also from poor families, and they were forced to go up the mountain to become thieves for various reasons, and it can be said that there are forgivable circumstances at first, but after a long time as they were thieves, they forgot the suffering they had suffered, and instead inflicted those sins on the heads of their neighbors tenfold.
Putting aside the various ideas of these people, Chai Shaoning and the others were surprised to find that among the people who greeted them, there were not only the familiar figures of Zhao Yinian, who were supported by Qiu Ju and Dongmei, laughing loudly, but also Sun Shaoyang, Sima Long, Xiao Ting, as well as Xue Nianci, Shangguan Rou and Chunlan and Xia He, who were supposed to be recuperating in Wang Zhong's village.
Chai Shaoning hurriedly pointed to Sima Long from afar and secretly introduced Ouyang Yu.
Ouyang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this. The person he admired most in his life was the Nanhai Xianweng, and today he not only saw the descendants of the Xianweng, but also heard that Sima Long was dating his daughter, so he paid special attention to Sima Long.
The two groups soon converged.
The meeting between the two sides was free of all kinds of politeness. The two generals, Xie and He, wanted to report the results of the battle to Zhao Yinian, and Zhao Yinian waved his hand and said: "Excuse me, with you two rabbit cubs commanding the army, what is Lao Tzu worried about? As he spoke, his eyebrows fluttered, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
How could Xie and He not know that Zhao Yinian intended to promote them, otherwise with such a big credit, how could they hand it over to the two of them to write the documents themselves?
The two of them were overjoyed in their hearts, and they were just about to bow and thank them, but when they saw Zhao Yinian glaring again, they put down their hands and smirked.
Zhao Yinian stretched out his hand and punched each person on the shoulders of the two, and Qiu Ju and Dongmei helped them to see the others.
Over there, Ouyang Yu rushed over and grabbed Sun Shaoyang's hand, and said happily: "Brother Sun, I've heard your name for a long time, brother, I can see my brother today, and my long-term wish has finally come to an end." This time, brother, you must follow me to Xiaopenglai for a few days, so that my brother and I can do our best to be a landlord. ”
Sun Shaoyang and Sima Long both had a common enmity with the heavenly thieves, so as soon as Xue Nianci was able to act, he insisted on rushing to participate in the battle despite his injuries that had not yet healed, but he knew that he was still one step too late. Listening to Qiu Ju and Dong Mei tell about the changes in the past few days, both of them hated that they couldn't participate in person.
At this time, when he met Ouyang Yu, Sun Shaoyang was also overjoyed, and replied loudly: "I have long admired Brother Ouyang's chivalrous reputation for being impatient and righteous, but I hate not having a chance to get acquainted, this time it is not easy to meet, Brother Ouyang You can't ask for wine or not!"
The two of them laughed together, both of them cherished each other, and hated each other late.
Ouyang Qian originally hid Sima Long far away, afraid of being spied on by her father, but suddenly when she turned around, she saw Sima Long's stunned expression, and she suddenly couldn't bear it, and she couldn't care about anything else, so she squeezed over and grabbed Sima Long's hand and reproached: "There is an injury on your body, you don't listen to you when you stay in the camp, I won't follow you like this in the future!"
Listening to Ouyang Qian's lifelong love words, Sima Long was in high spirits, and he waved his fists and kicked his legs: "That little injury has already healed!"
When Ouyang Qian saw it, he hurriedly pressed his arms and legs, blaming Sima Long for being reckless.
The two of them were very good, and Chunlan and Xia He, who came over, were blushing, so they shaved their faces at the two, turned around and ran to Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun to be coquettish, and let them tell the process of killing the thief.
Shangguan Rou grabbed Chai Shaoning's hand as soon as she came over, and refused to leave Chai Shaoning, so angry that Song Yuanlan on the side frowned and stomped her feet, but it was not good to attack in public.
Fang Xiaoyun looked funny, pulled Chai Shaoning out of the crook of Shangguan Rou's arm, and asked him to tell a few little girls about all kinds of thrilling things that happened in the battle.
At this time, Xiao Ting looked complacent, took Xue Nianci's hand and walked over, looked at Song Yuanlan sullenly, and teased her: "The third sister will tell the second brother and the second sister, how did you win that big villain Luo Huaping?"
Song Yuanlan glanced at Chai Shaoning, who was talking and laughing, and said angrily: "There is a cowhide king here, listening to him blow, it is more exciting than me." ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, only Xue Nianci, who was held by Xiao Ting, was expressionless, bowed her head and said nothing, I don't know what she was thinking?
Chai Shaoning heard that Song Yuanlan was sarcastic about herself again, and helplessly rolled her eyes and said: "Lan'er is messing around again, this kind of nickname can't be messed up." ”
"What's the chaos?" Song Yuanlan scratched her face with her fingers and said with shame: "Did you just say that you beat away Tie Fengxing?"
"Of course!" Chai Shaoning actually enjoyed flirting with Song Yuanlan, and deliberately made a serious appearance and said, "I don't believe you asked-" Speaking of this, when he suddenly saved himself from fighting Tie Fengxing, there was only one old thief Sun Zhong next to him, and now even that Sun Zhong has been cut in half by himself, and it is really difficult to find someone to testify.
Song Yuanlan saw Chai Shaoning's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Why can't you blow it out?"
Chai Shaoning laughed and asked rhetorically, "Lan'er, have you seen the thief of Tie Fengxing in the Black Tiger Village?"
"I didn't go up again. Song Yuanlan smiled: "Besides, Tie Fengxing has long been blown away by our braggart king, where do you want me to meet him?"
Chai Shaoning saw that Song Yuanlan was no longer angry, and she was also very happy in her heart, and teased her: "It really can't be fake, Lan'er, you don't say it, you already admit it in your heart, right? I see that you still obediently obey the third brother, admit it!"
"What nonsense?" Song Yuanlan was immediately embarrassed when she heard Chai Shaoning suddenly say **, raised her foot and kicked at Chai Shaoning and said, "Get out of here, you scoundrel!"
"Wronged!" Chai Shaoning jumped away, and shouted in his mouth: "Why am I a bad guy? Lan'er, you can't frame a good person!"
"Who is shouting injustice?" Zhao Yinian's loud voice came: "Master Ben enforces the law most fairly, and he will never wronged a good person." ”
"Yes, General Zhao tried the case fairestly. Dongmei Fox, who was on Zhao Yinian's left side, said with a fake tiger: "As long as I hang you up and beat you all the time, I will guarantee that any unjust cases will be solved!"
Zhao Yinian was so angry that he turned his head and glared at Dongmei, keeping his vicious appearance for three breaths, and then he spoke: "General Ben doesn't care about you, you still dare to come and catch General Ben's handle." General Ben will start fighting, but the first thing to fight is you brute girl. ”
Dongmei grinned, stuck out her tongue and stopped talking, letting Zhao Yinian continue to be his "clean official".
Everyone here was giggling, Zheng Dapeng and Gao Fenglan over there knew that the person that the senior brother wanted to see most now was actually Sima Long, so Zheng Dapeng accompanied Sun Shaoyang to chat, and Gao Fenglan pulled Ouyang Yu to introduce Sima Long.
Ouyang Qian had forgotten to avoid her father at this time, and was happily holding Sima Long's hand and whispering and laughing there, turning her head to see her father coming over, she was so ashamed that she hurriedly left Sima Long and ran to find a group of righteous brothers and sisters.
When Sima Long was nervous, Ouyang Yu had already laughed and grabbed his hand and said, "You must tell me the anecdotes that happened in your South China Sea at night, but now that Qian'er has run away, you have to introduce me to your little brothers and sisters first." ”
Seeing that Ouyang Yu was approachable, Sima Long relaxed and walked with Ouyang Yu and Xiao Ting, Xue Nianci and others.
The cheerful atmosphere of young people is the most infectious, and at this time, even Sun Shaoyang and Zheng Dapeng were attracted by the laughter over there and came behind the children.
Sun Shaoyang didn't know that Chai Shaoning's skills had improved by leaps and bounds, and what the audience was talking about was Tie Fengxing, he was taken aback, and interjected and asked: "Tie Fengxing's skill is by no means inferior to the three evils of heaven and earth, Shaoning, how did you drive him away?"
Sun Shaoyang asked, of course Chai Shaoning didn't dare to joke anymore, and truthfully told the story of the battle.
The crowd was amazed.