Ten years without a return

Sooner or later, it belongs to me, Yuqiu, and you are just a poor watchdog, you can abandon it at any time..."

I turned a deaf ear and quietly assigned the task. The soldier's arrow had been pulled out. I checked it, and it didn't hurt any vitals, and there would be no sequelae.

He was bare-chested, a little embarrassed, I told him to be careful not to touch the water, my eyes scanned the young man's thin back, and found that the shoulder blade on his left back presented a strange arc.

I said to him in a gentle voice: "You blocked an arrow for me, and I can grant you one wish."

He raised his head in surprise, his eyes were full of undisguised joy, and said, "Really?"

"I'm a general, and I never lie to anyone."

He was so excited that he forgot the pain, like a child who got candy, and said, "I want to be a real soldier."

I looked at him deeply, and curled my lips: "Okay, you will follow me from now on."

This strategy did not make our situation a little more optimistic. Yuqiu's continuous reinforcements made it very difficult for us to deal with it.

I led people to intercept a batch of enemy food and grass, and then raided one of their strongholds with lightning speed. Yuqiu suffered heavy losses, and unexpectedly came to sneak attack overnight.

I have already dealt with it, they failed to sneak attack, but lost a lot of troops.

After a few days, Yuqiu fought and failed repeatedly, and the accumulated anger finally broke out. They summoned almost all their troops, three layers inside and three layers outside, and surrounded us tightly.

The two sides confronted each other, and Hedan, the slave-born general, stood in front of him with disdain.

He laughed and clasped his fists at me: "General Tao, please stay safe."

I also smiled back.

He seemed to be polite, but in fact he was defiant, and said casually: "I don't know where the general wants to go."

I said bluntly, "I'm here to send you back home."

He raised his eyebrows, as if he had heard a big joke, he raised his head and laughed loudly: "The general speaks so loudly, I'm afraid you will be unable to escape today."

I lowered my head and wiped the sword slowly, with a smile on the corner of my mouth: "That's not necessarily the case."

Immediately, with the fastest speed, he put the sword on the neck of the soldier next to him, and said to him sideways: "You say yes, the new king of Wumo."

05

He froze for a moment, then panicked and said: "General?"

The expression on his face couldn't be more natural, terrified, restless, and so slightly hurt by being wronged, if I hadn't known it earlier, I'm afraid I would have been deceived by him.

I didn't move, looked directly at him, pressed the sword down a little, and said: "You don't have to deny it, since I have made it clear, I am absolutely sure."

Hearing that the confusion and uneasiness on Wu Mo's face receded in an instant, he blinked, and all the youthfulness and immaturity related to this age disappeared, and the momentum around him changed drastically. The corners of his mouth slowly raised, revealing such a casual, Under the coercion of the superior, he said: "Why is the general so sure? It's really confusing to call this king."

He said this king, that is to say, he admitted it.

I am not in a hurry: "The Yuqiu royal family has a strange place that few people know about. The bending direction of the left shoulder blade is slightly different from that of ordinary people."

Wu Mo frowned, as if he didn't expect to miss this point, but soon relaxed again, and unconsciously, there was a bit of aggressive and cold arrogance in his words, and said: "Since few people know, how can the general know?"

I shook my head in my heart. After all, I was still a child, so I couldn't help but lose my temper.

I raised my chin, and said inscrutablely, "I have my own knowledge."

This is what the old man told me. Although I don't know why he, who is so ordinary and embarrassing, knows a lot of court affairs, even almost secret royal family secrets, but I know that he never lies, and everything he speaks must be There is evidence.

Wu Mo suddenly said: "You promised to let me stay by your side. On the one hand, you can watch over me better, and on the other hand, you won't let me know your arrangements and strategies. It's really a good way!"

I nodded: "Not bad."

The people around surrounded Wumo, and I turned to face Yuqiu's army. There was a commotion in their ranks, and Hedan stared at me with an unfriendly expression. "Your king is in my hands. The wind is strong now, and the sand kicked up by the horse is easy to blind your eyes. You'd better stand back, otherwise my eyes will be blinded and my hands will easily shake."

While I was talking, my hand seemed to shake unconsciously, drawing a shallow bloodstain on Wumo's neck.

Hedan's expression was cold. There was someone next to him who was very angry and was about to yell and scold him. He pushed the person down, gave me a hard look, raised his hand and said to the back, "Stay back."

Until they gave way, I restrained Wu Mo and smiled politely: "King Yuqiu, please."

Umo remained calm from the beginning to the end. Even though blood flowed from the wound on his neck, staining the front of his chest red, his eyebrows never trembled. I brought him back to the city, and when he left the prison, he Squinting his eyes, he said to me in an unclear manner: "I'm afraid the general will not be able to make this move."

I turned my face and sighed inwardly, hiding the exhaustion in my words: "If you don't try it, how will you know success or failure?"

If we capture Yuqiu's king, we will have a bargaining chip with Yuqiu. As long as we can grasp it, Daxuan will have a chance to breathe. I hope...don't let me down too much.

I ordered the post envoy to send the battle report back to the capital as soon as possible. During the waiting days, I still did not give up dealing with Yuqiu. I only hoped that during the negotiation, I could hold more initiative in my hands.

The days are not long or short, and when the news came back from the capital, more than 20 days had passed.

I took the soldiers to greet me at the gate of the city. When I saw the gorgeous carriage, my heart sank.

A palace official stepped on the coachman's back and got out of the carriage. After walking in front of us, he frowned slightly and covered his mouth and nose with his hands. His impatience and disgust could not be concealed on his white and beardless face.

Du Yan has a bad temper, and just seeing this scene, he couldn't help but take a step forward. I reached out to stop him, and said to the person in front of me in a neither humble nor overbearing way: "My father-in-law is troubled, I don't know why my father-in-law came here?"

Although the palace man restrained his emotions, his shrewd eyes betrayed him, "Our family name is Li, and we are here to announce the decree."

He took out the imperial decree slowly, shook it away a little bit, cleared his throat, and the sharp voice unique to palace people rang out with a drawn-out tune: "General Tao Han received the decree..."

I bowed my head and knelt.

"...General Tao Han is loyal and brave, Shuo Guoan/Bang, I am very relieved, I will be named General Zhen Guo, and given the General Zhen Guo's mansion, and I will return to Beijing to receive the reward, and leave today."

I raised my head suddenly, and there was no mention of negotiating with Yuqiu in the imperial decree, and I was ordered to return to Beijing, but in fact, I went up and down.

The reaction of all the soldiers was bigger than mine, and Du Yan even got up from the ground.

"What kind of bullshit decree!"

"Do you want the general to go back?"

"General..."

Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited, the palace servant's face turned pale, but he still looked arrogant, and his sharp voice pierced the surroundings: "Why, is it impossible to resist the order?"

Listening to the noisy words, the roar in my head passed, and I couldn't hide my tiredness anymore, "Enough!"

The surroundings became quiet, and all the soldiers looked at me with reluctance and resentment. I suppressed my inner emotions, pressed my fingers tightly into the sand, slowly lowered my head, and pressed my forehead against the piece of land I guarded. After many years of land, he said in a low voice, but exhausted all his strength: "I...accept the order."

That's all, this is the country I must defend.

I took the imperial decree, and the palace servants were all proud. I got up and was about to go back, but I heard him say from behind: "I don't know where King Yuqiu is now?"

I turned around: "Eunuch Li, what's the matter?"

"Even if something happens, what does it have to do with the general?" He said disdainfully.

The corners of my mouth curled up into a chuckle, but my eyes were as cold as ice. The murderous aura of years of fighting was released in an instant. If you die, do you think it has something to do with me or has nothing to do?"

Maybe it's because my hostility is too strong, so he flinched a bit, but he was unwilling to be inferior, and said sternly: "The emperor has something to send our family to discuss with King Yuqiu."

"Oh? So, then I'll send someone to take you to look for it." I waved to Du Yan, "Take Eunuch Li to see King Yuqiu."

Eunuch Li's face turned even paler, and he stammered: "I... I don't want him to take him with me. The general only needs to show the way. Let's go by ourselves." The appearance of this reckless man almost killed him.

I sneered: "The people in my army don't eat people. What is your father-in-law afraid of? Besides, there are complicated rules in my army, so it's better to have someone follow them."

The anger on Du Yan's face did not dissipate, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he walked up without saying a word, picked up Eunuch Li and left, not forgetting his resentment: "Go as soon as you want, it's so troublesome."

I went back to the study, but Eunuch Li insisted that we wait from morning to afternoon before arriving late. It was already dark, so I simply didn't bother to light the lamp and sat in front of the chessboard.

Xuan Qing was in front of me, but I was restless and couldn't calm down to play chess, so I just casually told him some recent news.

"It seems that I really can't go on with this game of chess. I expected that the imperial court would be weak and might not fight Yuqiu, but I didn't expect that it would be so weak that I might not even plan to negotiate a judgment."

"Well, let's not mention it, let's talk about something else. I'm going back to the capital. I've guarded the frontier fortress for so many years, but I've never been to the capital. I only hear that the capital is prosperous, but I only love this place. Sha, lonely smoke and setting sun."

"You go back with me."

I sat quietly for a long time, and I will set off tomorrow, leaving this place full of blood and tears. The scars of many years are aching now, reminding me that this is a time that I will never forget in my life.

I left the study, Feng Lin was holding the lamp, followed by two soldiers, who seemed to have been waiting outside for a long time, Feng Lin: "General, the bedroom has been tidied up, I have sorted out the things I need to bring,