[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

After Niu Jizong, Ran Feng, Li Mingzhu, and Gao Kegong ruled out Lin Han's conjecture tacitly, they argued with each other, and finally made an angry decision to let Li Lian reveal the answer.

While waiting for Li Lian's answer, they still stared at me and I stared at you, just like children scrambling for a toy.

And Li Lian ruthlessly vetoed the guesses of the four "old kids", "I was just thinking, today is a good day."

"A good day...to come home...with my brothers." Whether alive or already...

As soon as these words came out, Niu Jizong and the others, who had been inexplicably excited for the ceremony of presenting prisoners soon, immediately calmed down and became depressed, as if they were suddenly poured cold water on their heads.

As a woman, although she doesn't give in to a man, Li Mingzhu, who is more delicate and sensitive, has red eyes.

yes!Although this battle was an unprecedented victory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was also ranked among the thousands of years of wars against foreign nations in China, but the number of soldiers casualties was also quite large. It can be called the highest number of soldiers killed and injured since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty most once.

Simply speaking, they are well-trained, powerful, and unparalleled in the world. They can be called the elite strategists among the elite. More than 4 soldiers died for the country. There are more than 3 people who will never be able to go to the battlefield in the future, and the rest are all injured.

Not to mention, the post-war casualties of 40 soldiers in Lantian Camp, 15 soldiers in Fengtai Camp, and more than 20 frontier troops are simply shocking!

At least, after this battle, Da Zhou didn't have ten years to recuperate, so he was powerless to start another big war.

If Li Lian loses this battle, no matter how many contributions he made to Da Zhou in the past, he will transform himself into a sinner of Da Zhou and be hated by the world.

However, no if.

Once successful, ten thousand bones will wither.

This victory made Li Lian's reputation and status in Qing history, as well as the achievements of Niu Jizong and others.

Why did Kang Hetai, Wang Ziteng and others take the risk of taking Lian down before he returned to court?

It was because as long as Li Lian returned to the capital to offer captives smoothly, no one in the entire Great Zhou would be able to lightly move this pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if the emperor wanted to move him, he would have to think twice.

This battle meant that Li Lian had a very important gold medal for avoiding death. From now on, as long as Li Lian did not commit suicide to rebel or kill the king, he and his family would be able to stand safely in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Lian was not in the mood to think so much, he murmured in a low voice: "Loyalty and bravery serve the country without hiding, thousands of dead bones and loyal souls. The blood flowed for three thousand miles, and the Yanmen was crying everywhere."

Victory is fought out with life and poured with blood!

At any rate, after studying with Wang Yi for so many years, although his literary talents cannot be compared with Feng Zizhi's, he can still compose one or two poems.

The words in this poem are simple and easy to understand, even Ran Feng, a rough man who has not read much, can understand the meaning when he hears it, his heart is sour, and his eyes are full of tears.

Desperate to die on the prairie, the scene of bloody fighting and the memory of the soldiers falling down covered in blood appeared before their eyes again.

"If I could choose, I'd rather not be famous in history. I just hope that the brothers around me can survive a few more, and when we get old, we will gather in the capital and drink [-] cups together!"

Li Mingzhu, the sonorous rose on the battlefield, couldn't hold back her crystal tears anymore. Although her brothers and sisters in the Tiangong Battalion were often responsible for shooting arrows in the rear, more than half of them were killed or injured, let alone the other brothers and sisters of the Tiance Mansion. .Since she entered the Tiance Mansion, she stayed in the Tiance Mansion and the barracks for training day and night, and ate and lived with the soldiers of the Tiance Mansion, facing each other day and night.She can recognize the appearance of every soldier, and even call them by name.She really regards Tiance Mansion as her home, and the comrades in the mansion are her brothers and sisters.

Although she didn't say it, she kept blaming herself in her heart.

She was ordered to lead an army to join forces with Prince Rouran Tie to attack Bieshabali (where the Turks lived).Although he succeeded in defeating Bieshabali, and even captured Ashina Hosana Khan and other Turkic nobles, his more than 4 soldiers (not counting Rouran) died or injured as many as [-].

Gu Hongxiu, her most trusted and closest lieutenant general in Tiance Mansion, died in her arms in order to block the enemy's bullet for her.Zhong Fuyao, her most promising junior and the most well-behaved little sister, was shot to death by an enemy sharpshooter, dying in front of her...

This is not the first time Li Mingzhu has been on the battlefield. From more than ten years ago to the present, she has experienced eighty battles, if not a hundred.This is not the first time she has watched her comrade die with her own eyes, but she always thinks...

If she could do better, better, maybe...

Li Lian and the others knew Li Mingzhu's knot in their hearts, and they asked themselves that they couldn't do better than her in that situation.

They knew that they were clumsy, they didn't know how to comfort others, and they believed that Li Mingzhu would figure it out by themselves, so each of them patted Li Mingzhu's arm as support.

Seeing that the atmosphere was very gloomy, He Qi quickly clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Okay! We will be presenting the prisoners later, what do you look like with a frowning face!?"

He Qi couldn't be happier, the more than [-] Lantian soldiers who died in battle were trained by him alone.It's just that he has been in the army for most of his life, and his adjustment ability is always better than that of Li Lian's young people.

He resolutely said: "The Xiongnu coalition army committed crimes in the south, and we will go north to fight in blood, throwing our heads and blood, regardless of life and death, and marching forward indomitably. Soldiers sacrifice their lives, and their loyal souls are revealed! The dead brothers will not die in vain! They are Great Zhou, We will remember everything we have done for the people, and they will always live in our hearts.”

After a pause, "If you feel uncomfortable, take care of the families of the dead soldiers in the future, and don't let them be bullied." He Qi comforted.

"Listen! The people have come to welcome us!"

"Da Zhou is mighty!"

Sure enough, the people guarding outside the capital early in the morning saw the flags of the Great Zhou army fluttering from afar, and round after round of shocking cheers came out of their mouths, the sound resounded through the sky, and the earth trembled.

"Da Zhou is mighty!"

Li Lian and the others looked forward and were shocked, but then they felt warm in their hearts and were so moved that tears filled their eyes.

I saw countless people standing on both sides of the road in front of them, waving and cheering to the army, and their emotions were high.

Some of the common people did not stand on both sides to welcome the army. Instead, they were busy cleaning the leaves on the ground with brooms.The army took the straight road back to the capital, and it was autumn at this time, and the straight road was covered with fallen leaves, layer by layer, several inches long.Although it will not hinder the walking of the army, it is not very convenient.

A small official was instructing the people to clean up the fallen leaves. He was so busy in the cool autumn that beads of sweat hung on his forehead.

Before Li Lian could speak, He Qi's face darkened, his thick black eyebrows were knit together, his tiger eyes widened fiercely, he rode up to the little official, and shouted: "It's just a few fallen leaves, what can it hinder?" !? You are paid by the imperial court, why do you do things that flatter others and harass the people!"

The shout was like thunder, shaking people's eardrums, He Qi hated disturbing the people the most, so he was really angry now.

Also because He Qi is such a person, the emperor doesn't believe a word about Kang Hetai and others impeaching the army to burn, kill and loot at the border, and rape and rape women from good families.

He Qi's nostrils let out a roar like thunder, his eyes shot out, staring at the little official.

The little official's face changed color with fright, and he wanted to argue, but he was speechless under He Qi's majesty.

"General He, don't blame envoy Xu Dian, we are the ones who wanted to come." Some ordinary people excused this little official.

"Yes! General He, don't get angry. You defeated the Xiongnu and Turkic bastards and avenged us! My youngest daughter who went to Yanmen when I married was given by those bastards..." an old man With tears in his eyes, he said with gratitude and sadness.

"General He, you have defeated those Huns and restored peace on the border. From then on, we will have a good life, and we don't have to worry about those bastards going south!" said the old woman next to him, "You come back victorious, we I can't do anything, I can only sweep the fallen leaves and express my feelings."

The words of the common people are very simple, very touching, obviously from the heart.

Tears welled up in He Qihu's eyes, and he couldn't help bowing: "Thank you! Thank you! He Qi can't bear it!"

"Thank you, General He, this is what we should do!" The common people hurriedly returned the salute.

Li Lian saw it in his eyes, heard it in his ears, and felt a lot. After thanking the people with his kind words, he ordered the army to continue to pass.

At this time, an official wearing a third-grade scarlet robe and embroidered with peacocks stepped forward.

Li Lian took a look and found that it was his cousin Zhang Changning.

Since he was his own brother, Zhang Changning was not polite anymore. After a hasty meeting, he led Li Lian and others into the city while explaining the process of the ceremony of presenting the captives.

Even though the relevant etiquette colleagues had explained the process in detail earlier, he still couldn't help but remind him.

You must know that this is not an ordinary ceremony, it is in front of millions of people in the whole capital, and the emperor will even sue the ancestors at that time, if something goes wrong, it will not be fun.

Li Lian, He Qi, Niu Jizong and others listened attentively to his explanation, asking questions repeatedly when they encountered something they didn't understand.Although they have memorized the procedures by heart, but this kind of thing is not fast, but it is not good at all!

"Rumble, boom!"

The military flag of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the White Wolf Banner of the Huns and the Canglang Banner of the Turks fluttered in the wind, reflecting each other.

Both sides of the straight road were full of common people, many of them were not from the capital, and they came all the way to see Zhou Jun's demeanor.Seeing Zhou Jun coming, they were all ecstatic and cheered in unison.

"Da Zhou is mighty!"

The common people roared the battle horn of the Great Zhou, although it was not as loud and murderous as the soldiers of the Great Zhou, but they were full of enthusiasm and joy.

"Da Zhou is mighty!"

The soldiers responded with this, and a cry was like thousands of thunderbolts bombarding the ground, making the ground tremble.

"Good!" The people cheered and danced.

People from every household who bought firecrackers hurriedly lit firecrackers when the army passed by, and the crisp crackling of bamboo joints became one piece, one after another, it was very lively.

"Look! That's the king's banner of the Great Shanyu of the Xiongnu, what a vicious white wolf!" some people shouted.

Others said indifferently: "No matter how fierce you are, you will be beaten to death and maimed by our Da Zhou!"

"The Turks and the Huns are related by marriage. It is said that the ancestors of the Turks are the descendants of a princess of the Huns and a wolf, so their military flags are represented by the wolf." A literati explained to the people nearby.

"Ah!? A man and a wolf combine to give birth to a baby? Isn't that the birth of a beast!?" The ignorant woman covered her mouth and said in disbelief.

"Son, take a look for your mother. Why do those young people seem to be missing arms and ears?" The old woman thought she was wrong and tugged at her young son who was in his prime.

"Mother, it's an injury from the war!" Naturally, the son would not think that those soldiers were born without arms or ears, so he couldn't help looking at them with more respect.

"In order to protect our common people, they have worked so hard! These soldiers are all good!" The old woman said with distress and praise.

"It's an honor for a soldier to defend his family and country! I'll ask my eldest son to serve as a soldier soon!" An old man nodded in admiration.

"Look quickly! That's the champion!" A young girl yelled while tugging at her good sister.

"The marshal is so handsome!" The good sister couldn't help but go crazy.

The people on both sides all stretched their necks, and pointed at the army beamingly, and there was a lot of voices for a while.

When the army passed by, there were three things that attracted the most attention.

One is the royal banner of the Huns and Turks.You must know that the Great Zhou beat the Huns and Turks to the point of annihilation this time, and captured the rest of them as prisoners. The emperor will decide how to deal with it later. Naturally, the common people should make a good comment.In addition, the white wolf and blue wolf flags are different, which can attract the attention of the people.

The second is wounded soldiers.Li Lian specially arranged for some soldiers who could move freely, but whose bodies were left behind, to be among the first batch of soldiers to enter the city.In addition to letting the public know what price they have paid to protect the country and the people, it is all to let them enjoy the honor together and cultivate self-confidence.Now that Li Lian looked over, the originally dejected look became proud and full of confidence. It seemed that the effect was good!

And the other thing is sitting on Ben Xiao's body, Li Lianyao in silver armor and red robe.Benxiao's whole body is snow-white, without a single hair, and his figure is dignified. Coupled with Shuo Xue's "General Silver Armor" chic temperament, coupled with Li Lian's handsome and heroic face, he will naturally attract the attention of ordinary people, many of them It was the first time to see Li Lian's lady in the boudoir of a wealthy family who fell into lovesickness because of this.

Handsome men already attract the attention of the common people, otherwise Tanhualang would not be more popular than the number one scholar and the second place in the list, isn't it because everyone who can become Tanhualang is extremely handsome!Not to mention being a prestigious and high-status champion, it would be difficult for them not to suffer from lovesickness!

Some young ladies from rich families know that Li Lian is unmarried, and they don't think that Li Lian is "old". They are only glad that Ailang is unmarried, and they quickly think about how to tell their parents at home, so that they can go to Li Lian to propose marriage. .

Fortunately, it's not the Wei and Jin period now, and if you don't like to meet a handsome man, you will throw fruit. Otherwise, whether Li Lian can walk in front of the emperor safely is also a problem.

Seeing this, Li Mingzhu rolled her eyes and smiled narrowly: "Marshal, in my opinion, you will not go back to your home for the next month... no, three months."

Li Lian was puzzled, and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Mingzhu chuckled: "Marshal, look for yourself, most of the ladies along the way looked at you with wrong eyes!" We are all women, so we don't understand what it means!

She patted Li Lian on the shoulder: "With Marshal's appearance, status, and achievements, as long as you are willing, I bet that there are more people who are willing to throw themselves into your arms and have a happy life than the people in our Tiance Mansion combined. "

"Nonsense!!" Li Lian said in a very quick reaction. He turned his head and looked around. Seeing that his lover had just gone to arrange the matter of offering prisoners, he turned his head and said earnestly: "Ming Wei! You are a woman after all. , I don’t ask you to obey the four virtues, be virtuous and docile, at least don’t say anything, okay!?” You will kill me by talking like this!His eyes clearly wrote these words.

You bronchitis!Li Mingzhu glanced at him disdainfully, then chuckled, as long as Feng Zizhi could be upset, she would be happy.

Li Lian rolled his eyes, you know what!This is what I call "dedicated to the end, unswerving in determination, special liking, and deep love!"

He said without a trace of disgust: "It's time for you to find someone who knows the cold and the hot. I will talk to the Supreme Emperor about this issue tomorrow and see which young talents are suitable for you!" At least the value of force must surpass you. of.

"Li Jingya, how dare you!?" Li Mingzhu was furious.

She just wanted to add trouble to Feng Zizhi, but she never thought of getting involved with herself!If this villain Li Lian really mentioned this matter to Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang would definitely act quickly and order people to collect information on the sons and brothers of various families, and choose a county horse for him!

Thinking of this, Li Mingzhu wished to beat Li Lian up, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was hard for him to do it, let alone say that he couldn't beat him at all!ah! !The more I think about it, the angrier I get! !

Just when Li Mingzhu was secretly annoyed, all the other ladies who were interested in Li Lian had unanimously kept this Princess Mingzhu who dared to "flirt" with her dream lover in public firmly in their minds.Li Mingzhu suddenly became the public enemy of all ladies in the capital!

"Pfft!" Niu Jizong, Ran Feng, and Gao Kegong were close to Li Lian. Although the crowd was bustling, they could hear every word of the confrontation between Li Lian and Li Mingzhu. Can't help laughing.

You know, they are usually bullied by Li Mingzhu terribly. Whether they can beat them is a problem, but Li Mingzhu, as a military lady, has a group of women soldiers under her command. Even if they are not for themselves, they have to be single soldiers Think about it, it is inevitable that you will be "bullied" by Li Mingzhu, and you will have to "swallow your breath".

This time Li Lian took revenge for them.

Except for Lin Han who still had his eyes blank and didn't know what he was thinking, even He Qi had a smile on his lips.