Leng Jue and his group of guards could not understand the situation in front of them, but they must obey King Yan's order.
"Walk!"
Leng Jue took a deep breath and could only walk out.
However, before everyone went out, they looked at Mr. Xu with very pitiful and pleading eyes.
However, their gazes received no response.
In fact, after the interruption from Leng Jue's group, most of Mr. Xu's resentment and anger had dissipated.
As the general guarding Huangfengkou, Mr. Xu actually understood what King Yan was thinking.
The overall situation is important!
If it were not for the overall situation, he would not lead five thousand people out of the city to fight.
Although Xu Laosan prepared firecrackers, facts proved that his judgment was correct. When some Northern Barbarian cavalry rushed to the city, Xu Laosan's firecrackers only had a little effect in blocking the enemy.
After all, firecrackers are not the thunder and fire of the founding emperor Taizu.
Mr. Xu did not continue to attack King Yan, but sat slumped on the stone pier in the yard, silent.
King Yan slowly walked to Mr. Xu, did not speak, and just sat down on another stone pier.
This sitting is one night.
Mr. Xu said nothing, and neither did King Yan.
The entire Huangfengkou Pass is very quiet and depressing.
Brother Xu and his three brothers didn't say anything, they just silently collected the bodies of their brothers who died in the battle.
It wasn't until dawn, when the sky became brighter, that everyone's bodies were installed.
It's autumn, and the morning here in Longxi Mansion is really cold.
Boss Xu appeared at the entrance of the courtyard after completing all the decorations.
"Dad, the bodies of all our brothers have been buried!"
"Then, go home!"
"Send them home!"
Mr. Xu stood up slowly, leaning on his spear.
Mr. Xu, who had been sitting all night without moving, now stiffened up. Without the support of a spear, he would never stand up.
King Yan also stood up, but without support, he almost fell to the ground. However, Leng Jue reacted quickly and stepped forward to support him, which prevented him from falling to the ground.
"Bang the drum!"
Mr. Xu walked out of the yard, closed his eyes, and slowly exhaled the turbid air in his chest.
"Bang the drum!"
Boss Xu then spoke and conveyed his father's order.
Then, the rumble of war drums sounded at Huangfengkou Pass.
Mr. Xu walked to the row of coffins, waved his hand, and said sternly: "Take the Northern Barbarian King with you!"
"Dad, here we come!"
Xu Laoer personally brought over the Northern Barbarian King who was captured alive by him, "How to deal with it?"
"Behead it!"
Mr. Xu looked at the Northern Barbarian King who was scratching his neck, and dropped such an answer.
"No!"
"I am the Northern Barbarian King, you can't kill me!"
"I want to see Emperor Tang, and I, the Northern Barbarian, are willing to surrender!"
"Do not kill me!"
When the Northern Barbarian King heard that Mr. Xu wanted to kill him, he immediately panicked.
He is the Northern Barbarian King, but he is also a human being.
In the past, he was still the supreme being in the Northern Barbarians, although he was often restricted by the high priest. How could he be willing to die when he was so high above others
However, Mr. Xu directly kicked the Northern Barbarian King away.
"Won't I kill you?"
"If I don't kill you, I'll be sorry for the more than four thousand brothers who died here!"
"Second brother, bring me the knife!"
"I'm going to chop this piece of shit myself!"
There had obviously been no large-scale war between the Northern Barbarians and the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, but it was this piece of shit that started the war and killed so many people.
"Wu Chengbo!"
Seeing Xu Laoer looking for a knife, King Yan finally rushed over with the help of Leng Jue and spoke hurriedly.
Last night, King Yan didn't know that the King of Northern Barbarians had been captured alive.
Now that he knows it now, he absolutely cannot let Mr. Xu kill the Northern Barbarian King like this.
"It won't help if you kill the Northern Barbarian King now."
"Cousin, the overall situation is more important!"
King Yan approached Mr. Xu and whispered, "I beg you!"
Even King Yan couldn't tell whether the killing of the Northern Barbarian King was a big or small matter.
But one thing is certain, the living Northern Barbarian King is more useful than the dead Northern Barbarian King.
"Brothers, I owe you this king. No matter what I say, I can't let you see or hear me again!"
"But I, Li Zhen, as the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, swear here that I will avenge you!"
"I, Li Zhen, will also take care of your family members!"
"You guys, please pay my respects to me, Li Zhen, and have a safe journey!"
As he spoke, Li Zhen knelt down facing the countless coffins placed in Huangfengkou Pass City.
"Way to go!"
At the moment when King Yan knelt down, almost everyone present knelt down and shouted "Good riddance".
Mr. Xu stood there, looking at the coffin that could not be seen, and slowly knelt down.
"Brothers, go home!"
He took them out, once thinking that he could take them all back.
But now, he can only send their bodies back.
After kowtowing three times, Mr. Xu stood up slowly and waved his hand.
"go home!"
"go home!"
The coffins were loaded onto carriages, one for each carriage, with paper money flying and the suona playing.
The Northern Barbarian King fell to his knees, trembling.
As the coffin left, Huangfengkou Pass quickly emptied.
Guan Ting, the captain stationed at Huangfengkou, still stays here. He must stay here until the imperial court's transfer order comes.
King Yan also stayed at Huangfengkou Pass.
The Northern Barbarians were defeated, but the Northern Barbarians king was captured alive. There was no way the Northern Barbarians would not react. Of course, he would not wait for the Northern Barbarians to react first, but would strike preemptively.
"Leng Jue, immediately send people to the Northern Barbarians and ask them if they still want their king!"
"Got the order!"
Leng Jue received the instructions from King Yan and immediately sent all his people to the Northern Barbarians to spread the word.
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Mr. Xu didn't care at all about what King Yan wanted to do with the Northern Barbarians.
All he knew was that the battle was finally over.
It's just that the results aren't perfect.
"Old man, don't take it too seriously. We all have a low life."
"No one of my dead brothers ever blamed you!"
"When we followed you out, we were all paid for our lives."
The surviving soldiers of the Xiangyi Prefecture Army who were walking beside Mr. Xu saw that Mr. Xu was frowning all the way and couldn't help but speak out.
"I know!"
Mr. Xu smiled bitterly, "Actually, you are all implicated by me!"
"Old man, please don't say that."
"We people, if we didn't have this problem, we wouldn't be able to make so much money if we stayed at home all our lives."
"To tell you the truth, that guy over there is my brother."
"We brothers inherited our father's legacy and both became soldiers."
"But the small amount of food and salary provided by the army guarding the town can only support us two brothers and my wife, and we can't even get a wife!"
"Now, although my brother is gone, I can go to my wife. When I give birth to a son, I will adopt him in my brother's name and offer incense to my brother. This life will be over!"
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"Old man, please don't feel sorry for us!"
"Even if I didn't follow you on this trip, if this northern barbarian breaks through the Yellow Fengchou, we people will have to be dragged over and fight for our lives."
"Speaking of which, we all owe you and the Second Master!"
"Old man, no matter how gloomy you are, it will be hard for our dead brothers to rest in peace even under the circumstances!"
"Old man, Brother Lu is right!"
"We have always owed you this matter!"
"Speaking of which, if you hadn't trained us for so long, and if the second master hadn't fought against the Northern Barbarians alone twice, we might as well have been lying in the back!"
"That's not the case!"
The few living soldiers around him all agreed.
They don't blame anyone. Since they have become soldiers and received food and salary, they have to understand that sooner or later such a day will come.
If you are lucky, you will never encounter a war in your life, and you can die a good death.
If you are unlucky, you will die in battle.
If the luck was even worse, there might not even be anyone to collect the bodies. Or, simply a big hole has been buried, who knows
Mr. Xu took a deep breath and said, "Thank you!"
He knew that these people were telling the truth.
But even if he was telling the truth, Mr. Xu still felt a little uncomfortable.
But Mr. Xu also understands that the deceased is gone, but the living must continue to live.
The vast army of soldiers crossed Longxi Mansion and turned back to Xiangyi Mansion.
Then, the teams split up.
Mr. Xu cannot send everyone home, he can only send some people home selectively.
From that day on, there was constant suona music everywhere in Xiangyi Prefecture.
After Mr. Xu arrived in Fucheng, he met with Shen Wansheng and talked for half an hour before leaving Fucheng and heading straight to Maoyuan County.
The Maoyuan County town army, under the leadership of Li Gan, blocked the Northern Barbarian cavalry going south. This kindness must be repaid.
Of course, it is impossible for Mr. Xu to come forward directly.
He brought Shen Wansheng's official letter to find Chu Xiuyan, the magistrate of Maoyuan County.
The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now. Mr. Xu still knows this very well.
He took the three brothers, Mr. Xu and others, directly to Maoyuan County, where they held a banquet for all the officials from the Yamen of Maoyuan County and paid their respects solemnly.
The gestures are sufficient and the gifts are sufficient.
If the families of those three hundred soldiers were treated unfairly, then Mr. Xu would have enough reason to do something.
Facing the newly promoted Wu Chengbo, who was famous for his reputation for killing, and the Yongwu county son who was famous for killing people, all the officials of the Maoyuan County Yamen, big and small, were trembling with fear.
Originally, there were still people who wanted to touch the pension of the three hundred soldiers, but now they were so frightened that they almost didn't return to the west on the spot.
"By the way, where is Li Gan?"
After coming out of Maoyuan County, Mr. Xu suddenly remembered Li Gan who killed An Tai Gong Xu Huairen.
He didn't seem to see Li Gan at the banquet just now.
"Dad, I asked the Maoyuan County Magistrate and he said that someone from the capital took brother Li Gan away."
"Is there someone coming from the capital?"
"People from Xu Mansion? Or people from the imperial court?"
When Mr. Xu heard what Mr. Xu said, his expression changed immediately.
Boss Xu lowered his voice and said, "All of them!"
"Third brother, you go home first and tell your mother and others that I will take your eldest and second brothers to the capital!"
In an instant, Mr. Xu made a decision. (End of chapter)