As if feeling a touch of autumn, the sun in the sky is pouring out sunshine and heat crazily.

The leaves on the mountain were drooping listlessly. A gust of wind blew by. Someone picked up the branches and waved them casually, and the branches were cut off.

The leaves fell to the ground, and then a foot stepped into the fallen leaves accumulated last year.

One after another, Tang Army sergeants walked along the path.

"General Shi!" Deputy General Wei Ming hurried down from the front.

"What's the matter?" Shi Zhongtang was wearing a helmet. He was extremely hot, but he remained calm.

"The front is their lair."

"Ready to take action..."

Shi Zhongtang was surrounded by everyone and came to the front.

A group of wooden houses on the mountain.

"Set their houses on fire and kill everyone who comes out. Remember, I want ears!"

"Take orders!"

Thousands of soldiers quietly touched it.

"Tang Jun is coming."

A child spotted them and ran away.

Arrows nailed the child to the ground, and hundreds of men and women rushed out of those wooden houses.

"Run!"

They turned around and ran towards the mountains.

As long as they entered the mountains, the Tang army would not have anything to worry about.

"General!" Wei Ming came to apologize angrily, "My sergeant accidentally alerted the enemy."

Shi Zhongtang patted him on the shoulder, "Who hasn't made a mistake yet? Chase him!"

"Yes!" Wei Ming's eyes were filled with gratitude.

What followed was a devastating chase.

Those men and women who escaped were beheaded or shot, and then the Tang army cut off their ears.

"The army is defeated!" Shi Zhongtang said calmly: "Separately and outflank, no one is allowed to escape."

"yes."

The Tang army was divided into three groups, outflanked on the left and right, and pursued frontally.

After rushing through a narrow area, the front is wide.

"Run!"

The remaining aliens fled in panic.

The Tang army pursued them closely.

Just as the Tang army rushed into the open area, the sound of horns came from behind.

Shi Zhongtang looked back and saw thousands of people pouring out from where they had just passed.

There are many forked roads in the mountains, and these people must have come from the side.

Wei Ming shouted: "General, charge forward."

Shi Zhongtang did not look back, but pulled out the horizontal sword, "I underestimated the enemy, this is a trap."

The fleeing aliens looked back with a ferocious smile, and waves of enemy troops poured out behind them.

"We are surrounded."

Shi Zhongtang raised his sword high, "Follow me and fight your way out!"

He rushed forward, slashing back and forth among the enemy troops with all his strength, and rescued one of his subordinates one after another.

"Kill!"

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Zhongtang rushed out. When he looked back, he saw that the enemy soldiers were staring at him in panic, as if they were looking at gods.

At this moment, Shi Zhongtang had turned into a bloody man, covered in blood from head to toe. Moreover, there were some suspicious things stained or hanging on his body. He moved, and a piece of large intestine stuck to his leg fell out.

Go down.

"This is the devil!" A foreigner shouted in panic.

Chance!

Shi Zhongtang decisively led his men to charge in again.

Defeated.

Thousands of enemy troops fled across the mountains and plains.

…

A few days later, Shi Zhongtang took the remaining hundreds of soldiers back to Qinghe County, where the Jiedushi Envoy of Southern Xinjiang was stationed.

The mission of the Southern Xinjiang Jiedushi was to defend against possible harassment and attacks by the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Later, when the alien races began to rise, another mission was added, which was to suppress and exterminate the alien rebels.

Jiedushi Zhang Huan was a veteran general with high prestige and was respected by everyone in southern Xinjiang.

Together with the deputy envoy of Jiedu, Xu Guogong Zhang Chumao, they are collectively known as Erzhang.

Zhang Chumao went to Northern Xinjiang, intending to plan for the post of military governor of Northern Xinjiang. Who would have thought that he would fail and come back disgraced.

The arrival of the King of Yue caused some changes in the lives of the soldiers and people in southern Xinjiang - oh, it turns out that Chang'an still remembers our feelings.

Shi Zhongtang led his people into the city, and he and his deputy Wei Ming went to see Zhang Huan, the military commander who valued him.

At this moment, Zhang Huan and Yue Wang Li Jing were talking in the lobby.

"Prime Minister Zhang has made great achievements in southern Xinjiang in recent years, and the news has spread all over Chang'an." The King of Yue smiled.

Since Zhang Huan took charge of southern Xinjiang, there has been no change in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. This is the greatest contribution. As for the rebellion of foreign tribes, in his opinion, it is nothing more than a trivial matter.

But he had to clarify this point, otherwise the credit for delivering a letter from the King of Yue to Chang'an would be lost.

"Alien rebellion is hateful, but such a rebellion will happen every few decades. This time it is big, but I am sure to put an end to the rebellion."

The King of Yue smiled very kindly and said, "I naturally believe in Prime Minister Zhang's martial arts."

"My lord, Shi Zhongtang would like to see you."

Zhang Huan smiled and said: "This Yunshan slave is here."

Shi Zhongtang was born in Yunshan. Zhang Huan was quite affectionate towards him. After giving him the Tang name Shi Zhongtang, he also gave him a nickname, Yunshan Nu.

This slave is not a humiliating term, but a friendly term.

The King of Yue smiled slightly, with a touch of embarrassment on his thin cheeks.

Shi Zhongtang came in and saluted.

"I've met my husband."

Zhang Huan looked at his beloved general with a smile, "How was this battle?"

Shi Zhongtang said: "In this battle, Xiaguan was ambushed by the enemy, but Xiaguan led the army to turn defeat into victory."

Zhang Huan glanced at the King of Yue, "How much was the loss?"

"Most of it." Shi Zhongtang felt that this was not a problem... hitting more with less and turning defeat into victory was the essence of this battle.

As for the casualties under his command, how can a general be so kind to a woman?

Zhang Huangang mentioned his military exploits to the King of Yue, but at this moment he felt that he had been slapped in the face.

He shouted: "You bitch slave, you have suffered heavy losses in dealing with those rebellious bandits. Someone come and bring me my whip."

Shi Zhongtang was stunned, thinking that someone was like this last time, and suffered more losses than himself, and did not turn defeat into victory. Zhang Huan even comforted him with a few words. How could it be considered a fault in my case?

Zhang Huan held the leather whip in his hand and whipped him hard, shouting and cursing while beating him.

"You bitch slave, if I hadn't taken pity on you, you would still be a foreign soldier rushing to kill you, and you would have died in the ravine sooner or later."

Shi Zhongtang's body shook, as if he had been severely beaten.

But he never screamed again, he just knelt there with his body bent, letting the whip fall on his back.

Zhang Huan just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction and give himself a step up.

The King of Yue sat beside him and sighed, "Why should Prime Minister Zhang be angry?"

Zhang Huan stopped beating him and gasped: "These bitch slaves don't know the lesson unless they are beaten."

The King of Yue laughed and said: "Prime Minister Zhang is busy every day and has many affairs. If he gets angry frequently, it will be bad for his health."

Are you mocking me for not having a city?

Zhang Huan glanced at the King of Yue pretending to be casual. Seeing his sincere expression, he couldn't help but feel relieved and said with a smile: "I am in good health. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

The King of Yue glanced at Shi Zhongtang, who was silent, and said gently: "General Shi is brave, and I know it. Prime Minister Zhang punished his favorite general, and he felt quite uncomfortable when he thought about it. But beating is a sign of love, and General Shi must remember it."

yes."

Shi Zhongtang raised his head, his face already full of tears, "My husband is so kind to me, I will remember it for the rest of my life."
To be continued...