There was a scream outside, and then the sound of the warlock stopped abruptly, and dense footsteps came over. Du Sheng looked up at the wellhead excitedly.

An ugly face appeared at the wellhead, and a strong hand held the slightly trembling flagpole.

"I am Qin Crazi, who is under me?"

"General Qin, I am Du Sheng."

Du Sheng shouted out with a crying voice: "I am Du Sheng, the chief of Qu, the Third Battalion of the Second Battle Battalion under General Liu."

Qin Kuan turned his head and shouted loudly: "Come on, come and find a rope."

"General Qin, there are eleven people below, except Dr. Chen, all of them are wounded soldiers."

"Make a soft pocket, hurry up!"

Every soldier was pulled out of the wellhead, and the Tang army surrounding the wellhead burst into cheers. The Third Brigade and the survivors temporarily diluted the previous endless sorrow.

Eleven wounded soldiers stood together, and Du Sheng still held the battle flag tightly. Seeing the light of heaven again, he was reborn after the disaster, but there was no look of joy on their faces.

"General Ge!" Du Sheng looked at Ge Cai and suddenly burst into tears.

Everyone came to the place where Liu Yuan fought last. Looking at the place where rubble was buried, Qin Kuan rushed over first, lifted a charred stone hard and walked out.

The young and strong Tang army rushed over and cleared the ruins.

They wanted to find Liu Yuan's body, even if it was just a small piece.

Ge Cai was held on a stone with his hands, and his eyes were straight at the busy crowd ahead.

"General Ge, this is what General Liu gave me, saying it was a gift to his son!" Du Sheng took out the exquisite wooden knife from his arms with trembling hands.

Gently stroking the delicate pattern on the wooden knife, Ge Cai twitched his lips and said softly: "He has always been very skilled. Du Sheng, what did he say in the end?"

Du Sheng cried and said, "General Liu finally detonated the explosives buried here in advance above us. Finally, I only heard General Liu shouting, "Fatty, I'll leave first."

Ge Cai smiled, but tears fell down like broken beads on his face, as if they were smiling.

"I know, I know, he always wants to call me like this, but it's a pity that he couldn't beat me in the past. He was afraid that I would beat him, so he didn't dare to shout!"

Tang Jun beside him all turned red when he heard Ge Cai's words.

The ruins had been basically cleaned up, but nothing was found. Qin Kuan still didn't want to give up. He digged and dug inside. Finally, among a pile of floating soil, a shrunk and crooked helmet appeared in front of him.

He carefully stretched out his hand, held the helmet in his hand, and carefully brushed away the dust on it.

This is Liu Yuan's helmet.

"Liu Yuan, Qin Crazi is here! Your fat woman is here too. Let's pick you up home!" Qin Kuan stood up in tears, held his helmet, walked to Ge Cai, and handed the helmet to Ge Cai.

"No more, nothing!" Qin Kuan lowered his head and said, "In the end, he must have detonated the explosives. There must be some ignition bombs inside. A big fire made the stones burnt crisp. Liu Yuan, there was nothing left, just this helmet."

Ge Cai took the helmet over, hugged it tightly in his arms, and said nothing, turning around and walking outside the town.

Seeing the carriage carrying Ge Cai left, Ren Xiaonian clenched his fists and lowered his head in shame. Today, except for the beginning of saying hello to Ge Cai, he did not have the courage to say another word to Ge Cai throughout the whole process.

Although no one can guarantee a safe return after a general died in battle and went to the battlefield, unnecessary failures caused by the general's decision-making mistakes could have been avoided.

Liu Yuan died in battle because of his mistake in Ren Xiaonian's decision-making. Even though Liu Yuan was finally destroyed and died in battle, he still gained a glimmer of life for Ren Xiaonian. He avoided the entire Right Qianniu Guard Left Army being wiped out by the Southern Alliance. It is precisely because of this that they restrained tens of thousands of Southern Alliance troops in Tiaoziling and played a key role in the effectiveness of Shi Zhuang's Black Tiger's Heart-opening Strategy.

This time the conjunction and production battle became the only highlight of the entire Right Qianniu Guard Left Army's battle.

For people in Chang'an, this war that took place in Hunan and Jiangxi is a distant thing for them. If it were in the past, when the imperial court had a large-scale war in a certain place, they would always think of adding some taxes, some corvee, and even some inexplicable donations to them. But now, none of these things have happened. Their lives are as usual.

The way they understand war is to obtain some information about war from the Tang Dynasty Weekly Report.

But due to the lag of the news at this time, the news they received was basically half a month or even a while ago. As the mouthpiece of the Tang Dynasty court, the Tang Weekly naturally published selectively when publishing such news.

Like the heavy losses of the left army of the Right Qianniu Guard this time, we naturally didn't mention them. In the newspaper, it describes how the soldiers of the left army of the Right Qianniu Guard fought bloody battles, how they used their thin forces to restrain a large number of enemies, and gave an excellent opportunity for the army to win the final victory.

A general like Liu Yuan who died in a heroic battle will naturally be exaggerated. The last battles commanded by Liu Yuan were described as magical, and Liu Yuan's last heroic death made the most heroic footnote to this propaganda.

The newspaper did not say that Liu Yuan's troops were wiped out, only eleven people were left, nor did it say that the Zuo Army had more than 10,000 people, only 2,000 people were left.

So in the whole north, the people were still extremely excited. When they arrived in the south, the Tang army was still the invincible army they were familiar with. In Guanzhong like Chang'an, although the people did not have that strong sense of belonging to the new court, it was always a good thing that the new dynasty won the war. This means that they would still live in a relatively stable environment.

More importantly, the emperor seems to be quite good at the moment.

So the whole of Chang'an has been immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year.

Compared with previous years, Chang'an has become prosperous and prosperous this year. Countless goods have poured into Chang'an. The commercial storefronts developed by Wang Mingyi have opened one after another. The entire Chang'an commercial district is no longer limited to the two cities of the East and West in the past. It can be said that now, wherever there are people, you can basically see shops filled with dazzling arrays of goods.

There are local specialties, all kinds of novel things produced in the north, and of course, there are also all kinds of strange things from overseas that Chang'an people have never seen before, as well as foreigners with different appearances from the Tang Dynasty. Dark skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, along with the long-distance fleets spread across the oceans of the Tang Dynasty, they also appeared one by one in this political and cultural center.

People in Chang'an are slowly regaining their former pride.

Queen Liu Ruyan recently made a big move, which caused a sensation in Chang'an.

As the queen who took over the welfare undertakings of the entire Tang Dynasty, she naturally needed countless money to support this action of attracting the hearts of the people. Whether it was taking care of widows, widows, or installing pharmacies in various parts of the country, setting up clinics, and saving the poor, it needed a huge amount of money to support it.

Relying on financial appropriations alone is obviously a drop in the bucket, and fundraising cannot subsidize this gap, so Liu Ruyan also needs to find ways to open source to earn more money.

Liu Ruyan set a corner of Xingqing Palace where the royal family lived, and transformed part of the royal garden into a zoo. It was filled with rare birds and beasts from all over the world.

Naturally, countless people rushed to offer what the Empress wanted. After Liu Ruyan revealed this meaning, each fleet that sailed far away immediately rushed to find the birds and beasts that were not available in the Tang Dynasty from overseas. Even the beasts that were once proud of the mountains and forests in the Tang Dynasty were captured by the local government and presented them to the Empress to help her open the zoo.

The ticket price for every visit of 100 cigarette is really not cheap, but every day, countless people still rush to it. Whether it is the tiger, blind bear, peacock, iron-eating beast that only exists in the country, the long-nosed elephant, the long-necked giraffe from afar, or the ferocious crocodile several meters long and covered in armor, the Tang people are crazy about it.

In these things, Liu Ruyan found a completely different feeling of pleasure from the battlefield. The regret of being unable to command troops to fight anymore no longer exists. She is happy to join this activity. Now that the New Year is approaching, she is getting busier.

The financial reforms under the imperial concubine Xia He also entered a critical moment. The first step was implemented in the army very smoothly. The trust in the soldiers made the people and merchants in the core areas of Li Ze ruled by Wuyi and other Li Ze, and the people began to accept these things they called military tickets.

Paper money is slowly becoming popular.

After making a good start, Xia He devoted more effort to promoting paper money.

The two ladies were so busy that they often could not see people for a few days, but Li Ze was still busy with the war in the south at this moment.

Unlike the joy of the people, Li Ze is often in a state of anxiety, anger or sadness. Because Liu Ruyan and Xia He are often not in Xingqing Palace, he rarely goes back and often lives in the general office of Tai Chi Hall.

This war was not what he wanted. The final result must be quite different from his ideal result.
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