The snow flew. After the killing, the Yanyancang tribe was covered up, and the state "satisfiedly returned to its camp. After dividing the property of King Xiu Tu, Zhang Han and Fu Kuan embarked on the way home with their men.

After returning to the territory of Western Chu, Zhang Han returned to his own resident Longxi. Fu Kuan returned to the northern ranks with the Buffalo camp. Li Gong was ordered to take the troops of the headquarters, and escort King Xiu Tu, more than 10,000 Xiongnu prisoners, women, cattle and sheep, and drove to Xianyang to offer prisoners.

General Xiliu Tian Zhuang, who received the news, took Hu Qi Camp and shot the camp to pick you up. King Xiu Tu was also thinking about it when he saw the Hu Qi Camp's appearance. He wanted to get close to the soldiers of Hu Qi Camp, but he didn't expect that the soldiers of Hu Qi Camp had no intention of paying attention to him, but soon had a hot conversation with the prisoners. They patted their armor proudly. To the depressed prisoners, "Don't worry, go to Xianyang peacefully. As long as you don't cause trouble, the generals will not make things difficult for you. Look at us, we were also prisoners in the past, but now we are not like the Qin people and Chu people, we are all registered households in Western Chu. With military pay, we planted the land at home, and we live a prosperous life. We don't have to take any benefits from the bloody battle on the battlefield like before. We can only make a living by ourselves.

With their presence, the prisoners felt at ease and followed to Xianyang honestly. Of course, they didn't want to run away, but after the brave ones were shot and killed, no one had any worries. Looking at the fleeing prisoners who were beheaded and showed up, King Xiu Tu gave up his mind to escape and followed him to Xianyang peacefully.

At the end of February, the prisoners arrived in Xianyang City. Shangzhu Guofu and Lingyin's mansion were ready. They picked some soldiers with family members and added them to the Hu Qi camp, and all the others were taken to the military farm. The prisoners were already familiar with the policies of Western Chu on the road, but they didn't have much thoughts and obediently followed the arrangements.

As a hero who captured King Xiu Tu alive, Li Gong was ordered to visit Xianyang Palace. Early in the morning, before dawn, he washed up and dressed neatly. He waited in the inn, but it was not until noon that a young man came outside the inn. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Gong who was already sitting upright.

"Mr. Li has been waiting for a long time?" Lang Guan asked in surprise.

Li Gong drank tea for a whole morning and was very anxious, but he didn't dare to do it. He could only smile: "I was so excited that I could not sleep when I heard that the king had summoned me.

The Lang Guan's face turned a little gloomy and said nothing. He asked Li Gong to go out and rushed to Xianqi Palace. On the way, he explained to Li Gong: "The king's new rules are to start listening to court every morning at the lunar calendar. In the afternoon, each government office will work on its own and come in to see you if you have any questions. Therefore, it is impossible to have time to meet you in the morning. The people in the inn forgot to notify you and let you wait for nothing. I have sent someone to inform their superiors that there will be a solution at that time."

Li Gong suddenly realized that when he heard that the postmen were punished for himself, he felt a little embarrassed. The net wanted to explain, and the man shook his head: "Mr. Li doesn't have to plead for them, he has to tell rules in everything. He is a man who has made military achievements and is despised by them. Wouldn't the others be even less in their eyes? This kind of atmosphere cannot be raised and must be banned. This is also the intention of the king to rule the country with law. If there is a law, he will follow it and violate the law, and even Mrs. Wu is suspected of buying a murderer and will be tried. What's more, a small postman."

Li Gong was frightened and did not dare to say anything anymore. He followed Lang Guan tightly into the palace. Along the way, he carefully observed the people and things along the way. Although everyone had a kind face, they were very rigorous in their work. Although Lang Guan who brought him into the palace was an acquaintance, the person checking at the gate of the palace still looked at his waist card in vain.

When he arrived in front of the side hall, the Langguan went in to repay him. Li Gong stood respectfully in front of the steps, holding his breath and listening to the sound inside. After a while, the Langguan came out and bowed to Li Gong: "Sir Li, the king, please come in."

Li Gong felt a fever in his heart and responded quickly. He stepped up the steps, took off his shoes at the entrance of the hall, and bowed to report: "My memory, Li Gong, a thousand generals from the Buffalo camp, pay homage to the king

"Our hero came a full voice from the hall, and then a burst of laughter came from far and near, and a tall body stood in front of Li Gong. "Raise your head and let me see what kind of hero General Li's descendants are."

Li Gong was stunned and looked up at Gongwei with a gentle smile on his face in front of him. He couldn't believe that the kind-looking young man he saw was the King of Western Chu: "King?"

"Who else can it be if it's not the husband?" Xiang Yu turned out from behind Gongwei, stared at Li Gong up and down for a long time, and grinned: "Your father and my father were fighting in front of the formation, probably I didn't expect that their descendants would be ministers in the same palace for one day

"Are you?" Li Gong became even more confused.

"The descendant of my famous general Xiang Gong of the Great Chu, Mr. Xiang. The Gongwei, who has a lot of connection with your Li family, looked at them and joked. He signaled Li Gong to enter the palace to speak. Li Gong's head buzzed and subconsciously glanced at Xiang Yu again. He was full of suspicion. He had never mentioned the fact that he was a descendant of Li Xin. How did the king know? And so coincidentally, Xiang Yan's grandson Xiang Yu is also there?

"The sitting Gongwei asked someone to get a seat for Li Gong, let him sit down, and then asked about the battle. Li Gong did not dare to be negligent, put away his thoughts, and talked about the incident of sending troops to attack the Xiongnu Xiu Tu Wang with the left general of Yuezhi. He was even more colorful and explained in detail. Gongwei kept listening very calmly. Occasionally asked about some details, Xiang Yu also sat quietly aside, staring at Li Gong intently. The two men sat aside, writing anxiously.

After Li Gong finished speaking, Xiang Yu began to ask. He started from the beginning and raised some of the questions that Li Gong ignored. Li Gong answered one by one. Finally, Xiang Yu pondered for a while and bowed to Li Gong: "Thank you, Li Jun." Li Gong hesitated for a moment and returned the courtesy according to the rules. His grandfather Li Xin was defeated by Xiang Yan's hands, and his reputation was destroyed forever. From then on, he disappeared among the famous generals of the Qin Empire and died young in melancholy. He has always regarded the Xiang family as his enemy since he can remember, but he did not expect that he would sit together with Xiang Yan's descendant Xiang Yu in this situation. Xiang Yu, as a marquis of 100,000 households, could talk to him so politely, and he had no reason not to return the courtesy, which would make people laugh at him for being ignorant.

"Which year did your eldest father come from?" Gongwei asked.

"Twenty-fourth year of King Qin."

Gongwei calculated that year was when Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to defeat Chu. It seemed that Li Xin and Xiang Yan died were almost the same. He asked about some situations. Although Li Gong was not very clear about what Gongwei would be like to the Li family. He was already defeated, so he was interested in him. On the one hand, his eldest father was Li Xin, who was once an opponent of Xiang Yan, but on the other hand, because there was a flying general among his descendants who had become famous throughout the ages. Of course, Li Gong himself was only 30 years old now and his eldest son was only five years old. I don’t know where the shadow of the flying general was.

Woolen cloth.

"I read the war report from General Zhang. You captured King Xiu Tu alive and made great contributions. You should reward according to the law." Gongwei said gently: "The reward plan presented by Shangzhu Guofu is 1,300 households with fiefs, and I have already approved it."

"Thank you, King." Li Gong was excited and worshipped on the ground.

"Well, in addition, I'll give you another chance." Gongwei smiled and signaled Li Gong to stand up: "Don't rush back, stay in Xianyang for a while. Go to the Military Academy to be an auditor. I know that the military strategy passed down by your Li family is quite unique, but it's always good to search and learn from each other. I hope you can integrate the military strategy handed down by your teachers and establish the reputation of your great father, the famous general."

"King, minister" Li Gong heard the last sentence, and the grievance that had been holding in his heart finally turned into tears and couldn't help but shed. Li Xinjie joined the army, from a good family to a beloved general of Qin Shihuang, and was incredible all the glory of the Qin army. He was once a famous young and handsome man in the Qin army. He became famous in his prime. I don't know how jealous it was. However, in the defeat in the battle against Chu, all the halos on Li Xin's head disappeared, and he disappeared from the Qin army in the shortest time. When people later mentioned Li Xin, it was synonymous with the courage of ordinary men. No one mentioned his previous achievements. In the past twenty years, the Li family was looked down upon in Chengji, and Li Xin was also a synonym for failure. But now the king told him personally that his father was a famous general, which made him more excited than a title of Qianhuhou.

The excited Li Gong went out. Gongwei sighed and said to Xiang Yu: "People are always so snobbish. Even if they succeeded again before, they may never have a chance to turn over once. Li Xin is a good example. It was their luck to meet Duke Mu of Qin."

"It is also my luck to meet a king." Xiang Yu replied in response.

Gongwei stopped and looked at Xiang Yu with a smile: "Are you telling the truth or sneering?"

Xiang Yu also smiled: "I am the truth."

"I don't look like it no matter how I look at it." Gongwei shook his head and continued: "War is a matter of accidentality. Even if you have the courage of thousands of men, it is hard to be safe. Being cautious is always good. I said that being a general in three lifetimes is ominous, and it seems to be a little reasonable. How many famous generals who were once powerful now have prosperous families? Not to mention the distant ones, the three generations of the Wang family fought for Qin, but how are they now? If Wang Li had the pride of his eldest father, how could he be defeated by 300,000 people? Brother, if your Xiang family wants to be a famous family, be cautious. "It's always impossible to be wrong, don't always think that you are invincible in the world."

The smile on Xiang Yu's face faded and he nodded solemnly: "I must remember it in my heart."

"I hope so." Gongwei's big hand rubbed a piece of jade on his waist and said slowly: "The fire in the northwest has been burning, and the Huns should be about to withdraw their troops. You can go out next month." Speaking of this, he laughed: "I can't stand being nagged so much every day."

"Now." Xiang Yu bowed and replied loudly.

In early March, Xiang Yu left the army and Gongwei went to Weiqiao to see him off. Xiang Yu dressed in military uniform, surrounded by Jibu and Xiangzhuang, bid farewell to Gongwei, sang passionate battle songs, and drifted away.

The Huns royal court.

When Touman learned that King Xiu Tu was attacked, his entire army was wiped out. He was so shocked that he knocked over the table in front of him, and the wine and meat were everywhere. He rolled his eyes hard, pointed his greasy fingers at the scout who reported the news. He shook for a long time before he said something: "What, how is it possible?"

The scout kowtowed repeatedly, thinking, "Do I dare to falsely report such a big thing?"

Tou Yan was stunned for a while and sighed dejectedly: "I understand, I understand. This is all the tricks of the Chu people. I'm fooling them."

The Yan family sitting aside was puzzled: "The person who attacked King Xiu Tu was the Yuezhi people. What does it have to do with the Chu people?"

"You are stupid." Touman was extremely angry and shouted at the Yan clan: "I can't tell this? The Chu people attracted my attention and dragged our troops to the east, but created a great opportunity for the Yuezhi people in the west. The Yuezhi people seized this opportunity and swallowed King Xiu Tu's tribe, a 30,000 army, and a population of more than 100,000. Such a large tribe was eaten by the Yuezhi people in an instant."

The more Touman thought about it, he became more annoyed. He beat his chest and stamped his feet and felt a little painful. He wanted to slap himself in two mouths. He thought he had deceived the people of Western Chu and asked them to relax their vigilance, but the people of Western Chu were trapped in. Not only did his army work in vain, but the people of Yuezhi were also given a big advantage.

"It's probably not that simple." Touman cursed for a while and slowly calmed down. "With Kunmo's strength, how dare he attack King Xiu Tu, it must be that fool of King Yuezhi who colluded with the people of Xi Chu."

Mrs. Yan curled his lips and looked at him disdain: "Shanyu, do you still want to think about this? King Yuezhi had long been colluding with the people of Western Chu. He has now become a dog that herds sheep for the people of Western Chu. I heard that the merchants of Western Chu passed by his territory and wanted to draw more than 10% of the taxes, and now he is almost fat."

"Well, this kid is rich now. Not only does he have money, but he is also brave. He dares to come to my territory to cause trouble." Touman's eyes flashed and he thought for a while and asked again: "The Yuezhi King really costs more than 10% of the tax?"

The sage nodded with jealousy: "It's true. I heard that the Western Chu was unified the previous year, and the silk production last year increased significantly, which doubled compared with the previous year. In the past, I was afraid that those tribes would rob, but now the dog was escorted by the Yuezhi King. The merchants in the Western Chu were even more courageous, and the caravans were endless. The Yuezhi people along the way only provided food, accommodation, mules and horses, which made a lot of money, let alone Huishi City. I heard that people were coming and going, and it was very lively."

"This little boy, Yuezhi King, is so fat?" Touman thought about it for a while, and his eyes slowly lit up: "Okay, my losses will be compensated from him."

"Shanyu?" The sage was puzzled.

"The people of Western Chu were too prepared for defense. We worked hard and did not gain any benefits. Those tribal kings would definitely have opinions about me. If they could not appease them, they would not take me, the Shanyu seriously. King Xiu Tu was killed by the Yuezhi people. I happened to use this excuse to find trouble for the Yuezhi people. I could not defeat the Chu people, but could I still defeat the Yuezhi king? Since he was so fat, then

Mrs. Yan also understood and nodded repeatedly with bright eyes: "Shanyu thought carefully."

"Hmph, enjoy!" Touman sneered a few times, immediately called Wudan, and asked him to immediately give orders to the kings of the tribes who were still entangled with the Chu people, telling them that I will go to trouble King Yuezhi. If you don't come back, don't blame me if you don't get any benefits.

Wu Dan asked worriedly: "What should the Chu people do? Shanyu took the time to get the troops in. Will they take advantage of the situation?"

Touman sneered: "When did you see the people in the Central Plains chasing the grassland to compete with me and the Huns? They are on the grassland, and our world is ours. Without the Great Wall and without the city, what are they?"

Wu Dan thought about it, but was still a little worried. Touman walked back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back. He said, "But what you think makes sense. Although we are not afraid of Chu people coming to the grassland, we can't let them get along with the Yuezhi people. So, you bring some gifts to Xianyang. Have a good talk with the boy Gongwei, just say we are willing to negotiate with them, whether it's trade or marriage, anyway, just let them not interfere with us and attack Yuezhi."

Wu Dan was relieved and responded and went out.

"Damn it, wait until I deal with the Yuezhi people. Let's look good again." Touman gritted his teeth, was indignant, and cursed: "Damn Yuezhi people, they dared to come to the head of my Huns to find a bargain. It's so amazing. He thought it would be enough to collude with the Chu people? Seeing that I won't break the Huishi City, kill all his people, and rob all his money. Cut off his dog head as a wine vessel."

Jiuyuan City.

Chang Shizhi stood on the bloody city wall, watching the Huns gradually fading away, and the relic building slapped the city wall. He really wanted to chase out of the city, but now it was no time, so he could only watch the Huns retreat safely. Fortunately, the Huns struggled to attack the city for two months, and didn't even catch a brick, and ran away in shame. There was basically no loss in Lu Shizhi's defense zone, otherwise Lu Shizhi would have to chase after him no matter what.

"Sir, don't you chase me?" The cavalry general Li Hao was also very regretful and asked Lu Shizhi unwillingly.

"Do you think I don't want to chase after me?" Lu Shizhi rolled his eyes and looked at the back of the Huns reluctantly: "But it's not possible now. Next time, I will definitely chase to the royal court next time."

Li Hao gritted his teeth and did not say anything. He was originally Sima under Zhang Ping. After Zhang Ping was captured, he belonged to Lu Shizhi. He made contributions to several battles, and now he was promoted to a cavalry general. He was satisfied, but recently he heard that Zhang Ping and others defeated King Xiu Tu and made contributions again. He couldn't help but feel slandered. The Huns besieged Shimenzhu, and the cavalry as a reserve team, but he failed to participate in the battle. This time, he could only see his former colleagues being rewarded.

"Don't look, be careful not to get out of your eyes." Lu Shizhi smiled and turned to the city. Li Hao grinned and followed him down the city. The war was over. Spring was coming. The production was about to begin. People who had been hiding in each city for a winter had to return to the military farm. As the main defense force, the cavalry began to step up patrols again. This time the Huns returned in vain and found nothing. Who knows if they would not give up and rob them again despite the weight of the horse in spring.

When Li Hao said goodbye to Lu Shizhi, he met Wu Dan and his party who had just arrived in Jiuyuan City. He looked at Wu Dan with a humble smile on his face from afar, with a disdainful smile on his lips. He shouted loudly and rode away with his personal guards. The Huns are now afraid of being beaten. Seeing that the people of Western Chu always smiled without saying anything, they were born with a slave.

When Chang Shizhi saw Wu Dan, he was very surprised: "You are here? Just in time, I'm going to look for you."

"I wonder what's wrong with sir?" Wu Dan bent and asked politely while someone was carrying the gift in.

Chang Shizhi stood up, walked out of the door, looked at the two rare good horses, and showed a satisfied smile on his face. He turned to Wudan and said, "You Huns are not very rules, right? You just said you want to marry us. Before the woman was sent to Xianyang City, the army here came here. Could it be that these people are all dowry? This is how you Huns sent their marriage?"

Wu Dan was very embarrassed. Knowing that he was deceived by the Western Chu people this time, he had to swallow his anger. What kind of marriage is just a joke. I thought that using a few women could deceive the Western Chu people. Unexpectedly, these women were all for nothing. The Western Chu people didn't take it seriously. The Huns didn't get any benefits, and the 200,000 troops ran for nothing.

"Sir, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Wu Dan pointed to the two horses and boxes of fur: "Shanyu was very sorry for this misunderstanding, so he asked me to bring a gift to explain to the adults. Sir. These two horses are Tianma from Dayuan. They are Shanyu's beloved things."

"Tianma?" Lu Shizhi's eyes lit up. Of course he knew that these two horses were good, but he didn't know that they were Tianma from Dayuan. He walked up and patted the horse's back: "It's the kind of Tianma that makes you sweat when you run?"

"That's right." Wu Dan saw Chang Shizhi's love, felt relieved, and hurriedly took the reins from the groom's hand and went to Lu Shizhi's hand with great care: "Sir, you might as well try it out."

Lu Shizhi laughed and waved his hand: "Since it is Shanyu's kindness, I will appreciate it."

Come into the house and sit down. Someone is here, please invite the chief secretary."

The personal guard caught up and said softly: "Sir, Lord Changshi went to various cities to count the losses and has not come back yet."

"Oh." Lu Shizhi suddenly realized, turned his head and said to Wudan: "My chief is counting the losses caused by you Huns this time. When he comes back, he will tell me the detailed number, let's talk about it. What a big deal, I'll talk about it when you compensate us for our losses."

Wu Dan's heart suddenly raised, and he heard the danger from Lu Shizhi's words. From his experience in dealing with Lu Shizhi, he knew that this gentleman, the North Pillars of the Western Chu who looked elegant but were very savage, was trapped on him again. Loss? He had a big loss. This time the Huns invaded, losing more than 30,000 people but didn't even rush for a bag of food. What losses did they have?
Chapter completed!