"You mean King Zuogu Li of the Xiongnu?"
Chao Cuo's voice suddenly became shrill, which actually startled Long Xiao who was standing beside him.
"Sir, this is not the young general's intention to let him go. This is really..."
Long Xiao looked embarrassed, and it took Chao Cuo a long time to react. Yes, why are he so excited?
Even though he knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, and that Long Xiao didn't mean it, Chao Cuo still couldn't help but sigh.
"General, don't blame yourself too much. This must be because Yi Zhixie's life should not be cut off. I wonder what the general's next plans are?"
Chao Cuo came here this time with a light carriage and a simple army. In addition to the accompanying coachmen, he only brought less than a hundred soldiers with him.
After all, the war here in Ziwu Valley had just ended, and he had brought so many supplies with him. Chao Cuo was really worried. The road from here to Yunzhong might not be peaceful.
"I heard that the king has gone to pursue the Huns. Now the young general can only dare to go to Yunzhong to find General Li Guang. As for the follow-up plan, let's wait until we get to Yunzhong first!"
This played into Chao Cuo's plan. Anyway, he was going to work in the clouds, so he could go with Long Xiao and the others. It would be nice to have someone to take care of him on the way, right?
"It is the honor of the young general to be able to travel with the king. However, the young general failed in his duty this time. After meeting the king, I asked the adults to give the young general a few kind words..."
Such a good opportunity was missed like this. Long Xiao really didn't know how the king would deal with him after knowing the news. He happened to be traveling with Chao Cuo right now, so he directly called in reinforcements.
"It's easy to talk about this. For things like giant rocks falling from the sky, since there are testimonies from the accompanying cavalry, it means that Yizhi Xie's life should not be cut off, and the general does not need to worry about it!"
Long Xiao was just a school lieutenant, but Chao Cuo didn't pretend to be a superior officer at all. This alone made Long Xiao feel good about him.
Everyone says that a gentleman is like jade, and Chao Cuo is indeed a humble gentleman at this moment!
After receiving Chao Cuo's guarantee, Long Xiao felt a lot more relieved. Since the king had gone to pursue the Huns, he should go to Yunzhong City to report to Li Guang first.
But when they arrived at Yunzhong City, they discovered that General Li Guang had also brought people to support the king.
And not only that, the entire Yunzhong City was full of teams recruiting civilian husbands. The people in Yunzhong City were as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year.
"This big brother is so polite. I don't know what you are going to do. Why do I see so many people on the street smiling so brightly?"
Seeing everyone's excitement, Chao Cuo was really confused about the situation. He stopped a strong man who was about to sign up and asked.
"Sir, you look like you are from out of town, right? You don't know, my king won a great victory this time. Twenty thousand Huns were surrounded by my king on a lonely mountain and burned alive. Your king has ordered me to There is no burial place for those sons of bitches in the land of the Han Dynasty, so now we are recruiting civilians to carry the corpses. The king has already led troops to support Yanmen. This is a matter of carrying the corpses, and the people all over the city are Which of us is not rushing to do it!"
Chao Cuo found that he had a toothache. His mission here was to investigate how much was gained in the battle outside Ziwu Valley?
However, before the investigation of the previous battle situation was completed, such hot news came later. Twenty thousand Huns were burned to death on the lonely mountain. Is this true?
"This official doesn't believe you when he looks at you. It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. I wouldn't believe it if it were before. But if you look at the Capital View outside the North City Gate, you will believe it after seeing it. Got it!"
After the man finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the crowded crowd, leaving only Chao Cuo standing there dumbfounded.
"You go to the Yamen to hand over the supplies, and I will come back as soon as I go!"
Chao Cuo immediately got on his horse and rode straight out of the North City Gate.
"My lord, my lord!"
Although Han Confucianism is different from later Confucian scholars. The so-called six Confucian arts are etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, arithmetic, archery and chastity, which are horse riding and archery. After all, Chao Cuo did not have much practical experience.
Yunzhong is another border town. Now that the war is about to end, who knows if there are people with ulterior motives among the crowd.
Seeing Chao Cuo heading towards the north gate desperately, the guards quickly followed.
They followed Chao Cuo all the way out of the north gate. As soon as they left the city gate, they were stunned by the sight before them not far away.
A huge human-headed temple stood outside the North City Gate. Looking at the heads with strange hairstyles and ferocious faces, Chao Cuo was almost out of breath from nervousness.
Just looking at the size of the capital, Chao Cuo knew in his heart that this damn investigation was a waste.
Using some rough military calculations, this Beijing temple must have at least tens of thousands of heads to stand upright.
For a moment, Chao Cuo's blood started to boil. He looked around the Jingguan with a head, and then he discovered that there was a stone tablet erected in front of the Jingguan.
On the stone tablet, the four characters with flying dragons and phoenixes are particularly eye-catching:
eye for eye!
"His Highness the Acting King! But I, Chao Cuo, underestimated him..."
Chao Cuo muttered to himself...
"Sir, do you think we should go to the government office now?"
Seeing such a large view of the capital, even the guards around Chao Cuo were shocked. One of the guards whispered.
"Go, why don't you go? I think they should have more detailed news about the success, let's go! Hahahaha, that's right, blood debts must be paid with blood!"
Chao Cuo was so mad that he got on his horse and went straight to the government office again. After hearing the news of Chao Cuo's arrival. Tian Chong was already waiting at the gate of the government office.
"Master Tian didn't expect to meet you here. I wonder if you have detailed battle reports from the front line?"
After a brief exchange of greetings, Chao Cuo asked directly.
"I don't have a detailed battle report here, but I have a person here. He must know best what is going on in this battle! Sir, can you imagine it?"
When he heard that Chao Cuo was coming, Tian Chong had already roughly understood Chao Cuo's mission. Everyone was in the officialdom, so many things could be tacitly understood, but if he really said it, it would hurt his feelings.
"I wonder who the Lord is talking about?"
"The leader of Modao Army, Guan Fu, is currently recuperating in my office. However, he can't talk much now. It's best to prepare a draft of what you want to ask!"
"The little commander that His Highness is asking back from Chang'an? Is he seriously injured?"
Chao Cuo still had some impression of Guan Fu. After all, he handled all Guan Fu's procedures.
"More than just serious injuries...Fifteen against twenty thousand, they fought to the death in the raging fire and held on for two hours. When the reinforcements finally arrived, not even one of the fifteen hundred people was left alive. With my great Han Dynasty’s great achievements in defeating the Xiongnu…”
Tian Chong's voice was choked as he spoke.
