Hongya Village.
Because it was opposite to the march route of the rebels who invaded Shanyang County, apart from the initial panic, there was nothing different.
The Earth Temple of the Mountain God still looks the same.
Under the big tree in the village, there are still a few old people and old ladies occupying the place, chatting about gossip that is most likely made up.
Yan Shouyi looked at this extremely ordinary scene in front of him, but he felt as if he was in another world.
During the two days of fierce fighting with the rebels, Yan Shouyi mostly saw life and death, and heartbreak.
People who were joking and encouraging each other one day could never come back the next day.
In this battle, Shanyang ordered more than thirty brothers to lose their lives, and more than fifty others were injured.
If the rebels had not suddenly withdrawn yesterday, the number of casualties would probably have continued to increase.
Of course, the so-called injuries during war refer to injuries that affect movement or a certain part.
Single or multiple wounds that do not affect movement are not included in the statistics.
As soon as Shanyang Ling entered Hongya Village, he was immediately warmly received by the villagers.
Sending clothes, food, comfort, telling all kinds of big and small things that happened in recent days, true and false news.
After dinner with the warm hospitality of the villagers, Yan Shou ordered Shanyang to order the brothers to rest on the spot.
Yan Shouyi led several soldiers and set up a large tent outside the Tushan Temple in Hongya Village.
Then, he lit the incense and respectfully placed it in the incense burner.
"The Commander-in-Chief of the Shanyang Order is strictly guarded, and I thank Grandpa Mountain God for his blessing!"
"Young Master Shanyang went to suppress the rebellion. One tenth of our troops were lost and more than fifty people were injured. This is the lowest casualty rate among all the reinforcements."
"In this battle, our Shanyang Order killed more than a hundred enemies, captured more than ten prisoners, captured more than 300 sets of weapons, and twenty war horses. It is the team with the most glorious results among the same organizational units."
"Five other people were attacked and killed by giant mosquitoes that suddenly came while passing through the swamp where mosquitoes were concentrated on their way to the battlefield."
"If Grandpa Mountain God hadn't given me the treasure to protect me, I, the good man of Shanyang Order, would have suffered a lot of damage in the swamp."
Yan Shouyi was kneeling on the futon and mumbling these words. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside the door.
"Report..." A long, drawn voice came from outside the house, and then, a messenger rushed into the temple.
At this moment, Xu Boan hurriedly ran to his car, sank into the mountain temple, clicked on the base of the Tushan Temple in Hongya Village, and entered his sight.
As soon as I came in, I heard the shout from the messenger.
Subconsciously, he focused his attention on it.
This messenger soldier was dusty, his face was full of vicissitudes of life, the blood on his armor had not yet dried, his lips were dry and cracked, and his voice was somewhat hoarse.
As soon as Yan Shou heard the sound, he stood up slowly, patted his clothes lightly, waved his hands majestically, and said, "Speak!"
While they were talking, a soldier had already brought in a square wooden chair and placed it behind Yan Shouyi. As soon as Yan Shou sat down, a soldier handed him a cup of tea.
The messenger knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands in front of him, and said: "Commander, we have confirmed the exact information. The new county magistrate of Shanyang County is indeed the former king of the arresting dynasty... Mr. Wang!"
"snort!"
Yan Shou stood up with a cold snort, looking at the messenger in front of him with empty eyes. He casually stretched the tea cup to the side, and a soldier took it with his head lowered.
"Master Wang! Lord Wang! What a great Master Wang! What a great person! Back then, a mere little catcher was able to climb onto my head!"
Yan Shou, the commander-in-chief, had previously been a high-ranking military attache. Although he was only the eighth rank at the bottom, he was also the official title conferred by Zhengerba through the Great Scenery Pilgrimage.
What about Dynasty? Although he was the head catcher who managed the cases in a county before, which sounded very majestic and indeed had quite a lot of power in the county, he was just an official, not an official at all, let alone a high-ranking official.
A soldier on the side came forward and said softly: "General, our brothers are working hard to suppress the rebellion outside, but it is better for him to sit at home and wait for his official hat to fall from the sky. How can this be justified? ah."
Yan Shou glanced at the soldier sideways and said: "Reason? Humph! You are just adding fuel to the fire here! This guy from the Dynasty is climbing on my head. Although I am not convinced. But this guy led the crowd to resist the rebels. By defending the northern corner of the city, Shanyang City was not completely destroyed. I still admire this achievement."
The soldier hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, there is nothing to say about this matter. The general is open-minded, but the brothers always feel that if we were left in the city at that time, this wonderful thing of promotion would never be his turn." Just a small official in the dynasty."
Yan Shouyi nodded in agreement and said: "Humph, that's right, that guy got to the position just because of good luck! If it were me, Shanyang City would never have fallen to even one gate!"
While he was talking, another Shanyang Order soldier ran in from outside.
"Boss! You asked me to contact the left-behind brothers. I have already contacted you. There are fifty-three left-behind soldiers in Shanyang County in Shanyang County. Excluding three who are sick and recovering, the remaining fifty brothers are on duty. Now there are only eight people left! And all eight of them have been injured, five of them are seriously injured! I am afraid that there is no escape from... misfortune!"
The further Yan Shouyi listened, the uglier his face became.
At the end, his fists clenched tightly and made a crackling sound.
"Asshole! Son of the Dynasty, you are using my brother from Shanyang Order as cannon fodder!"
As he spoke, Yan Shouyi could no longer bear the anger in his heart. He took out the knife from his waist and slashed it on the wooden chair he was sitting on.
In an instant, the backrest of the wooden chair split into two pieces and fell to the ground as a piece of broken wood.
His whole face suddenly turned red, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth.
"Calm down the boss! You are still injured. The doctor said, you can't get angry." A soldier hurriedly found water and a cloth handkerchief to wipe Yan Shou's body.
Xu Bo'an looked at it and instantly discovered a long wound on Yan Shou's abdomen, almost running through his waist.
Fortunately, the wound was not too deep. Otherwise, half of the internal organs would have come out.
"I'm fine!" Yan Shouyi sheathed the knife, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said angrily, "I just feel sorry for my brother No. 50."
"I wish I, Shanyang, ordered Hao'erlang to accompany me on the expedition to quell the rebellion. After three desperate battles, we only lost more than thirty people. This bastard, Wang Chao, actually cost me almost all of my fifty good brothers!"
"Asshole, I have to write a book for him! Go find paper and pen, I say, write!"
The soldiers on the side knew that Yan Shouyi was not good at writing and hurriedly ordered people to find paper and pen, but he said softly: "Think twice, President, the dynasty is now the magistrate of Shanyang County. Although he is not our direct superior, he is still in Shanyang County." In Yang County, we still have to be controlled by him, seriously speaking, we are committing the following crime!"
Yan Shou kicked the chair over and shouted angrily: "What a fart, I'm so angry at him for being so cowardly? At worst, I won't work for this boss!"
As he spoke, another stream of blood overflowed from the corner of Yan Shouyi's mouth.
Seeing the elders nervously helping Yan Shou deal with his injuries, Xu Bo'an couldn't help but sigh and make a sound.
"well……"
The tense atmosphere in the room was suddenly disrupted by Xu Bo'an's sigh.
Almost instantly, everyone's eyes were focused on the statue of Xiang An.
"Grandpa Mountain God! You... are here!" Yan Shou pushed away the people surrounding him and staggered to the futon in front of the incense table as if he was drunk. He held the edge of the incense table with his palms and his legs. After bending one after another, he knelt down with difficulty.
"Strictly guarding the good Erlang of Shanyang for a generation, I would like to thank the mountain god grandpa."
Xu Bo'an said: "Did we ever pass through the swamp where mosquitoes gathered before we went on this expedition?"
Yan Shou said: "As for Grandpa Mountain God, I have been through it before. Thanks to Grandpa Mountain God's gift of mosquito repellent medicine and magical talismans, most of my brothers from Shanyang Order passed through the swamp safely."
"Most of them!" Xu Bo'an was stunned when he heard this, and said: "You mean, there are still people who had trouble inside and failed?"
Yan Shou said "Yeah" in a deep voice, and then he felt something was wrong, and said respectfully: "Originally, the brothers were fine, but when they were about to walk out of the swamp, they suddenly encountered a very tall creature. Big giant mosquitoes attacked several brothers."
"Giant mosquito? How big is it approximately?" Xu Bo'an asked curiously.
Yan Shou raised his hands to spread his arms, and said: "It's about the same height as me, and about the same size as my arm span. A single injection of the mouthpart in front of you can cause a person to bleed to death!"
"So big?" Xu Bo'an was surprised.
"Yes, Grandpa Mountain God, and it's only as big as it is not too small. I can see that this is not its limit."
Such a large mosquito is equivalent to half the height of an adult in the bonsai world.
If it were placed in the real world, people would be scared to death if they saw such a big mosquito!
The world in this bonsai is indeed very different from the real world.
Xu Boan said casually: "If I had known that there could be such big mosquitoes, the dosage of this mosquito repellent should be increased and thickened."
Yan Shou shook his head and said: "Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God, for considering us. However, this is the first time we have seen this kind of giant mosquito. It must be just because the place has been humid for a long time that it has a good living environment. It has grown up for a year." Two. Grandpa Mountain God no longer has to waste his time managing such small things."
Xu Boan nodded. If it was just one or two occasionally, it would not be a big deal.
After all, there is no chance of mutation there! Maybe it's a genetic mutation.
"Later, how did you deal with the giant mosquito?" Xu Bo'an asked.
Yan Shouyi raised his head and said, "I went to the meeting alone. Fortunately, I fulfilled my mission and killed the giant mosquito."
Hearing that the threat of this mosquito seemed to be just that, Xu Boan didn't take it seriously.
Just as he was thinking about helping Yan Shouyi treat his injuries, suddenly, a deafening loud noise came from the mountain village.
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