Out of nearly three hundred heads of military merit, Xu Mu only took one hundred heads. One hundred of them were given to Zhao Qingyun for promotion to the military rank. The other nearly one hundred were also given to Zhao Qingyun so that he could take them with him. When he had the opportunity, he would go and care for the bereaved family members of the Tongzi camp.
"Master Xu Fang is righteous." On horseback, Zhao Qingyun cupped his hands and clasped his fists, eyes bursting into tears.
"Brother Zhao, please don't worship me again."
Xu Mu was a little helpless. In fact, there was another very important reason why he gave up most of his military achievements.
The great era was in danger, and he wanted to keep a low profile to avoid being conscripted into the court. After all, if you don't work together after becoming an official, it is very likely to cause trouble.
"Master Xu Fang, really don't want to be a general? If you come with me, you will be the renaissance talent of our great era." Zhao Qingyun sighed. After spending the past few days with Xu Mu, he had seen that the man in front of him How powerful is the little boss?
"No, I just want to sell wine and be a happy little shop owner." Xu Mu shook his head.
Under such a bureaucratic atmosphere, Xu Mu had no idea.
"Pity."
"In the future, there will be heroes like Brother Lao Zhao in the world of Daji."
"How dare you disobey me!"
Looking back, Zhao Qingyun looked at the centurion's body behind the horse, and his face became slightly excited for no reason.
"Master, Zhuangzi is here, do you want to go in?" Chen Sheng, the first two riders, spoke loudly.
"Wait outside."
Jumping off his horse, Xu Mu took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the village gate.
If there were no accidents, he would move to the inner city after settling the people in the village with the help of the hundred military merits he obtained.
Say goodbye to the old racecourse.
"Who?" At this time, there were more than a dozen refugees in Zhuangzi, and they poked their heads out in panic.
Chen Sheng and others who were far away were furious. This was considered a dove occupying a magpie's nest.
Xu Mu calmly raised his hand and stopped the movements of the big men behind him.
"If you are passing by, you should go to Hezhou as soon as possible for fear that the Di people will rob the village."
"It has nothing to do with you!"
The village door hurriedly closed, Xu Mu smiled calmly, turned around and mounted his horse, and hurried towards Hezhou in the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves.
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Along the way, on the road leading to Hezhou, there is a corpse lying on the ground every ten steps, and a new grave every hundred steps. The screams of weeping people are endless, and the number of injured people is unknown.
"There are all refugees in front of us." Zhao Qingyun's voice was choked.
The fall of Wangzhou was just like the fall of Yongguan, and many people were displaced. If Hezhou also closes down the city and blocks the people, it is estimated that it will not be long before chaos breaks out like in Wangzhou.
The court hall was full of beasts with their skin and vertebrae peeled off.
Xu Mu couldn't bear to look anymore, raised his head, and looked at the outline of Hezhou City in the dusk. As the last big city on the border, it seems a bit lonely at first glance.
"Master Xu, please wait here for a moment. I will inform the official." Zhao Qingyun said in a deep voice after getting off his horse.
Several refugees came to grab the horses, but when he raised his knife and shouted at them, they were so frightened that they immediately turned around and ran away.
"Be careful, those people just now had yellow eyes, maybe they started cannibalism."
Listening to Zhao Qingyun's words, Xu Mu's heart skipped a beat for no reason.
"Chen Sheng, step back to the side to protect the supplies."
Chen Sheng nodded, and stood in front of the horses with three other young men, each wearing armor and carrying a sword. If someone dares to get close and cannot retreat in fear, he will really draw a knife and hurt them.
Fortunately, in less than half a stick of incense time, Zhao Qingyun quickly came over with a group of soldiers. A man who looked like a school captain raised his sword and cursed a few times.
The surrounding refugees were so frightened that they fled away.
"Master Xu, this is Bao Zhou."
"Your Majesty, you are polite." Xu Mu slightly arched his hands.
"You're welcome. I heard Brother Zhao say that this time he was able to kill two hundred horsemen from Di. Master Xu Fang also did a great job. Please tidy up and follow me into the city quickly."
These words were discussed with Zhao Qingyun earlier. This time, Zhao Qingyun would receive all the credit for blocking and killing two hundred cavalry, while Xu Mu and the others would only receive some military merit.
"Excuse me, sir, have all my villagers entered the city?"
"Don't worry, Master Xu. Everything has been settled. I'll see you when we enter the city."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and gave some instructions. With a group of camp soldiers leading the way, the group walked forward with more than thirty horses.
"Haha, Brother Zhao is also invited. Brother Zhao is so mighty that he killed a centurion from Di. It seems that he will be promoted to general in the next few days."
Zhao Qingyun's expression changed slightly, he turned his head and smiled awkwardly at Xu Mu.
"Knowing that you have killed the enemy, the officials will work all night long to help you and tally up your military achievements."
Bao Zhou's tone was slightly sour. Apart from Zhao Qingyun, Xu Mu also had a hundred military achievements, which was impressive.
"I also asked Master Xu about the things I wanted to inquire about earlier. It happened that there was a deserted village in a rural area not far from Hezhou, with houses and fields, enough to support more than fifty people."
"Desolate village?" Xu Mu was startled. He was afraid that it was a village destroyed by bandits.
"Don't worry, Master Xu. He's just an old landowner who has failed and ran away with his tenants. The village is safe." As if he guessed Xu Mu's worries, Bao Zhou spoke again.
"Chen Sheng, choose ten good horses and give them to Mr. Bao."
Human relations are essential, and if we move to the inner city soon, we will probably need help from Bao Zhou.
"What a shame!" After saying this, Bao Zhou was already beaming with joy. He walked more than ten steps by himself and began to pick up the horse.
At that time, two hundred horses were blocked and killed. Time was too tight and too many horses could not be brought back. More than thirty horses were already the limit, not to mention the armor tied to the horses.
According to Xu Mu's wishes, the military merit was exchanged for houses and fields, and the horses and armor were sold to the official workshop to be used as supplies for the migration to the inner city.
After choosing the horse, Bao Zhou's tone became more kind, "Don't worry, Master Xu, I will send someone to invite your villagers to come and select good land and houses, and we will issue a notarization immediately."
"Thank you, Mr. Bao."
"Haha, Master Xu can just call him Brother Bao."
The sun sets.
In front of the official office in Hezhou, more than fifty people from the village received the notarizations one by one. They were all extremely moved.
Holding the notarization in hand, he trembled and ran to Xu Mu, kowtowing and crying and laughing.
The world is in chaos, but having a house and land is already an excellent life.
"Let's get up." Xu Mu's tone was also choked with sobs. After going to the inner city, I'm afraid he would never interact with these villagers again in his lifetime.
"Everything in the village is going well. If you encounter any difficulties, you will go to Hezhou to look for Mr. Bao."
If you say this in front of Bao Zhou, no matter what happens in the future, Bao Zhou will gain some face.
"I will not take back your longbows. I will keep them. If any bandits dare to bully them, I will beat them back hard."
"Remember, you all used to be from Sitong Old Racecourse." Xu Mu clasped his hands behind his back and stood up steadily.
In front of him, dozens of villagers knelt down and cupped their hands.
"I'll remember it later!"
"I'll say goodbye to my little boss!"
"Once we leave, even if we are thousands of miles away, we will still be old friends."
The two groups of soldiers standing aside all looked sad. For a moment, they couldn't understand how these poor village women could be so heroic.
Little did they know that in Xujiazhuang, an old racecourse, the men with eggs and the village women with bows on their backs were all first-class brave men.
