Among the figures below, Chang Sheng was the first to kneel down and greet the old counselor who came down. Then came Shen Tu Guan, Jiang Meng, and a group of Beiyu generals.
Chang Wei, who was behind Chang Shiro, also burst into tears.
Looking at the rickety figure walking down, Changshiro closed his eyes in pain and clenched his fists in his robe sleeves.
"My lord has conquered the south and the north, and is famous for his bravery all over the world. It can be seen that six of the Zhong family in Yuzhou died in the war, leaving only women, children, old and weak. There are 50,000 Yuzhou black armors, and the new ones don't recognize the old ones. Ever since the lord's rebellion, he has been able to survive The number of people who have arrived so far is less than ten thousand!”
"When Yanzhou was stabbed in the back, only 7,000 of the Huwei camp was killed, and the elite rice-selling army was almost completely wiped out!"
"The attack on Hebei was urgent. Yuzhou recruited 20,000 new soldiers, of which 13,000 were turned into bones on the battlefield."
"The Huang family in Lizhou sacrifices their daughters, and the Wang family in Changyang kills their sons. This is all for the lord's great cause."
In the wind and snow, Lao Zhongde stopped and fell to the ground. But all of a sudden, he stood up with his body propped up. He turned back and looked at Changshiro, his face full of expectation and encouragement.
"My lord, tell me whether I should take this country or not!"
"Take it!" Tsuneshiro gritted his teeth. In his hand, he still held the defense drawings left by old Zhongde.
Below, countless generals and staff from Beiyu also roared angrily.
"Always victorious!"
"From today on, you are the chief military advisor of Beiyu's 300,000-strong army! If one day you can plan to kill the poisonous owl cripple in Western Shu, please come to my grave and offer me a bowl of water and wine."
Chang Sheng bowed and bowed calmly.
"Always victorious but not talented, I am willing to follow the teacher's legacy."
"well."
Old Zhongde shouted twice and could no longer walk. He stopped in front of the long line of soldiers. He turned his head first and glanced longingly in the direction of Toshiro. He raised his head again and looked at the sky absently.
In a daze, I remembered that familiar scene again.
The little lord who came back from killing bandits was covered in blood, carrying a gun on his back, and sitting in the school with a calm expression on his face.
"Shiro, you are only thirteen years old, how dare you go out of the city to kill people."
"I gave centimeters to the villagers, but they dared to rob me. Of course I will kill them."
At that moment, he took out his handkerchief and slowly wiped away the blood on the little lord's face. For the first time, he discovered that apart from money and flowers, life can have a meaning in troubled times.
"Silang, you are not like a child of the Zhang family and the Li family, but you can't save tens of millions of people if you give cents to the villagers like this."
"Teacher, how can we save him?"
"Let's find another way to save him. I'll teach you."
…
"I use my blood to remonstrate with the overlord..."
Old Zhongde looked at the sky, murmured a few words, and fell back.
"teacher!"
Tsuneshiro knelt down on his knees and cried heartbrokenly.
"Kneel down to see the teacher off!"
"Send the military advisor——"
Whether it was Chang Sheng or Shentu Guan Jiang Meng, many Beiyu generals and the staff all knelt down.
Tsuneshiro lowered his head, trembling hands, and tightly grasped the drawing in his hand. Deep in my heart, a kind of determination has already arisen.
…
Unlike the snow in the inner city, there was only the cold wind on the waterway back to Chengdu.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Xu Mu was filled with melancholy.
Yesterday, he received a letter from Sun Xun. The letter said that Jia Zhou fell ill as soon as the weather got cold. It happened that Doctor Chen went to the inner city again.
Jia Zhou has worked too hard in the past few years to keep Western Shu standing.
After standing silent for a while, Xu Mu just walked towards the cabin. But he never thought that Miao Tong, who had just recovered, would suddenly come out.
"Shu... Lord." Miao Tong was probably still a little used to it, but as soon as Miao Tong finished shouting, he smiled helplessly.
"No need to be polite, how are you?"
"After raising it for so many days, it's almost done."
Xu Mu nodded and helped Miao Tong sit down beside him.
"Miao Tong, you also know about Donglai. The three states of Donglai have now been merged into Yuzhou."
Yuan Chong came across the river, and according to Xu Mu's wishes, after staying in Cangzhou for a period of time, he would settle down in Shuzhou.
"Lord, I heard that the current situation is not good."
"The idea of the little military advisor and I is to rely on the natural dangers of Xiangjiang River to force the Northerners to fight on the water. If the Northerners don't fight, we will focus on defense."
"The northerners are good at horses, and the southerners are good at boats. If the war takes place on the Xiangjiang River, it will be very beneficial to us in Western Shu. Moreover, the northerners do not have a naval general who can fight——"
Miao Tong said, his voice suddenly paused.
"Lord, I almost forgot something."
"What's the matter?"
"I was born in Chuzhou, and I have heard the name of a man. It was this man who once led 6,000 naval troops into the river to annihilate 50,000 river bandits. This man was once a famous naval general, but he was used by others After Ji took great advantage, he resigned in anger and his family moved to Hebei."
"If I remember correctly, his name is Huo Fu. It happened more than twenty years ago. If I estimate his age, if he is not dead, he should be around fifty years old."
"Very powerful?" Xu Mu was shocked. What he wants is to take advantage of the natural dangers of Xiangjiang River and the advantages of water warfare to defend the long Jiangnan river coastline.
This is good, there is another famous general Huo Fu, who is also good at water fighting.
"The training methods left by Huo Fu were greatly appreciated by Zuo Shiren and are still used today."
Xu Mu's face was silent.
He only hoped that the people over in Beiyu hadn't discovered this yet.
"Miao Tong, can you win me over?"
"I don't know..." Miao Tong answered honestly, "Also, I heard that Huo Fu suddenly died when he was migrating. Since then, he has never been to the south again."
"Did he express his anger and hate the Southerners?"
"I guess so."
"Damn it." Xu Mu frowned. In any case, I want to send someone to Hebei to check the situation. If Huo Fu is still alive and insists on defecting to Beiyu, then he can only...
Xu Mu exhaled.
"My lord, don't think too much. Even if Huo Fu comes, I am confident that I can fight him."
There are many generals in Dongling Navy, and Miao Tong is undoubtedly the best among them. It's a pity that Dou Tong, who was converted from a land general to a water general, was about to make some achievements, but he died in the waters of Cangzhou.
"Miao Tong, I will leave the defense line in the Xiangjiang area to you from now on."
At this time, Miao Tong had completely admired Xu Mu.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will follow the defense lines and strategies left by General Dou and defend Xiangjiang!"
Xu Mu originally planned to transfer Fan Lu to deputy general Miao Tong. But considering that Fan Lu is also a good charger, it is better to stay with him and wait for the opportunity to be put to great use.
"With Brother Miao joining us, our defense line in the river area of Western Shu will be more stable. If Brother Miao hadn't been unwell, you and I would have had a drink of wine to strengthen our hearts."
"Lord, the military doctor has gone to bed, he can't see..."
Xu Mu hesitated, smiled, and asked Gongou to get the wine.
"I only want to say one thing, you and I will be brothers from now on if you join us in Western Shu. Go ahead and kill, don't look back, until the world is at peace."
"Okay!" Miao Tong excitedly held the wine cup but did not drink it immediately.
"Although I have not met General Dou, I came all the way and saw the layout of the defense lines in the river area, and I knew that General Dou was a rare talent."
"General Jing Dou!"
"Honor my thousands of loyal and brave people in Western Shu!" Xu Mu followed.
"Drink together."
On the bow of the boat, the owner and his subordinates raised their heads and drank the wine in one gulp.
