Looking at the back of Zhu Feng'er riding away, Li Zhiyun felt very sad. He sighed and said: "What a good girl! She should have had a wonderful life, but it's a pity that she has a father like Zhu Can.

..." Zhang Zheng, who was standing aside, also sighed and said: "Yes, from now on the only ones who will accompany her are the green lantern, yellow scroll, and wooden fish and bell."

Li Zhiyun led the new army to leave the Champion City and officially embarked on the road back to Chang'an. The team traveled through mountains and rivers, sleeping in the open air, and walked for six or seven days in a row.

On this day, the team was marching on a mountain road with undulating mountains on both sides of the road, lush forests, singing birds and fragrant flowers, and beautiful scenery. Li Zhiyun was riding a horse and admiring the picturesque scenery when he suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the valley ahead.

and the sound of swords clashing. He quickly led Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu forward, and happened to meet Scarface coming towards them on horseback.

"What's going on?"

"Back to my lord, there are two groups of people fighting in the valley ahead!"

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he hurried to the front of the team and saw a wide valley in front of him. The official road went down a gentle slope to the bottom of the valley. At this moment, the shouts of killing were loud and a fierce battle was going on in the valley.

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Li Zhiyun took out his telescope and observed it for a while, and found that the contrast between the two warring parties was huge. First, there was a huge difference in the number of people. The attacking side had one or two thousand people, and they surrounded the other side with three layers inside and three outside. The side that was surrounded only had one person.

Two hundred people, although they were small in number, tried their best to protect a two-coupled four-wheeled carriage. Secondly, the strength of the battle was clearly defined, and the encircling side was a regular army.

The soldiers in the team were wearing armor and had a full range of long and short weapons. The surrounded party seemed to be the guardian of a wealthy family. They did not wear armor and only had swords and other short weapons in their hands. Although they were very tenacious, they were unfortunately too few in number.

The combat power is too weak, and people are constantly being stabbed or cut down. As the opponent's encirclement shrinks smaller and smaller, their defense line may collapse at any time, and the situation is extremely critical!

Li Zhiyun put down the telescope and turned to ask Scarface beside him: "Who are the two sides fighting?" Scarface shook his head blankly and said, "I don't know!" Li Zhiyun frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "

No matter who the two sides are, save the carriage first! Wang Baoqiang, send a battalion down immediately to drive that army away!"

"yes!"

Following the order, the New Army soldiers rushed down the official road. As soon as the opponent saw someone coming for reinforcements, they quickly adjusted their deployment and sent part of their troops to stop them. The New Army soldiers who rushed in front raised their muskets and fired, and there was a burst of intensive fire.

After the hail of bullets, the opponent was knocked down in large areas

.The army was very tenacious, and the soldiers continued to rush forward regardless of casualties. The new army soldiers threw grenades, which exploded and caused the enemy soldiers to cry and howl. There were explosions in the valley, smoke filled the air, and the enemy soldiers fled in all directions. The enemy soldiers saw that it was real.

Unable to defeat them, we had to withdraw.

Li Zhiyun led the horse down the hillside and came to the carriage. The people in the carriage had already got off, and there were only two people, a man and a woman. The man was an old man in his fifties, dressed in exquisite and gorgeous clothes, but he was thin.

, with a haggard face and a gray beard. The woman was about thirty years old, with black hair and a beautiful face. She was probably the successor of the old man. She had already turned pale with fear and stood there trembling.

The old man had just seen clearly what was happening outside through the car window. He saw Li Zhiyun walking over surrounded by a group of people. He guessed that he was the leader, so he quickly stepped forward and knelt down with a plop, kowtowing and said:

"Little old man, thank you hero for saving your life!"

Li Zhiyun quickly pulled the other party up and said: "Old man, don't be so polite! Please get up and talk!" The old man stood up, cupped his hands and said: "May I ask my benefactor Gao's name?" Zhang Zheng next to him introduced: "He

He is the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty."

"It turns out to be His Royal Highness the King of Chu. How disrespectful! How disrespectful!" The old man said and bowed respectfully.

After returning the courtesy, Li Zhiyun said: "Old man, what is your name? Why are those people besieging you?" The old man sighed and said: "Since His Highness the King of Chu is my savior, I will not hide it from you.

What's the matter? The little old man's name is Zhang Shouyi. He is from Hejian. He once served as an official in the imperial court.

When I was the magistrate of Wendeng County, I once captured a bandit named Wang Kai. He interrogated him severely and asked him to reveal his accomplices, but Wang Kai was as hard as a rock and refused to speak. It was also the young man who made meritorious service.

He was so eager that he ordered the officers to torture him. Unexpectedly, Wang Kai died after being tortured. A few years later, Wang Kai's son Wang Fanzi

Inheriting his father's inheritance, he also became a bandit. In the past few years, the world was in chaos. Wang Fan recruited troops and became a powerful man, with thousands of troops under his command. He also took refuge with Wang Shichong, and was made a general. Wang Fan was everywhere

He threatened to chop off the little old man's head to avenge his father. Just half a month ago, he

Sure enough, he led his army to attack Hejian County. Seeing that he could no longer stay in his hometown, the little old man had to pack up his belongings and take his servants with him to take refuge with my son. Unexpectedly, the news was leaked, and Wang Fan led his troops to pursue him.

He was driven out by them. If Prince Meng hadn't come to rescue him, I might have died today!"

After listening, Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Excuse me, old man, where is your master now?"

"My son Zhang Changxun is the Tongshou of Wuyuan County."

Wuyuan County? Li Zhiyun turned around and looked around, and found that apart from those who were killed and injured in the Zhang family's nursing home, there were only twenty or thirty people who could stand and walk. He turned his attention to the old man again and said: "Old man, Wu

Yuanjun is very far away from here

, Although Wang Fan was repelled, he will not give up and will keep peeping from a distance. Once we break up, he will definitely catch up and continue to hunt you." The old man nodded and said: "What the prince said makes sense, and this is exactly what he said.

The little old man is worried."

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said: "Old man, why not come with this? You come with me to Chang'an and stay in Chang'an for a while first. After I get the exact news about your son, I will send someone to escort you to Wuyuan County." Upon hearing this, the old man said,

He immediately smiled and said that was very good. Then, he knelt down and kowtowed to Li Zhiyun, but was stopped by Li Zhiyun.

Li Zhiyun ordered the soldiers of the New Army to bury those who died in the battle on the spot. The injured were bandaged and treated by military doctors. Those who could walk were sent to help the march, and those who could not walk were carried by mules and horses. After all arrangements were made, the army set off again.

Returned.

After more than half a month of arduous trek, the team finally returned to Chang'an City. After entering the city, the new army returned to the military camp, and Li Zhiyun took Zhang Shouyi and others back to the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

After Li Zhiyun saw Wei Xiaobao, he asked him to send people to free up Xikuoyuan and settle Zhang Shouyi and his wife and the servants of the Zhang family.

After Li Zhiyun washed himself, he immediately went to the palace to visit his mother. She was very happy to see him back. The mother and son talked for a while, and her mother urged: "When you come back from a business trip, you should report it to your father, so don't

I was delayed at my mother's place, go and see your father quickly."

Li Zhiyun had no choice but to leave the harem and come to the inner hall. After the eunuch went in to report, he came back to announce his entry. Li Zhiyun walked into the palace and saw his father sitting on a soft couch. He quickly walked a few steps, knelt down and kowtowed: "My son

I’d like to see my father!”

However, his father didn't say anything for a while. Li Zhiyun raised his head slightly and took a peek, and found that his father had no expression on his face. It was unclear whether he was happy or angry. After a while, he heard his father say: "Get up."

Li Zhiyun stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Abba, you sent your son to go to Jutan to comfort Zhu Can. However, due to Duan Que's drinking, Zhu Can rebelled, and his mission failed. However, he captured the Champion City.

, and contacted Yang Shilin, Tian Zan and others, and defeated Zhu Can's 200,000 troops. Now, all thirteen states in Huaixi are included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

Although Li Zhiyun told the truth, it was inevitably an element of bragging. He wiped out 5,000 Turkic troops, which inevitably made him feel uneasy. Therefore, he hoped that by boasting about his achievements, he could offset his merits and demerits, so as to calm the anger in Abba's heart.

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In fact, Li Zhiyun thought too much. It was also his good luck. After the battle on the Mayi Ancient Road, Tlifu led a dozen people to escape back to the Turks. He originally wanted to raise an army for revenge, but unexpectedly happened to catch up with the sudden death of Shibi Khan, and the Turks

The man fell into civil strife because of the fight for the throne, and no one paid attention to him at all, so the matter was dropped. My father didn't even mention this matter when he saw the Turks, so why would he be interested in mentioning it again?

After listening to Li Zhiyun's words, my father nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have heard about the situation. You did a good job this time. I will reward you heavily when you come back!" When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

: "My dear father, thank you for your kindness!"

The next day, Li Zhiyun took the time to visit Zhang Shouyi in Xikuoyuan. Zhang Shouyi and his wife lived in a large guest room. Wei Xiaobao was very thoughtful and sent many maids and servants to serve them.

Zhang Shouyi welcomed Li Zhiyun into the house. After the two parties sat down respectively, the maid served tea. Li Zhiyun picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After putting down the tea cup, he looked at Zhang Shouyi and said, "Old man, are you still used to living here?

?" Zhang Shouyi nodded repeatedly and said: "Get used to it, get used to it."

"If you need anything, just come to me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After a pause, Li Zhiyun said again: "Old man, I would like to ask, are you sure that Mr. Ling is still in Wuyuan County now?" Zhang Shouyi raised his head and recalled, "He took office in the ninth year of Daye.

I still exchange letters with my family. However, there have been frequent wars in recent years and there is no news at all. I don’t know his current situation."

Li Zhiyun pondered for a moment and said: "Old man, do you think this is a good idea? You can stay here peacefully while I send someone to inquire about the news. Once I have the exact information about Mr. Ling, I will send someone to send you there. How about that?"

"When Zhang Shouyi heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "That's very good, so I'll do it for you, Prince Lao."
Chapter completed!