On the wall of Gerben, Tierbi was accompanied by a young man with a whip in his hand. All around him were Roman prisoners who were repairing the wall. If he was lazy, he would immediately wave his whip.
"The speed of repairing the city walls must be accelerated. Before the reinforcements from Yanjing arrived, Gerben City was still in danger. We cannot relax at all against the Romans' alert..."
The young man's voice suddenly stopped, he turned his head slightly and looked at Terrybee, with a faint smile on his face, and his handsome face looked particularly beautiful in the sun.
He shook his dress and yelled softly: "Old Tie! Be careful, you are talking to you!"
The young general was surrounded by a group of people. Although he did not wear any medals on his chest, everyone was very respectful of him.
Tielbi reacted and his sturdy body quickly bowed. He was about to explain something to the young general, but another middle-aged general next to him spoke.
"I guess Ironbi has been with these surrendered soldiers for too long and has been unable to concentrate in her thoughts. If you don't change your errands, I'll be responsible for repairing the fortifications."
Hearing the middle-aged general's words, Tielbi quickly blackened his face and explained loudly: "Sir! I am not slacking off. Don't listen to Moknash's nonsense. I just thought of something else, so I was a little distracted!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he attracted a burst of laughter. The young general also chuckled twice and said to Tielbi: "Tell me, you can make any good suggestions when you are thinking about something just now."
Tielbe looked at Mocknash in a terrified manner, and had to lower his head and explain: "Now we have won the battle now, and the whole city is full of joy, but who has ever thought about those brothers who have died..."
The atmosphere around him instantly solidified, and everyone's faces began to become solemn. The corners of Tierbi's mouth twitched slightly, and he continued, "Not to mention us, it's these prisoners, how sad their families are now..."
Mocknash looked at Tielibe strangely. He never thought that such words would be said from Tielibe's mouth. Seeing that the handsome young man's face gradually became cold, he quickly exonerated Tielibe and said, "Sir, don't blame me, Tielibe is a rough man who can't speak, I hope he will forgive him."
After saying that, he turned around and glared at Tielibe, scolding, "You reckless man! Why don't you admit your mistake to the adults!"
Tielbi scratched her head and was about to apologize for her mistake, but she saw the young general suddenly wave his hand and said lightly: "Tiebi is right, we are indeed a little optimistic..."
He shook his head slightly, sighed and continued, "Our relatives and friends in the dead cottage are still immersed in the pain caused by war."
Speaking of this, he took two steps forward, held a wall and looked into the distance, and said with a little sadness in his tone: "I guess he has to wait for the imperial court to receive the reward before he can use material to slightly compensate for the pain in their hearts."
Tielibi looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that his words would make Shangguan feel so moved. He lowered his head and said a little embarrassedly: "It's Hu Zhi's fault. He said some stupid words, which made the adults angry."
The young general turned around, patted Tielibi on the shoulder with his hand, and smiled faintly: "What? Is it just for him to be a literary scholar to be polite, so I can't let the fighters on the battlefield tell the truth?"
He glanced at everyone, saw that everyone's heads were slightly lowered, and said lightly: "Old Tie's words reminded me that those who survived by chance should not forget the relatives of those martyrs."
Then he turned to Morknash and said, "How much does the treasury in Gerben City cost? I think it should be given a portion to the local soldiers who died first, so that it can also play a certain role in stabilizing the morale of the army."
Moknash took a step forward and whispered in his ears: "We have sent people to count the treasury, only one million gold coins, and the ordinary army has been killed in total by nearly 300,000 yuan. Even if all this money is taken out, it is not enough to get the teeth..."
The young general nodded, his eyes flashed slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Often, gentry will come out to comfort him when he wins a battle... This time it seems that the movement in the city has become a little less."
Moknash glanced around and saw that all the troops were from the Eighth Regiment, and then he whispered: "The regiment commander has been outside the city these two days, maybe he doesn't know, but the gentry and elders have already comforted him..."
"Has it been comforted?" The handsome general's face was a little confused. With his current prestige in Gelbourne, he did not believe that no one would notify him of such a thing.
Seeing that his face was a little unhappy, Morknash quickly explained: "It was Yulian's meaning. He felt that the Royal Imperial Guard should not have too much contact with the gentry for the time being, so the Royal Imperial Guard did not participate. They all went to the Baigu Mansion..."
The young general nodded. Although Yulian was a little studded, he could see thoroughly on this issue. The Yanjing army should keep a distance from the local area. After all, Chalekel is still there, and the local army still needs to take care of the face.
"I didn't expect that the Bogu clan won the hearts of the people in Gerben City..." He paced back and forth, looked up at the sun in the sky - it was clear without a cloud, but there was still a faint smell of blood in the air.
Moknash did not understand his intentions, thinking that he was dissatisfied with the behavior of local tyrants. So he hesitated for a moment before whispering: "Maybe he misunderstood... The Bogu clan's loyalty to the empire should be fine."
The young general smiled slightly, shook his head and said lightly: "I am not questioning this issue. Marquis Baigu's performance in the battle is obvious to all, and I am not qualified to question him."
He paused slightly and continued, "But there are many families like the Baigu family who have been guarding the border for generations, our empire still has many..."
He didn't finish his words, but Morknash had fully understood that some families had already been deeply ingrained in the border, and no one could guarantee that they could be as loyal as the Bogu family.
However, this is an extremely heavy political topic, and he dare not say anything more. As the handsome man as the leader of the group, he can say that because he is Shangguan, he has such rights.
This handsome young general was David Mo. He led everyone to the top of the city and carefully examined the progress of the prisoners' construction of fortifications.
Today, after the baptism of war, the city of Gerben is already a little ruined. Fortunately, the foundation of the empire is still deep, and post-war affairs are in progress in an orderly manner.
"Let's not talk about it, these questions are too profound." David Mo sighed slightly, smiled on his face, and said to Tielbi not far away: "I have worked hard in the past two days... The first achievement of post-war reconstruction is yours."
Tielbi quickly stepped forward two steps, and was about to kneel on one knee and say a few words of guarantee when he suddenly saw that David Mo looked slightly unhappy. He immediately remembered that David Mo didn't like to kneel down and bowed. His body suddenly stopped and said, "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the general public!"
David Mo nodded with satisfaction, turned to Mocknash and said, "I have been watching it for a long time today, so we should not delay their work here."
After saying goodbye to the fortifications of the Ironbee and other officers in charge of fortifications, he led the troops of the guards to leave the city wall.
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The entire Baigu Mansion was covered with white mourning, and cried sounds came from inside from time to time. Although the crisis in Gerben City had been solved, there was no joy at all for this Gerben First Family.
Bai Guli's death became the first head of the Bai Gu family to die in battle. Because all three sons were in Yanjing, the Bai Gu family had only one young daughter to mourn.
In the main hall of Baigu Mansion, a girl in black mourning dress was kneeling on the ground. There was a black coffin in front of her, and Baiguli's urn was placed inside.
A young woman in mourning clothes was kneeling beside her. Her delicate face was slightly sad, and she looked at the coffin with a very complicated look, as if she still couldn't believe the facts in front of her.
The young woman put some makeup on her face, and the traces of tears were extremely obvious. She choked and said, "So many ordinary soldiers can survive. Why are you leaving, Master..."
The girl next to her was also sad, but after hearing the young woman's words, the expression on her face suddenly became disgusted and said coldly: "You are not crying at all! You are sad that your glory and wealth are gone!"
The young woman stared at her eyes, but she didn't expect that the girl would be so merciless and quickly scolded: "Ai Puli! Pay attention to your attitude! No matter what, I am your nominal mother!"
As she finished speaking, the girl's expression became even colder, and she said disgustedly: "You are not my mother! You are just a concubine of my father! Candice, you'd better put your position right!"
Hearing her words, the young woman called Candice was choked immediately because she was indeed Bai Guli's concubine, and Bai Guli's only concubine.
But Bai Guli's first wife passed away two years ago. She had just married Bai Guli for a year. Although she only had one concubine, she always regarded herself as a mistress in the mansion.
After being stunned for a moment, she insisted on calming herself and told herself not to panic. She held the silk squid in her hand tightly and scolded Aipuli: "No matter what, I am the mistress of this family now! This family will listen to me in the future!"
When Aipuli heard her words, her delicate and translucent face turned slightly red. After a moment, she calmed down and maintained her usual elegance. She said in a cold voice: "You are the hostess?! Don't forget my brothers in Yanjing! When they come back, can you stay in this house? "
Candice felt a little nervous when she heard her mention her brothers. Aipuli's words hit her weakness, because as long as any young man came back, her status in this family would definitely not be guaranteed.
Just as she was silent and Aipuli looked a little proud, she suddenly hurried into a servant from outside the hall.
When Candice saw this scene, in order to change the topic and resolve the embarrassment, she quickly scolded loudly: "What do you look like in a hurry! The master has just left, and you have no rules!"
The servant knelt on the ground with a "thump" and shouted, "Madam, calm down! There are really a group of noble people from outside the mansion, and the slaves dare not delay, so they ran over in a hurry!"