Following Dian Wei's excited voice, Liu Zhang returned to reality from his thoughts and quickly looked away.
I saw the flags flying in front, the troops stretching endlessly, the soldiers holding their heads high, as if they were the return of the victorious division!
Everyone's face is filled with confidence and smiles, and there is no trace of fatigue on their faces after traveling thousands of miles.
However, Lu Su was not seen in front of the entire returning south team, but four generals, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan.
After Zhao Yun and the others discovered Liu Zhang's figure, they quickly mobilized their horses and accelerated to the city gate.
"Greetings, my lord!"
After five years of separation, I was so excited to see each other again.
Especially Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, they had a very deep friendship with Liu Zhang.
"Four generals, please get up quickly!"
Liu Zhang was not stingy with his arms and helped everyone one by one.
In the past five years, Zhao Yun and others have experienced more than a hundred battles in Nanzhong? Without their efforts, where would the stability of Nanzhong be today?
"Thanks for your hard work!"
Liu Zhang was filled with relief and kept scanning the four people with his eyes. Finally, a thousand words turned into three words.
Three simple words, the feelings towards the four people are by no means literal, it contains Liu Zhang's recognition of them.
Zhao Yun and the others deeply felt Liu Zhang's mood and bowed down again.
"Thank you, lord!"
He helped the four people up again, exchanged a few simple greetings, and several more people came on horseback.
"Zijing, Ziqiao, unknown!"
The arrival of Nanzhong's biggest hero made Liu Zhang happy again.
Lu Su, Zhang Song, and Zheng Du quickly dismounted their horses and walked quickly to Liu Zhang and bowed down.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"Get up quickly!"
After five years of living in Nanjing Middle School, the originally tender skin of the three people in front of me has become rough.
Especially Lu Su, after five years of training, he has completely lost his childishness, and he already has the demeanor of the governor of Soochow.
"Zijing...well done!"
Liu Zhang originally prepared thousands of words to praise Lu Su's five years of service, but when he really saw Lu Su's face, he felt that the exaggerated words were disrespectful to Lu Su.
It was obvious that Lu Su had the same thoughts as Liu Zhang, and his face was always filled with a smile. In his mind, Liu Zhang's simple words were a great recognition of him.
"My lord, Lu Su is lucky to have lived up to his command! I heard that my lord made the Northern Expedition and brought back 30,000 barbarian warriors for my lord to drive!"
"oh?"
Liu Zhang's eyes lit up. He knew in advance that Lu Su would come with barbarian soldiers, but he didn't expect that there would be thirty thousand!
Lu Su waved to the rear, and three very strong generals wearing armor came up.
"This is Yizhou Mu, General Wei, and the Lord of Yizhou Liu Zhang. Everything you Nanzhong barbarians have now is because General Wei fought against everyone else and sacrificed a lot to get it for you!"
Lu Su spoke sharply and praised the barbarian general, placing all the credit on Liu Zhang.
However, what Lu Su said was not a compliment. Without Liu Zhang's full support, the Nanzhong incident would never have succeeded.
In the past five years, Liu Zhang not only acquired more than ten million shi of food and grass, tens of millions of money, but also tens of thousands of elite troops.
Since all his elite troops were in Nanzhong, Liu Zhang was unable to launch effective military operations.
The three barbarian generals looked at each other, and then they all knelt down in front of Liu Zhang.
"Busy teeth!"
"Wugu!"
"Zhu Meng!" "Meet the Lord!"
Zhu Meng and the others not only knelt down to salute, but also kowtowed three times to express their respect for Liu Zhang.
"Three generals, please rise! If you can lead the barbarians to help, it will be a waste of all the thought you have given to the barbarians!"
Zhu Meng and the other three stood up, their eyes still filled with deep respect.
"Lord, the barbarians will never forget your help to the barbarians! From now on, the entire barbarians are willing to be driven by my lord!"
At this moment, Liu Zhang also felt that the effort was worth it. The barbarian might really be a big help to him!
"Zhu Meng, what is your relationship with Zhu Qiao?"
"My lord, Zhu Qiao is my father."
Zhu Meng did not hide his clumsiness. After mentioning Zhu Qiao, the gratitude in his eyes was beyond words.
"My father asked me to bring a message to my lord. He is very grateful to my lord for his gift back then, and even more grateful for his gift to the barbarians."
Liu Zhang smiled and nodded. It was a wise decision to let Zhu Qiao go.
Zhu Qiao played a big role in being able to subjugate the entire barbarian tribe in recent years. Without him lobbying everywhere, the progress would have been much slower.
"Work hard, don't let your father down, and don't let down the title of barbarian warrior!"
Zhu Meng's face turned red, and all the energy in his body was completely aroused by Liu Zhang's few words. He wanted to go to the battlefield and charge immediately.
"General... I obey!"
It is more than a thousand miles from Nanzhong to Chengdu, and the soldiers must be very exhausted.
At present, there were 70,000 troops gathered outside the city. Liu Zhang immediately asked the generals to arrange for the soldiers to go to the camp to rest and recuperate, and also gave instructions on how to arrange for the barbarians.
As the soldiers slowly dispersed, the materials Lu Su brought back from Nanzhong were fully displayed in Liu Zhang's eyes.
There are hundreds of large cars!
In addition to grain and grass, there are countless kinds of materials, of which gold, silver, copper, iron and other raw materials account for a large part.
There are also a dazzling variety of rare things.
Liu Zhang immediately arranged for them to move into the treasury one after another, and gave Zhang Song and others a day's long leave.
Everyone handed over and left, leaving only Liu Zhang and Lu Su walking side by side in the city.
"Zijing, I...hey!"
Liu Zhang shook his head and sighed as he walked away, his face full of guilt.
Lu Su shook his head gently. Although there was regret in his eyes, he was more pleased.
Liu Zhang's attitude made Lu Su so moved that he couldn't help himself.
"My lord, you don't have to be like this. Life and death are determined by your fate. My lord has taken great care of my mother and grandmother these years. Lu Su is already filled with gratitude!"
"Grandma is very old, so she has passed away! I heard that my lord paid filial piety in person, I think the old man will definitely be able to rest in peace!"
Two years ago, Lu Su's grandmother's health deteriorated rapidly. Liu Zhang knew that her end was approaching, so he quickly sent Pegasus to report to Lu Su.
It was a critical moment for Nanjing University, and Lu Su finally chose to stay at Nanjing University.
It was precisely because of this that Lu Su could never see his grandmother again.
It can be said that Lu Su chose to stay in Nanzhong and take charge of the overall situation entirely because of Liu Zhang's great cause.
But even so, Liu Zhang had always been apologetic, especially after seeing Lu Su today, the guilt buried in his heart burst out.
"Hey, if I hadn't asked Gan Ning to go to Dongcheng County, maybe the old man wouldn't have to endure the pain of traveling, or maybe..."
Everything has a cause and an effect. Even without Gan Ning to recruit Lu Su, Lu Su's grandmother would still have difficulty surviving 198 years, but Liu Zhang still had to admit these things.
"My lord, you must never do this!"
Lu Su was very frightened. He really didn't expect Liu Zhang to be like this!
"My lord, when General Gan Ning recruited me, I was in trouble because my old mother and grandmother were in poor health. Do you know who persuaded me in the end?"