At this time, Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang, leading the civil and military personnel in Hetao, were waiting outside the pass for the return of the army from the fortress.
Three days ago, they received a message from Huo Qubing, saying that the army from the fortress would return today, so Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang naturally proudly went out to welcome the hero back.
"The governor, military advisor, and General Huo are back."
As a soldier shouted excitedly, the army returning from the north slowly appeared in front of the civil and military officials in Hetao. After seeing the army returning from the north, everyone couldn't help but shrink their pupils and collectively took a breath.
.
"hiss……"
Everyone knew that the army leaving the fortress suffered heavy casualties, and there would definitely not be many people who came back alive, but they did not expect that there would be so few.
There were 21,000 troops who left the fortress, and now those who returned north, including the general, were no more and no less, a total of exactly 300 people.
All three hundred warriors returning from the north were injured, even generals such as Huo Qubing and Ran Min. Almost no part of their scales and armor was intact. They were all dressed in rags like beggars. Most of them had either broken arms or legs.
But they still supported each other to prevent themselves from falling.
It's tragic, it's really tragic. Everyone has only this thought in their mind.
Huo Qubing's handsome face was full of exhaustion and dust. When he saw Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang, he immediately took the military flag from Ran Min's hand, slowly rode his horse to their side, dismounted, and shouted: "The last general Huo
Bing, I have led the army back from the fortress, and I am here to give orders to the governor and military advisor."
Wang Meng tremblingly took the military flag from Huo Qubing, while Huo Qubing turned around and raised his fist to attack the three hundred warriors.
"Brothers, we are back alive and going home."
"Go home..."
There was a burst of cheers, followed by excited crying.
Blood, fire, and even death cannot defeat these true warriors, but now they all shed tears of excitement at the word "go home."
It's great to be back alive.
Wang Meng couldn't help but feel a sore nose when he saw this, his eyes instantly turned red, and he shouted to everyone: "Heroes, you are all heroes."
"hehe……"
However, no one paid attention to the excited Wang Meng, and Huo Qubing smiled bitterly without taking it seriously.
If he still wanted to be a hero when he first left the country, he no longer cared about it now.
One general's success will destroy ten thousand bones.
The cost of this expedition was too great. There were only 300 people left in the army fighting in Mobei. They said they had retained the fire, but it was in name only, and it was no different from the annihilation of the entire army.
And if giving up this credit and the name of a hero can save the lives of the soldiers in Mobei, Huo Qubing would rather not have this credit and fame.
"General Huo..."
Zhuge Liang held Huo Qubing's hand tremblingly and looked at the miserable yet resolute faces of the three hundred warriors returning to the north. Tears of regret and gratitude could not help but appear in his eyes.
The reason why Zhuge Liang regretted it was because he was the one who made the plan to leave the fortress. He did not regret proposing this plan, but for the soldiers, this plan was really too cruel.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang was also extremely grateful to Huo Qubing. If Huo Qubing hadn't gone to Mobei in his place, Zhuge Liang would have been the one who fought in Mobei.
With Huo Qubing's strength, after his trip to Mobei, he would come back with wounds all over his body.
Zhuge Liang's body, if he really went to Mobei, he would never come back alive, so Huo Qubing had a life-saving grace for Zhuge Liang.
"Military advisor, I failed to bring all the soldiers back. I betrayed the trust of my lord and military advisor..."
Huo Qubing sobbed painfully and sadly.
After countless life and death fights and narrow escapes, Huo Qubing didn't even blink, but when he came back, he started crying like a child.
The process of leaving the fortress this time was really difficult. Huo Qubing regarded all the soldiers who fought bloody battles and fought side by side as his brothers. Now that so many brothers have died, how could Huo Qubing not be sad?
Long Qie knew very well that if it weren't for Huo Qubing, it would be absolutely impossible for anyone else among them, except Ran Min and that man, to escape back.
Therefore, when Huo Qubing took all the responsibility on himself and passed all the credit to everyone else, Long Qie felt a little uncomfortable and was about to step forward to help Huo Qubing, but was stopped by Ran Min.
Come down.
Seeing Ran Min shaking his head at himself, Long Qie was thoughtful, and then heard Zhuge Liang say: "General Huo, you have done a good enough job. If you hadn't fought hard in Mobei, the Battle of Hetao would never have been possible.
It was so easy to win.
You are sacrificing yourself for the whole Han Dynasty. You are all heroes.
General Huo, don't worry, even if Kong Ming is wrong as this military advisor, he will still fight for the highest pension from the lord for all the soldiers who died in the grassland..."
"Military advisor..." Huo Qubing's face was filled with gratitude.
"By the way, General Huo, where is Brother Yu?"
Seeing that there was no Xiang Yu in the team, Zhuge Liang felt a little strange. After all, with Xiang Yu's strength, even if he was alone, he could still fight back from Mobei. It was absolutely impossible for him to die in Mobei.
"Brother Fish..."
When Xiang Yu was mentioned, Huo Qubing's face was full of respect.
During this trip to Mobei, Xiang Yu not only contributed greatly to the war, but also taught Huo Qubing many cavalry tactics in terms of military tactics, which greatly benefited Huo Qubing, a genius cavalry commander.
During the subsequent retreat to the north, the army basically had no fighting capacity, but was chased by thousands of Yuanmeng tribesmen. At the critical moment, Xiang Yu and Ran Min stepped forward and relied on their personal bravery to kill the enemy leader.
Defeated the Yuanmeng tribe's pursuers.
Along the way, the exact number of beheadings of Xiang Yu and Ran Min was already difficult to calculate. Huo Qubing estimated that Xiang Yu alone had beheaded at least more than 1,500 people, while Ran Min had nearly 800 beheadings.
Look.
It can be said that Huo Qubing, Xiang Yu and Ran Min were indispensable for the army's trip to Mobei. Without any one of them, it would be impossible to escape back to Hetao alive.
"Mr. Yu said that his child would be born soon, so he went directly to Yanmen Pass. The road to Jinyang is closer from there."
"I see."
Zhuge Liang nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Long Qie, and he mentioned that Xiang Yu was good. From Long Qie's expression, he seemed to have discovered a lot of things.
Is it really still exposed?
Zhuge Liang was thoughtful, but when he thought about it, Xiang Yu and Long Qie grew up together. They are not real brothers but they are better than brothers. Long Qie is not stupid. How could he not notice it after being out of the country for such a long time?