Among the figures below, Chang Sheng was the first to kneel down to greet the old counselor who came down. He was followed by Shen Tu Guan, Jiang Meng, and all the 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 the Zhong family of Yuzhou, six sons of the family died in the war, leaving only women, children, old and weak. There are 50,000 Yuzhou black armors. The new people do not recognize the old people. 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 people in the Huwei camp were 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 he suddenly stood up with his body propped up. He turned around and looked at Chang Shiro, his face full of expectation and encouragement.
"My lord, tell me whether I should take this country or not!"
"Take it!" Changshiro 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 lame man 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 first turned his head and glanced in the direction of Chang Shiro with nostalgia. Then he raised his head again and looked absently.
Sky.
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.
"Silang, 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 time, he took out his handkerchief and slowly wiped away the blood on the little lord's face. For the first time, he discovered that besides silver and flower girls, life could have a meaning in troubled times.
"Silang, you are not like the children of the Zhang family and the Li family, but you can't save tens of millions of people if you give centimeters 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 and cried heartbrokenly.
"Kneel down to see the teacher off!"
"Send the military advisor——"
Whether it was Chang Sheng or Jiang Meng who was crowned Tutu, many Beiyu generals and staff all knelt down.
Changshiro lowered his head, trembling hands, and tightly grasped the drawing in his hand. In the bottom of his heart, a kind of determination had already arisen.
…
Unlike the snow in the inner city, there was only the cold wind on the waterway back to Chengdu.
Standing on the bow of the boat, Xu Mu was filled with sorrow.
Yesterday, he received a letter from Sun Xun. The letter said that as soon as the weather got cold, Jia Zhou fell ill. It happened that Doctor Chen went to the inner city again.
Jia Zhou had worked too hard in the past few years for the establishment of Western Shu.
After standing in silence for a while, Xu Mu just walked to the cabin. But he never thought that Miao Tong, who had just gotten better, suddenly walked out.
"Shu... Lord." Miao Tong was probably still a little unaccustomed 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. Now the three states of Donglai have been included in 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."
"Northerners are good at horses, and 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 any naval generals who can fight -"
Miao Tong said, his voice suddenly stopped.
"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. This happened more than 20 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 wanted was to take advantage of the natural dangers of the Xiangjiang River and the advantages of water warfare to defend the long Jiangnan river bank.
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, "Besides, 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, he wanted to send someone to Hebei to check his reputation. 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 the Dongling Navy, and Miao Tong is undoubtedly the best among them. It is 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.
superior.
"Miao Tong, I will leave the defense line in the Xiangjiang area to you from now on."
At this time, Miao Tong had completely bowed to 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. However, considering that Fan Lu was also considered a good charge general, it was 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 really drink a glass 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 me in Western Shu. Go forward and fight, 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, so 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 master and his subordinates raised their heads and drank the wine in one gulp.