Chapter 399 Go home!
Leng Jue and his group of personal guards couldn't understand the situation before them, but they had to obey the orders of King Yan.
"Walk!"
Leng Jue took a deep breath and could only walk out.
However, before everyone left, they all looked at Old Man Xu with pitiful and pleading eyes.
However, their gazes received no response.
In fact, after Leng Jue and his gang's interruption, most of the resentment and anger in Mr. Xu's heart had dissipated.
As the garrison general of Huangfengkou, Mr. Xu actually understood King Yan's thoughts.
The overall situation is more important!
If it weren't for the overall situation, he wouldn't lead 5,000 people out of the city to fight.
Although Xu Laosan prepared firecrackers, facts proved that his judgment was correct. When some Northern Barbarian cavalry rushed to the city, Xu Laosan's firecrackers only played a little role in stopping the enemy.
After all, firecrackers are not the thunder and lightning of the founding emperor Taizu.
Old Master Xu did not continue to fight with Prince Yan, but sat dejectedly on the stone pillar in the yard, silent.
Prince Yan slowly walked up to Mr. Xu, said nothing, and sat down on another stone pier.
This sitting lasted for the whole night.
Old Master Xu said nothing, and neither did Prince Yan.
The entire Huangfengkou Pass is very quiet and depressing.
The three brothers Xu didn't say anything, but just quietly collected the bodies of their brothers who died in the battle.
It was not until dawn, when the sky was bright, that all the bodies were buried.
It's autumn now, and the early mornings in Longxi Mansion are really cold.
Boss Xu appeared at the gate of the courtyard only after completing all the burial preparations.
"Dad, all the brothers' bodies have been collected!"
"Then, go home!"
“Send them home!”
Old Master Xu slowly stood up, leaning on his spear.
After sitting still all night, Old Master Xu's body was now stiff. Without the support of his spear, he would not have been able to stand up.
The King of Yan also stood up, but he had no support and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Leng Jue reacted quickly and stepped forward to support him, preventing him from falling to the ground.
"Beat the drum!"
Old Master Xu walked out of the yard, closed his eyes, and slowly exhaled the foul air in his chest.
"Beat the drum!"
Boss Xu then spoke up and passed on his father's orders.
Then, the rumbling sound of war drums was heard at the Huangfengkou Pass.
Old Master Xu walked up to the row of coffins, waved his hand, and shouted sternly, "Bring the Northern Barbarian King!"
"Dad, here I come!"
Xu Lao Er personally brought the Northern Barbarian King, whom he had captured alive, over and asked, "What should we do?"
"Behead him!"
Old Master Xu glanced at the Northern Barbarian King who was still holding his neck stiffly, and gave this answer directly.
"No!"
"I am the King of the Northern Barbarians, you can't kill me!"
"I want to see the Tang Emperor. I, the Northern Barbarians, am willing to submit!"
"Don't kill me!"
When the Northern Barbarian King heard that Old Man Xu was going to kill him, he immediately panicked.
He is the King of the Northern Barbarians, but he is also a human being.
In the past, he was a supreme being in the Northern Barbarians, though he was often constrained by the High Priest. How could he, who was so high and mighty, be willing to die?
However, Old Master Xu kicked the Northern Barbarian King away with one kick.
"Not kill you?"
"If I don't kill you, I'll be sorry for the more than 4,000 brothers who died here!"
"Second brother, bring the knife!"
"I'm going to chop this bastard off myself!"
There hadn't been a large-scale war between the Northern Barbarians and the Tang Dynasty for over a decade, but this bastard started the war and killed so many people.
"Wu Chengbo!"
Seeing Xu Laoer going to look for a knife, King Yan finally rushed over with the support of Leng Jue and spoke hurriedly.
Last night, King Yan had no idea that the Northern Barbarian King had been captured alive.
Now that we know this, we absolutely cannot let Old Master Xu kill the Northern Barbarian King like that.
"Killing the Northern Barbarian King now will not help."
"Cousin, the overall situation is more important!"
Prince Yan approached Old Man Xu and whispered, "Please!"
Whether killing the Northern Barbarian King was a big deal or a small one, even the King of Yan could not tell at once.
But one thing is certain, a living Northern Barbarian King is more useful than a dead Northern Barbarian King.
"Brothers, I owe you this. No matter what I say, I will never let you see or hear it again!"
"But I, Li Zhen, swear here as the Prince of the Tang Dynasty that I will avenge you!"
"I, Li Zhen, will also take care of your family!"
"You all, accept my greetings, Li Zhen. Have a safe journey!"
As he spoke, Li Zhen knelt down facing the countless coffins placed in the Huangfengkou Pass.
“Have a safe trip!”
The moment King Yan knelt down, almost everyone present knelt down and shouted "Goodbye".
Old Master Xu stood there, looking at the coffin that stretched as far as the eye could see, and slowly knelt down.
"Brothers, go home!"
He brought them out, thinking he could bring them back safely.
But now, he could only send their bodies back.
After kowtowed three times, Mr. Xu slowly stood up and waved his hand violently.
"go home!"
"go home!"
The coffins were carried onto carriages, one coffin per carriage, paper money flying and suona playing.
The Northern Barbarian King fell to his knees, trembling.
As the coffin left, the Huangfengkou Pass was soon empty.
Guan Ting, the garrison captain of Huangfengkou, still stayed here. He had to stay here until the transfer order from the court arrived.
The King of Yan also stayed at the Huangfengkou Pass.
The Northern Barbarians were badly defeated, but their king was captured alive, so it was impossible for them not to react. Of course, he would not wait for them to react first, but would take the initiative.
"Leng Jue, immediately send someone to the Northern Barbarians to ask them if they still want their king!"
"Understood!"
After receiving instructions from King Yan, Leng Jue immediately sent all his men to the Northern Barbarians to deliver the message.
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Old Master Xu didn't care at all about how the King of Yan planned to deal with the Northern Barbarians.
All he knew was that the war was finally over.
It's just that the results aren't perfect.
"Old man, don't take it too seriously. We are all worthless."
"No one blames you for the dead brothers!"
"When we followed you out, we were paid for our lives."
The surviving soldier of Xiangyi Prefecture who was walking beside Mr. Xu couldn't help but speak out when he saw that Mr. Xu was frowning all the way.
"I know!"
Old Master Xu smiled bitterly, "Actually, you're all implicated by me!"
"Master, please don't say that."
"If we didn't have this job, we wouldn't be able to make this much money even if we stayed at home all our lives."
"To be honest, that guy over there is my brother."
"My brother and I followed in our father's footsteps and both became soldiers."
"But the food and wages of the troops defending the town are only enough to support my mother and me. We can't even get married!"
"Now, although my brother is gone, I can marry a wife. When I have a son, I will adopt him under my brother's name and offer him incense. That will be the end of my life!"
"Grandpa, please don't feel sorry for us!"
"Even if I hadn't come with you this time, if these northern barbarians broke through the Yellow Wind Passage, we would have been dragged over and fought to our death."
"Speaking of which, we all owe you and the Second Master!"
"Old man, if you continue to be gloomy, our dead brothers will not be able to rest in peace in their graves!"
"Old man, Brother Lu is right!"
"We have always owed you this!"
"Come to think of it, if you hadn't trained us for so long, and if Second Master hadn't fought the Northern Barbarians alone twice, all of us would have been lying in the back!"
"That's not the case!"
The few surviving soldiers around echoed this.
They did not blame anyone. Since they had become soldiers and received wages, they had to understand that this day would come sooner or later.
If you are lucky, you will never encounter a war in your life and die a natural death.
If you are unlucky, you will die on the battlefield.
If you were even less lucky, there might not even be anyone to collect your bodies. Or maybe they were just buried in a giant pit, and who would know who was who?
Old Master Xu let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you!"
He knew that these people were speaking the truth.
But even if it was the truth, Mr. Xu still felt a little uncomfortable.
But Mr. Xu also understood that the dead are gone, and the living must continue to live.
The huge team crossed Longxi Prefecture and returned to Xiangyi Prefecture.
Then, the team split up.
It is impossible for Mr. Xu to send everyone home, he can only selectively send some people home.
From that day on, the sound of suona could be heard throughout Xiangyi Prefecture.
After arriving in Linyao, the prefectural city, Mr. Xu met with Shen Wansheng and talked for half an hour before leaving the prefectural city and heading straight for Maoyuan County.
The Maoyuan County garrison, under the leadership of Li Gan, blocked the northern barbarian cavalry heading south. This favor must be repaid.
Of course, it is impossible for Mr. Xu to show up directly.
He brought Shen Wansheng's official letter and found Chu Xiuyan, the magistrate of Maoyuan County.
Old Master Xu is very clear that the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager.
He took the three brothers Xu Lao Da directly to Maoyuan County, hosted a banquet for officials of all ranks in the Maoyuan County government, and solemnly asked for a favor.
The gestures were all there, and the gifts were all prepared.
If the families of the three hundred garrison soldiers were treated unfairly, then Mr. Xu would have sufficient reason to do something.
Faced with the newly promoted Wu Chengbo, who was famous for his power, and the brave and infamous county magistrate, all the officials, big and small, in the Maoyuan County government office were trembling with fear.
There were people who originally wanted to touch the pensions of the 300 garrison troops, but now they were so frightened that they almost died on the spot.
"By the way, where is Li Gan?"
After leaving Maoyuan County, Mr. Xu suddenly remembered Li Gan, who had killed Xu Huairen, the Duke of Antai.
At the banquet just now, he seemed not to have seen Li Gan.
"Dad, I asked the magistrate of Maoyuan County, and he said that someone from the capital came and took Brother Li Gan away."
"Someone from the capital?"
"Someone from the Xu residence? Or someone from the imperial court?"
When Mr. Xu heard what Boss Xu said, his expression changed immediately.
Boss Xu lowered his voice and said, "All of them!"
"Third brother, go home first and tell your mother and the others that I will take your eldest and second brothers to the capital!"
In an instant, Mr. Xu made a decision.
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