Chapter 1237 Victory and Return
The scorching sun climbed up to the clouds little by little, and five miles north of Luoyun City, Chen Yue and others stood on horseback.
The 5,000 elite soldiers under Bi Hu's command have been out for four days, so logically it's time for them to return.
As early as last night, the crossbowmen had reported back on flying horses. They had won a great victory in Tagua Canyon and defeated most of the Yan army. The Liao army was escorting grain, grass, gold and silver back to the city.
Chen Yue, who was in a good mood today, personally came out of the city to greet him and see how much supplies he could seize.
Xin Ji chuckled at the side and said: "Zhou Weiran, Zhou Weiran, I didn't expect him to be the one who sent money. My lord, do you think he is a spy who infiltrated the Yan people?"
Otherwise, why would you bother giving us benefits?"
"Hahaha!"
Chenyue was so amused that he burst into laughter: "I don't know about this, but he can do more of this kind of thing. As for the gold, silver, food and grass, we, the Liang army, will take whatever they have."
Xue Leihan looked at the two of them in astonishment and muttered: "Why does it sound like our Liang Army is not like a frontier army, but rather a bandit~
Sure enough, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked..."
"Xue Jinglue, what are you talking about?"
Chen Yue's slightly threatening words reached Xue Leihan's ears.
Xue Leihan trembled and shook her head: "Nothing, nothing, just talk!"
"Tch~ I guess you know the truth." Chen Yue curled his lips.
"Coming, coming!" Yue Zhanpeng's eyes lit up and he pointed to the northwest.
Everyone looked up and saw the endless marching team appearing at the end of the horizon.
Judging from the posture, the Suppressing Liao Army suffered almost no losses. Thousands of cavalry were divided into two columns, escorting the carriages in the middle on the left and right.
Originally, the cavalry marched very fast, but with so many more grain carts, they could only move forward slowly.
"Haha, it looks like you have gained a lot." Chen Yue couldn't help but laugh.
This King of Liang is completely obsessed with money.
After a while, the queue finally arrived in front of everyone.
A series of carriages stretched as far as the eye could see. Ben Hu almost swept away the Yan army's camp. Not a grain of food or grass was left. If the carriages were not enough, they were placed directly on the horses.
Wu Xiake, who was standing by, kept scanning the middle of the team, but he couldn't find Zong Gu even after looking around.
Wu Xiake suddenly became anxious, clapped his horse forward, and ran around the team.
The first feeling in his heart was that something had happened to Zonggu.
Bi Hu came to Chen Yue, cupped his fists and shouted:
"Your Majesty! The Liao Army has defeated the Yan Army, killed more than a thousand enemies, and transported all grain, grass, ordnance, gold and silver back!"
"Very good!" Chen Yue laughed loudly: "Show me your trophies!"
"Hehe~"
Ben Hu grinned and waved gently, and several soldiers came over carrying two wooden boxes.
"Bang bang bang~"
As soon as the lid of the box was opened, everyone's eyes were almost blinded. It was filled with real gold and silver.
"Tsk, tsk, Zhou Weiran is really rich~" Chen Yue murmured.
Yue Zhanpeng scolded angrily: "I want to give so many good things to those bandits, wasteful things!"
Yelu Baoji said calmly: "When the Northern Jin Dynasty ruled Liaodong for fifty years, they looted countless gold, silver and jewelry and transported them back to the country.
I didn't expect that the King of Dongting would return it to us bit by bit."
As a former Beijin person, Yelu Baoji knows very well the origin of these gold and silver.
"Take them all away, take them all away!"
Chenyue waved his hand arrogantly: "I'll send you to Tanzhou later. The Yunjin defense line is being repaired now. Master Tong needs money right now."
"promise!"
At this time, Wu Xiake appeared next to Bi Hu, looked at Bi Hu nervously and said:
"General Ben, Brother Zong, Brother Zong, has something happened to him?"
He just walked around the team, but he didn't see Zonggu's figure. Not to mention Zonggu, even the other crossbowmen were missing.
Now Wu Xiake has some regrets. If he had known that he would not listen to Zonggu's advice, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield.
Bi Hu glanced at Wu Xiake with a strange expression, and said with a pinched voice: "Wu Xiaowei, who said something happened to Lieutenant Zongdu?"
"But~" Wu Xiake was about to speak when a sudden sound of horse hooves caught his attention.
"Boom~"
A cavalry team came quickly from a distance, the horses' hooves rumbled on the ground, everyone had scimitars hanging from their waists, and the horses walked lightly.
The figure of the leader was very familiar to Wu Xiake. It was his big brother, Zong Gu.
"Hoo~"
Wu Xiake finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that it was a false alarm.
Zonggu's armor was covered in blood as he came on horseback, and there was a head hanging on the horse's back. This appearance made all the generals wonder, whose head is hanging here?
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Zonggu turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and shouted: "See you, Your Majesty, I belong to the downstream crossbowman Duwei Zonggu, and I have been ordered to cut off the rear.
I would like to present the head of the Yan Army’s general from the Tagua Canyon Camp!”
Ben Hu laughed at the side and said: "That night during the attack on the Yan Army's camp, Lieutenant Zong led a hundred crossbowmen to forcefully break into the camp of the Yan Army. The general of the Yan Army led his troops to fight hard, but was still killed by Lieutenant Zong.
Get off the horse.
Returning to the army this time, Lieutenant Zong volunteered to stay behind to break up the rear, so he was a step slower, haha.
I didn’t expect Captain Wu to be frightened.”
Wu Xiake's cheeks turned red and he muttered: "No way, General Ben, please don't add fuel to the fire."
Only now did Wu Xiake realize that he had lost his composure just now, and it turned out that caring caused chaos.
"Hahaha~"
Everyone burst into laughter, except Zonggu, whose eyes showed relief while laughing.
"It seems that Lieutenant Zong's contribution in this battle is indispensable." Chen Yue said with a smile.
Ben Hu nodded: "Lieutenant Zong could be transferred to the Liao Zhenjun officer level according to his military merit. The general is shameless and wants people from the prince and Commander Yue, so let Lieutenant Zong follow me."
Yue Zhanpeng said in surprise: "Oh, you know how to pick the right time and take all the good hands into your own hands?"
Chenyue laughed loudly, and then said seriously: "Since you could be promoted to captain based on military merit before, now you have achieved military merit again.
I have made the decision, and the crossbowman Duwei Zonggu will be transferred to the Liao army under the command of Ben Hu, and he will be appointed as Yamen general!"
Zonggu was stunned. Wasn't he originally promoted to the rank of captain, but now he became the general of the Yamen? This is another level higher than the rank of captain.
Yamenjiang is a level between the captain and the captain, and is only one step away from the captain.
Once you become a partial general with three thousand elite soldiers, you will be a real general, a powerful general in the Liang army.
Bi Hu poked him and whispered: "Why are you still standing there, thank you!"
"Oooh!"
Zonggu, who had not yet calmed down, quickly bowed and saluted:
"I'm humbled by Zonggu, thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Hahaha~"
Everyone laughed again, and Wu Xiake was sincerely happy for Zonggu.
The laughter fell, and Ben Hu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, in addition to these gold and silver grains and grass, the general will also have a big harvest!"
"oh!"
Chapter completed!