The weather has turned colder and winter, and the last leaf falls from the branches to the ground at people's feet.

The mountains are bare and decayed.

The entire Jizhou war was ending with Gongsun Zan's death. The flags were falling away in the direction of Yuan Shao's army that was chasing. The bleak fields were full of people, and the horse's marks. Occasionally, scouts from both sides started a small-scale battle in the direction that was unknown to the distance, but these are already issues that everyone will care about now.

In addition to Yuan Shao, who left the southeast, nearly 30,000 people retreated westward from the mountains dozens of miles away from Wuruan Pass from time to time, cheers were heard in the deep valleys, and some people ran around to find some herbs to bandage the wounded to stop bleeding. The voices were noisy, but most of them chose to be solemn during this period. The war horses ran between the foothills, dragging down trees to the spacious cliff, building wooden platforms.

Youyan infantrymen who came from inside and outside surrounded the place, took off their helmets, stood silently, and then separated from both sides. The simple stretcher was carried by Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan from everyone's sight. Gongsun Zan's body was on it, and the blood on the armor had been wiped off. Because the weather was getting colder, it was a little swollen and smelly, but it was still obvious that it was originally looking.

The silent soldiers around looked at the bodies on the stretcher and many comrades who died of injuries behind them. Some people couldn't help but wipe the corners of their eyes. After a while, a choked sound sounded in the crowd, and a sound cried out.

Dozens of corpses were placed on the wooden platform, and a torch was burning and was taken by Gongsun Yue to the edge of the cliff and looked at the figure outside the mountain. He patted the other person's shoulder, his voice was hoarse and low: "Send your father a ride. If you can't take your body back, just take the ashes back and bury it in your hometown of Youzhou. It's better to be uneasy in your enemy's land."

Gongsun Zhi stood by the cliff for a moment, took a deep breath, turned around with a shaking body, took the torch, and looked back. Dozens of corpses were placed on the towering wooden platform. Gongsun Zan lay there peacefully with his eyes closed. Some of the soldiers lying beside him were hideous and twisted, gritting their teeth and frowning, and their vision was shaking and moving closer. The surrounding Youyan infantry stretched inside and out, or were supported by his companions. The atmosphere of compassion enveloped the mountain.

"You are a good father..."

".........I'm also a good general... Look around... your soldiers are here to send you... Don't worry, your son will ask Yuan Shao to go down to accompany you. You have been holding on to it in the past few years."

In the whispering sound, the torches in his hand were thrown onto the wooden platform, and dozens of torches nearby were thrown over. The dry wood in winter was lit. When the flames rushed up, Zou Dan pinched his fist and slammed his chest, his eyes were wet and red, his lips were slightly stammering, and he made a humming and murmur intermittently...

"......The west wind......The wolf smoke and horse hooves...come north..."

Behind him, countless figures blew fists and hammers in his chest, and the singing sounded from their mouths, deep and powerful.

"The rustling west wind is rising... the wolf smoke and horse hooves come north, Hu'er is slandering my sister... Han flag rolls, swings the sky wolf... The dignified man sprints on the battlefield, with a sword to him... Repay your kindness, protect my Han territory without any harm... Protect my sister without tears... Loyal bones buried among the grass... I dare to perish as a Han man!"

At the end of the singing, countless voices sounded: "I dare to perish as a Han Chinese--"

"Dare to perish—"

"Dare to perish—"

......

The roaring sound echoed at the foot of the mountain. The soldiers blushed, their distorted screams, and their faces were filled with tears. The birds flew into the sky in groups to avoid these crazy atmospheres, and the flames burned even more violently.

Then, slowly silenced. When the generals of each level looked at each other, soon after, Shan Jing took the lead in half kneeling and bowing: "I will pay homage to the lord."

Zou Dan knelt down...

Gongsun Yue knelt down...

Zhao Yun also knelt down...

One by one, a series of figures knelt down neatly with weapons, and shouted loudly: "Greetings to the lord--"

The flames reflected Gongsun Zhi stood there for a while, looking at the soldiers who were kneeling down and the generals, with some ups and downs, he went over to help the generals up, patted their arms, and said some encouragement words. The fluctuating atmosphere between the distant mountains and rivers gradually calmed down. After nearly half a month of fighting and fighting, everything has been quiet now, giving all those who have survived a feeling that it seems like a different life.

"Put the remains of my father and the soldiers and bring them back to Shanggu County..." Gongsun Zhi ordered the Youyan generals around him, and his tone was calm: "Now we have too much food to celebrate that everyone will come back alive from Jizhou. After returning, they will kill pigs and sheep to let the brothers eat and drink... and then... grind the knife, and we will kill them again... to take revenge!"

In the eyes of everyone, he said comfortably, waved his hand and sent down the orders, asking the generals to lead their respective generals to retreat north along the foothills, and then ordered some quick horses to go to Youzhou to inform Gongsun Xu, Gao Sheng, Hua Xiong and others to come back.

"........ I told me the news of my brother's death, go."

After several knights who were given the mission bowed and left, Zhao Yun brought his horse with a gun and Gongsun Zhi looked at him: "Is there anything Zilong wants to say?"

"Yun really has something to do..." Zhao Yungong looked at the tall figure in front of him and hesitated for a moment: "...Yun wants to say goodbye for a while, but has not returned for several years. Some of them want to go back to Changshan to see his family and master, please allow the lord."

Gongsun Zhi nodded, without any reproach: "Go, if you haven't seen your relatives for several years, you will inevitably miss you. You go, go early and come back soon."

"yes!"

The happy figure quickly turned around and left, walked out a few steps and turned back, obviously forgot the courtesy, and smiled quite embarrassingly, and quickly bowed to say goodbye. On the other side, the figure also laughed and waved at him: "No need, go quickly, while it's not dark, you can still find a place to stay after going out of the mountain."

The white vanished in the forest, and the fires around him gradually went out. The soldiers who had restrained their bones were burial back and forth. The slanting skylight isolated this side. Gongsun Zhi was about to turn around, but his body suddenly became paralyzed and stiff. A feeling of fatigue surged all over his body. His feet shaking out a few steps, and his limbs were weak... Then, he fell down, and heard the silly boy from Li Ke shouting from afar, and ran here anxiously.

"Chief...What's wrong with you?...Don't scare me..."

The voice buzzed in his ears, and after a moment, Dian Wei's voice rushed towards this side, and Li Ke's voice was choking: "The leader suddenly fell down... I just walked away for a while... I fell down... The leader... He... He has almost never slept peacefully for a few times in the past half month... and was injured and shed a lot of blood..." He wiped his tears and cried like a child.

"Don't make a noise--"

Dian Wei roared at him angrily, and helped Gongsun Zhi up and carried him on his back, "You go and lead the horse, I will carry it... I must be tired after riding a horse for so long... Don't cry, let your lord have a good sleep on my back... If you silly boy wake up your lord, I will kick you to death."

"What if...if you don't wake up..."

"... Then my Lao Dian will carry my lord back to Shanggu County... The road is not far away for hundreds of miles..."
Chapter completed!