Chapter 688 Homecoming (Part 1)
After autumn, the north was full of yellow and gray. The continuous army continued to march towards the east, and the supply along the way and the fast horses of the scouts ran back and forth between the cities. General Gongsun Zhi's power was handed over to Hua Xiong and Lu Bu for a temporary takeover, and then he left with three hundred guards wolf cavalry.
Lu Lingqi held the horse and stood side by side with her father, looking at the leaving team, "Dad, do you see the look of Governor Gongsun? The eyebrows are different from usual..."
"Actually every man is the same. The superficial one is just that he is strong or cowardly." Lu Bu no longer wears a golden crown with his hair tied up. He simply tied his hair up, making the white trace more conspicuous. He looked at the team away calmly and smiled. "...If you don't talk about these, you haven't returned home for seven years. Now your mother and brother should be anxious. Let's go."
The wind runs and the grass silences.
In the slight skylight, the wind rushing on his face was already chilling. Four hills stood quietly in the position they had remembered. The burning trees stood on the cliff as before, just like watching the group riding horses below. Gongsun Zhi raised his head, looked at the hills that had once ignited a fire, and then asked the cavalry behind him to stop and wait.
"Old Gao, please follow me in."
The sunlight tilted and there was not much temperature. When you approach the hills, the ground was covered with yellow leaves, and the sound of rustling when walking on them. After the Sour Sect passed away, Gongsun Zhi came here once. It has been many years now. The bare hills that were once burned by the fire are covered with trees. Occasionally, his fingers touched the cold rock walls, as if he could hear the sounds of many people in the past in an instant, and they rang happily and noisy in his ears.
"The leader is back from killing Hu"
"…It should have killed those gangs of miscellaneous people!"
"Is there still living people in Xianbei?"
"Chief, I can ride a horse!"
The wind blows through the woods, and the trees shake gently, making a rustling sound. The faint sounds stop abruptly. The swaying woods under the sun, the light spots pour into the valley and into the pool, sparkling, and the air flow distorts the light dust. The thin, familiar figure once wore a shabby scholar's robe, standing there with a smile, "The leader rode a horse and held a knife, just guarding the home business for you..."
"Chief...Chief..."
A hoarse voice sounded behind his back. Seeing Gongsun Zhi motionless looking ahead, Gao Sheng approached with some concern and called out twice.
"fine."
Gongsun Zhi waved his hand and replied softly. Looking over there, the water was still sparkling, the spots were still shining with the wind, and the branches were swaying gently on the ground, without the figure of a sour scholar. He put down his hand and walked forward, walked through this place where he had fought and fought, and walked halfway up the mountain. The road here was covered with weeds, but he would never forget the location of the wolf cave.
A few small trees have grown after passing the entrance of the two people. The entrance of the cave is still there. When you walk inside, the rough stone steps are covered with dust. In the stone hall, fragments of the clay pot are scattered everywhere. The first stone seat has become worn out, and the carved handrail is broken, with mottled and many traces on it.
Many places are full of spider webs, and occasionally a snake can be seen sliding past two people's feet. I think it became the residence of other creatures after no one lives. Gao Sheng used a torch to sweep away a few eyeless crawlers and followed them into another stone cave. "There is the stone chamber where the Sour Ru once sat, and Lao Gao still remembers it."
"He is resting inside now." Gongsun Zhi said softly, walking past the collapsed wooden door and entering. The light of the torch pushed the darkness away, and the scene inside the stone chamber reflected into the dim fire. The wooden couch that was originally placed there was gone, but a tall pile of gravel was there alone.
When Gao Sheng put the torch on the nearby stone wall, Gongsun Zhi took off his iron helmet, put it aside, and sat down on the ground in front of the piled grave.
"Sora, I haven't seen you for a long time. I haven't passed by here when I went to war, and I didn't have time to tell you that it should be too late. Look, I brought Lao Gao too."
There was no expression on his face, but he just sat there calmly facing the grave, so that Gao Sheng didn't know what to do, so he sat down next to him. After a while, Gongsun Zhi suddenly smiled, "...Sorry, let me tell you good news, we won the victory and died all the way. The group of idiots in the Western Regions who were independent in their own affairs did not even have the strength to resist. Dayuan also caught it off guard and took it directly, and there was also Anxue. However, the most difficult thing is the emperor of the Qin people. He is a hero. Unfortunately, he is too old and his energy can't stand me... He is dead."
"But...a lot of people died, too."
The hand placed on his knees was pinched into a fist, with a gentle tone and a slight fluctuation. Gongsun Zhi closed his eyes in pain, and the enemy rushed over like a tide. Thousands of Han men beside him rode war horses, or ran around on foot and waved spears and iron swords, and rushed towards the enemy ahead.
"Big Man! Majestic"
"kill!"
The hysterical cry resounded through everything.
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In Xuchang, Central Plains, dust and smoke danced like a long dragon. On the high city wall, Cao Cao walked up quickly regardless of the help of the guards. Looking at the returning cavalry, his eyes were already a little wet. Soon, he rode out of the city gate and greeted the returning tiger and leopard cavalry from afar. More than 3,000 people went out, but now only 1,200 people have returned.
The broken Han flag and Cao flag were stroking in the wind. More than a thousand cavalry dismounted, bowing and shouting, "We will not humiliate the king's order. Even if the enemy is far away, we will also challenge him."
Cao Cao turned over and dismounted, slowly walked among the cavalry with his head held high, his dizzy eyes were covered with mottled knife marks, his fingertips stroked the sunken armor, and... the urns hanging around their waists, pursed his lips tightly, and his gray heads also lightly, "Hasn't you ever fall into the reputation of my Han people?"
"No!" One thousand and two hundred voices merged into one.
In the distance, the troops that followed were all shocked to stop. Cao Cao walked out of the army and reached out to the people on the other side, "bring wine"
When the chariot came and distributed it to everyone. Cao Cao walked forward and faced the soldiers of war, he held up the wine lord, and his voice was loud, "The outside thieves attacked my great Han in the north, kill my brothers and sisters, and you will fight him on the expedition. You will be the wine to celebrate your triumph and drink your victory."
"Drinking!"
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"Many people can't come back, so they can only bring their loyal bones back, and some people can't even find their bones in the end. Winter in the West is sometimes colder than on the grassland, with heavy snow covering the ground, and it's almost impossible to move forward. Even during the day, snowflakes can block their sight. The white area is so white that it can't tell the difference between the east, west, south and north... It's really not easy to fight this battle for seven years."
"And that woman Stephanie... She was still the one you caught. Now she gave birth to a son for me. It's very good, with blonde hair and black eyes, and a strong body. She will definitely be a handsome and tall person in the future. It's a pity that the woman is too paranoid...I killed her."
Gongsun Zhi's eyes were not blinking, and he smiled at the grave "haha". There were tears in his laughter. His hands slapped the ground, his voice a little hoarse and distorted. "... Do you think she is a little stupid? Why can't she see? I will not allow anyone other than my son to become the Germanic king when I come here... Why don't she give more thought to Dimat, so... I won't feel so uncomfortable now... Sour Confucianism... I am also a human being, my heart is also fleshy, so I will feel uncomfortable."
Tears flowed out in the dim light. He opened his mouth and cried slightly. After a moment, the fist pinched on his knees hit the ground. The slammed blade of his fingers made a sound, making a thumping sound.
Chapter completed!