(This chapter is still very confusing, so read with caution)
Suddenly, the scene changed, and the old men who were still in the government office just now, looking at the old brothers who were familiar with them, were suddenly taken to a rather long and narrow valley.
Spring has just passed, and among the soil on the ground, tender weeds are stubbornly showing their heads, and the mountains and plains are green.
"Where is this?"
The old man looked around with some doubts. Although it was full of green, he still couldn't resist the sense of brokenness that hit his face. The world was in chaos, wars were everywhere, and the four seasons were still reincarnating, but things in the world had changed.
On the hillside, the terraced fields that should have been cared for by farmers are now overgrown with weeds and are desolate and desolate.
Suddenly, the old man heard the sound of horse hooves.
At the entrance of the valley, dozens of horsemen rushed in in embarrassment, with wet blood stains on their bodies.
"Who is it?"
The old man identified it carefully.
Oh, that tall young man wearing iron armor is none other than Guo Zixing's son, the current nominal commander of the Huaixi Red Scarf Army, Guo Tianxu.
The middle-aged man with messy hair next to him is his uncle, deputy commander Zhang Tianyou.
"This should be their burial place!" The old man in the dream stood on the hillside and sneered, "You deserve to die. You ran into such a long valley without sending anyone to check it first! You don't know how to die!" "
This group of cavalry was in a sorry state, and it looked like they had just passed through a fight.
"What the hell!" Guo Tianxu said angrily, swinging his riding whip, "How did Chen Yexian know the young master's march route? Eight hundred cavalry rushed directly into the young master's central army, and tens of thousands of people rushed into chaos!"
Zhang Tianyou said fearfully, "Fortunately, before leaving, I told my brothers to retreat to the chicken coop and assemble in the chicken coop if the battle goes badly. Although we were defeated for a while, the loss was not big. After a few days of repairs, the brothers all gathered together!" "
Guo Tianxu said bitterly, "This time, Zhu Chongba saw a big joke!"
"Young Marshal! Zhu Yuanzhang is also a person now, and the name Chongba should be mentioned less. Besides, we are not yet on a stable footing, so we should not get into a quarrel with him!" Zhang Tianyou advised, "He looks honest and honest. In fact, I am smarter than anyone else. If there is a stalemate, it will be us who suffer..."
"Bah! Are you afraid of him when you are a young master?" Guo Tianxu continued to scold, "Zhu Chongba looks like a dog now. He has forgotten his original virtues. If it weren't for my father, how could he have climbed up from a small soldier? My father didn't train him, how could he climb so fast? Now that he's successful, he still pretends to be like an uncle in front of the young master, it's so stupid!"
"Dare you scold us?" The old man in the dream heard this clearly and was furious, "How many years has it been since anyone dared to scold us! Are you a bastard? You are the bastard! If you hadn't seen that you were Guo Zixing's son, I would have long ago I’ll kill you, you little Gabener!”
Heroes emerge from troubled times, and the times create heroes. Without Guo Zixing's promotion and appreciation, he, Zhu Chongba, would not have been able to climb so fast. But everything he, Zhu Chongba, got was obtained in exchange for real swords and real guns, without any effort. No fakes allowed.
"Young Marshal!" Zhang Tianyou advised earnestly, "Don't say this as an outsider. If it reaches Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, I'm afraid there will be big trouble. Just be patient for a while, and when we have enough food and grass, let's go Just attack Huai'an and Yangzhou! Besides, don't look at the monk's face before looking at the Buddha's face. He, Zhu Yuanzhang, is still your brother-in-law after all, you have to look at the face of the eldest lady!"
"Bah!" Guo Tianxu spat again, "I get angry when I talk about that money-losing young man! His elbows are turned outward, and he is the only man in his heart. How can he remember the Guo family who raised her for twenty years, and how can he remember me as a brother? !”
"Ah, you little bastard!" The old man was furious, "How dare you scold our wife? Look at me... Look at me, I won't chop you into pieces... Where is our knife? ?”
In the dream, the old man kept touching his waist, but there was nothing in his waist.
Suddenly, the old man raised his head and stared at a hillside not far away. There were bursts of cold light and murderous aura there.
Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound.
A thick arrow shot through the sky, like a shooting star.
Soon after, Zhang Tianyou fell off his horse like a kite with a broken string. He struggled on the ground for a few times, his eyes widened and he made no sound.
"Old uncle?" Guo Tianxu asked in shock as he looked at his dead uncle and the arrow that had penetrated the armor and was still trembling.
"Protect the young commander!"
The guards who rolled out of the dead people reacted and threw Guo Tianxu off his horse. At this moment, the overwhelming bows and arrows fell like locusts, and the valley was instantly covered with no dead ends.
"Protect the young commander!"
"Kill out!"
"Raise your shield! Raise your shield!"
In the two rounds of arrow rain, the horse was shot first and then the man. Guo Tianxu's guard in the valley was under the arrow rain, and all of them were killed or wounded.
On the hillside, figures emerged. There were no shouts of killing, and there was no noise. Hundreds of men in iron armor, holding swords and axes, slowly gathered around in groups.
"Uh!" A weak moan sounded from the pile of dead people. Guo Tianxu pushed away the guard on his body and stood up in embarrassment.
"who are you?"
With a swish, Guo Tianxu drew out his sword. The few guards surrounded him, spitting blood from their mouths.
At this time, a man showed a ferocious face from among the enemies. His scarlet lips were licking his tongue, and his mouth was full of pale teeth.
"Chang Yuchun?" Guo Tianxu understood and shouted loudly, "Did Zhu Chongba ask you to kill me?"
"Haha!" Chang Yuchun grinned, "No! Chongba asked us to come, not to kill you, but to send you, Master Guo, on your way!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Serve you!"
In an instant, the men with round shields charged forward, and Guo Tianxu's men who met him were overwhelmed.
"Zhu Chongba is ungrateful!"
"You must die a good death!"
"I won't spare you even if you are a ghost!"
Living people turned into corpses in the blink of an eye.
A young general rushed towards Guo Tianxu. The latter weakly used his knife to resist, but in an instant, the iron bone flower in the opponent's hand smashed his waist knife into iron.
And, with a clear click, Guo Tianxu's iron helmet dented.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The valley echoed with the heart-stopping sound of hammering. Guo Tianxu's head had been deformed by the young general's crazy beating. But he didn't seem to be dead yet. Every time he was hammered, his body would tremble twice.
"Okay, okay!" Chang Yuchun stepped forward and pulled the young general away, "What's wrong? You've made the fucking ground with one knife." After saying that, he glanced at Guo Tianxu, "Yeah, It’s all turned into mincemeat, you’re going to make fucking dumplings! So cruel, who can you let me?”
The young general took off his helmet, revealing his young and confident face. It was Lan Yu, "Brother-in-law, didn't you say so? I want to smash his stupid head!"
"I have said so much, just remember this sentence!" Chang Yuchun raised his foot and kicked him.
In the valley, the battlefield was being cleaned. Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu were sitting on the ground, watching the soldiers at work. The old man in the dream quietly wandered beside them.
"Brother-in-law, you said we did it so neatly, what would the commander-in-chief reward us for?" Lan Yu asked.
"Didn't I ask you to be a Qianhu?" Chang Yuchun rested his head on his head, biting a bloody straw stick in his mouth, and looked at the sky.
"What does a thousand households mean? The commander-in-chief and his nephew Zhu Wenzheng are all commanders! And his nephew Zhu Wenzhong, who is not the only one in the army!" Lan Yu muttered.
(Li Wenzhong initially changed his surname to Zhu, but later restored his surname.)
"Be content!" Chang Yuchun glanced at him, "Your brother-in-law is not afraid of anyone in the war, isn't he going to be beaten by Xu Tiande? People must be content. We have done great things. If the commander-in-chief really becomes king one day, he will not treat us badly!"
"
"Brother-in-law, you are too straight-tempered and don't fight for anything!" Lan Yu said, "If you have merit, you will be rewarded. What do we want to do if we work hard with the commander in chief?"
"Yeah, you're really lecturing me!" Chang Yuchun laughed and scolded, and then said seriously, "Xiao Er, you have to remember that we are successful not because we are great, but because we follow the right people! Big
How the handsome man is rewarded is his business. There are only those who are rewarded, not those who want to be rewarded!"
Chang Yuchun is much older than Lan Yu. Although he is his brother-in-law, he treats him like a son.
"You are asking for credit now, how will you be rewarded if you make greater contributions later?" Chang Yuchun continued, "When you are working in the army, remember, you have to know the right amount! Working in the army is not about fighting, or being low-down, it is about being rough and rough.
thin!"
"In the words of scholars, we are ministers, and we must know our status and duties. I ask you, if the commander-in-chief becomes the emperor one day, and in the Jinluan Palace, you boldly say that you will be rewarded for meritorious service, what will he think?
"
"If he is a wise king, he will naturally agree!" Lan Yu frowned, "If he is a foolish king, then..."
"No matter how wise you are, you have to be generous in your promises. No matter how great your contribution is, I can't reward you as a prince!" Chang Yuchun scolded with a smile.
"Why not? If I really have such great merit, let's see if he rewards me or not!"
"Will he reward me?"
"No reward?" Lan Yu was stunned, "If you don't reward him, I'll break up with him! I'll..."
"You can still rebel?" Chang Yuchun flicked Lan Yu's head with a violent shudder, and said with a smile, "The fur is not fully grown, so you think it's quite harmonious! Go and help pack things, it's getting late, let's
withdraw!"
They got up and walked into the battlefield.
The old man wandering next to him had a gloomy expression.
"It turns out that from that moment on, you started thinking about asking for something from us!" The old man thought to himself, "There are some things that we can give you, but you can't ask for them! There are some things that we won't give to you, and you can't even think about it.
Complain!”
"Lan Xiaoer, you kid, you've been restless since you were a kid!"