In the second year of Yuanguang, in December, straight road.

Li Guang and Liang Xiao rode a tall horse and walked side by side. Both of these horses were from Dayuan, tall, slender limbs, strong and agile. Not only did the Han horses not compare with them, but even the Huns who were taken from the hands of the Huns were pale in comparison.

Li Guang loved the red-maned horse given by the emperor as a treasure. No matter how many complaints he had to do with the emperor, he felt extremely satisfied as long as he rode the horse. During the months of war, the horse made great contributions and lost a lot of money. Li Guang felt very distressed and took it personally, took it out to eat grass, drink water every day, and added fuel to it at night until it recovered its strength.

Liang Xiao worked the hardest in this war, and Mingzhu was also suffering. Liang Xiao simply followed Li Guang to let the horses go and learned a lot of horse raising. These are all things he had never been in contact with before, but he was diligent in asking questions and was good at summarizing and thinking. He was definitely a good student and once again won the praise of Li Guang.

Li Gan was unlucky because of this and was often used to compare with Liang Xiao, with a somewhat resentful look on his face.

"Bo Ming, what are your plans next?"

Liang Xiao touched his mouth and laughed. "Of course it's a marriage, and then hurry up and have a few sons."

"No prospect." Li Guang glared at Liang Xiao and smiled. "It's natural to marry and have children, but how can you be so abandoned in your life?"

"General, I don't agree with you." Liang Xiao joked: "In life, one is wealth and honor, and the other is descendants. As a minister, my wealth and honor have not yet arrived, and it is almost done. Next, of course, I have to focus on my descendants. General, if you don't have these three good sons, can you feel so comfortable? Three marquises and generals, you have to invite a few more days of wine."

"Hahaha..." Li Guang was in a good mood and laughed loudly. "Don't worry, even if you don't invite anyone, you can't be missing." He laughed for a while and said, "I heard that Lao Cheng wants you to go to the horse and horse?"

Liang Xiao was stunned for a moment. He pointed at Li Guang and smiled wickedly: "General, are you going to arrange your eyes and ears by my side?"

Li Guang curled his lips. "Is this necessary? Lao Cheng's eyes looked at you have already revealed his little thoughts. Although he has a few cavalry generals, who can compare to you? It is natural to want to dig you over. Besides, there is nothing shameful about this. As soon as I mentioned it, he took the initiative to tell me. He also said, you didn't agree."

Liang Xiao nodded.

"Loyalty." Li Guang stretched out his hand and patted Liang Xiao on the shoulder hard. "However, you should agree. If I guess well, there will be no less wars in Henan in the next few years."

"Then I won't go." Liang Xiao shrugged. "I'm the only one. I haven't given birth to a son yet. If I die in battle, I won't even have an heir."

"You..." Li Guang was speechless, rolled his eyes, not knowing what to say. He was about to persuade him again, but Liang Xiao pointed in front of him. "General. It seems that someone is coming."

Li Guang looked up and saw several angry men in front of him, guarding a carriage. He didn't bother to say anything about Liang Xiao, and quickly waved his hand to stop moving forward. The shouts spread from front to back to the team, and the guard camp stopped the war horses and waited for orders.

The carriage drove in front of him, and the two men led the way turned over and rushed to Li Guang and Liang Xiao. He said with a smile: "General Li, Liang Junhou, congratulations. The two of them returned victoriously. The brothers of the Lang Office asked us to congratulate you first. Ask for a glass of wine by the way."

Liang Xiao looked carefully and found that the former Weiyang Lang Office's Lang Office's Lang Office had a wink to Li Guang. Li Guang nodded understandingly. Since it was a subordinate of Weiyang Lang Office's Lang Office, the envoy should have been sent by the emperor. He greeted the officers, got off the horse, and greeted the envoy.

The messenger got out of the car and stood beside the car. He was thin, dark-faced, wearing a new official uniform, but he looked like a farmer who had been farming all year round. He had a tense face, did not laugh harshly, and looked a little arrogant. Liang Xiao looked at him and said, "He was a naughty face, and he had never seen him."

"This is a talented man from Kuaiji, the senior doctor Zhu Maichen." The man just now followed and whispered: "He is a fellow villager of Doctor Yan and came to Chang'an to make a plan not long ago."

Liang Xiao felt a stern. This Lang had something in his official words, and he was a fellow villager of Yan Zhu and he was a junior doctor as soon as he arrived in Beijing. This was clearly a way of Yan Zhu. His promotion was much faster than Dongfang Shuo.

Zhu Maichen? Liang Xiao frowned. He had a bad impression of Zhu Maichen. The idiom "Covering water is hard to contain" comes from Zhu Maichen. He is almost a representative of the literati ********** and is very mean. Liang Xiao didn't like it very much. At this moment, he looked like an imperial envoy, and his eyes shrank slightly, and a sharp light flashed and disappeared.

Although Zhu Maichen held his hands, his waist was straight. Although facing the most famous representative of the two generations of generals of the Han Dynasty, he was still full of confidence, just like explaining "Spring and Autumn" and "Chu Ci" in front of the emperor.

In his opinion, whether it is Li Guang or Liang Xiao, they are just rough people with a little bravery, and after all, they are just a knife in the hands of the emperor. However, he helped the emperor hold the knife and decide where to cut the knife to, and had enough pride and confidence.

But for some reason, after being looked at by Liang Xiao, he subconsciously tightened his body. Liang Xiao's eyes were like a sharp arrow, instantly breaking his pride and knocking him back to his original form. In an instant, he seemed to have been stripped of his gorgeous official uniform and exposed his thin and weak body in front of everyone.

Zhu Maichen instinctively lowered his head, raised his hands, caught up with two steps, and bowed to Li Guang and Liang Xiao.

Li Guang was surprised and quickly returned the favor, saying that he did not dare to take it. Although he was proud, he knew that the envoy represented the emperor and could not be neglected. Liang Xiao's color was slower and he also returned the favor, but he said nothing, just stood quietly aside and looked at Zhu Maichen expressionlessly.

Zhu Maichen was a little uneasy and coughed to explain his purpose. The emperor asked him to go to Youbeiping.

Liang Xiao was very surprised. They were ordered to go triumphantly and were moving forward in a hurry, just to catch up with the court meeting in the first lunar month. It was almost time to arrive in Chang'an, so why did he let him go to Youbeiping? Even if the war in Youbeiping was urgent, he didn't need to go. Han Anguo and Wei Qing had already rushed to support him. If they couldn't stand it, what's the use of him going alone?

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Maichen hesitated for a moment: "Jiangdu King Liu Fei... died in battle. Your Majesty ordered you to escort his body back to Jiangdu."

Liang Xiao's face changed drastically. Although he didn't have much contact with Liu Fei, he had a good impression of the King of Jiangdu. Liu Fei's ability to fight as a vassal king had something to do with his recommendation. However, the emperor obviously had his own plan. He did not let Liu Fei participate in the main battlefield, but asked him to lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry out of Youbeiping to restrain the Zuoxian King of the Huns.

How could he die in battle? He is a vassal king, not an ordinary general, and he does not need to go to the battle formation to fight in person, and the possibility of death is extremely low. Liang Xiao lifted his heart. Could it be that the Han army in Youbeiping was wiped out, right? Otherwise, how could Liu Fei be killed?

If this is the case, it will be a bit troublesome.

"Why could King Jiangdu..." Liang Xiao felt his throat dry. "Have our army been frustrated?"

"Although I failed to win a great victory, I would not be frustrated." Zhu Maichen regained his calmness and explained. "The King of Jiangdu led 10,000 Wu and Chu infantry out of the frontier and separated from the cavalry. He was surrounded by 30,000 cavalry led by the Zuoxian of the Xiongnu. King of Jiangdu led his personal guards to repel the charges of the Xiongnu many times, killing and hurting a lot, but was hit by the trap and was seriously injured and died for the country."

Liang Xiao's eyes twitched. He understood. Liu Fei must have been brave and eager to fight, and regarded himself as a general who charged into battle. He killed him happily for a while, but also gave his life.

On the battlefield, arrows fly around, and arrows don’t have eyes. No matter whether you are a king or a commoner. Although medical skills have made great progress these days, medical methods are still relatively backward. Tetanus and wounds can kill people. Although Liu Fei is extremely brave, he is pampered and has little chance of injury. Once injured, the possibility of incursion is far higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

"What about the military situation in Youbeiping?"

"The Censor Han Anguo has arrived, and the Huns have retreated."

Liang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Liu Fei died in battle and the Han army suffered another major setback, the quality of this battle would inevitably be greatly reduced. However, if a vassal king-level general died, the loss this time would be quite large, which would more or less affect the evaluation of the entire military achievements.

"Okay, I'll set out right away."

"No, before that, the emperor asked you to go back to Chang'an first."

Liang Xiao frowned and said nothing. He discussed with Li Guang and handed over the captives and the guard camp to Li Guang. He only brought his private parts and rushed back to Chang'an with Zhu Maichen to meet him.

Li Guang agreed. Although he had no relationship with Liu Fei, he had a good impression of this vassal king who was very good at martial arts. During the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Liu Fei, who was fifteen years old, asked for battle many times, which was a rare encouragement to the ordinary sluggish morale at that time. Li Guang was deeply impressed by this. In this way, Liu Fei was killed in battle, and he was somewhat sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

With Liang Xiao's temperament, he wanted to run to Chang'an in one breath. Zhu Maichen refused. Although he was in a hurry to rush, he was unwilling to give up riding a car like Liang Xiao. No matter how fast the car was, it was not convenient to ride a horse. Liang Xiao was very annoyed and said a few bad words. Zhu Maichen was naturally not in a good mood. When the two met for the first time, they felt a little tired of each other. They didn't communicate along the way, but just rushed to the road.

A day later, Liang Xiao rushed to Chang'an City. He asked Tu Niuer and others to go home first, and rushed to Weiyang Palace to pay homage to the emperor.

The emperor looked tired. When he saw Liang Xiao, he patted his forehead and laughed: "Is this my hawk back?"

Liang Xiao felt something strange. In this era, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is relatively casual. He had been with the emperor for so long. In such informal occasions, this was the first time that the emperor claimed to be me. He usually used "I" and "I" like ordinary people, and rarely used "I" as an emperor. This seemingly simple title may indicate the changes in their relationship.

Liang Xiao's heart moved, he caught up with two steps, and bowed to the end. "Champion Marquis, Cavalry Commander, and Chen Xiao, pay homage to Your Majesty."—
Chapter completed!