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On the fourth day of the 12th month, the Monroe finally withdrew its troops. Before leaving, more than 16,000 Central Plains people were left outside Xuanwu Pass. After careful identification and confirming that there were no Monroe people in the inner city, they were placed in Xuanwu Pass in batches.

In this offensive and defensive battle with the Monroe, the Xuanwu Pass defenders suffered more than 4,800 casualties, while Liu Ce's guards lost 273, which totaled 5,000 casualties. Compared with the 7,000 soldiers who died in the Monroe, it was a tactical failure. After all, there would be such a large casualties based on the city gate. This is definitely not something to be excited about.

However, strategically speaking, this victory is worth celebrating because its significance is very different. This battle proves that the army in the Central Plains is not without blood and courage! The defenders of Xuanwu Pass proved the value and significance of being a sergeant with their lives and passion!

On the fifth day of the 12th month, Huangfu Zhai brought Zhang Jiashou and more than 100,000 guards to return to Xuanwu Pass in a hurry, completely stabilizing the pass situation.

Huangfu Zhai looked at the city gate. The traces left by the war have not been erased and are vivid in my mind. You can imagine how tragic this fierce battle was.

After inspecting the situation in Xuanwu Pass in the circle, Zhang Jiashou went straight to Liu Ce and bowed and thanked him: "Mr. Military Governor, I would like to thank you for everything you have done to the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Please accept my Governor's greeting!"

Looking at Zhang Jiashou's body bowing to ninety degrees and bowing to him respectfully, Liu Ce said nothing and stared at him coldly...

When he was young, Liu Ce said, "Governor Zhang, as the Governor of Qianzhou, why did you withdraw half of the Xuanwu Pass guards at this time? What is the purpose of doing this?"

Zhang Jiashou heard the extremely depressing anger in Liu Ce's tone, and involuntarily rolled down his Adam's apple, trying to maintain a plain expression and spoke up and said, "Mr. Military Governor, I was also confused for a moment. I thought that the Monroe, who was cold and cold, didn't have the courage to attack the level, so I wanted the soldiers to return to the city to take a break, but the matter was really unexpected, alas..."

"Is that true?" Liu Ce obviously didn't believe Zhang Jiashou's defense, "In this way, Governor Zhang is a good official who cares about his subordinates?"

Zhang Jiashou hurriedly said, "I dare not, I dare not, I have made such a big mistake. The crime lies with me. I will definitely take it as a warning..."

Liu Ce looked at Zhang Jiashou's artificial attitude and really wanted to pull out the saber from his waist to tear him to pieces, but he held back. Even if he didn't think about it for himself, he had to think about his subordinates. There were less than 2,000 people against 200,000, and he was not a superman.

After suppressing his anger, Liu Ce asked again: "How will the Governor plan to reward the defenders? What should we do if the sixteen thousand rescued people are dealt with?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jiashou stood up and said righteously: "These soldiers of the defenders are all good men with strong bones. They sacrificed their lives to resist Hu Nu's going south. How could this governor, as the governor of a province, treat them poorly?

All soldiers who died in battle will be given a double pension. No, the family will be compensated with triple pension. The injured soldiers will be taken back to Weiyuan City to recover from the wounded. All soldiers who left to resist Hu Nu will be rewarded!

As for those people, our governor will place them in various places in Qianzhou to take good care of them. After all, they are also people of our Great Zhou Dynasty. How could this governor ignore them?

By the way, the military governor around the military governor will also have a heart to give it to him, and it will definitely not let the military governor go in vain..."

After Zhang Jiashou's arrangement, Liu Ce was just silent. After a long time, Liu Ce turned around without saying a word. Before leaving, the captivating eyes made Zhang Jiashou feel thrilled...

Before Liu Ce took a few steps, Huangfu Zhai came to him with a sigh and bowed: "Mr. Military Governor, sorry, I've been late for several days, I hope I'll forgive me..."

"Understand..." Liu Ce nodded and replied, "After all, more than 100,000 people are really difficult for you to come back within ten days..."

Huangfu Zhai shook his head and said, "No, the reason why he arrived late is not the problem of marching, but that something big happened in the Great Zhou Dynasty now..."

Liu Ce frowned when he heard this and asked softly: "Mr. Huangfu, what happened to Dazhou?"

Huangfu Zhai said: "Gaomi and his rebellion in late November. He gathered together Ganzhou, and the two provinces of Shengzhou and 320,000 troops rushed directly to the provinces of the capital. Calculate the time, and now he is probably already in the capital of Shendu..."

"Be serious?" Liu Ce said quickly as soon as he heard this, "But this military governor Gao Mi is not like the kind of person who truly rebels..."

Huangfu Zhai said: "If Gaomi does not rebel, there will be people in the court who will try every means to force him to rebel, and Gaomi has reasons to have to rebel."

"I guess the news from the kings and officials from all over the country has been sent out, right?" Liu Ce asked.

Huangfu Zhai thought about it and handed a report from his arms to Liu Ce: "Indeed, this is a report sent by Wei Zhen to the Far East. I happened to get it from the postmen in the inn in Weiyuan City..."

Liu Cegang reached out to pick it up, but Huangfu Zhai suddenly took it back and said, "Mr. Military Governor, just pretend that you have never received this report, and you have never seen the contents of the report.

Just pretend that all this has nothing to do with you. What you should do now is to immediately lead the army to the Far East. There is still a lot of things you have to do. If you don’t have time, you will waste your time..."

Liu Ce frowned and said to Huangfu Zhai: "Mr. Huangfu, what do you mean?"

Huangfu Zhai tightly held the report in his hand and said calmly: "The chaos in the Central Plains has emerged, and the situation of warlord separatism is irreplaceable. You shouldn't get involved at this time, and your current strength does not allow you to get involved in such a big vortex. After listening to the next sentence, turn back to the Far East immediately. Only by returning to the Far East can you end this turmoil as quickly as possible! Otherwise, the Central Plains will completely fall or even die out!"

After hearing what Huangfu Zhai said, Liu Ce stopped talking. After thinking carefully for a while, he reached out to take the newspaper from Huangfu Zhai. He didn't even look at it and completely kneaded it into a ball and threw it into the burning fire beside it, watching it gradually turn into ashes.

I don’t know how long it took, Liu Ce let out a breath and said to Huangfu Zhai: “This military governor has been delaying here for too long. It is time to set off for a trip to the Far East, order the soldiers to pack up their things, bring all the ashes of the dead brothers, and gather here immediately!”

After saying that, Liu Ce took a deep breath and walked towards the tower.

Huangfu Zhai looked at Liu Ce quietly and left until his figure disappeared behind his eyes. He sighed slightly: "You are the only one who can save this troubled world. For the rest of my life, I must protect this seed that brings hope until the day when he can sprout new sprouts!"

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Gyeongju Province…

Above the pothole wilderness...

The heavy snow of goose feathers covered the Qianli Plain with silver frost and was covered with silver and frost under the early sunlight.

But under the thick snow piles, there is a shocking sin hidden.

Corpse!

A dense crowd of corpses!

The corpses were all blue-colored and died of frozen death on the cold winter night.

Many of the corpses were as thin as firewood, and there was no extra grain in their belly. They were hungry and had no strength to escape the famine. After falling down, they never got up again and were sent to death outside this wilderness.

"Huff~"

A slight sound suddenly came from the snow pile, and with the splash of snowflakes on the ground, a burly figure stood up from the thick snow pile.

"call……"

Perhaps he had been holding it in for too long, the figure stood up and knelt on the ground weakly and gasped heavily. After getting used to it a little, he shook off the Canxue that was covering his body with force, revealing his thin face: a 40-year-old face with a thick stubble on his face, and his deep eyes were covered with bloodshot, looking around with vigilance.

After a while, he used all his strength to make a hoarse voice: "Are you still breathing?"

What responded to him was the howling cold wind...

He stumbled around and stepped on the thick snow pile, trying to find the breath of life. When he came to a pair of women and children lying in the snow and turned her over hard, he saw that the women and children opened their eyes and looked blue and purple, and there was no sign of being alive. And a baby in her arms was still lying in her arms, and he had also lost his breath...

The middle-aged man sighed and stretched out his cold red palm, trying to put the already stiff female corpse on both eyes and jaws, and then continued to get up to find other survivors.

After rummaging over a dozen corpses and finding that there was no sign of life around him, the middle-aged man sat in the snow pile with his hands in his head, his body shaking slightly, as if he was incredible by all this in front of him.

After a long time, he raised his head again, wiped off the snot hanging on his nose, and continued to fumble around the bodies.

This time, he no longer looked for survivors, but began to collect all available supplies...

He came to a male corpse, took off his broken coat, patted him hard and put it on himself, and then untied a belt from another corpse and tied it to his hands.

Suddenly, he found half an unfinished cake on a dead woman and child, and immediately snatched it and chewed it in his mouth.

The sesame cakes have long been extremely dry and hard, and are extremely difficult to swallow, but for middle-aged people, this is already an extremely luxurious food. At this time, anything you eat can save your life. Why do you care so much about doing?

Soon, half of the cake was under the belly, and the middle-aged man also had some strength in his body. He looked at the dead woman and said softly: "Girl, you can save my life. Don't worry. Since I ate your cake, I will definitely seek justice for you in the future."

As he said that, the middle-aged man stood up and looked at the corpses everywhere and said loudly: "Brothers and sisters! The government is unjust, and you all died of death! Since I, Huang Fu, will definitely seek justice for you. One day, I will overthrow all the dog officials who eat people and don't spit bones to pay tribute to you! If you have spirits in heaven, I will help me!"

After saying that, Huang Fuchong bowed heavily to the dead victims.

Huang Fu! A hero who is far ten times more terrifying than Duan Hong is about to enter the stage of history with a huge anger.
Chapter completed!