The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 57 Spring is boundless
Not long after, Yue Peng and Su Quandang rushed to the Hall of Political Affairs.

The two had feuds before, but after two battles, their relationship is quite good now.A life-threatening friendship can always be tempered on the battlefield.

Yue Peng yelled as soon as he entered the hall: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, the enemy army has all been killed! Haha!"

Seeing that he was still covered in blood, Zhao Dongting didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said angrily, "When will you change your impetuous temper? Learn more from General Su."

When Su Quandang heard the words, he was very pleased immediately.

Yue Peng scratched his head and murmured, "Isn't the general happy..."

Naturally, Zhao Dongting would not be really angry with him, and asked, "Have you checked the casualties of our army?"

Yue Peng scratched his head again.

Su Quandang bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, more than [-] of the five thousand guards I led killed more than [-] people and injured more than [-] people. Some of the soldiers who surrendered from the Yuan army must have mutinied, and there is no statistics yet. .”

When Yue Peng heard this, his face turned red, and he said hastily, "I'll go and count things now."

Then hurriedly ran outside the Palace of Political Affairs.

All the ministers in the hall watched and smiled.

Afterwards, generals successively came to report the situation after the war.

Wen Tianxiang asked for orders to lead the army to clean up the battlefield, but Zhao Dongting didn't keep him, and asked all the officials to assist, and he also left the Yizheng Hall.

At the beginning of the battle, with Leizhou in his hands, he felt a little more stable, but he also felt a deep sense of exhaustion sweeping up.He has not had a good rest for many days.

Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng had much better luck than Ge Lijun. They found the warship of the original guarding army by the sea and escaped from Quzhou Island with hundreds of remnants.

In the evening, with the help of Zhang Shijie, the mighty army was completely wiped out, and the commander Qi Shucai was captured by Liu Hongyi himself.

Zhang Shijie had a good impression of Liu Hongyi, who was loyal and loyal. When the two met, they praised him for his unparalleled loyalty, and then said: "General Liu, follow me to meet the emperor, and I will ask for credit for General Liu!"

Liu Hongyi thanked him, but said: "Thank you Master Zhang for your kindness, but the last general still needs to lead his troops back to Leizhou. Let's talk about this matter later!"

Zhang Shijie couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, seeing Liu Hongyi covered in blood and looking exhausted, he asked, "What are you going back to Leizhou at this time?"

Liu Hongyi suppressed his sorrow and said: "My wife's body is still in Ge Lijun's mansion, I..."

Before he finished speaking, he couldn't continue.

Hearing Liu Hongyi's words, the soldiers of the Flying Army next to him fell to their knees with red eyes, "General!"

"This……"

Zhang Shijie was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "General Liu's condolences."

Then he hurriedly said to the commander beside him: "You quickly lead two hundred elite soldiers, and go to Leizhou Mansion with General Liu!"

Then he looked at Liu Hongyi again, "Your Madam sacrificed her life for righteousness, I will definitely report to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to build a shrine for her."

He knew that Liu Hongyi's surrender this time would definitely be reused by the emperor in the future, so he deliberately took this opportunity to make friends with him and give him favors.

Liu Hongyi was moved in his heart, bowed deeply and said: "The general will thank you sir, but Leizhou is dangerous, so the general can lead his cronies to go there."

"Ha ha!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shijie said in astonishment: "Who told you that Leizhou is dangerous?"

Liu Hongyi was a little puzzled, he didn't know about Wen Tianxiang's victory over Leizhou.

Zhang Shijie looked at him like this, and said again: "The emperor has a wonderful plan. He has already sent Prime Minister Wen to lead his army to help. Now all the counties along the coast of Leizhou Prefecture are under the control of Prime Minister Wen's army. I will send a warship to take you there. I am worried that the prime minister's soldiers will not recognize your banner and mistake you for Leizhou soldiers, that would be bad."

"Is there such a thing?"

After Liu Hongyi was surprised, he stopped insisting, "Then I will trouble my lord."

Immediately, he entrusted the officers and men under his command to Zhang Shijie to take care of them, and hurriedly boarded the ship with Zhang Shijie's personal army, and went to Leizhou Mansion.

Not long after, we arrived at Dexiliu Ferry.As soon as they disembarked, they were surrounded by Wen Tianxiang's soldiers.

Liu Hongyi revealed his identity, left Zhang Shijie's relatives at the ferry, and sent them to Haikang County by several Wen Tianxiang's soldiers.

On the way, Liu Hongyi felt dejected.Although it was a great victory, the news of his wife's death did not make him happy at all.

He is worthy of the monarch and the people, and the Song Dynasty, but he is only sorry for his beloved wife.

The fast horse arrived at the magistrate's mansion in Dehaikang County. Before the fast horse stopped, Liu Hongyi hurriedly got off his horse and ran to the magistrate's mansion.

The soldiers guarding the door were about to stop him, but were stopped by the soldiers escorting him.

With tears in his eyes, Liu Hongyi ran towards the mansion.

In the courtyard of the mansion, many family members and servants of the Zhizhou Mansion gathered here, and were guarded by Wen Tianxiang's soldiers.

There were still some dead bodies on the ground.

Liu Hongyi frantically rushed to these corpses, looking for his wife's body.

The soldiers who escorted him quickly explained the situation to the soldiers in the courtyard.

The guarding soldier and centurion muttered: "Everyone in the mansion is here, General Liu's wife..."

Hearing this, Liu Hongyi's burly body shook slightly, his face became pale instantly, and he almost fell to the ground.

He just felt that this news took all the strength out of his whole body, and even the last shred of hope was gone.

But when he saw all the corpses, he didn't see his wife, not even the corpses of Xiyi and the maid.

He turned his head with red eyes, "Why didn't my wife disappear?"

The centurion was stunned, and then said with a little joy: "When we captured Zhizhou Mansion, many people escaped in the chaos. Could it be that your wife also escaped in the chaos?"

"Could it be that Mr. Ge Li lied to me?"

Liu Hongyi only felt that his whole body was gushing out again, and he didn't even care to say anything, so he ran out.

His eyes were full of anxiety and hope.

When the soldiers who escorted him chased him out of the mansion, he rode his horse and ran to the street, but he couldn't catch him.

The wind whizzed past, Liu Hongyi didn't realize it, his eyes were staring, and tears blurred his eyes again before he knew it.

He and Hui'er have lived together for many years. Although they have no heirs, they love each other and have already integrated their lives into each other's hearts.

If it wasn't for the great Song Dynasty and the hope in his heart, Liu Hongyi might have committed suicide with a knife after beheading Lord Geli on the shore of Quzhou Island.

The horse under his crotch galloped hard, as if he could feel the anxiety in Liu Hongyi's heart.

In front of De's house, he shouted, "Hui'er! Hui'er!"

The man rolled off the horse, jumped up whole, and ran towards the house again.The unstoppable general on the battlefield, a burly man, actually looked so helpless at this moment.

However, the house was empty.His shout echoed back and forth in the house, but no one answered.

Liu Hongyi fell to the ground, covering his face with his hands, "Hui'er...Hui'er..."

If Hui'er really escaped from Zhizhou Mansion, how could he not be at home?

Liu Hongyi couldn't help wondering if his wife had been secretly executed by Mr. Ge Li.

He didn't regret it, but he hated himself, why didn't he send Hui'er and the others away early.

"master!"

At this time, an excited shout suddenly sounded outside the door.

Liu Hongyi was stunned suddenly, and looked back.The person outside the door is that boy Xi Yi.

Xi Yi ran over, "Master, you are back! Is the war over?"

Liu Hongyi's eyes sparkled, and he grabbed his wrist tightly, "Where's Madam? Where's Madam?"

Xiyi was in pain from being dragged, and replied: "I hid my wife in the Kangding Escort."

"Okay, wow!"

The tears in Liu Hongyi's eyes couldn't hold back at this moment, and he raised his head and laughed like a bewildered man, "Hahaha..."

Xi Yi said again: "My wife and I were taken to the Zhizhou mansion by Mr. Ge Li. I didn't know what happened last night. There was a sudden commotion outside. I took the opportunity to knock out our guards and took my wife to leave the Zhizhou mansion. I was afraid The soldiers came to arrest us, so they took my wife to the Kangding Escort and hid there. Then I thought again, if you can’t find us when you come back, master, you will be worried, so you sneaked out of the house and hid, waiting for you to come back.”

"well."

Liu Hongyi said again and again, looking at Xiyi with gratitude and admiration, "Go, take me to the Kangding Escort."

Knowing that his wife was not dead, he wished he could fly to her side immediately.

Xi Yi nodded, helped Liu Hongyi get up, and his face was also full of joy, "Master, the army that broke into the Zhizhou Mansion last night was the emperor's army?"

Liu Hongyi didn't let go of Xiyi's hand, and let him support him, with surprise still on his face, panting, "That's Prime Minister Wen's army."

After fighting all night and experiencing such great sorrow and joy, he no longer has any strength in his body.

Seeing that the master was so tired, Xiyi didn't ask any more questions.He helped Liu Hongyi outside and helped him mount the horse, and then the two went to the Kangding Escort.

At this moment, Liu Hongyi only felt that even the wind was sweet, not a hearty laugh.

Xi Yi looked sideways, and couldn't help thinking, "Master, I'm afraid he's lost his mind, right?"

After all, he was still too young, and he didn't know what Liu Hongyi was feeling in his heart after experiencing hope, disappointment, despair, and surprise in such a short period of time.

In Liu Hongyi's eyes, the whole world is full of spring at this moment.

With a happy heart, the world is boundless spring.

(End of this chapter)