The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

And the most important thing is: they are not in Youzhou now.

They were in the northern grasslands when Liu He was captured by foreigners and taken to the heartland of Wuhuan.

It is normal for any accident to happen to Liu He in this place, and no one would suspect Liu Zhaoqing.

Zhao Yun naturally understood this logic in silence, but was somewhat unsure whether Liu Zhaoqing would do so. She moved her lips but did not really say anything.

As a general, one should obey the orders of the lord. Even if Zhao Yun is still a figurehead, she knows that this decision concerns Zhao Qing's future, and she should not interfere.

Zhang Liao didn't say anything more after saying that. Looking at the atmosphere at the scene, Zhen Mi also thought about this problem after thinking for a moment and didn't dare to say anything more.

Everyone was waiting for Liu Zhaoqing to make a decision.

"Zhen Mi."

After a long silence, Liu Zhaoqing suddenly said that instead of calling Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, he called Zhen Mi.

This is a bit strange.

Zhen Mi was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward immediately: "Sir..."

Liu Zhaoqing tilted his head towards the brave girl who leaned forward and said, "There is a white jade bottle in the saddle bag on my horse outside the account. There is red dragon blood in it. Please go and get it."

Liu Zhaoqing tilted his head to look at the dying Liu He: "That thing should be able to save Master Liu He."

Zhen Mi nodded, and immediately trotted out to get the white jade bottle.

Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun on the side looked at Liu Zhaoqing, both of them with varying degrees of surprise in their eyes.

They didn't expect that Liu Zhaoqing would eventually choose to save Liu He, and even use such precious red dragon blood.

You know, to put it cruelly and realistically: even if Liu He didn't die, even if he was left disabled, it would be beneficial to Liu Zhaoqing's future and not harmful at all.

"Why do Wenyuan and Zilong look so surprised?" Liu Zhaoqing looked at the two of them with confusion.

"Does my decision surprise you two?"

"Lord..."

Without waiting for the two to explain, Liu Zhaoqing smiled again and looked around the tent at the dazzling array of jewels and beast furs.

"I led forty cavalrymen to march 1,500 miles and capture 50,000 Wuhuan men. This great victory must have been unprecedented in a hundred years."

"Although I am not as good as Huo Guanjun, I am better than 90% of the heroes in the world today."

"How can I, as someone like me, worry about a person who has no ambitions and only wants to keep the status quo?"

Liu Zhaoqing was not pretending. With great ambitions, his vision was no longer limited to such low-level means. He was eyeing a broader future.

After hearing this, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun also smiled, and the worries in their hearts were swept away as if they were illuminated by the bright sunshine outside.

This is the wise leader in their minds. Liu Zhaoqing has never let them down before, and this time is no exception.

At this time, Zhen Mi also walked in from outside the tent with a white jade bottle. She carefully handed the bottle to Liu Zhaoqing.

Liu Zhaoqing came to Liu He, who was lying on the pit on the ground and dying, picked up the Hu tribe's scimitar on the wooden box nearby, and cut the hemp rope that bound Liu He's hands with one stroke.

Then he supported his back with one hand, and used the thumb of his other hand to push open the cork on the white jade bottle, pointing the bottle mouth towards Liu He's bloodless lips.

The glowing scarlet blood slowly flowed from Liu He's mouth into his oral cavity, slid down his esophagus into his stomach, and in an instant turned into an invisible substance and sank into Liu He's organs and blood.

Inside Liu He's body, which no one could see, his organs that were damaged by torture were rapidly repairing themselves, his blood vessels that were about to dry up were gradually filling up, and his weak heart was gradually beginning to beat strongly.

Liu He slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Liu Zhaoqing, he looked puzzled: "Yes, Your Majesty..."

"Master Liu He, please don't joke like that. I am Zhao Qing, Marquis of Changping." Liu Zhaoqing said hurriedly.

"Marquis Changping..."

"Yes, my son is safe and will be able to go home with us later."

Hearing the word "go home", Liu He's weak expression was stunned, and then he slowly closed his eyes.

"This is..." Zhang Liao on the side looked puzzled.

"He must have relaxed his mind and fallen asleep due to exhaustion." Liu Zhaoqing sniffed Liu He's breath, then leaned his body against the wooden box and cut the hemp rope that bound his feet with a knife.

From the side, Liu Zhaoqing saw that Liu He's back was covered in blood, and his wrists and ankles were necrotic due to being strangled by the hemp rope.

Although these injuries can be gradually recovered with the treatment of the precious blood of the extremely ferocious beast, the painful memories that caused these injuries can only be slowly healed by Liu He himself.

"Let Liu He rest here for a while. After we count the results of the battle, we will find a carriage in the settlement to take him back to Jicheng."

After Liu Zhaoqing finished speaking, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao also nodded.

After rescuing Liu He, Liu Zhaoqing, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers to start collecting treasures in the settlement and counting the cattle, sheep and population.

It took about an hour for Liu Zhaoqing to receive the report.

"My lord, the value of the treasures is difficult to calculate, but if we look at it based on the number that can be loaded on the carriages, there are at least twenty full carriages!" Zhang Liao, who was in charge of counting the treasures, reported to Liu Zhaoqing.

"Twenty cars? So many?" Liu Zhaoqing was surprised.

"Maybe it's because... we are lucky? We just happened to run into these tribes who were preparing to offer gifts to the royal court..." Zhang Liao guessed.

This is so lucky...

"What about cattle and sheep, especially horses?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

"After asking the Hu people, I learned that most of the cattle and sheep of the tribes in the settlement are grazed elsewhere. There are only about 50,000 cattle and sheep here, and more than 5,000 grassland war horses."

Liu Zhaoqing opened his mouth, feeling slightly excited.

At the same time, Zhao Yun also came to his side, bowed to him and said: "My lord, the settlement has been cleared, and the Wuhuan civilians have been completely controlled, but there is still one matter that needs your decision."

"What's the matter?"

"What should we do with the more than 7,000 prisoners of war?"

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Liu Zhaoqing, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao came to the sheepfold where the prisoners of war were held. Looking at the Wuhuan soldiers who were sitting densely on the ground with their heads down, he frowned.

These prisoners of war were different from civilians, who were also part of the spoils of war. Although not all of them could be taken away, middle-aged Hu men and women among the civilians could be selected and taken back.

However, the prisoners of war could not be brought back to Changping like the Hu civilians who could serve as slaves.

Not only because of their large numbers, but also because if these trained soldiers planned to cause chaos during the journey, there would likely be chaos with only a team of less than 40 people.

Now don’t look at these prisoners of war sitting obediently in the sheepfold. That’s because I have just killed Luxi and performed a "miracle", which makes these Wuhuan people who believe in the Holy Spirit dare not act rashly.

Therefore, how to deal with these prisoners of war became a difficult problem.

"What do Zilong and Wenyuan think?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

“If these prisoners of war can be used by my lord, then my lord’s strength will be able to leap several levels.” Zhao Yun said after thinking for a moment, then frowned slightly.

"But... the Hu people are not our people, and we only have a team of less than a hundred soldiers in Changping City. Even if we bring these prisoners back safely, given their huge size, they are likely to become the host, which will pose a great threat to Changping's safety."

Zhang Liao also nodded and said, "I agree with what General Zhao said."

"Although the fighting power of these Wuhuan soldiers is very tempting, they are not from our tribe after all. At least for now, it is impossible for them to completely submit to you, my benefactor."

"But you can't just let them go, sir. If these 7,000 Hu soldiers come back... they will still be a huge threat to us."

Zhang Liao did not continue speaking, Liu Zhaoqing already understood what her suggestion was.

Looking at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun also nodded slightly.

"If you want the barbarians to submit, you must establish your majesty deep in their souls." Liu Zhaoqing said softly.

Being kind to the enemy means being cruel to yourself. Destroying the living force is an important part of war. If you let them live, after these prisoners of war have recuperated, they can put on armor and go into battle again to plunder the Han people in the south.

"Load the captured weapons and treasures onto the ox carts, find the Wuhuan people who are good at herding cattle and sheep, and have them help us gather the cattle, sheep and horses together, and bring more than 10,000 young and middle-aged Wuhuan civilians with us back to Changping."

"You Zilong and Wenyuan will lead the charge. Anyone who has second thoughts or who resists will be slaughtered as a warning to others."

After Liu Zhaoqing finished speaking, he looked at the densely packed prisoners of war.

"As for these prisoners of war... we are too few in number. Killing them in a pit would be a waste of time. It would also be dangerous if we stay in the heart of Wuhuan for too long."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Zhaoqing looked up at the huge mountains stretching in the distance.

"There are a huge number of ferocious beasts in Wuhuan Mountain."

Just when Liu Zhaoqing was about to use the beast to kill someone, Di Di beside him suddenly called out twice, and the expression on Zhen Mi's face on it also changed slightly.

Zhen Mi immediately rode Yoyo to Liu Zhaoqing and whispered something to him.

The content is: Yoyo heard a large number of horse hooves sounds in the north, and a rough estimate is that there may be more than ten thousand horses, and they will arrive in more than an hour.

To the north was the location of the Wuhuan royal court.

The sound of horse hooves was undoubtedly the support of Wuhuan.

At this juncture, Liu Zhaoqing had no choice but to give up the prospect of exterminating the enemy and prioritize bringing back the spoils.

Then, under Liu Zhaoqing's instructions, all the "trophies" alive and dead were prepared and driven by the cavalry to form a long team. Then, led by Liu Zhaoqing, they immediately set off towards Youzhou in the south.

The cavalry maintained order on both sides of the team, while two generals, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, one with the character "Tian" and the other with the character "Di", were responsible for raiding the formation and always paying attention to the dangers around them.

Liu Zhaoqing, who had originally planned to return the same way, also chose to go to a safe place first because of Di Di's information.

Instead of following the easy-to-walk green grass area, he led the team directly south.

To the south of Wuhuan Mountain is Liaoxi County of Youzhou. As long as Liu Zhaoqing arrives in Liaoxi, he will be temporarily safe, and can go west through Youbeiping and Yuyang to reach Yangping County where Changping is located.

Because of Youyou's warning, the team that left early moved forward quite smoothly. More than 3,000 Wuhuan tribesmen here had been wiped out by them. Except for some ferocious beasts, nothing else dared to stop them.

When the team went straight south to Youbeiping County, the originally clear sky and emerald green earth suddenly disappeared.

Feeling the yellow sand all over the sky, Liu Zhaoqing did not feel depressed this time, but felt extremely refreshed.

This battle fully demonstrated the power of outstanding people and showed what it means that one person can defeat thousands of soldiers. Liu Zhaoqing's strategy of striving for excellence and recruiting only good generals was also completely correct.

As for the gains from this battle, Liu Zhaoqing's hands are still shaking slightly. This battle not only made him gain a large amount of wealth, but also gave him the coveted 5,000 war horses.

What is even more surprising is the transformation of Zhang Liao and the change in the name of Zhao Yun.

"Zilong seemed to call me 'Lord' before?" Liu Zhaoqing asked Zhao Yun who was coming from the side.

Zhao Yun bowed his head upon hearing this and immediately said respectfully: "I followed you to fight against the Wuhuan, so of course I have to call you my lord, but if you don't like it..."

"Well, Zilong misunderstood. How could I not be happy?" Liu Zhaoqing said with a cough.

The change in Zhao Yun's address was clearly a reflection of greater recognition of himself, and Liu Zhaoqing was of course extremely happy.

From this perspective, this powerful general of the Three Kingdoms who was as brave as Lu Bu was only one step away from returning home. Thinking of this, Liu Zhaoqing couldn't help but laugh.

Why is my lord laughing?

Zhao Yun looked up at Liu Zhaoqing's expression and felt puzzled.

Just as she was about to ask, she suddenly saw a large number of dark shadows appearing in the distance.

His expression changed slightly, and Zhao Yun immediately raised his hand: "My lord, be careful ahead, there may be an enemy attack!"

Encountering so many dark shadows in the wild is likely to be enemies or ferocious beasts, or even pursuers from the Wuhuan.

But they came from the east.

After staring for a moment, Liu Zhaoqing stretched out his hand and said, "Don't panic, those seem to be cavalry. Zilong, take a look at what is written on the flag?"

Zhao Yun looked carefully and saw, in the yellow sand, a group of at least 800 soldiers and horses, with people holding flags.

Liu Zhaoqing couldn't see the words on the flag clearly, but it was different for Zhao Yun.

She looked carefully and vaguely saw two words.

"Gongsun..."

Then, Zhao Yun's expression brightened up, and he said happily: "My lord, it's Captain Gongsun!"

Gongsun Duwei, naturally, refers to Gongsun Zan. At the order of Liu Yu, she was stationed in her hometown Liaoxi County all year round to guard against the Hu people.

As the enemy troops approached, Liu Zhaoqing also saw that the horses ridden by those soldiers were all white horses, and the leader was wearing silver armor almost the same as Zhao Yun, but holding a double-headed iron spear.

"stop!"

When the eight hundred white horse cavalrymen stopped about ten meters in front of Liu Zhaoqing's team, the leading silver-armored general looked at Liu Zhaoqing in confusion.

"Hmm? You...are not the Hu people? This is, Captain Zhao? Why are you here?"

"Captain Gongsun!" Zhao Yun said at this time, "We are the troops of Marquis Changping!"

"Marquis of Changping?" Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Zhaoqing, and then looked at the "grand occasion" of the team behind him.

Gongsun Zan frowned slightly: "Are you planning to...follow Lord Bo'an's orders to make peace with the Wuhuan?"