Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Bang!

Li Chong kicked Fan Xin away, grabbed Xiong Zhan's clothes and asked loudly.

"Can you say that again!"

Xiong Zhan wiped the blood from his face and said desperately: "My lord, the two traitors Wu Xizhi and Meng Qingbang have withdrawn their troops!"

"Our army has less than three hundred men. If we don't withdraw, we will be in a hurry!"

Hearing such bad news suddenly was a heavy blow to Li Chong. He immediately pushed Xiong Zhan away and screamed to the sky.

The roar is full of unwillingness!

I think Li Chong was born into a royal family and has been at the pinnacle of his life since he was born.

If Wu Zetian hadn't brutally persecuted their Li and Tang bloodline, he would have become an invincible general with great military exploits.

How could it possibly have fallen to this point!

It’s all because of damn Wu Zetian!

Thinking of this, he suddenly lowered his head and stared at Fan Xin, with endless killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"Fan Xin, please wait for me. When we meet one day, I will kill you!"

"let's go!"

After saying that, he led several personal guards and went to kill him. The fighting power was so fierce that no one could stop him.

Seeing the enemy troops who had been fighting for many days retreat, the defenders on the battlefield were stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it.

"Did the enemy retreat?"

"It seems like he's gone."

The next moment, the battlefield suddenly erupted into shocking cheers, and hundreds of defenders hugged each other to celebrate winning the war.

Seeing this admiration, Fan Xin and others showed knowing smiles as they walked away.

"Magistrate Fan, there are less than a few hundred people around Li Chong now. Should we go and pursue him?" Lin Tie asked with a smile.

"Forget it, our mission is to defend the city. As long as he doesn't come, there is no need to inflict additional casualties on our brothers, ahem..."

Halfway through his words, Fan Xin covered his chest and coughed. It was only then that the generals noticed that he was seriously injured.

"Master!"

"Magistrate Fan!"

Fan Xin waved his hands to indicate that everyone was fine, and said with sweat profusely.

"I'm fine. Liu Ziqian will take Lieutenant Lin to Xishan in a while to dig out all the 50,000 guan of military pay. Each of the surviving brothers will have 20 guan!"

"Each brother who died in battle will receive fifty guan, and the whole family will be included in the official list, and a pension of 300 guan will be paid on time every month."

“We don’t have enough money to pay for it from the county inn’s entertainment fee!”

Hearing that Fan Xin had given such a generous pension, all the generals, including Lin Tie, were shocked and couldn't believe it: "County Magistrate Fan, are you telling the truth?"

These pension conditions have doubled compared to when we first agreed! This is not something ordinary officials can do.

Looking over the corpses on the ground, Fan Xin showed a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"The general died in hundreds of battles, and his body was returned wrapped in horse leather. My brothers shed their blood. I can't let them shed any more tears."

"Sixth Son, pass on my official order that the whole city will wear mourning for three days from now on to inform the spirits of these brothers in heaven!"

Liuzi wiped away his tears and nodded vigorously: "Master, I will go and take care of it now!" He ran back to the city.

After the six sons left, Lin Tie led the generals to kneel down on one knee, their tiger eyes turned red.

"The last generals Lin Tie, Liu Yao, and Zhang Tong... thank County Magistrate Fan for his kindness on behalf of the three thousand bloody brothers!"

The sound rumbled and lingered above the city for a long time...

Under the gaze of the soldiers of the three armies, Fan Xin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and walked towards the city gate with difficulty.

Along the way, sergeants on both sides knelt down on one knee and watched him walk forward with tears in their eyes.

People's hearts are made of flesh, and Fan Xin's words just now completely warmed their hearts.

I don't know if he was bleeding too much, but his body was getting weaker and weaker, so much so that he was out of breath after just walking a few steps.

Just when he could no longer hold up any longer and was about to fall, a generous hand held him up.

"Magistrate Fan, you haven't slept for three days in a row, and you are so seriously injured. I will help you out at the end," Lin Tie said.

"And us!" A few rough men put Fan Xin on a stretcher and carried him towards the city gate.

When they came to the door, several men suddenly stopped and stopped walking.

"Why don't you leave? I'm still hungry." Fan Xin said angrily.

"Magistrate Fan, take a look for yourself." Lin Tie said and stepped aside.

Just one glance made Fan Xin's eyes turn red. At this time, dense crowds of people were standing in the city, looking at him silently.

"After the common people crossed the Jindi River, they heard that you stayed alone to face the enemy in order to cover their transfer, so they insisted on coming back to thank them for saving their lives." Lin Tie said with emotion.

As they spoke, the crowd parted, and the gray-haired Mr. Wu came forward with a cane and said with a smile.

"Magistrate Fan, we are here to take you home."

"Mr. Wu, what are you doing? How can I, He De, deserve such a great gift? Send them back quickly." Fan Xin said anxiously.

He had never seen such a scene since he was a child, and he felt moved and uneasy at the same time.

Mr. Wu laughed, stroking his beard and said, "You risked your life for us, so what else can you afford?"

Having said this, he turned his head and banged his cane on the people.

"Fathers, please make way and send our Magistrate Fan home!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people silently made way for the sergeants to carry Fan Xin to the county government office.

On the way, countless people spontaneously sent dry food in their hands to express their gratitude.

When we returned to the county government office, the stretcher was filled with food sent by the people.

Knowing that he was reluctant to eat good food, shopkeeper Fan Lou personally made a braised grass carp dish and sent it to the county government.

What's more, even the old brothel madam came and offered to send some girls to Fan Xin to warm his bed. He fined Fan Xin twice on the spot and left with tears in his eyes.

After sending away the people who came to visit, Liu Zi breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"Master, this time your reputation in the hearts of the people has been established."

Fan Xin glanced at him and sighed softly.

"You think things are too simple. Defending the city is only the first step. The hardest part is yet to come."

"Still behind?"

"Yeah, you don't want to think about who are the people who take over the people's farmland. They are either from famous families or from official and powerful families."

"No matter what kind of situation I, a small county magistrate, can't afford to offend. It's not easy to get the occupied land back from them."

The six sons have followed Fan Xin for many years, so they naturally know what a powerful family is. When they think of their terrifying power, their faces turn pale.

"What should we do? It's hard for us if we offend anyone because we are so weak."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Fan Xin said with a smile: "We will discuss this later. Now that King Langya has escaped, you can issue a wanted order in the name of the government."

"Only if we catch him can we move on to the next step."

"Okay, then you can rest first while I go get some wanted posters and put them on the city gate."

In the dead of night, Fan Xin got out of bed and looked at the moon in the sky without saying a word for a long time.

If nothing else, there should be news about Li Chong in the next two days...