On this day, Zhou Xian rarely wore his third-rank official clothes. More than a hundred personal soldiers wore all the same colored mandarin duck battle robes, and stood outside the gate with him. A big red silk banner was flying in front of the team, and five large black characters embroidered with the flag in the middle. Denglai Governor Zhou.

It was midsummer, and it was noon, and it was so hot. Although it was the shadow of the city gate, the sweat on the forehead was still dense.

Gao Yi stood beside Zhou Xian, and saw that his back was wet, and whispered: "Military gate, the weather is hot. You should go to the side to have a cup of herbal tea to relieve the heat. The subordinates will wait here. Once they arrive, I will call you as soon as possible."

Zhou Xian shook his head and whispered: "No, they should be here soon!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a gong sound on the city wall. Yu Qi poked his head out and said loudly: "Military gate, the people are coming." After counting, he turned his head and began to order the soldiers to lower the suspension bridge and open the city gate.

After a while, a terrible sound of horse hooves was like thunder, coming from far to near. Hundreds of elite riders rode wildly and quickly entered the city along the open city gate.

Han Kuo rode on a chestnut yellow horse, with a mighty figure and was the first to rush into the city gate. When he saw Zhou Xian standing in the middle of the road in an official suit, he was stunned at first, then quickly turned over and dismounted. He rushed forward and knelt on one knee and said, "What kind of virtue can the subordinates be able to wait for the military gate in person."

Zhou Xian stepped forward and helped him up, and smiled faintly: "This time we can defeat the Qing army naval army and kill the enemy chief Kong Youde. You, Han Kuo, should be the first to be the best, and I deserve to come here to welcome you. Now all the generals have their own positions, only Gao Yi and I are here, so don't be surprised. By the way, it's going well on the way!"

Han Kuo bowed and said, "For the blessing of the military gate, General Jimu Qian personally sent three hundred elite cavalry to protect him. He did not meet the Qing army on the road, and everything went very smoothly."

Gao Yi smiled from the side and said hello: "Congratulations! Lao Han, after this battle, you may soon become a guard like me. Not bad, not bad, it's just a little later than me."

Han Kuo gave Gao Yi a blank look and did not intend to pay attention to his boring words.

Zhou Xian shook his head gently and said, "Gao Yi, you can miscalculate this. One of the Three Kings of Han people named by Kong Youde by Manchu, Han Kuo made far more contributions this time than others. Promoting to garrison is the smallest guarantee at present, but it may also go further. It is unknown whether it is directly promoted to guerrilla generals."

Gao Yi said "ah" and said annoyedly: "No! Isn't that higher than my official position? Military gate, can you not be like this!"

Han Kuo chuckled, not caring much about Zhou Xian's words. But he was happy to see Gao Yi's appearance when he was hit. He suddenly remembered something and pushed the person behind him forward and said, "By the way, military gate, this is the leader of the Zhalali tribe of the Xibe tribe. He and Mr. Tai arrived in Lushun the day before yesterday, so he came here with me."

Behind him, a young man in his twenties, with a strong figure and animal skin stepped forward. He put his left hand on his chest, bent down and bowed deeply to Zhou Xian, saying, "Zarari greets you."

Zhou Xian nodded with a smile and said, "I know you are brave and resourceful, and can fight well. You are the number one warrior of the Xibe tribe. Xie Qian once wrote to me to praise your bravery and said that he had become a brother of a different surname with you. And I also know that you have made great contributions to Xie Qian's success in opening up the situation in the south of Xiuyan City."

Zalari had heard Xie Qian mention Zhou Xian many times before, and knew that although he was several years younger than him, he did everything he did. He felt a sense of admiration in his heart. At this moment, Zhou Xian's eyebrows were full of heroic spirit, but his words were as warm as jade, and his favorability increased again. But even so, he just said "My lord's praise."

"Uncle, uncle!"

Zhou Tai rode forward from the back team on a horse, shouting loudly, while waving to Zhou Xian from afar. His face turned red with excitement, and was covered in sweat. His whole body was wet, as if he had been soaked in a pool. He stopped the horse and got off the horse with a little difficulty. He ran over with gasps and hugged Zhou Xian tightly.

Zhou Xian pushed him away with disgust and said, "Hey, you are covered in smelly sweat, mine is new clothes! Stop and let me take a good look."

Zhou Tai stepped aside and looked at Zhou Xian with a smile.

Zhou Xian looked at it, shook his head gently and said, "It's a little darker, but it's fatter."

Zhou Tai laughed and said, "Uncle, you don't know, I will follow Boss Xie..."

Zhou Xian waved his hand to stop him and said, "Let's talk later. Gao Yi, go and place other brothers. Han Kuo, the head of Zhalali and Zhou Tai, you can go back to your residence first! I have ordered people to set up a banquet there, and we will talk while eating."

Back at Zhou Xian's residence, the wine and vegetables were already on. Eight dishes, four meat and four vegetables, and the meat dishes were pigs, sheep, fish, shrimp, and vegetarian dishes were all seasonal vegetables. From the beginning to the end, the Qing army did not completely besiege Jinzhou City. A small jar of wine was also prepared, and the three of them, including Zhou Xian, Gao Yi, Xia Shu, and six of them drank together. Obviously, they could not enjoy the fun, but this was also limited to the reason for being in the war.

Zhou Xian sat in the main seat, Zhou Tai and Zhalari sat on his left and right, and the remaining three were sitting opposite him.

Before the banquet began, Zalari took out a package and presented it to Zhou Xian with both hands: "Sir, the villain comes from the countryside. When we first met, there is nothing to give to the adults. It's a small gift, I hope you don't dislike it."

Zhou Xian took it and unfolded it. There was a complete tiger skin inside. He stroked it gently and smiled faintly: "What a mighty tiger skin, I like it very much. Did you hunt it yourself?"

Zarari nodded with a smile and said, "Tiger skin is not uncommon, but this tiger was shot into my right eye and died in the middle of the brain. There was no wound on it, and this is its preciousness."

Zhou Xian exclaimed: "In the past, the flying general Li Guang went out to hunt and saw a huge rock in the grass. He thought it was a tiger. He opened his bow and shot, and the arrow feathers completely disappeared into the stone. Today, the leader of the Zalari tribe, you shot the tiger's eye with one arrow. Although the two things are different, they sound like the same thing."

Although Zalari knew Chinese, Zhou Xian said something a bit literate and understood it very well. During the meal, he and Zhou Tai were the most familiar with each other, so he looked at the latter with a look for help.

Zhou Tai picked up a piece of meat himself and chewed, while complaining, "Uncle, don't be so erotic all the time, it sounds uncomfortable, and say it directly if you have anything." Then he turned to Zalari and smiled, "It's okay, he praised you for your good archery skills!"

After hearing this, Zalari smiled.
Chapter completed!