General Zuo was extremely angry at this time. When he first saw these people coming back, he felt a little guilty.

After all, a thousand people went out, but only half came back. The others fell on the road. You must know that these people are elite children from various aristocratic families.

It can be considered a heavy loss. Fortunately, the geniuses of various aristocratic families have no problems.

But when he heard what these people had done, he was suddenly shocked and angry.

He just asked these people to investigate a place where the ghost beast tribe lives based on the intelligence.

But I didn't expect that these people would directly engage in a big battle with each other!

It would be fine if they all raped each other, but a general-level ghost beast tribe actually took over.

He could imagine that after this time, the Ghost Beast Tribe would definitely take the opportunity to declare war.

Such consequences are not something they can bear!

That's why he questioned these people so angrily,

"You actually changed the marching route without authorization. Who can bear the responsibility for your mistake this time!"

However, in the face of General Zuo's blaming, Li Shimin and others looked extremely calm and were not in a hurry. After the other party finished speaking,

Li Shimin said calmly,

"General, this is a cross-border battle, but we are just following your military orders."

"What's more, we encountered a general whose strength is above level 6 of the Ghost Beast Clan. Being able to completely annihilate the opponent's guards and repel the opponent's general is already a great achievement!"

"As for what the general said about changing the marching route without authorization,"

Having said this, Li Shimin paused, and then said with a bit of sarcasm,

"Has General Zuo received the news? Follow the original march route and transport the important troops. I am afraid that the entire army has been annihilated by now!"

"If Brother Qin Zheng hadn't seen something wrong here, we would have been ambushed and the entire army would have been wiped out!"

"There are spies in the army, and General Zuo didn't notice it. This is already a dereliction of duty!"

"So instead of questioning us here, the general might as well find out who the spy is!"

"As for us, we will immediately return to the capital and report to the imperial court!"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, General Zuo couldn't help but look sad.

Of course, he had received the news. He was originally responsible for delivering supplies to the children of these aristocratic families, that is, to monitor their teams.

During the retreat, they encountered an ambush, the entire army was wiped out, and all supplies were taken away.

This means that the Ghost Beast Clan has been targeting them for a long time, but they just didn't take action. When they saw these people starting to retreat, they took a ruthless action!

But for this operation, he sent almost all the border troops he could use to confuse the public.

If you can still be targeted, there is only one reason: there are spies in the army!

The most suspicious thing this time was that he had already made speculations in his mind, but the other party had already cleared up all these things, and now all the responsibilities are on him!

Thinking of this, General Zuo couldn't help but glance at Qin Zheng, who had been silent next to him.

He didn't expect that the other party would actually see through these situations.

Of course, there is no point in asking now. I can only say in a dry tone,

"You have no military orders, so you just go back without fear of punishment?!"

This time, before Li Shimin spoke, Liu Xiu said calmly,

"General Zuo may have forgotten that when the children of the aristocratic family come here, I will not be a border soldier."

"Isn't it because of this reason that General Zuo lets us fight across the border?"

"Now that we have suffered heavy losses, you can see it in your eyes. If you go back with the credit, the court cannot blame my family!"

Of course they would not be frightened by General Zuo's words. If they had not had such a plan, they would not have risked crossing the border to fight.

General Zuo couldn't help but sigh. He knew that the other party was right, but he still said with some struggle,

"You are also young talents and the pillars of the country, why can't you think more about the great cause?"

But as soon as he said these words, General Zuo knew that they would have no effect.

In the hearts of the children of these aristocratic families, their own family is the most important.

Now that they have achieved their goals, they don't care about Da Gan's fate.

Sure enough, even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was usually generous, said,

"General Zuo, we have tried our best, but please make preparations as soon as possible."

"At the very least, all people within a hundred miles of the border must be evacuated."

In his opinion, the war between Daqian and the Ghost Beast Clan is inevitable.

And Daqian is certain to lose. It is not a wise choice to bury oneself on the front line in vain at this time.

What he can do is to ask the other party to evacuate the people within a hundred miles,

At least in the first stage, the people will not suffer too much harm.

After retreating hundreds of miles, Daqian should be able to stabilize the defense line no matter what. When the time comes, it will be impossible to take one step at a time.

Having said this, General Zuo could only sigh again. He knew that he could not keep these people.

Originally, he wanted to use these people to form the backbone of the army, because most of the other large frontier troops were unreliable.

He waved his hand weakly and said,

"Since you are all prepared, please do as you please."

Qin Zheng, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at each other, then saluted and said,

"Then I'll leave immediately and return to the capital."

Then they no longer hesitated and left here with their people. Their tribesmen were already prepared and could leave at any time. They did not want to stay here anymore.

Not long after, all the disciples of the aristocratic families had led their clansmen outside the military camp.

The leaders of all the children of the aristocratic families gathered together to say their final farewells. Li Shimin said with a smile,

"Everyone, I have to say goodbye today. I don't know when we can see each other again."

Liu Xiu on the side said a little strangely,

"Brother Li, aren't you going back to the capital?"

The families of several of their major aristocratic families, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, are now in the capital of Daqian, so everyone is on the way back, too.

Li Shimin shook his head at this time and said,

"I won't go back to the capital. I'll go directly back to Tang Province."

Everyone else couldn't help but move their eyes when they heard this. Of course they knew that Tang Province was where the Li family started to gain influence.

In this situation, everyone naturally understands the meaning of not going to the capital and taking all the young people back to Tang Province.

Liu Xiu quickly returned with a smile,

"This is a good idea. I can also write to my family members and return directly to Han Province."

"This will save you from having to make a detour when the time comes."

Han Province is the hometown of the Liu family.

Others also said at this time,

"This is indeed a good idea. I should also talk to my family about it."

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile.

He just mentioned this matter deliberately just to see the attitude of other aristocratic families.

Sure enough, it was just as he thought. Everyone knew that Da Gan might not be able to stay on this ship any longer.

Everyone has already started to have their own plans,

He said it in advance to lay the groundwork for what might happen next.

If it is as expected by the elders in the family, the Li family will take the leading position in the coming era of great strife!

Even reach the highest position!

And all of this can start from winning over other aristocratic families, so he quickly said with a smile,

"In this case, if I meet you again in the future, we will still need to help each other."

Hearing this, the leaders of other small aristocratic families quickly agreed,

"Of course!"

Small families have their own way of survival.

Only Liu Xiu and the others looked slightly complicated, but they still said,

"Brother Li is right. Now the ghost beast clan has the intention of destroying me, and the angel clan also harbors evil intentions. Naturally, we should help each other."
To be continued...