Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"What about you?" Defang looked around and asked

The officers and soldiers shouted "Yes!"

"Okay, I want you to drink it in one gulp, if you can't, I will punish you to wash the dishes for everyone."

The surrounding soldiers all booed when they heard it, "Drink quickly! Drink quickly! Waiting for you to wash the dishes!"

The soldier took a deep breath, looked at the porridge bowl, and finished the porridge with a few sips. Defang looked at the soldier and said, "So you can all do it."

The soldier looked at Defang and asked, "My lord, what did you say?"

Defang turned around and filled a bowl by herself. The bowl used by soldiers is quite big. Defang looked at it and drank it, but it was not enough for less than half the bowl. Defang coughed after swallowing a mouthful. After several times, Shang Zhaoyi quickly patted De Fang on the back, "My lord! How are you?"

Defang waved his hand, "Why did you drink it all in one go? Why can't this king do it?"

All the officers and soldiers looked at each other, and suddenly they all laughed. At this time, Jiajun just rushed back, and hurried forward to support Defang, "My lord! What are you doing! No one can drink porridge in one sitting!"

Defang looked at Jiajun, "My lord!"

"My lord! They are all laughing!"

"What are you afraid of?" Defang looked at Jiajun, then at the officers and soldiers on the left and right, "it's better to laugh than you to keep a straight face all day, don't you think?"

"Yes! Hahaha" the officers and soldiers laughed

"Jiajun" Defang said, "Smile, I won't talk about you, otherwise I will punish you."

Jia Jun blushed from holding back, suddenly picked up a bowl of porridge, drank it in one gulp, and then said, "I can't laugh anymore, I would like to replace wine with porridge and punish myself with a bowl."

Defang looked at everyone, "General Song used porridge instead of wine, what do you think?"

Everyone looked around, Shang Zhaoyi and Chang Yuanzong walked up to fill a bowl of porridge and said, "My lord! The last general will also use porridge instead of wine, toast my lord! May this battle be a great victory! Return to Beijing triumphantly!"

"Okay!" Defang also picked up the bowl, "Everyone! Please drink up!"

"My lord, please!"

Everyone drank it all in one gulp, raised their empty bowls and shouted, "My lord, thousand years old, thousand years old!"

Zhenzhou Deputy Commander Fan Tingzhao came over, "See the prince."

"General Fan is excused, what's the matter?"

Fan Tingzhao pointed to the two officers beside him, "Go back to the lord. The informers sent by General Song just met the troops from Dingzhou not long after they set off. They are the school lieutenants sent by General Li in Dingzhou."

The visitors came forward and kowtowed, "Ma Xinshan and Chen Songfu, the lieutenant officers of the Dingzhou Camp School, who are humble officers, kowtow to the prince for thousands of years, thousands of years!"

"Please stand up, both of you." Defang helped them up, "Let's meet again."

"Yes, my lord! I didn't expect to have the honor to see my lord again!"

"I didn't expect that I would return to Dingzhou so soon. How is General Li?"

"Go back to the lord, the general is well." Ma Xinshan cupped his hands and said, "The general also asked the humble officer to greet the lord first."

"General Li is interested, thank you." Defang nodded, "Captain Ma, Captain Chen, you have traveled such a long way to meet him, have you not eaten yet?"

"Yes, my lord"

"It's just right, the soldiers also need to take a rest, why don't you two share some with me. Although it is just some porridge cakes, they are very delicious. I just drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and it is very fragrant."

"Thank you, Lord!"

The 4000 people in the grain guards set off again after a rest. The team entered Dingzhou mightily. Li Jilong and Kong Shouzheng rushed to the horse. They saw Defang dismounted and kowtowed.