On the school martial arts field, 20,000 soldiers lined up neatly for a review before leaving.
General He glanced around and felt quite satisfied.
General He's words were concise, without any long-winded nonsense. After Liao Liao said a few words, he raised his voice and ordered the army to set off.
The soldiers mounted their horses and rode out of the barracks one after another. When they arrived at the official road, they lined up in four rows. The speed was not very fast, and the dull sound of horse hooves came together like thunder. The ground kept shaking.
As the deputy general of the army, Shen You was not with the commander-in-chief General He, but was sent to be responsible for the transportation of food, grass and baggage. In other words, he waited until all the 20,000 troops left the barracks before he set off on horseback.
The army set off, and the marching speed was slower than expected. The transportation of grain, grass and baggage was even slower.
No matter how splendid the horse is, it cannot gallop. Shen You reined in the reins and walked forward leisurely in the team.
This kind of march was not impassioned, and it was indeed different from what he had imagined.
After traveling for half a day, the messenger came over on horseback and shouted: "General He has given the order for everyone to dismount and rest where they are. We will set off again in half an hour."
At the order, all the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and dismounted one after another. Familiar faces gathered together and talked in twos and threes. Lunch was also very simple, each person had two dry biscuits and cold water in the water bag.
Even General He ate the same food.
There were trees lining the official road, and most of the soldiers sat under the trees, enjoying the moment of shade.
Shen You sat alone under the tree, silently eating rough dry biscuits and drinking cold water.
Sure enough, one has to go through hardships to understand the hardships of marching and leading troops. In the previous two days in the military camp, he ate and lived with the soldiers. It was also the first time that he knew that the food of ordinary soldiers was so simple.
When I was a personal guard in Prince Yan's Mansion, I had meat almost every meal, and the steamed buns were all made from fine white flour.
The dry biscuits in my mouth now are dry and tasteless, and it takes a lot of effort to chew them.
After half an hour's rest, the army set off again. This time, they marched until dark before setting up camp and resting. Ordinary soldiers, five people per camp.
As a deputy general, Shen You can live in a tent alone.
Dinner was a little better. In addition to two dry pancakes, there was also a bowl of hot soup. There was actually a piece of meat in the soup.
After a day's journey, everyone was tired and soon began to snore.
Shen You didn't feel sleepy, so he fumbled for a purse from his arms. The purse was a dull green, with two dying mandarin ducks embroidered on it.
This purse was a token of love given to her by Shaojun's cousin two years ago.
He rubbed it often, and the embroidery thread on his purse had faded a lot.
Holding my purse at this moment, what comes to mind is the cunning and beautiful face of Shaojun's cousin...
My heart felt like it was being burned by a flame, burning hot.
He now quite understands what Shen Jia said that day. After marrying a daughter-in-law, it becomes even more difficult to be alone at night...
Is she asleep now? Does she toss and turn like him?
Shen You turned over, then turned over again, tossing and turning like a pancake for a long time before he managed to fall asleep.
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Same night.
Feng Shaojun was lying on the bed, silently staring at the bright moon outside the window.
This is the fourth night that Shen You has left. He was in the military camp for the past three days. The army set off this morning. It should be time to camp and rest now!
Is he asleep now?
Do you miss her?
Feng Shaojun sighed silently and turned over.
People's habits are really terrible. After only a few days of marriage, she was already used to sleeping with him. During the past few days of separation, she was not used to it, and she tossed and turned every night.
Thinking about the past, when she walked alone, she could fall asleep quickly no matter where she was.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. This is absolutely true.
I was in a daze until midnight, and then slowly fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.
"The lady finally woke up," Ji Xiang's familiar pretty face appeared in front of her eyes: "The slave will help the lady change and freshen up."
Feng Shaojun hummed and got up to sit down.
Being married as a woman is different from when you were not married. In the past, in Cui's house, no one would care about sleeping until noon. Now that you are in the Shen family, you can't be so lazy and carefree.
Mrs. Feng has a kind and honest temperament and does not need her daughter-in-law to stand all day long to set the rules. However, as a junior, it is indispensable to get up early to say hello.
After finishing everything, Feng Shaojun went to the inner hall to pay his respects to Mr. Feng.
Lei Xiaoxue came first, and Mrs. Tong was a little late with her child. The three sisters-in-law entered the inner hall talking and laughing.
Da Feng's face looked a little gloomy today, and her eyes were a little bloodshot.
It can be seen that I didn't sleep well last night.
"Silang set off with the army yesterday." Da Feng sighed: "For some reason, I can't sleep with my eyes closed."
The mother is worried when her son travels thousands of miles. For Mrs. Feng, her nephew who was raised since childhood is just like her son. Shen You can just stay in the military camp. Now that he is setting off with the army, her heart feels like it is floating in the air.
I was restless and didn't sleep much all night.
Feng Shaojun saw this and felt a little warm in his heart. He said softly: "Auntie, don't worry. Cousin You is not going to Jizhou alone. He has 20,000 elite soldiers by his side, and the brave General He is the commander. He is with General He."
, it will definitely be safe and sound."
Da Feng smiled and sighed: "I understand everything you said. However, I can't help but worry."
"This is different from being on duty in ordinary times. When you go to Jizhou, you have to lead the troops into battle. The swords on the battlefield have no eyes, they are all white knives going in and red knives coming out. Shiro is very skilled, but if there is an accident or something...
"
No, what should I do if the more I think about it, the more afraid I become!
Da Feng's anxiety is definitely not fake.
Feng Shaojun was a little funny, but more moved.
Shen You led the troops to fight, but there was no response from his mother, the Jiang family. On the other hand, the Feng family was worried. Shen You was really lucky to have such an aunt.
Feng Shaojun comforted Mrs. Feng with kind words, and Mrs. Feng finally felt at ease.
For the next few days, Mr. Feng was like this. One moment he was chatting and laughing, and the next moment he was looking sad and sighing. It made people dumbfounded.
Probably because he often comforted Mr. Feng, the worries in Feng Shaojun's heart quickly dissipated.
Half a month later, Feng Shaojun finally received Shen You's home letter.
The few sentences in the letter are very concise, and it is Shen You's style at first glance.
Shaojun’s cousin, I wish you well.
The army will arrive in Jizhou tomorrow. This is the first letter I write to you. I don’t know when the next one will be.
Everything was fine for me in the army, but I was not used to eating. I had dry pancakes for three meals a day, and had hot soup once a day. If I had known better, I should have brought some dried meat with me when I left Beijing that day...
When Feng Shaojun saw this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. After laughing, he felt heartbroken again.
They were all forced to miss the dried meat, which shows how hard the march was.
