It was already the fourth watch, and the eastern sky was the color of Qingming. Xu Huaiyu walked out of the tent wearing a single coat, followed closely by two soldiers, who inspected the camp where he was.
The bonfire has become dim, and many soldiers are sleeping on the ground in front of the fire with their weapons in their arms. This period of confrontation has made people nervous. This is true for everyone from King Qing to the soldiers below. Recently I heard that King Lu Gongsun
Dian clamored to return to the capital to aid the capital, but was dissuaded by King Qing and other brothers before giving up.
I heard it was quite unpleasant.
Yuejie's 30,000 cavalry detoured to Hezhou, and now there were 90,000 Hu troops on the opposite side. It was possible to win or lose, but they couldn't do what the Hu people did, using the Han people as a shield to push them ahead.
So much so that since the war has started, everyone is timid and filled with anger.
A soldier was awakened by the sound of footsteps. When he saw the moving figure, he was about to get up, grabbing his weapon. Then he was scolded by Xu Huaiyu and told him to continue sleeping, and the soldier was relieved.
Passing through the tents and arriving near the inner gate, there were several tall soldiers guarding the area, and a figure standing guard was talking to a soldier.
Xu Huaiyu came closer and took a look, then quickened his pace, stepped forward and held his hands in his hands: "I am humbled to pay homage to Prince Qing."
A county governor like him would never have the opportunity to see Wang Jue on weekdays. During this battle, he could see him from a distance several times. Opportunities like this are really rare.
Over there, the figure patting the soldier's shoulder turned his head, then walked up to Xu Huaiyu with a smile and told him not to be polite.
"The soldiers here are better than I imagined. How do you train on a daily basis?"
"Back to King Qing, my subordinates are all from small counties. They are used to hardship, so they are not afraid of such a war."
Hearing this, Prince Qing laughed out loud. How could he not understand the implication of the Duhou's words? He shifted his position, walked aside, and motioned for Xu Huaiyu to follow him.
"Haha, it's good if you can fight. You will definitely be of great use in the future. You are also good. How good the soldiers are in a battalion depends on the generals above them. You are still patrolling the camp now, which means you are also a responsible person.
"
Xu Huaiyu followed behind, smiling and looking around the camp of Prince Qing. When he came to speak, he replied: "Prince Qing doesn't know, actually... in fact, I can't sleep because of my humble position."
Ha ha ha ha--
Prince Qing Gongsun Li laughed loudly and looked at the well-organized camp, "...I thought only Gu couldn't sleep, but it turns out that Duhou couldn't sleep either."
"The war will take many more days, King Qing should pay attention to rest."
"I do think so." Gongsun Li's smile faded and he sighed: "...Gu has been restless in the past few days. He wakes up at the slightest movement, and every time he falls asleep, he feels cold all over his body."
Xu Huaiyu frowned and wanted to say something, but he didn't dare. He could only say: "Aren't there Taoist priests from the Tianshi Mansion in the army? They may have a way."
"There are only two of them. One has gone to King Lu and the other is in King Yang's tent. These two brothers have also been upset recently and fell asleep coldly."
Just as King Qing finished speaking, Xu Huayu, who was behind him, suddenly knelt down on the ground with his fists clasped.
"Prince Qing, I have something that may be of help to me."
"What?"
"A Buddha statue." After saying that, Xu Huaiyu stood up and asked the soldiers to return to the tent, and then said: "When I was still in Qingshan County, I met an expert who gave me a Buddha statue. I burned incense and worshiped it every day, even in the army.
Intermittent, today is specially dedicated to King Qing."
Gongsun Li showed suspicion and looked over to the camp. The soldiers who had passed by had returned, holding a Buddha statue with his feet on a lotus platform. It was quite strange to carry something in both hands.
The Buddha statue was not big and could be held in both hands. Gongsun Li looked at it carefully and could not recognize what kind of Buddha statue it was. He asked Xu Duhou, who also shook his head and said that it was carved by an expert to protect his safety.
"Duhou, do you believe this person?"
"Humble letter."
Seeing Xu Huaiyu nodded solemnly, with a firm look in his eyes, Prince Qing also smiled and nodded: "Then I will accept the gift from the Duke."
After that, the two walked around the camp again, talking about their opinions on fighting against the barbarians. The dark sky was filled with the color of Qing Ming, and Gongsun Li returned to the main camp.
He held the Buddha statue in his hand and played with it for a moment, then shook his head with a smile and threw it casually to the long desk.
They probably think that the other person is just a flatterer and a random person who took an object to please him.
"It doesn't even have the name of Buddha, so what's the use?"
The sky was dark, and there were noisy voices and horses neighing in the camp. Gongsun Li took off his clothes and went to bed. The next morning, he was walking around the camp as usual, or talking to the generals about the war.
, and occasionally I would quarrel with a few brothers over grain matters.
After arriving at nightfall, he came back angrily. The wine and food brought by the guards were swept to the floor in anger, and he cursed a few words in the tent. Although they were brothers, they were not from the same mother. Each had their own differences.
Thinking, now that the throne has been taken away, can he only return to Gyeongju and continue to be an idle king?
After scolding for a while, after his anger subsided a little, he asked his guards to prepare wine and food again and come in to enjoy. In the middle of the night, he drunkenly put on his clothes and went to bed. Perhaps only in this state could he sleep peacefully.
The night is getting darker.
The bonfire in the camp illuminated the figures of the patrolling team. When a gust of wind blew, the tents rumbled slightly. The two guards on night duty smelled a faint fishy sweet smell. They wanted to turn their heads for a moment, and looked straight at the head of their swords.
He looked straight ahead and stood still.
There was a muffled sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and he slowly approached the tent.
The curtain opened on its own without any wind, as if something had walked in and left hoof prints on the ground. Looking at the figure lying on his side on the couch, which was filled with the smell of alcohol, he could vaguely see that the aura of dragon and tiger permeating his body had become extremely weak.
The invisible figure in the air approached step by step, as if smelling something, from Gongsun Li's head all the way to the soles of his feet, making him feel comfortable.
What Gongsun Li felt was a breeze blowing from the top of his head to his feet. He felt a little cold. He shrank his arms, turned over, and suddenly opened his eyes for some reason, just in time to see a faint star in the air.
Silhouette of sheep head.
They looked at each other quietly.
Then, Gongsun Li shouted "Ah--" and sat up from the bed in horror. Over there, a burly figure with a sheep's head appeared in his sight.
The monster with a goat's head and body suddenly rushed towards him and blew out a breath.
The wind had a fishy and sweet smell. Gongsun Li fell to the ground. He was blown by the wind in a hurry. His whole body became numb, his hands and feet gradually lost consciousness, and the words he wanted to shout stopped in his throat.
Only his eyes could still move, and he watched the thing in the tent walking toward him with a pair of hooves, stretching out its big black fluffy palms to grab Gongsun Li's neck——
A faint golden light lit up on the long table in the tent. The goat-headed monster subconsciously turned his head to look. The Buddha statue originally placed on the corner of the table seemed to have opened its eyes in the golden light, and there was a fearless Dharma in the tent.
Swing open in the middle.
There was a burning feeling, and the monster with a sheep's head turned and fled instinctively, setting off a gust of evil wind and rushed out of the tent. When he looked back, the golden Buddha light had overflowed from the tent and floated into the night. In the light that no one else could see, a beam of light appeared.
The Buddha statue with its feet on the lotus platform is getting bigger and bigger, and the magical instruments in its hands are also rotating.
‘Na~wu~a~mi~tuo~fo’
The Buddha's voice echoes like a bell.
Before the goat-headed monster could react, golden balls of light poured out crazily, trailing flame tails, and hit the monster one after another.
Bah bah bah——
‘What~~’
The monster's shrill scream suddenly resounded through the night sky, its body shook wildly in the golden light, and it was pushed by the golden ball and flew to the end of the night sky, like a golden meteor shower across the sky, until it dissipated.
Each time the golden ball was fired, the golden light on the Buddha statue dimmed a little. At the end, the Buddha's light converged and retracted into the body of the Buddha statue. Then it shattered on the corner of the table with a snap and fell to the ground.
Gongsun Li, who was lying on the ground, could move now. He stood up in a panic and shouted. The two guards outside heard the noise and rushed in.
"Call Na Duhou from last night immediately!"
He looked at the broken Buddha statue on the long table and shouted loudly to go down.