On the general stage, Yang Guang waved his hand, and the cheers suddenly stopped. Looking around again, he said loudly: "I am here today to see who are the warriors who have been stationed here for us in the Sui Dynasty for more than a year.
What does it look like? I am here today to take a look at the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers on both sides of the Liao River. I am here, I have seen it, and I am not disappointed!" After that, he pointed to the east and shouted loudly: "Brothers, can any of you tell me?
, where is that place over there?”
"Liaodong!" everyone answered in unison.
"Across the river, can you bring that territory over for me?" Yang Guang smiled softly and asked again.
"Fight, fight, fight!" the soldiers raised their arms and shouted, their voices echoing across the field.
The air is filled with the strong smell of herbs, with a hint of sweetness mixed with the coldness. This is the fragrance of borneol and mint mixed together. Li Xu likes this medicinal fragrance very much. When he was in his hometown in Yixian County, whenever he caught a cold, his mother would
He asked the doctor in the county to buy some herbs and put them in a black clay pot that could not be seen for how many years it had been used. At the same time, Aunt Zhong would stew a pot of chicken soup on the stove and wait for him to finish drinking the herbs.
It was used to increase the potency of the medicine. In the end, I don’t know whether it was the chicken soup or the effectiveness of the herbs, but he always got better and went to school as energetic as before he fell ill.
Li Xu turned over on the bed, not wanting to move. After applying medicine, the burns on his hands and feet were no longer felt, and the few blisters on the edge of his ears did not prevent him from seeing people. He just missed this
The warmth in the room was just that he didn't want to go out and accept those envious or admiring looks. Compared with the illusory hero with both wisdom and courage the night before yesterday, he preferred the sunny boy from his hometown of Yi County.
"When you wake up, get up and take a spin. The brothers are all waiting to give you a drink to celebrate!" Liu Hongji poked his big head from the bed and said angrily. His nostrils were a little blocked, obviously from the fierce battle the night before.
A little bit of wind and cold. But compared to the temptation of wine, this bit of wind and cold is really insignificant.
"Ah -" Li Xu stretched out his body and reached out to hold the edge of the bed. Through a thick layer of linen, his hand covered with oil was immediately painful. He grinned and struggled.
He sat up straight and saw Liu Hongji standing beside his bed with a smile. Next to him, there was a beautiful girl with a faint smile.
"Second, Second Miss, why are you here!" Li Xu was startled and quickly stretched out his feet to find his boots. He didn't have the courage to be honest with his wife, so it was too degrading to stretch and yawn in front of Tang Gong's daughter.
"My father went to the military camp to comfort the soldiers, so I followed him secretly." Li Waner stuck out her tongue and made a funny face. The dignified atmosphere she usually maintained on purpose suddenly disappeared and was replaced by the image of a naughty little girl.
Li Xu was stunned, and then he noticed that the other party was wearing a military uniform and had a pair of ridiculously large boots on her feet. Obviously, she had sneaked in disguised as a soldier.
"You'd better not run around. There's been a lot of chaos outside recently!" Li Xu thought for a while and whispered. There was something lingering in his heart, but he didn't know whether he should tell Li Yuan. He was leading the team that night.
When fighting the fire, a soldier once tried to prevent the Tiger Wing Brigade from approaching Tang Gong's mansion. If he hadn't listened to Li Liang's suggestion and rushed over, it would have been difficult for Tang Gong's family to escape the murderous attackers.
"I'm not afraid, you will protect me anyway! There are rumors outside that you killed more than twenty men in black in one battle, defeated two thousand enemies with fifty cavalry, and killed the Koreans to death!" Li Waner said
He replied with a smile, his eyes roaming up and down Li Xu's body, as if he was wondering how the silly boy in front of him seemed to have the ability to compete with ten.
"That's what they said!" Li Xu felt a little embarrassed by her and took advantage of the opportunity to put on his boots and lowered his head. The night before yesterday, he killed at most five men in black, but someone exaggerated it to twenty.
The total number of men in black besieging Li Yuan's residence would not exceed three hundred, and it was impossible to reach two thousand. Otherwise, the only ones who would be defeated would be the Tiger Wing Brigade. But it was useless for him to say these words. He had just experienced a battle.
During the attack, Huaiyuan Town needed to introduce a great hero to calm people's hearts. And he, who had made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, was the right choice among them.
"I don't care if you spread lies or not, you have to protect me anyway!" Li Waner looked at Li Xu with smiling eyes and emphasized loudly. After saying that, she squatted down uneasily and looked up to stare into Li Xu's eyes.
Asked: "Brother Zhongjian, you will protect me, right?"
Li Xu's body trembled slightly, and in an instant, he felt something stabbed his heart. It was painful, dull, and indescribably sad. There once was a girl who treated each other so tenderly, but now
When she needed protection the most, she had to choose to leave. This pain did not need to be recalled, as long as it was touched slightly, it would spread throughout the body in an instant.
"Brother Zhongjian, you will protect me, right?" Li Waner didn't know what was going on and was still asking persistently.
"Yes, yes, all of us will protect Miss Er!" Liu Hongji saw that Li Xu's neck was already red from being questioned, and he smiled and stepped forward to save his brother from trouble.
"Who needs all of you? I'm not a soldier!" Li Waner gave Liu Hongji an ungrateful look, stood up, and Shi Shiran walked out. The moment he opened the door, the cold wind blew in thousands of rays of sunshine.
"You little girl, you are becoming more and more uneducated!" Liu Hongji pretended to be angry and cursed like a big brother. Looking at Li Waner's back walking away, he turned his head and urged with a smile: "Have you finished wearing it? Don't worry.
After a while, Ziying set up a drink in the city, waiting to thank you for your life-saving grace!"
"Life-saving grace?" Li Xu asked confusedly. He couldn't remember when he had fought side by side with Qin Ziying, let alone saved the other party's life.
"It was your cavalry who rescued him, so the credit goes to your brigade leader!" Liu Hongji patted Li Xu on the shoulder and explained in a low voice.
It turned out that after repelling the first wave of attacks on the grain depot by the men in black, Qin Ziying suddenly remembered the woman he had placed in the city, so he said hello to Liu Hongji and rushed out of the camp at all costs. As a result, in the rental
When he came to the courtyard, he met several men in black and was chopped to pieces. Fortunately, Li Liang arrived in time with fifty cavalry and was able to save his life from the men in black.
"Have our brothers suffered much loss?" After listening to Liu Hongji's words, Li Xu asked with a wry smile. Since repelling the man in black the night before yesterday, inexplicable achievements have hit his head one after another. Since he has been hit so hard
He was so dizzy that he didn't care about adding one or two more items.
"You were right that day. The arsonist wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain. After you left, five waves of people tried to attack the grain depot, but the brothers fought hard to kill them back. We died in the battle for more than forty people and injured more than a hundred people.
The other party also left more than thirty corpses behind." Liu Hongji thought for a while and concluded in a low voice. "The brothers you led were well trained. They only killed seven in battle, but overthrew more than sixty of the enemy. We
When the food protection army was suddenly attacked, they wiped out more than a hundred enemies in total, which can be considered a great victory."
"I met a soldier on the road. I don't know whose subordinate he is!" Li Xu looked around and asked Liu Hongji in a low voice.
"I heard that a soldier named Wang under Lord Yuwenshu died in battle, and his body was found outside the city." Liu Hongji looked around alertly and answered the question. "Last night, the Goguryeo people robbed food and assassinated Duke Tang, which has caused a stir.
We have received public outrage. Zuo Tunwei General Xin Shixiong, Zuo Wuwei General Mai Tiezhang and Zuo Yiwei General Yu Wenshu have all sent troops to help. Xuzi, we have survived this winter!"
His voice was very low, but he made it clear that the word "Goguryeo" was spoken. Li Xu knew that no matter whether the men in black who besieged Li Yuan's mansion and those who attacked the granary were the same group, this confused account would have to be settled.
On the head of Goguryeo. After following Liu Hongji for such a long time, he had gradually gained some understanding of the human accident. He smiled and cursed in a low voice: "Damn Goguryeo people, they actually got so many spies into the city!
"
"Yeah, damn Goguryeo people!" Liu Hongji scolded and shook his head, his words full of disdain for the enemy's insidious behavior.
Huaiyuan Town originally had a small native population, but after being so disturbed by the Goguryeo people, the market immediately became more and more depressed. It was almost the Chinese New Year, but there were no small businessmen selling window stickers and pop-up lanterns. The empty streets were lined with only
Several burned-to-black houses shivered in the cold wind. Whenever the wind was strong, the broken walls would make a whining sound, expressing their protest against the arsonists in their own unique way.
The private house that Qin Ziying secretly purchased is located in the center of the city. Compared with the desolate surroundings, the place can be considered busy with traffic. Wang Yuantong, Qi Poning, Samurai Xun, Zhang Deyu, as well as Yang Fang, Li Ji, Zhou Wenyuan,
All the brothers who can usually talk to each other are here. Everyone has experienced a turmoil, and they all have a feeling of survival. They are closer to each other, and they speak more unscrupulously.
"I didn't expect Brother Ziying to have brave times. He picked off seven or eight strong men with a horizontal sword. Zhao Zilong on Changban Slope was just like that!" Wang Yuantong laughed loudly after drinking for three rounds.
"The person Zhao Zilong is holding is Adou, but he is not as energetic as our General Qin!" Captain Li Liang joked with a smile, "When we came, tsk tsk, you didn't see it. The two of them were leaning on each other and made up their mind to live together.
Dead together!"
Qin Ziying's face turned red because of the laughter of his companions, so he had to persuade him to drink. But everyone refused to appreciate it and coaxed together: "Since my brothers and sisters are not even afraid of the Goguryeo people, they are afraid of what we brothers will do. Why don't we come out and see each other so that we can evaluate them?"
All of a sudden, the eyes look like babies!"
"Brothers, brothers, Lan'er, she, she, she is afraid..." Qin Ziying was not usually very articulate, but after being coaxed by everyone, her speech became even less clear. She stammered, and blood rushed to the root of her neck.
"If you don't care about the scimitar in front of you, how can you be afraid during the banquet?" Wang Yuantong wrote a poem that was not as good as the horse's mouth, and said with a smile.
Hearing this, everyone became more and more noisy. Qin Ziying was so troubled by the crowd that he had no choice but to go to the back hall to ask his fiancée for advice. The granddaughter of General He Ruobi was also generous and tidied up a little, then walked out with a bottle of wine.
He bowed his sleeves and bowed, and expressed his gratitude to all the uncles for their care for Ziying. (Note 1)
The wine was poured into the cups, and the uncles and uncles who had just made a scene more cheerful than the other blushed. They all laughed and drank the wine, and blessed Qin Ziying and his wife incoherently.
"You are the brothers of Ziying, and together we are the brothers of my concubine. We meet each other in a hurry, and there is no respect. You should use the sound of the piano to help the wine to express your feelings!" Miss He Ruo's family gathered her skirts, saluted again, and walked in casually.
Behind the screen, with a wave of his hand, the room was filled with the sounds of fighting and iron horses.
Although most of them were born into wealthy families, they had been practicing in the military camp for more than half a year, and Xun Yi had developed a bit of pride. After hearing the sonorous and powerful sound of the piano, everyone's blood boiled. Unconsciously, they regarded the food and wine on the table as their enemies, and gulped down the food and wine on the table.
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"Ziying has good eyesight!" Liu Hongji patted the table and praised him.
"Miss He Ruo is a strange woman!" Li Xu echoed in a low voice. This is the third woman he has seen at close range. Compared with Tao Kuo's innocence and Ayun's gentleness, Miss He is more distinguished.
Thoughtful. Although he knew that this woman had fallen into the world of romance, he could not feel any contempt in his heart. Instead, he was full of envy for Qin Ziying.
Liu Hongji was not the only one who had the same thoughts as Li Xu. Wang Yuantong, Qi Poning and others also felt admiration. They all raised their cups and blessed their friends with a smile again.
"Ziying, I wish you a long life together." Wang Yuantong said with a big tongue. As soon as he put down the cup, he immediately added in a low voice, "If I see such a strange woman again next time, I will tell my brother. You know, the one in my family
,Compared to you..."
"Brother Wang, forget it. Do you know what is a good thing?" Qi Poning teased with a smile.
"I couldn't get what I asked for, so I couldn't sleep!" Wang Yuantong was so drunk that he poured out all his crooked poems. Everyone laughed and toasted to the host again. Qin Ziying also had a bit of drunkenness on his face, and he held up his cup and drank with everyone one by one.
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After getting a wife like this, it was not in vain for him to pick up the sword and fight with others, Tao Taoran, he thought as if he was in the clouds.
"It would be great if there was no war!" Li Xu listened to the clanging sound of the piano, but what he thought in his heart was completely inconsistent with the artistic conception of the sound. Unknowingly, he found that he yearned for Qin Ziying's life. There is a person who knows how to appreciate it.
Your woman has someone who is worthy of you drawing a knife for her. Isn’t this kind of life more free and comfortable than fighting with an iron horse?
Staring with confused drunken eyes, he saw Qin Ziying's happy figure swaying in front of the wine tables.
"Has Ziying been able to forgive his parents?" Zhou Wenyuan asked in a low voice as he raised his glass to drink with his master. He was born in the Zhou family in Longyou, and he was a close neighbor of Qin Ziying, so he had no scruples in asking.
"Write, I wrote a letter. I haven't heard back yet. After the battle, I will take her home to get married." Qin Ziying, who was in happiness, replied incoherently.
"Oh!" Zhou Wenyuan didn't say much and drank up the rice wine in his glass silently. Li Xu inadvertently turned his head and saw a bit of worry in his eyes.
Behind the screen, the sound of the piano became more urgent, with big and small strings like a violent storm. (To be continued)
