Most of the rivers on the grassland are seasonal rivers. When heavy rains come or the climate is humid, the grassland is full of small rivers like jade belts, which is so beautiful.
But when the weather is hot and there is no rain for a long time, many rivers on the prairie will disappear. If the drought is more severe, these rivers will disappear forever.
On the grasslands or the Gobi, it is extremely stupid to use small rivers to determine the location. A big sandstorm or a flood that is enough to change the course of the small river will disappear without a trace.
No trace.
Li Qing remembered clearly that the first time he saw the Lightning River was half a month ago. At that time, the water in the Lightning River was abundant. In order to build a bridge across the river, he spent a lot of effort, and for this
Two soldiers were lost.
God knows why the Lightning River is only knee-deep now.
He stood up blankly, holding a small leopard that was about to drown in his hand.
A crossbow arrow pierced his back fiercely. He shook twice and turned his doubtful eyes to the upper reaches of the Lightning River. Looking at the winding river, he seemed to have some understanding.
The water of the Lightning River nourished this grassland. The place where I was originally was the upper reaches of the Lightning River. It was a mountainous area with rapid water flow. The river water split the earth and surged forward. In addition, the melted snow water from the snow-capped mountains gathered in, and the water flow was natural.
huge.
However, when the Lightning River came to this flat grassland, it was divided into many streams. Each small river was called the Lightning River. The name came from because the river looked like a fork-shaped lightning.
Li Qing raised his hand and slapped himself. How could he make such a mistake? Farmers all know that as long as the fork is forked, it will be forked.
A large river is divided into dozens of small rivers, and even the largest river will turn into a gurgling stream.
The Song's armored cavalry gathered from all directions and did not harm him this time. Therefore, Li Qing, who was holding a little leopard that screamed "Aoao" in his hand, looked particularly strange.
Li Qing's lungs were in pain as if they were on fire, which forced him to bend down. After Qin Zhou's injured lungs were injured due to his strenuous activities, the injury recurred.
A horse spear came over and lifted Li Qing's chin. Ma Yuan sat on the horse and looked at him coldly and said: "If you are smart, you shouldn't be a nobody. Please give me your name!"
Li Qing spit out the blood in his mouth and said with a smile: "You have caught it, I am Li Qing, the commander of Poxi Army."
A hint of surprise flashed in Ma Yuan's eyes, and he immediately returned to his coldness. He said to his soldiers: "Tie them up and send them to the commander-in-chief for punishment."
Li Qing was tied very tightly, and the little leopard fell at his feet, whining helplessly around his calf. A soldier had already raised his spear and was about to stab the little leopard to death.
Li Qing smiled and said: "Don't kill him, take us to see Zhong'e together."
The soldier raised his head and looked at Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan waved his hand and said, "Take him away together. This man is a rare warrior in the Xixia army. We must give him the dignity he deserves."
The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, but the fire on the grassland was still burning. Unless there was nothing left to burn, the fire would continue to the end of the world.
Zhong'e was sitting in the handsome tent, with his son Zhong Jianhuai in front of him. Both Zhong'e and Zhong Jianhuai had changed their clothes. Only Zhong'e was sitting on the felt, and Zhong Jianhuai was lying on the felt.
The lights in the handsome tent were brightly lit, and two soldiers in full armor were guarding the door. I heard that with those warriors guarding the door, the ghosts of the underworld would not dare to come in and arrest Zhong Jianhuai's ghost.
At this time, Zhong E very much hoped that some impermanent ghost would come in. In this case, he could have a battle with the impermanent ghost to determine the life or death of his son.
He has three sons, the eldest son Zhong Jianhuai, the second son Zhong Jianzhong, and the third son Zhong Jianping. Among them, only Zhong Jianhuai is his biological son, and the other two sons are adopted children from his seventh brother... …
The difficulty of having heirs is a lingering problem in Zhong E's heart.
Now that Zhong Jianhuai is dead, he feels as if more than half of himself is dead. If the remaining small part were not supported by anger, he would have collapsed long ago.
Suddenly there was a burst of cheers in the camp, and Zhong E stared at the door with his blood-red eyes. Ma Yuan should have caught the murderer and would immediately send him to his military tent.
He waited for a long time but did not see Ma Yuan sending the murderer over. Just when he was about to go there in person, the supervisor He Zou opened the curtain and walked in. He sat opposite Zhong E, with only Zhong Jianhuai between them. 's corpse.
"The murderer has been caught. It turns out that this person is the famous Liao warrior Li Qing!"
Zhong E looked at He Zhen calmly and said nothing.
He Zuo licked his dry lips and said, "I watched this man kill the young general with my own eyes. I wish I could eat him alive, but..."
Seeing He Zhen stop, Zhong E asked in a hoarse voice: "But what?"
He Fu suddenly said: "Unfortunately, for the sake of the future of the army, I have already sent someone to escort Li Qing to Tokyo."
Zhong E smiled, pointed at Zhong Jianhuai's body and said to He Zhi: "Is the supervisor kidding me? Is it possible that my son still has the ability to bring the dead back to life?"
He Fu said in a deep voice: "People cannot be resurrected after death. Commander, I would like to express my condolences. The young general died in Yehu Ridge, but his death cannot be in vain.
Our Western Army has never received as much attention as the Beijing-Western Army. The main reason is that we do not have any military merits to show for it.
Over the years, the Jingxi Army has lost countless generals, which has made them increasingly arrogant. Our Western Army can only pick up some of the leftovers left by the Jingxi Army every time. It is so unfair.
Today, our army has captured the Western Xia warrior Li Qing alive. This man is invincible in the Western Regions. In the Liao Kingdom, he was beaten many times by the Liao people and abandoned his armor. He can be regarded as the number one warrior in the Xixia Kingdom.
Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, everything in the world has been renewed, and so has the favor. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the general has captured alive Li Qing, the most powerful general in Xixia. This will be the best gift to His Majesty.
With Li Qing as a gift, His Majesty will definitely be delighted. This time our army changed the direction of the attack without permission, and the DPRK and China have been impeaching him continuously. Although there is no news from Yunzheng, all of us can imagine how angry he is.
If Yun Zheng joins forces with Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi joins forces and we leave without authorization, the fate of the Western Army will not be very good.
I know that the commander-in-chief is heartbroken that his beloved son died in the battle. At this moment, I would also like to ask the commander-in-chief to express his condolences and consider the well-being of all the soldiers in the army, and not to ruin important things in a fit of anger."
Zhong E laughed miserably and said, "So this decision has been approved by the other generals in the army?"
He Zou nodded awkwardly and said, "It's not easy for the Western Army to achieve such feats!"
Zhong E said sadly: "I was sitting here just now. What I regret most is that I agreed to your request and left Hongzhou without permission to go north to deal with Wu Zangpang.
Since I and the good men of the Western Army can abandon Commander Yun's safety for the sake of merit, it does seem insignificant that I have lost so many sons."
He Zou said loudly with a blushing face: "This move is for the Western Army and for you, and it is not for He's personal gain."
Zhong E chuckled and said, "Do you know if you faced Yun Shuai today, you would end up in peace?"
He Fu said angrily: "Does he dare to kill me?"
Zhong E looked up at the roof of the tent and said leisurely: "Back then, I went to Shuzhong because of the war horse incident. Zhang Fangping, the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture, was supervising and leading Yunzheng's troops to suppress bandits. The battle was extremely fierce, but a very small thing happened during it. , the chief register of Yunzheng Army disappeared and could not be found no matter how hard he looked for it. Later, a long time later, someone found a skeleton with stones tied all over the body in a mire. They compared their heights and felt that the bones were very tall. Maybe it's from the bookkeeper..."
He Fu looked at Zhong E in shock and couldn't say a word.
Zhong E shook his head sadly and said: "Don't be afraid, I can't do this kind of thing. In fact, it's not that I can't do it, but I can't do it like Yun Zheng.
He has the ability to use a military order or a word to make all his subordinates forget how the chief officer died. His subordinates will even take the initiative to use knives to help others forget the matter.
I can't do it. This is why I am willing to lie down in front of Yun Zheng and willingly pick up some of the leftovers he ate without complaining.
What he does as a general is really too cheerful, I am not as good as him." (To be continued)