laughing soul

On the second day of May in the second year of Longming, the border of Weizhou was suddenly attacked by the Beili army at night, and tens of thousands of soldiers were lost. The frontier wall that had just been consolidated at the beginning of the year was blown to pieces. Hussar General Gao Li was seriously injured, and the gate of Weizhou City was wide open, but Deng Qi suddenly withdrew his troops back to the camp at this pass, vacating Weizhou's traumatized border defense line, and ran home flaunting his might.

Because Wang Dengtemporarily leaped down from the Eastern Pavilion and disrupted Deng Qi's formation, he bought a moment of retreat for the mighty Northwest Army marching towards the border.But after all, there are so many people, and the battlefield is very chaotic. The soldiers in the front can barely hear the screaming and retreat from both sides, and the soldiers and horses who are coming forward can't even hear the orders. rush forward.

Most of the troops lost in the artillery fire were the rear troops. Wang Deng took the lead and stood tall in the rear.When the last cannon of red blood flew from the sky, he had already heard its sound, and was about to dodge as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, but he was still scattered by the side, and chased behind the large army. Once he reached the camp, He fell to the door, and then fell into a coma.

For the first time, Wang Deng felt that the Long Live Lord was extremely unreliable. What about the promise that "there is no red blood in Beili's hands"?What about cheating ghosts?

His right arm was swept away by the small stream of gunshots formed when the bag was re-exploded, and even his tendons were numb and painful. Let alone writing, lifting a pen became a problem.Wang Deng stroked with his left hand trembling for a long time, but he could only figure out a piece of ghostly drawing talisman, so he had to shout out of the tent: "Mr. Shen! Help!"

When the long curtain was lifted, Wang Deng was about to hand out his pen, but when he looked up, he was startled: "Miss He?"

He Lingyu seemed frightened by his extreme reaction, took a small step back, frowned and said, "Mr. Shen went to discuss countermeasures with General Qi, and it will be difficult for a while...Why does General Wang not understand? I'm here to help."

During the period of time in the Northwest Army camp, He Lingyu was omniscient when it came to rebuilding artifacts and ordnance. The method of modifying the armor and grinding the arrow made this group of people who have been drinking the northwest wind with the iron armor and long sword all the year round The men stared blankly for a moment, wondering whether if those hands were handcuffed around their necks, they would immediately ascend to heaven to see the gods.

After a few months, Miss He, who was born with evil spirit, was a beauty flower who stayed in the crowd of men by accident, but she didn't attract any male animals to accost her.

There is no other reason, this group of hard-bodied men are actually afraid that if they fail to confess their confession, they will be cut off from their children and grandchildren instead.

Wang Deng is a straight person who has not been polluted by the military battalion, so he naturally has more unusual thoughts on beautiful girls, so he hurriedly gave up his seat and handed her a pen respectfully: "Please trouble Miss He, I want to send a letter to the capital. Emergency military report, injured hand, unable to write."

As He Lingyu approached, his face gradually turned red and turned into a monkey's ass. The deputy station master of the arsenal looked at him suspiciously, and took the pen: "It's easy. General Wang, is it hot in the tent?"

Wang Deng was about to die of embarrassment: "No, no, no...Miss He only needs to write down the situation of the night attack a while ago, and you can make up the specific situation. Write down the casualties clearly, and tell His Majesty Gao The general was seriously injured...well, and also, Beili used red blood, and the amount was quite a lot, remind him to check carefully, don't miss the fish that slipped through the net..."

"General Wang," He Lingyu interjected while he was hesitating and unable to speak, "I used to write a battle report when I followed His Majesty in Huadu."

The implication is: stop talking nonsense.

Wang Deng wiped his forehead, sweated like rain, bowed to He Lingyu, and slipped away like the wind.

This made He Lingyu bewildered.

As soon as Wang Deng came out, he saw Zimmer walking towards the tent head-on, stepped forward and put his shoulders on his shoulders to drag him out: "Miss He is writing the battle report, don't go in yet. What's the matter?"

Even the accompanying military doctors in the Northwest Army are all men without exception. Zimmer has spent most of his life in the Weizhou military camp, and the number of times he has seen women can be counted on the fingers. Naturally, there is no other man of his age who treats Fengyue It seems that if you can be a hooligan, you will be a hooligan.Hearing that the eldest girl was staying in Wang Deng's camp, she didn't gossip, she just nodded and gestured: "Just now I discussed with Shen Dong for a while, and we agreed that this night attack did not meet Deng Qi's ideals. As a result, he felt that it was too few to kill 8000 people, so he returned to the camp in despair. Since his intention was so obvious, those red blood should be the emergency supplies that he found with great difficulty. We guess, at the moment he has There is no more red blood."

Wang Deng: "It's the same as returning to Tiancheng last time? They want to reduce the strength of the Northwest Army as much as possible this time. If they reach their ideal number, they will invade with troops; if they fail to reach it, they will run away?"

Zimmer nodded: "That's the case. Shen Dong also said that the soldiers and horses in Deng Qi's hands were far less scary than they looked tonight, and the backs were full of idiots. When you jumped from the high pavilion, he took advantage of the chaos to observe carefully. The enemy's formation has many loopholes, the main reason is that the rear retreat is too slow, it's all the problems of those old men and aunts."

"Well, if that's the case, don't wait, take the first opportunity to attack these barbarians first."

Zimmer shook his head: "Don't rush forward, ask His Majesty first. By the way, there is one more thing."

The two walked to Zimmer's tent, and Shen Dong was already waiting inside. The three of them bowed to each other. When Wang Deng looked up, he saw Zimmer gesturing: "Shen Dong will tell you."

Shen Dong bowed to the two of them again, and led Wang Deng to the sand table set up in the center of the camp to draw a sketch: "Please look, general, General Qi led [-] soldiers from the Northwest Army to chase after the opponent's cannon yesterday. Qi led the gang of mobs to rush forward, but they were also very cunning. They kept scattered on the way, and even exchanged Deng Qi's helmet with others during the process. The whole army was like a mess. Although they could not catch up with Deng Qi , but discovered such an authentic way.”

He drew a small circle on the sand table with a small wooden stick. The area of ​​Beili is quite vast, and there is a headstrong leader with cerebral palsy. Between the vast yellow sand, there is only a garrison checkpoint at the border. The central area is either lax or not at all. Defenseless.This circle almost reached the hinterland of Beili, but it was precisely the position where Deng Qi was least fortified.

Wang Deng didn't take it seriously and said, "It's just a mouse hole, these idiots only have this ability."

Seeing that he didn't take it seriously, Shen Dong deliberately coughed heavily twice.

Wang Deng immediately surrendered: "Okay, okay, you say."

"It's okay if they dig and play inside Beili by themselves, but Miss He went with us at that time. She is an expert, so she will know if there is any." Shen Dong took a small stick and swiped south, "This The secret road winds for hundreds of miles, zigzagging towards the south, and according to Miss He's guess, the end point is either in Huadu or near the capital."

Wang Deng: "My God! What a rat hole!"

Shen Dong glanced at him with the eyes of caring for a disabled child: "Even if it's not a mouse hole, you can't get in. After Deng Qi's followers fled in a hurry, this person seems to have realized that this secret passage is in danger of being exposed, so he went to see him for a while. A lot of people have been sent to guard it strictly. If you are not prepared for war right now, it is best to stay away from it. General Wang, you should inform His Majesty first and let the court make a decision."

Wang Deng tilted his head to look at Zimmer, and realized that because Shen Dong didn't gesture at all when he spoke, this guy seemed to be confused and ignorant. Seeing him looking at him, he even gave him a questioning look.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose, thought for a moment and agreed, then turned around and walked towards the tent.

This tunnel starts from Weizhou to the south, and the other starts from the capital to Huadu. If you think about the bad situation, you don't even know how much of the land under the feet of the people in the Central Plains has been hollowed out. The people who came in and out were barbarians and eyeliners. From a certain perspective, it seemed that Beili had already invaded the capital.

This feeling really couldn't be more disturbing, Qiu Sheng sat in the small bamboo house drinking, while watching Liancheng meticulously draw a map of secret roads in front of his eyes, and seeing those underground passages extending in all directions like the commercial roads on the ground, his head suddenly jumped A burst of numbness: "There are so many tunnels, at least how many years will it take to dig?"

Liancheng just drew a corner. Hearing this, the tip of the pen paused, and after thinking about it, he deflected half a circle: "I'm not a professional, and I don't know the exact time. It's just based on what was recorded by Da Yue in the Northwest Army's secret digging road before." According to the data, let’s say at least five or sixty years, if the designer’s conception and the obstacles of special dense soil and gravel blocks are added to this, the number will be much more.”

"It's been a long time since the internal and external cooperation has been planned..." Qiu Sheng raised her head and took a sip of bamboo leaf green, smacking her lips to savor the aroma of the wine, "Could they just be waiting for me to ascend the throne and march from the north to the south at the same time? It was premeditated? Think I'm easy to bully?"

"I'm afraid that's the case at the moment." Regardless of Long Live Lord's self-pitying muttering in a low voice, Liancheng told the truth honestly, "Even if everything is ready, I only owe you to ascend the throne. The tens of thousands of North and South armies are all staring at you eagerly." , what a bright face... This secret road leads to Huadu, but we all suspect that Huadu is not the end of this secret road."

Qiu Sheng: "Aren't flowers the end?"

"It's just the end of this secret road. What I mean is that there should be a secret road in Huadu." Lian Cheng raised his head and said seriously, "Huadu is too strict, and Beili will not commit crimes against the wind no matter how courageous he is. Setting up an important checkpoint in Huadu is at most a handover point, and another secret road, if nothing else, probably leads to Tiancheng or Weizhou, so that it is convenient for their own people to take care of them."

As he was talking, he lowered his head again to draw pictures, but after a long time, he didn't get a single word from Qiu Sheng to express his response. Looking at the candlelight.

He moved the lamp: "Zizhan?"

"Well," to his surprise, Qiu Sheng was really thinking about the problem instead of facing the Great God on the lamp, "Chen Liang, you are such a talent, wait until I abolish Jin Yiwei and transfer you to Dali Temple. It’s a waste of money here.”

Liancheng didn't have time to answer, so he turned his head and asked, "I forgot to ask you, can the people in Jinyiwei use that method to be effective?"

The last time Wu Gu Village sent a reply letter, the village owner claimed that the Wujin Gu could not be dispelled once or twice, and also evaded that he was too busy with important affairs to leave for the capital. There are so many strange herbs and plants that I can't count them on two hands.Although Qiu Sheng is full of doubts about this village owner who sees profit and forgets righteousness, he can only die as a living horse doctor right now, and assigns this matter to the honest Liu An, ordering him to boil the whole Jinyiwei Town Fufu every morning and evening. A serving of medicinal soup, and no extra money for the old man.

Honest people like to bully these days, whether you are a prince, general or a farmer in the market.

Liancheng: "The medicine tastes bitter, but it really has a miraculous effect. This medicine not only greatly delays the time of the poison, but also effectively reduces the pain. The dark room you saw last time when you went to the Zhen Fusi has been abandoned again."

"That person will come to the capital in a short time, and let him deal with it all at that time." Qiu Sheng poured him a glass of wine and pushed him over. When Jin returns home, you don't have to think too much. You are waiting to take over the job of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Help me with the work now, and you will take care of me when I wander around the world with my wife. This kid follows his father. He is very stubborn. You have to find someone to watch over him."

"Young Minister of Dali Temple? Is there a vacancy now?"

Qiu Sheng raised his eyelids and said with a smile, "There is only one seat left, and it's me."

Liancheng still had half a sip of wine in his mouth, and he almost didn't spit it out. He made a dumbfounding face and dedicated it to the dedicated Long Live Lord who has multiple jobs.

Qiu Sheng returned it with squinted eyes and distorted face very much.

When the two naive ghosts were attacking each other with powerful grimaces, Li Ci's voice outside was very ignorant: "Your Majesty, there is a girl named He who holds a token of Huadu's army and claims to be a military weapon. The deputy station master of the library station, came to hand over the Northwest Army battle report."

Qiu Sheng frowned, Northwest Army battle report?

In recent months, the Weizhou border has often been unstable. Deng Qi led a group of relatives and friends composed of uncles and aunts to fight and run. They are confident that they are more familiar with the vast desert terrain than the Northwest Army. The small army of one dragon and one pig still exerted a lot of psychological pressure on Gao Li and others.

In the past, Gao Li basically just played around with such small situations, and never reported to Qiu Sheng, lest the young and energetic Lord Long Live would get angry along with him, and he would finish the cooking by himself with his head covered.Why this time?

Deng Qi has been a counselor for several months, and finally started to be serious?

Qiu Sheng waved his hand: "Please come in Miss He."

He Lingyu's figure flashed at the door and then moved forward. Qiu Sheng saw the color of the military newspaper in her hand, and her forehead exploded.

There are three colors of Dai Viet military newspaper bandages: white, black, and red. White is for the ordinary army to report the wear and tear of ordnance, and ask for military pay from the court. The commander or the emperor will put it aside after reading it. You can't miss anything by looking at it; black represents the funeral of a general with a rank of major general or above in the army, and most of them carry bad news such as defeat; However, he used the red strap by mistake. Regardless of whether he wins or loses, the frontline leader will be punished when he returns.

A major event happened in Weizhou in the north.

Qiu Sheng supported He Lingyu who was saluting with one hand, and untied the bandage with the other hand: "You have been staying in the Northwest Army camp?"

He Lingyu stood up with his strength, and bowed to Liancheng Shi Shiran on one side: "Go back to the station master, and my subordinates escorted the light armor to the Weizhou camp according to the order. General Gao told me that the Northwest Army There are a lot of ordnance equipment that need to be repaired and adjusted urgently. If you keep these wastes, you will run back to Huadu, and I will be the one who will be busy making ordnance in the future, so I will stay in Weizhou."

Qiu Sheng lit up the letter and said, "Weizhou has always been unstable. If you don't think about it, it will be over once and for all. An Sheng stays in Huadu and works hard."

His eyes fell on the rice paper and moved slowly, his expression gradually became dignified.

This Qiu Sheng was reading the military newspaper with a face full of kidney deficiency. He Lingyu had nothing to do, so he turned his eyes to the layer of light armor outside Liancheng Feiyu's suit.She squinted her eyes for a while from a few steps away, hooked her fingers in the small cloth bag she carried, and held a delicate machete in her hand: "My lord, offend me."

This big ice cube that was still cold when he just entered the door rushed over with a knife. Liancheng's skill was good, but he couldn't resist He Lingyu's more delicate and flexible footwork. No, the shoulder armor was stripped off.

He was shocked in his heart, but on the surface he was still as calm as before: "He Zhanzhu is this?"

He Lingyu calmly raised his eyebrows and glanced at him: "Your armor is very old, and the left and right shoulders are extremely worn out. If you don't repair and intervene, you may last for two months." But it's going to fall apart."

This pair of armor was given to Qiu Sheng when he came to the capital and met his old friend who was working in Jinyiwei. He was overjoyed for a while and gave it to him. It must be given as a heavy gift.

It was as if honey had been smeared on this man's mouth as he ran the train, and he often added names such as brotherhood and fighting together on the battlefield.

Being deceived, Liancheng looked angrily at the foolish king who was full of nonsense, and unexpectedly saw that the other side's complexion was worse than his own.

"What's the matter with the Northwest Army?"

Qiu Sheng smiled sadly: "The one surnamed Deng is looking for his mother's death." The general handed the report to Liancheng, and turned to He Lingyu: "How is Gao Li's injury? Is the doctor's treatment okay? "

"The station master knows the power of the red blood, so the subordinates will stop talking nonsense. General Gao's condition is quite stable now. The military doctor said that he will wake up in two days."

"The military doctors of the Northwest Army are still capable. I won't send new recruits to make trouble for them. You will take good care of them for me and bring some good medicine from the Royal Hospital for the military doctors to use." Qiu Sheng frowned, " What happened to Wang Deng?"

He Lingyu was taken aback for a moment, there was not a single word of Wang Deng mentioned in the military newspaper.

"Who wrote the Northwest Army Daily, I still know a little bit. This is not his handwriting." Qiu Sheng raised the corner of her eyes and asked with a smile, "Your handwriting?"

"General Wang injured his right arm and couldn't write, so I wrote it for him."

Qiu Sheng: "Both chief generals have died, each of them is still seriously injured, and Zimmer can't lead the army alone..." He pinched his chin and rubbed it twice, picked up a pen and laid paper, and decided to face Jiang Chen's leader. A group of old ministers beheaded first and then played: "I'll run for a while."

Liancheng was shocked: "You want to travel long distances to Weizhou? Who has the final say in this court? What if those old men keep arguing and want to go to the house to expose the tiles?"

He Lingyu also dissuaded him: "Master, Weizhou is a long way away. It will take a long time to go there, but the situation in the northern war is changing rapidly. If the master goes and finds out that General Gao has led an army to defend Weizhou, Master Wouldn’t it be a waste of time to make a trip? Not only has it delayed many affairs, big and small, in the court, but also it’s a lot of work, it’s really not worth the candle.”

After speaking, they were both shocked. Qiu Sheng, who was as stubborn as a donkey, actually listened to their suggestions completely?

It wasn't until a malicious smile appeared on his face that they realized that the nature of this headstrong bastard had not changed.

Qiu Sheng squinted at them with his arms on his pillow, and smiled in a tone similar to showing off: "Traveling is not a problem, my wife left me a horse that travels thousands of miles a day, and I can reach Dawei in a day or two." state."

He Lingyu and Liancheng: "..."

The big-tailed wolf saw that the two of them showed a wonderful expression that was quite pleasing to the eye, eating flies and stepping on shit. I have to go to southern Xinjiang, you all cover your mouth tightly, and don't talk about it in front of those old ghosts."

He Lingyu was puzzled: "Why did the station owner go to southern Xinjiang?"

She didn't understand, but Liancheng knew it well. He tilted his head slightly to look at Qiu Sheng, and seeing this person smiled: "Save people...should teach this group of people who only know how to play with bugs all day long, what else is there in their hearts?" No sense of teamwork.”