a pillow in autumn

A wind blew up in the forest, and the strong smell of blood filled the air. The sharp teeth of the mace magnified in front of Zhou Mubai's eyes with the cold air, and she felt that her breath was about to freeze.Finally, a long sword at her side slashed straight at her side, barely parrying the mace, the other hand grabbed the reins on her horse's head and dodged aside, the mace slammed down from her side, purple The stallion had moved away two steps, Zhou Mubai only felt a breath pass through his chest, as if he was escaping from death.

Everything is just between lightning and flint.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" a voice called her.

Zhou Mubai took a breath, and concentrated on seeing not far ahead, Shen Lan was fighting with Fei Lianmiao with his long sword upright, and it was Shen Yan who was pulling her rein and calling her.

It was too late to ask them why they were here, several deputy commanders of the Tu clan had led the Tu soldiers to kill the general, and wanted to rescue the general, Shen Yan stared at Shen Lan, but did not step forward to help, only guarding around Mubai.Seeing that Zhou Mubai was safe, Wei Jinpeng was relieved, and rushed into the battle circle with a Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand.

This battle was fought until the day was getting thinner. The Rui army had 3000 iron cavalry, with more than [-] casualties, beheaded [-] Tu tribe vanguards and captured more than [-] horses.Big win.

The army returned to the camp, cheers were everywhere, Zhou Mubai ordered to reward the three armies, the bonfire outside the big tent sang happily, the aroma of barbecue and fine wine filled the outskirts of the county forest, and the dinner party after the bloody battle was always very happy.Zhou Mubai sat in a circle of soldiers, and together with the soldiers, he drank three bottles from a large wine bottle, while two burly soldiers on the other side held a small wine jar to fight for wine, laughing and bursting.

The moonlight was light, Zhou Mubai had finished grooming, he was still dressed in riding attire, with narrow sleeves and a collar, a wide belt of moon-white auspicious clouds hung around his waist, and a hollow carved golden crown tied his hair. Wanton free and easy.

Inside the middle camp, the candles were as bright as day, Shen Youtang and several staff members bowed deeply to Zhou Mubai, congratulating the Red Wing Army on its victory.Zhou Mubai raised his hand, said that it was the credit of all the soldiers, then looked at Shen Yan and Shen Lan and said with a smile: "When did you arrive, luckily you saved the lonely king's life in time."

"Returning to Your Highness, we entered the camp in the afternoon today. Brother Youtang... um... the deputy Dianjun said that you led troops to Suihe to fight against the pioneer army of the Tu tribe. We two brothers thought, this Waiting for good things, how can we not have my brother? After asking the direction, he hurriedly took people to Suihe, the deputy Dianjun knew that we were going to the battlefield, and asked us to protect His Highness, and let us go straight to Lin You can definitely meet His Highness at the col between the mountains." Shen Yan replied respectfully.

"But when we arrived at the col, you guys were already fighting, and the smoke was everywhere. Didn't our brothers see your big flag unfurling, so we rushed over and met that guy's mace." Shen Lan He answered with a grin.

"So that's how it is." Zhou Mubai nodded and said, "Did you come from Hezhou? Or from the capital?"

"We went back to the capital first to recover our lives, and then we ordered dozens of servants at home, and then we rushed here." Shen Lan squeezed her eyes and said: "Before going out, Princess Rui specially asked Miss Siyuan to give it to us. A letter, and give us a hundred gold as the road money, I said the road money is unnecessary, this letter, I can also ask my cousin-in-law to exchange for a jar of fine wine."

"Hahaha!" Knowing Zhou Mubai's willfulness, everyone clapped their hands and laughed.

Zhou Mubai also smiled and said, "Since that's the case, what about trust?"

Shen Lan took out a handwritten letter from her luggage and presented it to Mubai, who then heard Mubai say: "There is good wine in the city, and a cup of it can relieve thousands of worries. Do you know where this cup of solution is hidden?"

Before she finished speaking, Shen Lan's eyes lit up: "Please inform Your Highness."

Zhou Mubai persisted in the letter and smiled brightly: "When it's the holiday, I will ask you all to go to the Chenxiang Tower to find out."

Several people were still talking, Shen Yan suddenly stared outside the tent, and Shen Lan immediately said: "Someone is here!"

Before everyone understood why, they heard the guards outside report: "Your Highness, General Wei and all the lieutenants are asking to see you."

Zhou Mubai glanced intently at the Shen family brothers before raising his voice, "Please."

Tonight, it was already promised to reward the three armies, and tens of thousands of soldiers were still drinking and eating meat in large bowls outside the tent. Zhou Mubai thought that Wei Jinpeng brought all the generals here to celebrate the victory, or to collect the merits and demerits of this battle, who knows Following him in was Qiu Shude with his head bowed and his face full of shame.

A group of soldiers entered the middle camp and stood on both sides of Zhou Mubai. Qiu Shude was still wearing the blood-stained armor from today's battle. A few laps of blood-stained white gauze.

Wei Jinpeng cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, in this battle, Qiu Shude was responsible for protecting the commander in chief, but during the battle, he left His Highness without permission, causing His Highness to be in danger. If the two adults from Prince Rui's Palace hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would be unforeseen. Today Qiu Shude pleads guilty and implores Your Highness to punish him."

The two ranks of soldiers knelt down on one knee, nodded slightly and said, "Your Highness, please punish me."

Zhou Mubai looked at Deputy General Qiu who was kneeling on the ground, raised his eyebrows and asked Xu Youci: "Has the result of today's battle come out?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the total number of casualties and the number of generals who killed the enemy have been counted. The number of soldiers killed will need to be checked tomorrow." Xu Youci took over the post of Bo Wenshu during the battle.

Zhou Mubai nodded and said, "Who was the first to behead the Tu clan vanguard Nuo Huqi at the bank of the Sui River?"

"It's Li Youmu's lieutenant Qiu Shude."

"When I pretended to retreat, there was a cold arrow shot from behind me. Who was it that helped me block the sword regardless of my own safety?"

"It's Li Youmu's Deputy Lieutenant Qiu Shude!" Xu Youci had already understood what Zhou Mubai meant, and said loudly: "In addition, Qiu Shude also beheaded five enemy soldiers and three archers!"

"it is good!"

Zhou Mubai glanced at Wei Jinpeng, and then said coldly to all the soldiers: "Deputy Qiu has made merits and demerits in this battle, and merits and demerits cannot be offset. Today, you will be punished with thirty army sticks. If you punish him for his demerits, you will be rewarded again." Some gold and silk will be rewarded for his merits. All the soldiers, and all the soldiers who are fighting today, will be rewarded according to the results of the battle!"

All the soldiers cupped their hands and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Deputy Qiu kowtowed alone, and two guards outside the tent came in and took him out.

There were bonfires everywhere outside the camp, all the generals retreated to the door, Zhou Mubai suddenly said: "General Wei, please stay."

Several staff members knew that she had something to say to Wei Jinpeng alone, so they resigned from the middle camp one after another.

"General Wei, I have never dealt with military affairs before, how can I make such a sentence today?" Zhou Mubai asked humbly.

Wei Jinpeng looked at the young prince who was a virtuous corporal in front of him, his eyes were full of sincerity.So he also said sincerely: "Your Highness handled it very well, impartial, rewards and punishments are clear."

"Really?" A smile appeared on the young man's brow.

"It's true." Wei Jinpeng also smiled frankly.

"That's good."

Outside the middle camp, Shen Yan and Shen Lan strolled past several tents, talking to each other from time to time, seeing the moonlight in the sky.It was the first time for them to experience a battle, and both of them were a little excited. Shen Lan stretched out his hand as a sword, compared a move, and asked his brother if he used the sword move well when he was fighting with the generals of the Natu tribe today.

Shen Yan said, the sword moves are very good, but you don't have to memorize the sword moves when facing the enemy, the master once said that you can achieve great success if you have nothing outside your heart.He made a gesture as he spoke.

The camps of the Red Wing Army were arranged in four directions, and the two of them just walked casually, talking happily, when suddenly a small soldier ran over from the side, as if he came here specially to find them.The little soldier came to the front, took a breath and said: "My lords, a servant from your house wants to leave the camp late at night, but was stopped by the guards, and now he is waiting at the camp gate, do you want to go and have a look?"

Shen Yan and Shen Lan glanced at each other, then ran out together.

There is a solid fence outside the wall of the big camp, several soldiers guard a thin young man, because this young man came with the Shen family's followers, they didn't have any guns or spears to treat him.

Shen Yan looked from afar and recognized that it was the little brother they met when they left Beijing.On the day of leaving Beijing, there was a sudden heavy rain, and the Shen family and his party had to take shelter in teahouses.A passer-by ran quickly and knocked over a white-haired old woman. Shen Lan saw it and ran out of the teahouse immediately. The passer-by had already turned into the corner of the alley and disappeared.Shen Lan turned her head to look at the old woman again, only to see a young man dressed in fine clothes but regardless of the rain and mud, he reached out to help the old woman to the tea shop, and took out money to buy hot tea.

Afterwards we chatted, the young man claimed to be surnamed Di, surnamed Qingquan, he was sixteen years old, and determined to travel all over the world.Hearing that they were going to the western frontier, they wanted to go with them.

Shen Yan originally thought that they met by chance, and the Shen family was going to the battlefield again, so it would be inconvenient to bring a person of unknown origin.

Di Qingquan didn't force it, and said goodbye when the rain stopped.

Unexpectedly, at night, the Shen family met this little brother again at the inn, Shen Lan laughed and said, since it is destined, how about we go together?

Shen Yan couldn't say anymore.Di Qingquan smiled and came all the way.

Fortunately, this journey was peaceful, and Shen Yan and Shen Lan gradually got used to him.When they arrived in Deji County, they met Zhou Mu's white-collar soldiers in the battle of Suihe. The two brothers were eager to help in the battle, so they completely forgot about him.

At this time, Shen Lan had already rushed to the front of the camp, and when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward and said in surprise: "Brother Di, it's so late, where are you going?"

Di Qingqian said: "I was going to travel around, but today I can see the mighty division of the Red Wing Army, my wish is fulfilled, I have to go elsewhere."

Shen Lan said: "It's getting late at this time. After nightfall, the military camp is not allowed to go out privately. If you really want to leave, how about waiting until dawn?"

Di Qingquan lowered his head and said for a while, "I've made my wish, and I'm going elsewhere."

Shen Lan froze for a moment, only felt that his tone was sad, as if he had encountered something difficult to deal with.Still waiting for further persuasion, he listened to the soldiers salute and said, "Deputy Dianjun!"

Shen Yan and Shen Lan looked together, and Shen Youtang came out of the camp.

"What's the noise in front of the camp?" Shen Youtang frowned and looked at the twin cousins.Just now a guard reported to him the situation in front of the camp, and he heard that his brother's followers wanted to go out at night privately, which is not bad!He hurried to the front of the camp.

Shen Yan said: "This is a little brother we met on the way, named Di Qingquan. He came with us all the way, and now he wants to leave, we have explained to him that he is not allowed to go out at night."

Shen Youtang looked at the young man surrounded by several guards, felt a little weird in his heart, stepped forward and said: "This little brother, I'm Shen Youtang."

The young man still lowered his head, Shen Youtang looked at him, and felt that this figure was so familiar, he must have seen it somewhere.

So he took another step forward and said, "Brother Di, where did we meet?"

This sentence is no longer a question.Shen Yan and Shen Lan looked at each other, both a little surprised.

Seeing that he couldn't hide, the young man looked up at Shen Youtang and said, "Shidu Shen, long time no see, don't come here without any problems."

The beautiful moonlight was as bright as water, and Shen Youtang could clearly see the childish face of the young man. He took a step back in surprise, widened his eyes and said, "You...you are!!!"

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