The Major General's Country Wife

"Open the city gate."

In the darkness, a group of people came to the gate of the border city leading to Beili, and whispered to the guards on the wall to open the gate.

"Here we come." The gate of the city opened slowly, letting people in quietly.

They saw the signal sent as early as the group of people appeared within the visible range, and when they got to the bottom of the city, they could see who was coming, and quickly opened the door to let them go without any delay.

"Report to the Major General." Yun Changsheng and the others entered the border town, and the accompanying sergeant told the soldiers guarding the city gate, "Let the Major General go directly to the tent."

Xu Changfeng was awakened, thinking something happened, he sat up and got off the bed, asking: "What's the matter?"

"The commander-in-chief is back." The sergeant replied, "We have arrived at the tent, please come over, the young general."

Xu Changfeng was overjoyed, and hurriedly put on his clothes, and dressed neatly as he walked. Unexpectedly, when he entered the big tent, the first thing he saw was Yun Changsheng, who was always thinking about him.

"Changsheng?" Xu Changfeng took a few strides forward, held his shoulders with both hands, and carefully looked at the person in front of him, "Why are you here?"

"Hmph." Yun Changsheng knocked his hand away with a wave of his hand, and turned his face to the side, "I want to come, but can you stop me?"

"Yes, my fault." Xu Changfeng admitted his mistake graciously, his attitude was outrageous, and a pair of gentle eyes fell on Yun Changsheng.

When he saw that his clothes were disheveled, some places seemed to be scratched by something, his hem was stripped, and he looked dusty and distressed, he pulled Yun Changsheng to his eyes in distress.

After looking it over carefully, he asked softly, "Where did you get hurt? How do you describe this embarrassment? What happened?"

A series of questions made Yun Changsheng soften a lot, and his temper became much less prone to flare-ups. He said coldly, "I'm fine, it's just that my grandfather was injured. Now he's unconscious, but his life is not in danger."

"Grandfather?" Xu Changfeng hurriedly looked at Xu Guogong who was ignored by him and was lying quietly in the big tent, "What's the situation now?"

He searched around, but didn't see his grandfather's personal entourage, only Qiu Si and Yun Changsheng in the big tent, "Where are Uncle Yang and the others?"

"Didn't come back." Yun Changsheng told him not to worry, told him the situation Yang He said, and said: "Uncle He brought hundreds of people to help. He has rich experience in the world, even if he wins with less, he won't suffer too much." deficit."

Xu Changfeng didn't speak, he thought quietly for a while, looked at the sky outside, and said to Yun Changsheng: "Wait for me first, I'll explain something."

After he finished speaking, he hurriedly turned around and left. Yun Changsheng looked at his back and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were no wounds visible from the outside, and his heart finally let go.

"Young master, please sit down and rest for a while." Qiu Si poured him a glass of water and said, "Maybe the major general has military affairs, and he will be back when he finishes his work."

"Yeah." Yun Changsheng nodded, feeling exhausted as soon as he relaxed, and told Qiu Si: "Go down and rest first, you won't be needed here for the time being."

"Master." Qiu Si resisted and didn't want to leave, "I'll take care of the Duke. The young general will come back later, so you can rest early."

"No need." Yun Changsheng said: "There are sergeants guarding the big tent outside, I will call them if something happens, and when the Major General returns, he will arrange a military doctor to come and take care of him, you don't have to worry."

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When Xu Changfeng returned to the big tent again, it was already half an hour later, Yun Changsheng was drowsy with his head propped on one hand, and he dared not fall asleep bit by bit.

"Changsheng." Xu Changfeng called softly, "Get up and go to my tent to rest."

"Huh?" Yun Changsheng suddenly dozed off and ran away, opened his eyes and asked, "To your camp?"

"En." Xu Changfeng responded, turned around and ordered the military doctor he found to stay here to take care of Xu Guogong, and he left with Yun Changsheng.

"Can you go to your tent?" Yun Changsheng asked again.

"Others can't, of course you can." Xu Changfeng said: "Go and rest, the sky will be bright in a while, and I have to go to fight."

"Fight?" Yun Changsheng's body trembled, and he was completely awake now, "Didn't it mean that since we have discovered that we have intercepted and killed the Nanman army, can we close the city gates and not fight?"

"If we don't leave the city, Bei Li will suspect that we have some plans. Once the war ceases, I'm afraid we will continue to send troops into the mountains." Xu Changfeng said.

"Just now, I sent another [-] soldiers out of the city to assist Uncle Yang and the others." Xu Changfeng looked serious, "If we can stop those tens of thousands of troops, it will be very beneficial to us."

"What's the situation in the barracks now?" Yun Changsheng asked, "Why don't you tell me, my father has already turned gray in just a short time, so don't tell me there's nothing wrong with it."

"You rest first." Xu Changfeng looked at Yun Changsheng's exhausted face, and the blackness under his eyes was shocking on his fair skin, which made his heart ache even more, "I'll tell you when I wake up."

"No." Yun Changsheng arrived at his tent, refused to go to bed even if he said nothing, and sat stubbornly waiting for Xu Changfeng to speak clearly.

"Okay." Xu Changfeng sighed, stretched out his hand to caress and touch his dark eyes, and said: "There are only more than 8 soldiers in the military camp, and this time there is no chance of winning even if they defend to the death."

"What?" Yun Changsheng's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked incredulously, "How could that be? Where did the soldiers go?"

"There were 20 troops stationed at the border gate, but after years of fighting, only about 15 were left." Xu Changfeng was silent for a moment, and said, "In order to alleviate the shortage of young people and increase the population and tax revenue, there has been no conscription."

"In the great war a few years ago, almost half of the army was lost. After the peace was negotiated and the truce was negotiated, my grandfather conscripted soldiers to make up 15 troops."

"But the memorial has been sent back. The last time my grandfather only asked for [-] conscripts and [-] soldiers just in case, but Emperor Renhe agreed to a peace truce, and there is no need for conscription for the time being. He sent back the memorial again on the grounds that the people would live and work in peace."

Xu Changfeng smiled wryly, looked at Yun Changsheng full of helplessness, and said: "Afterwards, there was an imperial decree to recall us all back to the capital, saying it was a family reunion to enjoy family happiness, but in fact, we wanted to take this opportunity to regain military power."

"This dog emperor died really unjustly." Yun Chang swears angrily, "Why do you bother to have military power? Just give it to him. Why bother to suffer this crime."

"The ancestors once handed over once." Xu Changfeng said: "It is a lifetime of regret. Even if the Xu family dies, they will not hand over the Xu family's army again."

"What?" Seeing Xu Changfeng's painful appearance, Yun Changsheng couldn't help but hold his hand distressedly and said, "I just said it casually, you have your own reasons for not handing over."

"Great-grandfather handed over power once, and the emperor pressed him tightly. The Xu family is not a person greedy for power, so they did as the emperor wished." Xu Changfeng said with pain in his eyes, "It's just such a handover, in just one year. , beheaded and entrapped tens of thousands of soldiers."

"Great-grandfather regretted it. He broke into the Golden Luan Hall and scolded the emperor for being fatuous and cruel to the soldiers of the army. If he didn't return it to the Xu family army for justice, he would go to the barracks and kill the commander in person to avenge the wronged and innocent soldiers of the Xu family army who were killed."

"That's how it was. Only then did the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know what happened. The generals who went to the handover ruled out dissidents, beheaded or secretly framed the soldiers in the army, and sent them to prison and exile. Tens of thousands of people were trapped in just one year."

"The emperor who was in power at the time was also shocked. When the great-grandfather threw the evidence in front of him, he had nothing to say, and he handed over the Xu family army back with the support of all civil and military officials."

Xu Changfeng held Yun Changsheng's hand, and said: "You must not have guessed that the new generals of the Xu family's army will not only eliminate dissidents and fear that the Xu family's army will not be easy to control in the future, but also satisfy their own selfish desires and assign many soldiers to him. Mining."

"So courageous?" Yun Changsheng really couldn't guess this, "The emperor sent such a person to take over Xu Jiajun, he doesn't want these soldiers?"

No matter how he thought that the emperor was involved, Yun Changsheng didn't believe that the general was so brainless and so daring to do such a thing.

"The empress's family brother." Xu Changfeng said: "The emperor is absolutely inseparable from the relationship, but it's unknown what role it occupies, and no one is going to investigate these. It is enough to return to the Xu family army. Hold it in your hand."

"No wonder." Yun Changsheng said.

Many mysteries are solved, and everything that happened has been explained, which I believe anyone will do.

"Should conscription be the top priority now?" Yun Changsheng had just realized when he finished speaking, wishing he could give him a mouthful right away.

"Understood?" Seeing his annoyed look, Xu Changfeng smiled lightly and said, "Why do the uncles stay in the capital? It is to stabilize the forces of all parties and spies from other countries, so that they can't figure out the real situation in the military camp."

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would be worried and that you would come here desperately." Xu Changfeng sighed, "Your every move is also paid close attention to, and people will suspect anything wrong."

"Me." Yun Changsheng was speechless, if you had said it earlier, why should I do this.

In fact, even if he knew the situation earlier, Yun Changsheng also knew that he would not be able to sit still, so he had to come over in person.

"I don't know what's going on in Beijing now." Yun Changsheng explained what Xu had done, "I went out of the city overnight and paid special attention to the surrounding situation. No one followed me."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Xu Changfeng hugged him into his arms, "The moment I see you, everything is worth it."

He patted Yun Changsheng's back lightly, and said softly, "Sleep for a while, it's almost dawn, and I can hold you to rest for a while."

"What are you hugging?" Yun Changsheng became furious, struggling to get out of his embrace, "Let go of me, you bastard."

"Pfft." When Xu Changfeng actually heard these three words from his mouth, he almost laughed heartily, without any irritation, "Don't make trouble, listen to me."

"Remember, I asked you to help send Chang Yin to Zhan Yi and the others?" Xu Changfeng suppressed a smile and said, "He is only ten years old and can be cultivated from scratch, unlike other heirs who have grown up and are unable to recover."

"Changyin is the third son of the eldest son, and he can inherit the title of the Duke's Mansion if he is well trained. He can lead the Xu family's army just around the corner."

Xu Changfeng looked down at Yun Changsheng who was obediently listening to him in his arms, and lightly kissed his dark and tired eyes, "I said, wait for me for five years."

"I will definitely cultivate Changyin. He was already 15 years old at that time, enough to replace everything about me."

"You, you think so?" Yun Changsheng's heart was shaken, he didn't expect Xu Changfeng to make such a decision without saying a word.

"The world is impermanent. I didn't tell you in advance. I didn't want to give you hope and let you down." Xu Changfeng said helplessly, just like this time Bei Li tore up the agreement, backtracked and violated it again.

"Changfeng." Yun Changsheng didn't expect that Xu Changfeng would give up everything, and even spare no effort to train his younger brother. His moved eyes were red with tears, and he said helplessly, "You, you, I didn't expect you to give up everything."

If Xu Changfeng only gave up the glory and wealth, fame and wealth, high officials and high salary, Yun Changsheng would be moved at most, thinking that he is a person with the same indifferent nature as himself.

However, as the heir to the Duke's Mansion, he has the responsibility to lead the Xu family's army. He has completely put aside his relatives, friends, and comrades in life and death, just to let himself live the life he wants with peace of mind.

Yun Changsheng couldn't be moved, he never let go of his heart, endured the wronged himself, and didn't talk about it openly with Xu Changfeng, because he couldn't do it on himself.

But Xu Changfeng made a decision early on without making a sound, just because he was afraid that there would be an accident halfway and he would be disappointed if he couldn't do it, so he kept it in his heart and didn't say anything.

"Okay." Xu Changfeng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Why are you crying? Aren't you happy?"

"Happy, I want to cry only when I'm happy." Yun Changsheng burst into tears, "It's all because I am narrow-minded, only thinking about myself, and making things difficult for you everywhere."

"No, I wanted to do this myself." Xu Changfeng comforted: "The first time I saw you, I knew that you were not suitable for the Duke's Mansion, and I have been thinking of ways to solve this problem."

When he said this, he could not help but smile deeper, "Although you are smart, you will not hide your thoughts. If I hadn't told you in advance that you are the only one in this life, you would never become a real husband and wife with me, right?"

"Ah?" Yun Changsheng was stunned, he raised his head and bumped into Xu Changfeng's smiling eyes, "You know all about it?"

"You put everything on your face, you look cute and sensible, but your clear and lively eyes betray you." Xu Changfeng said.

No matter what he said, he came from a big family, and it has become his instinct to observe words and deeds, and he can see most of Yun Changsheng's thoughts.

"Hmph." Unconvinced, Yun Changsheng groaned a few times: "I don't bother to hide it, who can make me afraid? I have no desires or desires, so I don't need to be afraid of anything."

"You, don't you want me?" Xu Changfeng hugged Yun Changsheng to the bed with all his strength, pressed him on top of him, and said with a smile, "I have desires and desires, daughter-in-law, please satisfy me!"