Looking at the mountains and rivers

The New Year in the frontier was extremely cold, but inside the tent was as warm as spring. There was a red brazier burning in the center of the tent, and on the brazier was a huge copper wok with a boiled leg of lamb rolling inside.

The leg of lamb was stolen by Chen Shao from Huotoujun. It was originally intended to be roasted, but Yuchifeng, who was used to eating lamb, insisted on cooking lamb soup in winter to keep him warm, so they went out to find utensils for boiling the leg of lamb. In the end, the big wok that frightened the soldiers in the camp was moved.

Yu Chifeng put the copper wok on the fire, with a somewhat respectful expression on his face: "It is said that there was a general of Donghu in the past, who set up military regulations, and those who escaped before the battle were punished by the soup wok - that is, they put people in the wok to boil Death. All the soldiers were fearful and fought hard on the battlefield, never daring to retreat, so we will put such a big wok in our army."

After he finished speaking, both Wei Changxuan and Chen Shao looked at him with complicated faces, completely gone from the hungry look before.Yu Chifeng hurriedly smiled and said: "Just for show, this copper wok has never been cooked before. Look at it, it's only so big that you can't even fit a human leg in it."

Wei Changxuan lost his appetite for a while, he was silent for a long time, and then thoughtfully said: "Young General, you...you must not have many friends, right?"

A lot of pepper and spicy ingredients were sprinkled in the boiled pot, and the faces of the three people were all flushed, but no one would stop. They competed with each other, as if they were not eating spicy mutton soup, but It is a contest on the battlefield.

While inhaling, Yu Chifeng took out a wine pouch from the back of his waist, which was filled with spirits from this place. He took two sips and then generously handed the wine pouch to Wei Changxuan who was beside him: "At a time like this, how can you Can there be no wine, drink!"

Wei Changxuan was not in a hurry to drink, he ate the hot and spicy mutton soup, the wound itched even more, and he couldn't help scratching it.As soon as he untied the leather armor, Chen Shao on the side persuaded: "Your wound has grown new flesh, don't scratch it, it will leave a scar."

When Yu Chifeng heard this, he also snickered: "Yes, it won't look good if you have a scar, how can you do Wujisur?"

Wei Changxuan stopped, and asked inexplicably, "What is Wujisur?"

"It's the nickname Yanyu people gave you, have you forgotten?" Chen Shao forked a piece of mutton with a dagger and threw it into his mouth.

Wei Changxuan didn't understand Yan Yu's language, and when he heard them talking, he felt that they were all a string of gurgles. He couldn't tell them apart clearly, so he couldn't help asking: "What exactly does this nickname mean?"

Chen Shao pointed to Yu Chifeng: "These days the major general is interrogating the Yanyu captives, why don't you ask him?"

Yu Chifeng held the wine bag drunkenly: "This is not a good word at all. Sur is the evil god of the Yanyu people, just like the King of Yama in your mouth. Daying kills people like chopping melons and vegetables, taking people's lives without blinking an eye, it's really vicious. But..." He hiccupped and said again, "Because you were too handsome and beautiful, they called you Wujisur, in the Central Plains dialect, it would be - Meiyanluo."

Wei Changxuan was amused and embarrassed at the end, his face flushed red.However, Chen Shao refused to let him go. He laughed and threw his shoulders from behind: "Okay, that's a good name. Tomorrow, I'll have someone write it on the big flag and make it your military flag!"

The three of them were chatting and joking when suddenly the tent door was opened, and a general in white clothes and armor walked in. Yu Chi Feng seemed to be startled, he stood up abruptly, and muttered: "Father...Father ..."

That was Anyang Jiedu Envoy and Guide General Wei Chixian, and following him was Zhengxi General Chen Yan, the two of them were the main generals who dealt with Yan Yu's army this time, and for some reason they came here at night Tents for junior officers.The three young officers in the tent looked a little flustered, the tent was filled with the smell of spicy mutton soup, the mutton seemed to come from an unknown source, and the copper wok that cooked the mutton looked familiar.Yu Chixian's gaze was as sharp as a knife, he looked straight at his son, and saw that he had his hands behind his back, obviously hiding something behind his back, his face turned cold, and he immediately said: "Soldier!"

Chen Yan had also smelled the smell of alcohol long ago. Drinking alcohol in the army is a taboo. He guessed that this general Yuchi would lose face, and he probably wanted to order the commanding officer to deal with the major general. He hurriedly smiled and said: "These few The boy is not very old, and he lost his sense of proportion when drinking and eating meat, so it is not a big deal, and we will deal with it together when we are free." Then, he lowered his voice, "The military situation is urgent, let's talk about business first."

Yu Chixian didn't want to refute his face, so he just gave his son a hard look, and then said: "The Yanyu army has gone and returned. This time, in addition to 10 horses, there are [-] more heavy cavalry. The news from the scouts It is speculated that I am afraid that I will attack outside the Yunxia pass in a day and night. I am going to Hexi to see Duke Tuoba and ask for reinforcements. You should go back to the camp to clean up and take the rest of the people to station at the Yunxia Pass. Be sure to defend Yunxia. close."

Yu Chifeng immediately responded, and quickly left the camp.

After he left, Yu Chixian nodded slightly to Chen Yan: "I will deal with military affairs first, and entrust the rest to General Chen."

Chen Yan nodded and said: "General Yuchi, don't worry." After the other party walked out, his expression became very serious, "Ashi Nanur came so fast, this person was able to clean up the remnant army and attack again in such a short time, it can be seen not simple."

Here Chen Shao has woken up from his laziness. He gritted his teeth with hatred when he heard the name, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle, how should we deal with it?"

Chen Yan said solemnly: "Yanyu's heavy cavalry can almost be said to be unstoppable. Once they arrive, I am afraid that the Yunxia Pass will not be able to hold. This is why Yu Chixian is anxious to go to Hexi for help. Speaking of it, I am also I was able to see their heavy cavalry only once more than ten years ago, and I will never forget the battle that day." A dazed and emotional expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he said half a day later, "Ashi Nanur is cunning by nature. Although there are only 10 people on this trip, I suspect that he has another ambush, so it is better to send a small team to investigate."

Chen Shao said almost immediately, "I'll go!"

Chen Yan was slightly taken aback, and he shook his head lightly: "You don't have to worry, and you'll think about it when the soldiers are deployed tomorrow." After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a while, and took out another letter from his sleeve, "This is from Jian'an. letter, for you."

Chen Shao took it, and was stunned when he saw the handwriting on the envelope.

"The letter sent by Jian'an will take more than half a month even if it is urgent?" Wei Changxuan asked.

Chen Shao had finished reading the beautifully written letter under the lamp, and he gave a absent-minded "hmm".

"So, Miss Shangshu wrote it years ago?"

Chen Shao nodded in a daze, then suddenly came to his senses: "How do you know..."

Wei Changxuan laughed loudly: "Except for the future Mrs. Ling, who else in Jian'an would send you such an uncharacteristic letter." After teasing him, he added, "Actually, I wanted to ask you last time, your waist Could it be that the suicide note in the room was addressed to that young lady?"

Chen Shao pressed his waist subconsciously, and stammered: "Of course not...no."

Wei Changxuan folded his hands: "I saw you snickering as you wrote that day. It doesn't look like you wrote it for your family." He frowned, "However, I've never seen anyone write a suicide note with such an expression. , what exactly did you write?"

Chen Shao saw that he was not sloppy, so he had to confess: "There are a few unscrupulous friends in the imperial army here, I am afraid they will use this suicide note to deceive people, so..." He looked very embarrassed, scratched his head and said, " So I wrote, if it is rumored that I was buried in the battlefield, it must be false news, let her remember not to agree to others, wait... wait for me to go back..."

Wei Changxuan was even more funny: "I heard that the lady from Li Shangshu's family is both talented and beautiful, she must be a bit arrogant. If you write such nonsense, if she sees it, won't you be annoyed?"

Chen Shao smiled: "Now that she has grown up, she is indeed a little lonely. When I was a child, I was like a crazy girl all day long. When I first saw her, I thought she was a kid when I saw her dirty face. At that time, how many of us The children in my family are all about the same age, and they play and laugh in the garden all day long.” When he talked about the past when he was a child, a gentle smile appeared on his face that he could not detect, “People bully her because she is young and don’t want to take her to play. I'm the oldest, so I can only take care of her more, and she treats me closer than others."

When he said this, he was a little dazed: "There are many crabapple trees in the back garden of her house. When spring comes, everyone climbs to the trees to pick flowers, but she can't reach them. I let her sit on my shoulder. At that time, she She was less than six years old, and she was clamoring all day long to marry the elder brother of the Chen family. Her mother asked her why, and she said that only the elder brother of the Chen family was willing to carry her when she climbed a tree. The elders of the two parents made fun of it for a while, and then they gave up. Back to the back of my mind. Until last year, when I was in Huining, the Li family was trying to marry her and Prince Lu’s son, but she was witnessed by the begonia in the Taoist garden, and she had already made a marriage contract that day, so how can she make another promise."

Hearing this, Wei Changxuan sighed with a smile: "No wonder you were in such a hurry to come back from Huining, so there was this reason."

Chen Shao was embarrassed by his laughter, and finally changed the topic.

Wei Changxuan didn't sleep that night, he left the camp lightly, and came to Chen Yan's tent, the lights in the tent were still on, and he entered the tent without notification.

"General, let the low-ranking officer go to investigate the military situation tomorrow?"

"Why did you come to ask for orders suddenly?" Chen Yan seemed to expect him to come, and asked unhurriedly.

"Because I have walked through the path of Luanshi City before, I am more familiar with the terrain, so it may be more convenient for me to investigate."

Chen Yan put down the book in his hand and raised his eyes: "To be honest, you want to replace Chen Shao, right?"

Wei Changxuan lowered his head hastily and did not speak.

"Although this trip is just to investigate the military situation, there is no need to confront the enemy directly, but it is still a bit dangerous. Don't you care about your own life?"

Wei Changxuan lowered his head and said: "Of course I care about my own life, but Chen Shao...he will be married after he returns, so it's better not to make any mistakes." He paused, then boldly raised his head, " Don't you think so in the general's mind?"

Chen Yan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "You are right, I really dare not let him make any mistakes. Although everyone will die on the battlefield, I still want to try my best to keep this nephew Zhouquan. After all, he is the only brother. blood."

Wei Changxuan immediately leaned down: "So, let's leave the investigation of the military situation to the humble staff."

"How is your injury?"

Wei Changxuan hurriedly said, "It's much better."

"Okay," Chen Yan stood up, "Then I will leave it to you to lead the army."

It was clear after the snow, and the frozen ice field was a vast expanse of white, and the horses' hoofs occasionally slipped on the ice, so the soldiers had to carefully rein in the horses. Suddenly, a man said: "Look over there!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a large black mark on the ice field ahead, which was the color of the mud exposed after the ice surface was lifted.

Wei Changxuan led the crowd forward along the dirt traces, his face under the helmet was a little stunned, he knew that ordinary cavalry ran across the ice field, leaving only ordinary footprints, and this must be Yanyu heavy cavalry left.He couldn't imagine how thick the armor and the strong horses of those cavalry were, to crush the thick ice and overturn the frozen mud like this.

"Look at the footprints along the way, how many people are there?"

Behind him was an old cavalry soldier from the Donghu barracks. He saw the hoof prints and said clearly: "The deep one in the middle is left by the heavy cavalry, and the two sides are light cavalry. It seems that the heavy cavalry is about [-], and the light cavalry is no more than [-]." People." After he finished speaking, he paused, then bent down from his horse and looked at the ground carefully, "There is a group of footprints here, very shallow, but they wander back and forth, not like troops accompanying the army."

Wei Changxuan also bent down to look at the lingering footprints: "This is indeed not the direction of walking with Yanyu's army, and why are the hoofprints so shallow... Could it be that their horseshoes are covered with soft cloth?" He asked Speaking of this, my heart suddenly tightened, and I immediately raised my head, but there was a gust of wind behind me, and a sharp pain hit from the back of my head.

"Wei Changxuan!" Yang Yan suddenly woke up from the dream. He touched his sweating forehead in a daze, gasped for a moment, and then stretched out his hand to push aside the bed curtain.

Fang Ming outside quickly stepped forward to help him get up. He carefully looked at his master's pale face, and asked tentatively, "My lord, have you... dreamed about Big Brother Wei again?"

Yang Yan nodded feebly, and after Fang Ming twisted a warm towel to wipe the sweat off his forehead, he asked in a low voice, "Is there any news from the front line?"

Fang Ming shook his head: "I haven't heard any news yet."

"I'm afraid the battle report passed to the court is still under investigation," Yang Yan said with a hint of impatience, "It's better to send a letter to Anyang to ask about it."

Fang Ming hurriedly said: "Yes," he hesitated again, "But... if those people in the yard find out, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Yang Yan coughed lightly: "I can't care about that much anymore," he paused, "Is the matter of Yueming Tower settled?"

"It's done."

Yang Yan nodded: "Okay, call Tang An."