Born short-lived

The transfer of armaments in northern Xinjiang has never been so efficient. All the armaments that can be snatched in the northwest were moved back [-] miles within three days, and the city was defended. , ready to intercept the Sha'an people going south from here.

The two sides were stuck in a stalemate for more than a month, and the offensive of the Sha'an people was forced to stop, blocking them in the northwest.

At noon in the northern border, the sun shone fiercely on the scalp. If you stand outside for a long time without wearing a headscarf, you will feel dizzy after a while.And in this desolate land where the birds don't shit, it's rare to see even a stream, and you can use cattail fans to fan you in the tower, but when you go outside, you can only rely on the ancient sages.

——The ancients said that the mind is calm and naturally cool.

Not long after Dong Sheng had walked in the barracks, his brow was covered with sweat, and his back was hot and sweaty, and he could hardly wear his armor.

"Don't practice at noon, save your energy." Dong Sheng said to Wang Sheng beside him, "Have you felt unwell recently?"

Wang Sheng looked around, and the guards standing outside on duty had pale faces, as if they had been washed with water: "A few suffered from heatstroke yesterday, but the military doctors have seen them, and they are all fine. "

"It's fine." Dong Sheng said plainly, and looked up at the scorching sun—as long as the weather starts to get hot, epidemics will easily occur on the battlefield, and the injuries of the wounded will hardly get better.Dong Sheng had seen the world with Zeng Fenglei when he was young, and he has a deep understanding of this situation.

So he still couldn't help but exhorted: "Let the military doctor be more careful during this period of time."

Dong Sheng finally felt a little relieved, and licked his dry and cracked lips, the dead skin on the top was about to peel off, making the tip of his tongue itch, and a faint fishy-sweet smell smacked in his mouth.

Compared with the shortage of food, the northern border is more short of water. Drinking water in the army has to be picked from wells several miles away, or to pick springs from the mountains on the other side. Usually, I can't wait to drink three sips of water.Even as the commander-in-chief of the first army, Dong Sheng, like all the soldiers, drinks a pot of water a day, and he runs out after drinking it.So when he stretched out his hand to the water bottle on his waist, he still hesitated, and finally took it back without a trace.

The reincarnation is a sword spirit, and a sword spirit has a lot less needs than a human being. In human terms, it is bigu.Therefore, the sword spirit, who has always ate, drank, dragged, and scatter, naturally couldn't feel the thirst and heat that gnawed his mind.

"Has the water arrived today?"

Rebirth said: "Just now Li Chongwen has gone to count."

After hearing this, Dong Sheng only hummed, and didn't say much, just continued to wander around the camp on his own.In fact, it was fine if he didn't come, as soon as he, the Buddha, came, he frightened the soldiers wherever he went and bowed in a hurry.

But in fact, he didn't care about saluting, he thought, no matter how tough the Sha'an people are, they are not made of iron, and it is impossible for them to sit on the ground and bigu together.But now that the northwest has fallen, the territory that Sha'an has to take care of has suddenly expanded dozens of times, and the water transportation line that used to be one day has now been stretched to seven days.

In addition, Hua Xu himself is powerful, but he is not like Sha'an, who is dedicated to military armor with the power of the whole country.With the current situation of Shaan people, it is estimated that they will not go south in the short term—but they will not wait until winter.

When the only big river outside the Great Wall freezes in winter, if Sha'an hasn't reached the south by then, the water will be cut off.In addition, after a long period of time for military supplies, [-]% of them will not be able to keep up, and the northern border itself hardly produces much food.

So before November, they would either capture the entire Huaxu northern border, or they would honestly withdraw to the north of the Great Wall.

Previously, the Sha'an people tried to send a small team down the Nanshan Mountain to rob the granary, but they were intercepted by an elite soldier from the north that Dong Sheng had arranged there early on.The team of elite soldiers lay in ambush on the cliff for several days, and finally saw the Sha'an people biting the hook, so they refused to let go and killed every single one.

From here, Dong Sheng also saw the difficulty of Sha'an, if he dared to go south to grab food directly, no matter what the reason was, it meant that the military supplies of the Sha'an people had begun to be unable to keep up.

"When will we do it again?" Xiang Sheng asked.

Dong Sheng walked up to a tent, slightly opened the curtain to see the little boy sleeping soundly inside, then closed the curtain calmly, turned around and walked back.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said casually: "Wait, let's whet their appetite first, remember to let the archers be served by others."

It has been more than two months since Da Dongsheng left Beijing.No matter how the northern Xinjiang was in full swing, the only news Huajing received was the fall of the northwest, and the queen's attitude was also lukewarm.But Li Chongwen and Dong Sheng were not in the imperial court, so there would naturally be some turmoil in the Jinluan Hall.

Huajing has also entered summer now, and the ice cubes that had been buried in the cellar of the palace for a winter finally came in handy. The ice is kept on almost from morning to night.

The empress had a backache from sleeping in the bedroom full of ice cubes, so she was willing to let the lady help her out for a walk.

She didn't know what she was thinking that day, and she wanted to go to the East Palace on a whim.Although the East Palace has been unoccupied for two months, the people in the palace dare not let the land be deserted. They will go in every few days to prune the flowers and plants in the yard and cut the leaves. Wipe them all over.

A guard guarding the door saw the Queen's figure from a distance, and hastily turned his head to stare at his companions. Only then did the companions notice, and they all knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground.

"See Your Majesty—"

The empress took a look at the desolation in the courtyard, and felt a little bit of smugness, thinking that her son, who was not as good as the weak crown, had spent so many days in the Northern Great Wilderness, where the battlefield was full of blood and blood. After rolling around for so long, I really miss it a little bit.

When Dongsheng lived in Donghai, Zeng Fenglei planted a whole yard full of white plum trees in the small yard in front of his door, so after moving to Dongsheng Palace, Dongsheng also asked people to plant many white plum trees in the yard, but Now it's almost on fire, and there are no flowers blooming.

When people have nothing to do, they are easy to be sentimental. The queen walked around the bare plum blossom forest a few times, and couldn't help but think of the old general back then, so she said to the little eunuch who had been silent all the time: "I didn't finish my life back then. The responsibility of upbringing is also thanks to General Zeng's care."

The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, the palace has never dared to mention Zeng Fenglei's affairs randomly, so the empress mentioned it suddenly, which made him a little at a loss, so he had to smile a few times dryly, and responded with a low eyebrow. Sound yes.

The empress glanced sideways at his fearful expression, and only snorted lightly, instead of embarrassing him, she just asked again: "Have the military supplies I approved for Beijiang been delivered to?"

The eunuch nodded and said, "Report to Your Majesty, we are already on our way."

The queen hummed, then turned around and walked out of the plum blossom forest, and walked deeper into the East Palace.So I walked a few more steps, and saw a new well behind the house.

The queen was slightly taken aback, raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "Is this kid digging a well by himself?"

The eunuch followed her to the well, and responded cautiously: "Our family heard that His Highness uses it to chill and eat in summer."

The queen glanced at the bottom of the well with great interest, and said with a smile: "He will enjoy it."

The eunuch lowered his head, rolled his eyes slightly, and said after deliberation: "Yes, it would be great if His Highness was in the East Palace."

The queen paused after hearing this, and couldn't help sighing, thinking that the son must have suffered a lot under the scorching sun of northern Xinjiang, so she couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really hard for him."

The eunuch thought for a while, and then said: "That's right, but the adults in the court... well, I don't want to mention it."

The queen glanced back at him, and frowned slightly: "What's the matter? Why didn't you mention it? Make it clear."

The eunuch seemed to respond in panic, and said obediently: "Our family heard that several censors said that they wanted to impeach His Highness..."

"Impeachment?" The Queen raised her eyebrows and laughed angrily, "What complaints do they have?"

The little eunuch rolled his eyes, looked a little hesitant, opened his mouth and hesitated for a while, and then replied indistinctly: "It's not that His Highness hasn't sent troops for a long time..."

The queen was taken aback, and understood what the little eunuch meant—Dong Sheng had led people to the northern border for more than two months, and the only battle report sent back was the fall of the northwest, and the northern garrison seemed to have no action under his command.

The queen frowned, and her face gradually sank. She didn't speak for a long time. She stood by the well and looked into the well without saying a word. After a long time, she sneered and said vaguely: "It's not their turn to say what they shouldn't say." .”

The little eunuch was taken aback, but he hurriedly bowed his body and didn't dare to speak anymore.

The empress let his words completely spoil her interest, and felt that there was nothing to do, so she turned around and walked out of the palace resentfully.

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