i am afraid

The timing of Jiang Yan's choice was a bit subtle. After a few days, six works were closed and everything was put on hold, which gave Gu Xi enough time to make preparations.

This time of the year is the coldest time in Beiling, and the common people are unwilling to go out. If they go farther, they are in danger of being frozen to death. Therefore, for more than ten days, all affairs must be stopped, and Jiang Yan is also loose. With a sigh of relief, what happened these days far exceeded his imagination, and he also needed a period of time to relax and adjust his mood.

The cessation of all affairs does not mean the military situation in Mobei. This is a special situation. After noticing the battle report, it is natural to see that the general of the Huns has changed again. I heard that he is still the prince of the Huns. He was the one who came up with that poisonous plan. Although he didn't understand why the Huns would elect him after losing so many people because of his plan, Jiang Yan was very confident in his sixth uncle. He was the nemesis of the Huns and would only Winning can't lose.

But he didn't know that Jiang Ling had been in Mobei for many years and had almost no defeats. He had long become a figure in the hearts of the Huns who could stop children from crying at night. Many people even believed that Jiang Ling was not a human being at all, but a god. sent down to punish their messengers.Under such circumstances, Jiang Ling could be defeated or even almost killed, but the price was only the loss of some old people who had lost their labor force and young people who hadn't grown up. They were all young and strong, and all women were there, and there was no loss of cattle, sheep and Land, this is an unimaginable thing for the Huns.

After the myth is broken, the resistance will only become stronger. In the capital, Jiang Yan, who has long been accustomed to comfort, cannot notice this change, but Mobei can see it at a glance.

Pei Yue wiped off the blood that was almost frozen on his face, exhaled a breath of white air, and said to Jiang Ling who was riding on the horse: "It's already counted, we have about 500 casualties in this battle, wiped out 1000 Huns, captured A total of more than 200."

Jiang Ling nodded, suddenly seemed to have noticed something, and raised his eyebrows: "It seems that recently, fewer and fewer prisoners have been captured?"

"Not only that." Pei Yue sighed: "I can't ask anything. I haven't seen such a fierce person before, biting his tongue and killing himself. After becoming a prisoner, he will try his best to escape. There is no way out. There are already many cases." The chief secretly killed the captives on the spot, because it would be troublesome to bring them back."

Jiang Ling paused, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He just said, "There will be no prisoners in the future, and all those caught alive will be killed."

Pei Yue said "um", and asked the soldiers around him to pass on the words, turned over and rode on the horse, half a horse behind Jiang Ling.

"I remember that there used to be a column leader named Zhou Zhiqing, um, the one who escorted you back, my lord."

"Huh?" Jiang Ling didn't know why Pei Yue mentioned him, and raised his eyebrows strangely.

Pei Yue said: "There are hundreds of people in his army, and he can kill one by one. Originally, he was a personal soldier, and his military exploits were enough to be the leader of the army. He just didn't want it. He had to guard the army with an uneven organization. , said to wait for someone to come back, I just want to ask, that Zhou Zhiqing, is he really not coming back?"

Jiang Ling said, "That's a fool."

Pei Yue didn't care: "Killing thousands of enemies, you can still train so many excellent and loyal subordinates, what's wrong with the fool?" He looked at Jiang Ling with some complaints: "Saving the life of the general in the chaos army should have been The official was promoted to three ranks, but the result was good, and he was directly dismissed from the official position."

Jiang Ling narrowed his eyes and did not answer.

The head was cut off with a knife, and the blood splashed several feet, and in an instant, it froze into ice on the snow.

Xu Cheng threw the head in his hand into the basket, turned his head and said to the soldiers beside him, "Put the prisoner's basket together with the other baskets, anyway, the rewards are the same."

The little soldier nodded in reverence and awe, and ran away bouncing away with the basket of human heads in his arms. Xu Changchang let out a sigh of relief, tore a piece of cloth from the dead body, and wiped the big knife covered in dust and blood. It was taken from a general of the Huns. The quality of the knife was very good, and the blade did not curl after cutting all the way, but the tip of the knife was a little bent. He tried to break it, but it didn't move.

Li Hua beside him sneered and said, "Come on, think of you as the column leader?"

Xu Cheng glanced at him, put the bent sword back into its sheath, and tied it to the horse's back. Each of these cavalrymen had two to four horses, only one was the main horse, and the rest were substitutes. Horses usually carry some heavy loads and are not often ridden.

Li Hua was puzzled: "It's all like this, what do you still keep?"

Xu Cheng said succinctly: "Wait for the column leader to come back."

"I have to ask the prince." Li Hua showed obvious dissatisfaction on his face: "He took people away and came back without a word of explanation. Didn't he just know that our column leader is a fool? What's wrong with the fool? He went to ask Ask, in the entire barracks, who kills more people than our Lieutenant? I'm afraid they all took advantage of the people under their command?"

Xu Cheng also felt uncomfortable. Although the time they spent together was short, each of their soldiers knew that the column leader was a very good person. When he went to the battlefield, he just had to follow him. Maybe it was because he was a fool. , That's why they won't be kept in the front, and they will be protected. There are fifty personal soldiers in one column. After each battle, the other columns will be replaced. Only they will always have those faces, which have not changed.

During the rookie camp, a veteran once said that in the first three years of enlisting in the army, don’t think about your achievements, just survive. The rookie battalion can’t teach you anything, everything has to be seen on the battlefield. No one will teach you how to do it hand in hand. Killing people, and no one will wait for you to understand that nothing will be left after you die.

The column leader is the one who will teach you how to kill.

Xu Cheng sighed, he thought of the day when he just came under the command of the column leader, he was caught up in the battle, he followed the team to fight in a daze, but he didn't know what to do, he didn't know anything, he just followed the column blankly Chang, when he saw the dead man, he was so frightened that he couldn't hold the knife tightly. He felt that he would definitely die there.At this time the column leader appeared in front of him, with his back to the sun, looking tall and dangerous, he thought he would be reprimanded, but the column leader didn't say anything, just said: "Follow me closely, I won't die."

He really didn't die, he followed the column leader all the time, suddenly he was not afraid of anything, he clenched the knife in his hand, saw the right moment, and even killed two Huns who were scared out of their wits by the column leader, The captain turned around and smiled at him.

That smile, like the sun piercing through the clouds, hit his heart directly.

"Stop bragging at this time, okay?" Li Hua took a deep breath, "When did the column commander laugh, except when the quartermaster paid his salary?"

Xu Cheng ignored him, he had actually seen the column leader laugh, as long as he knew it, it was fine if he didn't believe it.

"At the beginning, my life was saved by the lieutenant. Speaking of which, the prince is really..." Li Hua sighed.

"How is this king?" The faint voice behind him could not hear any emotion.

Li Hua was shocked and turned around. Xu Cheng hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "This subordinate has seen the prince."

Li Hua secretly groaned in his heart, and also knelt down: "I have seen the prince."

Jiang Ling looked at the two of them, "You are all Zhou Zhiqing's subordinates? Why did General Pei procrastinate and refuse to accept your promotion?"

Li Hua and Xu Cheng looked at each other, Xu Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "Return, report to the lord, the subordinates are just waiting for the column leader to come back, the column leader's mind is like a child, if there is another person around, I'm afraid it will be uneasy."

Jiang Ling raised her eyebrows: "If he doesn't come back for the rest of his life, you will be soldiers for the rest of your life?"

"Returning to the lord, the subordinates have no father or mother. They are alone and can make decisions for themselves." Xu Cheng did not hesitate.

Li Hua trembled, but his words were extremely firm: "Go back to the lord, the life of this subordinate was saved by the lieutenant, without him, this subordinate is already dead, and the family will forgive me."

Jiang Ling took a deep look at the two of them, and there was a flash of appreciation in his eyes: He turned around and left without saying anything.Two good seedlings who value love and righteousness, give him some time, and they will definitely make them his most loyal subordinates.

Li Hua and Xu Cheng looked at each other, not knowing what happened.

Wangdu, Zhou family.

The high-quality fine iron sword was chopped on the firewood, and the wood suddenly fell apart, Zhou Zhiqing showed a cold expression, as if he was not chopping firewood, but someone's head.

One after another, the torn firewood almost filled the firewood room.

As soon as Zhou Ping'an came back, he saw his brother chopping firewood with his bare back. His face turned pale with fright, and he hurried forward, got a piece of clothes to put on him, and muttered: "Brother, brother, big brother, I beg you , don’t cut it, can’t you be more safe in such a cold day? You don’t have any clothes on, what if you freeze to death?”

It's really not that he made a fuss over a molehill, you know how cold it is at the moment?You have to protect your crotch when you pee!Otherwise, the ice would come up along the urination, and it would freeze everyone's life, and his brother is still naked!Is this still a person?

Zhou Zhiqing was a little dissatisfied: "Wearing clothes, it's not easy to hold a knife. Yes, it will splash."

Zhou Pingan knew what it meant to be splashed with a knife, he was silent for a moment, turned cold, and said sternly: "Don't mention those things again in the future!"

Zhou Zhiqing was expressionless, only those who were familiar with him could see the grievance in his eyes, Zhou Pingan took a deep breath.He didn't want to lose his temper with him, but that period was the most frightening time in his life. He went to the post station every month to collect letters, and he was afraid that what he received would be bad news. It was enough not to have a red seal representing bad news. He was afraid, really afraid, so he instinctively wanted to escape.

Zhou Zhiqing said in a low voice, "My brother is not good to me."

Zhou Pingan snatched the knife from his hand, put on his clothes one by one, and sighed: "If it's not good, it's not good, you have nowhere to go."

Who said that?Zhou Zhiqing thought proudly, he still has many godbrothers, and each of them told him that they would support him for the rest of their lives, so they were good to him!If his younger brother treats him badly, he will go find his younger brother, and when his younger brother treats him well, he will come back.

With such calculations in mind, Zhou Zhiqing fell asleep peacefully. In his dream, many younger brothers were waving at him.