Biganchun

There are many tents, and it is difficult to hide boundless thoughts.

Inside the handsome tent in Qingjian City, Zhong Shiheng sat in the middle, holding a teacup, silent.His 27-year-old second son, Zhong Er, stands behind him with his sword in his hands. Judging from his body and appearance, he is quite similar to Zhong Shiheng.On the side of the handsome tent, the two messengers sent by Fan Zhongyan from Yanzhou City were sitting on the guest seats drinking tea and resting quietly.Both the host and the guest were silent, as if they were waiting for something.

The outside has gradually quieted down.At the moment Sunu, the leader of the Qiang tribe, was captured under the urn, Zhong Yi led [-] Qingjian city defenders to rush out of the city and surrounded Sunu's men on cavalry and archers around the moat.When the Qiang soldiers saw that the main general was captured, their morale was broken, and they all captured without a fight.The Zhong family's army achieved a complete victory without bloodshed.

The sound of footsteps came in an intricate manner, from far to near, Zhong Yi opened the heavy curtain and walked into the tent.Following behind him was Sunu escorted by two sergeants.He was tall, with a dark face and loose hair, like a chained beast, with an aggressive aura.Zhong Er took a step forward, standing between Sunu and Zhong Shiheng, his eyes flickered, full of vigilance.

Zhong Shiheng slowly stood up from his seat, walked three steps in front of Sunu, and said with a slight smile, "Su Nu, do you know that this old man has been looking forward to today for a long time."

Sunu gritted his teeth, raised his head and said, "If you want to kill, kill, why talk too much!" The various tribes of the Western Qiang tribe have lived with the Han people for hundreds of years, and the leaders of the Qiang tribe are all very proficient in Chinese. The first is naturally no exception.

Zhong Shiheng shook his head and said, "Su Nu, don't you understand what the old man is thinking at this moment?"

Sunu sneered and said, "How can I not understand? You just want me to be used by you like a cow slave, don't you?" He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and said sharply: "Today I lost In your hands, there is nothing to say. But if you want to make me, Sunu, bow your head to you, it is just a delusion!"

Zhong Shiheng stared at Su Nu, and said slowly: "In troubled times, everyone is involuntary, and no one can help but bow to the situation. Although there is nothing to do, it is also destined. ?”

Sunu shook his head: "You are wrong! We Xiqiang people will never admit defeat even if we die!"

Zhong Shiheng turned around, turned his back to Sunu, and said in a deep voice, "You don't want to bow to Song, but are you willing to be driven by Yuan Hao?"

Sunu looked at Zhong Shiheng's back, and raised his voice, "Dangxiang is a branch of our Western Qiang. We are enemies with Song Dynasty, and we want you Han people to withdraw from the place where we Qiang people are. I have Qiang people's blood on my body." Blood, of course, is the same hatred as the party!"

Zhong Shiheng sighed: "Su Nu, I have always respected you as a bloody man, but have you ever thought about whether the lives of the various tribes of the Western Qiang have been better for the past many years when Dang Xiang has been fighting in the Northwest? This year Severe drought, dried up water and grass, tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock starved to death in various tribes of your Qiang nationality, and rice food is even more difficult to sustain. If this is the livelihood, you still have to fight for Yuanhao until the last drop Blood. Is it worth it?"

He paused for a moment, turned his head suddenly, and stared into Sunu's eyes: "You alone can die for blood, but your thousands of people still have to live! You are the head of the clan, and before you act, you must Think clearly!"

Sunu's body shook, and he was silent for a while, then slowly lowered his head.Zhong Yi walked past him, bowed and handed a short weapon to Zhong Shiheng.Everyone stared under the light, it was Sunu's lightning cone that the soldiers had picked up from under the urn.Zhong Shiheng took the lightning cone, saw that there was still a trace of blood on the cone, sighed in his heart, took out a green handkerchief from his bosom, slowly wiped off the blood on the cone, stretched out his palm, and placed the lightning cone in front of Sunu.

"Su Nu, the old man will not force you to answer today. Go back and think about it. We will see you later."

Surprised in Su Nu's heart, he raised his head, a mixed look flashed in his eyes, he stood there blankly, and did not reach out to catch the lightning cone for a while.

Zhong Shiheng said again: "Your subordinates and clansmen have been properly settled, and they are waiting for your orders outside the tent at this moment. As long as you give an order, they will return with you. The old man will send you the food of the whole clan for three months." , can be regarded as a small gift for the first interview between you and me."

Su Nu trembled all over, feeling that he had no way out, and suddenly recalled the last words left to him by his father before his death more than ten years ago:

"Su Nu...in this world, to be a man...life and death are easy...bending your knees is hard..."

He suddenly sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it. Zhong Shiheng, you want to use my people to force me to surrender, but you underestimate me, Sunu!"

He already had amazing physical strength, but at this moment he suddenly broke free and got rid of the two soldiers of the Song camp around him. Lightning cone.Zhong Shiheng was startled, and took half a step back. The long sword in Zhong Er's hand suddenly came out of its sheath, and with a cold light, he stabbed towards Sunu's heart.

Unexpectedly, although Sunu has a burly body, his movements are extremely sensitive, and he avoided Zhong Er's straight stab with a turn of his body.At this moment, Zhong Shiheng was within walking distance in front of him, but instead of advancing, he retreated, staggered a few steps back, and smiled palely. "Chong Shiheng, I, Sunu, a half-life hero, unexpectedly died in Qingjian City like you today!" Before he could finish his sentence, he flipped his wrist, and the lightning cone fell straight into his chest.

The people in the tent didn't have time to react, but they saw a gray shadow rushing towards Sunu in an instant, his left hand stretched out like lightning, and without using much force, he clamped Sunu's arm just within an inch.Su Nu struggled to get rid of it, and let out a muffled snort. Although the lightning awl was still in his hand, he couldn't exert any strength, so he had to succumb.

It turned out that it was one of the two messengers who flew out of the passenger seat in a desperate moment and saved Sunu's life.He stood in front of Sunu, with a sad expression on his face, still holding the teacup in his right hand, he looked at Sunu quietly, without speaking, suddenly turned his right hand, and took all the remaining tea in the cup Splash on the ground.

But in a short time, half a cup of tea has completely seeped into the ground silently, leaving only a circle of faint water marks.

The messenger said quietly: "You piercing in with this awl may result in more than one life... We Han people have a saying that it is difficult to recover after flooding. You think about the truth and make a plan before it is too late."

Sunu's mood was shaken, he raised his head, only to see the messenger in front of him smiled at him, walked back to his seat and sat down again.His companion was still drinking tea with his head bowed.The companion turned a deaf ear to the incident in Caishuai's tent just now, he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Zhong Yi took two steps, the long sword in his hand trembled, reaching Sunu's throat.

"Su Nu, I didn't expect you to be so ignorant! My father's painstaking efforts were all in vain when applied to you!"

Sunu frowned, and said loudly: "The painstaking efforts of your family members are nothing more than tricks to attack secretly. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to mention it now?"

Zhong Yi was young and energetic, couldn't bear it, and said loudly: "Whether it's a trick or painstaking effort, I just want to mention it here! Let me ask you, where did you get the Jiegu on your waist?"

Su Nu was startled, looked down at the silver diamond eight-treasure jiegu wrapped around his waist, raised his head and said: "This jiegu is bought by my clan from Persian merchants, how about it!"

Zhong Yi sneered and said, "You only know one thing but not the other. I'll tell you right now, this Jiegu was made by the silversmiths in Qingjian City ordered by my father to spend seven days and seven nights working hard to inlay it!"

Surprised, Sunu turned his head to look at Zhong Shiheng, and remained silent.

Zhong Yi shook his head and said: "You have been fighting with our Zhong family army for a long time, but my father-in-law has always been merciful to you, and I only hope that one day you will find your way back. My father-in-law learned that you like to wear bright silver Jie drums the most, so he I ordered someone to make this drum specially, and then transferred it to Topos merchants to sell it in your clan, and borrowed the hands of your clan to tie this drum to your body..."

He slowed down his voice, and lowered his long sword in his hand: "This jiegu is made of bright silver, inlaid with eight treasures and strange stones, even in the dark night, it still shines brightly. My father-in-law ordered the army of the Chong family early in the morning, If you see someone wearing this drum, you must not attack with arrows and crossbows in battle, and those who disobey the order will be severely punished..."

Zhong Yi stared at Sunu closely: "Whether all these are tricks or painstaking efforts, you might as well distinguish one or the other today!"

Sunu never expected this moment, his throat rolled and he couldn't speak anymore.

Zhong Shiheng shook his head slowly, stepped forward, patted Zhong Yi on the shoulder, motioned him to step back, turned to Sunu and said, "I don't want to make it difficult for you. You have a hard time making a decision today, so go back and think about it first." stop."

Sunu stood there, stayed for a cup of tea, and finally gave a wry smile.He raised his hand, a flash of light flashed in his palm, and the lightning awl came out of his hand, and with a plop, the awl sank straight into the ground.Everyone was startled, but saw him let out a long sigh, and suddenly knelt down in front of Zhong Shiheng.

"My lord, in this battle, Sunu was completely convinced. If Sunu will be an enemy of the lord from now on, it will be so hard!"

There was a gleam in Zhong Shiheng's eyes, full of joy.He stepped forward to help Su Nu up, and said loudly: "Okay! From then on, the old man has another Xiqiang brother. From today on, we will never leave or abandon, and help each other!"

He nodded to Zhong Yi: "Yi'er, take Sunu to meet other people. This night's accident, he must have a lot to say to other people."

Zhong Yi took Sunu away from the tent according to his orders.Zhong Shiheng stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then asked left and right: "What happened to the handy boy who captured Sunu?"

The guard standing on one side of the tent knelt down on one knee and reported back: "My lord, he was hit by Sunu's lightning awl on his shoulder. The injury is not serious. The military doctor is treating him."

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said, "Bring him to me."

Two soldiers led the way.Not long after, a stretcher was brought up.There was a person lying on the shelf, it was the boy in sackcloth.His clothes were stained with blood, and his shoulders were covered with a thick layer of wound cloth. Between the opening and closing of his clothes, a dark jade pendant hanging from a silk rope under his neck was faintly visible.

The light shone on the young man's cheeks, but there was no trace of blood on his face. Although his eyes were clear, the expression in them seemed distant and near, making it elusive for a while.

Zhong Shiheng silently looked into the boy's eyes.In an instant, the expression on his face seemed to change.It seems that a pebble, although insignificant, was caught off guard and broke a pool of ice floe, causing old ripples.

His vision was unconsciously blurred.Recalling in a daze, there was once such a pair of hands, as cool as snow outside the pool, but gentle as warm currents under the ice, carefully stroking away the knots on his brows, and not allowing them to get tangled.

The westerly wind outside the door lifted a corner of the curtain and blew straight into the big tent.The guard sergeant hastily hung a curtain-pressing wooden pendant on the rafters of the door.

The wood fell to the ground and made a "da" sound, which dispelled the wandering thoughts in my heart.Zhong Shiheng suddenly came to his senses, walked forward, and cast his eyes on the young man: "There are countless brave generals in front of this old man, but I don't want to be robbed of this battle by you, an unknown servant. They must not accept it. Tell me, how should this old man deal with this matter?" thing?"

It was a great feat for the young man in linen to capture Sunu bravely, but unexpectedly Zhong Shiheng asked such a question, which really made people do not know how to answer.

But Zhong Shiheng smiled and said loudly: "Qingjian City is short of a commander-in-chief. Do you want to take this position and make a career for them to see, so that they will be convinced from now on?"

Although the rank of the commander is limited, it is also an important position.Zhong Shiheng was promoted to this young man during the battle, and everyone present was quite unexpected.Although everyone didn't dare to ask questions, there was still a look of surprise in their eyes, which was the kind of astonishment that most knew the mood of the father-in-law, and it was no exception.

Zhong Shiheng saw that the young man was silent for a long time, and said word by word: "In troubled times, there is no kind of general, do you want to be a handyman in sackcloth for the rest of your life?...Or, you were scared to death by Su Nu's attack. Have you got the guts?"

The boy in sackcloth was silent for a moment, then struggled to sit up.The wound on his shoulder was heavily stained with red blood, it was obvious that the wound had burst open again.He gritted his teeth and endured a wave of severe pain.After his breath calmed down a bit, he raised his head and met Zhong Shiheng's eyes.

Perhaps because of his serious injury, his voice only had a third of its strength remaining, but it was still extremely quiet, the same as the look in his eyes, making it impossible to believe that he was still a young man who was not yet a weaker man.

"Lu Li took the order. Thank you, Lord Long En."

Zhong Shiheng smiled silently, flicked his sleeves, and ordered the soldiers to carry the boy down.For a while, everyone in the tent took orders to leave, even Zhong Jing and his own soldiers bowed out of the tent.

Seeing that the tent had been cleared, Zhong Shiheng turned back to look at the two messengers in the seat, and said with a smile, "There are many things tonight, and I have delayed two important matters. I am really sorry."

Both of them stood up tall and returned the salute to Zhong Shiheng.The expressions of the three of them were much more relaxed than before.

Zhong Shiheng looked at the messenger who had rescued Sunu just now, and said with a slight smile: "Just now, Lao Zhan's guards made an emergency move. I thank you here. Nan Xia's skills are well-known all over the world, and his reputation is well-deserved!"

The messenger returned the salute with a smile to Zhong Shiheng: "To subdue Sunu, it all depends on Mr. Zhong's handling, is it a meritorious deed?"

Zhong Shiheng cast his eyes on the other messenger beside Zhan Zhao, nodded and said, "Strategy and planning are three parts of personnel affairs and seven parts of God's will. If we talk about wit and strategy, the princess's family history is the master of it. Today, the old man I see, I'm about to ask for advice."

The man smiled faintly, raised his hand and took off the silver helmet on his head: "Sir, your eyes are as bright as a torch. When we first met, he recognized me."

With the silver helmet in hand, it contrasted with the candlelight in the tent, reflecting her black hair piled up in clouds, her slender eyebrows drawn into her temples, her whole body is cool and elegant, like clouds breaking through the moon, filling the handsome tent in an instant.

Beauty has been like a famous general since ancient times.Even though the green armor is worn, he is no different from an ordinary soldier, but when he shows his youth, he should be dazzling all over the world.

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said: "The messenger sent in front of Mr. Fan only mentioned that the guard Zhan will send a secret letter to Qingjian City. But the princess is traveling west with the army, and the guard Zhan has always been inseparable. The old man has heard all about it... 20 Years ago, the old man paid homage to Princess Marseille and General Nian, and they hit it off right away. During the change in Ganzhou that day, the old man was in the Central Plains, thousands of miles away, and he was powerless. Seeing the Princess again today, it’s just a wish. .”

Qingcheng lowered his brows, Zhong Shiheng couldn't see the expression on her face, and only heard her calmly reply: "The past is over, why should my lord worry about it?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at Qing Cheng, his eyes darkened, and he sighed inwardly.He took a step forward, took out a wax-sealed letter from his pocket, and handed it to Zhong Shiheng with both hands: "This is Master Fan's secret letter, please read it."

Zhong Shiheng took the letter, broke the seal, and took out the letterhead.He walked to the corner of the tent, frowned slightly, and read with breathless breath.In a short time, he had already seen everything at a glance, turned back to Zhan Zhao and asked, "Have you already given you instructions on what Mr. Fan mentioned in his letter?"

Zhan Zhao said in a deep voice, "That's right. This letter from Mr. Fan is to discuss with Mr. Zhong how to fight against the Tiandu Shanyeli Brothers. Now they have [-] troops stationed in Tiandushan, and they are in contact with all the party lines. My Great Song’s confidant’s troubles. If we can get rid of them, the situation in the Northwest War will definitely turn around!”

Zhong Shiheng pondered for a long time: "Ye Li Yuqi... Ye Li Wangrong... these two brothers, are they not my confidant's troubles? But, if you want to uproot them, it's not easy. Now our army is fighting on all sides , the troops on all fronts are insufficient. Although the previous battle of the White Leopard City was the pride of destroying the enemy, and the battle of iron smelting was the flame of destroying thieves, but from the overall situation, it is only to stabilize the battle situation. If we look at the overall strategy, I am afraid that it will be delayed for a while. It is difficult to gather troops to confront the defenders of Tiandu Mountain."

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Lord Fan deeply agrees with what Mr. Zhong said. Mr. Fan has always known that Mr. Zhong is resourceful. This secret letter is just to ask Mr. Chong to devise a good plan for Brother Po Yeli."

At present, Fan Zhongyan is in charge of the military situation along the Yanyan Road. Orders and prohibitions are originally orders that Zhong Shiheng must obey.But this matter was too difficult, and Zhong Shiheng was a famous general stationed here for a long time. Fan Zhongyan still used a deliberative tone in this letter to show respect.

Zhong Shiheng smiled wryly and said: "The two armies are facing each other, how can there really be so many easy ways to think about? In the past few years, how many assassins have I sent for Brother Ye Li, and how many times have I recruited for security? In the end, all of them were Returning in vain. Master Fan wanted to be lazy, but it made me suffer."

Qingcheng was silent at the side, but at this moment he raised his head and said with a slight smile: "My lord just used the silver drum trick to lure the enemy to subdue Sununa's hero. Master Zhen. As long as Mr. Chong has the right strategy, taking his life is still a snap. I believe you already know the situation in your heart, so why bother to say no?"

Zhong Shiheng laughed and said: "No wonder Master Fan asked the princess to deliver this secret letter together. It seems that this errand cannot be shirked by the old man." He stroked his beard under his chin, and slowly said: " ...It's just that it's easy to plan, but difficult to act. I'm afraid it's hard to find someone who makes plans...Let the old man think about it slowly..."

Zhan Zhao was overjoyed, and said with a long bow, "Thank you, Mr. Zhong. Although this matter is not too late, the sooner the better. Please work harder, Mr. Zhong."

Zhong Shiheng shook his head and smiled and said, "Haste makes waste... If you want speed, I'm afraid you have to ask the princess to come out of the mountain. Once the beauty tricks out, Brother Yeli will definitely follow... But I'm afraid that you won't be able to part with Zhanwei."

Zhan Zhao didn't expect that Zhong Shiheng would make teasing words, he bowed his head in embarrassment, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Qingcheng's face was slightly blush, fleeting: "Before I came, Mr. Fan only said that Mr. Zhong is like a god with soldiers, but he didn't mention that Mr. Zhong is also so good at joking... I will see Fan after a few hours." My lord, you must ask him why he only said one thing and not the other."

Zhong Shiheng wondered: "Why, you just drank a cup of tea from Qingjian City, and you want to go back to Yanzhou?"

Qingcheng glanced at Zhan Zhao lightly, Zhan Zhao took a step forward, and said to Zhong Shiheng: "The military situation in Yanzhou is changing rapidly, I will fulfill my mission this time, and after Sir writes a reply letter, I will go back to report to Master Fan. "

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said nothing, and looked at the two people in front of him carefully again.He is as gentle as jade, and she is as cold as a bright moon, reflecting each other's brilliance and light and shadow.Zhong Shiheng has seen countless people in half his life, but he doesn't remember whether he has ever seen such a situation.

He couldn't help sighing in a low voice, just seeing Zhan Zhao looking back at Qingcheng.

She raised her eyebrows to meet his gaze, showing a light smile, just like this outside the tent, the smoke was gathering, the light of the toad was clear and light, but it was full of light.

The author has something to say: I'm very sorry for causing everyone to wait for so long, and to sacrifice such a mediocre transition chapter.Thank you for your continued encouragement.I'm still writing...