Chu Chen Kee

An ancient poem goes: I don’t know where to stay tonight, Pingsha is thousands of miles away.

To the north of Chang'an, there are mostly remote and desolate places, and it is not uncommon to see no human habitation after traveling for ten miles.

The elite light cavalry of the Tang Dynasty can travel to Cangzhou in one day and one night, but Xuanjia is a heavy cavalry and carries luggage. It is estimated that it will take three to five days to arrive, and the camp along the way is also quite troublesome.

When the evening approached, Li Chenhuan chose a garrisoned sergeant near a small river.

The location of the camp is very ingenious, facing the river, with a wide field of vision in the rear, and a cliff on the left, which can not only avoid the enemy's surprise attack, but also ensure that one's own side can advance and retreat properly.

Li Chenhuan had already changed out of the armor he wore when traveling, and he was lying comfortably in the prince's sedan chair in the prince's casual clothes, and beside him were two maids in black holding a stove to keep him warm.

Since Li Chenhuan realized his unusual attitude towards Bai Yi last time, he began to deliberately reduce the chances of getting along with Bai Yi.

But at this time, he still looked out curiously through the gap in the car curtain, and Bai Yi and the others over there were busy in the corner and didn't know what they were doing.

Shuyue saw Li Chenhuan's doubts, glanced casually, and said softly: "Master Bai seems to be lighting a fire to cook?"

In fact, she didn't need to explain, the strange and alluring fragrance wafting over there had already attracted the attention of many people.

Bai Yi kept turning the roast chicken in his hand, and sprinkled some spices on it from time to time. The spices from the Western Regions were roasted by the fire, and the bursts of fragrant smell made Li Yuchen squat beside him motionless, without looking at it. Blinkingly guards Bai Yi.

Hu Ziying was also drooling beside him, his two seductive eyes were just looking at the golden roast chicken foolishly at the moment, and he no longer saw the infinite charm of the past.

Yue Ze looked at him very helplessly, his own snacks were easily hooked away!

When Bai Yi raised his head inadvertently, he saw two greedy cats looking at him at the same time, and couldn't help laughing: "Hungry?"

The two greedy cats nodded at the same time.

He looked at a roast chicken in his hand with some embarrassment.

Li Yuchen's appetite is astonishingly large, the appetite of ordinary adults is far inferior to him, even this whole chicken is only [-]% full.

Although Hu Ziying doesn't have that much appetite, it's not difficult to kill a roast chicken.

He was silent for a moment, then waved his big hand and said, "Go to the nearby woods later to see if there are any pheasants!"

"...Eat! Eat!" Li Yuchen expressed his happiness.

Hu Ziying also smiled immediately: "Brother is the best!"

Ruyi was sitting next to her, holding a grass stalk in her mouth, looking at the distance with a leisurely expression: "There's no need to look for it, promise, someone brought the pheasant."

Over there, Li Chenhuan walked over with three or two soldiers, each carrying three or five struggling pheasants with bright coats...

Bai Yi was depressed: "Is there no fire-headed army in the army?"

Li Chenhuan shrugged lazily: "The people from our palace faction haven't finished their return yet, and there may be other prey. Since Mr. Bai has this skill, why should he cherish it?"

Bai Yi glanced at him indifferently: "This minister is not a cook in the army, and His Highness also brought a private imperial cook, why did you find me?"

Li Chenhuan smiled, and before he could answer, he heard a strange noise behind him.

"What's the noise?" He lowered his face and asked in a bad tone.

Li Chenhuan was originally indifferent, and the people in the army feared him a lot. Seeing his displeasure, everyone immediately stood up and lined up. The dense crowd knelt down on the ground in unison: "Your Highness, calm down!"

Li Chenhuan turned his head and saw the source of the voice, it was the scout he sent out just now.

"Say!" He also realized that if it was a trivial matter, this little scout would not dare to disturb the morale of the army for no reason.

The scout looked at Li Chenhuan tremblingly, swallowed and said, "Your Highness, I found our food and grass army ahead..."

Li Chenhuan's black eyes were gloomy: "What's wrong?"

"They were all attacked, their bodies were discarded in a big pit, and all our food and grass were gone!" the scout finished trembling.

Hijacking the royal army's rations is a serious crime against the ten clans!

Li Chenhuan's handsome brows were frowned: "Wait for me to go and have a look!"

When the scout heard the words, he got up and immediately went to a nearby forest without bothering to beat the ashes.

Bai Yi also frowned, handed the roast chicken to Li Yuchen casually, and followed behind the prince and the others.

Li Yuchen hesitated for a moment, but still followed Bai Yi closely with the roast chicken.

The forest was dark and gloomy, and there was a rancid smell coming from it.

A large pit with a diameter of more than 100 meters was dug outside the forest, and more than 500 corpses were scattered in it, all of which were shot to death by random arrows.

The blood on the ground soaked the land, and the soldiers didn't even have a chance to draw their weapons, so they fell in this land far away from their homeland.

"Don't look!" Bai Yi immediately covered Li Yuchen's eyes with his hands.

Li Yuchen opened his hand silently, this situation didn't make any sense to him.

During the few years in custody, he also hated human beings and wished to kill everyone he met. Now, although he can accept Bai Yi's approach, it doesn't mean that he has much sympathy for these same kind.

Li Chenhuan's face was gloomy and terrifying, he clenched his fists tightly until his knuckles turned white.

"The army detaining food and grass left two days earlier than us, and the attack should have been two days ago. But at this time, it is a military secret, and it is absolutely impossible to leak it. How could such an accident happen?" Li Chenhuan's deputy Han Zixi immediately found out. Question, "Moreover, the two thousand stones of grain and grass are gone, and there are no rut marks, which is really strange!"

His family's ancestors were also prominent for a while, but now the family is in decline.His luck was relatively good, and he was favored by Li Chenhuan, and the Han family gradually improved over the years.

It can be said that Han Zixi is the backbone of the prince's party, and Li Chenhuan will naturally bring him out to accumulate meritorious service in such wars.

"What's that?" The sharp-eyed Hu Ziying found something in the pile of corpses and whispered.

After all, the scout was an elite who rolled over on the battlefield. After the initial shock, he recovered his composure. Hearing this, he ran over and pulled out an object from under a pile of corpses.

"This is a flag!" He held it up to Li Chenhuan to see, "Your Highness, look."

It was a banner embroidered with bright moon and crape myrtle flowers. Although the embroidery was not exquisite, it didn't look bad either.

"It is said that the rebels in Cangzhou City used this kind of flag?" A lieutenant in the army looked at Li Chenhuan solemnly, "Those thieves dare to hijack the army rations, this is already a flagrant rebellion."

Li Chenhuan carefully looked at the flag for a moment, and then smiled contemptuously: "This is a way to bring disaster to the east, and you dare to show it off in front of me!"

"Your Highness, what do you mean? This is the rebel who was framed by someone in Cangzhou? But who else has the guts to rob His Highness's army rations?" Another lieutenant general was also skeptical.

Li Chenhuan turned back indifferently: "Of course he has the guts! Come here, listen to the order of the palace, and the soldiers of the whole battalion will only prepare two days' rations each, abandoning the burden, riding lightly on fast horses, and traveling day and night. The palace must use the fastest rushed to Cangzhou! Another 100 people were dispatched to bury the bodies of the fallen soldiers on the spot!"

Immediately, someone went back and ordered that the speed of the 5000 people's camp was not slow at all, but in less than half an hour, all the staff were ready, and the corpse pit was also filled, which is enough to see that the combat quality of this elite army is definitely not weak .

Bai Yi observed the corpse pit for a moment, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Li Chenhuan didn't miss the change in his expression, but got on his horse without saying a word: "From now on, head to Cangzhou at full speed!"

Bai Yi sighed slightly, and led Li Yuchen to abandon the carriage, and rode on the road instead.

Li Yuchen didn't have any objections in Bai Yi's arms, he still gnawed on the last bit of chicken leg contentedly.

Five thousand light cavalry set off, like a strong wind passing through the country, and the horse neighed, and it traveled more than ten miles in an instant.