After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

After a day of practice, Qi Zizhen has basically mastered the music score taught by Qin Gong. When he tried to play it completely for the first time, he directly attracted five or six birds and was directly surrounded by them.

Later, it was Qin Gong himself who played once to lure two or three away, and then he was rescued.

After mastering the music score, Qi Zizhen briefly reconfirmed the recent plan with Song Yaoxu and Tang Leyuan to ensure that there would be no fatal mistakes before returning to their tents to recharge their batteries and prepare for the next day's departure.

next morning.

Song Yaoxu conducted another simple mobilization ceremony, and then led an entire army of 9000 people to Chongping County.And Tang Leyuan continued to lead his thousand elite soldiers to another direction.

The distance between Chongping County and Fengshu County is not too far. From about half the distance, the terrain becomes more dangerous, and the marching process becomes a little slower.

On May 25, the army marched for another three days, and temporarily set up camp in a relatively suitable location for a short rest.

On the same day, Wei Lingshen, who was traveling with the army as a personal commander, took a blueprint and walked into Song Yaoxu's camp to report: "Your Highness, according to the map I searched earlier, we should enter the steep mountain area tomorrow." .”

Song Yaoxu and Qi Zizhen were originally reading books in the tent, but when they heard this, they looked at each other and got up together.

Wei Lingshen put the topographic map in his hands on another table in the tent, and the two gathered around the table to look at the map.

According to the terrain drawn on the map, they only need half a day to formally enter the steep mountains.Because the surrounding terrain is also undulating, it will take more than three times the time to go around, and the degree of danger is not much lower.

However, the mountainous area is relatively narrow and long, and it takes at least three days from entering to leaving, and it is easy to encounter an ambush by the enemy.

Song Yaoxu pondered for a moment, and finally decided: "Then let's go to the valley area of ​​the mountains, and strengthen inspection and protection when we are in the valley."

Qi Zizhen on the side also nodded: "We don't have too much food and grass this time, and it will not be easy to transport it if we take a detour."

The chief general and the military adviser both said so, and Wei Lingshen didn't have any other opinions, so he nodded and arranged for the order to strengthen inspections.

After deciding on the itinerary, the army will pull out the camp on time on the second day and move on.

They entered the steep mountains and marched along the valley, relatively close to the water source. They did not encounter any enemy ambushes until the second day of the march.

As long as they have one more day, they will be able to walk out of the valley, and there will be no more than two days away from Chongping County.

That night, Song Yaoxu stood in front of the tent and looked around.

The towering mountains covered the surroundings, almost obscuring the moonlight in the night, only the lights in the camp area were brightly lit.

The soldiers marched for a few days, and at this time some of them were ready to rest and recharge their batteries for tomorrow's march.

The patrolling soldiers walked among the lights, dressed in light armor, with serious and focused expressions.

Compared with the mob at the initial departure, the soldiers are in much better condition.

Qi Zizhen, who had gone back to his tent to browse ancient books, inadvertently raised his eyes, and saw Song Yaoxu standing quietly by himself in front of a nearby tent.

Compared with going from the capital to Jiuyou County, or from Jiuyou County to Fengshu County, their march this time can be said to be the most difficult journey.

Especially since entering the valley, he and Song Yaoxu have maintained a high degree of vigilance almost all the time in order to prevent surprise attacks at any time.

In just two days, their condition was obviously not as good as before entering the valley.

Qi Zizhen let out a breath, rubbed his temples, closed the scroll in his hand and put it away again, and then walked to Song Yaoxu's side step by step.

"Your Highness." He called softly, recalling Song Yaoxu's scattered thoughts.

"It's Zizhen." Song Yaoxu withdrew his other emotions and smiled lightly, "Why did you come out?"

Qi Zizhen shook his head: "It's nothing, I just saw His Highness standing here alone, and wanted to come out to accompany His Highness."

Hearing his answer, Song Yaoxu just smiled lightly and didn't continue to say anything else.

The wordless silence blurred in the ink-like night, but it didn't look awkward.

The few stars flickering in the night, I don't know if they are heralding something.

The two stood side by side very close, and it was unknown who took the other's hand tentatively first.

The sultry summer night wind gently swept across the tent area, dispelling the stagnant heat.

"Your Highness, do you think we can return to the capital safely with the soldiers?"

Qi Zizhen looked up at the night sky, feeling a little uncertain in his heart.

On weekdays, he would always put on a firm and confident look, as if he had already made a complete plan for the road ahead.

But tonight, his condition is not good, and there is a bit of confusion about the future in his tone.

He used to be confident that as long as he came to the battlefield with Song Yaoxu to experience, he would be able to help him grow up little by little.

But when it really came to this point, he realized that the war was really not as easy as he imagined.

What they hold in their hands is not only their own future, but also the future and even the lives of countless soldiers and common people.

He could gamble, even if it was his own life, that Song Yaoxu would become a truly qualified king, but he could not gamble with the lives of the soldiers.

He and Song Yaoxu were the decision makers, and the most important thing they had to consider was the casualties of the soldiers.

In ancient times, there was a saying in the art of war that if you subdue the enemy without fighting, you are good at what is good.This sentence shows that it is the best choice to win with the least or even zero casualties.

Every soldier is a living life. It is really difficult for Qi Zizhen, who has received more than 20 years of modern education for ordinary people, to overcome this hurdle.

The same goes for Song Yaoxu, who has received more than 20 years of benevolence and righteousness education.

But they also had to force themselves to step over.

Song Yaoxu sighed softly, and said slowly: "Since it is a war, there must be casualties. Most of what we can do now is to minimize the casualties as much as possible."

Qi Zizhen naturally understood what he said, but maybe they still need some time to accept it.

However, reality does not intend to give them this time.

Just when everything was quiet, a huge movement suddenly came from the empty valley, piercing the tranquility of the entire valley almost instantly.

At the same time, a soldier ran in from the outside in a panic, almost half-kneeling in front of the two of them, and quickly reported: "It's not good! The enemy army is attacking outside!"

He didn't even care about the etiquette when reporting, his expression was full of panic.

Song Yaoxu and Qi Zizhen let go of each other's hand the moment he came over, they looked at each other, and their hearts sank.