Luoshui Dongliu

Just after noon the next day, two people came to the gate of the Xiyan barracks, one of them was carrying a bamboo box.The guard stopped him and said, "Where are you coming from?"

The person in front of the head smiled and said: "Medical officer in Luo City," and said, "I was introduced here yesterday through a gentleman, brother, forgot?"

The soldiers remembered that this happened, and they greeted each other in the camp.After checking the entry and exit certificates again, he saw another person behind him, so he asked, "Where is he?"

The doctor said: "One of them. It's my student."

The soldier said: "Look at his bulky figure, he is also a doctor?"

The doctor said: "He is stupid, not very clever. It's just that there are so many things to bring today, so I have to point him to work hard." After that, he pointed to the bamboo box and said, "Brother, do you want to have a look?"

A soldier came up and took off the lid of the box, and saw that there were medicinal stone towels and handkerchiefs stacked inside, which seemed nothing special.He said, "Go in."

The two entered through the camp, and the medical officer knew the way, so they walked quickly without saying much.When they arrived at Zhao Shen's camp, the guards at the gate didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them opened the curtain and went in.

At this time Zhou Gan was in the tent, Zhao Shen called him in early in the morning, but he didn't have anything to say, so he didn't let him go.At first Zhou Qianchu thought that the general wanted him to talk to relieve boredom, but when he looked closely at Zhao Shen's anxious expression, he didn't dare to speak out.At this time, he listened to the nonsense and said "the medical officer is here", but there were two people who came in.

Zhou Gan didn't pay attention, but saw Zhao Shen get up suddenly as if waiting for someone to come, but fell back on the couch with a snort.Zhou Qian was puzzled, and when he looked at the person who came, he couldn't help but let out a "huh" in surprise.Only Zhao Shen shouted in a low voice: "What are you shouting about?"

Zhou Gan only knew Zhao Shen's intentions, if he lost his composure at the tent door like this, he would definitely give in - the man behind the medical officer, although his face had been rectified and his beard and hair trimmed, but he could still tell that it was Yuan Gui .

Yuan Gui shaved off all his beards, trimmed his eyebrows, straightened his disheveled hair somehow, and his face became whiter.Wearing big sleeves and a small crown, and not staring at people with lowered eyelids, if it weren't for the cold eyes of acquaintances, you really wouldn't be able to see your real body.His attire would be really funny in normal times, but now, no one is in the mood to make fun of it.

Yesterday the medical officer was concerned about Yuangui's past temperament, so he didn't dare to tell the truth, when he asked Zhao Shen where his "illness" came from, he said vaguely "it's okay".Yuan Gui explained to himself that the general might have made up some nonsense about his symptoms in order to meet him in private. At this moment, seeing Zhao Shen lying on the couch with a pale complexion, he had guessed it for a while, a burst of anger suddenly came to his head, and the medicine box in his hand was almost in shock. Flick to the ground.

The medical officer at the side turned pale with astonishment, rushed up to take the bamboo box in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Patience, general."

Yuan Gui suppressed his voice and said to the medical officer: "What's the matter?" But Zhao Shen said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about that, I asked you to come and talk about something serious."

After Yuan Gui heard this sentence, his heart gradually calmed down.The few people in the tent are vying for huge risks, and it is definitely not the time to make mistakes.Zhou Qian had already got up and stood guard at the tent door, while the medical officer was sitting in front of the case between the tent door and the couch, washing his hands and mixing medicine.Yuan Gui saw Zhao Shen looking at him with burning eyes, and didn't know what to entrust.Qiang Nai held back his anger, came to Zhao Shen's side and said: "General." Seeing Zhao Shen's haggard look, he finally couldn't help asking: "This is..."

Seeing Zhao Shen frowning slightly, he obviously didn't want to bring it up, so he gritted his teeth and said, "What does the general want me to do?"

Under such an urgent situation, there is no time to say more, Zhao Shen just said: "Pei Yu's idea of ​​attacking the cavalry, but I don't want him to agree. Yesterday Zhou Qian was in this battalion listening to the soldiers' discussions, and Yu Chiyuan was about to leave for Xijing in ten months. , Before that, we must think of ways to lead people to break through."

The words were not long, after hearing Yuan Gui's words, he felt that he was overwhelmed by all kinds of thoughts, only to hear Zhao Shen continue, "I thought about it yesterday, I pretended to accept Pei Yu, and said that I would take the cavalry to join Guanlong. In terms of combat power and familiarity with the geography around the city, you can only get out of the city if you have the chance, and you will have a chance of winning if you break through. Now that their defenses on both sides of the northeast are empty, then you can go to Xudu to find Gao Yuan'an as you calculated last time."

Yuan Gui was startled and said: "Now that there is no bondage from the city, I will follow the general wherever he wants to go, why bother to ask me..."

He wanted to say more, but Zhao Shen said with a wry smile: "Le Tai, just think about it, where can I go?"

The voice was not high, but Yuan Gui trembled.He said in his mouth: "The world is vast..." But he couldn't say any more self-deceiving words.Not to mention whether Zhao Shen voted for Xiyan, Gao Yuanchong, the Zhao family in Luocheng was already a thorn in his flesh; in the past, Zhao Shen's secession of an important town in the Central Plains was done nothing for others, but now he is a rootless duckweed in Dongyan.Gao has more than 1000 iron horses in his hands, and he will not want to vomit; what's more, how can he allow others to snore and sleep beside the couch?Thinking of Gao's dark and vicious tactics, under the net, it is rare to end well.

Yuan Gui's heart was cold, but he was not reconciled, he gritted his teeth suddenly and said: "The general relaxes, so what if he really voted for Xiyan? In this troubled world, how rare is it to be famous who is loyal to whom?"

Zhao Shendao: "But what if he wants you to meet your old comrades on the battlefield in the future?"

Yuan Gui's words are not bad, and it may be a wise move in the eyes of others to follow the Yuchi family to make contributions.But this world is so treacherous, the cavalry under his command was split into two parts by mistake that day, and now it is impossible to avoid such an embarrassing situation.If he wanted them to avoid the day when they were forced to kill each other, so what if he didn't.In the final analysis, he really doesn't care about whom he is loyal to, but he can't stop showing his morals to his subordinates anyway.

Seeing Yuangui's dumbfounded, he just stood there dumbstruck, and said with a tyrannical heart: "This matter is settled, whoever hesitates to entangle at this moment will cause everyone to be tied up together." He also said, "Le Tai, I am trapped here , this matter will be entrusted to you.”

Yuan Gui said: "The general believes in me, I dare not do my best." He added, "I have been careful all the way from the city to this camp. The east of this camp gate is easy to display."

Zhao Shendao: "All the way out of the city, Pei Yu will definitely send troops to watch over you, and it is at the gate of the camp that they can take advantage of their slack. Keep an eye on the route and give orders, all in one quick word." He urged again. He said, "But you need to be careful about minor matters, and you will be safe." Seeing Yuangui nodding, he asked again, "How many days will it take to make preparations?"

Yuan Gui didn't answer, but asked in a low voice, "Will the general be there then?"

Zhao Shendao: "I told Pei Yu that I want you to go out of the city to be recruited, so I must be here." Seeing Yuangui hesitating to speak, he understood after a little thought, and said with a smile, "It's nothing but the skin and the flesh. .This is a trivial matter, don't worry about it, you just said it will take a few days."

Yu Chiyuan will set off in ten days, so he has to be ahead of him if he wants to move.Yuan Gui said in a muffled voice, "Eight or nine days."

Hearing his ambiguity, Zhao Shen couldn't help frowning and said, "You should be more refreshed."

Yuan Gui's throat tightened, and he said, "Eight days is the eighth day from tomorrow."

At that moment, the medical officers over there had prepared the white scarves and wound medicines, and the explanation here was complete, Zhao Shen saw this, and said to Yuan Gui: "There is nothing wrong with this room."

Yuan Gui knew that Zhao Shen didn't want him to see the healing scene, he felt a pain in his heart, he suddenly stepped forward to hold Zhao Shen's arm, and said in a trembling voice: "Agan!"

This is what Xianbei people called their elder brother in the old days, Zhao Shen was also taken aback.Twenty years at the turn of the Zongjiao, ten years in the army / working together, and now we are about to say goodbye, this call stirred up a lot of excitement in his heart.After a while, he finally nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."

It was already afternoon when the Los Angeles medical officer left, and the guards outside the tent were changing their guards.During the handover, one muttered: "Stay in the room for a long time."

The successor said: "Is there anything wrong?" As he spoke, he slightly raised the curtain and took a look.The afternoon sun shines into the tent through this gap, and it is reflected on Zhao Shen's face.But he was resting on the crook of his arm, his expression was peaceful, the sun was still shining on his face, he didn't wake up, it seemed that he had slept soundly after exhaustion.

During the six or seven days, the soldiers of the Xiyan Army packed up their luggage and rearranged their ranks in the army, preparing to leave camp and return to the court in a few days.There were also several incidents during this period.The most important thing is who will be stationed in Los Angeles.At this time, who doesn't want to return home early, and staying behind is an errand that no one wants to do.Even if he didn't dare to disobey orders in front of the tent, he was still finding excuses to evade.Yu Chiyuan found it difficult, because Pei Yu was still the villain after all; everyone was always afraid of Pei Yu's temperament that turned his face in a blink of an eye, and he explained clearly the reasons for who was left to guard, and he couldn't find a reason to refute; In fact, the defenders who have been here for a while are just transitional, and the DPRK and China will send new troops to replace them soon after all.Yu Chiyuan made another promise at the end, and he finally made up his mind by doing both favors and threats.

Everyone noticed Yu Chiyuan's tricky tricks, but Pei Yu didn't seem to care.Zeng Ziyun said that when a person is about to die, his words are good. When people are in poverty, most of them don't want to make things difficult for others; Do whatever you want to do.Li Ji could guess the thoughts of this extraordinary man, but he was secretly emotional for a while, but he couldn't say anything.

The Battle of Los Angeles has come to an end from the beginning to the present, and if one thing is done, one thing is missing.Only the placement of the three hundred cavalry in Luocheng is still pending.After that day, the guards sent to Zhao Shen's camp were called for questioning every day, but apart from that, Pei Yu had no other movements.The brigade will start in a few days, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer.Li Ji observed his words and expressions, and faintly felt that Pei Yu was hesitating somewhere in this matter, so he couldn't help being surprised.

He was worried and confused for two days, and when the guards guarding Zhao Shen's camp came to see Pei Yu again, he presented a piece of paper.Pei Yu looked at it and said, "I'm going to see Zhao Shen."

Li Ji asked in a low voice, "Sir, are you going to his camp?"

Pei Yu paused slightly, and said, "Let's go."

Li Ji stepped into the tent again, only to feel that the atmosphere in it was completely different from the trance of the previous few days.Zhao Shen was sitting upright, with a saber on the table in front of him.

Seeing this scene at the door, Pei Yuli paused for a moment, then went to sit down opposite Zhao Shen.The two looked at each other for a moment, Zhao Shen said: "Sir, have you been waiting for a long time?"

He looked calm, but Pei Yu felt that there seemed to be a radiance in the depths of his eyes.This may be a few days to rest and recuperate properly, but he only felt that this expression was strange, but he couldn't tell where the strangeness was.In the end, he just smiled and said: "It's worth the wait, I just hope the general can think clearly from the bottom of his heart."

Zhao Shen nodded and said, "I will take care of the cavalry today, sir."

Pei Yu remained calm, but his heart turned upside down.Suddenly he sneered and said, "General, don't lie to me."

This promise was too straightforward, and Pei Yu's intuition inevitably made him even more skeptical.Even with Li Ji's foreshadowing that day, Zhao Shen readily agreed to the cavalry to be incorporated into Xiyan, he still had doubts.

Zhao Shen looked into Pei Yu's eyes and said, "I am determined to do this because I am afraid of following in the footsteps of the old city of Bei."

Pei Yu raised his eyebrows, but unexpectedly he brought up the old story of Zhao Jingzhu's killing of Jiang Jun.Only to hear Zhao Shen say again, "The army will be mobilized soon, if this matter is never resolved, sir, have you never thought about it?"

He said it bluntly, but Pei Yu smiled and said: "Whether the general believes it or not, I have never thought about it this way." He was expressing his sincerity, but he also thought about it in his heart.The reason Zhao Shen said is quite convincing.What happened to Zhao Jing back then shocked the entire court, and it was rumored that many years later, there would still be people in the city of Bei who used "Zhao Jing to come" to scare Yexiu'er.As the son of this man, one can imagine how deep the shadow of the word "kill prisoners" is.Zhao Jing's assassination of Zhu Wen was because he still acted ambiguously after he surrendered, Zhao Shenruo was afraid of repeating the same mistakes, so it is not very difficult to understand what he did in order to show his position at this time.

Pei Yu stroked his knuckles subconsciously with his thumb and said, "Then..." After a pause, "What if you stay in Los Angeles?"

Zhao Shen said decisively: "No."

This was just a test, Pei Yu smiled and said, "That's very good." Then he said, "The cavalry will go out of the city and return to the camp, and set out with the team."

Zhao Shen nodded and said, "Naturally."

Pei Yu said: "It's just that I ordered the cavalry to go out of the city for what reason? The general will go in person, how inappropriate." In the end, he still had precautions in his heart, and he never wanted Zhao Shen to join the cavalry outside the barracks.Hearing this, Zhao Shen closed his eyes and stretched out his arms, took the saber from the case with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Given by the Tai/ancestor, this is the proof."

Pei Yu looked closely, and the glory of Zhao's mission for generations was all on this saber. If the sword is out of its sheath, would the blade still show its sharpness?Suddenly, a little solemn admiration arose in my heart.He said for a while: "In this case, I will use the general's sword to pass the order."

But Zhao Shen said: "No, I have to send my guards to pass on this order."

Pei Yu frowned slightly, and finally said: "Forget it." He added, "The team is scheduled to leave the city in two days, and I will go to the camp gate with the general to meet them. The general's willingness to accomplish this is also a complete merit."

Zhao Shen only said: "Let's do it tomorrow."

Pei Yu rested his thumb on the metacarpophalangeal joint of his little finger, and said, "Then tomorrow."

During the night, the wind and cloud suddenly changed, and in the second half of the night, it actually rained.It wasn't raining too much, and the ticking sound could be heard from inside the tent, but after the drizzle in late autumn, the weather was getting colder and colder.

Zhou Gan silently waited on Zhao Shen to freshen up in the tent.When he was braiding his hair, he suddenly heard Zhao Shen say: "Pei Yu will set up a big battle tomorrow and send people to watch the cavalry all the way. Just take my sword into the city and ignore the others."

Zhou Qianqiang said relaxedly: "It is... today."

Zhao Shen smiled and said: "Indeed." Then he said, "After you leave the city, you will follow Yuangui closely. Then they will be fast, so don't lose your footing."

Zhou Qian's fingers trembled when he heard this, so he might as well pull the hair in his hands.Seeing Zhao Shen frown, his heart became more confused, and he said, "General..."

Zhao Shen turned to look at him, and said to himself: "You know that I have a bad temper, the scolding you endured in the past, don't bear grudges in the future." Seeing that Zhou Gan's cheeks couldn't stop twitching, he said: "It's just too late. Halfway through, are you going to let it go?"

Zhou Gan was busy shaking his head, sobbing already.After a long while, he said, "I'm not leaving because I don't want to leave the general alone in the tiger's den."

Zhao Shen smiled and said, "You're here, so what?" He replied, "Don't worry, I can't help him." Seeing that Zhou Qian was still expecting love, he sneered, "You don't believe it? If he kills me, he will slap himself in the face. , I don't mind, I'm afraid he won't dare. Previously Pei Yu used Yuchi's extremely negligent order to coerce me, now he should know what suffering is."

Zhou Gan saw that although his words were sarcasm, they implied ruthlessness.Or due to the slight weight loss in the past few days, the pair of brow arches became more and more tough under the light, and the black eyes were full of determination.