Yellow sand, ancient city, horses blowing and wind blowing.

The desert is solitary and straight, and the long river falls into the sun.

It is difficult for people who have never been to the battlefield to imagine how majestic and magnificent the scene is.The generals at Yumen Pass had been waiting at Yumen Pass for a long time when they heard about the reinforcements from the imperial court. When they looked up, they saw thousands of riders rolling the yellow sand in the desert as if walking step by step from the end of the setting sun. A figure in a trance, the steed at the foot of the figure flicked its neck, occasionally snorted loudly, the horse's hooves occasionally kicked a few times in place, and walked at the forefront of the team under the lead of the soldiers leading the horse. Sitting on the horse was a young general wearing silver armor pulling the reins, his eyebrows were like jade, and his eyes were like stars. A group of soldiers holding swords, spears or shields followed the young general with neat footsteps. Behind him, there was a stretch of black clouds, sometimes accompanied by the fierce collision sound of metal armor hitting each other, and the big red swallowtail flag with the words "Daqing Dynasty" printed on it fluttered against the wind, fluttering.

When the leader of the army reached Yumen Pass, the general who came to greet him cupped his hands under the horse, and then said under the horse, "The last general is Gongshu, if you dare to ask, you are the great general of Zhenbei, Lord Lin Ziqing." I saw this man's face was rough and rough, and his gestures and gestures were full of the appearance of a rough and rough man in the world. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a shaggy beard, and there was a bit of hostility in his eyebrows. It can be concluded that he should be a veteran who has experienced many battles .

As he got closer, the veteran raised his eyes and saw the man who had dismounted just now. He was thin-skinned and tender-skinned, his complexion was like jade, and his face was handsome. His face was really good-looking, but his body was thin, even though he was dressed in Even the silver armor can't hide the weakness of a person after traveling all the way, his footsteps are flimsy, he is a handsome boy with no internal strength at all.

Gong Shu was complaining in his heart that the imperial court, which was thousands of miles away, was becoming more and more unreliable, and sent such a baby boy to press their heads to point fingers, but he still shouted with a very respectful look on his face, " Greeting General" welcomed General Lin into Yumen Pass.

General Lin raised his legs to go around the horse's back and got off the horse. He patted the neck of the tall maroon horse, took off the silver helmet on his head and handed it to the soldiers following him. He nodded slightly and looked at the old general. , "How is the situation in the city?"

Then the old general said with his tongue twisted, "General, the situation in the city is very small... It's extremely bad, and the people of our army... one less than ten."

General Lin: ...

In the middle of speaking, the old general took a careful look at him, lowered his head and looked at his palms again, cleared his throat, and then continued to stumbling to complete the sentence, "It seems that our soldiers are exhausted, It's really, really bad." The veteran guarding the city was somewhat cautious, thinking that since the man who came to lead the army this time was a civil servant, the civil servants always liked this polite, garrulous way of speaking the most. Well, after finally catching a literate kid in the ranks, he cobbled together such a sentence, thinking of making a good impression on the new boss.

After listening to the old general's words, General Lin paused while leading the horse forward. The corners of his brows twitched and then slowly loosened. After pondering for a moment, he said: , "You've been... talking like that?"

The old general took a look at the young general, saw that there was no displeasure on his face, rolled his eyes, and said cautiously, "The general is not used to young people talking like this?"

General Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Although you can speak in the way you are used to."

The veteran patted himself on the back of the head, and put a helmet on the back of his head. There was a "bang" sound as soon as he hit it. It can be seen that this blow was really merciless. Yes, my old Shu doesn’t have a proper way of speaking on weekdays. Isn’t this for the sake of listening to you, General? What are you talking about on weekdays, little soldiers. Boys..." Halfway through the words, he patted himself on the back of the head again, Said, "Excuse me, General, my mouth is really..."

General Lin led the horse for a while, and General Lin rubbed his forehead with his other hand, saying, "I'm used to it."

The veteran opened his mouth.

General Lin turned his head to look at the veteran, and said seriously, "I'm used to the way you spoke just now."

The veteran rubbed his hands, stretched out his hand to wipe his old face, grinned and said, "Just get used to it, just get used to it. Well, anyway, my old man is really not used to this Lao Shizi's polite fart." ...Let's talk about it."

General Lin nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "You say yours, I say mine, just get used to it."

After General Lin finished speaking, he turned around and said to the army behind him, "If the order is passed on, the whole army will set up camp on the spot, wait for the order, and stand ready without any mistakes."

The herald who was in charge of delivering the order stood up straight to General Lin with the spear in his hand, and said in a loud voice, "Yes." Then he trotted to deliver the order to the back of the ranks.

The [-] soldiers recruited from Chang'an and along the road were finally stationed on the sandy battlefield outside Yumen Pass.

After hearing this, the old general opened his mouth and said, "General, don't you want to enter the customs?"

General Lin looked up at the faintly visible Yumen Pass on the vast loess. This ancient city that has been around for nearly a thousand years has been plagued by wars for decades. The wars between Rong Di and our dynasty have occurred frequently since ancient times. A nation developed from animal husbandry, each Rongdi is the best at riding and shooting. Years of wind, food, and desolation have made each Rongdi a strong and brave warrior. The environment in which Rongdi lives determines their growing ambitions in human nature. .They like to plunder by nature, each of them is a good warrior, but they are not necessarily good citizens. If there is not enough food and livestock, they will rob them. It is not surprising that they burned, killed and looted among the small tribes of Rongdi , coupled with the continuous natural disasters in recent years, the Rongdi people who live on animal husbandry have been exhausted by natural disasters, have no clothes, no food to eat, it is no wonder that the Rongdi people will have a little bit of resentment towards our dynasty in Linjiang wild ambition.

For Rong Di, the so-called friendship has no meaning to them. It is not even as good as a meal of steamed buns, a calving ewe, and a lean horse... To deal with Rong Di, The only thing to do is to scare them, break them up, and beat them to lose their wolf-like ambition. There is no other way except to compete with whose fists are bigger and harder.

As for the army of the Marquis of Yong'an, there was a military report from the station half a month ago that the Marquis of Yong'an Zhao'an's army had already stationed in Wuhao, north of Yumen Pass, and Rongdi's army was waiting in full force in the west, before General Lin came to Yumen Pass , the occasional exchanges between the three armies are nothing more than small battles, small battles continue, but there is no major friction after all. Rong Di is afraid of his teeth in the south, and dare not press the whole army, for fear of attacking the teeth in the back. Recently, It is estimated that the peace talks with the king of Yagu are in progress, and the date of the peace talks between Rongdiya and Diya is probably the moment when the war officially breaks out here. When he sent troops, he could only occasionally pick up a few bargains between the two armies.

Gong Shu clutched one of his cheeks, feeling a little sour, then gritted his teeth and said, "The army of rebellious rebels seems to be the smallest, and they have been taking advantage of it for half a month. With a rebellious mind, the prepared ammunition is quite sufficient. In the past few days, we have tried our best to block our food and grass. If it weren't for worrying about Rong Di's little bastards, I would have led my troops to fight there. What a mess."

After finishing speaking, Gong Shu rubbed his hands again, and said, "General, look, the veterans in the city are already too poor for the food and grass you brought this time, don't they..." Old man Shu Twirling his own hand, he finally couldn't help but said with a flattering smile on his face.

Gong Shu didn't have any special skills in his life, only he could not doubt his skills in judging people with a pair of tricks.Gong Shu looked at General Lin. Although he looked very young, he was still a civil servant. Although he looked a little disappointed at first glance, when he looked at it again, he felt that every time the young general thought of an idea, his eyes were tight. The corners of the brows, the expression of seriousness in words and smiles looked particularly mysterious, and when a pair of eyes as calm as the deep looked over, it made one's indescribable heart start to tremble.

Gong Shu suddenly felt that the little emperor might have hit the real party this time.

Thinking of this in my heart, my nature began to commit crimes again, and I became a little presumptuous without any suspicion of up and down.Once or twice, seeing that the young general didn't show any dissatisfaction, he became more relaxed and spoke more freely.

General Lin didn't answer his words immediately. He was carefully studying a map of Yumen Pass in his tent, and stretched out his hand on the map to carefully compare the terrain of Yumen Pass in his impression. Suddenly, the map in General Lin's hand He paused for a moment, pointed to an unmarked plain, turned his head to look at the bow hub, and said, "Is there a depression here?"

Gong Shu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and after glancing at the young general, he quickly stared at the map for a long time. After staring at the cup of tea, he slapped his thigh and shouted, "Lao Shizi, I led soldiers to that ghostly place." After shouting, he started yelling loudly again, saying, "Damn it. Damn it, it's really a depression, with a cliff on one side and a slope on the other. When I led the soldiers to stand on the edge of the cliff, I wanted to scold Lao Tzu, but it was not framed in the picture, and I lied to his mother!"

After finishing speaking, he scratched his head again and said with a grin, "General, have you ever been to our Yumen Pass? You know the terrain of Yumen Pass. Is it truer than real gold?"

General Lin looked at Gongshu, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to rub his forehead, but felt that something was wrong, so he touched his nose instead, and then said, "Hasn't the food and grass been delivered long ago?"

Gong Shu stared, and said, "General, are you joking?"

——In the past half month, he hasn't even seen a single straw.

General Lin pondered for a moment, and said, "Didn't a few pairs of tea-selling merchants come to Yumen Pass a few days ago?"

Gong Shu then nodded, and said, "Indeed, there are a few couples of tea merchants who are already at war and still want to start a business. Some really want money rather than life."

Lin Ziqing immediately said, "Well, if you tear apart the sacks of tea leaves unloaded by the tea merchants who want money and life, they are all the food and grass you want, and there should be a few more batches coming over later."

Gong Shu opened his mouth, but he didn't close it for a long time. Later, he stretched out his hand to his head, especially his lower jaw, and then closed it with a click. After reacting, he stammered towards the young man The general leaned close to his ear and said, "General...general, are those all yours?"

General Lin shook his head and said, "It's true that they are businessmen, but they gave us some sweets and asked them to bring us something."

At the beginning of every war, there are always some unscrupulous businessmen who want to take advantage of the war to make a fortune from the war. If you sell things, you can usually earn nearly ten times the profit. However, this kind of business should always be done secretly. However, this time it is a bit different. To do business on the bright side, when necessary, there will be soldiers from Yumenguan to protect them, so you don't have to worry about your own life. These soldiers are not in a hurry to drive out of the city when they see you on weekdays, but after General Lin spoke , it’s completely different, they just need to help these soldiers bring some things, anyway, it’s a way of making money at the risk of death, and the risk of taking the risk of escorting food and grass is not much different, and the cheaper ones are guarded by soldiers Their things, not only food and grass, but also some small items that are going to be resold to the Rongdi people, the worry of life is also greatly reduced by several tenths.Businessmen pursue profit, but they still value their own lives. This is a very cost-effective business that is mutually beneficial and win-win.

As far as the army is concerned, although each batch of food and grass shipped in this way is small, it is better than a steady stream, and it is safe enough to be easily discovered. The food and grass go first, and the people don't know it. In the Ming Dynasty, this time it can be regarded as an advantage.

In the evening, after eating a few white flour steamed buns and a bowl of wild vegetable soup on Huotou Junwen, Lin Ziqing got dressed and rested in the tent.During the march, everything was kept simple, tossing and turning on the cold, hard bed. At the beginning, Lin Ziqing was not used to it, but then he thought of his poor livelihood before he became an official, and laughed at himself, thinking, really It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. This has been the truth since ancient times.Until the middle of the night, Lin Ziqing fell asleep in the tent in a daze on his side, but after getting used to it, it wasn't very unbearable.

Before resting, General Lin was still thinking of some other things in a daze,

At Yinshi tomorrow, the whole army is ready to go and enter the customs.

Enter Yumen Pass, integrate the old department, and dispatch troops in the school field.

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