Zhu Nao

rich county.

Wu Cong pushed open the door and walked into the house, only to see Xie Wuji standing in front of the sand table, but his eyes did not fall on the sand table, his eyes were empty, as if he was distracted.

Wu Cong said, "General."

It took a while for Xie Wuji to come back to his senses, rubbed between his brows, walked to the table and sat down.

Wu Cong followed up, hesitated and did not pass the things in his hand immediately, but asked cautiously: "The general's complexion is not very good, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to call the military doctor to take a look?"

Xie Wuji didn't raise his head, and said flatly: "No, I don't feel sick."

When he said this, although Wu Cong was still worried, he couldn't say anything more.

Since the fall of Yanzhou, Xie Wuji led [-] Qingqi to retreat to Fuxian County, where he joined the army following behind.The army is stationed in Fu County for the time being.During this period of time, Xie Wuji behaved as usual, inspecting the military situation every day, handling military affairs, and discussing the next step with his advisers.Others couldn't see anything wrong with him, but Wu Cong, who followed him all day, could clearly tell that Xie Wuji's condition was not very good recently.

Xie Wuji has always been a shrewd and capable person, he sleeps late at night and wakes up before morning, he only rests for two or three hours a day, but he never tires.But in recent days, his mind was obviously distracted a lot more than before, and his complexion was not good-looking. Now the bruises are getting worse, it can be seen that he has been having trouble sleeping lately recently.

Wu Cong understood very well.Although Xie Wuji lived like a sword, he was still a body of flesh and blood after all.The fall of Yanzhou and the death of Gu Ping, it would be a strange thing if Xie Wuji remained indifferent.The most heartbreaking thing is not only the fallen Yanzhou City and the thousands of soldiers in the city, but what they saw and heard when they returned to the north this time.

Over the years, Xie Wuji has been working hard to restore order and settle people's livelihood.He is often restless, doing everything by himself, even if it is painstaking.However, times have been ups and downs, and his efforts have sometimes been effective, and sometimes run counter to them.Back when he led troops into the city and wiped out Guo Jinli's tribe, he thought he could finally restore order in the world.But he didn't expect that once the little emperor died, the situation would collapse in an instant like a sand tower washed away by a flood.

Years of painstaking efforts are about to be burned.If the person sitting in that position was Wu Cong himself, or anyone else, he would have already collapsed.Thankfully, Xie Wuji's back is at least straight.Thinking of this, Wu Cong was somewhat relieved.

Xie Wuji asked: "What are you holding in your hand? Has there been any reply from Danzhou?"

Wu Cong hesitated for a moment, and handed over the things in his hand in embarrassment: "General, this is Zhang Feng's reply."

Zhang Feng is Xie Wuji's general stationed in Danzhou.Xie Wuji took the letter and frowned after reading two lines.After reading it, he put the letter aside, closed his eyes for a while, and then said, "I see."

Wu Cong didn't know what to say.

Although Xie Wuji has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but the soldiers and horses are stationed in various places, there are only 8000 people with him now.Originally, with these 8000 people, plus the original defenders of Yanzhou, it would be enough to relieve the siege of Yanzhou.But now that Yanzhou has fallen, if you want to regain Yanzhou, these 8000 people are not enough.He wanted to mobilize nearby soldiers and horses to help, so he sent people to Danzhou a few days ago to mobilize the defenders.However, the guard of Danzhou wrote back, saying that the current situation in Danzhou is not good. There are also a large number of bandits and cult believers inside and outside the city. He is afraid that once the defenders leave the city, various forces will wait for the opportunity and Danzhou will fall.

After a while, Xie Wuji asked: "Hasn't the reply from Chengdu Mansion come yet?"

Wu Cong said awkwardly: "General, Chengdu is a long way away, how can it be so fast?"

Xie Wuji is silent.To enter Shu, he had to cross mountains and ridges, and it would take more than a month to come and go. He was indeed too impatient.

Wu Cong observed Xie Wuji's face, and hurriedly added: "The reply letter from Guanzhong should arrive in a few days, general, please wait..." The situation in Guanzhong is still peaceful, so it should not be a problem to transfer some soldiers and horses in Guanzhong. The farther you go, the longer the wait.

Xie Wuji nodded and said nothing.

The air in the room was too dull. After a while, he got up and said, "Let's go to the camp."

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Xie Wuji came to the camp, today's practice is over, now it's time to rest.Some of the soldiers were resting in their tents, some were talking together in pairs, and some were still practicing weapons by themselves.Seeing Xie Wuji, everyone stopped to salute, Xie Wuji waved his hand, and everyone went back to their own business.

The barracks is divided into several areas, most of the other areas are quiet and quiet at the moment, only one area is very lively - that is the camp where the families of the soldiers are located.

Xie Wuji went out this time, in order to speed up the march, the soldiers did not bring their families out.Since the native place of many soldiers was in Yanzhou, their family members were also left in the vicinity.Yanzhou City fell, and many family members of soldiers were trapped in Yanzhou, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.But there were also many family members of soldiers who escaped, and after hearing the news that the army was in Fu County, they came to find them.

In order to maintain military discipline, soldiers and family members cannot live together, and family members are not allowed to walk around in the barracks at will, lest rebels mix in and scout military aircraft.Only after daily training, soldiers can have an hour to meet their families.

Xie Wuji and Wu Cong walked to the side of the camp, and there were men hugging children and laughing, young people squatting beside old people talking, and some boys and girls were very close to each other, holding hands and whispering ear to ear .

Because Xie Wuji and Wu Cong walked lightly, many people didn't notice their approach, and they didn't intentionally disturb others.The two turned around a big tree, and saw behind the tree a young man and woman hugging and kissing like no one else, as if glued from head to toe, they kissed loudly.

Such a picture suddenly hit his eyes, Xie Wuji was startled, and Wu Cong let out a "huh" in fright.

When the young man and woman heard the sound, they were still reluctant to part.Xiaobing opened his eyes and glanced to the side from the corner of his eye, seeing Xie Wuji and Wu Cong, he was stunned for a moment, and then jumped away as if struck by lightning.

"General, general." The little soldier's face was as red as a pig's liver, his voice was as soft as a mosquito, and he wished he could bury his head in his chest, "Noon, noon long history."

Xie Wuji was also a little embarrassed, pursed his lips, and said: "...it's nothing."

Everyone was in a stalemate for a moment, and no one knew what to say. The young girl hid behind the tree covering her face and refused to come out.

After a while, Xie Wuji turned around and left.

Wu Cong patted Xiao Bing on the shoulder, winkingly beckoned him to continue, and then chased after Xie Wuji's back.

The two walked around the family camp, filled with laughter and happiness in their eyes.Everyone has experienced life and death, and it is rare to have time to reunite with their families, so naturally cherish every bit of it.Xie Wuji and Wu Cong were affected by people's emotions, and their moods improved a lot.

However, after coming out of the family camp, Wu Cong felt lost again.

He has not been married in these years, not on purpose, but because he is busy with official duties, and he is going to the north and south, and he rarely stays in one place for a long time, so things are naturally delayed.Now seeing the love of others, it is inevitable to feel lonely.

He suddenly thought that Xie Wuji had never been married, presumably it was the same reason.He blurted out: "Does the general plan to marry and take a concubine?"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue—Xie Wuji never liked to talk about personal matters.

He originally thought that Xie Wuji would say that the mountains and rivers are not smooth and there is no time for him to care, but unexpectedly Xie Wuji stopped and his eyes moved, but he was speechless.

Wu Cong was stunned: Xie Wuji was really thinking?Does he really have any ideas?

After a while, Xie Wuji still didn't say a word, and continued to walk forward.

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Shizhou.

At dusk, Han Feng first came to the school grounds on horseback, and saw the soldiers sitting, leaning on, drinking water, talking, all in a leisurely scene.He flew into a rage, whipped his whip to the ground, and scolded, "What are you doing?!"

The soldiers were startled and hurriedly got up and lined up.

The centurion in charge of leading the training ran to Han Fengxian's horse: "Commander, we have been training for a day, now I will let them rest for a while."

Han Feng's face was ashen, and he reprimanded: "How did I explain to you? I practice until you hour every day! What time is it now?"

The centurion couldn't help but look at the half-dark sky, and argued, "It's the second quarter of the time..."

He said again: "If they practice according to the commander's method, they will not be able to bear it. Three people have fallen down in the past two days."

After Han Feng first took office as the commander of Shizhou, he looked down on the Shizhou defenders very much, so he began to train the Shizhou defenders according to his method.He was born in the desert, and the most important thing is cavalry and archery, so he picked out an elite army from the defenders, and wanted to build a powerful assault cavalry.However, he often made the soldiers shoot thousands of arrows, and they were not allowed to dismount from morning till night.Where did the soldiers of the Shu army practice like this?Even the elite who were singled out couldn't stand it. After practicing, let alone shooting accurately, they couldn't even raise their arms and draw the bow, and their legs were all worn out.

The people below had advised him to take it step by step, but he couldn't wait.He hopes to train this group of troops as soon as possible, so that Jun Nao can see his effectiveness, so as to give him more military power.

However, he is not good at buying people's hearts, and his relationship with Shizhou officers and soldiers is not good.Coupled with such rigorous training, the soldiers complained more and more.

Right now, the faces of the soldiers are already very ugly, but they are all patient and dare not say anything.

The centurion took a deep breath and said, "General, the terrain of Shizhou is different from that of Liangzhou. There are many mountains and rivers here, so it is difficult for cavalry to perform well..."

Han Feng first heard him contradict, and was furious: "What did you say?!"

He also knew that the Shizhou soldiers were not convinced by him, which made him more impatient and eager for success.The centurion dared to contradict him in front of everyone, and even touched his scales.

He raised his whip and was about to strike, but suddenly a hand stretched out from the side and grabbed his hand.

Han Feng first turned his head in surprise, only to see that the person holding him was Ge Lingcha.The fire that was burning in his chest suddenly subsided a lot.

Ge Lingcha clung to his ear and whispered: "General, you can't kill any more. These officers have been with the soldiers for many years. If they are killed, the soldiers will be chilled."

Some time ago, the Japanese and Korean winds had killed several disobedient officers, which caused a lot of criticism among the soldiers.

Han Feng locked his eyebrows first, and finally put his hand down slowly.In fact, some of the words below have already reached his ears. Of course he was very angry, but he got these soldiers so easily. If he blindly suppressed them by killing people, he also knew that it would be self-defeating and would not last long.It's just that he doesn't know what better way to solve the current predicament.

After a while, he said viciously, "Go and practice!"

The centurion felt his killing intent and didn't dare to say any more, so he could only turn around and continue the drill with his soldiers.

Han Feng watched for a while on the sidelines of the school grounds, only to feel that all the crooked melons and cracked dates still couldn't catch his eyes, and he was filled with anger.

Just when he was about to train these soldiers in person, someone on horseback hurried over from afar.

"Commander!!" The man rode in front of Han Fengxian, and suddenly fell off his horse, his expression flustered and he was out of breath, "Big, something is wrong! The Changsha army suddenly attacked the city! It has already hit outside the south gate Already!"

"What?!" Han Feng turned pale with shock.Raid the city? ?

The man hadn't finished his sentence: "The ministries in the city suddenly rebelled, they joined forces inside and outside, and attacked the south gate!"

This time not only Han Fengxian, but Ge Lingcha's expression also changed suddenly.

He suddenly said: "Not good, Sisi!" The family members of the officers are all in the guard near the south gate, and Sisi is no exception.

Ge Lingcha jumped on his horse suddenly, and galloped towards the south gate without saying a word.

Han Feng first shouted behind him: "Brother Lingcha, come back!"

Brother Lingcha, however, rode away without looking back.

Han Feng's face was livid, and he quickly got on his horse and said, "Except for the defenders of each tower, immediately mobilize all soldiers and horses, and go to the south gate!"