Chapter 35 - The Battle of the Rivers

In the eighth year of the Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian, the king of Qin, disregarded the advice of his ministers, determined to attack the Jin, personally led a million troops from Chang'an to the south, and at the same time sent a water division from Bashu to the east and marched to Jiankang. The army marched by land and water, approaching the south of the Yangtze River. Full of ambition, determined to swallow up the Eastern Jin Dynasty and unify the world.

At present, the military situation of Jiankang is critical, the dynasty is under the pressure of a strong enemy, and at the critical juncture of life and death, Emperor Jin and hundreds of officials are in shock, and everyone expects Prime Minister Xie An to make a decision. Xie An lived up to expectations, served as the governor of the conquest of the capital in charge of the military, and recommended his brother Xie Shi as the governor of the conquest, his son Xie Yan as the auxiliary general, and his nephew Xie Xuan as the vanguard, leading 80,000 Beifu soldiers along the Huai River to the west to meet the main force of the Qin army, and sent Hu Bin to lead 5,000 naval troops to reinforce the strategic place of Shouyang. and Ren Huan Chong was the assassin of Jiangzhou, controlled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and prevented the Qin Bashu army from going east along the river.

Xie Anwen governed martial arts, dispatched troops, and deployed all the details, and Wanzhang Fang understood that he was still concerned about the people of the country, and he was indifferent on the surface, but in fact he was for the country and the people, and he was exhausted. Thinking that he even tried to persuade him how to do it, it really made people laugh and lose his big teeth, so he felt quite faceless to see Xie An.

After everyone had arranged their respective duties, it was time to lead the army to resist the enemy. On the eve of departure, the lights in the Prime Minister's Mansion were still bright after nightfall, and the generals such as Xie Shi and Xie Xuan, who had been ordered to go out this time, gathered in the hall to discuss the specific details of the war.

Wanzhang knew that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night, the battle of the water, this is about to begin, what the master said that day will make himself famous in this battle, become a habitable wonder, and it is about to happen in front of him, this war can not only determine the changes in the pattern of today, but also determine the progress of his future task completion, how can he still endure to stay in the room, he has long been secretly hiding under the window and secretly observing the situation in the room, planning to secretly change his clothes and travel with the army after listening to it.

However, the room is full of martial arts people, how can she be a little girl hiding under their noses, only a few words were "invited" to the room, Xie An saw that it was her, and a funny look appeared on her face:

"Miss Wanzhang?"

Suddenly, standing passively in front of so many people in this way, and they were all military generals, Wanzhang was still scared after all, so he could only shrink his neck and laugh dryly.

I thought that this time I would definitely be unceremoniously reprimanded, even if Xie An didn't say it, Xie Yan would definitely have to show an attitude to educate himself, but I didn't expect that as soon as I was mentally prepared to accept it, I saw Xie An suddenly pointing at him without warning, and then regardless of everyone's surprise, he said:

"Would you like to go with the army?"

"Father!"

Xie Yan's face changed greatly, and he took a few steps forward to stop it, but the others also secretly discussed it in disbelief.

However, Wan Zhang's mood was very different from Xie Yan's, he was stunned for a long time, he was so excited that he couldn't believe it, the blind cat almost laughed when he met the dead mouse, but fortunately, he tried his best to restrain it, glanced at Xie Yan with a nervous expression beside him, signaled that he didn't need to stop it, and then bowed to Xie An with strong excitement, and said tremblingly:

"Wanzhang is willing."

"You ......"

Xie Yan still looked at her worriedly, he knew that she was smart and clever, and she could be good at calculations, if she could join the army, she might be able to help a little, but no matter how powerful she was, she was just a little girl, and as a man, her biggest wish was just to let her go to the battlefield?

But if she really wanted to, if that was what she wanted......

Then, I have to let her mess around, at least under my nose, and I can still protect her.

His eyes sank, revealing a somewhat gentle look, as he had done countless times in front of her before, and he smiled helplessly and tolerantly: "I really can't help you." ”

In this way, Wanzhang can be regarded as stepping on the iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, so it took no effort to get it, and he joined the army team without much effort, while sighing that Xie An really knows how to make good use of people, and on the other hand, he is full of hope for his future.

However, in this war, in addition to having to let the Jin State win, to raise her own value, and make the Qin State's national strength suffer greatly, she also has a contradictory mind. Fang had just come all the way here, and she had already calculated from the stars in the sky that Fu Qin would be defeated, so both of them were just fateful matters, but she also knew that Sima Yao must take advantage of this time to empty the Xie clan and return the imperial power of the Jin Kingdom to the hands of the Sima clan. After this war, the Xie clan will reach its heyday, cooking oil with fire, icing on the cake, however, it is also about to be happy and sad. I can't change this fate, with Xie An's celebrity demeanor, I don't care about the monarch's jealousy at all, all I can do is to do my best to protect the prosperity of the Xie family, even if it is only one more day, in order to repay the kindness of meeting and knowing each other.

After the deployment was complete, the Jin army marched towards Xiangyang in full gear, not only to recapture the land that was omitted by the Qin State, but also to weaken the strength of Fu Jian's southern invasion division, so that it would be exhausted, so as to reduce the threat to the capital Jiankang.

It was inconvenient for a woman to be in the barracks, and the women's clothes were complicated and procrastinated, so she simply changed into men's clothes and pretended to be a strategist to follow Xie Yan's side, not deliberately to hide it in front of everyone, but purely for convenience.

At the moment, she is riding a horse along the Huai River with Xie Yan and Xie Xuan, the time is close to sunset, there are May flowers on the river bank, the water is a brilliant afterglow, looking into the distance, there are flame-like red glow and sunset, and behind him, there are 80,000 elite soldiers known as the most effective today - Beifu soldiers, Wan Zhang's heart suddenly gave birth to a sense of high spirits, thinking that if he was a man, he would be a majestic general, so as to live up to his youth and live up to the great rivers and mountains.

sighed, Xie Yan beside him suddenly reined in his horse and gave a military order:

"It's getting dark, let's rest here for the night before we go."

In fact, it is not completely dark, and it doesn't hurt to hurry for a while, not to mention that it is now at a critical juncture in the military situation, and it should be faster if it can be faster, but Xie Yan ordered all the soldiers to rest in place at this moment, and Wan Zhang understood that he was mostly thinking about himself. To be honest, she had never been in such a hurry, and she was really tired at this time, so she received his kindness, and it was a big deal to rest early tonight, recuperate and set off early tomorrow.

Because Xiangyang is not too far from Jiankang, and once you arrive at the Jin army camp in Xiangyang, there will be enough grain and grass, so the army traveled lightly, only bringing some necessary materials, thinking that it would arrive in the middle of the night on the same day, who knew that Xie Yan ordered to rest first, and the dry food brought was a little insufficient. It was when Wanzhang and Xie Yan were resting under a big tree, Xie Xuan and Xie An were also resting not far away, other soldiers were also drinking and resting, and a few small soldiers who were in charge of food came and went to collect firewood and boil water and prepare for cooking, but it was difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, so she came to report to Xie Yan about the lack of food.

"General, the army has not prepared enough food, do you want to catch some fish nearby?"

Xie Yan nodded slightly and replied, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes."

The little soldier in charge of the food turned around and left, and called a few cooking soldiers to catch fish together, but Xie Yan also slowly got up, lowered his head and asked Wan Zhang, "Catch fish together?" ”

Wanzhang was stunned for a moment, she was in a daze, and she was stunned for a long time before she realized that what he just said was the word catching fish, she was excited for a while, and suddenly jumped up, pulled Xie Yan and left, thinking that when she was in Gaoliu Mountain, she often carried her master to catch fish and rabbits and open meat, but she was a good hand, and now it has been abandoned for many years.

The Huai River is not far away, and the soldiers who came first have already begun to show their skills in the shallows, but Xie Yan did not join in the excitement here, and took her along the river all the way, until he walked to a rocky shallow river basin in the distance before stopping, Wan Zhang thought that he was a dignified Xie Ergongzi, who only knew how to eat fish, and never knew how to catch fish, but he didn't expect to see Xie Yan find two branches on the ground, skillfully sharpen his head with a portable dagger, and after throwing one to her, he walked to the river without looking back.

She was completely surprised, Xie Ergongzi was really both civil and military, elegant and vulgar, and after a while, he remembered his intentions, and hurriedly rolled up his trouser legs, took the branch and followed him into the river.

Catching fish is her old job, as soon as she gets off the river, it is like a mouse entering the rice tank, although she has not caught it for a long time, but the basic skills of more than ten years are not practiced in vain, after being familiar with it for a while, after a while, a big fish was forked onto the harpoon, as soon as she shot it is such a big fish, where can she get it, she immediately raised the harpoon and showed off in front of Xie Yan, and the expression on her face seemed to say: Look, you can definitely not compare to yourself when it comes to spearfish.

However, Xie Ergongzi didn't pay attention to her, and the next situation seemed to be completely reversed, she never caught even a small fish again, but Xie Yan's harpoon began to have more and more fish, and the harvest was quite rich, so rich that she was very blushing.

Under the extreme imbalance, she couldn't help but rush to Xie Yan with water, and said angrily: "It's not fair, I caught the fish first just now, and I scared all the fish there to you." ”

While saying, while making a gesture to grab the fish on his harpoon, the other party saw that her whole person pounced, and it was not if she did not move, and if she moved, she threw herself into the water, and even more so, she could only choose to stay still and let her pounce, and if she didn't dare to move, she could only helplessly persuade with good words:

"Okay, okay, can't I give you the fish? You stand obediently first, and be careful of falling into this Huai River. ”

After receiving such a guarantee, Wanzhang stopped grabbing hard, stood contentedly, and watched him divide most of the fish on his harpoon into his own with a helpless smile, until she nodded with satisfaction and stopped, and asked with a smile: "Now you are finally satisfied?" ”

However, Wanzhang was still proud, as if so many fish had been caught by himself, and raised his head: "Almost." ”

When the other party saw her appearance, he could only shake his head and smile:

"Well, let us go ashore and let them make a fire here too, and I will cook fish with you here."