30. The heart of the monarch is unpredictable
85_85279 If Dai Qin surrounds our camp at this time and plays a game of cat and mouse, then it will only take a few days, and we will finish playing.
Sanbao had already summoned all the generals to wait at Zhu Di's door, but Zhu Di didn't call them in to discuss anything. Everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but they didn't know what Zhu Di wanted to do, but no one dared to say anything dissatisfied.
I couldn't sit still now, and I couldn't care about being reserved and shameless, so I changed into men's clothes and walked to Zhu Di. When he entered the tent, he found that he was still sitting in front of the desk as before, with incense burning, a pot of tea, and a military book in his hand.
I walked up to him and pressed the book down, and he finally looked up at me, but with a smile in his eyes.
I asked anxiously,
"Lord Wang, the soldiers are coming to the city!"
As if he had never known about this, Zhu Di said "oh" to me, and took the book back from my hand, "Are you willing to call me the prince again?" Can the king invite you out now? ”
My face was red and white, and I couldn't answer, so I turned around and left. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Zhu Di grabbed me, "Sit with this king for a while." ”
"Are you commanding me as a prince now? All right. I sat down and ignored him.
Zhu Di said softly, "Okay, okay, sit with me for a while." ”
Hearing that he changed his name, I finally turned around and looked at him, "We are now exhausted, Dai Qin with 50,000 troops is stationed thirty miles away from us, he gave an order, we are going to fight, I also understand the reason that the march is outside to listen to the commander, but now we have no food and grass, the soldiers look at their stomachs all the time, and the thought of starving is demoralized." If you have no choice, should you ask the court for support, if you have any clever plans, you shouldn't hide it and mess up the morale of the army. ”
Zhu Di listened to me quietly, and sneered, "Can't you see, you also know about marching and fighting?" The reason for appeasing the morale of the army is explained one by one. ”
Seeing that he was still so careless, I couldn't help but get angry, stood up and pushed him, "I ignore you!" ”
Zhu Di still took the trouble to pull me to his lap and sit down, "Don't make trouble." Sit with me for a while. "I fell into his arms at once, and I was so embarrassed that I had to be as honest as a little sheep to the slaughter.
Zhu Di rubbed the back of my hand, like a maid carefully wiping the master's clean bottle, and said in a low voice, "Remember, you have to trust me at all times." ”
I was stunned, his words were very soft, even a plea, he was begging me to believe him. None of the people in the row standing outside believed him, and even Sanbao, who had been with him for more than ten years, was doubting the future of the barracks at the moment. And I even came to him to question him in various ways. I've always only thought about the anxiety of those people outside, but I have ignored that in fact, the most anxious person should be Zhu Di, maybe he has no ink in his chest, maybe he is confident, no matter what, now he is the person who carries the biggest burden on his shoulders. People don't believe him, even I don't believe him, and I think he must be uncomfortable now. His apparent composure completely concealed his inner activity.
I reached out and took his hand for a long time before I said, "You just know what to expect." No matter what you encounter, I will accompany you. ”
Zhu Di smiled contentedly. As night fell, the two of us didn't even have dinner, Zhu Di only bowed his head in front of the desk, and sometimes he would stretch out a slender index finger and tap lightly on the desk - he was also anxious.
In the middle of the night, the soldiers outside the tent had dispersed, and only Sanbao was still guarding outside. Ten points after the third watch, Zhu Di suddenly called the three guarantees in. Sanbao stayed up for half the night, and his spirit was also exhausted, and he had a sad face after coming in. Zhu Di said, "Sanbao, you can ride the best horse now, bring my token, and you should be able to reach the pass at dawn." ”
"What's the matter? Is it too late to ask for help? Sanbao said dejectedly.
Zhu Di sighed, "Can this king still wait for you to ask for help?" The eleventh brother has already sent someone to bring enough grain and grass, and has been waiting outside the gate for more than half a month, and now it is time to meet him. ”
Sanbao's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "We already have grain and grass, and we have been waiting outside the customs for more than ten days?" Zhu Di coughed twice, "On the night when the grain and grass were burned, the king wrote two letters, one to the Daiqin military camp, and one to send the flying pigeon to Bashu, Bashu is the land of fish and rice, and the eleventh brother is the rich and noble prince. ”
Sanbao and I looked at each other, not at all Zhu Di's words were shocked, after a long time, Sanbao laughed, this smile, he finally relaxed, "Lord, you hide from me so hard!" You've hidden the whole barracks! You know what's going on in a hurry? ”
Zhu Di snorted coldly, "When you come back, you still have a big thing to do, tell me the list of the most fierce lieutenants, and when this battle is over, they will all be dismissed!" ”
Sanbao's face changed slightly, "The deputy generals were all selected by you, the prince, so they were dismissed, isn't it a little ......?"
"This king chose them out to lead his troops to fight, not to watch them incite a bad atmosphere in the army every day. Hurry up and get on the road, it's too late to delay the time. Zhu Di said resolutely.
Sanbao was silent and walked outside. After he left, I couldn't hide my excitement and asked, "You have arranged everything, why don't you tell everyone to rest assured?" ”
Zhu Di took a leisurely sip of tea, "What arrangements do I make, why do I sue them?" Besides, although our inner ghost was cleared last time, it is better to be careful in everything, so as not to let Dai Qin think that we have run out of ammunition and food, where does he dare to bring an army of 50,000 to thirty miles away? With his courage, he only dared to wander two hundred miles away at most. Zhu Di's face showed disdain.
I suddenly felt a little fear in my heart. This is the real Zhu Di, who is calculating, strategizing, and playing with opponents and even subordinates. And the Zhu Di on the grassland who can brag and fart with the old people and children, and will smile at me like a child, is not him. He will never go back to that again in his life.
Zhu Di saw me shaking and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"I'm fine, lord." I raised my eyes and replied, unconsciously cautious again.
Zhu Di's face changed slightly, as if he had noticed something, and after a pause, he said, "Are you blaming me for hiding it from you?" ”
"There is no prince." I squeezed out a forced smile, "It's late at night, Helian is tired, and I want to go back and rest." ”
Zhu Di looked at me and wanted to say something, but finally didn't say anything, waved at me and let me out. Standing outside the tent, a cold wind blew, and I shuddered, but my heart was even colder.
I thought that Zhu Di's indifference on the outside actually hid a fiery heart, I thought he was not keen on those power calculations, I thought he actually longed for a plain life, it turned out that I thought.
I was a little lost and went to my tent. Bao'er was already asleep, and I didn't dare to wake her up, but she still turned over and muttered about her dreams. I couldn't help but shake my head, sighing in my heart, she was a hard-working woman again. It is impossible for her not to know that Sanbao is a castration, and she is still so affectionate, on the one hand, it may be a gratitude for the care of Sanbao's childhood sweetheart, and on the other hand, it is the strong love sown on Sanbao when the girl's love first opened, and now it has blossomed and borne fruit, and it is difficult to collect it.
These days, looking at the situation between her and Sanbao, I also have a real headache, between them, in fact, the same as between me and Zhu Di, there is a ravine, and they need to sacrifice themselves in order to take righteousness.
I lay down and felt just top-heavy. In fact, when I was on the grassland, I had even decided, and from then on I would follow Zhu Di to the east and west, his wife and concubine, his position, and what he would do in the future didn't have much to do with me. It seems that he can't give me what I begged for, a person is in the whirlpool of the game of power, all people and things have to be ranked behind, and they can be sacrificed at critical moments, where will there be pure and untainted feelings?
Didn't he also ask me to continue pretending to be a man to trick Nomin? Isn't that just a kind of exploitation? Maybe it seemed to him that this was just a gesture for me, but he didn't know that I was tired of all kinds of deception and manipulation. I didn't want to fall into it anymore, but he was in it, and I had to give myself up again as long as I wanted to be with him.
I thought about it all night, but I couldn't think of anything, and the next day at dawn I didn't feel sleepy at all, but I felt very tired. Bao'er got up early to freshen up. She didn't know that Sanbao had gone to the pass to welcome the grain and grass brought by the King of Shu, and I didn't tell her, Zhu Di even hid it from me until late last night, but I was afraid that he didn't want too many people to know about it.
I was still lying on the bed, and suddenly I heard a rumbling sound coming in, and immediately sat up alertly, and Bao'er had already flashed to the door, listened sideways for a while, and said, "Oh no, the enemy's drums are thundering." Listening to the sound, it is less than ten miles away from us. ”
After she finished speaking, she anxiously put on her clothes and prepared to go out, I grabbed her, "There is a prince." ”
She looked at me a little confused, and I smiled bitterly in my heart, at this time, I was afraid that Zhu Di still thought that Daiqin was far away from us, and it was best to be two or three miles away