Chapter 2

"How far is it to ride a horse from here to Yanzhou?" Xu Xiachu lay on the horse's back weakly, it was only the third day, and he couldn't hold on. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The bumpy horseback has already been turned upside down, and he has no appetite, and even vomits the acid water in his stomach. The back is sore, and the stomach is still swaying sadly, which really makes Xu Xiachu feel that life is worse than death.

Seeing him so uncomfortable, the wind showed no sympathy at all, and even chuckled. "Xiaoyue and I went from broken leaves to Chang'an, but it took half a month, you can bear with it a little longer."

After saying that, Xu Xiachu raised her head in despair and glanced at him, and then immediately lowered her head deeply, and vomited on the ground again, which made people can't help but turn their heads away and don't want to look more. Xu Lin rode a brown-red high-headed horse and slowly passed by Xu Xiachu's side. He frowned unconsciously when he looked at his son's wretched look. For a soldier, if he can't even ride a horse, isn't that a waste?

Finding Xu Lin coming, Xu Xiachu immediately raised her head, wiped the corners of her mouth with her sleeves, and pretended to be fine. But no matter how much he pretends, he can't hide his face like a dish.

"If you're really sad, just eat one." Xu Lin shook his head helplessly, and he was very distressed when he saw him so uncomfortable, so he had to take out a small porcelain bottle from his waist and throw it at Xu Xiachu, then clamped the horse's belly and rode to other places.

Xu Xiachu took the porcelain vase with one hand, looked at the back of his father's departure with puzzled eyes, and couldn't figure it out. But he obediently opened the wax seal of the porcelain bottle, and a bad smell made him vomit again. Good boy! That old guy did it on purpose! Xu Xiachu reluctantly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, held her breath and poured out a small black pill from the bottle, and swallowed it after hesitating for a moment.

"Tell me about you, you can't even ride a horse, but don't be ashamed in front of your brothers." In the face of the cynicism of the wind and the wind, Xu Xiachu, who talks a lot on weekdays, is now unable to say a word and is lifeless.

He could only reluctantly prop up his head, his eyes staring lifelessly at the wind, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "I can ride a horse, but not for that long." With that, he sighed and continued to lie on the horse's back.

Looking at the surrounding scene, it was a large dense forest. The dense foliage blocks out the sunlight and does not let in a single light. There are also strange sounds made by birds and beasts in the forest, which add a lot of weird atmosphere. Every soldier walking in it felt a sudden chill on his body, and he looked around in horror, and even the slightest sound could scare them and shout, how could they still have the mighty appearance that had just come out of Chang'an City.

Xu Lin rode his horse and probed around and returned to the wind with a solemn expression. "I'm afraid that there is such a forest within a radius of dozens of miles, and I can't get out in a short time."

The wind looked straight ahead, and a straight road stretched out of nowhere, giving people an inexplicable sense of depression. He frowned, and quickly pulled out a roll of maps from the leather pouch hanging from his horse's back, spread it on his horse's back, and searched carefully. The map shows that this place is called Huaiqipi, which connects the two cities in the north and south. Xu Lin also poked his head over worriedly and took a look, and when he saw the word "Huai Qipi", he muttered to himself.

"What is your impression?" Yan Feng hurriedly asked, but Xu Lin shook his head.

"I haven't been to this place and I've only heard about it once or twice. It is said that there is no day here, and there are many fierce beasts in the forest. If the inhabitants of the cities on both sides want to go to each other's places, they would rather take an extra detour of more than a dozen kilometers rather than take this shortcut. ”

Xu Xia, who was lying on horseback, suddenly raised her head when she heard this, as if returning to the light. "Then we're all in, what should we do?"

As soon as the words came out, a period of silence followed, and no one spoke, including the other generals. The wind looked around at these "famous" generals, trying to suppress the anger in his heart. He tightened the reins, and the black horse under his crotch stopped moving, and the others tightened their reins when they saw him stop suddenly.

"Give the order to go down, camp on the spot and rest, and wait until noon tomorrow before leaving!" He waved his hand, and the people on the side looked at each other, and they really couldn't see through the inner thoughts of the storm. Everyone looked at Xu Lin for help, after all, in charge of everyone, it seemed that only Xu Lin's words could be listened to in their hearts. What's more, the other generals are not familiar with the wind and naturally dare not ask at will.

Xu Lin coughed embarrassedly, and scolded in his heart: None of them can be used! But at this point, there was really no one but him, so he had to calm his tone and ask to the wind. "Why do you want to set up camp and rest first? Why don't you continue to travel overnight, maybe you can find a way out? ”

However, the wind has made up his mind. "It's been half a day, and all the soldiers are tired. If it continues, then the soldier will not say anything about it. There had never been a situation of overnight travel before, and today, when it suddenly happened, the soldiers naturally sensed that something must be going on. Don't the Uighurs have not yet been attacked, and the army's heart will panic first. He looked around at the generals. The generals can't come up with any good ideas, so it's better to take a good rest and try to come up with an idea! With that, he jumped off his horse and walked in the direction of the soldier behind him.

Watching him leave, the generals all looked embarrassed. I didn't expect that I was already several years old, and today I was scolded by such a young man. Suddenly ashamed and annoyed, they all froze in place.

"What else are you looking at?" Xu Lin glanced at them, and his tone revealed helplessness. "Since the general has said so, let's rest first. Think about how to get out, we are all people who have been galloping on the battlefield for many years, if we get lost here and die, I don't know how future generations will laugh at us in the history books. He sighed and rode away.

The wind walked among the trees, and the soldiers in the team were relieved when they heard the order, and they sat down on the ground tired, talking about what they had and what they didn't. Some people are bragging to each other about their past "glorious deeds", some people are imagining how to show their skills after they arrive at the battlefield, and some people are just sitting on the edge of the tree in a daze. Xu Xiachu immediately turned over from the horse and hurriedly followed behind the wind and followed him around.

"We have horses to ride and we don't feel so tired. However, it was really hard for these soldiers to walk from Chang'an to Yanzhou with just a pair of feet. Xu Xiachu looked at the people sitting on the ground and sighed. But on second thought, not all people who ride horses will be comfortable, such as himself.

"Xia Chu, I want to ask you something." The wind turned his head to look at Xu Xiachu, serious. "What are the conditions for conscription?"

Xu Xiachu thought that he was going to ask some serious topic, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. But after relaxing, he reacted to it, his question was so strange, I couldn't guess his thoughts at all. "Conscription? Conscription is a man between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, and he can be free of diseases. ”

Yan Feng's face turned black when he heard this, and the instantaneous change in his face was seen by Xu Xiachu, and he was immediately frightened and didn't dare to ask. Before, he hadn't noticed that there were so many thin and short people in the army, but when he looked at it today, he suddenly realized that there was still a lot of water in the army. There were few men of strong and burly builds, and they were not at all comparable to the ranks of the Uighurs. He was full of confidence before, but now he feels more and more uncertain.

"Master Hou, you look so restless, it makes us feel very bottomless." Xu Xiachu looked at him and said frankly. "Just say what you need."

"It's okay, I'm just thinking about how to get out of this dense forest." Yan Feng shook his head, and did not tell Xu Xiachu what he really thought in his heart, but casually made up a reason to fool the past.

"General Shen?" A man with an ordinary face shrunk his hands and feet to the edge of the wind and spoke timidly. The wind looked at him immediately, not knowing what he was going to do, full of questions.

When the man saw that the person in front of him was really a storm, he immediately showed surprise and excitement. He immediately knelt down with a surprise "poof", which attracted the other soldiers to cast their eyes and watch curiously.

"My father, mother, and wife were killed by the Uighur beasts! I hate them so much! Please General Shen must wipe out all the Uighurs and help us avenge this!" Speaking of excitement, the man couldn't help crying. The rest of the people were infected by him, and for a moment there was no rest in their hearts, and their blood immediately boiled.

The wind looked at the restlessness of the people, and there was a strange mood in his heart. He was pleased with the soldiers' hatred of the Uighurs, which was very conducive to stirring up murderous intent on the battlefield. But what made him uncomfortable was that he still remembered that he was half Uighur. With such mixed emotions, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Thanks to Xu Xiachu's improvisation. When he saw the stunned appearance of the wind wind, he immediately shouted to the soldiers on his behalf. "Revenge must be avenged, but not on General Shen, but on yourselves! You're the ones who go into battle to kill the enemy! ”

"That's right! It's up to us! The soldier immediately came to his senses, and the atmosphere was immediately high.

"It's not in Yanzhou yet, don't waste your efforts, let's have a good rest first." The wind said sharply to the crowd, and everyone immediately didn't dare to make a sound. He stepped forward and gently lifted the kneeling man to his feet. "They all say that men have gold under their knees, I can't afford your knees, get up." The man stood up stunned as he watched as he swallowed his saliva and stepped aside.