Before dawn the next day, Zhao Xilie braved the sudden and heavy wind and snow to rush back, staying in Jinyang, which made him feel suffocated, especially when he saw the Qin army patrolling with Zhao Jun in Jinyang City, serving as city defense and escort tasks, his heart was even more panicked, Qin Jun's clothes and armor were bright, all of them were full of red light, on the other hand, their own soldiers were wilting their heads and brains, shaking in the cold wind, and some of the cotton clothes on their bodies had been torn to expose the cotton wool inside.

These Qin soldiers ate and drank from the Zhao people, but they still rode on the heads of the Zhao people to and pee, and they taught the Zhao people a lesson, just like Lao Tzu training his son.

But who can blame all this?

His own army can barely maintain a food and clothing, but Xizhao's other army, the Shanggu garrison led by Li Mingjun, until now, has not even allocated cotton clothes and cotton wool in place, Li Mingjun can maintain until now, it cannot but be said to be a miracle, but after all, the miracle is just a flash in the pan, it is impossible to have a permanent appearance, and it is impossible to last.

If the only thing that can make him feel happy when he returns to Jinyang this time is his son Zhao Zhuo, the little guy is just five years old this year, and he is the only baby who can bring laughter in this dull family.

The snow was so heavy that they could barely see a foot away, and the group could only ride their horses slowly, although they kept moving, but soon a thick layer of snowflakes still fell on their bodies, turning them almost into moving snow sculptures. The weather was so bad that Zhao Xilie's mood became more and more bad.

The colder the weather, the worse Zhao Jun's situation became.

More than 30 miles away, it only takes about half an hour to gallop to arrive, but today I walked for half a day, and when I arrived at the camp of Majiadian, it was almost noon.

"General, you're back!" The officer on duty at the gate trotted out all the way out, and diligently held the war horse for Zhao Xilie.

"Well, how's it going in the camp? It's still calm, right? Throwing the reins to the officer, Zhao Xilie slapped the snow on the cloak with a horsewhip, and the snow fell. made his whole body hazy in a layer of snow mist.

"Okay, everyone is looking forward to the return of the general this time to bring some surprises to the big guy!" The officer on duty laughed.

Zhao Xilie smiled bitterly, there was no surprise, I am afraid that there were a lot of surprises.

"Oh. By the way, General, General Li is here. The officer on duty said.

"General Li, that General Li?" Zhao Xilie swallowed the ice chips on his body with a horsewhip and walked inside.

"General Li Mingjun. Those who have come from the upper valley have arrived shortly before the arrival of the Great General, and the last general has sent General Li to rest in your big tent. The officer on duty replied.

"Mingjun?" Zhao Xilie chuckled in his heart, could it be that something had happened? Now that Li Mingjun is short of food and clothing in the army, he has been worried about whether Li Mingjun can control the army, at this time, how dare he run out and throw the army in Shanggu, could it be that something has happened?

"General Li looks okay?" He asked thoughtlessly.

"Okay, what's so bad! General Li and the last general talked and laughed, and they seemed to be in a very good mood. The officer on duty looked at Zhao Xilie in surprise.

"In a great mood?" Zhao Xilie grinned. If Li Mingjun is in a very good mood, then he has seen the hell, he came to find himself at this time, it is nothing more than looking for himself to ask for food and clothing, he must know that he will definitely not be able to get anything when he goes to Jinyang, he comes to find himself, maybe he wants to get a little from his army, if it is in the past, then it is okay, squeezing can always squeeze out some. But now, he can't protect himself, and the list of Qin people's demands is like a boulder in his heart, and just these things for the Qin people have already searched the last bit of ballast in the imperial court. What to give to Li Mingjun.

However, Li Mingjun dared to leave Shanggu with confidence, which showed that his control over the army was still very strong, which made Zhao Xilie feel very gratified.

Li Mingjun was fighting with a pot of charcoal fire in Zhao Xilie's big tent, and the officer on duty in Yuanmen sent him here, and after someone brought a brazier, he left. But the problem is that the charcoal in this brazier is really a little worse, when it was just brought in, it looked like it was already burning, but after a while, the flames were getting weaker and weaker, and it was about to be extinguished, Li Mingjun was half-lying on the ground, blowing hard with his cheeks, and the flames were also extinguished with the rise and fall of his cheeks.

"Mingjun!" The big tent curtain was opened by the horsewhip, Zhao Xilie stepped in with an arrow step, as far as he could see, he couldn't help but be stunned, Li Mingjun, who was half-lying on the ground, raised his head, but his face was black and white, and he was looking at Zhao Xilie and laughing.

"You, what are you doing?" Zhao Xilie was angry and funny, "Look at your appearance, there is still a little bit of a general there?" ”

Li Mingjun got up from the ground and patted the dust on his hands, "Even when I went to the valley, did I look like a general?" broke her heart all day long for the army to be fed, and she has become a housekeeper. ”

"I knew you were here to complain." Zhao Xilie laughed, threw the horsewhip, stepped forward, opened his arms, and gave Li Mingjun a bear hug. "It's been a long time since we've seen each other, it's been almost half a year, right?"

"Seven months and fifteen days!" Li Mingjun laughed.

"Remember being so accurate?" Zhao Xilie's eyes widened, "Fortunately, you are a man, and I also know that you are not a man, otherwise I will get goosebumps all over my body as soon as you say this." ”

"I live a happy life in Jinyang, where do you still want to know that I am living like a year in Shanggu? Every day is hard, and naturally I remember it clearly. Li Mingjun said.

Listening to Li Mingjun's words, Zhao Xilie's heart was filled with sourness, "Do you think I'm living a happy life?" He pointed to the fire, without Li Mingjun's puffing cheeks, it was already extinguished, and a few wisps of green smoke were rising.

Both fell silent. After a while, Li Mingjun said: "It seems that you are not doing well, not much better than me, the big tent of the Chinese army of the dignified general is actually burned with wet charcoal, and I thought that when I came to you, I could fight the autumn wind, but now it seems that this idea has failed." ”

Zhao Xilie didn't speak, sighed, took off the saber at his waist, threw it on the desk with a bang, dragged the chair and sat down, "I originally prepared a little New Year's materials, including your share, but now it's all in vain." ”

"Why is that?" Li Mingjun's eyes widened.

"Because the Qin people sent a long list, 500,000 quintals of military rations, 1 million taels of silver, 100,000 sets of cotton clothes, 50,000 sets of cotton wool, and 5,000 heads of various livestock, which were required to be delivered a year ago." Zhao Xilie looked at Li Mingjun and said, "It's not enough to take out all our inventory, we have to find another way." ”

With a bang, Li Mingjun kicked the brazier into the air, and the charcoal in the brazier and the sparks buried under the ashes suddenly splashed in all directions, and the entire tent was dotted with dust everywhere.

"It's too much of a deception." He roared.

"It's too much deception, but so what? We don't have to obediently find a way to get it together and send it to someone honestly. Zhao Xilie collapsed on the chair with a long sigh, his head resting on the back of the chair, his two long legs stretched out, and his hands hanging down weakly. I've had enough of days like this. ”

Li Mingjun looked at Zhao Xilie, who was finished, and there was also a sad look in his eyes.

"Isn't there any other way to go?" He asked softly.

"Something else? What way? Zhao Xilie said weakly: "If you don't take refuge in the Qin people, you have to take refuge in the Han people, and now our Zhao State has no ability to be self-reliant, but the ambition of the Han people to dominate the world has long been revealed, how can they tolerate us?" In fact, what kind of intentions did the Qin people have for keeping us, when they have the strength to attack the Han State, we must be their vanguard, the death squad, even if we follow them to defeat the Han State, what good can we fall into? The same is just the destruction of the country. ”

"The saddest thing in life is that you know your ending, but you can't change it, and you have to move forward step by step towards this ending, Mingjun, do you say yes?" Zhao Xilie raised his head and looked directly at Li Mingjun.

"Why can't you change, Xilie, I don't accept my fate, I will never accept my fate." Li Mingjun sat in front of Zhao Xilie, "This time I came to you, not to fight the autumn breeze with you, on the contrary, I also brought you something." Grain, cloth, cotton wool, and even fine wine. ”

"Where did you get that?" Zhao Xilie sat up straight all of a sudden, "I didn't see it when I came back." ”

"I want to see you earlier, so the horse is in front, and the convoy is still behind, and it will take two or three days to arrive." Li Mingjun said: "Where did you get it?" This still needs to be asked, of course, I got it from the Han Kingdom, some time ago, I hit Huining, robbed a few villages, and a military warehouse in the Long Bridge Market. ”

"Good fellow, yours is yours." Zhao Xilie laughed and punched Li Mingjun's chest, "With good things, I will never forget my brother and me." ”

After being excited for a moment, Zhao Xilie suddenly reacted, "You robbed a few villages, plus a military warehouse, even if there are more things, it is not enough for your tens of thousands of troops, why are they still sent to me?" ”

Li Mingjun looked at him straight and was silent for a moment, "Because I have other ways to come, I can survive this winter." ”

"What is the way, if there is a good way, you can't hide it from me, I also have a terrible headache for these things now, it is not easy to get together the things for the Qin people." Zhao Xilie said.

"I surrendered to the Han Chinese, so I got food and cotton clothes from them, so the army is finally stable now." Li Mingjun said.

After a bang, Zhao Xilie flipped over and took the chair to the ground, got up in a hurry, and stared at Li Mingjun, "What did you say, is it so bluffing?" You kid is good at telling jokes now, it seems that you are hungry in Shanggu County, but you have a long mouth! Hahaha! ”

Li Mingjun didn't laugh, nor did he speak, he just looked at Zhao Xilie silently, and gradually, Zhao Xilie's laughter became smaller and smaller, and finally swallowed it all back into his throat and looked at Li Mingjun.

"You didn't mean it's true, did you?"

"It's true." (To be continued.) )