In the last month of the eighteenth year of Qinghe, this will be a heavy stroke in the history books. The once powerful Northern Liang Empire Nanjing ushered in a heavy snowfall, and the Changfeng army guarding the frontier fell into a brief bloodbath. The new commander-in-chief, Wu Peng, made a drastic move to rectify the border defense of Nanjing, and many generals faced a change. As a general of the Chinese army, Xue Liren has never been so idle, staying in the tent and swallowing mutton. Although it is still the captain of the Changfeng Battalion who is in charge of the elite of the Changfeng Army, the real power is sidelined.

Lin Xie's old department was severely suppressed, and only two of the younger generation in the entire army remained unchanged. How could the two teenagers not know that the handsome Wu Peng had already topped the kamikaze camp, from three thousand to ten thousand now. A general who does not listen to orders will be a taboo on the march. The other force of less than 100 people has 13 battalions given by His Majesty today, and according to the structure, there should be 1,000 light cavalry, 1,000 foot soldiers, and 500 heavy armor. It was not established for several months, but there were less than thirty horses in a hundred people, and the rest of the soldiers did not even have the swords they could use.

In the heavy snow, the thirteenth battalion even had the most basic military tent to garrison next to the Changfeng battalion, and the young man in the camp tent tore off a piece of barbecue and said: "General Xue, what is this called, the good establishment is not equipped until now." Now there are less than a hundred people, and most of them are the old subordinates of the kid. ”

Tearing the meat in his hand with a big mouthful, how can he be convinced in his heart. Xue Liren secretly took out a jar of wine, poured it into a bowl and drank it. said: "Liu boy, you still have the heart to think about your thirteenth battalion here, don't look at the current Changfeng battalion is not the deputy general who is really in charge." Our rough man turned out to be a reckless man who didn't understand the art of war. For the first time in so many years, I don't know what will happen after this heavy snowfall. ”

Eating meat as if he hadn't heard what Xue Liren said, he smelled a smell of wine, and suddenly turned his head to stare at the small wine jar. With a smile, he said, "General Xue, is this Bailie Spring?" I didn't expect it to be okay with this mouthful. ”

As he spoke, he followed with his hands, and the greedy color of those eyes could swallow a jar of Bailie Spring. Xue Liren immediately hugged the wine jar in his arms and said, "What is this for, what kind of wine do you drink at a young age." ”

The saliva that had not been drunk for several months was already hungry, and he decisively got up and said wildly: "Okay, you Xue Liren, as a general of the Chinese army, actually dares to drink privately in the camp. The Changfeng army drank strictly, and if he violated military law, he should be punished with fifty military sticks. ”

Xue Liren didn't expect that Liu Zhixing actually moved out of General Ji Du in order to drink, and drank the remaining wine in the bowl in one gulp. wanted to hide the rest of the wine, Liu Zhixing was so quick to reach out and stop it. said with a smile: "General Xue, you see that I have discovered it, should you take a bite?" ”

Quietly hid the wine jar on the desk a few times, looked left and right, and said, "Where is the wine, when did you see the wine?" ”

General Xue, who has always been upright, will actually have a scoundrel, which is beyond Liu Zhixing's imagination. He smiled and said, "Then I've found wine, why don't we have a drink together?" ”

Turning his head, Liu Zhixing had already run three steps away with the wine jar, opened the cork and poured it into his mouth. Xue Liren looked at the appearance of the young man stabbing it open, and actually took out another jar and poured it into the bowl and said, "What crime should the kid be guilty of, go down and get fifty military sticks by himself." ”

Eating meat and drinking wine, he said: "General Xue, this is not authentic, if you want to go, we will go together." ”

was drinking wine, Lu Lin opened the tent and walked in, smelling the wine, and was about to speak, but he saw Xue Liren. Immediately stopped and said very respectfully: "The last general will meet General Xue." ”

Xue Liren took out a bowl and poured a bowl of wine and said, "Don't use these false courtesies, Lu Lin will drink some wine to warm up first." ”

looked at Lu Lin as if he had sweated profusely, and there was still a little blood stain on his body. Liu Zhixing was a little unstable, and he had not fought with Nanchu for several months. At the beginning of the first battle, the losses of both sides were not clear, and there would be no major war in the short term. Usually, it's just patrolling the border, and basically there is no confrontation.

drank the wine and said, "Damn Nanchu scout, run really fast." ”

Liu Zhixing said: "You have met the scouts of Nanchu Patrol. ”

Putting down the wine bowl, Lu Lin said angrily: "There are almost thirty scouts not far from the barracks, and they are not small. If it weren't for the thick snow and the horses' hooves making it difficult to gallop, otherwise the mongrels wouldn't have been able to run. ”

Xue Liren, who was eating meat in his mouth, had a calm face but fell into deep thought, and immediately shouted, "Someone." A soldier in his twenties walked in and swallowed his saliva when he saw that the general was actually drinking. Xue Liren thought for a long time and said: "Take some people to look around the military camp, once you encounter the Nanchu scouts, you can't leave all of them and kill them." ”

After finishing speaking, he still saw that the soldiers still didn't leave, Xue Liren said embarrassedly: "Give you the rest first, remember not to tell others." He smiled and turned to leave the tent.

Liu Zhixing said: "Lu Lin took all the people of the thirteenth battalion to follow and take a look, and took advantage of the wind and snow to patrol the border again. Lu Lin nodded, snatched the wine jar in Liu Zhixing's hand and poured a sip, and Liu Zhixing, who was anxious, kept saying to drink less. Lu Lin smiled lightly, tore off a large piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered softly.

As Lu Lin walked out of the camp, Liu Zhixing said: "The Southern Chu scouts actually dare to inspect the deployment of the Changfeng Battalion, do they want to take advantage of the heavy snow to swallow it." It shouldn't be, it may not be possible for Nan Chu to fight in bad weather. Could it be that there will be a big move next, or is it afraid that the new marshal will establish his prestige and come to investigate the military situation. ”

Xue Liren, who was holding the wine bowl, fell silent, but Liu Zhixing's words were still heard in his heart. Suddenly, he drank the wine in the bowl and said, "Zhixing, let's go to see General Chen, this matter is not trivial." ”

Liu Zhixing, who was still drinking, was pulled away from the military tent by Xue Liren, and Liu Zhixing reluctantly got up and ran towards Fenyang.

Heavy snow fell, and instead of reducing the deployment of defenses, the Fenyang military town arranged a different kind of military town around the border pass. Xue Liren, who had experienced a hundred battles, understood at a glance that this kind of combat method was generally in the North Mirror, and it was very effective in dealing with the barbarians on the grassland. However, it may not be useful to put it in Nanchu, which is constantly in the middle of the battle, especially when the heavy snow closes the road but opens another road. There are three rivers on the border, and at this time the war horse and light horse can still easily cross it.

Walking into Fenyang Military Town, a different scene was revealed in the eyes of the two of them, and they walked into the Marshal's Mansion. The first person to see it was Lin Zhong who was sitting at the door sighing, and not far away were Chen Geng's henchmen Han Duwei and Ma Duwei. Xue Liren felt that it was strange that almost one-third of the officers above the rank of captain were in the old department of the Changfeng Army. There was a sound of scolding in the inner hall, and most of the generals who were guarding in the heavy snow were no longer in power.

Has the change of the Long Wind Army reached such a point? Xue Liren has always thought that as the confidant of the previous marshal Lin Xie, the general has a bit of a saying about the air force. However, the generals of the Changfeng Army are not qualified to enter the inner hall to discuss matters, which has never been a major event since the establishment of the Changfeng Army.

Lin Zhong saw the two of them walk in, got up and said, "General Xue knows that you are also from Nanchu." ”

Xue Liren didn't feel surprised, and wanted to come to the inner hall to quarrel because of this incident. Seeing that the biggest festival of the year is approaching, the whole Liang is also the most relaxing time of the year in this month. Nan Chu, who is the most important in etiquette, chose to be weird at this time, and there has never been an incident.

"What's going on over there at the kamikaze?" asked. ”

Lin Zhong clenched his fists tightly and said, "Since half a month ago, I often found that there were scouts patrolling the border, and I didn't feel anything at first. Normally, our scouts also go to the border to patrol the border, until yesterday they began to enter the territory of Daliang under the cover of heavy snow. Each pursuit ran very fast, and only yesterday encountered four cavalry troops. I met several times today, and there was a fierce battle in the morning and I still didn't stay. When I first arrived here, I found that this kind of thing was happening not only at the kamikaze camp station, but also at various stations. Especially in Fenyang, this is the most, Han Duwei and Ma Duwei have quarreled with the marshal several times because of this matter. Chen Fushuai is also just here, and I don't know where to discuss it now. ”

Han Duwei saw Xue Liren coming over, and a group of old troops of the Changfeng Army also came over. Xue Liren felt that this matter was becoming more and more wrong, which of these generals was not a veteran of many years of war. If it weren't for Lin Zhong becoming the youngest lieutenant because of the battle, there would be no Lin Xie who would have been transferred and would not be qualified to come privately.

Han Duwei said: "General Xue, did you also encounter it over there in the Changfeng Battalion?" ”

Ma Duwei said: "The adjutant general didn't come early in the morning, and he didn't talk nonsense. ”

I heard that the lieutenant general of the Changfeng Army knew about it, but as the main general, he didn't know about it. It is conceivable that the Changfeng Battalion has undergone great changes now, and as the main general, I don't know how terrible the military situation is. If it weren't for Liu Zhixing, who had never built the thirteenth battalion of the army and stayed in the Changfeng Battalion, he didn't know how long this matter would be hidden, so he just said with a smile: "How long has Wu Shuai and Chen Shuai been deadlocked." ”

More than a dozen generals were unwilling but helpless, when did the Changfeng Army become like this. When did Lin Shuai command the army of Nanchu dare to break into the territory of Daliang so blatantly, this marshal not only installed henchmen in various armies to replace the main general. The most terrifying thing is that Lin Shuai's deployment when he left was all in chaos, and the replanning was only recently completed. No matter how many times the best policy has no effect, what changes still have to change.

asked: "What are the two marshals arguing about, you are standing in this big snow ceremony." ”

A general said: "General Xue doesn't know, because Nanchu has repeatedly appeared in the territory of Daliang. Wu Shuai wanted to take advantage of the heavy snow to take the initiative to attack, but Chen Shuai disagreed, insisting on waiting until the heavy snow dissipated before sending troops to suppress Southern Chu. This is not a stalemate for a day, and most of the military power in hand is Wu Shuai's descendants. Now we can't speak, we just hope that Chen Shuai can convince Wu Shuai. ”

Xue Liren heard that the army was not looking for death on a snowy day, and heard it coming from the inner hall: "Chen Geng don't say it, this commander decided that as soon as Daxue heard it, he would go straight to Nanchu and hit it once." ”

"You are confused, as soon as the snow stops, the horse's hooves slip and you can't catch up with the army of Nanchu at all. How can the expedition be a one-day affair, once it breaks into the territory of Southern Chu and sets up an ambush, the whole army will be annihilated. ”

"Commander Chen Geng has commanded the army for many years, and he has never encountered any bad weather. Can this snowflake trap the army, and now the dilemma is the time to fight with Nanchu. If the river freezes and saves the boats, the hooves of the horses of the girder will be weaker than the war horses of Southern Chu. ”

Chen Geng argued for a long time and couldn't persuade Wu Peng to send troops, so his subordinates pushed open the door and walked straight out. Looking at the general in the courtyard, he said: "Rectify the armament, and wait for the order to go to Southern Chu at any time." "Many generals directly said that they had orders, and some old men of the Changfeng Army could only listen to orders. Wu Peng glanced at Liu Zhixing, and then at Xue Liren, who was very unconvinced, and left straight.

waited until some generals left, Xue Liren led the Han Duwei and a few people inside. Looking at the messy sand table, Chen Geng sat on the wooden chair and stared at the sand table for a long time and couldn't leave his field of vision.

Xue Liren said: "Chen Shuai, this Wu Peng chose to go out to the territory of Southern Chu at this time, not to push the Changfeng army to death. ”

"This time, Wu Shuai will personally lead 30,000 people to cross the river and fight abroad, when will the Changfeng Army dare to do this."

Looking at the sand table, Captain Ma said: "If you want to cross the river, as soon as the snow stops, the ice and snow melt and it is difficult to walk." It's more difficult than last time, and there is no need for Nan Chu to cut off the back road at all. Once the army crossed the river, the baggage could not keep up, and the soldiers could not win hungry in the ice and snow. How can a war horse run in the frozen ground, does this Wu Shuai understand it. ”

Xue Liren said: "It can't be said that Wu Shuai doesn't understand, but the north is different from the south. I've been in Beijing for a while, and where the ice and snow melt slowly, it's true. ”

Liu Zhixing was about to speak, and Chen Geng said: "Zhixing, it's time for you to return to Beijing in a few days, and you can go back in a few days." ”

On the occasion of honest employment, Chen Geng actually asked Liu Zhixing to return to Beijing, and the young man stepped forward and said: "Chen Shuai let me go back at this time, I, Liu Zhixing, am not greedy for life and afraid of death." If you don't go, you can't go. I can't even watch the soldiers fight bloodily, and I will go back to comfort. ”

Chen Geng's face changed and he walked straight out of the inner hall with anger, and said to Liu Zhixing: "If you are told to go back, go back, General Xue, General Ma, General Han, General Lin Zhong, you come with me." ”

A few people walked out of the inner hall, leaving only Liu Zhixing alone, and I don't know why I have to let myself go back now. I only saw a letter on the table, on which was my father's handwriting. It was a letter to Chen Geng, and I understood why I was angry with myself. According to the itinerary, it was time to return to Beijing a few days earlier, and the letter was torn to shreds.