In the first year after Ming's death, on the first day of December. [Full text reading. Night.

Li Yan walked out of the big tent, took a few deep breaths of the cold evening breeze in the mountains, and suddenly felt that his mind was clear.

But the wind in the mountains was so cold that he couldn't help but wrap his leather robe tightly. Although it was warm in the big tent, the charcoal brazier was there, and smoke came out from time to time, and people would get dizzy after staying in it for a long time.

Li Yan stood in front of the tent, raised his eyes and looked around, the sky was covered with clouds, there was no starlight, only to see that the surrounding stars were full of fires, stretching for more than ten miles, and there were many Qin soldiers around each fire, talking and laughing while roasting the fire.

This was the fifth day after they entered Shanxi, and since they left the capital, Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan's men and horses walked very fast, and soon came to the mountains at the junction of the two provinces. The march in the mountains was very difficult, but fortunately, Zhang Huangyan had already sent people to open the road in front, and the officers and soldiers were very familiar with the terrain here, so they avoided a lot of unnecessary trouble.

The day before yesterday, the Qin army broke up with Zhang Huangyan's men, Zhang Huangyan sent a few deputy generals to return to Taiyuan with the officers and soldiers, and he stayed in the Qin army as an escort along the way, which was very necessary.

Zhang Huangyan had already informed Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting immediately ordered him to go and order all county checkpoints along the way not to be blocked, so that the Qin army could pass safely.

In fact, Sun Chuanting didn't mean to think about the Qin army at all, the reason why he gave such an order was because he couldn't help it, even if he wanted to intercept halfway and wipe out the Qin army, it was impossible. There is Bai Qi in the army, and no one dares to underestimate it. Besides, there are more than 20,000 people in this army, and if they really fight, there is no problem in capturing a few county seats.

Therefore, it is good for both sides to let the Qin army go back to Guanzhong safely and securely. Moreover, they had just made an alliance and become allies, which would strengthen the relationship.

With Sun Chuanting's order, the Qin army has been marching very smoothly all the way, and Bai Qi, Zhang Yi, and Li Yan have also settled down in their hearts. To be honest, they are also worried that Sun Chuanting will turn his face, although he has strong soldiers and horses in his hands and has enough preparations, but more is better than less, and returning to Guanzhong safely at this time is the most important thing.

Bai Qi instructed the men and horses not to go too fast, and to conserve their physical strength at all times, just in case, so the Qin army only walked fifty miles a day, and then rested. Because it was cavalry, it was not a difficult journey to walk. Just taking this opportunity, the soldiers of the Qin army can also relax. So the atmosphere during the whole march was still very pleasant.

While the Qin army was marching, it flew to the king of Qin, asking him to send people out of Tongguan to answer, and he had not received a reply at this time, but it should have been in the past few days.

Li Yan stood in front of the tent, looking at the starry fires around, thinking about the red lady. The two did not live together when they went on the expedition, the red lady and Yizhimei, and a team of women's soldiers who accompanied them on the expedition lived together, Li Yan looked at the direction, and walked to the left side of the Chinese army camp, where the women's army was stationed.

Every time he walked past a fire, the soldiers of the Qin army surrounded by him would stand up and greet him, and the unified name was still Li Gongzi. Li Yan walked past them, grabbed a few acquaintances from time to time, talked and laughed with them, and when he saw an injured person, he asked about the injury, and judging from the tone and attitude of those soldiers, Li Yan felt that they were beginning to truly accept themselves.

Because Li Yan has deliberately changed his original behavior and language style these days, and began to make some good-natured jokes with the soldiers, asking them some stories on the battlefield, which made the soldiers of the Qin army very happy.

In their eyes, Li Gongzi is a high-ranking scholar, the youngest and most promising rising star in the Qin army, and he is naturally excited to be able to put down the shelf and mingle with them at this time.

Zhang Yi and Bai Qi also discovered this, both of them were happy for Li Yan, in their opinion, Li Yan was not far from the realm of being alone.

When Li Yan came to the station of the Women's Army, he met a few Women's Army on night duty, which was different from the men's military tents and was more strictly guarded.

When these women saw that it was Li Yan, they all smiled, and they stepped forward on the twitter, asking him if he was looking for a red lady, Li Yan was funny in his heart, if he didn't look for his wife, who else could he find.

At this time, the red lady walked out of the big tent, and when she saw that it was Li Yan, her face was also red, although the two had been married for a few days, many women's soldiers still joked about her, and the red lady was thin-skinned and blushed every time.

Li Yan saw his wife and was about to say hello, but the red lady stepped forward to stop him: "Don't raise your voice, someone is inside, don't let him hear that you are coming." Li Yan was stunned: "Who is it?" Why is it so secret? ”

The red lady looked at one of the military tents and said with a smile: "Naturally, it's our General Mei, and that General Zhang has come to look for her." ”

Li Yan immediately understood that it was Zhang Huangyan who came to find Yizhimei, and he was also funny in his heart, but halfway through the laugh, he frowned again, he pulled his wife aside, and whispered: "Zhang Huangyan is Sun Chuanting's henchman, he messes with Miss Mei all day long, do you want to pull Miss Mei over?" ”

The red lady shook her head lightly: "I don't think so, listening to Yizhimei's words, Zhang Huangyan is a bright and upright person, and he won't do this kind of thing to dig the corners of the wall in secret." ”

Li Yan said: "Zhang Huangyan is a person who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he can do anything for the sake of the Ming Dynasty." I know that very well. So guard against his hand. ”

The red lady listened to her husband's very solemn words, and nodded slightly: "You're right, I'll ask Yizhimei later." Li Yan said: "This kind of thing, you can't ask it." Preferably...... Eavesdrop! The red lady was startled: "Eavesdropping? You can figure it out, what if people are tender? I'm not ashamed of that. It's so shameful to listen to the root of the window, I won't go. ”

Li Yan felt the same, and spread his hands: "Then forget it, we believe in Miss Mei." ”

The two of them walked in the camp for a while, gossiping for a while, and Li Yan went back to his big tent, but his heart was always unsteady, and he always felt that in the past few days, Yizhimei's good impression of Zhang Huangyan has deepened, and the two of them have talked more and more.

Li Yan knew very well in his heart that although the Qin army and Sun Chuanting had made an alliance, that alliance was just an expedient measure, Sun Chuanting needed to ensure the security of the western side, and the Qin army had to avoid fighting on both sides in order to march to the Central Plains, so the two sides became allies. In fact, this relationship is quite fragile, and it may be ruined one day.

Yizhimei has not joined the Qin army for a long time, and she has not had much popularity in the Qin army, and this little girl is also withdrawn, and she usually does not want to talk to others. But she knew the details of Qin Jun, and Li Yan couldn't judge how much she knew. After all, there are few people in the Qin army who have the skills of her, and can sneak into many places without being noticed.

Li Yan secretly thought that once Zhang Huangyan used his personal charm to confuse Yizhimei, it would be very disadvantageous to Qin Jun, a girl like Yizhimei would look down on ordinary people, but once she liked someone, it would be like a tsunami of mountains and a tsunami, and the sky would fall apart, and ten cows would not be able to pull it back.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so he came out of the big tent and came to Zhang Yi.

At this time, Zhang Yi has not slept yet, he is reading in his military tent, since the Qin army was reborn in the world, Zhang Yi has bought a lot of history books, and studied them carefully whenever he has time, so he probably knows the history of the past two thousand years.

As soon as she saw Li Yan come in, Zhang Yi knew that something was wrong, so she asked her to serve tea. Li Yan told Yizhimei about it, and then said, "Sir, do you think my worries are superfluous?" ”

Zhang Yiyi frowned: "You are right, this matter is by no means insignificant. In the past few days, I have also found that this Miss Mei seems to be a different person, and the frosty color on her face before has been reduced a lot, and her little face is flushed, as if she has a sweetheart. It turned out to be this General Zhang. ”

Li Yan said: "If Zhang Huangyan persuades Yizhimei to join the official army, I am not sure how Yizhimei will choose." ”

Zhang Yi thought for a while: "Yizhimei is not Fan Ju, she does not have the ability to act as a general or govern alone, so even if she votes for the enemy, she will not have much actual loss to the Qin army." However, we still have to avoid this situation, the last time Fan Ju defected, it has caused quite a shock among the Qin army, if Miss Mei leaves again, the Qin army may make people feel that something is wrong and cannot retain talents. ”

Li Yan said: "But love is the most unreliable, I'm really worried that once Miss Mei falls in love with Zhang Huangyan, she will be desperate to accompany him." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Miss Mei has been independent since she was a child, and she is very assertive. If it was something she had decided, it would be difficult to persuade her to change it. But if you want to keep her, it's not impossible. ”

Li Yan said: "Sir, has a way?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "Of course, and this method is very simple, that is, to find a mother-in-law for Miss Mei in Guanzhong as soon as possible." ”

Li Yan almost laughed: "Sir, Miss Mei has lived in Guanzhong for a few years, if you have a suitable one, it is your turn to get Zhang Huangyan?" ”

Zhang Yi shook her head: "Although Miss Mei lives in the Qin army, but in the past, we all thought that she was too young and didn't mean to find her mother-in-law, and Miss Mei didn't have this thought, but now, she is in love, I heard that Miss Mei went to the official army camp once, and saw Zhang Huang's words to convince the generals, and it is likely that at that time, she was attracted to him." Later, Zhang Huangyan gave her a brocade fur, which shows that this Zhang Huangyan is very skilled. Manly spirit, coupled with careful flattery, hehe, girls can't be fascinated if they don't want to. ”

Li Yan smiled: "I didn't see that this Zhang Huangyan looked like a nerd on the surface, but he wasn't stupid at all. ”