After a few bowls of old wine, the faces of both the master and apprentice became red.

Tao Li continued to ask: "Guangling and Jiangnan are the land of fish and rice, the people are rich, and there are many wealthy families. Then why not consider the White Feather Army of Jingchu Province and the Nanping Army of Nanjiang Province? ”

"You really don't know?"

"I don't know!"

"If you don't know, forget it, you'll naturally know it in the future, and if you can, it's better to never know." Sui Jianyi said while shaking his head and blowing on the wine that had just become hot because it had been boiled.

Seeing that the teacher didn't want to say, Tao Li didn't ask anymore, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and looked out the window while eating.

The rain was heavier, and the soybean-like raindrops were falling, and the sky and the earth seemed to be hung with an incomparably wide bead curtain, and it was misty. It's hard to see what lies ahead.

"Don't worry! Meditation! ”

"Yes, it's just that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, I can't help but be in a hurry!"

"Don't think too bad about the situation, now there are 60,000 left in the Dingbei Army, plus the Zhulu Army and the Xuanjia Army, as well as reinforcements from the northern Daozhou, nearly 500,000 troops, as long as you don't take the initiative to attack, but the defense of the city should be about the same. I just don't know how long the grain and grass of the Northern Yuan can last. Sui Jianzhi analyzed.

"This time, Beiyuan is obviously prepared, and they must be ready for a long battle, and I don't know who they are leading the army this time, if they are like Du Lie, our Xuanping will be really dangerous."

More than 100 years ago, the Great Liang Dynasty went into decline after more than 300 years of rule.

With the last emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty hanging himself in Ping'an City, the Central Plains suddenly became a pot of porridge, and the princes of various places stood on their own feet, and the feudal towns fought against each other.

The protracted war has devastated the entire Central Plains, destroyed historic sites, and displaced people. The sorrow is all over the wilderness, and the tragic situation in the world of thousands of miles of red land makes the pen of later historians unstable.

Du Lie, the leader of the northern tribes, saw the opportunity and spent five years quickly unifying the various tribes of the steppe. After five years, he was a fierce soldier. In the end, he led the elite of the tribe to embark on the road of conquest on a tall horse.

Under the leadership of Du Lie, they drove straight in, all the way south, and quickly occupied the entire Central Plains with lightning speed, and the entire Central Plains was conquered by the horseshoes of the nomads, and since then, the Central Plains has sunk.

After capturing Ping'an City, the former imperial capital of Daliang, Du Lie changed the name of the country to Northern Yuan, and Ping'an City was renamed Dayuan City.

The northern nomads entered the Central Plains to establish a dynasty, divided the people into four classes, expanded the dignity and inferiority of the ethnic group, and made people rebel, and then when they went south into the Central Plains. The massacre of the people of the Central Plains, coupled with the fact that the northern tribes are good at attacking cities and conquering places, but their poor ability to govern the country is too ruthless, and it is destined to be a short-lived dynasty.

Later, this was indeed the case, and in just a dozen years, after the death of Du Lie, the Northern Yuan Empire was overthrown and ended its rule. was driven back to his hometown in the northern grasslands, and the original owner of the Central Plains returned from a new place.

Every time Tao Li thinks of that chaotic time, he is sad and can't help himself. He really didn't want the tragedy to happen again, and he didn't want Xuanping's sons to bury his bones like those soldiers outside Beiding City.

I remember that when he went to visit his brother in the winter of five years ago, he encountered a demon attack on the camp, which was the first time he saw the cruelty of war with his own eyes.

A general with two battalions of men went out to meet the battle. The soldiers rushed forward with their spears and blades, one by one fearless of death,

The screams, curses, and wails came and went, and they were deafening. Spears and maces, swords and axes collided violently, sparks flew everywhere, and the soldiers and demon cubs were red-eyed, and every time they waved the weapons in their hands, they used all their strength, either you die or I die.

When the knife is broken and the gun is broken, they go to grab the enemy's weapon, but when they can't grab it, they fight the enemy with their bare hands, beat them with their fists, tear them with their hands, bite them with their teeth, kick them with their feet, choke their necks, pick out their eyes, pull their hair, and do everything they can.

The flesh and blood under the feet of the soldiers were blurred, they were the corpses of those killed in battle, and it was impossible to distinguish whether they were the enemy or their comrades.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, red blood and green demon blood intertwined, and severed arms and stumps danced with snowflakes in the air. The roars of the soldiers resonated with the clashing of weapons. One by one, the lives are gone.

The battle lasted nearly two hours before it ended, and the snow became heavier and heavier, until at last the battlefield was only white, and everything was buried.

Tao Li helped clean up the battlefield, carried a soldier who was still breathing back to the camp tent, and was about to go to the military doctor, the soldier pulled his sleeve and said weakly:

"Brother, don't be busy, I'm dying, listen to me!"

Tao Li nodded, respecting his opinion.

"Brother, you are from the imperial capital, this is the first time you have seen this meeting! It's amazing, I have been in the army for ten years, and when I first went to the battlefield, I was so scared that I couldn't stand steadily, but there was no way, we had to live! I can only rush forward.

Once, twice, ten, it seems like the sixty-third or sixty-second time! I don't remember it clearly, in short, it's enough, I've killed dozens of demon cubs, and in this life, I don't lose anything.

My hometown is Ningcheng, Jiangnan Province, that place is beautiful, every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the osmanthus blossoms, I always like to eat the osmanthus cake made by my mother, and then with a bowl of osmanthus tea, it is really a unique taste in the world.

Basically everyone can do it there, the most famous is the osmanthus building, but I still think that there is no delicious food made by my mother, brother, you must try it if you have time, it is not expensive, ordinary people can afford it.

Tao Li squeezed the soldier's hand, and then his strength eased again, as if he was afraid of hurting him. Tao Li whimpered and said: "You will be fine, you will be fine, I will go to find a military doctor for you, and when you are well, let's go to eat your hometown osmanthus cake and drink osmanthus tea." ”

The soldier shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't go, brother help me eat a few more pieces, brother, don't cry, people, birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm, my whole life, it's really enough."

Killed dozens of demon cubs before his death, and after his death, he could be buried in the stele forest outside the rest city, accompanied by so many comrades, not lonely. Hahahaha! ”

The soldier let out a hearty laugh, and after a while, the laughter gradually became smaller, and he said sadly: "The only regret is that I can't eat the osmanthus cake made by my mother anymore, brother, if you have the chance, remember to help me eat a few more pieces!" Really, really delicious, don't kid you! ”

Tao Li kept nodding his head, opening his mouth wide, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say anything, and the blood pools on the ground fell with the crystal liquid, and the blood flowers were cheap.

The soldier's eyes gradually drifted. After leaving the last words of this life, he passed away.

"Auntie, I'm back, I want to eat the osmanthus cake and osmanthus tea you made."

The soldier's name was Pan Taiping, and after Tao Li let go of his hand, a piece of dried osmanthus cake slipped from his arms and fell into a pool of blood on the ground.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the thunder pulled Tao Li's thoughts back, and he stretched out his sleeve to wipe his face. He drank the wine from the bowl in one gulp.

Sui Jianzhi wanted him to drink slowly, but he still gave up, drink it! Drink it! I hope this old wine can overshadow the old past in his heart.

Tao Li put down the bowl, the grief in his heart seemed to be dispelled by the wine, and said to Sui Jianzhi: "The disciple is rude!" ”

"Say this kind of again, remember, I am your master, we are a family, we never have to be polite, in my eyes, you will always be the same as Sui Yi and Sui Ying, you are my child, shouldn't my son show the truest emotions in front of his father, why is it rude?."

Tao Li smiled happily, yes! They are a family, and he, like Sui Yi and Xiaoying, are all children of Sui Jianzhi. Treat your child as if it were your own.

"Don't be too anxious, it's already happening. What if you are in a hurry? It's better to calm down and think about what to do.

The Northern Yuan Iron Cavalry is powerful, but it was not driven back to his hometown by Emperor Taizu a few decades ago.

Our Xuanping is a little less cavalry, but we have thousands of miles of territory, famous mountains and rivers, strong cities, loyal and patriotic people, brave and loyal martial marquis, desperate soldiers, and those heroic souls who died in battle to guard us, so why are we afraid? ”

Word by word, sentence by sentence, it seems to be a stick in the head, deeply pierced Tao Li's heart, at this moment, Tao Li's brows finally relaxed, yes, we Xuanping still have so much, it is because of our cowardice, and there is no formal competition, how can we think that we will fail.

Tao Li picked up the bowl and touched one with his master, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Donkey drink, donkey drink! I will never give you anything to drink in the future, such a good wine will be ruined for you. ”

Tao Li smiled, and said stiffly: "Isn't it just wine, don't you just go back and buy two jars and send them." ”

Sui Jian was extremely angry, glared and said, "Buy two jars? Then you really can't buy it, I'm a daughter of more than ten years. Where do you go to buy it? Who sold it to you? ”

This stunned Tao Li, his daughter of more than ten years was red, no wonder she was so intoxicating, she really ruined good things! Tao Li thought as he hurriedly poured the little wine left in the pot into the bowl, anyway, they were all a family, what are you polite!

Sui Jianzhi looked at Tao Li's expression and movements, and said with some amusement: "I won't rob you, this wine was originally prepared for you, I used to think that you and Xiaoying would take it out when they got married, but now that the war is going on, you are thinking about going to the front line, and when you come back, I don't know when it will be, and I don't know if my old bones can wait until that day, so I just take it out this time!" ”

Tao Ligang put the bowl to his mouth, listened to Sui Jianzhi's words, and was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the teacher's face, he was already much older, and the Tianguan Lord of the Xuanping Dynasty in front of him, who had raised his mentor for more than ten years, and his future father-in-law, was really young.

He has sacrificed too much for this peaceful and prosperous world, Tao Li just held the bowl and looked at Sui Jianzhi quietly.

In the bowl, layers of ripples ripple gently.