Chapter 2 (39) After the War (Part 2)

After reading the military newspaper, Shang Chengcheng felt that the origin of the Yanshan camp was not small, but he didn't expect that the scope of this camp was not only the entire territory of Yanshan, but also included one of the two guards of Bohai and Dingjin, and Fan Quan's sentence "All officials, military and civilians have their own divisions", even taught him to frown into a group, one by one, this camp turned out to be the highest military and political command organ in the strategic direction!

He stroked the hot scars on his cheeks, and his mind quickly digested Fan Quan's words. Since only in a certain strategic direction will a battalion be set up to coordinate and command, it will certainly not be a simple military operation for Da Zhao, who has been rumored for more than half a year, to raise troops against the Turks. Thinking of the grain, straw, ordnance and other materials that were constantly being transported from the Central Plains, the dwarf and empty warehouses standing in the Nanguan camp, and the frequent personnel transfers of the various units of the left, center, and right armies of Yanshanwei...... It is clear that a large-scale war is in the making.

There were a few questions that he had been wondering why the robbery and plundering of Yanshan East Road by the Turks looked like a well-planned military operation. Why would they send such an elite as the Great Horde in an operation that was merely for the purpose of plundering and destroying? Why did they brave the bad weather and put their main force into the southern route, which did not have much oil and water, but carried out a feint in the direction of the more prosperous and wealthy Duanzhou? Now that these problems have a logical explanation, the main target of the Sudden Exhaustion is the Nanguan camp, that is, the food and materials in the Nanguan camp, and their purpose is to delay the preparations for war in Dazhao. In fact, the Turks came close to succeeding. The main force of the Zhao army was attracted to the city of Duanzhou, and there were only more than 1,000 guards and more than 2,000 township warriors in the direction of Yixian, and these soldiers and township warriors were scattered in the fortress passes, and in the face of the menacing enemy, they could not form an effective defense at all, if it were not for a continuous spring rain and muddy roads that dragged down the footsteps of the Tuqi people, the Nanguan battalion would never have been spared. In the end, the Tuqi people were only one step ahead of the Great Zhao reinforcements who came from Nanzheng, so they had to devote a considerable part of their forces to blocking the reinforcements. It is precisely because of this that he and his comrades-in-arms were able to hold on to the end and successfully keep the C-shaped battalion and the Nanguan battalion.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. What a fluke! Fortunately, there was a spring rain, fortunately the road was difficult to travel, and fortunately the reinforcements from the direction of Nanzheng arrived in time, otherwise Yixian would have become the second Beizheng Yiyi Army, the newspaper said that Beizheng, which originally had a population of 64,000 in 11,300 households, had less than 8,000 people left after the war, and there were only seven living people in the huge county town......

Whenever he recalled this news, his eyes would appear in front of his eyes Beizheng County, which was full of ruins and broken walls, and the desolate and sad tragic situation overlapped with the lively Beizheng County in his memory, constantly flashing in his mind alternately. He let out a heavy sigh in his heart. He grieves for those who have suffered misfortunes in the war, including his friends, his relatives and his wife......

He was so wrapped in unspeakable pain and hatred that he could barely breathe.

Dogs, wait!

There was a "thud", and his clenched fist slammed down on the couch, startling the few people in the room who were listening intently to Ji Zheng's words. He himself was also awakened, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said to Ji Zheng: "It's okay, you continue." ”

Everyone here knows that Lianniang was kidnapped by the Tu Tu people, and when they see his cold expression, his face is blue, and his eyes are cold, they can understand what is going on. Fan Quan bowed and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Mrs. is a good person, and she has God's blessing, but now she is just encountering some small misfortunes, and there will definitely be no major obstacles, and sooner or later she will reunite with adults." Adults who have studied Buddhism naturally know that Buddhism has clouds, and life in the world must go through hardships and hardships in order to achieve perfection. Now the most important thing is that adults should take care of their bodies and recuperate with peace of mind, and Lao Ji and I are still looking forward to the adults being well, leading us to the grassland for a while. As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Zheng, and the two of them stood up together. I came here today to see my lord, these days, I haven't seen the face of the captain, and Lao Ji and I are always a little uneasy in our hearts. Now that we see that the health of adults has improved greatly, we are also relieved. It's not too early, and there's still a bunch of in the camp, or else, Lao Ji and I will come to visit the adults another day? Anyway, the camp is close to here, and it won't take an hour to go back and forth, when the adults miss us, send someone to say, we are on call. ”

Shang Cheng waved his hand and said, "You all sit." I also know some of the chores in the barracks, and the captains of the second sentry can handle it, so you don't need to find this reason to deceive me. He rubbed his right hand, which had just been smashed painfully, as if he was both emotional and homely, and said to the two sentinels, "You don't know, this quiet recuperation is more damning than the grinding spirit of the village Yong practice, and there is usually no one to speak, and I have to lie on this couch for hours every day, and I can boil people's hair white." Except for reading military newspapers, I can't see or hear anything new, and I'm just blind. But this military newspaper doesn't know which bastard secretary copied it, a stinky word is uglier than mine, stretching out his arms and kicking his legs, eight out of ten words are guessed! ”

Hearing him complain, the two sentinels looked at each other and laughed together. Shang Cheng's words simply spoke to their hearts. They are all people who have been soldiers since they were thirteen or fourteen years old, and they have survived from small soldiers to sentry commanders for more than ten years, and the military camp has long been their second home, and their feelings are also very deep. Ji Zheng sat in his seat and said, "I feel deeply what the adults said. That year, I broke my leg while riding a horse, and lay on the kang for eight months, and scolded my mother-in-law for eight months. One or two young ladies don't laugh, this is the real thing, I don't believe you ask Lao Fan. In fact, my mother-in-law is still not bad, but I don't know what's going on, the more I look at her in those months, the more unhappy I become, the more I look at her, the uglier she becomes, and I can't help but scold. scolded every day, scolded when I opened my eyes, and scolded when I lost my mouth when I ate my job, and scolded for more than half a year. It's really fucking weird to say, when my legs are healed, I can walk and run, and my mother-in-law has grown back again, and I see it as I like again......"

Before he finished his story, several people had already laughed, and even Huo Shiqi, who had been looking depressed, couldn't help but be stunned. The ridiculous lines disappeared as soon as they climbed the corners of his mouth, and he still looked sad. Facing Yue'er and Shang Cheng, how could he laugh? Liu Laozhu died in Youliangchuan, he, the younger brother, was incapacitated, and even his brother's corpse was not found, and the white cloth strip on Yue'er's head was like a strip of white cloth tied on his chest; Lianniang was abducted by the Sudden Dog, and his life and death are still uncertain, looking at the lingering haze of pain on Shang Cheng's face, he is as uncomfortable as being cut by a knife on his chest. Especially what happened to Lianniang, which made him feel shameless to face Shang Cheng. He should have brought Lianniang's family back to the county seat on the first day, he should have insisted on his own idea, he shouldn't have let his father-in-law bring those cages and wraps, if his mother-in-law's father didn't care for his broken altars and jars, the space vacated on the carriage was enough to sit Lianniang, his wife and Fan Xiang's children, so that they wouldn't stay in Zhuangzi for another night. It was just one night, and everything changed......

He knew that Shang Cheng's words "there was not even a person to talk to" were talking about him. Since Shang Cheng came back to recuperate, since the official allocated money to Shang Chengqi's house, he has come here a lot, but there are not many opportunities to face Shang Cheng, even if he bumps into it by chance, he will immediately find a reason to leave. He was avoiding Shang Cheng. He was afraid to see Shang Cheng. He felt that he had no face to talk to Shang Cheng. He felt guilty......

Why did he let his father-in-law's altars and jars take advantage of other people's chances of survival? And this "other" is still his relative. He really couldn't understand why he was such a bastard when he was a shrewd person no matter what he said? Why do you do all these bastard things one after another?

Today it was his turn to rest, and he didn't have to go to the yamen to do an errand, so he came to the door early in the morning to see if there was anything he needed help with. Shang Cheng is still working to recuperate his body, almost no matter what, the big and small things in the door are all Yue'er is making ideas; But Yue'er is experienced and capable, after all, she is still a country girl who has never seen the world, and there are some things she can't handle, and she doesn't know how to deal with them, so he, the uncle, must come forward to solve it. Patrolling around the business mansion, which was three points larger than his son-in-law's mansion, and explaining all the matters that should be explained to Yue'er, he was saying that he was going home, and he bumped into Ji Zheng and Fan Quan head-on. Two officers who were about the same age as him called "Uncle Seventeen" so affectionately, they couldn't help but pull him to see Shang Cheng.

Alas, they don't know their troubles. What other face did he have to meet their captain......

Now he sits in this study, he pretends to listen to what others say, and when others laugh, he squeezes out a little smile on his face, and endures the torment like a year. Especially when he always felt that Shang Cheng looked at him from time to time, there were scolding, ridicule, disdain and contempt in his eyes, which made him can't help but think of running away several times.

“…… The head of the camp is the old general Xiao Jian Xiao of Shangzhu State, the deputy head is General Li, the commander of our Yanshanwei, and the other is General Yang Duyang of the Right Shenwei Army. "Ji Zheng and Fan Quan are still playing with the news they heard from the Admiral's Mansion." The right Shenwei army and the right hussar army of the Liyuan battalion will also be drawn to our Yanshan in the second half of the year......"

Shang Cheng coughed suddenly, lifted his eyelids and glared at Ji Zheng and Fan Quan fiercely. These two guys don't even look at what kind of place this is, and they dare to talk nonsense with their mouths open even when they are moving? Although there is no one in this room who can't be trusted, who knows if anyone will follow the example of the two of them and go out and mess around?

Seeing that the two subordinates finally understood the matter, they all froze, Shang Chengcai turned his head and asked Huo Shiqi: "Uncle Seventeen, have you been busy lately?" ”