Wang Yi was actually unwilling to let Shang Cheng stay to intercept the enemy in the west, but first, Shang Cheng's attitude was resolute, and secondly, the matter after the break was difficult and the responsibility was heavy, and he really couldn't think of anyone who could be more competent than Shang Cheng, and saw that Ran Wei and the others both bowed their heads slightly with solemn expressions, so they had to accept Shang Cheng's request. However, for the sake of safety, and in order to gain more precious time for the team retreating south, he still sent sixty more soldiers to Shang Cheng. He also specially instructed the officers who were temporarily in charge of the supply of military supplies that the rations of the 160 soldiers were not restricted, and that they could eat and take them as long as they did not waste them. On the one hand, they sent sentry spies to the south to reconnoitre, and on the other hand, they ordered people to count the food and grass of camels, horses, and ordnance, and the more than 400 border soldiers of the guards and the remaining hussar soldiers all followed the military discipline code, and matched the crossbowmen, spearmen, swords, shields, and guerrillas from far and near, and reorganized them into five posts, and designated reliable officers as captains and commanders...... Although it was not the first time he had led troops alone, he had no experience in dealing with such complicated affairs, and he felt a little hurried for a while. When everything is clear, it is already the middle of the corner. That's when he realized that his stomach was empty. Reaching out to the dry food bag around his waist to touch a piece of wheat cake to suppress hunger, he didn't know that his hand came out from the other end of the pocket, pulled down the leather bag and lifted it up, and his heart was also surprised, and he didn't know when, the lower end of the dry food bag was slashed, and there was a long and brand-new knife edge on the soft leather that had been nitrated, and he smiled at him like a grinning mouth; Naturally, there was no jerky left in the pocket.

He clutched his shriveled leather bag and smiled bitterly silently. It's a bit of a "cocoon" feeling. He had just issued a military order, regardless of the officers and soldiers, the daily rations of each person must be rationed, and he must ensure that the food is enough to hold on to Shuangmatan, who knows that he himself is the first to encounter such an unfortunate thing.

He threw away the bag of dry food, took the water bladder from the back of the war horse, untied the fine hemp rope that sealed the mouth of the bag, raised his head, and poured half a bag of water in one go, which suppressed the famine in his stomach a little. He wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth, and looked around in a blink of an eye, the sun was like fire in the sky, and the earth was like a piece of white ash under the blazing flames, and the green grass in the distance, the dwarf trees in the distance, the soldiers lying high in the grass, and the war horses with bags of water and feed, all twisted and bent faintly in the hot and hot heat. Occasionally, a cool breeze blows, which immediately makes people feel calm and refreshed, but the heat wave after the breeze is silent is even more unbearable. At this time, it is as if people are in an upside-down steamer, with fire and smoke in all directions......

He stretched his sleeves to wipe away the hot sweat on his head and face, and felt that his stomach was empty and hungry, and he gritted his teeth and was about to tighten his belt twice, when someone called him: "General Wang." Looking back, standing behind him was one of Chen Pu's personal guards. The guard held a bag of dry food in both hands and said to him, "General Wang, the general asked me to bring this to you." ”

Wang Yi stared at the half-bulging bag and thought for a while, then reached out and took it: "...... You thank the Great General for me. ”

The guard didn't leave immediately, and said, "The general wants to go and see the broken soldiers." ”

Wang Yi did not immediately agree, but raised his face to glance at the team of soldiers on the western slope. A group of men and horses had just returned, shouting and shouting, and a soldier on a horse was circling around the field proudly, refusing to stop for a long time. It was far away, the voices were mixed, and he didn't know what was going on. But it doesn't seem like there's any danger. He nodded and said, "This is the general caring for the soldiers, how dare you stop it?" …… So I will call a man who is familiar with the condition of the troops, and who may be ready for the general to consult with an adviser. As he spoke, he beckoned Wen Mu and asked him to accompany Chen Pu over.

Watching Chen Pu leave the brigade on foot with the three guards and Wen Mu, the backs of several people trembled and trembled as if they were swirling with the air flow in the rising heat, and an indescribable taste quietly surged into Wang Yi's heart. In detail, he and Princess Changsha are still cousins' brothers and sisters, and they played together a lot when they were young; Chen Pu's husband who was martyred in Dingjin Zhangzhou City seven years ago is also his partner who grew up together. With these two layers of relationship, the two of them should not be so separated, but after all, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority...... He suddenly cut off his thoughts, did not allow himself to think further, sat down with a wooden face, took a piece of hard, rough wheat cake from the pocket brought by the guard, broke off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

…… The person who rides a horse around the circle is Qian Laosan.

He's finally back!

This madman actually chased people out for nearly forty miles in one breath for a gold medal, and only turned around contentedly until he fulfilled his wish. But the problem is that he and his soldiers were all dedicated to meritorious service when chasing the enemy, and no one paid attention to the direction of the route. He led more than 30 soldiers around the grassland until he bumped into Tian Xiaowu, who was sent by Sun Zhongshan to find him. The two teams formed a group and walked back, and along the way, they also beat away a group of rangers of the Turpents, and robbed a dozen horses and some food.

It wasn't until the horses were a little unbearable that Qian Laosan grabbed the reins, dismounted and threw the reins to a soldier, and the merchant in his hand shook the gold medal like a bell, and said to Sun Zhongshan in high spirits: "You can't show off in front of me now, right?" A piece of broken gold, you will protect it like a treasure, so that people will look at it more than once, for fear of taking your eyes to rip out your piece of gold, one by one, thinking that you can pay the gold medal? Hum! He snorted heavily in his nose, his eyes turned downward and his eyelids almost closed, leaving only a gap like a gossamer, the corners of his mouth bent downward, and his mouth was almost a full bow. What is it?! ”

"When did I show off in front of you?" Sun Zhongshan was amused by his appearance, and said with a smile, "When did I say that you can't pay the gold medal?" What's wrong with your eyes? So much blood? ”

"My eye hurts." Qian Laosan scratched the injury twice carelessly. As soon as the dried blood scab was pulled off, black-red blood immediately oozed from between the eyebrows. He spat in his hand, pressed it against the wound and rubbed it vigorously, covered his eyes and said, "It's not a light injury, damn it!" It's a little shaky to look at. Bao Kan was not at ease, so he took a closer look and grinned: "The eye of the bullshit hurts!" There was a cut on the eyebrow bone, which was not half an inch long, and maybe there was not even a scar on it......"

"!" Qian Laosan was anxious at that time, pointed to his eyes stained with blood and spittle, and said, "You can see clearly, this is an injured eyebrow bone?!" It's the eyes! It's the eyes! ”

Bao Kan hurriedly took two steps back, wiped the spit that was sprayed on his face, and said: "Okay, okay, what you say is the eyes, what you say is what you say, don't learn the skills of your mother-in-law and aunt to quarrel, you will spit on people!" After a pause, he looked Qian Laosan up and down again, and said in a long voice, "No wonder I think you went out to chase an enemy, and when you came back, you changed your appearance, so that people almost couldn't recognize you one by one, and your eyes actually grew to your forehead." Tsk, amazing! Disastrous! ”

"Hehe", "Haha", "Ho ho", the surrounding soldiers first froze, and then burst into a wild laugh. Even Chen Pu, who was standing not far away watching them laughing and playing, couldn't help but laugh, and her three female guards also shrugged their shoulders and giggled. Wen Mu laughed almost smoothly, pointed at Qian Laosan and gasped and said, "That'...... That's, that's the money sentry; Speak, yes, yes, it's Captain Bao, Shang ...... The captain of the merchant captain's personal army......"

While speaking, the soldiers here also discovered Chen Pu and his party. Crimson scarlet scarlet scale armor crimson robe, just look at this incredible outfit, anyone knows that she is the number of generals in the whole Zhao Zhu army, even if it is the entire expedition to the northern army, it is enough to be qualified to wear a full set of general armor of this color, and there is only the old general Xiao Jian Xiao of the Shangzhu country!

Such a prominent big man suddenly appeared in front of him, from Bao Kan to Sun Zhongshan to Qian Laosan, who was not assigned to Yanshan until the spring of this year, and they were all so frightened that they couldn't breathe evenly, and they all stared at Chen Pu with their eyes wide and round, staring straight at Chen Pu. After a while, Sun Zhongshan suddenly remembered the words he had overheard earlier, and a thought flashed through his mind like a flash of lightning, and he knew Chen Pu's identity and origin in an instant, this is the princess of Changsha!

He immediately raised his arms and chests with both legs, and shouted loudly: "All stand up and salute one by one!" ”

Among these soldiers, there are not only the guards of the Bohai Yanshan Dingjin Sanwei and the Liyuan battalion, but also the border army of the Sanwei, the strict training for many years, the execution of orders has long become a conditioned reflex, Sun Zhongshan's words just fell, whether these people are sitting or standing or throwing off their clothes and armor to play shirtless and pretend to rest, they are all brushing upright and straight, clenching their fists and striking their chests; There were also a few recruits who had just been recruited, and they didn't know what to do in a daze, and they couldn't hear Sun Zhongshan's password either, and they couldn't hear Sun Zhongshan's password when they saw others salute. There are also two soldiers who are just wearing deputy soldier armor, in fact, they are not soldiers but people who carry food and baggage for the army, and at this time they are even more dizzy and don't know what to do, and their legs and feet are weak, and they are so frightened that they sit on the ground......

After Chen Pu returned the salute, with Sun Zhongshan's order again, more than 100 soldiers lowered their arms but did not disband, and everyone straightened their chests and stomachs and straightened their bodies as straight as spear shafts, and they all paid attention to Chen Pu. Chen Pu knew that this was the soldiers waiting for her to lecture. But she is a pillar country with a false title and a false position, and according to the law of the country, without the military department's message and the signature and approval of the three provinces, she is not qualified to give lectures to soldiers at all; But here and now, she can't say nothing, what these soldiers are about to do is to sacrifice in order to let others live!

However, the law of the land cannot be violated!

She stood silently in front of the soldiers, her gaze slowly shifting from one soldier's face to another, desperately trying to remember the faces of these people, to remember the faces of each one. But the mist in her eyes was misty, she couldn't see anything clearly, she couldn't remember anything, these soldiers with black and red faces and ordinary expressions and simple expressions, and those soldiers who had sacrificed, gradually overlapped, and she couldn't tell who they were......

With tears in her glasses, she clasped her hands together in front of her chest, then slowly raised them to the height of her forehead, and then slowly stretched them out until her arms were fully extended, and then slowly sank again; Her head and upper body also bowed deeply as her arms moved from top to bottom......

Wen Mu and her three personal guards were all in a trance, and they watched her in a daze as she performed such a courtesy to a team of ordinary soldiers, this is a long salute, a greeting ceremony without distinction between dignity and inferiority, and there is no distinction between dignity and inferiority......

Sun Zhongshan and the soldiers also knew that this was Changyi. At first, everyone had an expression of disbelief, and then they looked around in a panic: the dignified general, he actually saluted a group of small soldiers, and he bowed so solemnly?

Sun Zhongshan's face was swollen and red, almost dripping blood. The wings of his nose opened widely, and he was cut into several sections when he exhaled and inhaled, and his chest rose and fell sharply with his breath like a bellows. ”

There was no order from the officers, and there was no command from the banner, and the one hundred and seventy-three soldiers bowed down in unison, and said in unison: "The general is kind and righteous, and he will never forget!" ”

Chen Pu's lips were so trembling that she couldn't even speak, and in the hazy tears, she choked up in a voice that only she could hear: "The soldiers are kind and righteous, and they will never forget!" ”