Shang Cheng went to find his two sentinels, and after walking a few steps, he met small stones looking for him everywhere, and when the small stones brought him to the place, Sun Zhongshan had already put the team in order. More than 100 sergeants lined up in a small phalanx and sat on the ground with swords and guns. There was a temporary passage on the four sides of the phalanx that could pass through two horses, and many soldiers stood on the other side of the passage, pointing at the western horse's straight border soldiers. These are all soldiers from other places to protect the grain, either the veteran oil in the border army or the weak thorn in the guard, they don't pay much attention to the military orders issued by the baggage battalion at all, and they all know that they will never have the opportunity to go to the battlefield when the war is not in order, and they don't pay much attention to the orders to rest and stand by. There are also those who are lazily lying on the ground wrapped in felt blankets, with noisy and chaotic sounds, like a swarm of wild bees that blow up their nests hovering in mid-air. Shang Chengmu glanced around with a face, and he couldn't see the flags of these teams clearly in the dim lighting.

Sun Zhongshan was discussing with Qian Laosan about arranging a guard at night, when he looked up and saw him, the two of them came over together to ask him for instructions.

Shang Cheng said: "You can do this thing. ”

Sun Zhongshan said: "Just send two people to swim around the team that night." This is the baggage battalion of the Left Army, and the customs are very dense, so we don't need to be as cautious as on the road. It is enough to have an officer on duty at night to greet him. I'll keep watch for the middle of the night. Qian Laosan said, "Then I'll keep watch for the rest of the night." ”

Shang Cheng nodded in agreement with such an arrangement. He squinted at the soldiers around him and asked, "Where did they all come from?" ”

Sun Zhongshan said: "I paid attention to the Lingqi just now, most of them are border troops, and there are several stockades in Guangliangliu Ding'an Treasure Vase; There is also a team that plays the banner of the Yanshan Chinese Army. ”

"Where's Baokan?"

Qian Laosan pointed casually and said with a grin: "A soldier's foot was caught by the crowd just now, and Bao Kan took him to the military doctor of the baggage battalion to see if he was injured. His own arm had been hit by the wheel of a carriage, and it still hurt a little to raise his hand, but fortunately it didn't hurt his bones.

Shang Cheng said to Qian Laosan: "You go to the people in the baggage camp and ask them to send a military doctor out to inspect it to see if any of the soldiers have twisted their feet and are injured, and they should be treated quickly." He said to Sun Zhongshan again, "You go and call all the leading officers of those grain teams, I have something to say." The two men saluted and went. Shang Cheng casually lit two soldiers and stood behind him with torches, and stood at the side of the team with his waist knife in his hand, waiting for those officers. The soldiers on the left saw that he was tall and majestic, and the chatter was involuntarily much quieter, and by the light of the torch, he saw that he was wearing a winged iron scarf, and he muttered and whispered and retreated into the distance. In the blink of an eye, there was a vacant field around him.

In a moment, the leading officers of the surrounding grain teams gathered one after another. These people received a message from Sun Zhongshan and knew that a Shang Lord had convened them to discuss the matter, but most of them didn't know who this "Shang Lord" was, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

Shang Cheng only pressed the handle of the knife and did not open his mouth, knowing that Sun Zhongshan came back to pay the order, he went straight to the point and said: "I am Shang Cheng, the direct commander of the West Malaysia of the Northern Zheng Border Army. As soon as these words came out, except for two or three people who knew Sun Zhongshan among the ten or twenty officers, most of the others were shocked, and there was a buzz in the half-circle soldiers who were watching the excitement not far away.

Shang Cheng continued: "I asked everyone to come over to discuss something with you. He gestured to the soldiers around him. See these soldiers? Why didn't you return to the team? Did you not hear the order just now, or did you not be able to restrain your subordinates? He asked, sweeping his gaze. The officers he looked at all bowed their heads in shame. He paused, slowed down and said, "At present, a big battle is imminent, the enemies on the east, west and north sides are about to be encircled, and the battalion will soon be purged by the whole army, and the lights will be turned off and ready to standby. At this time, if any team is not properly restrained, the soldiers will certainly suffer, and those of us who are officials will also be unable to get out of it...... I hope that you will immediately go back and put your ranks in order to rest on the spot, and not to make noise or move around. As he spoke, he raised his hand to his chest and gave a military salute, "That's it." Hurry back and do it. ”

At the beginning, he said that he was "discussing" a matter, but before anyone could interject a word, he would "send off guests", and several officers were very unimpressed. But the shadow of the famous tree, the soldier brought out by this guy in front of him is the elite of Yanshan, and he is a fierce general in the whole Yanshan guard, and he is also wearing a cyan robe that can only be worn by military attaches above the seventh grade, who dares to confront him face to face with these eight or nine small military attachés present? Everyone replied one after another, and roared "Follow the military orders of the adults!" So they went back to the whole group.

Originally, these officers thought that it would take a little effort to appease these veterans in the team to abide by discipline, who knew that tonight's assembly and rectification went surprisingly smoothly, and they had not yet returned to the assembly place of the team. At first, the officers of the various grain teams were still a little complacent in their hearts, and then they knew the reason for it when they thought about it, and it was all the credit of the five words "Yixian Shang Monk". However, they were also convinced, one by one, the family merchants and monks, who were the majesty of fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield......

At this time, the camp was already in full formation, standing on the grassy slope, you could see that the barracks were heavily guarded, the heavily armed soldiers between the camp tents moved in rows to the gate of the walled camp, the horses drove the pack horses to transport the bundles of arrows to the front, and the heralds who rode the horses came and went between the camp tents, and the assembly orders were mixed one after another. With the sound of a few horns, the lights from far and near were dimmed and extinguished, and even the three strings of warning lanterns on the watchtower above were completely glorious. The camp of the Left Route Army, which was surrounded by a large meadow for more than ten miles, suddenly fell into darkness.

It was the first time for Sun Zhongshan to participate in such a large-scale battle, and although he seemed calm on the surface, he couldn't be steady in his heart no matter what. But he didn't want others to see the trepidation in his heart, so he kept pacing back and forth along the makeshift passage. Fortunately, he was an officer on duty at night, so he didn't have to sit and rest with the team, and others didn't think it was strange for him to walk around. Occasionally, he would stop at the end of the field, stand in the darkness and look at the "fire earthworm" rushing towards the camp in the southeast, and then listen to the short and rapid shouting orders that rise and fall in the camp. The heavy breathing of the soldiers nearby made his heart beat as fast as a burst, his heart was almost clenched, and his hands were full of cold sweat. He circled around the team several times, and his emotions not only did not calm down, but became more and more chaotic, so he turned around and wanted to talk to Shang Cheng.

When he came, he happened to see the small stone unfolding a felt blanket and spreading it on the grass, Shang Cheng went to the armor and took off the helmet, moved a stone that was originally used to press the corner of the tent as a pillow, and then poured it on the blanket, lifted half of the blanket and put it on his body to prepare for sleep. Sun Zhongshan sat down on the grass next to Shang Cheng and wanted to say something, but now his heart was like a mess, and he didn't know where to start.

Shang Cheng waited for a long time with his eyes open, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he asked, "What?" Missing your wife? ”

“…… Not. ”

"Didn't miss your wife? You're just. Shang Cheng laughed and taunted him, "You don't have any money, the third is honest." He also came here just now, just like you now, sitting on the ground and chattering for a long time without a fart, as soon as I asked, he honestly admitted that he was worried about his one-year-old son one by one. He put his hands under his head, looked at the deep night sky with dark moon and stars, and only after a long time did he breathe a long sigh of melancholy, and said softly, "I also miss my wife and my son." He's almost a year old......"

This was the first time Sun Zhongshan had heard Shang Cheng mention his mother-in-law and son, and before that, he had not heard Shang Cheng mention them on any occasion. Sun Zhongshan tightened his lips and did not answer immediately. Shang Cheng and Lianniang's misfortune, many people have talked to him, almost everyone who mentions Lianniang to him, without exception, will say such a sentence one by one, "The monk asked for a good mother-in-law"...... He didn't even dare to look up now, didn't dare to look at Shang Cheng's expression when he mentioned them. He was silent for a long time before comforting Shang Cheng with difficulty: "Don't worry, you and your sister-in-law will always meet one day......"

As soon as the words came out, he couldn't wait to slap the two of them one by one, this kind of dry words of comfort are meaningless, it's better not to say it!

Shang Cheng was silent for a while, and said very calmly: "Yes, we will always meet." I know that she is waiting for me somewhere with the baby, waiting for me to find them. ”

Sun Zhongshan clutched the scabbard and didn't know what to say. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, tried to put a smile on his face, and said, "I've never heard you talk about your sister-in-law." I've heard people tell me that my sister-in-law is a good mother-in-law...... "He was only halfway through his words and couldn't say it anymore." He regrets it now and wants to cut out his tongue with the knife in his hand! He scolded himself fiercely in his heart: Sun Zhongshan! You stupid guy! You deserve to be assigned! You deserve to be uprooted from your homeland! ……

"Yes, she's a good mother-in-law." Shang Cheng pillowed his arm, looking up at the twinkling stars, his left eye without an eyepatch shining in the darkness. At the mention of his wife, his voice became unusually gentle. "She's not pretty, but she's very capable, and she can't do our messy housekeeping any better. When we first got married, we owed a lot of debt, and it was all up to her to make a living, so we slowly filled the hole. At that time, I was still a laborer, doing heavy work, and at the end of the day, my whole body was so sore that I couldn't lie down in the haystack and never get up again, but when I came home, I let her serve for two days, and my whole body was full of inexhaustible strength......"

Sun Zhongshan forcibly endured the sadness and bitterness in his heart and asked, "I heard that it was the seventeenth aunt who arranged for you?" ”

Shang Cheng replied humly: "Even if you are the matchmaker of Aunt Seventeen, it can also be said that it doesn't count." When I fell in charge of the captain on the grain field, Lianniang was also there, and she was the one who first fell in love with me, the monk, and then I told the matchmaker to mention the family matter. He turned his head and glanced at Sun Zhongshan, pouted and said, "The two of us are different from the two of you." How can I be considered free love, not like you, sending others home, and as a result, I set myself a daughter-in-law on fire halfway If I am the imperial history, I will treat you for the crime of fake public and private interests, not to mention that you are super fake. The imperial court has a system, and the wedding leave is only seven days, and the journey cannot exceed forty-two days. How many days did you say you were delayed before and after you got married? Thanks to my good heart, I will help you take that sentry with you, and another person will kick you out of the border army earlier. Now that I think about it, I'm so bad! You begged my daughter-in-law for such a heavy gift, and in the end I didn't even drink the tea and soup, and now your daughter-in-law is still in my house, and I want my sister-in-law to serve and take care of you every day, why do you never mention the house money? Even if I'm too thin-skinned to tell you about it, you should take the initiative......"

Sun Zhongshan knew that Shang Cheng was joking with himself, so he cried with a bitter face: "You also know how much I spent on begging for a daughter-in-law, and I still have a lot of debts......

Shang Cheng interrupted him and said, "Take what you say to coax the ghost!" Who will believe it when it comes to it? Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense with you, I'm going to sleep for a while. In the middle of the night, when you and Qian Laosan were on shift, you squeaked with him, and you didn't wake me up until it was lit up for a day. Who dares to disturb my dreams, and when I go back to West Malaysia, I will tell him not to want to come out of the beacon tower in his life. As he spoke, he wrapped the blanket and closed his eyes, and in a moment there was a subtle and even snoring sound.

Sun Zhongshan also stood up with a knife, shook his head and loosened his hands and feet. It's really strange to say, he originally wanted to talk to Shang Cheng about the upcoming war, but the two chatted for a long time, and there was not even half a word about the military, but the uneasiness and tension that lingered in his heart actually disappeared by half. It's amazing. Why is this so?

He stood there and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a result. If you can't think of it, you don't want to. He carried a knife and walked around the team again, and found that many soldiers were already like Shang Cheng, wrapped in felt blankets and falling asleep.