Volume I: Ancient. Dream Frontier Chapter 27 Shangyuan Festival²
Near noon, the sun seemed to be afraid of the freezing winter, and until now it has not yet emerged, and the winter is unscrupulous, floating with tiny snowflakes.
On the official road leading to the Huiwen Prefecture, a group of light cavalry forbidden troops were advancing at a high speed on the white snowy road, heavy cloaks of different colors, with them, up and down behind them.
Hundreds of miles behind them, a group of infantry escorting food was marching with difficulty.
Soldier A: "Oops! This snow is so thick! ”
Soldier B: "Isn't it?" If it weren't for General Qin Xiao, who took a light horse to open a road, we couldn't say, it would still be in Chang'an City! ”
Soldier C: "Yes! Thanks to the old general and the little general, otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to go so fast! ”
The old general Qin, who was riding a tall horse, shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Hurry up, at the insistence meeting, this is coming soon, wait for it, take a good rest!" ”
A city wall that stretched for ten miles blocked Qin An and his light cavalry. Qin An had to lead the team and stopped outside the city gate, two miles away.
The soldier behind Qin An asked the person next to him suspiciously, "It's almost noon!" Why didn't they open the gates? ”
The soldier on one side explained: "This heavy snow is blocking the road, and even if they open the door, no one will enter or leave, so they should feel that there is no need to open the door." ”
"Who's loud?" Qin An sat on his horse and turned his head to the person behind him.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at yours, and after a while, a big man with a rough voice said, "Little general, I'll try it!" ”
Qin An turned his head to look at it, it was a big man with a full beard, nodded in approval and said, "Okay, you shout to the city wall and let them open the city gate." ”
"Open the gates, open the gates!" The big man breathed a sigh of praise and shouted towards the castle tower.
After a while, Qin An saw that there was still no one on the city tower, so he said to the soldiers behind him: "I'm shouting, you guys shouting together." ”
"The gates of the city are opened!" The crowd shouted one after the other.
"Shout at all. Hurry up, you're not cold, are you? I still want to be in the freeze meeting. Qin An said angrily.
"1, 2, shout, open the gates!" Everyone shouted in unison.
After a while, a voice came from the city tower, and a soldier, who came out with half his head, looked at Qin An and the others, and shouted, "Who is under the city?" ”
"Hurry up and open the city gate for your grandfather." Captain Blackbeard seemed to be in a hurry, and shouted impatiently to the castle tower.
"In Xia Qin'an, on the orders of His Majesty, I came to suppress the disaster." Qin An clasped his hands into fists and shouted loudly to the city tower.
"Open the city gate, General Qin is coming." There was an unclear command from upstairs to open the door.
After a while, the city gate creaked, and five or six city defenders slowly pushed the city gate and opened it inside.
"Let's go." Qin An shouted, and then left.
Drive, drive, drive. A group of 2,000 forbidden army light horses, followed Qin An, and galloped into the city.
Qin An watched him enter the city gate, so he slowly slowed down, and when he came to the city gate, he stretched out his hand and pulled the reins of the horse, and quickly turned over and dismounted.
The soldiers guarding the city went downstairs to Qin An's side and said respectfully: "General Qin, I ordered someone to invite our master, and I hope General Qin will wait." ”
"Oh! It's okay, my grandfather hasn't arrived yet! Qin An looked left and right, and replied nonchalantly.
"It's really big under the snow of yours, but I haven't seen it, how many people are affected by the disaster?" Qin An looked at the white expanse in the city, covered with snow everywhere, no one on the road, and smoke from every house. Asked with some confusion.
"The general doesn't know that in our city, there are some houses of blue bricks and white tiles, which are almost muddy, but they are also tiled, and there are very few thatched houses. It's different outside the city, the better thing is that most of the mud and white-tiled houses are thatched houses, and there are also eight houses in these ten villages that have been smashed down by snow. The defender explained.
"Oops! Oops! General Qin, Wen has lost his welcome, no wonder. Coming down from a small sedan chair carried by two people, an old man in an official uniform bowed and said to Qin An.
"Your Excellency, your Excellency, you're welcome." Qin An hurriedly picked up Master Wen.
As soon as they were helped up, the two looked at each other, and they heard Lord Wen stammering and asking Qin An, "This?" Are you General Qin? ”
"No, no, my grandfather was, I just came to see it." Qin An scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said embarrassedly.
"Hmph, that hairy boy from here, dare to tease the old man and me, someone will take him down for me." Wen Da said angrily to the defenders, and he retreated.
The light cavalry led by Qin An were scattered looking for a place to rest, and when they heard that someone was going to be ineffective against Qin An, they all gathered around the hula of their tacit understanding, and the big man led by him shouted at Lord Wen menacingly: "I see who dares." ”
"Good! All right! You bandit dare to lead people into the city. Angrily pointing at Qin An's people, seeing that they were numerous, he turned his head to the soldiers who were guarding him and said, "Quick, go quickly, please garrison Lord Qi, let him lead the army here." ”
"Yes, sir." The soldier saluted and ran away.
"Little general, do you want to stop him from inviting someone." Captain Jin, the leader of the Great Han Dynasty, asked Qin An calmly.
"No, grandfather is coming!" Qin An looked at the sky and replied nonchalantly.
"You blind minion, who is this General Qin? The marquis of that town is as big as me, and the young general has guarded the border for several years. There's such a hairy boy, General Qin!" Lord Wen stood behind the militia garrison and said complainingly.
"Then you still called him General Qin just now!" The militia beside Lord Wen muttered quietly.
Smack, Wen raised his hand angrily and patted the soldier's head, and whispered: "I'm not, I thought it was the old general Qin, it's not that you didn't report it clearly." ”
The soldier rubbed his head aggrievedly and stood without saying a word, protecting Lord Wen who was hiding behind him.
A quarter of an hour later, the sound of the rumbling march of the army in the city was heard from afar.
"Set up a formation and protect the little general." Captain Jin, who was the leader, said solemnly to the people around him, he opened his arms and held two knives in his hands in a posture of preparing for an attack.
"Huh! You just need to take care of yourself, I'm not a vegetarian, that is, my grandfather will come in a while, how can we explain? Qin An said with a sad smile on his face.
"Hey, hey! We can't be blamed for this, they don't know Tarzan with their eyes. A light cavalryman said to the crowd with a smile.
"Huh, what's going on with Lord Wen?" An armored general riding a tall horse stopped his horse and asked Lord Wen under the horse.
"That's it, that hairy boy, who led a group of bandits and pretended to be General Qin to break into the city. Quick, quick, get caught. Lord Wen stood behind the militia guarding the city, pointing at Qin An and said tremblingly.
"Bold fanatics, give up resistance quickly, Lord Ben will spare you from death." Lord Qi rode on his horse, pointed an iron axe at the people of Qin An, and said with contempt for them.
"My lord, outside the city, their reinforcements are coming." The cavalry behind Lord Qi pointed to a group of people who were under black pressure two or three miles outside the city and said.
"Huh? It's over, stop fighting, grandfather is here, don't make it too ugly, make grandfather embarrassed. Qin An turned around and looked out of the city, spread his hands, and said helplessly to the people around him.
"Hey! Don't do it yet, wait for the old General Qin to come, let's talk. Captain Jin, who was the leader, shouted at Lord Qi on horseback.
"Old General Qin? Lord Wen, Your Majesty sent Old General Qin to suppress the disaster, is it time to arrive today? Lord Qi tilted his head and asked Lord Wen, who was hiding behind him.
"It will take more than a month to arrive in Chang'an City, and it is impossible to come so quickly, I think they are just delaying time, waiting for reinforcements to come and grab food." Lord Wen said with a villainous look.
"Hmph, if we were robbers, we would have killed you a long time ago, robbed the money and food, and we still had to talk nonsense with you." The cavalry behind Qin An looked at Lord Wen, who was as timid as a mouse, with contempt and said.
"Yes! You go to the city tower to see if it's General Qin's escort team. Master Qi turned his head and said to the soldiers behind him.
The soldier nodded, turned over and dismounted, and galloped up the city tower, and after a while, he shouted from the building: "General, it's the team of the old general Qin, they are holding the Qin family flag!" ”
"Hmph, it almost broke." Master Qi dismounted and said to Lord Wen.
"That is General Qin, who offended a lot just now." Lord Qi said apologetically with his fists at Qin An.
"Alas, how come I didn't know there was such a small General Qin?" Lord Wen asked with a look of disbelief.
"You are a scholar, squatting at home all day long, then you know about our soldiers." Lord Qi glanced at Lord Wen and said.
"In Xia Qin'an, I have seen General Qi." Qin An stepped forward and saluted.
"Good, good, good, they've all grown so big." Master Qi patted Qin An's shoulder and said arrogantly.
"Hurry up, go out of the city to meet Old General Qin." Lord Qi turned his head and waved his hand to greet the old general Qin.
"Thank you, thank you, I forgot to ask someone to pick up my grandfather. Ha ha! Qin An suddenly scratched his head and said again.
"Haha!" Everyone and Master Qi burst out laughing.
Half a quarter of an hour later, General Qin rode a black and brown horse, led a carriage full of grain, and slowly drove into the city.
"Old General Qin, this trip has been hard." Master Qi stepped forward and said with his fists clenched.
"Hey! It's all for the people, not hard. Old Qin responded politely and modestly.
"Old General Qin, ......?" Lord Wen looked at Old General Qin with a puzzled face.
"Why don't you still want to believe it? We've been here day and night, and you've thought we're bandits. Hum! The leader of the big man choked.
"This, this is a misunderstanding, the fault of the lower officials. I hope you don't blame it. Lord Wen embarrassedly admitted his mistake.
"We're not careful, it's over." The big man waved his hand and said.
"Hey! Ay! Quick, hurry inside, please, when I come, I will order someone to prepare a meal, and I will work for all the strong men. Lord Wen smiled and invited everyone.
"Let's go!" Old General Qin turned over and dismounted, walked forward, and said.
"Old General Qin, please." Lord Qi and Lord Wen sandwiched Old General Qin in the middle, and said cautiously.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes. You're welcome. Two adults, please, too. Old General Qin smiled and walked in with the two adults.