Hearing that the general had been promoted, all the officers immediately put away their smiles, and in an instant, everyone straightened their helmets and sorted out their outfits, and Sun Huan, who had the highest rank and position, promised "Yes!" Holding Dou Tou swept everyone away, and took the lead out of the tent with a slight bend sideways.

In the blink of an eye, there were two more teams of soldiers wearing iron helmets and iron plate armor in front of the tent, all of them touching their waists with their hands and swords without squinting, and standing still like nails. Twelve lieutenants, led by the fully draped Captain Bao Kan and Lieutenant Suza, stood in two rows at the tent gate. Zhan Shiwen Mu, the former of the Wei Mansion, had just come out of the tent, and when he saw the generals, he saluted with his crossed arms on his chest, and said softly: "The general is already here." ”

Before the words fell, a rapid brass bell rang in the wind, and the two healthy horses turned the big meadow, kicking the water and stepping on the mud along the shallow tidal flats on the north bank of the river. The two war horses went all the way to the place half an arrow in front of the tent, and the herald who was sweating along his eyebrows and sideburns didn't even get off his mount, and tightened the reins and tied the bridle to turn the sweaty horse half a circle, and took out a letter in his arms and threw it to Wen Mu, who hurried forward:

"The left battalion is in a hurry! Immediately presented to the general! ”

After saying that, he gave a military salute to Suza on horseback, walked around the horse's head and kicked the spur, and the horse whipped away like a gust of wind.

Wen Mu only glanced at the cover of the letter, dropped the sentence "Wait outside the tent", pinched the letter and trotted into the handsome tent. After a while, he ran out of the Chinese army, first saying that "the general has an urgent military disposition, and the adults are waiting outside the tent for a while", and then said that the dishes have been prepared in the room, and the generals and colonels are invited to have lunch first, and wait for the military order while eating. As he spoke, a few soldiers brought over stacks of wooden bowls and large baskets of bread and vats of broth. Most of the officers are reckless and kill men, only know that they love to eat and drink and fight, the sky is falling and there are generals to carry, no matter how urgent the military situation is, they don't need to worry about it, since the military order says "wait", then "wait", a swarm of bees are gathered in front of eating, pick up the wooden bowl and scoop the soup and meat in the bucket, grab the cake bun and stuff it into the mouth, the eyes are quick to grab the food and occupy a place on the sunny grass outside the tent early, one squint the warm sun, and the other is gnawing dry noodles and steamed buns with hot broth, Just talking about the rare leisure and comfort between this military battle, even if it is for a god to do it, he is reluctant.

Sun Zhongshan had just had breakfast before coming to the Chinese army, and before noon had passed, he didn't feel hungry, so he grabbed two meat buns, and then he didn't get out of the military tent, looking left and right as if there was no place for him to stay, and vaguely remembered that he saw a crouching tiger stone on the side of the tent when he came, and simply took the bun and went over to try his luck to see if he could find a clean one.

Disappointingly, he turned the tent and saw two people already sitting on the stone. It seems that he is far more intelligent here.

But the disappointment quickly dissipated. Sitting on the Crouching Tiger Stone are Sun Huan and Zheng Qi. These two guys don't know where to find two roast leg of lamb, and one of them is feasting. Sun Huan hid a gourd in secrecy like a thief, and after swallowing a few mouthfuls of meat, he lifted the gourd and poured a mouthful. It happened that a group of patrolling soldiers passed by, and they couldn't dodge, so they had to shake the gourd and sigh and mutter: "This medicinal soup is really too bitter." provoked the little officer who led the team to stare at the gourd in his hand and swallow spit.

Sun Zhongshan walked over, couldn't help but smile and said, "It's just right, I've been cold for a few days, so I want to drink some decoction." Come! Let's change them one by one! This bun is filled with mutton and is not bitter at all. ”

Zheng Qi had already seen him, moved the place to make way for him, and said with a smile: "Captain Sun's gourd contains his lifeline, I'm afraid I won't exchange it with you." As he spoke, he took out a roast leg of lamb and handed it to Sun Zhongshan like a trick. I just wanted to call you. There were so many people in the tent that they didn't dare to speak. ”

Sun Zhongshan didn't answer, seeing that there was a hard old sheepskin on the stone, he sat down with a smile, broke a piece of bun and chewed it in his mouth, and asked vaguely: "Where did the leg of mutton come from?" ”

"Stealing it from the gang." Zheng Qi said. He handed the leg of mutton to Sun Huan, took the gourd in Sun Huan's hand, raised his head and drank two large sips, and handed the gourd to Sun Zhongshan with a sigh of wine.

Sun Zhongshan didn't ask again. He knew that Zheng Qi was a hip-hop happy person, and he didn't have any official pretensions, and he could talk nonsense with anyone, so he had a lot of acquaintances in the barracks, from Sima generals like Sun Huan, down to the men who cooked, the horsemen who fed the horses, and the heavy soldiers who carried grain and arrows, fox friends and dog friends everywhere, and begging for a few legs of mutton was just a piece of cake. He took a sip of wine and handed the gourd to Sun Huan.

Zheng Qi took a knife and picked the flesh on the bones and asked, "What do you think, what news is the emergency military intelligence sent by the Zuo Battalion just now?" ”

That's a no-brainer. Sun Zhongshan was stunned for a moment, and did not answer immediately for a while. But he understood that Zheng Qi was not asking Sun Huan what he was asking, but asking him. His brother Sun Huan is a good hand at fighting with a knife, but he rarely pays attention to it when fighting, and he always fights how he is instructed to arrange it, and his favorite sentence is "Follow me!" Whoever the fuck dares to take half a step back, I'll slaughter him first! ”

"What else could it be?" Sun Huan vigorously spit out a piece of chewy tendon bone far away, wiped the oily mustache on his chin and said, "It must be Duan Xiu who has taken the enemy." It seems that the Turks have another batch of reinforcements, and Duan Xiu's left flank can't resist it, so he hurriedly asks the general for help. ”

"Do you still need to assert this?" Zheng Qi grinned, "Duan Xiu is the head of the old army, not to receive the enemy, he dares to send emergency military information to the commander of the Chinese army?" Even if he has two heads, he doesn't dare to tinker with this mystery! I was wondering what kind of Turquoise he was going to encounter! ”

"You've made it to the brigade commander, can't you see it? Think a little more about it! Captain Sima glanced at the deputy brigade commander with great dissatisfaction. I guess Duan Xiu must have encountered the Tu Shi people from Blackwater City. Counting the days, it has been half a month since we sent out the troops, and no matter how slow the soldiers of Blackwater City are, they should move to this area. I don't think it would be the tribal soldiers of Tu Ku Ci that Duan Xiu encountered, most of them would be the thousands of big tent soldiers left in Blackwater City. Otherwise, Duan Xiu wouldn't have been so flustered! He wiped his oily hands from the corners of his robe. The crimson general's robe immediately appeared with a dark brown stain of oil. He raised his face, wrinkled his brows and thought for a moment, and said very firmly: "Now, the two forces of the Rushes in front of us have been forced by us to retreat to the south of Mogan; The Evil Sect on the right has collapsed, and it will not have the strength to find us in the short term; On the left, there was nothing to worry about, but as soon as the big tent soldiers in Blackwater City arrived, it must be a little difficult to deal with. I think that our next step will definitely be to concentrate on this Luhe River to set up a fortress and defend it, and when the news of Li Shen's troops from Duanzhou arrives, it will be almost time for us to withdraw our troops. ”

Zheng Qi immediately pointed to the Luhe River below the meadow and cross-examined: "Since you want to defend along the Luhe, why did the general immediately order to build a pontoon bridge over the river when this place was just conquered?" "Obviously, there is a serious difference between his opinion and Sun Huan's judgment." Since they are stubbornly waiting for news, why do you want to set up the big camp on the north shore? We have been ordered to bite the Turquoise people, not to push them into a hurry, and not to let them go? ”

Sun Huan, who was originally a bit of a general, immediately became stammered. Zheng Qi's series of questions, he couldn't answer any of them. He scratched his chin and muttered for a long time before he said, "Don't you say that I really didn't pay attention to one by one, why is the Chinese army camp on the north bank?" What did the general ask people to erect pontoon bridges? Could it be that they want to wait for the Turks to kill and then set a fire to it, so that the Turks will look at the river and sigh? But those doubts quickly faded from his mind. Because of the sudden burst out of his mouth such a crepe word as "looking at the river and sighing", he was very proud, so he grinned.