On the top of the mourning hall, Chao Yu was dressed in heavy filial piety, his eyes were red, and he took his sons and daughters to the guests. After Li Gefei's wife's condolences, Mrs. Wang walked to Chao Yu's side, held her hand and whispered relief, while Li Gefei walked to Chao Buzhi. "Brother no blame," Li Gefei said, "mourning." Chao Buzhi didn't speak, and looked at the 'girl' worriedly.

"Brother No Blame," Li Gefei said in a low voice, "I'm going to resign to you." ”

"Where is Brother Li going?" Chao Buzhi was a little surprised, "Why don't you stay longer?" ”

"Yesterday, the officials of Chengdu Prefecture informed," Li Gefei explained, "The little 'girl' will go to Luoyang, and I plan to take my wife to Luoyang to meet her first." ”

"I see." Chao Buzhi recalled this 'female' disciple who had not met for a long time, and nodded: "Brother Li and Qingzhao are about to reunite after a long absence, which is really gratifying. Luoyang? He shook his head, "When I was with Brother Li under Han Zhongxian's public curtain, if it was yesterday, life is really like a 'dew'." During Li Ruoxue's stay in Dunhuang, she talked with people in Zheng Xiangtang, and commented on Liu Yong, Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu and other articles over the past hundred years. This caused an uproar, became famous, and she wrote good poetry, and in order to calm the situation, the bachelor's house simply introduced her as a scholar of the Academy of Literature and Dictionaries. For this 'female' disciple who does not let her eyebrows be bearded and raises her eyebrows for the Kanto people, Chao Buzhi is very satisfied.

In Shuzhong, in the Kuizhou Post Station, Zhang Ding held the military order in both hands and said embarrassedly: "Mrs. Zhao, since the Liao people have fled, General Zhao has led the army to recover the Central Plains, if Mrs. is willing, I can escort Mrs. to Luoyang to wait for the general." Lin Xiu crossed his arms, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhang Ding came out of his own military division, Lin Xiu came from the military intelligence department, the two were delayed in Kuizhou for many days, but the perception of each other became worse and worse, Zhang Ding was called "escort", and his intention to implement the military department was clearly revealed.

"Since that's the case," Li Ruoxue's face was calm, and she stood up and blessed herself, "Then thank you Zhang Sima." ”

"Where, where," Zhang Ding's expression became more and more embarrassed, his hands waved again and again, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Lin Xiu, gritted his teeth and said: "Mrs. Zhao rest assured, according to my laws and regulations of Great Xia, unless the public consultation of the five governments, scholars are not allowed to go to prison." As long as it is within the borders of my Great Xia, Scholar Li can go wherever he wants, even His Majesty cannot be strong. After saying this, he seemed to feel a little more at ease. There was a hint of surprise in Lin Xiu's eyes.

"Thank you, General Zhang," Li Ruoxue said in a low voice, "Let's go and wait for Luoyang." ”

Her mind is clear and her knowledge is wide, how can she not have doubts when she stays in Kuizhou for no reason these days? The neighborhood is also full of rumors about the war situation in the Kanto, Zhao Xingde is in charge of the southeast camp, leading the troops to the north, and the street is even more known, Zhao Xingde's reputation almost catches up with the time when the big case was revealed. However, Li Ruoxue knew Zhao Xingde very well, and the worry in her heart was getting worse day by day, but she didn't show much on her face.

"Mrs. Zhao," Lin Xiu said suddenly, "aren't you worried that General Zhao will miss the appointment?" ”

"You?" Zhang Ding glared at him angrily.

"General Lin is too worried," Li Ruoxue's eyes stopped without 'waves', and said calmly, "Xingde will definitely not miss the appointment." "She blessed her again as a sign-off." That's down to the bottom of the abrupt thing. Lin Xiu smiled slightly, arched his hand, he turned around, and said to Zhang Ding: "Mrs. Zhao and the children can't be tired, let's have breakfast tomorrow, and then get on the boat and set off." ”

"How dare you?" Zhang Ding said angrily.

He led the military affairs of escorting Li Ruoxue, although he had been delayed in Kuizhou for nothing, the subordinates assigned to him continued to increase, from the original few sergeants, to more than 30, and three ten commanders directly obeyed him. It is reported that after entering Guanzhong, the Anton Military Division will also send a team of 100 people to escort it. Lin Xiu can also be regarded as his nominal subordinate, but he does his own thing, and he does not look like a subordinate at all.

"Midwinter is coming, and the southern country is still lush," Lin Xiu looked up at the mountains in the distance and said, "The northern border will soon be icy and snowy. Sure enough, it was cold, and then I knew that the pines and cypresses withered. He said something brainless and took his leave.

"Suspicious villain," Zhang Ding looked at his back and scolded in a low voice, "so there is a 'hair' problem in the brain." ”

The next day, after breakfast, Li Ruoxue took two sons and daughters on the boat, the child was used to taking the boat, and was thirsty to sleep, after settling down, he fell asleep, and Li Ruoxue supported himself with his hand, watching a river of autumn water slowly flow eastward, but the direction of the boat was the opposite, and the sorrow and lovesickness seemed to be drawn longer and longer, until the Kuizhou wharf was vaguely no longer visible. A teardrop slowly poured out of the corner of his eye......

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The Chang'an regiment practiced the embassy's mansion, and the 'flower' hall was full of people, and it was full of joy.

Chang'an is the eastern capital of the Xia Kingdom, where the temple is located, so there are a lot of high 'gate' nobles who take root here, and one of the things they are most concerned about is the movement of the crown prince Chen Chong. Although Luoyang is not the capital, the transfer from Chang'an to Luoyang seems to be yielding, but the commander of the army is threatening the enemy, and the discerning people can see that His Majesty will soon be passed on to the crown prince. Therefore, there are really many people who have come to congratulate in the past two days. Although important ministers like the Korean prince Li Chan have not avoided suspicion, the sons and daughters of the noble lords have come to the 'door' in an endless stream to congratulate. Chen Zhong also held a banquet to accept these noble children.

"Your Highness is a well-trained soldier." One person finally squeezed to Chen Chong's front.

"It's all all a concerted effort," Chen Zhong said with a smile, "Chen doesn't dare to be greedy for merit." ”

"Your Highness is humble, the king is rich all over the world, can he be greedy for these?" After Li Jia reported his home's 'door', he said loudly: "I was fortunate to watch the 'drill' of the fire battalion last time, and I was fortunate to watch it below." The team is neat, the firearms are sharp, and the workers and apprentices are honest and obedient, up and down like fingers. This time, the marching division dispatched the fire battalion to deter the Liao, which shows that the sergeant system will be replaced by recruitment sooner or later. "Li Daoshen's 'color' changed, and even his eyes 'colored'. Li Jia didn't seem to see Director Li's eyes, and continued to gush: "According to the shallow view, this war is the same as doing business, you always have to calculate your costs and pursue profits. The sergeant consumed a large amount of revenue from the shadow household, and the Protectorate was careful, how could it be useful to recruit soldiers? As long as the military salary of 30 silver coins, those workers will always break their heads and come to sell their lives. Hundreds of sergeants died, and the two governments of the Protectorate and the Pillar State had to make a big fuss. There is a government decree on the left, and another law decree, binding hands and feet. Haha, hahaha, most of these apprentices are from Kanto, it doesn't matter how many they die, let's 'spend' some money and hire people. He only said happily, not noticing that Chen Chong's eyes were extremely cold. The surrounding group of people also had a mocking 'color' in their eyes.

"Twelfth brother!" Director Li's face was unusually ugly, and he apologized to Chen Chong, "My cousin is a fool, and His Royal Highness is not worried about him." Turning around, he scolded with a cold face: "How can Your Highness have time to listen to your nonsense!" Although Li Jia's side branch did not attack the lord, he was good at managing goods and goods, and he was a powerful arm of the Korean government, so Director Li specially took him out, but he didn't expect this person to say such a taboo thing. If this crazy word reaches the Protectorate Mansion, the Korean government will be in big trouble. Therefore, Director Li reprimanded while pulling Li Jia to take his own words.

"Brother Li," Chen Chonghan stopped the two of them with a cold face, he looked at the noble children around him, "The regimental training fire battalion went out of Luoyang, but it was just the Great General's Mansion who was sympathetic to the hard work of the sergeants!" However, he thought that recruiting soldiers could replace the sergeants, but he brought about his own destruction. In the west, Lumei was forced by the barbarians, and in the east, the Song Kingdom had lost half of the country. I founded the country in the world, thanks to millions of soldiers, protecting the people, suppressing 'traitors' and evil spirits, and driving away the Hulu. Every sergeant is the foundation of my Great Xia country! Besides, isn't the life of a worker's recruit a life? "Since Chen Zhong took office in Chang'an, he has always shown people with gentleness and kindness, and he has rarely spoken so violently. The entire 'flower' hall was quiet, everyone's eyes were looking here, and someone was still whispering and asking what was going on here?

"Yes, yes." Director Li nodded again and again, he glared at Li Jia, and shouted, "'Bastard' account!" Don't hurry up and admit your mistake in front of His Highness! ”

Li Jia's face was as swollen as a pig's liver, and he was about to make amends, when there was a sudden noise outside the 'flower' hall, and someone shouted from far away from the crowd: "Oh no! ”。

Chen Chong's brows furrowed slightly, and he followed the prestige, only to see that Zhang Bocheng's hat had run away, holding a military report in his hand, he came to Chen Chong, and panted and said: "Your Highness, General Zhou Li of Anxi led a large army to pursue the Roman Turkic Sultan into the Sea of Resha, but unexpectedly fell into the ambush of the Great Food Alliance, although General Zhou led his troops to fight hard, but he was still outnumbered, and more than 24,000 people and horses were annihilated. ”

"What?" Chen Chong's face was cold, and he put the wine glass in his hand on the table with a "bang", "How does the military government respond?" ”

Because the Rom-Turkic army has always avoided fighting. After the general Zhou Li learned that the Sultan of Rûm was likely hiding in the hot sand sea, he immediately led his troops to the crusade. The more than 24,000 men he brought with him were all sergeants, one man and three horses. However, the hot sand sea is the hinterland of the Great Eclipse, and the topography and climate are very different from those in the river. Zhou Li led the Anxi army to fight and chase all the way, and although they won many battles, they also killed extremely hard. In addition to being frightened, the princes of the Great Food are also more and more united. At that time, Chen Zhong looked at the military newspaper, and he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, who expected that the army would be wiped out, which was a major defeat that had not been seen since the founding of the country.

"The five governments intend to let General Xu reorganize the Anxi Military Division."

"What did General Xu say?" Chen Chong's face was slightly pale, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. General Xu Wenhu is a veteran of the battlefield, the prestige of the Anxi Military Division is extremely high, he only retired last year, Xu Wenhu is cautious in the use of troops, if he is willing to go out of the mountain again, the situation in the river will immediately stabilize. With Chen Chong's questioning, dozens of eyes fell on Zhang Bocheng.

General Xu said that the Sultan of Rûm was already the master of the Great Food, and if he wanted to stop the troubles, he would either not fight this battle, or fight it to the end. General Xu asked the five provinces to mobilize all the soldiers in the river, and immediately gather the training army to prepare for another crusade against the Sultan. It is expected that another 150,000 sergeants will be recruited, and 450,000 regiments will be recruited to train the army and deliver grain to ensure the way back. After Zhang Bocheng finished speaking in one breath, he felt that his heart was about to burst, he looked at Chen Chong, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I plan to go to the river to join the army." He read the military newspaper from the road and hurried over to tell everyone the astonishing news. He looked at Chen Chong, his young face was full of 'agitation'.

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