Chapter 364: The Difference
At that time, Feng Bailin was standing beside Zhang Huifeng, and seeing his unusual movements, Feng Bailin felt a little strange, so he asked: "Master Zhang, did you not pay attention to the cold, causing your body to suffer from the cold?" β
Zhang Huifeng shook his head solemnly.
"I'm in good health," thinking of the strange movements just now, Zhang Huifeng himself felt strange, "I guess someone is choreographing me behind my back, don't worry." β
At this time they were waiting for news from the front.
Earlier, Liu Fengfeng estimated that he got the news that Luoyang City was besieged, and left Nanhuai City with his troops.
Feng Bailin's army, which had been in ambush not far from the city, had already attacked them, and now was the time when the battle between the two armies was at its most intense.
I don't know why, Feng Bailin always felt a little uneasy.
"Master Zhang, do you think we can win this battle?"
Zhang Huifeng actually didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly in front of Feng Bailin, so he picked up nice words and said to the guest officer: "The people we sent out this time are the most elite soldiers in the army, and the number is far more than Liu Fengfeng's army.
Before Zhang Huifeng's kind words could be finished, he heard an urgent report from outside the camp.
"The enemy is out of the encirclementβ"
"The enemy army is coming to the commander's tent, please leave quickly, Your Highnessβ"
Hearing the battle report, Feng Bailin and Zhang Huifeng invariably showed shocked expressions, at first the scouts on the front line came to report, saying that the person who led the troops to leave Nanhuai City was not Lu Li but Liu Fengfeng, they were still a little lucky, thinking that Liu Fengfeng was only so talented that it was only now, and it was only now that they realized that they were wrong
The people who stood on Lu Li's side were a group of crazy people who wanted to win and die.
"Withdraw first, retreat first!" Feng Bailin turned around and ran outside the tent, he knew that this battle was the first battle he had fought with Lu Li's army since the beginning of the war, and he should fight beautifully to establish his prestige, but he didn't want to take any risks.
There is no one in the world who is more afraid of death than Feng Bailin.
The news that Feng Bailin and Zhang Huifeng's army was defeated by Liu Fengfeng and his troops not far from Nanhuai City, and the news that the commander had fled was soon spread to Zhou Guan by the spies.
Obviously, his own military camp was also a mess, but Zhou Guan couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips when he heard the news.
At this time, although it was close to the end of the year, almost all the nearby cities were depressed, and the only special thing was Nanhuai City, where An Xiabai and Lu Li were located.
Under their intentional management, Nanhuai City was lit up everywhere, and almost all the people had smiles on their faces.
Ruqing, who has always been very arrogant, didn't understand An Xiabai's thoughts, so she asked with confusion: "Our current situation is so difficult, we don't even have enough food and grass, but we still have to do it when we are about to make a big difference, is this good?" β
An Xiabai turned her face and showed a relieved expression to her.
"I didn't expect Ruqing to have a careful time."
Ruqing's face was slightly red and said, "Let's be serious, don't always divert the topic." β
An Xia Bai smiled, nodded and said, "Okay, I won't praise you." This is a big New Year's affair that I made after careful consideration with the generals. If you think about it, the soldiers are far away from their hometowns, and they will miss their hometown relatives more during the holidays, and we hold a banquet during the festive season, in addition to appeasing their homesickness, it can also arouse the hearts of other troops. β
"Other armies?" Ruqing's face was puzzled.
"It's another army," An Xiabai smiled slightly, turning his gaze to the direction of the Zhouguan camp, "If you want an army to completely collapse, the most important thing is to disturb their military spirit, their hearts are not in one place, and their strength will naturally not be able to use one place, so it will be easier for us to fight with them, isn't it?" β
Listening to her all-encompassing analysis, Ruqing was quite emotional.
"It's still Xia Bai, you think thoughtfully."
Originally, at this time, Ruqing was supposed to accompany Chang Wen to escort the grain and grass looted from Zhouguan's supply line, but Chang Wen was afraid that something would be wrong, so she asked her to come back in advance to report the news.
"Count the days, I often hear that they should be here today, right?"
An Xiabai lightly agreed, the reason why she appeared on the city tower today was to wait for the return of Chang Wen.
The two of them stood on the city tower and chatted sentence by sentence, and after a while, Qin Shuang'er also came, only to see that she was carrying a basket in her hand, which seemed to have something in it, and when she arrived at the city tower, she didn't look at An Xiabai and Ruqing, but first distributed the things in the basket one by one, and then came to talk to them.
Far away, Ruqing smelled a burst of fragrance, and was curious, when she saw Qin Shuang'er coming, she immediately took three steps and walked to her side.
"What's in your basket? It smells so good. β
Qin Shuang'er blushed with a delicate little face and took out two things from the basket.
It turned out to be a pie.
She explained: "This cake is different from the cakes I usually eat, but I make it with tea and noodles, so it has a special aroma. I just made it, I specially left two pieces for my two sisters to taste, how about trying the taste? If there's something that doesn't suit my taste, I'll go back and change it, and try to make it better next time. β
Ruqing and An Xiabai both tasted a bite, and then glanced at each other.
Their reaction made Qin Shuang'er feel a little uneasy: "What's the matter, isn't it unpalatable?" β
"No," An Xiabai said with a smile, "It's not that the tea cakes are not in taste, but they are too delicious, and Shuang'er's hands are dexterous, even when the army is in trouble, we can make such delicious cakes, it seems that we will really be blessed in the future." β
As if to confirm the words in An Xiabai's mouth, Ruqing didn't say a word, and ate the cake in her hand after dividing it by two, and then asked Qin Shuang'er with a shy face,
"Anything else?"
"Yes!" Qin Shuang'er took out another piece from the basket and handed it to Ruqing's hand. She doesn't have any skills, she doesn't know anything about the strategy of the military camp, she doesn't know anything about governing the city, and she can't follow other soldiers to the battlefield to kill the enemy, so the only thing she can do is to silently make some delicious food behind her back to improve the life of the army. β
"In addition to the tea cakes, I have other ideas, and I will make them one by one in the future, so that my sisters can try the taste."
Ruqing nodded while eating, and said vaguely: "This thing sounds good, but won't it be tiring to do?" Chang Wen told us a thousand times before leaving Nanhuai City, saying that no matter what, don't let Shuang'er make you tired, in case he comes back and finds that you are busy every day, we can't explain it. β
"...... won't be very tired" Speaking of common news, Qin Shuang'er's cheeks were dyed a little crimson.
If it was in normal times, when An Xiabai and Ruqing saw each other, they would definitely want to joke about how she and Chang Wen were doing, but now there is no sound, the main reason is that Chang Wen is back.
Far away, Ruqing saw him and the people behind him.
"Changwen is back, and there is grain and grass!" An Xiabai didn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and walked down the city tower quickly, and at the same time, Lu Li had already arrived in front of the city gate to greet him.
Chang Wen left empty-handed, but when he came back, he brought a lot of grain and grass that they were lacking, which was a great credit, and it happened to solve the dilemma they are facing now!
So the soldiers cheered loudly, and Lu Li also stepped forward to praise with a smile.
Chang Wen was surrounded by a bunch of people, obviously surrounded by noisy and lively voices, but he didn't pay much attention, his eyes fell not far away, and fell on Qin Shuang'er, who was carrying a small basket outside the crowd, his expression was calm, as if there were only the two of them left in the world.
An Xiabai's heart is as careful as a hair, where can she hide from her eyes when she often hears this?
In order to let the lovers finally become married, An Xiabai decided to be a matchmaker: "You guys get out of the way and let Brother Changwen out, don't you see the frost over there?" How about leaving some time for them to be alone? β
An Xiabai reminded him that people were all aware of Qin Shuang'er not far away.
Although these two are very low-key in the barracks, the soldiers have more or less heard the gossip related to them, and they all know that these two are a pair of lovers, so they laughed and avoided them: "Let's give Mrs. a face, let General Chang and his sweetheart be alone for a while, these two people have been separated for so long, they must be thinking about each other in their hearts, let's not bother, let's go and move grain and grass first." β
When the soldiers who were originally around Chang Wen heard this, they retreated like a tide, and even left with An Xiabai and others.
Among them, there are good deeds, and they don't forget to make a joke before leaving.
"General Chang, we can wait to drink the wedding wine between you and Miss Qin, you have to hurry up!"
Qin Shuang'er's cheeks were already red, because this joking sentence suddenly turned into a ripe apple, and the whole person behaved very shyly, and she didn't even dare to raise her eyes to look at Chang Wen.
Looking at her like this, Changwen's heart seemed to turn into a puddle of water.
"You-"
Before he finished his words, he saw Qin Shuang'er hurriedly take over the conversation and said, "Brother Chang, don't worry, the brothers are in a heroic mood and like to joke, I won't take their words to heart." β
Chang Wen raised his eyebrows and sighed silently in his heart: "It's the opposite." β
Qin Shuang'er was stunned by his sudden words: "What's wrong?" β
"I mean, I hope you take their words to heart instead of letting you forget," Chang Wenxiao said, "and as a result, you will be mistaken and think in the wrong direction." β
Qin Shuang'er lowered her eyes and whispered, "Brother Chang, don't be joking. β
Whenever she hears something related to feelings, she will show such an expression, after a long time, she often smells that she is a little used to it, but when Qin Shuang'er is thin-skinned, she did not force her, she only smiled and changed the topic and said: "When I came over just now, I smelled a burst of cake fragrance from a long distance, guess what you put in the basket?" Do you want to take it out for me to try? β