Chapter 37: The Cry of the North Wind
When Qin Cheng suddenly woke up from the nightmare, the room was still lit with a dim light, and the flames were flickering in the oil lamp, driving the lights to beat a little.
After drinking, his head was still a little swollen, and his stomach was also a little uncomfortable, Qin Cheng moved, felt abnormal, and turned his head to see that Bai Xinxin's pretty face as white and tender as jade was next to his shoulder. Qin Cheng frowned, and found that her arm was being held by Bai Xinxin, and her whole body was attached to her arm, like a koala hugging the trunk of a tree. The black hair was messy and scattered on her body, and the face covered by the hair was extremely peaceful at the moment.
Bai Xinxin slept very deeply and peacefully.
The beautiful woman was lying naked beside her, and the scenery was unique here, but Qin Cheng didn't seem to have the heart to taste the wonderful charm of this, so he separated Bai Xinxin's arms, got out of bed, and quickly put on his clothes.
At this time, the sky was still dark, and it was still pitch black outside the window.
Hurriedly straightening his clothes, Qin Cheng glanced back at Bai Xinxin, who seemed to be still sleeping, then turned around and strode out of the inner room, and when he opened the door of the outer room, a call came from behind him.
"General."
Bai Xinxin didn't know when she had gotten out of bed, because she didn't have time to get dressed, so she blocked her clothes in front of her chest, at this time she leaned on the wooden fence wall between the inner and outer rooms with a white and red arm, and a pair of moving eyes looked at Qin Cheng stupidly, and there seemed to be crystal tears flashing in her eyes.
Qin Cheng heard Bai Xinxin's call, stopped, his head tilted slightly, after all, he didn't look back at Bai Xinxin, opened the door, and walked out.
"General."
The moment the door was closed, Qin Cheng heard Bai Xinxin's soft call in the room, his heart moved violently, his face was a little gloomy for a while, he took a deep look at the door, turned around, but did not go downstairs directly, stood in front of the railing, looked up at the starry sky, and looked complicated.
In the middle of the ring, Qin Cheng's expression was fixed and he went down the small building.
The cold wind hit and blew on Qin Cheng, who was thinly dressed, but Qin Cheng did not react at all, he walked quickly, passed by the small fish pond in the courtyard, and went straight out of the small courtyard.
Faintly starlight, flickering gently in the Milky Way.
Out of the courtyard, I came to the hall. At the end of the song, there was no sound in the hall, and the mess left by the drinkers in the first half of the night had been cleaned up, and there was no anger in the whole hall except for the slightly beating lights.
Qin Cheng walked towards the wine table where he had been drinking with Ji Zhu and the others before, because he saw Le Yi who was napping on the wine table at this time.
Maybe it was Qin Cheng who brought a little light breeze when he came over, Le Yi shrank down slightly, the clothes on his body that were thinner than Qin Cheng had been rolled tightly by him, and this movement loosened a little, revealing one or two outlets.
"Le Yi." Qin Cheng gently pushed Le Yi and shouted.
Le Yi was alert, and woke up after being pushed by Qin Cheng, but it was also possible that he couldn't sleep deeply in the cold night, he raised his head and saw that it was Qin Cheng, and said in surprise: "It's dawn so soon?" ”
"Not yet!" Qin Cheng sat down next to Le Yi and said with a smile, "It's still comfortable to fall asleep in the hall, right?" ”
Le Yi looked around, convinced that it was still dawn, and heard Qin Cheng speak, and said, "Of course you don't sleep comfortably in it." Yes, why did you come out so early, and Miss Xin'er didn't keep you? No, if the beauty hadn't kept you, you should have come out a long time ago. What the hell is going on? Could it be ...... You can't?! Let the beauty blow it out?! Ha ha! ”
Qin Cheng unceremoniously slapped Le Yi on the head and scolded: "Don't let your grandma's stinky fart, Lao Tzu is very good!" ”
"Then why did you come out at this time?" Le Yi looked at Qin Cheng and couldn't stop laughing.
"Too lazy to tell you this. By the way, what about Ji Zhu and Zhang Du, where did they go? Qin Cheng asked.
Le Yi's eyes drifted to the direction of the backyard, "We have been waiting for you for a long time before, and seeing that you have not returned, we know that you may not come out tonight, in the middle of the night, everyone is also happy, Lord Zhang wanted me to wait for each to go back, but General Ji said that it was quite inappropriate to leave you here alone, so he proposed to rest here." I don't have any money on me, so naturally I can't find a room here to rest, and General Ji was going to pay for the house for me, but I didn't agree, on the pretext that if you have anything, I can take care of it here. General Ji originally refused, but was dragged up by Lord Zhang while he was drunk. Fortunately, the little guy here didn't come to catch me, so I sat here, and then I couldn't hold it anymore, so I took a nap, but I didn't expect you to come out. ”
Qin Cheng listened to Le Yi's words, thought of Bai Xinxin, and suddenly felt a little congested in his heart, and said:
"It's almost dawn this day, let's sit here, and when Ji Zhu and Zhang come down, let's go back together."
In this way, it was not until the end of the day that Ji Zhufang pulled Zhang Du out of the backyard, and when the two saw Qin Cheng, they all laughed loudly thinking that they both understood why, and Qin Cheng had no choice but to laugh at this, and he couldn't take the initiative to reveal something.
The four of them went out of the Linqian Pavilion, and they used it too early together, and then they went home separately. Although Ji Zhu was also on vacation, he had a family in Qiansang City, and after Zhang Du left, he also said goodbye to Qin Cheng and Le Yi and left in a hurry. After all, Zhang Du and Ji Zhu stayed for Qin Cheng for the night in Linqian Pavilion, and Qin Cheng did not forget to thank them one by one when he parted, Zhang Du made an appointment with Qin Cheng, and when he returned to the barracks this time to seal the general, and then eat and drink together to celebrate, Qin Cheng naturally responded with a smile.
Le Yi sent Qin Cheng back to the medical hall, and told Qin Cheng that the tun chief had something to do with him, so he resigned and returned to the barracks.
"Xiaolou, for you." Qin Cheng entered the ward, saw Xiao Lou working hard to make a kind of medicinal herb, concentrated, greeted him, and threw him a bag of candy that he had bought on the street on the way.
"What's that?" Xiao Lou took the paper bag, and at first he had a disapproving expression, it was estimated that Qin Cheng had completely lost his tall and mighty image in his mind, but when he saw the candy in the paper bag, his expression instantly turned into shock, and he picked up a piece in disbelief and put it in his mouth, and immediately smiled, "Is it really sugar?!" Brother Qin, you are really ...... That's great! ”
"Don't just eat it, go, help me find a pair of pen and ink." Qin Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Xiao Lou's exaggerated expression.
"Pen and ink? What do you want to do with pen and ink? Xiao Lou probably thought that Qin Cheng's request at this time would interrupt his enjoyment of the food, so he chose to delay, regardless of whether his hands were dirty or not, he kept stuffing sugar food into his mouth, and after a while, he stuffed a full mouthful and couldn't chew it.
"I'm useful, let you take it and hurry up, grind something, don't eat so violently, this bag is all yours." Qin Cheng looked at Xiao Lou's starving ghost, a little speechless, a little cautious. I think back then, when I was young, if I saw candy, I was afraid that it would be like him!
"Really? Howler! I'll bring it to you! Xiao Lou was overjoyed, put down the candy, and ran out quickly.
It didn't take long, and I didn't know where this little guy got the pen and ink from, so he carefully placed it on the desk, and then said to Qin Cheng: "Brother Qin, I can say in advance, this ink is precious, you should be careful, don't break it, otherwise I can't afford to pay for it." ”
"Okay, okay, eat your candy, and don't want you to pay if it's broken." Qin Cheng scolded with a smile, sat down in front of the case, and wanted Xiao Lou to polish his ink, but when he saw him squatting in the corner with a bag of candy and reveling in his intoxication, he couldn't bear to disturb him, so he did it himself.
Since Xiao Linglong has confessed to herself and let go of herself, then this letter of divorce that severs the marriage between the two must be written. However, whether it is Qin Cheng in this life or Qin Cheng in the previous life, he has no experience in writing a letter of resignation, he picked up the brush, he didn't know how to write for a while, he was stunned for a while, Qin Cheng smiled, and said in his heart, just take care of him, it is okay when the meaning arrives, it is estimated that Father Xiao will not care about the format of the letter of resignation with himself.
After writing the letter of resignation, as soon as Qin Cheng got up, a sergeant came to inform Qin Cheng, saying that someone was looking for him. Qin Cheng replied to the sergeant's words, picked up the written letter of resignation, and the corners of his mouth hooked a mocking arc, the secret path came quite quickly, and I was afraid that someone in Qin would not be able to repay the debt.
Outside the door of the medical hall, Xiao Linglong was standing in the autumn breeze, and behind her, there was a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper. Today's weather is not very good, there is no sun, the weather is very gloomy, the north wind is quite strong, Xiao Linglong's figure looks very thin in the open space in front of the medical hall, and the green silk is also blown to flutter wildly, and it is not shapeless in the air.
The middle-aged man who looked like a steward looked at his young master from the side, and wondered very much. Although this letter of resignation was written by his own master on his own initiative, but for the young master in front of him, it was not a matter of light on his face.
After all, it's a very embarrassing thing.
When he was young, Qin Cheng walked out of the medical hall alone, holding a roll of thin bamboo slips in his hand at random, rotating regularly at his fingertips.
Qin Cheng was also a little surprised when he saw Xiao Linglong, he didn't expect that Xiao Linglong would come to ask him for a resignation. Qin Cheng sneered in his heart, and without saying much, the bamboo slip in his hand was handed directly to Xiao Linglong.
Xiao Linglong in front of her has been looking at herself since she appeared in her field of vision, and she didn't reach out to pick up the book she handed out, which made Qin Cheng frown slightly.
"You want a letter of resignation." Qin Cheng spoke slowly, his tone indifferent.
Xiao Linglong still didn't stretch out her hand, looking at Qin Cheng's eyes were already full of crystal droplets, and there was a possibility of bursting the embankment at any time.
The steward standing behind Xiao Linglong looked at his young master, anxious, but asked him to pick up Xiao Linglong for him, but he didn't dare, at the moment Qin Cheng looked at Xiao Linglong, Xiao Linglong looked at Qin Cheng, and the steward looked at Xiao Linglong, the scene was a little weird for a while.
"Do you want it, or do you want it?" Qin Cheng spoke again and issued an ultimatum.
"Qin Lang, apart from these cold words, don't you have anything else to say to me? Yesterday by the river, you didn't say a word. Do you really have no affection for me at all? Xiao Linglong looked at Qin Cheng with a pair of teary eyes, her white face was still covered with tears, and her tone was choked.
Qin Cheng took a deep breath without a trace, suppressed the urge in his heart to pump people, his eyes showed disdain, and his tone was still cold: "Miss Xiao said you were laughing, right?" You and I have no relationship at all, how can I talk about affection for you and you for me? ”
If you want to split your legs, you will split your legs, and when you get the proof after splitting your legs, you come and ask me if I still have affection for you, damn, are you sick in the brain?
Qin Cheng said coldly in his heart.
Qin Cheng's words came out, Xiao Linglong's delicate body shook, almost unsteady on her feet, her hands together clenched together, her nails were pinched into the flesh, she bit her lip, as if she had exhausted her last strength, Xiao Linglong hissed: "Qin Lang, Qin Lang!" Let's get out of here, you take me away and fly high, and we'll never come back, okay? ”
Qin Cheng's body was shocked, as if he thought of something, he glanced at Xiao Linglong coldly, threw the bamboo slip in his hand to the housekeeper, then turned around, dropped a word and walked into the medical hall without looking back.
"Your young master is sick, take her back!"
Xiao Linglong finally couldn't hold on, and suddenly fell to the ground, her face was extremely pale, and her eyes were stunned as she watched Qin Cheng's back disappear into the medical hall, tears blurring her vision.
The housekeeper took the book, and saw that his young master fell to the ground, looking so miserable, he wanted to help, and he was worried about his identity, so he was at a loss for a while, so he had to comfort: "Young master...... Young master, there are many people here, we, let's go back! ”
Xiao Linglong didn't seem to hear the housekeeper's words at all, her eyes looked at the inside of the medical hall in a daze, and she didn't care about the people inside and outside the medical hall pointing at her, and she couldn't stop sobbing.
Originally, I thought that I would not be sad to lose a fool who didn't love me, but when you really left me, I realized that my world could no longer function properly. But when I realized that I couldn't live without you, you had disappeared far into the middle of nowhere.
"Qin Lang!"
Xiao Linglong, who was sitting on the ground, shouted heartbreakingly towards the medical hall.
After a long time, Xiao Linglong finally stopped sobbing, stood up, straightened her clothes, and finally glanced at the medical hall, revealing a smile that turned all beings upside down, "Qin Lang, from now on, you and I, the sea of people are separated, and there is no concern for each other!" ”
After a pause, Xiao Linglong continued:
"However, today you are absolutely ruthless to me, he will regret it one day, I am Xiao Linglong, I will do what I say!"
After speaking, Xiao Linglong turned around and left without looking back.
……
The desert grassland, the court of the king of Zuoxian, outside the king's tent.
King Zuo Xian stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes looking to the west. He has already changed out of the battle armor he wore when he went out to the Han Dynasty more than ten days ago, and put on the solemn Hun royal robe. This expedition to the Han Dynasty, he planned and prepared for half a year, thinking that defeating Li Guangjun and capturing Li Guang alive was a good way to capture, but he didn't expect that in the end, not only did he leave Li Guang, but he lost his wife and soldiers. The left bone was killed in battle, more than half of the casualties of the iron cavalry, and he also escaped death, and he tried his best to save his life.
Of course, when he finally retreated from the front of Qiansang City, if he hadn't personally led his own troops to break off, he would not have been in danger, and he almost couldn't come back, although this move really reduced some casualties of the Hun cavalry during the retreat at the last moment, but this could not make up for his mistakes in this battle, the Huns would not care about this, and he himself would not take this to heart.
"King Zuoxian, everyone is here." A personal soldier came over to report to Zuo Xian Wang Yu.
King Zuo Xian nodded, turned around and entered the king's tent.
In the king's tent, all the senior generals and officials of the Zuo Xian Wang tribe had already arrived, and when they saw Zuo Xian Wang coming in, everyone bent down to touch their chests and saluted, "Participate in Zuo Xian Wang!" ”
King Zuo Xian walked up to his throne, turned around, and raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down, "You guys take a seat." ”
"Thank you to King Zuoxian"
King Zuo Xian propped his forearms on his knees, watched everyone sit in their positions, and said, "This expedition, this king has been careful and planned carefully for half a year. I thought that the victory was in my hands, and it was not a problem to defeat Li Guang, so that I could also avenge the revenge of the Great Huns in Mayi. However, God did not fulfill people's wishes, and in the end, it ended up in such a big defeat. Went out to 10,000 iron horses, and only half of them came back. It has caused great losses and great humiliation to the clansmen. The king was so afflicted that he could not sleep at night or eat during the day. I invite you to come today, in addition to solving the post-war problems, I want you to discuss, why our Great Huns failed this time, and how we will avenge this great revenge in the future! ”
As soon as King Zuo Xian's words came out, there was a sudden silence below, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but they all refused to say it first.
King Zuo Xian waited for a while, and when he saw that no one answered, he shouted, "Why didn't anyone speak?" Could it be that a defeat has made my warriors of the Great Huns lose confidence? Could it be that the warriors of my Great Huns, the people of the Kunlun God, did not have the courage to face their own failures, did not have the wisdom to learn from their failures, and did not have the courage to fall and get up again?! ”
"King Zuo Xian," after listening to King Zuo Xian's reprimand, the Marquis of the Right Bone took the lead and said, "In this battle, the athletes of my Great Huns are all fighting bravely and fighting bravely, and no one will forget the glory of the Kunlun God." But that Li Guang Xiao'er, relying on the favorable terrain, first escaped the pursuit of our army, and then ambushed our army at night, which caused great casualties to our army, if it were not for this, even if there were Han reinforcements under the city of Qiansang, the warriors of our Great Huns would not have ended up in such a miserable defeat! ”
"Well said!" King Zuo Xian praised, "Go on." ”
As a leader, it's not that he doesn't know the reason for this defeat, nor does he have a bottom about how to take revenge in the future, but these things are said by him, and the effect is completely different from the effect he guided the clansmen and generals and officials in the tent to say. Only by letting these people think for themselves and understand the truth for themselves can they have a deeper understanding of the problem, more easily pick up from defeat, and then seek the next victory with fighting spirit.
"Therefore, the next time I set out on an expedition, my Great Hun Iron Cavalry must not maneuver with the Han army in the mountains and forests, and stay in unfamiliar areas for a long time."
"The last general thinks that we have made the mistake of giving up our strengths and choosing our weaknesses in tactics, and we have given up the vast world of the desert and gone to the narrow Han realm to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, which has caused us to lose most of the advantage of our cavalry ......"
"The last general thinks that the next time we go on an expedition, we should lure the Han army out of the country and fight with them in the desert......"
"The soldiers are fast, and they will leave after robbing ...... in the Han Dynasty"
The generals spoke one after another.
King Zuo Xian looked at the generals, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.