(The two chapters are still combined today.) ）

Chang'an, the barracks of the Northern Army.

It can almost be said that the biggest thing in his life is Liu Che, who used troops against the Huns, naturally paid no less attention to the construction of the Han army on weekdays, although the Han army was commanded by two great generals, Wei Qing and Qin Cheng, both of whom were known as once-in-a-century generals, Liu Che did not relax his inspection of the Han army.

You don't have to do everything yourself, but that doesn't mean you can just let it go. For the emperor, the key to governing the country and only governing the officials is that it is necessary to effectively supervise and control the duties and actions of the officials.

On this day, the weather was clear and the wind was smooth, and Liu Che, accompanied by Wei Qing and others, inspected the military camp of the Northern Army.

During this period, after Liu Che watched the daily drills of the soldiers of the Northern Army, he also asked Wei Qing for some bows and crossbows, sweating and raining in the sun, showing his skills. It is rumored that Liu Che used a short blade to fight a black bear when he was a teenager, but I don't know if it's true or not. But Liu Che's skills are indeed not bad, shooting at the target with a strong crossbow a hundred paces away, hitting ten times out of ten, and winning a round of applause.

"When the first emperor was there, he inspected the military camp of the Northern Army and was shocked by the military discussion of the Northern Army, and the lieutenant of the Northern Army was still Zhou Yafu at that time. The first time I came to the barracks when I was young, I also followed the old general Zhou Yafu. That time, the old general himself demonstrated to me how to use a strong crossbow. Liu Che was dressed in a military uniform, heroic and cool, and his demeanor was no less than Wei Qing on the side. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Wei Qing and the others with a smile.

"I was very impressed by the inspection of the northern army camp that time, and it was from that moment that I knew that my army could fight hard against the Huns. Over the years, the three armies have not disappointed me, and the battles of Hexi and Monan three years ago drove the Xiongnu to Mobei in one fell swoop. The Han and Hungarian offenses and defenses were easy to do, but it took less than four years. ”

"This is all Your Majesty's wisdom." The generals said.

Liu Che laughed twice, handed the strong crossbow in his hand to the soldiers on the side, took the towel handed over by the sergeant and scrubbed his sweat, and said to Wei Qing: "Wei Qing, go, go to the big tent with me." ”

Wei Qing's big tent was simply and orderly, Liu Che sat down where Wei Qing sat on weekdays, rested for a while, and said to Wei Qing: "I received a report from Kuaima the day before yesterday that Zhang Qian and others from Qincheng have arrived in Loulan, and there is no danger along the way. It's just that at this time, the Xiongnu were besieging the royal city of Loulan, and Qin Cheng planned to lure the Xiongnu and Loulan to war, and took the opportunity to completely pull Loulan to the side of the Han Dynasty. Count the days, and now it's time for the results. ”

"General Qin is resourceful, and with Dou Fei's help, it is not difficult to deal with the crisis in Loulan." Wei Qingdao.

"No matter how powerful the general is, he can't fight a battle without soldiers, so Qin Cheng brought five hundred cavalry over, and it is not an easy task to deal with the Hun army." Liu Che said, "I read Qin Cheng's military report the day before yesterday, and I realized that I asked Qin Cheng to bring only one mission over, which was indeed a dangerous thing, and I lacked some consideration. ”

"If General Qin can still form an alliance with Loulan in this dangerous realm, it will be a great achievement!" Wei Qing said, "The minister has confidence in the general. ”

Liu Che looked at Wei Qing interestingly, "Qin Cheng is the same general as you, if Qin Cheng can do such an impossible thing this time, won't you be envious and jealous?" ”

Wei Qing said sincerely: "Envy is definitely envy, but jealousy will not." ”

Liu Che laughed, turned his face cold, and said angrily: "You don't have to be envious, this time Qin Cheng comes back, I have to clean him up!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ......" Wei Qing was puzzled.

Liu Che sneered, gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't Qin Cheng ask me for the title of commander of Kansai when he left?" At the beginning, I thought that this guy was just to increase the weight of his status as an envoy, but I never thought that this guy really regarded himself as the commander of Kansai, and he really dared to do something without a tiger talisman to transfer troops......"

"Your Majesty......" Wei Qing was dumbfounded, because he also thought of a great possibility, which was enough to surprise anyone.

"But I'm curious, Hexi and Loulan are thousands of miles apart, how can he coordinate the actions of all parties?" Liu Che muttered to himself in confusion.

"Your Majesty......" Wei Qing was even more puzzled, and looked at Liu Che in a daze.

Liu Che stood up and said to Wei Qingzhengse: "Now that there has been almost no war in three years, can the officers and men of the Northern Army still be able to go out on the morning and horn?" ”

"Yes!" Wei Qing affirmed.

"That's fine. Well...... However, Chang'an is too far away and too laborious to turnover. In this way, why not take this opportunity to see how the construction of Shuofang City is? Liu Che said, signaling Wei Qing not to ask too much, suddenly thought of something, patted his forehead, and asked Wei Qing again: "I heard that the side room of Qin Cheng has been pregnant for a long time, but is this so?" ”

Wei Qing nodded, "There are still two or three months, and the Qin family will have to add Ding again." ”

Liu Che bowed slightly, and said solemnly: "You and Qin Cheng are both generals, and now that Qin Cheng is not in Chang'an, you have to go to Qin Cheng Mansion to take care of it more." Qin Cheng is working hard in the Western Regions, nine deaths, you and I can't snub his family. ”

"No, Wei Qing understands."

"Well, I'll go there myself in two days. Speaking of which, I haven't been to Qincheng Mansion a few times. Liu Che paid attention and walked towards the outside of the big tent.

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General Qin's Mansion.

Because of Qin City, the hierarchy in General Qin's mansion is not as strict as in other mansions, and the servants are not pigs and dogs in the mansion.

There is a rather large courtyard in the courtyard of the General's Mansion, and at this time there are many people running back and forth in the courtyard, all of them are the younger servants of the mansion, sweating like rain, shouting again and again, scrambling to kick a leather ball in the middle of them, desperately carrying it to the opponent's ball pit.

This sport, which is similar to football in later generations, is Keju. At this time, the bow is made of leather into a round ball, and the middle is made of wool. When you kick the bow close to the opponent's field (small pit) during the match, you win.

On the sidelines, many maids who had nothing to do at this time were watching, clapping and applauding from time to time, and the atmosphere was so lively.

Xiao Rong'er sat bored on the swing on the side, slowly swinging under the care of the two maids, her eyes drifted to the fierce juju field, sighed lightly, retracted her gaze, looked up at the sky outside the courtyard, one hand unconsciously covered her lower abdomen, and her cheeks bulged up unconsciously.

Xiao Rong'er is a baby face, and she looks quite cute at this time, not like a pregnant young woman at all.

Because the lower abdomen is getting bigger, it is no longer as convenient to act as before, not to mention the juju, it is the soup swing, the amplitude can not be large, you can only feel the swing shaking, and most of the swing has long lost the fun it should have.

Just as he was melancholy, two and a half children stumbled out of nowhere and ran towards Xiao Rong'er, and in front of him was a boy with a dirty face and a small tree stick in his hand. Behind him was an angry little girl. The puffing appearance is a bit similar to Xiao Rong'er.

"Little A-Niang, little A-Niang......" The little boy Qin Bin ran to Xiao Rong'er, hugged her thighs coquettishly, looked at her with a pitiful look, and pointed to the little girl running behind her and complained: "Sister, she wants to beat me, you have to protect Bin'er!" ”

Xiao Rong'er motioned to the maids on both sides to hold the swing steady, pulled Qin Bin up by herself, and said angrily: "Naughty with my sister again?" ”

"No, it's my sister who wants to beat me!" Qin Bin snorted.

Qin Ruoxi ran over panting, pointed to the small tree in Qin Bin's hand and said with a red face: "Little Auntie, Qin Bin, he is naughty again, he broke the branches in the yard, and beat me with that!" ”

Qin Bin showed his head from behind Xiao Rong'er and said, "Which eye did you see me beating you?" Hum! ”

"Don't think that I didn't see you when you were hiding in the grass, you just jumped out and hit me when people were passing by!" Qin Ruoxi looked like "you can't hide it from me" and said loudly.

"......" Xiao Rong'er had a headache, and lamented in her heart why these two little children were so naughty, and they were not as sensible as Sister Bai at all?

"Bin'er, Ruoxi, don't mess around Xiao A-Niang, Xiao A-Niang is pregnant now!" Bai Xinxin walked over from the path that Qin Bin and Qin Ruoxi ran over before, and said from afar.

"Auntie, what is pregnant?" Qin Ruoxi looked at Bai Xinxin with her two watery eyes wide, and said curiously.

"Being pregnant is that the little aunt is pregnant with your younger brothers and sisters in her belly!" Bai Xinxin squatted down to help Qin Ruoxi straighten her hair, and laughed softly.

"Oh!" Qin Ruoxi agreed thoughtfully, and then said curiously: "Why is it a younger brother and sister, not a younger brother or sister?" ”

"I don't know, I'm stupid!" Qin Bin had already lost the small tree strip in his hand, and flashed out from behind Xiao Rong'er, "That must be because Xiao A-Niang's belly is very big, and she can fit a few younger brothers and sisters!" ”

"......" Xiao Rong'er and Bai Xinxin looked at each other.

"Okay, let's go play, don't disturb Xiao A-Niang, Xiao A-Niang needs to rest now, you know?" Bai Xinxin stood up and said to Qin Bin and Bai Xinxin.

"Auntie, my brother beat me with a small tree stick before!" Qin Ruoxi did not forget to accuse Qin Bin of his bad behavior.

"How do you know that I hit you, and you didn't see it!" Qin Bin played Laipi again.

"Of course I do!" Qin Ruoxi turned up, and said seriously with an adult's taste: "Because apart from you, there is no second child in the house, and no second person dares to beat me, and it is behind my back!" ”

"......" Qin Bin opened his mouth wide, and only after half a sound did he say convincingly: "Ruoxi, you are so smart!" ”

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"The general has a letter." After Qin Bin and Qin Ruoxi left, Bai Xinxin took out a brocade silk and handed it to Xiao Rong'er, "This one was given to you by the general." ”

"Letter from the General?" Xiao Rong'er's face immediately opened a flower-like smile, and she took the brocade silk excitedly, not opening it all at once, but covering it in her heart, as if she was feeling someone's body temperature. Hehe smirked twice, only then did Bai Xinxin smile in return, then got off the swing and ran away. Looking at her impatient appearance, most of them went back to the room to read the letter.

"Don't run so fast, be careful!" Bai Xinxin looked at Xiao Rong'er's fast back and reminded loudly. And where did Xiao Rong'er, who was on the rise, take care of so much, and responded, and the figure was gone.

Bai Xinxin smiled and shook her head, "I'm going to be a mother, and I'm still like this child." ”

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Huainan Kingdom, the residence of Liu Ling, the lord of Weng.

Liu Ling's mansion is naturally not as lively and lively as Qincheng's mansion, it is more orderly here, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and no one can cross the rules by half a step. Just like Liu Ling is now watching the swordsmen in the mansion compete with swords, and Lei was only able to stand on the side with a long sword, and he was much further back in his position.

It is rare for Liu Ling not to have too strong powder today, only wearing light makeup, which has a bit of a sense of no makeup. The warm afternoon sun shone on her reclining body, which not only set off her graceful body, but also reflected the lazy atmosphere on her body more obviously.

The swordsman's sword competition is not exciting, but Liu Ling's mind seems to be completely out of those sword shadows. Of course, it will not be on the body of the thunder quilt who is silently guarding behind him.

"Ray quilt." Liu Ling squinted his eyes slightly, did not raise his head, only a lazy voice sounded.

"Lord Weng." Thunder was answered.

"Pour me some tea."

"No."

This kind of thing as pouring tea, like in the mansion of the lord of Weng, is naturally done by servants who are proficient in the art of tea, rather than the work of a martial artist by Lei. But for Liu Ling, she seems to be particularly willing to do some meticulous work with the five big and three rough men behind her. There was no special intention, just because Liu Ling wanted to do it.

What Liu Ling wanted, Lei was unable to give it.

After Lei was poured the tea, he respectfully handed it to Liu Ling. Liu Ling took it, took a sip, and handed the tea to the side. Ray was quickly taken with both hands, and then put the teacup away.

"Later, the envoy of the king of Dongyue will come, you will greet me, the lord of Ben Weng is tired today, and he doesn't want to see guests." Liu Ling's voice was neither light nor heavy, neither sad nor joyful.

"No."

Liu Ling smiled suddenly, the fingers of his left hand slid lightly over the back of his right hand, and said in a magnetic voice: "Don't you want to know what the envoy of the King of Dongyue is doing?" ”

"That's the business of Lord Weng, not that Ray should be asked." The sound of the thunder quilt was as stiff as a stone.

"Huh!" Liu Ling laughed twice, "If you weren't like this, the lord of Ben Weng wouldn't have avoided you every time he saw the old man's envoy from Yu Shan, the king of Dongyue, and he wouldn't have taken you with him twice to Minyue." ”

"Thank you for your trust." Ray was said.

Liu Ling was noncommittal, but his voice became colder and colder, "You are like this, maybe in the eyes of others, it seems that it is because you are dull and can make people feel at ease." But in the eyes of Lord Ben, this is where your cunning lies. There is often a fine line between a smart person and a smart person, and you are the truly smart person. ”

Lei was a little shocked in his heart, but his tone was still flat, "Lord Weng has a good reputation, it's just that these things have nothing to do with Lei Shu's duties." ”

"I've never heard you say what your duty is." Liu Ling seemed to be somewhat interested.

"Since the king of Huainan sent Lei to Lord Weng's side, Lei Quilt's duty is to protect the safety of Lord Weng, and nothing else." Ray was said.

"Keeping me safe?" Liu Ling sneered, "If it's just to protect my safety, who can't use it, wouldn't it be a waste to use you?" ”

Lei was stunned for a moment, then hugged his fists and said, "Please also ask the lord to make it clear." ”

"My father sent you because he liked your talent and asked you to be my staff." Liu Ling said coldly, "It's a shame that you've been working by my side for three years, and you haven't even understood this point, I really don't know if you're really stupid or fake, you only know that you are like a wooden pestle on the side all day long." ”

"Ray is known."

"Lord Weng, there is a guest visiting, and he is the envoy of Wei's North Korea." The servant came to report.

"Webster Korea?" Liu Ling frowned, stood up, straightened his clothes, and said to Lei Shu: "Go and see, you will talk to them today." ”

"Me?" Lei was very surprised, although Liu Ling said that he wanted to play the role of a good staff, but when would the staff be able to talk to the envoy for the master?

"Questions?" Liu Ling asked.

Lei was only able to clench his fists, "No." ”

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Shuofang County, Shuofang City.

Today, another batch of important military supplies transported by Chang'an to Shuofang City arrived, and Le Yi personally took hundreds of soldiers to inspect these materials and put them into storage. What should be put in the city is in the city, and what should be transported to the barracks is sent directly to the barracks after the inspection, without a delay of half a minute.

I was busy with this all day, and it wasn't until the sun set that I finished counting all the supplies. The work of hundreds of people throughout the day shows the weight of the task and the amount of materials.

Transporting military funds to the barracks, because there were arrangements in advance, and the military funds into the camp were also counted in a batch, so when Le Yi arrived at the barracks with the pace of the setting sun, the part that should be distributed was almost completed.

Such speed and efficiency seem to be in a hurry, which is rare.

Since Shuofang City is a border city, there are all natural types of troops in the military camp, except for the building boat soldiers, all other types of troops. However, today only cavalry receive military salaries.

As the largest border city in the Han Dynasty, Shuofang City has 8,000 cavalry.

Before Le Yi came to Shuofang City, Shuofang City had 15,000 cavalry. As the most