On the bank of the water, Linqiang

The wind and snow quickly extinguished the remaining sparks on the battlefield, and the howling wind and snow continued to roll up layers of snow and mist in this mountain stream, although the snow stopped, but the broken snow on the ground drifted around in this strong wind, giving people the feeling that the snow was still on the next shift.

In such weather, the charcoal fire cooled down quickly, and then it was covered with broken snow, and among the corpses on the ground, there were Qiang people and Han counties, and the victorious side was obviously the Han army, and the survivors were cleaning up the battlefield.

"Phew~" Liu Cheng silently spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, his originally handsome face was a little more resolute and resolute than this age, and there was a thin scar at the corner of his eyebrows, which made his originally seemingly somewhat weak face a little more fierce, nearly eight feet tall, and he couldn't tell that this was a young man who was less than fourteen.

"General, the battle damage has been counted, our department has lost three people, killed one hundred and forty-seven enemies, and captured three hundred and sixty-nine people, all of whom are young and strong or women." A team leader walked quickly to Liu Cheng's side, intervened, his cheeks were purple from the cold, but his gaze at Liu Cheng was unspeakably hot.

Wars of 100 people are happening every day in this northwest land, between the Han army and the Qiang people, between the Qiang and the Qiang people, even if there is no big battle, such battles will never be less, but the difference is that Liu Cheng has always fought the hardest battle with the least losses.

"These three people don't deserve to die." Liu Cheng didn't have much expression on his face, just glanced at the team leader lightly, and his gaze without the slightest emotion felt a little colder than this weather.

The corners of the team's mouth twitched a few times, and he didn't dare to answer, this young Tun general is capable, outstanding in martial arts, good at archery, and thoughtful, and has no last resort, the team has fought dozens of battles with him, large and small, and has always annihilated the most enemies at the smallest cost, this time directly with a hundred people to attack the thousand tribe of Linqiang, in the case of a complete victory, only three people died, which was already a very proud record, but this Tun general did not seem to be satisfied.

That almost harsh requirements, not only for them, but even more harsh on themselves, when the Northwest conscription, recruit training, this person completed more than three times the training content of ordinary soldiers every day, and was harsh on himself to the state of self-abuse, but also won the appreciation of the general, after coming out of the new barracks, he was directly appointed as the commander, and then he was promoted to the team leader in just half a month, and then he was promoted to the general in two months.

This promotion speed, even the related households are not so fast, but in the Lingju camp, no one will have any opinions on this promotion.

In the army, the strong are respected, and the promotion of people is completed by relying on enough matching records and terrifying insight and deployment on the battlefield, and the soldiers he leads have not encountered a single defeat so far.

opened his mouth, Liu Cheng finally didn't say the next words, it was a little hurtful, but he shook the cloak on his body, and after shaking off the snow, he said: "Collect the troops and go back to the camp." ”

"Whoa!" It was a meritorious service, but he hit a cold nail, and his mood was naturally not good, but no one would complain, the team leader had seen a more tragic war, and his own army was reduced by more than half, although he was still that cold, but in the dead of night, he secretly cried behind everyone's back.

It's hard to describe what it was like at that time, but the general at that time, crying like a child, also started at that time, the team rate knew that this usually looked very serious, iron-faced and ruthless general, in fact, more than anyone else cared about their life and death safety, just like this war, maybe ordinary generals cared about the brilliant results, but the team rate was clear, and their own general was more concerned about the death of the three soldiers.

In fact, it's not just him, many people actually know that their own general is different from other generals, which is why, because they have amazing combat effectiveness, even if more than half of the casualties on the battlefield, as long as the general does not give an order, they can fight four battles without retreating.

The troops assembled, and the bodies of the three fallen soldiers were pulled on the carriage, this is their habit, the remains of the fallen soldiers, to be brought back, at least let them die in their own homes~

Liu Cheng didn't ride a horse, just led the horse silently, originally such a victory was a big victory for them, but at the moment there was no joy after the victory, and the corpses of the three soldiers made it difficult to be happy.

The team leader came to Liu Cheng's side, and tried to put on a smiling face and said: "General, with our merits, after returning from this battle, the general will be enough to be promoted to the military marquis." ”

"Hmm." Liu Cheng nodded silently and continued to move forward, promotion may be tempting enough for others, but for him, it is not too important, otherwise with his merits, it is already enough to be promoted to a military marquis, but under normal circumstances, as long as someone has merit, he will generally give it to others.

After all, he is too young, and he himself does not care too much about promotion, he is more concerned about the improvement of his ability, now commanding a hundred people, he feels that he can not command this hundred people completely handy, even if he has the opportunity to command more people, he will refuse to be promoted, until he is satisfied, and then he will consider how to command two hundred people, how to arrange.

And with his almost strict requirements for himself, his handiness is different from that of a normal general.

The team rate was a little embarrassing, and he wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but in the face of his own general, the topic could not be talked about.

Liu Cheng suddenly looked up at the sky, frowned, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Speed up the march, there will be heavy snow tonight, and you will go out of the valley before dark." ”

"Whoa!" The faces of the group changed, and the speed of the march suddenly increased a few points, for Liu Cheng's words, no one would doubt that his own general not only fought a great battle, but also saw the weather changes very thoroughly, as if there was nothing he didn't know.

That night, it snowed heavily, and the group went out of the valley before evening, and under the command of Liu Cheng, they set up a military camp.

The heavy snow raged all night, and it didn't clear until the next day, and the group arrived at the nearest station, boarded the rail car and went straight to Lingju, arriving at Lingju in the evening.

Liu Cheng ordered people to go back to rest and recuperate, and brought two teams to hand over the order.

"Cheng Yuan." The official in charge of recording the merits looked at Liu Cheng and shouted in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" Cheng Yuan's waist straightened and said solemnly.

The meritorious officer's face softened slightly, and he said with a smile: "Congratulations, the promotion to military marquis was ordered by the general himself, and he ordered you to go see him as soon as you come back." ”

Uncle Zilong?

Liu Cheng's heart was a little complicated, but there was still no expression on his face, he just saluted: "Humble and orderly." ”

"It's not a military order, it's just that the general has heard a lot of your deeds, this time, but more than 30 military marquis plus seven military commanders jointly recommended you for promotion, with your merits, it is more than enough to be promoted to military marquis, how many of those rabbit cubs were brought out by you? They have all been promoted, how can you not be promoted because of your age? The meritorious officer smiled and said, "Go, the road ahead is long." ”

"Whoa!" Liu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in this case, he shouldn't have noticed his identity.

After changing the military uniform, weapons and talismans of the military marquis, Liu Cheng went to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, and two guards at the door stopped Liu Cheng.

"Humble Liu Cheng, I was ordered to come to see the general." Liu Cheng intervened and saluted.

"Wait a minute!" One of the guards nodded, turned around and entered the tent, came out after a while, waved his hand, and the other guard got out of the way and let Liu Cheng in.

Zhao Yun's military camp was built by Liu Yi at the beginning, especially the big tent of the Chinese army, which was built by Liu Yi himself, the cold wind outside was biting, but when he entered Zhang Zhong, it was warm, in the depths of the handsome tent, Zhao Yun's hair was gray, and there was a thick booklet on the table, but Zhao Yun didn't look at it, just playing with a wood carving.

Liu Cheng took a deep breath, went straight to Zhao Yun's desk, bowed down and said, "Humble Cheng Yuan, see the general." ”

"I'll give you something." Zhao Yun raised his head, looked carefully for a moment, and then suddenly threw the wood carving in his hand at Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch it, and when he looked at the wood carving, he was slightly stunned, and then a wry smile appeared on his face: "The general already knows?" ”

"This is what I received here half a month after you left." Zhao Yun nodded: "Do you know why I don't recognize you, and I don't even give you any preferential treatment?" ”

"It's my father's trust." Liu Cheng sighed and said.

"Yes, Bo Yuan wrote to me, if you are here with me, before you are promoted to military marquis, you will be treated as an ordinary soldier." Zhao Yun nodded, looked at Liu Cheng appreciatively, and said, "I thought that before the end of the recruit training, you would take the initiative to recognize me, but your performance ......"

Zhao Yun didn't know what to say, he didn't have those eunuchs here, after his old friends, but he usually couldn't stand the suffering in the army, but Liu Cheng was an exception, not only persevered, but also persevered with several times the training intensity of others, Zhao Yun asked himself, even if it was himself, he didn't seem to fight so hard when he was young, right?

What's more, the performance after leaving the recruit camp can be said to be quite eye-catching, when he was long, the people he stayed with were basically the ones who won the most in every battle, and survived the most, and the team rate was the same, and the same was true after the generals, and he never fought for merit, and everything was distributed to his subordinates, including the same for the credit, at this point, it was quite a father's style.

"Thank you, uncle." Liu Cheng bowed to Zhao Yun and said.

"The New Year is approaching, your father has sent a letter to your family, if you are promoted to a military marquis, I will give you the family letter." Zhao Yun smiled and handed a letter to Liu Cheng, and said with some curiosity: "Actually, according to your merits, it is okay to be a military commander now, why do you keep giving up opportunities to others, because you don't want to see me?" ”

"A hundred people have not yet fully mastered it, how can two hundred people command?" Liu Cheng shook his head and said, "This is irresponsible to the soldiers. ”

Zhao Yun: "......"

Liu Cheng's record, Zhao Yun has a detailed record here, did this young man misunderstand the four words of complete mastery?

"If it's all like yours, there will be no one in our army." Zhao Yun sighed and said, "Let's take a look at the family letter first." ”

Liu Cheng nodded, he hadn't seen him for more than a year, and he still had ...... for his father and mother My sister also misses it a lot, and now that Zhao Yun mentions it, she can't help but feel a little warm in her heart, and silently opens the letter:

"Little rabbit cub, if you don't come back, your father can't bear it, at least I'll come back to see your mother at the end of the year!"

Liu Cheng silently raised his head, closed the letter, put it in his arms, and saluted Zhao Yun: "Uncle, the last general wants to go to Lian County." ”

"Tomorrow is the end of the year, so far away, even the rail car can't catch up." Zhao Yun frowned and said, In the past four hundred miles, it has snowed in many places, and many rail cars have stopped.

"I'm going to have to go back and see." Liu Cheng sighed and said, no matter how busy the Liu family is, they spend the New Year together every year, they were absent last year, and there is no explanation this year, and my father is afraid that he can't stand the pressure.

"Well, I'll pick a good horse for you." Zhao Yun nodded: "When will you leave?" ”

"Now."

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