Chapter 302: Military Anecdotes

Before you know it, it's July, and it's been more than three months since the first battle at the end of March.

However, most of these months were spent marching, camping, and waiting for logistical loads, and very little time was spent actually fighting.

When Li Jing's army passed by Mantou Mountain, Xue Orphans, who were stationed there, joined the army and continued to move forward. At this time, the army was close to 10,000 again.

Since there were no carrier pigeons in the army, Zhang Yunwen had to send scouts with two fast horses to the various departments to inform Li Jing's decision to advance westward, and to limit them to rush to Fuqicheng before the sixth day of the eighth month. From Gao Zhensheng and Li Daoyan to Li Daliang and other generals in the northernmost area, the entire Northern Route Army was notified one by one.

This made Zhang Yunwen sigh a little, when did his scout concurrently serve as a communication soldier?

One day, when Zhang Yunwen was wandering around the camp, he suddenly saw a familiar figure, and he was immediately in his heart, took a closer look, and after deep recollection, he was slightly surprised. This man was about thirty or forty years old, and he was handsome and extraordinary, but his face was as cold as ice, and he never left his spear. Although he didn't wear white armor, Zhang Yunwen still recognized him.

Hurriedly went to the record office to check the list of soldiers, and sure enough, I saw a familiar name: Luo Cheng. It is followed by the words "Suzhou Yumen Zhengqipin Town General". Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then sighed that this world is really impermanent, in the first year of Zhenguan, this Luo Cheng was still rebellious, he broke the rebellion of the Luo family's father and son, and had a fight with Luo Cheng, but now nearly ten years later, he has made a career in Longyou and became a town general in Yumen County.

Zhang Yunwen didn't say anything about these situations, as if he had never met this person.

The army marched westward with great success, and the small tribes along the way were swept aside by the vanguard of the Chebi Holi, leaving only the ruins and traces of fireworks, proving that it was once inhabited. Occasionally, there was a small Tuyuhun army, but in the face of the large army, they did not dare to make the slightest move, so they had to wait and see.

On the way to the march, Zhang Yunwen often rode back and forth between the various sections of the team, checked the situation, and then reported to Li Jing. Once, when he was walking with Khibi He Li on horseback, he heard two Turkic soldiers next to him muttering something in Turkic dialect, and his eyes looked at the leader of the team from time to time. He Li heard the muttering of several soldiers, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Zhang Yunwen was curious, so he immediately came to Qibi He Li's side and asked him, "Brother Qibi, what are those brothers talking about?" ”

He Li forced a smile and said: "The first man said: 'Our army has won so many battles, tell me, who is the biggest in our army?' ’

The other person looked at the position of the head of the team, General Li, and said, "Needless to say, of course, General Li is the biggest!" ’

'What about General Li?' Then the man said.

'Isn't General Li riding a dark horse below?' ’”

Hearing Qibi He Li say in Chinese, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but laugh twice with Qibi He Li, only to hear that the Turkic soldiers were confused.

Through Zhang Yunwen's mouth, the joke quickly spread among the army. So everyone recognized that the largest in this army was General Manager Li Jing, and the second largest was the black war horse under General Manager Li's crotch.

When marching in Dafeichuan, you can often see meandering rivers and gurgling rivers along the way. Although the weather in Tuyuhun in July is still cool, the soldiers who are full of dust always like to take a bath in these rivers, play in the water, and relax their nervous mood. Whenever this time, Li Jing did not stop it, and always looked at these frolicking soldiers with a smile.

"Brother Qibi, why don't you go down and play, this water is cool!" Zhang Yunwen was wearing a pair of pants, revealing his dark and toned muscles, and said to He Li next to him.

Qi Bi He Li hurriedly shook his head: "Eh, I'm a little tired today, just go down and wash, and I won't play with you!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he immediately remembered that he seemed to say the same thing yesterday, and when he recalled it before, he found that he had not been in the water with everyone once, neither swam nor dived, as if he had not been to the deep water area. At the moment, he was full of suspicion and said to Qi Bi He Li: "I said dude, you shouldn't know how to swim, right?" ”

Qibi He Li laughed dryly at the moment, and snorted a little nervously: "Haha, how is it possible, I, Qibi He Li, is also a good man on the grassland, how can I not even know water?" ”

He was only nervous, but he didn't notice that Zhang Yunwen had slowly approached him.

Zhang Yunwen slammed his shot, put one hand on his waist, leaned on his shoulder with the other, and kicked the crook of Qi He Li's leg with his right foot. Qi Bi He Li suddenly had weak legs, and he was about to kneel down, and when he knew that he had been plotted by Zhang Yunwen, and was about to attack with a backhand, Zhang Yunwen raised it high with both hands, and said with a "haha" smile in his mouth: "Brother Qi Bi, if you don't go into the water, the little brother will take you to the deep water for a swim today!" ”

"Let go of me, Zhang Yunwen! Let go of me! The lifted Qi He Li struggled with his hands and feet, and shouted loudly.

This call aroused the onlookers of nearby soldiers and generals, and when they saw this, they immediately burst into laughter.

Zhang Yunwen walked to the river step by step, looked at the clear river water, and said with a smile: "Brother Qibi, don't be afraid, this water play is very simple, it will be fine in a while!" ”

"Zhang Yunwen, you bastard, let me go! I'm not done with you! Woo, I'm going to break off my friendship with you! Wow-" In the end, Zhang Yunwen had already raised his arm and threw Qi Bi He Li into the river, and he jumped into the river again.

Two loud sounds sounded, and the white water splashed more than a foot high.

After half a day of teaching, Qi Qi He Li barely swam in the water, although it was a dog planing style, but he could swim a few feet away. This achievement made Huo Ran forget the unhappiness when he first entered the water, and played happily in the water with Zhang Yunwen and all the soldiers.

When they were almost at the end of the western side of the Dafei River, the army began to rush all the way north towards Fuqi City.

Before turning, a team of heavy supplies, escorted by three hundred Tang troops, caught up with Li Jing's army.

In addition to bringing food, grass, and ordnance, this supply team also brought letters of home to the soldiers. Among them, there is Zhang Yunwen.

He returned to the camp alone with the snow-white envelope with a faint fragrance, opened the envelope, hurriedly took out the letterhead inside, and began to read it.

The whole letter seems to be a running account about these two months, and it is a miscellaneous record of the small things that happened at home and in Chang'an. Reading and reading, Zhang Yunwen seemed to see Li Yu and Zhi Rou chattering in front of him.

Attached to the envelope was a calligraphy note, on which the word "Yan" was written in crooked strokes. It is said that this was written by his daughter Zhang Yan herself. Looking at this letterhead and bookhead, a warmth rippled in my heart.

Suddenly remembering that there was a measure in the later army to let the soldiers read letters to each other in order to relieve homesickness, he immediately picked up the notebook, put it in the envelope, sealed it again, and came to the reconnaissance camp.

When the event was announced, some of the soldiers cheered for the recipients of the letter to read it, while others protested vehemently.

"Protests are not effective!" Zhang Yunwen said with a smile, "Since you protest, it's up to you to start!" ”

Zhang Yunwen said to Zhao Yi, who was protesting.

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Boss, it seems that you have also received a letter from home, you take out the letter and read it first!" After you've read it, I'll read it again! ”

Zhang Yunwen pretended to hesitate for a moment and nodded: "Okay!" ”

When I opened the envelope, I saw that there was nothing but a piece of paper! The crowd was disappointed. Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "This is handwritten by my three-year-old daughter, which is extremely precious!" As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Yi proudly, "Old Zhao, it's your turn!" ”

Zhao Yi had no choice but to open the envelope, take out the stationery inside and read it.

"The ...... of the house" Zhao Yi just read this title, and there was laughter below. He immediately blushed and shouted loudly: "What are you laughing at, don't read it anymore!" Everyone hurriedly stopped laughing and listened to Zhao Yi is family letter.

Suddenly, only Zhao Yi's voice echoed in this clearing.

Then, the soldiers who received the letters read their letters next to each other, among them, some were soaked in lingering sympathy, some were full of concern and admiration, and some recorded trivial matters, and the soldiers listened to it with relish, sometimes bursts of good-natured laughter, sometimes silent, solemn expressions, and sometimes knowing smiles.

This sound attracted many soldiers from the outer camp to come in. Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen immediately said to those soldiers from the outer camp: "If you want to come in, you must read a letter from home, otherwise it is strictly forbidden to enter!" ”

The soldiers who had half stepped into the camp of the reconnaissance camp immediately retreated, running faster than rabbits.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion burst into laughter again.

"Alright, let's move on! Hmm, who's coming? Zhang Yunwen said to the scouts with a smile.

The scouts stretched out their fingers and pointed at Wang Ke, who was dodging behind the crowd. Then only a "bang" was heard, and Wang Ke was pulled out by several scouts and thrown to the ground.

"Wow, you kid still dare to escape! Come on, the punishment is waiting! Zhang Yunwen looked at Wang Ke with a smile.

"Howler!" Several soldiers who were closer to Wang Ke suddenly geared up and were eager to try.

"Boss, I know I'm wrong!" Wang Ke hurriedly took out the letter in his arms, "I'll read it to everyone immediately!" Alas, this is a letter from my daughter-in-law, and it is really not worth it for you to listen! ”

Wang Ke grumbled as he opened the envelope.

As soon as his words fell, someone laughed and said, "Wang Ke, you, when did you have a daughter-in-law?" ”

Wang Ketou retorted loudly without replying: "We are in love, it is a matter of time before we get married, why can't we be regarded as my daughter-in-law!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers laughed again.

However, to everyone's dumbfounded, this Wang Ke opened the envelope and took out the stationery, but saw that it was a blank piece of paper, and there was no handwriting on it. When Zhang Yunwen just wanted to shout two words like iodine bubbles, he suddenly thought that the letters of the young couple could be used more tightly than the investigation institute, and he smiled and watched the development of the situation.

All the soldiers waited together for Wang Ke to give an explanation, and after the latter turned over the letter in his hand twice, he patted his head: "Oh, I remembered!" Before I set out, I had a few words with her, and she said at the time that she would never say a word to me again! I didn't expect that this letter really didn't say a word! ”

Listening to Wang Ke's explanation, Zhang Yunwen and the soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then let out a burst of laughter that resounded through the camp.