In the north of Fancheng, which faces Xiangyang City across the Han River, there is a small grass pavilion on a hill with desolate grass and trees in the depths of winter, and about 50 zhang away from the loess official road.

The grass pavilion has a corridor, built-in stone tables and stone chairs, the scholars in the Xiangfan area go north, they will stop and stay in this pavilion every time, and a group of friends who see off them enjoy the scenery and talk in it, tell the heartfelt parting, and send a message to the Xiongguan.

Because of the war for many years, the Mongols came and went, and the outside of Fancheng had already been poisoned by the war to be dilapidated, along the official road, ten rooms and nine empty, many big cities and towns were broken and broken, there were few people, and the displaced people fled in all directions, and starved everywhere. In the past, the pastoral grandeur of the wind blowing wheat waves no longer exists like rain hitting plantains.

But this thatched pavilion has miraculously survived, unique in the desolate scenery around it, although the corridor has been burned down, but the main body of the pavilion is still strong, a few thick wooden beams and pillars stubbornly support the crumbling grass roof, just like the people who survived the war, stubbornly gasping in the raging wind in the wilderness.

Li Zengbo looked up at the roof where a few grass seeds were sprinkled from time to time, kept a straight face, and then rolled his eyelids and looked at Changsun Hong, who was sitting opposite.

The eldest grandson Hongrong is dressed in iron armor, draped all over his body, and there is a long knife with a sheath on his waist that is shining with unknown animal fur, and a red big sword is tied with a red long rope and draped on his body, and the red cloak and black leaf armor are combined to form a dazzling match.

Why is this here to marry? I'm here to fight!

Li Zengbo felt that his eyelids were jumping hard, so he chose to lower his head, and said to the ants on the ground in a tone that was neither yin nor yang: "Lord Changsun's southward journey this time is a good thing of great joy, but with so many troops and such a wide range of joint ventures, this momentum is ...... It's kind of scary. ”

He stared at Changsun Hong's leather boots and coughed: "If the officials in the capital find out, I don't know how they will feel...... Of course, I will not doubt the adult, the adult is loyal to the country, bloody battle, it is obvious to all, although Li is in Jinghu Town, not with the eldest grandson in Guanzhong side by side to defend the enemy, but I have also heard a lot of things, hehe, the prestige of the adult is far away from the sea, I am afraid that someone will turn his mouth. ”

After speaking, he raised his head with a worried face, looked deeply into Changsun Hong's eyes, and an expression of "I am for your good" jumped on his face.

Changsun Hong smiled indifferently, his eyes were far away, and he looked over the heads of the many soldiers who were guarding outside the grass pavilion wearing the red Jinghu system envoy armor and the black Dali ghost armor, and looked at the Fancheng city wall in the distance.

The city wall stands on the bank of the Han River, towering, the magnificent atmosphere of a generation of strategic places is really extraordinary, even if the high city wall is still far away, it can also give people sitting in the grass pavilion an insurmountable sense of oppression.

"Lord Li cares, and Eldest Sun Hong remembers it." Changsun Hong smiled and said gently: "I went south this time, I didn't want to lead troops, but Master Li also knew that Changsun Hong, as a military general, fought for many years, killed a lot of people, and offended a lot of enemies. ”

He twisted his body and sat on the stone chair in a more comfortable position: "Otherwise, if there is a bad guy along the way, wouldn't it be a pity for Her Royal Highness the princess to be widowed just after she got married?" So I brought a few more guards with me, and if there is any gossip, the official family will not pursue it. ”

Li Zengbo's cheeks twitched a few times, and he scolded secretly in his heart: How many soldiers are guarding? There are at least tens of thousands of so many people, and you can defeat Xiangfan, do you want to enter Beijing to get married, or do you want to bring troops into Beijing?

Naturally, he couldn't speak, his mouth squirmed a few times, and the words changed his appearance, and he even laughed a few times awkwardly: "Hehehe, Lord Eldest Sun is joking when he says this." The prestige of the Dali barbarian army is all over the world, and everyone knows that even the Mongols have to retreat when they see the banner of the adult, which small man who is not long-eyed dares to have bad intentions towards the adult? Isn't that self-defeating? Besides, the imperial court has rules, and if the generals with troops want to return to Beijing, they can only bring a number of personal guards, how can they be so ostentatious? Li has the responsibility to guard the land, and he can't let the adult's soldiers and horses enter Jinghu, this is his duty and responsibility, and he asks the adult to understand. ”

"In addition, cough cough, the eldest grandson is a young man, young and promising, it is a good time for a good man, and it is the right time to contribute to the country, if it is as old as Li, it is okay to say that he is old, and the eldest grandson will say so, hehe, it will pass."

Li Zengbo touched the white beard on his chin, smiled, but thought hatefully in his heart: Eldest Sun Hong, you are a young man in your twenties and early thirties, and you say that you are old in front of Lao Tzu, are you sarcastic about me? If it weren't for the fact that Lao Zibing couldn't beat you as much as you would, I'd jump up and cut you now!

Changsun Hong didn't answer immediately, just looked at Li Zengbo with a smile, his eyes were clear and calm at first, and then he slowly squinted, and his eyes became sharp.

The mountain breeze blew, gentle and pleasant, probably because of the growing cold in the deep winter, Li Zengbo was stared at by the eldest grandson Hong and suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He swallowed his saliva, peeked at the black-armored soldiers ten paces away from the grass pavilion, and estimated whether his own people could protect him alive and return to Fancheng if he made a move.

The silence between the two lasted for a while, and neither of them spoke.

In the end, it was Changsun Hong who broke the silence.

"Master Li thinks that I am leading my troops south to enter Xiangfan?" Eldest Sun Hong took a deep breath and said.

Li Zengbo's face turned white, he stabilized his mind and did not speak.

Changsun Hong shook his head and said with a smile: "How is it possible? Led the troops to openly leave the defense area, and entered the heart of the Great Song Dynasty without the order of the Privy Council, unless he wanted to rebel, how could he do this? Rest assured, Master Lee, I definitely didn't mean that. ”

Li Zengbo's eyelids were raised, and he couldn't tell whether he believed it or not.

Just said: "Of course, I believe in Lord Eldest Sun." ”

"Most of these soldiers will stay here and watch me enter Beijing." Changsun Hong continued: "Xiangyang goes south along the river, and in less than half a month, you can go straight to Ezhou, after Ezhou, and then Anqing, Lin'an is in front of you, such an important place, naturally you have to guard it for the imperial court." ”

He stared at Li Zengbo's face without smiling, grinning at the corners of his mouth and curling at the corners of his mouth, looking at it as a joke, his actual tone was so stern that he said slowly: "By the way, also help me guard the back road, if anything happens to me on the road, these barbarians who have followed me since Shimen Fan will not listen to anyone's persuasion, they will only rush to Lin'an, find out the murderer, and use his head to sacrifice for me!" ”