Tianbao eight years, on the afternoon of the ninth day of the fifth month, on the grassland in the south of the broken leaf city, the voices of people are boiling, and the horses are singing Xiao Xiao. The Anxi army, which came from afar, was busy setting up camp.

At this moment, the camp of the Anxi army has not yet been completely set up, but the wall has been roughly enclosed, the trench has not yet begun to be excavated, and the antlers and horses have not been placed in place.

Within the wall, the tents of the armies were only more than half set up, and there were many soldiers who were working together to set up tents with fire as a unit. The whole camp is a busy scene.

In the middle of the camp, the tall and magnificent Chinese army tent was erected by the Anxi soldiers for the first time long before the wall was built.

The tent has three layers, the core of which is made of hundreds of cowhides, covered with a thick curtain and lined with silky silk. The space inside the tent is so large that it can easily accommodate dozens of people to discuss matters.

In front of the big tent, there is a big pole that is waved in the wind, and the word "high" is written on it. Two rows of tall Ansiya soldiers, dressed in heavy armor and armed with ceremonial swords, stood majestically between the big tent and the big tent of the Chinese army, showing the power and majesty of the owner of the big tent.

The furnishings in the Chinese army's tent are not luxurious, as if they have just moved the solemn and generous Anxi Festival Hall here. And the big tent of the Chinese army is indeed not the place where Gao Xianzhi lives in the four towns of Anxi, and its main role is to convene military councils.

The tent was also surrounded by several smaller tents, two of which were Gao Xianzhi's lodging and military affairs. The rest of the roofs are the camp tents where the Anxi soldiers who guarded Gao Xianzhi lived.

Cen Shen, the tired secretary of Anxi, stood in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the hunting Daxu with a daze.

He was sore and weak, and he especially wanted to get into his tent to sleep for a long time, but when he raised his eyes and saw more than 100 Beiting Ya soldiers standing neatly in front of Daxu, he looked at the Beiting silver-armored military general who was accosted from time to time, and he understood that his wish could only be an extravagant hope that would be difficult to achieve.

On the morning of the ninth day of the fifth month, the 15,000 Anxi troops who had traveled a long way had just arrived in the south of Broken Leaf City.

Although Cen Shen was prepared for the hardships and dangers of the western expedition, when the army crossed the green ridge from the Boda Ridge, the narrow and cramped mountain roads, the roaring winds, the strange rocky cliffs and the bottomless cliffs all made Cen Shen on the horse weak and trembling. He always felt that he could be swept into a cliff by a strong wind at any moment.

And Li Siye, Xi Yuanqing, Duan Xiushi and other Anxi generals laughed proudly when they saw Cen Shen so embarrassed. Because there were more than 15,000 people in the whole army, only Cen Shen and Bian Lingcheng were frightened by the steepness of Bodaling.

Even Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing didn't dare to laugh at Bian Lingcheng's timidity easily, and the rest of the generals naturally only dared to mock Cen Shen who crossed the green ridge for the first time.

Seeing that Li Siye and the others drove their horses forward loudly, without looking at the cliff close at hand, Cen Shen couldn't help but ask Feng Changqing: "Are they really so light-hearted?" Not scared at all? ”

"How can you not be afraid? People are afraid! Feng Changqing smiled leisurely: "When the expedition to Xiaobolu the year before last, it was also these generals in front of you, facing the towering Tanju Ridge, they were so frightened that they were unwilling to climb. If it hadn't been for the idea that I had chosen more than 20 of the bravest soldiers, promised a heavy reward, and let them cross the past first, and then disguised themselves as the local residents who had come to meet the army in the city of Akura, I would have inspired the generals to cross the Tanju Ridge. Now they are so happy when they see that you are frightened that they have forgotten what happened back then. However, it is not surprising that the human heart is like this. ”

"Oh? Please only write on the merit chapter: 'All the soldiers feel the kindness of the saints, regard the danger as flat ground, and leap over.' Before coming to Anxi, Cen Shen had served in the military department in the same year, and he had consulted the recitals of the expedition to Xiao Bolu, and he could recite some of the wonderful passages in them with his mouth open.

"Hahahaha!" Feng Changqing couldn't help laughing.

"Judge, what's wrong?" Cen Shen listened to too much laughter and was a little confused.

"Cen Zhangshu, these crude words are all written by a certain person. Unexpectedly, you can recite it backwards, and it is inevitable that you will be a little proud. Feng Changqing stopped smiling and said, "However, you are also a little too naïve." Of course, the words on the chapter must be written in a flowery, plump and round way, so that the sage can see the dragon's face and joy, how can he have one thing to say and tell the truth. If you truthfully write 'The mountain wind dances wildly, the men and horses are difficult to cross, the generals are cold, the two forces are trembling, and a little trick is used to overcome it', do you think the saint will be happy? ”

Cen Shen subconsciously shook his head, understanding that what Feng Changqing said was true.

After the outing on the third day of the first month of March, the sluggish Cen Shen finally felt the obvious kindness released by Feng Changqing. Since the westward expedition, there have been more and more exchanges between the two.

After gaining an in-depth understanding of Feng Changqing's past, Cen Shen's admiration for him was out of control.

Cen Shen thought that his childhood loss was already tragic, but when Feng Changqing was very young, his parents died, and only his grandfather took him in.

But the grandfather sinned again, and was exiled to Anxi, where he served as the guard of the city gates. The young Feng Changqing could only follow his grandfather from Hedong to Anxi, thousands of miles away.

Due to the lack of care and treatment, Feng Changqing was left with so many disabilities on his body. But in such a difficult environment, he still insisted on reading and writing.

When Feng Changqing was a teenager, his grandfather passed away again. Helpless, he lived a destitute life in Anxi, but he still did not give up studying for books.

When he was thirty years old, he happened to see Gao Xianzhi, who was dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, passing by the city gate with a group of servants, and he made up his mind to follow.

Gao Xianzhi, who has a high vision, originally couldn't look down on Feng Changqing, who was lame and squinted, but he was reminded by him with a sentence "Changqing admires the righteousness of the public and is willing to be whipped, so there is no matchmaker, how can he refuse?" If the public takes people, the doctor will look forward to it; If you judge people by their appearance, you are afraid of losing your son! Impressed, he accepted Feng Changqing as his servant.

After Gao Xianzhi took him out on the expedition, after the battle in front of him was over, Feng Changqing, who stayed in the camp, had already written the chapter of the victory, the marching process, the enemy's strategy, how to receive the enemy, and how to win, said it clearly, as if he had also been to the battlefield in person, which made Gao Xianzhi look at him with admiration.

As Gao Xianzhi's official position continued to rise, Feng Changqing was also promoted to judge, and he was often responsible for staying behind when Gao Xianzhi went on an expedition.

Gao Xianzhi has a nursing mother and has a deep relationship with the Gao family. Zheng Dequan, the son of the nursing mother, served as a special general in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, relying on his personal relationship with Gao Xianzhi, and ran rampant, but no one dared to take care of Anxi.

Zheng Dequan also despised Feng Changqing, who was disabled, and often mocked him. When Gao Xianzhi went on an expedition, Feng Changqing summoned Zheng Dequan to close the gates and block all possible rescuers. After the case of Zheng's crime, Feng Changqing ordered people to weigh sixty rods and beat them to death directly. Since then, Anxi has been in awe of Feng Changqing.

After seeing Feng Changqing's experience and methods, Cen Shen deeply realized that compared with him, his vision was too narrow and his mind was too shallow, and there were indeed many things that needed to be sharpened.

What particularly surprised Cen Shen was that Feng Changqing was also quite accomplished in writing. Of course, what he is good at is mainly the performance of Zhang Gong. text, rather than poetry and poetry that express emotional aspirations. But Cen Shen can see that Feng Changqing is keen on appreciating poetry.

Therefore, on the way to the west, but when encountering majestic mountains and rivers or occasionally thinking and feeling, Cen Shen will write one or two poems, chanting and listening to Feng Changqing.

Seeing that Feng Changqing liked poetry very much, Cen Shen also specially made a few poems for him and presented them to Feng Changqing, which made him very happy.

That's why after Cen Shen inadvertently recited the chapter written by Feng Changqing, he was so proud.

During the march, Feng Changqing was responsible for the heavy coordination work, and Cen Shen couldn't intervene at first.

At this time, Cen Shen also understood why Gao Xianzhi didn't think about letting him go west at the beginning, because it was really unnecessary.

Fortunately, thanks to Feng Changqing's continuous reminders, Cen Shen gradually understood how to allocate military rations, coordinate the armies, settle the camps, and gather intelligence......

Cen Shen thought that he was quite fast, but he was still not sure, and he didn't know if Gao Xianzhi was satisfied with his performance.

During the entire western expedition, Gao Xianzhi only found Cen Shen once and asked him to write an essay on the crusade against Shiguo as soon as possible. In addition, Gao Xianzhi and Cen Shen had no communication.

Along the way, the mountains and rivers were treacherous, the military affairs were complicated, and he had to recite poems and draft texts, and Cen Shen was tired like a dog every day. Still, despite the exertion, he enjoyed the feeling of being so fulfilled.

Therefore, after arriving in the south of Broken Leaf City on the morning of the ninth day of the fifth month, Cen Shen especially wanted to rest for a few days.

However, when the Anxi army was still building the big tent of the Chinese army, Gao Xianzhi had already sent his soldiers to scatter out, and respectively informed the Beiting army, the Hui army, the Shatuo army, the Huangjiasi army, the Bahanna mission, and the Qarlu people who had settled in the city of Broken Leaves that they were scheduled to discuss the conquest of Shiguo in the big tent of the Anxi Chinese army at less than three o'clock in the afternoon of the ninth day of the fifth month.

When the Anxi soldiers went to the military camps to inform them, Cen Shen was under the leadership of Feng Changqing to tidy up and arrange the seats in the big tent of the Chinese army that had just been set up.

At more than half of noon, the seats had not yet been fully arranged, and when Feng Changqing and Cen Shen were too busy to take care of eating, the Beiting Protector Wang Zhengjian and the Deputy Protector Ashina Yang had already rushed to the Anxi military camp with more than 100 Beiting Ya soldiers.

"How did you come so early? Doesn't it take a while to start? Seeing Gao Xianzhi welcoming Wang Zhengjian and Ashina Yang into the tent for the office, Cen Shen couldn't help but ask curiously.

Feng Changqing smiled, pointed out and said: "In the western expedition to Shiguo, although there are many soldiers and horses from the subject countries, only Anxi and Beiting Er play a decisive role. As long as the agreement between the marshal and the king is completed, the military strategy will be set at seven, seven, eighty, eight, and the rest of the soldiers and horses can bow down and obey orders. ”

"What's the use of having a military discussion later, just give the order directly." The tired Cen Shen was puzzled.