Riding a horse behind Dou Yi through the zigzag mountain and forest paths, the two of them were leaning against a hidden valley at the foot of the Great Wall, Qin Shen was startled by what he saw-

Thousands of horses were enclosed in the valley.

More than 100 soldiers were stationed around to be on guard, and he could imagine that there must be countless sentry agents outside the pass, scattered and patrolling.

"How?"

Waving away Du Bo, who stepped forward to salute, Dou Yi admired Qin Shen's expression with relish, and there was a rare show off on his face, which was really rare in him.

Qin Shen swallowed a mouthful of spit, turned his head and said in disbelief: "Where did Du Wei get so many war horses?" Why didn't I know? ”

Dou Yi laughed, gave him a look that you are really forgetful, and said with doubt: "Isn't it this battle of Wuquan?" ”

Saying that, there was a little regret on his face that he couldn't expand the results of the battle, and then said: "On that day, the Huns scattered and fled, so that your cavalry was scattered, and how could the infantry in the city chase after them, otherwise they would have to harvest more abundantly. ”

Qin Shen nodded suddenly, and said with concern: "Then what is the harvest this time?" ”

"But more than 3,000 rides." Dou Yi said lightly, looked at his surprised appearance and smiled, and explained: "Most of them are inferior horses transported by the Huns, I selected them and sent them to the clouds, after all, no matter what the quality of the soldiers is, Lu Fang finally sent troops to help me, and he is my nominal envoy, I really don't want to do too much, ha, the old and weak against the inferior horses, but also complement each other." ”

Dou Yi smiled and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes, and continued: "The remaining more than a thousand good horses will be kept for your own use." ”

"Thank you, Captain." Qin Shen solemnly thanked him.

Dou Yi waved his hand casually, and said: "You don't need to thank me, there is also most of your credit for this, speaking of which, I also had this plan to prevent Lu Fang from getting in the way, but I never thought that it was Wang Law Enforcement who would kill him." ”

After saying that, he sighed with a smile on his face, and then joked: "I also imagined that you would never need these horses when you arrived in Chang'an, so that you could keep them all for your own use and make up for the loss of Wuquan, which seems to be impossible now." ”

Qin Shen echoed and laughed a few times, and couldn't help but worry: "But Du Wei has hidden so many horses, isn't he afraid of leaking the news and bringing disadvantage to himself?" ”

"You mean Lu Fang?"

Dou Yi glanced at him in rhetorical questioning, and said indifferently: "Lu Fang has obtained nearly 2,000 horses for nothing, and he is already full of relief, so how can he trouble me again?" At today's feast, I have repeatedly courted me because of this, and ......"

Consciously amused, he said but suddenly changed his voice, and said: "Besides, now there is chaos in various places, the court is still too busy to take care of itself, the county and county take the opportunity to be a traitor, procurement, private equity and slave trafficking and other strange phenomena emerge in an endless stream, in order to protect their own strength, it can be said that they do everything they can, almost to the point of unscrupulous means, what am I?" ”

Yan laughed at himself, and then said: "It's just to make up for the battle damage!" Otherwise, why fight again in the coming year and keep the door closed forever? ”

Qin Shen was dumbfounded when he heard this, speechless, and had both the shock of hearing the chaos of today, and the fact that he really didn't expect Dou Yi's existence to be so presumptuous.

But when I thought about it, I felt that I was making a fuss.

After all, if the people who fought on the battlefield didn't even have this bit of heroism, how could they stand?

Dou Yi looked surprised and inexplicable when he saw him, only that he questioned his words, and couldn't help sighing: "You think I'm talking nonsense? Do you think that today's Wang Law Enforcement and knowing that Lu Fang is behind his back is a false threat? Do you think Lu Fang will be afraid of Wang Law Enforcement because of this? ”

"Definitely." Said self-shaking and shook his head in denial.

After a pause, he said helplessly: "With the king's duty and temperament to enforce the law, it is not that he is unable or unwilling to pursue it, but looking at today, there is nothing to be done except for him?" It's nothing more than pretending to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to see, maybe you don't know yet, the court has now been forced to use the means of entrapment, as long as the county orders are still obeying the orders on the surface, it is already praised, how can we talk about accountability? You know, the court still expects the county to listen to the order to quell the chaos that is rising everywhere. ”

After speaking, there was a complicated look of sarcasm and distress on his face, and he continued: "Lu Fang saw through this point and dared to do whatever he wanted, and I, I asked myself if I was worthy of my heart, what should I be afraid of?" ”

After hearing such a rare heart-wrenching remark, Qin Shen was silent for a moment.

In his heart, at this moment, there is no secret joy of heroes in troubled times, and there is only an inexplicable sadness about the inability of this era, and he can't help but sigh heavily and hang his head.

And when he poured out his indignation, Dou Yi seemed to be much more relaxed, looking at him with deep eyes.

"I am telling you these things today, not to persuade you to learn from Lu Fang's strange ghosts, but to let you recognize the facts, and don't be a fool if you don't know why you died."

"Thank you, Captain!" Listening to the advice that was still in place, Qin Shen's eyes suddenly became a little moist.

Dou Yi noticed that there was something wrong in his words, and looked at it carefully with a slight sense of astonishment.

Undisguised gratitude was written on Qin Shen's face, but this gratitude did not seem to be issued for the things in front of him, but as if all the gratitude was expressed for the experience of the past few months.

Dou Yi was silent, and in a moment he guessed what he was thinking.

"You don't have to thank me!"

Dou Yi stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder a few times, and muttered: "If you want to thank you, you will thank you for being born at the right time, this is your great luck, or the misfortune of the country, or the misfortune of the people, but no matter what, this is the best time for every person with lofty ideals." ”

Feeling the melancholy and helplessness in his words, Qin Shen nodded solemnly.

After a few months in the army, he finally has some understanding of the military system of this era, and he can go from being an outsider or a common person a few months ago to today's officials and worshipping thousands of generals, knights and doctors, all of which are invited by Dou Yi.

The rank may still be lowly, but it is something that many people may not be able to achieve in a few years, or in their lifetime.

Putting aside his own reluctance, Dou Yi really had nothing to say to him from beginning to end.

Dark clouds covered the sun, and the sky became dark at some point.

"There should be rain and snow this year, right?" Dou Yi escaped from the emotions of talking about the happiness and misfortune of the times and looked at the sky.

"Yes." Qin Shen responded in a low voice, looking at his tall but slightly aged and tired figure, his eyes shot out of respect without reservation.

He knew that the other party's worries were by no means coy.

And just this year, the precarious new dynasty has once again experienced a relentless drought that spanned an entire year.

Dou Yi sighed, as if he was no longer interested in talking, looked at him and said, "If you can't even deal with Lu Fang in the clouds, then go back to Wuquan and accompany me to live here for the rest of my life." ”

"Promise!" Qin Shen was not half unhappy about his little impatience, and respectfully agreed.

Three days later, they were persuaded to stay in Wuquan County, and Qin Shen, Qu Han and others drove hundreds of horses to the road to Yunzhong.

He was accompanied by more than 30 new generals under his name.

The number may be very small, but these people are all soldiers who followed his command when he was appointed to Dubo, not to mention loyal, but also the only remaining elite soldiers who have experienced countless wars and waves.

Everyone had no complaints about this, but were proud, straightened their backs and sat on horseback energetically, and accompanied him on a new journey.

It also made him realize that he had a great responsibility.

And being able to get the help of these more than thirty people is naturally inseparable from Dou Yi's operation, if it weren't for his insistence on doing this and taking advantage of the loopholes in today's chaotic management to transform everyone, Qin Shen might really have to go alone at this moment.

And Commander of the Light Pole, even if he is in the clouds, it is difficult to say how much of a storm can he set off?

Alas!

Qin Shen sighed with emotion and looked back.

The crowd under the closed door has not dispersed, and they stand quietly and look at each other from afar.

Among them, there are Dou Yi, there are friends in the robe who Wuquan met, and there are also picturesque and Arjuna who came from the county seat to cherish others, and there is also the little white who ran a few steps and fell to the ground, got up and ran a few steps and fell to the ground......

The corners of Qin Shen's eyes suddenly moistened his head, and he secretly swore to himself: From now on, I will only talk about interests, and I don't need any feelings!

It's just that although I think like this, I also know how difficult it is to really do this.

The figure disappeared into obscurity.

Along the road mountains and ridges undulating, the faint morning light penetrates the thin mist and reflects in the mountains and mountains, the mountains and forests seem to be draped in a layer of pale yellow colored clothes, the scenery is pleasant, but as far as the eye can see, it is inhuman, and it adds a bit of gloom in the cold wind.

Alas!

When the dark clouds cleared, the lieutenant must have been worried again, right?

"Why is the lord unhappy, is he worried about the trip to the clouds?" Cao Jin, who was sitting on the back of the horse and looking around with an excited face, saw his expression and couldn't help but ask with concern.

Qin Shen glanced at him angrily, and said impatiently: "I have reminded you several times not to call me 'lord', but you are still like this, how many times do you want me to remind me?" ”

"We are the generals of the lord's family, in order to distinguish others, what can we call if we are not called 'lord'?" Cao Jin retorted vigorously, and then wondered: "Why does the lord seem to be very dissatisfied with this title?" ”

Of course, Qin Shen was dissatisfied, and even a little taboo.

Although this title is extremely common in the world, as a person of later generations, whenever he hears this word, he always involuntarily sketches the picture of Liu Bei and others in his mind, and Cao Jin in front of him naturally evolved into Zhang Fei and others.

He really hates that feeling!

sighed helplessly, and said solemnly again: "That's good! At this time, I command you, in your capacity as a lord, that you shall not be addressed as 'lord' in the future. ”

"Forgiveness is hard to obey!" Cao Jin stiffened his neck and answered simply and decisively.

Qin Shen was suddenly choked by him.

At the same time, with a chuckle of "poof", Qu Han looked at him and said, "Brother Qin, why should you go against a title, isn't this asking for trouble?" ”

Qin Shen was dumbfounded, and said secretly: Let him go!