Chen Xu returned home from duty, walked into the courtyard, and saw the third sister washing clothes.

Looking at the third sister who was seriously washing clothes, Chen Xu's thoughts returned to the past, and unconsciously remembered the first time he saw her, the whole person was thin and skinny, her big eyes and eye circles were red, and she often couldn't eat.

The past is vivid, as if it didn't take long, like yesterday.

Counting the days, two years have passed. The third sister ate and dressed well in Chen's Mansion, her face was also rounder, her skin was delicate, and her body bones had grown, not as thin as before, and she was only a part of Chen Xu's waist taller, but now it has grown to the position where his chest is slightly shorter.

There are women in the house who have just grown up.

Unconsciously, the third sister "suddenly" grew so big, Chen Xu secretly thought, like a quiet little flower, it doesn't attract attention on weekdays, but she grows very hard. This is the feeling that the third sister gave him at this time.

"Aaron." Seeing Chen Xu in the courtyard, the third sister called out with some surprise.

"Hmm." Chen Xu answered, walked up to her, and asked, "How are the clothes?" ”

In fact, Chen Xu had already seen the clothes in the wooden basin, and this sentence was purely because he hadn't thought about what to say for a while.

"Not much." The third sister hurriedly shook her head, looked at him, and whispered.

Seeing her little appearance, Chen Xu couldn't help but reach out and touch her head, the third sister meekly lowered her head slightly and did not speak.

Chen Xu doesn't have a habit of touching his head to kill, but just now he looked at the third sister and inexplicably had the idea of wanting to be pampered, but not many people in modern society give their heads to others to touch, and they are not happy, as for the head touching and killing appeasement, it is a plot that only exists in anime.

"Ah Lang, it seems that you came back later today than before?" The third sister raised her head and asked softly.

Chen Xu was a little curious: "Do you know when I will be on duty?" He remembered that he had never mentioned his duty time to the third sister, and he didn't pay much attention to her on weekdays, and his feelings were more pity and sympathy for this poor little sister.

"I'm just asking, does Ah Lang think I'm annoying?" The third sister said.

"Nope. Today, I received a message from the Privy Council and ordered me to gather in Huainan with all my men and horses in three days. Chen Xu said.

"Ah Lang is going to the front line to fight again?" The third sister raised her head and looked at Chen Xudao with a worried expression.

"Haha! Third sister, don't worry, your Ah Lang fought such a battle, and he didn't come back safely and soundly, besides, the military generals are not going to fight with the imperial court. ”

Chen Xu reassured.

……

After receiving the order from the Privy Council to transfer troops, Chen Xu said goodbye to his family, and ordered the left wing of the Hujie army to go all the way south and march towards Huainan.

led the army out of Beijing, and after more than ten days, everyone successfully arrived on the north bank of the Huai River.

The place where the Wei army built the pontoon bridge had been changed from Zhengyang in the west of Shouzhou to Xia Cai (now in Fengtai County, Anhui) north of Shouzhou, and the banks of the Huai River on both sides of Xia Cai had been controlled by the Wei army, so they were not worried that they would be attacked by the Southern Tang army like Zhengyang.

The army crossed the pontoon bridge safely and smoothly, and it was very peaceful.

The Huai River forms a "convex" character flow direction in the Xia Cai area, and Xia Cai happens to be in the upper part of the top of the "convex" character. Due to the constraints of the Huai River on both sides, the south bank of the area looks a little narrow.

As soon as I crossed the bridge, I saw several civil officials riding horses watching, and there were a few armor soldiers and horsemen guarding them.

Chen Xu squinted his eyes and found that he didn't know those people, he hadn't seen them, he rode forward on a horse to greet them with a smile, and greeted them, they were all colleagues in the same court, and they still needed basic politeness when they saw others.

After saying goodbye to a few people, Chen Xu led the army to continue to advance.

When he arrived here, he was already not far from Shouzhou, and he could even see the black smoke rising from the tower of Shouzhou City in the distance, and even hear various noises on the battlefield such as shouting and killing, screaming, etc.

The military order written to him by the Privy Council only ordered him to gather troops and horses to rush to the Shouzhou camp, and did not give him a specific task, but he faintly felt bad. Could it be that my performance was too good, and the emperor sent me to capture Shouzhou. Obediently, Shouzhou City is more than twice as tall as Weiwu City, and we can't jump so high, let alone fly. The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, or go to the Shouzhou camp first. Chen Xu said secretly.

At this moment, Chen Xu met a person with a relationship on the road, Li Gu. For Li Gu, although Chen Xu and him only have a one-sided relationship, they are still quite impressed, and of course, there is also the reason why Li Gu sent Chen Xu more than a dozen horses to him when he went north to Jinyang.

I saw him wearing an official robe, stroking the long beard on his chin, standing on the side of the road, looking at the army advancing in the avenue, and at this time he also saw Chen Xu.

Chen Xu rode to the side of the road, but when he saw him, he also looked at Chen Xu with a smile, dismounted and walked to Li Gu, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Li, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Haha!" Li Gu laughed, "Chen Ducheng really has a good memory, after nearly two years, he can still remember me." It's just that I'm not the prime minister anymore. ”

Chen Xu said with a smile: "That's natural, I was just a soldier at the beginning, but I didn't want adults to treat me well, so I gave me dozens of horses, Li Gong may forget, how can I forget."

Li Gu laughed "haha", with a little relief on his face, and said: "Chen Ducheng, for more than a year, he has fought bravely and fought victoriously, and he has reached such a point with his military exploits. Ha ha! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Chen Xu said modestly, "I don't know what position Li Gong lives in now and why he is here." ”

Li Gu said: "I am now judging the affairs of the Shouzhou government, mainly to raise food to supply the army of the Shouzhou battalion, prepare for the use of ordnance, and appease the local people. On the contrary, some of the officers and men of our army are arrogant and tyrannical, and they have indiscriminately killed innocent people, which is very hateful! ”

Li Gu sighed.

"Gong Li, rest assured, I will definitely restrain my subordinates, abide by discipline, and never kill recklessly!"

Li Gu glanced at Chen Xu with a little smile, and said something that made Chen Xu a little confused: "I heard that His Majesty intends to send you to attack Shouzhou."

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, he wanted me to fight Shouzhou, he/mother/of, Lao Tzu what to fight, if only he knew gunpowder, the whole explosives package, blew up the city wall of Shouzhou, a great achievement, but unfortunately I don't understand, modern people, there are a few to ponder gunpowder, and they are not terrorists!

He has no doubts about Li Gu's words, there is no need to lie to himself, he has been the prime minister anyway, and he also has connections, and his credibility is relatively high.

After greeting Li Gu and saying goodbye, Chen Xu continued to move towards Shouzhou.

The Shouzhou City in the field of vision is getting taller and taller, and the various noises coming from the battlefield are becoming more and more clear and noisy.