Chapter 618: Arriving at the barracks
On the vast snowfield, a huge convoy is moving quickly on the snow, although the snow is more than a foot thick, but the impact on the horses is not very great, especially the vehicles behind are all plows without wheels, the smooth snow will also reduce friction to a minimum, after the front plow passes, the snow on the ground is also very solid, and the back plow is very smooth. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Xiu sat on a special climbing plow, surrounded by thick fur to form a tent to block the cold wind, but even so, the tent seemed to be very cold, Li Xiu originally wanted to light a small stove in the tent, but because the ground was uneven, and the climbing plow did not have a shock absorption system, the stove was often shaken down, even if the stove was fixed, the fuel inside would splash out, which was very dangerous, so in the end he could only wrap himself tightly with fur.
"Master, I'm cold." On the other side of the tent, Yuechan suddenly lowered her head and whispered softly, her little face was also red, I don't know if she was frozen or because she was shy?
"Come here, don't move!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw Yuechan's appearance, and immediately stretched out his arm to stretch out the fur fur on his body, which made Yuechan smile shyly again, and then he suddenly got into his arms, and his little face was motionless on Li Xiu's chest, and Li Xiu wrapped the two of them tightly with the fur.
Since leaving Dingxiang, the farther north the weather becomes, especially the woman is weak, Yuechan wakes up every day and feels cold hands and feet, how can she not cover the heat, two nights ago, there was a strong wind, the temperature instantly dropped a few degrees, and Yuechan couldn't sleep, Li Xiu simply hugged her to sleep after finding out, although nothing happened, but the relationship between the two was further improved, and even Yuechan was much bolder, as long as it was cold, she wanted to drill into Li Xiu's arms.
Holding Yuechan's soft body, Li Xiu is not a gentleman who sits still, and he has been away from Chang'an for so long, which makes him a little uncontrollable, but fortunately, in the end, he still forced his attention to other things, such as thinking about the matter of going north with Tang Jian this time.
Previously, Li Jing agreed to Tang Jian's plan, and informed him to go north to meet Jieli as soon as possible, and it happened that the last batch was to be transported to the front line of the army, so Tang Jian set off with this material team, and Li Xiu also decided to go north with Tang Jian after thinking twice.
Since getting married and having children, Li Xiu has become very sorry for his life, never likes to put himself in danger, this time he was forced to helpless the logistics of the governor's army, he has always stayed in the safe rear, and never thought of going to the former army camp, but now that the war is about to end, Li Xiu changed his mind and decided to go to the front army camp to experience life in the army.
The reason why this decision was made was not Li Xiu's whim, but after careful consideration, with Jieli being defeated by the Tang army, all tribes on the grassland also saw the courage of the Tang army, plus they were originally very hateful to Jieli, so for a time all the tribes came to vote, and some tribes even took the initiative to offer cattle and horses to support the Tang army, which also made the Tang army allies everywhere on the grassland, and the safety of the rear was also guaranteed.
In addition, the war has been going on to this point, Jieli's only remaining troops are in the Tieshan area, and around him, Li Jing, Qin Qiong and Li Ji's three-way army will besiege Jieli tightly from the east, south, and west, and the only thing to worry about is that Jieli will risk fleeing north, so now wait for Tang Jian to appease Jieli, and then take advantage of his unpreparedness to attack, so as to eliminate Jieli in one fell swoop, this is a very historic scene, so Li Xiu does not want to miss it.
After thinking about it so much, in fact, for Li Xiu, it can be summarized into two aspects, the first is that his safety is guaranteed, and the second is that he wants to see Jieli being captured, so he decided to take a trip in person, and Zhao Deyan has the same idea as him, of course, Zhao Deyan mainly wants to see the last Turkic forces being wiped out, so that he feels more relieved.
Because they were in a hurry, Li Xiu and their transport team did not rest at noon, and the soldiers were hungry to wash the fried noodles with water, and ate while walking on the road, until the evening, when the team stopped, and then set up camp to prepare to rest, Li Xiu also got down from the climbing plow, and then stretched out for a long time.
The camp was carefully selected, there was not much snow here, it was quickly cleaned up, revealing the withered yellow grass below, and the tents were also erected, Li Xiu had his own guards, so it became a battalion of its own, and there were other army guards around the camp, and the most critical materials were adjacent to Li Xiu's camp, which was convenient for the surrounding guards to protect.
As night fell, the fire rose, and the iron pot on top also emitted bursts of aroma, Li Xiu originally wanted to eat a big pot of rice with the soldiers, but Yuechan insisted on cooking for him herself, so she raised a fire outside the tent, and then set up a small pot to boil rice porridge, added eggs and chopped cabbage to the prepared batter, and then fried pancakes in a small pot, and after a while, a stack of golden pancakes and a small pot of rice porridge were sent to Li Xiu, and there were also pickles mixed with sesame oil, although it seemed simple, But it is also very rare to be able to eat such a delicious meal on the march.
After a day of hurrying, Yuechan still had to prepare dinner for herself, and at this time she was also tired, Li Xiu also pulled her to eat with her, and after dinner, Yuechan was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and she was not idle for a moment, Li Xiu wanted to help her, but she refused, because in Yuechan's opinion, Li Xiu used to do these things at home, and it was a joke to let people see him doing housework outside, so he resolutely did not let Li Xiu interfere.
After dinner, Tang Jian came to Li Xiu to visit the door, Yuechan also hurriedly served him tea, and after Yuechan left, Tang Jian looked at Li Xiu with envy and said: "The horse is really a blessing, there are beautiful people by your side, it really makes me envious!" ”
"Ju Guogong laughed, at the current speed, it is estimated that you will be able to reach the former army camp the day after tomorrow, and then it will depend on Guogong's means!" Li Xiu couldn't help but smile helplessly when he heard Tang Jian's words, and then changed the topic.
"Jieli this person is profitable and unrighteous, on the surface it looks brutal, but in fact, he is very timid, and his vision is very short-sighted, for example, he is still unwilling to risk escaping to Mobei, one shows that he is lucky, and the other is that he is afraid, afraid that he will never come back after going to Mobei, taking a step back, even if he can reach Mobei alive, he doesn't want to suffer that hardship, so he hopes for peace talks, hoping that we can open the net, this kind of thinking is simply too naïve!"
When it comes to Jieli, Tang Jian also sneered and said, the more he comes into contact with Jieli, the more he looks down on Jieli, if it weren't for the fact that the Turkic forces were already stronger than the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid Jieli would not be qualified to be their opponent of the Tang Dynasty at all.
"Jieli's character does have many shortcomings, but Guogong shouldn't be too careless, everything is based on his own safety!" Hearing this, Li Xiu first nodded in agreement, and then opened his mouth and admonished, although the two armies did not fight each other, the Turks had no morality to talk about, so Tang Jian's envoy was also taking a certain risk.
"Thank you for your concern, Jieli is surrounded by our army, as long as he doesn't want to be exterminated, he won't dare to do anything to me, not to mention that he still pins his hopes for peace talks on me, so I don't have to worry about my safety." Tang Jian said confidently at this time.
In fact, in Tang Jian's opinion, his task this time is almost not difficult, it is nothing more than to deceive Jieli to sign a so-called covenant, so that Jieli thinks that the Tang Dynasty really talks with him, and when he comes back, Li Jing suddenly sends troops to sneak attack, so as to win Jieli in one fell swoop, at most it is to make him bear a treacherous infamy, but he doesn't care about this at all.
In the next two days, Li Xiu and they hurried to hurry, and finally arrived at Li Jing's camp in the evening of the third day, the number of troops led by Li Jing was not much, the main force was a fine cavalry of 5,000 people, plus some other auxiliary troops, a total of more than 10,000 people, so the scope of the camp was not large, but it was extremely regular, there were countless rangers patrolling the periphery, Li Xiu They were still a few miles away from the camp, they had been discovered by the rangers, and then they were welcomed to the camp.
Tang Jian went to see Li Jing, but Li Xiu didn't bother to see each other, after all, there was only embarrassment left for their father and son to meet, and he was escorting supplies to come, so the matter was naturally handled by the quartermaster, so he didn't need to come forward in person, and directly inquired about the residence of the Red Whisk Girl, and then came to visit with Yuechan, of course, the Red Whisk Girl's residence was also Li Jing's residence, but Li Jing was handling military affairs in the Chinese army's big tent, so he was naturally not here.
"Hugh, why are you here?" When the red whisk girl saw Li Xiu, she couldn't help but be very surprised, she didn't expect Li Xiu to run to the barracks at this time.
"Ju Guogong is coming to negotiate peace with Jieli, and there is just another batch of supplies to be escorted, so I came with him, after all, the war has been carried out to the end, and I also want to see Jieli's fate with my own eyes." Li Xiu said with a smile, and at the same time put down some of the gifts he brought, because of the lack of materials in the army, so what he brought was also some food, most of which were prepared by Yuechan herself.
"Hehe, you really have a heart, but you also brought me gifts in the army, and you are not afraid of gossip?" When the red-haired girl saw Li Xiu with a gift, she was also a little blamed at the moment, after all, this is a military camp, and Li Xiu still came to the door with gifts like usual, which made people see that there was indeed a bad influence.
"What's this, when a son comes to visit his mother, he can't be empty-handed, right?" Li Xiu didn't care at this time.
Seeing that Li Xiu still didn't care about other people's eyes, the Red Whisk Girl couldn't help but shake her head helplessly, and at this time, Li Xiu also had something to ask the Red Whisk Girl, so she immediately said: "Mother, I see that only the Middle Route Army is stationed here, where are Qin Qiong and Li Ji's armies stationed?" ”