Li Xuanba has always felt that war is a very boring and deadly game of the powerful, and he hopes that there will be no war in the world, so he asked Yang Ling in the letter to persuade Yang Guang to give up the trip to Jiangdu.

Helplessly, expectations are not reality after all.

When I received Yang Ling's reply, it was already mid-April.

Yang Ling said in the letter that some varieties of peonies in Luoyang have bloomed, how beautiful they are, and said that she likes the poems written by Li Xuanba to her, and finally left three words: I'm sorry.

Seeing the three words "I'm sorry", Li Xuanba did not regard it as Yang Ling's rejection of himself, but realized that Yang Ling did not succeed. In the letter he wrote to Yang Ling, the last sentence was very abrupt, and Yang Ling's apology was also incompatible with the whole letter.

Li Xuanba had long thought of such a result, sighed, folded the letter and stuffed it into his arms. Although Yang Ling did not succeed in convincing Yang Guang, Li Xuanba was still very grateful to Yang Ling and grateful that she was willing to take this risk for herself.

Moreover, according to the speed of replying, presumably Yang Ling didn't think too much, which made Li Xuanba's feelings for her deeper.

The confrontation between Zhang Xutuo and Wagang is still continuing, since suffering a big loss, the Wagang thieves have been much more careful, and they no longer easily offend Zhang Xutuo's camp, and Zhang Xutuo has insufficient troops, and there is no way to take Wagangzhai.

In order to survive, Wagang invaded Wei, Wuyang and other counties to the north, blocking their waterways with Luoyang, which made several counties gnash their teeth, but they had no choice but to continue to play the imperial court and ask the imperial court to send troops to exterminate Wagang Village.

Zhang Xutuo guessed Wagang's intentions, and sent Qin Qiong to lead his troops to guard the camp, while he took a cadre of generals to lead his troops to wander around Dongjun, and when he encountered Wagang's bandits, he defeated them. After the Wagang thieves lost more than ten battles in a row, when they saw Zhang Xutuo's army, they scattered as birds and beasts, and did not confront Zhang Xutuo head-on at all.

Time passed day by day, and before I knew it, it was May.

On the first day of May, Li Xuanba and Qin Qiong sat opposite each other, watching the soldiers on the school field drill. Suddenly, it was dark, like the end of the world.

Li Xuanba looked up and understood that it was just a solar eclipse, so he continued to drink tea and didn't care.

But the soldiers on the school field panicked, and it was only under the centurion's scolding that they could stabilize themselves.

Most of these soldiers are Zhang Xutuo's newly recruited strong men, who only think that there are enemy troops attacking the camp, how can they not panic?

"Master Li is so calm and calm, Uncle Bao admires it." After the solar eclipse, Qin Qiong saw Li Xuanba drinking tea leisurely, without spilling a drop of tea in front of him, and said in admiration.

Li Xuanba said in his heart, isn't it a solar eclipse? Why should I panic? Thinking that the ancients' knowledge was a little different from his own, he understood it and said, "With Lord Qin here, what should I worry about?" ”

Qin Qiong first served Zhang Xutuo, then surrendered to Li Mi, and then joined Li Shimin's command, which reminded Li Xuanba of the name of the third family slave, so he didn't have much affection for Qin Qiong.

The reason why he is sitting here is just because of his status as a prisoner.

Qin Qiong could feel Li Xuanba's cold attitude, but he couldn't remember where he had offended him, so he said with a smile: "Lord Li seems to have some prejudices against Shubao? ”

Of course, Li Xuanba had no prejudice against him, but because the gap between Qin Qiong and his imagination was too big, he couldn't accept it for a while.

"You and I both work for the imperial court, how could Lord Qin say such a thing?" Li Xuanba said with a smile: "But Xuanba wants to ask Lord Qin, why did you join the army?" ”

"The husband should make meritorious contributions and serve the court." Qin Qiong replied sonorously, without hesitation.

Li Xuanba saw that Qin Qiong's expression was firm, not as if he was fake, and he sighed when he thought of the changes in the situation in the world in the future.

In fact, Li Xuanba knew in his heart that no matter who Qin Qiong chose to defect to, he was not at fault. In troubled times, who doesn't want to choose the Lord and follow him?

He thought again, didn't he choose Yang Guang because he believed that Yang Guang could revive the Great Sui?

"Lord Li seems to have something on his mind?" Qin Qiong and Li Xuanba have been together for some time, although Li Xuanba looks young, but he is calm and polite, Qin Qiong wants to make friends with Li Xuanba.

However, Li Xuanba seems to have been respectful of him.

In fact, after getting along with Qin Qiong for a while, Li Xuanba gradually understood Qin Qiong's personality, and his prejudice against him was much less. Now that Qin Qiong is smiling at him, Li Xuanba is really embarrassed to continue to be cold.

What's more, Qin Qiong is really a friend worth making.

"General Qin is an officer who worships Captain Jianjie, and he is older than me, why do you need to call me that?" Li Xuanba smiled faintly and said: "Xuanba is just a little worried, General Zhang cherishes the people and does not want to smoke more strong men, but the Wagang thieves are different, and they can't wait to recruit all the children into the army." If this continues, I am afraid that their momentum will grow stronger and stronger. ”

Qin Qiong looked at the hundreds of recruits in the school field, sighed helplessly, and said: "General Zhang has a high reputation, and the people of Dongjun heard that General Zhang recruited new soldiers, and no one is unwilling to join the army, but unfortunately General Zhang himself is unwilling." ”

"General Qin has been following General Zhang for some years, right?" Li Xuanba said casually: "According to some soldiers, when General Zhang exterminated Lu Mingyue, you and General Luo went deep into the enemy camp and burned down more than 30 camps of Lu Mingyue, so that General Zhang could defeat Lu Mingyue, which seems to be a matter of eight years of great cause." ”

Qin Qiong didn't understand why Li Xuanba mentioned this, and said calmly: "Shubao has indeed been serving under General Zhang for four or five years. ”

"Soldiers will inevitably be shrouded in the battlefield, if General Zhang is in trouble, what will General Qin do?" Li Xuanba stared at Qin Qiong and asked word by word, "Will you avenge General Zhang?" ”

Li Xuanba's words were actually very disrespectful to Zhang Xutuo. Qin Qiong felt that Li Xuanba respected Zhang Xutuo very much in his heart, so he didn't think that Li Xuanba would suddenly ask such a question.

At this time, the soldiers in the school yard shouted in unison: "Kill! Then each of them raised his spear and stabbed forward.

"I beg your pardon for not being able to answer." Qin Qiong was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "General Zhang is the hope of the Great Sui, if even he is in trouble, then Shubao really doesn't know how to deal with himself." ”

"I see." Li Xuanba said in a low voice. The atmosphere in the room instantly became awkward.

It was rare for Li Xuanba to talk to him so much, how could Qin Qiong want the two of them to remain silent all the time? So he asked, "Why does Master Li ask such a question?" ”

"General Lai once commented on you, saying that you are brave, ambitious, and have a good character, and you will definitely be able to achieve wealth and nobility by yourself in the future, and you will not be humble forever." Li Xuanba thought for a while and said, "Now that I talk to you, I think your biggest advantage is that you can see the general trend clearly. ”

Qin Qiong has always felt that Li Xuanba is calmer than ordinary peers, but now after talking to him, he feels even more in his heart, and what Li Xuanba said makes Qin Qiong feel that he is a little unfathomable.

Li Xuanba was just bored, chatting with Qin Qiong casually, naturally he wouldn't explain anything, in order to prevent Qin Qiong from asking, he got up and saluted, said goodbye and left, leaving Qin Qiong, who stood up, frowning and thinking hard.

A person often hates other people who are similar to him, Li Xuanba didn't like Qin Qiong before, in fact, this is the reason.

Now Yang Guang is still in Luoyang, and Li Xuanba is also loyal to him, but if Yang Guang is really buried in Jiangdu, what will he do? Don't want to avenge Yang Guang?

Li Xuanba knows who he is, and he knows that he won't do it.

Therefore, Li Xuanba felt that he was not qualified to dislike Qin Qiong.

"Since you had to defect to Wagang because Zhang Xutuo died in battle, as long as I save Zhang Xutuo, you shouldn't become his person, right?" Li Xuanba walked a long way, glanced back at Qin Qiong, and muttered to himself.