Chapter 44 Loyalty

Li Rong and the others guarded the belongings they had collected from Changhe Castle, and they galloped on the official roads covered with thick snow, and the wheels of the carriages loaded with heavy goods left deep ruts in the snow. Fortunately, everyone grabbed a lot of horses in Changhe, so the foot speed was not slow.

Horses are strategic materials, and they are extremely important strategic materials, this time in addition to the necessary gold, silver and copper money, all the armor weapons and war horses that can be moved away are all pulled away by a decline. In order to pursue speed, each carriage does not carry much cargo, which makes the queue quite long.

In fact, in troubled times, grain is more useful than gold and silver. But in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, of course, a sack of copper coins is more than just a sack of grain, so grain, which occupies a lot of place and weight, was not grabbed this time. Otherwise, the Hundred Battles Army would not be * this time, but engaged in transportation.

"It's been three hours, why hasn't the general caught up yet?" Li Rong glanced at the hour and said with some concern.

"Huaizhou Assassin Shi Dong Zhang came in person, which is so easy to deal with. The snow is not conducive to the march, that is, the army has not arrived, and the general has to delay time, and it will take a lot of effort. Wu Changjian said, "Anyway, your task and my task is to transport these goods to the territory of the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible and join General Li Shaocheng, so as not to delay the big thing." ”

Li Rong nodded, sighed and said: "You're right, the general stayed to deal with Dong Zhang in order to buy us time, the faster we go, the more the general can support for a while, and there will be less pressure." ”

Wu Changjian felt something in his heart, and said: "After the Lord will personally break off, this kind of thing is rare in ancient times, and it is even more rare in this world now. I rarely admire anyone in my life, but I admire the general very much! ”

Li Rong remembered the past with Li Congjing. If it weren't for Li Congjing's recruitment with the power of King Jin, he would now be just a town army, how could he be promoted to the head of the capital in a short period of time, let alone become one of the three commanders of the military intelligence department now, receiving double the salary.

"The general is really respectable. For us, it can also be called Bole. If there were no generals, how could we be waiting for today! Li Rong said with feelings.

Everyone chatted for a few words, and Li Rong found that Tao Xiaoyao had never spoken, this former master of Immortal Mountain, always looked careless and indifferent, which made people feel mysterious and a little curious at the same time - after all, such beauty is very rare.

Seeing that Tao Xiao didn't speak, Li Rong said, "Commander Tao is worried about the general? ”

"Worried? What is there to worry about. Tao Xiaoxiao threw a handful of snow into the cup, and the weather was not too cold. After she said this, Li Rong was a little unhappy, and felt that Tao Yao was too unkind. However, Tao Yaoyao said next: "Li Congjing's guy, probably only when he worries about others, and he doesn't need others to worry about him." ”

Li Rong paused for a moment when he heard this, and then his heart lit up. Yes, when does Li Congjing need others to worry about him, with his wisdom and martial arts, it seems that he really doesn't need others to worry about him - but if so, isn't it too lonely? After all, everyone needs to be cared for.

The army continued to move forward, and at dusk, Li Congjing still did not catch up. Li Rong arranged for everyone to rest for a while, but he did not camp, and two moments later he led everyone to rush overnight.

However, everyone fought fiercely last night, and today they rushed for another day, and they were really tired and tight, Li Rongwei boosted their morale, so he said to everyone: "Being in the enemy mirror, there are traps on all sides, and there may be enemy soldiers who will kill us at any time, and we will be killed." Today's plan is to hurry up and get out of Liangdi as soon as possible. You and I should go faster, and we will be able to meet General Li Shaocheng before dark tomorrow, and then we don't have to worry about it at that time. After the general waits for us, we must not let the general and your comrades shed blood in vain. ”

Everyone remembered that Li Congjing and the sharp soldiers of Junzidu were as tired as them, and even the battle last night was still excessive, and now they are still desperate and bleeding, but they only need to hurry, so thinking about it, their hearts are a lot more balanced, and their steps are faster.

Li Rong was extremely cautious along the way, but the return journey was unexpectedly smooth, and there was no Liang army to block the way forward. In this way, at dusk of the next day, they finally got out of Liangdi and met Li Shaocheng, who led the army to meet him.

Li Rong and the others all breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Shaocheng didn't care about the twenty or so carts of property, but asked with a gloomy face: "Where is the eldest brother?" ”

Li Shaocheng knew that Li Congjing's trip was dangerous, but Li Congjing did not take him, but ordered him to lead the army to respond. He didn't see Li Congjing at this time, he was so anxious that he didn't even call him "general", and asked him directly where his eldest brother was.

A few months ago, he was just a small capital with only a hundred men under his command, but now he is the commander of a thousand cavalry. Li Rong misses Li Congjing, why doesn't he Li Shaocheng miss it? The vast majority of the generals of the Hundred Battles Army were greatly promoted by Li Congjing, and those who have a little conscience are grateful. Moreover, they now have to accept the ideas of those teachers all day long, loyalty, filial piety and integrity...... He and Li Congjing are still sworn brothers.

What's even more secret is that when the King of Jin gave Li Shaocheng's 100 slave horses to Li Congjing, Li Cunqiao also summoned Li Shaocheng and asked him to take good care of Li Congjing...... Li Cunqing's meaning is very clear, if Li Congjing has three longs and two shorts, he Li Shaocheng doesn't have to mix.

Facing Li Shaocheng's gloomy face, Li Rong was also speechless. This cavalry commander, a cold face never seems to loosen, and everyone is cold, probably natural. However, under the long scar on his face, the evil aura could not be resisted. Li Rong was a little weak-hearted, and he said in a low voice: "After the general broke off, he hasn't returned yet......"

Li Shaocheng's face changed when he heard this, he grabbed Li Rong's collar, his anger was irrepressible, and he roared in a low voice: "You actually let the general cut off the queen for you?!" ”

He didn't care about Li Rong's face, and he didn't care about everyone watching.

Without waiting for Li Rong to answer, Li Shaocheng threw him away, then turned over on his horse, greeted the army behind him in a deep voice, and said, "Order: The infantry army escorts the booty back to the camp." The cavalry will go with the general to meet the commander! ”

After Li Shaocheng finished speaking, he didn't look at Li Rong and the others, and rode out.

Li Rong looked ashamed, his cheeks were red, and his eyes were dripping. Seeing Li Shaocheng leading the horse army away, he suddenly roared and said, "What the hell are you still doing in a daze, waiting for dinner?" Give the carriage to the infantry army, get on the fucking horse, and follow Lao Tzu to pick up the general! After speaking, he said, "If anything happens to the general, there is no fucking need to live!" ”

The ashamed faces of the people all got on their horses one after another, and some of the warriors who were already soft enough to be on the carriage and really had no strength anymore also jumped up at this time.

Li Rong turned over and got on the horse, and he began to regret it in his heart: Why didn't he turn back to pick up Li Congjing today? Although Li Congjing repeatedly told him to strictly abide by the military order when he was leaving...... But if the generals are gone, what kind of fucking military order will they keep!

At this moment, the atmosphere of the army was really dull, as if a thousand-year-old volcano was about to erupt, and everyone was extremely nervous. The mood can be contagious, the atmosphere can be infectious, Tao Xiaoxiao doesn't seem to be as firm as before at this time, when she climbs the mountain and gets on the horse, she is also muttering in her heart: "Could it be that Li Congjing is really safe?" Immediately, she shook her head again and said to herself, "This is impossible. ”

The devil knows why she has so much confidence in Li Congjing, but even so, she still keeps up with the pace of the team, and even surpasses the rear team.

The army had not gone far, and a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the official road under the sunset in front of them.

The leader, the knight and the war horse, all had an unrivaled momentum, as if the gods had descended from the heavens, as if there were avenues everywhere he went. Where there is no road, a path will be born when he is trodden by his horse's hoof.

Except for Li Congjing, it won't be anyone else.

"Big brother!"

"General!"

Thankfully, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the cavalry rushing over in the sunset, Li Rong's eyes turned red and he almost burst into tears.

"Haha!" Li Congjing jumped off the horse with high spirits, "This time the harvest is quite rich, enough for the Hundred Battles Army to have a good year!" It's not in vain for us to work hard, it's worth the money, congratulations! ”

He laughed loudly, but the faces of everyone before meeting him were a little complicated, the atmosphere was also very abnormal, and the eyes looked at him with some indescribable meaning.

Li Congjing was stunned, even though he was very thoughtful and wise, he couldn't figure out what the situation was for a while. Stopping laughing, he wondered, "What's going on with you?" ”

Of course he didn't know that these subordinates of his had almost committed suicide to apologize. He didn't even know that what he said just now simply hit the most vulnerable part of everyone's hearts - the main general went deep into the enemy mirror to risk his life, and almost couldn't come back, just to raise supplies for his subordinates for the New Year, what a kindness this was, although he was not in a situation where he almost couldn't come back.

"General...... Why did you catch up at this time? Li Rong swallowed his saliva, and his voice was quite difficult.

"Haha, that's what happened!" Li Congjing "suddenly realized". He waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "Why did you wait for your return journey to be smooth sailing, nothing happened?" It was all the envoy with the gentleman, waiting for you to sweep the formation, and stopped a group of Liang troops, so there was no time to follow up and join you! ”

When he said this, the wind was light, but everyone was almost moved to cry when they heard it, especially the soldiers who escorted the goods: How many times do you have to die in the bath to block a group of Liang troops? But everyone didn't know about it, they thought Liang Jun was stupid enough, and they walked cautiously enough, but now they found out that the damn is all fart! That's all covered by a general's life!

At this time, everyone noticed that Li Congjing's armor was stained with blood.

"General......" Li Rong suddenly knelt down in front of Li Congjing, choked up and couldn't speak. This steely man, at this time, actually shed tears, this road is difficult, as one of the parties, he can understand it best, plus shame, this time is even more unbearable. But he was not good at words, but at this moment he just hoarsely shouted: "He will go to the soup for the general every day, and he will not give up!" ”

Li Rong's shout immediately infected the soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department who were escorting the property, and the gentlemen were all wounded, and they all knelt down, and a sea shouted: "Go to the soup for the general, don't hesitate!" ”

"For the general, I will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire, and I will not hesitate to ......"

Li Congjing was stunned for a moment, and he was a little at a loss.

He said that he stopped a group of Liang troops, which was true, but it was all when he stood in front of people, and after a few longbows and shots, they retreated. After all, the ones who could come were all the horse soldiers from the nearby town army, there were not many people, and their combat effectiveness was average, so who couldn't get along with their group of killing gods. So Li Congjing didn't bother much about this at all.

As for the blood stains on the armor, they were all left by the pursuit of Dong Zhang, and they were someone else's blood. Li Congjing naturally didn't expect that these made everyone mistakenly think that he was fighting extremely hard.

The army of troubled times is unruly and loyal.

But when the things that he had been looking for suddenly appeared in front of him, Li Congjing was a little at a loss. Looking at the large number of soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army who knelt down in front of him, Li Congjing felt a burst of warmth in addition to being stunned - people's hearts are flesh and blood, how can they be ruthless? Up and down, no matter what, he treated the Hundred Battles Army with sincerity, and finally got a reward.

For this human heart and human nature, Li Congjing feels that this troubled world is not so terrible, so hard as iron, useless. In this cold, snow-covered wilderness, there is actually a temperature.

Li Congjing was moved. For the first time, he felt a sense of belonging to this strange and familiar era. These feelings of belonging come from the soldiers under his command and from his hard work. Li Congjing even felt happy because he was cared for and loved, because someone was willing to fight for him.

For the first time, a hot current surged from the bottom of Li Congjing's heart. He finally discovered that in this chaotic world, what he wanted to protect was not only his own life.

Li Congjing stepped forward to help Li Rong up, and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone get up, as your commander, you entrust your life to this envoy, and this envoy dares to disobey your life?" ”

"I'm willing to serve the general!"

"I'm willing to serve the general!"

"I'm willing to serve the general!"

All the soldiers responded loudly, the sound shook the sky, many people had red eyes, and almost even the snow on the branches of the trees beside the road was shaken off a lot by the sound waves.

Li Congjing nodded, feeling very good. But he suddenly reacted, this is still Li Cunmiao's world, and political mistakes cannot be made, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the King of Jin, long live the Great Jin!" ”

Anyway, Li Cunqiao is going to be the emperor, and if he says long live him earlier, he will definitely be happy.

In the end, Li Shaocheng shouted in conclusion: "Congratulations to the commander of the capital to triumph!" ”

So all the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army shouted for a while, and then they were classified.

"By the way, General, what's going on with Dong Zhang?" Everyone was still curious about Li Congjing going out of the city to face Dong Zhang, and Wu Changjian asked at the moment.

Li Congjing had a look of regret on his face, and said: "This fight is very big, and the ability to escape is even greater, let him run away!" ”

Everyone felt that it was a pity, but after thinking about it, Li Congjing was able to defeat Dong Zhang under the circumstances at that time, and let him flee for his life in a hurry, which was really powerful.

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