Chapter 149: Winter
"Special forces, heh, in fact, are soldiers on special missions!"
"Can Yongzheng elaborate on what a special mission is?"
A random question and answer came from the study, and the soldiers standing guard outside the door, their faces were as pale as iron, motionless.
In November, Jiangning ushered in the first snow of winter. The sky was overcast, and in the gray sky, snow particles like fine sand were falling.
The snow has been falling since last night and has not stopped until this morning. On the ground, there were already nearly three inches of snow. The snow particles in the air, sprinkled on the snow on the ground, made a rustling sound. It is like the sound of spring silkworms chewing mulberry leaves.
Jiangning City is covered in snow, and the streets shrouded in flying snow are foggy. In this snow and mist, pedestrians hurried by, wrapped in their clothes.
Wuyi Lane is now also a silver world. The ancient alleys were paved with a layer of crystal silver by the snowflakes that fell from the sky.
At the mouth of the alley, there will be occasional carriages coming out. On the front of the horse, the coachman shook the snowflakes off his body, raised his whip and drove the horses forward to meet the snow.
Occasionally, the curtains open, revealing a happy or sad face. They had different expressions on their faces, looking at the snowflakes outside with beautiful eyes, raising their hands to catch a snow particle, and watching it melt into the palm of their hands and become a drop of water. With a soft sigh, he closed the curtain.
The carriage stomped on the ground and disappeared into the mist.
Go to the depths of Wuyi Lane, and it is the residence of King Huainan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wu Ningyuan.
At this time, the warriors at the gate stood solemnly on both sides of the Zhu Gate, occasionally raising their hands to pat the snow on their bodies, but their expressions were still solemn.
And the two stone lions at the foot of the steps were also covered with a thick layer of snow. At this time, it looks like two little pets wearing white cotton clothes and afraid of the cold.
After entering the door, I walked along the path in the bamboo forest bathed in the snow, and arrived at the winding path, which was the core of King Ning's mansion, Wu Ningyuan's study.
Don't look at this bamboo forest that is not very large, but it contains the most exquisite formation. If there is no one to lead the way, it will never be able to get out. Moreover, hidden in the bamboo forest, those battle-hardened sergeants are also ready to kill the incoming enemy at any time.
At this time, the soldiers who were hidden in the bamboo forest still stuck to their posts and lay motionless in ambush around. However, if someone can sneak closer, they can be heard chatting about something.
"I said, third child, you say, is this Lu Gongzi a demon or not! Now many people in Jiangning say that he is a Wenqu star, but I always feel that he is the reincarnation of a demon. Look at that immortal who can fight, accountant, and whatever! In the snow, Zhanxiong was lying prone in the snow, wearing a white camouflage suit. While staring at the bamboo forest, he said to Wang Wudao beside him with white gas.
Wang Wu held his breath, listened intently to the voice coming from the study, and nodded thoughtfully: "I think it is, heh, but if you want to say that Lu Gongzi is a demon, it is also a good demon!" Have you ever seen that demon who doesn't hurt anyone? ”
"That's right!" Zhan Xiong secretly took out the flask and poured a sip of strong liquor to resist the overwhelming cold. He said with a mouth full of wine: "If the snow wolf battalion that Lu Gongzi said can really be promoted in the army, then what are my Great Zhou soldiers afraid of?" ”
Wang Wu took Zhanxiong's wine jug and poured it with a sip, hehe smiled and nodded: "That's right, such a soldier is simply a heavenly soldier!" Hey, and the treatment is good! ”
He smiled wistfully, but then, without knowing what he remembered, he said with a slumped face: "However, this is too demanding!" ”
He sighed, stretched out his fingers that were red from the cold, and counted them one by one, while wrenching his fingers: "Body, uh, what's the body?" ”
"Physical fitness!" Beside him, Zhanxiong looked like he was smiling at fifty steps and a hundred steps, despising Wang Wu for being uneducated, and reminded him.
"Ah yes, you have to have excellent physical fitness, and running ten miles in one breath is the entry. Moreover, the martial arts must be superb, and it is the most basic to fight five against one. In addition, all weapons must be used. Especially crossbow arrows, not to mention 100 shots, but 99 shots. Plus, what else is hidden, lurking, forced marching and the like. What's even more perverted is that what more patience, patience, psychological, uh, psychological quality is excellent. Is this still something that people can do? Wang Wu counted his fingers and slammed his mouth.
"Cut, you're a little scared when you just heard it!" Zhanxiong glanced at him, smiled, and recalled: "Then we were in the clouds, fighting with the Turks, and that time we didn't run and our legs and feet were weak. Moreover, when you get to the place, you have to fight immediately. Counting the mileage of the run, it's a lot! ”
Looking at Boss Zhan's smug look, Wang Wu secretly rolled his eyes on the side, thought about it in his heart, and suddenly said, "What about the crossbow arrows?" ”
Zhanxiong's smile suddenly froze, he turned his head and glared at Wang Wu viciously, and said menacingly: "Don't mention crossbow arrows to Lao Tzu!" ”
Wang Wu finally moved back to the first game, and he smiled proudly in his heart. Instead, he pricked up his ears and continued to listen to the conversation between Lu Gongzi and Ning Wangye in the study.
In the study, the firewood in the stove was whirring, warm as spring.
At the door, in an incense burner, cigarette smoke gently fills the room.
In the center of the study, Lu Heng and Wu Ningyuan sat on both sides of the table.
The two of them drank tea leisurely, talking about the special operations method that Lu Heng occasionally mentioned some time ago.
Lu Heng picked up the teacup with one hand and took a sip, holding a brush in the other, and filled in a few words on the piece of paper full of words on the table: "The so-called special mission is to assassinate the other party's senior generals, or even infiltrate the enemy country and assassinate the enemy's emperor." There is also the destruction of roads, attacks on the enemy's logistics, and so on. Tasks that play a key role in the entire battle situation are special missions! ”
"This task is so arduous, with a team, I'm afraid it's difficult to accomplish!" Wu Ningyuan frowned, looked at the clear training rules on the paper, held the tea cup that had already cooled, raised his head and glanced at Lu Heng, and then stared at the special tasks listed on the paper, and after thinking about it carefully, he asked.
Lu Heng held the teacup, smiled, held a brush and drew a circle on the elements of the special forces, and said with a smile: "This is what I require, the quality of the special forces must be high." Oh, such a soldier, in any army of the Great Zhou, is a well-deserved king of soldiers! ”
"I'm afraid it's hard to recruit such a soldier when recruiting!" Wu Ningyuan knew the combat power of the Great Zhou army, and when he thought of the successive defeats, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, sighing.
Lu Heng smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No, such a sergeant is not recruited among the people, but in the army." Out of a hundred soldiers, it is already a great luck to be able to recruit one! ”
"Such a small odds?" Wu Ningyuan asked in amazement.
Lu Heng bent down, picked up the teapot, and after refilling it for the two, he put the teapot down, took a sip of the tea and said, "Well, the chance is very small." However, the path taken by the special forces is the elite route. Rather lack than excess! I originally wanted to find one out of a thousand soldiers, but Ning Yuangong, you are about to go to Beijing, so I relaxed this restriction a little. It's good to fill in a magic weapon for you early! ”
Yesterday, the emperor's envoy came to Jiangning City.
This envoy Wu Ningyuan also knew that it was Xiao Dapeng, a tiger general who followed Wu Ningyuan to fight in the south and the north back then. However, this guy heard that he was thrown into prison because he collided with the son of a certain minister.
Now, this guy has been imprisoned from the stairs and has become the emperor's envoy.
Among them, the emperor's goodwill is self-evident.
I'm like this, are you embarrassed to do that?
Seeing Xiao Dapeng appear in front of him vigorously, Wu Ningyuan didn't say anything at that time, just stretched out his arms and took him into his arms.
And beside him, Zhanxiong and others, who are close to Xiao Dapeng, also burst into tears.
After Wu Ningyuan finished hugging, Zhanxiong Wang Wu and the others came up, and one of them gave Xiao Dapeng a punch. The three of them laughed, but there were heroic tears in their eyes.
When Xiao Dapeng came to Jiangning, he took the emperor's handwritten letter with him.
And according to Xiao Dapeng, this letter turned out to be handed over to him by the emperor himself. And at that time, the emperor's face was very embarrassed.
Wu Ningyuan was a little stunned, after receiving the letter, he looked at the fleshy confession on the letter, and thought of the imperial brother who didn't bow his head again, and now wrote this letter like a letter to a woman. The flesh is numb. The look on Wu Ningyuan's face was quite interesting.
However, no matter what, the royal brother finally remembered himself.
As for who bows to whom and admits his mistakes.
At this time, Da Zhou is facing the situation of foreign invasion, and it has become unimportant!
Wu Ningyuan closed the envelope, then picked up the pen, and was about to write a reply. But I remembered one thing. He put down the brush and turned back to the inner room. After a while, he brought out a worn-out Mingguang armor.
After putting it in his hand and looking at it for a long time, he finally sighed and handed over the Mingguang armor to Xiao Dapeng.
"Bring this armor back, and he'll know!"
This armor was when the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty was in rebellion. The eldest prince of the year, the current emperor, gave it to Wu Ningyuan.
This is a gift of tacit understanding between the two.
It is also a testimony of brotherhood!
Now, Wu Ningyuan took out the armor that had been preserved for decades to tell the emperor. At all times, you and I are still brothers. Between brothers, there is no need to be so polite.
After Xiao Dapeng left, Wu Ningyuan was forced to calm down. But at night, I lost sleep because I was too excited.
I didn't close my eyes all night, and the next day, I couldn't wait to call Lu Heng over.
Some military strategy is being discussed.
"Yongzheng, what are your plans for the future? Is it true that you really want to stay in Jiangning for the rest of your life? With the separation imminent, Wu Ningyuan asked this question again. He held the teacup, through the heat coming out of the teacup, looked at the opposite side, the scholar who was slightly thin but had extremely bright eyes, was silent for a while, raised his head, looked at him with burning eyes and asked.
(To be continued)