Chapter 22: The Pledge to Embark on the Expedition (II)
Li Kuan rode on the back of Chasing Yun, waiting for the moment of departure, the march of the army is not a simple matter, tens of thousands of troops can be discharged on the road for miles just by people, not to mention that there are so many important baggage. So you can only queue up, and only when everyone is on the road can the speed be raised, and Li Kuan's new barracks are walking very far behind. The first is the marshal's personal guard battalion, followed by the most elite Longxiang battalion, and then the personal guards of the various generals, these people go to the front because they are all veterans who have been on the battlefield countless times, and they have enough experience to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water, and they are very skilled and not like recruits will waste too much time dealing with these open roads.
Listening to the desolate "How Can You Say No Clothes" Li Kuan was deeply touched again, this is the second time he has heard this famous song in the "Book of Songs". After several years, he still feels that he is not qualified to sing this song.
Soon the hours had passed, and it was their turn. Liu Wei began to sort out the queue, according to the queue of the long snake formation, these are very familiar to them.
Finally stepped out of the camp gate, Li Kuan walked in the front, and half behind him were Liu Wei and Tong Zhan, who followed him left and right. As for Li Kuan's little gray ash in the army, this big dog that can be called a beast has become the overlord of the nearby mountains and forests as early as a few days after he arrived, and often does not come back. But at this time, he obediently followed Li Kuan's war horse left and right, wagging his tail and enjoying himself. Although it shuddered as soon as it approached those ordinary war horses.
Li Kuan waved his hand and motioned for Little Gray to play from afar. It flicked the mane around its neck a few times, and walked to keep up with Li Kuan's team in the far field.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you think this song is too bleak? Won't it be a different song? Li Kuan asked Liu Wei and Tong Zhan. Every team that left the camp sang the song again. The army of the Tang Dynasty has no military songs, but at this time, the soldiers expressed their feelings and sang spontaneously. This expresses their inner hesitation, this time I don't know how many people will survive, the family is still waiting for them to come back, but can they still come back? The soldiers were confused. On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, who knows who will die in the next moment? Maybe it's anyone's possibility? It is inevitable that the general will die in a hundred battles. No one can live a lifetime without obstacles.
"If you don't sing this song, what will you sing?" Liu Wei asked in surprise.
"This ......" Li Kuan didn't think about it, and he couldn't think of what to sing for a while. But let him sing along with a song "How Can You Say No Clothes", but he couldn't sing it. He couldn't experience that kind of desolation and hesitation for the time being, and he never doubted whether he could survive on the battlefield.
"Why don't you write one, Lord Lieutenant! When my brother was in Chang'an City, I heard of the adult's name! Liu Wei said with a smile, this is not just sulking but sincerely. He knew Li Kuan's identity, so this time it didn't matter how many of them would die. But Li Kuan absolutely must not have an accident. This is Li Er's explanation, so he may have that aggrieved sullenness in his heart, but Xuanjiawei does know Li Kuan's literary talent, although Li Kuan has been reluctant to plagiarize too much, and no new works have come out since the very beginning of that winter, but Liu Wei happens to be the one who knows, and he stood guard in front of the hall of the prince's mansion that night.
"This ......" Li Kuan was a little confused about how to answer, this is a proposition composition. It's a bit difficult for Li Kuan, who graduated from junior high school. Li Kuan hasn't read a few books, and he hasn't heard a few songs from this era. How to write a song? And in such a short period of time.
"That's it, sir, just write one! My ears are calloused when I listen to this song! Tong Zhan also coaxed on the side: "Let's sing something different, showing that it's different!" ”
Li Kuan was a little moved, but what to sing? You can't sing "We Are Soldiers"! That's too, so what is in line with the rhythm of this era? Thinking about it, my brain hurts, I looked up at the sky, and looked at the migratory birds that flew to the south for wintering in the distance, these birds want to fly over the Qinling Mountains and spend the winter in the warm south.
"There it is!" Li Kuan patted his head, so that Liu Wei, who was already ready to give up, his eyes lit up, this guy just wanted to embarrass Li Kuan didn't have to write a ballad for Li Kuan, but now Li Kuan actually said that there is, it seems that this little prince's literary talent is not blown out, he saw it in front of the hall at the beginning, and thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had been practicing martial arts in waste over the years, but he didn't expect to think about it so quickly.
"I wonder what kind of song the adults have come up with?" Liu Wei asked sincerely, he had a little extravagant hope that His Royal Highness the King of Chu could create a miracle. This is mixed with a little selfishness of his, and the secret reason is not enough for outsiders!
"Gentlemen, listen to Ben General's word! What is the purpose of this expedition? Li Kuan's words were not only said to Liu Wei, but also to the three hundred Xuanjia behind him, although the sound of horses' hooves, but Li Kuan deliberately accentuated the sound, and the soldiers should still be able to hear it.
"Destroy the Turks, shame on you!" Liu Wei replied loudly, and several soldiers who were close behind him also echoed.
"So, gentlemen, listen to my song!" Li Kuan cleared his throat and began to sing in his hoarse voice, which had entered the period of voice change, this song is majestic, heroic, and majestic, which is more suitable for the appetite of these battlefield men than the desolate "How Can You Say No Clothes".
Li Kuan's voice sounded: "Ride Tang and protect my rivers and mountains; The blood will not be drained, and there will be no truce. After he sang a sentence, he stopped, and motioned for the soldiers behind him to sing along, this song could not be sung by one person to show that majestic momentum. Now Li Kuan is under the teaching of his own subordinates, let them roar later, not not.
Sure enough, when Liu Wei sang with the rest of the soldiers who were close to him, his momentum suddenly rose, and the kind of pride, the kind of heart that was higher than the sky, the blood did not drain, and the thousands of pride that they swore not to truce made the blood in their chests boil. Just listening to this first sentence makes their hearts surge, and what about the back? Liu Wei looked at Li Kuan expectantly.
"Ride Tang and protect my rivers and mountains; The blood will not be drained, and there will be no truce. Ride Tang and protect my rivers and mountains; The blood will not be drained, and there will be no truce. Today, there is the Tang Dynasty, which is rising like the sun; The shame of Weishui is difficult to calm the sea. The world is in turmoil, how can we get Corning? Tang has a sharp man, who competes with him. "This song is just a few lines, and it can be sung over and over again. And the more you roar, the more your heart boils.
When the people close to him began to roar the song, the rest of the people behind him joined in, the lyrics were short, powerful, the melody was majestic, heroic, just for these tough guys in the army, one by one pulling their necks, blushing, and roaring loudly. almost roared out the blazing blood in his chest, and wanted the heavens to know that the Tang Dynasty boy had such pride and such a belief in victory that dared to fight to the end. To make their firm will clear on this day, the voices of three hundred people overshadowed the four fields, and the voices of the previous large corps of thousands of people were louder and more high-pitched. Even the white clouds in the sky seem to be torn apart, coupled with the slowly rising sun, which complements the artistic conception of this song, isn't the current Tang Empire the same as this sun, it is not long after the rising sun?
Li Jing, who was several miles away, looked back in surprise, why hadn't he heard this song? It sounds exciting, I really wish there were a few Turkic dogs in front of me now, let me vent!
Even a seasoned battlefield general like Li Jing has such a mood, not to mention the rest of the soldiers, although the blood is boiling, but there is a heaviness, because of the sentence 'The shame of Weishui, the sea is difficult to peace'. This sentence is the pain in the hearts of all the Tang monarchs and ministers, as long as the Turks still exist for a day, then they can't be forgotten, the reason why Li Er gave Li Jing this time to give Li Jing the order to destroy the Turks at any cost is because he can't forget this shame.
"Which battalion of soldiers is this? Why haven't I heard this song in the first place? Who did it? It seems that it is still a new work, and the previous poems do not have the 'shame of Weishui'! Chai Shao asked the lieutenant general beside him.
"I haven't heard of the lowly position, but now it should be those recruits who are behind!" The lieutenant replied.
"Huh?" As soon as he heard that it was a recruit, Chai Shao's mind somehow appeared Li Kuan's appearance, maybe there was really this possibility, Chai Shao recalled. Then he turned around and waved to a soldier in the guard battalion behind him: "Lingwu, come here!" ”
It turned out that Chai Lingwu was pulled by Chai Shao to his side as a personal guard, after all, he was a father and son, how could he really let his son start as a miscellaneous soldier. Not only Chai Shao, but also the two members of Wei Chigong's family were also pulled to their side by Wei Chigong's former colleagues in the army, and Li Pengcheng and Liu Pengju also had their own places to go. These sons and brothers are now all on errands around the generals, although they are only the lowest-level soldiers, but they are also in front of their own parents, which also makes these generals feel a little relieved. As for them, it was not that they didn't want to take care of Li Kuan, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but they were all blocked by Li Jing.
"Humble duty!" Chai Lingwu rode forward, hugged his fists on the horse and echoed, this is in the army, you can't match father and son, you can only call yourself humble and call your father a general. This made Chai Lingwu a little unaccustomed at first, and after more than a month, he would not suddenly say 'father'.
"Let's see, is it the recruit of Captain Yunlu's battalion singing this song? Go back quickly! Chai Shao commanded.
"No!" Chai Lingwu took the order and left.
Li Kuan listened to this familiar melody, and his heart was a little fixed, fortunately, this song "Old Qin" has a deep memory, and it is quite appropriate to modify it! Riding a horse, following the large army in front, all the way to Shuofang City! (To be continued......)