Guan Lao Er curled up motionless in the wooden cage, his hair was knotted one by one because of greasy and dust, and the original green clothes and pants were now full of sweat and blood stains, mixed with sludge and water stains, and the original color could not be seen for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He didn't take a shower for a few days in the hot weather, and now even the soldier who brought him food covered his nose with disgust and threw the dry cake into the cage. If it weren't for the gourd that Liu Xiaoqi hung up on the wooden cage before, I'm afraid I wouldn't even remember to give him a scoop of water.

Along the way, he was groggy, except that he knew how to march with the officers and soldiers because of the bumpy road, Guan Lao Er didn't know anything about his future - no, he still knew, but subconsciously avoided it. If the official wants to kill the chicken to show the monkey, he can't escape the left and right to look at the head, and the five horses are divided into corpses, or even cut a class alive.

The road seemed so far away that there was no end in sight, but Guan Lao Er knew that the destination of these tens of thousands of Sichuan soldiers was Chishui. What will happen to him when he arrives in Chishui? At first, he had the leisure to speculate, but then he simply didn't think about anything. What do you want to do? Guan Lao Er looked out through the gap in the railing of the wooden cage, the color of the sky gradually turned to a light and thin blue, and the sun became softer and gentler day by day, and on the seventh night of his captivity, the dew of the night even wet his already tattered and dirty clothes.

The weather is getting cooler. In August, Shu may still be hot, but Guizhou, which is located on the plateau, has quickly cooled down. I can't even wear a single coat in the morning and night, and I am old like Chen Xianda, and I have a lot of old injuries on my body, so I have to add a coat.

His legs and feet were so sore in the past two days, although every day after nightfall, the soldiers wanted to boil hot water to burn his feet and invigorate his blood, and asked the soldiers with good skills to give him massage, but the march in the day still made Chen Xianda suffer a lot, and even gradually he couldn't even walk, so he had to ride a horse every day.

At this time, the camp had already been set up, and the man was busy for almost half an hour before he finally made all the food for the whole camp. Ordinary soldiers are just a bowl of white porridge that is clear enough to see the shadow, two flatbreads, and some pickles such as kohlrabi and radishes, and the officer has a few pieces of salted meat, but when he arrived at Chen Xianda, the man knew that he was tired a lot in the past few days, and he had made old problems in his legs and feet, so he opened a small stove for him, carefully renovated a table of dishes, and asked his own soldiers to send them to him.

But I'm afraid the guy's kindness will come to naught today. During the meal, Chen Xianda was not in his tent, and when it was dark, he came back from the Chinese army with a dark expression. At this time, the food was cold from the inside out, and the soldiers saw him pacing in circles in the tent with his hands behind his back, and he didn't know what was going on, so he had to accompany him and ask him carefully: "General, why don't you go and call the man to come and collect the food and heat it up?" ”

Chen Xianda reacted at this time, he saw that he had lit a butter candle, so he stretched his neck and looked out of the tent, "Ahhhh The soldiers hurriedly responded, and were about to call the husband to come to the hot meal, but Chen Xianda stopped him: "What kind of food?" Go and call me all the officers first—tonight there was going to be something big to announce. ”

The soldiers were startled, not only slack, but hurriedly passed the word. He returned to the tent and saw Chen Xianda sitting on the mazaar, the candlelight cast a long black shadow on the tarpaulin, and there was still a meal without a trace of heat on the table in front of him, Qianhu Guan's face was expressionless, his hands were pressed on his knees, his two black and thick eyebrows were habitually wrinkled, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed downward, he heard the movement, looked at the door, and asked lightly: "Are they all called?" ”

The soldiers didn't dare to slack off, and immediately bowed down and replied: "Yes, all the team officers have called, I'm afraid that those who are close should arrive now." As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar sign up sounded outside. Chen Xianda nodded, didn't speak, raised his chin towards the door, and the soldiers knew how to go out, and after a while, Zheng Guocai lifted the curtain and walked in, and saw Chen Xianda bow down and clasp his fists and salute: "Thousands of households!" ”

"Sit." Chen Xianda said concisely, and asked again: "How is the team?" Are the generals alright? Can you eat enough? Do you have enough clothes? ”

Although there was some surprise, Zheng Guocai still replied in a decent manner: "Everything is fine in the team, just the past few days of hard marching, the brothers are a little tired, but after a few days of rest, there is nothing to do." Although the meal was not very good, it was barely full. After all, this is on the way, and everyone can understand it. It's a little cold these days, morning and evening, but it's still hot during the day. ”

"Hmm." After listening to Zheng Guocai, Chen Xianda only made a vague nasal voice as an answer, and did not comment a few words as usual. Zheng Guocai was a little surprised, but looking at his face, he didn't dare to ask anything. After this brief nasal voice, both Qianhu Guan and Zheng Guocai fell into silence, and it was not until the team officials who arrived one after another broke it.

Because the camp was the farthest away from the Chinese army, by the time Li Yongzhong arrived, the other officers had already arrived and sat down. When he saw it outside the tent, he felt a little embarrassed, and wanted to stand quietly in the corner, but Chen Xianda asked coldly, "Which one is coming?" The officer of Team D? ”

Li Yongzhong was a little helpless, but he could only stand up at the moment. He strode in front of Chen Xianda, made a crisp metallic sound under the collision of the nail leaves, stopped in front of the Qianhu official in three steps, bowed down and clasped his fists and saluted: "Li Yongzhong, the officer of the lowly Ding team, has seen a thousand households!" ”

"Don't make these nonsense words." Chen Xianda waved his hand and pointed at him, "You sit here." ”

The team officers exchanged inconspicuous glances, but Zheng Guocai, Zhou Qian and Feng Baoqun had normal faces, and they didn't even move the tips of their eyebrows. Li Yongzhong chuckled in his heart, his face was no different from before, and he didn't ask much, he answered a short yes, and naturally sat down on the first Mazha on Chen Xianda's left.

At that moment, almost all the officers' eyes converged on the young man, and after a moment, they moved away as if nothing had happened. Chen Xianda didn't seem to be aware, looked left and right, and said in a deep voice: "After camping today, more than 1,000 households are discussing matters in the Chinese army, and now the generals will come back and listen to you, all listen to them and keep them in mind, this matter is extraordinary, if someone is still not clear in their minds, let the old man get out and clear it up and come in again!" ”

There was silence in the tent, and a trace of satisfaction flashed in Chen Xianda's eyes, but his face was a little more serious, and he said solemnly: "We know that the second Guan who captured the day before yesterday confessed that there were remnants of the White Lotus Sect who tried to collude with the barbarians, intending to fight on both sides and kill one of us by surprise!" ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xianda slammed his fist on the top of the case, and said with an angry face: "That Laoshizi White Lotus Sect is just a first-class mountain bandit, and he dares to say that it is the name of a general who helps suffering!" Shameless! Dough is unnecessary! As a Han Chinese, he wants to help the abuse! Such a person deserves to be caught by us and cramped and skinned! Speaking of this, his face softened slightly, and he said: "Now, the platform is being generous, we can't contact his old man, this matter is very important, and it can't be delayed, therefore, just before, the military gate has made a decision on how to deal with this matter!" ”

Hearing Hou Liangzhu, everyone listened more carefully, Chen Xianda bowed his head slightly with satisfaction, raised his voice slightly, and said: "Because of this matter, it is deeply related, so the military gate decided to strike first!" I found out that the eastern part of the town was in the area of Baisasuo, and there were 3,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and I falsely claimed 10,000, so I was waiting to join forces with the barbarians to fight in Chishui! In order to prevent the two families from merging, the military gate decided that the two battalions of the Xiangzi Battalion of the former army and the Xianzi Battalion of the Chinese Army should go to Baisasho first, and it is necessary to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of this bandit, and leave no one behind! ”

Hearing that he was going to cooperate with the Xiangzi Battalion again, the officers of the Xianzi Battalion made a fuss about themselves first. Although Chen Xianda has accumulated power for a long time, there are still people who are muttering to his comrades under his head: "How can I be born again in Xiangzi Battalion!" In addition to this battalion head, there is no other person in this Chinese army who can fight? ”

There are also people who play a round game: "Aren't the strong generals of the Chinese army all in the Xiangzi Battalion!" Although there are some mistakes in the Xiangzi battalion ahead, when it comes to combat power, you really have to count this! The speaker gestured, gave a thumbs up, and gave a thumbs up.

At that moment, someone snorted coldly: "Where can the Xiangzi Camp be called powerful?" It's just a nephew of a military family inside! Since the seizure of the head, they all take the big head, and when they encounter hard bones and difficult ones, one of them runs faster than the other! ”

Seeing that the more he talked, the more he didn't look like it, Chen Xianda slapped the case with a wooden face, and shouted angrily: "Okay! One by one, the net will speak! If people are not good, you are good? I just don't know if I can be like this if I get on the station. ”

When this sentence came down, no one dared to respond. Chen Xianda was still annoyed, so he didn't say much, just kept his face and continued: "I won't say anything about it, just one thing, although we will go to Chishui first with the army, but we want to move with the camera, and then we ......will go in the direction of Baisasuo" Speaking of this, his face darkened, and he took a breath and said: "The general originally wanted to be with the brothers no matter what, but I didn't expect ......" Chen Xianda sighed, lowered his eyes and said: "The general is now the old injury has recurred, in order not to drag the brothers back, the military gate specially told the general, I don't have to go on this trip to the White Place. ”

If it was just a pot of water in the hot oil before, the situation is even more lively now! After a moment of stunnedness, the team officers scrambled to talk to Chen Xianda and asked, "Thousand households!" This is true!? "For such a big thing, how can the military gate not let thousands of households go up!?" "Since we entered the camp, we have been fighting under the command of Qianhu, why didn't we let Qianhu go on today?"

Looking at the mess below, Chen Xianda roared with a straight face: "Okay! It's not like that! Why, if I don't go this time, you won't be able to fight! He pointed at Zhou Qian and scolded as if he hated iron and steel: "Zhou Cannon! What were you talking about? Why do you shut up now, and really think you're a saw-mouthed gourd?! ”

Zhou Qian choked and shrank on the maza, trying to hide himself in the shadows of his colleagues. After scolding Zhou Qian, Chen Xianda turned to Feng Baoqun again, and his tone was still not good: "Old Feng! You're an old man, how can you still mess around with them!? Not decent! Such a little fame actually scolded everyone severely.

In the end, Chen Xianda snorted coldly and said: "The military gate called us to the camp, this is trustworthy to us!" Otherwise, why don't you ask someone else to go!? This is a great military feat ahead! If you can successfully find that group of mountain bandits, and then take his lair, this is a great fortune! Even if we can't catch up with Chishui, it's not a pity! ”

Zheng Guocai asked at this time: "Qianhu," he was one of the few rare people who didn't complain much, and only went through this matter in his mind a few times, and the doubts really surfaced one by one, and he cautiously asked: "Qianhu, didn't you say that Guan Er's mouth was very tight, and he didn't know the location of Zhenchuan East no matter how he bit it?" How do you know it now? Besides, our destination is Chishui, and now we have to turn to Bai Sasuo......" He coughed, and there was some doubt in his words: "There is no doubt in the lowly position, but this matter is too sudden, and it really makes us unprepared." ”

"But you don't need to worry about these things!" Chen Xianda drank angrily and said: "The military has its own means, so you can use it to worry about it!?" Now I'm going to say something else -- Officer Li. His eyes fell on Li Yongzhong, and the young team officer remained silent, neither dissatisfied nor questioning, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

As if sensing Chen Xianda's gaze, Li Yongzhong nodded calmly to Qianhu Guan and said, "Qianhu, you are in a humble position." ”

"This time I went to the White Scatter Institute, and you were in charge of taking over."

As soon as Chen Xianda's words came out, he was even more shocked than just now. Just now, it was just the officers showing their loyalty, but now they are mostly unbelievable - of course they know the relationship between Li Yongzhong and Chen Xianda, but even if it is father and son, they should not let such a fledgling yellow-haired boy take on this important responsibility!

At that moment, someone couldn't hold his breath and stood up to object, and said in a fierce voice: "Thousand households! Team Officer Li is too young, and if he is asked to take over, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince people! ”

"How can you not convince people?" Chen Xianda, who was kind and tolerant in the past, was extremely stubborn this time. He asked rhetorically: "Even though Team Officer Li is young, everyone can see how Dante's team is fighting. Besides, if it weren't for Team Li, who was still a merchant at the time, regardless of his own losses, he would have covered for the officers and soldiers, do you think we would still be able to sit here and talk now!? ”

After teaching the stunned young man who spoke rashly, he said in a slightly softened tone: "I know that everyone is worried, but I just think that Team Officer Li is young, and such a big thing is probably too young." But I, Chen Xianda, am a person, and I have been with big guys for so many years, how can I ever do unreasonable things? ! Everyone touched their conscience and said, can their own team fight head-on with Team D!? They are all people who lead soldiers, and I am afraid that I know this in my heart! (To be continued.) )