In the early spring, everything is budding, under the blowing of the warm wind, the grass in the mountains and fields has poked its head out, the birds that have endured a winter are happily chirping and chasing in the air, and in the fields, several farmers are working hard.

"Grandpa, grandpa, look what I caught." A young boy with braided hair raised his little hand and stumbled towards an old farmer in the field.

The old farmer straightened up, beat his sore back with his hand, and when he saw his grandson running, a kind smile appeared on his dry and sad face, and he said repeatedly: "Slow down, slow down, don't fall, don't fall." ”

As soon as the young boy ran to the old peasant's side, before he could open his little hand, there was a sudden exclamation in the distance, and the old peasant looked up, only to see an old woman staggering towards them and shouting: "The officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming!" ”

The child's ears and eyes were bright, and he pointed to the flag fluttering in the distance and said excitedly: "Grandpa, grandpa, look at it, it's a big team, Daddy is here, I'm going to find Daddy!" As he spoke, he was about to run over there, but the child didn't know the harm of the war, but he only knew that Daddy was conscripted into the army, and when he saw the officers and soldiers of the brigade, he took it for granted that Daddy must be among them.

The old farmer hurriedly grabbed him, even ignoring the farm tools, and ran quickly towards the village with his grandson in his arms, and the child struggled hard and cried loudly, "I want Daddy, let me go, I want to find Daddy, I want Daddy ......"

"Xiaobao doesn't cry, that's ...... That's Kangguo's army, it's here to fight us, and Daddy isn't there. The old peasant panted and staggered, looking back in panic as he ran.

At this moment, a sturdy peasant woman ran up, took the young boy by hand, and said to the old peasant, "Ruber, give me Xiaobao!" ”

The old farmer nodded to her gratefully, the child stopped crying, and lay on the peasant woman's shoulder, and the two teary eyes were still unwilling to look at the military horse in the distance, hoping to find his father's figure.

The village was in sight, and the peasant woman glanced back and said to the panting old peasant: "Didn't we just form an alliance with Kang Guo, why did we fight again, I really haven't happened this day, when is it a head!" ”

The old peasant stopped and turned his head to gasp and stared at the dust in the distance, and said angrily: "They are all beasts, and it is unjust for the princes to fight recklessly, and it is against the law to raise troops in the spring planting season, alas, no one has followed the instructions of the ancestors." ”

"What about the ancestors, when the son is still alive today, who is willing to listen to him?! No one has taken the ancient hadith seriously for a long time, Ruber, it is better to hide quickly, it is important to save your life. A hairy boy said and ran into the village as fast as he could.

Ruber glared at his back, then let out a long sigh, took the child from the woman's hand, and sighed as he walked: "The human heart is not ancient, and the way of heaven does not exist!" ”

This place is the border area between Zhao and Kang, the local people have been numb to the war for many years, the villagers go home and close their doors, that's all, there is no move to flee into the mountains and forests, anyway, every house is left without any valuable things, and they are tired of escaping, and they are tired of hiding, so they simply resign themselves to fate.

The Kang ** horse did not enter the village, and galloped along the path, and the leader of the front team was a red-faced general in his forties, his lips were closed, his brows were tightly locked, and his brass bell-like tiger eyes were full of resentment, and he didn't seem to want to hide his inner dissatisfaction at all. Hearing the return of the horse, five miles away was already Pinghe. The general snorted heavily, waved his hand to stop the men and horses, and commanded the generals around him in a deep voice: "Camp in place." ”

An adjutant general frowned and suggested, "My lord, let's choose a hidden place to camp, General Copper is so ordered......"

The general spat and said hatefully: "He knows a fart!" If he really knows how to march and fight, he won't be confused so far, this is a frontier important place, which side is not full of secret agents? He thought that secretly sending a detachment of men and horses would be considered a miracle soldier, phew! I dare to assert that not long after we left the camp, Zhao Guo had already received the news, and now most of the Zhao people have already laid out their pockets waiting for us to drill, where is this bastard commanding the war, it is simply sending our brothers to the tiger's mouth! ”

The general was so frightened that he looked at him again and again, and said in a low voice: "My lord, be quiet, you can't cause trouble in vain." ”

The red-faced general sneered and said, "Do you have the life to come back when we go?" What are you afraid of at this time? If it weren't for ......, alas! In the end, he still didn't dare to say what was in his heart, it was nothing for him to die this time, but after all, he still had a small family, so he couldn't implicate them.

Another young general, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, frowned and said: "Lord Chi, let's march into Lian Kelianjie this time, Zhao Jun fled in despair, according to the last general, General Tong's analysis before sending troops may have some truth, Zhao Ren and Xiping fought viciously, and the troops that were transferred here have not been replenished in time, maybe we can really go down a few more cities." ”

The red-faced general known as General Chi is Chi Sheng, the general of Kang Guodingbian, who was once a fierce general under the account of the old general Huayang, who has been on the frontier for a long time, and has both courage and courage, this young general in his early twenties is none other than Huayang's youngest son Hua Zhen, hearing Hua Zhen say this, Chi Sheng sighed, looked at him with the loving eyes of the eldest brother and said: "Zhen'er, although you have read a lot of military books, you have not experienced many battle formations, and you have not seen the real sinister, you must remember that you must not underestimate your opponent at any time, this is what the old general once taught me, Chi Sheng has always been engraved in his heart and dare not look at it, today I will pass on this sentence to you, don't go to cross the river at night and raid you, and bring a thousand men and horses to garrison this side of the river bank to respond. ”

Hua Zhen seemed to be very reluctant in his heart, and said with a red face: "My lord, I want to cross the river......

Chi Sheng interrupted without saying anything: "This is a military order, so there is no need to say more." ”

Hua Zhen pursed his lips and reluctantly bowed down to receive the order.

Chi Sheng's face softened slightly, and he whispered in his ear: "Remember, if we are ambushed, you must not cross the river to rescue, and you don't have to guard the riverbank, quickly flee back, do you understand." ”

Hua Zhen's eyes widened and said, "This ...... This ......"

Chi Sheng pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "Silly Zhen'er, once we are ambushed by Jiao Gong, we have no chance of survival, this Jiao Gong is unknown to others, but I know very well that it is powerful, this person is familiar with the art of war and has been on the battlefield for a long time, the reason why he is unknown is only because he has been excluded from all sides and cannot display his talents, and now Zhao Wanghui has a good eye, and he was promoted to be the commander of this side at the beginning of his succession, hehe, I won't tell you, my father once suffered his loss when he was guarding the frontier, and at that time this Jiao Gong was just a partial general, He caught on the negligence of the old general, and burned a large amount of our grain and grass with only 300 men and horses, and killed more than 700 people. ”

"This scorched bow is so powerful?" Hua Zhen frowned.

Chi Sheng's eyes showed a look of gloom, and said: "Zhao Guo has a vast territory and is a great man, once the Ming Lord is in power, he can compete for hegemony in the world, only ignorant people like Tong Ling will arrogantly regard Zhao Guo as a fish on the anvil, alas, Zhao Guo really has a Ming Lord now, but our side is ......, alas! He is bright and I am dark, and this is the other! ”

"According to what the adults say, isn't our Kang Kingdom in danger?" Hua Zhen didn't believe his words, but he was still a little worried when he saw him look like this.

Chi Sheng's eyes burst out with excitement, "If the military advisor comes back, no matter how strong Zhao Guo is, he won't dare to look at me Dechang City with the courage of King Zhao!" But soon the light in his eyes faded, and he naturally knew that there was little hope of the military advisor's comeback.

Hua Zhen seemed to understand a little, and his confidence in the strong victory of this battle had been shaken, but after all, he was behind the gate, and said firmly: "Thank you for your kindness, but the Hua family will never escape from the battle, since the Lord sent me here to answer, then the end will never be dishonored!" ”

Chi glared angrily, and after seeing Hua Zhen's stubborn eyes, he shook his head and said slowly: "Zhen'er, I know that you are a general, and you should be relieved that you have such a spirit of the old general in the sky, but you must know that it is better to keep a useful body than to die in vain, this is the must of those who become great things, you are the blood and blood of the old general, and the soldiers of the three armies have love and compassion for you. Don't underestimate yourself, look at my hundreds of thousands of male divisions, nearly half of the generals are from the old general's account, although you are young, but raise your arms and shout, how can those uncles, uncles, and brothers stand up to help you, although the military division is a genius, but sometimes debut, the qualifications are still shallow, thanks to the support of the old general, there is no internal constraint situation, otherwise you will not be able to fight and fall ill once you encounter a traitor, your identity is special, the queen mother will also add three more points to the children of the Hua family, and the critical moment can help the military division a lot, so you have to do it yourself. ”

These words made Hua Zhen seem to have grown up a lot, he was born in a famous family and only had a sense of superiority and glory in the past, at this moment he faintly felt the sense of responsibility that belonged to him, thinking about Chi Sheng's words, he also eliminated a lot of prejudices against him, back to reality, he said anxiously: "My lord, since this is the case, why do you have to die?" It is better to unite the generals and directly write to the Queen Mother to clarify the truth. ”

Chi Sheng looked at him lovingly and smiled, and said: "You are still too young, the old general loves you too much, so that you don't know the danger of the court battle, if it was so useful, I would have already written a book, I tell you, even if we write a recital, the queen mother is probably not visible, since the traitorous and chaotic government, it is useless for the lords of the court to play impeachment in court, because there are no less than ten people who have been convicted of the crime, and there are seven or eight people who died in vain, this is still what I know, and who knows how many people will not know." ”

"That'...... So what should I do? ”

Chi Sheng lamented again, and said: "I have no way to retreat now, the military order is in my body, and I will die in military law if I retreat, although I am also a death, I can also have the name of martyrdom, and I will fight for my family to get a shadow, as for you, after this battle, you had better go home for the time being, and wait and see how the situation changes, in case you ...... In case one day the military advisor is also punished, it will be the death of Kangguo, you ...... You ......" Chi Sheng lowered his head and hesitated for a long time before he said softly: "You just managed to escape to the country of Yi, Yi ** division has an old friendship with the old general, and is a very affectionate person, I heard that after the old general died, he also set up a tablet in the Zangxian Valley to worship, I don't think I will treat you lightly." ”

"You mean He Junshi?" When mentioning Yi Guo's He Junshi Hua Zhen's face was excited, his ears had long been filled with the deeds of this He Junshi, but He Junshi was living in his teacher's house to learn art during his time in Kangguo, so he didn't have a chance to see him, and he often regretted it when he thought about it later.

Chi Sheng nodded, and then frowned.

"Have you ever seen Master He?" Hua Zhen asked with interest.

"I've seen two faces, but I haven't had a chance to talk." Ji Sheng smiled.

"Does he always have a ...... on his face as everyone says? A flashy smile? Hehe, the word flashy is used when the father talks about his smile, but when he says it, he doesn't have the slightest disgust but seems to be quite approving, what kind of smile is that? ”

"Hehe, I can't say either, the old general's 'flashy' is very appropriate."

Hua Zhen, who was excited, finally noticed General Chi's unrelenting appearance, thinking that he must be thinking about the sneak attack battle at night at this time, and it was indeed a little inappropriate for him to talk to him about Yi ** Division now, so he hurriedly bowed down and retreated.

Chi Sheng grabbed him and said: "Thanks to the old general, I can afford to entrust you to me, Zhen'er, if I can't come back here, you must be cautious in the future, go back to your Uncle Fang, and tell him what I mean, he must have a way to help you disarm and go home, Zhen'er, alas, I should have given you more earlier, just because I have been in a bad mood since the old general passed away, and I always inevitably miss the old general when facing you, so I avoid you a lot of the time, and then the military division lost power, I was even more depressed, and I was less concerned about you, I hope you will be more considerate of me as a brother, in fact, in my heart I have always regarded you as my own brother, and after I go back, I will ask for more guilt in front of the old lady, and I will say that I am ashamed of the cultivation of the old general, and I can no longer serve the Yang Mansion, so I can only pray here for the longevity of the old lady Jin An, and the peace and auspiciousness of the young lady. As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he bowed in the direction of Dechang.

Hua Zhen's tears fell, since he came to Chi Sheng's tent, he was really a little dissatisfied with Chi Sheng's attitude towards himself, only when he didn't remember the old grace and deliberately coldened himself, he didn't think that this rude-looking general had such rich emotions in his heart, he misunderstood him, and hurriedly bowed on the side to thank him on behalf of his mother, and was just about to say thank you, Chi Sheng saw one of Tongling's henchmen walking towards this side, he stopped Hua Zhen with his eyes, and his lips moved slightly: "The thousand people I left for you are in charge of the wooden dragon, and this person is not in line with me, When the henchman in Tongling is present, you just order Mulong to cross the river to rescue, he will definitely shirk, so that the crime of cowardice will fall on him, Tongling can't catch your handle, remember? ”

Hua Zhen also saw Tongling's henchman, and closed his mouth and said "um".

"Go ahead and arrange it, there must be no mistake!" Chi Sheng waved his hand at him, raised his voice and commanded, and then walked over to the man.

Hua Zhen turned around and secretly wiped away the tears on his face, and walked to the camp full of sorrow.

ps: This book is the sequel to "Jiuding Military Division", please see the previous work for the relationship between the characters.