PS: "Brother, you came over to occupy Chang'an, brother, I'm happy!" Now my brother has one thought, that is, don't stop, don't stop! Continue to fight westward, fight through the Qinling Mountains, occupy Tianshui, occupy Jincheng, fight Wusheling Mountains, sweep Hexi, and fight all the way to the Western Regions, and sweep away all these bullies that bully purple fat people and what giant maggots are fierce and fierce! ”

Chen and Guo knew that the begging blazing pan was entrenched in Qinzhou, and they were frustrated and Mengxun were divided into sweet and cool places, but it was the first time they heard someone distort their names like this, and they couldn't help laughing.

Liu Yu was sad for days, and he didn't even go out of the house, Guo Xu couldn't do a happy event at this moment, so he could only postpone the days of worship. Xiao Qiao is happy to have a few more days to prepare. Although she was glad that Guo Xu was still determined to marry after learning about her life experience, she was still reluctant to do so. As for Guo Xu himself, his impulse was dissipated by external force majeure, and he also felt that some things needed to be prepared more carefully.

Autumn goes to winter, the cold in Guanzhong is pressing, and the outfits of marriage must also change with the solar terms, and the house must also be prepared with heating materials. A neighbor told him that he wanted to hang a cotton curtain on his door, and he didn't even know what a cotton curtain was. The landlord gave him a long list and asked him to shop according to the order, otherwise it would be very hard to spend the winter in Chang'an. Anyway, Guo Gong has to buy a lot of things when he gets married, so it is better to collect all the baskets and save the candles in the cave room The next day will be stretched. Xiao Qiao is pleasant, before the door to be a daughter-in-law, has been following a few neighbors sister-in-law to learn needlework, people said look at your man's body, you will definitely have joy soon, count the days your baby will land in the autumn and winter of the next year, you have to make a full set of cotton jackets, cotton pants, cotton hats and cotton shoes for the baby. Xiao Qiao's face is red and her heart is happy. Sink down to learn the skills of a good wife and mother, she is already clever. With a little care, you have already mastered the doorway. In the past few days, I have stayed at home, trying to make a cotton ear protector commonly used by northerners for Guo Xu, but I don't know if Guo Gong is willing to put two monkey-like earmuffs under the majestic hood when he is on duty.

This is true for one person, and the same is true for the three armies. The Beifu soldiers came from the south, and before they fought Murong Yan and captured Guanggu, although they also fought from the Yangtze River to the Yellow River, but Qingzhou Yanzhou. After all, it is still the east, and it is close to the sea, so it will not be bitterly cold. Now in the northwest, if you want to defend in the long winter, the fierce enemies are first of all Marshal Feng, General Han, Snow Dudu, and Captain Frost. "Summer does not conquer the south, winter does not conquer the north", it is really simple and sage. The most urgent task at the moment is to replace the single battle robe on his body with a cotton robe, and the iron armor with leather armor. Horses also need protection from the cold. The mattress under the saddle should be thickened. After running and sweating, you must quickly cover the big quilt, otherwise you will get sick, and then there is no cure.

Most of the materials need to be solved locally. It can no longer rely on water transport from the south. Fortunately, the treasury of Yao Qin has now changed hands, and it is used for it; Moreover, Wang Zhenwei called for wind and rain in Guanzhong, and shouted that the villagers responded. It was not difficult to raise military funds, and the Northern Expeditionary Army quickly changed its outfit. If the officers and soldiers do not speak. Looking at the clothes, he is already a northerner. The generals fox Qiu Mengrong are like the leaders of "Hufu riding and shooting".

Clothes are nothing more than a cover on the outside of the skin. You can wear it however you want, but it's not easy to fool the stomach in the skin. The rice brought with the army has been depleted. After the grain and grass were harvested locally, these tens of thousands of southerners changed from eating rice to eating wheat, and the firehead army from the south did not know how to deal with this white powder, so they had to ask the locals for help. But even if the local chef carefully concocts the pasta, there are still many people who are not used to eating it. In addition, the food of the northerners is simple, and the big pot of rice in the army is more coarse, and after a few meals, it is faintly full of complaints. Experienced generals know that the trivial matters of eating and drinking may seem to be humble and insignificant, but they are really related to morale. Raising soldiers for a thousand days, in fact, is to eat for a thousand days, if you don't eat well, you don't raise it well, and when it comes to using it for a while, I'm afraid there will be resentment. And if there is a disgruntled soldier, it is difficult to be determined to die.

The news of Liu Muzhi's death soon spread in the army, and Guo Xu knew that this person was the courage and wisdom of the captain, but he didn't think deeply about what it meant. Chen Song is more scheming, knows more about the story, and has been sullen for the past few days, feeling that Liu Muzhi's death will definitely damage the Northern Expedition, but he doesn't know how bad the result will be.

On this day, Guo Xu left the camp, he wanted to buy some dried fruits in the market to bring to Xiaoqiao, but when he passed by Chen Song's camp, his mind changed, and he temporarily took him to drink.

The two went up to a restaurant and sat down at a table by the window. The shopkeeper has been dealing with Beifu soldiers for a while, and he has long been able to read the number and know the class. When I saw the two red cloaks, I knew that it was the owner of the building, and immediately came to greet him in person. The two of them ordered their own dishes, and I invited the wine today.

Chen Song said that you Miss Sun, I haven't had time to meet yet, there are a lot of things these days, so I'll just wait for the day of the chapel. Guo Xu heard him call Zhuge Qiao Miss Sun, and secretly wanted not to tell him the truth, but swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth. Today I just want Chen Song to relax, and I can't press him with heavy topics. So he said, Brother Chen, should you also think about starting a family? Chen Song smiled and said that you yourself just hit the luck you like, otherwise you wouldn't be the same as me. In these days of chaos and blood licking, if you are not a matchmaker like you, how can it be so easy to meet someone you like. To say that I still like our girls in Koto. But if you stay in Guanzhong from now on, I'm afraid you can only marry a local wife. Guo Xu compared Xiaoqiao with the local girls he had seen who were still beautiful, and he couldn't help but be a little proud.

"If it's really a permanent stay, is the eldest brother willing?"

Chen Song slid around the table with an empty wine bowl:

"If you can really stay permanently, it is nothing more than to change your stomach, eat rice instead of noodles, eat chicken instead of sheep, even if you have an old bone, you can't change the Jiangdong dialect. After the fighting, the soldiers from the south were almost dead, and we old fellows had to bring local soldiers. A few years later, we died, and our children and grandchildren were born locally, speaking Guanzhong dialect as if the people of Jiangdong had never been here at all. ”

Guo Xu laughed at first, and then felt that there was a deep truth in Chen Song's words that he couldn't tell, and suddenly gave birth to a faint and almost sad thing. Grandpa and Father must be willing to return to their homeland. Xiaoqiao can't go back to Jiangdong. He's going to put down roots in Guanzhong. But if you think about it carefully, he was born in Jiangdong and grew up in Jingkou. When the old man dies in the pass, in fact, it is difficult to say whether the guest dies in a foreign country or returns to the roots. Perhaps this life is to be a donkey and a horse: to throw the seeds of his ancestors in a foreign country and carry them back to the pass. Give birth to a baby who takes the first bath with Guanzhong water, sprinkles the first soak of boy's urine in the soil of Guanzhong, and speaks Guanzhong dialect. was groaning, listening to Chen Song say quietly:

"I'm afraid I can't stay forever."

Guo Xu was taken aback. Looking up at Chen Song, the latter seemed to have a smile on his face. was about to ask, when suddenly a thin middle-aged man on the next table came over, and sat down without asking if they were happy or not:

"This military master, what do you mean when you say you can't be stationed?"

The few people sitting with him all turned their faces to look at this side.

Listening to the accent, this person seems to be from Tianshui and Luoyang, and he looks like a businessman. Chen Song didn't expect that someone listened carefully to his chat with Guo Xu, and was actually interrupted, which was somewhat annoyed. But since it's the common people. I can't have seizures, and I can't share my worries and thoughts, but I smiled and shook my hand, saying I mean we will often go out to fight, and we can't always enjoy Qingfu in Chang'an City.

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face relaxed.

"It's good to fight, we look forward to you going out to fight! The military masters work hard, boss, the two military masters this meal. Count me Lao Du please! You add a few more good dishes and take out the old wine you have hidden. ”

Seeing that Chen Song was going to refuse, this old Du made a gesture and said that if you don't let the old brother have a treat. It shows that you southerners look down on us northerners, and you are not of the same mind as us.

The stakes are too big to bear. It was up to him to go.

Old Du happily put the table over and told the man to remove the leftovers. I re-ordered a few signature dishes that the kitchen was good at, and filled Chen and Guo with wine. It's a resumption. Chen Song was a little uncomfortable at first, but when he saw Lao Du being so informal, he quickly let go, and after three rounds of drinking, a table of people began to laugh and call him brothers. Lao Du drank a few bowls of wine, his face was flushed, and he poked Chen Song's chest with his fingers:

"Brother, you came over to occupy Chang'an, brother, I'm happy! Now my brother has one thought, that is, don't stop, don't stop! Continue to fight westward, fight through the Qinling Mountains, occupy Tianshui, occupy Jincheng, fight Wusheling Mountains, sweep Hexi, and fight all the way to the Western Regions, and sweep away all these bullies that bully purple fat people and what giant maggots are fierce and fierce! ”

Chen and Guo knew that the begging blazing pan was entrenched in Qinzhou, and they were frustrated and Mengxun were divided into sweet and cool places, but it was the first time they heard someone distort their names like this, and they couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that this old Du, Du Chongguang, had been Sima of Tianshui County in the Jin Dynasty, and later Qinzhou fell into the hands of the Hu people, and many people died in his family. The Hu people rose and fell, you sang and I appeared, the war in Qinzhou was endless, and the remnants of his family migrated all the way to Guanzhong.

Guo Xu picked up the bowl and toasted Du Chongguang, saying that if the army goes west, your Tianshui hometown will be restored, Brother Du, are you willing to leave Chang'an?

Lao Du tilted his neck and finished drinking, his eyes widened, and he buttoned the empty bowl to his chest, as if to scoop out his heart:

"Brother, to tell you the truth, if the army goes west to conquer Qinzhou, I don't want the family business of Chang'an! I sold my money to buy military rations! I joined the army with all my children, and if I could fight and kill, I would rush forward, and if I died, I had to rush to the West. If you can't beat it, you will be a guide, and the woman will cook and sew clothes for the army! The remaining few are counted as a few, so I have to go back and raise a big family sooner or later! Brother, as long as I can burn paper on the ancestral grave for two years, I am happy to die! ”

Guo Xu said Brother, I admire you, but if your hard-earned family business is tossed up like this, even if the army defeats Qinzhou, you will be poor when you go back! If you are unlucky and die on the battlefield, or if you are crippled even if you don't die, no matter how good your hometown is, what's the point?

Lao Du stood up suddenly, and fire appeared in his red eyes:

"Brother, do you think Lao Du is rare in money? Can money buy lives? Do you know how many people in Longshang have left their hometowns and gone into exile in Guanzhong? I sue you, to say the least, there are 100,000! Do you know what 100,000 means? At least two or three relatives in each family's family have been killed, from Qinzhou to here, hacked to death, raped and killed, burned to ashes, washed away by water, frozen to death, starved to death, taken away by wild beasts, hundreds of thousands of flesh and bones are thrown on the road, and the corpse can find a mat to roll up and bury is a blessing! More than 100,000 people who survived arrived in Guanzhong, and the Qiang people didn't treat them as human beings! There is no land, no house, no regular business, it is called every day, the land is not spiritual, the officials want to beat and scold, and they scold when they want to, and they squint at the chief of the family. He may be stabbed or thrown into prison. The man worked as a coolie for the Qin army. Women are slaves and maids for the official family, and some are not even as good as slaves and maids. You can only sell yourself in the Qinglou! How many people can buy and sell as big as I do? But what if it gets bigger? The Qiang people still treat you like dung, and the Han people also treat you as an outsider! Brother, even if I go bankrupt, even if I die on the battlefield, as long as I can let my 100,000 fellow villagers go home, I don't care about dying poor! Don't care about being chopped into mashed meat! ”

At this point, I couldn't stop crying. The scars of the few people around him were revealed, and he hugged his head and cried.

Chen Song and Guo Xu were stunned, they didn't expect to come out for a glass of wine and hear such a tragic situation. Bumped into a real man with a heart as hard as iron. They are not women, so they can't wipe their tears with red sleeves, so they can only wait for Lao Du to calm down.

Du Chongguang wiped away his tears, picked up a bowl of wine, looked at Chen Song, and then looked at Guo Xu:

"Two brothers, if the army is going to go out of the Guanxi Expedition, you can give me a clear word!"

Guo Xu's blood surged, and he was just about to say that the captain brought us here. wanted to sweep away Guan Long and unify Huayi, but Chen Song stepped on his feet. Chen Song took a step forward and took the wine from Lao Du's hand with both hands. Drink it dry in one gulp and smash the bowl to the ground:

"In that case, we are all brothers. Those who don't want to kill the enemy, there is such a bowl! ”

This is clearly not a commitment. But Lao Du's group of people were steaming with wine and were impassioned. Where will be carefully considered, only for the "one heart to kill the enemy" stirred, with the sound of the bowl breaking, shouting loudly, and even a few bowls, can not support it. Chen Song took the opportunity to say that Brother Du was drunk, you should send him home, and we should also go back to the camp. Invite the brothers to the camp another day, and there will be a meeting later.

Lao Du was taken away, and before going out, he stammered to the boss and said that he remembered that I was a treat today, and don't take money from my two military brothers. I'm going back to my hometown, what's the point of inviting a guest!

On the way back, Guo Xu held back for a while, and finally couldn't help it:

"Big brother, what do you mean by stepping on my foot just now and not letting me speak?"

This question evoked Chen Song's silent sigh. This blacksmith brother has become the master, but he is still immersed in his own world and does not pay attention to the people around him.

"I'm afraid you're going too far, and if we can't do it, won't it be a disappointment?"

Guo Xu shook his head:

"What can't be done by sending troops west? I heard Wang Zhenwei say that Taiwei's overall plan is not to take down Guanzhong, but also to take the whole of Qinlong to the west and take back Hexi, so that there will be something to block Guanzhong, so that it will not be the territory of the Hu people as soon as Chang'an comes out. Can we destroy the Yan State and the Qin State, and deal with small characters like Begging and Blazing Pan and Frustrated Qu Mengxun, will it still be difficult? ”

Chen Song knocked Guo Xu's helmet with the handle of the horsewhip:

"Brother, you're talking about whether you can or can, I'm talking about whether you're willing or not!"

This made Guo Xu even more confused:

"Is there any such thing as a willing or unwilling? If you don't want to, you can stay comfortably in Jiangdong, why do you have to go through all the hard work of the Northern Expedition? ”

Chen Song smiled bitterly, and couldn't let Guo Xu open his mind in a few words, so he simply shut up. After entering Chang'an, except for Shen Linzi, who sent troops to pursue the fleeing Qiang, the rest of the generals had nothing to do for the time being. In addition to entertaining Qincha a few days ago, Liu Yu also hosted a banquet for the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army several times, and after a few glasses of wine, the conversation box was opened, and the taste was not right. Shen Tianzi took the trouble to talk about his great victory at the pass, how this victory broke the morale of the Qin army, how it made Yao Hong fearful, and the implication was that if it was not for his contribution, how could Wang Zhenwei take Chang'an so smoothly? Wang Zhenwei can still bear it, but the generals around him lack his elegance, and they have to talk about how they ran long distances, surprised the enemy, defeated the main force of the Qin army at Weiqiao, and crushed Yao Yan by attacking the heart. Every time they talked, Shen Tianzi would interrupt with disdain, and when they came and went, they had the meaning of quarreling, but fortunately, every time Liu Yu came out to settle the matter, diverted the topic, and then praised the generals, and finally everyone clinked glasses and cheered, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the heart of striving for merit was difficult to calm down. There is a struggle for merit, and there is a struggle for position. So far, Liu Yu is still pro-unifying the army, and the main general is only looking ahead, and he can only hold back if he has a small abacus in his heart. If Liu Yu stays behind and the generals go on the expedition, or if Liu Yu returns to Jiangdong and the generals guard the pass, there is a question of who is the commander of the side. Wang Zhenwei and Shen Tianzi, one has a great victory in Yaoguan, and the other has a victory in Weiqiao; One entered Wuguan to clear the southern line, and the other entered Tongguan to take Chang'an; One has a strange soldier who wins more with less, and the other has a strange strategy for a naval army to attack, and it is difficult to distinguish between the two and the best. The rest of the generals were not weak, but they were not on the same level as them, so the commander-in-chief could only choose one of them. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that whether it is the king on Shen or Shen on the king, it is inevitable that there will be bumps and bumps. A few days ago, Liu Yu kept talking about moving the capital to Luoyang, but later he didn't mention it; He also said that he would sit in Chang'an and pass through the northwest. Now that Liu Muzhi is suddenly gone, Chen Song feels that Liu Yu is not worried about Jiangdong, and it is likely that he has already moved the heart to go south, and the problem of selecting a coach that was not urgent is now in front of him. Thinking of Shen Tianzi's cross-eyed when he was excited, and thinking that it was difficult for him to stay out of the matter as his subordinate, Chen Song felt that his scalp was numb. This heartfelt matter, and I couldn't put it together with Guo Xu, so I had to avoid the important and light:

"Don't think about it, anyway, it's going to fight wherever we go, let's train well."

As soon as the words fell, someone shouted behind him to catch up, and when he looked back at his outfit, it was a herald of the Baizhi team. He rode his horse and ran to him, saying that he had been ordered to go to the camp to look for the master of Chen and did not find it, so he had to come out to look for it. Someone else is looking for Guo Gongzhu, so I'll let you know. The lieutenant invites the officers above the lord of the building to discuss matters in the afternoon, and no matter what the reason, they will not be allowed to take leave, and the violators will be severely punished!

Guo Xu was a little excited, and said Big brother, look, it must be the Taiwei who is going to deploy troops, and it is impossible for him to let so many people stay in Guanzhong for a leisurely meal. We can tell Captain Sù that the exiled people in Longshang voluntarily joined the army, and we do not worry about the source of soldiers.

Chen Song was not excited at all. He rode his horse forward slowly, and silently sorted out his thoughts again, deciding that this emergency call must not be for the purpose of sending troops. Liu Yu's habit is to arrange such things as dispatching troops on the wine table, and he assigns the task with a smile. Urgently summoning the generals with such a strict order can only be something that he himself is very entangled in.

It feels very bad.

Having the illusion that the thought brought a chill rather than a cold wind, he subconsciously tightened his cloak.

After breaking up, Guo Xu whipped up and ran to his barracks, and the madman greeted him:

"Big brother, a few brothers have been beaten!"

Guo Xu was surprised, isn't it a truce now?

"Who is so bold as to dare to fight the Beifu soldiers?"

The madman snorted and said that it was the Beifu soldiers who beat the Beifu soldiers.

It is Shen Tianzi's personal soldier. (To be continued......)