Gongsun Xu led the troops to besiege Liu Bian, in order to hold Liu Bian hostage first, and wait for Gongsun Zhan to come and land.

But for some reason, when Liu Wei asked him to find a war horse for Guan Qing in an unquestionable tone, he shouted to the soldiers on the side without disobedience: "Divide two war horses, please Your Highness and Miss Guan to ride!" ”

The war horse of Yan Yun Tieqi is not equipped with stirrups like the war horses of Liu Bianjun's cavalry, and without stirrups, it is very troublesome to get on the horse. With the support of a Jizhou cavalryman, Liu Wei clutched the reins with great effort before he could be regarded as climbing onto the horse.

Riding on the war horse, he turned his head to look at Guan Qing, who had just been helped on the horse by the Jizhou soldiers.

With blood stains on his face and an ankle injury, Guan Qing gave people a feeling of looking unmotivated. Straddled on horseback, she narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was very tired.

"the girl!" When Guan Qing's war horse walked by, Liu Wei reached out and grabbed her little hand, pinched it gently, and said to her: "This king knows that you have been running all day and have not eaten, and you are very tired. Hold on for a while, wait until you return to General Gongsun's station, eat some food, and rest! ”

"No!" His hand was held by Liu Wei, Guan Qing raised his eyes to look at Liu Wei, answered softly, and with him, surrounded by a group of Yanyun iron horsemen, followed Gongsun Xu to the outside of the village.

The group of cavalry surrounding Liu Wei and Guan Qing was different from the white horse Yicong and ordinary Jizhou cavalry that Liu Wei had seen earlier. The armor they wore was all scales made of fine iron.

The nail piece is very heavy, and as the war horse moves, the nail leaf will fan gently, making a light sound of "whoosh". Not only is the armor excellent, but the mental outlook of the whole team is much more energetic than that of ordinary Jizhou cavalry.

Although there were war horses to ride, Liu Wei did not have the slightest idea of taking the opportunity to escape. He knew very well that at this moment, surrounded by him was a group of Yanyun Iron Horsemen who were known for their elites, and Guan Qing beside him was seriously injured in the ankle, even if he could escape from the team while Gongsun Xu and the others were unprepared, it would not be easy to take Guan Qing to successfully shake off the elites on the back of this group of horses.

The sun had completely sunk below the horizon, and the sky had been covered with a grayish-yellow glow, except for an orange halo left on the western horizon.

Gongsun Xu, who was walking at the front of the team, would turn his head from time to time to glance at Liu Wei and Guan Qing, who were surrounded by a group of cavalry not far behind him.

After looking at it many times in succession, seeing that Liu Wei showed no signs of escaping, Gongsun Xu was much more relieved, and the speed of riding the horse forward also accelerated a little.

After following the team for about a pillar of incense, a marching tent appeared in Liu Wei's field of vision.

Seeing the marching tent, a cavalryman who followed behind Gongsun Xu quickened his speed and rode his horse towards the barracks first.

Knowing that he had arrived at Gongsun Xu's military camp, Liu Wei turned his head and nodded to Guan Qing beside him, Guan Qing sighed softly, raised his head slightly, and looked at the flickering starlight in mid-air, with a touch of loneliness on his face.

"General Gongsun!" Getting closer and closer to the barracks, Liu Wei shouted to Gongsun Xu, who was walking in the front.

Hearing Liu Bian's shout, Gongsun Xu reined in his war horse, turned his head to look at Liu Bian, and asked him, "What does Your Highness command?" ”

"Is there hot water in the barracks?" Liu Wei first looked down at his bloodstained clothes, and then glanced at Guan Qing beside him, and then said to Gongsun Xu: "This king and Miss Guan are full of blood stains, and they are very unhappy, so they want some hot water to wipe their bodies." ”

"You go and order someone to boil some hot water first!" Before Liu Bian's words fell, Gongsun Xu gave an order to a cavalryman on the side, and then said to Liu Bian: "Back to Your Highness, the hot water in the barracks is boiling some, but there is no big barrel, and it is not very refreshing to scrub your body...... I'm afraid I'm going to wronged His Highness and Miss Guan! ”

"Just have hot water!" Liu Wei waved his hand to Gongsun Xu, who was very generous, and said to him: "The army is out, and this king doesn't ask for those, but it bothers General Gongsun!" ”

"Your Highness's orders, the last general will obey them!" Gongsun Xu clasped his hands into fists, bowed slightly in response, and then waved his hand and shouted to the cavalry: "Return to the barracks!" ”

and the cavalry led by Gongsun Xu rushed towards the direction of the military camp, and Liu Wei couldn't help but feel secretly funny in his heart for Gongsun Xu's respect.

Previously, in order to leave Bohai County, Liu Wei led the army to make a big fuss at the coincidence, not only confiscating the weapons of the Bohai Navy defending the city, but also ordering Dian Wei to set fire to the military camp in the city; Later, on the shore of Jishui, he led the army to confront Gongsun Zhan and rescued the Guan Hai brothers and sisters and more than 100 remnants of the Yellow Turban. Gongsun Zhan's father and son, I am afraid that they already hate him at this time. The reason why Gongsun Xu can still be so respectful to him after surrounding him is probably only because he still has use value.

After entering the barracks, Gongsun Xu just turned over and jumped off the horse, and said to the Jizhou soldiers who ran up to greet him: "Prepare a tent, prepare hot water, and ask Your Highness and Miss Guan to wash their bodies." In addition, bring two more sets of dry clothes, and ask for a new silk deep coat, and don't take those linen clothes to prevaricate! ”

"No!" The two soldiers who came to greet Gongsun Xu answered, first took two steps back, then turned around and ran towards a camp tent, preparing hot water and dry clothes for Liu Wei and Guan Qing to bathe.

"Your Highness!" After the two soldiers were ordered to leave, Gongsun Xu walked in front of Liu Wei, who had just gotten off the war horse, bowed slightly and clenched his fists and said: "This place is close to Yanzhou, and there are many yellow scarves haunting. Although our army is enough to protect His Highness and Miss Guan, please carry the long sword with you to prevent thieves from attacking! ”

Gongsun continued to mention the long sword, Liu Wei thought that he was going to collect the blade, but he didn't expect that not only did he not propose to let Liu Wei and Guan Qing hand over the long sword, but reminded the two to carry it with them to guard against thieves, which was somewhat unexpected by Liu Bian.

"Thank you General Gongsun for the point!" Nodding to Gongsun Xu, Liu Wei walked to Guan Qing, who had just been picked off the horse by two Jizhou soldiers, and said to Guan Qing: "The two of us are covered in blood, if we sleep here, we will not be happy." General Gongsun has already ordered someone to prepare hot water, and after a while, the king will personally guard the account for the girl, and the girl will wash it first! ”

"Your Royal Highness......" Liu Biao proposed to personally guard the account for Guan Qing, Guan Qing was stunned again, then lowered his head and said softly to Liu Bian: "The little girl takes a bath, and wants His Royal Highness to keep the account in person, how to make ......"

"Make!" Liu Wei glanced at Guan Qing, interrupted her, and said to her: "From today on, Miss Guan will live in the same tent with this king, and they will take care of each other a lot. ”

Hearing that Liu Wei asked her to live in the same tent, Guan Qing hesitated. In Guan Qing's opinion, after all, it is still inconvenient for a man and a woman to live in the same tent.

But Guan Qing also knew very well that the reason why Liu Wei wanted her to live in the same tent was because he was worried that the two would be forcibly separated by Gongsun Zhan, and it would definitely be many twists and turns to get out of Gongsun Zhan's control in the future.

After just a slight groan, Guan Qing nodded helplessly, and said to Liu Wei: "Everything is up to His Highness's orders." ”

From Guan Qing's words, Liu Wei heard a little helplessness. But at the moment, he has no other way, if he lives in a different tent separately from Guan Qing, Gongsun Zhan's father and son will definitely take the opportunity to completely separate the two. At that time, even if you find a chance to escape, you will have to rescue Guan Qing, which will increase many dangers.

"Your Highness, it will take a while for hot water to come, please let Your Highness enter the camp tent for a while!" Standing not far behind Liu Bian, Gongsun Xu waited until Guan Qing promised to live in the same tent as Liu Bian, and then said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness and Miss Guan have not yet eaten yet, so the general will order the Huotou army to come with some meat." ”

"There is General Lao Gongsun!" Turning around and thanking Gongsun Xu, Liu Wei put his hands under Guan Qing's armpits, personally supported Guan Qing, who was limping while walking, and followed Gongsun Xu to the main account.

Gongsun Xu's status is not very high, although he can lead the army alone, but the main tent of the military camp is not as huge as the marshal tent where Liu Wei lived on the march in the past.

His tent was only slightly larger than the camp tent where ordinary officers and soldiers lived, and there were no superfluous furnishings in the tent, only an empty low table, which was counted as household goods on the march.

Led Liu Wei and Guan Qing into the main tent, Gongsun Xu turned his head and said to a soldier who followed him: "Tell the Huotou Army to prepare some meat for His Highness and Miss Guan." ”

Liu Wei ignored Gongsun Xu and several generals of the Jizhou Army who followed into the tent, and entered the main tent, where he supported Guan Qing, whose ankles were high and swollen, and sat down on a straw mat spread in the tent.

With Liu Wei's support, Guan Qing slowly lowered his body and sat on the straw mat. However, instead of sitting on her knees, she sat with her buttocks directly on the surface of the mat with her feet crossed in front of her. In this sitting position, the hips do not rest on the feet, which is conducive to ankle recovery.

Squatting in front of Guan Qing, Liu Wei picked up her swollen feet as if no one was around, looked at it for a while, and said to Guan Qing with great concern: "When the hot water is prepared, you must use hot water to scald your feet so that you can dissolve the bruises and recover as soon as possible!" ”

In the small village, Guan Qing's feet had already been picked up and rubbed by Liu Bian, and Guan Qing should have already had psychological endurance when his injured foot was picked up by Liu Bian. But at this time, there were not only her and Liu Wei in the tent, Gongsun Xu and several Jizhou Army generals were also standing aside, and a pair of eyes were still staring at her and Liu Wei who was squatting in front of her.

When no one is around, his feet are held by Liu Wei, which is completely different from the pressure brought to Guan Qing by someone watching from the sidelines.

Guan Qing, who was full of shame, had the heart to withdraw the injured foot that was picked up from Liu Wei's hand, but for some reason, he couldn't make up his mind to really take his foot back.

Liu Wei's actions not only made Guan Qing full of shame, but even Gongsun Xu and several Jizhou generals who were standing on the side also had strange expressions on their faces. Looking at Liu Wei and Guan Qing, including Gongsun Xu, almost everyone's eyes were shining as if they had understood something.

Squatting in front of Guan Qing, Liu Wei only cared about gently rubbing her swollen ankles to help her disperse the blood, where would there be leisure to notice the expressions of Gongsun Xu and others.

After a while, a Jizhou soldier guarding the camp tent said outside the tent: "General Qiyu, the meat has been prepared. ”

"Your Highness!" Knowing that the meat had been prepared, since entering the account, Gongsun Xu, who had been standing on the side with several Jizhou army generals and watching Liu Bian rubbing his ankles for Guan Qing, reminded Liu Bian softly: "Guan girl's feet are ......"

"Ugh!" After Gongsun Xu's reminder, Liu Wei also reacted, as the king of Hongnong, if he rubbed Guan Qing's feet in front of the Jizhou soldiers who came to deliver food, it would be really inconvenient, so he gently put Guan Qing's feet down, stood up and said to Gongsun Xu: "General Gongsun has a heart!" ”

When Liu Wei got up, Gongsun Xu shouted outside the tent: "Send in the hot meat!" ”

As soon as his shout fell, a Jizhou soldier lifted the tent curtain, walked into the tent first, raised his hand to pick up the tent curtain and stood aside.

Several other Jizhou soldiers holding clay pots full of meat then walked into the tent, and one of the Jizhou soldiers who walked behind even carried in a small barrel of wine syrup with a rich aroma.

Several Jizhou soldiers placed meat and wine on the low table, bowed to Liu Wei and Gongsun Xu and others, and withdrew from the big tent. Gongsun Xu made a gesture of invitation to Liu Wei and said to him: "In the barracks, there is nothing else, but there is quite a lot of meat, water and wine. I hope that His Royal Highness and Miss Guan are not vulgar! ”