A few cold birds seemed to sense the coming of spring, and flew out of the mountains recklessly, but they seemed to smell the bloody breath up and down this Xiongguan, and flew back in fright. There were only a few goshawks, contented, and they landed to feast on the fresh flesh. They have lived on the Qilian Mountains for generations and are the masters of this sky, regardless of whether the flesh and blood on the land are Tibetan or Tang. Li Jiyan raised and put down the bow, but in the end, he was still distressed and didn't shoot the arrow.

"Cheap these flat-haired beasts who eat human flesh and drink human blood."

Li Jiyan said hatefully, and handed the bow to Zhang Yitan behind him. Zhang Yitan said enviously:

"General Li, your arrows shoot really accurately, can you teach me?"

In fact, Zhang Yitan is also a dual cultivator of civil and military affairs, and he is good at riding and shooting, but compared with Li Jiyan, the heat is far behind. Li Jiyan said lightly:

"My archery skills were learned from General Shi, and I can't compare them to him."

One hundred and eighty steps apart, right in the heart of the opposing general's head, is this not accurate? Zhang Yitan's mouth shape has unconsciously changed to "o". The fierce battle for days has made this eighteen-year-old boy grow up suddenly, but at this time, he is childish. Li Jiyan seemed to see his shadow from Zhang Yitan, so he clicked:

"That's all there is to the basics of archery, and I don't have much to teach you. What you're short of is experience. Your archery skills were practiced in the courtyard of your home, and if you usually do it, you can be considered accurate. But on the battlefield, who wants to be a target for you? Therefore, you should observe and think more about yourself, including the change of sunlight, wind speed, and the position of the enemy, etc., and be able to make judgments in advance, and the hand-eye-mind method is completed in one go. In fact, it's useless to say this, if you want to be good at archery, just shoot a few more people. Just remember that if I can't shoot him, he'll kill me next time. After doing this a few times, archery naturally went up. This is what General Shi taught me back then. ”

On the battlefield, the two armies face each other, either you die or I die, and there is really no room for hesitation in archery at this time. Zhang Yitan thought about it in combination with the experience of fighting for several days, and suddenly thought that he had hesitated several times, and if it wasn't for his luck, it was really possible that he would have died. Thinking of this, my back couldn't help but be covered with cold sweat. Since then, Zhang Yitan's archery skills have greatly improved, and his decisive attitude when shooting is quite a general's style.

It was getting late, and after the defeat the day before yesterday, the Tibetan army had not attacked for two days, but was only harassing from afar. * After two days of rest, many of the soldiers were relieved, not as if they had almost exhausted their physical strength in the previous days. Shi Jingfeng and Li Jiyan didn't dare to slack off a little, and were busy urging the soldiers to repair the wall, prepare the guarding equipment, and wait for the next fierce battle.

After telling the night watchmen to beware of the enemy's night attack, Li Jiyan returned to the Yumen Military Governor's Mansion. It is said to be the Governor's Mansion, but in fact it is just a slightly neater courtyard. Shi Jingfeng, who was inspecting another section of the wall, had already returned to the governor's mansion first. As soon as I returned to the main hall of the Governor's Palace, I smelled a strong smell of feet. Li Jiyan couldn't help frowning and said:

"You, the governor, don't have any shape at all, your feet are so smelly, you dare to take off your boots in the governor's mansion, and you're not afraid of burning people to death."

Shi Jingfeng sat crookedly on the Hu chair, spread his feet, and said in a loud voice:

"Cool, cool! Governor of everything, I'm just a military man, taking advantage of the addiction of Emperor Tiangao for a few days, when Chen Guogong's army comes, in a word, Shi Jingfeng, you are still suitable to go to the grassland to kill the enemy, and I will be gone. ”

At this time, the soldiers had already brought in the foot-washing water to Shi Jingfeng, so Shi Jingfeng stopped talking and put his feet into the hot water, and a stream of heat flowed directly from the soles of his feet to his whole body. After yelling "comfortable" a few times, he continued:

"This is still good, if Chen Guogong arrived after Lao Tzu died, then I wouldn't even be able to hear this."

Li Jiyan also sat on the side at this time, took off his boots, and a smell that was not inferior to Shi Jingfeng suddenly rose, and Shi Jingfeng wrinkled his nose and said:

"Tsk, what does this smell like, you're embarrassed to say mine."

Li Jiyan continued the topic just now:

"Don't say anything discouraged, you are the main general and still think so, if the word spreads below, what will the soldiers think? They don't want to defeat you, they don't want to get nothing from you. ”

Shi Jingfeng said:

"I can save this. It was just a joke between you and me. ”

Li Jiyan continued:

"You were recommended by Ning Guogong to Chen Guogong's account, if you make great contributions, it will be their brother's glory, where will your military exploits be erased? You, you just like to talk nonsense too much, so you can't rise until now. ”

Shi Jingfeng saw that the old bottom was revealed, so he smiled, and at this time, Li Jiyan's personal soldiers also brought hot water, so the two main generals discussed the military situation while soaking their feet.

As the heat swept through the body, fatigue came out of the body little by little. Li Jiyan yawned and said:

"It's a shame that the Tibetans haven't attacked in the past few days, otherwise I would have to break up - if I hadn't shot the Tibetan generals that day, the barbarians would have attacked the city. Seeing that if you continue to attack like this, you will be able to break the level, but the Tubo people will stop attacking, I always think that the Tubo people are playing tricks, but I just can't think of it. Alerts can only be strengthened. ”

Shi Jingfeng said:

"I also think so, since I can't think of it, don't think about it first, just be vigilant yourself, don't let the Tubo people take advantage of the loopholes. Tonight, we will be on duty in the middle of the night, you will be on duty at night, and I will be on duty at night. ”

Li Jiyan nodded in agreement. Shi Jingfeng continued:

"The weather has been warm in the past few days, the snow on Qilian Mountain has melted, the water of the Hulu River has risen, and the Tubo people have been familiar with our tricks, and then hiding the soldiers and horses in the valley has no miraculous effect, I want to take back the soldiers and horses outside the pass and guard the pass with all my might, what do you think?"