Although he had learned from Wang Kunjun that Jia Runan was coming from Yuyang to meet him, when he really saw Jia Runan in the side hall where Wang Kunjun was hospitalized, Xu Xinsheng still looked very happy and excited, and after calling "big brother", he rushed up and hugged Jia Runan tightly. Come on,.! And Jia Run'an was also extremely happy when he saw the troubled brothers he had not met for several years, and he was so excited that he burst into tears.

After a long while, Xu Xinsheng realized that he was patronizing and expressing his parting feelings with his brother, but he forgot that in addition to his two brothers, there were also Wang Kunjun and a few others in the side hall. So, he hurriedly wiped the tears on his face, and saluted Wang Kunjun and others: "The last general was excited for a while, and forgot the etiquette, and I hope that you will forgive me." ”

Wang Kunjun waved his hand when he heard this. said: "To say, this 'meeting in a foreign country' is also one of the four joyful events in life. It is human nature for you two brothers to be excited and happy to meet here again after many years of life and death and hardships together, and how can we blame it. ”

Seeing that Wang Kunjun didn't blame himself, Xu Xinsheng's heart was also steady, so he and Jia Run'an each found a seat to sit down and talk. Although there are five people in the side hall, the protagonists who speak are only Jia Runan and Xu Xinsheng, and the content of the conversation is inseparable from the experiences and encounters of the two after they are separated. Because Wang Kunjun and others had already understood Jia Run'an's experience in the past few years, the three brothers were more concerned about how Xu Xinsheng had come over in the past few years - because Xu Xinsheng was not the focus of "Dark Feather", the relevant information that Wang Kunjun and others had before was far less comprehensive and detailed than what they told in person.

If it is divided by time period, then the experience of Xu Xinsheng and Jia Run'an after separation can be divided into two parts. Part of it was because he trekked all the way from Shandong to the capital Kaifeng, and coincidentally entered Zhao Pu's mansion as a nurse. The other part is that after Zhao Pu became an important staff member of Zhao Kuangyin, Xu Xinsheng, through his own efforts, first changed from a small Zhao Pufu Central Nursing Home to a personal soldier around Zhao Kuangyin, and then in just over two years, he gradually grew from a personal soldier to a middle-level general of the Later Zhou Forbidden Army who won Zhao Kuangyin's common sense, and the deputy commander of the right army of the "Shenji Army". If the first five years after Xu Xinsheng's crossing were mainly spent in obscurity, then in the next two years or so, the trajectory of his life rose straight at a rocket-like speed, which can be called a sudden rise.

However, there are pros and cons to everything. In the years when he was a nurse in Zhao Pufu, although Xu Xinsheng had a humble status and low status, on the one hand, he lived a comfortable life and would not have any worries about his life. On the other hand, it is precisely because of his nursing career in the past few years that he has had more contact with Zhao Pu's sister Zhao Lihua and secretly has feelings for each other, which is why Zhao Pu now wants to marry his sister to him and marry him.

By Zhao Kuangyin's side and in the more than two years he was a soldier in the forbidden army, although Xu Xinsheng's identity became more and more noble and his status continued to improve, the comfortable life at the beginning also left him. On the one hand, the interpersonal relationships in the forbidden army are far more complicated than when they were in Zhao Pu's mansion, even with Zhao Kuangyin in the background, Xu Xinsheng still feels like he is on the edge of the abyss and walking on thin ice, and he must be cautious at all times, and he must not be sloppy. On the other hand, in the past two years, the Zhou court has frequently used troops abroad, and Xu Xinsheng, as a member of the forbidden army, still needs to face the test of life and death often. Especially in the battle of Youyun in the sixth year of Xiande, when he was only the deputy commander of a musket battalion of the "Shenji Army", he personally participated in the fierce battle of Gu'an, and experienced the danger of being ambushed and sneak attacked by the Khitan cavalry after the southern and northern expeditionary armies of Baoxing Zhuang.

Although Xu Xinsheng talked about the past, and he himself was sitting in front of him dignified at this time, he could listen to the other party tell about his combat experience, especially when the rear army of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty was attacked thirty miles south of Baoxingzhuang, Jia Runan still felt a little afraid. It must be known that in the sneak attack of that year, the "Shenji Army" that followed the army together lost more than half of its combat effectiveness, and the violent explosion of the gunpowder truck killed thousands of people on the spot. And Xu Xinsheng, who was only the deputy commander of the battalion at that time, was able to survive the fierce battle and be unscathed, which was really lucky.

Perhaps it is to comfort the brothers in distress all the way, or to express their love for the brothers in distress, or to implement the strategy of impressing Xu Xinsheng with family affection and friendship, after listening to Xu Xinsheng's account of his experience since separation, Jia Run'an and Wang Kunjun and others are more enthusiastic and caring for him. During the banquet and chatting, Wang Kunjun and other brothers launched an emotional offensive against Xu Xinsheng one after another. The tide of friendship, especially the heartfelt love of the troubled brother Jia Run'an, made Xu Xinsheng, who had been fighting alone for many years and working hard completely on his own, naturally feel warm, and was instantly overwhelmed by this long-lost family and friendship, and almost no longer had the slightest vigilance and defense.

Seeing that the effect of the emotional offensive was obvious, Wang Kunjun secretly exchanged glances with Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan, and decided to strike while the iron was hot, and after successfully enveloping Xu Xinsheng with family affection and friendship, he immediately played a series of material cards and strength cards to consolidate the results achieved by the spiritual card. So, after continuing to push the cup and change the lamp for a few rounds, Wang Kunjun said seemingly unintentionally: "Although my Beiping Army is located in the north and the climate is cold, the city may not be as prosperous as the capital, and the pavilions may not be as elegant as the south of the Yangtze River, but it also has its own characteristics, and there are many landscapes, landscapes, markets, and gardens worth seeing. Brother Xu came from afar this time, and our brothers should naturally do their best to be the landlord, take Brother Xu to browse the streets and alleys of the Beiping Army, appreciate the landscape gardens of the Beiping Army, and observe the army built by our brothers. ”

Although he was drowned in the sea of family and friendship by Wang Kunjun and others, Xu Xinsheng's vigilance was greatly reduced, but he was not completely stunned and fascinated, nor did he completely forget his purpose of going north. Therefore, for Wang Kunjun's initiative to take himself to take a walk and take a look at the Beiping Army, especially to take himself to see the armed Liliang of the "Qingyuan" brothers of the Beiping Army, who is beyond this era, and Xu Xinsheng, who has the opportunity to explore various information and materials of the Beiping Army, is naturally unwanted. After a few polite words of pretended excuses, he agreed without hesitation.

Xu Xinsheng was even more pleased with the several places he proposed to visit or visit later, because in addition to some relatively famous natural landscapes and places of interest, there were also several military facilities that he had never dared to think of before--the first regiment of the "Security Army" station, the "Xianglong Fort" recruit training base, and the "Flying Dragon Army" and "Rangers" battalion station.

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