Volume 1 The Storm Rises Chapter 122 The Heart of the Army
When the soldiers were training in the capital, they were already accustomed to gathering in the middle of the night, and it was even more common to be armed for ten kilometers or something, so after receiving the order, everyone quickly packed their bags, and the rattan armor was light and would not affect everyone's running, and Tiancai Liang everyone had already begun to move towards Jingzhou.
Satisfied with the horse walking at the back of the team, he has been discussing with Xu Dong how to cross the Ermeng Mountain, but this mountain is too high, and there has been a strong wind blowing from time to time recently, if the wind is good, the headwind is really difficult to move an inch.
Xu Dong pointed to the road of tens of millions of Jingzhou, as well as the route over Ermeng Mountain, and finally the two of them made a decision, the infantry was led by Yu Chi Baolin and Xu Dong to go over the mountain, and the horsemen pulled supplies and heavy things to take the road, and went to the cities along the way to collect all the horses, and then picked them up at the place where Yu Chi Baolin went down the mountain.
The two of them felt that this route was the fastest way to reach Jingzhou, so they found Li Chengqian and explained their thoughts.
Li Chengqian was also a little anxious at this time, because he didn't know what the situation was in Jingzhou, and the Turks left soon after seizing Yizhou in addition to looting, if their goal was just like this, then Datang's armament would have become a complete joke.
Li Chengqian would rather believe in the ambition of the Turkic wolf, the purpose is to seize the land in the northwest, Li Chengqian heard the plan of Xiangxin and Xu Dong and immediately clapped the decision: "Okay, I will follow Yu Chi Baolin over the mountain, you and Cheng Chumo will take people to ride horses and drive the carriage over!" ”
Chengxin was a little surprised when he heard this, it was impossible for Li Chengqian not to understand the danger of going over the mountain, but he was still able to say these words, which made Chengxin admire Li Chengqian, the prince.
Chengxin would not persuade Li Chengqian, but after the plan was ordered, Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin could not accept Li Chengqian walking with everyone, and insisted that Li Chengqian go with the horse convoy.
Li Chengqian looked at the worried looks of the sons of the two generals, pointed to the soldiers in front and behind, and said: "They are the only possibility for us to defeat the enemy, is there any problem with me now following the possibility of victory?" ”
Cheng Chumo knew that he couldn't quarrel for too long on this matter, so he and Yu Chi Baolin ordered one team to become two.
This kind of thing seems difficult, and it is even more difficult to do, all the soldiers are staring at the person in front of them who is wearing the same rattan armor as them, they know that this is the crown prince, they know that this is the future emperor.
Li Chengqian has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, although there was a period of time when he was unable to continue practicing due to the impact of his leg disease, but in the past six months or so after recovery, he has recovered eighty or ninety percent of his strength, and climbing a mountain is nothing to him.
Although the soldiers were tired, but seeing Li Chengqian also walking the same road with everyone, everyone didn't dare to say that they were tired, and silently followed behind, and finally everyone climbed to the top of the mountain, looking at the meeting point that could be seen faintly in the distance, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Chengqian stopped and ordered: "Let's eat, let's rest in place for half a quarter of an hour, drink water when you should drink, and pee when you should pee!" ”
After saying this, Li Chengqian rested on the spot, Yu Chi Baolin came over from behind, and he didn't know where he got the bacon, handed it to the panting Li Chengqian and said: "Prince, eat, the brothers didn't have time to hunt on the road before, and now there is no prey at this height, this is the dead rabbit that we picked up the night before, it should have been scared by us and crashed into the tree!" ”
Li Chengqian looked at the black meat, a little unpalatable, took out a steamed bun from his small package and ate it, Yu Chi Baolin looked at Li Chengqian ignored himself and thought that he didn't want to be special, tore off a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and then said: "Prince, this is a little bit of the soldiers' heart, you can eat it!" ”
Li Chengqian swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth with great difficulty, pointed to this piece of meat and said: "I can't eat anything when I get to Jingzhou City in a while, you can take it away, I don't want to eat this black thing, you tell me why you haven't even learned a little bit of his craftsmanship after following your heart for so long!" ”
Wei Chi Baolin knew that Li Chengqian didn't want to eat, but he disliked his craftsmanship, and he was a little unhappy and threw the black meat in his hand to the soldiers around him.
They have the biggest change in their view of Li Chengqian, the legend says that this prince is a sick man, and when he goes out, he asks others to carry a sedan chair, but His Royal Highness the prince gave up the carriage and chose to climb the mountain with them. They thought that Li Chengqian was going to be dragged by someone when he climbed the mountain with them, and more than a dozen people were waiting for him, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince solved everything, and even his physical strength was better than most people. They thought that Li Chengqian had to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas every day and couldn't suffer a little bitterness, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ate the same as them every day, except for a little hot porridge every morning, he was eating steamed buns at other times.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only met once or twice when he was training outside Chang'an City, and when General Cheng was stationed in the barracks, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never appeared once, although he won the first place in the military parade assessment, but Li Chengqian only ordered each of them to give each of them an extra month's regular money, and he didn't see him much after that, so everyone was actually more convinced by the two generals Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin.
Not only because their parents are famous generals in Datang, but also because they have always been eating and living with everyone, and even for Xiangxin and Xie Ziwen, everyone thinks that they are the most mysterious people.
Don't look at the two of them in the barracks, but whether it is the welfare treatment or the strange rectification method, in short, the new tricks that can be done every day, this time Li Chengqian completely changed their minds, so that everyone admired Li Chengqian, the prince!
Li Chengqian felt the movement in his stomach after eating the steamed buns, and saw that the soldiers were almost resting before saying, "Everyone get up, do you see the intersection in the distance!" ”
Saying that, Li Chengqian pointed in the direction in the distance, and everyone's eyes also moved to the direction pointed by Li Chengqian, only to hear Li Chengqian continue: "Although I can't see it, I believe everyone knows where it is!" Stay safe and get ready to go! ”
Saying that, Li Chengqian took the lead and walked along the mountain, and the soldiers walked past the position where Li Chengqian was standing just now, and they couldn't help but want to see what was in that direction, but they only saw a small spot in the distance, which should be the legendary road.
Li Chengqian's side has gained the hearts of the military, and it is not particularly smooth to be satisfied with the heart.
There are no big cities along the way, just small towns, and although the people have not completely withdrawn, many people have left, and the rest either have nowhere to go, or their family property is here and cannot leave.
At this time, Chengxin and Cheng Chumo were in a horse shop, discussing business with a very treacherous boss.
"Boss, sell us all your horses!" Said Satisfaction.
The treacherous boss touched his beard: "Sell, I didn't say no, but you have to give money!" ”
Cheng Chumo looked at Cheng Chumo with some helplessness, and Cheng Chumo took out a knife and put it on the boss's neck and said: "Your bid is more than twice as high as the market, why are you not afraid that you will have a life to take money and not spend it?" ”
The boss didn't seem to be afraid of Cheng Chumo's threat at all, and said while pushing away the knife around his neck: "You people, always want to bully the people, that's not good!" ”
Before the words fell, Cheng Chumo's knife had already gone down, and the boss's head had already landed, and he looked at Cheng Chumo with big eyes, but Uncle Tuesday on the side looked at Cheng Chumo with a smile and nodded his head.
Xiangxin wanted to say something, but was grabbed by Uncle Tuesday and said: "Cheng Chumo, this kid is a bit interesting, if he wasn't from a bad background, I really want to pull him to the village and take another apprentice!" ”
Cheng Chumo instructed the rest of the people to collect the horses, a young man in the horse shop didn't dare to make a sound, Cheng Chumo walked over and asked, "What is the relationship between you and the boss, is there anyone in the boss's house?" ”
The young man shook his head and said, "I don't know who is in the boss's family, I am from this town, and I came to work to make money!" ”
Cheng Chumo nodded, pointed to the counter not far away and said: "You go and take all the silver inside, it is your salary during this time, if someone asks your boss how he died, you tell him to delay the military plane!" ”
Uncle Tuesday on the side was talking to Xiangxin, and Xiangxin looked at Uncle Tuesday puzzled: "Why do you say that he is not from a good background, and it is not good to be the beloved son of a general?" ”
Uncle Tuesday looked like an idiot, looked at Cheng Chumo and couldn't help nodding, and then remembered that these Jianghu people were unwilling to be involved with the court, so they naturally didn't like people in the court.
However, Xiangxin still said a little angrily: "Although it is just the life of an ordinary person, it can't be killed just like that!" ”
Uncle Tuesday looked at the boss who was still bleeding on the ground, and spat at him fiercely, "Do you know why he can open such a big horse shop in this town?" Have you ever thought that so many horses would dare to open their mouths when they knew that they would be of great use to us, and have you ever thought that if we waste time because of entanglement with him, we will finally delay the fighter, and how many soldiers will die because of this! ”
After saying this, Uncle Tuesday walked to Cheng Chumo's side, patted him on the shoulder, and helped the soldiers pack up their horses.
I still can't understand it, but thinking of the scathing appearance of the boss just now, I was also a little relieved at this time, and after listening to the story of Yizhou City, he also knew that the hearts of ancient people were not so clean.
Thinking that this boss might be killed by the Turks, and even sacrificing his horses to the Turks, he felt less sympathetic to this mean boss. Thinking of Cheng Chumo's past, he also knew in his heart that he was not a cold-blooded person, and there must be something that would make him act so decisively.