Xu Ban lifted the curtain and came in, and saw Shen Mo reading the letter.

The letter had been sent after a long journey, and it had been a little wrinkled when it first came, but now it had been neatly flattened by the workman.

Xu Ban knew that it was sent by the girl who the general regarded as a treasure, the sister-in-law of the general, Qing Zhaoyi in the palace, so he didn't interrupt and waited for Shen Mo to finish reading.

My sister wrote four pages in a fluttering manner, as if she wished she could write it to the extent that she saw it in person.

Shen Mo pinched his fingers and counted them, they really hadn't seen each other for a long time.

In the past, she always liked to follow her, and although she didn't like to talk to others, she was like a chirping sparrow when they were alone, and from this letter, she didn't change much.

She still doesn't like the emperor, although there is always sarcasm in her words, but she also makes her brother relax, Shen Mo can see it clearly, and she always regrets that she didn't stop her parents from sending her little sister to the palace.

In fact, he is not the only one who regrets it, when the prince was in the East Palace, he was diligent and kind, and treated people generously, but it was so ridiculous to become the emperor, although Shen's father did not say anything in front of them when he was still alive, but he would always hold the portrait of his sister and apologize after drinking.

Thinking about it, she is not doing well, and she has been living under the criticism of civil and military officials. When Shen Mo heard the news of his father's death at the border pass, the little sister locked herself in the palace to guard her filial piety, and she didn't want to see the emperor at all.

After his father's death, he earned a great reputation at the border, also so that his little sister could not be wronged in the palace.

In the letter, the sister wrote:

Brother, how is it in the desert? I miss you so much.

Shen Mo couldn't help but think of the time when her family was talking with candles on the eve of her entering the palace.

The once carefree girl grasped his hand, and with heavy exhaustion in her eyes, she said:

Brother, I don't want to go, I'll miss you.

The hands she held him tightened, and the joints turned white.

On such an ordinary night, the parents who had a lot to say to their daughter suddenly couldn't speak in the face of the little sister with red eyes, and only a difficult silence was left in the inner room.

"You're going to come and see me," she suddenly changed her voice, with some crying in her voice, "You're going to come and see me, and ...... with my mother"

He couldn't lie to her, he couldn't respond to her expectations, and he couldn't get into the harem.

He could only gently pat her back as she hugged him, but he couldn't say anything.

Shen Mo sighed.

Xu Ban saw the sad look on his face.

"General, is Your Majesty ...... Niangniang again?" he paused.

Although he is a courtier, Xu Banqing's behavior is clear. But he is a supporter of the Shen family, and he has always stood on the side of the Shen family.

"Little sister is ...... now In the Ice Temple. Shen Mo smiled bitterly, "I think she asked to move there herself." ”

"What makes the difference if you ask for it or not." Xu Ban shook his head, "Your Majesty's temperament has been visible in the past, but unfortunately we didn't see it clearly. ”

"It's my fault, I shouldn't have let Your Majesty see my little sister in the first place," Shen Mo put down the letter in his hand, carefully put it away in his arms, and stood up.

"Let's go to the camp and see the soldiers."

The wind is like a knife, cutting the faces of the soldiers on the border out of the old ravines, and cutting the innocence of youth into homesickness and exhaustion. The Ximuli River, a large river that flows through the basin, has long since thawed, and the meltwater of the ice and snow rushes through the damp channel hung with fine ice slag, and this is the border pass, even in April, it is still frighteningly cold.

At the end of the daily count, Shen Mo and his deputy general Xu Ban went to the city wall of Dayan Pass, sometimes inspecting the soldiers guarding the city, and sometimes just looking back from the side of the city wall.

The people who guarded the city often tiptoed back, longing to see thousands of miles away, the vermilion walls and green tiles, the bustling city, and the people who also longed for the return of the soldiers—the elderly, the children, the wives, the love of their lives.

The soldiers on the beacon tower saluted the general respectfully, and a young soldier, seeing him inspecting, couldn't help but whisper to him:

"General, when can we go back?"

Shen Mo patiently replied to them:

"Come on, I'll be home soon."

In fact, those who are older have long since stopped asking about the date of return, not asking about it, no longer thinking about it, and it is not painful to have hope extinguished again and again.

But Shen Mo knew too well in his heart that even if the battle situation was stable now and the advantages were so obvious, the emperor sometimes didn't want them to go back.

So many people died of old age on the frontier, and their bones sank into the gravel, and a piece of yellow sand covered them, and there was no trace.

Shen Mo restrained his somewhat messy thinking and put it back on military affairs.

Now that there is abundant food and grass, it is not a problem to transfer troops, the situation is much better than when his father was still there, Shen Moqing is out of the blue, he knows the art of war well, and he can easily disrupt the pace of the opponent's attack, Rong Di's "winter hunting" has been less than half a benefit for three years.

The nomadic tribe has no fixed source of food, so they often hold "winter hunts" to plunder the Central Plains, but now it seems that after several defeats, the Rongdi tribe has run out of ammunition and food, I am afraid that it will not be a long time before it can be captured, and then the two countries will inevitably send their own envoys and make many covenants.

Shen Mo pondered, his index finger tapping on the edge of the blue brick of the beacon tower.

So does he want to continue to increase his troops now, speed up the pace of this attack, and completely defeat the Rongdi royal family that his father had not broken back then? Do you want to recover the lost Qitong and Yindu two cities in the previous dynasty? Whether...... Test the Emperor's current attitude?

"General," Xu Ban, who was beside him, couldn't help but ask, "Is the general also homesick?" ”

"Yes," Shen Mo smiled bitterly, "Why don't you want to?" ”

"Didn't the general already discuss it with his subordinates? Then you don't have to wait any longer, let's increase the troops. Xu Banxin said bluntly and quickly.

Yes, they had already discussed it, Shen Mo's gaze swept over the adjutant generals, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers in front of him one by one, seeing them surrounding him, and seeing the hope in their eyes that was difficult to ignore, like a pearl to dust, white flesh and bones, and finally resurrected.

Stay or return, Shen Mo has no choice, but they are different, they have been guarding the border for too long and too long, and if they stay longer, they can only become Hanhai skinny and Gobi dust.

They wanted to go home, and he fought for them.

"Send troops."

He whispered.

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Rong Di is sparsely populated, only the oasis is the place to live, people who have not been to the desert, probably can not imagine how beautiful the oasis surrounded by Hu Tong is - water is the root, wood is the soul. Hu Tong is the soul of the oasis, the brilliant gold is not far behind the sunset, the lake is bordered by Hu Tong, like the gold that Queen Rongdi has treasured for many years.

Nomads live in pursuit of water and grass, and white tents are scattered around the oasis, which is another color of the desert when viewed from the air.

It's just that Rong Di has been defeated for several days, and the royal family can't help but worry about it. They are good at fighting and arrogant, but they don't want to be forced into such a situation by a young general who has just been in command for three years, and even the two cities plundered by the previous dynasty have to be returned to the Central Plains.

In addition to the discussion in the tent, the king of Rongdi Helian Shuo and his cronies, as well as the prince Helian Xing.

The Rongdi royal family is surnamed Helian, and now the king of Rongdi, Helian Shuo, is married to a queen and has a son and a daughter, the daughter has been able to ride a horse and gallop, but the son is still a toddler.

Helian Xing is Helian Shuo's elder brother, his courage and wrist are not as good as Helian Shuo, he was defeated in the battle for the throne, and he reluctantly became Helian Shuo's subordinate, and occasionally contradicted Helian Shuo, but Helian Shuo didn't care.

"According to the eldest brother, will these two cities be allowed or not?" Helian Shuo's expression was complicated, and he asked.

Helian Xing was originally arrogant, and he didn't want to admit it even if he had been "beaten" by Shen Jiajun, but now he could only hum and chirp and couldn't say anything.

"I still don't want to let it go after all," Helian Shuo asked himself, "Grandpa finally defeated the Central Plains City, and I lost ...... like this."

He sighed heavily: "Could it be that the Central Plains is the time when heroes are young, and I am already old?" ”

What should I do if I lose like this?

"What other treasures can I take to fill the requirements of the Emperor of the Central Plains......"

Helian Xing was suddenly silent for a while, and a crooked idea floated out of his mind uncontrollably: "Don't you have a daughter." ”

The daughter of the eagle, the flower of the desert, and the jewel of the heart of King Rongdi - Heliansu.

Helian Shuo's face sank.