Chapter Ninety-Six: The Enemy
Qin Yan watched the relaxation between her eyebrows, and her heart stretched. After walking to the screen in a few steps, he quickly cleaned himself up with the water that Weiyang had washed, changed into a robe, sat down beside Weiyang, and raised chopsticks to eat.
Weiyang listened to Qin Yan wash with the water she had bathed, and he couldn't tell what kind of feeling he felt in his heart, and he was a little flustered. So much so that after Qin Yan sat down next to him, she didn't dare to look at him, occasionally peeking with her eyes, and before Qin Yan found out, she withdrew her gaze and pretended to eat her stomach as if nothing happened.
Because she was restless, she didn't stand firm when she got up, but Qin Yan helped her so that she didn't fall.
"Throw yourself into a hug?" Qin Yan teased her in a hoarse voice.
Weiyang raised his foot and kicked him hatefully, before rolling his eyes and going to the chair behind the bookcase.
Qin Yan had a pleasant look in the corners of his eyes, and he ate elegantly.
He took six or seven books from the desk and stacked them on the chair, and Weiyang used the books as a pillow and lay down. Originally, I wanted to lie down and wait for the afterimage to come, and I was about to leave after changing my clothes, but after two nights of sleepless and full food, people became sleepy, and took the book that Qin Yan had read half before looking at it a few times.
Qin Yan finished the meal and sent a few more people to question, and when he went to see Weiyang again, he saw that she seemed to be asleep holding her book with her back to the candle flame.
He walked over, passed one hand through the back of her neck and the other under her knee, gently picked her up, walked around the screen and placed her on top of his large bed, and stretched out his arm to pull the quilt on the inside of the bed to cover her thin body.
"Qin Yan?" Weiyang babbled.
Qin Yan knew that she didn't sleep deeply, so she gently agreed, "Hmm! Pulling the book out of her hand, he sat on the edge of the bed and pulled a cloth towel, looking at her as he wiped her still wet hair.
If you want to say that she was born well, she is far inferior to the Seventh Princess, not as good as Yu Ranqing, and even worse than Wei Wanwan; 's fiery and lively temperament, stubborn and unteachable, always provokes him to be angry. She has no fixed place in the rivers and lakes, he is always concerned in his heart, but he can't give her everything she wants, knowing that the result is already doomed, but he puts her in his heart and can't let it go.
Weiyang has always slept lightly, and his own place is still not able to sleep, let alone someone else's territory. It's just that for some reason, she knew that Qin Yan was on the side, and her heart was very stable.
The candle flame was dazzling, she twisted her good-looking eyebrows and wanted to turn inward, pulled the quilt twice without pulling it, and opened one eye to look at Qin Yan, "You pressed my quilt!" The voice was soft and waxy, with a half-asleep coquettishness.
Qin Yan's eyebrows were dyed with a smile, he stood up and put the quilt on her, and walked out.
In front of the bookcase, the candlelight jumped, and Qin Yan was dealing with military affairs. It's just that today is different from the previous concentration, and my eyes always can't help but drift behind the screen.
As the night wore on, someone stopped outside the door.
Qin Yan came back to his senses and shouted softly: "Come in!" ”
The afterimage lifted the curtain and entered, neither humble nor arrogant, and bowed, "General Qin, the clothes of the young master of my family!" ”
Qin Yan took it with his own hands, and the coldness on his face seemed to melt a lot, "You go and rest, she's safe with me!" Without waiting for the afterimage to say anything, he called Jiang Tao and ordered: "You take him to rest, you don't have to come again at night!" ”
During the afterimage period, Ai Ai came out of the tent and rested with Jiang Tao in a nearby tent.
Wei Wanwan looked at Qin Yan's tent from afar, watched him send Jiang Tao and the young man's entourage, watched him extinguish the candle in the tent with his own hands, and felt unspeakably uncomfortable, he wanted to enter his tent several times, but he had already ordered the guards to not approach.
He left the boy in his tent.
Qin Yan put Weiyang's clothes on the low table next to the bed, and only after extinguishing the candle flame did he take off his shirt and gently lie down on the side of the bed.
Weiyang fell asleep soundly, and after Qin Yan went to bed, she instinctively approached him with a heat source, and asked him dimly, "Qin Yan?" ”
"Hmm!" Qin Yan agreed, a little distressed by her vigilance. Stretching out an arm to let her pillow, he hugged the man who was clinging to his arms, and pulled the quilt over the two of them.
Weiyang hugged his waist with one hand, found a comfortable position and fell asleep again.
Qin Yan was satisfied with her trust, but his eyes were bright in the darkness of the room, he looked at the woman in his arms intently, his heart was so soft that it could drip water, with twelve points of tenderness, he reluctantly hugged her in his arms, his heart was peaceful, and he fell asleep tired after three watches.
After a good night's sleep, I woke up before dawn.
Her body was trapped in a warm embrace, and there was a shallow warm breath above her head, she knew that it was Qin Yan, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at how she could sleep on his bed.
Quietly raised his head to look at him, the black feather-like hair spread behind his head, the black and thick sword eyebrows into the sideburns, and the thin lips under the stiff nose like a gall were tightly pursed; The eyes are closed, and the two long eyelashes form a quiet shadow under the eyelids.
Weiyang couldn't help but raise his hand to touch his eyebrows, his slender fingers came down from his forehead with residual warmth, and gently traced the shape of his lips on his lips, secretly thinking in his heart: although the lines of his facial features are harder and not as gentle as Shen Luochen, but when he is asleep, he hides the condensation of his usual days, which is extraordinarily good-looking, and he can't help but look fascinated.
Qin Yan sensed it when she woke up, and he was a little greedy for the tranquility at this time.
"Can General Ben still be able to get into the eye?"
Weiyang suddenly withdrew his hand, and there was a slight panic in his voice: "You, are you awake?" ”
"General, the capital is urgent!" A young voice rang out from the tent door.
Weiyang was frightened by this sound, instinctively pushed Qin Yan away, and sat up.
Qin Yan's sword eyebrows were raised, and his face was terrifyingly dark.
"Why didn't Commander Wei go in, the general hasn't gotten up yet?" A delicate female voice at the door.
"Wanwan girl, the general has not gotten up, it's not too late to wait here for a while." The boy replied in a faint voice.
The sound of lifting the curtain and entering the door sounded outside the door, and the woman said: "In the past, the general had already gotten up at this hour, why did he sleep late today, I will go and see!" ”
"Hey, that late aunt ......"
Before the young man finished speaking, Wei Wanwan had already entered the big tent.
Qin Yan was a little angry on his face, let go of Weiyang and pulled the quilt over her, and said softly in her ear: "Sleep for a while, good!" He put on his robe and shoes, and went out of the screen.
Wei Wanwan saw Qin Yan come out in a robe, and his face was not very good-looking. After walking a few steps, he reached out to tidy up his robe, but Qin Yan gave way to him.
"You don't have to come in the big tent from today, there is Jiang Tao here to serve, and I don't dare to work Miss Wei." Qin Yan's voice was cold, and he looked at Wei Xiangdong over Wei Wanwan, "Present it!" ”
Wei Wanwan's face turned pale, and when she wanted to say something, she was finally frightened away by Qin Yan's coldness, and after being stunned in place for a moment, she consciously moved again, and cleaned up the leftovers on the table last night as if she had nothing to do, and left with it.
"Report!" The sound outside the door was up again.
Qin Yanzheng looked at the letter from Jingzhong and wrinkled his eyebrows, and said without raising his head, "Come in!" ”
"Report to the general, Nanzhao is coming, and camp thirty miles under the city!"
Qin Yan groaned slightly, "How did you come to report?" ”
"Back to the general, General Qi personally led people to guard the pass, saying that the general was tired for days, and the enemy army did not move, so he temporarily suppressed it!" The man spoke fluently.
Qin Yan's face was not very good-looking, "Go down, pass on General Qi to the account!" ”
After the man left, Qin Yan sat in front of the desk in his robe, holding a pen and writing.
Weiyang wore his own robe: a white silk undershirt with a collar, an outer robe of plain white cloud brocade, the cuffs and corners of the robe were secretly embroidered with moire lines of the same color, and the waist was a wide band, tied with palm-sized purple jade, and a dark purple long silk; Tie your hair at the top and pin it with a purple hosta, and the whole person looks delicate and elegant.
Pacing out of the screen, he sat down on the low couch where Qin Yan was sitting, picked up a book from the pile of books in the corner of the table at random, and leaned on the back of the couch to look at himself.
As soon as she came out, there was a fire in Qin Yan's eyes, focused and enthusiastic.
Weiyang was uncomfortable with him, stretched out his calf and kicked him, and didn't know what to mumble, turned his body to the side a little more, and ignored him again.
Qin Yan retracted his surprised look, and after a while, he filled the pen with ink and continued to write.
Suddenly, Qi Jingxun and Qi Yan entered the big tent one after the other.
Qi Yan saw at a glance that Weiyang was still the original Weiyang, free and unrestrained, and couldn't help laughing.
Qin Yan glanced at him coldly, and turned his head to discuss with Qi Jingxun about facing the enemy.
"Big brother, don't you recognize me?" Weiyang was uncomfortable with Qi Yan, gave him a blank look, and teased.
Qi Yan didn't care either, and gathered his mind to listen carefully to the military situation.
Qi Jingxun also looked at Weiyang with some consideration, I don't know who she is, she can sit on an equal footing with Qin Yan and no one next to her.
"No problem, go on!" Qin Yan said lightly.
"General, last night Sanli, the Nanzhao army marched to thirty miles below the pass and set up camp, it seems that it is planning to attack in an all-round way!" Qi Jingxun said worriedly.
Qi Yan spoke, "In the past two months, they have fought and retreated, it seems that they are planning something, and now that the army is pressing, it seems that they are confident!" ”
"The last time the battle was broken, Nanzhao didn't come to attack again, it turned out that he was planning a big thing, what does General Qin think of this move?" Qi Jingxun has been on the border all his life, and turmoil occurs from time to time, he actually doesn't believe that Qin Yan's troops will fight, after all, he is too young.
"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move!" Qin Yan said lightly, and called out the door: "Wei Xiangdong come in!" ”
"General!" Wei bowed to the east.
"Let's see how the spies are doing, and report it in time!" Qin Yan ordered.
Qin Yan put away the finished letter and put it in the envelope and put it on the case, "Let's go out of the city and read it later!" General Qi, please come back! ”
After Qi Jingxun left, Jiang Tao came in and asked if he wanted to set the meal.
Qi Yan smiled lightly in Qin Yan's condensed eyes and sat down, "What kind of books does Weiyang read?" ”
Weiyang threw away the book in his hand, walked down from the couch and sat down under Qi Yan, "Just take a look, Qin Yan, I'm hungry!" ”
Before the words fell, I saw Wei Wanwan come in with a large tray with her own hands, put the food on the plate one by one on the table in the middle of the ground last night, and looked at Qin Yan with a gentle face, "General meal!" ”
Weiyang looked at it, there was only a pair of chopsticks on the table, a large bowl of white porridge, a plate of steamed buns, and four dishes of side dishes.
She couldn't help but laugh, she looked like she was no longer popular!
Qin Yan stood up, didn't seem to see Wei Wanwan's overtures, walked directly to Weiyang and sat down, and handed the only pair of chopsticks on the table to her hand, "It's not that I'm hungry, I don't want to eat yet!" ”
Qi Yan smiled and said nothing.
Qin Yan twisted his eyebrows and called, "Jiang Tao? ”
Jiang Tao trotted in, "Childe! ”
"Go prepare two more pairs of chopsticks!" Qin Yan didn't see any anger, and his face was normal.
Wei Wanwan was a little depressed.
The young man changed his clothes and looked like this, but he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.
Qi Yan always smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he was not polite to Qin Yan, and took the dishes and chopsticks handed over by Jiang Tao and used the rice silently.
The three of them had breakfast and drank tea, which allowed Jiang Tao to get off the horse, and a group of several people went out of Guannan.
Ten miles south of the pass stationed on a small mountain peak, only to see the edict camp continuous, in the forest lined up a huge formation, by the mountain forest shade, I don't know how many camp tents.
Qi Yao stepped forward immediately, "General Qin, wait for the last general to come forward and investigate!" ”
Qin Yan's eyes were cold under his thick eyebrows, "Quasi! ”
Qi Yao wanted to fight his horse, but was stopped by Qi Yan, "General Qi, don't venture into the first ten miles of the edict camp, remember!" ”
Weiyang rode on the horse and raised her eyes to look far away, it was no different to go to see the edict camp here, but this silence and calmness itself was a warning, she agreed with what Qi Yan said, and answered in a light voice, "What the eldest brother said is very true!" ”
Qi Yao led a few people to pat the horse and leave.
"The whole army of Nanzhao is attacking this time, he is sure that this battle will be won, otherwise the Yin Owl of King Nanzhao will not be so disregarded!" Qi Yan said worriedly.
Qin Yan rode on a horse, his shoulders straight, "There is no road in the forest and it is very dangerous, as long as the king of Nanzhao guards this only way to travel and sets up an ambush mechanism in the forest, he really doesn't have to be afraid of our army attacking his nest, so he is so fearless!" ”
"But in this way, unless he takes the initiative to attack, it will only cost the people and money." Qi Yan said.
Qin Yanfei rose from his horse and landed directly on the canopy, the clear winter sky was completely isolated from the forest by the dense branches and leaves, and the forest was damp and cold, extremely uncomfortable.
"Qixia Pass is located on the edge of the woodland, easy to attack and difficult to defend, if the Nanzhao army is strong, you can besiege the city or go around the pass, other people have lived in the forest for generations, and they know how to advance and retreat better than our dynasty." Qin Yan fell back on his horse and spoke coldly.
Qi Yan pondered for a moment before he continued, "Less than a hundred miles inside the pass is Wuling City, if the Southern Zhao soldiers rush forward, the number of casualties will not be counted, and Dongchu at this time is afraid that it will be a fatal blow." ”
"General Qi, how many villages and towns and population are there from Guannai to Wuling City?" Qin Yan asked.
Qi Jingxun looked at Qin Yan and replied, "Three towns and eleven villages, the population is unknown, there will be no more than 5,000 people, and they all depend on mountains and forests for survival. ”
"If you move such a huge population into Wuling City, it is extremely inappropriate, Wuling City is not rich in the first place, and it is difficult to support the war!" Qi Yan shook his head.
After a while, Qin Yan spoke, "There are hundreds of miles of dense forests in Guanxi, although there is no road to the army, but it is also a place where our army is not able to defend. ”
"Although this is the case, but the people are innocent, the pond fish rebellion is mostly from the inside out, and now the elephant, I am afraid that this is the only way to do!" Qi Yan also nodded yes.
Weiyang looked at the mountains in the distance, his eyebrows obscured.
Qin Yan followed her line of sight and looked into the distance, and no one was silent for a while.