Xiao Zhen looked at the breakfast in front of him, swallowed his saliva, eat? It's a bit of a loss. Don't eat? He really wanted to live.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhen picked up the bowl of water and drank it.

It seems that the plants that have been in the rain for a long time only feel that the internal organs are stretched.

But rice, do you want to eat it?

Xiao Zhen sat dumbfounded, and finally laughed self-deprecatingly, after drinking all the water, what were he still holding onto, so he picked up the bowl of porridge and ate it in one go.

After eating, it was inevitable that he would feel a little ashamed, but he didn't care, Xiao Zhen comforted himself, the most important thing is that the husband can bend and stretch.

The soldiers guarding peeked through the curtain of the door, and after seeing Xiao Zhen eating, they hurriedly went to report the clumsiness.

Suddenly stunned, and then smiled, Yuexi really has a way, she really let Xiao Zhen eat, so next, do you really want to let him go back?

"Xiao Zhen has eaten." When he returned to the big tent at noon, he said to Shen Yuexi.

Oh, Shen Yuexi answered and smiled.

"Let him go back, I don't know if he will let the tiger return to the mountain." Suddenly said to himself.

"As long as you can catch him back again, it won't be a tiger returning to the mountain, at most it will be a fierce horse." Shen Yuexi said.

Clumsily nodded.

Lunch, it was sent to Xiao Zhen by the soldiers, the reason why Shen Yuexi didn't go was because she wanted to leave some room for Xiao Zhen, he had been on hunger strike for so many days, and now that he started eating again, he would definitely feel a little ashamed, if she went, it would be a little like a joke.

Sure enough, Xiao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the person delivering the meal was not Shen Yuexi.

In the next few days, Shen Yuexi did not appear.

On the day Xiao Zhen left, Shen Yuexi personally led a horse for him, waited at the gate of the barracks, and said goodbye to Xiao Zhen.

"Vice Admiral Xiao, don't forget the agreement between us." Shen Yuexi only said this sentence, and after handing the reins to Xiao Zhen, he turned around and walked towards the barracks.

Xiao Zhen looked at Shen Yuexi's light and slender back, was in a trance for a while, and then turned over and got on the horse.

If this woman is still by the side of the Seventh Prince, it will be a blessing for Southern Xia, but it's a pity...... Xiao Zhen thought so, kicked the horse's belly, and the horse galloped.

Xiao Zhen was able to be put back, which greatly surprised Xu Du's expectations, and after he was stunned, he opened his arms and hugged Xiao Zhen: "It's great that you can come back." ”

But since then, Xu Du has not appointed Xiao Zhen to go on the expedition for a long time, and he also avoided Xiao Zhen when discussing military affairs with the lieutenants.

Xiao Zhen was captured by Beihu, and they were wary of coming back safely.

Xiao Zhen also realized this, and after a period of idle time in the barracks, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed directly into Xu Du's big tent, "General, when will I be able to return to the battlefield?" ”

"You can recuperate for a few more days, the injury from last time is not completely healed." Xu Du smiled.

"My injuries are long gone, you don't allow me to play or participate in strategy meetings, do you think I can't be trusted?" Xiao Zhen asked directly.

Xu Du's face was embarrassed, "After all, we have to avoid suspicion, they captured the deputy general of Nanxia and released it again, I have to speculate on their motives." ”

"So do you think I was bought by Beihu and now come back to do fine work?"

"Since you're so honest, then I might as well say that it's possible." Xu Du said.

Xiao Zhen's face changed immediately, he felt that being so suspicious was an insult to his personality.

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would commit treason to save my life?" Xiao Zhen asked.

"I don't think you're not, I'm just avoiding that possibility." Xu Du patted Xiao Zhen on the shoulder, "The two armies are facing each other, you have to be careful in everything, you have to understand me." ”

When it came to this, Xiao Zhen was speechless, so he had to turn around and leave angrily.

**

"Xiao Zhen hasn't appeared on the battlefield for a long time." One night, Hu Zhuo said to Shen Yuexi.

"When he was captured and put back, he would inevitably be suspected."

He nodded clumsily, thinking that Xiao Zhen's life was no better now than when he was captured, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. "Once a person is suspicious, no matter what he does in the future, he will be on guard, Xiao Zhen, the deputy general, is afraid that there is only an empty name left."

"But as a general, do you distrust the lieutenant generals under your command so much?" Thinking of this, Shen Yuexi sighed and looked at the clumsiness, "If it were you, what would you do?" ”

"I believe in them, my lieutenants, my Jingwei, they were born and died with me, without them, I would not be able to walk where I am today."

These lieutenants, Jingwei, were all cultivated and promoted by clumsy people, and they had already cultivated family-like emotions.

"What if?" Shen Yuexi asked again.

"Then I also admit that I have failed to gain the loyalty of my subordinates, and I am also responsible." Suddenly replied without even thinking about it.

Shen Yuexi looked clumsy, her eyes revealing warmth, "What I love most is your frank energy." ”

"Oh?" A narrow smile appeared on his face, "Aren't I worthy of love anywhere else?" Suddenly said, approaching Shen Yuexi, and hugged Shen Yuexi in his arms a little scoundrel.

Shen Yuexi twisted her body and laughed with Hu, in the dark night, the laughter was a little abrupt, and Shen Yuexi hurriedly covered her mouth.

looked at Shen Yuexi and felt that she was extremely cute. After so many years, he loved her and never faded in the slightest.

**

Until winter, Hu Zhuo and Xiao Zhen never met on the battlefield again.

The Northern Hu army went forward to encroach on many cities in Southern Xia, and when winter came, the number of battles between the two sides was significantly less, and both sides were recuperating and reorganizing their armies.

Xiao Zhen was still in a position of idleness in the barracks, and his anxiety made him often beat the stump alone, and his already rough hands were even more calloused.

It was useless to practice, and after thinking about it, Xiao Zhen decided to leave the barracks and go back to his hometown to farm.

Hearing Xiao Zhen's request, Xu Du was a little surprised, thought about it, and finally agreed.

So, Xiao Zhen carried a simple bag and set foot on the road back to his hometown alone. On the way back to Xiao Zhen, he was a little emotional, what he thought of was Shen Yuexi, he had made an agreement with her that if he was captured again on the battlefield, he would be willing to serve Beihu, but who would have expected that he would not even have the opportunity to go to the battlefield since then.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly, and then galloped his horse.

Xu Du wrote a report about Xiao Zhen to Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng looked at the fold and frowned, originally heard that Xiao Zhen had made meritorious contributions repeatedly, and thought that he would see him after winning the battle, but he didn't expect him to return to his hometown.

Anyway, the deputy general who was captured by Beihu and released back is a little doubtful and doesn't dare to be important.

It's just a pity that Nanxia has not had such a brave general as Xiao Zhen for a long time.

The news of Xiao Zhen's return to his hometown, Beihu's spies later heard it, and reported it to Hu Clumsy, who sighed and regretted it.

But for Beihu, this is really good news.

"Xiao Zhen left the barracks and returned to his hometown." After returning to his big tent, he told Shen Yuexi the news.

Shen Yuexi was stunned, her feeling was the same as clumsiness, it was a pity that a heroic general like Xiao Zhen was buried in the countryside.

"People say that heroes are heroes, but Nanxia knows heroes but not heroes, Zhao Zheng killed my brother, Xu Du abandoned Xiao Zhen, the two lieutenants did not have a good death, I am afraid that it will hurt the hearts of the soldiers." Shen Yuexi sighed with emotion.

If you lose the hearts of the people, the country will be in danger, and if you lose the hearts of the soldiers, you will lose your bloody fighting spirit, Shen Yuexi feels that one day Nanxia will be defeated.

The rout took place in the summer of the following year.

The abundant material and land of Southern Xia, as well as the suitable climate, all made the soldiers of Beihu excited, and they wanted to occupy this land and let their people move here to live in peace.

Therefore, the morale of Beihu is getting higher and higher, while the morale of Southern Xia is getting lower and lower, and some officials in the city are greedy for life and afraid of death, and before the Beihu army has arrived, they abandon the city and flee for their lives.

The Beihu army was like entering a no-man's land, and went straight to the Hunjiang River with an irresistible momentum.

The Hunjiang River is the first river in Southern Xia, stretching for hundreds of miles, and the river water is vast and unfathomable.

After the Nanxia army retreated to the riverside, the letter for help had arrived in the capital, although Zhao Zheng was furious, but he also had to face this reality, thinking about it, only relying on the natural barrier of the Hunjiang River to stop the iron hooves of the Beihu army, so Zhao Zheng sent the Nanxia navy to the south bank of the Hunjiang River with hundreds of ships to bring the Nanxia army and the fleeing people to the south bank of the Hunjiang River.

The spies of the Beihu army reported the matter to the police.

When he went to the capital in the past, he relied on the ferries of Nanxia to cross the Hunjiang River, and the width and depth of the river were unfathomable, and it was almost impossible for the Beihu army to cross the river, unless they could build a large number of ships.

However, shipbuilding, for Beihu, lacks craftsmen, and shipbuilding is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly, even if the customer service is satisfied, the Beihu army may not be the opponent of the Southern Xia naval army.

Suddenly I knew that this war was going to stop here.

When Shen Yuexi knew the news, she didn't know why she was relieved, for her, this battle took too long, and she could finally take a break for a while.

Shen Yuexi looked at him and thought of Yi'er, he was already three years old, and he was running all over the ground.

Thinking of Yi'er, Shen Yuexi would hold Xia Xia tightly in her arms, but the more this is the case, the more heartache Shen Yuexi becomes, they are all her children, but Yi'er is outcast, which makes her embarrassed.

Anyway, now that the war has stopped, it should be time to have the energy to find Yi'er.

Shen Yuexi made this request to Hu Zhuo, but Hu Zhuo sighed and did not speak again.

Clumsy's attitude made Shen Yuexi a little disappointed, she thought that Clumsy would be as eager as her to find Yi'er, but his reaction was so indifferent, making her feel that he didn't want to look for Yi'er at all.

"Have you forgotten Yi'er?" Shen Yuexi asked.

"How so?"

"But you don't look in a hurry at all."

"It's not something that comes in a hurry, I've been sending people to find Yi'er all these days." He said awkwardly, lowering his eyes. When he lied to Shen Yuexi, he didn't dare to look her eyes.

"Has there been no news all this time?"

Clumsily nodded.

Shen Yuexi was a little unconvinced, "She is a young woman with a child, so it should be easy to find." ”

"If she has the heart to hide, I'm afraid it won't be easy."

"You say, will she die?" Shen Yuexi thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

He raised his eyebrows and didn't speak. He didn't know what to say.

Shen Yuexi was taken aback by this thought, if Qiu'er died, then what about Yi'er?

It was so terrible that Shen Yuexi put her hand against her mouth and stopped talking.

Suddenly sighed secretly in his heart, should Yi'er's death be told to Yuexi?

After thinking about it, I still can't say it, it's better to let Shen Yuexi have a thought in my heart than to be more desperate and painful after knowing the truth.

**

Because of the suspension of the war, Shen Yuexi's tense nerves relaxed, and during the day, Shen Yuexi said to Zhicui: "It's been a few days in the city, let's go out for a walk today." ”

Zhicui nodded, and the two of them went out together with Xia Xuan.

Naturally followed by the guards, although the Southern Xia army retreated, but there were still many Southern Xia people left in Jiangcheng, although Hu Zhuo had already ordered to treat these people well, but in the end, in the end, the people of Southern Xia were still wary of the Beihu people, so it was not ruled out that they would suddenly make a fierce resistance.

There is no trace of Jiangcheng being burned and looted, but it is an inexplicable depression, on the street, there are few pedestrians, and the most seen are the Beihu soldiers, the Beihu people took over the city, and the officials should be reappointed, and the people of Nanxia also have to re-register their household registration and fall under the management of Beihu, so there are still a lot of things that need to be taken care of.

Shen Yuexi looked at everything on the street, whether it was the Nanxia people or the Beihu people, most of them were just following the torrent of fate.

In addition to sighing, a person came to him, carrying two river fish in his hand and wearing a straw hat, when he saw Shen Yuexi, the person lowered his head and passed by Shen Yuexi.

Somewhat familiar. Shen Yuexi reacted quickly in his mind, "Vice General Xiao? ”

Shen Yuexi turned around and shouted.

The man froze, and walked on.

Shen Yuexi turned around and ran back, "Vice General Xiao? ”

The man turned his head sideways to look at Shen Yuexi, smiled slightly, and continued to stride forward.

This person is Xiao Zhen.