The army of the Northern Han Dynasty had already been stationed at the border, and as soon as Min Huai arrived here, although his posture was full of posture, he still stood still, as if he was waiting for some opportunity.

Min Huai was originally a general guarding Xiliang, but now he was temporarily transferred, from Xiliang to the Northern Han, the two countries have completely different climates, he is familiar with all kinds of Xiliang, but he doesn't know the Northern Han, arrange for him to come here to defend against the enemy, he is also touched in his heart, and he is a little confused by the sudden order.

Even the adjutant general, who had been by his side for many years, was equally puzzled and asked, "General, this is so good, why would the emperor suddenly send you over to this side of the border?" It doesn't make sense. ”

Min Huai was also beating a drum in his heart, shook his head and said: "I haven't figured this matter out yet, but I think there must be something strange in this, and it won't be as simple as changing the ground and defending it." ”

The adjutant general agreed: "My subordinates also feel this way, and they always feel that something is wrong with this matter. But then again, I really don't know what the emperor Lao'er was thinking in his head, obviously he had already sent troops from the capital, not only did he not let them come over to directly resist the enemy, but he asked me to wait for thousands of troops to come here, which is really strange. ”

Min Huai patted the deputy general's shoulder and said, "Rong Zhan is leading troops to fight for the first time, and he has no combat experience, so how can he directly let him lead his troops to resist?" ”

The adjutant general disagreed: "The general has been guarding Xiliang for many years, and he has been calm, which makes the Xiliang gang frightened. No matter how turbulent Biansai is, it is easier to deal with than Xiliang's gang. ”

Min Huai had no choice but to say: "The holy will is unpredictable. ”

The deputy general was still dissatisfied, and muttered on the side: "It's good now, let a junior intercept our beard, if the command is not right, we will have to run over there to save the scene after we finish fighting here." ”

Although Min Huai said so, he was also muttering to himself in his heart. The emperor did not directly arrange for Rong Zhan to deal with the Northern Han, but specially transferred him and asked Rong Zhan to go to the relatively stable Xiliang border, but for what? Is it just because he cares about Rong Zhan and cares about his safety? If it was just like that, then the emperor wouldn't have sent him in the first place.

On the surface, it looks like this.

Min Huai looked at his lieutenant general and said, "Maybe there will be an unexpected war soon." ”

Because the deputy general is a veteran who has followed him for many years, he seems to be his own person, so Min Huai has no scruples when he speaks.

The adjutant general couldn't help but wonder a little: "General, the situation here is already very clear, and our army will definitely beat them to the ground and return triumphantly." ”

Min Huai shook his head: "I don't mean our side. ”

After a little thought, the adjutant general understood: "The general said Xiliang?" I'll just say, send such a hairy boy over, how can the people of Xiliang take it seriously? ”

Min Huai shook his head and said: "You don't know this, Rong Zhan, who is humanistic and martial, wise and brave, with his personal ability, it should be no problem to deal with Xiliang." ”

Min Huai continued: "You have been in the military camp for many years, and it is understandable that you don't know these court secrets. When the first prince and my father were defeated and killed, Rong Zhan hated Xiliang to the core, and wanted to deal with it quickly. Now that the emperor has arranged for Rong Zhan to go over there, it can be seen that the emperor may want to make a move on Xiliang. ”

Min Huai now has a lot of doubts, because this arrangement is too strange, so he is very suspicious that the emperor is really going to start with Xiliang.

As soon as Rong Zhan arrived in Xiliang, he immediately arranged troops to defend and wait for each pass. Sure enough.

The spy trotted straight to the barracks tent and shouted in a high-pitched voice, "Report." ”

The spy knelt on the ground and reported: "Report, Xiliang's soldiers and horses have been secretly mobilized. ”

Rong Zhan raised his head from the map and nodded: "Got it, continue to explore." ”

The spy commanded: "Yes." ”

Xiliang wolf's ambition wants to take advantage of the fire to rob when Daqi is under the enemy's back,.

Not long after, our army found a local spy on the border of Xiliang, and as soon as Rong Zhan got the news, he immediately ordered people to surround and surround him, and he was sure to capture this spy alive.

At the same time, a secret report came from the capital, and the emperor ordered people to pay more attention to the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty, and report it immediately as soon as there was any news.

In the capital, the emperor ordered this place to be strictly fortified, and at the same time made an appointment to meet Qi Zhizhou.

Qi Zhizhou was ordered to go to the palace and meet the emperor: "I don't know what the emperor is looking for a minister today?" ”

The Emperor shook his head and said, "It's not that important. It's just that I've had a few dreams in the past days, dreaming about the things that used to happen when we were studying together, and now I think back to it, life at that time was really fun. ”

Qi Zhizhou saw that the emperor was tired, and the whole person was actually tired and decayed, and his heart was moved. Thinking about it carefully, after so many years, where is it easy for the emperor! It is not easy for each of them, and the emperor is the master of the world, in fact, everything may not be satisfactory.

Qi Zhizhou said with a smile: "At that time, we were all ignorant and fearless, you were older than us, and you shouted every day that we should take us to do chivalrous and righteous deeds, and eliminate violence and peace." After class, we were each of us dangling all over the street with this stick behind us, thinking about what big things would happen for us to be useful, and we were completely on fire. Now that I think about it, we were the most restless at that time. ”

Qi Zhizhou remembered that time, the indescribable feeling, and said that he could think that they still had such a day.

When the emperor heard this, he laughed and said: "Brother Zhizhou, do you remember when you were not, you were obviously the thin and small one, but you were the one who shouted the most, and it was not ambiguous at all in practice." ”

Qi Zhizhou said: "The emperor said this, but it reminds me of one thing. ”

The two said in unison: "Chased by dogs." After that, he laughed heartily.

The emperor answered: "At that time, we were wandering around the street after class, and you saw a thief who stole the woman's purse, and rushed over without saying a word, and we couldn't shout behind us, and we couldn't catch up with it, I really don't know how you ran so fast at that time." ”

Qi Zhizhou also said: "At that time, I didn't know what it meant to be afraid, and it was strange to say, the man running in front of me knew at a glance that it must be a big man who was more than half a head taller than me, I didn't even think about waiting for you, or what to do if I caught up with him, but I just followed him with all my strength, for fear that I would be thrown off." ”

The emperor said, "That's what I'm talking about." We were right behind you, but we couldn't catch up with the two of you, and we didn't know how far we had gone. In the end, I watched you follow the thief into someone else's house. ”

When the emperor said this, he stopped, as if he had thought of some interesting scene, and he couldn't stop having fun there.

Qi Zhizhou continued: "Where did I think that guy was cheating on me, but I was determined to catch him." In the end, I was chased by dogs for three or four streets, and finally I really didn't have the strength to run, so I simply jumped into the lake before stopping. ”

The emperor finally stopped laughing and said, "Who knew that the person you jumped from had a big yellow dog, barking at you." The owner thought you were a thief who was walking on the wall, so he simply let the dog bite you and tore a hole in your pants. ”

Qi Zhizhou said: "How difficult it was for me to seize an opportunity at that time. As far as my body is concerned, you say that I am weak in everything, and you have dealt with it on your behalf, where is the opportunity for me to be majestic. I finally got the opportunity to prove myself, so why would I give up? ”

The emperor continued: "After that, I led you back soaking wet, and accompanied you to be taught a good lesson by Mr. Qi." ”

Qi Zhizhou replied: "Don't patronize me, you yourself are not stealing chickens and dogs, and in the end you let the pig arch." ”

The emperor's old face was flushed with shame all of a sudden, but he didn't mind being lifted off, and replied: "Isn't it for me to open meat for a few of you?" ”

Qi Zhizhou pursed his lips and smiled, while falling into memories, and said slowly: "You saw that there was no one at home, so you wanted to go to someone's house to steal a chicken, how did you know that the chicken is so difficult to catch, you are scolding while stomping your feet in the chicken pen." ”

The emperor said: "Where did I catch chickens, just looking at other people's appearances, imitating there, thinking it was a simple thing, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult." ”

Qi Zhizhou said: "As a result, who thought that he was caught by the returning master, so that the pig arched." ”

The emperor quibbled: "Then how did I know that he would come back at that time." Besides, I've only heard of herding cattle and sheep, where have you heard of herding pigs? I really don't understand what the family is thinking, what is the need for the pigs to be released, if not, where will I be arched? ”

Qi Zhizhou laughed and said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. That can only say that you deserve to be in this situation. ”

The emperor also laughed: "Things in the past, now it's all interesting to think about. I don't know if you still remember Aunt Wang's house in the east of the village where we often go. ”

Qi Zhizhou nodded and said, "Of course I remember." That aunt is so kind-hearted, seeing that our children are messing around there every day, and she doesn't know how to go home on time to eat, she is worried that we will be hungry. As soon as we appeared in front of her door, she would definitely beckon us to go to her house, scramble a plate of hot eggs for us, and sit with a smile on the sidelines and watch us gobble up. ”

The Emperor nodded and said, "I still remember the taste of that egg." It was the most delicious food I've ever had, and even though there were so many options available now, nothing could replace it in my heart. ”

Qi Zhizhou nodded: "Indeed." It's just that later, the aunt didn't know where she went. ”

The emperor didn't answer for a long time, and finally sighed for a long time: "I am also old, and my body is not as tough as before, and what I can do is still very limited. ”

Qi Zhizhou immediately said: "The emperor will definitely be able to live a long life." ”

The emperor waved his hand: "You and I brothers, don't talk about those vanities." My body, I know that this country is not mine, but the world. I have to witness Rong Zhan's strength one last time to see how great his ability is, so that I can rest assured. ”

After saying all this, the emperor finally spoke: "If one day, I am gone." Zhan'er's side, you must help a lot. ”

Qi Zhizhou was a little moved when he heard this.

He was serious: "The minister knows. ”