Volume 1 The Return of the Old Man The Ninety-third Round Reinforcements arrived
"Have you ever seen this bug before?" Han Changdui asked in a deep voice.
Yao Ji shook his head blankly: "No." ”
Han Changwan tilted his head and wondered, "Then how did you find out that there was a problem with the jade tip noodles and the water?" ”
Yao Qi felt a little embarrassed, thought about it, and then muttered: "I, smell, there is a slimy smell." ”
Han Changdui didn't hear clearly, leaned over slightly, and asked, "What?" ”
Yao Qi quickly changed his head: "Childe, do you want to detoxify the garrisons, and what you need, I'll prepare." ”
Xu Xiangli nodded again and again: "Yes, Han Changshi, the fifth beacon is remote, and many things are not complete, but the medicinal materials are still quite complete." ”
Han Changwei also put down the questioning of Yao Qi, followed Xu Xiangli into the fort, wrote down the medicinal materials he needed, handed them to a conscious garrison who had not had time to use the morning food, and went down to prepare.
The garrison army was very neat, and quickly sent in the medicinal materials that Han Changdui needed.
Just as Han Changdui was carefully preparing the antidote, Xu Xiangli was not idle.
The frenzied garrisons danced for half an hour, and they were already paralyzed on the ground, not to mention the Turks calling at this time, even if it was a little girl who was powerless, she could serve these people in one pot.
Xu Xiangli has been crisscrossing the border for more than ten years, although he is only a small military officer, but he is also a little famous, and such a capsized boat in the gutter really made him embarrassed and angry.
He pressed down on his angry mind and arranged the rest of the matter in an orderly manner.
He ordered the fort to be closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and sent two sober and unharmed garrisons to the Fourth Beacon to mobilize reinforcements in case the Turks invaded the Fifth Beacon with the help of the Turks.
He also put under the watchful eye of all the exhausted and collapsed garrisons.
The springs also need to be guarded.
After arranging these, Xu Xiangli calculated the remaining garrison army, which was no longer enough to change the guard.
He looked up and looked thoughtfully at Han Changdu, who was dispensing medicine.
Han Changdui noticed Xu Xiangli's gaze, raised his head and said calmly: "Officer Xu, Ah Qi wants to stay and help me dispense medicine, and the remaining four people will be transferred by you." ”
Xu Xiangli was overjoyed, feeling that he and Han Changwei were too good at calling each other brothers, this person was too angry with him, and he thanked him without twisting: "In this way, thank you for being a brother." ”
Han Changwan raised his eyebrows and smiled, and instructed Gu Chen to follow Xu Xiangli and go to the wine shop to find the remaining people.
The situation in the liquor store is not much different from that of the fort, and Sabao and his party are not as strong as the garrison, and they have been crazy for so long that some of them have foamed at the mouth and are unconscious.
Xu Xiangli kicked the Li guard, who was still struggling, and ordered someone to send the fort and his party to the wine shop, and wait for the antidote to make plans.
Hearing Han Changdu's arrangement, Meng Sui saluted one after another and obeyed Xu Xiangli's deployment.
It's just that Wang Xian hesitated for a moment and said: "Xu Shuguan, there are two people missing from Sa Bao's party, it is the dumb girl and the old man that Gongzi ordered us to keep an eye on, Chen Qi and I have searched inside and outside the post station, but we haven't found them, I don't know if they took advantage of the chaos to go out, if they go out smoothly to report the news, it will be very disadvantageous to us." ”
Xu Xiang's heart sank, the castle was in chaos, and it was not surprising that the two people would go out.
Since it has already happened, there is no way to change it, so you can only be prepared.
He said in a deep voice: "I have ordered the fort to be closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and I have sent soldiers to the Fourth Beacon to mobilize troops to rescue, and at most in an hour, reinforcements will arrive." He paused slightly, and arched his hand at Meng Sui's few people: "It's just that most of the garrison troops in the Fifth Beacon have been poisoned and have no combat power, and there is a shortage of manpower in the fort. ”
Meng Sui was busy returning the salute with a few people, followed Xu Xiangli into the fort to change his clothes, climbed the fort platform, and looked into the distance vigilantly.
The weather was fine, and a few thin clouds changed shape in the blue sky, revealing a bit of weirdness.
The late autumn sun gently pierces through the thin clouds and gently falls on the ground.
The yellow grit and dust were blowing in the wind, and the smell of dryness was pervasive.
The knife on his waist flashed with a bright cold light, and his hand covered his head, and the chill spread from his palm to his whole body.
Gu Chen held the knife and walked back and forth on the fort, glancing at Meng Sui, who was passing by by from time to time.
Although the two of them never spoke, although they were still as awkward as before, they were obviously not as tense as they were at the beginning.
After arranging everything, Xu Xiangli suddenly relaxed, sat on the Hu bed, stiff and motionless.
This kind of relaxation is not the kind of relaxation that holds the odds of victory, but the kind of relaxation that has been done after all the preparations, and there is nothing else to do, but waiting for the sword hanging above the head to fall, and the kind of relaxation that is extremely tense when the catastrophe comes.
After a moment of silence, Xu Xiangli suddenly came to his senses, what was the matter with such a broken jar, he straightened up and looked at Han Changdu.
A small red clay stove rests on the dining table, and the stoneware medicine pot sits on the small stove, and the flames lick the jar, burning the jar red.
The water in the jar is the rainwater stored in the fort, this place, the water is the most expensive, in order to avoid waste, the yard is placed in a half-person high tank, used to catch the rainwater and store.
On weekdays, the rainwater stored in these tanks is used for laundry and bathing, and I don't think it will really come in handy today.
Han Changwan carefully prepared the medicine, poured it into the medicine jar, and quietly looked at the steaming heat on the mouth of the jar.
After a few moments, the bitter smell of medicine permeated.
"Brother Han, when will this medicine be boiled?" Xu Xiangli and Han Changwei had the same hatred for the enemy, and their titles were also quietly changed, showing a bit of affection.
Han Changdui seemed to be completely unaware of the change in Xu Xiangli's attitude, his face was expressionless, and there was a bit of gloom in his eyebrows: "About half an hour." He wasn't a little sure, and sighed lightly: "Xu Shuguan, whether this medicine will work or not, I really don't know the bottom in my heart." ”
Xu Xiangli's phoenix eyes narrowed: "Brother Han doesn't have to worry too much, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, if there is really no cure, it is just fate that should be like this, and I can't complain about Brother Han." ”
Yao Ji kept stirring the medicinal soup with a bamboo chopstick, and a bitter and disgusting taste went straight to his nostrils.
She couldn't help but sigh.
This smell smells so bitter, if you drink it, wouldn't it be a dilemma for people who are bitter to live and die.
The medicine jar gurgled and spit out small blisters, bursting one and another forming another.
Even more leaks fell on people's hearts, urging people to face the road ahead of thousands of difficulties and dangers.
Han Changwan leaned over and looked at the medicine, nodded and said calmly, "Ah Qi, okay, pour out the medicine." ”
Yao Ji put a piece of muslin cloth on the mouth of the bowl, took a piece of cloth to wrap the handle of the medicine jar, and blocked the mouth of the jar with a bamboo chopstick, and then slowly poured out the medicinal soup.
The yellow, white, and brown dregs of medicine were mixed together and were covered by muslin, and they did not fall into the bowl at all.
Yao Qi carried the medicine residue with a cotton cloth, put it on the dining table, glanced at the black medicinal soup in the bowl, and pursed his lips.
She had watched Han Changdui grab the decoction of medicine with her own eyes, there were all kinds of strange things here, but it was not just medicinal herbs.
If she hadn't followed Han Changwan from Chang'an City, she would definitely think that he was an undoubted Turkic spy who came to give the garrisons a dose of poison under the guise of being an antidote.
She hesitantly brought the medicine bowl to Han Changdu, the medicine soup shook tremblingly in the bowl, she lowered her voice and said, "Childe, really, do you want to drink it?" ”
Han Changwan raised his eyelids: "Drink." ”
Yao Ji lowered his eyebrows, a little depressed.
Most of the bowl of medicinal soup is not too much to say a lot and a lot less, one person can't drink it, and two people can't drink it enough.
Besides, it's too difficult for her to be the first to eat crabs.
She pursed her lips: "Childe, let whom, the first one to drink." ”
Han Changdui raised his eyes and glanced at Yao Qi, and his gaze finally fell on Xu Xiangli.
Yao Qi suddenly realized, gently put the medicine bowl in front of Xu Xiangli, and smiled politely: "Xu Shuguan, the medicine is decoction, you see who you want to try the medicine first." ”
Xu Xiangli is also very embarrassed.
At this moment, the sound of ironclad clattering broke his embarrassment.
Before I saw anyone, the heavy footsteps fell and shook the mountains, and then a series of thunderous human voices came: "Lao Xu, what's wrong with you, what about your soldiers, what's wrong, they're all wilted." ”
Everyone looked at each other.
A mountain-like projection landed in the doorway, and with the sound of thumping footsteps, the projection moved into the hall.
The people who came were tall and strong, and they stood up to the hall, and they blocked the entrance tightly.
After being ridiculed, Xu Xiang was unconsciously annoyed, but stood up excitedly, patted the man's shoulder, and almost burst into tears as if he saw it: "Brother Zhu, are you here to see my liveliness." ”
The man like a mountain was Zhu Rong, the commander of the Fourth Beacon, who received Xu Xiangli's message, and he immediately ordered a hundred troops and rushed to the Fifth Beacon.
Han Changdui raised his head, the corners of his mouth twitching.
When he went to the fourth beacon a few days ago, it happened that the military officer Zhu Rong was not there, and he didn't see it, but when he saw it this time, he felt that this was the kind of person that Yao Qi often said, painting a portrait and sticking it on the door to ward off evil spirits.
Zhu Rong didn't pay attention to the outsiders here, but just laughed loudly with Xu Xiangli: "Brother, how can I see the jokes of the eldest brother, Brother Xu, you just go and get busy with you, I ordered a hundred garrisons, all of them are elite generals, this fort, I will guard it for my brother." ”
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Xu Xiangli finally settled down in his heart, and he didn't have so many scruples about being restrained, he waved his big hand like a fan, and said: "The soldiers under my hands are almost down, just waiting for the antidote of my Han brother, there are Han brothers' subordinates on the fort, staring at it for half the night, Brother Lao arranged for someone to replace them to rest, this fort will be handed over to my younger brother, and Brother Han and I will detoxify my soldiers in a down-to-earth manner." ”