Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Sunset Passes in the West
Aunt Ma picked a hut near the inner courtyard, and after Duan Jaw helped her inside, she said that she wanted to rest, so Duan Jaw stopped bothering, turned around and went out of the house, and gently closed the door.
Subsequently, the subordinates who were assigned to Yan Chen's courtyard began to perform their duties and tidy up each room under Duan Jaw's instructions.
Jiang Wuxian pointed to his nose and asked a little unconfidently, "Can I live here?" ”
Duan Jaw replied with a smile: "Of course, this courtyard is owned by Gongzi, and he can let anyone he want." ”
"That'...... We're always ready to go out, right? ”
"Of course."
Jiang Wuxian said excitedly to Chu He: "Brother Chu, I'll take you around Dachong Pass." ”
Chu He had this intention and readily agreed.
Duan Jaw hurriedly spoke: "Then I'll send you out, this mansion is too big, don't get lost again." ”
Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Chu He nodded.
Before leaving, Chu He glanced at the closed door of the inner courtyard and laughed secretly, estimating that Yan Chen's life was not easy now.
Duan Jaw sent Chu He and the others all the way to the gate of the General's Mansion, and then untied a wooden waist card from himself and stuffed it into Chu He's hand, there were no complicated lines on it, only two simple inscriptions.
Kuishan.
"This is the name brand of my Kuishan camp, as long as it is in Liangzhou, you can show this thing if you encounter any trouble, I dare not say that it is unimpeded, but there will be less trouble."
Seeing Duan Jaw so kind, Chu He naturally couldn't refuse, took the waist card with both hands, and then carefully put it into his arms.
"By the way, there is another matter, the two of you have to rush back before dark, there is a night banquet tonight, which is set up to congratulate the prince on his return to the house, most of the military and political dignitaries left behind in Dachong Pass will arrive, and you must also attend."
Chu He's face was embarrassed, and he was about to open his mouth to shirk it, but Jiang Wuxian interjected: "General Duan, don't worry, the two of us will rush back before dark and go to the banquet on time." ”
"Okay, okay, then I'll rest assured, you guys go, I have to go back and see how the preparations for the night banquet are, don't go wrong."
Chu He and the two of them walked out of the long street where the General's Mansion was located before they spoke.
"How do I feel about this General Duan...... It's not like a general......"
Jiang Wuxian smiled: "It's like a housekeeper, right?" ”
Chu He scratched his head, "Anyway, I feel like he really doesn't have the momentum of Wang Minglun." ”
"Brother Chu doesn't know something, the more this kind of person, the more ruthless he will become, commonly known as ...... Wilted. ”
"Oh? Can you tell me about it? ”
At this time, the two had already walked to the relatively prosperous street, the crowd was bustling, and there were vendors selling all kinds of things on both sides of the street, so it was not lively.
In Chu He's opinion, this Dachong Pass is really no different from an ordinary city.
"Do you know what kind of nickname our General Duan has?"
"What?"
"The crocodile of the Western Cool."
"Hungry? What does it mean to be able to eat? ”
Jiang Wuxian suddenly rolled his eyes, "What, it's a crocodile's crocodile!" ”
"How?"
"That is to say, this jaw is like a crocodile, biting the prey and not letting go, until the prey is dragged into deep water, and then opening the bloody mouth to tear and swallow the enemy."
"For example?"
"For example, seven years ago, it was also the River Drum Road, when our Liang army put out a huge pocket and surrounded the 150,000 Eastern Border Army in Ganlu City."
"In the end, this Sheng army really had no choice but to break through, at that time, according to their understanding, the Kuishan battalion, which had just changed its commander, should be the weakest point, so they chose to break through in the direction of the river valley where the Kuishan battalion was responsible for garrisoning, and the 150,000 army only attacked this one point."
"At that time, Duan Jaw had just taken over Kuishan, and it was a turbulent time in the camp, and many old people couldn't get used to this new general who was directly promoted from the new battalion by the general."
"So when the 150,000 troops of Shengguo came over all of a sudden, almost all the veterans in the Kuishan camp at that time advocated fighting and retreating, and bluntly said that if they fought hard, not only would they still not be able to stop the people of Shengguo, but the family of the Kuishan camp would also be completely exhausted."
"Of course Duan Jaw disagreed, the military order he received was to hold on to that river valley, so he sternly rejected the suggestion to retreat, and asked the Kuishan battalion not to retreat a single step until the friendly troops arrived."
Chu He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Those veterans compromised?" ”
"Of course not, those old guys, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. They advocated withdrawing their troops, first, it was true that the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and it was difficult for the Kuishan battalion to resist. The second is that they want to disobey the general's military orders with Duan Jaw, and they will definitely remove him afterwards and replace them with their own people as the main general. ”
"But as I said just now, the more honest the person, the more ruthless he will be. On weekdays, looking at Duan Jaw, who was amiable to everyone, he went crazy on the spot and asked them if they were going to mutiny. And guess what, what if those old guys actually stalked their necks and said that it was a mutiny? ”
Chu He had already guessed what Duan Jaw was doing at that time, "Is he killing chickens and making an example of monkeys?" ”
"Not only is it to kill chickens and monkeys, the six old guys who jumped out at that time were all cut off by him in one go. Think about it, the enemy is at present, and he directly cut six of them, how fierce is that! ”
"In the end, the Liang army won a complete victory."
"Of course, Duan Jaw stood up before the battle, and directly shocked the whole Kuishan battalion, and no one dared to withdraw from the army, and they all played with their lives to top the Sheng army. In the last battle, nearly 7,000 people died in the Kuishan battalion, but they dragged the Sheng army in the river valley and held out until reinforcements arrived. ”
"Of the last 150,000 Sheng troops, only 40,000 escaped, and the rest were thrown into that valley. After this battle, the vitality of the army in the eastern border of Shengguo was greatly damaged, and it was not until this year that it regrouped and launched such a large-scale battle of Hegudao. ”
Unconsciously, the two of them have been wandering around the streets of Dachong Pass for a long time, and along the way, Jiang Wuxian told Chu He all kinds of old anecdotes about Dachong Pass, and his mouth was not idle, buying a string of sugar gourds for a while, and two meat buns for a while.
"No, no, I can't eat anymore, I still have a big meal in the evening, I have to save some stomach."
Jiang Wuxian stuffed the bun into his bulging mouth, and then rubbed his hands on his clothes.
The sun was about to set, and the two of them began to turn their heads and walk back.
There are many children who have just finished from the school, all carrying white cloth pockets, chasing each other and playing.
There was a small stall on the corner of the street, and a man in his forties sat in a circle of children around him, all staring at the gadgets in his hands.
The two took a closer look, it turned out that they were pinching clay figures, and the man put the pinched villains in a row, and then inserted all kinds of weapons in their hands, all of them were majestic and vivid.
"This horse is a general, whoever buys him and takes it home to put it in the future, he will definitely be able to become a character like our General Chen Shida in the future."
"I want it!"
"I want it too!"
"I'll go home and ask my mother for a copper plate!"
As the sun set, the orange-red sunlight shone on a fiery cloud over the Great Chung.
also stretched the shadows of the children in front of the clay figure stall long, like adults and generals.