Li Jiaoer said that it would take a little courage to go north with Xue Zhen; Xue Zhen went to ask His Majesty for the will to go north with his wife, and he needed a little wisdom, but in the end, it was all lip service, and it was not very troublesome.

But when it came to the real road, Li Jiaoer really understood why the old saying "It's good to be at home for a day, but it's hard to go out for a thousand days" - although the official road is still a section of bluestone road after leaving the capital, but if you go north, it will be an ordinary dirt road.

Li Jiaoer's cars are all modified by Ingenuity Pavilion, the wheels have rabbits, rabbits, the wheels are wrapped in leather, and there are thick soft backings in the car, which is very comfortable, but even so, after catching up with thirty or forty miles a day, Li Jiaoer, who has never left Beijing since she was a child, still feels uncomfortable with the bones on her body and falling apart.

Therefore, ten of my people and four cars walked along the official road, and after only three days, I fell behind.

Along the way, there were also soldiers and civilians who were left behind, either sitting or falling on the side of the road, all of them looked dazed and dull, but they were all on foot, Li Jiaoer and her party sat in a carriage, and fell into such a situation, even she felt ridiculous, and then looked at those people and felt pity, so she asked the little maid with them to put some food and water down to encourage them to persevere.

Seeing that Li Jiaoer had a group of people serving, and there were as many as four carriages, he knew that he was not waiting for an idler's family, so he didn't dare to come to provoke and rob, so he only took things and thanked them, and continued to hurry under the urging of the rear army in charge of containment.

After walking and stopping for a while, some soldiers who had turned back from the front army chased after them, driving those who had stragged forward as fast as possible, shouting at them and shouting at them.

Even though Li Jiaoer has an identity, she is still scared in her heart, and she especially doesn't want to be looked down upon by Xue Zhen, laughing at her for being generous in her mouth, but she is delicate and incompetent in action, so she endured the discomfort and urged the car to go quickly.

On the contrary, it was the former army general who turned around, and he was aiming at people, but suddenly saw that Li Jiaoer's carriage and horses also fell into the crowd that had fallen behind, his face was purple, and he said something to a small soldier, and the little soldier turned around and ran forward to chase after him.

In less than half an hour, Xue Zhen led three lieutenant generals and rode over from the front, followed by a team of soldiers who were running fast.

When he came, Li Jiaoer had already chased forward for a while, and the carriage was faster than the people, so he left the other people who had fallen behind about two miles behind, but still did not catch up with the big team.

As a result, there were only four carriages left on this desolate and old official road.

Xue Zhen's face was originally quite calm, but when they arrived at the scene of them hurrying away, he frowned.

If it is still uncertain today, even though this is the territory of Jokhang, bandits and thieves are not new, and more than ten people in luxury cars and horses are alone, even on the official road is very dangerous - otherwise how can it be called bandits?

Xue Zhen couldn't help but start to reflect - why did he agree with Li Jiao'er's words?

"Are you alright?" He pulled his horse to the side of the car and asked through the curtain.

The adjutant general and the soldiers stood very well outside the zhangyu.

"The little girl is okay, I'm sorry for delaying the world's business." Li Jiaoer said apologetically, and explained, "I can keep up, and if I get used to it, I can keep up." ”

"......" Xue Zhen suddenly became embarrassed and angry.

He is not bad-tempered, although he is accustomed to being a man of his word in military affairs, and will be ruthless when he needs to overcome public opinion, but in private, he is a kind person and has a high reputation.

In addition to the 100,000 people he brought to the northern frontier this time, and the 30,000 recruits, 70,000 were just people, and he thought of the situation that he couldn't go fast, fell behind, and might even evade more soldiers, so he naturally wouldn't be angry about it.

Behind this group of teams, there are also food teams and containment teams, and there are often people patrolling back and forth to ensure that the rear army is safe.

His temper with Li Jiaoer was actually because of those messy things, so that when he heard someone say that Li Jiaoer had fallen behind, his first thought was:

Is she going to take the opportunity to escape?

That's why his anger will rise, and he will personally bring people to the back to see.

But now hearing her say this, Xue Zhen turned to secretly laugh at himself, and began to be careful again.

He thought, reaching over and lifting the curtain.

Li Jiaoer's face, which was slightly pale because of the bumps and discomfort, was reflected in his eyes.

Thin, the apricot eyes lost their streamers, and even the pair of dimples looked less angry.

"Wenlong." He lowered the curtain and turned to point to one of the lieutenants beside him.

"Yes." A bearded man in his early thirties immediately surrendered.

"You lead another twenty people to deal with General Sun, bring food, water, and medicinal materials, and follow the team with your wife, and take care of and shelter those who have strayed along the way," Xue Zhen ordered, "If you are caught evading, tie them up, and deal with them in the north." ”

"Yes."

After Xue Zhen finished speaking, he lifted the curtain again and said to Li Jiao'er, "General Wen is my lieutenant general, I trust him very much, you don't have to leave in a hurry, you can go to the north with the grain team at that time." ”

Even though Li Jiaoer didn't know anything about the march, she also understood that his arrangement was to take care of herself, and she was grateful: "Yes, thank you Shizi, Shizi rest assured." ”

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With Xue Zhen's orders and the protection of the soldiers, Li Jiaoer's horse convoy stopped and went faster than before-because this time the driving was replaced by the four soldiers who were good at driving with the characteristics of General Wen Long, and the bumps were immediately lighter than a few days ago.

After walking like this for more than twenty days, they finally entered the northern border, but they were still seven days away from the city where they were stationed.

However, this section of the official road is smoother than the previous road, and it is more comfortable for cars and horses to travel on it.

"It's just here, I still think that when I first leave Beijing, I might as well go by myself." Li Jiaoer leaned on the car window, looking at the northland scenery with a lot of people outside, and sighed.

Yun Tuan felt that she was unreliable, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "That's it, the carriage is like this, if you really want the young lady to go, I'm afraid that if you can't walk a mile, your feet will be worn off." ”

Li Jiao'er grimaced at her and muttered: "This galloping road from the north often marches, and the imperial court recruits people to build roads every year, so I don't know how other places that have fallen into disrepair for a long time." If only they were paved with bluestone slabs, or brick roads, it would be great. ”

"But, it's better to build a bluestone road." Yun Tuan agreed.

The soldier who was driving outside the car heard the conversation in the car and couldn't help but say, "Madame, this is wrong. ”

Li Jiao'er heard it, lifted the curtain and sat on the side of the car, feeling the strong wind in the north, and said curiously: "Why did you say it wrong?" ”

That Junding is not a few years older than Li Jiaoer, black and short, but he is very strong, talkative, surnamed Lu and Sishan, because he drives for Li Jiaoer, so he is familiar with him, Li Jiaoer and Yuntuan will ask him if they see anything new on the road.

Lu Sishan said: "Madam, the stone road is for silver." We have thousands of miles along the way, you have also seen, less than thirty percent of the places are populated, although this is because of the war for many years, but I heard the old man say, even in the prosperous times, this road is mostly barren mountains and mountains, so there are dirt roads and official roads are good, where is there the financial resources to repair the bluestone road? ”

Li Jiaoer suddenly said: "So that's the case...... No wonder people say that reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles, I only knew when I went out this time that the capital was not big. ”

It's because my mother likes to walk like this that she has so many wonderful ideas, right?

Lu Sishan smiled: "From a small point of view, if you can live in the capital for the rest of your life in the future, it will be the best." ”

Li Jiaoer was silent.

For those who have been war-torn for a long time, it is best that the capital of Jokhang now means peace.

When she said it, she seemed to be in the midst of blessings and did not know blessings.

She was stunned for a while, and suddenly sighed: "The son of the world is quite powerful. ”

The clouds are confused, why did you suddenly mention the son of the world?

Lu Sishan smiled and said proudly: "Of course, even the people in the north say that the prince is the best to lead the army, what is it called, he has nothing to do with Minqiu, and he is the best general." ”

Li Jiaoer heard him say this and smiled: "I haven't seen it so I don't understand, and I think he's amazing, it's not because of this." ”

Yun Tuan was puzzled: "What is that for?" ”

"The ten of us have a few cars, and when we didn't hear the general and others helping each other before, we were all so embarrassed, and what about him? This is a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians, along the way people eat, horses eat grass, the road is not good, when the weather is good, but a day is less than 40 miles, when the weather is bad, it is difficult to move an inch. It's really difficult to bring everyone to the north without losing troops, but he has only been in the army for four years. ”

Han Xin, who leads more soldiers, the better, will be revered as a soldier immortal.

Lu Sishan, who was driving, heard this, and straightened his chest, as if he was the one who was praised.

The cloud group in the car heard Li Jiao'er say that Xue Zhen was arrogant, and he also felt powerful, and sighed: "Yes, that son of the world is indeed quite powerful, I can't do it." ”

It's just that although the son of the world is powerful, he is not kind. She thought to herself.

Li Jiaoer leaned against the wall of the car and stopped talking.

If it weren't for those things, Xue Zhen would indeed be as his parents thought, as the people in Beijing thought, and he was an excellent husband - capable, well-born, good-looking, and good-tempered.

It's just that he has tens of millions of good things, and with his mother's affairs in front of him, she doesn't think he is very good.

As she said, she understands his anger, but she is angry at his actions.

I really hope that when I go to the north today, Ming'er Chen Guoren will be able to contact her and let her find out about the matter.

After that, whether they reconcile or leave, or apologize for their sins with death, he will still be his capable general, a noble prince, and what about her?

If you get your life, as Lu Sishan said, stay in the capital for the rest of your life and be safe; If you die......

Hengzhu saw everything, what else could he think?

She thought about it like this for a long time, and when Yun Tuan saw that she was suddenly depressed, he knew that she was thinking about those things again, and gently pushed her, and said in a low voice:

"Miss, sit back, the wind is too strong, and it hurts to blow your face."

"Oh." Li Jiaoer responded, but did not move.

The clouds watched, and they stretched out their hands and lowered the curtain to block the gales of the Northland.

On July 29, Li Jiao'er arrived at Anhua County, the border city of Jokhang in the north, three days ahead of the army escorting grain and grass.