Li Zhiyun squatted in front of Liu Shuyi, reached out to touch his face, and said, "Shuyi, are you injured?" Liu Shuyi hurriedly blocked his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, a little skin trauma." Li Zhiyun wanted to know what was going on, so he eagerly said: "What's going on?" Liu Shuyi sighed and said, "I was sent by your second brother to lead a thousand soldiers to escort grain and grass, but when I arrived here, I was attacked by Xue Ju's army. There are twice as many of them as we are, and I'm glad I met you, otherwise it would have been all over! ”

It turned out that Liu Shuyi entered the army two years ago, and in less than a year, he relied on his father Liu Wenjing's relationship to become a general. However, he was young and frail, and he was not suitable to go to the front line to fight, so Liu Wenjing asked him to be responsible for escorting grain and grass.

"Shuyi, where are you going to transport the grain and grass?"

"High Jaw City."

"My second brother is also in Gaojaw City?"

"Yes," Liu Shuyi nodded, "My Abba is also there." Gaoshu City gathered more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from our Datang Dynasty and prepared to meet Xue Ju. It seems that your Abba has really made up his mind to eliminate Xue Ju in one fell swoop this time! ”

At this time, Lang Zhong had already finished bandaging his wounds. Liu Shuyi wanted to stand up, but Li Zhiyun stepped forward to help him. However, he was halfway up when he could no longer support himself and sat down on the ground again. Liu Shuyi had several injuries on his body, especially his right thigh, which was deeply pierced by the tip of the gun, and he was no longer able to stand.

Li Zhiyun thought about it for a while and decided to escort the grain and grass to Gaoqi City for Liu Shuyi. Liu Shuyi was so badly injured that he was obviously unable to command the battle, and the front line urgently needed this batch of military rations. Therefore, this batch of military rations must not be lost. Moreover, Liu Shuyi said that more than 100,000 troops had gathered at the front line, and it was obvious that a big battle was going to be fought, and Li Zhiyun also wanted to go over to see the excitement.

Li Zhiyun asked one of the guards to call Yuwenxin over, told him about the situation, and then said: "General Yuwen, you go back to Chang'an first, and explain to my Abba the situation of our envoy Mohelu's troops this time, and this king will escort this batch of grain and grass to Gaoshu City." Yu Wenxin agreed, and left his guards with Li Zhiyun, leaving with only a few retinues to beat horses.

Li Zhiyun left dozens of soldiers behind and asked them to assist the army lieutenant Langzhong in caring for his wounded brothers and escorting them back to Chang'an. After the other soldiers had sorted out the grain wagons, the team set off and continued to Gaoqi City (present-day Changwu County, Shaanxi).

Liu Shuyi was also carried onto the grain cart and sat on a high sack. Li Zhiyun rode a horse in parallel with the cart. Along the way, Li Zhiyun told him about his mission to the Turks. The two chatted and chatted all the way, but they didn't feel lonely.

The next day, the grain convoy arrived at Gaoqi City and entered the city through the south gate. The soldiers drove the cart to the granary, and Liu Shuyi asked his officers to make a delivery with the grain officer. After all the formalities were completed, Li Zhiyun broke up with Liu Shuyi. Liu Shuyi was carried back to the army by the soldiers to be injured, and Li Zhiyun took his entourage to find a post house to live.

After breakfast the next day, Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and several guards to the street. He thought that there were more than 100,000 troops living in Gaoqi City, and the streets should be full of soldiers, but they walked a mile or two, and only sporadically encountered a few officers and soldiers. Li Zhiyun estimated that the army should have been stationed outside the city.

The streets are no different from normal days, the shops are still open, and the pedestrians are not in a hurry, but there seem to be fewer villagers carrying the burden of selling vegetables. Probably because they were afraid of going to war, the villagers were so frightened that they didn't dare to enter the city.

As the crowd was walking, they were confronted by an officer, about a lieutenant. Li Zhiyun greeted him and said with a smile: "Big brother, I'm tired of inquiring, where is King Qin's handsome mansion?" The lieutenant looked at him and said, "I know you, you are the king of Chu, right?" Seeing Li Zhiyun nodding, he pointed to the north with his hand and said, "King Qin's marshal's mansion is outside the city." You go out of the north gate and walk five miles, and there is a Li Guang Temple. ”

After Li Zhiyun thanked him, he turned around and took the reins from the guard's hand, stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse, pulled the reins in his hand, and said "Woo-" in his mouth. When the others saw it, they all got on their horses.

Everyone drove out of the north gate, galloped for a few miles, only to see a village appear next to the road ahead, and there was a very large temple next to an ancient acacia tree at the head of the village, and there were soldiers entering and exiting at the temple gate. It seems that it is Li Guangmiao.

The group rode their horses to the temple gate, turned over and dismounted, leaving a guard to guard the horses, and the others walked in with Li Zhiyun. The group walked through the porch and into the courtyard, opposite the main hall. Li Zhiyun led the way into the threshold of the temple, only to see a statue of a god sitting in front of him. The face of that idol is no different from other statues, but it has a little more heroic spirit, presumably it is Li Guang.

The temple was quiet, and there was no one. After a circle, everyone walked out again. Li Zhiyun saw an officer passing by in the courtyard, so he stepped forward and saluted, "Excuse me, where is King Qin?" The officer pointed with his hand and said, "King Qin is in the backyard." ”

The crowd bypassed the main hall and walked along the corridor to the backyard. Li Zhiyun looked up and saw the second brother coming out of a room. The second brother was followed by two people, one was Liu Shuyi's abba Liu Wenjing, and the other was Sima Yin Kaishan of the Qin Palace. Li Zhiyun hurriedly greeted him and shouted "Second Brother". When the second brother saw him, he was pleasantly surprised: "Fifth brother, why are you here?" ”

Li Zhiyun stepped forward to greet Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan, and then told his second brother about the robbery of Liu Shuyi's escort of grain and grass on the way back from his envoy to the Turks. Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu also stepped forward to greet the second brother, and the second brother laughed: "Two generals, you have worked hard." ”

"Second brother, where are you going?" Li Zhiyun asked.

"Go and inspect the barracks. Fifth brother, would you like to go to the front line with me? ”

"Okay."

The second brother led the way in front, Li Zhiyun followed behind, and the group went out of Li Guangmiao. The second brother's personal soldiers have already prepared a few war horses. Everyone mounted their horses and rode their horses northwest. They had traveled two or three miles when they saw gray-white tents appear in the field ahead. The tents are next to each other, arranged from east to west, stretching for more than ten miles, and there is no end in sight. The periphery of the tent was nailed into a barrage with a round log with a thick bowl mouth, forming a camp. Inside the camp, there are watchtowers and archery towers, and the outside is covered with deer, wooden thorns, and horses, and the defense is strong.

The group turned over and dismounted, leading the horses along a dirt road. Li Zhiyun walked next to the second brother, and the second brother introduced the military situation as he walked: "Fifth brother, Xue Ju led an army of more than 100,000 troops into Gaoqi City, trying to recapture Gaoqi City, and his stragglers have reached the area of Feng and Qi. ”

"Second brother, when are we going to have a decisive battle with Xue Ju?"

The second brother pondered for a moment and said, "Xue Ju is alone in the army, there is not much food, and the morale of the army is booming. I plan to avoid its edge, deep ditch barriers, and hold out. When their food is eaten and their soldiers are tired, they will go to war again, and they will be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop! "It seems that the second brother wants to use the method of dealing with Song Jingang to deal with Xue Ju.

After the second brother finished speaking, they had already come to the front of the camp, and saw some soldiers digging a ditch. The second brother led everyone over to inspect.

The ditch had been dug more than a person deep, and the soldiers stood at the bottom of the ditch and threw earth on both sides with shovels. The second brother stood and watched for a while, and said to an officer who came over: "The ditch needs to be widened again, so that the war horse can't cross it." The officer clenched his fists and said, "Obey!" ”

Li Zhiyun followed the second brother to inspect for two hours. After they returned to Li Guangmiao, had lunch, and rested for a while, Li Zhiyun said goodbye to the second brother and returned to Gaoqi City with his entourage.

The next day, Li Zhiyun took his entourage to visit Liu Shuyi. As soon as he walked into the small courtyard where Liu Shuyi lived, he saw Liu Shuyi practicing walking in the courtyard with a cane. Unable to exert force on one leg, he walked extremely unsteadily, and accidentally fell to the ground.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly ran over, helped him up from the ground, and complained: "You are so seriously injured, you should lie on the couch to recuperate, why are you in a hurry to run out?" Liu Shuyi wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm always lying down, when can I walk?" So, I had to practice. ”

"Can you?"

"The wound hurt at first, but now it's much better."

When Li Zhiyun saw that he was standing firm, he let go of his hand, bent down and picked up the crutches and handed them to him. After Liu Shuyi took the crutches, he thought about it, threw the crutches aside, and said, "Zhiyun, you help me go, see if this will work." ”

Li Zhiyun nodded and stepped forward to support him. Without crutches, Liu Shuyi's two legs had to be exerted, and every step he took, he grinned in pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead.

Li Zhiyun supported Liu Shuyi and walked two small circles in the courtyard. Not to mention Liu Shuyi, even he is tired enough. Because Liu Shuyi's injured leg couldn't do anything at all, half of the weight of his body fell on Li Zhiyun's shoulder. Li Zhiyun wiped the sweat on his head and said, "Don't go, let's rest." Liu Shuyi gasped and said, "Okay." ”

Li Zhiyun helped Liu Shuyi to a stone bench next to him, and the two sat down side by side. Li Zhiyun took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Shuyi. Liu Shuyi took it and wiped the sweat on his face, and said, "Zhiyun, have you been to see your second brother?" ”

Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "I just went there yesterday, and he was busy." Liu Shuyi handed him back the handkerchief and said, "Zhiyun, you say, can we defeat Xue Ju this time?" ”

"Of course you can!" Li Zhiyun glanced at Liu Shuyi, "Do you still have to worry about my second brother commanding the war?" He's the god of war. ”

"God of War?" Liu Shuyi savored it carefully, "This name is good." You're right, we will definitely be able to defeat Xue Ju. Not to mention your second brother, even if my Abba commands, I can still defeat him. ”

"Maybe."