Section 136 Bonfire Spirits
Liu Yu said: "Sister Xiao, what are you talking about the Tubo swordsman, who is he?" Mrs. Xiao said: "It doesn't matter who he is, the important thing is that he is the prince of the Tubo Kingdom, named Zongbu!"
Yao Yantai was shocked when he heard this, and said: "The prince of the Tubo country, why did he come to the Khitan grassland?" He knew that the Tubo army came out of Hehuang decades ago, and now it has firmly occupied Ganliang and other prefectures. If the Tibetans send troops to the north and attack them from the west, echoing Yelu Shilu from afar, then they will suffer from the enemy on their backs.
Mrs. Xiao said: "Young man, while you haven't inherited the throne yet, what's so strange about going through the experience outside. Yao Yuantai said: "Where does he live?" I will send someone to apologize to him. I also had a few swords in my possession in the past, and I could give them all to him. ”
Mrs. Xiao said: "I'll go back and ask about this matter, and it's not too late." Yao Yuantai nodded heavily and said, "Okay!" Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Then can I leave now?"
Yao Yuan Tai said: "Yes!" Mrs. Xiao said: "Then this time, which team of people can I take away?" Yao Yuan Tai pointed at Liu Yu and said, "Except for him, anyone can do it!"
Soon after Mrs. Xiao left, a bonfire was lit in the barracks. The soldiers gathered around the bonfire, roasting beef and lamb legs to a crisp sound, and from time to time someone raised a glass to toast Liu Yu. Some of them are veterans who are more than two rounds older than Liu Yu.
Liu Yu saw that the other party was carrying a wine bag and staggering to toast, so he hurriedly got up to show respect. The veteran pressed Liu Yu back to his seat and said, "Drink, child, you deserve this glass of wine!" The fledgling in the past has now grown into an eagle on the grassland. From Yin Mountain to Baiyinhan Mountain, from the Ulungu River to the Han River, wherever there is a grassland, all the men will cheer for you, and all the women will be willing to have children for you. ”
Liu Yu took the veteran's wine glass and tilted his neck, at the same time, he somehow suddenly remembered that Princess Liuge, and then blushed, and said, "I'm still young, and it's not time to talk about marriage!"
The veteran patted Liu Yu on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Hey, what is this! When I was as old as you, I already had my first son. In my fifth year of marriage, I already have three sons and a daughter. At that time, as soon as my wife saw me back in the tent, she hid everywhere. At this, the veteran laughed.
At this time, Chi Hugang squeezed over from nowhere, his face was full of red light, he should have drunk a lot of wine, and said: "Liu Yingying, those two of my subordinates are the two young men who charged into battle with us and survived. They said that from now on, they will follow you in life and death, and you can see what you do! Haha!"
Liu Yu scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "I don't have an official position, they follow me, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to get anything good." Chi Hu said: "Hey! The eagle on the grassland, how can it not be accompanied by a few geese." Besides, it's not easy to let the third prince make you an official? Those two young men said, they don't want anything, they want to follow you!"
Liu Yu smiled and said, "I have to ask my master about this to see what he says." Chi Hu said: "The third prince, I'll go and talk to him." You're his precious apprentice, and he's going to have to give you a few guards, or he'll be what he's going to be. Liu Yu said: "It's okay, I'll go by myself." ”
When he found Haruka, he found him sitting on the grass with his legs outstretched, watching a group of soldiers dancing around the campfire, stunned. Yao Yuan Tai also saw Liu Yu, turned around, and said, "Are you here?" He smiled hard, wanting to thank Liu Yu for his great achievements in this battle, but the smile was a little insincere, very reluctant.
Liu Yu put all his lonely expressions in his eyes, hurriedly swallowed the matter of the two athletes back into his stomach, and asked, "Sixth Master, are you still worried about the affairs of the Tubo prince?"
Yao Yantai sighed and said, "It's not just him, just now I received a report from the Malays, and Yelu Shilu's army did not go far, but camped twenty miles away. Liu Yu said: "So, he still wants to fight?"
Yao Yuantai said: "It should be." Liu Yu said: "Sixth Master, you don't have to worry too much, our people are not easy to mess with, if he wants to defeat us, he has to take off a layer of skin first." ”
Yao Yantai smiled bitterly and said, "What can you do if you let him take off a layer of skin? On the grassland, the winner is always the king, as long as he wins, everyone will become a doctor who will rejuvenate him and heal his pain, even if he sacrifices his most beloved little daughter, he will not hesitate." ”
Liu Yu said: "But we don't necessarily lose, until the war has been fought so far, Yelu Shilu himself has not shown a single face, why should the soldiers work for a person they have never met?" Yao Yantai grabbed the wine barrel on the ground, drank it fiercely, and said: "You Han people have a saying, called 'Strategizing in the battle, winning a thousand miles away'. The army sent by Jerusheru this time was less than a third of all his soldiers and horses, so why did he go into battle himself?"
It was destined to be a sleepless night, and Liu Yu stayed in a tent assigned to him by Yao Yuantai. He lay on the couch tossing and turning, easily falling asleep, and was woken up by the soldiers outside the tent who refused to disperse, still drinking and dancing and singing around the bonfire, "The majestic Baiyinhan Mountain is covered with snow, the boundless Ulanda Dam is full of forests, the surging Urji Mulun River is flowing endlessly, and the vast Khitan grassland stretches endlessly......"
When he woke up for the third time, there was silence inside and outside the barracks, and everyone had dispersed to rest. However, at this time, his mood was very disturbed, I don't know if it was because of the slender back of Princess Brother Liu, or because of the sad face of Yao Yuantai.
He thought about getting out of the tent, finding a place where no one was, lying on the grass, and looking at the twinkling stars in the night sky. However, as soon as he lifted the felt curtain of the tent, he saw two timid faces.
He recognized at a glance that these two men were the two athletes who had fought with him earlier. One of them said, "The third prince promised us that we would follow you from now on." The other said, "Yes, we will go wherever you go!"
Liu Yu originally wanted to say that he was a Han Chinese, but he was not the same as them, and he might leave the Khitan grassland one day. However, when the words come to the mouth, it is difficult to speak. He patted the two of them on the back and said, "It's not too early, you two are quite tired after a big battle, so let's go to bed early." ”
The two glanced at each other and said, "We're not tired, we'll give you a sentry here, it's quite energetic." Having said so, the two were betrayed by an inadvertent yawn.
Liu Yu smiled: "I'm so sleepy, don't hold on, let's go to sleep." The heads of the two shook straight like rattles, and said, "No need to sleep, no need to sleep!"
Liu Yu had no choice but to smile, stepped on a horse, and galloped away outside the camp. A sentry saw him from afar from the watchtower, but did not make a sound to stop him. The whole army, now everyone knows this young man known as the eagle.
Liu Yu knew that there was a river five miles away from the camp, and the sergeants drank and bathed there during the day. He whipped his horse and galloped straight to the river in the blurry starlight. (To be continued.) )