Chapter 1: Where the Story Begins (Part I)
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Walking in the desolation of the West, the Canglan Legion moved slowly.
When the four seasons in the south of the clouds are like spring, they are left behind, and what is left in front of them is all mottled by the vicissitudes of life.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Liu Chen's face was cloudy, Uncle Ban Ziming filled him with a cup of hot tea with great concern, and the two sat in front of the brazier in the simple and handsome tent, silent for a long time.
Yu Yao knocked on the side of the letter and said a lot of ......" carefully folded the letter paper in his hand neatly, and then put it into the ring with a wry smile, Liu Chen raised his hand to blow the floating leaves on the teacup, and then slowly sighed: "Just her little thought, how could I not know......
"Is it still about Bai Yujing's orphan?" Uncle Ban smiled brightly, took care of himself and added new firewood to the brazier, and then looked up at Liu Chen's flickering face, "It has been more than half a month since we recovered Youzhou, and Concubine De's family letters are really one after another...... The king has a plan in mind?"
"It was said that the aunt and uncle-in-law missed the captives, and specially went to Fengcheng from Yunzhou...... Hehe, if I don't go along with Senior Brother Chen's wishes, I dare to love him, and the two of us will definitely be able to settle in Fengcheng!" Liu Chen smiled, and said helplessly with a dissatisfied face: "Our Senior Brother Chen, why didn't you see that he would be stubborn like this before!"
"Hehe, what did the queen say?" got up and took a plate of dried fruits from the desk not far away, Uncle Ban sat lazily and looked at Liu Chen's sad face with a homely smile.
"Can you expect Fu'er's natural trouble-loving nature to give any reliable advice...... It's not the same as before, everything is pushed on me!"
"It's not like this!" After a long time, Uncle Ban Ziming couldn't bear Liu Chen's too bad feelings, and after thinking about it for a while, he said slowly: "Let's explain to Your Majesty that the sixteen cities in Youbei are no longer needed, and the governance team of Liu Du and them will be transferred to the ten cities directly under Bai Yujing's direct jurisdiction in the past, and just take that large area with it, and give it to Senior Sister Jingshu......
"What do you mean, do you want to exchange our sixteen cities for the ten cities of the Gongsun family?" Liu Chen raised his eyebrows, glanced at Uncle Ban Ziming quite unexpectedly and said, "Then you gave these ten cities to others...... Not to mention whether I will have an opinion, in this way, it is equivalent to saying that our battle in the past few years has been in vain, and I can't take care of the opinions of my brothers!"
"Hehe!" After taking a sip of tea, Uncle Ban Ziming gently tidied up the hem of his clothes on the ground, and said with a smile: "As the spoils of our army, we must not give these ten cities in vain, you can directly write to Senior Brother Chen, and let him exchange these ten cities with 300,000 Yunzhou spearmen who have prepared their own food and ordnance, as for the emotions of Brother Qing'er and a few of them, wrap it up on me, and keep it for you properly!"
"The problem is that if 300,000 people come over at once, they still have to pay for food...... Assuming Senior Brother Chen is willing, will Brother Gongming agree?"
"That's the internal negotiation between the two brothers, let's just accept the people, and then release the land...... So simple and straightforward!"
"Okay, just do what you want, arrange it as soon as possible!" After hesitating for a moment, Liu Chen nodded and agreed to Uncle Ban's suggestion, but the two chatted casually for a while, and the atmosphere in the tent was a lot more harmonious.
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In the second half of the night, Liu Chen was looking at the picture in the tent, Uncle Ban returned to the tent where the staff headquarters was located tomorrow morning, and on the way to the army, especially when encountering such a difficult environment, the heads of the Canglan Legion really didn't dare to relax at all.
"King!" The curtain was suddenly lifted, and after a gust of cold wind poured in, Liu Chen raised his head and saw Hua Shan, who was dressed in a military uniform, walking in with a smile on his face.
"General Hua, come, you bake the fire for a while, I'll be fine here soon!" The ruler in his hand was not put down, Liu Chen motioned for Huashan to sit by the brazier, but he himself accelerated the progress of the work, and it didn't take long for several important punctuation points on the map to be circled by him accurately.
"Hehe, what, are you still used to it?" After finishing everything, Liu Chen first poured two cups of hot tea, and then sat down on the opposite side of Huashan with a smile, looking at General Hua's flattered appearance, His Royal Highness the King of Canglan was basked, and handed the steaming teacup forward, "The Shanzi Battalion is a mixed and newly built camp, and in this season when the war is about to break out, it doesn't leave you too much time for integration, in short, it's hard!"
"It's not hard, it's not hard!" very respectfully holding the hot tea handed by Liu Chen, Hua Shan smiled shyly: "To be honest, the last general's biggest dream at the beginning was to be able to govern a battalion of partial generals for the king......
"Hey!" waving his hand to signal Huashan's continuation, Liu Chen hurriedly smiled and said with relief: "I have seen all your previous resumes in the Ancestral Father's Army, combined with what you did in Ruicheng, the commander of the Shanzi Battalion, except for you, there is no other candidate...... Besides, the Yamazi Battalion and the Muzi Battalion are the forward flanks of our army, and you have worked with Black Eagle for so long, I am sure you will do a great job...... Our Canglan Legion is a very young army, what is the matter of seniority is not feasible here, what I need is your ability or not, hehe, it's very simple, isn't it?"
"Thank you for your trust and support...... The end will be like a liver and brain, and then he will die!"
"Don't!" let Huashan continue to sit by the brazier, Liu Chen chuckled and said: "I don't need your death, I just hope that one day in the future, you and I will witness the great victory of the compatriots of all ethnic groups in the Eastern Continent......"
"Whoa!"
"Okay, okay, let's talk about the information you summarized today!" Sitting up straight, Liu Chen cocked Erlang's legs, leaned on the soft backrest, and waited for Huashan's report with a smile in his eyes.
"That's right, king!" After agreeing, Hua Shan took out a roll of sheepskin from his leather jacket, spread it out in front of Liu Chen's eyes on the tea table, and pointed softly: "Our army is here now...... About 470 miles further north, we will reach the east of Jialing Pass, but according to the information given by the scout battalion, Jialing Pass has been a little abnormal in recent days, and I am afraid that there will be an ambush to snipe our army......"
"Hmm!" Liu Chen nodded, squinting slightly at the red line marked by Huashan on the parchment roll.
"The king will look at this ...... again" The finger moved to the other end of the red line, and Hua Shan frowned again and said: "According to the previous king's orders, the brothers of the scout battalion did find traces of army activities near the Lake of Forgotten Return, and after the planning of the General Staff, our army should not go straight north at this time!"
"How?"
"Straight to the north, after three days, our army will have a vicious battle with the Heavenly Demons in Jialing Pass, once the war is scorched, then the other team of Heavenly Demons stationed in Forgotten Lake will move south, with a condescending attitude enough to catch our army off guard, in this way, our army will be surrounded on both sides, and when the defenders of Jialing Pass shrink the defensive line, our rear road will also be cut off......"
"So what?"
"So!" Looking at Liu Chen's eyes fixedly, Hua Shan arched his hand and asked: "Please give an order to the king, change the route of the march, so that the Canglan army will go east to camp in Leicheng first, so that our army will have its back to the Central Plains and advance and retreat freely!" )