Chapter 133 Chapter 7 Past Events

Late autumn has passed, and winter is approaching. After a frost, there is a little bit of chill in the air. When the morning rises and the evening sets, the cold air hits, and I have to add more clothes. There is a charcoal fire in the house all day long. The day is here Slowly pass through the cloudy days. After noon, someone called the door outside, but there was no answer for a long time. Huan'er was taking a nap in the room, when she heard the noise, she hurriedly put on a dress and ran out. She is nineteen years old this year and has become a big girl in Qingshan Courtyard. Open the door The door, and saw Yue Qi standing at the door, with frost on his coir raincoat, his brows and eyes were a little blue, he was startled, and asked anxiously, "Why are you in such a mess?"

Yue Qi didn't answer, and asked, "Where's the young master?" "The young master went to the plum garden in the back mountain in the morning, Qingxi and Jia'er followed, what's the matter?" "Hurry up and take me there." Seeing Yue Qi's face full of anxiety, Huan'er put on the last sleeve, ran in front in small steps, and said repeatedly: "Follow me." However, as soon as he took a step, Yue Qi flashed aside, and a woman walked in first. She was dressed in a sky-blue Nanhuan white brocade, embroidered with extremely cool light green water-dyed patterns. Although the style was simple, the tailoring Fitted and slightly lean.The distant eyebrows are like Dai, with a thin layer of makeup and powder, her appearance is stunning, she looks a little pale, but it adds to her sadness and coldness.

"Miss Biao, please go this way." Yue Qi said respectfully, seeing that Huan'er was still in a daze, she quickly said: "Hurry up!" "Oh!" Huan'er came to her senses and hurriedly led the way. There was a frost and snow yesterday, and the flowers in the plum garden were in full bloom, some white and some red, both blooming in anger, dazzling people's eyes, the snow on the ground was thin, and the surroundings were reflected in plain white.The sun just casts a meager light ignorantly, like withered yellow willow tips, sprinkled section by section on the mottled stone slab.

Qingxi and Jia'er held their cloaks and stood at the corner of an old plum tree, looking into it from a distance, whispering to each other from time to time. When Huan'er ran in, there happened to be a gust of wind, and in the depths of the shadows of plum blossoms, a man in green clothes was sitting on a stone chair, holding a wolf hair in his hand, looking at the plum blossoms, he was painting, a small stove was placed under the water box On top of the boiling water, there is a fine Hui ink inkstone, the hood is half covered, the clothes are elegant, the eyes are like jet black jade, the lips seem to drop, a gust of wind passes, and the plum blossom gargle is sprinkled on his shoulders. In an instant, it seems to be breathtaking. .

It was too quiet, the coldness in the air made the little girl lose her mind for a moment, the young master seemed to have lost a lot of weight when he came back this time, and although he still looked lonely, Huan'er, who had served him for so many years, was still sensitive to it. It seems that something is different.The young master would be distracted when he was talking, and he would unknowingly stop his chopsticks when eating. Sometimes he looked at the book very seriously, but when she came to tidy up the study at night, she found that the pages were still the same as those she read yesterday. one sheet.

She heard people say that the young master was defeated in the family strife this time, lost power in one fell swoop, was blamed by the master, punished to kneel in the ancestral temple for three days and three nights, and then was placed under house arrest in the Qingshan courtyard and was not allowed to go out. The young master usually behaves withdrawn and doesn't get along well with his brothers and sisters in the clan. He lost his position. I don't know how many people clapped his hands in secret, but no one came forward to help say a word. As the logistics officer of the Northern Expedition, it is obvious that the fourth young master is not reused anymore.Come to think of it, the young master is also worried about this matter.

Hey, a person who is usually so proud suddenly fell to such a point.Huan'er frowned, and bit her lips slightly. In fact, the young master is still a good person. Compared to those masters outside, he is many times better. Many people are just intimidated by his appearance. Picking up the cloak in Qingxi's hand, Huan'er frowned and scolded angrily: "Stupid! What use are you for?" After finishing speaking, he ran forward a few steps, put the cloak of silver fox fur on Zhuge Yue's shoulders, and said, "Master, it's so cold, you should go back." Zhuge Yue raised his head, his eyes were as quiet as a cold pool, no need to speak, just a look was enough to convey all the meaning.

Huan'er hurriedly backed away, and said respectfully: "Yue Qi brought a young lady here and said that she has something important to see the young master." Zhuge Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, put down his hair, and said, "Let them in." When the woman came in, the cold plums were falling, the snow was flying, and his eyes were facing each other, so Gu Gaoru Zhuge Yue was a little startled, he frowned slightly, stood up, took off his hood, and watched the woman coming from the depths of the winter plums stepping on the snow. "Little four." The woman smiled faintly. In this day and age, she is no longer considered young. She looks twenty-four or five years old, and her life is obviously not satisfactory. There are a few faint fine lines in the corners of her eyes. Her voice is lingering like water, and she walks forward slowly. , stood in front of Zhuge Yue, smiled slightly, and said as usual: "It's still this temper, it's so cold, others are warming up in the room, but you want to run here to eat the wind, is your body made of iron? "

In an instant, the years turned back, time passed by, it was still the same person, the same tone of voice, but in the dark, it seemed that something had changed.Zhuge Yue half-opened his lips, as if vaguely about to say something, but finally condensed on his lips, breathing, the man's complexion returned to normal, he took a leisurely step back, and said quietly: "Mrs. Helian." The woman's smile suddenly froze on her lips, she bit her lower lip lightly, showing a sad smile, and finally sighed: "Won't you invite me to sit down?" Zhuge Yue nodded and said, "Please sit down."

Yue Qi, Huan'er and the others hurriedly retreated, there was warm milk tea on the charcoal stove, Zhuge Yue ordered Huan'er to bring a pot of green tea, and the little maid hurriedly left. The woman smiled and said, "Thank you, I still remember that I don't like the fishy smell of this milk tea." Zhuge Yue didn't speak, but kept silent. The woman was a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "I've heard it all. How are you now?" Zhuge Yue smiled indifferently, and said politely: "It's okay." In the silent plum garden, only the wind blowing the plum branches and the snow falling, the woman sighed softly: "Xiaosi, we haven't seen each other for nine years, don't you plan to say anything to me? "

Zhuge Yue responded calmly, without any turmoil in his tone: "I don't know Mrs. Helian is here today, but I'm sorry for failing to greet you." "What Mrs. Helian?" The woman snorted softly, with a few traces of unspeakable self-mockery and sadness in her tone: "The building of the Helian family fell, the trees fell and the monkeys scattered. If it weren't for my aunt, I wouldn't be sitting here alive at this moment." gone." Zhuge Yue frowned lightly, bowed his head and remained silent, the woman raised her head, with a smile on her lips, and said: "I know, my aunt came to beg you at the beginning, you were the one who ordered the Ministry of Punishment to send me to the exile house If I want to come back from slavery, my slave status will be revoked, otherwise, otherwise..." As he said that, a string of tears fell from the woman's eyes, Zhuge Yue frowned even more, and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to take this matter to heart, even if the second lady doesn't ask, I will help you busy." "It's easy to add flowers to the cake, but it's hard to give charcoal in the snow. When the Helian clan was prominent, everyone in the family scrambled to please me. Once they were in trouble, they immediately turned into mud. They wished to drive me out of the family. Only you can extend my love to me at this time." Help." Not knowing if he couldn't bear it, Zhuge Yue sighed lightly and asked, "What are your plans when you come back this time?" The woman lowered her head and shook her head gently: "I don't know either, my aunt is old, and there is no one in the second room. Although I was adopted back then, I was not included in the genealogy after all. Besides, I am a criminal woman now. Let's take a step." Let’s take a step, if one day there is no way to go, a white silk will be enough.” Zhuge Yue lowered his eyebrows slightly: "I still have a little bit of money outside, if you don't mind, I can let Yue Qi arrange it for you." The tip of the woman's eyes twitched slightly, and she looked at Zhuge Yue carefully, only to feel that life was turning around like a bubble, and everything was in a trance like a dream. Time flies by, the stubborn and withdrawn boy in the past has long grown into an adult, the man in front of him is handsome and lonely, even if he is temporarily suppressed, it is still difficult to hide the sharp and amazing light on his body, his spirit is like a quiet pool, he is not like the outside world Those vulgar things can be compared.Recalling what she had seen, heard, experienced and felt in these years, she suddenly felt a deep sense of exhaustion and boredom, she slowly let out a long breath, and said lightly: "I know, even if there is no place for me in the whole world So, you won't turn me away." This sentence is so indifferent, but it is like a stone thrown into the ice-broken deep lake.In a daze, they seem to have returned to twelve years ago. The little orphan girl with a broken family came to visit her relatives but was rejected. When he came back from school, he happened to meet her crying in front of the courtyard gate. The young man stood outside and watched for a long time, watching his older brothers, sisters, younger brothers and sisters together with more than a dozen aunts bullying the little orphan girl whose family had lost power, he quietly Looking at it quietly, with quiet eyes, it doesn't look like a child in his teens at all. Finally, amidst everyone's cynicism, the boy suddenly walked into the crowd without warning, grabbed the girl's hand, and walked towards his yard.The eldest lady yelled loudly behind her back, and the young man casually threw a banknote into the butler's hand, said "her food expenses" indifferently, and then walked away. Then, she lived in Qingshanyuan. Under the protection of the ten-year-old child, she lived safely for three years, and later, under his help, she was adopted by the second wife into the house, and she had the love of Miss Zhengjia. identity.It was precisely because of this identity that she was able to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and became the wife of the eldest son of the Helian family, even though the husband she married at the age of fifteen was an old man in his fifties. He was still young at that time, although he was a bit withdrawn, he was still a child after all, not as indifferent as he was later on, after getting along for a long time, they unexpectedly became a little more affectionate towards each other like relatives. This child was a stubborn little guy back then. She still remembered that in order to tame a wolf dog, he fought the dog with his bare hands for a whole day, his hands and feet were bitten, and finally he defeated the wolf dog. Master Zhuge asked him: Why don't you let the dog trainer come to train? He asked back, "Is this my dog? Or his dog?" In this regard, his status among the men in the clan was quite different, and he was not underestimated at all because of his mother's early death. The second young master of the eldest room, Zhuge Yi, has always been the devil king of the family, relying on being the son of the eldest wife, and backed by the eldest son Zhuge Huai, he has always been domineering. Seeing that Zhuge Yue is valued by the master Zhuge, he asked Qingshanyuan to trouble him several times.Once he was clamoring for the dog, but Zhuge Yue refused, so he begged the eldest lady to tell her personally, and the eldest lady took the dog away while Zhuge Yue was going to lecture in the martial arts hall.After Zhuge Yue came back and found out, he went directly to the Huangshan Courtyard. After entering the door, he found that the dog was eating bones around Zhuge Yi's feet. Blood.Everyone exclaimed, and all ran away, only he was left, squatting there, stroking the head of the twitching dog on the ground, without saying a word, just quietly accompanying it until the dog swallowed its last breath. At that time, she thought, this is really a vengeful child, but when she grew up, she gradually realized that he didn't hold vengeance, he just couldn't bear the betrayal. But she, in the end, betrayed him fiercely, and left with her dream of prosperity and wealth, leaving the cold and huge Qingshan Courtyard to him. Fortunately, she is back now.She remembered everything in the past, and knew everything hidden under his haughty and cold appearance. She believed that everything would be fine, as long as she was given another chance to do it again. She stood up, walked to Zhuge Yue's side, bent down, and lightly adjusted Da Qiu's collar for him, pursed the corners of her lips, and said gently: "It's too cold outside, sit down for a while and go back, we haven't seen each other for a long time." , I will cook by myself today and prepare delicious food for you." Zhuge Yue looked at her expressionlessly, his eyes were not so cold, but with a distant indifference, which made her feel a little scared unconsciously.She intuitively felt that something was going to go wrong, she quickly stood up and said, "I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you another day, another day." The wind swayed the trees, and the snowflakes were falling with the plum blossoms. The woman turned around and was about to leave, but Zhuge Yue suddenly called out: "Wu Wan." Wan Hou didn't look back, she hurriedly said: "There's no need to send it off, I'll just go by myself." "Wu Wan!" The voice behind suddenly became harsh, as if she had seen through her thoughts, the woman stopped immediately, her face pale. Zhuge Yue looked far away, stared at her thin back lightly, and said calmly: "I don't remember that you don't like the fishy smell of milk tea, I asked my servants to change the tea, just because I felt nauseated after drinking it and wanted something light. " Nothing could express my heart better than these words, Hou Wan's delicate body shook slightly, her face turned pale, and she left without saying a word, as if she had never been here before. Zhuge Yue's face remained unchanged, he picked up the wolf hair, touched it on the inkstone a few times, and continued to draw. After a while, Yue Qi came forward, Zhuge Yue didn't look up, but said in a deep voice, "How is it?" "I don't know this subordinate. I just came back from the north and saw Miss Biao standing at the door. The concierge stopped her from letting her in, so I brought her in." "I'm asking you how the battle in the north is going?" Yue Qi was slightly stunned, and quickly replied: "The road is blocked by heavy snow, and the exact news cannot be transmitted, but my subordinates have heard from the merchants in the past that Beishuo City has been surrounded by groups, and the government in Yanbei is even more unstable. , It is said that even ten-year-old child soldiers were given knives and guns, and several snowstorms made Yanbei worse. The people starved to death countless times, and there have been civil disturbances in many places. Zhuge Yue's pen froze for a moment, and a drop of thick ink fell on the snow-white rice paper. He remained silent, but his brows frowned slightly. "Young Master, the girl is in Beishuo City. We have people in the inland of Yanbei. Do you want to help the girl at a critical moment? At least don't let him fall into the enemy's hands." Zhuge Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone was as cold as Qingxue on the plug: "Help her, do I have a position?" Zhuge Yue stood up tall, his slender figure standing in the middle of the red and white plum grove, with a special charm, he took two steps forward quietly, then suddenly turned around, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about it so much in the future." Yue Qi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and he quickly bent over and said: "This subordinate obeys orders, and this subordinate will never talk too much again." "I'm talking about Miss Cousin." Zhuge Yue strode away, Huan'er Qingxi and others quickly followed behind, Yue Qi stood in the plum grove, feeling that the clothes on his back were almost soaked. The young master is in a bad mood recently, so be careful. Yue Qi warned himself like this, when he suddenly saw a gust of wind blowing up the corner of the rice paper on the stone table, he hurried forward and pressed the drawing paper.Seeing the contents of the painting, he was slightly taken aback, the young master sat in the plum grove for half a day, everyone thought he was painting plums, but who knew that the drawing on the drawing paper turned out to be a bustling long street.The ink is light, and with just a few strokes, the vendors and pawns on the street are vividly drawn. The silhouettes of people shuttle back and forth, and the colorful lights are burning brightly. It is surprisingly prosperous. Daxia has some controls on business, except for the holidays, it is rarely so lively.But in the center of the drawing paper, on a tall horse, a woman sits on it, blurred away, and the only thing that can be seen clearly is a gradually receding figure.Slender but tall and straight, it is out of tune with the surrounding scenery, and there is a faint sense of sadness and indifference. The whole painting is roughly sketched with a few strokes of ink and wash, without any details, it looks ethereal, blurred and indistinct.But only the woman held something in her hand, which looked very clear.I saw long rods and thin wires holding things, and long ears and round eyes on the falling objects. At first glance, it looked like a rabbit. The scene is the same as it was back then, and the people are not the same as before. The bustling street is still there today, and it is still very lively during the Lantern Festival, but the child of that year has grown up long ago. Yue Qi stood in the middle of the plum grove, sighed slightly, and rolled up the scroll well, and the east wind blew, and the flowers withered. Huan'er followed Zhuge Yue back to the room, and as soon as she entered the room, she was in a hurry to boil tea and water. Zhuge Yue suddenly called out the maid's name in the inner room, and the little maid ran in quickly, panting and asking: "Master? What's the matter?" "Take that off." "Ah?" Huan'er was taken aback, and what Zhuge Yue was pointing at was a painting, facing his bedside, on which was a young girl, only eleven or twelve years old, with bright eyes and a smile Sweet, wearing a light yellow shirt and a light green skirt, very delicate and lovely.This painting has been placed here for more than ten years, and the paper has turned slightly yellow. Everyone knows that this painting is of great significance to the young master, and they are usually careful when taking care of it. I didn't expect the young master to let her take it off today. . "What? Is it not enough?" "Ah? No, yes." Huan'er quickly moved a chair and climbed up, carefully took the painting off the wall, then held it up above her head vigorously, and asked, "Master, where do you put it?" Zhuge Yue took the tea Qingxi handed over, took a sip, and said casually, "I'll see you off." "what?" The little girl almost stumbled over, seeing that Zhuge Yue didn't mean to joke, Huan'er rolled up the painting tremblingly, and exited the room with the other two maids with a worried look on her face. Zhuge Yue came to the desk, and there was a big cover on it. He took off the cover, and saw that on the big table was a huge sand table, with mountains, rivers and geography on it, and some small flags in between. , red, yellow, blue, green and black, densely inserted in the northwest corner. He sat down and deduced out of thin air. After more than half an hour, Zhuge Yue frowned slightly, and said slowly: "It's not Beishuo, it's going to attack Chiyuan Ferry." "Not Beishuo! Xia Jun's next goal is Chiyuan Ferry!" The sharp woman frowned and said: "It has been three whole days, and the Xia army has not made any regular charges, only small-scale harassment and wandering. This is very abnormal, very abnormal. With the strength of Da Xia, if they join forces It has already launched a fierce attack on Beishuo, and the current situation shows that the internal government orders of the Xia army are different, and it is not the main force joining forces here..." "Is there any new battle report?" General Cao Mengtong said to his subordinates while yawning as if he hadn't heard it, "Did the Zhao Qi brothers be scared out of courage by our million-strong army? Forgot What is the mission their father sent them here?" Everyone immediately burst into laughter. In the past three days, the Yanbei Army has won many battles and victories. Daxia's army is like a piece of tofu, which becomes a mess with the slightest touch.The troops of Zhao Qi and Zhao Yang seem to be alienated from each other, the Northwest coalition army is obviously inclined to the upstart fourteenth prince Zhao Yang of Daxia, and the Batuha family army is behind Zhao Qi's ass, and every time they charge, the two sides are not your side Disrupting our position means that our side ran into your flank. They don't have any absolute formation at all. Before Yan Beijun could shoot the first round of arrow rain, Xia Jun shouted "No way! I can't stand it!" and retreated in a hurry.That way, even a group of child soldiers in their teens are stronger than them. There are more than 600,000 regular troops and more than 300,000 militiamen in Beishuo City. It is really a veritable army of one million.Originally, everyone was a bit apprehensive and fearful in the face of Daxia's iron-blooded strong soldiers, but after a few battles, even those peasant soldiers dared to take a hoe to go outside. "It seems that Xia Gou should withdraw his troops and flee back to Zhenhuang without waiting for His Highness to come back." Everyone laughed, Cao Mengtong's general Lu Zhi shouted: "In my opinion, now we should divide our troops into half and help His Highness take down Meilin Pass." "That's okay, we might as well follow Daxia's deserters and fight all the way to Zhenhuang." "Yes indeed!" As soon as this remark came out, everyone responded in unison, and everyone chattered, as if they had already won a big victory. "General Cao!" Chu Qiao stood up at once, her eyes were like lightning, and she said in a low tone, "General, my lords, if you didn't hear what I said just now, then I don't mind saying it again! So far, we have not Find out where the enemy's main force is. The charges and attacks we saw were all small teams of less than 10,000 people. Although the Chinese army's banner was in the army, we did not see the enemy's main cavalry. Heavy snow blocked it According to our news channels, we don’t even know where the enemy’s camp is. The fourth prince, Zhao Yang, had a direct collision. Zhao Qi is a cautious person. He is cautious and rigorous in his work. He will never lead an army to attack without any warning. Even if he wants to come, he will not use such clumsy methods. As for Zhao Yang , although he is young, he is a senior general who came from the martial arts hall in Daxia. He is far-sighted and skilled in the art of war. Combat experience, this person is persevering and good at ambushes, he is known as a viper in the Great Xia army, it is absolutely impossible for him to make such a suicidal attack!" "I ask my lords to think about it carefully. How can the Great Xia have such strength after it has dominated for nearly a hundred years? They are deceiving us and making us careless! If my predictions are correct, Zhao Qi and Zhao Yang must not be facing each other now. In the army, there is not only one way to enter Yanbei. If I were the commander of Daxia, I would cross Helan Mountain, use the Changyin Mountain Stream as a breakthrough, and attack Chiyuan Ferry. As long as I stand there and attack from both sides, Beishuo will not attack. Break! Fortunately, although we have delayed for three days, it is still too late. As long as we add 200,000 troops to Chiyuan to defend, relying on the favorable location, we will surely be able to resist the Xia army. The opportunity is fleeting, everyone, please think carefully !" Quiet, deathly quiet. Everyone looked up at this woman in military uniform. She stood alone in the huge conference room, with a straight back, burning eyes, leaning forward slightly, frowning, looking at everyone with a serious expression, faintly With a few traces of expectation and a few traces of anger. The wrinkles on Cao Mengtong's face trembled slightly, he stood up suddenly, and then walked out the door without saying a word. This is really a perfect way to express the commander's emotions. Within a moment, the huge room was empty except for Chu Qiao. Twitching every now and then. With nearly a million lives put into the hands of this mob, it is literally suicide for one's own army.The quality of Yanbei soldiers is so low that it is really an unimaginable disaster for a group of people with no combat experience to command a large army. Does Yan Xun know about such a situation in the army?If he is here, he can still rely on his prestige to suppress, but how can he reverse all this? These old fellows of the Great Brotherhood, they are more brave than anyone else in arguing and debating, making troubles and fighting, shouting slogans are unparalleled in the world, and their ability to incite civil unrest is also top-notch in the world, but let them lead the army and make a battle plan, Let them see through the enemy's shallow military defense, I rely on it!Wouldn't that be overkill! The fire in Chu Qiao's heart was raging, and she couldn't suppress it. The people sent out to inform Miss Yu had already gone seven times, and no one came back so far. If there is no one who can hold the scene at this time , then this battle, Yanbei will undoubtedly lose! The evening sun shed light like blood, and the laughter and singing of soldiers rang out outside, and there were even children laughing crisply and tenderly. Chu Qiao didn't know how long such singing could last, just as she didn't know the sound outside. It’s the same as how long those people can live. If she had an army, even if it was a hundred people, she could immediately tie up those evil officers, but she didn’t. She sent out all the guards Yan Xun left her to find Feather girl.Now she doesn't even have a guard to send a letter. "Do you want to sneak in tonight and kill all those old guys?" This idea flashed in her mind, Chu Qiao frowned depressedly, if she had an AK submachine gun, she would consider the feasibility of this method. As the sky gradually darkened, Chu Qiao stood up slowly, and the bright moonlight shone through the window on the ground. In the darkness, her back was thin and lonely, full of powerlessness and loneliness. As soon as he walked out of the city guard's mansion, he saw a few soldiers running over in a panic, the leader bumped into her body, saw her luxurious clothes, he suddenly woke up, knelt down on the ground and apologized repeatedly. These people used to be serfs, and they were not used to the current reforms in Yanbei. When they met military officers on the road, they always knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects.Chu Qiao saw that this group of soldiers were all child soldiers, the oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, the youngest might not even be ten years old, and they were not as tall as a gun.Each person holds a wooden stick with an iron bar inserted into it to act as a stabbing spear. If such a weapon is on the battlefield, it will not even be able to resist the enemy for a round.Daxia's saber is the sharpest weapon in the world, it can easily pierce through all armor, and it can even easily cut off the so-called "stab guns" in the hands of these children. It is more appropriate to say that they are soldiers, rather than a group of beggars, and they are an important force that forms Beishuo's million-strong army.Chu Qiao only felt a deep weakness, as if she fell into the sea, her feet were entangled in seaweed, no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't swim ashore. Chu Qiao's brows were tightly frowned, and she felt that her heart seemed to be tightly held by others. After Yan Xun left, Cao Mengtong recruited soldiers, and all the refugees within a hundred miles gathered. Folks, for a while, Beishuo became a devil-like purgatory. This group of officers in the Datong Guild is like a beggar who had nothing before and suddenly became an emperor above ten thousand people. The tyrannical actions they have done can almost Let the nobles of Daxia feel ashamed.Chu Qiao appealed several times, but was rejected. After killing a few soldiers who bullied the people, those civilians who did not want to be enslaved either fled the city or hid in the staff headquarters. It's a sea of ​​people. This is Yanbei's free regime, and this is the leaders who have fought for Yanbei's independence for many years. These are the future and hope that the people of Yanbei have passionately supported! Chu Qiao took a deep breath, the suffering people, they ushered in their own destroyers with drums and gongs! The woman's fist was clenched tightly, as if she wanted to crush something, when Yan Xun came back, when he came back, she would definitely... "My lord," one of the leading children called out timidly, "Are you Master Chu from the General Staff Department?" Chu Qiao lowered her head, and saw that the child was only eleven or twelve years old, his small arms were so thin that they could be broken if he tried hard, his face was pale, and he was malnourished at first glance, only a pair of eyes were still shining with the brilliance of a child. Turning black and round.He was wearing a tattered gown and a big cotton jacket, which was already tattered and the cotton wool was exposed. "How do you know me?" "There is only one adult woman in the army!" The child soldier said happily: "Master, we have all heard, you are a good adult!" The children behind him immediately came forward, and said without fear of surprise, "My sister is in the staff department, and you saved her, my lord! Do you know her, my lord?" "My mother is there too!" "My lord, we watched you chop up that soldier the day before yesterday, your lord is really amazing!" "That's right, my lord, tell us a few words, teach us two tricks, we are about to go to the battlefield!" "Yes, my lord, tell us a few words! Teach us how to go up and kill the enemy!" "My lord, say a few words!" Looking at the faces of these teenagers, Chu Qiao suddenly felt that her heart seemed to stop working. She began to have some doubts, doubted her own beliefs, doubted her own value, doubted the correctness of her actions, she even He wanted to turn around and rush into the city guard's mansion to continue the terrifying thought in the meeting room just now.But after thinking about it, she just stood there, didn't move, didn't do anything, the light from the torch shone on her face, with a bright light, blood red. Her voice was deep and hoarse, with a repressed taste, and she said in a deep voice: "When charging, don't run in front." Then, as if it was unbearable, she immediately turned and walked away.Only a group of children were left staring at her back in a daze. The child soldiers scratched their heads strangely, looking at her back and wondering: Why is what the adults said different from what the officer said? As soon as she reached the corner of the long street, Chu Qiao stopped in her tracks. She really didn't have the courage to continue looking into the eyes of those children, let alone encourage them to work hard, encourage them to serve the country faithfully and win this battle. She thought she had already She has been tempered by the war like steel, but she knows now that she is far from enough. "Lord Cao finally won such a victory, but you said at the meeting that it was because Daxia was deliberately showing weakness and numb everyone's nerves. He naturally didn't want to believe you." A cold voice suddenly rang in her ears, and Chu Qiao turned her head away, only to see Xue Zhiyuan leaning against a wall with his arms around his shoulders, looking at her sideways, with an expression that seemed a bit gloating. Chu Qiao is now full of disgust for these local military officers of the Great Brotherhood, she snorted coldly, turned around and wanted to leave. "Is Your Highness going to abandon us?" As soon as he took a step, Xue Zhiyuan suddenly asked nonstop, Chu Qiao stopped in her tracks, and turned her head slowly, her eyes were as sharp as a knife, and her tone was low: "What did you say?" "His Royal Highness and Mr. Wu are rare military leaders in Yanbei. They led the elite troops of the First Army to attack Meilin Pass, but left no one behind to defend Beishuo. They spared ten days for the main force of the Second Army to attack Meilin Pass. Head-to-head with Xia Jun, consuming each other. A military expert like Miss Yu just sits in Lancheng and doesn't give back to Beishuo. Master Chu, an expert in military art, doesn't hold power. The entire Beishuo City falls into a group of mobs who don't understand military affairs Hehe, if I hadn't seen that Master Chu hadn't left Beishuo, I would really be convinced that His Highness has already decided to give up the Second Army." In an instant, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck her mind. It wasn't that she hadn't thought about it, but she just didn't want to believe it. Who is Cao Mengtong, what is the second army, what is the big peer, will Yan Xun not know?What is his intention to attack Meilin Pass at this time?Is it true that they want to attack the Meilin Pass to prevent Xia's army from being prepared, to prevent the crisis of fighting on both sides, and to take a detour to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army in a detour?Or do we have to set aside these ten days to let the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Second Army fight each other? Otherwise, why would he hand over military power to Cao Mengtong?Why not leave Mr. Wu to sit in Beishuo?Why did you let yourself go to Blue City to take shelter of Miss Yu Yu?Why did none of the seven groups of people I sent out to find Miss Yu return? What is the reason behind this? Could it be that, as he said, everything was arranged by Yan Xun?The purpose is to consume the main force of the Second Army and use Daxia's hand to stabilize his position in Yanbei? However, for such a purpose, is it really worthwhile to ignore millions of people and go to Yanbei in a dangerous place?Can Yan Xun really do it? "However, even if His Highness is smart, Lord Cao is not a fool. In ten days, the hundreds of thousands of militiamen will definitely be able to withstand it. When His Highness returns, it will only consume the civilian army. The main force of the second army will not be damaged. Your Highness's idea is not good." "In my hometown, anyone who speculates about his chief for no reason will be dealt with by military law!" The girl raised her eyes and said in a cold voice. Xue Zhiyuan was taken aback for a moment, and Chu Qiao said in a cold voice: "You don't have to provoke, even if Yanbei's internal situation is unstable, and the big peers will fight for power seriously, but His Highness will not bet on the entire Beishuo City for this consumption! Even if everything seems to be as you said, I believe that he is definitely not someone who will use all means to fight for power. From a strategic point of view, His Highness’s counterattack on Meilin Pass is a perfect sneak attack, and there is no problem in tactics! Miss Yu There must be a reason that we don't know if there is no reply. This battle is related to the life and death of the entire Yanbei, only the blind and ignorant people are still fighting for power here. Once Yanbei is destroyed, the Yanbei regime will disappear in a flash. You have to go to Huangquan Road. You have so much time, why don't you go to train the recruits, and save yourself a miserable death in the future!" Xue Zhiyuan frowned, and said coldly: "Since your lord is so confident, why have you repeatedly sent people to inform Miss Yu? If it is true as what your lord said, three days is enough to run back and forth from here to Lancheng. Why hasn't the girl been seen so far? If Miss Yu hadn't received the order from above, do you think she would just sit back and watch Beishuo get messed up like this and not intervene?" 楚乔心下一沉，正要分辨，忽听一骑战马迅速逼近，整条大街上人人避让，马上的人大喊道：“楚大人！楚大人在哪里？” "I'm here!" 一见那人，楚乔顿时面露喜色，踮起脚来叫道：“我在这！” 战马狂奔而至，马上的男人跳了下来，几步跑上前来，大声叫道：“大人！” “怎么回事？怎么现在才回来？其他人呢？见到羽姑娘了吗？” “大人，我们在路上遇到劫匪，所有兄弟都被匪徒劫住了！” "what?" 楚乔和薛致远同时大声叫道，楚乔不可置信的说道：“什么匪徒这么嚣张？你们前后足足有五百多人，怎么可能被劫匪劫住？” “大人，我们人数虽然不少，可是对方更多，他们足足有七千多人呢。” “胡说八道！”薛致远冷声喝道：“你们自己麻痹大意，就推到匪徒身上，如今燕北到处都是义军，哪来的七千多的匪徒伙群，分明是推卸责任！” 那名亲卫剑眉一竖，顿时义正言辞的说道：“薛大人，我们弟兄虽然不才，但是也是跟着殿下南征北战的精锐，就算是战死，也不会皱一下眉头，今日我所言若是有一句虚言，定叫我万箭穿心，不得好死！” 楚乔面色发白，一字一顿的沉声说道：“那第一批呢？护送我姐姐们去蓝城的队伍，也被劫住了吗？” 那亲卫顿时面色一黯，磕头在地，悲声说道：“属下无能，请姑娘降罪。” 楚乔深吸一口气，想起荆家的几个女子，不知道她们会被吓成什么样，沉声问道：“她们现在怎么样？那群匪徒有什么要求？可有伤害我们的人？” 那侍卫顿时来了精神，连忙回答道：“没有，一个也没伤到，他们是伏击的我们，连受伤的兄弟都很少。原本他们是很凶的，威胁我们给他们传话，后来听说我们是大人的属下，态度就大为好转。” Chu Qiao was taken aback, and asked, "What did you say?" “大人，那些人不知道我们是谁，他们劫我们的人，只为了找人传话，他们说想要见您。” “想要见我？” "yes." 楚乔眉心紧锁，问道：“他们的首领是谁？” “那人三十多岁，作战十分英勇，一看就不是普通的马贼，像是得到过正规训练的士兵，他们整个队伍的素质非常好，单兵作战能力十分高明，武器装备完善，却没有穿着正规的军装。他们不肯说出自己的身份，只说没有恶意，只要大人见到他，就知道他们是谁了。” 楚乔皱着眉沉吟半晌，突然说道：“备马，我们去见见他。” “你疯了！”薛致远一把拉住她的手，尽管两人之间一直处于敌对关系，但是毕竟是站在同一个战壕里，男人沉声说道：“现在出城，你不要命了？” 楚乔转头看着他，表情严肃的说道：“我的姐姐和部下，都在对方手中。” “那又怎么样？你自己一个人就得了他们吗？” “难道薛将军想要派军队给我吗？不要多，五千人足以。” 薛致远顿时语塞，他只是一个前锋将领，曹孟桐如今要保存第二军实力，别说五千人，就是五百人他也无法调动。 楚乔冷哼一声，爬上那名亲卫牵过来的战马，跟在亲兵之后，冷冷低喝：“驾！” 战马扬踢而起，向着城外绝尘而去。 薛致远眉梢一挑，恰好此时有一名士兵牵马过来，他一把夺过马来，跟在楚乔身后，向着西城门狂奔而去。