When Chen Li sang, Li Xiaomei was actually not far away. Somehow, she had been at ease with Chen Cheng, who was riding away, so she quietly followed. She knew that he wanted to stop the 40,000 troops from coming, but was it really that easy? He was just one person, could he really stop the army from coming?
When the singing came rapidly, Li Xiaomei recognized the thick male voice. Somehow, she heard a kind of homesickness, a kind of heroism, a man's responsibility and expectations for himself in that song. She seemed to understand for the first time the complex in Chen Cheng's heart and the major events he had planned, which had made her annoyed and hated several times.
Two lines of tears fell from Li Xiaomei's eyes. The deeper you know this man, the deeper the love. It turns out that love is not all sweet, not all is just a magnificent expectation and dream as she saw at the beginning, and in the middle, there are many desolate lives, arrogance and self-promise when strong, and low whimpering when weak. That love is so rich as a sea of grass and as vast as a star. Li Xiaomei feels that no matter what the final outcome of this love is, she will be glad that she has met a man with such a rich level of life.
The rising sun shines on the tiger tent, and the glow rolls up the banners. In the daily routine of the three armies, the morning raising of the tent is crucial, not to mention that the conquest is now underway, not to mention, there are now two spectators in General Zhang's tent. These two spectators are extraordinary, one is a special envoy of the Tang Emperor, and the other is a confidant of the King of Qin, so Zhang Wuwei's attitude is particularly majestic today.
Zhang Wuwei sat alone behind the big case in the middle, and Chen Shu and Xu Ji were both accompanied by a case on the left and right sides. At the beginning of the drum, the soldiers were already lined up on both sides of the tent, Chen Yu and Xu Ji were given in by Zhang Wuwei's solemn hand, and when the two of them were seated, Zhang Wuwei sat down behind the table. Unfortunately, the morning inlet did not make him happy. I only heard him ask in a deep voice: "Haven't you found Li Bo's main force yet?" "
The leader of the news, Yu Qiuli, bowed his head. Yesterday, he found a small group of people, thinking that it was Li Bo's main force, and presented it as a clue, and Zuo Wei Luping had already chased after him with a thousand troops and horses, but finally found that it was a false report, and today he had to be cautious and cautious. Zhang Wuwei's face was as heavy as water, but he still restrained himself from anger, he couldn't show no bearing in front of outsiders, he was calculating how to urge the soldiers to feel pressured, and not to make Chen Xu and the two feel that they were light and irritable, suddenly a small colonel ran to the door of the tent like a fly, shouting: "Report, report, report!" "
Looking at the junior colonel's urgent expression, Zhang Wuwei knew that there was an urgent military report. He opened his mouth and shouted: "Report! "
I saw that the junior colonel's lips trembled, and his tongue turned: "Report, yesterday the left guard deputy general Lu Ping chased the enemy, rested his horse on the right side of the Wuchi River, and saw more than 100 enemy cavalry in the evening, which was very suspicious, and General Lu led 500 light cavalry to chase down, and there is still no news echo this morning, and there may be a change." "
Zhang Wuwei's already dark face couldn't help but darken again. Just as he was about to speak, he saw another junior colonel rushing over from outside the tent, shouting: "Report, report, report!! "
His expression was even more urgent, and Zhang Wuwei said angrily: "Report!" "
The junior colonel said: "There is news from the five-foot river that Lu Ping, the left guard deputy general who chased the enemy yesterday, mistakenly fell into an ambush due to the darkness of the night, and the five hundred cavalry have fallen into the hands of the enemy." "
Chen Shi was stunned, Li Bo's hand was so fast! Zhang Wuwei was even more shocked, he thought that Li Bo was just a grass bandit, not worth worrying about, who thought that he would show weakness first, and his arrogant soldiers would be so quick once they made a move. But he refused to lose his composure in front of Chen and Xu, took a breath, waved his hand, and said, "Got it." "
The two junior colonels took the order. Zhang Wuwei wanted to speak, and first said to Chen and Xu: "Brother Chen, Brother Xu, please see, brother has long asked the imperial court for a battle, don't be a problem with Li Thief's carbuncle, I didn't expect the imperial court to always delay, the two of you see that he is so arrogant today, the brothers were unharmed, and the country was against the army, as expected." "
Xu Ji hummed in his nose, Chen Xi didn't speak, Zhang Wuwei had already shouted at the news leader Yu Qiuli: "I can't go down and quickly investigate the thief's situation." "
Yu Qiuli hurriedly bowed and said 'yes', exited the tent, and took the time to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Zhang Wuwei has issued orders one after another, ordering Gao Ping, a deputy general of the left army, to lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison the area of the small pavilion and temple on the left to control the enemy's tracks; Wu Changyan, a deputy general of the Right Army, led 3,000 men and horses to rush to the banks of the Wuchi River to prevent the enemy from attacking again; the rear army governor Lu Yu took stock of grain and grass and received supplies; There are many orders, and sure enough, he is not surprised, and he is a general. The three of them each received orders and waited to leave. These three people were all tiger generals under Zhang Wuwei's tent, and they only heard the footsteps outside the tent, but the three generals had already issued orders to come, and they were ready to leave. The trivial affairs in the army were numerous and complicated, and Zhang Wuwei was also busy for more than half an hour before he was roughly dealt with. Most of the generals under the tent had already received orders to stay, and Zhang Wuwei had time to say to Chen Shu and Xu Ji: "Let the second brother laugh." A small setback is not enough, but you can ask the brothers under the tent to lift their spirits. Second brother, please see, is this disposal of brother still feasible? "
He felt that he was doing very well today, and all he wanted was for the two of them to appreciate it. Before Xu Ji could speak, Chen Cheng had already said first: "Generals, you should be slow to obey the order." General Zhang, I have a sentence to ask. "
Zhang Wuwei was stunned. Chen Xi had already taken out ten iron medals from his collar, he didn't wait for anyone to pass them, and with a shake of his hand, the ten iron medals had been thrown on Zhang Wuwei's case one by one, Chen Shan said solemnly: "What is the reason for General Zhang's fight to suppress Li Bo this time?" "
Zhang Wuwei didn't expect him to ask this sentence at this time. His face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Li Bo, this guy, robbing military rations, in this Ganliang territory, bullying the emperor and insulting the general, isn't this enough?" "
Chen Cheng said coldly: "I am here by the special decree of the Holy Emperor to investigate the case of this batch of grain and grass." I don't know why I came to Gansu as soon as I entered Gansu, General Zhang knew that he was the emperor's special envoy, but he sent out the mighty ten guards under his tent to intercept and kill the envoy, why did he come? "
Zhang Wuwei did not expect that the army had been dispatched, the emperor's intentions were clear, and Xu Ji had been sent, and the matter had clearly been revealed, and he would turn it over again at this time. The ten iron plaques were displayed on his case one by one, and he couldn't deny it, so he asked in a deep voice: "Military aircraft are very important, what is Brother Chen doing when he mentions these trivial things?" The big enemy is in front of us, and the small things will be discussed again. Brother Chen's words, aren't you afraid of disturbing the morale of the army? "
I only heard Chen Shi sneer: "Disturb the morale of the army?" I don't know who really deceived the emperor and misled the three armies. General Zhang, to tell you the truth, the 100,000 loads of grain and grass were robbed by you and your subordinate, Gao Ping, led 2,000 henchmen.
You command the three armies, but rob the imperial court's military provisions, do you dare to do these things and dare not admit it?" "
As soon as he said a word, there was no sound under the tent, this was great news, Zhang Wuwei also knew that there was a big relationship before doing this, so no one knew except for his trusted soldiers. Zhang Wuwei was furious when he heard this, and shouted in a deep voice: "The 150,000 loads of grain and grass in the Red Willow Garden were not robbed by Li Bo, but who robbed them, did this general wrongfully accuse him?" "
Chen Shan chuckled: "The emperor is benevolent, and the younger brother came to deal with this matter with full authority." The emperor said that now that the world has just been pacified, the scholars are weary of war, and peace is the most important. The younger brother saw Li Bo for the third time, just to deal with this matter.
Na Li Bo borrowed the 150,000 loads of grain and grass because of the snow disaster, and did not injure anyone, in order to relieve the victims, and it was also counted as an opportunity to recuperate with the world. Although this move is illegal and greatly inappropriate, the emperor thinks that the world is just started, the legal net has not been opened, and the soldiers are suffering from labor, so he opened the net and asked him to pay off this debt with 20,000 good horses within three years. The younger brother informed Li Bo that he had already confessed his guilt and said he would die a thousand deaths. General Zhang only cared about his own selfishness, started the war lightly, deceived the court above, and did not care for the soldiers below. I want to ask, how many times will you die in this battle? Do you really want the bones of the soldiers of all families to pile up again to become the fame of your generation of good generals? "
Zhang Wuwei was furious in his heart, he knew that Chen Shi was not easy to get along with, but today was not as good as that day, Xu Ji, the confidant of the King of Qin, the special envoy sent by the emperor, was also here, not to mention that there were countless soldiers of his three armies under his tent, and he was not afraid of Chen Shi. The case was furious and said: "Brother Chen, you are determined to excuse the Li Bo horse thief, collude with bandits, disrupt the morale of our army, delay our military aircraft, and rely on the name of a special envoy. "
As he said, he glared around angrily, and Wei Hualing, Gao Ping, and Wu Changyan had already shouted in unison: "Yes, can't our general kill you?" "
Chen Xi had already stood up and laughed: "Zhang Wuwei, you regard the imperial court as child's play, the people as fodder, and the soldiers as livestock. "
As he spoke, he flipped over his robe and revealed the gold medal and the three words "like the Son of Heaven" on the card. The tent was extremely tense for a while. After thinking about it last night, Chen Cheng also thought about whether it was feasible to assassinate this Wuwei at night. But he knew that Zhang Wuwei had been assassinated once, and at night, the guards would be heavy, and after killing, the control of the 40,000 army would be difficult to obtain. He knew that Zhang Wuwei was born in the army, and this army was also run by him for many years, and there must be a number of close friends under his command, who would work hard to serve them. He thought for a long time, only to take risks, knowing that he had a blatant falling out with Zhang Wuwei on the big tent, he was afraid that it would be dangerous and unpredictable, but he showed the power of the Son of Heaven and subdued the hearts of the generals, and only by cutting off this Wuwei in a dignified manner was the only way out. He also knew that he was really going to give up his life this time, but after figuring it out, he felt at ease, a man should do what he should do, how could he try to survive to protect his own wealth. So he sang last night, with "Longtou Song" to move the homesickness of the three armies. He bet today on the war-weariness of the three armies.
His gamble can be said to have bet one of his own lives, thousands of troops of Li Bocao on the sand, the unpredictable life and death of the people in the three armies, and the 100,000 border people, and the imperial court gambled into it safely. As soon as his words landed, Wei Hualing was already angry: "Presumptuous." "
At the same time, he shouted: "Come on, take down this rebellious madman with the general!" "
Chen Sheng had already smiled loudly, looked at Xu Ji and said, "What did Brother Xu say?" The imperial court secretly ordered me to behead this Wuwei in the big tent can be announced, right? "
He is a false edict. Zhang Wuwei has always been not at ease with the people of the King of Qin, and he was shocked when he heard this, and he was afraid that Xu Ji would really have some secrets. Just as he changed his mind and changed his mind, Chen Sheng shouted loudly: "Chen is ordered by the emperor to behead Zhang Wuwei, who deceived the court and harmed the sergeant, as a punishment, and has nothing to do with the soldiers." "Saying that, his people rushed out. He knows that today's fight is here. For this pounce, he had accumulated strength all night, and his thousand-mile court steps were as fast as an instant, but General Zhang's subordinates were not all bullies. He spoke first, Wei Hualing was already prepared, and as soon as he pounced, Wei Hualing had already pulled out a waist knife and slashed at his waist.
Don't underestimate this cut. Wei Hualing's knife is known as "10,000 people slashing", although he has not killed 10,000 people, but the knife is bloody and never returns empty. Unexpectedly, Chen Shan did not avoid his knife, and on one side of his body, Wei Hualing's knife went straight to the Xiao on his waist. With a ding, it was Chen Cheng who blocked his move with jade on the flute, but the jade was also shattered.
He used this trick to win a glimmer of hope. But Zhang Wuwei himself is not a scholar and Confucian general, he took the case, lifted the big case in front of him with a pair of big hands and covered his face with Chen Shi, Chen Shi still did not hide, and let the case smash on his head. Zhang Wuwei is extremely strong, known as "pushing eight horses down", which is not a false rumor. The case smashed Chen Shi's head unclearly, Chen Shi only felt a bang in his head, Venus was rising, and he was about to faint, but he knew that he couldn't do it at this time. Just when Zhang Wuwei's case hit his head, Gao Ping had already taken out a knife behind him, and the knife came out with blood, only to see a pool of blood bursting out on Chen Shi's waist. Fortunately, he twisted when he heard the wind, otherwise this knife would have cut him in half. The soldiers under the tent didn't have time to react, only to see that the elm hard case more than two inches thick had been smashed into pieces on Chen Shi's head, if it was an ordinary person, I was afraid that the brain would have burst at this time, but among the fragments, someone saw a wisp of dark red thread flashing, Chen Shi did not hesitate to lose his body, what he wanted to fight for was this line of opportunity, he pulled out the "thread" in his flute in this line of opportunity, that "touch of line" was originally the world-famous Qimen weapon, on the same day, he stabbed a fly on Zhang Wuwei's left shoulder with this thread, intimidating him, Zhang Wuwei was defending against him. Seeing that he stabbed with a "touch of line", he hid backwards, but he didn't dodge all the way, and his arrow-wounded left arm, which was originally wrapped in a bandage, suddenly broke out of the belt, he had long had the heart to guard against Chen Cheng, and the strap on his left shoulder, which was deliberately tied to the roughly injured left shoulder, was originally tied to Chen Cheng, only to see that he had been hiding a sharp blade in his left hand, which was inserted into Chen Cheng's shoulder, and Chen Cheng gritted his teeth in pain. Then, the two suddenly stopped, and this stillness stunned Gao Ping, Wei Hualing and Wu Changyan, who were about to take action. Then I saw Zhang Wuwei staring at Chen Si with a dissatisfied face, a fierce smile, a touch of blood spurted out of his throat, he did not expect that he had fought for ten years, experienced more than 100 battles of life and death, and would still die under Chen Li's "one line". In the midst of everyone's frightened, they saw that Zhang Wuwei's huge figure had collapsed to the ground.
Wei Hualing was Zhang Wuwei's favorite general, as soon as he saw Zhang Wuwei fall, his eyes were red, and he rushed over, slashing at Chen Cheng with a waist knife in his hand, shouting: "Don't take down this assassin who assassinated General Zhang!" "
Someone in the crowd heard the sound and moved. Chen Sheng shouted: "The rats dare! His "thread" had been pulled out from Zhang Wuwei's throat, and the blade was originally a surface of stainless steel, which seemed to be a line, and there was a blade everywhere around. Chen Sheng knew that today's matter was not over even if Zhang Wuwei was killed, and he had to suppress the second wave of rebound from his close friends. He took a long breath and mobilized almost all the fighting spirit of these years, but he still felt that his back and left shoulder were in terrible pain, and the blow of the serious case in his head made him not very conscious. I only heard him shout:
"Eyelashes are in front of you!"
The eyelashes are not visible in front of the eyes, and it is impossible for people to see their own eyelashes, which is a common admonition used by those who talk about metaphysics in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but it was used by Chen Cheng to name his own killer move. The hundred training steel in his hand was no longer a thorn at this time, but was drawn out horizontally. Wei Hualing has seen a lot of swords, guns, swords, and axes in his life, but he has never seen such a strange weapon, only to see a touch of dark red coming horizontally, and then he felt a cold on his neck, and the thread bent and shook, and he actually cut off a human head of him.
The generals only saw a pool of blood spurting out of Wei Hualing's cavity, not that they had never seen killing, but this was a chaos in calm, and everyone said "ah", only to feel terrifying. Chen Sheng was reluctant to kill like this, but he knew that he would use extraordinary means to subdue Zhang Wuwei's close friends, not to mention that he had no power to fight again under the heavy blow. He stretched out his left hand and lifted Wei Hualing's head with one hand, and the person jumped, already standing on Xu Ji's case, and shouted: "Anyone who dares to disobey the holy order and insists on confronting the imperial court just come up!" "
Gao Ping and Wu Changyan were also red-eyed, so they stayed forward, among the generals, the two of them were Zhang Wuwei's close friends, so they were waiting for everyone to step forward and take revenge on Zhang Wuwei. As soon as they started talking, they saw that a person had clapped his hands and stood up, but this person was Xu Ji, who had been silent, and only heard him clap his hands and say: "Brother Gao, Brother Wu, the imperial court only killed the principal offender this time, and I also know that the two of them are under the coercion of Zhang Wuwei, if there is a violation of morality, it is really forgivable, and it is a former soldier of the army."
Now, General Zhang has been beheaded, everyone, listen to my proclamation. "
His voice was extremely calm, which was exactly the opposite of Chen Cheng, who was standing on his desk with a fierce expression. His words were also hitting the hearts of the generals who had lost their minds. Everyone is still tired of conquest, not to mention that snakes are headless and birds fly without heads, which is the time when the crowd is confused. I saw Xu Ji take out a piece of yellow silk from his arms, and when he looked at the silk, he knew that it was the paper for the edict, and only heard Xu Ji say: "The generals will take it!" "
Everyone still hesitated, only to hear Chen Shi pay attention to the face of the most timid person, his eyes were like ice, and he snorted coldly, and Lu Yu, the leader of the grain and grass management, was cold in his courage, and his knees weakened, and he knelt down. He was also Zhang Wuwei's private person, and his sister was Zhang Wuwei's favorite concubine, but although he usually relied on strong power, his knees were the weakest at this time. Other generals who were far from Zhang Wuwei knelt down and saw that there was anything else he could not accept, so he knelt down.
Everyone has a political mentality, although Chen Shi is only one person, and Xu Ji has only a dozen entourage in his tent, but behind them is a powerful court that they have declared. I was still hesitant, but when I saw that more and more people were kneeling, I couldn't help but kneel down, so I knelt down. The more people kneel, the more overwhelming the remaining psychology becomes, and everyone can't help but think: "What did Zhang Wuwei do to me, not necessarily confronting the imperial court for him", not to mention that there was a Chen Li holding a bloody head in his eyes. Those who were closer to Zhang Wuwei finally couldn't resist the will of the people and knelt down one by one, and in the end only Gao Ping and Wu Changyan were left. They looked at each other and sighed in their hearts: "The big thing is gone", Gao Ping hated: "They are all cowards without a backbone", although he hated everyone for betraying so quickly and hating his teeth, but the times were stronger than people, and he "took off" twice in succession, first the two knives in their hands fell to the ground, Xu Ji stopped looking at them when the first person knelt down, looked at the yellow silk in his hand, and read loudly: "Holy Edict, after Zhang Wuwei, the general of Gan Liang who violated morality and deceived the imperial court, was executed, Xu Ji was ordered to temporarily take over his position, and a group of soldiers and horses listened to his dispatch." The rest of the generals, who were not to blame in the past, were promoted by one level... "The following is a personal name, and what official position each holds, and it is also thanks to him that he has planned so thoroughly in one night." The generals listened to their innocence, and they were promoted to a higher official position, as if they were hypnotized in Xu Ji's flat, prolonged or even somewhat tired voice, and his heart gradually stabilized, or even a kind of joy that he was glad that he had not acted rashly just now.
The morning of the whole morning had been exhausted to proclaim the post and comfort Zhang Wuwei's funeral, settle the generals, and prepare the army for the attack. Chen Cheng looked at the shadow of the sun and knew that with the prolongation of time, today's events were roughly settled, only to feel a cold sweat on his back, looking at the generals kneeling on the ground when the "decree" was announced, somehow, he couldn't help but feel a kind of sadness for them.
People are small, not to mention that these generals have also been in the front army, ten swing and ten decisive, but they actually need an anecdote more than anyone else, eager to obey an anecdote, and rely on that anecdote to give them a direction for their already wandering and confused life. Somehow, Chen Xi did not have the joy of success in his heart at this time, but only an infinite sadness - what is life, is it just that he is eager to get into an order like a general and obey orders so properly? They are not afraid of killing, as long as it is a killing guided by anecdotes, Chen Xi suddenly seemed to see a person's eyes in this chaos, which were a pair of calm, somewhat sad eyes looking at life, and he also led thousands of children to nomad in the desert, all eyes were looking at him, but did anyone know his loneliness and the pressure he faced? Freedom, only freedom is the greatest torture and pressure on life.
In Xu Ji's calm tone, Chen Cheng thought of Li Bo. Xu Ji is really a talent. After talking with Chen Yu for a moment last night, he had roughly expected today's situation. He did everything properly and steadily, making everyone feel that everything was logical, and this change in the Chinese army's capture of the account was quelled under his joint efforts with Chen Cheng.
In fact, I am afraid that only the two of them know: the tension and anxiety, doubts and horror in their hearts at that time, and the hardships of not being able to show a trace of expression.
After everyone stopped and Zhang Wuwei's body had been collected, Xu Ji ordered people to bury him with the courtesy of a general, and told the imperial court to take care of his family. Everyone gradually understood the instructions, and Chen Shi secretly instructed people to keep an eye on Gao Ping and Wu Changyan, not to let the two of them return to the army, and ordered the two of them to support Zhang Wuwei's spirit, which was the big decision. Then Chen Shi and Xu Ji had the opportunity to look at each other, and the mutual knowledge and emotion in those eyes were probably not something that could be conveyed by any language. Then the two shook hands sincerely, only to realize that they were the same as each other, and their palms were actually cold sweat.
The sunspot was running on the grassland like lightning, because it was just as anxious to see a person as the rider on horseback. What Chen Xiang didn't expect was that he had only been thirty miles out of the camp when he saw Li Xiaomei miraculously standing up in the grass. Heizi snorted excitedly, because Li Xiaomei also ran towards this side with the most joyful attitude. What puzzled and even dissatisfied it was that Li Xiaomei did not immediately rub her neck with her warmest hand as before, but threw herself into the arms of the person who fell from its back. The man trembled and caught the little sister with both hands, and said softly: "Why are you here, how do you know I'm coming?" "
Li Xiaomei didn't answer him, just gently peeled off his robe with both hands. Chen Yan was slightly stunned, allowing Li Yongrong to strip his upper body naked in the wind of the grassland, and then Li Xiaomei's hand shook, she gently touched the new wound on Chen Yong's body, she couldn't bear to touch it, and she couldn't bear to touch it. She trembled lightly and said, "I know, I know, I see that this army has not moved for three days, and all the transfers are to transfer people back to the camp, and I know that you are injured again." "
Chen Cheng's shoulders and waist were heavily scarred. Tears welled up in Li Xiaomei's eyes, she was not a crying woman, but she couldn't help it. She didn't say that she knew "you succeeded", but said "you were hurt", and she guessed the shocking waves that Chen Cheng had experienced these days. Chen Cheng's body did not shake, but her heart trembled under the touch of her fingers. Li Xiaomei kissed him all the way down his shoulder, straight to the wound on his waist. Chen Sheng stood in the wind of the grassland, Li Xiaomei squatted on the ground of the grassland, they both felt a trembling happiness, but somehow, this happiness only made them want to cry.
How long will a tear mark remain in another person's heart, and how long will a scar be stubborn in another person's mind? They didn't say anything, this period of love after knives, guns, and arrows was not something that could be understood in a few words.
After a long time, Li Xiaomei said softly: "Promise me, don't be so desperate in the future, okay?" "
Chen Shan nodded.
A red cloud flew up to Li Xiaomei's forehead, but she continued to say bravely: "Promise me, you want me for the rest of your life, okay?" "
Cao'er trembled when she heard this. Chen Sheng also trembled in a high spirit when he heard this. How long can a flower of love cast by a line of tears bloom? How can one person have more of the other?
The robe floats up, how can one person possess another person deeper???
...?
If a star falls into your eyes, how will your eyelashes tremble?
If a torrent pours into you, will you be afraid that you will not be able to stay together?
If I can kiss you all over with my lips, don't tell me that all this can't last long; If you are my deepest love, take everything away from me.
If the wind sees, I have opened my flesh and bones to you;
...
Can you stop on me forever and keep the roar of a lifetime in the most primitive way?
After calming down, the clothes are light and soft.
After being connected, the bones are gentle...
Li Xiaomei said: "I would rather never get up." A tear of Chen Yi fell into Li Xiaomei's eyes, and she said in her heart: I would rather time stay here forever.
Where does gentleness come from? How gentle is it?
My breath, your endurance; My belt, your footsteps...