At the beginning, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, and the woman is busy in the imp

At this time, most of the soldiers had finished their meal.

The so-called rice is nothing more than sweet potatoes and some thick noodles.

It's not as good as the food provided by the Ministry of War's baggage train, but that's the condition in the Northwest.

Rong Er rolled up his sleeves, held the hilt of his sword, and knocked on the bronze bell, "Soldiers who have finished their meal, please come and get the medicine."

"In the afternoon, when we are marching, the sun is scorching hot. This can relieve the heat and prevent sunstroke."

Someone immediately asked loudly, "Brother Rong, can horses drink?"

Rong Er thought of the taste he had just had, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he just shook his head silently.

Ma, let’s not talk about whether you can drink it or not.

Given how unpalatable it is, only a horse with a brain kicked by a donkey would drink it voluntarily...

Rong Er took the bowl, poured one for his master and passed it over.

Xie Yuheng glanced at the medicine and said, "I am still young and in good health. Give it to Prince Rui."

Chu Chen always felt that this black-hearted guy had no good intentions. He looked at the medicine in Rong Er's hand warily.

"Did you ask Rong Er to secretly poison you?"

Xie Yuheng was speechless, "What do I want to achieve by poisoning you?"

"She was King Tuben's concubine who collected books!" Chu Chen said so, but still took the medicine...

He took a sip and vomited it out immediately.

This thing is very poisonous even without being poisoned!

But over there, Chen Gong shouted, "Give me a full bowl!"

The soldier who was applying the medicine was about to speak but stopped. Chen Gong raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you standing there for? The Lord has paid for the summer heat relief medicine for us out of his own pocket. No one can leave until you finish drinking it!"

What else can the soldiers say? He is indeed their leader, "A real man!"

Chen Gong got a full bowl of medicine as he wished.

In a moment, his expression was distorted and he regretted it so much!!

Chu Chen, who had been paying attention to that side, laughed like a duck, "Chen Gong, this idiot, hahahaha quack ...

Xie Yuheng sat upright under the tree with a small map spread out on his knees. His eyebrows curved when he heard the laughter.

Suddenly, a somewhat awkward female voice reached my ears, "Yes, may I ask if this is the Left Censor-in-Chief?"

Xie Yuheng looked up and saw two girls, one big and one small, standing at the intersection.

Xie Yuheng nodded, "It's me."

The older one, holding the younger girl’s hand, came forward and bowed to greet them.

"My ancestor is the Minister of Rites Ye Zhongliang. My humble name is Ye Cen. I have seen you once from afar."

"No need to be so polite, Mr. Ye."

As Xie Yuheng spoke, his eyes turned to the little girl next to him.

The little girl did not look like a person from Daliang. She had her hair tied in thin braids and a sapphire pendant on her forehead.

Ye Cen touched the little girl's head and explained, "I was originally responsible for the geological survey in Zhangye."

"Two days ago, I found this little girl at the border, all alone, guarding a dead body."

Ye Cen took out a note from the small bag the little girl was carrying.

"This was found on the corpse. It looks like a letter from the King of Xixian to Daliang. Please take a look, my lord."

Xie Yuheng took it and was about to look through it.

The little girl suddenly leaned forward and asked, "Marquis, what Marquis are you talking about?"

Ye Cen was surprised and asked, "You can speak Daliang Mandarin?"

"You haven't said a word in the past two days. I thought you couldn't understand Daliang dialect." Or maybe you were dumb...

Xie Yuheng held the letter with his long fingers, looked into the little girl's sad eyes, and said in a gentle voice, "I am the Marquis of Jiangling, Daliang, and my surname is Xie."

The little girl glanced at the soldiers not far away and asked anxiously, "Can you help my father beat the bad guys?"

Seeing that Xie Yuheng didn't say anything, the little girl continued, "I'm Si Su Rina, the daughter of the grassland."

"I heard my father mention you. You are the Marquis of Jiangling. You are very smart!"

Su Rina's eyes were filled with tears. In a blink of an eye, the hot tears fell on Xie Yuheng's finger bones.

Xie Yuheng lowered his eyes, raised his hand, and gently wiped away the tears on his face with his fingertips.

She said softly, "I have military duties to attend to and cannot leave Daliang."

Su Rina bit her lower lip tightly, tears falling like rain.

After Chu Chen rinsed his mouth, he saw this and couldn't help but come forward to watch the show.

Ye Cen looked at him once, then again, and felt that he looked familiar, but he didn't know who he was because of the untidy beard.

Chu Chen raised his eyebrows, "What are you looking at, little girl? Are you mesmerized by my beauty?"

Ye Cen: “…” I really didn’t realize that you are King Rui.

"Su Rina is a daughter of the grassland, but she also knows how to be polite. Father said that we should not force others to do things against their will."

Su Rina raised her hand, wiped away her tears, and took out a piece of letter from her arms.

"This is what my father wants to give to my uncle, the Emperor of Daliang."

"But Daliang is too far away from Xianbei. All the people who protected Su Rina were killed by Second Uncle."

Xie Yuheng took the letter and handed it directly to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen took a step back and said, "I am just accompanying you to make up the numbers. You are the one who is in charge of these ten thousand elite soldiers."

Ultimately, it’s about avoiding suspicion.

Xie Yuheng withdrew his hand and opened the letter directly, but put it back in an instant.

It's so funny. The Xianbei language is so scribbled and I can't understand it at all.

Xie Yuheng, who was determined to make others learn Daliang dialect after living a new life, had no interest in learning other languages. In the end, anyway...

She looked at Su Rina and asked gently, "What happened in the Western Xianbei territory?"

"Yile and Wusun both attacked us, and Second Uncle Wang also attacked..."

"One day, my father received a secret letter and asked Su Rina to leave Xianbei and go to Daliang."

"I heard from the guards that my father has taken all his troops to fight Wusun."

"It's said that the lips are cold, if Daliang is destroyed, Xianbei will also be destroyed..."

Su Rina took a deep breath and pleaded again, "Marquis Jiangling, can you help my father..."

The big black eyes stared at Xie Yuheng without blinking.

Xie Yuheng lowered his eyes and sorted out the whole thing. He guessed that he still had to see what was written in the letter.

She took the little girl to the posthouse at the end of the road, asked the postmaster for an empty room, and asked Su Rina to translate.

What was written in the letter was basically the same as what the little girl said.

But there were also some differences. During the civil strife in Wusun, someone leaked the baggage and food route map, as well as the specific locations of the granaries.

Xie Yuheng knocked on the table. In that case, it made sense for the Wusun coalition to delay sending troops.

If King Xixian sends troops to harass Wusun, we really have to find a way to contact him.

If they could form a pincer attack from both sides, the Yizhou army would be disturbed and unable to reach Yumen Pass, which would not have much impact.

But in this era without mobile phones, it is difficult to get in touch!

Su Rina put down the letter, spread out the letter paper with her little hands, and her childish voice rang out in the house.

"...According to the spy's report, the person who leaked the Wusun baggage route map was the nanny beside Wusun Queen Chi Yao."

"Madam's original surname was Pei, and she was a descendant of Pei Tongshu, the Left Censor-in-Chief during the Jiande period of your country."