The world's male concubine

In the early spring of the fifth year of Mingfeng, the Qiang people and the Xiongnu marched eastward to break through Xiguan, but they were stubbornly resisted by the Dingyuan army.

At this moment in the desolate western Xinjiang, perhaps it is God's will to know that many homesick souls have been added to the desert. The boundless military song once again flutters in this foreign land, comforting the dead souls who sacrificed their lives for their homeland.

These soldiers who died in the western border will be buried on the spot, and a tombstone symbolizing the conferment of the imperial court will be erected on the pile of loess. I have made a firm preparation to dedicate my life, but in such a scene, everyone will read the unwillingness during it.

Either for the gray-haired parents, or for the wives and children who are waiting desolately, or for many unfulfilled ambitions, but the loess is gone, no matter how much romantic ambitions, they have been followed by such a violent desert wind. , all floated away, scattered.

A huge bonfire was ignited in the Dingyuan military camp, and the several-foot-tall fire tower would burn for three days and three nights until the strong winds in western Xinjiang gradually blew it out.

Victory did not come easily, but no one cheered for him.

Li Yan looked hesitant in front of the thick tent made of linoleum.

At this moment, Gu Qingning came out of the tent with swollen eyes. When he saw Li Yan, his expression froze, and then he lowered his eyes, "Those, how to deal with those sacrificed soldiers?"

Li Yan said: "The burial is generous on the spot, and the family members are given special consideration."

With just eight words, Gu Qingning's eye circles turned red again, and she tried her best to swallow the pain and shame that surged in her heart.

"These are just..."

Gu Qingning murmured: "These, these are not enough."

Li Yan said: "The man is living in troubled times, and he has dedicated his body, hair and skin to the world, so why is it enough, is it worth it?"

Gu Qingning looked up: "How many casualties did we have?"

Li Yan said: "Thirty thousand dead, six out of ten thousand injured."

Every time I heard a word, my heart was beaten heavily, with severe pain.

Gu Qingning's lips turned pale all of a sudden.

He beat his head with his hands, excruciatingly painful.

Li Yan sighed for a long time, took Gu Qingning's hand without hesitation, raised his strength and walked up the back mountain, but thought that Gu Qingning was too slow, so he directly hugged him, gathered strength in his dantian, performed light work, and went forward Go to the top of the slope.

The night wind was strong, and it hurt when it blew on the face. Gu Qingning couldn't hear Li Yan's voice due to the whistling wind, so he could only yell loudly:

"Where are you taking me?"

Li Yan didn't answer him, and even accelerated to the top of the mountain.

When the two climbed to the top, Gu Qingning was already blinded by the violent night wind,

"look--"

At any rate, he barely opened his eyes, and looked in the direction Li Yan pointed,

Many dots of lights rose into the sky, starting from the fire tower, and slowly filled the dark night sky—they were Kongming lanterns, Kongming lanterns to comfort the souls of the dead.

"No one blames you."

Li Yan turned his head and stared at him, "No one will blame you."

Gu Qingning swallowed bitterly, "I know...I know..."

Li Yan sighed, "You are really not suitable for the battlefield."

Gu Qingning said: "I know."

"You know you know you—!"

There was an inexplicable anger in Li Yan's heart, but he couldn't send it out to Gu Qingning, he just thought in his heart, obviously wishing to get rid of it quickly, why do I have to be like this now, why bother to care about your mood, the battle is busy, why do I still You should spend your mind on you and care about whether you are happy or not.

The answer is ready to come out, but Li Yan is unwilling to delve into it, and dare not.

In more than 20 years of living, there has never been such a difficult time.

Although there are thousands of entanglements in his heart, Li Yan still softened his voice: "The current situation is within our expectations. Although there are many casualties, it is inevitable. If this is not the case, it may be a disaster for the Dingyuan Army. , compared to this, our current situation is precisely the best result."

"I understand!" Gu Qingning kicked the yellow sand on the ground hard, "It's useless for me to just hate me!"

A soldier must be cold-blooded, but he has too much inexplicable woman's benevolence left over, and he is tired of crying every day.

There is no other choice for him to compare, so what he can see is only the present - Dingyuan Army has exchanged tragic sacrifices for the enemy's retreat.

The military camp he longed for finally gave him such shock and damage.

It's a weight he can't bear.

I tried to persuade myself, but there was no way to relieve my shame and pain for those [-] dead souls.

Crying is useless, but as useless as him, I can only cry.

Gu Qingning began to loathe herself again.

The early spring in Xijiang was very cold, but neither of them took it into consideration.

Li Yan spun around impatiently, "I tell you! You did nothing wrong! Do you understand!"

Grabbing his shoulders, his eyes were red: "You did nothing wrong! Do you understand!"

Gu Qingning opened her mouth slightly and looked at him in shock.

Immediately realizing his gaffe, Li Yan's hands trembled, and he quickly let go of his forehead. After calming down for a while, his heart was empty for some reason, so empty that it was terrifying.

He didn't persuade him any more, for fear that the beast in his heart would not be controlled by him.

"Go back, this battle, you are not qualified to bear the mistakes!"

Gu Qingning sobbed in pain, he bit his lip, let Li Yan grab his shoulder, and flew down the mountain.

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The three-day battle ended with the defeat of the Qiangs and the Huns, but Li Yan never breathed a sigh of relief—the enemy is likely to be dying, and for the Dingyuan army, it is impossible to guarantee another attack. Today, this worry no longer exists.

——Zhao Mu, who was recovering from his wounds in Yunzhong County, collected a large amount of food and grass and transported it to the western border.

Goodbye Zhao Mu, it is such a time and such a place.

The soldiers around came and went, everything seemed to fade away, only the self in the eyes of the other party remained.

While Gu Qingning was shocked, she sighed in her heart: "Zilong, you are here..."

Zhao Mu suppressed all the emotions in his heart, and smiled faintly: "Long time no see, Aning."

Gu Qingning twirled the corner of her clothes, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Mu was about to say a few more words, but he saw Li Yan walking towards them with displeasure on his face: "General Zhao must be tired from the long-distance escort of the army rations, please rest at the camp."

Zhao Mu still had to explain, and it was inconvenient to continue talking to Gu Qingning at this moment, so he nodded and said to Gu Qingning, "I'll go find you after noon."

Zhao Mu was led to the military supply depot by the guards beside Li Yan.

Gu Qingning was about to ask Li Yan some details, but unexpectedly, Li Yan's face was as cold as ice, and he left directly. Gu Qingning didn't even hear him shouting twice behind him.

After taking a breath, Gu Qingning couldn't understand Li Yan more and more. He only felt that his emotions were like the sky in June, full of many unpredictable variables.

Fortunately, the depressed mood of the past few days was dispelled by the good news brought by Zhao Mu.

As long as there is military rations, then the rest is out of the question.

So such a tragic sacrifice will not happen again.

After noon, Zhao Muzhen came to look for Gu Qingning as he said.

In the big camp, tea was gurgling on the simple stove.

Gu Qingning looked at his much thinner cheeks, and felt sad: "Is your injury better?"

Zhao Mu nodded and saw a strand of his hair hanging on his cheek, and wanted to brush it away for him as usual, but the handsome face in front of him subconsciously turned away and avoided it.

When Gu Qingning came back to his senses, looking at Zhao Mu's hands that were frozen in the air, he felt infinite apology in his heart, and felt that what he had done was almost heartless.

Zhao Mu smiled wryly, and withdrew his hand: "I was the one who was abrupt."

"No..." Gu Qingning wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything, she could only lower her head: "I'm sorry for you."

Zhao Mu took a sip of tea and said calmly, "There's nothing I'm sorry about."

Looking at Gu Qingning: "I have thought clearly about the days of recuperation. If we missed it, we missed it. I knew that it was so difficult for you at that time, but I didn't realize your situation. Four years ago, it was a long time since we parted. Forever is my own choice, so I have nothing to say."

It was obviously not his fault at all, but he took everything on himself, Gu Qingning felt sad in his heart, for Zhao Mu, Gu Qingning has infinite apologies, it seems that fate is like this, it will never make him feel better, let him be in debt , to pay all the debts that cannot be repaid.

It was Zhao Mu who changed the subject: "I am here this time because I have something to ask the King of Liang."

Gu Qingning's heart tightened: "What's the matter?"

Zhao Mu's eyes were filled with emptiness: "It's a matter related to the lives of all the people in my Zhao family."

He continued coldly: "This time only King Liang can save my Zhao family, no one else."

Gu Qingning was shocked.

Zhao Mu smiled miserably: "I have pity on my old father, who was a soldier in the imperial court all his life, and now he is imprisoned without knowing anything."

Gu Qingning was even more frightened, and leaned forward: "What's wrong with Uncle Zhao! He's in jail? This—"

Zhao Mu quickly unbuttoned his lapel, which looked like a hideous scar of a sword wound, and now healed, with tender red flesh growing from the healed wound.

"This sword was given to me by Your Majesty!"