Minister

4【Six Years of Jiankang】

After that day, Wei Chi's injuries did not decrease but increased.The reason is simple, the flower horse does not want to be whipped.As long as she shows an unreasonable face when she sees a whip, it's useless to call her a beauty.Hu Yanglin waited on Wei Chi tremblingly every day, for fear that he would be trampled down by this crazy horse.There are more and more onlookers on the teaching field, and everyone rushes to see the handsome leader, who is thrown off again and again and rides up heroically again and again.

After Geng Zhuqiu heard the news, he just coldly glanced at Tang He who was sitting at the bottom. Tang He was staring at the toes of his boots seriously, as if he had nothing to do with him.

On the seventh day, Wei Chi was almost half-supported by Populus euphratica to return to the tent.Seeing Wei Chi's miserable appearance, Hu Yanglin suddenly felt a little distressed...but he felt unable to dissuade him.

"That's a mare," Wei Chi said suddenly, "She's just acting like a baby."

Hu Yanglin was stunned for a moment.

Wei Chi smiled and said: "In the future, Mr. Hu Qian will know when he marries a daughter-in-law... Girls are like this from the beginning, full of mouths, kicking and biting you." Wei Chi couldn't help laughing at this point: "Actually, I I have already won against General Tang, but the victory is not complete, this horse is not something the owner can give it to anyone, she has her own ideas, I like this horse very much, and I want to get her approval." Wei Chi was happy. I took a big bite of rice.

Hu Yanglin blushed a little when he heard Wei Chi talking about girls, but after hearing that, he became confused, what and what?Why does this man think so much about training a horse?Wouldn't it be enough to just pick a good horse after winning General Tang?Is it worth breaking yourself like this?Hu Yanglin was very unhappy, but he couldn't say exactly what he was unhappy about.

On the ninth day, the flower horse was barely able to allow Wei Chi to ride it with a whip, but as soon as the whip stuck to it, it immediately started to rage, and even used it to roll.The surrounding soldiers became more and more quiet, and the booing sound became smaller and smaller. The thunderous character of this horse has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Every time it raises a puff of dust, everyone is worried about the rider. The circle of onlookers is very large. I can't see his expression clearly, every time he falls, he has to jump up immediately, because the angry horse's hooves always quickly step on the spot where he just landed.

"I'm getting more and more agile!" Wei Chi laughed at himself.

In the evening, there was a light rain in the sky.The soldiers on the school field gradually dispersed, and finally only Populus euphratica was left. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, gradually blurring the sight of people and horses. He became more and more worried about the figure behind the rain.The pinto horse was also really tired, exhausted after nine days of tossing, but the man on the back still insisted on commanding it with a whip as if he had been cast by some spell.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the colder it was, the horse and the man in front of us were like two stubborn leaves, swaying and entangled.Populus euphratica waved his arms wildly, he couldn't see what was in front of him more and more, the rain seemed to rush into his eyes, until he was knocked to the ground by the horse's head.

"Hey!!" The rider on the horse was also startled and fell down.

"No!" Hu Yanglin jumped up and ran over to hold down the person who wanted to stand up. The heavy rain made the person's face so pale...

"I'm an orphan. I grew up in a hard life." Wei Chi looked at Hu Yanglin's tightly pursed lips and said lightly, "So, I'm not a delicate person."

"No!" Hu Yanglin pressed him stubbornly, the last ray of light between heaven and earth illuminated Wei Chi's forehead, Hu Yanglin felt a little confused, didn't know what he should do, he just stared at this forehead, there was rain on it Sweat, too, and a nice smell.The sky is getting darker and darker, so dark that only his breath can be heard, very hasty and exhausted.He has heard the story of Wei Chi, and people in the capital are fond of talking about it. He became a monk when he was young, he was a prodigy when he was young, he was a child prodigy... These words are so bitter when he thinks about them today.The first time I saw him, I couldn't help but associate him with a pampered playboy. He looked weak, he seemed stubborn, and he was even a little arrogant.He has ugly rumors in the capital, and also has quite a reputation.Why did an editor of the Hanlin Academy come to the barracks, and even embark on a journey to Monan?Hu Yanglin really didn't know, and didn't want to know before, but now... the rain was almost pouring down, and neither of them said a word.

The flower horse stood up from the muddy water, struggled for a while, turned around and saw Wei Chi being crushed by a black shadow, "Hiss!!" The flower horse rushed towards the shadow, and Hu Yanglin didn't realize that a huge monster was approaching. Suddenly, he was knocked far away.The flower horse also tripped over Populus euphratica and fell headlong into the muddy water.

The rain was still falling, Populus euphratica finally stood up, the sound of the rain blurred his senses, he groped in the rain in confusion until a pair of cold hands found his.

"Shaohu?"

"Ok!"

Those hands with no warmth but firmness are deeply in his memory, so much so that he believes that these hands can take him anywhere...

Wei Chi got on the horse again, and both he and the flower horse were already covered in mud.

"Drive!" Wei Chi shouted, ordering the flower horse to move forward. The horse's body trembled, and slowly began to obey the whip's order...

The next day, when the heavy rain continued, Tang He was so surprised to see Wei Chi on the school field that he couldn't speak.

Wei Chi waved at him, bowed to the flower horse and said, "From today onwards, I will call you Huabao."

At noon, Wei Chi, who won the bet, slept in his warm tent and enjoyed ginger soup. The sickly Populus euphratica forest and the nervous Huabao had already collapsed, and the culprit, Tang Heshen, was about to He was trained in the main tent not far away.No one knows this damn northern man better than Geng Zhuqiu. He is not young but still full of vigor. He is sure to make mistakes when he drinks. .Tang He lowered his head and expressed his dissatisfaction in silence.Geng Zhuqiu sneered...Using silence to force him to stand.

An hour later, Tang He figured out Geng Zhuqiu's insidious intentions and shouted that he had been fooled.He secretly turned his numb knee: "I just can't get used to that little boy!!" The voice was so loud that Geng Zhuqiu sprayed a sip of tea half a foot away.

"Go, take a pot of tea to claim compensation for Wei Can."

"..." Tang He was surprised that Lao Geng could ignore his reaction so completely.

"He's your boss!!" Geng Zhuqiu slammed the table angrily.

Tang He was helpless, lamenting that he was bent down by the oppression of the powerful.Picking up a pot of tea weighs a thousand catties, and I can't wait to spit some foam in to relieve my hatred!After entering the tent, he saw that sissy little white face looking at him with a smile, as if he had expected it long ago.

"A few days ago, my subordinate was unreasonable. I offered you a pot of tea. I ask Wei Shenling to forgive me." Tang He greeted the eighteenth generation of Wei Chi's ancestors in his heart.

"Well, General Tang Shen doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." Wei Chi ordered Xiaoxiao to take the tea and give up his seat to Tang He.

"No need..." Tang He put down the teapot and fled through the door. Looking at his back in a hurry, Wei Chi happily thought about what kind of shoes he would make for him in the future... Hehehe.

In the blink of an eye, the troops are about to be dispatched.Wei Chi has nothing to do other than running horses every day, reading paperwork, and playing tricks on Tang He.The wound on his hand has almost healed, but there is a semicircular scar left. The leopard uses it as Wei Chi's mark, and Wei Chi is very annoyed when he has to check the scar before letting Wei Chi get on the horse.Populus euphratica regained his health after being ill for a few days in a daze. He was still in a daze and said few words, but he gradually became close to him. He would secretly call him Shaohu when no one was around.General Tang Shen and his subordinates ran away almost as soon as they saw him.Geng Zhu Qiu joyfully enjoyed the peace in the world.

In such a few days, I received three letters from the King of Yan, which were not sent by the pigeons or the guards of the palace, but were handed to him through the Ministry of War in a regular way.It seems that Chen Ang also hoped that he would have a better life in the army, so he decided to give up harassing him.One of the three letters was written by Dai Tonglin, the master of Yanwangfu, which roughly explained the rear army's food and grass deployment and arms allocation, and at the end also attached Daqi's grain storage in Monan.Wei Chi took this small piece of paper and pondered. According to the art of war, there should not be a grain storage area of ​​our own in the enemy area. So is the attached address true or false?On the letter paper was the seal of King Yan's Mansion, Wei Chi was confused...the last two were the prescriptions he had asked for from Dai Tongjin, Wei Chimo read them twice, took them to the lamp and burned them, then turned and went to the Department of Pharmacy , I am going to make a few pills for the soup to taste...

On February 28, the rear army officially pulled out its battalion and raised troops.

In this Northern Expedition, the former army entered Monan via Baiyun Mountain, crossed Yulong Pass, and the rear army entered Monan via Dongkuguan and crossed the Suijiang River.The road ahead passes through the stretching mountains. Although it is not easy to march, it can march along the desert in the north without being attacked. As long as Yulong Pass is strictly controlled, a safe road can be left for the transportation of grain, grass and luggage.The latter road crosses the hinterland of the grassland, and there are quite a lot of variables along the way, so food, grass and luggage must travel with the army.Wei Chi was appointed as the leader, and the military case of transporting grain should also be shown to him.Wang Yunyi had fought with the late emperor for many years, so he was naturally experienced. Wei Chi knew that what he had learned was nothing more than book skills, so he didn't comment much except for asking questions that he didn't understand.

The army began to march north.After passing the Fenggu Pass, the scenery was different from the previous one. There were small hills rising up on the plain. Du Yun beside him told him that this was the end of the Baiyun Mountains, that is to say, it was very close to the border.After traveling north for another two days, I saw a row of gray-blue mountain ridges on the hazy horizon. This is Mount Yong!A big river meanders from the horizon, making a rumbling sound.It looked close but far away, and it took another two days to see the real body of this giant dragon clearly.

It was still early spring, and it was the time when the Suijiang River was breaking ice. Even though it was already downstream, there were still a lot of broken ice the size of buckets. The rumbling sound heard two days ago was the sound of ice breaking.The Weijiang River originated from Mount Yong. Because of its abundant water volume and complex river course, it became a natural barrier to block Monan.By the riverside is the last pass in the north - Beikuguan.

Ji Gangfeng, the chief of Beiku Pass, has been guarding the pass for 12 years, and he has been friends with Wang Yunyi for many years. The two were very excited when they saw it, and they immediately joined hands to chat.The other generals went about their business.

All Wei Chi had to do was give advice. This was before the war, and he was an outsider, so of course it was best not to add to the chaos.Taking a break, Wei Chi got out of Wang Yunyi's big tent and came to the bank of the Wei River alone, sitting on a rock in a daze.

"Wei Shenling is so free! Instead of going to the big tent to obey orders, he came here to cool off!"

Wei Chi turned his head and saw that the person who came was none other than General Du Ran. During the march, Tang He deliberately switched with Du Ran in order not to go with Wei Chi.This Du Yun is the subordinate of the deputy commander Kui Siqi, although he is about the same age as Hu Yanglin, he is from an aristocratic family.This person is a chatterbox and acquaintance, if you don't talk to him, he can chatter all night long.

"It's just some delivery chores, why should I join in the fun?" Wei Chi smiled and cupped his hands: "Brother Du, why don't you come secretly to cool off?"

It was February, and the wind by the river was bitingly cold... I don't know where Du Yun's coolness came from...

Du Ran grinned and showed his white teeth: "I don't need it. I'm not like you. I don't get sick overnight in such cold rain." The whole army, except Wei Chi, who is recognized as a handsome boy... is Du Ran's. He has the best looks, and is also good at fighting. A few years ago, he followed his old man to suppress bandits in the south, and the bandits almost peed their pants when they heard his name.

"What are you looking at me for?" Du Yun squeezed her hands over

"I didn't look at anything, I just looked at the most beautiful handsome man under Mr. Wang's command."

"Come on! I used to be not now...Master Wei, do you know Mr. Luo, the supervisor in our army? Whoops? You, the culprit, don't know that Mr. Luo's youngest daughter is beautiful, People just glanced at you when you were walking around the street, and they were so fascinated. In order to get a lotus painting of you, Lao Luo was in a state of desperation. You see, you don’t even know her maiden name, so hurry up and draw a lotus flower , I'll pass it on for you, don't say anything... Hurry up, I'll wait to pass it on to you. Hey, pity me, the second most beautiful man, who can't even be seen by Ms. Luo. It's really both Shengyu and He Shengliang, Wei Chi , you should quickly change your name to Wei Liang... This name is good, much better than your broken name, what Wei Chi, do you think you are really a lotus fairy? Return to the pool... To be honest, I don’t want your broken flower , I have it in the backyard of my house. No matter how beautiful your flowers are, can they form lotus pods? Can they be eaten?... The best snack in our place is lotus seed cake. ……………………………”

Cough cough cough, Wei Chi remembered that Master Luo gave birth to three bald men in one go, and he didn't know where the daughter he was talking about came from. As for the lotus... Du Yun's hometown doesn't seem to have such a thing, and now I say it seems to be A great feature of this guy.

Another gust of wind blew, and Du Yun was so cold that he squeezed into Wei Chi, nagging at the same time: "...my father didn't know which tendon was broken, so he sent me to the north...see if it makes me cold..." This sentence is true, before Du Ran was in the deep mountains in the south, even Du Ran was transferred to the capital, which shows how determined the emperor is this time.

"After crossing the Suijiang River is Monan." Wei Chi took a deep breath into the palm of his hand. Monan, the grassland in the south of the desert, the Huda clan in Monan fought with the late emperor for a lifetime. It was broken again, the current king of Monan is Huda Ganmaci, and he can be regarded as a capable monarch, but his brother Wo Tuolei is his heart disease. Lei fights first, if Wotulei, who is famous for his good fighting skills, can be wiped out with Daqi's army, King Monan will not know how happy he will be...

"The princess of Monan looks really good-looking!" Du Yun took a sip of saliva: "Just say that the concubine of Monan who married the late emperor... tsk tsk tsk, but she has a beautiful face, I can't forget it after just one look..."

When that Monan princess died, Du Yun was still in his mother's womb, Wei Chi laughed secretly, don't describe women as only beautiful... Du Yun was still talking nonsense.The water in the Suijiang River is becoming more and more turbulent, and the flood season will be ushered in the beginning of summer. After the flood season is over, it will be late autumn, and the river will be closed immediately after late autumn. The army had to pass through either at the beginning of spring or at the end of autumn. Entering Monan was almost considered to have entered the central region of Monan. Although the rear army sent troops later than the front army, they were able to penetrate into the enemy's center before the front army.Except for a few larger capitals with cities in Monan, the rest are nomadic tent tribes, so in addition to the need to carry the siege supplies and the heavy cavalry for guerrilla defense, the arrangement of arms and supplies is extremely complicated.

"Hey!!"

Du Yun was interrupted by the shout behind him, and saw two people coming from a distance, one was his own lieutenant Zhang Huaiyuan, and the other was Populus euphratica who was beside Wei Chi.Zhang Huaiyuan came from the south and had been friends with Du Cang for several years. He was tall and tall, contrary to the noisy Du Cang, his personality was strangely quiet.

Du Yun had already jumped up and excitedly helped Wei Chi take the Jiuqu Spear from Hu Yanglin's hand: "Wei Canling wants to learn the Jiuqu Spear?"

Wei Chi nodded. The situation on the battlefield was changing, and he didn't want to be trapped by Populus euphratica in the creaking nest.Nine-curved spear is Populus euphratica's strong point, since there is no other master, he simply decided to learn this.

The nine-curved spear is one zhang long and has a snake-shaped head with a sharp tip and thin blades on both sides. The entire spear head is more than one foot long. The handle is as flexible as a snake. It is mainly suitable for horse fighting.Du Yun was a soldier in the south. The mountains and forests in the south had complex terrain, so he mostly used short weapons. He himself used double hammers, while Zhang Huaiyuan used double battleaxes. Naturally, he couldn't help but be curious to see this kind of long weapons.

"Come, come, show me Wu." Du Yun threw the Jiuqu Spear to Wei Chi.

Wei Chi took it, stood his feet still, only danced with a straight thrust, a side attack, a dragon turned over and stopped.

"The dance is over." Wei Chi said.

Du Yun stared wide-eyed: "So little?"

"Wei Canling only learned it for two days." Hu Yanglin hurriedly explained that in fact, the marksmanship is complicated and unpredictable, and it is amazing that Wei Chi can learn so much in two days.

Du Yun laughed loudly when he heard this: "I forgot, you were the editor of the Imperial Academy a month ago." He was smiling, but he couldn't help being surprised in his heart. This Wei Chi was really unusual. The flowery horse he trained had also fought against him, so he naturally understood Wei Chi's prowess, but there is absolutely no shortcut to this marksmanship... In just two days, he has become a bit of an expert, well, it's hard not to be surprised .

"It's better to let President Hu Qian perform." Wei Chi smiled and handed the Jiuqu Spear to Hu Yanglin.

The Jiuqu Spear is the main weapon of the Hu family, and Hu Yanglin has learned this since he was a child.After standing still with his eyes slightly closed, he curled up his right foot slightly, and suddenly turned around and stabbed forward. For a moment, he saw countless arcs drawn by the tip of the gun. Stabbing, stabbing, entanglement, circle, pouncing, pointing, plucking, merging among them, the pace is steady and powerful, and the majesty of the Jiuqu Spear is vividly displayed.

"Good!" Du Yun applauded.This Qian Zong's nine-curved spear is really good. Although the martial arts exam requires proficiency in eighteen martial arts, after all, each has its own strengths. I rely on my strength and height to use a long spear. The moves of the long spear are relatively simple, and the effect in actual combat It's not as good as the Jiuqu Spear.

After finishing the dance, Populus euphratica slapped his feet and bowed his hands at the three officers: "Thank you!"

"However..." Du Yun was a little worried: "Wei Shenling, your stature is not very suitable for using a gun. I think it would be better to learn a long sword instead."

Wei Chi is less than seven feet tall, which is already considered tall for women, but compared with these northern men, he is still too short.

After Zhang Huaiyuan heard this, he hurriedly coughed next to him, this Du Yun was really not afraid of offending people when he spoke.

"Huaizai, why are you coughing? Wei Canling is a very generous person, and I'm just telling the truth, Shenling won't care."

"Don't call me Huaizai!" Zhang Huaiyuan gritted his teeth.

"Huaizai, Huaizai, can't you be as magnanimous as Wei Canling? What's more, the name Huaizai is very affectionate and easy to pronounce. I'm used to it. How can you change it? You didn't care about it when you were in the south. ...Speaking of which, I used to call Yuan Zai..." Du Ran started chattering habitually again.

Zhang Huaiyuan turned his face away and ignored him, who said Wei Chi was generous?Look at how aggrieved Tang He is...

"It's okay, I'll try to grow taller." Wei Chi smiled wryly, why didn't he want to change weapons, but who taught him?Or learn your sledgehammer instead?Wouldn't that be more outrageous...

Du Yun took a look at Wei Chi's height, hey, the Jiuqu Spear is relatively short, I hope he can practice it: "Come, come, practice quickly, we are still waiting for you to kill the enemy!" , This joke turned out to be true later.

Just as Wang Yunyi and Ji Gangfeng walked out of the camp, they saw four young men competing by the river.

"Who is that?" Wang Yunyi asked the school officer beside him.

"That's Wei Chi, the commander of the commissioned guard army, learning marksmanship from several officers."

"Which Wei Chi? But the one who tamed the horse and won Tang He a few days ago?"

"Exactly!"

Wang Yunyi smiled slightly at Ji Gangfeng: "It's the editor of the Imperial Academy."

"It's rare that he has such a heart!" Ji Gangfeng sighed a little.

Wang Yunyi shook his head: "What's the use of having such a heart? I'm afraid this battlefield is ruthless!" Wang Yunyi remembered the roster handed to him by the emperor himself, and sighed: "My dear brother, it's hard to be a general these days..."

Ji Gangfeng nodded.

By the river, Populus euphratica was teaching hard, Wei Chi was practicing hard, Du Yun was making trouble hard, and Zhang Huaiyuan was trying hard to stop Du Yun from making trouble... The four young people didn't notice the completely thawed Jiang Shui healed. I'm in a hurry, maybe crossing the river will be tomorrow...