Li Zhang

When Li Zhang woke up again, it was already dark, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a strange room. After thinking about it for a while, he knew the general idea, and slowly sat up and leaned against the head of the bed.The stagnant chest was relieved a lot, and there was no major obstacle to breathing. Several traumas were bandaged, only the place on the back where the iron rod hit was still painful.

He thought about the battle during the day, and he was quite satisfied with his judgment and handling, and his heart, which had been suspended for more than a month, finally completely relaxed.

As soon as he relaxed, he suddenly felt hungry, and his stomach throbbed even more faintly. Following the aroma of the food, he looked at the clay pot sitting on the stove, put on his clothes and gritted his teeth and went to the ground.

As soon as he stood firmly, Ping Anle opened the door and came in. Looking at him with a surprised expression, he said loudly, "You really got up!"

Li Zhang has long been used to Ping Anle's bluffing, so he didn't think it was different at this time. He walked to the fire pit and sat down, and reached out to lift the lid of the clay pot: "What are you cooking?"

Ping Anle smiled mysteriously: "Guess!" Then, before Li Zhang could answer, he excitedly said it himself: "The emperor made this himself, and I don't know what it is, so take a look!" Long Neck also squatted on the edge of the firepit.

Li Zhang's hand to remove the cover paused slightly, and then he still opened it.

A strong fragrance came to the nostrils, and Ping Anle swallowed exaggeratedly.

Li Zhang took a funny look at Pinganle, took out a bowl and took a closer look, and saw that it was soft stewed meat and dried mushrooms, plus crushed and boiled noodles, so he ate half of the bowl politely.

"It's so fragrant!"

Before Li Zhang said anything, Ping Anle exaggeratedly expressed his emotion.Li Zhang couldn't help squinting at him: "There are so many more, eat it!"

Ping Anle's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Ah."

Just as Ping'an Le stretched out his hand, Ping Du suddenly coughed from outside the door, and Ping'an Le immediately retracted his hand.

Li Zhang stood up and opened the door, and Pingdu was standing outside the door.Li Zhang glanced at the brightly lit neighboring room, and was about to bow to salute, when Pingdu supported him: "You don't need to be polite if you are injured in the army!" He said, intentionally or unintentionally, gently pinched Li Zhang.

Li Zhang looked at the room next door again, sighed almost inaudibly, and said softly: "Is the emperor next door? Please take Li Zhang to see him."

When Li Zhang entered the room, Sima Yi was standing with his back on the side of the table, his folded hands clenched into fists, his back reflected an indescribable sense of loneliness in the shadow of the shaking lights, which made Li Zhang dazed.

Hearing the movement, Sima Yi turned around and saw that it was Li Zhang coming, he was slightly surprised, and then sat down seriously, avoiding Li Zhang's big gift, pointed to the seat beside him, and gave it to him.

Pingdu observed the words and expressions, and knew that the monarch and his ministers had something to say, so he asked for peace and resignation.Sima Yi's face remained motionless, and after Pingdu withdrew, he turned to look at Li Zhang and said, "Why don't you rest for a while? Your internal injury is not too serious, but the ribs on your back are cracked in two places, and there is a lot of blood. Just rest for a while."

Li Zhang got up, clasped his fists and thanked each other: "The emperor descended from the sky to save Li Zhang's life, why would Li Zhang not come to thank him?"

Sima Yi looked at him with a wry smile: "Are you blaming Gu?"

Li Zhang raised his eyes, looked at him quietly for a while, shook his head and said: "Li Zhang is really grateful, and the emperor is indeed a good emperor."

As soon as he said that, Sima Yi couldn't help but his eyes turned red, and he tilted his head and sighed: "You are still the same as back then..."

Li Zhang knew what he said, and when he thought of the heart-to-heart confession that night, he felt emotional in his heart.However, there is no trace of the passing water, but it is difficult to continue what is broken.The extravagant hopes he once had had long been wiped out in the most intense collision between them.

From the beginning to the end, they have never agreed with each other. What "he" wants is never what he is willing to give, and what he hopes is never what "he" really cares about.They were not fellow travelers.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang sighed softly, and calmly said to Sima Yi: "The emperor's benevolent government is for the people, and it is really a blessing for the people of the world. Li Zhang has very little since he was a child, and what he can keep is even less, so he is stubborn. Bizarre and hard to please. Since the emperor knows that Li Zhang is stubborn, he should not continue to pester Li Zhang to cause trouble. Please let Li Zhang go!"

Sima Yi listened quietly to Li Zhang's words, and then smiled sadly: "Gu is indeed here for you, but not to entangle you. Gu has decided to let go, and I will never break my promise again. Believe it or not. , I just want to see you live well, instead of putting yourself in danger like today!"

Li Zhang looked at Sima Yi in surprise, saw that he was sad and sincere and did not seem to be fake, he nodded hesitantly and said: "Today, I was a little bit too big and underestimated the martial arts of Mangshan disciples, so tired that the emperor was in danger, Li Zhang Guilty!"

Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally said with some ease: "I wanted to fight side by side with you so much that I left the government and came to meet you, but I didn't get what I wanted!"

Li Zhang was ashamed, thinking that this person had always been willful and willful, he really had nothing to say.Although he hates "him"'s domineering, but yearns for his willfulness and magnanimity, that's why he had the idea of ​​wanting to be friends with "him" like his companions in the guard camp.It's just that the reality is unsatisfactory after all, and he has long since given up thinking about it.

So Li Zhang turned to Sima Yi and said: "Li Zhang doesn't know the result of the battle yet, can the emperor tell you a thing or two?"

"Rong Huan and Mu Tong were nearly wiped out, only hundreds of remnants were left to protect Cheng Xuan and Rong Huan and were defeated to Rongjiazhuang. He Xi and Ke Lubi should have retreated to Zhang Yuan. Cheng Xuan's defeat has been decided so far. No chance of standing up!"

Li Zhang frowned and said, "Cheng Xuan went to Rongjiazhuang? I'm afraid he won't stop there."

Sima Yi raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "Just right! Gu Ye is about to fight him to the death!"

Li Zhang stared at him with a headache and asked: "The emperor will continue to pursue?"

"Of course! Now that you have come out, how can you be reconciled if you don't have a good fight?!"

Li Zhang was speechless, thinking about how to get Jin Bai to get the wayward emperor back, Sima Yi approached dangerously and threatened him: "Don't even try to get rid of Gu! Su Qingyang and Pingdu are already headed by you, so you just confess Be cool!"

Li Zhang stepped back instinctively, leaned his back heavily on the back of the chair, and couldn't help but groaned when he touched the wound.Sima Yi froze immediately, stretched out his hand subconsciously, but stopped halfway.

Li Zhang looked at Sima Yi's bewilderment and cautiousness, and finally let go of all his guard.He said slowly and gently: "The emperor insists on going, Li Zhang can only obey orders. It's just that the emperor has to follow orders, remember that I am the commander!"

Sima Yi's eyes lit up, and his hand that stopped in mid-air landed on Li Zhang's shoulder: "Okay!"

In the afternoon of the second day, the reinforcement army also arrived under the supervision of Wu Zijun.Wu Zijun complained endlessly about the battle that he failed to catch up with, and both inside and outside his words were dissatisfaction with Sima Yi.Sima Yi just kept silent, sitting at the outside table in a good mood and looking through the information that Bai Shan had just sent, but Li Zhang, who was forced to lie on the bed, dealt with Wu Zijun.

Li Zhang looked at Wu Zijun hesitating to speak, and finally, under Wu Zijun's questioning, he said in a low voice: "Brother's whereabouts are unknown to help the army break through. General Su sent people to search after the army, and I also asked people to search along the way, but there was nothing... "

Wu Zijun was stunned, and then comforted Li Zhang: "Since there is nothing to gain, then he may not be here anymore. Yuzhuang is near Zuotou Mountain, where there are high mountains and dense forests, as long as you go in, you will be able to escape. Presumably Zhang Yu is also interested in going there. Heading towards Yuzhuang."

"I thought so too, but according to the locals, someone saw dozens of Wei soldiers being forced onto the back of the stone beam that night..."

Li Zhang choked up his voice, and Wu Zijun also stayed there, not daring to ask the word "jump" for a while, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became oppressive.

Sima Yi didn't expect that Li Zhang had been pressing such a big matter in his heart and didn't show it in front of him. He immediately gritted his teeth angrily at the two people who looked at each other silently but thought he didn't exist.He suddenly became very jealous of Wu Zijun and Zhang Yu, jealous of the position they occupied in Li Zhang's heart, and because of this, he suddenly discovered that besides possession, he and Li Zhang could have another way of connection—— He suddenly understood the meaning of "the same" that Li Zhang said in the prison.

With this understanding, Sima Yi suddenly became enlightened, and his gaze towards Li Zhang suddenly became warm again.Li Zhang felt something in his heart, and looked at Sima Yi in confusion, seeing that he didn't show any sadness or regret, knowing that the man had always been used to being self-centered, he was still unhappy with his indifference.He stopped looking at him, and turned to Wu Zijun, who was still in shock, and said in a low voice: "No matter what, I have to find Eldest Brother, even if it is... I have to explain to Eldest Brother's parents, wife and children."

Wu Zijun nodded and said: "When Ping destroys Chengxuan, I will accompany you to find it!"

Li Zhang nodded silently, turned his mind to the war, and said to Wu Zijun: "General Su has led the northern army to go first. If it is only the remnants of Rongjiazhuang and Chengxuan, I am worried that Hexi will return to attack. Xie is also one of the variables. If Brother Ang doesn't feel tired, can he rush to support General Su as soon as possible? Tomorrow I will follow up with the Dingnan Army."

Wu Zijun glanced at Sima Yi who was slowly approaching, frowned and looked at Li Zhang and asked, "I heard that you hurt your bones, is it okay to leave so soon?"

"It's just a few broken bones, I don't want to fight with others."

Li Zhang sat up while speaking, took the map next to his pillow and spread it out to discuss with Wu Zijun: "The terrain near Rongjiazhuang is open, but there are valleys and dense forests suitable for concealment, and tens of thousands of horses can be hidden here and here without being caught. I noticed. I was not awake when General Su left. Although I told Bai Qi to rush to pick up some points, the two places are far away from each other. I am afraid it will be difficult to take precautions. Brother Ang took reinforcements to this place to the west, and the barracks were set up Here you can defend against cavalry raids. I will ask Yang Zi to go with you. He already has some experience in dealing with cavalry. I am afraid that there will be surprises left for us when we are facing the enemy."

Wu Zijun's eyes lit up: "That's great! There are still more than [-] people from the forward battalion recovering from injuries, so I'll merge them into Yang Zi's team as the backbone, and then we will be able to fight again!"

After Wu Zijun finished speaking, he couldn't hold back any longer, and left after hastily saying goodbye.Li Zhang called Yang Zi again, handed him the newly written essentials of the new formation, and asked him to go to Wu Zijun to inquire about it.Yang Zi was very envious after seeing the formation of Dingbei Army on the battlefield yesterday. Now that he took the book, he couldn't hide his excitement after roughly flipping through it. Forgot all!

Sima Yi watched them speechlessly, ignoring his freedom to come and go one after another, without any annoyance in his heart, looking at the sick and weak Li Zhang, he felt extremely proud.

"I still remember at that time, you said that you would be the best commander, but Gu still didn't believe it. Now, you are not only the commander of Jiufanzhen, Gu is really surprised and gratified!"

Li Zhang turned his head and looked out of the window, and after a while he replied calmly: "Li Zhang's fate is difficult and he has nothing to rely on, but it's just relying on this to earn his life, so it's not worth it."

Sima Yi was stunned, thinking of all the past, suddenly felt the profound helplessness and sadness in Li Zhang's words, he was blocked for a while and had nothing to say, and froze on the spot.

Li Zhang didn't want to say more, turned over and lay down and closed his eyes.He didn't want to dwell on the past, but the past was repeatedly stirred up by Sima Yi.The suffocating helplessness and coldness were far beyond what he could express in a single word, nor could Sima Yi understand.

Time passed slowly, Sima Yi remained standing by the bed without moving.Pingan Le, who came in to inquire about the needs, was blocked by the oppressive atmosphere in the room as soon as he entered the door. He shrank his neck and ran to Pingdu's side, only to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.He bit his ear and told Pingdu: "Li Canjun and the emperor seem to be at odds, the emperor standing there is so scary!"

Pingdu was taken aback, and quietly approached the room where Li Zhang was resting, leaned to the window and pricked up his ears.

After a long silence that made Pingdu think that there was no one in the room, Sima Yi suddenly sighed and said softly to himself: "Gu hurt you too much in the past, and it is reasonable for you not to forgive. Gu just wants to tell you, Gu Shen I regret treating you like that at the beginning, but I don’t regret meeting you. You are the greatest achievement of Gu’s life, and the world is far behind you. I am so proud of you!”

Pingdu's scalp felt numb when he heard it, and he held his breath subconsciously, fearing that the people in the room would notice his actions.

Li Zhang didn't know if he was asleep, and he didn't respond to Sima Yi's words.After another round of silence, Sima Yi finally left with a low sigh.Pingdu let out a long breath, and suddenly felt a cold back.He was about to turn back, but when he looked up, he saw Li Zhang through the window gap, staring at the corner of the wall with his eyes wide open. Tore off the mask of alienation, revealing the real face with flesh and blood underneath, with the same fragility and hesitation as himself.

At this moment, Li Zhang shed his strong and tough shell, revealing a youthful weakness similar to his real age. He immediately stripped off the lofty legends and myths, and returned to a real mortal.

Pingdu completely relaxed.

The author has something to say:

The conversation froze again.Sima Yi wrote that he no longer hates him now, so he doesn't want Li Zhang to continue to be trapped in the past to increase the burden on his heart in vain.I am always the one who thinks that only by letting go can we move forward better.