After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

The ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Yongding.

The emperor ordered an expedition to Nanzhao.

This was the first personal expedition of Gu Xiu, a king who was born as a general, since he ascended the throne.

Gu Xiu's expedition this time was not just for Nanzhao.Instead, it took advantage of the reason for the Nanzhao to raise troops, intending to use one year's time to classify the three alien vassal states of Turkic, Xirong, and Nanzhao as Zhou soil, cancel the state fiefs, and unify them under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou.After the southern Xinjiang was pacified, from the beginning of this place, within five years, the Mengshi, Mohe, and Tubo in the northern border, as well as the Huihe and Liuzhao in the western border were all collected as the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

So this time, Gu Xiu must lead the army to conquer in person, and he will use an undisputed victory to declare his ownership of this land as the king.

For the matter of Gu Xiu leading the army in person, Han Mochu in the previous court was like a valiant cockfighting cock, and the group of old ministers and clan kings who advocated that the emperor should not leave the capital were speechless.

In those days, the sales volume of Jingzhong Baoxindan followed in a straight line.

After dozens of rounds, the group of veterans finally lost the battle with their heart and lungs hurting from anger.

The matter of the expedition was formally finalized on the day when Ge Kanglangda, the ruler of Nanzhao, entered the palace for talks.

According to Han Taifu's words: The imperial capital is in the north, and the southern border is far away. Only the king's personal conquest to eliminate the epidemic can maximize the comfort of the people and boost morale.This matter can be used to promote the king's prestige and make the country more stable.

On the day of the expedition.

The war drums are rumbling, and the soldiers of the three armies are ready to go.

King Gu Xiu did not ride in the chariot, but stood in front of the three armies wearing golden dragon armor.

The brilliance of the rising sun reflected on the golden scales, coating Gu Xiu's tall and tall figure with a layer of dazzling golden light. The ridge of the dragon spear in Gu Xiu's hand was like a mirror, reflecting a row of uniform horseshoes.Those horseshoes could not be seen at a glance, and the horseshoes were eager to try, and the soldiers on the horsebacks were also passionate.

Han Mochu was dressed in silver bright armor and stood beside Gu Xiu, with a sword hanging from his waist and a longbow on his back. The silver-gray cap fluttered with the wind.Riding a pure white snow dragon horse from the Western Regions, with a moon-white cloak scattered on the horse's back, there is no trace of the gentle and clear charm of this person in the court of the past.

That awe-inspiring killing spirit can also stand out from the crowd of battle-tested warriors.

A newly recruited soldier in the team lowered his voice and asked the veteran beside him: "Brother, who is the jade-faced general next to Your Majesty? He has never seen him before."

The veteran laughed and said, "This is the first-rank Grand Tutor of my Great Zhou dynasty."

"Teacher? Isn't it a civil servant? Can a civil servant know how to fight?"

The old soldier smiled and said nothing. He had the honor to accompany Gu Xiu and Han Mochu to various places three times. This Grand Tutor who has several positions is brave in killing the enemy and uses his troops like a god.Countless times in the army to turn the tide and turn things around.

If it is said that he does not know how to fight, then there will be no one who knows how to fight in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Everyone will obey!"

Gu Xiu raised his arm, and the gun in his hand seemed to be raising a flag.Everyone behind him restrained their expressions in an instant and straightened their backs.

"Follow me!"

The soldiers of the three armies responded immediately, with momentum like a rainbow, like overwhelming mountains and seas.

***

In order to get rid of the difficulties in southern Xinjiang as soon as possible, Gu Xiu decreed that he should march for eight hours a day, and no matter how big or small the military rank is, he should not take off his clothes and armor.

The army arrived in southern Xinjiang [-] days later, Gu Xiu skipped all guards of honor and audiences, and ordered the generals below to withdraw the Qiongqi army who had guarded the front line for several months as quickly as possible.

Yun Jue and Yun Jin brothers did not exchange any pleasantries after meeting the saint, and directly set out the current battle situation on the sand table in the king's tent.

The Qiongqi Army garrisoned 11 troops in the Central Plains, and together with the 20 troops sent to aid by the Wang Army, nearly 2 people died of miasma poisoning, and more than [-] people were blind and unable to participate in the war.After burning the base camp of the Nanzhao frontier army, the remaining troops were deployed at Jizu Mountain and Gaoli Mountain respectively.Because Ge Kanglangda was captured, the Nanzhao army had no leader and factions continued to dispute.Although there are natural dangers as barriers and snakes, insects and poisonous smoke as barriers, their strength has long been inferior to before, and the Qiongqi army has taken advantage of the situation and captured four important cities.

"Your Majesty, as long as the epidemic in the army is eradicated, I am confident that I can take the capital of Nanzhao within [-] days." Yun Jin saluted, and stretched out his hand to pick up a battle flag symbolizing the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty and planted it in Nanzhao. in the most central position.

"The medicine to cure miasma has been prepared, and I have ordered it to be distributed immediately." Gu Xiu nodded: "I already know the situation here, and I will not say more about the emergency of the war. After changing defenses, come back here after dinner."

"Yes, the general obeys the order." Yun Jue and Yun Jin gave a standard military salute to Gu Xiu, and both retreated.

Gu Xiu stroked the edge of the sand table and raised his eyes, only to call out "Zi Ran" before being cut off.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to give orders, I know." Han Mochu's eyes met with a smile, and he was gentle and clear: "Your Majesty wants me to leave immediately, and supervise the officials at all levels in southern Xinjiang for you, so as to appease the people's hearts, right?"

"Yes." Gu Xiu was so fascinated by those smiling eyes that his heart tightened, and he couldn't help sighing: "The one who knows me is none other than the king."

"Yunchi knows me, and I know Yunchi." Han Mochu solemnly patted Gu Xiu on the shoulder, with a deep and gentle smile on his face: "I am going to dispatch my troops now, and return to the camp before New Year's Eve."

Han Mochu lifted the curtain and walked out of the camp. Gu Xiu stared at his back, subconsciously stroked his shoulder, feeling heavy, as if the man was still there.

Yunchi knows me, I know Yunchi.

The understatement of the eight words disturbed Gu Xiuzheng's heart.

For many years, he and Han Mochu have always been like this.

As long as they look at each other, they can know what the other is thinking.Gu Xiu never had to explain many things, and Han Mochu almost never explained things to him.

Thinking about it carefully, Gu Xiu is not as smart as Han Mochu. Most of the time, he only sees Han Mochu's intentions after Han Mochu has finished, but he has never had a single doubt.These years, the moments of life and death again and again made unconditional trust in Han Mochu become an instinct of Gu Xiu.

Han Mochu understood him much more than he understood Han Mochu.

Just like today, when Han Mochu asked for his life, he said "come back on New Year's Eve". In fact, Gu Xiu didn't set a deadline. The New Year's Eve is less than ten days away, so he doesn't need to make himself so urgent.

However, he still set a deadline for himself to return on New Year's Eve in front of Gu Xiu.

Because he knew that if he was not there on New Year's Eve, Gu Xiu would definitely be lost.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Su begs to see you." Outside the king's tent, Xionghu's rough voice came.

"Please." Gu Xiu said a word with a straight face.

The heavy cotton curtain was lifted, and Su Che, who was dressed in green, came in from outside the tent with a three-foot-square wooden box in his arms: "My minister sees Your Majesty."

"Mr. Su is exempt, what's the matter?"

Su Che put the wooden box in his arms on the wooden desk next to the sand table, opened the lid of the box and said, "Return to Your Majesty, this is something that Zi Ran gave to His Majesty before he left."

After hearing this, Gu Xiu took out a mask made of pure gold from the opened wooden box before walking to the desk. , the position of the viewing object is inlaid with a piece of glass that can transmit light.There is a hollowed-out small box on the nose, which contains herbs that can filter miasma.

This kind of anti-miasma mask was provided by each of the hundreds of thousands of troops in this expedition, but the masks in the hands of the soldiers were made of brass, and the position of the sight was stretched with the same light-transmitting veil.

The blueprint of the mask was drawn by Han Mochu himself after Su Che confirmed that the plague in southern Xinjiang was caused by miasma two months ago. He changed more than a dozen versions and selected batch after batch of materials before finalizing it. Made of brass and light gauze.

Subsequently, the military supervisor opened the mold overnight, and thousands of craftsmen in Bianjing started working at the same time. Finally, before Ge Kanglangda entered Beijing, a total of 30 pairs were made.It is then uniformly distributed by the Ministry of War and distributed to the entire army.

With this mask, the number of soldiers infected with the epidemic on the front line has been reduced by [-]%.

The miasma poison that was raging in several continents in southern Xinjiang was quickly suppressed by the army with protection. Every household of the people hung up the anti-miasma medicine package issued by the imperial court, and they could receive food distributed by the imperial court on a daily basis. , Those people who were frightened by the epidemic and panic all day long finally felt a little more at home and took a rest at home for the time being.

It can be said that this mask was the key to turning the tide of the battle in southern Xinjiang.

Gu Xiu dragged the mask in his hand, stroking the streamline of his cheeks: "Did Taifu Han say anything else before leaving?"

"Zi Ran said that he knows that even if His Majesty knows that he is an emperor, he will definitely charge forward with the soldiers. And if he is not in the army, no one can stop His Majesty. So instead of letting His Majesty be restrained, it is better to help His Majesty." Su Che learned Han Mochu's words verbatim, turned around and saluted Gu Xiu again: "Your Majesty, the things have been delivered, and I will take my leave."

In the king's tent, Gu Xiu was the only one left in the blink of an eye. He took off his helmet and hung the mask made of pure gold behind his ears. Herbal aroma.

Gu Xiu could see his surroundings clearly through the colored glass pieces in his eyes.

He stroked the heavy shoulder again, and muttered to himself: "Zi Ran knows me, Zi Ran knows me well."

***

Nine days later, on New Year's Eve, Han Mochu returned as scheduled.

On New Year's Eve, Gu Xiu had already led the army to capture the seventh city in Nanzhao.The Wang division and the Qiongqi army were divided into two groups, and half of the troops were standing on the border with the Turks.

After Han Mochu returned, he brought back news from those local states and counties.A total of 4 people died in the six prefectures and counties where miasma poisoning occurred frequently.

Some villages with severe miasma have almost become empty villages. Han Mochu has urged local officials to re-integrate the county system and merge the sparsely populated county system with the surrounding large counties.

At the same time, the officials and servants who were killed and injured by miasma poisoning and their families will be rewarded, and all the elderly and children who lost their relatives due to the epidemic will be ordered to be supported by the government.

It covered everything and did not distract Gu Xiu in the slightest.

At nightfall, there was joy and joy among the successive victorious masters.

Since this is the king's personal conquest, the annual rewards issued on New Year's Eve are more than three times more than in previous years.The soldiers gathered from the mountains, the south and the sea, sang the military songs of the Great Zhou in unison around the bonfire, regardless of whether you or I were shoulder to shoulder.

The big stove in the Huotou Army is kept on all night, and the fat and tender pigs and sheep are either roasted or stewed, and the aroma of fat is permeating everywhere.Bai Shengsheng's flat food rolled up and down in the big firewood pot, like lively white fish.The army had enough food and grass, and the steamed buns and steamed buns were lumped together bigger than a human face.

Even the prisoners of war in the temporary barracks were each given a steamed bun and a bowl of dumplings.

Among the barracks full of people, there was only one unusually quiet place.

The king's tent in the middle of the barracks had all the lights turned off.The titan Xiong Hu held the nine-ring sword in his arms, and put on the sheepskin gloves newly made by his wife before the expedition, and stood in line with the king and the Taifu in the king's tent with a serious face.Every time he walks around the Wang tent, he spreads his palms to look, and then shows a silly smile of incomparable satisfaction.His wife chose the best sheepskin and made it for him all night. He was reluctant to wear it on weekdays, so he only took it out on New Year's Eve today.

In the king's tent, three thick cotton curtains cut off all noises in the emperor's bedroom.

In the huge dormitory, two battle armors shining with cold light are neatly arranged on the wooden frame, and the rest of the cotton robes, inner shirts, leather belts, combat boots, etc. are scattered all the way from here. The clothes extended to the bed, and it could be seen that the owner of the clothes had just removed the armor, so he couldn't wait to tear the other party clean.

Two bodies overlapped up and down on the camp couch made temporarily of animal skins and wooden planks, and there was only one solitary lamp beside the bed. The dim yellow light reflected a pair of swaying figures on the snow curtain of the tent.

In order to better understand Han Mochu's feelings, Gu Xiu propped up the couch with both arms, put his big hands on Han Mochu's wrists, and slowly interlocked his fingers.

If the hands are clenched tighter, it means that Han Mochu's body bears more force.

Suddenly, Han Mochu raised his neck, and his two pairs of big hands clenched tightly.

"Zi Ran, does it hurt?" The brief pain caused Gu Xiu to stop sharply.

Han Mochu was panting heavily, and Gu Xiu's sudden stagnation made him feel a sense of emptiness out of nowhere, so he slowly raised his waist and urged angrily: "Wolf bastard, what do you care about when it's all here?" Does it hurt!"

Under the encouragement of Han Mochu, Gu Xiu worked hard like a hardworking farmer to cultivate his own land.

Until the rain fell and the burning fire in the chest was finally extinguished by the clear spring, the two of them exhausted their strength and hugged each other on the blanket-covered camp couch with their eyes closed and breathed out.

Maybe it was because the charcoal fire in the house was too full, Han Mochu's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and Gu Xiu was lying on his back with his neck intertwined with others, both bodies were drenched with sweat, not very refreshed.The little wolf cub Gu Xiu, who was still full of thoughts, said softly next to Han Mochu's ear, "How about I wipe myself with Ziran?"

"No need, I know His Majesty is still interested." Han Mochu half-supported his arms and sat up from Gu Xiu's arms: "In order to avoid misfiring, I'd better do it myself."

Han Mochu turned over and went to bed, Gu Xiu also sat up from the couch, took the soft towel thrown by Han Mochu from in front of the sink, and wiped himself clean, and tried not to look at Han Mochu's not far away. body.

"Your Majesty, do you really belong to a wolf?" Han Mochu wiped the swollen shoulders with a handkerchief, and couldn't help frowning: "What are you doing biting my shoulders?"

"In that situation, I don't know what I did." Gu Xiu, who had put on his pajamas again, also got off the bed, and wrapped his arms around Han Mochu's waist very naturally: "Next time, I will try my best to restrain myself." Some, at least it won't hurt Ziran."

Gu Xiu's back wrapped under his pajamas was also covered with traces of nail scratches.

No one can live through this kind of thing cleanly.

"We are still in the army right now, the battle of Nanzhao still needs to be finished, and your majesty and ministers will have a military parade tomorrow." Han Mochu fastened the buttons of his belt meticulously: "Can't we wait until the day we return to the palace to do this kind of thing? Your Majesty really can't wait a moment?"

"Han Ziran?" Gu Xiu turned his head to defend himself: "Today it was clearly you who dragged me into your arms first."

"The minister just hugged His Majesty, how could His Majesty want to loosen the leather belt of the minister?"

"I pulled your belt, and you pulled my collar." Gu Xiu's cold face was filled with grievances that only Han Mochu could see through: "How can Ziran only blame me for something like this? one person?"

It is no longer clear who is responsible for the beginning of this affair.

During this period of time, they gathered less and separated more. One was commanding the battle at the front line, and the other was appeasing the hearts of the people in various prefectures and counties. Since the beginning of the war in southern Xinjiang, they have knelt and prayed in Fengxian Hall every day.

It's not easy to have such a gap today, so I can't help it.

Dry firewood colliding with raging fire, how can you care about the big account of the military camp?

With the sound of firecrackers outside the tent exploding like a thunderbolt, the monarch and his subjects finally snuggled up on the large camp bed, covered with a bed of soft fur.

"I remember the first time I spent New Year's Eve with you in the army, it was seven years ago." Gu Xiu said in a low voice with half-closed eyes.

"That was the first time His Majesty led the army." Han Mochu also closed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth: "Now that I think about it, it's better when Your Majesty was a child. As long as I walk around with my back on my back, I will be so happy that I can't sleep."

"Why have I ever been so hopeless?" Gu Xiu tightened his arms holding Han Mochu: "I didn't know how soundly I slept at that time."

"Speaking of which, has Your Majesty started to have bad feelings towards your ministers since then?" Han Mochu forced a smile: "Then how did Your Majesty endure it for so many years?"

"That doesn't mean I have bad intentions, that's called... called..." Gu Xiu has always been extremely lacking in words and sentences related to such things, and he couldn't think of an accurate word after thinking about it.

"Okay, okay, I know, Your Majesty doesn't have a bad heart." Han Mochu turned around, gently protected Gu Xiu's head on his chest, and patted Gu Xiu's back gently and rhythmically with his palm: "Your Majesty is called Yiqianqingchen. Your Majesty has a deep affection for your minister."

"Well, yes..." Gu Xiu lightly rubbed the cloth on Han Mochu's shoulders, the indifferent aroma of paper and ink made his eyes sink, he kissed Han Mochu's protruding Adam's apple lightly, and agreed in a low voice: "I am to Ziran, Dedicated to each other."

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