While Li Yuguo was talking to Pang Tong, Yang Paifeng, who was in the crowd, clenched his fists and his body was shaking, looking very excited.
Yang Paifeng quietly left the team. Holding back the tears that came to her eyes, she turned around and left.
At this time, Ma Chao also followed Yang Paifeng. He saw her and immediately followed her. Yang Paifeng came to a forest, squatted aside and began to wipe his tears.
Yang Paifeng is not good at expressing her emotions. Like Zhao Yun, she is relatively introverted in terms of personality. This is also related to her original experience. When Yang Paifeng was a child, she had no parents and was raised by her master. Later, she became I followed Diao Chan as my personal maid.
But Diao Chan did not regard her as his maid, but treated her as a guest, just like sisters.
Ma Chao came to the side. He gritted his teeth and didn't know how to comfort her, so he took out a bunch of candied haws. Ma Chao bought a bunch of candied haws on the way here. He often bought some snacks for Yang Paifeng. At first, At the time, Yang Paifeng didn't accept it, but as time passed, Yang Paifeng regarded Ma Chao as a brother and became less polite. On the contrary, Yang Paifeng often made snacks for Ma Chao and Zhao Yun.
"You can make do with what you bought on the road." Ma Chao walked over and said.
"I won't eat, I don't want to eat." Yang Paifeng buried his head in his knees.
"This icing is very brittle. I bought it from that time-honored candy store..." Ma Chao squatted next to Yang Paifeng and said, "I'm sorry, it's my sister who made you unhappy."
"Do I have the right to be unhappy? Besides, it's Zilong's own choice... I... I'm not him." Yang Paifeng said, her voice a little hoarse.
"Then if you don't eat, I will eat." Ma Chao sat cross-legged and said, "There is no grass anywhere in the world, so why should you fall in love with a flower unrequitedly? In fact, it is really unnecessary. Let me tell you..."
Yang Paifeng snatched the candied haws from Ma Chao's hand, and she took a bite: "Who said you have unrequited love for a flower?"
"Haha, let's go! Let's go hunting in the afternoon!" Ma Chao stretched out his hand and said with a smile.
"Why are you always so happy?" Yang Paifeng patted Ma Chao's hand and did not hold it.
Ma Chao took a deep breath: "Because I am the eldest son in the family. If I often have a dark face and feel uncomfortable, my younger brothers and sisters will also feel uncomfortable. So I can only be happy and look carefree every day. They Then you will be carefree."
Yang Paifeng chuckled: "You will make excuses for yourself, but... I lost to you last time I hunted. I won't lose easily this time!"
"Okay!" Ma Chao said.
Li Huguo returned home and smiled while reading. Da Qiao brought tea and snacks: "Master looks very happy today."
"Fortunately, at least in Hanzhong, nothing troublesome has happened, and let alone, there may have been a lot of happy events recently." Li Hugo said, "Are you still used to living in Hanzhong?"
"Of course I'm used to it. Both my sisters are rootless duckweeds, and both sisters take great care of us. Naturally, our life is very comfortable, but occasionally we miss home." Da Qiao said.
"Your father, Mr. Qiao, was a great sage in the world, and he is still in Chaisang today?" Li Huguo put down the book and said.
Da Qiao nodded and put the tea in front of Li Yuguo: "But my father was infected with wind and cold a while ago, and encountered several days of rainy weather, so he left..."
"After retaking Jingzhou, let's go pay homage to his old man." Li Hugo said.
Da Qiao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Thank you, sir."
Li Huguo was still very polite to the two sisters. They were concubines in name, but Li Huguo had never set foot in the thunder pond. Nowadays, he only has more contact with Diao Chan and Lu Qiling. When he saw the two sisters, Li Huguo did not do anything inappropriate. .
It's just that now Lu Qiling is focusing on training soldiers. She likes the life in the military camp with the group of female soldiers she brought, so Li Hugo only has Diao Chan by her side.
Although it seems that these days are very ordinary, Li Hugo knows that there is a crisis hidden in the ordinary.
Liu Zhang of Xichuan, on the advice of Zhang Song Fazheng, planned to attack the Jingnan mercenaries. As long as Wuling was captured, Li Huguo's territory would be divided into two parts like cutting a watermelon. Hanzhong was six hundred miles away from Jingnan, so it counted. It’s quite a journey.
After receiving the news that day, Li Hugo summoned civil servants and generals to discuss countermeasures.
Pang Tong said: "Lord, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"What does Shi Yuan mean?" Li Yuguo asked.
Pang Tong smiled and said: "My lord, think about it, now that Xichuan is using troops against our Jingnan, isn't this a great opportunity? If we send a strong force to attack Chengdu at this time, how surprised will they be then?" "
Li Yuguo patted his thigh: "What a good plan. If that's the case, what should Jingnan do?"
"Jingnan is near the river, so we can just ask General Han Shizhong to take Jiang Longwang there."
Once agreed, Li Huguo immediately asked Xu Da to take command and led a group of soldiers to march directly to Xichuan. On the other hand, Jingnan's defense was launched.
Although Cao Mengde in the north was flooded with 700,000 troops, this did not damage Cao Mengde's foundation, because the north had a large population, and Cao Mengde received troops from Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and other princes, and now he still has at least 600,000 to 700,000 troops. Soldiers and horses, but this time Cao Mengde did hurt his bones.
So after two months of rest, Cao Mengde immediately began to station troops and raise troops. He seemed to be planning a southern expedition, but now Cao Mengde chose to develop first.
However, at this time, Wu Zibang was summoning a group of capable men. Yang Dalang said: "My lord, now that Cao Mengde has just been defeated, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. In this case, why can't we directly kill him?" Instead?"
"What you said is wrong. Now among all the counselors in Xuchang, I am the one who covers the sky with one hand, but this is only limited to the civil servants. Those who really hold the military power are the military generals, and the military generals are all close followers of the Cao family. This time Cao Mengde We have lost many trusted generals. We are getting closer and closer to our goal, but we still can't be righteous because the military power is no longer in our hands. After all, every time we go on an expedition, Cao Mengde puts Cao Ren or Cao Hong in command, but I can't He is just a military advisor." Wu Zibang said.
"Lord Sima, if that's the case, how long will it take for us to survive?" said another general next to him.
Wu Zibang looked into the distance with his eyes: "It's almost, it's almost..."