"This is Bing Dilian! The person who begged you for jade wants to grow old with you! You fool!"
After hearing Wei Ji's words, Li Changtian stayed where he was.
He picked up the jade pendant hanging around his neck in a daze, held it in his hand and rubbed it lightly.
These days, he caresses the jade pendant and thinks of Yan Shu for a while every day.
But no matter how much I think about it, I will fall into a ruthless unrequited love in the end.
"Will it be..." Li Changtian hesitated for a moment, then looked at Wei Ji.
"Could it be someone from the temple who took the wrong jade?"
Wei Ji: "..."
Wei Ji raised his big slap with the cattail fan, and gave Li Changtian a slap on the back of the head.
"Damn it, it hurts." Li Changtian was beaten forward and covered his head with his hands.
"Heartless and unrighteous! Heartbroken!" Wei Ji yelled, "Fucking girl is blind, you ruined all the infatuation!"
"No." Li Changtian blushed, "Master, please listen to my explanation. Our situation is that I like him and he doesn't like me."
"Have you expressed your heart to the person?" Wei Ji asked.
"Not yet." Li Changtian scratched his head.
"That's it!" Wei Ji scolded, "Then how do you know that people don't like you? Can you hide your liking? You pat your little head and think about it, does that girl treat you well?"
"He...he has always been very kind to me." Li Changtian was flustered by Wei Ji's scolding.
"That's it! The girl doesn't like you, why is she being nice to you for no reason? Are you descending from the Nine Dragons or the Nine Cauldrons in your hands? Ah? Are you inlaid with gold or silver on your face? Can you pick it off? Treat it like money, don't you?" Wei Ji continued to scold, "You are a fool, don't treat other girls as fools too."
Wei Ji bent his fingers, hating that the mud couldn't support the wall and knocked on Li Changtian's head.
Li Changtian held his head and shouted recklessly: "It's not a girl, it's a man!!!"
Wei was taken aback.
"Hey!" Wei Ji said, "I've heard that men are prevalent in the capital, but what does it have to do with being a man? When the sixth prince of the dynasty married the son of the prefect of Fuzhou, it was a marriage bestowed by the emperor himself! Forget it, forget it." , you elm head, you like the person who gave you this jade pendant, right?"
"Yes, I like it." Li Changtian nodded firmly.
"Then next time we meet, take the jade pendant and ask someone, and make it clear, don't leave any regrets in life, do you hear me?" Wei Ji said.
"Okay!" Li Changtian's eyes lit up.
Wei Ji laughed and patted Li Changtian on the shoulder.
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Three days later, the army arrived at Shuofang to face Beidi cavalry.
The body is like grass and trees, not daring to forget the country, the war is in March, and the corpse is shrouded in horse leather.
Originally, the two armies faced each other on the border.
But Beidi, as a nomad, is good at riding and shooting, charging into formation, all of them seem desperate, while the tactics used by the Central Plains have been repeatedly defeated, and their momentum has become more and more low.
It was night, Qin Jueming summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.
Besides Li Changtian and Wei Ji, there are two other generals in the camp.
A person who is not angry and arrogant, with a scar on his face from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, looks really scary.
One was dressed in silver mirror armor with a calm face and looked very capable.
"Generals, we can't afford to fight Beidi like this..." Qin Jueming coughed twice, and said, "Tomorrow, we will lead our troops back to Shuofang City, strengthen the city defenses, dig ditches, and retreat."
"What? Isn't this handing over the land on the border?" General Li Zhanfeng with a scar on his face frowned angrily.
General Li Zhanfeng was established just after the end of this year. He used to lead the army in the capital, and he had never been Qin Jueming's subordinate.
"General Li, I think General Qin has his own plan." The general in silver mirror armor spoke.
His name is Changsun Bai. He has followed Qin Jueming for many years and is one of Qin Jueming's most trusted subordinates.
Li Zhanfeng glanced at Changsun Bai, and said coldly: "I also believe that Mr. Qin has his own considerations, but Changsun Bai, can you also have some ideas of your own? Do you only go along with others?"
These words were quite harsh, and when Li Zhanfeng's words fell to the ground, the atmosphere in the tent fell to freezing point in an instant.
Li Changtian and Wei Ji at the side: "..."
One of the two generals was irritable and the other was calm. They had always been at odds and often quarreled.
"Okay, since General Li wants to hear what I think, then I'll tell you." Chang Sun Bai was not annoyed, "Return to Shuofang and stick to the town, and it is a way to delay the army. You can rest, keep a low profile, find an opportunity, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"Hmph." Li Zhanfeng snorted coldly, and said, "The border is our country! To retreat is to lose, to admit defeat! Now our soldiers' morale is already low, and if we retreat again, we will collapse! Losing is not terrible, what is terrible is that the army's morale is in chaos! "
Changsun Bai stared at Li Zhanfeng and said, "A military order is like a mountain, and those who disobey will be cut off. General Li, will you continue to sing against General Qin?"
"Cough." Qin Jueming coughed, and the tent fell silent.
"Changtian." Qin Jueming looked at Li Changtian, "What do you think?"
Li Changtian raised his head and said, "I also think we should return to Shuofang to defend the city, because..."
"Damn it, why are you saying to retreat!" Wei Ji shouted, interrupting Li Changtian, "There are still people in Shuofang City! After this Shuofang, it is the country, it is home! Let's go back to Shuofang City to guard , It’s tantamount to giving up the yard, and then waiting for those Beidi people to smash the door! No! I don’t support retreat!!”
Wei Ji said a lot angrily.
"That's all." Qin Jueming saw that the two sides had different opinions and were at a stalemate. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it for another night."
The four generals saluted and retired.
Li Zhanfeng walked out of the tent first, lifted the curtain suddenly, without turning his head, seemed a bit rude.
Wei Ji and Li Changtian waited quietly for a while, and after confirming that Qin Jueming had nothing else to do, they also left the camp.
The eldest Sun Bai stayed at the end.
He asked Qin Jueming worriedly: "General Qin, you have been coughing a lot these days, but are you overworked?"
Qin Jueming waved his hand and didn't say much.
"General Qin, don't be too tired. Without you, the army will be a mess. You must take care of your health." Chang Sun Bai sighed, said a few words, got up and left.
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Outside the tent, there is a lone moon in the bright sky.
Wei has already walked hundreds of meters, and he is still talking to Li Changtian over there: "How could General Qin propose to retreat!? Is he confused?"
Li Changtian was helpless, and said: "Master, General Changsun also thinks that he should return to Shuofang City, so he can't be confused too, right?"
"Damn it, you can pull it down!" Wei Ji shook his hand, "Let me tell you, that guy, the eldest grandson, has followed General Qin since he became a soldier. He respects General Qin. He thinks that General Qin is right! Picking up the pipa and singing flower tunes, he dared to clap his hands and say he sang well!"
Li Changtian: "...you are really a genius at drawing metaphors."
"You boy, you actually said to retreat. How can a man defend the territory with his blood, how can he retreat!" Wei was not happy.
Li Changtian scratched his head, and said, "Master, listen to me, Beidi is an expedition, and nomads have difficulty supplying food and grass. They are eager to make it quick, but Shuofang City is an excellent terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Let's store up food and rest. As long as they wait for their rear to lose, and then break through in one fell swoop, they will definitely win."
"Hmm..." Wei Ji couldn't find anything to refute Li Changtian for a moment.
"Ah! Stop talking, wait for General Qin's decision tomorrow, anyway, I will listen to General Qin!" Wei Ji waved his hand again.
Wei Ji suddenly thought of something, grabbed Li Changtian's shoulders, and said to him mysteriously: "Come, come, apprentice, Master will show you something good!"
With that said, Wei Ji dragged Li Changtian out of the barracks.
Both of them are generals, and they often go riding and archery to practice bow and arrow, so the guards didn't stop them.
Wei Ji took Li Changtian westward for a few miles, and found a dead tree, and a wooden stick stood in the sand under the dead tree.
Wei Ji picked up the stick, dug down a few inches, and took out a jug of wine from the soil.
Li Changtian: "Hiss."
Discipline is strict in the army, and if one is caught stealing wine and drinking, one will be punished with a cane.
"Oh, my little darling, I miss me so much." Wei Ji hugged the wine and smiled. He opened the seal, took a few sips, and handed it to Li Changtian, "Come! The best Fen wine! I'm alive But just think about it!"
Li Changtian hesitated for a moment, but still insisted on the discipline in the army, shook his head and refused.
"Damn it, you're an idiot if you don't drink alcohol!" Wei Ji scolded him, "You mustn't tell others!"
Li Changtian hilariously said, "Don't worry."
Wei hummed twice, sealed the wine and buried it back.
He patted the dirt and said with a smile, "Little darling, I'll see you again in two days."
Then Wei Ji got up and went back to the barracks with Li Changtian.
After resting overnight, in the early morning of the second day, the four generals waited outside Qin Jueming's camp on time, waiting for his decision.
However, what is surprising is that Qin Jueming did not call them into the tent for a long time.
Li Zhanfeng lost his temper and shouted: "Is Duke Qin in the tent?"
No one answered.
Li Zhanfeng yelled several more times.
Still no answer.
Several generals looked at each other, suspicious in their hearts, suddenly felt that something was wrong, they all lifted the curtain and entered the tent.
After seeing the scene in the tent, everyone's face turned pale.
Qin Jueming fainted on the desk. The sheepskin map he was pressing was covered in dark red blood. The candle beside him had been burning all night, and the wax dripped on the candlestick, twisting and horribly.
"General Qin!"
"Duke Qin!"
Several people shouted, Li Changtian strode forward, carried Qin Jueming on his back, and hurried to the camp where the military doctor was.
As a general, Qin Jueming was respected and had a very high prestige in the hearts of the soldiers. If something happened to him, the army would be panicked and the momentum would be like a mountain.
Once the soldiers lose their momentum, they will not be far from defeat.
The four generals were all well aware of this matter, and when the military doctor took Qin Jueming's pulse, they were all uneasy.
Fortunately, Qin Jueming is not an ordinary person, he endured the sharp pain in his chest and carried the pain.
But Qin Jueming suddenly lost his mind and couldn't lead his troops in a short time.
According to his official position, the matter of leading the army fell on Li Zhanfeng's shoulders for the time being.
After Li Zhanfeng led the army, he never mentioned the matter of retreating back to Shuofang to defend the city. Instead, he gathered 10,000 elite troops and planned to launch a sneak attack on Beidi.
Li Changtian and Wei Ji were also included.
Before leaving, Wei said to Li Changtian: "Hey, I think we can win this time!"
Li Changtian clenched the halberd in his hand and nodded.
Taking advantage of the night, 10,000 elite soldiers sneaked around to the side of the Beidi barracks.
It was already winter, the sky was freezing, the wind and snow were howling, the soldiers were so cold that their hands and feet were numb, but no one said a word.
After an unknown amount of time, an order resounded through the sky.
The soldiers got up one after another, and rushed to Beidi barracks with great morale.
The ground is stained with blood, the corpses are piled up, the grass and trees are smelly, and the bow is like a thunderbolt!
Li Changtian watched helplessly as Beidi chopped off half of the head of the soldiers beside him and fell to the ground.
His eyes were bloodshot, and with a roar, he took the halberd to kill the Beidi man.
Suddenly Li Changtian noticed something.
Looking at the body of the Beidi man, his doubts deepened.
Li Changtian squatted down halfway, wanting to verify his conjecture, at this moment, a Beidi man came towards his head with a sharp axe!
Li Changtian's eyes narrowed suddenly.
Oops! Can't escape!
In an instant, a sharp arrow roared through the air and hit the Beidi man in the chest! The Beidi man fell down without saying a word.
Holding a bow and arrow, Wei Ji came over and pulled Li Changtian up, yelling at him.
"Don't be in a daze! We are about to win!!!"
That night, probably because Beidi really didn't react, Li Zhanfeng led the surprise attack and won a complete victory, not only disrupting Beidi's army camp, but also depriving them of a lot of food and grass.
Li Zhanfeng immediately decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue and send 100,000 troops to attack Beidi and make them retreat!