"You can invite Zimiao to come back." After the prince settled down, he began to discuss the next steps and took Jiang Heng to the East Palace.
"I have already sent him out, but I didn't stay in Zhaoshui," Jiang Heng said.
"Ah?" Prince An suddenly stunned, stopped, and looked at Jiang Heng suspiciously.
Jiang Heng knew what Prince An was thinking. Although Geng Shu was known to be the king's army, most of them were still soldiers and horses of the Yong Kingdom. This city was brought here to help the Ying Kingdom. . Otherwise, if he was stationed in the city, what if Yong Guo turned his face and wanted to control Zhaoshui
"Where did you go?" The prince said angrily, apparently Jiang Heng didn't discuss it with him in advance, and was very dissatisfied with this, but soon, he put on a smile and regained his usual kindness: "Support King Yong has gone?"
"I asked him to make some preparations after breaking Zhaoshui, and then took the northeast road, the only way to go to Weiguan to Anyang, and prepared to ambush Zhao Ling who came to rescue King Liang." Jiang Heng reminded, "His Royal Highness, let's still I haven't been completely victorious, but it must be consolidated. Juicong started attacking the city of Anyang without any warning. As soon as I disagreed, I was unprepared. I could only make mistakes and try to remedy them. , I am afraid that the Yong Kingdom will fall into a hard battle, and the Ying army will be all the navy army, and it must be rescued."
Jiang Heng's remarks are also implying that Prince An, I will not hold you accountable for communicating with Juicong, and you should not hold me in command of Geng Shu, not to mention that Geng Shu is my own person, so it is not considered ultra vires.
"Ultimate Chaos"
Jiang Heng waited for a while, and when Prince Anxiao had finished speaking, he said, "Zhaoshui is very important to Ying, Yong, and Zheng. If you own this city, you will have a stronghold in the Central Plains. Otherwise, Why is this city the first target of the country of Ying?"
"Yes," Prince An returned to the original plan, calmed his mind, and said, "The stronghold is very important."
Yong and Ying are both "barbarians" in the Central Plains population, one is in the north and the other is in the south. In the narrow sense of the Central Plains, they refer to nothing more than Luoyang, Songxian and other places under the jurisdiction of the emperor, as well as a small part of Liang and Zheng.
Although the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been classified into the "Central Plains" in the general sense, everyone still recognizes their own "barbarian" identities in history. Jiang Heng naturally understands how important it is to have a stronghold in the Yellow River Basin. Yong State needs Song County, just as Ying State needs Zhaoshui City.
With this city, the country of Ying has been able to send garrison troops incessantly, dispatching troops from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and expeditions everywhere, ending the history that was once blocked by the Yangtze River and Yuheng Mountain.
"Next, you need to send more troops," Jiang Heng said, "at all costs, build Zhaoshui as soon as possible, and make good use of this city as the biggest reliance for hegemony in the Central Plains."
Prince An tried his best to control his expression, and nodded happily: "You are right, there is no last resort, haha, haha!"
Prince Angan laughed a few times, and Jiang Heng said again, "I'm going to go north in the next two days to meet him."
Prince An was startled again and said, "Are you going back now?"
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "I will come back. After all, my brother's most important task has been completed. I have to go and see it, so I will go for the army, how about that?"
"This..." Crown Prince An was obviously a little hesitant and said, "I'm afraid there will be another assassin..."
"I travel in secret," Jiang Heng said, "no one will know."
Although Jiang Heng is not proficient in disguise, it is not difficult to hide the truth. The reason why he did not disguise with Geng Shu is because their relationship is so easy to recognize, the killer may not recognize himself, but as long as he stares at Geng Shu, Just see who you are inseparable with.
Prince Zi'an seemed determined and said, "Let General Xiang escort you. You must come to Zimiao's side so that I can rest assured."
Jiang Heng did not refuse this time, but nodded.
When Hai Dongqing came back again, Jiang Heng was ready to leave for the north. With Xiang Yu escorting him, he didn't need to make a face easily.
Geng Shu came with a letter, and Jiang Heng complained bitterly: "Why are you here again? Didn't I tell you not to come? Hurry back, you still need to investigate."
Jiang Hengzhan put the letter in his head, glanced at it, and the voice of Geng Shu seemed to be in his ears.
"After the city was broken, the people were all very good. I went to see it myself, and also instructed Qu, not to loot, not to kill, Heng'er, don't worry. I have always kept my promise to you in my heart."
Xiang Yu was waiting outside the door and said to Jiang Heng, "Brother Yu still has a few things to deal with. Come when you go, and Brother Xian will follow the guards."
Jiang Heng nodded. Before going out, he hurriedly said two words: Wait for me. He couldn't wait, he went out and got on his horse and headed to the north.
He Luobing Road, Luoshui through the rolling hills, through the vast wilderness, where it joins the Yellow River.
Leaving Hanzhong and Hetao, at the foot of the General's Ridge, Geng Shu led his troops and marched in a hurry day and night again. They arrived on the road that Zheng's army must pass, and ordered their hands to scatter into the mountains and forests to prepare for an ambush.
After the destruction of Zhaoshui City, Geng Shu refused to take the text, and even more restrained his soldiers and soldiers, not to do evil. First, according to the plan, he handed over 8,000 troops of Wang's army to Song Zou, and asked him to lead his troops back to Song County. He took the remaining 20,000 people to the Eastern Central Plains, two hundred and twenty miles away from Laoshan Mountain, for the sake of the army. Yong Guo cut off the only hope of the Liang people, the rescue troops led by Prince Ling.
Hai Dongqing came back, Geng Shu showed the cloth, glanced at the two words, and asked Chao Fengyu, "Why are you in such a hurry? Is my Heng'er okay?"
Feng Yu naturally couldn't answer, and looked up at Geng Shu suspiciously, Geng Shu touched it, and Jiang Heng touched the same tuft of hair on top of Feng Yu's head, as if they had touched each other with their fingers.
"Eat something and go investigate," Geng Shu said, "It's been hard these days, I'm lonely, I'll go back and find you a companion."
"Yo! It's back!" The soldiers were holding on to this condor again. Everyone liked it very much, because it had done a lot of credit.
A commander-in-chief heard Geng Shu's words and said with a smile, "It's time to find a daughter-in-law for him."
Everyone sat in front of the bonfire by the stream, watching Costin eat.
Feng Yu started pecking at the raw meat, Geng Shu thought to himself, I haven't gotten married yet, and I'm still thinking about your marriage. Where can I find such a good master
After Feng Yu finished eating, he began to drink the water from the stream.
Geng Shu looked at his reflection in the stream, and said that he looked like his father, but he felt that he was not an assassin, but a general, living like a general, eating like a general, even now, Like a military general, on a rock, with both legs, one hand on his left knee, and a sword on his back, he sits roughly.
Looking at myself in the water, I thought, does Jiang Heng like this
Jiang Heng seems to have never expressed what kind of person he likes, whether it is a man or a woman, Geng Shu knows very well that Jiang Heng only has one in his eyes, but does that mean he likes it? Like his love for Jiang Heng? Not sure.
Geng Shu couldn't explain their feelings for each other. At first, he felt that no matter who Jiang Heng was, he just wanted to stay with him. That was his responsibility and his wish. .
Is that like
At night, when the soldiers chatted against the bonfire, Geng Shu sat and listened silently.
"His Royal Highness," a commander asked, "are we going back to Song County?"
Geng Shu came back to his senses and said, "Do you want to go back?"
Everyone looked at each other and signaled to each other. Anyway, in front of Geng Shu, there was nothing they couldn't say.
"I think." Captain Wan replied for them.
"Why?" Geng Shu thought about it in his heart. After the ambush ended, he helped Yong Guo get Anyang, and then handed back the command of the army.
Everyone laughed.
Geng Shu: "?"
"Many brothers," said the commander Wan, "have been stationed in Wuling for two years, and they all have sweethearts."
Geng Shu understood that most of the soldiers’ marriages in Yong State could not be decided by themselves. Marriages were ordered by their parents, but these people were separated from their parents since childhood and were raised as chess pieces. Naturally, no one was a matchmaker when they practiced martial arts, so the Dayong government appointed them a marriage in the name of the monarch.
Of course, if it sounds good, it is marriage, but if it is not good, it is breeding. The so-called marriage means that the government provides housing for women of the right age. After returning home, the soldiers meet for ten days and a half to give birth to a child. The mother raises the child until the age of seven, before handing it over to the state to take over.
At present, the soldiers of the Yong Kingdom are stationed in Song County. Although the military discipline is still clear, they have the opportunity to fall in love with the locals.
"Renou Township is the Tomb of Heroes." Geng Shu said.
Everyone dared not say any more, and Geng Shu said again: "But it's human nature, I'll try my best."
When they heard this, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't expect to get married either," someone said. "I just want to be able to go above and beyond in this life, and I'll be content."
Geng Shu: "Tell me? Which girl made you love her so much?"
At first, everyone didn't dare to say it, but seeing that Geng Shu's face didn't look like he was joking, Captain Wan said something, all of them were young men in their twenties. After following Geng Shu for all these years, it was too late to get married. It is precisely because of this that he was able to find himself in Song County.
Geng Shu listened to their wishes. Everyone, not almost, but really every soldier, every soldier who knows and can be named, probably has the greatest wish in his heart to start a family and raise a family. Or somewhere else, waiting for the sweetheart to return after the expedition.
It was also because of the soldiers that I gradually realized that the reason why I couldn't live without Jiang Heng was that the relationship was no longer just a bond between brothers.
"Would you betray your country for your sweetheart?" Geng Shu suddenly asked.
Everyone's expression changed immediately, and the husband said, "That's absolutely not, it's just..."
Commander Wan has been with Geng Shu the longest, and he always takes the lead every time he kills an enemy. He is also the person who understands Geng Shu's character the most.
"Just what?" Geng Shu said.
"The scholar said that the country and the family cannot have both." Master Wan said, "If we can have both, there is still hope."
Geng Shu nodded.
"You have to meet someone you really like." Captain Wan said with a smile.
"If there is a person," Geng Shu couldn't help but ask the soldiers, "I want you to think about it all the time, just want to live with him for the rest of your life, and stop thinking about others, but you can't get married, that's what counts. what?"
"Why not get married? Hurry up to get married, Your Highness!" The soldiers laughed, "It's not a marriage yet, what are you waiting for? Congratulations, Your Highness, which girl is this from?"
Geng Shu didn't say any more, put away his sword, turned around and left, whistling.
"Wind Feather!"
Feng Yu spread its wings and flew, and stopped on Geng Shu's shoulder armor.
The family members naturally knew that Geng Shu didn't like to talk about this, but everyone respected him very much, and no one was joking.
Geng Shu walked through the dark woods alone and walked along the stream. The moonlight was reflected in the stream, like countless silver fish scales floating upstream.
When did I fall in love with Henger
Whenever Geng Shu thought of this question, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to slap himself. But I couldn't help but want to remember, because those memories contained a lot of beauty that I had never realized, just like sugar, the sweetness disappeared after eating, but I could always remember it.
Perhaps from the moment Jiang Heng stretched out his hand toward him, he fell in love with him from the moment he traveled to Xundong City and knocked on the door of Jiang's family, and was covered in scars by thorns.
Or was it in the evening when Mrs. Zhao left, when Jiang Heng was hugged in front of her, looking at the person sitting beside him, the moment when his lonely eyes showed
Or on the city wall of Luoyang, who had been drinking, stood at the front of the city and watched Jiang Heng leave reluctantly. On that snowy night, Jiang Heng was very happy and comfortable, playing like a small animal in the snow. Running and singing.
Heaven and earth are one finger, all things are one horse, whenever Geng Shu heard Jiang Heng tell these words, he couldn't tell what it felt like, and when he was reading poetry and books, "In ancient times there was a great tree, eight thousand One year old is spring, eight thousand years old is autumn", or "the whole of the sky is not the king's land, and the coast of the land is not the king's ministers"...
Ever since he was a child, Geng Shu always felt that something was missing between Jiang Heng and Jiang Heng. No matter how he loved him, how he teased him, and how he fondled him, there was always a small piece that he couldn't catch no matter what. Live, out of reach.
Wanting to respond, this is his instinct, the most powerful desire in his life. This desire cannot be relieved, and he can only wait for Jiang Heng.
But it was too difficult for Geng Shu to speak, and it was impossible to predict how Jiang Heng would react to this. The good brothers have turned into such a relationship. Even Geng Shu himself felt more and more embarrassed the more he thought about it. But he wanted to, and he wanted it anyway, that was his only wish.
Once in the Yong Kingdom's army, he also heard about the relationship between men from time to time, but it was not as shocking and surprising as when he accidentally broke the relationship between Ji Xun and Zhao Jie when he was young. Thinking about it carefully, Wang and General, this seems like the right thing to do, as it should be.
The "Yueren Song" sung by the sky is exactly the song of a boatman who is thirsty for the prince's courtship. For the Yue people, it is normal for men to love each other. When Jie Gui waits for the juice, it is how he feels for himself. The embodiment of absolute loyalty.
Although Geng Shu had never loved a teenager other than Jiang Heng, he never felt that Jie Gui was out of line, let alone that it was against human ethics for a man to show love to another man.
In the classroom that day, Jiang Heng even said, "Okay." Is this acceptable? Thinking of it this way, Jiang Heng doesn't seem to feel cold.
Geng Shu always thinks of Zhao Jie, and eagerly desires to completely possess Jiang Heng just like Zhao Jie possessed Ji Xun. As long as he goes one step further, this last step... From now on Jiang Heng belongs to him completely, and he is willing to be The protector, even the mountains of swords and seas of fire will go for him. From now on, from childhood to adulthood, the little bit that he could not get, the last place in Jiang Heng's heart, will also belong to him completely.
But the most important thing holding them back is not that they are all men, but that... they are related by blood.
What if you don't say it? Geng Shu also thought about it, but isn't this a beast? Jiang Heng also thought that they were two brothers, and if the brothers did things that were inferior to pigs and dogs, they would definitely be frightened.
"Go investigate." Geng Shu said to Feng Yu.
The wind feathers fluttered and flew away. Geng Shu sighed and knelt in front of the stream to wash his face.
"Knowing you were coming," said a familiar voice across the river, "I wouldn't be here."