Early in the morning, besides Xiao Yi, Fu Yunhe and two teenagers with tanned skin were sitting in the study of Yanding City's garrison mansion.
"Xiao Fanzi, Xiao Xizi," Xiao Yi, who was sitting behind the desk, looked at Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi with raised eyebrows, and said straight to the point, "You two have done meritorious service this time, and I have always been rewarded for meritorious service. In the future, do you want to stay in the rear, or go to battle and kill the enemy?"
Staying at the rear is naturally doing logistics. Although they can't make great military achievements, they are relatively safe. When they return in triumph, they can have a good future with their family background, and the battlefield ahead is a crisis and an opportunity. Where they coexist, they may be shrouded in horse leather, or they may become famous!
It can be said that there must be trade-offs.
The Yu family and the Chang family sent the two of them to the front line, although they wanted to have a future, but they certainly didn't want their lives to be hindered. Since this is a reward for meritorious service, Xiao Yi will not make a decision for them.
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi glanced at each other. These days they lived in Yanding City. Although they hadn't been on the battlefield in person, they saw the empty streets, the corpses in different shapes, and the Those soldiers' condolences to their companions... They are also clearly aware of the cruelty of war, and they are no longer as naive as they were when they first arrived.
Why are bloody men afraid of shrouded in horse leather
The two stood up abruptly, knelt down on one knee and performed the military salute in unison, and said in unison: "Master, we are going to battle!"
Their voices are sonorous and powerful, and every word is powerful. Yu Xiufan even changed his address to Xiao Yi to Shi Zi Ye to show his determination.
"Okay!" Xiao Yi laughed out loud, looking at the two of them with relief, "Then I will take the two of you into the forward battalion, how about being a village chief?"
The two teams in the Qianfeng Battalion form a village, and there is a village leader for every 100 people. Although the village leader's position is not high, he is still a small leader.
"Thank you, Shizi." The two teenagers responded in unison again and stood up.
Fu Yunhe at the side clapped his hands and praised: "Little Fan, you're doing well!" Don't embarrass these playboys!
Fu Yunhe and Yu Xiufan exchanged a knowing look.
Yu Xiufan puffed out his chest triumphantly, and after being serious for a while, he laughed and said, "Brother, how could my younger brother embarrass you! Brother, just wait for me to make you look good. ’ he boasted cheekily.
Chang Huaixi was speechless so the corners of his eyes twitched.
After a few words of encouragement, Xiao Yi sent the three of them away.
As soon as he left the study room, Fu Yunhe embraced Yu Xiufan with one arm and Chang Huaixi with the other, and said boldly: "Xiao Fanzi, Xiao Xizi, you two are promoted today, let me take you to celebrate."
These days, Chang Huaixi has been called by Xiao Xizi a lot, and she got used to it before she knew it. He thought to himself that there is nothing to celebrate for being a small village head, and was about to refuse, but Yu Xiufan beat him to the front and said salivatingly: "Okay! Little crane, what are you going to treat us to?" ?”
"Hey..." Fu Yunhe pretended to be mysterious, "You will know if you come with me?"
During the conversation, the three of them left the defense mansion, followed by Fu Yunhe leading the way, all the way to the direction of the city gate, and finally came to a small stall near the city gate—
Eat flat food!
Seeing the disgusted looks of the two teenagers, Fu Yunhe patted the two of them with a smile: "The flat food made by the proprietress is good, try them all!" He greeted skillfully, "The proprietress, give me three bowls of flat food!"
The chubby proprietress responded angrily, and after a while, three bowls of flat food were served.
I saw that some soy sauce was added to the soup to enhance the freshness, and a drop of sesame oil was added to enhance the fragrance. The tempting aroma radiated with the heat, and went straight into the nasal cavity, making the three young people salivate rapidly and salivate.
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi, who were still a bit disgusted at first, picked up chopsticks and spoons and gorged themselves without waiting for Fu Yunhe to greet them. They ate up the flat food and the soup in one go. There is almost no difference between soldiers and ruffians.
Speaking of this matter, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi felt bitter. They also wanted to eat politely, but in this army, those soldiers were holding chopsticks one by one like a robber juggling a sword. The chopsticks moved slowly. , Just wait for the hungry stomach. Fortunately, they brought some money with them when they came out of the house. During this period, they were not hungry or thin, but they were not full either.
At this time, Fu Yunhe also gulped down the last mouthful of hot soup, and said with a smile: "Xiao Fanzi, Xiao Xizi, I'm going to lead the troops out of the city in a while, so I'll keep things simple for now, and I'll treat you to drinks when I come back... "He originally wanted to talk about going to a restaurant, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly thought that there are no good restaurants in Yanding City now, that is, some people come out to set up small stalls for their livelihood. In fact, most of the customers who will come to eat are them. It's just people from the Southern Border Army.
Fu Yunhe thought for a while, then changed his words: "I invite you to eat barbecue!"
What Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi were more concerned about was that Fu Yunhe was going to lead troops out of the city. Could it be that Shi Ziye was going to launch a surprise attack on Dengli City
The two looked at each other quickly, with the same speculation in their eyes.
Chang Huaixi suddenly remembered the reason why he and Yu Xiufan were transferred to the Qianfeng Camp, and pondered: Could Fu Yunhe's trip be related to the official road leading to Dengli City
Thinking about it, Chang Huaixi couldn't help but cast a quick glance at Fu Yunhe.
Fu Yunhe also noticed Chang Huaixi's eyes, but didn't say much.
Chang Huaixi guessed right, Fu Yunhe leading troops out of the city this time is indeed related to the official road leading to Dengli City. In the past few days, Xiao Yi sent spies to investigate that area, and found several Nanliang carriages passing through the official road to Dengli City. Guan Yubai also made another trip for this. After analysis and research, he concluded that This official road is likely to be the only way for Nanliang people to transport military rations and other supplies.
After discussing with Guan Yubai, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai decided to ask Fu Yunhe to take a team of God Arm Battalion there to investigate and wait for an opportunity to ambush.
After receiving the military order, Fu Yunhe also paid 120,000 points of attention, hoping that this trip will be successful immediately!
Fu Yunhe looked at the sky and said: "It's almost time, I should go."
"Little Crane, let's take you out of the city." Yu Xiufan said hastily.
The three of them went to the gate of the city together. At this moment, the gate of the city was densely covered with darkness, and a thousand soldiers of the God Arm Battalion had already formed a square formation, waiting there for orders. All of them were full of spirits and high fighting spirit, just standing there like this , released an aggressive killing intent.
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi involuntarily stopped in their tracks, and were momentarily overwhelmed by the murderous aura rushing towards them. Although they thought they were ready to face the battlefield, when they saw such an invincible elite army appearing in front of them, they realized that they were far from enough.
Under the complicated gazes of the two teenagers, Fu Yunhe strode forward, walked up to the thousand soldiers, and skillfully organized the soldiers. At this time, the usual laughing voice became so penetrating that it could be heard from dozens of feet away. , echoed in their ears.
And Fu Yunhe's expression seemed to be a different person, with a stern expression, sharp eyes, and a menacing aura. Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi could hardly imagine that the general in front of them was the one who was with them on the side of the street just now. Brother Gongzi eating flat food at the stall.
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi seemed to be infected by this atmosphere, and their expressions became serious.
Soon, under Fu Yunhe's order, a thousand soldiers of the God Arm Battalion, headed by him, went out of the city one by one, everything was so orderly, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi stood in the distance, staring at them blankly Lopsided.
Immediately, Fu Yunhe turned back suddenly, looked towards the city wall, and gestured to someone on the city wall, meaning, just wait for his good news.
On the city wall, the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth was slightly curled up while looking down, silently watching Fu Yunhe and his party leave...
There were still several people standing beside Xiao Yi, including Guan Yubai, Li Yunqi, and Mr. Jing Qian. They didn't look away until the thousand soldiers disappeared from the horizon.
"Lieutenant Li!" Xiao Yi suddenly turned to look at Li Yunqi.
Li Yunqi hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what orders the Master has?"
Xiao Yi said sternly: "Lieutenant Li, to tell the truth, Yanding City is in ruins and manpower is tight. Please forgive my son for taking the liberty to ask Li Xiaowei to take up some positions in the city. I don't know what Li Xiaowei wants. ?”
Li Yunqi's face froze, and he clasped his fists righteously and said: "Your Majesty Xiao, I have the emperor's order, so I must protect An Yi and Marquis Zhou Quan." He came to southern Xinjiang this time to be an escort on the surface, but he secretly supervised An Yi Hou, in order to prevent his secret decree in collusion with Zhennan King. He is not the Southern Border Army, even if Xiao Yi is the heir of Zhennan Prince, he is not qualified to order himself.
Xiao Yi didn't care about Li Yunqi's refusal, and still smiled: "Lieutenant Li, the emperor ordered you to protect Hou An Yi all the way, but now that Marquis An Yi has arrived in southern Xinjiang, Li Xiaowei should also be clever."
As he said that, Xiao Yi's eyes became sharper, which made Li Yunqi's heart tremble, and he thought of a certain question.
Now, if the battle between the Southern Border Army and the Nanliang people is not over for a day, the matter of helping Kuilang restore Baiyue cannot be put on the agenda, and I can only stay in Southern Border.
There is a saying: "A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake". After all, he needs to rely on Zhennan Wang and his son in the southern border, and it is not appropriate to make the relationship between the two parties too rigid. Now Xiao Yi just asks him to temporarily act as the chief of the city defense It's not about asking him to be a striker to go to war, and it seems that there is no need to save Xiao Yi's face for such a trivial matter.
Li Yunqi thought and thought, and finally agreed.
Xiao Yi smiled secretly, and as if nothing had happened, he ordered Mr. Jing Qian to take Li Yunqi to take office.
Seeing Li Yunqi and Mr. Jing Qian walking away, Xiao Yi winked at Guan Yubai for a while, as if saying that this troublesome guy was finally sent away. Since this Lieutenant Li likes to stare at people so much, then I might as well ask him to supervise those Nanliang captives and find something serious to do so that he won’t be idle and buzzing around you from time to time like a mosquito spinning around.
Guan Yubai just smiled faintly, but Xiao Si gave Xiao Yi a rare look of appreciation.
At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and a soldier in armor hurried over, then knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists solemnly and said, "My lord, another soldier appeared in the cruising camp." Dozens of soldiers suffered from gastrointestinal discomfort, vomiting and diarrhea, and they have been sent to the wounded barracks. In addition, hundreds of soldiers in the Xiandeng Camp and Selected Front Camp stationed outside the city also had stomach ailments one after another today and tomorrow, and the military doctors have already rushed to the camp. Check… "
Stomach discomfort is not a big deal, but it is not a small thing. So far, no soldiers inside and outside Yanding City have lost their lives because of stomach discomfort, but the whole city dare not ignore it at all.
A few days ago, a hundred or so soldiers from the cruising battalion at first had a bad stomach. After being diagnosed and treated by a military doctor, they finally recovered after taking medicine for two or three days.
But after that, gastrointestinal discomfort spread like a contagious cold. In the past few days, soldiers often had symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Xiao Yi specially sent military doctors to check what they had eaten, but after a few days of investigation, they found nothing special. Even Xiao Yi wondered if there was something wrong with the military rations, but after repeated inspections, they did not find anything wrong with the military rations. Signs of mildew.
What went wrong? !
Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai exchanged glances, both of them looked serious. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the health of the soldiers, and in the long run, it may affect the morale of the soldiers...
"Xiao Bai," Xiao Yi rubbed his nose and said, "Do you think it might be a water source or food problem? Did someone secretly poison him?" His usual casual face showed a rare solemnity. If it was poisoning, wouldn't the people involved be hiding in the army
Guan Yubai didn't say anything, there were many things about this incident that seemed strange.
Xiao Yi said again: "It seems that I have to be cheeky to trouble my grandfather and his old man..."
He gave Zhuzi a wink, and Zhuzi took the order and went to the Garrison Mansion to invite Lin Jingchen respectfully.
After two sticks of incense, the group went to the wounded barracks together. Along the way, Xiao Yi briefly explained to Lin Jingchen the strange things that had happened in the past few days.
The battalion of wounded soldiers was temporarily set up in an empty house not far from the city gate. After the recovery of Yanding City, those soldiers who were seriously injured or even disabled were recuperated here. Seven or eight, most of the wounded battalions were soldiers with diarrhea and vomiting.
When the two military doctors heard that Xiao Yi was coming, they rushed out of the hall to greet him.
This hall is composed of five main rooms. In order to accommodate the wounded soldiers, the original tables, chairs, tables, bottles and cans were almost emptied, and straw mats were simply spread on the ground. As a floor covering.
Although the military doctor has opened all the fans in the hall to ventilate the air, when entering the hall, you can still smell a disgusting smell of vomiting and fishy smell, and several soldiers are facing it. The pot makes a nauseating sound from time to time, and yellow and white vomit can be seen everywhere...
Just by watching and hearing this scene, ordinary people would rush out in shock.
But Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai are not ordinary people. Although they are young, they are both experienced generals. They have never seen any disgusting and terrifying scenes on the battlefield, so there is nothing that can easily move them. Lin Jingchen has practiced medicine for many years, and the scene like this is commonplace. Even Han Qixia, who was carrying the medicine box, looked as usual, which attracted the surprised eyes of the two military doctors, and they couldn't help but look at the girl more.
Lin Jingchen walked towards a soldier who was vomiting without hesitation, and ordered Han Qixia to prepare the needle. His movements were extremely skilled, taking the pulse, pricking the needle, and with a snap of his fingers, the soldier who was about to vomit out jaundice stopped vomiting, and a military doctor hurriedly helped the soldier to lie down.
But Lin Jingchen was still going on, giving five or six soldiers needles to stop vomiting again and again, and a few women who had been hired to help them hurriedly helped them clean up briefly.
After Lin Jingchen stabilized the sickness of the soldiers who were vomiting and diarrhea, and then checked the pulse of a dozen soldiers one after another, he went outside to talk with Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai.
"Grandfather," Xiao Yi asked hastily, "how is it?" But poisoned
Lin Jingchen shook his head: "Ayi, they show no signs of being poisoned."
This seems to be good news, at least ruled out the possibility of spies in the army. But Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai still couldn't feel relieved, it wasn't poisoning, so what was the reason
Lin Jingchen, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai looked at each other.
Guan Yubai lowered his eyes thoughtfully and remained silent. The first boarding camp and the selection camp were stationed in the east and southeast of the city, while the cruising camp was responsible for patrolling and guarding the surrounding area. Although routes were arranged every day, overall It's not so easy to attack them because of their mobility... Wait! Patrol route...
Guan Yubai thought of something, squinted his eyes slightly, then raised his eyes suddenly and said, "Ayi, I remember that there is a Yanlai River in the eastern suburbs outside Yanding City, right?"
Xiao Yi nodded, thinking of something, his eyes lit up, and he said in unison with Lin Jingchen: "Water source!"
The Yanlai River flows from the southeast to the east two or three miles outside of Yanding City. It is one of the important water sources near the camps of Xiandeng Camp and Xuanfeng Camp. The patrol route of the Cruising Camp last night should also be in that area...
The more the three of them thought about it, the more they felt that this possibility was extremely great.
"Old Doctor Lin," Guan Yubai said solemnly, "I'm afraid I will trouble you, old man, to come with us again."
"Xiao Bai, why be so polite to my grandfather." Xiao Yi patted Guan Yubai's shoulder boldly, and looked at Lin Jingchen with a smile, "They are all from my family!"
Lin Jingchen stroked his beard and laughed endlessly: "Yes, they are all from my own family."
After a pause, he said sternly: "The hearts of doctors and parents are both public and private, and officials and princes don't need to be so polite." In private, Xiao Yi called himself grandfather; It is very important. As a citizen of Dayu, of course it is my duty to do so.
"I knew my grandfather loved me." Xiao Yi said with a smile on the side, and the group left from the wounded barracks again, leaving the city all the way to the Yanlai River.
The Yanlai River is not far from the city, and within half an hour, everyone saw a clear river in front of them, with gurgling water, sparkling in the sun, blue sky above, green water and green trees, rippling in the wind.
The beautiful scenery in the suburbs made everyone feel a little more relaxed.
"Sister Xia..." Lin Jingchen called out, and Han Qixia understood, took some river water with a water bag, and marked it.
After Lin Jingchen tried the river water, he shook his head. The crowd went all the way upstream along the Yanlai River. Every few tens of feet, Han Qixia and Bamboo used water bags to fetch river water. After a while, there were more than a dozen more in the basket. A bulging water bladder.
I don't know how long it took, Han Qixia went to fetch water from the river again, but was stopped by Lin Jingchen. He walked to the river, flicked his left hand into the river casually, and a white petal appeared on his fingertip, and he sniffed it at the tip of his nose. Thoughtful.
"Grandfather, what's wrong with the petals?" Han Qixia asked.
Lin Jingchen said uncertainly: "Looking at the appearance of the petals, it may be Qianmanlan. The fragrance of the flower was washed away by the river. I'm only 70% sure... Let's continue to go upstream!"
As he spoke, he almost couldn't wait to walk forward, his clear face was solemn and his eyes were like torches.
Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.
Hush...
The upper reaches of the Yanlai River are turbulent, and everyone sees the white petals floating with the water from time to time...
After walking for a while, Zhuzi excitedly pointed to the front and said, "Grandpa, is that the Qianmanlan you mentioned?"
Going hundreds of feet away, you can see a large flower forest by the river, with white flowers blooming on the branches. The autumn wind blows from the suburbs, and the white flower sea is trembling in the wind, like a sea of snow and clouds. , is spectacular.
As the crowd approached, a faint fragrance could be smelled, and the white petals fluttered with the wind, blowing on the faces of the crowd, falling on the ground, and spilling into the river, forming a rain of white flowers...