It was getting late, Yaoying moved the long case and placed it between the blanket and the felt blanket she slept on as a partition, and lay down on her side.
There was no movement next to her for a long time, she stuck her head out from the felt blanket, lay on the case and looked out, sleepy eyes: "Why is the general still not sleeping?"
The candles flickered, her long jet black hair was draped over her shoulders, her cheeks were lightly dizzy, and her eyes seemed to contain a puddle of water.
Tamara subconsciously touched the Buddha beads, but his fingers only touched the rough calluses. Remembering that he was not wearing the Buddha beads, he raised his hand and waved lightly, bringing a breeze to extinguish the candle.
The tent was plunged into darkness, but there was a faint light of torches penetrating into the tent, the light was vaguely floating, and the girl's delicate face was still clearly visible.
Tamara looked away, lifted the blanket, and lay down slowly.
Hearing him lay down, Yaoying also lay back.
After a while, her breathing became slow and long.
When she fell asleep, Tamara sat up, got up, walked around the desk in the middle, and gently lifted the felt blanket on Yaoying's body with her fingers.
Yaoying's eyes were tightly closed, she was motionless, and she was sleeping coquettishly.
He lowered his eyes, rolled up her sleeves, took out a jinpa to cover the exposed wrist, and put his two fingers on it.
I don't know what she talked to Princess Manda that day. I heard from them that Princess Manda was radiant when she left, and there was no resentment in the conversation. The medical officer was very grateful and gave her a lot of medicine for recuperation. .
When I was in the Asang Department, I went to see her in the evening to ask about her taking medicine. Unfortunately, Mobido was also there, and he stayed in her room for a long time, talking and laughing, and there was no sign of leaving for a while. Not wanting to attract Mobido's attention, he left.
Her pulse was gentle and slightly weak.
Tamara withdrew her fingers and Jinpa, making slight movements that did not touch her skin.
She snorted softly in her dream, suddenly moved, and with a snap, her arms swept away the felt blanket, her sleeves slipped, revealing her arms, and in the darkness, her skin was brighter than snow.
Tamaroka looked away, and out of the corner of his eyes there was a warm light.
His eyes moved back again.
On Yaoying's arm is the string of beads he gave her. The gray-white beads are moist and cold, like a bunch of moonflowers, each bead is tightly attached to her skin like snow.
She wears a narrow-sleeved robe during the day, and she can't see that she is wearing a Buddhist bead.
Tan Mo Luojia lowered her eyes, pulled up the felt blanket to surround Yaoying, put her arm back under the felt blanket, and pressed it lightly.
He bypassed the desk and lay down with his back to Yaoying.
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I don't know if it's because there is one more person around, Yaoying didn't have the same nightmare as yesterday.
The next morning, awakened by a slight slapping sound, she rolled over and sat up, tucking her long hair, and looked around.
The light in the tent was bright, and the blanket on the other side of the desk was neatly folded, and it didn't look like someone had slept in at all.
He has got up and went out.
When Yaoying left the camp, General Jin flew down, stopped on her arm, and called out a few times.
She touched the black eagle's head, took off the parchment, and went to the tent to find Bi Su.
The letter was sent by Yuchi Damo. Wakhan Khan was really afraid of Tanmaraga, so he acted very cautiously this time and did not recruit troops from Gaochang. Lead troops to help Wakhan Khan.
The large tent is made of several layers of animal skins, which is tough and firm. It is not easy to shoot through ordinary arrows. It is several times larger than the ordinary tent.
Yesterday, the Central Army continued to send scouts, and found that not only the Asang clan was attacked, but the various tribes were in an emergency. Among these tribes, many tribes surrendered to the surrounding forces at the same time. Therefore, the generals had different opinions and thought that they should not be concerned about these tribes.
When Yaoying arrived at the tent, the generals and the staff were still having a heated discussion. Bi Suo looked at Tamara, who was wearing a windproof mask on her face.
There were quarrels in the tent one after another. As if he hadn’t heard of it, Tanmaraka performed calculations on the sand table and finally said: “Try to inform as many clans as possible, save one more person and one less enemy. Let the Asang clan come forward and don’t leak it first. information."
Although the power of the tribes cannot be compared with the elites of Beirong, the formation of a coalition of all tribes is also a force to be reckoned with, and it is likely to change the situation of the battle.
"If you only care about yourself, you will eventually fall into a situation surrounded by Beirong. You must unite all forces that can be united, so that neutral tribes are always neutral."
Bi Su replied in a low voice.
Yaoying bowed her head and entered the big tent, stood in the corner and whispered with the staff she knew in the tent, handed the parchment scroll, glanced at the generals sitting around, and stopped for a moment on Tan Mo Luojia next to Bi Su. .
He bowed his head in thought, still wearing a blue shirt and white robe, with a tight leather belt around his waist, which outlined clear lines and was tall and capable.
Yaoying withdrew.
With the sound of footsteps behind her, Yuanjue caught up and stared at her for a while, struggling.
"Princess, have you seen the Regent last night?"
Yaoying nodded.
Yuanjue looked surprised, he hesitated for a while, and said: "Princess, the Prince Regent was suddenly interrupted when he performed his merits last time, I don't know if it will be any harm, I will give you the medicine of the Prince Regent, Be sure to remind him to take his medicine if you notice that he looks wrong."
He took out a china bottle.
Yaoying agreed, took the porcelain bottle, and put it away carefully. Bi Su had mentioned to her that he arranged for her to accompany the army because he was worried about Sultan, so he took her with him just in case.
"Who interrupted Prince Regent Yungong?" she asked.
Yuanjue looked elsewhere and said vaguely, "A small accident."
Seeing that he didn't want to go into details, Yaoying didn't ask any further questions.
While talking, a messenger ran over quickly and asked Yaoying to go to the stables: "General Ashina captured a group of war horses not long ago, I don't know if they are war horses from the Aling Department of Haidu, please come over, Master Bayan. have a look."
Yaoying immediately regained her spirits.
Yuanjue said: "I will lead the way for the princess."
The stable was on another hillside, and the two walked a long way to leave the camp where the Chinese army was stationed.
The whole camp is more like a town. Thousands of tents are densely scattered under the sunny hillside, flags and flags are fluttering in the wind, and soldiers dressed in different colors pass through. Although there are tens of thousands of people stationed here, they are in good order and orderly. .
Tent and tents have been carefully planned. It seems that the road is straight and extending in all directions, but after walking for a while, Yaoying found that all the roads are not straight, but twists and turns. Walking in it, if there is no one to guide you and you can't understand the instructions of the flags, it is easy to get lost.
Yuanjue took Yaoying through the labyrinth-like path and explained to her: "There is a reason for the arrangement of the camp. Beirong people are good at raiding. If all the roads are straight, their war horses can easily drive straight in. Before setting up the camp, the regent ordered Come down, set up a few more turns, set up checkpoints and passphrases between camps, even if the enemy attacks, they will not be able to launch a charge, which can buy more time for the people in the camp to counterattack.”
They passed through several camps. During the period, there were soldiers questioning the passphrase. The two answered and came to the stable. Ma Nu took Yaoying around for a long time. Only then did she know why Bi Suo asked her to come to the stable.
In order to distinguish their property, each tribe usually branded a mark on the center of the left crotch of all horses as a logo, and different tribes have different logos.
In the Central Plains, horses from each horse farm will also be branded with a horse seal, and the age, species and horse farm of the horses will be marked in detail, so as to facilitate the identification and cultivation of horse breeds.
Manu said: "We have never seen the horse prints of these war horses before."
Yaoying looked at Ma Yin and shook her head: "I haven't seen it before, maybe it's from another nomadic tribe."
Manu wrote it down and asked someone to inform Bi Su.
The two rode back to the camp. There was a dull sound of horns in the distance. The Wang Ting army set up a post station every tens of miles. The closer to the camp, the denser the post station. , sounded the horn, passed the military information, in order to reduce the scout troops running back and forth.
After the horn sounded, the camp did not panic, and there was no movement on the left and right flanks. After a while, the sound of hoofs was heard like thunder, and a group of men and horses rushed out of the central military camp. Dozens of people carried long bows on their shoulders, long knives on their waists, and bulging quivers beside their saddles, rushing towards the direction of the sound of the horn. Go away, like a dark cloud scraping across the earth.
Yaoying recognized that the leader was Sultan Gu, and Lema stopped in place and watched him go away.
Yuanjue whispered from the side: "We don't know where the main force of Wakhan Khan is hiding, and several generals are getting more and more impatient. The regent said that the more this is the case, the less impatient. The day before yesterday, the regent dealt with a few Commander, the generals have calmed down, and now even if there are horns sounding in all directions, the people in the camp will not panic."
Yaoying thought to herself, the details may determine success or failure, and now you really can't be impatient.
At the end of the day, the horn sounded again. This time the sound was steady and long. Sultan returned with the team. They found a small group of light cavalry.
"If you encounter a large army, you can't expose it, and immediately return to report the news. If you encounter a scout, you can arrest it if you can, and you can't let it go. If you encounter a small group of troops, the tribe will intercept it."
"From the point of view of Ma Yin, Bei Rong summoned the tribe from a farther place, and when encountering a strange tribe, they should not approach them rashly."
The order was passed on, and in the next few days, the soldiers gradually got used to this way of patrolling by small units in turn, and continued to explore the location of the Beirong army.
Every day, Bi Suo brought people to gather nearby tribes that were attacked and took them to another camp for resettlement.
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Every night, Yaoying sat at the desk and wrote letters to Yuchi Damo, Yang Qian, and Xie Qing, then sorted out the documents, handled the documents for Bi Su, and recorded trivial matters such as the rewards and punishments of soldiers.
Other staff members are eager to offer advice and are tired of dealing with these trivial matters. She follows the army in the name of Bayan, and usually tries to stay in the tent to sort out documents. handle it for her.
She was a little stumbling at the beginning, but after getting familiar with it, she gradually became able to handle it in an orderly manner. In the past, she handled military logistics for Li Zhongqian, and it was not difficult to deal with them.
Tamara Ka only returned late at night every night, and Yaoying was also busy until late at night.
Every night, he opened the felt curtain, the candles flickered in the tent, Yaoying sat cross-legged in front of the desk to write, raised her head, smiled at him, waited for him to remove the scarf, and looked at his face.
"The general is back."
It's like that every night.
Sometimes she had already been busy with the day's military affairs, still holding the book, sitting in front of the desk and waiting for him, until he came back, she packed the book, made sure he was not feeling sick, and lay down to sleep.
In the early morning of this day, before dawn, the trumpet sounded loudly in the camp. Someone found the trace of a son of Wakhan Khan. Bi Su and Tamara Ka took thousands of people out of the camp. The horses neighed, and the atmosphere of the camp was solemn.
Until the red sun sank into the sky, thousands of people still did not return to the camp. Yaoying was a little uneasy, and she dealt with a few chores. She stood in front of the camp and looked at the vast wasteland in the distance.
As soon as the night fell, the temperature plummeted and the wind was blowing. She shivered from the cold. She returned to the tent, spread a blanket, and stuffed a few hot stones into it.
The night was dark, and a team returned to the camp under the moonlight, with felt cloth tied to the horse's hooves, silently.
Tamara got off his horse, and returned to the camp covered in blood. His aura was stern and fierce, like a ghost. Others didn't know his identity and were too afraid to step forward. The soldiers who helped pull the horse were trembling with fear.
He saw the soldier with trembling legs, paused in his footsteps, and turned to leave.
There is a river winding down from the mountain next to the camp. It is the place where the army draws water. The water is cold and biting. He took off his clothes and walked directly into the river, washed the viscous blood, soaked in the cold water, and recited sutras. arts.
When the war is over, the world will be at peace, and the tribes can coexist peacefully. All the sins under his sword belonged to him.
Yuanjue came over, brought him a clean robe, caught a glimpse of a shallow knife mark on his waist, and hurriedly found the wound medicine.
Tamara applied the medicine, changed into his clothes, and returned to the camp. He stood in front of the camp and did not go in.
The lights in the tent were always on.
He turned to inspect the weapons warehouse, walked a long way, and when he returned to the tent, the lights went out. After waiting for a while, he opened the felt curtain and looked inside.
There was a rustling sound, and in the darkness, Yao Ying sat up abruptly: "General, you're back!"
Tamaroka walked in, moved to the blanket in the dark, turned his back to her, and took off his boots.
"why are not you sleeping?"
He asked softly, his tone as calm as ever.
Yaoying listened to his steady voice, sighed in relief, lay down again, put her head on her hands, turned to face him, and said, "If the general doesn't come back all night, I'll just wait all night... You're not hurt, are you?"
Tamara shook his head, rolled up the blanket and lay down, the warm inside of the blanket, the cold body felt the temperature, and the wound was aching.
Soldiers used this method to keep warm at night. After she learned it, she remembered to stuff a few hot stones into the blanket before going to bed every night.
Wrapped in the blanket, he felt a strong smell of blood still on his body, and cast a glance at her.
The long table between the blanket and the felt separates the two, but the bottom of the table is empty, and when the two lie down, they can see each other.
Yaoying was also looking at him, as if she smelled something, she frowned, lay down and fell asleep without saying a word.
Usually, she would talk to him a few words, ask him if he had a late-night snack, and ask him about marching to fight the enemy and conquering the enemy, but today she didn't ask anything.
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Tamara had a dream, and the scenes of the Avici Hell in the Ksitigarbha Sutra flashed one by one, the black smoke dispersed, the ghosts howled, and the flesh and blood flew.
During his walk, he held the beads and walked slowly but calmly.
In the dream, a skeleton swung iron caltrops towards him, he raised his hand to block, and grabbed the opponent's wrist.
The skeleton suddenly transformed into a beautiful woman, fell into his arms, raised his arms and hugged his neck, with a smile on his face, charming eyes, and softly called: "Mage."
Soft in the palm.
Tamara opened his eyes and met a pair of bright eyes, the palm of his hand felt delicate and smooth.
He woke up and found himself holding Yaoying's wrist.
And Yaoying lay face down on his chest, trying to break free of his hand.
The blanket on him was lifted, and she was directly pressed into his arms. Even after a few layers of clothes, she could feel it...
Tamara was stunned for a moment.
Yaoying knew that he was awake and called him softly: "General, you grab my hand..."
Tamaroka regained his senses and let go.
Yaoying tried to get up with her hands on her hands, and after a long struggle, she slammed onto Tan Moraga's chest again, her posture stiff.
Tamara looked at her with cold eyes.
The two met their eyes and looked at each other for a while, Yaoying smiled awkwardly, "I seem to be stuck..."
She moved, and the scroll on the long case made a vibrating sound.
Tan Moraga glanced at the book case, the two were separated by a book case, she was probably afraid of the cold, and wanted to look directly at him from under the several cases, but she got stuck and couldn't move, so she could only lie down on him body.
Like a turtle drawn in a book.
Tamara didn't say anything for a long time, but Yaoying didn't feel embarrassed. She lay down on top of him and rested for a while, and whispered, "General, don't move, I'll climb out from here."
I just went through a battle during the day, and I have to face a few big battles in the future... But at this moment, Tamaroka seemed to have forgotten those things, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"Don't move, I'll get up."
He said softly, raised his hand to hold Yaoying's shoulder, and slowly sat up. She was lying on his chest, but now she was lying in his arms. He hugged her, pulled away and squeezed into a ball The felt and blanket under the table, her legs were entangled, so she was in a dilemma.
Feeling the pressure on her legs lightened, Yaoying quickly crawled out from under the table, grabbed the felt blanket and wrapped herself. She was afraid that if she stood up forcibly, she would overturn the bookcase, she wanted to try to undo the blanket, her upper body was exposed, and her body was cold.
Tan Mo Luojia moved the bookcase back to its original position and looked up at Yaoying.
Yaoying lay down wrapped in a felt blanket and explained her actions in a low voice: "The general is injured. I heard you trembling in a dream just now. I am afraid that something will happen to you, and I want to see your injury..."
She lifted his blanket to see if he was wet with sweat, but he grabbed his wrist, and when struggling, his legs were entangled in the blanket, and got stuck under the table. He pressed hard on his hands, and she lay on him. on the chest.
Now she knew that he was dry, not sweaty, just cold, only a little warm in his chest.
Tamaroka lay back on the blanket.
"How did the princess know that I was injured?"
Yaoying said: "when you just came back, I smelled the smell of wound medicine. You are injured, you need to rest more. I shouldn't wake you up. General, go to sleep."
Tamara Gay hummed.
She didn't talk to him because she was afraid of disturbing him to rest and recover.