Chu Lian was so frightened by such an abnormal He Changdi that he subconsciously picked up the teacup beside him and threw it at him. He Changdi fell to the ground with a muffled groan, and Chu Lian ran over in a panic. After trying his breath, he found that he was out of breath...
Chu Lian screamed suddenly and sat up from the bed in fright.
Wenqing heard the voice in the inner room, got up and opened the door to go in.
Seeing Chu Lian sitting on the bed blankly, gasping for breath with his hands on the mattress, Wen Qing was startled.
She walked to the bed and asked anxiously, "Third Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Lian didn't expect to wake up Wenqing who was sleeping outside, thinking of the scene in the dream, she shook her hand in embarrassment, "It's okay, it's just a dream."
Wen Qing saw that the third grandma seemed to be frightened like this. She touched Chu Lian's forehead and found that it was covered with fine sweat. She took a pillow for Chu Lian and put it on the head of the bed. Qing reassured: "The third grandma must have been frightened in the past two days, please rest for a while, and the servant will serve you a bowl of sweet soup."
Chu Lian nodded, thinking about the dream just now, she still had lingering fears in her heart, so she quickly diverted her thoughts and stopped thinking about it.
He Changdi braved the cold winter night and led his subordinates back to the northern frontier barracks outside Liangzhou City overnight.
Even though it was the early morning of winter with howling cold wind, the commander's tent in the barracks was still brightly lit.
General Qian Da, the supreme commander of the northern frontier army, sat on the main seat with a sullen face, and the senior commanders of the frontier army sat on both sides below him, including Captain Guo.
There was the sound of reining in the horse outside the tent, followed by a burst of chaotic footsteps, the wind-shielding felt curtain was lifted from the outside by the soldiers, and the next moment, a slender bearded man with five flowers tied up was escorted in. Who!
As soon as he entered the tent, General Qian yelled at his head and face: "He Sanlang, you are quite courageous! You have not learned the art of war, but you have learned a lot about your stubborn temper! Pull out and hit thirty army sticks before you bring it in. Ask!"
Xiao Hongyu, who followed in, turned pale, and looked to Xiaowei Guo at the side for help.
Xiaowei Guo hurriedly shook his head at him, signaling him not to talk too much.
How can Xiao Hongyu not keep his mouth shut, brother He's body is still poisonous, the thirty army sticks will kill half of his life, and there will be a war later, how can he fight if he drags half his life away!
"General, please slow down, the subordinates have information to report."
General Qian sneered, glanced at He Changdi, and then his eyes fell on Xiao Hongyu who was talking, "Oh, He Sanlang, you have a lot of ability. You only came to the military camp these days, and you even handed over your life and death brothers. Which camp? Yes, report your name first, if you let me know that what you said is useless, you will be punished like He Sanlang!"
Xiao Hongyu's forehead was sweating profusely, so he could only bite the bullet at this time.
Obediently reporting the tent, General Qian gave Colonel Guo a half-smile and said, "Xiao Guo, you're doing well, it's all from you."
Xiaowei Guo's scalp felt numb after hearing this, and he wished he could kill the two bastards who caused trouble right now.
Xiao Hongyu then truthfully reported the barbarians, the Tuhun people's sneak attack and He Sanlang's poisoning. After speaking, she bowed her head and knelt obediently, waiting for punishment.
After hearing this, General Qian's face changed greatly, "What are you talking about, Tuhun soldiers have sneaked into the hinterland of my Dawu!"
The Tuhun people will definitely not appear in that forest for no reason, what is driving them.
General Qian frowned tightly with his thick eyebrows, thought for a moment, and waved someone to bring He Changdi in for a clear question.
In the end, under Guo Xiaowei's plea, He Changdi was fined twenty-five army sticks, and Xiao Hongyu was fined ten army sticks.
This was an opportunity for General Qian to give He Changdi a chance to make meritorious deeds. At this time, the frontier army was employing people. Otherwise, Lu Guogong, who is known for his strict military management, would not let them go so easily. He even discounted the legs of his nephew, let alone He Changdi and others.
In the past two days, the Tuhun soldiers stopped their sneak attacks and sieges, giving the northern frontier army a moment to breathe. The injured He Sanlang and Xiao Hongyu were carried into the big tent and settled down for the time being.
As soon as the two lay down, Guo Xiaowei and Zhang Mai entered the tent.
Captain Guo stood beside the crude wooden bed, looking down at He Changdi, "What's the matter? Your wife has come to the border?"
He Sanlang was taken aback, he didn't expect Captain Guo to ask him this question suddenly, he raised his head and glanced at the former superior officer, and answered softly.
Captain Guo laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said: "You boy, these twenty army sticks are not wronged."
Xiao Hongyu, who was lying on the small bed beside him, couldn't help interjecting: "Captain, brother Zhang, I saw my sister-in-law this time, don't look at our He Sanlang with a big beard and slovenly appearance, my sister-in-law is really good-looking! Damn it!" A flower stuck in cow dung, how could I not have such luck."
One sentence made He Changdi's face black. I never thought that He Sanlang, a well-known handsome man in Beijing, would one day be compared to cow dung...
He Changdi's face became more and more stiff, and finally, in order to prevent these people in the camp from saying anything shocking, he reached out and picked up a package from the side and threw it over.
Zhang Mai caught it and opened it, and when he saw the beef jerky inside, his eyes almost popped out.
"You boy, you are really lucky. The northern border is not safe. Tell your family to protect your sister-in-law." Zhang Maibian couldn't wait to tear off the oily paper wrapping the beef jerky and said.
He Changdi sternly said, "Brother Zhang, you are a round older than me, so it's probably inappropriate to call Hongyu my sister-in-law too!"
Zhang Mai has an old face that has been practiced in the military camp for a long time. He didn't care about He Changdi's non-painful and stinging words. should."
Guo Xiaowei and Zhang Mai sat next to He Changdi's bed together, chewing on the oily paper bag found in the package.
Xiao Hongyu's eyes were sharp, her brows frowned, and she suddenly thought of the scene she saw when she was carried into the army tent by the soldiers.
"Brother Guo, am I dazzled? Why did I see a woman when I was brought in?"
When Xiao Hongyu asked, Guo Xiaowei and Zhang Mai, who had been devouring food, suddenly stopped their movements, showing constipated faces, as if they had swallowed a few catties of flies...
"She..." Xiaowei Guo scratched his head and didn't know how to explain it. The female general only came to the barracks in the past two days, and she was also highly valued by General Qian.
Seeing that Xiaowei Guo was stupid and didn't know how to speak, Zhang Mai simply took over the conversation and said, "Zixiang, Hongyu, you should know about the Sima family, right?"
Or He Changdi, who has lived in the upper circles of Shengjing all year round, knows better.
"Shandong rich family?"
Zhang Mai nodded and continued: "The Sima family in Shandong has been passed down for thousands of years, and the earliest can be traced back to Daxia. In the recent previous dynasty, the Sima family also had many clansmen who were active in the court. Later, when the new dynasty was established, the Sima family in Shandong gradually Withdrew from the government. Some people say that the Sima family's semi-retirement is because the outstanding children of the clan have sacrificed too much in the change of dynasty, and some people say that the Sima family does not want to be beautiful in the forest, so they live in seclusion to avoid the edge."
Speaking of this, Zhang Mai paused before continuing: "The female general you saw today is named Sima Hui, who is from a collateral branch of the Sima family. You may not know the name, but if Sima Feng is mentioned, You must have an impression, right?"
Xiao Hongyu hurriedly said: "Of course I know, Sima Feng was a famous frontier guard in the past, but unfortunately he was betrayed by his closest adjutant and died under the iron hooves of the Russians. He died with hatred."
Zhang Mai nodded, "This Sima Hui in our barracks is Sima Feng's direct granddaughter."
Xiao Hongyu opened her mouth in shock.
"She is actually a descendant of General Sima!"
"As far as I know, the direct lineage of the Sima family does not support Sima Feng, and even has conflicts with Sima Feng's lineage. All males in Sima Feng's family join the army. Most of their nephews and nephews died in the battlefield. In Sima Hui's generation, There were old, weak, women and children left in the family. Sima Hui grew up in the army, and despite the opposition of her elders, she resolutely joined the army. This time, she was the one who led the Shandong soldiers to support."
Xiao Hongyu blushed a little, "So this little girl is so powerful... I underestimated her."
Although He Changdi looked calm, he was thinking about something in his heart: He did not participate in the battle between the northern frontier army and Tuhun in the previous life, and he never heard of Sima Hui afterwards. Is this something wrong, or is it part of it? Another secret
Captain Guo snorted coldly, "Don't look at her as a woman, but she is a strong soldier in the army. That girl has led the army for five or six years, but you are more experienced than this green-headed donkey. The general treats her very well." reuse."
Zhang Mai suddenly laughed wretchedly, "The most important thing is that General Sima has set up a female barracks under the battalion, and there are hundreds of female soldiers!"
Hearing this sentence, Xiao Hongyu's eyes almost popped out, "What! Female soldiers? Can women serve as soldiers too? It can't be... hehe..."
Guo Xiaowei slapped Xiao Hongyu on the back of the head, "General Sima's female barracks was set up by the emperor himself, don't be full of dirty thoughts all day long, if in the battle with Tuhunbing, lose to If you kill those female soldiers, I will directly break your legs!"
Xiao Hongyu shrank her neck after being taught a lesson.
Captain Guo gave Xiao Hongyu another hard look, and his eyes fell on He Changdi, "There is one more thing, the general asked you and Hongyu to investigate the incident of encountering Tuhun soldiers in the mountains and forests before, this matter is secret , you can only investigate secretly, and you can’t leave the barracks too many times.”
He Sanlang was a little surprised, he didn't expect that General Qian would hand over this matter to him. It seems that he was in command before, and what General Qian did was just for outsiders to see.
Captain Guo and Zhang Mai stayed with He Sanlang for half an hour, and before leaving, they took away half of the food that Chu Lian had brought to He Sanlang.
Xiao Hongyu lay on the bed next to her, gloating, "Hey, Brother He, fortunately, I was prepared, and I hid all the food my sister-in-law brought me."