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Both Tang Yan and Chu Lian were worried. They heard that it was snowing at Tianjing Port. If the snow continued to fall, the official road leading to Liangzhou would be covered by ice and snow in less than two days. At that time, the entire Liangzhou City will become an isolated city. There will be no supplies, and the Tuhun people will not need to deliberately attack. I am afraid that the frontier army in the north will starve to death if it is left alone for three months.
Tang Yan has already sent people to Sucheng to inquire about the situation, so there is no need to think about the road in the Yueqin Mountains, the heavy snow has already blocked the road, neither food nor reinforcements can enter.
One day at the end of November, Chu Lian's foot injury was mostly healed. On this day, accompanied by Tang Yan and others, she took a small amount of supplies from Shengjing to the frontier barracks to comfort the soldiers.
The time had already been communicated with He Sanlang, so Chu Lian set off in a carriage early this morning.
What Chu Lian went to was not the front line, but the reserve barracks, so there was no danger.
It was still snowing lightly at the frontier barracks that arrived before noon, because Chu Lian held the Queen Mother's order in his hand, and it was General Qian himself who received her.
Because there are rough men in the barracks, General Qian specially borrowed a group of women's soldiers from Sima Hui to receive Chu Lian.
It was the coldest winter in the north, and when Chu Lian was helped down from the carriage by Wen Lan, his whole body was wrapped like a ball.
She was covered with a large squirrel fur coat, and she was holding a warm hand stove in the fluffy sleeves in her hand. Most of her small face was covered by a hood, only a pair of clear almond eyes were exposed. , because the leg injury has just recovered, so walking is slower than ordinary people, and the awkward posture is a bit funny.
When Xiaoyan, Sima Hui's female adjutant, saw the third grandma of the He family, a sneer was suppressed from the corner of her mouth.
She was disdainful in her heart, with such a stupid appearance, no wonder the handsome He Sanlang looked down on her.
I heard he is still a country gentleman
I don't know if he is asking for a reward from some noble person to make face, this old lady of the He Mansion is really well-intentioned.
The female adjutant winked at the maids in uniform, and the leading maid nodded and hurriedly followed Chu Lian's team.
Guo Xiaowei was the first to greet him when he entered the camp.
Introduced by Tang Yan, Chu Lian slightly squatted down to salute Guo Xiaowei.
Guo Xiaowei looked Chu Lian up and down a few times, and then said cheerfully: "Zixiang should have come here in person today, but he went to the front line yesterday and is not in the camp at this time, so the matter of picking up people is just It fell on the shoulders of the old brother, and please forgive Master Tang and younger siblings."
Chu Lian shook her head with a smile, "Brother Guo is so ignorant. Husband has just joined the army. These days, I have to thank Brother Guo for taking care of me!"
As he spoke, he asked Wen Lan to deliver a small indigo-blue package.
"They are all snacks, please accept them with a smile, Brother Guo."
Guo Xiaowei had a good impression of the clear-eyed and generous new younger brother and sister in front of him. He took the things from Chu Lian with both hands, and put them away with a smile.
"Master Tang and Mr. Xiang rest in these two camps first, and I will report to the general now."
Tang Yan bowed to Captain Guo, "Thank you, Captain Guo."
Chu Lian was led into the tent on the left by the accompanying female soldiers, and Tang Yan went to another tent because he was a man.
The camp was covered with thick fur and burnt charcoal pots, it was much warmer than the outside. Although the interior layout was simple, the items placed there were all good.
There is a Meilan screen in the middle of the tent, and a simple narrow bed is placed behind the screen. Two sets of plain clothes are neatly stacked on the small table beside the bed, and a pair of buckskin boots are placed on the carpet next to it.
Although the boots are inlaid with iron sheets, you can tell at a glance that they are women's shoes by looking at the size.
Chu Lian's expression moved slightly. This is probably the tent of the female general Sima mentioned in the book.
Chu Lian opened her eyes and looked around curiously. It was the first time she had seen a female general's tent, but except that the items placed in the tent were more delicate and the layout was warmer, everything else was no different from ordinary tents. When I got here, I thought of He Changdi again, and wondered what his camp looked like.
Chu Lian decided to ask Xiaowei Guo to take him to have a look after the official business was done. After thinking about it, for some reason, he felt a little bit of secret joy in his heart.
Wenqing Wenlan who was accompanying her was not as relaxed as Chu Lian.
They also looked at the tent in front of them like Chu Lian did, and asked the master of the Green Gang to take off the squirrel fur coat he was wearing and put it on the wooden chair next to him, and took out the hand stove in Chu Lian's hand and replaced it with charcoal. When Wenqing was doing these things, she always felt that the woman in military uniform behind her was full of hostility towards her master.
Wen Lan carefully touched her sister nervously, and asked Wen Qing with her eyes, why are there so many women in the barracks
Wen Qing shook his head towards her, glanced at her hands, telling her not to be distracted, and to do things for the third grandma seriously.
Xiaoyan stood aside, her figure was similar to Sima Hui's, she was a tall woman, but she was thinner than Sima Hui, because she had been honed in the military camp for a long time, she had a majesty that ordinary women didn't have on her body. On the side, condescendingly looking down at the delicate woman sitting next to her, although her tone was flat, there was an unintentional sense of superiority.
"My subordinates greeted Mr. Jinyi on behalf of the general. Presumably the Mr. Xiang already knew that our general led most of the right-wing troops to the front line yesterday, and Captain He was among them. Today, I can only entertain Mr. Xiang on behalf of the general. Don't blame me, Mr. Xiang."
After Xiaoyan finished speaking, she took the teacup from the maid beside her, and held it to the small table in front of Chu Lian with both hands.
When Wen Qing heard the words of the female adjutant in front of her, her brows tightened, and she quickly looked at her mistress worriedly.
Chu Lian looked back from the surrounding arrangement, she blinked, looked up at the adjutant who had just spoken, then smiled slightly, and said politely: "General Sima, you are polite."
Xiaoyan has been staring at the immature face of the third grandma of the He Mansion in front of her. After hearing what she said, she didn't respond at all. What does this mean? I didn't see the faces of the two maids beside her were so heavy that they could drip water Here we come!
Xiaoyan's complexion was a little ugly, she could only twitch the corners of her mouth as hard as she could, "It's fine that the Lord doesn't blame me."
Chu Lian smiled again, and took the hand stove that had been replaced with charcoal fire from Wenqing. She looked at Wenlan beside her, and said softly, "I'm a little thirsty."
Wen Lan quickly took out a small copper pot wrapped in a cloth towel from the small package she carried with her, took out a porcelain cup, and poured Chu Lian a cup of steaming honey water.
Xiaoyan looked at the actions of the master and servant in front of her, and there was contempt in her eyes. She lived in Sima's house since she was a child, and she had never seen any kind of fine clothes and fine food. It is ordinary honey water.
She couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty may not know that what your subordinates serve to you is tea made from Zhengshan Xiaochabing. This tea is what our generals often drink."