Hearing He Changdi's cold voice, Xiao Hongyu immediately hid behind Zhang Mai and faltered.
Xiaowei Guo sat on the wooden chair behind the young couple. The camp tent was simple and there were no extra chairs at all. He Changdi could only stand aside when he walked to the few people.
Captain Guo smiled, and took a meaningful look at the embroidered blanket on He Changdi's bed that was extremely incompatible with the man's taste, then patted the neatly stacked mattress on the small table next to him, and shook his head, "I'm still worried about Zixiang Sleeping on such a cold bed all day is not good for your health, so I asked the general for a mattress, it seems that I won't need it."
After finishing speaking, he threw the mat to Xiao Hongyu, "It's cheap for you boy!"
Xiao Hongyu laughed but didn't accept it, but instead stuffed it into Zhang Mai's arms, "Brother Zhang has a dark wound on his body, and he can't stand the cold. I'm young, so I can live through the winter with the blanket that Brother He gave me." .”
The northern border is cold and the temperature is extremely low. Although Guo Xiaowei and Zhang Mai are only in their thirties, they look strong and strong in armor. In fact, years of military career have already left traces on them.
When it comes to rainy days or such a cold winter, the problem will show up.
The supplies from the imperial court could not be transported in, not only food, but also the cotton-padded quilts for winter in the army. The reason why General Qian met Chu Lian in person was not only for the empress dowager's sake, but also because Chu Lian sent them Those winter supplies are really a timely help.
Many small soldiers in the army do not have quilts at all, and all the bunks in the camp are made of hay. This is also the reason why Xiaowei Guo asked for a quilt and asked for General Qian.
If this is another place, if there is a lack of supplies, you can still go to the people to recruit, but the northern border does not even have people to recruit, it is almost an empty city, and it is even more difficult to rely on these frontier troops to garrison.
In the end, the mattress that Xiaowei Guo brought was given to Zhang Mai after all.
Guo Xiaowei glanced at the burden He Changdi was carrying, and smiled, "Look at the stickiness of your little couple, I miss my old wife a little bit, and I don't know how she and her children are doing in the capital. "
Both water and land routes were blocked by heavy snow, and letters from the customs could not be sent in at all. Even the generals like Guo Xiaowei and the others had not received a letter from home for a month or two.
Guo Xiaowei's words made the originally lively camp quiet down.
He Sanlang also paused, thinking of his grandmother who was still in Shengjing and his sick mother.
In the end, Xiaowei Guo found that the atmosphere was not right, and interrupted: "Okay, what are you thinking about each one? The 40,000 to 50,000 brothers in the northern border are all suffering from the same disease. If everyone is as dejected as you are, this picture is muddled." The soldiers still fight or not."
Xiao Hongyu rolled her eyes and muttered, "I don't know who mentioned it first..."
"I said, Xiao Hongyu, are you itchy? Are you looking for hate? Hey, look at my temper!" Captain Guo stood up and was about to give Xiao Hongyu two steel coins.
This laughter only diluted the sad atmosphere just now.
He Changdi stood aside and said suddenly: "Brother Guo, the Tuhun army has stopped attacking by force in the past few days."
This seems to be a good signal, as if the Tuhun soldiers were scared of being beaten. He Changdi could clearly feel that the Tuhun soldiers no longer had a direct conflict with them when they were fighting on the front line a few days ago. Harassment, like deliberately delaying time with them.
Captain Guo and the others frowned.
Guo Xiaowei tapped the small table with one hand, and asked for a moment: "Zixiang, what do you think they want to do?"
Although He Changdi's face was like a jade crown, his expression was very stern, "They are deliberately delaying, I'm afraid they already know about our lack of reserves."
Captain Guo was shocked.
Once the situation of the frontier army is found out by the enemy, and the supplies from the Guanzhong side cannot be delivered, they will be the bastards who have entered the urn, and they will have to wait to die.
At that time, the Tuhun people will be able to directly capture tens of thousands of frontier soldiers without wasting a single soldier.
After all, not everyone can survive the suffering of hunger and die for the country.
Captain Guo stood up anxiously. He walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, feeling agitated.
After a while, he raised his sharp eyes and glanced at the people in the tent, "Talk, I'll talk to the general, remember, keep your mouths tight!"
In fact, Captain Guo is not worried about these brothers. After all, they are brothers who live and die, but they should be warned.
Captain Guo took his cloak and hurried to the entrance of the tent, then suddenly turned his head and said to He Changdi: "Zi Xiang, General Sima sent two people to you to deal with in the evening, you go to the next tent and have a look."
After speaking, he lifted the curtain and left.
The situation became so severe in an instant, and the brothers lost the mood to chat, so Zhang Mai said hello and returned to his tent with the bedding in his arms.
He Changdi recruited the soldiers guarding the camp outside to ask a few questions, and then asked the two female soldiers to be sent back. At this time, he didn't want to care about Sima Hui's affairs at all, and he didn't even want to have anything to do with her.
When returning to the tent, Xiao Hongyu approached with a gossipy face, "Brother He, what's the matter, how did you deal with those two female soldiers? I took a look earlier, and one of them looks pretty good."
He Sanlang glanced at him lightly, "Send it back."
"What! Brother He, the fat is flying off your mouth!"
"Do you have any other ideas?"
Xiao Hongyu patted her round black head foolishly, "Brother He, you have a sister-in-law. I don't have a wife yet!"
He Changdi snorted, "If you want someone, go find General Sima yourself."
Xiao Hongyu froze, "Go beg that tomboy, forget it, I'll stay single!"
"It's good that you have self-knowledge!"
Xiao Hongyu was thrown into the dust in an instant, paralyzed on the bed and had nothing to love.
Only at this time did He Changdi have time to open the package sent by Wenqing.
Xiao Hongyu watched He Sanlang untie the bag closely, ready to snatch the delicious food inside at any time.
It's a pity that he was disappointed this time. The luggage contained only some clothes for daily use, and there was also an exquisite wooden box.
Seeing that the small pear blossom wooden box was rare, Xiao Hongyu rushed over curiously, "Brother He, quickly open it and see what good things are inside."
He Changdi picked up the wooden box with his slender fingers. The pear-blossom wooden box is exquisite and small, with black paint on the surface and engraved patterns of official luck and prosperity. Even a box is so exquisitely made, not to mention the things inside!
He Sanlang was a little dazed, he stared at the wooden box with a pair of deep eyes, as if he was looking at something else through the wooden box in front of him.
He had seen this thing in his previous life, not only had he seen it, but he was too familiar with it.
He didn't need to open it to know what was inside.
Hetian Qingyu's thumb, the one on Xiao Bojian's thumb in the past, is a pair with the one that Chu Lian often wears.
Now, it's in his hands!