Jiaohua

Chapter 676 Still Heartbeat (One more)
Passing through the trench fortifications and rushing all the way to Nagano, the hillside is wide, and wolves howl everywhere. Du Xuan proposes to take a rest, but Shen Lie refuses.

It was not until the Daqiu Lake in Huazhou, after crossing half of the Daqiu Lake along the still quaint long bamboo bridge, that Shen Lie let them stop and rest for half an hour.

The lakeside was cold at night, and the moisture was blown by the huge evening wind, attacking the people on the shore.

Ji Xiahe got out of the carriage with a pot of cold wine, and on the grass, everyone was sleeping and eating, some couldn't sleep, and sat there looking at the big lake.

Ji Xiahe stopped and looked at them. No matter what they did, these men maintained a high degree of quietness and orderliness, which was completely different from the soldier from the Autumn Rain Camp led by Vice General Lin when he fled from Guangzhao.

The soldiers in the Autumn Rain Camp were also quiet. The soldiers trained in the regular barracks were not bad in terms of discipline.

But there is the most intuitive difference between those soldiers and the men in front of them.

To be specific, Ji Xiahe couldn't tell, during these days, he either stayed with Mrs. Sun, or went to find Shen Lie, Du Xuan and Dai Yu. The rest of them, including Zhai Jinsheng, didn't say more than ten sentences in total.

The only thing Ji Xiahe knew about them was that these men were not Shen Lie's subordinates in the true sense, but members of the Guo family.

But as for the hidden guards trained by the Guo family, he has never seen them before. The training of the dark guards by the family is indeed very strict, but no matter how high the quality is, it is difficult to compete with regular soldiers who have killed people and have been on the battlefield. Let's compare.

But these people are able to compare with those regular troops.

Everything seems to point to Jiangzhou Youhu again.

Shen Lie was talking to Du Xuan, Di Jinsheng and the others, but Ji Xiahe didn't go over immediately, and he didn't walk until the men beside Shen Lie had finished walking.

Shen Lie sat on a low rock, looking at the terrain map in his hand with the faint candlelight, and turned around when he heard the movement, Ji Xiahe shook the jug: "This situation is really suitable for a drink."

Shen Lie, who had been tense for a day, smiled slightly, looked back at the map, and said lightly: "You drink."

Ji Xiahe sat down beside him, opened the jug, and a refreshing scent of wine overflowed.

"It smells so good," Ji Xiahe took a sniff, and looked at Shen Lie, "I really don't want to drink it? A sip of it will make you ambitious."

"I'm not fit to drink."

"Then I owe it to you. When the world is peaceful in the future, let's find an elegant garden, enjoy the flowers and the moon, and sing to the wine."

Shen Lie nodded, but didn't answer.

Ji Xiahe smiled again, raised his hand and took a sip.

Looking from the lake to the distance, there is no wilderness under the moonlight, only the sparkling lake, huge and cold.

The shore of Daqiu Lake was originally a scenic spot in Huazhou. The shores of several major lakes are bustling with tourists and canopies.

If the spring is free, the sons and daughters of Huazhou will rent painting boats and cruise on the lake, and sing songs with the mountains and rivers.

Ji Xiahe had never been in the past before, but the poems and songs published here are too many to be passed down through the world, and there are so many suave and suave sons and buddies who can't memorize a few poems.

"I don't know who the group of people I ran into today is." Ji Xiahe looked back at Shen Lie, "The fortification and war preparation of more than 1000 people is not a joke. In the entire Huazhou, no one has such a large force concentrated together .Also, we went straight south after passing through the fortification, but I lifted the curtain on the carriage and saw sporadic lights under the sky in the east, which is the barracks.”

"I also saw that the opponent has no less than [-] troops."

"How do you think the opponent's skills are when you fight?"

Shen Lie paused slightly, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he didn't answer.

"Chihiko?"

After a while, Shen Lie said indifferently: "When you talk about skills, I suddenly feel a little familiar."

"Oh? Have you fought?"

"No, it's their fighting style and spear skills." Shen Lie turned his head, his black eyes fell on the spear he put aside.

It is difficult to remember, the situation was chaotic, and many details were ignored.

But he definitely has this sense of familiarity, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger. There is a name in his throat, but he can't say it.

"You haven't fought many regular soldiers, have you?" Ji Xiahe said.

"Regular soldier..." Shen Lie paused, "I know who it is."

"Who?"

"Maybe Li Gan's soldiers and horses."

Back then, the battle where galloping horses led her straight to intercept Li Ju was a life-and-death battle, but it was hearty. Shen Lie never felt that he was thirsty for a fight, but that battle was really enjoyable and vivid in memory.

Thinking back carefully, the opponent's move tonight, the parry and small-scale formation when the crisis is approaching, are indeed similar to those soldiers back then.

"Those people are Li Gan's soldiers?" Ji Xiahe was surprised.

"Not necessarily, but very likely." Shen Lie said.

"No, Huazhou is not only divided, but also a place of four wars. If there is no absolute overwhelming strength, who would dare to swallow it and break this balance?"

Shen Lie's eyes walked around the map, and finally landed on Shuangpo Gorge.

"Here." Shen Lie pointed.

Ji Xiahe followed his eyes: "Shuangpo Gorge."

"If they want to stop us, either Shuangpo Gorge, or Guozhuang Jiangkou and Puluwu," Shen Lie said, "There are many villages in Puluwu, and judging by our unwillingness to cause trouble tonight, they definitely think we won't go Puluwu."

"Then go to Puluwu?" Ji Xiahe looked at the map, "Wait until you get back to Drunk Deer before you come out, and you will have time to meet them."

"It's too late," Shen Lie shook his head, "I won't come to Huazhou again."

"Eh?" Ji Xiahe raised his eyebrows, "It's very likely that this is Li Ju's soldier, aren't you tempted?"

"...Why am I moved?"

The smile on Ji Xiahe's face became meaningful, and he raised the jug in his hand and took a sniff: "It's thanks to the fragrance of the wine now, otherwise I will smell the elegant and refreshing fragrance on your body again. You took it out today for the first time. How many times?"

Shen Lie's handsome face was slightly red, but he couldn't help pulling the corners of his lips lightly, and raised a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"According to me, if you really like those spices, you can just take them out and ask Du Xuan to study them and come up with a recipe, or burn them directly in a small stove to smoke clothes and people. Don't take them out and stare at a small wooden box every day. I just stared stupidly. Besides, seeing things and thinking about people is worse than seeing people directly. That Miss Xia hates Li Shi. If you can eat these soldiers and horses of Li Gan right now, don’t you just have a reason to go to her? Holding this A bunch of military achievements came to her, and said to her in high spirits, look, A Li, I have avenged you! Maybe when Miss Xia is happy, she can give you a few more wooden boxes for you to see enough, haha Ha ha……"

Shen Lie was amused by him, and didn't want to be made fun of by him, but couldn't help it, and took out the small box from the satin bag on his waist, and looked deeply at it.

Under the moonlight, the black wooden long box is delicate and elegant, and the cold night breeze gently blows, and the fragrance is wafting.

It was so late at night, she should be sleeping soundly in her dream now.

Every time I see this box, I can always recall the smile when she handed it to me.

"It smells so good," Ji Xiahe joked, "Is it the wind? Or the heart?"

"It's her eyebrows that are moving." Shen Lie smiled lightly.

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