Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 145 Retreat
After several months of trekking, he finally arrived at the junction of Nanchu and Beishuo. To Qi Ze's surprise, Jiang Yu didn't complain about the hardships of the trek.On the contrary, on the way towards the border, I was more excited than anyone else, and sang folk songs from time to time.

Although Jiang Lu's singing level is really not very good, it is very rare in this increasingly desolate border area.The hearty and free and easy singing also added a bit of popularity to this barren place, and by the way boosted the morale of the soldiers.

Because the soldiers knew that this time they were going to fight against the powerful Beishuo, and this time the newly named general Linwei was still a civilian without any combat experience.Although I don't know why the imperial court sent a civil servant to fight, I vaguely guessed that the military generals were afraid to fight the enemy because they were afraid.

The general was scared, so wouldn't the soldiers panic even more?

So on the way Qi Ze led the soldiers to the border, many soldiers were crying, fearing that they would die on the battlefield, and there was a sense of despair everywhere.Some soldiers even wanted to be lazy on the road and delay their journey, but seeing the new General Lin Wei with a cold face all day long, he was not easy to mess with at first glance, so few of them dared.

Seeing the low morale, Qi Ze wanted to find a way to boost morale.When he was struggling with no good solution, Jiang Lu began to cheer and sing loudly, breaking the silence and despair abruptly.

Originally, the soldiers didn't want to pay attention to Jiang Lu, but Jiang Lu was lively and active, and it was the first time he came to the border. Everything he saw was very novel, so he ran around and chatted with the soldiers when he had nothing to do. .

He also mingles with the soldiers from time to time, often talking around the fire that Qi Ze is very good at martial arts, and he is familiar with military books.After all, they didn't see it with their own eyes. Most of the soldiers just listened to it. Only a small number of young soldiers believed Jiang Lu's words.

Although you can't believe what others say, but seeing Qi Ze not talking all day, his temperament is extremely outstanding, and sometimes he will shoot down a few wild geese with arrows to improve the food.The wild geese flew very high, but Qi Ze shot out three arrows without blinking, and the arrows were shot without missing a beat. The martial arts were indeed very strong, as powerful as Jiang Lu said.

Jiang Lu has an open-minded and free-spirited personality. He is already very likable. At the same time, he often eats meat and drinks in large bowls. He does not have the arrogance of a noble son in the capital.This approachable personality is more to the taste of the soldiers, so many soldiers like to deal with Jiang Lu.

Some young soldiers were also led by Jiang Lu to run around. They were a little scared when they saw the unsmiling Qi Ze, lest they would be said to be disrupting the military regulations.But seeing that Qi Ze ignored all this and the management was not very strict, he boldly followed Jiang Lu to find other soldiers to play with.

This active atmosphere also attracted other soldiers, and there was no quiet atmosphere at the beginning.Every night, the big guys would gather around the fire and tell their own stories, as well as some interesting things that happened around them.

At this time, Jiang Lu's special session came, and every time he would tell the big guys how Qi Ze heroically went to Sihe City to resist the Western Wei people, and how he happily kicked Cao Wanzu, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry.Originally thought that Jiang Yu's eloquence was not very good, but who knew that when he talked about these things, he was very eloquent.

He was obviously not at the scene, but he spoke as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and the description was vivid. It is a pity that there is no storyteller in the teahouse with such good eloquence.Let many young soldiers look at Qi Ze with admiration every time, and often run over to call the general affectionately.

Originally, Qi Ze felt a little embarrassed when he heard Jiang Yu boasting about himself.And those young soldiers ran over and called his general with smiles on their faces, Qi Ze didn't know how to express his position for a while, looking at those little eyes full of love, he held back for a long time and only let out a "hmm".

Seeing this, the soldiers did not lose their admiration for Qi Ze. On the contrary, they scratched their heads in embarrassment when they heard Qi Ze's response.

Seeing the soldiers trust her and boost morale.Qi Ze let Jiang Lu play, and took out the topographic map of the border to study in his spare time.

Cang Zhu sees such a lively Jiang Lu, and he himself has an unstoppable temper.After finally coming out of the more depressing capital, I wanted to relax and ran to play with Jiang Lu.

But Zhu Yu's sentence "Don't forget, you are a hidden guard." completely dispelled Cang Zhu's idea of ​​playing, and said to Zhu Yu with a bitter face, "Yes, I am a hidden guard."

Zhu Yu: "..."

During the march, Jiang Lu had a great time, but it was a different scene in Dingjing.

Because Jiang Lu secretly followed Qi Ze to the battlefield, and because Qi Ze had just taken over the position of general and was busy with military affairs, he forgot to notify Jiang's family.

A few days after Jiang Lu left, Jiang Xun realized that he didn't see his worrying second son practicing martial arts with his master.At first, I thought that Jiang Yu was tired from practicing and lost his enthusiasm for martial arts, so he didn't take it to heart.After all, at Jiang Lu's age, he can do things in 3 minutes, and at the same time, he is secretly happy that his second son finally stopped practicing martial arts.

Just thinking about waiting for Jiang Yu to completely lose enthusiasm for martial arts, he will transfer Jiang Yu to the Imperial Academy, so that he can save himself from causing trouble everywhere.But he saw the martial arts master come over and said that he hadn't seen Jiang Yu in the past few days, not even in the room.

At this time, Jiang Xun realized the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly went to the Guozijian to ask Jiang Wen to see if Jiang Lu was in the Guozijian.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wen was stunned, and he also vaguely guessed that Jiang Lu might sneak out to follow Qi Ze to the battlefield.Because of the many affairs of the Imperial College these days, Jiang Wen has been resting in the Imperial College and did not return to the Jiang Mansion, so he did not know that Jiang Yu was not in the Jiang Mansion these days.

The two hurried to Jiang Lu's room, surrounded by all kinds of weapons. At the same time, there should have been a sharp sword, but it was empty at the moment, and the brand-new armor hanging on the wall was also empty. gone.Because Jiang Lu wanted to go to the battlefield very much, Jiang Xun also bought a set of armor for Jiang Lu in order to make him calm down.As a result, Jiang Lu liked it very much, and wiped it every day, and secretly bought weapons behind Jiang Xun's back, saying that it was to match this set of armor.

At the same time, there is also a long wooden ladder leaning against the wall of the back door. The two people who saw this situation basically knew that Jiang Lu had gone out to the battlefield secretly, but they still had a little fantasy expectation in their hearts, so they went to the Ministry of War to inquire. Zheng Shen.

In the end, Zheng Shen was also surprised, and said in disbelief: "Don't you guys know about Jiang Yu going to the border with Qi Shilang?"

At that time, Jiang Yu said that he had already told the Jiang family, and Zheng Shen did not doubt him.Besides, Qi Ze agreed, why would he meddle in this matter.

"I know what a fart." Jiang Xun, who usually pays most attention to his own image and upbringing, couldn't help but swear, even Jiang Wen and Zheng Shen were stunned on the spot.

Jiang Xun still didn't slow down after scolding people, and he clutched his chest so angry that he was about to pass out. Fortunately, Jiang Wen helped Jiang Xun from his back in time to avoid falling to the ground.

Before fainting, Jiang Xun stretched out his trembling fingers, gritted his teeth and cursed, "You son of a bitch."

After arriving at the cities captured by Beishuo's army, Qi Ze was a little surprised to hear the news of Cang Zhu's investigation.

Because the specific strength of Beishuo's army was not yet known, Qi Ze stationed his army in the city that Beishuo's army attacked, and stood by in the city closest to Nanchu's capital.

Originally thought that during the march, Beishuo's army had captured several cities, so Qi Ze kept hurrying up and inquiring about the specific situation at the border.

But everything was beyond Qi Ze's expectation. The news found out during the march was that Beishuo's army had been standing still, as if the news that the five cities had been taken away in the previous month was false.

At that time, Qi Ze thought it was because Nan Chu sent troops to fight, and Bei Shuo had some scruples, so he didn't dare to send troops.However, according to the information obtained by Cang Zhu, Beishuo's army remained on hold.Although he took away five cities in one go, it seems that he has stagnated because of this.

Although all the soldiers were guarding in front of the camp, they were really just guarding. They didn't have any training at ordinary times, as if they didn't come to fight.He usually drinks at night, and there is a relaxed atmosphere, and he is not afraid of Nan Chu's attack at this time.

Originally, he was afraid that Beishuo would play tricks, so Qi Ze followed the principle of waiting for the stalemate according to the principle that the enemy does not move and I do not move.After all, the strength of Beishuo's army is unquestionable, so it's better to be careful, and at the same time let Zhu Yu secretly search for a soldier talisman at the border.

Because Qi Ze had never fought a battle before, he could only use the most suitable formation method according to the tactics and terrain to conduct an attack first, so as to avoid Beishuo's army's deceit. He just pretended to be relaxed to confuse the public.

But the result of the trial was very gratifying. Beishuo's army really seemed to be trapped in a formation, and soon abandoned their armor and armor, and they were in disarray.This also boosted the morale of the Southern Chu soldiers and they all cheered.Jiang Lu, who was charging at the front, raised his fists and bare sleeves excitedly, with high fighting spirit.

Originally, Qi Ze didn't want Jiang Lu to be the forward, after all, she really couldn't explain to Jiang's family.But Jiang Lu insisted on being in the forward team, and went to Qi Ze's camp several times to cry and beg, and knelt down and hugged Qi Ze's thigh at every turn, even Zhu Yu Cang Zhu couldn't stop her.

So Qi Ze had no choice but to put Jiang Lu in the forward team, and when she went to kill the enemy, she stood by and protected to avoid accidents.But Qi Ze is still at ease about Jiang Lu's martial arts, after all, he taught them by himself, and he also knows that Jiang Lu's martial arts are more than enough to deal with these Beishuo people.Otherwise, no matter how much Jiang Lu begged her, she would not dare to let Jiang Lu come over.

Because Qi Ze is a general, he naturally has a tent for one person, and it is also convenient to hide the identity of a woman, so I wish Yu Cangzhu to stay in front of the tent.Everyone knows that General Linwei has a cold personality and doesn't like to be disturbed.If there is something, I will tell Zhu Yu Cang Zhu, and I wish Yu Cang Zhu will pass it to Qi Ze after entering the account.

Originally, Qi Ze planned to arrange a camp for Jiang Lu alone. After all, the conditions at the border are harsh, and most of the food and clothing are raw and cold, so he was afraid that Jiang Lu would not be used to it.But Jiang Lu waved his hand to say no, and went directly to the soldiers' public camp to eat and live together, feeling very happy.

Seeing this, Qi Ze followed him.

Because the first trial attack worked well, and after that, Bei Shuo still had no intention of sending troops to attack.This can't help but make Qi Ze a little puzzled. It's really not a problem to be in such a stalemate, so he started to use some suitable tactics to send a large number of troops from Nanchu to attack on a large scale.

The result surprised even Qi Ze, he actually won.That's right, the first city was taken back in this way, and the number of casualties in Nanchu was not many.

Beishuo's army fell directly into the trap set by Qi Ze, and quickly retreated to the second city after discovering the trap, so Beishuo's army did not have many casualties.

Qi Ze couldn't help feeling surprised that it seemed to be going well.Although this formation was a formation she researched until midnight, and finally selected based on comprehensive factors such as the local environment and topography, it was indeed difficult to find loopholes, but it was still... too smooth.

Although Qi Ze thought it was strange, Jiang Yu didn't think so, and kept praising Qi Ze's extremely subtle art of war, and often asked Qi Ze to discuss the art of war with the book of war in his hand.

After returning to the tent, Jiang Lu kept praising Qi Ze, saying that he was able to use his troops like a god for the first time on the battlefield, and he really deserved to be the son of a general of hussars.The soldiers were also excited about this, with their heads held high, looking forward to retaking the city in the future.

After that, Qi Ze used the art of war in the military book to test the attack, and the result was the same as the first time.But Qi Ze didn't breathe a sigh of relief because of this, and even felt strange in his heart, so he became more cautious in his attack methods.What kind of tricks are Beishuo's army using? Why do they retreat quickly after falling into her trap? Why don't they fight desperately even though the casualties are not serious.

Although he felt strange in his heart, he still used troops according to the art of war, and quickly regained three cities again, this time only the last one remained.

As long as this city is taken back, she can return to the capital.

Jiang Lu was also cheering for this remarkable achievement, saying everywhere that Qi Ze is good at using troops, and every night he would come to Qi Ze for advice with his military book.The soldiers were also very happy. They didn't expect Qi Ze to use soldiers like a god. Although he was a civil servant, he was better than a military general. They were all looking forward to finishing the attack on the last city and going home early.

In the evening, after Qi Ze decided on the formation to be used tomorrow, he had to rest.But Jiang Yu came over at this time and asked, "Shao Yi, were you injured on the battlefield during the day?"

"No." Qi Ze replied, "Are you injured?"

"No." Jiang Yu shook his head.

"Then why did you come to see me?" Qi Ze couldn't help asking, seeing that Jiang Yu didn't have a military book in his hand, so he didn't come to ask for advice.

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to you." Jiang Yu said while sitting on the small chair next to him.

"What do you want to say to me?" Qi Ze closed his military book and said casually.

Jiang Lu looked at the slightly desolate environment outside, everything in the border gate was desolate, but it was also very spectacular, the tall and majestic mountains, the rushing rivers, including the wolf smoke that went straight into the sky, and the yellow sand everywhere.These are not available in Ding capital, only here.

After a long while, Jiang Lu said, "Actually, I really like this place, and I also like to play with my friends who fight side by side." Then he sighed and said in a regretful tone, "But I'm going to get back soon. The capital is here, and this should be the last time I will be on the battlefield. Shaoyi, do you like it here?"

"I like it." Qi Ze also looked at the vast and reassuring scenery outside, "But in Ding capital, I have more important things to do, so I have to go back."

Jiang Lu didn't ask what the important thing was, but just sighed: "I'm still a little scared when I think that my father and brother will take turns scolding me after I go back."

"Since you're afraid, then you still have to come with me." Qi Ze said with a smile.

"That's because if I don't come with you this time, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future. If my father transfers me to the Hanlin Academy in the future, I won't have a chance at all. What a pity I haven't been on the battlefield." Jiang Lu pouted and said.

"Isn't it good to stay in the Imperial Academy? How many people want to go in, but you are here sighing." Qi Ze said looking at Jiang Yu's regretful expression.

"Not good, not good at all." Jiang Yu put his chin in his hands, and said distressedly: "The people inside all look like a gentleman, and they say things against their will. I feel tired. It's better to be at the border, and It’s easy for the soldiers to talk and laugh together.”

Qi Ze looked at Jiang Yu and smiled without saying a word.It doesn't seem like they have a choice.

"Shaoyi, if you had the opportunity to choose in the future, instead of living in Dingjing, where would you choose to live?" Jiang Yu asked suddenly.

"Me?" Qi Ze replied seriously after thinking for a while: "Choose a reassuring and peaceful place."

(End of this chapter)