Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 32 War
After the army rested in Yanzhou for a few days, Lu Xiaowen received the letter of challenge from Ashina.The handwriting is wild and scribbled, and the words are arrogant.

From time to time, people were sent to shout under the city wall, asking them to go out of the city to fight.

Lu Xiaowen tore up the letter of war, stood on the tower with eyebrows frowned, and the Turkic people below became even more agitated when they saw him appear.

"General Lu, when do you think you can go to battle?" Yan Wang was beside Lu Xiaowen, with a flattering smile on his crowded face, as if he really couldn't handle the Turkic people and was waiting for Lu Xiaowen to help him.

"My lord's frontier army fought against them before. How is the situation?"

"This..." King Yan's face was a little embarrassed: "The general doesn't know. The frontier army suffered heavy losses in this battle. This king still needs to rest them. But the Ashina family didn't get any benefits."

After listening, Lu Xiaowen's voice was cold: "The frontier army guards the territory for the saints, how can they be so incapable? Just a few thousand Turkic people can cause them heavy casualties?"

King Yan was choked by Lu Xiaowen, and he didn't dare to refute. Luckily, Lu Xiaowen didn't ask this question any more. Instead, he called a few lieutenants and the eldest prince into the tent to discuss.

The discussion didn't end until it was completely dark, and when they recovered, they realized that they hadn't eaten yet, and now they were starving.

There is dry food in the tent, leftovers on the road.It's just that after eating in Yanwang Mansion for the past few days, no one wants to eat dry food anymore.

Lu Xiaowen thought of something, he fetched his little bag, and took out the bibimbap sauce that He Shaoguang brought him from it.

This can has already bottomed out, it is sauce-flavored beef sauce, and there are green beans in it.

Lu Xiaowen didn't plan to split up with a few lieutenants, and he didn't have much left.

But the person who couldn't help but should have stepped out of the tent smelled the fragrance and turned around suddenly.I saw the wise and mighty General Lu smearing something on the dried bun slices.

The eldest prince walked over first: "Give me some too, I saw my brother and sister stuffed it for you at the gate of the Lu residence that day."

……

It is difficult for him to refuse the eldest prince's request.So Lu Xiaowen silently gave him the steamed buns she had wiped on her hands, and made a new piece herself.

Several lieutenants were itching to see it. The First Prince and General Lu would rather eat dry food than go to Yan Palace, there must be a reason for them.

Lu Xiaowen, who was eating dry food, saw his usual right-hand men swarming up, demanding to eat the same food as them.

……

There was not much sauce in the first place, but once they divided it, the bottle was empty.

Vice-General Du, who was the most talkative at the welcome banquet, ate the steamed buns and praised: "This sauce is delicious! Good stuff, with steamed buns, the steamed buns are delicious! No wonder General Lu feels that he doesn't like us when he eats steamed buns. Same."

Lu Xiaowen said with a dark face, "My wife made this for me."

Lieutenant General Du and the other brothers could hear the bad tone.

The chief culprit, the eldest prince, finished his dry food slowly, as gracefully as if he had just eaten a big meal: "Okay, brother Xiao Wen, let me go for a walk."

Well, got away with it.

Lu Xiaowen was just a little worried, the sauce was used up now, so what should I do if there are still more than ten days left for the return trip?
We can only speed up the horse and let the army speed up when they return to the court.

Of course, he asked the army to speed up their return to Beijing, so that they were almost useless in their hurry, and everyone was miserable. This is another story.

The eldest prince asked him out, of course it was not just for a casual walk.

Go to a place away from the lights of the tent and there are no people around.He asked casually, "The king of Yan came to report that the previous battle seemed to be very unfavorable to us. The frontier army suffered heavy casualties, with less than 7000 left. What does General Lu think?"

Lu Xiaowen snorted coldly, and said: "If he only wants to have fun all day long and doesn't want to train soldiers, it's not surprising that there are such battles."

The eldest prince smiled and did not deny Lu Xiaowen's words.Although Yan Wang is his sixth uncle, this matter is indeed too ugly.

But he had something else to say.

"One of my soldiers saw the grain and grass convoy transporting to the border army camp today. It's strange to say that the rations transported by a team of less than 7000 people are five times the number of people. Brother Xiaowen, What do you think?"

Lu Xiao was born as a military general, so he didn't think about so many twists and turns. He just frowned: "It's not surprising. Some grains are stored for a long time, and it is possible to transport them for several days at a time."

"That's right, that's why I asked King Yan's subordinate named Zhang Jiecheng. According to him, the rations are not far from the stronghold of Daying, and they are escorted every day. That's why I find it strange." The eldest prince chuckled lightly: " I said casually, Brother Xiaowen, don’t worry about it. We just need to win the battle. For the rest, it’s still early.”

After all, Lu Xiaowen has been in the officialdom for a few years, with ups and downs for a few years, so he understands what the eldest prince means.

And he thinks more than the eldest prince: If it's just to hide the injury and lie about the military situation, the number is not right, what if the King of Yan raises private soldiers at the border?This is an important situation. Once the King of Yan rebels and enters the Central Plains, it will be like entering the land of no one!
It's just that Yan Wang Lu Xiaowen thought it was impossible when he thought about the appearance of that trash.

Maybe he was playing stupid to confuse them?
In short, no matter whether Lu Xiaowen believed it or not, he had a more careful heart, paying attention to every move of King Yan.

The war is also in the process of intensive rehearsal and planning.

Guozijian ushered in a monthly quiz, called the "monthly exam".

Previously, Xue Ran took part in a simulation, but this time he went to the examination room in a serious manner, so that he could not die against Dr. Qian's invigilator.

"All supervisors only need to read their own test questions, and are not allowed to whisper to each other. Violators will be regarded as cheating." It is strange to say that Dr. Qian's reminder is also light, and the tone is not sharp. Why does Xue Ran feel that he is so cowardly?

I immersed myself in the test questions, and the policy theory of the test was "war".

Xue Ran stared at the short word for a long time, but couldn't see any more words.

After a while, he let out a long sigh in resignation, picked up his pen and began to write.

As expected, Jiansheng Xue was burnt again.

Bai Zikai has always been at odds with Xue Ran.The relationship between the two families is good, and they are often compared.

Bai Zikai's grades are better than Xue Ran's, and Xue Ran's popularity is better than Bai Zikai's, and the two have never seen each other.

This time, as soon as he left the examination room, it was already school time, so Xue Ran went straight to the back door.Go home, turn grief and anger into appetite!

On the road, I met Bai Zi driving alone. He was thin and a head taller than Xue Ran.Xue Ran didn't want to be with him, and deliberately stayed away from him.

Immediately there were classmates who also left the examination room, and they all gathered around Bai Zikai at this time, asking him what the article was about?
Bai Zikai first glanced at Xue Ran, saw that Xue Ran deliberately didn't look at him, but his ears were pricked up, then he cleared his throat, and said, "It's not difficult, the title only needs one word Zhan, which can make people think A major event happened in the court recently."

(End of this chapter)