Ji Han Liu Zhang

The second year of Xingping, the end of November.

As Wenpin's younger brother, after Wenpin decided to stay in Hanzhong, Wensan naturally followed Wenpin and stayed in Hanzhong. But to be honest, he also thought about returning to his hometown of Jingchu and did not want to stay in this strange place. He was in the land of Hanzhong, but then he thought that he was carrying the guilt of the defeat, and he was afraid that there would be no good fruits to eat when he returned to Jingzhou, so he gave up his thoughts of homesickness and followed Wenpin to stay in Hanzhong.

"Brother Wen, are you really not going with us?" Wen San's distant relative, Wen Rui, was packing his bags and preparing to embark on the journey back to Jingzhou. His eyes glanced at the people standing aside, silently watching them pack up. Wen San was packing his luggage, so he asked.

Although Liangyuan is a good place, it is not the hometown where he has lived for a long time. Wenrui is not very interested in staying in Hanzhong. Even if Wenpin strongly persuades him to stay, he still decides to leave Hanzhong and return to his hometown Jingzhou via the road. He does not want to be a ghost in a foreign land. Therefore, he was very confused by the behavior of Wen San, who had made up his mind to stay in Hanzhong.

Wen San shook his head and sighed softly: "I won't go back. Although Jingchu is my hometown, if a man wants to make contributions, he should find a master of the Ming Dynasty... Liu Jingzhou is very magnanimous and erudite, but he is not as good as Liu Yizhou in recruiting scholars." If you ask about your background, you can just let your talents go. If you stay in Hanzhong, you will have a brighter future than if you return to Jingzhou."

Wen San's words seemed to be explaining to Wen Rui, but at the same time, they also seemed to soothe his own homesickness and convince himself to stay. The love of country is extremely difficult to break.

"The eldest brother has great ambitions, but the younger brother is far behind." Wen Rui did not hesitate to persuade Wen San to go with him. He praised him and then expressed his thoughts: "The younger brother just wants to live in the countryside and travel among relatives. Now I have traveled all the way from Fangling to Shangyong and now to Hanzhong. I am already tired after walking such a long way. "

While packing his luggage, Wen Rui said: "But the eldest brother decided to stay in Hanzhong. This decision must be a good one. Liu Yizhou is a tolerant man and bought us Jingzhou soldiers from Zhang Lu without forcing us to stay." In Hanzhong, you can choose to stay or go. There are few people like Liu Yizhou in the world. I have never seen him in my life."

"It's natural." Wen San took over the conversation and boasted about his new master: "Liu Yizhou is tolerant and generous, and he doesn't do things that others force him to do. When Liu Yizhou recruited Brother Zhongye (Wenpin), I was Liu Yizhou didn't say anything harsh when he was present, he just said it politely and let Brother Zhongye make his own choice."

"Hang on, let's talk about the benefits of Liu Yizhou, I'm afraid I want to stay too." Wen Rui teased, and then he made a Zen message: "Everyone has his own ambitions, let each of them settle down." At the same time, he had already packed up his things. , just waiting to set off.

Opening the door curtain of the camp, Wen Rui took the lead and walked out, heading towards the school field. These soldiers who gave up staying in Hanzhong and decided to return to Jingzhou will gather at the school field and set out. This time they will take Shangyong back to Xiangyang, it is a blessing to be able to get home before the end of the year.

When Wen Rui arrived at the school grounds, all he could see were the excited Jingzhou soldiers. The joy of returning home was rippling on everyone's face. However, the snow and ice in the school grounds did not seem to have any impact on everyone. Everyone was not afraid of the severe cold. Standing in the empty school field.

Wen Rui solemnly said goodbye to Wen San, and then gathered together with the soldiers returning home, waiting for the order to set off, while Wen San looked at Wen Rui's figure and the unconcealed joy on Wen Rui's face in front of him. , he lowered his head slightly and sighed secretly.

"homesick?"

A question sounded behind Wen San, and the familiar tone made Wen San straighten his posture immediately. He turned to the visitor and said respectfully: "Brother."

The person who came was Wenpin, but Wenpin did not look at Wensan who was greeting him. His eyes wandered far away, looking at the Jingzhou soldiers on the school field. He, who was always calm and calm, now looked a little dull. , after all, everyone else was going back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year, but he stayed in the strange place of Hanzhong. But after only a moment of loneliness, Wenpin's eyes were no longer wandering, and his eyes were shining. He reached out and patted Wensan's shoulder gently: "Sooner or later, you and I will return home, but you and I It will not be a return home in disgrace as a prisoner, but a return home successful and famous.”

Wenpin's words were firm, without any wavering or questioning. Zhijiao Wensan nodded convincingly, and Wensan responded: "In the future, I will return home in glory with my eldest brother."

As the Jingzhou soldiers returning home were ready, the meritorious officer Zhang Su and the scribe Cheng Yu came to Wenpin's military camp. Behind them were Yang Ren, who was offering wine and could not hide his joy.

The chief envoy this time is not the scribe Cheng Yu, but the meritorious Cao Zhang Su. Because they are on an envoy to Shangyong, they will take the road to Xiangyang after offering wine to Yang Ren in exchange for Kuai Qi, the magistrate of Fangling County. One was to return Kuai Qi and the Jingzhou soldiers, and the other was to congratulate Liu Biao on the New Year and convey Liu Zhang's greetings. Therefore, Cheng Yu's status as a scribe was not enough to serve as the chief envoy to Jingzhou, and he could only accompany Zhang Su as a deputy envoy.

"Wen Xiaowei is polite." Zhang Su, the meritorious officer, greeted Wenpin. Since Wenpin, a newly promoted man, seemed to be highly regarded by Liu Zhang, there was nothing rude about him.

"Zhang Gongcao." Wenpin returned the gift solemnly.

Without further ado, with all the personnel present, the Jingzhou soldiers who were piled up in chaos on the school grounds were restrained by the generals and gradually became more orderly, turning into a neat queue horizontally and vertically, and no longer made any noisy noises. Despite the sound of words, the entire campus was as quiet as gnats.

After a while, the Jingzhou soldiers stepped out of the school grounds and embarked on the road back home. Zhang Su and Cheng Yu also said goodbye to Wenpin, and went to Shangyong with wine sacrifices to Yang Ren.

Wenpin, Wensan, and more than 300 Jingzhou soldiers who gave up returning home and stayed in Hanzhong crowded at the gate of the camp. They watched Zhang Su and the Jingzhou soldiers go away, until the traveling people turned into ants on the horizon. Black spot, the people who stayed behind just took back their unexplained glances.

"Continue to practice and don't relax." Wenpin did not give up today's practice because everyone was lonely and nervous. It might not be good to relax at this time. If you relax, it is easy to think too much, and the depression in your chest will accumulate unabated, and the more it accumulates, the more it will accumulate. , it would be better to practice and find something to do.

After hearing the order, many soldiers had no objections and started practicing silently. Wen Pin stood on the high platform of the general school and watched quietly.

At this time, a group of uninvited guests came to Wenpin's camp gate. This group of uninvited guests formed a long queue and extended to the end of the road at the camp gate.

The leader was Shen Mi, the captain of the camp and a non-supervisor. Shen Mi looked at Wen Pin, who was approaching, and a smile appeared on his dark face. He pointed at the long queue behind him and said: " Wen Xiaowei, I have received an order from the Ming Dynasty. There are 1,700 Qingqiang here, plus the 300 people you currently have under your command, to make up for the number of the next school under your command, so as not to make your command too thin. Please count them. After a while, I got the job done."

"Thank you Captain Shen." Wenpin raised his hand and thanked Shen Mi. At the same time, he glanced carefully. This batch of Qingqiang were all tall and powerful. They looked like good strong men. They were not used here. There are many old and weak people, which shows that Shen Mi also carefully selected them. (End of chapter)