Song Dynasty

Chapter 50
"kill!"

Wang Shen suddenly jumped up from the bed, and at the same time when his feet hit the ground, he was already holding the bright horizontal knife in his hand.

Standing up, drawing the knife, and putting on a defensive posture, all in one go, extremely smooth.

"Ah!" Suddenly, he staggered and fell to the ground.

Hastily stabbed down with a knife, stabilized his figure, and knelt down on one knee.

He began to cough violently again, until his eyes were red.

"What a terrible dream!" He gasped for a long time before lifting his spirits.

Just now, he had a nightmare, dreaming that he fell into a boundless hell, surrounded by hungry ghosts that kept coming.But he didn't have any fear in his heart, he only waved the horizontal knife in his hand, and slashed at the enemy's head firmly.

But at this moment, the vest was grabbed by a hungry ghost with long claws, and a big stream of hot blood was drawn out, the pain was unbearable.

Then, he woke up drenched in sweat.

He picked up the towel and wiped his face, then looked at himself in the bronze mirror on the table.

Suddenly he was taken aback, the person in the mirror was so strange.

In the past, Wang Shen was a 27-year-old young man with plump muscles, shiny and elastic skin, a dark face, the corners of his mouth curled up intentionally or unintentionally, and a professional smile.

But now I have lost a lot of weight, my skin is rough, and my face has lost its roundness and looks sharp.The smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared, and his lips were tightly pressed, revealing the strong tendon on his cheek.

The eyebrows are still thick and black, but the once gentle eyes below are frighteningly bright, firm and sharp, like steel knives out of their sheaths.

It's only been a few days since I traveled here, and earth-shaking changes have taken place in my body. Who knows what I have experienced?
He stretched out his hand again and saw that his palms were red and swollen, and his ten fingers had been worn out and had scabs from pulling the strings and opening the bow.

The weather has turned cold, the back of the hand is as rough as an old farmer, and the nails are full of black mud, just like the earth outside.

"The Yamen is up." The door was gently pushed open, and Lao Guo limped in with his right hand hanging around his neck with a cloth strap, and asked.

Wang Shen carefully hung the towel on the nail, and asked, "But what's the matter with Miss?"

"Missy said that Ya Nei is a scholar, and Shen Duo was won in this battle. You helped to count the past few days. She wants to ask how you are doing the calculation?" Lao Guo has been in a very low mood recently, with a sad face.That night he was caught by Li Yujun's scouts with fishing nets, and he almost became a prisoner.This is a great shame for a cavalryman, besides, Xiao Ding died by the enemy's sword.Others didn't say anything, but he always felt that he was responsible for Xiaoding's sacrifice.

Therefore, in the subsequent raid on Li Yu's old camp, this veteran of the Western Army was extremely brave and always rushed to the forefront. Because of this, he suffered more injuries than others.Up to now, he has wounds all over his body, nothing else, just take care of it for a while.Only the spear in the right arm was very troublesome, it was directly pierced by someone.Even with good care, one hand can no longer be used.

How can you ride a horse and charge without your right hand, and how can you fight on the battlefield?

In this cruel and chaotic world, no one will raise waste.If nothing else, Lao Guo will be eliminated from the well-paid cavalry battalion.As for the infantry, it is estimated that no one will accept it.

His hometown is in Fengxiang, Shaanxi, more than ten thousand miles away, and he can't go back.If he left the army, he might not live long.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Shen felt sad and wanted to comfort him, but when he opened his mouth, he said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

After leaving the shack, the autumn rain outside was still falling, and the whole land was shrouded in white mist.The mud on the ground has reached the ankle.When the wind blew, people couldn't help tightening their bodies. Everyone, including Wang Shen, had already changed into winter clothes.

On the contrary, Chen Lanruo's Chinese army tent was clean and warm, and as soon as the door curtain was lifted, there was hot air blowing in.

A stove was burning inside, and a few candles were lit.

Chen Lanruo was wearing a gown and sitting cross-legged on a scarlet carpet, and two officers were listening to her lectures.

"The yamen is here, you all go out." She waved her hand, signaling for the others to retreat.Then he asked: "Yamei, has the number been calculated?"

Wang Shen was about to step forward to answer, but seeing his muddy footprints step by step, Chen Lanruo frowned: "Take off your shoes and sit next to me."

"Okay, okay." In the early Southern Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as male and female defense, and Chen Lanruo stayed with a group of warriors in the barracks all day long, drinking strong wine, dancing with steel knives, and riding fast horses. She is a heroine.As for Wang Shen, a modern person, he doesn't take the so-called ethics of the ancients to heart, or he doesn't have that concept at all.

It's strange to say that Chen Lanruo is a man and woman, but she is a bit of a clean freak, and most likely she is not dirty.

Wang Shen hurriedly took off his boots, knelt down beside her, picked up an account book on the small table in front of her, and explained in detail.As a so-called "successful person" in modern society, it is the gene that flows in the blood that reasonable tax avoidance is in the blood.A few accounts are not enough for him. In fact, the cavalry army is all warriors who only know how to fight. Wang Shen has also honestly and unceremoniously become Chen Lanruo's chief steward these days.

"General Chen, I have already counted all the seizures. There are a total of 120 silver sticks, 310 coins, 150 four pieces of silk, 32 three pieces of hemp, [-] war horses, [-] pack horses, [-] mules, Donkey fifteen...cough cough..."

"Why, the injury hasn't healed yet?"

"It's almost complete." Wang Shen took a sip from several tea bowls, and continued: "There are about a thousand armors, many styles, messy, and most of them have decayed, so I can't count them. I only made a rough estimate. As for the weapons Hehe, it can be regarded as a weapon, anyway, it will be melted and recast in the future, so I won’t count it.” Most of the weapons of the bandit army are agricultural tools such as hoes, pitchforks, and sticks. Even if there are serious knives and guns, the quality is poor Outrageous, can not be used.

"Finally, grain. There are [-] shi of wheat and millet in total."

Chen Lanruo looked satisfied: "The harvest is good, the adoptive father will be very happy, you continue to talk."

Wang Shen: "The following is the main point. In this battle, our army beheaded a total of 930 people and captured 660 people. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are 23 young and strong people who can be used as infantry and labor in the army. As for our cavalry battalion, ten people were killed in this battle, [-] were slightly injured, and eleven were seriously injured."

More than 500 people were beheaded. In fact, only 900 enemies actually died under the cavalry commander's lance, and the rest died from trampling each other and being submerged in water. Quite a few people died from their injuries.

War is so cruel.

At this point, the threat of Li Yuliu bandit group, which threatened the new Southern Song Dynasty's Jianghuai taxation center, was finally lifted.

"Not bad, not bad." Chen Lanruo nodded: "We defeated the main force of Li Yu's [-] Chinese army at a small price, and the bandit chief gave us the leadership. In this battle, we fought with great prestige. The adoptive father must have received my reply soon." The head of thief Li sent by the horse, Liu Guangshi will also get our victory in two days. Wang Shen, this battle is a masterpiece of yours. Although your martial arts are not good, but your strategy is very good. "

Four days had passed since the bloody battle, and at the end of the night, Chen Lanruo pickled Li Yu's head with large salt particles and sent it to the rear.

Hearing her praise, Wang Shen felt elated.When he proposed to Li Cheng to cross the dry Hongze Lake to raid Li Yu's old camp, he was actually gambling that there would be no water in the lake, and that there would be a surprise.It now appears that he won the gamble.

If it is one more day late, it will rain and everything will be over.

It's dangerous, it's dangerous.

Orally, he said politely: "If it weren't for General Chen and the warriors under his command, this battle might not have been won. No matter how clever the strategy is, someone must implement it. Wang Shen dare not take credit for it."

"You don't need to be polite, just say whatever reward you want." Chen Lanruo waved her hand and said.

It's hard to kill a man with a penny. At this time, Wang Shen realized that he had nothing long after traveling to the Southern Song Dynasty.No matter where you go in the future, you will have copper in your waist.He smiled and said: "The general is really generous, can you give me some of the captured silver stiles, they will be useful in the future."

"It's easy to say, you can take as much as you can." Chen Lanruo suddenly looked lonely: "But I forgot that Ya Nei is the imperial ambassador. If something happens here, I will return to the official and Zhang Xiang. Now It’s a long way to go to Jiankang, and I really need road money. Ya Nei, it’s been four days, if you weren’t there on that day... I would have died on the battlefield... Thank you."

After speaking, he lowered his head and did not speak again.

At this time, Wang Shen remembered that no matter how much contribution he made to Li Chengjun, he still had to leave.One is, from the bottom of his heart, he has some resistance to Li Cheng, the future traitor. Although Li Cheng has been recruited and history has changed, he still doesn't want to be his subordinate.Second, I now have a decent background, and I am the commander of the Huaixi Army's supply battalion.This time, he has made great achievements again, and there will definitely be rewards from the imperial court.With the name of the imperial court, it can be regarded as a step up, and many things can be done.In the future, I will definitely leave Huaixi Army as an independent portal, but now I have to borrow the banner of Liu Guangshi.In fact, among the four generals of ZTE, Liu Guangshi's troops are the godsons of Zhao Gou and Zhao Laojiu.With Liu Guangshi's background in the Huaixi Army, there will be plenty of opportunities for him to flex his muscles in the Jianghuai region in the future.

After experiencing several bloody battles and realizing that this is a bloody and chaotic world, Wang Shen's original idea of ​​going to the south to avoid the flames of war has disappeared.A manly man, when he is the commander of thousands of troops, he will go through a journey in vain.

Now that I have this opportunity, I will give it another life, but I refuse.

The big tent suddenly became quiet, only Chen Lanruo was breathing calmly.

Wang Shen looked intently, but saw that she lowered her head and pretended to be looking at the account book in hand, with a look of impatience, but her brows were full of sadness.

Suddenly, my heart was shocked, and I immediately realized that if I left this time, maybe I would never see her again in this life.

Yes, in ancient times when transportation and communication conditions were extremely backward.Even in the age of balance, many people meet and break up, and never meet again in the future.Break up, that is forever.

What's more, in such a troubled world, no one knows when they will die.

In the tent, the shadow of a candle is red.Today, Chen Lanruo is wearing a white shirt with a very low neckline, exposing a slender neck full of embroidery, which looks very seductive.

Thinking of the day when the two hugged each other wetly, Wang Shen's heart was suddenly shaken: This man is really beautiful... Straight lady, anyway, we will never see each other again, so cherish the present!
He stretched out his hand abruptly, and before Chen Lanruo could recover, he pulled her into his arms.

Chen Lanruo wanted to reach out to block it, but she touched Wang Shen's waist.Then, the mouth was covered by other people's lips.

In an instant, the two were completely lost, and they only hugged each other hard, as if they wanted to hoop each other into their bodies.

Under the light, Chen Lanruo's face was flushed, her eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and every time she opened them, it made people's hearts tremble.

Her lips were full and round, but not large, like ripe cherries.

"There is a day without tomorrow, this damn world!" Wang Shen murmured, stroking Chen Lanruo's chest wantonly.

He used to have a house and a car, and there was no shortage of women around him, but he felt that he had never been so emotional.

This feeling is very strange, as if a person who is extremely thirsty sees a cup of sweet spring water, without her, he will die.

Damn the world, damn the Southern Song Dynasty.

This is really the worst era, but also the best era!
……

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Lanruo suddenly pushed Wang Shen away and slapped him across the face.

"Get out, you get out!"

Seeing Wang Shen walking out in high spirits, she shed tears, this is the first time she shed tears in the past six months.A numb dead heart also woke up under the watering of tears.

Outside the tent, there is boundless silk rain.

(End of this chapter)