Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 244 Heading to the Frontier
In the afternoon of the second day, the sky was clear, blue and cloudless.

The [-] elite soldiers dispatched by Ming Shengdi to the frontier to support the war are ready to go, and the dense team is huge. After Ming Shengdi personally practiced for them, and under the eyes of the people in Shangjing who worshiped and prayed for peace, led the Dalai Kingdom With the hope of Ming Shengdi and the expectation of Emperor Ming, he embarked on the road to the frontier.

The [-] support army has to cross the vast city walls, cross the white loess, and travel for more than ten days to reach the frontier.

After such a journey of more than ten days, people are often exhausted, but the soldiers can't complain at all, just because the war is imminent, if you delay for a day and rest for a while, the battle situation in the frontier will be more dangerous .

The soldiers who were trekking on foot did not complain, but those who sat comfortably in the carriage did.

The army had been exercising for a day, and Prince Xia Qin, who was sitting in the carriage at the forefront of the team, complained repeatedly. During the nearly three hour journey, he had proposed twice to stop the army for rectification and rest, saying yes The long and bumpy carriage made him feel unwell.

People who are pampered and pampered are rarely exhausted, let alone go to places as far as the frontier. Although Xiaqin's complaints have some reasons, they can't help but disgust the soldiers.

The [-] troops rushed to trek, isn't it just to reach the frontier as soon as possible to support the soldiers who are fighting on the front line? For the sake of feeling and thinking, coveting comfort and slowing down the schedule, even if he ascends the throne in the future, he does not know what kind of narrow-minded king he is.

On the other hand, Huang Chenyan is a very calm woman. During the march, she stayed in the carriage to read military books, and occasionally expressed condolences to the soldiers if they were tired. .

Comparing the attitudes of Xia Qin and Huang Chenyan, it will naturally appear that Huang Chenyan is more popular with soldiers.

And after the army drove for nearly two days, a team of only a thousand people followed behind the [-]-strong army.

There were two carriages in this team, one dark-colored and the other light-colored. They were escorted by soldiers mixed with groups to meet the prince and Huang Chenyan's army at the resting place of Hanyu Pass.

The army was going to rest for two hours in the resting place of Hanyuguan, Huang Chenyan was bored in the carriage, so he opened the curtain of the carriage and went down for a walk, by the way, to see who the nobles who joined the army were.

But when Huang Chenyan poked his head out of the carriage, he bumped into a pair of smiling eyes.

"Princess Pearl?"

Huang Chenyan was stunned to see Xia Zijin here. As the princess of Dalai, she had no reason to go to the frontier camp with the army.But Xia Zijin's bright smile was right in front of her eyes, and it was true that she could not understand it.

Xia Zijin saw Huang Chenyan's doubts, and explained with a smile: "I'm ashamed to say, I'm a drunkard who didn't want to drink this time, and I followed the team just to go to the frontier to pay homage to my deceased mother, and to march with the army. It doesn't matter if you assist in the battle."

"I see." Huang Chenyan nodded, then smiled again, "It's good that the princess is here, I've been alone in the carriage for the past two days, and I'm very bored, now I have someone to talk to!"

"Look at what you said. I heard that Huang Te made you work hard two days ago. When the crown prince was complaining about the exhaustion of the horses and horses, you were still leisurely hiding in the carriage and reading military books. You looked bored there. On the road, even if you put so much effort into it, when you get to the frontier, you might not know how to work without sleeping and eating, compared to my second brother, the prince, I don't know how many times."

Xia Zijin took her to walk around the cold rain pass to relax. Although there was a sense of ridicule in her words, she did not hide her approval of Huang Chenyan. The bloody generals in his bones are even worse than the Jingwu generals of the past in time.

Huang Chenyan smiled lightly: "I'm just afraid that there is not enough time. After all, we are still on the road now, and we don't know what kind of situation is on the frontier. It is always good to make more preparations."

The Huns are fierce, warlike and cunning. These days, Huang Chenyan has searched through the military books, and has carefully read the records of all the battles with the Huns in the past century. He found that the Huns are good at fighting on horseback. The technology of heavy weapons is also top-notch, and the vast border area is most suitable for immediate combat, which undoubtedly gave the Xiongnu a great advantage.

She hasn't found any way to defeat the Xiongnu country in one blow, so she has been hanging in her heart these days, and it is not easy.

Xia Zijin pursed her lips and nodded. Although she had memories of her previous life and knew that Dalai's difficulty this time was only a near-miss, she couldn't tell Huang Chenyan or others, so she sometimes even thought, if one day this The direction of the world is beyond the scope of her original knowledge, so what should she do?
She was thinking wildly, but the wind blowing in front of her was mixed with a bit of sandalwood and drilled into her nose. When she looked up, it was indeed Xia Shengqing's harmless face.

"Princess, Miss Huang, the team has almost been reorganized and will leave soon."

Xia Shengqing said, seeing that Xia Zijin was wearing thin clothes after getting off the carriage, she took off the cloak on her shoulders and put it on Xia Zijin's body. The closer to the border, the colder the weather will be. Although Xiaoyangchun is coming, but It was freezing in early spring, and typhoid fever was very uncomfortable for a day or two.

His careful actions fell into the eyes of Huang Chenyan, which made her a little envious of Xia Zijin. She and Lin Runyu have been married for two years, but in nearly a thousand days and nights, there has never been a day like Xia Zijin They cherish each other like Xia Shengqing.Maybe one day she will be able to meet the person she likes, but the current situation does not allow her to think too much.

"We're almost gone, let's go back with Director Xia now, so as not to delay the departure of the army." Huang Chenyan smiled, and asked again, "But Director Xia is accompanying the princess to the frontier to pay homage. Is it mother's? The frontier is far away, and Director Xia specially escorted the princess there, and his meticulous thought is really comparable to others."

Xia Shengqing smiled and shook her head: "Miss Huang misunderstood, the emperor asked me to join the army. The border is not peaceful, and the emperor is not at peace. I am someone close to the emperor. I will listen to the news on the front line in the border, and then go to the frontier." The emperor will be at ease when he writes a report on time and sends him back to Shangjing Imperial City as soon as possible."

When Xia Shengqing said this, she purposely made it louder, and the little soldier who was standing at the gate of the Cold Rain Pass and eavesdropping all the time rolled his eyes twice, and tiptoed towards the yellow tent at the front of the team.Seeing the little soldier's actions, he couldn't help but smile.

Being sent by Ming Shengdi this time, it will undoubtedly make Xia Qin feel uncomfortable.After all, he represents Ming Shengdi, and Xia Qin's words and deeds may reach Ming Shengdi's ears through him.

And what Xia Shengqing said just now was not only for Huang Chenyan, but also for Xia Qin.

It's good that he was sent by Emperor Ming to report the battle situation to the army, but his more important task was to monitor Xia Qin during the march under the instruction of Emperor Ming.

As a suspicious king, Ming Shengdi couldn't trust the prince who appeared in front of him twice in three days. If it wasn't because he wanted him to use his status as the prince to go to the frontier to stabilize the army's morale, how could Ming Shengdi let Xia Qin go? away from their eyelids.

Since sending Xia Qin to the frontier to stabilize the morale of the army is a helpless move, Ming Shengdi also had to do a full set of work, let Xia Shengqing monitor Xia Qin's every move during the whole process, and report to himself at any time, so as to prevent Xia Qin from going to the frontier this time. What misdemeanor will be done during the trip.

After hearing what Xia Shengqing said just now, the little soldier would naturally tell Xia Qin about it. This is exactly what Xia Shengqing wanted. Although he didn't clearly state the purpose of his trip, but with Xia Qin's precision, he can definitely guess I got it, as long as he still cares about his position as the crown prince and the opinion of Ming Shengdi, he has to restrain his original thoughts in front of Xia Shengqing, lest Ming Shengdi know the truth and make it even more difficult for him .

As expected, when Xiao Bing reported to Xia Qin what he had just overheard, Xia Qin showed displeasure.

He was sitting in the carriage, grinding his chin, his brows were deeply frowned.

When Ming Shengdi originally agreed to let him come to the frontier to appease the king's heart, he was a little happy, thinking that Ming Shengdi's trust in him had returned a bit, otherwise he would not have sent him to the frontier instead of sending Xia. Bin.

But now Emperor Ming sent Xia Shengqing out again, no doubt he didn't trust his behavior, so Xia Shengqing came to monitor him.

Between the father and son of the Tian family, you guard against me and I guard against you, showing the true nature of intrigue and deceit to the fullest. This is the sorrow of Xia Qin and the sorrow of Ming Shengdi.

He began to instruct his subordinates to be cautious in their words and deeds when they were with Xia Shengqing, and to keep an eye on Xia Shengqing's every move, lest Xia Shengqing secretly trip him up like last time and make him stand in front of Ming Shengdi Embarrassed.

The [-]-strong army marched for more than ten days, and finally arrived at Baiyun Pass on the frontier.

At this time, Baiyunguan no longer has the calm, disciplined but peaceful appearance of the former soldiers. On the high walls and tiles, there are scorched marks everywhere and the appearance of shocking rolling stones and bombardments. The ruins are ruined. The blood-stained swords on the ground were shocking, and even some stumps on the ground could be seen. Looking at the depression, the smoke was black, and there was a strong smell of tar and blood in the air. It looked like it was full of Huns. Traces of an army fight.

(End of this chapter)