Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 217 The First Snow
At this time, the first snow of this winter fell on the Horqin Grassland.

The general in silver-white armor stood on a high hillside, his armor and the vast expanse of snow almost fused together.

A cluster of red tassels on the silver helmet, like red plums in frost and snow, blooms on the branches.

Under the hillside, Ouyang saw his figure that almost melted into the sky and earth from a distance, and couldn't help smiling.

There were two reddish spots on her face from the cold, she spread her hands around her mouth, and shouted towards the hillside——

"General—"

The general in the silver-white armor turned around and couldn't help smiling when he saw her running up the hill.

"Jiaoyue, is the meal ready?"

Chen Wenyi teased her, Ouyang said a few days ago that the battle against Horqin was too easy, she'd better cook at the cooker's side.

Chen Wenyi remembered it and used it to laugh at her from time to time.

Ouyang's face was a little red, he didn't know whether it was from the cold or from Chen Wenyi's bright moon.

After she became acquainted in the army, she communicated with everyone by name like a man.

Her original name was Ouyang Mingyue.

Everyone said that this name was not acceptable, and said that there was an adult in the court named Xiang Ming, and they all changed their name to Xiang Qingyuan.

She thought the same, so she said she wanted to change her name.

Chen Wenyi happened to hear it at the time, and said: "It's better to change the character Ming into the character Jiao. Bright moon and bright moon mean pure moonlight."

So Ouyang changed his name to Ouyang Jiaoyue.

"The general is only thinking about eating, and now that we are in the old den of Prince Dali, it's an important time."

"It's not what you said, it's too easy to beat Horqin, I'm going to cook with the cooking soldiers!"

He imitated the tone of the bright moon, and both of them laughed.

"but……"

He said seriously: "I want to leave the final glory of this battle to the Shotgun team."

Jiaoyue also turned serious, clasped her fists and said, "General, please tell me."

During the battle with Horqin, Haoyue has been promoted to the vice-captain of the shotgun team by virtue of her military exploits.

"Zheng-"

Chen Wenyi pulled out his saber from his waist, and flicked it a few times on the white snow to cover up the withered and yellow grass.

"This is the camp of Prince Dalu, and this is the camp of our army. If you want to take the life of Prince Dalu without hurting other people, how should you go straight in?"

Chen Wenyi asked Jiaoyue while gesturing on the snow with his saber.

Jiaoyue thought for a while, and said: "Detour to the west side, which is close to the grassland pasture. It is winter and no one is grazing, which can reduce casualties."

"inappropriate."

Chen Wenyi vetoed her idea, and continued to make gestures on the snow, "The west side is too far away from us, we need to make a detour, and it is very likely that Prince Daru will be alerted."

"It's better to take the east side, the east side is where they hoard food and grass."

Jiaoyue said: "The focus of hoarding military rations must be many guards. Since we want to reduce casualties, why choose a place with a lot of people?"

In her opinion, it would be better to attack from the front by taking the east side!

Chen Wenyi smiled triumphantly, "No, we're not leaving. We'll just stay here."

His long sword pointed straight at the snowy ground that marked the camp of Prince Dali, and the tip of the sword pointed to the area on the east side.

"Prince Dalu bought a lot of food and grass from the surrounding ministries. No matter whether he is friendly with the Qing Dynasty or against him, he will pay back the food and grass. And we have been fighting for more than a month, and he has eaten half of the food and grass. .”

Jiaoyue tentatively asked: "So, Prince Dali will especially cherish these grains?"

"Correct!"

Chen Wenyi continued: "If we specifically pick this place to invade, or even set it on fire, it will definitely cause chaos."

He stared into the eyes of the bright moon, "I will let Yu Jie lead the troops to create chaos, only to harass, not to really fight. The morale of Horqin's soldiers is now low, and they don't have much strength to resist."

"And you, with the pistol team's masters, are in charge of taking the head of Lord Daryl in the midst of the chaos."

There is still a long distance between the king's tent and the granary. With such a large distance, it is not easy to accurately shoot Prince Dalu.

It occurred to her that when the shotgun team was training, they had worked out the best shooting angle.

Just shoot from the top down.

The shotgun was mostly used by nobles to shoot birds, but it was not valued on the battlefield.

Birds are shot from the bottom to the sky, but in fact, the shot from the top to the bottom has a higher accuracy and a longer range.

Jiaoyue thought, is there such a commanding height in the place where they hoard food and grass?

"I see, Granary Top!"

The Mongols' tents have a pointed top and a circle at the bottom.

In order to facilitate storage, the tent of the granary will be higher than ordinary tents, which fully meets the condescending terrain conditions.

"At that time, I will ask Yu Jie to find a way to create conditions for you to go to the top of the granary."

Chen Wenyi withdrew his sword with a bang, and said confidently: "Even if the king's tent is turned into a hornet's nest, Prince Dali will die and command Horqin again!"

Capture the thief first and capture the king first, the emperor's goal is Prince Dalu.

It caused too many deaths and injuries to other soldiers and civilians, and it was easy to cause Horqin and the Qing Dynasty to renounce.

The emperor still wants to win over Horqin, but he just needs to replace Horqin with a prince.

"The general's trick!"

Jiaoyue laughed, "This is indeed the best way to reduce casualties."

But he turned around, looked at the endless white snow in the distance, and was dazed.

"Hopefully, we can return to court after the year."

After the snow melts, he will launch an attack on Prince Dar's big tent.

It's just that once Prince Daruer is killed, those who belong to his party must be eliminated, and the new prince favored by the emperor must be helped to take the throne.

After Horqin's situation stabilizes, he will be considered complete and able to return to court as a teacher.

If you are afraid, you will not be able to return to the capital before February [-]th...

He stretched out his hand, and a crystal snowflake fell on his palm.

Haoyue clearly saw a moon-white handkerchief tied around his wrist under the cold silver-white armor.

There are a few words embroidered on the towel, but the outlines are only faintly visible, but I don't know what the words are.

She laughed and said, "The general is not afraid of the cold, why does he always wear a towel around his wrist to protect his armor?"

This approach made my daughter a little angry, but it really works.

It can not only prevent the armor from being cold and frostbite the hands in such severe cold weather, but also play a certain protective role to prevent the hands from being hurt by the armor.

She was born in a military family of the former Ming army, but it was only this time that she came back to Horqin to put on the battle armor for the first time.

When she just put on these hard and heavy armors, she was touched with several bruises.

"This is a gift from my family, so I always carry it with me."

For a moment, Jiaoyue thought she was a beautiful woman, and her heart skipped a beat in fright.

It took a while to realize that it was a family member, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was rumored that the ladies who pursued Chen Wenyi could line up from the south to the north of the Forbidden City, but he never gave favor to any lady.

How could there be a beautiful woman?

She smiled and said, "It must be Mrs. Chen?"

She had worked as a domestic servant in the Chen family for a few days, and she knew that the Chen family was a family home where the father was kind, the son was filial, and the brothers were respectful.

Chen Wenyi smiled and shook his head.

"It's my third sister."

"Mistress Qin?"

Jiaoyue was a little surprised, she didn't expect that it would be given to him by Chen Wenxin.

The two brothers and sisters are often rumored to be twin brothers and sisters. Not only are they similar in appearance, but they are also very close.

It's just that she followed Chen Wenxin all the way back from her southern tour, and she also knew that she was not good at needlework, so she would give away a handkerchief made by herself.

It can be seen that the heart is deep.

She couldn't help feeling a little emotional, "The relationship between the general and the empress is so good."

It is said that the Tian family is ruthless, the Chen family plays an important role in the court, and the father and son of the family are all courtiers.

There is also a Qin concubine who is much loved by the emperor.

Isn't such a rich and noble family constantly fighting for power and profit?
Only the Chen family is an exception, and they can love each other more than the common people's family.

Not to mention that Chen Wenyi is both talented and beautiful, and he is in a high position, just look at the family style of the Chen family, how many women will rush to marry him.

Thinking of this, Jiaoyue blushed unconsciously.

Chen Wenyi said: "You are a woman in the military camp, you can't even put on makeup?"

More sophisticated soldiers would have to smear some fat on their faces to prevent them from cracking, but a woman in Jiaoyue turned her face flushed from the cold.

She snorted, "Where are you so particular, the wind on the grassland is like a knife, just go back to Beijing."

Seeing that she looked like a man, Chen Wenyi waved his hand, "Don't stay here, it's too cold at the top. You go down to eat, I'll be there soon."

Jiaoyue smiled and patted the snowflakes on her shoulder, "Okay."

Behind her, Chen Wenyi gently lifted the armor on his wrist, and carefully stroked the handkerchief with his calloused hands.

On that square moon-white towel, there were a few untidy words written on it with ink-colored embroidery thread.

"It's going downhill, is Hu not returning?"

He said in his mouth, and the corners of his lips smiled in a particularly reassuring arc.

He will definitely return safely.

(End of this chapter)