Li Qinghuan

Chapter 106

He Li stood up and replied, "General, that Donghu army came down from Crescent Mountain by detour from other cities. It's not just Lancheng that needs to strengthen its defense."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present were extremely ugly.

He Huaizhou lowered his head, pondered for a moment and said: "What Ah Li said is true, but now that the soldiers are approaching the city, the strength of Lancheng's troops should not be too weakened, there is no way to send too many people to other places."

He Li took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "General, can you show me the military map in the northwest area?"

He Huaizhou picked up a piece of paper from his hand and spread it on the table, "You come."

He Li strode forward, knelt beside the table and looked at it seriously for a moment, "General, I invite you to Xiangcheng."

"Xiangcheng?" He Huaizhou didn't have time to answer, but Han Jue opened his mouth first, "Why is little Ah Li going to Xiangcheng?"

He Li reached out and tapped a place, and said: "General Han, please look, not far from Xiangcheng is Yueya Mountain, the Donghu army is most likely to enter Lancheng from here, and the troops here are relatively weak, if you want to come to Chiyi The army did not pay attention to this place, which allowed the Donghu army to take advantage of the loophole."

"Xiangcheng is not a fortress. Compared with Lancheng, it is insignificant. It is not worth spending too much troops there." Han Jue said bluntly.

"General Han's words are right." He Li paused, and said frankly: "But it is very possible that the fortress of Lancheng will be lost because of this insignificant place. Once Lancheng is broken, the whole Yanzhou will be in the hands of the barbarians. thing."

"Why did you say that?" Han Jue's tone was not very good. After all, it was a bit embarrassing for a brat to say that.

"General Han, don't be angry." He Li pondered for a moment, and then explained: "He Li is not as experienced as the generals, and his knowledge is shallow. Please don't blame the generals for speaking recklessly. There may be a second time. This time the Hu people sent nearly 2 people to Lancheng from behind. What if they send 5 or 10 people in the future? The Great Wall has already lost more than 20 cities. Our military strength is not as good as Donghu's, and it will definitely not work if we fight hard. The only thing we can rely on is the terrain in the north. Don't lose any cities that can be defended."

After listening to his analysis of the situation, Han Jue calmed down more than half of his anger, and directly expressed his concerns, "But most of the Donghu soldiers in Lancheng are resisting, and they really can't tell the strength of the troops."

He Li lowered his eyes: "If General He is at ease, just hand over Xiangcheng to me."

He Huaizhou raised his eyes: "How many people do you want?"

He Li cupped his hands and said: "He Li doesn't want one soldier and one general of the Red Wing Army, I just want the 5000 people I brought."

"5000 people?" The entire big tent immediately clamored.

He Li still lowered his eyes, and vaguely heard someone in the crowd saying: "You really are a yellow-haired boy who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth!"

He Huaizhou said: "Do you know how many soldiers are guarding Lancheng?"

"The Red Wing Army plus the original local defenders, about 20." He Li said calmly.

He Huaizhou asked again: "Then do you know how many defenders there are in Xiangcheng?"

"Ten thousand." He Li didn't change his face.

"You only need 5000 people?"

"The 720 seven people I brought are enough."

"Okay! As expected of being a man of my He family, he has courage! Haha! Good!" He Huaizhou raised his head and laughed loudly, his voice was like a bell, "From now on, He Li and his 120 men will be included in the Red Wing Army. Departure tomorrow Rush to Xiangcheng, the city is alive and the people are alive, the city is dead and the people are dead!"

He Li knelt down on one knee: "Obey!"

He Huaizhou stretched out his hand to pull him up, turned his head and said to everyone in the account: "Everyone has worked hard today, let's all go down."

"Yes!"

When the people in the big tent were gone, He Huaizhou turned to look at He Li, and asked, "A Li, are you afraid?"

He Li was puzzled, and asked instead: "What are you afraid of?"

"Fear of war, fear of death, fear of losing one's life."

He Li lowered his eyes: "Not afraid."

"It's good not to be afraid." He Huaizhou stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "You have to know that when you are really on the battlefield, being afraid is of no use at all."

He Li stretched his back and relaxed his muscles, and said lazily, "If I was afraid, I wouldn't come here. There are people in Yu who feed me with good food and drink. I have nothing to do and come here to eat sand. ?”

He Huaizhou scolded with a smile: "You brat, why are you talking to me?"

He Li chuckled, "Just tell the truth."

"It's just your poor mouth." He Huaizhou waved his hand, "It's getting late, you go and see the situation of your wounded soldiers, I've got someone to arrange a place for you, let's just stay overnight, and you can leave tomorrow Went to Xiangcheng."

He Li nodded: "Okay."

"By the way." He Huaizhou called He Li, "Do you have a little girl under your command?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

He Huaizhou said earnestly: "A little girl came to this great northwest with you all the way, and you and Ji Qing have already agreed with each other. If you don't mean anything to him, you should make it clear earlier. Don't delay her, send her off sooner." Go back, this is a battlefield, everything involves lives, no trifling."

He Li looked blank: "Huh?"

What did my grandfather misunderstand?

He Huaizhou sighed heavily: "You child, do you have to be so straightforward?"

"Grandfather, grandfather, no, no, it's not what you think!"

He Huaizhou looked at him suspiciously: "Oh? What kind of thing is that?"

He Li raised his forehead and said in a muffled voice: "Qin Yang is Ji Qing's friend. She was originally a mountain bandit in Pingyao. The imperial court suppressed bandits. When she was desperate, she followed me here."

Seeing that General He still had a dubious look on his face, He Li told the ins and outs again, and General He reluctantly believed it, but before he left, he was still whispering that he should not let Ji Qing down.

He Li couldn't laugh or cry at this, and when he saw Qin Yang again, he still felt a little inexplicably guilty.

After barely resting for a night, He Li took the old General He's transfer order and went to Xiangcheng the next day.

Lancheng was at least complete with the Red Wing Army sitting in it. Although Xiangcheng was a city, it was almost in ruins as far as the eye could see.

However, He Li originally didn't plan to settle in the city, but chose to set up camp in the suburbs five miles outside Xiangcheng.The outskirts of the northwest are different from the Central Plains. The outskirts of Yudu City are covered with bamboo forests, covered with peach blossoms, and shaded by trees. The outskirts of Xiangcheng are boundless grasslands. From a distance, there are snow-capped mountains that go straight up to the sky.

It was the depth of winter, and the iron armor on He Li's body was blown like ice by the cold wind. In order to prevent himself from being frozen to death, He Li thoughtfully put a cloak on himself.

In the icy and snowy place, people were shivering from the cold. In the camp stood the military flag of the Red Wing Army. The fiery red flag was particularly conspicuous in the whiteness. He Li stood in front of the tent and stared at the snow-capped mountains in the distance for a long time. He took a deep breath, turned around and entered the big tent.

There is only Qin Yang in the big tent now, sitting by the stove and warming his hands, when he saw him coming in, he quickly got up: "Young master."

He Li took two steps forward: "You don't need to be too polite, just sit down."

Qin Yang wasn't polite to him either, and sat down aggressively, muttering, "It's really too cold today."

He Li said with a smile: "It's much colder than Yu, but no matter how cold it is, you can't relax. After all, Donghu people have stayed in the north for so many years, and they are not as afraid of the cold as we are. We must always be on guard."

Qin Yang nodded and said, "Okay."

"By the way, Qin Yang, when spring starts, you and Zheng Chong will go to Yanzhou."

Qin Yang looked up at him, wondering, "Why are you going to Yanzhou?"

Speaking of this, He Li felt a little embarrassed, and said with a hand on his forehead, "Master Gao Yang Su sent a letter to He Ming, asking me to take him with me when I passed by Yanzhou. I forgot, you go and pick him up."

Qin Yang frowned: "What is he doing here?"

He Li shook his head: "I don't know, I think after Mr. Gao Yang Su's generation of genius doctors, he came to the battlefield for nothing more than to save him."

Qin Yang didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and said, "Okay."

There was nothing to say for a while, and the tent fell into silence.

Li Zi came to Xiangcheng and spent several days in a row, and when he had a moment of leisure, he stared at the fire and became dazed.

"General Xiao He——I have a letter for you!" A shout outside the door broke the silence, and just as the voice fell, someone opened the curtain and ran in, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, making He Li shiver.

"give it to me."

The young soldier hurriedly handed the letter to He Li.

He Li reached out to take it, "I'm sorry."

"General Xiaohe, you are being polite." The little soldier ran away in a hurry after finishing speaking.

Qin Yang poked his head out curiously: "Ji Qing gave it to you?"

He Li nodded with a smile, and opened the envelope. There was only a piece of paper inside, and there were also two short lines of words on the paper: mountains, rivers, mountains, rivers, sky, and dreams.

In just fourteen characters, it seems that the words do not express the meaning and have nothing to do with missing, but in fact, the thousands of feelings are clear and frank.

He Li curled his lips into a smile, folded the paper and put it in his arms.

Just as he put away the precious family letter, another shout came from outside: "He Li accepts the order—"

He Li turned his head and looked at Qin Yang, and said in unison: "What order?"

He Li lifted his clothes and stood up: "Go and have a look."

The person standing outside the tent was General He's personal guard, He Li recognized him, he seemed to be called Jin or something.

"Little brother, dare to ask what is the purpose of this?"

The man smiled and said: "It's an imperial decree, the little general will kneel down to accept the decree."

He Li quickly knelt down, thinking non-stop.Song Duan's purpose?He had only been in the Northwest for more than half a month, and Song Duan must have received the news from General He, so it shouldn't be a bad thing.

Sure enough, Song Duan knew that He Li had made great contributions in winning the first battle, and with the strong recommendation of General He, he immediately appointed He Li as the Zhaowu Captain.

He Li was no longer constrained by his royal status, and now he can join the army if he wants to. Not only did he join the army, but he also won battles. Song Duan was much less afraid of him, and even made him an official.Did he completely lose all grudges against him, or was he afraid that not being rewarded for his meritorious service would shake the morale of the army?Song Duan's thoughts are unknown to He Li, as far as he is concerned, he just wants to have a clear conscience.

He accepted the decree without changing his face, sent someone to send away the person who delivered the decree, turned around and returned to the big tent.

Qin Yang followed him into the tent, and joked, "I'll really call you little general from now on."

He Li twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "You can call it whatever you want."

It stands to reason that being promoted is something to be happy about, but He Li really can't be happy about it.He is a senior official in the Northwest, so Ji Qing has to make extra arrangements for him when he is above the court.

Temples are dangerous in the battlefields of rivers and lakes, and lives are often involved. It is difficult to protect oneself, let alone planning for people thousands of miles away.

The New Year's Eve is falling, and it is no different than usual at the border. Even on New Year's Eve, they dare not relax their vigilance at all.He Li went to the local herders to buy some cattle and sheep, killed everyone and roasted them together. This year is considered to be over.