Chapter 1206 Frightened

   Opposite Caoqiao Pass, on the west bank of Danshui.

  The weather in midsummer is extremely hot.

   Fortunately, the army was stationed on the edge of Danshui, and there were mountains on both sides, so the heat was not severe.

  The only thing to worry about is that there are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains.

  Even if you order wormwood and other things, there are still mosquitoes that are not afraid of death rushing to bite people.

   If you are not careful, you will be rewarded with red envelopes one after another.

   "Bah!"

  Feng Duhu, who was fishing under the pergola, stretched out his hand to slap his neck, and a big mosquito was slapped to death in his palm, and the bloodstains bloomed like a small red flower.

   Scratching his neck where he was bitten, Feng Duhu continued to sit still.

  How can a fisherman shrink back because of a mere mosquito?

  However, it seems that Feng Duhu is destined to be unable to fish with peace of mind today. Soon, hurried footsteps came from behind him:

   "Your Majesty, someone said that an urgent letter was sent from Bingzhou!"

   "Huh?" Feng Duhu was startled, and immediately turned his head away, "An urgent letter from Bingzhou?"

  Looking past the guards, he looked outside the circle of guards, but saw a man with leggings and a tight robe with narrow sleeves standing there.

  People from Xinghan Society?

   To be precise, it is Dongfeng Express.

  Feng Duhu frowned, it wasn't an official document, but a private letter?

  Using Dongfeng Express’s dedicated express channel to deliver the letter, and it’s still delivered to me, the letter writer is very thoughtful!

   Isn’t this just adding pony to QQ, and then going to someone’s farm to steal vegetables in the middle of the night?

   Seeing that the urgent document was not from Bingzhou, Feng Duhu relaxed again.

  Compared with urgent official documents related to Bingzhou's military situation, no matter how urgent a personal letter is, it is not urgent for Feng Duhu.

   "Let him come over."

   "Here!"

   The man got permission, trotted up to Feng Duhu, bowed deeply, and said respectfully:

   "Zhu Liu pays homage to the prince."

   You can tell from the name that he is from a poor family.

   "Retired from the army?"

  Hearing this, Zhu Liu, who had just stood up straight, immediately blushed:

   "My lord, it is exactly that the villain joined the army from Nanxiang in the seventh year of Jianxing."

   "Over the years, villains have participated in the big battles in Xiaoguan, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou. The imperial court changed the military system the year before last, and the villains retired from the army."

  Feng Duhu has many identities now.

   This also led to different people calling him differently.

  Those who are called "Shan Chang" don't need to ask, they are all students who came out of the college, and the students in the early years are the most.

   Those who are called "junhou" are basically old people who follow Feng Duhu, so they are qualified to be called so.

   Even someone like Meng Yan is almost meaningless.

   This is still for the face of his elder brother Meng Huo, to be precise, it is for the face of Hualan.

  Meng Yan dared to call Junhou in private.

   Outsiders are basically called "Zhongduhu".

  As for the person who publicly calls "General Right Hussar", either they want to seek death, or they want to fight against someone like Wei Yan.

  The position of the Protector of the Central Government is high and powerful. Compared with the Right Hussar General, I don't know how much more prestigious it is.

  Your name is General You Hussars, and you deliberately put someone Feng under Wei Yan. Didn’t you mean to find trouble?

  Of course, if it is on a formal occasion, or when it comes to serious business, everyone will naturally call it Zhongduhu.

  So the man in front of him called Feng Duhu a very direct indication of his identity.

  As soon as Feng Duhu heard the other party's self-report, he immediately became interested, "Oh? Then why did you quit?"

   Such elite veterans would basically not be let go in the army unless they had to.

   Besides, the big man is now in good financial condition, and the salary in the military is also considered generous.

  And in the current world, the fastest way to cross class and make meritorious service in the army.

  Even if you can’t make great achievements, you can benefit your parents, wives and children after staying in the army for a long time and accumulating some small achievements.

  So most of the veterans who have fought for many years are willing to stay in the army.

   Not to mention that the one in front of you is a child of Nanxiang, who is the most loyal direct descendant of Feng Duhu's direct descendants.

  Zhu Liu scratched his head, a little embarrassed:

   "When I was crossing the river with General Zhendong, I was shot in the chest by a thief and fell into the water. I was eager to do my best and didn't want to retreat. I didn't expect that the thief opened a hole under my side."

   Speaking of this, Zhu Liu sighed:

   "After the war, the medical workers said that I lost too much blood and almost died. In addition, when I fell into the water, I was soaked in the wound by water, saying that I was infected or something."

   "Anyway, although I got my life back in the end, my health was failing, so I had to retire from the army."

  Feng Duhu heard the words, immediately stood up in awe, walked up to him, and patted him on the shoulder:

   "It's good to retire. After all, you have worked hard for the country for so many years."

  Hearing Feng Duhu's words, feeling the weight on his shoulders, the eye sockets of such a big man suddenly became hot.

  I saw him standing up straight, and said loudly:

   "Returning to the Lord, no hard work! As long as the parents, wife and children in the family live a good life, no matter how hard the villain is, it will be worth it!"

   "When the villain was in the army, he was fortunate to receive the instruction of the lord: We kill thieves for the sake of our relatives, so that future generations will no longer be oppressed by thieves."

   "It is to let them live a good life all the time! The villain never dares to forget."

   "Okay, okay!" Feng Duhu nodded, "Is the family living a good life now?"

   "My lord, they are doing well, and the villain is also doing well. They are well fed, clothed warmly, given the fields, and their children can still go to school. Villain, villain..."

   I couldn't go on, and started wiping tears.

   "This time, I didn't need a villain to deliver it in person, but when I learned that it was to deliver a letter to the prince, everyone wanted to rush over."

   "The villain beat those guys to the ground, and that's why he grabbed this errand. He just wanted to see the king."

  The simple and unpretentious words made Feng Duhu, who had just casually chatted with the veterans to show his approachability, suddenly felt a little heavy in his heart.

  Simple and unpretentious people, they only ask for enough food, warm clothes, and some fields for their homes.

  If children can still learn knowledge, it is something they will work hard to protect, even if they sacrifice their lives.

   What grand plans for dominance, what struggle for power, are too far away for them.

   They just want to live their little life.

  But it is these common people who want to live their own lives that are the main force that keeps pushing history forward.

  The grand plans and hegemony of the heroes are all forged by countless people.

  Feng Duhu took a deep breath, put his hand on Zhu Liu's shoulder again, pressed it firmly, and pretended to be relaxed and said:

   "Go back and tell them that as long as I'm here, I will do my best to keep everyone's life going!"

  When Zhu Liu heard this, his eyes lit up, he nodded repeatedly, and was too excited to speak.

   But even so, he did not forget the purpose of his trip.

   He unbuttoned his belt, took out a letter wrapped in oilcloth from his close-fitting clothes, and respectfully handed it to Feng Duhu with both hands:

   "Your Majesty, this is your letter."

  Feng Duhu nodded, and took it with his own hands.

  Zhu Liu fastened his belt again indiscriminately, bowed deeply to Feng Duhu, and then retreated.

  The king is the pillar of the country, and there are many important national affairs to be dealt with.

  For me to be able to talk so much with Junhou, it is already smoking from the ancestral grave.

   To be a human being, you must be content, and you must know how to advance and retreat.

   If you waste the prince's time like this again, I'm afraid you will become a sinner.

  Opening the oil-covered cloth, revealing the letter inside, Feng Duhu just took a look, and let out a hush.

  Why is it a letter from Brother Bosong?

  At this time, how could Bosong use Dongfeng Express to deliver the letter? And it's an urgent letter?

  Feng Duhu's heart sank slightly, and he felt that his initial thoughts seemed to be wrong.

   Could it be that something really happened in Bingzhou?

  Opening the letter and quickly browsing through it, Feng Duhu's originally relaxed face became a little gloomy.

  He sat back to his original position slowly, and read the letter again carefully.

  Then put away the letter, looked at the water surface, his complexion had become gloomy.

  Sitting for a while, he suddenly said:

   "Come here."

   "Your Majesty?"

   "Bring a pen and paper."

   "Here."

  The personal guards quickly followed the instructions, moved a small desk, and then arranged the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

  Feng Duhu sat down on his knees in front of the small case table, took a pen and danced like a phoenix, quickly wrote the letter, and sealed the letter with clay as quickly as possible.

   Finally said:

   "Get a chicken feather."

  Chicken feather letters, or red chicken feather letters, represent the most urgent and important matters.

   "You personally take your team, rush back to Chang'an immediately, and deliver this letter to Madam."

  Feng Duhu handed the letter to the captain of the personal guard, with a serious expression, "Remember, you must hand it to Madam."

  The captain of the personal guard glanced at Feng Duhu, but he didn't hear the next order, so he had to bite the bullet and ask one more question:

   "Your Majesty, which lady?"

   Feng Duhu twitched the corner of his mouth, and said angrily: "Mrs. Zuo! General Zhendong!"

   "Here!"

  The captain of the personal guard responded, wrapped it in the tarpaulin just now, and hid it carefully, then turned around and went out to greet the team he led.

   After a while, Shilaiqi rolled up the smoke and dust, went up against the Danshui, and galloped towards Chang'an.

  Feng Duhu, on the other hand, sat there blankly, his eyes unfocused, thinking about something.

  The float kept going up and down, but the fishing rod in his hand remained motionless.

   Until the sound of footsteps came from behind again:

   "Your Majesty?"

  Feng Duhu came back to his senses: "What's the matter?"

   "General Ju and General Meng are asking to see each other."

   "Let them come over."

  Gu Fu and Meng Yan came over excitedly: "Meet your lord."

   "Well, what's up?"

   "Your Majesty, everything in the army is ready, and we can formally launch an attack at any time!"

   "Crossing water?"

   "Exactly!"

  Feng Duhu casually said "um" again, was silent for a while, and then said:

   "Two generals, the matter of crossing the water should be postponed for a while and wait for a while."

  Ju Fu and Meng Yan looked at each other subconsciously when they heard this, and then looked at Feng Duhu together:

   "Your Majesty, why is this?"

   The soldiers have been preparing for so long, isn't it just for this moment?

  Why is it going to take a while when things are imminent?

   "Things have changed."

   Seeing that the float had not moved, Feng Duhu lifted the fishing rod, and the bait had already been eaten.

   Unlucky!

   It turned out to be an empty shot!

   Slowly rebaiting the hook, Feng Duhu said slowly:

   "I suspect that someone wants to cheat the big guy, but I have no evidence..."

  Sentence Fu Mengyan:? ? ?

  What pit?

   Throwing out the fishing line, Feng Duhu didn't explain, but continued:

   "The built stone cannon can be smashed towards the opposite side, and let them record the data. The rest of the things, except not launching the wading, everything will remain as planned."

  Ju Fu and Meng Yan were confused and ordered to retreat.

  After finishing the order, Feng Duhu realized that another fish seemed to be biting the bait again.

  Unexpectedly, when I mentioned it, I found that it was an empty shot again.

  He threw the fishing rod a little irritatedly, stood up, and stared fixedly at Caoqiao Pass on the opposite bank, his eyes were gloomy, and his face was cloudy.

   "Come on!"

   "Your Majesty?"

   "Immediately send someone to Shu to inform Jincheng, Jiangzhou, Yong'an and other places. As long as it is related to Jingzhou, it must be sent to Chang'an as quickly as possible."

   "Here!"

  …

   Bingzhou, Taiyuan.

  Wang Ping, who led the army from Pingcheng, finished his army in Jinyang City, and the former army he sent had just arrived in Qi County.

   Who expected Deng Zhi to chase after him again:

   "General Wang, something happened to Shangdang!"

  Deng Zhi's face was panicked, and even his clothes were a little messy. It can be seen that he was chasing after him on horseback all the way in a hurry.

   "The envoy is this?"

  Wang Ping was taken aback when he saw Deng Zhi's appearance, "Why does he look like this?"

   "Shangdang has an accident, a major event has occurred, the Wei thief has captured Huguan!"

  Deng Zhi got off her horse and grabbed Wang Ping's horse's head, feeling a little out of breath.

   Chasing desperately all the way here can be regarded as a desperation for Deng Zhi.

   After all, he is an old man in his sixties, not in his prime.

"What?"

  Wang Ping was taken aback and quickly got off his horse:

   "Why is this happening? Huguan... Isn't it said that Huguan is majestic and dangerous?"

  Deng Zhi was panting, the weather was too hot, and he galloped over on horseback, his throat was already dry.

  He supported the old man's waist and waved his hand:

   "Ji He, tell me!"

  Li Xi hurried forward and explained:

   "General Wang, Guo Xun, the guard of the Shangdang, is the secret agent of the Wei thief. He has been in contact with Sima Yi for a long time, and it is he who leads the people to switch on and off at night to meet the thief."

   "This made it easy for Sima Yi to knock on the pass. I heard that after Sima Yi attacked Huguan, he sent someone to attack the eldest son."

   "The eldest son's army was empty, and he also surrendered without a fight. Most of the Shangdang has fallen into the hands of bandits."

   "According to a report from a clansman who escaped from Shangdang, Sima Yi also sent someone to lead the army to the north when he was attacking the eldest son. It is very likely that he wants to attack Jinyang!"

  Wang Ping was shocked when he heard it: "Is this really true!?"

   "It's better to believe what you have than to believe what you don't have!"

  Deng Zhi finally recovered, and said:

   "General Wang, we are stationing troops in Qi County in case the Shangdang has a plan to change. I'm afraid it won't work, so we have to make some changes!"

  Targeting troops in Qi County, although there are also preparations to guard against Wei thieves invading Shangdang.

   But that's just in case. In fact, in everyone's heart, they don't really believe that Wei thief can do this.

   Therefore, the most important thing to take this step is that Qi County is the closest to the entrance to the Shangdang, which can not only station troops, but also facilitate food.

   After all, Wei Yan is a rare and powerful general in the army. He has led the army for many years, how could he be stupid?

  Facts have proved that this person is not stupid, but stupid!

   So stupid!

   It's like being played by Sima Yi in the palm of his hand.

  Although the official news from Shangdang was still transmitted, Deng Zhi knew in his heart that even if this matter was only half true, it had to be treated as very true.

  As an old man who participated in the first Northern Expedition with the prime minister, Deng Zhi knew very well:

  Sima Yi is very good at leading troops, and he must not be taken lightly.

  You thought he would arrive in a month, maybe in eight days.

   "General Wang, you can no longer go to Qi County at this time, you should go directly to Dagu!"

  Deng Zhi continued, "There is the main passage from Shangdang to Taiyuan, General Wang must guard it!"

   "Otherwise, once the Wei thieves enter Taiyuan, Bingzhou will no longer be owned by the big man!"

  The reason why Dagu is called Dagu is precisely because there is a Dagu connecting Taiyuan and Shangdang.

  Qi County is only sixty miles away from Dagu, so the march is faster, and it can be reached in one day.

  Wang Ping dare not neglect:

   "A certain person will lead the army there immediately!"

   "Okay, then there will be General Lao Wang." Deng Zhi clasped his fists, "I will immediately mobilize the food and grass in Jinyang and Qi County, and follow the army."

   After finishing speaking, Deng Zhi hurriedly sent Li Xun to Qi County, and he himself hurried back to Jinyang.

  He not only has to mobilize food and grass, but also mobilizes the county soldiers.

  As long as there is real news from Shangdang, he will immediately recruit county soldiers to support.

  As the governor of Bingzhou, he not only has to support Wang Ping in the rear, but also prevent Wei thieves from entering Taiyuan.

  At the same time, he had to find a way to squeeze out some troops, go to Jingxing, east of Jinyang, and strengthen the defense, lest thieves come from Changshan County.

  (end of this chapter)