Fu Song

Chapter 136 Waiting
Stretching, Xiao Cheng stood up from behind the desk, walked to the window and opened it, the bitter cold wind immediately poured into the room with snowflakes.

Reaching out to catch a snowflake, Xiao Cheng, who has always been calm, also showed a worried look on his face.

Since yesterday, the weather has become even worse. Originally, it was only snow seeds that fell in bursts, but since last night, heavy snow like goose feathers has fallen down. In one night, the snow on the ground has increased by another foot. Yu thick.

This will cause big trouble for the troops who are marching in Hengshan.

Even if DANG Xiang, who is familiar with the road, is the vanguard, it will take five full days to get out of Hengshan.Then it took only five days to attack Yanzhou City and take it down.

Because it won't take five days, Li Xu's reinforcements will basically arrive. If Xiao Ding has not taken Yanzhou City by then, he will have to retreat, otherwise he will face a strong city in the front and a strong city in the future. If there is a dilemma of interception, failure is inevitable.

And once Yanzhou City was captured, Li Xu's reinforcements would have to retreat, otherwise they would face the fate of being annihilated in the ice and snow.

"Second brother, are you worried about big brother and them?" Xiao Qi put down the pen in her hand, put her little hand next to her mouth and breathed nonstop, and walked to Xiao Cheng's side.

Xiao Cheng nodded: "The weather really exceeded our expectations."

Pointing to some people trekking hard in the snow outside, he continued: "I'm afraid that the speed of the march in Hengshan will be greatly affected by the elder brother. I'm afraid it will be impossible to go out of Hengshan in five days and launch an attack on time."

Xiao Qi's eyes widened: "But big brother and the others only brought ten days' worth of military rations. If there is any delay in Hengshan, the food will be in short supply, and the longer the delay, the more time Li Xu will have to react. "

"This is impossible!" Seeing the anxious look on the little girl's face, Xiao Cheng had no choice but to comfort him: "Brother is an old soldier, and his experience in dealing with these things is much better than the two of us." We don’t have to worry about it here. Maybe this heavy snow will make big brother even more happy, because the opponent will be even more unexpected that the attack will start at such a time.”

"That's true!" Xiao Qi thought for a while, then nodded in agreement. "But second brother, I can't understand some of your arrangements!" "Why can't I understand?" Xiao Cheng closed the window, dragged his sister to the brazier, sat down, and asked.

"Second brother, why do you let Chen Qiao and the others set up some stops along the way to prepare food and medicine?" Xiao Qi asked: "Brother has already passed by, why do you need these?"

Xiao Cheng chuckled: "This is prepared in case of failure."

"Ah?" Xiao Qi was shocked.

"Think about defeat before winning!" Xiao Cheng said: "In case, I mean in case, if we lose this battle, don't we have to flee back? When we flee back, we have to eat Right? Wounded soldiers must be treated, but at this time, will there be such things among the defeated soldiers? If the wounded soldiers are forced to abandon or a large number of wounded soldiers die because they cannot receive medical treatment, it will be even more terrible for morale The blow. So I would rather be prepared than not, and have to be prepared."

Xiao Qi blinked her eyes and said: "I understand, if we win, big brother still has to stick to Yanzhou, these things will be sent forward when the time comes, and the time needed will be even shorter."

"By analogy, the little girl is really teachable!" Xiao Cheng laughed, stretched out his hand and scratched the opponent's delicate and firm nose, "Brother wins, and these things can be delivered to the front of the army as soon as possible. Our soldiers can also let the enemy see our strength, which will naturally be helpful for possible future battles."

"What little girl? I'm already thirteen!" Xiao Qi was a little annoyed.

"Well, a thirteen-year-old girl!" Xiao Cheng nodded again and again: "But it seems to be two months away!"

"I'm too lazy to tell you!" Xiao Qi jumped up, walked to a small table, and started to write again: "Second brother, you should go to the house for dinner tonight, sister-in-law has been restless for the past few days. of."

"I used to be in Bianliang, far away, and I didn't have any idea about the big brother going out to fight, but this time it's right in front of me, so it's normal to worry, okay, I'll go there with you at night."

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and Luo Gang walked in with a burst of wind and snow.

"What happened at the milking ground?" Seeing Luo Gang's unkind expression, Xiao Cheng asked.

Luo Gang shook his head, walked to the edge of the brazier, and sat down. The snow on his body fell to the ground, and immediately turned into running water in the warm room, soaking a large area of ​​the ground, and turning into white again. The air curled up.

"The party members are also very cunning. They know that we are going to war. The prices of fur, tendon, horns, and medicinal materials are going up every day!" Luo Gang said: "If they go up, we will naturally go up. Don't try to take advantage of anyone, wait until the big brother wins the battle, and once the news comes back, I'd like to see, who will admit defeat first?"

Xiao Cheng laughed: "We are all a family now, enough is enough, don't hurt your friendship."

"They provoked it first." Luo Gang said angrily.

Xiao Cheng glanced at him, and said with some surprise: "You don't seem to be angry about this matter, you were expecting this, what happened to make you feel a little bit out of control?"

Luo Gang glanced at Xiao Qi, lowered his head again, and said, "A letter from home."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng was stunned, but Xiao Qi suddenly raised his head and threw the pen in his hand on the case, "What do you want to say, third brother?"

Luo Gang turned his head and glanced at Xiao Qi, who had upside down eyebrows, and hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I didn't want to say anything, no, no, no, I just wanted to say, I'm going to kill Yelujun, a bastard."

Xiao Qi stared at Luo Gang for a moment, but his face softened. Letting someone like Luo Gang spit out such obscene words really made him anxious.

Without much thought, Xiao Qi could guess what was said in the letter Luo Gang received from home. In fact, not only her, but Xiao Cheng could also guess it.

Luo Song will not be troublesome, but Mrs. Luo is not necessarily.And more than [-]% of this letter from home was written by Mrs. Luo.

"Yelujun is the king of Qishui County, Yuting, do you know what this title represents? It means that Yelujun ranks first in the Liao Kingdom's succession to the throne. You kill him? Why kill him? You didn't even see him I don't even have a chance, do I?" Xiao Cheng chuckled.

Luo Gang stared at Xiao Cheng, and said bitterly: "Chongwen, you don't have to provoke me, I know what you want to say. Even if he, Yelujun, became the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, so what? The victory of Song and Liao lies in the temple. , I Luo, someone will hang his head on the beam, piercing the bone, and he will have to be admitted to the Jinshi and enter the court. At that time, there will be you, me, and elder brother. At that time, we will work together to get rid of those old guys who don't do anything. Drive them out and let us take charge. When the time comes to recover Youyan, defeat the Liao people, and capture Yelujun alive, what's the problem?"

Xiao Cheng spread his hands: "Then you have to be admitted to Jinshi first."

"I will definitely pass the exam." Hearing Xiao Cheng's tone of disbelief, Luo Gang was furious, stood up abruptly, left a word, turned his head and rushed out.

"Second brother!" Xiao Qi stared at Xiao Cheng dissatisfied.

"You're still turning your elbows out before you're married?" Xiao Cheng laughed.

"What did you say?" Xiao Qi was both ashamed and annoyed.

"Okay, okay." Xiao Cheng said: "Luo Yuting belongs to the kind of toad. If you don't poke him, he won't bother to move. It would be a good thing if you poke him this time. You know, Yelujun's kind of tiger Is the female supporting dog already widely circulated in Bianliang City? If Yu Ting wants to show some face, he must stand up and prove himself."

"He has lost a lot of weight these days." Xiao Qi felt a little heartbroken.

"Is it possible not to lose weight?" Xiao Cheng said, "I have to be busy with official business during the day, but at night I turn on the light to read at night, and I sleep for two hours a day, even a hard-nosed man can't stand it."

"Second brother, please persuade him!" Xiao Qi said worriedly: "He has missed too much homework before, and if he wants to be admitted to the Jinshi, it is not possible to achieve it in a short period of time. There are still four years before the next subject. Woolen cloth!"

"I'm not as good as you to persuade me!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile, "One sentence from you is worth ten to hundreds of others!"

Xiao Qi blushed: "Now the rumors are already unbearable, how can I contact him alone?"

Xiao Chenghu raised his face and said: "This is Shentangbao, not Bianliang. Whoever dares to chew the root of his tongue, I will pull out his tongue. Don't worry, this is the world of our Xiao family."

Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, then stood up: "Then I'll go talk to him for a while."

Xiao Cheng waved his hands, and watched Xiao Qi hurriedly leave the room with her skirt lifted.

After closing the door, Xiao Cheng didn't have the heart to deal with those official affairs that seemed to be never finished. Instead, he picked up the imperial palace newspapers during this period and carefully read them one by one.

He always felt that among these things, there were some very important things that he had overlooked.

With a bang, the door was knocked open again, Xiao Cheng sighed, and the little heat he had accumulated with great difficulty disappeared without a trace, but when he saw the person appearing at the door, he screamed loudly. Standing up at once, "Xu Shen, what happened?"

Xu Shen is the person in charge of the Four Seas Commerce, but at the same time, he is also the person in charge of the Xiao family and the intelligence of the Guangrui Army.

"Erlang, good news! There's good news ahead!" Seeing Xiao Cheng's expression, Xu Shen thoughtfully reassured Xiao Cheng first.

"Say!" Xiao Cheng took a deep breath.

"Yesterday, the main force led by Da Lang has stepped out of Hengshan, a whole day earlier than expected!" Xu Shen said beamingly. "The attack has already begun."

(End of this chapter)