It's been a while since I last saw him, and Tuoba Zhen has lost weight again.
He looks no more than 150.
Song Xia couldn't help but praise him: "Tuoba Zhen, you're amazing, you've lost so much weight."
Tuoba Zhen chuckled: "My mother said the same thing."
It's rare to receive praise.
He was very happy.
Tuoba Zhen bought a few apples, and while eating one, he said to Song Xia, "Immortal, my friend is amazing. He has already captured several cities with General Lin."
Is he really that well-informed?
Little did they know.
In Tuoba Zhen's view, nine cities are several cities, and one city is also several cities.
Song Xia casually asked, "Aren't you envious?"
Hearing her ask that question.
Tuoba Zhen swallowed the apple in his mouth and said, "I do envy them, but they all risked their lives to achieve their military exploits. I only envy them, not feel jealous, because I know I'm not cut out for it."
He is quite self-aware.
I don't know if it was just her imagination.
She suddenly felt that he seemed smarter than before.
Song Xia asked knowingly, "What's your friend's name?"
"His name is Jin Beicheng."
Before Song Xia could say anything, Tuoba Zhen continued, "In the capital, several girls like him, but unfortunately he doesn't like any of them. Otherwise, he would probably have children by now."
Jin Beichen is great in every way, so it's no surprise that Song Xia has someone who likes her.
We chatted for quite a while.
Tuoba Zhen then bought the items and left.
this time.
He bought the same things as before and didn't ask for anything else.
Song Xia's prepared words of advice were of no use.
Two days later.
Tuoba Zhen cried and shouted for Song Xia to open the door.
It's early in the morning.
Song Xia was still sleeping, and being woken up by him made her extremely uncomfortable.
Let's tidy it up a bit.
Song Xia went to see him in the space.
As soon as Tuoba Zhen entered the door, he burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably: "Immortal, Immortal, I, I'm finished, I..."
Song Xia: "?"
He has a terminal illness?
That's not right.
He doesn't look like someone who is terminally ill.
After waiting a while, I saw that he was still crying.
Song Xia couldn't take it anymore: "If you cry again, do you believe I'll throw you out?"
"Wow…"
Tuoba Zhen cried even harder.
Song Xia glanced at him for a while, and seeing that he was crying very sadly, she said in a calm tone, "Okay, okay, can't you talk things out? You just keep crying, and I don't know what you're crying about."
"I…"
Tuoba Zhen sobbed, "They sent me to escort grain supplies."
ah.
Let him go.
No wonder.
Song Xia was thinking about it.
Tuoba Zhen said, "I'm neither good at literature nor martial arts. Sending me there is like sending me to my death! Of course, besides being afraid of death, I'm also afraid the supplies won't reach the front lines. If they don't reach Jin Beicheng and the others, we're finished. Although a batch of supplies has already been sent, war requires a lot of supplies. How can we fight if we can't keep up..."
His mother was overjoyed, believing that his father was giving him an important position.
He was repeatedly instructed to ensure that the grain supplies were safely delivered to the front.
He does like to eat, that's true, but he's not stupid either. It's obvious that someone wants to use him to deal with Jin Beicheng and his group.
"fine."
"I'm here, aren't I?"
Song Xia winked at Tuoba Zhen.
Tuoba Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, with you here, how can we worry about not having enough food? Here's what I'll do: I'll give you all my valuables, in case something really goes wrong..."
Song Xia interrupted him, saying, "If that's the case, you'll probably be in an even worse situation."
Tuoba Zhen looked bewildered; he didn't understand what she meant.
Song Xia urged Tuoba Zhen to come closer, pulled him close, and whispered in his ear.
...
For the first ten days or so after Tuoba Zhen left the capital, everything was peaceful. Just when he thought he might be overthinking things, a group of bandits suddenly appeared, densely packed everywhere, and clearly outnumbering the men he had brought.
The fight didn't last long.
Those lying on the ground were all his men.
Less than 15 minutes.
Only Tuoba Zhen remained standing.
"Don't hit me, I'll pour it myself."
Tuoba Zhen collapsed onto the grass with a thud, making the bandits laugh.
They didn't hit him; they just stole the carriage and the goods being transported and left.
A junior general under Tuoba Zhen asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"
"fine."
"If they've already stolen it, they've stolen it."
Tuoba Zhen led them forward, each of them looking puzzled.
until.
They saw another group of soldiers escorting the grain and realized why Tuoba Zhen had been so calm earlier—the grain really was here.
Tuoba Zhen was overjoyed to have successfully overcome the difficulties and spent the evening expressing his gratitude to Song Xia.
Song Xia reminded her, "Don't be too happy yet, there's still a long way to go."
"It should be fine. There are soldiers guarding every checkpoint along the way."
After finishing speaking, Tuoba Zhen said, "Immortal, thank you, thank you so much. When I first told my father about this, he looked surprised and even praised me later."
However, it was thanks to his father's cooperation that he was able to get along with him.
otherwise.
He couldn't possibly do that, since he didn't have many people at his disposal.
Song Xia was still worried. She wanted to contact Jin Beichen but didn't know how, so she could only wait for him to come.
Fortunately, he arrived shortly afterward.
After hearing about it.
After consulting with General Lin, Jin Beicheng selected two of his trusted men to lead a thousand men to secretly meet Tuoba Zhen.
As it turns out.
Song Xia's concerns were valid; problems arose in less than ten days.
The grain supplies caught fire.
Tuoba Zhen and his men rested in the wild that night. When the fire was lit, many of them were still asleep.
This also includes Tuoba Zhen.
Tuoba Zhen was woken up by someone and was stunned when he saw that some grain was on fire.
I came to my senses.
His first instinct was to find Song Xia.
Song Xia was speechless: "Find water to put out the fire!"
"water!"
Tuoba Zhen turned to leave, but after a few steps he turned back with a sullen face and said, "We don't have any here!"
"I…"
Song Xia didn't want to say anything anymore, but suddenly she thought of a solution. She made him stand at the door while she pulled out the water pipe.
In an instant.
The sprayed water fell like rain onto the grain and fodder.
The burning grain and straw were extinguished in an instant.
Before Tuoba Zhen could ask any questions, Song Xia kicked him away.
"May the gods protect us! May the gods protect us!"
Tuoba Zhen knelt on the ground and bowed repeatedly, leaving those who witnessed the scene speechless for a long time, especially the few who had made the move; they dared not do anything more.
Although the fire was extinguished, some grain, approximately several hundred kilograms, was still burned.
When Tuoba Zhen arrived at the next town, he bought grain to fill the gap himself.
Because of this incident.
Tuoba Zhen dared not be careless again and ordered his men to guard the area together with the others.
His men were only average in martial arts, but they were good at guarding things.
Some more days passed.
They arrived at the Shanshui Bridge.
The bridge is rather narrow, only wide enough for one horse-drawn carriage to pass at a time.
Tuoba Zhen's eyelids started twitching before he could even close them. Fearing another problem, he called out to the people who were about to cross the bridge, "Wait a moment, rest for a while before crossing."
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