Chapter 372 I Want to Go Too
northwest.
When spring was about to arrive in Chang'an, the northwest was still desolate.
The sky and earth are covered with snow.
After a fierce battle this morning, the remaining flag fell in the snow and turned into ice along with the melted and frozen snow.
The surviving soldiers dragged the frozen bodies out of the snow and buried them together.
The white smoke they exhaled mixed into a ball and dissipated in the cold wind, and their armor was covered with a layer of frost.
Inside the military camp, blazing bonfires were burning everywhere to dispel some of the cold.
The wounded soldiers huddled together in the tent to keep warm and fell asleep with exhausted faces.
In the military doctor's tent, wounded soldiers lined up waiting for treatment.
Xue Che was also in the team, and he was also injured.
He was besieged by several barbarians and was swung at by maces. Although he dodged them, his left arm was still injured.
When it was Xue Che's turn, the military doctor bandaged his wound and instructed:
"Captain Xue, don't let your left arm get wet or snowy. Rest plenty of time."
"Thank you, Uncle Liu." Xue Che nodded.
Everyone knows that you need to rest more after being injured, but when you are guarding the border during war, whether you can rest or not is not something you can decide.
Xue Che walked out of the military doctor's tent. The pain in his left arm, which had been bandaged and applied with medicine, eased a little.
He walked towards Xue Yucheng's main tent, and many people greeted him.
Xue Che's identity was also made public in the military camp. Now everyone knew that Xue Che was the son of a great general, and that he had started as a soldier in the army like everyone else in the past few years.
He was an outstanding martial artist and had killed many Hu people. He was recently promoted to the rank of captain.
"Dad." Xue Che lifted the curtain and walked in.
Xue Yucheng was looking at the sand table and the map. When he saw his son coming, a trace of worry crossed his brows:
"Che'er is here. Please sit down first. How is your injury?"
"The child is fine, it's just a minor injury, he will recover in a few days."
Xue Che reassured his father and asked,
"How's Dad's injury?"
Although Xue Yucheng was not injured this morning, he suffered a thigh injury some time ago. I wonder if the wound was torn when he played this morning.
"It's okay, my legs are almost recovered."
Xue Yucheng picked up the teapot by the fire and poured out two bowls of hot water.
The father and son drank hot water to warm themselves. They had no tea, not even coarse tea.
After the war broke out, the nearby residents all fled and the caravans did not dare to come in the short term.
Many people from the Song family had gone to the Western Regions before, saying they wanted to open up a longer trade route, and it was estimated that the journey would take at least a year and a half.
I don’t know if we can get through, but it doesn’t matter if they are not here. They can’t fight and will only be a hindrance.
Xue Yucheng: "Hunxie and Tiele Khan's evil ambitions are unquenchable. Until they are eradicated, the northern border will never be at peace."
In the second half of last year, the Hunxie Kingdom sent troops to the northern border, which seemed to be a test.
The Hunxie Kingdom saw that the Tiele Khanate was invading Dayu from the south and was approaching Chang'an. However, the emperor of the previous dynasty was incompetent and the generals defected, allowing the Tiele Khanate to advance all the way.
The Hunxie people were very angry. They had been fighting in the northwest for so many years but had not gained much.
As a result, the Tiele Khan people bit off such a big piece of fat meat as soon as they sent troops.
The Hunxie Kingdom therefore took this opportunity to send troops, but the Xue family army held its ground and refused to give up an inch. In addition, the support troops from Shannan West Road had just arrived, and the Hunxie Kingdom was successfully expelled from the country.
Xue Yucheng therefore sent a letter to the capital to reassure Pei Lingyun.
But who would have thought that as soon as he sent the letter, something unexpected happened.
The defeated Tiele Khan was still unwilling to give up and turned to reach an alliance with the Hunxie people. It is unknown what conditions the two sides negotiated, but the two countries spared no effort and jointly sent troops to the northwest border.
A large number of Hu troops and horses that were about to retreat suddenly made a comeback.
Moreover, this time the two countries have about 300,000 troops, far exceeding Xue's army.
Judging from this momentum, they must want to tear the northwest from the territory of Da Qi when the new dynasty is just established and the situation is still unstable.
Xue Che held the hot water, and wisps of hot air flowed through his fingers, warming his palms a little:
"Fortunately, we still have enough food left. Tingzhou has had a good harvest this year, so we have no shortage of supplies."
The weather is good this year, and there is a good harvest in Lingnan and the northwest.
There is plenty of cotton and wheat.
Therefore, this year the soldiers at least have warm winter clothes and enough food to eat.
But Xue Yucheng's face did not show much optimism.
There are too many accidents on the battlefield, and he has experienced many of them.
Military supplies, personnel, horses, etc. will be lost in battle after battle, and no one knows what will happen next.
Especially now, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us.
Without sufficient troops, it is difficult to win even if there are mountains of food.
The northwest wind made the felt curtains sway, and the cold wind swept in with chill air, shaking the charcoal fire in the tent and causing it to sway in panic, sparks flying everywhere.
Xue Yucheng and his son walked out of the tent and looked towards the southeast.
I don’t know if we can hold out until the imperial reinforcements arrive.
If possible, they will join forces to repel the Hu people and even go north to destroy Hunxie.
If you can't -
The father and son remained silent.
The sound of the wind blew past my ears, and the snow flying in the sky looked like pear blossoms.
…
Chang'an, Heishan Prefecture.
A group of villagers were eating around a big table.
Pei Lingyun, Wu Yingniang and Su Zhizhi were among them.
They usually stay in the palace, but occasionally they will go out of the palace to Heishan Mansion or Pei Mansion.
Especially Su Zhizhi, she ran around in and out of the palace, and no one could restrain her.
She had breakfast in the palace in the morning, went to Heishan Mansion at noon, and went to Pei Mansion in the evening to talk with Pei Shu.
She is everywhere anyway.
The food at Heishanfu is still very good, so fresh and fragrant that it makes people drop their eyebrows.
But the atmosphere today is a little more depressing than usual.
Pei Lingyun and his daughter Su Zhizhi sat on either side of a large table, far apart, staring at each other.
The father and daughter had a disagreement and were angry and arguing with each other.
But no matter how angry you are, you still have to eat well. No matter how high your position is, you cannot waste food.
Pei Lingyun finished a big bowl of rice and looked at Su Zhizhi with a grim face.
Su Zhizhi finished two large bowls of rice and angrily chewed a piece of pig's head.
Old Xu, Qiu Jinyu and Hua Erniang made a few jokes at the table to liven up the atmosphere.
"Oh, this pork elbow is so delicious! The pigs that survived the war are so different..."
"Zhizhi is growing. He's grown a little taller after the New Year. Eat more."
"He's a lot taller than Po..."
Pei Lingyun looked at Zhizhi and spoke:
"No matter what you say, I don't agree with this."
Su Zhizhi swallowed the food in her mouth and gulped down a big sip of tea:
"No matter how much Dad disagrees, I'm going."
Pei Lingyun took a deep breath, just like every time he was angry with his daughter.
But this time I was even angrier than before.
Someone from the northwest sent a battle report, and Xue Yucheng sent back a personal letter asking for help.
Pei Lingyun was naturally worried, and immediately discussed with Qin Xiao, Yuan Chi and others to dispatch troops to the northwest for support.
Time is running out. We must prepare all supplies and gather the soldiers within three days and set off as soon as possible.
For both public and private reasons, he could not bear to see the Northwest fall.
Everyone agreed that reinforcements should be sent to the northwest as soon as possible.
But Su Zhizhi said at this time: "I want to go too."
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