Farmers of Shu Han

Chapter 1410 Time waits for no man, seize the day! (Thank you, Shanxiong Diting, for the lucky money)
"General, we have received a report from the front. The Hu people are crying again, saying that they have lost hundreds of lives again. They want you to postpone the siege."

"It's unlucky to encounter these stray dogs right after I got here!"

In the big tent at the foot of Danhan Mountain, General Zhendong was half sitting and half lying, absorbed in reading a book. He didn't spare a glance to look at Zhao Sanqian who came in and started yelling.

Zhao Guang found a place to sit down, poured himself a bowl of milk tea and drank it down, then he said lightly:
"Even if I let you lead the army to attack Juyong Pass, the result will be the same. What's so unlucky about it?"

When Zhao Guang heard this, he immediately threw the bowl in his hand onto the blanket, his eyes shining:

"General, do you really want me to lead the army to attack the city?"

I have been staying on this grassland for more than two months since the beginning of spring, riding horses and hunting every day. It was still fresh at the beginning, but now I am very tired of it.

I just felt so uncomfortable all over that I wanted to lead my troops into the battlefield immediately and kill him a few times to satisfy myself.

"Issue a military order. If we fail to capture the city, we will punish them by military law. How about that?"

General Zhendong turned a page of the book, his eyes still fixed on it, and replied in a flat tone.

"Uh……"

Zhao Guang shrank his neck.

This elder sister who has been beating himself since childhood will always be a huge shadow in Zhao Laoer's heart.

If they say that he will be dealt with by military law, then he will be dealt with by military law.

He just let it go, but he was unwilling to accept it, muttering:

"But General, we have been here for more than two months and have done nothing. We only eat what our horses eat. If this continues, even if we have plenty of food and fodder, it won't be wasted this way."

"You bastard!" General Zhendong shouted angrily when he heard this. "You are the only one who does nothing but ride horses and chase dogs every day. Do you think others are just like you and don't want to make progress?"

If he had not followed Alang early on, with this thing's ability, it would be considered an overestimation of him to let him lead 3,000 infantrymen to follow behind and eat dust.

In this battle before the spring, there were more than 200,000 Hu people who needed to be directly resettled by the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the large and small tribes that surrendered upon hearing the news.

We also need to clean up those ignorant people...

After the beginning of spring, the Han army in the north and south rushed out of the border. It can be said that 80 to 90 percent of the Han cavalry were mobilized.

Later, Zhang Yuan from Pingcheng urgently transferred a group of people to help - nearly half of them were students who came out of the college for internship.

If not for this, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to be as comfortable as we are now, and we wouldn't be able to camp in Danhan Mountain for three months without moving.

So it’s no wonder that Zhao Guang is bored.

What fun things are there outside the Great Wall?

There were only grass and livestock. Even the Hu women, except for a very small number of noble ladies in the tribe who did not have to work, had rougher skin than men, and many of them had thicker waists than men.

Slightly inferior to the Qiang women in Liangzhou.

Zhao Guang really admires those men who can do it. They are really not picky!

But think about it, many of these men who ran to the grassland to fight did so just to earn some military land, marry a wife, and have a few kids, then their life would be perfect.

In the past, it was common to have no descendants, and it was lucky not to have no descendants.

Nowadays, if you work hard in the grasslands, if you are lucky, you can marry one, or even three sisters...

So it was wrong for my sister to scold herself for not doing her job and going hunting every day.

He also often went to listen to those men bragging that they were planning to take a few Hu women with them when they returned...

It blows so vigorously!

Hearing General Zhendong's scolding, Zhao Sanqian suddenly opened his eyes wide in confusion:

"Sister, how can you slander my innocence like this? When have I not been motivated to make progress? If I really had no desire to make progress, how could I be the one to lead the Tiger Cavalry when there are so many capable people in this country?"

When General Zhendong heard this, he laughed in anger: "You are where you are today, is it really because of your own ability, or is it because of your brother?"

"Sister, what you said is not right. Does it mean that if I rely on my brother's ability, it is not a skill?"

"Besides, I will never be able to surpass my brother in my lifetime. In this case, why don't I just rely on my brother and let him support me?"

Zhao Guang counted on his fingers and said confidently:

"Look, sister, with my current status, if I want to move up, I have to be on the same level as you, right?"

"But looking at the entire Han Dynasty, apart from Jiang Boyue, who else has this ability? I don't think I can do it."

"Since there is no more room for me to be promoted, how can I improve? Besides, I led the army here to kill bandits. Now there are no bandits to kill, so naturally I can only hunt to relieve my boredom."

What you said makes so much sense that I am speechless.

General Guan finally put down the book in his hand and looked at Zhao Sanqian seriously to make sure he was serious.

Finally, he sighed helplessly and patted his forehead gently:

"Well, we are already this old, and even the children have grown up, so let's do this. I think as long as you can follow your brother wholeheartedly, you will not suffer any loss in the end."

It was rare to hear his elder sister agree with him, so Zhao Guang suddenly became bolder:
"Who says it's not true? Listening to my brother will not be wrong. My brother asked me to follow my sister out of the border this time, so I think there must be some arrangement."

"But my sister has been keeping the troops inactive for the past few months. If this continues, it will start snowing outside the Great Wall in September, and the army will have to retreat back to the Great Wall by then."

"So I am not the only one who is worried. The men under me are also eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, enjoying themselves to the point of committing sins."

Seeing that this person had brought the topic back to the topic again, General Zhendong became a little annoyed and waved his hand:
"I have a plan for stationing the army here, but the time has not come yet, and the people I am waiting for have not arrived yet, so I am keeping the troops here."

Not time yet?
The heavy snow will come in three months at most. Do we have to wait until then?
But the sika deer have all been killed, and if we want to kill them again, we will probably have to wait at least another four or five years.

How to move in the snow in winter without sika deer pulling sleds?
Besides, who else in the Han Dynasty would dare to make my sister wait like this?
As if he had seen through Zhao Guang's doubts, General Zhendong explained a few more words:

"Don't worry, you don't have to wait any longer. The time I set for this person should not exceed the end of June. If he dares to come later than the time, I will punish him by military law first, and then by family law."

"It's already halfway through June, and July isn't far away..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Guang opened his eyes wide again:

Family law?

Ok?
Family law! ?
He was a little incredulous and asked in a lost voice: "Could it be that my brother is coming over?"

General Guan took a deep breath, pointed outside, and spoke clearly: "Get out!"

If the weather wasn't so hot that he would sweat all over if he moved, General Guan would probably have reminded this thief of the trauma of his childhood.

Seeing that General Zhendong seemed to be really angry, Zhao Guang didn't dare to say another word and just rolled out obediently.

Fortunately, General Guan and other people did not make Zhao Guang wait for long.

Two days later, he was escorted here on horseback.

"Why you?"

Zhao Guang entered the big tent again and looked at the newcomer. He couldn't help but marvel at the newcomer:
"You can actually make General Guan wait for you. You are quite capable."

Pei Xiu looked a little disheveled at this moment, with salt frost on the right collar - this was the mark of repeated soaking and drying by sweat from riding a horse at high speeds.

Her hair was disheveled like weeds, and in between you could see two sea buckthorn thorns, which are unique to the northern foothills of Yanshan Mountain.

There were purple marks on his wrists, which were bruises left by holding the reins tightly for days.

The skin on his neck was burned by the scorching sun and rolled up like scales.

A worthy descendant of a noble Hedong family turned into such a horrible state. It was obvious that he rushed here without stopping as soon as he received the transfer order from General Guan.

I guess no one dared to delay along the way.

Well, considering the relationship between this person and my brother, it is normal for my sister to enforce family rules on him.

I was wrong last time.

Zhao Guang glanced at General Zhendong cautiously.

General Zhendong didn't look at him. Her eyes fell on Pei Xiu, and she rarely showed a little praise:

"I thought you would arrive in at least two days, but you arrived today. Not bad."

Pei Xiu bowed quickly:

"Master... the general has given an order, how dare Xiu delay?"

"Very good. In that case, you must be very tired after traveling all the way here. You should have a good rest in the next two days. You can set out with the army in three days."

"Thank you, General."

"Go down first."

"Here."

After Pei Xiu left, Zhao Guang hurriedly asked:

"General, are we going to set off in three days?"

"Yes."

"Where to go?"

"Southeast, Birch Mountain."

"It's too dangerous. We need to think about this matter carefully!" Before Zhao Guang could say anything, Zhang Bao jumped up reflexively. "The general fought outside the Great Wall, engraved stones and shot Khan, and the Hu people were in a panic, and Hebei was shaken."

He entered the tent before Zhao Guang and sat below the General Zhendong. He had not spoken a word the whole time. But when he heard that General Guan was planning to cross Baihua Mountain to the east, he was the first to stand up and object:

"There are swamps all over the Baihua Mountain. If we are not careful, all the people and horses will be lost. Moreover, the situation on the east side of Baihua Mountain is unclear, and there are remnants of the Hu people. If we go deep into the mountains alone, once we are discovered by the enemy, we will be in danger of being wiped out."

"General, the battle outside the Great Wall has already been a success. Why do we need to risk failure again and do something unnecessary?"

During this expedition, the Northern Army was responsible for maintaining stability on the road from Pingcheng to Danhan Mountain, while also escorting personnel and supplies.

The Southern Army led by Zhang Bao was stationed in Danhan Mountain together with the Tiger Cavalry Army, increasing the pressure on Youzhou in the south.

After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he heard General Zhendong ask from above:
"Besides General Zhang, does anyone else have any objections?"

Zhang Bao subconsciously glanced at the generals in the tent.

Zhao Guang, Yang Qianwan, Liu Hun, Tufa Tianli...

It would have been fine if I hadn’t looked at it, but once I did, I felt something was wrong!
But Zhao Guang's eyes were shining and he was eager to try.

This is obviously not something you can count on, so it would be a good thing not to add fuel to the fire.

But the remaining few looked at each other, and suddenly they all clasped their fists and said one after another:
"Everything is subject to the general's arrangements!"

Judging from his expression, he was afraid that he was the one who spoke slowly.

Zhang Bao:?
Then he became angry:
Cao!
All the generals in this tent are Feng's minions. How is such a military discussion different from a decision made with a single word?

What the hell is this?

General Zhendong nodded with satisfaction:

"Since General Zhang is the only one who has objections to this matter, then this matter is settled."

Among the eight armies in Guanzhong, the North, South and Tiger Cavalry Armies were the most important and were known as the Three Upper Armies.

However, compared with the General Zhendong, the status of these three army commanders is still lower - at least in the army.

Seeing that General Zhendong began to issue military orders, no matter how big his objections were, Zhang Bao could only keep them to himself for the time being.

After all the generals had received orders and left the tent, General Zhendong left Zhang Bao alone. The frosty-looking General Zhendong turned into a girl next door and said in a gentle voice:

"Brother, after I take my people away, this place will be handed over to you."

Zhang Bao sighed, knowing that it was impossible to do anything.

"Does it have to be this way? With your current military achievements, even if Lord Guan knew about this, he would still smile. Why do you have to take such a risk?"

General Guan shook his head:
"I died not only for the Guan family, but also for the Han Dynasty. The road to the restoration of the Han Dynasty was paved with blood, flesh and bones. That's why you died for the Han Dynasty."

"And now, the road is only half paved. If you want to protect yourself by military merit, it will be like pulling out bricks and tiles. When will the Han Dynasty be able to rise again?"

Zhang Bao said excitedly:

"Then you won't have to put yourself in danger. Wouldn't it be better if I could take your place?"

General Zhendong continued to shake his head:

"No, no one can suppress these arrogant and brave soldiers in Danhan Mountain except me."

"It's fine for you to lead them to drive out the Hu people who are harassing the pass, but if you want them to cross the swamp and Yanshan, I have to do it."

Seeing Zhang Bao still looking indignant, General Zhendong smiled and consoled him:
"Don't worry, brother. Over the past few months, I have been secretly looking for the old shepherd who has been to Birch Mountain. I have already made preparations."

"On the contrary, the more pressure you put on the South, the safer I will be and the greater the possibility of success."

Zhang Bao said sullenly:
"I know you are very determined. Once you make a decision in public, you will not change it. But when I think of you being in danger again, I want to stab that kid with my spear."

"Ok?"

"If it weren't for the man named Feng, you would never have had the chance to lead the troops. Don't you blame him?"

General Zhendong laughed:

"Then you have to ask his right wife if she agrees first."

Zhang Bao's face turned even darker when he heard this.

"Brother, you also know that this battle was fought by the entire Han Dynasty. The reason why we were able to achieve such a great victory outside the Great Wall was because we took the enemy by surprise."

"If we fail to take Hebei in this battle, the Han will have to recuperate for several years before fighting again."

"By then, Sima Yi will have learned his lesson this time. If he is given a few more years to manage Hebei, he will be ready. Even if he can capture Hebei next time, it will only cost more lives."

General Zhendong took a long breath and said slowly:

"There is one more thing, which is my own selfish motive. According to the news sent back from Wu, Sun Quan had a serious illness and almost died."

"Because of this incident, the Wu Kingdom was in turmoil. Not only was Lu Xun angry to death, but even the crown prince was deposed."

General Zhendong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he spoke word by word:

"My greatest wish in life is to trample Jianye in front of Sun Quan, avenge the humiliation of Jingzhou, and avenge the blood feud between you and my elder brother!"

Lu Meng died, and Lu Xun also died.

Sun Quan is old, and I don’t know how long he can hold on.

If all the enemies were dead, the significance of marching into Jianye would be reduced by half for General Zhendong.

But if you want to defeat Eastern Wu, you must first destroy Wei.

Time waits for no one, we must seize the day!