The sky was slightly brighter, and Cao Xian quietly got up and went to the ground, enduring the slight remaining pain in his body, thinking that he finally understood.
It turns out that Mrs. Zhen and Sister Zhaoji often cry at night. This is what happened!
Her legs and feet went weak and she quickly held on to the wall beside her.
Cao Xian bit his lip, sat back on the couch, and groped under the quilt for his inner clothes, but accidentally touched something.
Her face heated up, but her heart was filled with a faint sense of joy.
Which woman does he belong to?
But it finally came true.
She couldn't help but think of the days when she was homeless and full of fear. Compared with the peace she felt now, it seemed like a world away.
At this time, Yuan Xi opened her eyes and saw Cao Xian sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze. He pulled her into the bed and said, "Be careful of catching a cold."
The two people's skin touched each other. Cao Xian drew circles on Yuan Xi's chest with his hand and whispered: "Master, are you awake?"
"I'm thinking about making porridge and making some breakfast later."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi sighed: "Let's go together later."
"I've worked hard on you these days."
Cao Xian whispered: "Following the young master, your life will be much better than that of most women in the world."
"I am very satisfied."
Yuan Xi hugged Cao Xian a little tighter and said, "I will leave tomorrow at the latest. You can stay in the house until I return after winning the battle."
"I will leave more manpower to protect the mansion. The possibility of the Black Mountain Army reaching Beixin City is not high, but you still have to be careful when you leave the mansion,"
Cao Xian looked a little disappointed, "I understand that women are a drag on the battlefield, so please take care of yourself, sir."
When she said this, she twisted a few times in Yuan Xi's arms, "Young Master, have you become physically stronger since you started practicing Wu Qin Xi?"
Yuan Xi couldn't help but feel a little distraught. He saw that it was still early outside and whispered: "It has indeed become more beastly."
"There's still time, get up later."
Cao Xian blushed and nodded.
The two of them started talking nonsense again.
The two of them just lay quietly, enjoying the rare silence. They understood that this was the first time that Yuan Xi led troops to face a strong enemy alone. Will he defeat the enemy and return victorious, or will he be beaten by the enemy and flee in embarrassment?
No one knows whether he will come back or never come back.
The only thing that can be known is that once you are involved in this whirlpool, you will never be able to stop. You can only keep moving forward, otherwise you will be submerged by the tide behind you.
It wasn't until the sunshine outside shone through the window that the two of them got up, got dressed, got off the ground, and led each other into the kitchen.
Cao Xian carefully stacked dry firewood, twigs, and straw in the stove, then took out a flint and struck it a few times, then lit the straw.
Yuan Xi took a bamboo tube and put it into the stove, gently scattered the straw, puffed up his cheeks and blew a few times. The sparks on the straw turned into flames, igniting the dry branches, and the flames rose, layer by layer.
Wrap the dry firewood on top and start a roaring fire.
Cao Xian scooped out a bowl of rice from the rice vat and poured it into the pot. Yuan Xi lifted the bucket and poured the water in. Cao Xian took the pot lid and put it on.
The two didn't speak, but they cooperated very well, just like last night and this morning.
After a while, the sound of gurgling came from the pot, and the smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the kitchen, straight into the sky, and interspersed with the hundreds of smoke pillars in Beixin City, adding to the suffering of this city.
The war-torn ancient city added a flourishing atmosphere of fireworks.
Sun Li was sleeping with his wife and child in his arms when he heard a banging on the door, which frightened the couple to sit up in panic.
Sun Li thought something had happened. As soon as he put on his trousers, he listened carefully outside the door, and found that it was his mother Ma's voice. He quickly put on his clothes, opened the door, and said with a grimace: "Mom, a
What are you doing so early in the morning?"
Seeing Sun Li's depressed look, Mrs. Ma got very angry and said, "Aren't you the prince's personal guard?"
"Young Master got up early in the morning, but you are still lying on the bed!"
Sun Li was surprised: "Young Master is out?"
"No," Ma said angrily, "Young master went to the kitchen to cook!"
After hearing this, Sun Li breathed a sigh of relief, "Mom, don't scare me! It's rare for me to get up late this time. When I followed the young master before, I always got up earlier than the young master."
He thought to himself that he finally came back to see his wife, and he hadn't seen her for more than half a year. Why not enjoy it?
Madam Ma stretched out her hand to twist Sun Li's ear, "As a personal guard, you must fulfill your duties. If you are negligent, you may harm the young master!"
"Please remember it carefully!"
Sun Li's ears hurt so much that he had to beg for mercy: "I remember, I remember!"
"Mom, let go!"
Mrs. Ma hit Sun Li on the head a few more times, and then she became angry.
Sun Li touched his head and thought that his mother was not merciful at all, she was really cruel.
He turned around and said a few words to his wife, then got dressed and hurried out. When he arrived at the kitchen, he found that Yuan Xi and Cao Xian had already sat beside the stove, one person at a time, regardless of the roughness of the kitchen.
Holding a bowl, he was drinking vigorously.
Sun Li scratched his head and thought that this scene was rare.
When he glanced at Cao Xian, he always felt that there was something different about him. He seemed to be more gorgeous than the youthful one before?
When Yuan Xi saw Sun Li coming, he smiled and said, "Come and have a drink too."
After hearing this, Sun Li did not refuse. He filled a bowl and squatted on the ground to drink. He had followed Yuan Xi for a long time and knew that he was about to leave.
Yuan Xi looked at Sun Li and suddenly sighed, "Forget it, just make two bowls and go back to eat with your wife and children."
"When we go this time, we both have to kill the enemy with our own hands. We don't know when we will come back."
Cao Xian's hand holding the bowl trembled slightly, "Master, you want to go into battle in person?"
Yuan Xi nodded, "My going into battle can boost morale, and a lot of people will die less."
"Don't worry, as long as Sun Li is here, nothing will happen to me."
Cao Xian raised his head and said seriously to Sun Li: "You help me take care of the young master, and I will help you take care of your wife and children."
After hearing this, Sun Li patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, as long as I am still breathing, no one can get close to the young master!"
After hearing this, Cao Xian's frown relaxed slightly. She looked up at the sky outside the window. The smoke from the kitchen stove accompanied the morning glow, making everything in the sky blurry, as if it were an unreal dream.
She thought with a little sadness, in the not-too-distant future, the sky over there will also be obscured by the flames of war, right?
With a bang, Zhang Yan kicked over the table in front of her and shouted at the commander of the Montenegrin army in front of her: "We are looked down upon. Even the children of the Yuan family dare to ride on our faces!"
He pointed in the direction of Youzhou in the distance, "In less than a month, tens of thousands of people have fled!"
"There are not only farmers, but also craftsmen and soldiers!"
"If this continues, our Montenegro will be in chaos before the war even starts!"
"Who can bear it???"
Dozens of Montenegrin generals below shouted in unison: "No!"
Someone shouted: "Kill them!"
Someone shouted, "Your Excellency is a general who was personally appointed by the Han Dynasty to defeat the enemy. What a bunch of rebels from the Yuan family are nothing!"
"I am willing to follow General Zhonglang to destroy the bandits!"
The generals below are all the current leaders of the Black Mountain bandits, including Huang Long, Yu Digen, Guo Daxian, Lei Gong, Dahong, Luo Shi, etc., to name a few.
Moreover, the eight most famous generals among them are already dead and gone, and are no longer at their peak.
These eight people are Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Yu Du, Zuo Miao Zhangba, Sui Gu, Bai Rao, and Zhang Baiqi.
Zhang Niujiao was the first leader of the Black Mountain Army. He was later killed by an arrow. Before his death, he passed the leadership to Zhang Yan.
Yu Du and Zuo Zhu Zhangba were killed during Yuan Shao's expedition to Heishan.
Bai Rao and Zhang Baiqi were killed by Zhao Yuntai Shici under Yuan Xi when they were rescuing Yi Jing and attacking Beixin City.
Sui Gu took refuge with Zhang Yang, became prosperous, and had just been promoted.
The last one left was Yang Feng, who was wearing a set of fiery red armor.
She was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a slender figure and quite heroic facial features. She was originally a beauty, but a scar that ran through most of her face from her forehead to her cheek gave her a chilling air.
She and Zhang Yan are the only two remaining leaders of the Black Mountain Army.
Yang Feng's origin is quite mysterious. Among everyone, only Zhang Yan knows a little bit about her.
There is only one reason why she can take the position of leader.
Can fight.
First of all, her pistol skills have few rivals in the Black Mountains. This is also the reason why she has been able to survive in several battles until now.
Yang Feng had already become famous seven or eight years ago. When the Han Dynasty conquered the Black Mountain Army and the two sides were in a stalemate, it was Yang Feng who took the lead in leading his men to surrender and was named the Black Mountain Captain.
Afterwards, Zhang Yan surrendered with others, accepted the position of Zhonglang General, and successfully transformed the Montenegrin Army from a bandit army to an official army.
Now that Yang Feng has a transcendent status and is in her own league in the Black Mountain Army, even Zhang Yan cannot completely control her.
Yang Feng held a grass stem in her mouth and said lazily: "Master Zhonglang, Sui Gu has become a celebrity around the emperor. Shouldn't we go south to Hanoi to get a share of the emperor's pie?"
Hearing Yang Feng speak, everyone suddenly became quiet and looked at Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan stared at Yang Feng with a pair of tiger eyes: "Does Colonel Yang mean to abandon Montenegro and go south to Hanoi to kidnap the emperor?"
Yang Feng chuckled lightly, "I'm just saying casually, it all depends on the commander-in-chief's decision."
After hearing this, Zhang Yan shook her head and said: "If we abandon Heishan and take Hedong, if our service to the emperor is frustrated and Heishan is occupied by Yuan's son again, won't we lose our home?"
"Not to mention that now that the emperor is under the control of General Bai Bo, we are already one step too late. Even the youngest son of the Yuan family in Youzhou is not an easy person."
"If we want to fight, we must first defeat the nearest Yuan family's son and capture Youzhou. Then we can advance to attack and retreat to defend!"
"At that time, our power had grown stronger. It was not too late to go south to compete with the White Wave Army for supremacy!"
After hearing this, all the generals shouted: "The general is wise!"
There was a hint of sarcasm in the corner of Yang Feng's mouth, and she said loudly: "Since the commander-in-chief has made his decision, the commander-in-chief should obey it."