After ten days of travel, Zhulan River Camp was already in front of you.
"This is the grassland..." Ye Qinglan immediately looked around excitedly, "I have only heard of it in poetry and essays in the past, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. Now when I see it, the scenery is vast, and it is indeed not comparable to the scenery of Jiangnan in the small family."
"You are from Jiangnan. The first time you come here, you naturally feel novel." Xu Yanqiu said, "When you live here for a few years, you will get tired of it. Every day, you will open your eyes and have a scene that has not changed for several years. It is already good if you are not crazy."
"Then, the border army will have a ten-year service period. Once the time passes, people will be replaced no matter what, because they are afraid of changes in the army." Li Xin'an explained.
"You are very familiar with the border army. Pei Shuai told you?" Xu Yanqiu asked curiously.
"That's not the case. It's mainly because I stayed under the master for a while a few years ago... Well, it was about three years ago."
"Three years ago, I just joined the army. Calculate that your military service is still older than mine."
"That's natural." Li Xinan smiled, "You are only nineteen and are still a child."
Xu Yanqiu hummed arrogantly: "So what about the 19th? I am not a child. After three years in the army, I killed 15 Khitan generals. Not only tens of thousands of souls, but there are more than a thousand. What about you?"
"Of course I dare not compare with General Xu." Li Xin'an waved his hand in fear.
Xu Yanqiu was satisfied and laughed happily:
"After crossing Zhulan River, there is a camp ahead, and you can already see the flying flags."
The group walked upstream along the Zhulan River. This wide river is one of the few rivers on the Khitan grassland that supply water all year round. From a distance, it looks like a jade belt lying across the grassland.
This was once the garrison of a Khitan royal court and a transfer place for Khitan grain and grass, and it was important to Khitan. When the war first began, the Khitan did not have an advantage, but it took half a month to rely on the operation of the Zhulan River royal court.
After that, the Tang army knew very well the importance of Zhulan River, not only to the enemy, but also to itself. In any case, Zhulan River must be taken down!
The person responsible for commanding the Chengyang army to raid the Zhulan River Wangting was Pei Min. The Chengyang army had 15,000 people. Pei Min only selected 3,000 elite soldiers. Taking advantage of the night, he bypassed the Khitan defense line and raided the royal court, burned the fire.
Looking at the fire that burned half of the night sky, the Khitans were in chaos. The Tang army drove away the Khitans for more than a hundred miles.
The Zhulan River was naturally also stationed and defended by Pei Min's Chengyang Army. It was only beneficial and disadvantageous. The Chengyang Army was no longer responsible for the frontline operations since then, and occasionally only caught some small group of cavalrymen who were wandering in Khitan to exert their anger.
After crossing the floating bridge, the three-meter-high gate was in my eyes. Three heads were hanging above the gate, and I had been dead for some time.
Behind the gate is a towering flagpole, with the big flag with the word "Pei" fluttering in the wind.
A sense of pride arose in Li Xin'an's heart.
"General Xu, you are back." The gatekeeper greeted him in a familiar manner, "Wow, I brought so much food! This is more than 50,000 stones, right?"
"100,000 stones!" Xu Yanqiu said with a smile.
"You really have it." The soldier gave him a thumbs up, then looked at Li Xin'an and others, and asked:
"Who are these people?"
"yes……"
"I am an old friend of Brother Chang Yu, come here to see him." Li Xin'an answered first.
The reason why Li Xin'an did not say that he was Pei Min's apprentice was that he had two concerns. One was that he was afraid of the trouble of the disciples. The other was that there were many people in the military camp, and there were some open and secret arrows, either towards him or towards Pei Min. Li Xin'an, who came to him, was not afraid, but he didn't want his master to be implicated.
But Chang Yu is different. Senior brother, after all, he has to wipe his butt.
The soldier looked at Xu Yanqiu in confusion. Although the latter was surprised at why Li Xin'an didn't tell the truth, he did not point it out. He nodded and said, "It's true."
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in this way."
"There is a law in the army. If outsiders want to enter, no matter what they want to do, they must withdraw all weapons, receive a body search, and then be led by soldiers, and you cannot stay overnight in the barracks."
"So strict? The rules of the palace are not so ruthless, right?" Ye Qinglan murmured in a low voice.
"This is already done." Zhou Bian whispered, "In Fanyang, once soldiers join the army, they will not be allowed to see their families for a year. All matters such as birth, old age, sickness and death at home will be handled by the local government."
Li Xin'an was a little embarrassed and looked at Xu Yanqiu as if he was asking for help.
Xu Yanqiu had no choice: "Sorry, this is the rule, and I can't do it either."
"Or otherwise, I will bring people in first and then find Brother Chang Yu to see you?"
"I have to do this." Li Xin'an nodded.
"Okay, you guys are here later." Xu Yanqiu turned over and dismounted and walked into the barracks with the grain cart.
"Liu An, take the brothers from Fengzhou to settle down, and then go to Mr. Zhao's place to receive rewards for the brothers. Thank you for your hard work along the way."
"yes!"
...
As soon as Xu Yanqiu entered the military camp, it was like a rock sinking into the sea and there was no news.
Ye Qinglan and others were boring: "Or why should we go to the grassland first? I guess Xu Yanqiu has a lot of things to deal with and will not forget us."
"It's all grass, what's so good about it?" Xiao Xuangan said lightly, "Xu Yanqiu is not that kind of person. I guess he can't find the senior brother of the hall and is running around in the military camp."
"Wait a little longer." Li Xin'an said softly, "I'm so anxious that I can't eat hot tofu."
After a while, there was finally movement in the military camp.
The smoke and dust rose, and each man and a horse were rushing towards the gate.
"Safe!"
Li Xin'an's pupils shrank, raised his arms happily, and waved:
"Senior Brother!"
A strong man in his thirties jumped off immediately, naked with his upper body, revealing a hideous scar, unshaven beard, his face had not been washed for a long time, and a layer of dust was stuck.
This scene is much more sloppy than when Li Xin'an and Chang Yu met again in Chang'an City.
Li Xinan jumped off the horse and threw herself into the man's arms.
The two brothers hugged each other tightly. At the end, Li Xin'an said weakly:
"Senior brother, let me go, my bones are about to break..."
Chang Yu laughed: "I forgot that your little body is fragile, why did you come so early? It was five days earlier than what was said in the letter."
"The journey was too smooth, so I was a little ahead." Li Xin'an scratched his head, "Come on, senior brother, I'll introduce it to you."
He bowed and took a step aside, revealing Murong Bai and others behind him.
They had already dismounted and were waiting as well as a child for the two of them to finish their conversation.
"This is Murong Bai."
Chang Yu's face was solemn. Li Xin'an could not care about these identities, but he could not ignore them.
"Mr. Murong, I have long admired the name of my name."
"Murong Bai has longed for the name of Senior Chang Yu for a long time. Seeing him today is enough to comfort his life."
"Haha... the family master and Murong Alliance Leader are one generational, Xin'an and I are one generational, and naturally I am the same as Mr. Murong. I can't afford to take on the word "Senior" no matter what." Chang Yu said, "If Mr. Murong doesn't dislike me, just call me "Brother."
"Okay, Brother Chang Yu."
"Then I will respond with a gun. Xinan, this kid, jumped a little away on weekdays. If there is any offense, please don't care."
"Where is Brother Li who is my close friend, why not talk about offense?"
“…”
It was a great time to watch these two people greet each other
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Huh, Li Xin'an couldn't help but give them a blank look: "It's over, right? You are not polite people in normal times, why are you so polite when you meet?"
Chang Yu glared at him, his lips moved slightly, as if saying:
"Get out!"
Li Xin'an curled his lips and pointed at Ye Qinglan.
"This is Ye Qinglan, Murong Bai's cousin."
"Distant relatives are not worth mentioning." Ye Qinglan smiled modestly.
"The seventh young master of the Ye family in Jiangnan is much bigger." Chang Yu held Ye Qinglan's hand, "You have to stay here for a lot of days. Mr. Ye has lived in Jiangnan for a long time. If you are not used to it, you must tell me."
"There is nothing we are not used to. We martial arts practitioners are all over the world." Ye Qinglan said, "Besides, when I come to the grassland, I think I will kill those Khitans soon. I'm so excited that I can't even have time to do it!"
Li Xin'an and his friends had already discussed the training in the army, and it was also a matter of adding a strong mark to his life.
Li Xin'an continued: "This is Xiao Xuangan."
Chang Yu and Xiao Xuangan's eyes collided. The two of them didn't say much and reached out and held them together.
"There are freaks every year, why are there so many of them coming out now?" Chang Yu sighed, "Brother Xiao will have unlimited achievements in the future!"
"I dare not." A strong fighting spirit burst out on Xiao Xuangan's face, "I wonder if I can ask Brother Chang Yu for one or two moves?"
"Haha, sure!"
Seeing this, Li Xin'an hurriedly pulled the two away: "Hey, hey, what are you doing? You will have to fight as soon as you meet. Bai Mutou, a sword fanatic, doesn't even have this idea. Brother Xiao, you are such a steady person, why are you so anxious?"
Murong Bai coughed and said embarrassedly: "The main thing is that Mr. Pei Min is not here, otherwise..."
Li Xin'an twitched the corner of his mouth - good guy, I feel that Murong Bai is just trying to challenge the Tang Dynasty Sword Saint!
Chang Yu held back his smile and looked at the last person.
"This little brother is..."
"Oh, this is Zhou Bian, an arrowman."
When introducing Zhou Bian, Li Xin'an looked a little embarrassed and specifically mentioned his identity as an archer.
"week……"
Chang Yu looked at the longbow behind Zhou Bian, and saw his junior brother's embarrassing expression. The scenes of the past flashed back in the dusty memories. He already knew where the person in front of him came from.
"Your Excellency, you are from the Shengong Sect."
Zhou Bian turned his head and said lightly: "It's all over."
Chang Yu sighed deeply, and said for a long time:
"I can only say one sorry."
"I know, no wonder you guys."
Zhou Bian turned around and stared at Chang Yu's sword.
"What's the name?" he asked softly.
Chang Yu stroked the two long swords around his waist, untied them, and handed them to Zhou Bian:
"Dang Jie, stop Jie."
"Good name." Zhou Bian did not take these two swords that had taken his master's life, but just exclaimed faintly.
Li Xin'an sighed inwardly and said, "Senior Brother, we can go in."
"Oh, come on, look at my brain!"
After realizing it, Chang Yu pulled Li Xin'an into it and said to the soldiers beside him:
"This is my junior brother. He was also under Pei Shuai three years ago. At that time, he did not have the establishment of Chengyang Army. In terms of qualifications, he was older than you. He was a family member, so he didn't have to worry about rules or something."
"Since we are the apprentice of Pei Shuai, why dare we care about it?" the soldier smiled apologized, "It's just General Chang. It's fine to give these favors to me for the first time. You are an old man in our army. You can't gallop in the barracks, don't forget."
Chang Yu's face turned dark: "I understand, I will go to get twenty military sticks by myself!"