Chu Yunning blushed because of Beibei's words, and squinted at Beibei. Beibei pretended not to know, looking at her blankly, and suddenly his eyes moved down to stare at Chu Yunning's flat belly.
"It's really cold today." Seeing that something was wrong, Chu Yunning immediately stood up to leave, but Emperor Mingwen reached out and grabbed her arm, with a smile still hanging on his lips: "
Where are you going? It’s snowing heavily outside."
There was a stove burning in the camp, so she did not wear a thick cloak. At this moment, Emperor Mingwen's big hand was holding her arm tightly, and she could even feel the hot temperature coming through the palm of his hand.
Chu Yunning took two steps back and shook her head blankly, stammering a bit as she spoke; "Just...just take a look."
After hearing this, Emperor Mingwen withdrew his hand, bent down slightly and touched Beibei's head with his big hand: "How is your calligraphy practice today?"
"Uncle Huang, today has not started yet." Beibei was quickly diverted and turned to practice calligraphy.
The awkward atmosphere gradually eased.
After a while, Vice General Li's voice came from outside the curtain: "Your Majesty, Xihai has sent troops to Dongling."
Emperor Mingwen glanced sideways at Eunuch Mo. Eunuch Mo quickly raised the curtain and let Vice General Li in.
Lieutenant General Li came in with a layer of snow on his head. He did not squint after entering the door and did not even dare to raise his head. He took out eight hundred miles of urgent documents from his arms and handed them over.
Before telling Eunuch Mo to take the document and hand it over to Emperor Mingwen, he did not forget to give Vice General Li a teachable look.
Emperor Mingwen read the document, which was written by Hui Lu. After reading the content, Emperor Mingwen laughed three times: "Okay! Lieutenant General Li, go and order all the soldiers and horses immediately!"
Lieutenant General Li was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and glanced at Emperor Mingwen. His eyes touched Chu Yunning and then he quickly lowered his head: "I'm sorry for my stupidity. I wonder what the Emperor means?"
"I have tolerated Dongling for a long time, and today is the perfect time to take revenge!" Emperor Mingwen said solemnly.
After saying this, Lieutenant General Li was shocked and said: "Okay, okay, the last general will order troops right now."
Lieutenant General Li was very excited. He had played against Tangling a while ago, but he was not satisfied with it yet. Now he finally had the opportunity to fight in an upright manner.
After the people left, Emperor Mingwen turned to look at Chu Yunning: "After waiting for so many days, I finally got this opportunity. I sent 50,000 people near Nanyang to stop the Xihai people from coming. The prince of Nancheng announced that 200,000 people were coming.
The army actually only has a few hundred thousand, which is more than enough to defeat him!"
"Then I also..."
Emperor Mingwen shook his head: "Just stay in the camp and stay with Beibei. I will try to come back on New Year's Eve."
Seeing his firm look, Chu Yunning couldn't refuse, so she had no choice but to nod.
Drums were beating outside the camp, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted.
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aventurine
Across a long river, I couldn't see clearly the form on the other side. There was a layer of mist on the river blocking my view.
Last month, there was a sneak attack from the south end, which made the general camp a mess. Now Tanglin has strengthened its security and not even a fly can fly in.
Suddenly a guard came to report.
"Your Majesty, more than 200,000 troops have been gathered over the West Sea to go to Nanyang City."
After saying this, Prince Nancheng's face suddenly darkened: "What did you say?"
The curtain outside was raised, and Shen Bi came in with a cold face without even having time to put on a big cloak, and said angrily: "How could the monarch of the West Sea be so stupid? I can believe this, and actually sent troops to attack Nanyang."
"What's going on outside now?" Prince Nancheng asked.
The guard said: "Back to your Majesty, the soldiers and horses from Xihai have arrived and set up camp under Nanyang City."
"Back off." Prince Nancheng waved his hands impatiently and said to her: "Now just hope that there will be no action from the south end, otherwise..."
Otherwise, if the south end comes to attack, he will not have that many troops to resist for the time being. Shen Bi bit her lip tightly, she suddenly had a premonition.
The South End will definitely come!
And it's coming soon.
"If the south end comes..." Shen Bi's thoughts were a little confused, and she forced out a smile and looked at the other party: "Maybe it won't come. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack here. It's almost the New Year in half a month."
She always remembered the records about Emperor Mingwen in the history books, which said that he would suddenly reach the age of 30.
Although there is no specific date, after the New Year, Emperor Mingwen was established.
Is he going to die?
If Emperor Mingwen died in the army, would Nanduan be in chaos?
Prince Nancheng's face was tense, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, there was a rush eight hundred miles away from the camp.
"Report! Your Majesty, five hours ago the troops from the south began to gather, and they are leading the army to the border of Dongling."
Boom!
A thunder exploded in his ears, and Shen Bi bit her lip tightly: "What a move to lure the tiger away from the mountain, the south end is simply too despicable!"
In fact, in terms of despicability, South End is far inferior to Dongling's method of letting a group of guards with martial arts skills bully the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Prince Nancheng immediately said: "Activate emergency alert!"
"yes!"
There was a commotion in Dongling's tent, but Shen Bi grabbed the arm of Prince Nancheng: "Your Majesty, it's winter this year, and there will be heavy snowfalls soon. We just need to stock up on food, grass, and things to keep out the cold. As for the opponent's soldiers,
Whatever happens to the horse, don’t worry about it at all.”
Prince Nancheng fell into deep thought.
"Your Majesty, believe me, if they can't get through, it's just a bluff."
Shen Bi believes that the most important thing now is to preserve strength.
So what if it comes, no matter what God's will is, Prince Nancheng is the destined winner.
Therefore, no matter what the trajectory is, they are the ones who have the last laugh. They changed the topic and said: "In order to spend this year safely, I suggest that we prepare some more rice and quilts. The more, the better. Let's resist the cold winter."
With strength, those people outside will only starve to death and freeze to death."
Then she would have the opportunity to fight back.
The Crown Prince of Nancheng frowned, subconsciously wanting to refuse, so he said: "Since it is the cold winter, how are the people going to spend it?"
Wouldn't this cost someone's life?
"Some casualties in the war between the two countries are inevitable. Those are not the people of Tangling. We only need to protect the people of Tangling from being affected by the war." Shen Bi said righteously.
Prince Nancheng pursed his lips tightly. Didn't Shen Bi come from Nanduan?
"Your Majesty, if one of the two countries has to sacrifice, who will you choose?"
"Of course it's the other party." Prince Nancheng didn't want to continue arguing with Shen Bi, so he said, "How do you plan to hoard rice and bedding? Half of our military pay is used to buy quilts."
"It's far from enough. The more we hoard, wait a few days and then sell them at a higher price. This way we will have more military pay." Shen Bi said.
So Prince Nancheng planned to invest all his military salary in buying things to protect him from the cold.
"These must be strictly guarded by people, no one is allowed to get close, and the candles must be checked every day."
In order to prevent the same thing from happening again, Prince Nancheng arranged for many people to guard these supplies, and several bottles of clean water were placed in each tent.
The news about Dongling was sent back to the south by three hundred spies. Chu Yunning just smiled, raised the curtain and went out. Suddenly, there were many fewer people in the military camp, making it seem a bit empty.
"Ah!" Chu Yunning led Beibei to ski in the open space. Suddenly he sneezed and rubbed the tip of his nose: "It's so cold this year."
The soldiers passing by also sighed when they saw this: "It is indeed extremely cold this year."
"They say this year may be a cold winter..."
Beibei suddenly raised his head; "No, I had a dream last night. An old man with a white beard said there would be no snowstorm this year."
"Huh?" Chu Yunning raised her eyebrows and dismissed the matter as a joke.
Beibei didn't notice his mother's expression. He stepped on the snow with one foot and straddled the sled with the other, still holding a stick in his hand: "Grandpa also said that this winter will be over soon.
The sun will come out in two days, it will be early spring after the new year, and tomorrow will be the last snow of the year."
"It's just a dream, don't take it seriously."
Beibei shook his head in confusion, but the grandfather's face looked serious when he said it, so it didn't look like he was lying.
Did he lie to himself?
Humph, at such an old age, you can still lie to others!
At night, Beibei dreamed of the old man with a white beard again. Beibei pouted and said, "Mom said, you lied to me. I can't believe you."
"The time has not come yet, how can you be sure that I lied to you? Your mother just doesn't understand the situation."
The old man with a white beard said in Beibei's ear: "Beibei, when did grandpa lie to you? Do you still remember when you went up the mountain to pick and encountered traps? I reminded you of it, and so did the five vegetable sheds.
I reminded you."
Beibei nodded thoughtfully: "That's true."
"So, I won't lie to you."
Seeing Beibei's lack of interest, the white-bearded old man suddenly said: "If you don't believe it, there will be a big snowstorm if you wait until dawn, and the sun will be bright the day after tomorrow."
When Beibei woke up the next day, he opened the door and opened the door. Half a man's height of snow fell in front of him. The branches were bent, and everything he saw was white.
"Beibei, stay in the camp and don't come out." Chu Yunning happened to come over. She was worried that Beibei would be buried in the snow and couldn't be found.
Beibei nodded and took two steps back, blinked again, and helped Chu Yunning into the tent.
"Mom, it's a heavy snowstorm today and we can't even see the road."
"It's not just the road." Chu Yunning shook her head. She was panting from exhaustion after just a few steps. It had only been one night, and the heavy snow had already reached her thighs.
Beibei said again: "Mom, the old man with the white beard said yesterday that the sun will be bright tomorrow."
"Are you dreaming again?" Chu Yunning patted the residual snow on his body, took off his cloak, walked towards the small stove and stretched out his hands to warm him, hugged Beibei beside him and sat down next to him.
"Mother, don't you believe me?" Beibei was anxious to prove himself, so he added: "The last time I found poison in the greenhouse, the white-bearded grandpa gave it to me in a dream the night before, and there was also something on the mountain.
Found the trap.”
Listening to his serious words, Chu Yunning suddenly stared at Beibei seriously: "Beibei, are everything you said true?"
She raised Beibei single-handedly. She knew her son well and knew when to joke and when not to joke. He had a sense of proportion.
"Mother, it's true. The old man with the white beard will not lie to me." Beibei recounted the dream one by one.
"Then when did this dream start?"
She actually didn't know at all.
"Probably half a year ago." Occasionally, he had a fever, and he dreamed of his grandfather in a daze.
Chu Yunning is a modern person and is relatively accepting of these novel and bizarre things.
After thinking about it, Chu Yunning recalled the reply from the spies in Dongling. Dongling was buying grain and cotton quilts everywhere and planned to sell them at a high price. If this was the case, he could think of an idea.
So Chu Yunning couldn't wait to put on her clothes and cloak: "Beibei, you stay here and you are not allowed to go anywhere. Mother is going out to do some errands. Let Sister Bixiu accompany you."
"Mom, I still dreamed that one of my brothers was still alive." Beibei suddenly said.
Chu Yunning's footsteps suddenly stopped. She couldn't believe her ears. She turned back and held Beibei's shoulders tightly: "Can you see clearly what it looks like?"
"A lot taller than me, standing on the hillside looking at me from a distance."
"Is he still alive?"
Beibei nodded firmly. Chu Yunning was surprised and happy that Chu'er was still alive!
This is simply an unexpected surprise.
"Do you know where my brother is?"
The child, who has been separated for almost seven years, would be very old if he were still alive.
Beibei shook his head: "Grandpa White Beard didn't say anything."
Chu Yunning was so excited that she almost burst into tears. Beibei quickly comforted him: "Mom, don't worry, we will definitely find my eldest brother. When I dream about the white-bearded grandpa at night, I will ask more carefully. In the worst case, I will do it."
He is his disciple."
Every time the old man with white beard came to his dream, he would beg him to agree to be his apprentice, but he was rejected every time by Beibei.
For the sake of his elder brother, he is willing.
"Okay!" Chu Yunning touched Beibei's head: "You do have an eldest brother, his name is Chu'er. He was...taken away when he was only two months old. Brother Chu'er is not like your mother.
He was raised by his own hands, he is very pitiful and does not have the company of his parents."
Beibei reached out and wiped the corners of Chu Yunning's eyes: "Mother, when brother Chu'er comes back, mother can love brother Chu'er as much as possible. I won't compete with him."
Chu Yunning smiled happily: "Well, my mother also hurts you."
"Hehe." Beibei's smile became even brighter.
After regaining his composure, Chu Yunning left the camp, found a cavalryman and wrote a letter asking him to rush immediately and deliver it to Emperor Mingwen.
After receiving the letter, Emperor Mingwen frowned after reading the content clearly. Vice General Li on the side thought something had happened and quickly asked: "Your Majesty, what's going on?"
The letter asked them to sell their extra bedding and coats, instead of hoarding them, and exchange them for weapons or food.
If he hadn't known Chu Yunning's handwriting, he would have killed the messenger directly, mistaking him for an enemy spy.
After hesitating for a moment, Emperor Mingwen made a decision: "Sell the extra bedding and coats and exchange them for weapons, food, and money."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.
The bedding they finally hoarded was sold?
Moreover, it is snowing outside, and without these things to keep out the cold, they will freeze to death.