Jiaohua

Chapter 1551: Severe Illness

Xia Zhaoxue's worries were actually unnecessary.

From a distance, they heard Sun Congli shouting in Chinese: "Comrades of the Xia Army! We are one of us! We are one of us! Wait for me to come down, and don't fight as soon as you see me!"

Qian Dahe said, "It's the voice of our general. As expected of him, full of energy and really loud!"

Xia Zhaoxue looked at the other end with deep eyes, and the heartbeat in his chest became excited and uneasy.

It's like a wanderer who hasn't been home for many years, living in poverty and desolation, and finally can't make it anymore and wants to go back to his hometown, but he is too ashamed to see his parents and fellow villagers, so he keeps hesitating outside the village.

"Ding Xue, what's wrong with you?" Qian Dahe asked curiously.

Xia Zhaoxue said hoarsely: "Nothing."

Sun Congli's loud shouting made Xia Zhi, who was leading the troops, raise his head from afar.

Sun Congli was delighted, turned around and ran downstairs, raised his hands and clasped his fists and said: "My fellow soldiers, I am Sun Congli, the commander of the Zhenwu Battalion of the Red Gate Army!"

"Zhenwu Camp?"

When Xia Zhi heard these three words, he got off his horse and waved to his men, signaling them to continue. He turned around and greeted them: "Are you General Sun?"

"Does this general know me?"

Xia Zhi raised his hand and said, "No, no, I'm just a deputy general, not a general! I've heard you, our Second Miss often mentioned Zhenwu Camp! Oh, the Second Miss is the commander-in-chief of our Xia Army, General A Li."

Sun Congli was very surprised: "General A Li actually recognized me!"

Xia Zhi said: "The Chimen Army is a heroic unit, admired and respected by those of us who serve in the army! The Zhenwu Camp is the elite of the Chimen Army. It would be strange if the Second Miss didn't know General Sun!"

The Jin brothers who colluded with Tao Lan back then were generals guarding Tangguan. Together with the Chimen Army, they belonged to the left wing of the Dading Army led by General Weng Ying.

After the Jin brothers rebelled, they colluded with other troops in the left-wing army and cooperated with the Northern Yuan troops from inside and outside to encircle General Weng Ying's Dading army.

At that time, in addition to Xia Zhaoxue who stepped forward to take the charge and led two thousand elite soldiers of the Xia family army to attract the attention of the Northern Yuan army, the Chimen Army also withstood the pressure of the entire left-wing army, fought their way out of a breakthrough, and preserved the main force of the Dading Army at the cost of 90% of the army's troops.

Xia Zhi's words made Sun Congli's heart beat fast: "No, the Xia family army is a team of heroes! General A Li is famous all over the world. Even though I am at the northern border, his name is well known to me!"

Xia Zhi smiled, stopped bragging, and asked, "Why did General Sun appear in Qingquan Town?"

"Hey, let's go shopping. The animal furs here in Beiyuan are cold-resistant. We need to buy some winter clothes, winter boots, and winter hats. Also, some meat!"

"I see. Did you buy it?"

"I've bought them all, but I'm just worried about how to ship them back. In the past two days, Shang Taiyu led several thousand soldiers south. I don't know where they're going. I'm so worried!"

"Shang Taiyu went south?" Xia Zhi asked, "I don't know if this news is important or not. I have to go back and tell our Second Miss."

"Where is General A Li?!" Sun Congli's eyes lit up, "Shall we go together?"

Xia Zhi looked behind Sun Congli and saw only Jia Huaigan: "General Sun, how many men do you have? Just one?"

"No, no, because it's inconvenient to have too many people, and there were too many interrogations along the way, so I only brought six people out this time. Three people went south to meet them, and there were three people who went to Qingquan Town with me. Two of them went out of the city to do business early in the morning. Now there is chaos outside the city, and they will rush to the city soon. Deputy General, don't worry, one of them is my most trusted subordinate. He is good at fighting and has a sharp mind. With him around, there will be absolutely no problem. I'll go with you to find General Ali first! I've heard of her reputation for too long, and today I can finally see her beautiful face!" Qian Dahe and Xia Zhaoxue just came from a small road. Hearing what Sun Congli said, Qian Dahe couldn't help but whispered: "It is definitely true that our general likes General Ali, but some of his usual words that look down on General Ali for being a girl are also not false. Just these two days, the general said that General Ali is still a child and is only talking about military affairs on paper. Now listen!"

Xia Zhaoxue said: "Don't worry, anyone who is arrogant to Ah Li will be subdued when they meet her."

"Huh? That sounds weird."

"Let's go." Xia Zhaoxue stepped over the big box of money and walked out.

Xia Zhi was arranging horses and asking his men to spare one for Sun Congli when he heard a male voice shouting, "General!"

A strange feeling made Xia Zhi turn his head to look at the person who came.

The two men who came over were as disheveled as Sun Congli, tall and with snow hats on their heads. The heavy winter clothes on their bodies made them look burly and strong.

But the man in front had a taller posture, his chest was straight, and he had a good temperament, as you could tell at first glance.

Although Xia Zhaoxue didn't look away, he could feel that Xia Zhi was looking at him.

His heartbeat became faster and faster, but his steps became steadier.

There were two armies that went on the Northern Expedition that year. One was the Dading Army, led by General Weng Ying, and the other was the Northern Expedition Army, led by Duke Dingguo Xia Wenshan.

The sons of the noble families of Daqian rarely joined their own military camps. Xia Zhaoxue had followed Weng Ying and Ouyang Anfeng when he was young. The Northern Expedition was Xia Zhaoxue's first time on the battlefield. He did not follow his father's Northern Expedition Army, but followed Weng Ying's Dading Army.

The eldest brother Xia Zhaode was afraid that even if he went to the battlefield, he would not be able to change his desire to be a knight, and was worried that he would become a lone wolf on the battlefield, so he specially dispatched two thousand elite soldiers of the Xia family army to follow him.

In name, it is to protect him, but in reality it is to train his sense of responsibility and accountability.

Later, only five of the two thousand people survived. They were the five people who sent him to Yangmen Pass when he was injured and knocked unconscious by his sister.

Except for him and these five people, none of the two thousand Xia family soldiers survived, including his sister who used his identity to delay the Northern Yuan soldiers for many days.

Thinking of his sister, Xia Zhaoxue felt heartbroken.

If my sister wanted to run away, no one in this world could catch her. The Xia family soldiers who were caught also had time to commit suicide, but they all chose to surrender.

This was to continue to delay the Northern Yuan army. In the following days when they were interrogated, beaten and forced to provide false information, they were buying time for the Dading Army and the Northern Expedition Army to join forces.

Xia Zhaoxue couldn't imagine how much torture his sister had endured during those days. Her great sacrifice brought about the successful reunion of the two sides, but Daqian was ultimately destroyed.

The current Xia family army is the one that followed his father in the Northern Expedition. Xia Zhaoxue has not had much contact with them, but he still recognizes them. The man who is looking at him is called Xia Zhi.

"You are the general of the Xia family army, right?" Qian Dahe walked quickly towards Xia Zhi and asked excitedly, "Where is General A Li? Are you here with us?"

Xia Zhi looked at Xia Zhaoxue a few more times, then looked at Qian Dahe: "Our second young lady is here. She should have entered the city by now. I was just about to go look for her."

"Can I go with you?" Qian Dahe asked hurriedly.

"Haha!" Xia Zhilang laughed, "Okay! No problem, the soldiers in Zhenwu Camp are all our own! Let's go!"