Jiaohua

Chapter 1605 She Always Holds a Grudge
Every day is busy and fulfilling, and time goes by quickly.

Several new tombstones were erected on the long slope, and the soul-guiding song to send the dead souls back home was played over and over again.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, the lights were brighter than on New Year's Eve. I don't know who started singing the first song, a Chinese folk song, and gradually, everyone sang along.

The two newly sent seriously injured soldiers were in critical condition. Xia Zhaoyi did not go over to congratulate them, but stayed here to take care of them personally.

The singing coming from far away made a soldier cry.

Zhan Ning wiped his tears with a handkerchief: "Don't cry!"

Xia Zhaoyi was standing at the door of the tent. Hearing this, he turned around and walked over to ask, "Does it hurt?"

The soldier looked at her and said, "General A-li, I am from the Jiangnan Barracks."

Zhan Ning said: "Nonsense, you are Yan Jun's man now."

The soldier's tears rolled down: "General A Li, if I die, I don't want to be buried here. Can my body be returned to Jiangnan? I want to be buried in the peach blossom forest behind our village. My eldest sister is buried there. I was raised by my eldest sister."

Xia Zhaoyi took Zhan Ning's handkerchief and wiped his tears, saying gently: "I am here tonight to fight with the King of Hell. I will protect your life for you, and you will not die. Go back to sweep your eldest sister's grave, don't go back to be a neighbor."

The soldier cried even harder.

Xia Zhaoyi took out a jade pendant and placed it in his palm.

"This piece of jade is worth at least twenty taels. Take it and sell it for money when you are well. Then you can build a spacious house and have fish and meat for every meal when you return home."

The soldier looked down and said gratefully, "General A Li, thank you."

"Stay alive, you will have plenty of good times in the future."

Zhan Ning said, "Yes! We will protect you! When you get better, you will return home in glory, how impressive!"

The soldier nodded: "Yes!!"

The singing in the distance gradually stopped, but the laughter continued.

There were still fireworks near midnight, and the boiling crowd applauded and cheered.

Two soft voices of "General Shen" were heard outside the tent, causing Zhan Ning, who was handing over the gauze, to turn around.

The curtain moved slightly, and Shen Lie walked in very quietly. Zhan Ning whispered, "General Shen."

Shen Lie nodded and looked at Xia Zhaoyi who was cutting and draining pus from the wounded.

Xia Zhaoyi did not look back, staring intently at the slender knife in his hand.

Shen Lie stood at the door and didn't go over.

This stop lasted more than two quarters of an hour.

Xia Zhaoyi cleaned the wound, applied medicine and sutured it, then washed his hands and turned around and walked over.

Shen Lie went to greet her: "Ali, you don't have to come over. I'll stand here and you go ahead."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Who asked you to stand? Go back to sleep. We have to travel tomorrow."

"tomorrow……"

Shen Lie smiled faintly, but didn't say anything else, and his smile didn't catch anyone's eye.

Xia Zhaoyi pursed her lips and said, "Go back."

Shen Lie looked at the two unconscious soldiers: "They..."

"They were burning badly."

Shen Lie stopped.

Xia Zhaoyi held his hand and said, "We will set off tomorrow. The journey is long and dangerous. Go and rest early."

She knew that he also had the word "reluctant" in his throat, but he didn't dare to say it easily.

Some emotions must not be revealed easily. Once revealed, it is like a gap, and more soft emotions will pour out from this gap.

Shen Lie looked at her quietly, his brows slightly furrowed.

After a long time, he took a step forward and held her in his arms.

"You'll be up all night, and you'll be tired tomorrow, so you don't need to see me off. Just have a good sleep."

Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "Yes."

Shen Lie kissed her forehead deeply, then gently touched her lips, and finally left.

At noon the next day, Xia Zhaoyi woke up in the tent, working at his desk, wearing the fur coat that Shen Lie had worn when he came.

Zhan Ning said that Shen Lie covered her with it when he left.

Xia Zhaoyi was silent for a while, then asked, "Did he leave any message?"

"Well, General Shen asked me to take good care of you and not let you get too tired."

"Left it for me."

Zhan Ning paused and shook his head.

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Okay."

Zhan Ning suddenly felt a little sad about their separation, but saw the girl stand up, put away the fur coat, put it on the stool, and continue to take care of the wounded.

Her careful care paid off, as the two seriously injured soldiers were able to sit up and eat on their own two days later.

In addition to them, another group of wounded soldiers were sent in during this period.

Seeing his sister busy all the time, Xia Zhaoxue suddenly became angry. One day when there were not many people around, he could not help but whispered: "Sun Congli is too much. He has been away for so long and has not taken care of Qingji Pass."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said in a low voice: "Because you have your second brother, he knows that you are capable. He is not at Qingji Pass, and you will guard it for him."

Xia Zhaoxue said unhappily: "I think he has you in his sight." Xia Zhaoyi knew that Xia Zhaoxue didn't want her to suffer, so she smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, he is going to kill the Northern Yuan soldiers, not to play. But second brother, I have to leave too."

This time when she came to Qingji Pass, she originally just wanted to spend the New Year with her family and then take the Falcon Camp away, but she didn't expect so many things to happen.

But I was still very happy, Shen Lie's arrival was an unexpected surprise.

Xia Zhaoxue frowned and nodded: "Well, the Xia family army is still in Xinpingpo, you have to go pick them up."

"I will withdraw half of the Yan army, and the remaining half will be placed in Qingji Pass. The troops in Qingji Pass are too few."

"it is good."

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly smiled, his eyes sparkling: "Second brother, don't worry, I'm in the North, we can communicate quickly through letters. If you miss me, I'll come and accompany you next time! But, you..."

Her slender fingers passed across her philtrum again.

Xia Zhaoxue smiled: "After you take Zhan Ning and the others away, I will shave it clean."

"Well, next time I will only bring female soldiers, not male soldiers."

"it is good."

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A few days later, on the 23rd day of the first lunar month, Xia Zhaoyi waved to Xia Zhaoxue casually and left with his troops.

When she left, she told Xia Xingming and Xia Junnan that she would be back soon, but it took her more than a month to go back and forth.

On the way, they met several troops dispatched by the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Xia Zhaoyi did not show any mercy. Her fighting style was more ruthless than Sun Congli. She kept her troops in place at first, and then suddenly launched a night attack after dark, consuming all the enemy in their confusion.

Moreover, she would deliberately let one or two people go alive and use their mouths to spread her name.

There were stops and starts in between fighting and killing along the way, and he arrived at Xinpingpo to meet Ouyang Jun on the fifth day of February.

The news of the Battle of Qingji Pass had spread here. As soon as Xia Zhaoyi arrived, Ouyang Jun and the generals beside him all gathered around him out of curiosity.

Xia Zhaoyi had anticipated this scene and had already told Zhao Lingxiu and Zhan Ning how to respond. She left the two of them here to block the way while she found a place to sleep.

Lin Wuniang is still here to take care of her.

Xia Zhaoyi drank a bowl of old hen ginseng soup, rinsed his mouth, and fell asleep.

I slept until dark and took a shower when I woke up. After going downstairs, I heard that there was urgent military intelligence at the front line, and Ouyang Jun personally led people to investigate.

Xia Zhaoyi found a half-high stone block at the entrance of the village where she could sit. Facing the gradually warming evening breeze, she dried her half-dried long hair while listening to several veterans talking about the war in the past month.

In addition to the veterans, she also called over several generals from the Falcon Camp, including Zhao Lingxiu, Sun Bichun, and Zhu Xiaohua.

After Xia Xingming and the others finished speaking, Zhao Lingxiu took over and started discussing with them.

Xia Zhaoyi just sat on the stone block nearby, his hands resting on his thighs, watching with a smile on his face.

The more capable subordinates you have, the easier it is to be a leader.

No wonder Sun Congli was only a young man, but he insisted on taking his troops out to have fun.

After hearing Xia Junnan say that it was the best time to lead troops to attack Lanze City while the people of Lanze City were in panic, Xia Zhaoyi suddenly said, "We won't attack Lanze City, we'll go to Lingdai City."

The veterans were startled and turned to look at her.

Jian Jun said, "Second Miss, are we going to Lingdai City?"

Zhan Ning said on the side: "Yes, we will beat the fallen dog. We don't care about the battle on Yi Shurong's side. We will only focus on Chang Yan Wang Shang Taiyu!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Shang Taiyu is the youngest brother of Shang Taizhenli. If we attack Lingdai City, do you think that the Northern Yuan Emperor will help his brother or Yi Shurong, a great hero who is also related by blood? At that time, will his left and right sides split into factions and will there be a quarrel?"

Zhao Lingxiu rolled his eyes and said happily: "General, if we take the opportunity to cause trouble among the people of Beiyuan again, and both camps incite, wouldn't that be..."

Xia Zhaoyi took over the conversation: "Isn't it, give someone a taste of their own medicine?"

She has always held a grudge, and not only has she paid back what He Yanpo did to her, she is also going to pay it back double.

After two days of rest, the fighting on the front line had both good and bad situations.

Ouyang Jun never came back, so he sent someone to transfer 50,000 troops.

Another 70,000 troops followed General Weng Ying's former subordinates and made a detour through a large gorge.

The messenger from Bi's army brought a letter, and Xia Zhaoyi read it on his behalf.

The letter stated that the army would meet Ouyang Jun in a mud city in the southwest.

Xia Zhaoyi gave the letter to several experienced scouts of the Xia family army, and asked them to chase Ouyang Jun and hand it to him personally.

On the second evening, Xia Zhaoyi, who had rested for less than three days, gathered his army and prepared to set off.

Lin Wuniang also wanted to join the Falcon Camp, and Xia Zhaoyi did not refuse this time.

In addition to her, the girls from several villages near Xinpingpo heard about the existence of the Falcon Camp and wanted to join.

Zhao Lingxiu does not refuse everyone, she sets very strict selection criteria.

In the end, out of more than 300 people who wanted to register, only 80 qualified.

The army left in a mighty procession, and half a day later, a dusty horse caught up to Xinpingpo.

Upon hearing that the Xia family army had just left, Song Qingtang on horseback was stunned.

He raised his head and gazed in the direction they had left. He could not squeeze out any more time. The half-day difference would require him to spend even more time going back and forth.

"Ali..."

Song Qingtang sighed and looked at the vast grassland to the northwest.

After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and lowered his head, looking at the jade talisman lying in the palm of his hand.

This was the trophy he obtained after he personally killed a powerful general of high rank under Yi Shurong, and he was planning to show off to her.

With a smile, Song Qingtang put away the jade talisman, pulled the reins, looked deeply at the northwest direction again, and turned to leave.