Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 440

Chapter 440 General, the Soul of the Army
The next morning, drum horns fluttered with banners, and the Guanxi Army of Dafeichuan gathered at the school grounds.

Li Daozong was dressed in battle robes and armor that he hadn’t seen for a long time. He stood on the podium with his saber crossed his waist and watched the soldiers gather from all directions. His expression had always been rather solemn.

The army in front of him gave him a very different feeling.

In Rong Wu’s half life, Li Daozong had seen all kinds of armies. They were as elite as the Black Armored Army under Qin King back then, and they did not possess the fighting spirit and imposing aura emitted by Guanxi Army in front of them. Actually, Lanzhou Guanxi Army was still very young, and it had only been a few years since Qin Shubao entered Lan.

Li Daozong couldn’t understand what kind of divine ability the Qin Clan and their son had to create such a strong and tenacious young army in such a short period of time. At the same time, they were extremely united.

It wasn’t just harsh training and good equipment that could be piled up.

After meditating for a long time, Li Daozong vaguely thought of a factor. In Guanxi Army of Lanzhou, apart from a few soldiers brought by the Qin Clan and their sons from the two capital cities of Guanzhong, most of the rest were local disciples of Lanzhou. Originally, Lanzhou was a war-torn place where warriors had to contend. The people were strong and the people were strong. Moreover, people were determined to yearn for peace and tranquillity.

Ever since the Qin Clan father and son entered Lan Zhou, they had won many battles to protect Lan Zhou. Most importantly, they had given the Li people a peaceful and happy life. Moreover, they had changed the situation of poor bureaucrats in Lan Zhou in the past unbelievably. Farming and animal husbandry had become both active and Shang Fu had become active, and the people had gradually become wealthy.

Just because of this, the Qin Clan father and son had unparalleled prestige in Lanzhou. This was not surprising. Why did every soldier in the Kansai army have an unusually deep affection for the Qin father and son?

Only those who have experienced the chaos of war know the value of peace and the hard-won peace. When the war broke out in Lanzhou again, the local people did not need to mobilize to join the army. However, the tragic news came one after another. The Qin Clan’s father and son died in battle one after another. This was like a thunderbolt from the blue to the soldiers and civilians of Lanzhou, and they were greatly stimulated.

To put it bluntly, even if the current emperor died, the soldiers and civilians of Lanzhou might not have any special feelings. Without a doubt, the Qin father and son had become the soul and pillar of the people of Lanzhou and the Kansai army!

Thinking of this, Li Daozong couldn’t help but sigh secretly. No wonder our soldiers fought so desperately against the Tibetans in the Qingluo Plains yesterday. If it was me, if the person who killed my benefactor and the enemy of my father and brother were right in front of me, how could I not be envious and frantically fight to the death? … I, the Li Dao Sect, can rightly say that I can lead any army in the world with ease, including the Imperial Guards of the Emperor. But I’m really not sure about this Guanxi Army in front of me. Qin Shubao, Qin Mubai, their positions in the hearts of the soldiers of Guanxi Army, especially the local people and the elders of Lanzhou, were absolutely irreplaceable!

A few drums rang out, and the army formation was assembled.

There were 90,477 people from all over the army, and none of them were absent. Even the seriously wounded sergeant was carried over on a stretcher and laid on the field.

Seeing this scene, Li Daozong, who had been accustomed to seeing any big scenes for half his life, felt inexplicably stuck in his heart. An invisible pressure made him unable to breathe.

“Perhaps these generals know what I’m going to say … The hatred in their hearts is the same as their attachment to Da Feichuan. What should I tell them? Whether it’s temporarily giving up revenge or abandoning this barracks, it’s unacceptable to them. It’s even more cruel …”

“Your Highness, the army has gathered.” Xue Wanjun clasped his fists and said, “Your Highness, please teach me a lesson.”

Li Daozong took a deep breath and nodded. He took a few steps forward and began to speak.

…

At this moment, not far from the entrance of the army camp, the skeleton of an ordinary horse carriage of a commoner’s standard drove over. The patrol cavalry immediately rushed over, pointing at the spear and shouting loudly, “Military aircraft, all idle people, evade! Quickly leave, otherwise, we will treat it as a spy!”

Not only did the carriage not leave in a hurry, it was heading towards the camp instead. The cavalry sentry stepped forward to surround him and shouted, “Who trespassed into our army camp? Get off the carriage!”

The curtains of the car window were lifted, and a beautiful woman wearing a black veil hat walked out. Her graceful posture and movements were even more elegant, and she easily jumped out of the carriage.

The soldiers couldn’t help but be shocked, and their eyes lit up. Good skill, good elegance! … Eh, she even held a sword in her hand. It seems that she must have martial arts skills!

“My surname is Chen.” The woman cupped her sword in both hands and arched her hands. She opened the car door to pick up a little girl from inside and said, “Her surname is Qin.”

“Qin?” The sergeants were all shocked, “Who are you from Major Marshal?”

“I know, I know, the Major Marshal you’re talking about is my grandfather! My name is Qin Xiaolou, hehe! This is my grandmother!” The little girl giggled innocently and said first.

“So it’s the Major Marshal family. How negligent!!!” The sergeants hurriedly bowed.

“There’s no need to be too polite.” Chen Yan raised her eyes to look at the army stronghold and said, “Is it convenient to enter the army at this time? … I will only bring my daughter here to pay tribute to her father. There is no other intention.”

“Convenient, convenient! Madam, please hurry up! The young general will go ahead and inform the King of Jiangxia and the generals first!”

“That’s good too.” Without further ado, Chen Yan carried Little Lou’er and followed the group of soldiers into the barracks. She thought to herself, no wonder she didn’t see her foster father during her visit to the Governor’s Mansion. She didn’t expect him to come to Dafeichuan before me. Did something really happen to Mubai? If not for this, how could he invite his foster father from Lanzhou to take charge of the overall situation?

Thinking of this, Chen Yan’s heart twisted like a knife as she hugged Little Lou’er tightly.

At this time, the crowd at the Dianjiang Stage was excited, and the generals were making a big fuss.

“I won’t retreat! I won’t retreat even if I’m beaten to death!” Yuwen Hongtai rushed to the general platform excitedly, almost pointing at Li Daozong’s nose and shouting, “This military order is fake! It must be fake! King Jiangxia, I have always respected you, don’t deceive me!”

“Yuwen Hongtai, don’t be unreasonable, don’t retreat!” Hou Junji shouted in a deep voice.

“Shut up!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted, “Thanks to my third brother’s respect for you, Hou Junji!” As soon as my third brother left, you were going to take us and run away like a cowardly turtle! He didn’t want revenge anymore, not even Da Feichuan! The two of you are clearly the ones who cheated us with a fake military order! Third Brother has been gone for so many days, where did you get the military order? Bah! “Liar!”

There were many generals who shared Yuwen Hongtai’s thoughts, especially those from the Mo Saber Camp who were Yuwen Hongtai’s life and death, and they all echoed and shouted loudly.

Dao Sect Li was not depressed!

According to his usual temper, he had taken down Yuwen Hongtai long ago and dealt with him by military law. But now, it really couldn’t be done.

Firstly, even Li Daozong himself found the military order left behind by Qin Mubai somewhat inconceivable. If it weren’t for his own daughter Li Xueyan giving him this military order, he wouldn’t believe it even if he got it from somewhere. Moreover, even though Yuwen Hongtai was only a mere rank four general, his relationship with Qin Mubai was inseparable, as if he was his biological brother. Everyone in the Kansai army knew about this. In addition, Yuwen Hongtai had always only recognized the Qin Clan’s father and son. He didn’t care about the Great General or the Prince, and even if he angered his temper, he could do anything reckless. As a result, even Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun were usually in awe of this upright and fierce brute.

“What a headache!” Dao Sect Li couldn’t help but complain to himself.

“Yuwen Hongtai, can you read?” Hou Junji suddenly said.

“I can’t read, what’s wrong?” Yuwen Hongtai said angrily.

“Then there’s nothing I can do.” Hou Junji smiled mockingly and helplessly, “If you can read, you can tell if this is Major Marshal’s handwriting.”

Yuwen Hongtai rolled his eyes and pulled the military order, “Show it to me!”

“Cough, you took it down!” Dao Sect Li almost couldn’t hold back his laughter.

“General Yuwen, you should come down quickly. Don’t contradict His Highness! That military order must be fake, so there’s no need to recognize it!”

“That’s right! Humph!” Yuwen Hongtai angrily tossed the white silk military order to Li Daozong and glared at him. “Your Highness, we invited you here to bring us to war and take revenge on Major Marshal. Why did you bring us to escape?”-If that’s the case, you should go back to Lanzhou! If it wasn’t for you, we would have fought this war ourselves! ”

“Yuwen Hongtai, shut up and scram!” Xue Wanjun shouted.

“Scram!” Seeing that Li Daozong’s expression was about to change, Yuwen Hongtai tactfully jumped off the general podium, patted his butt, and stood back in the class like a victor.

Li Daozong and Hou Junji exchanged glances, their faces filled with embarrassment.

This situation was truly difficult to deal with. It wasn’t that the soldiers didn’t even listen to Qin Mubai’s military order. The main reason was that the military order came from a strange place, and one couldn’t help but suspect his authenticity. Originally, no one wanted to retreat in their hearts, so they naturally subjectively assumed that it was fake.

“Xue Wanjun, this king hopes that you will put the overall situation first.” Li Daozong whispered, “Qin Mubai’s handwriting is called ‘Skinny Gold’. Even His Majesty the Emperor praised his paintings and calligraphy and said, ‘There is no way they can be imitated.’ As a central general, you are quite familiar with Qin Mubai’s handwriting, aren’t you?”

Xue Wanjun said, “Of course. I know what His Highness is trying to say. Although I find it hard to believe, I know that this military order is true. It was made by Major Marshal. But …”

“Don’t’but ‘!” Li Daozong’s eyebrows sank as he said, “Military intelligence is like fire. How can we delay? The most urgent matter is to evacuate Dafeichuan!”

“We just don’t understand. Why should we retreat?” Xue Wanjun finally roared out his thoughts.

“Military orders are for obedience, not for questioning or explaining!” Dao Sect Li shouted, “Since you believe this military order is true, then execute it!”

“Fake, fake, fake!!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted again.

“Yuwen Hongtai, don’t be impatient again! Otherwise, the sixteen red-clothed executioner blades on the dianjiang arena will be ruthless!”

…

In front of the dianjiang platform, there was a mess of porridge. All of them were vigorous martial artists, their words were filled with anger, and the scene was exceptionally fiery.

Chen Yan carried Little Lou’er to the vicinity of the Dianjiang Terrace. Seeing Li Daozong and the others making a fuss from afar, she couldn’t help but feel both worried and indignant. She thought to herself, “Why did his army cause civil strife the moment Mubai left?” Even my foster father can’t suppress the stage!

“Ah Niang, look, Grandfather is there! And Uncle Hei, why are they quarreling?” Little Lou’er pointed over and said in a slightly frightened tone.

Chen Yan asked the sergeant leading the way what was going on. The sergeant told the truth, saying that the generals were quarreling with His Highness because of the authenticity of the military order left behind by Qin Major Marshal.

“It’s so simple. I can recognize your Major Marshal words!” After saying that, Chen Yan carried Little Lou’er to the Dianjiang Stage.

The moment her figure appeared, it attracted the attention of many people. Li Daozong, Yuwen Hongtai, and the others also temporarily stopped arguing and looked at her in unison.

“Chen Yan? Why are you here!” Dao Sect Li said in surprise.

“Grandfather! Uncle Black!” Little Lou’er was not timid at all. She was not afraid of the countless people present, so she smiled and called out to them.

When Yuwen Hongtai saw Little Lou’er, he was immediately overjoyed. He rushed to the dianjiang platform and picked her up. He laughed heartily and hugged her for a few circles. Then, he loudly said, “Brothers, this is our Major Marshal’s wife and daughter!”-Hurry up and greet her! ”

“Greetings, Madam!” Tens of thousands of people cupped their fists in salute, their momentum impressive!

“Wow, there are so many people …” Little Lou’er was a little scared. She hugged Yuwen Hongtai’s neck tightly and said, “Uncle Black, I’m scared! There are so many people here. Carry me away!”

“Lou’er, be good, don’t leave. Come down, don’t pester Uncle Black.” Chen Yan took Little Lou’er over and left her to stand on the ground. She clenched her fist at Li Daozong and said, “Your Highness, I heard that you guys are unable to make up your minds about the authenticity of the military order left behind by Mubai. Maiden, would you please show me the military order? I can recognize his handwriting!”

Li Daozong heaved a sigh of relief and said, “This is the best-did you all hear it, soldiers? Her name is Chen Yan, the wife of Major Marshal. If she were to read the handwriting, everyone would believe it, right?”

Yuwen Hongtai was stunned for a moment. He stared blankly at Chen Yan and whispered, “Sister-in-law, do you have to … see clearly?”

“Don’t worry.” Chen Yan smiled and said, “I’m willing to ask Your Highness to give me a military order to take a look.”

“Look!” Li Daozong gave the order to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan took the military order written in the white silk book and read it carefully word by word.

On the school grounds, the wind blew. Yellow sand flew, flags hunting. The white silk was also floating in Chen Yan’s hands.

The handwriting on the white silk was so familiar … In front of Chen Yan, the Thousand Paper Crane that was tied to the window and dancing in the wind could not help but appear in the small water building outside Xiangyang City.

In the past, the dead have already passed away …

“This handwriting is real” After a long time, Chen Yan spat out these words mechanically.

“How could it be! Impossible!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted, “Sister-in-law, you must recognize it clearly!”

“You can’t be wrong.” Chen Yan took a deep breath and held back the tears in her eyes, saying, “If I can still remember a person’s handwriting in this world, it must be Little Lou’er’s father.”

After saying that, Chen Yan took out a small cloth bag from her bosom and opened it. Inside was a folded Thousand Paper Crane. She unfolded it, and there were a few lines of poem on it.

“You can compare yourself. This is a poem written by Mubai back then.”

“Don’t look, I won’t look!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted twice and roared unwillingly, “Why? Third Brother, why did you let us retreat?”

Everyone was completely silent.

“Uncle Black, don’t be angry” Little Lou’er timidly pulled at the corner of Yuwen Hongtai’s clothes.

‘”Alright, I’m not angry!” Yuwen Hongtai hurriedly stopped and bent down to pick up Little Lou’er, but he couldn’t help but sob, “Little Lou’er, your Uncle Black is useless. He’s a piece of trash, coward! Even if you risk your life, you can’t cut off Gaer Qinling’s dog head and didn’t avenge your father!”

“Revenge my father? Why?” Little Lou’er tilted her head and blinked her big dark eyes as she asked curiously.

“Lou’er, come here.” Chen Yan called out, “Come, read the military order written by your father to your uncles.”

“Oh!” Little Lou’er smiled and replied. Yuwen Hongtai carried her over and put her down. Chen Yan spread out her white silk with both hands.

“Ah Niang, I don’t know many words on it! … I only know a few!” Little Lou’er stuck out her tongue and said bashfully while pretending to be a ghost.

“Come, Ah Niang will teach you to read.”

“Alright!”

“General Token!” Chen Yan’s voice was exceptionally resolute.

“General Token!” Little Lou’er learned to speak like a mother and shouted forcefully in her childish voice.

“All the soldiers of the Kansai Army …”

“All the soldiers of the Kansai Army! … Ah Niang, I can recognize this word!”

“Forsake all the supplies …”

A woman and a child repeated the words of the military order one after another. His voice wasn’t loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the clear sky of Da Feichuan.

“Kansai Road’s marching general-Qin Mubai!” After reading the last sentence, Chen Yan finally burst into tears.

“Qin Mubai, it’s my grandfather! … Mother, why are you crying?” Little Lou’er hurriedly went up and hugged Chen Yan’s leg.

“Woo!–” Yuwen Hongtai suddenly let out a loud cry and shouted, “Brothers, did you hear the military order that Madam read?”

“Listen clearly!!” The soldiers of the three armies shouted with sorrow.

“Then what are you stunned about! Pack up the guy and get ready to leave!!!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted hysterically as he strode forward to pick up Little Lou’er and hugged her tightly in his arms, refusing to let go. However, he cried loudly, crying like a child.

“Uncle Black, be good, don’t cry!” Little Lou’er hugged Yuwen Hongtai’s neck and patted his back like an adult. “Who bullied you? Wait for my grandfather to come back, I’ll help you tell him! Let him, hit that bad guy’s board!” She said.

Yuwen Hongtai cried even harder.

The soldiers of the three armies silently dispersed …

‘”Ah!” Li Daozong let out a long sigh. It was unknown whether he let out a sigh of relief or sighed with sadness. “General, the soul of the army! Guanxi Army, has been deeply branded with Qin Mubai’s brand. No one can erase it!” Unfortunately, it’s a pity, a pity, it’s respectable! “