Shen Yu is wearing armor.
That was the armor that the old prince had specially asked the best military craftsman in Beilin to make for her. It was made of the best materials. It was lighter and harder than the armor of ordinary soldiers, and was suitable for women.
Xie Tingzhou did not step forward to help, but looked at her from the side.
Shen Yu did not forget to chatter when she was wearing armor, "If there is a war in Beilin, you can just press the formation from the rear. There are generals in Beilin, go to the front and fight, they can withstand it, don't show off."
Xie Tingzhou once thought about sending a lieutenant to follow her, but he also knew in his heart that it would be useless to send a lieutenant who did not know the terrain and battle lines. He would not have a tacit understanding with the soldiers and it would be difficult to fight.
"Also, it's getting cold, and it's time for the ground dragon to start burning. I remember you were particularly afraid of the cold last year, and the stove was lit in the carriage."
After Shen Yu finished speaking, she didn't hear a response. When she turned around, she saw Xie Tingzhou looking at her with his eyes fixed.
"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, I heard it." Xie Tingzhou said.
Shen Yu walked over and handed him the armor that needed to be buckled at the end, "Button it on for me."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes, put on the armor for her with his bamboo-like fingers, and straightened it carefully.
Parting is always heavy, and Shen Yu wanted to make the atmosphere lighter.
"Are we on the wrong side?" Shen Yu said with a smile, "We are all wives waiting for their husbands to come home from the war. How about you call me husband?"
Shen Yu teased him.
Xie Tingzhou finally raised his eyelids with some energy, "Really? Then who is on top?"
"It's not you every time." Shen Yu said, looking at his face and reaching out to touch his cheek.
"I'm not at home. You are not allowed to look at other people, not even maids. If someone gives you a woman, you tell them to go away. If someone asks you to marry a concubine, you also tell them to go away."
Xie Tingzhou listened to her childish words, "Then what if I accept it?"
"Then just wait until I come back to chop you." Shen Yu said viciously.
"Who to kill?"
"What do you think?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "Then I will accept it, and then tell them that my princess is very fierce and can kill people. Those who are afraid of death will run away quickly, and those who are not afraid of death will be kept for my princess to sharpen her knife."
Shen Yu laughed and stood on tiptoes to kiss him.
Xie Tingzhou was too tall, and she couldn't reach him as long as she didn't lower her head.
Xie Tingzhou looked down at her, and when she gave up and put her feet back, he grabbed her waist, pushed her down and kissed her.
"Auntie." Xie Tingzhou's voice was trembling, "Wait for me."
He pecked her and said, "You must wait for me. I will come when the snow closes the mountains."
It's still dark.
There were blazing torches burning outside the royal capital city, lighting up almost half of the sky.
Firewood was set up in the center, and cattle and sheep were killed to sacrifice tooth flags and war drums.
The soldiers' footsteps were uniform and they had already begun to set off.
Ben Xiao's hooves scratched the ground, as if he knew they were about to head towards the place where he was born.
Shen Yu got on her horse and looked deeply at Xie Tingzhou with lowered eyes.
She wanted to kiss him again.
She hid her love in tenderness that could be seen at a glance. Xie Tingzhou understood and got on his horse.
Everyone tacitly stayed far away, watching their prince riding a horse to send the princess out of the city.
He wanted to send her ten miles away.
That section of the road went very quickly, and soon it was dawn.
Xie Tingzhou gently touched her cheek in the morning light and said with a smile, "Wait for me."
The man and his horse followed the army.
Bai Yu fluttered his wings and saw off Xie Tingzhou for her again in the morning light.
He was always sending her on far journeys and watching her fly higher and higher.
Even if it's ten miles to say goodbye and a thousand miles to welcome, he will always catch up, just like before.
……
The wind and sand outside Yanliang Pass remain the same.
"Sir, when will the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive?"
The new governor of Ganzhou City in Yanliang Pass, who took office less than a year ago, squinted his eyes in the wind, "Soon."
He couldn't tell the truth. He still hadn't received any news from the imperial court about sending reinforcements.
This inevitable result is actually not difficult to guess.
Yanliang Pass was hit hard last year, and there was endless internal strife in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Originally, Beilin could still be counted on, but now the relationship between Beilin and the imperial court is very delicate, and there may not be enough troops to rescue Yanliang Pass.
"Sir!" A soldier gasped and shouted excitedly under the city wall, "There are reinforcements! At the north gate."
Cao Guangjin was shocked.
North gate, north, could it be someone coming from the north?
He quickly got off the city wall and followed the soldiers up the city wall at the north gate.
There were only two people outside the city wall. One was a young boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, holding a piece of dried meat in his mouth. He was looking up at the city wall and waved when he saw someone. The other was a thin man in his early twenties.
"Where are the reinforcements?" Cao Guangjin asked.
The soldier pointed at the boy at the bottom of the city and said, "He said the army is still behind and will arrive in about half a day. He is here to deliver a message."
Cao Guangjin said: "Put the basket down and ask him to put the letter up."
Now that the war situation is tense, no outsider dares to go into the city. If the defense deployment is leaked, it will be a big deal.
The letter was quickly brought up. Cao Guangjin read it quickly and said, "Let him in."
Changliu and Xixi rode into the city. When they saw Cao Guangjin walking down the city wall, they asked, "Are you Mr. Cao?"
"Exactly." Cao Guangjin looked solemn, "Let's talk inside."
"I won't talk to you." Changliu said, "I'll talk to you after our princess arrives."
Cao Guangjin asked: "Your Majesty didn't come?"
Changliu said: "That's natural. Our prince has to guard the northern defense line. Where can we go?"
"How many people did the princess bring this time?"
Changliu stretched out a finger and said, "Ten thousand."
Cao Guangjin said anxiously: "How can ten thousand repel the Western Jue dogs?"
Changliu didn't like the person in front of him very much. They came all the way to reinforce him. Seeing Cao Guangjin looking down on him, he said, "We'll talk about it later. Is there food? I'm starved to death."
Shen Yu led his troops to camp five miles away from Yanliang Pass, and took Xiao Chuan into the city alone.
Cao Guangjin welcomed the two of them into the city. It was dinner time, so he prepared wine and dishes for them.
"Princess, please forgive me, given the current situation, I cannot let your troops enter the city immediately."
Shen Yu understands that in today's current situation, no one can tell whether they are friends or foes.
She looked at this Cao Guangjin who was alert and didn't look like a waste.
"Master Cao, how is the situation now?"
Cao Guangjin said: "The Xijue people launched an attack three days ago. We didn't have enough troops to leave the city, so we could only defend and fight. They brought trebuchets. We lost a lot of people, and the city wall was also being repaired. But these three They did not launch another attack on Japan, I don’t know if they were short of food and fodder.”
"No." Shen Yu said: "If there is insufficient food and grass, they will only attack quickly and capture the city in the shortest possible time."
