Chapter 114 Heartbroken
Chapter 114 Heartbroken
It takes three days for the Kingdom Guardian Army to reach the border between Shang and Nanshang.
We left Nanshang in the evening of the first day. Standing on the hillside and looking into the distance, we could see the smoke rising from the horizon and the increasingly lush greenery...
Tuanzi came out of the carriage to get some fresh air, and was carried by her father onto the warhorse. She seemed to be able to smell a slight burnt smell at the tip of her nose.
She grasped the horse's mane with her fat hands and looked up at her father with bright eyes, "Dad, if we find that beautiful prince, they won't have to fight anymore, right?"
Jiang Jichen wrapped his daughter tighter with his cloak and warmed her slightly cold face with his big, warm hands.
The prince on the warhorse, dressed in military uniform, said in a deep voice, "Why is An asking?"
Jiang An pouted, looking innocent, "An An likes it here very much. There are flowers and trees, and the wind is sweet. I don't want to fight."
Fighting means that all this will disappear from her sight...
Children's words are innocent, but they are also what everyone thinks.
Jiang Jichen had a gentle face, and even with the armor on, he didn't look that cold. "Don't worry, An. As long as I am in Chongzhou, An will enjoy a prosperous life."
Hehe ~
Tuanzi swung her two feet, with pearls glittering on her beautiful shoes. She placed her fat paws on her father's big hands and puffed up her face as she swore, "Don't worry, Dad. When An'an grows up, An'an will protect Dad!"
The prince raised his eyebrows and said nothing, as if he had already thought about what the day would be like when Tuanzi grew up.
He continued to ride forward, and the unspoken words in his heart melted into the sound of the wind.
If An grows up, he will spread his wings and fly far away. He hopes that the days will go slower... even slower...
On the second day of the march, the army stopped to rest at noon.
Jiang An's carriage stopped under the shade of a tree. Nioniu spread a cloth on the ground and placed a lot of food and sweet soup on it.
Tuanzi and Zhengyan the dog were squatting together, holding small sticks in their hands to intercept the ants.
The army's food and fodder were mostly dry rations, and the black-armored soldiers would go into the nearby woods to hunt on their own.
Jiang Yizhou naturally couldn't stand the hardship of marching, so he had already ordered his guards to get some meat...
He sat under the shade of a tree with a dignified look. Although there was nothing unusual on his face, his movements showed that he could not bear to be associated with these low-ranking soldiers.
"An..."
"Dad~"
Tuanzi threw away the stick in her hand and flew towards her father.
"Commander Meng has shot some pheasants. Can you give An some chicken legs?"
Jiang An, who was picked up, giggled and praised Admiral Meng without hesitation.
Jiang Jichen tapped her nose and said in a rather sour tone, "I caught some fresh fish yesterday, but why didn't you seem so eager to see me? Huh?"
Tuanzi stuck out her tongue guiltily and clung to her father like an octopus.
The generals around her were all laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious, which made Jiang Yizhou look sideways.
Jiang Jichen and several generals sat casually on the ground, eating lunch while discussing the war, while Tuanzi happily ate a big chicken drumstick...
She looked a little fierce when she opened her mouth and roared, her face was covered with grease, and she looked very silly.
But in such a harmonious atmosphere, an uninvited guest came.
Jiang Yizhou approached with a guard holding two gray rabbits in his hands, "Uncle, generals..."
"My guards hunted some rabbits. Yizhou thought the generals must be tired from fighting for the country. How about we share them?"
Although the National Defense Army is Jiang Jichen's power, if he leaves a good impression, when the battle for the throne comes in the future, they will naturally choose him over the eldest prince whom they have never met...
However, these generals looked at each other, and finally looked at their own commander, insisting on being obedient, and no one agreed to what the Second Prince said.
Jiang Jichen put down the soup bowl in his hand and glanced at the gentle Second Prince calmly, "Second Prince is so thoughtful. I would like to thank you on behalf of these unruly generals of mine."
After he finished speaking, the generals thanked him briefly.
There is no concealment of who is close and who is distant.
After finishing eating the chicken leg, Tuanzi looked at the bare chicken bone in his hand, licked his lips, threw the chicken bone back, and hit Zhengyan on the head who was squatting and eating Hu Bing.
She flashed a cunning look in her round eyes, pointed at Jiang Yizhou with one hand on her waist, and said in a surprised tone, "Ah!"
Jiang Yizhou:?
Jiang An made a very exaggerated expression on his round face, "The rabbit is so cute, how can you eat it!"
"Look, they must be the father and mother. The little rabbit is so pitiful without a father and a mother~"
"Hey~"
She sighed, her eyebrows drooping, looking pitiful.
Jiang Yizhou, who had successfully accepted the gazes of several generals and Jiang Jichen, twitched his mouth. The guards behind him tried to hide the two rabbits in their hands for some guilty reason.
Finally, the two rabbits successfully became Jiang An's, and Jiang Yizhou returned to his carriage with a forced look on his face.
What kind of thing did he do? He lost the rabbit he caught with great difficulty, and still successfully left a cruel impression!
Tuanzi held a furry little thing in one hand, with sparkling eyes.
"Dad~"
Jiang Jichen had a smile on his lips, but looking at his daughter's expression, he knew what she was going to do.
Even Niang Niang kicked Zheng Yan and said, "Go find some firewood!"
Zhengyan moved a little and muttered, "I've already had lunch, I'm not going..."
Zhenglu (making a fist): "Go!"
Jiang An smiled with his white teeth sticking out, "Roasted rabbit!"
Meng Bu Ren paused, his eyes full of confusion. Didn’t they say that little rabbits are pitiful?
Jiang An: Hungry An An is also pitiful, and the rabbit was caught by Jiang Yizhou, it has nothing to do with An An~
The old father rubbed his daughter's head and said, "Go find Zhengyan, his cooking is delicious."
"Yeah, roasted rabbit~"
After a while, Jiang Yizhou, who smelled the fragrance in the carriage, fell into deep thought...
On the morning of the third day of the march, Xie Yunshan, who was leading the vanguard, joined the team.
After just three days of traveling, General Xie no longer had the casualness of a noble young man. Instead, he was filled with hostility, and his horse and armor were stained with blood.
Of the 5,000 troops behind him, 300 were killed and 500 were injured.
The marching team stopped, and the men in black armor joined the army in groups of three or four. Military doctors ran around carrying medicine boxes, and sporadic conversations could be heard.
Jiang Jichen dismounted from his horse. Several generals had already surrounded Xie Yunshan and were patting his armor silently in the unique way of comforting men.
"Coach..."
Jiang Jichen: "Are you injured?"
Xie Yunshan smiled proudly and wiped the blood from the knife wound on his cheek with his fingertips. "It's okay, it's just a superficial wound."
"Well, how's the situation ahead..."
Speaking of business, General Xie restrained his smile and frowned, "The war on the border between Shang and Nanzhao spread very quickly, and almost all the surrounding villages are gone."
"On the way, we encountered a group of Mobei soldiers dressed in the attire of the Shangguo, and a conflict broke out..."
"The original stationing point is definitely unusable. We..."
"Where is Xie Yunshan?"
"Dad~"
Tuanzi lifted her skirt and ran over, looking for someone with her round eyes, with Niangniang following closely behind her.
The anger between General Xie's brows disappeared and he smiled.
The embarrassed young general half-crouched and raised his voice, "Little Dumpling, the general is here!"
"Eh!"
Jiang An approached him and touched the wound on his cheek with his fat claws, "Hey, An An, blow on it, the pain will fly away~"
"Fly away and you'll be beautiful again~"
Xie Yunshan was slapped down before he could even feel touched. He gritted his teeth and said in a gloomy tone, "Oh, this general is not pretty, so you, little bastard, don't care about me, right..."
An An blinked her innocent eyes and shook her head, "No."
"An An won't dislike you~"
"You're not as pretty as your dad anyway!"
Xie Yunshan covered his heart, it hurts!
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