Mid-November.
After the autumn harvest, if the weather is no longer hot, the breeze blowing from time to time will make people feel a faint chill.
Lantian camp.
At a glance, there are countless camps surrounded by densely packed young men, holding long swords and swords, practicing in the open space.
Whenever accompanied by the drill general's roar, all the young soldiers waved their sharp weapons with authority.
Whistling sounds and shouts of killing filled the entire Lantian camp.
At this moment, outside the camp, the Qin army soldiers who were originally on guard duty suddenly saw a cavalry of dozens of people in the distance, rushing towards the camp quickly.
"Is there an order just now?"
The officers and soldiers of the Qin army looked at each other. The leading general turned his head, looked at the officer in charge of registration and asked.
The soldier responsible for ascending the throne looked at the bamboo slips in front of him. After opening them, he saw that they were empty.
So he raised his head and shook his head at the general.
"Hairpin, no!"
General Qin Zu said.
And his words made the veteran general with a hairpin frown slightly.
If there is no order, it means that this cavalry is not from Lantian camp, and it has not received an order from the camp.
Think of this.
The nearly thirty-year-old general slowly stepped forward with his sword in hand, looked at the cavalry rushing towards him in the distance, and raised his hand.
After a while.
As the cavalry soldiers approached, all the soldiers reined in their horses.
At this time, the general looked at the young boy at the head, or in other words, at the Jue Bian above the boy's head.
Zuo Shuchang!
When the general saw this, his eyes widened, and then he immediately thought of something. He quickly held his breath and bowed respectfully to the young man.
In fact, it was not only this general, but also several other Qin soldiers who saw the young man's Jue Bian. They quickly reacted and then remembered what had been rumored some time ago.
That was the cavalry army that had destroyed Zhao before. After receiving the king's call, it had begun to return to Qin.
Or.
Rumor has it that Zuo Shuchang, who had previously fought against Li Mu and defeated Zhao's cavalry at Jingxing, has been ordered to return to Qin.
And the concubine Zuo.
I once walked out of Lantian, started as an ordinary soldier, and practiced in the Lantian camp.
"Is General Sima in the camp?"
Bai Yan watched his cronies go up to verify their identities. After taking a look at the camp, he looked at the general and asked.
In order to arrive here in advance, Bai Yan personally took Gui and dozens of cronies and traveled for days.
"Go back to Zuo Shu Zhang, General Sima is at the camp!"
The general on guard heard Bai Yan's question and quickly answered with his hands in hand.
Bai Yan nodded, then turned his head.
"Go!"
Bai Yan looked at Gui and said softly.
Hearing Bai Yan's words, Gui nodded, looked at Feng Nian and Huai, then turned around on horseback and rushed towards Lantian City.
Bai Yan watched Gui leave with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Another year has almost passed!
Yu Sui, Liang Lang, and Xi, who disappeared during the extermination of Korea, are still alive and have returned to Lantian.
This year he came here again. After destroying Zhao, he returned to Qin.
"Enter the camp!"
Bai Yan came back to his senses, put away his thoughts, and led Feng Nian and others into the Lantian Camp.
Inside the camp.
Bai Yan asked Feng Nian and others to follow Qin Zu to rest, and then came to Sima Xing's handsome tent alone.
Sima Xing is not in the camp at the moment.
Bai Yan did not leave, but waited in the tent.
At this time, looking at the layout map hanging in Sima Xing's camp, Bai Yan noticed that on the layout map, all the territory of Zhao State had become the territory of Qin State.
Apparently after conquering Handan and capturing Zhao Wangqian, Qin made a layout and replaced the original layout in all places.
Seeing that the former Zhao Kingdom had disappeared, there was only a Daijun place next to Yanmen on the map.
Look away.
Bai Yan waited for a long time before he heard footsteps coming from outside.
Bai Yan turned his head, and after a few breaths, he saw Sima Xing walking into the camp alone, followed by Qin Zu.
"You boy!"
When Sima Xing saw Bai Yan, a smile appeared on his face.
Just now in General Tu Sui's camp, Sima Xing couldn't help but be surprised at the speed of Bai Yan's return when he heard the soldiers' report.
"Bai Yan meets the general!"
Just as Bai Yan finished speaking, he saw Sima Xing put away his smile and looked at him with a stern look on his face.
See this.
Bai Yan quickly smiled innocently and changed his name to uncle, and Sima Xing nodded.
"There are no outsiders, so there is no need to be polite!"
Sima Xing said.
Then he looked at Bai Yan, looking at the boy who had turned darker than the last time they met. Sima Xing naturally knew that the boy in front of him had experienced a lot after going to Zhao Country.
"This trip to destroy Zhao, your boy really makes you proud of the Bai family. I have met Uncle You before, and when talking about you, Bai Yu smiled from ear to ear!"
Sima Xing said with emotion.
Bai Yan felt a little embarrassed when he heard Sima Xing's praise and didn't know how to reply.
"Destroying Zhao is dangerous, Bai Yan just got lucky for a while!"
In the end, Bai Yan still spoke modestly as before.
Sima Xing looked at Bai Yan and laughed angrily.
"Before you conquered Jingxing, why didn't anyone have such good luck?"
Sima Xing said.
Others don't know it, but Sima Xing knows it. When the Qin army led by General Wang Jian and Deputy General Bai Yan were fighting against each other, all the generals in the Qin State were not idle.
Everyone knows how much the king wants to destroy Zhao, and everyone knows how much impact it will have on the future future and the king's respect if there is a strategy to destroy Zhao.
Without that person, the general would not have thought about taking advantage of the opportunity to gain fame, reputation, and the coveted future.
So before Bai Yan defeated Jingxing, countless generals in the entire Qin State looked at the map of Zhao day and night, looking at the terrain between Yan and Jingxing, and studied strategies to defeat Zhao.
But until Bai Yan breaks Jingxing.
I didn't meet anyone, so 'lucky'!
Inside the tent.
At this time, a close confidant of Sima Xing happened to come in with several scrolls of bamboo slips. Hearing Sima Xing's words, he couldn't help but turn his head.
When he looked at Bai Yan, the Qin soldier in his twenties and wearing Qin armor, a flash of heat flashed in his eyes.
Bai Yan experienced the war in Zhao State.
It is no longer a secret, so naturally this Qin soldier has also heard of it.
"correct!"
Sima Xing looked at the humble young man and didn't bother to care so much. Anyway, he was used to it before.
"Just now General Tu Sui heard that you were coming to the camp, and asked me to tell you to go to the general's mansion tonight."
Sima Xing said.
Looking at the bamboo slips brought by his cronies, Sima Xing opened them and read the contents, making sure they were correct before putting them aside.
Bai Yan was also a little surprised when he heard Sima Xing's words.
General Tu Sui!
Bai Yan was naturally no stranger to the commander-in-chief of Lantian Camp. When he was in Lantian, he often talked about General Tu Sui.
Moreover, when Bai Yan was in Lantian City, he passed by the residence of General Tu Sui on the night he went to No Return Tower.
At that time.
In the dark night, passing by General Tu Sui's mansion, Yu Sui and Youzhuang looked at the mansion with shocked expressions on their faces.
Even Liang Lang was stunned when he looked at the mansion.
It seemed unimaginable that the general's mansion was so big.
"What's wrong?"
Sima Xing, who had put down the bamboo slips, looked up and saw Bai Yan, who looked thoughtful and seemed to be remembering something, and asked in confusion.
Bai Yan came back to his senses and shook his head.
"Nothing, General Tu Sui's kindness, Bai Yan doesn't dare to say goodbye!"
Bai Yan said.
Regarding General Tu Sui, whom he had never met before, Bai Yan would definitely not fail to praise him and refute General Tu Sui's face.
"That's good! General Tu Sui has a lot of things that I want to hear your answers to. The banquet tonight will probably be very late!"
Sima Xing nodded.
But Sima Xing naturally knew that Bai Yan came to Lantian for another reason besides meeting him, and that was to go to a restaurant.
The news about Buguilou has already spread, even Sima Xing has heard about it.
That's why Sima Xing will tell Bai Yan now.
"If you want to go to the restaurant to have a look, go now."
After Sima Xing finished speaking, he thought about it and looked at Bai Yan.
"Bai Yan, if this wasn't Lan Tian and it was in front of me, your uncle and I wouldn't want to see you clinging to that moment!"
Sima Xing, who has a straightforward personality, rarely calls out Bai Yan's name when speaking.
This sentence was for Bai Yan's sake, and Sima Xing was very serious.
The memories of Bai Yu being ambushed by the dead soldiers were still vivid in their minds. Both Sima Xing and Bai Yu sincerely did not want to see Bai Yan being too attached to his old friends.
After all, those who want to deal with Bai Yan, secretly or openly, are likely to take advantage of this to deal with Bai Yan.
Although the Qin State has very strict management, it is not impossible for some powerful people to arrange for dead soldiers or trained women to disguise themselves and assassinate Bai Yan.
After hearing about the robbery and sale in Yanmen.
Sima Xing was shocked by Bai Yan's methods, and naturally knew how many people Bai Yan had offended.
But at the moment, Sima Xing couldn't say anything about the robbery and selling of Yanmen. After all, the matter was very important, and Sima Xing was not the Bai family after all.
When Bai Yan returns to Xianyang, he will naturally communicate with Bai Yu and Bai Yan's people.
Inside the tent.
Bai Yan nodded when he heard Sima Xing's words.
Of course, only Bai Yan himself knows whether he can listen or not.
Lantian City.
As Sima Xing knew, the news about Buguilou had already spread.
Nowadays, the business in the restaurant is booming and the restaurant is full of people. Not only the Qin soldiers in Lantian will raise money for seven or eight people to come to the No Return Building for a drink, but also businessmen and pedestrians from other places will come here because of its reputation.
I have to admire the person who came up with the idea to spread the news.
Currently in the No Return Building.
There were countless noisy sounds.
"I heard that there is a person named Sui in Guangwu, Yingchuan County!"
"It's Yu Sui, with the surname Yu! It's obviously not what you heard. I heard that in Nanyang, there was an official named Xi, so this could be it!"
"Also, I heard about it too."
Inside the restaurant.
Along with the rumors in the past, apart from Bai Yan's name, the names of other people were also found out. After all, the Qin soldiers in the Lantian Camp liked to come here to drink.
After two glasses of wine, the ordinary soldiers naturally raised their heads to the charming voice of the woman in the restaurant, showing off that they knew a lot.
In a private room.
After taking off his Qin armor, Bai Yan still came to the original place, looking at the woman who left after asking, and listening to the noisy sounds outside.
Bai Yan felt depressed in his heart.
And Gui, who had already arrived at the private room and was waiting, felt very uncomfortable at this moment.
There were originally eight people in the group, but in a blink of an eye, only two were left.
As if recalling the scene of eight people toasting together here in the past, Gui's eyes turned red.
"Gui, do you think they are still alive?"
Bai Yan asked.
When Gui heard Bai Yan's words, he raised his head and wiped his eyes with his hands. He didn't know what to say, and finally nodded after hesitating for a long time.
Although the woman just said that she had never seen those people before.
(End of chapter)
