Updated: 2012-05-26

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Li Xian sat quietly on the stone for an hour, from the east of the sunrise until the sun rose to the highest point. He knew that he had made a mistake impulse yesterday, and from the current situation, he had entered a dead end because of this mistake. Unless he sneaked away all night tonight, there was almost no way to solve it. But finally, Li Xian gave up and was unwilling to be reluctant.

Now he finally knew how dark the generals who looked hypocritical were. Although he was wary from the beginning, he would not have been willing to be a captain among the food guards who had no contact with military information. There was no doubt that those who climbed onto the general's seat on the body were indeed unpredictable to play conspiracy and power tricks.

From Wang Rengong's words of praise for him yesterday, Li Xian thought of his intentions, and even from Yuwen Shu's seemingly inadvertent glances over his face, he already had an ominous premonition.

He had been struggling with whether to leave or not. After thinking for so long, he still had no idea of ​​any way. Whether it was Wang Rengong or Xin Shixiong, they were all generals with tens of thousands of people. In Liaodong, using conspiracy and tricks to calculate a small lieutenant was nothing, and even if he was blatantly targeting him, it was nothing. But these people held their own identities and naturally they would not attack Li Xian directly in order not to give up the population.

After sitting for an hour, Li Xian moved his body, which had already felt sore.

He stood up and looked at his subordinates not far away, and made a secret decision in his heart that it was more important to choose between pulling a group of people back to Yanshan and saving his life.

He walked towards Luo Fu and others, preparing to tell them to prepare to leave tonight. But at this moment, a personal soldier suddenly ran in from outside the camp gate panting and ran to Li Xian not far away and said, "Capital Captain, the General of the Left Imperial Guard is here to visit."

"Yuwen Shu?"

Li Xian was stunned, and then his face changed slightly.

The personal soldier said, "It's not Yu Wen Shu, the General of the Left Guard, but Xue Shixiong, the General of the Left Guard."

Li Xian was really surprised this time. He had never had any intersection with the Left Imperial Guard General Xue Shixiong. What did Xue Shixiong do at this time? But since he had not left the Sui army camp, he had to do something about face. Li Xian tidied up his clothes and walked quickly outside the camp gate.

When he arrived outside the door, he saw Xue Shixiong, the general of the left guard who had white beards, looking at the smoke rising from the distance. Only then did Li Xian realize that it was already time to eat. But there was no bowl of porridge for everyone during the battle, which was really not very good.

"Yan Yun, the captain of the grain guard guard at Zuo Tun, pay homage to the general."

Li Xian gave a military salute in a normal manner and stood beside him.

Xue Shixiong slowly retracted his gaze from the curling smoke, looked at Li Xian and smiled, "I heard that you General Xin has been promoted to you early this morning, why do you still call yourself a lieutenant of the grain protection army?"

Li Xian smiled and said, "I'm used to it, but I can't adapt for a while."

Xue Shixiong nodded, and without hesitation, he walked directly into the camp of the food guards. After entering the door, he glanced around and asked in confusion: "Which is your tent?"

Li Xian pointed to a tent that was no different from an ordinary soldier and said, "It's right in front."

Xue Shixiong was obviously stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Why is there no difference between it and an ordinary soldier?"

Li Xian smiled and said, "It's just a small lieutenant. There are not many people in this camp, so there is no need to build a conspicuous tent."

Xue Shixiong glanced at Li Xian and said nothing.

Li Xian seemed to have seen it in his heart, and always felt that he could not hide anything in front of this old man. In fact, Li Xian's tent was the same as other soldiers' tents, not because Li Xian was really so hard and simple, but because a person who was chased since childhood was cautious. With the same tent, it would be safer.

Xue Shixiong walked into Li Xian's tent and sat down casually in the position that should belong to Li Xian. Then he pointed to a low stool and said, "Sit down and talk."

Li Xian, an old man who did not treat himself as an outsider as soon as he entered the door, said humbly: "You should stand up with me."

Xue Shixiong glared at him and said, "Pretending to be polite at this time, why didn't you come over to me and be polite to me when Liaoshui asked me to wipe your butt?"

Li Xian suddenly realized, thinking that no wonder he looked so familiar with the old man with white beard. It turned out that when Liaoshui snatched the body of Mai Tie Staff, he took tens of thousands of soldiers from the Sui Dynasty ambushed in the dense forest of the high slopes. The next day, he defeated the 50,000 army of Yizhi Wende from the flank. When he thought of the situation at that time, Li Xian was as thick-skinned as he could not help but blush. He smiled embarrassedly and said, "There was a reason for the matter that day, and I hope the general will forgive me."

Xue Shixiong glared at him and said, "If you ask me to forgive me, I will forgive me?"

Looking at Li Xian in shock, the old man stretched out a finger freely and said, "If there is no pot of good wine or a plate of braised meat, I will have to deal with you no matter what I say I have to settle the matter with you that day."

Li Xianji said seriously: "This... really doesn't have it."

Xue Shixiong was stunned. He asked in disbelief: "How can you be a lieutenant of the grain-protecting soldiers? You can't get a plate of meat from others. You don't have it yet? I ran so far to fight Qiufeng, and you wanted to send me away without saying a word? Xin Shixiong, the general of Zuotun Guard, is a famous alcoholic. You have to take care of the supplies for him, so how can you not have wine?"

Li Xian explained: "You also know that General Xin is good at drinking. People who love wine can see wine more than life. How could they feel at ease to put it here..."

Xue Shixiong nodded and said, "Don't tell me that you don't have any inventory at all!"

Li Xian said: "I also had a bag of wine yesterday..."

"Did you drink it?"

Xue Shixiong looked regretful.

Li Xian shook his head and said, "I haven't drunk it, it's all used to wash the wound."

Xue Shixiong nodded and said, "This method is good. I have used it before. Since there is no wine, can there be no meat? Who among the army knows that the richest ones are now your Zuotunwei!"

Li Xian said: "Unless you kill the horse, there will be no more."

Xue Shixiong sighed and said, "I am not here to borrow food from you, why do you have to play this trick with me?"

Li Xian asked a very villain: "Isn't you really here to borrow food?"

Xue Shixiong said angrily: "If I came to borrow food, would I come to see you, a little captain?"

Li Xian thought for a while, then called his personal soldiers in and whispered: "Cut a plate of meat from General Xin to bring in." The personal soldiers took the order, and Xue Shixiong snorted: "This is almost the same!"

Soon, a plate of braised meat was brought in. Xue Shixiong took a wine bag from his waist, took a sip of wine and ate a bite of meat, but Li Xian didn't let him eat it on his own. It was impossible to tell that he had a huge appetite at such an age, and in just five minutes, a large plate of braised beef was wiped out by him. Li Xian sat aside and watched Xue Shixiong eat meat and drink wine in big mouthfuls, thinking that this old man was also quite interesting, and he was really not polite.

After drinking and eating, Xue Shixiong patted his slightly bulging belly and sighed with satisfaction: "Eat a plate of meat and treat it as if you have paid back the favor you owe me to the Liaoshui River."

Li Xian immediately said: "General is generous."

Xue Shixiong gave him a blank look and said, "My belly is quite small!"

"Yan Yun..."

He suddenly looked serious and said, "Can you do me a favor?"

Li Xian said: "The General ordered that if a humble position can be done, he would never shirk responsibility."

Seeing that he agreed decisively, Xue Shixiong asked casually: "Why, I'm so happy to agree, aren't you afraid that I will harm you?"

Li Xian smiled bitterly and said, "It is natural to be successful. The general should give instructions as soon as possible if he has anything to do. If I can do it today, I will do it immediately. If tomorrow comes, I am afraid that if I want to help the general, I will not have a chance."

Xue Shixiong snorted coldly: "So you are not stupid either!"

Li Xian said seriously: "I also know that I am not stupid, but sometimes I become stupid when I am anxious."

Seeing that he looked pitiful, Xue Shixiong stopped hitting him, but asked seriously: "Have you thought of any solution?"

Li Xian shook his head and said, "There's no way."

Xue Shixiong sighed and said, "You lured me to make a shield for you by the Liaoshui River. I thought you were a very smart guy, so why did you do such a stupid thing yesterday? You are just silly living among your food guards. Even if you have no credit, what is better to go back alive? If Your Majesty still remembers you, why do you have to care whether you have gained any military achievements this time? If Your Majesty has forgotten you, what if you have made great contributions? Don't say that you are chasing Yizhi Wende is not for making meritorious service, but for the retreat of the army."

Li Xian said: "I... do think so."

Xue Shixiong smiled and said, "You young man, you are still too lacking in experience."

Li Xian said: "General, please tell me what to do."

Xue Shixiong said: "You know, my left imperial guard is responsible for the retreat of the army. I left people to guard the dangerous places along the way. After coming from Liaodong, the left imperial guard has left more than 10,000 troops and horses to break the rear. Yesterday, Marshal Yuwen came to me and discussed leaving a soldier in Sashui to protect the retreat of the army, but our army was really struggling to pull out many soldiers. So I came to you and lead my troops to guard the Sashui Ferry with my son Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun. How about it?"

Is he here to save me?

Li Xian was stunned and then sighed: "But, after all, I am from Zuotunwei..."

Xue Shixiong laughed and said, "You don't have to worry about this. You just need to answer me. Are you willing to guard Sashui, or are you willing to take your troops to attack Pyongyang tomorrow morning?"

Li Xian said seriously: "Of course it is Shusa Water."

Xue Shixiong smiled and said, "That's good. I had already discussed with Marshal Yuwen yesterday. I would draw five soldiers from the left guards, led by my son Yingyanglang General Xue Wanche, and draw three more Zhe Chong camps from the left guards, and hand them over to Xue Wanche to ensure that the army has no worries. Before I came to you, I had already met General Xin. Tomorrow morning, you would bring your three Zhe Chong camp troops to join Wanche and set off together."

Li Xian was completely stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

Xue Shixiong wanted to save me, but there was no reason. Judging from his words, Yuwen Shu didn't seem to want me to die tomorrow, let alone have no reason!

If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. What is the key to this?

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In the large tent of the central army in the Sui army camp, Yuwen Shu, who had sent Xue Shixiong away, sat down slowly on the Hu bench, looked at the newly painted Goguryeo map, and his eyes were fixed on the Liaodong City.

"Shiji, since you want to take that kid for your own use, help him once for your father. The Yuwen family's family business is ultimately transformed. If you can help you a little, you will help you a little. I just hope that kid is a person who is grateful and can become your right-hand man in the future, and it is not in vain for your father to come up with this way to save him today."

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he murmured.

Thinking of Xue Shixiong who had just left, Yuwen Shu's eyes were confused again. He had been thinking hard for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why Xue Shixiong wanted to help the innocent young man who had no foundation.

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In Li Xian's tent, Xue Shixiong stood up and walked out.

"Yan Yun, what I told you before was not what I wanted you to help me. As for why you and my son were allowed to protect the Sashui Ferry, you should understand."

Li Xian saw him off and said as he walked, "Don't worry, General, I will definitely protect the safety of the two major generals."

Xue Shixiong nodded and sighed: "Your good martial arts, good, good!"

Li Xian smiled, not saying anything.

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