Chapter 289: Crossing the River
Guan Yu rarely talks about big truths, but after today's chess game, he chatted with Xu Atai for a long time and said a lot, maybe because of the uncertainty of this battle, maybe because of the confusion about the future.
The two of them play chess, one is good at defending and one is good at attacking, Guan Yu is not leaking, Xu Atai's attack is dangerous, especially he often likes to drive straight in, and the son enters the dangerous place, and then begins to fight with Guan Yu, although it is heroic, and even comes back to life to win in the end, but he is not able to win every time, it is Guan Yu who said a lot today, just like the battle of Laishui, it is a long drive to win, but it is also dangerous, you must know that this kind of fight is the same as you play chess, you may not be able to win every time, if you lose, It's not like chess is just another game, it's a real loss.
For Guan Yu, who is also a teacher and friend, Xu Atai has never regarded him as the tun chief by his side, in his heart from misunderstanding to friend, from robe to brother, at this moment he has already regarded this man who is a few years older as a brother, or even a brother, he rarely says these words, maybe he is worried about the upcoming battle.
"Yun Chang, I will go all out in this battle, and I want Zhang Zheng and Sima to know that our soldiers are not just foils, they can also enter the handsome camp and influence the situation, what do you say?"
Guan Yuleng was stunned, and he found that compared with Xu Atai, he was a protector. Shou's temperament is indeed lacking in blood like him, and he suddenly thought of the river crossing pawn in his mouth, isn't it his identity at this time? said with a smile: "Since Sima is leaving with the rook (cavalry), then we pawns really want Sima to take a look, maybe it is not their freewheeling cavalry that stirs the chessboard, but also those of us who only know how to move forward." Crossing the river as you like. β
Xu Atai lay in the cleared grass, his hands folded and his head rested. Looking up at the sky, he said to Guan Yu on the side: "This kind of march reminds me of being in the grassland. Every day, when it's time to camp, you want to go to bed quickly, because when you wake up the next day, you will find that you have lived one more day. It's the same today, those of us who are willing to be pawns across the river, hurry up and sleep, and live one more day! β
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Early the next morning, the guards appeared beside Guan Yu and Xu Atai and woke up the two, and on a new day, the sun was rising. The air is fresh, and they have long forgotten that one more day of living yesterday is a day, and the two of them devote themselves to a new day with all their strength, first grinding with green salt, and then wiping their faces with dew, and then they are finished, and then they come to the Huotou Army to eat morning food.
Before he got closer, he heard those soldiers from afar shouting to the head of the fire: "Boss Li, what is there to eat today?" β
"yes, yes, it's been a long time since our brother had a tooth sacrifice."
Boss Li looked up. They were all old acquaintances, and they cried out softly: "Wheat cakes, and bracken soup." β
"Is there a Sima cake?"
Sima cake is the earliest wheat cake made by Sima Liu Lan with mutton fat for the soldiers' tooth sacrifice, but this cake is different from wheat cake because of the green onion in it when mixing noodles. After being baked, it is full of fragrant, crispy and delicious, and is deeply loved by soldiers. Some soldiers even cried after eating for the first time, sobbing and choking that they had lived most of their lives in vain. The wheat cake we ate before was not food for the dog in Sima's eyes?
One by one, they sighed and said that they had eaten the fairy food, and over time, the fairy food in their mouths was named the new term Sima Cake. At this time, when he heard that these boys were going to eat Sima cakes, Boss Liu said angrily: "There are no Sima cakes." He was frustrated, and he also wanted to make Sima cakes for these soldiers every day, but the mutton fat was brought from him, looking at their disappointed expressions, and even some of them had already begun to scold their mothers, Liu Lao still couldn't help yelling: "If you dare to scold Lao Tzu, there is no pot helmet to eat." β
"What, pot helmet?"
Boss Liu laughed and said, "Yes, the pot helmet, the pot helmet rolled out with the noodles made by Sima." β
The most ferocious ones who scolded just now had a flattering look on their faces, but the saliva at the corners of their mouths could not be wiped out, and it was not until this moment that you would find that their expressions were very rustic, saying that they were soldiers, but in fact they were honest farmers after all.
One person and one bowl of bracken soup, a coarse wheat cake and a pot helmet, the pot helmet is made of unfermented noodles, unlike the coarse wheat cake is simple, a wooden board is needed, and then a rolling pin is used, one end is fixed, the other end sits under the body, and the rolling pin is pressed with the weight of the body, which is used to knead the dough to make a round thick cake about one or two minutes thick and about five inches in diameter, and then put it in the helmet Kang, until the kang is yellow on both sides, it is cooked, and the skin is crispy to eat, which is not much better than Sima cake.
Xu Atai and Guan Yu came together, many soldiers stood up, the two motioned for them to sit down and continue to eat, and then everyone squatted down again, just like the old farmer in the field squatting at the door of the house to eat, the two smiled and came to Boss Liu, their food was the same as that of the soldiers, there was no small stove to say, they each took their own food and began to eat like a storm, how can the soldiers be subtle, they are all gobbling up who if they are really subtle, they are afraid that they will be interrupted by the order of the assembly in the middle of the meal, and they can only go on the road hungry.
Guan Yu and Xu Atai gobbled up their meal, rested for a while, Jian Yong arrived, cleared his voice, and said, "Xuande's side is ready, ask when you will be on the road, and today's march will continue for three miles or go more?" β
Jian Yong's eyes were red, not because he was not suitable for sleeping in the wild, but because he learned the game of chess last night and fought with Liu Bei until dawn, he squinted for a while, yawning, and had no grace, but fortunately, he was already familiar with Jian Yong and the two of them, and he didn't mind, he just said: "Today's rapid march." β
"Okay, march quickly." Jian Yong didn't react in a daze, and was about to turn around and leave after answering the chorus, but as soon as he took a step, he seemed to have been struck by lightning, and only then did he react at this moment, turned around suddenly, and asked uncertainly: "Could it be that I heard the difference?" What Xu Buqu could say just now was a rapid march? β
Xu Atai eliminated the last pot helmet, squeezed out a smile and said, "Mr. Jian didn't listen, what I just said was a rapid march." After speaking, he looked at Guan Yu, at this moment, Guan Yu had just wiped his mouth without the slightest grace, and smiled at him, but Jian Yong on the side looked at the two of them so confused, obviously not knowing that the two of them looked at each other and thought of those three words.
Crossing the river.
Xu Atai stood up and said solemnly: "Mr. Lao Jian went back to tell SΓΉ Xuande, we have to march in a hurry, not only to implicate, but also to give a fatal blow to the moth thief." β
Jian Yong was silent for a long time, and suddenly said:
"It's not a gentleman who has always been submissive, and I don't want to think about having the world's best talent like me, what else is there to worry about, it should have been like this a long time ago!"
At this moment, it was Guan Yu's turn and Xu Atai to look at each other, looking at Jian Yong's disappearing back full of black lines. (To be continued......)