"Thank you for your concern," Gao Su's eyes darkened and he whispered: "But, Chang'an is already married."

Zhao Xingde and Liu Zhijian were both stunned. Zhao Xingde patted Gao Su on the shoulder and said nothing.

The old brothers in the Eighth Battalion knew that Gao Su attaches great importance to this marriage. Liu Zhijian looked at Gao Su with sympathy. When he was in Guangzhou, Gao Su pulled Liu Zhijian to drink wine in the middle of the night. Since then, Gao Su's spirit has not been very excited. Although he said nothing, Liu Zhijian has a vague guess. He understands this kind of mood and watches his woman marry someone else, especially Gao Su has a special liking, which is simply unbearable. When he was in Yangzhou, officers made an appointment to drink wine. Gao Su was always the most "honest" one. He was also Du Chuijiao's good partner in saving money to buy a family business.

"The anchor will be set again tomorrow." Zhao Xingde took out a bottle of blood-colored rose wine from the cabinet next to the table.

Zhao Xingde filled several glass cups one by one with a faint apology. Gao Su's experience was not the only one in Chengying Camp. Chengying Camp is not stationed in one place every year than other camps. Soldiers always fight outside. Although the late emperor issued an edict that soldiers who went out to garrison could reunite with their families after three years, like Zhao Xingde, they would always leave their families in a hurry, and the couples were separated from each other. Like Gao Su, because they were out to garrison for too long, their marriages in their hometown also failed. Guanzhong, Shu was rich, there were many merchants, and the status of soldiers was respected. The wealthy families usually had a sergeant to support the door. If they didn't have one, they would hire one even if they had a sergeant. However, after having sergeants at home, they tried their best to avoid the sergeant supporting the door fighting...

For the wealthy businessmen in Chang'an, it is easier to make money by thundering blood on the battlefield than to make money when doing business.

"It's nothing to get married, why do you have to marry a widower?"

Gao Su picked up the wine glass and drank it all. He murmured with regret: "Is stepmother so easy to make?"

If the woman married a wish-fulfilled man, he might not be so painful, but he just married a widower with a dead wife. The man was more than teenager than her and had three children left by his deceased wife. Gao Su knew that there was a family background in this, but he still felt wronged for the person in his heart. How could he be wronged for the rest of his life? Or, all this was his fault. If he hadn't gone to Liaodong first and then went to the state of Song, and had not made up his mind to retire and return home for several years, perhaps nothing would have ended up like this. Whenever he thought of this, he would bite his heart like countless bugs.

"Grape wine, luminous cup, and you want to drink the pipa immediately. Don't laugh at me when you lie drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from war since ancient times?"

Liu Zhijian whispered, interrupting Gao Su's resentful woman's self-blame. He did not say boring words like "There is no grass everywhere in the world", but instead turned the topic away and filled the wine glasses in front of the four people to drink. His passionate tone still reminded people of the scene before the war. The wine on the sea boat was not as strict as the land march. In order to disinfect and prevent corrosion, many sailors were accustomed to drinking the spirits in clear water, but the officers and soldiers were just ordinary rice wine. The wine in Guanzhong, especially the three steamed and three brewed Yingqi, is not only a rare delicacy, but also a reminder of the taste of Guanzhong's hometown.

"Come on, General, I'll give you a cup!"

"When will the general give me two more tips to help you with three wives and four concubines?"

Gao Su was a little confused when he drank, and picked up the wine glass and said to Zhao Xingde: "If Lao Gao had one-third of the ability of the general, he would not have fallen into the current stage. What about Yunwen and Wu, he is really a useless person." He was unintentional, and he didn't know what he said. Zhao Xingde looked a little embarrassed. He rubbed his forehead, sighed, and did not explain anything. He drank a full drink with him. From top to bottom, most of the soldiers in Xia people were monogamous. A few of them hired several wives like him. Others envied him, and they also criticized him a lot, mostly saying that Zhao Xingde was sorry for his original wife. Gao Su was a calm and steady person. Although he was his subordinate, he probably didn't think so. He said everything with the alcohol.

"Old Gao," Liu Zhijian frowned, "You are drunk!" He took away the wine in front of Gao Su.

"I'm not drunk!" Gao Su refused to give in to protect the wine glass, "I'm going to go to war tomorrow, can't I get drunk today?"

It is precisely because of his steady life that since he learned the news from Chang'an, Gao Su has been suppressing his depression in his heart. He has not poured it out until today. The wine is so sad that he is even more worried. The wine is not very strong. After four or five cups, his hands trembled slightly.

Liu Zhijian sighed, and was about to change the wine in front of him for honey water, but Zhao Xingde reached out to stop him.

"Let him drink it," Zhao Xingde looked at Liu Zhijian's inquiring eyes, "It will be beneficial for Lao Gao to vent his anger this time."

Liu Zhijian nodded and shrank his hand back. Gao Su had this opportunity and murmured, "Done!" He drank another drink for himself. Liu Zhijian and Zhao Xingde and Shi Heng both tried it casually. Although he couldn't help drinking on the boat, the hangover tasted bad, especially since he would start to sail tomorrow. Zhao Xingde would watch the ceremony on the boat building as usual, so that the sailors on the shore and on each boat could see him.

"General Zhao doesn't have to worry. When everyone joined Chengying, they knew they would go to war all year round."

Liu Zhijian comforted Zhao Xingde and said, "Lao Gao was just unable to think about it for a moment. After sobering up this drunkenness, he would slowly let it go."

Zhao Xingde nodded. He knew that this was the case, but his heart was a little heavy. The faces of several beauties flashed in his heart, like smoke and fog, farewell again and again, the long parting, and a lot of guilt. Liu Zhijian also sighed. He had already decided on his family, but he had been together for many years. Gao Su was already drunk, and the atmosphere was not only not relaxed, but heavier.

"It's better in Guanzhong," Shi Heng put down his wine glass and said worriedly, "On the other side of the river, there is already a saying among the people that the blessings and blessings are good."

"The world is peaceful for a long time, and people's hearts are no better than when the country was founded. If you continue like this,"

Liu Zhijian sighed. The so-called "good hands and feet" means breaking hands and feet. Hezhong mobilized retired soldiers to fight against the Dashi Turks on a large scale, and then dispatched regiment training camps to fight. In general, the people in the river were fierce, and the Dashi Turks aroused the common people's hatred of the enemy. However, Zhou Li's defeat in the Hoksha Sea suffered a heavy loss, which also caused panic among the people in the Hezhong people. Because people with broken hands and feet did not have to go to the battlefield, broken hands and feet were also called "good hands and feet". Although there are only a few people who are tired of war, this statement is not lacking among the people, but has been suppressed by the Guguo Mansion.

The Guguo Mansion has not considered a peace treaty with the Roma Turks for the time being stabilized. However, the Roma Turks never abide by the custom of peace treaty. If Xia State reached a peace treaty with the Turks in order to unify Guanxi, they would likely take this opportunity to complete the unification of the Dashi princes. In the eyes of most Guguo Chiefs, a unified Turkic dynasty means that the river faces an emerging empire with a population of 20 million. The threat of 20 million Turkic subjects is far greater than that of 60 million Song people, and it also exceeds the 20 million Liao people with millions of Khitans as the core, not to mention that the Kanto and Liao and Song countries are still restraining each other.

"The pressure on the entire Dashi Turkic army is under too great with the military and civilians in the river."

Zhao Xingde put down his wine glass and sighed: "Our partial master may be useful. I hope this battle will be finished soon."

He could fully understand the psychology of the lieutenants in the river. Once the Roma Turks unified the Dashi princes, they would truly become a giant. After the fall of the Baiyi Dynasty, the lieutenants in the river regarded the Roma Turks as a thorn in their eyes that must be removed. In the battle of Resha Sea, the heavy sacrifice of soldiers in the river certainly stimulated the Guguo Mansion, but the Roma Turks received the help of the Egyptian princes south of Resha Sea, which was also an important reason that prompted the Guguo Mansion to resolve to kill this important problem.

In the best case, the situation in Kanto may be after the River was solved, because the Liao and Song sultan were mutually consumed and both suffered losses, the Xia Kingdom could solve the two tigers of Guandong more easily than now. In the worst case, the most lost is only an opportunity. In the past hundred years, the Xia Kingdom has lost many opportunities. It seems that God does not want an empire across the East and West continents to appear. Whenever the River siege just defeated the barbarians, the Eastern Front began to be unstable. Whenever the Liao and Song tigers competed against each other, the Western Front often appeared. The Guguo Mansion always prioritized consolidation of existing places, and protected the peace and stability of the military and civilians according to the Guguo Alliance, rather than abandoning any front, or taking risks to fight on the East and West front at the same time.

Zhao Xingde's thoughts flashed quickly. As the general of the Southwest Sea, he naturally knew the strategy of protecting the country's government. However, under the orderly arrangement, there seemed to be some unclear undercurrents. An army of more than 100,000 soldiers were pressing on the western front line, and hundreds of thousands of regiment training camps were successively launched to protect the rear. Prime Minister Liu Yi, General Zhang Shanfu and others came to the front line in person, and Emperor Chen Xuan came to Kang Guo to take charge. The center of gravity of the entire country seemed to have a serious tilt with the war. Whenever he looked at the military newspaper sent by the General's Mansion, he felt a sense of shock. Therefore, after going to sea in Guangzhou, he tried his best to urge the navy to speed up the navigation, hoping to arrive at the battlefield in time and add a little weight to the final scale of victory.

After Gao Su was drunk, Liu Zhijian and Shi Hengzi brought him back to the cabin, and the three of them rested without mentioning each other. For the people of Champa, it was already far away and wilderness for the people of the Central Plains, but those who sailed all year round felt attached to the port. The fleet stayed in Champa for two days and then Yang Fan raised his anchor again, which aroused nostalgia again. For many people, the previous voyage seemed to be unable to see the end.
Chapter completed!