Harue Kagetsu

Early the next morning, at Chen Shi, Jiang Tao and the others finally waited for Li Mu's summons and gathered in the front hall of the Prefect's Mansion.

Li Mu was waiting for them there alone.

The long candle in the corner of the table has only burned an inch. There are candles and tears stacked on the candlestick, and a roll of geographical maps is spread on the table.

He had a tired look on his face, but his eyes were bright. When everyone arrived, the decision was announced.

Immediately send troops north to face the Xijin army.

The voice fell, the whole room was silent, and no one answered for a while.

Everyone was shocked by his decision.

They have already prepared for the Xijin army to attack again at any time, so it is not a big problem to send troops immediately.

Jiang Tao is confident that within three days, everything will be in place, and the army can be dispatched at any time.

What surprised him was Li Mu's strategic reaction to the news.

Open ditches and build trenches, set up barriers, reinforce city defenses, and store food and grass. Before the arrival of the Xijin army, seize the last precious time, use all means to continue to prepare for the war, and then wait for work, unite with the enemy pool, fight together, and even make the last step, use the towering and solid city wall to defend the city for a long time, waiting for opportunities Defensive counterattacks in order to obtain the most favorable results, this is what everyone thinks is the most reasonable strategic response at the moment.

He didn't expect that in the face of a raging enemy, under the premise that the troops were not as strong as the opponent's, he would take the initiative to attack without the most secure defense.

Without Yicheng's retreat, it means that once the army goes north, it can only win, not lose. Otherwise, all the previous situations will be in vain.

Jiang Tao knew that he had always made plans and then acted.

After a brief astonishment, he hesitated and asked him about his strategy.

Li Mu's finger moved to a spot on the map and dropped.

Everyone followed his instructions and turned their attention to the map.

Shunyang County.

The Xijin Army set out from Chang'an to Yicheng, from north to south, passing through Weixing, Pingxing, and Shangluo counties along the way.

Shunyang County is located in the middle of Pingxing and Shangluo, seven or eight hundred miles away from Yicheng. The tributaries of the big river, Haohao Tangtang, cross the north of the county, from west to east, and merge into the Luoshui.

It is by virtue of this broad river that Shunyang has become a military city. Now it is controlled by Xijin, and there are about 10,000 troops stationed daily.

"At the fastest speed, send troops north. Be sure to capture Shunyang and control the ferry before the Xijin army arrives in Shunyang. In Shunyang, wait for the arrival of the Xijin army!"

Li Mu's tone was steady, almost the same as his normal Japanese, and he couldn't hear the slightest high-pitched voice.

But the two torch-like eyes revealed his explosive ambition and unchangeable determination at the moment.

Jiang Tao finally understood his intention.

If the conventional strategy is followed, waiting for the arrival of the Xijin army in Yicheng, the two sides go to war. It is impossible for the Xijin people to take Yicheng easily.

But correspondingly, Yi Chengjun's desire to fight quickly and defeat the opponent is also an unrealistic wish.

The biggest possibility is confrontation. And Yicheng, even if he can win in the end and force the opponent back, this is bound to be a difficult and protracted war.

The protracted battle will test the provisions and support of both sides.

One side is the country, occupying all the land of Longxi, dozens of cities and endless troops.

And Yicheng, apart from this isolated city with a shallow foundation, Qiu Chi, the only ally, is completely incomparable in strength in the face of the mighty Xijin.

Qiu Chi is to support, not to rely on.

If in the end, the battle situation really goes to the point of confrontation, then all the pressure will undoubtedly be on Yicheng's head.

And now, do the opposite.

Completely abandon the conservative anti-counterfeiting strategy, take the initiative to fight, seize Shunyang, and then take Shunyang as the base, borrow the big river, and face the strong enemy.

The military still has power, and the period is appropriate.

It seems dangerous, but why is it not attacking it and taking it by surprise?

This is a bold, bold, yet well-founded challenge.

There were more than a dozen people in the hall, and no one spoke up.

After a long while, Sun Fangzhi suddenly laughed and said: "The Xianbei people only want to attack me, Yicheng, thinking that we are strengthening the city defense now, how could they expect us to go on the road to meet them and send them a gift?"

Everyone also laughed and said loudly: "I'm just following orders! Everything is under the orders of the inspector!"

Li Mu nodded, raised his sword, glanced over the faces in front of him, and said: "Zhi Zhao Hou Ding. Three days later, send troops on time!"

…

The powerful enemy is attacking again, but this time, it is no longer like the last time, where the defensive counterattack is on the spot. The governor will lead the army north to meet. The news quickly spread throughout the city.

The barracks are ready to open. The carts carrying grain and grass are constantly going back and forth outside the city gate. The sound of orders coming out of the camp from time to time made the atmosphere of the entire city become serious and tense.

Luoshen led the women in the city, seized the last few days, and finally finished the last batch of uniforms and shoes and distributed them.

The 30,000 soldiers sent by Hou Ding had also rushed to join the Yicheng army.

Li Mu left 10,000 horses to defend the city.

Early tomorrow morning, he will lead the remaining 70,000 horses, leave Yicheng, and head north to attack the enemy.

it's dark. In front of the governor's house, the lights were bright, and the sound of horses neighing constantly came from the door.

The front hall has been full of people these past few nights. Li Mu only came back in the middle of the night, lay down and fell asleep, and got up before dawn.

What's more, the troops are going to be launched tomorrow morning, Luoshen guessed that he must be more busy tonight.

She only asked the cook to make enough food and send it to the front, so that he and the generals who were making the final preparations for the army with him could have a hot meal, but she didn't expect that, when she was just Xu, she heard the outside He heard the voice of a maid calling him.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed, collecting the last few stitches on the dress she made for him, after sewing, shaking it out, holding it in her hand, checking the stitches on the placket for any omissions, when she heard a sound, she turned her head and saw He pushed the door and entered.

"Lang Jun came back to get things?"

Luoshen thought he was going to take something at the back, put down his clothes and needles, got up to meet him, but saw him smiling, walked towards him quickly, took her arm, helped her sit back, and said, "There is no me in front of you. It's up to me, I'll be back."

Luo Shen understood.

He should have started preparing for this battle a long time ago.

After making a specific plan for the battle, arranging important personnel, and the rest of the chores, he naturally does not need to watch the whole process.

"Are you tired, Langjun? I'll ask someone to bring you water and bathe, and rest early."

She was about to get up again, but Li Mu grabbed her hands.

He lowered his head slightly, looked at her fingers, saw a few marks made by needles on the green fingertips, shook his head, looked at her eyes, full of love and pity.

"I'm not tired. I've worked hard for you. Why do you have to do it yourself, your hands are swollen."

He gently kissed her finger.

Luoshen's heart was sweet, but he felt that he would be willing to pierce a dozen more holes. He shook his head and said that it was not hard, pulled his hand back, picked up the clothes and said, "I just finished the clothes, and you came back. I wanted to ask you to try it two days ago, but you were not available. Try it out, is it the size? fit."

Li Mu stood up with a smile and put on the clothes she made for herself.

He lowered his head and watched his little wife tidy up the placket and tie the belt for him, and ordered him to open his arms and check from front to back, left and right, busy and virtuous.

Clothes are the right size. Luoshen carefully checked the circle, but found that the front and back were sewn slightly asymmetrically by her. The back piece is slightly longer than the front piece.

Although it is worn inside, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see it. But it doesn't feel perfect.

She was a little annoyed, sighed, and immediately asked him to take it off and revise it immediately.

Li Mu smiled and grabbed her hand: "I don't need to change it, it's already very good. My Ami's clothes are the best, and no one else can match them. I want to wear this clothes until I get old."

Luoshen blushed at his praise, so he could only watch him take off his new clothes, carefully fold them, and put them away.

"Ami, are you tired?"

He put away his clothes and asked suddenly.

Luo Shen shook his head: "I'm not tired."

"I'll take you to ride outside the city. I'll teach you how to make the horse listen to you, okay?"

She has been here for so long, and he always has things to do. It seems that he is still going back. He said that he would take himself out of the city to ride a horse.

Luo Shen immediately hugged his arm, still a little disbelieving: "Really? You didn't lie to me?"

"Didn't you want me to teach you how to ride a horse before? I didn't teach you. I'm leaving tomorrow morning. Let's go out of town to ride a horse while we're free in the evening."

Luoshen's eyes lit up, he sighed, and nodded immediately: "Okay! I'll go now! Wait, I'll change my clothes!"

Li Mu smiled, watching her rummage through the boxes to find clothes, and finally seemed to have found what she was satisfied with. When she wanted to change, she looked back and saw him looking at him, but he was not allowed to look, and pushed him to turn around.

He had no choice but to turn around and listen to the rustling sound of changing clothes from behind him. After a while, her voice rang out: "Langjun, can you see me like this?"

Li Mu turned around and saw that she was wearing a goose-yellow ru skirt, the skirt was knee-length, the waist sleeves were tucked up, and the bottom was a pair of Hu trousers that were convenient for riding, and the trousers were tucked into a pair of small black leather boots. Her little chest stood up, she held her waist and stood tall, beautiful and energetic.

Li Mu stepped forward, took her hand, and led her out.

…

In early spring, a crescent moon like a sickle hangs on the top of the mountain in the distance. The starlight was brilliant, faintly illuminating the white head that had not yet melted from the snow on the top of the mountain. But in the nearby fields, there are new sprouts of spring grass everywhere.

It was a clear night, and the air was fresh, with an invigorating slight chill. Wu Xian let go of his four hooves, carried the hostess and the hostess on his back, galloped in the vast wilderness outside Yicheng City, and finally stopped on a flat ground.

Li Mu taught his wife how to ride a horse.

Luoshen is very smart, and soon remembered. After trying several times, the tall and vigorous Wu Qian was really obedient. If you want it to stop, it will stop, if you want it to go, it will go. It was both novel and excited, and asked Li Mu to raise the stirrup so that she could step on it.

As soon as she sat firmly and tried a few laps, she didn't want him to take her with her. She rode her own horse, ran around the grass, and was overjoyed.

Li Mu was forcibly driven off his horse. At first, I was a little worried, for fear that she would not be able to sit still and fall down, so I followed him for a while, seeing that she was well balanced, and Wu Wei was also very docile, and she was obedient to the lovely new owner on her back. Let go.

In the night wind, her crisp laughter continued to float, and the laughter was like a clear spring in a mountain stream. He was leaning on a stone half lying and half sitting, with a smile on his lips, watching her riding a horse, and after a while, seeing that she was getting more and more courageous, running faster and faster, and getting farther and farther away from him, he stretched out his hand To the mouth, made a whistle.

Wu Wei heard his call, turned around and ran back with her on his back.

Luo Shen was still not finished, and he wanted to ride again. But no matter how she tried, Wu Wei was disobedient. Stopped in front of him, motionless.

She was not happy and blamed him.

Li Mu smiled, stood up from the stone, jumped, and the man flew on the horse's back, sat behind her, took the reins from her hand, and said in his ear: "Sit firmly. I will take you."

He didn't have to put back the stirrup that he had just raised for her. He clamped his legs on the horse's belly and gave a low drink. As if he felt the pleasure from his master, he moved forward briskly and galloped away.

He rode his horse around the city wall he had built with his own hands, drove the horse around the countryside, and finally stopped in front of a small hill, dismounted, carried her off the horse, and led her to the top of the hill. .

Tomorrow, he will lead the army north to fight a battle of great significance to him.

In his last life, before everything ended in the glass of poisonous wine on the wedding night, he was the highest official, commanding battles of hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn. Thousands of lives are tied to his hands, success and failure are up to him.

But there has never been a war that can make him take it so seriously like the next war.

He has to win, never lose.

Tonight was supposed to be tense and busy.

For some reason, he just wanted to be alone with her. So after explaining the matter, he left his subordinate, brought her out like this, and climbed to the top of the hill.

"Ami, look, these are the soldiers who will follow me north tomorrow and vow to retake Chang'an from the Hu people."

He pointed forward and said to her.

Luo Shen was surprised to find that at the foot of the hill he pointed to, on the flat ground not far away, was the army camp that was going to swear to the north early tomorrow morning.

The night sky above is dark blue, starry, sky light and water color, and the Milky Way is plain.

At the foot are the little campfires, which are continuous, and at a glance, there is no end in sight.

People stand between the dome and the campfire, as if reaching out their hands, they can take down the Milky Way for you.

Luoshen watched.

Suddenly, a majestic sound from the camp horn, accompanied by the wind, faintly entered the ears.

He said that he had promised her father that he would employ her at Chang'an, and now it was time for him to keep his promise.

But she knew that this battle was difficult and dangerous.

Her eyes suddenly warmed, but she didn't want him to notice, so she hugged his waist, buried her face in front of his chest, and took the opportunity to quietly wipe away a little worried and reluctant tears from the corners of her eyes, and then she looked up and said in a happy voice : "Lang Jun, at this time last year, I remembered that you took me to see the Spring River Night Tide. After I came back, I always thought that it would be great if I could go again someday. When you come back from Chang'an, if you have time, I want you to take me to see when, okay?"

Li Mu was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay. I remember it."

…

Early the next morning, at the fifth watch, it was still dark, and on the road leading from the prefectural governor's house to the city gate, Yicheng's burning staff lit up.

Braving the cold, the townspeople walked out of their homes one after another, flocking to the city gate along the road, sending the army to the north.

The morning light is dim.

Luoshen, wearing a hooded cloak, was guarded by a team of soldiers, standing high at the top of the city, overlooking the plain not far away.

Above the plains, the army has all assembled, densely packed, and it is impossible to see the edge at a glance.

After being inspected by Li Mu, the prefect, he set off immediately after taking the oath.

Li Mu was dressed in armor, with a long sword hanging from his waist, standing high on the platform.

"You and other soldiers, listen carefully. This battle is to expel the tigers and wolves, restore Chang'an, and fight against the sky!"

"From today onwards, you will have a name called Yingtianjun! The child of the sky, fight against the sky, God will obey me!"

His voice, majestic and calm, full of power, drifted in the wind, and was immediately passed down by the messenger beside him, and then, from two to four, four to eight, eight to sixteen, a hundred , Thousands of people shouted together, and finally, all the tens of thousands of troops shouted in unison: "Fight against the sky, God will follow me!"

Thunder-like shouts and shouts, angered Xiao Han, echoed in the wilderness outside the city walls of Yicheng.

The people chanted and cheered the army that was gradually moving away.

Luo Shen was in a turbulent mood, his eyes did not blink, staring at the high platform in the distance, the man who was being greeted by his subordinates and was about to embark on a journey.

She saw him turn around, and when she was about to go down, she suddenly turned her head and turned her eyes to her direction.

She smiled at him.

He stared at her for a moment, turned his head, quickly stepped off the platform, and stepped on the horse's back. Soon, the group of people disappeared into the dawn outside the city gate.