Bright Spring

Wang Guidao: "It's better to be heavy, and don't let the arrow hurt the prince."

After Zhu Gaoxu packed everything, he walked from the hallway to the courtyard outside.Inside and outside the gatehouse, heavily armed personal soldiers and various generals came first.

Zhu Gaoxu took out a piece of paper, handed it to the generals who came up to him for inspection, and said, "According to the order of the Yan Palace, my troops will leave Beiping first and be stationed in Gu'an; the other cavalry commanding chickens from the Daning clan will be dispatched by me."

Several generals passed it around and nodded in agreement.

Zhu Gaoxu looked from the crowd, his eyes stayed on a sweaty face with braided hair and dark skin, and he said with a smile: "Fortunately, General Ji'er has an easy-to-remember Chinese name, otherwise I might have to call the name wrong. gone."

The cavalry general looked bewildered, and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu with his hands on his chest.

Just at this moment, an eunuch ran over from the crowd, clasped his fists and said: "King Gaoyang, the princess heard that you are going to leave, please make sure to meet again before you leave."

"Okay, I see." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand.

He glanced at the soldiers around him, and said: "Wei Da, Wang Bin, and Ji'er led the army out of Li's main gate first. After half an hour, Chen Dachui and I will leave the city to catch up with you."

All the generals clasped their fists together and said, "The last general waits for orders!"

Zhu Gaoxu made arrangements, so he called Chen Dachui and more than [-] riders to accompany him, and rushed to Yan Wang's mansion first.

When they reached the front gate of King Yan's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu asked Chen Dachui and other soldiers to rest outside, and went into the mansion by himself.When he met an eunuch, he took out the Yanling knife and dagger from his body and handed them to the eunuch for safekeeping, and went straight to the inner mansion.

In the courtyard where the princess lived, Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to meet her.Concubine Xu is no longer the heroic figure in the Beiping defense battle, but has become a mother who is always admonishing.

Zhu Gaoxu is grateful, but he has no affection for mother and child.Fortunately, Concubine Xu has other children, so Zhu Gaoxu feels less guilty.

The person he paid the most attention to was his little aunt, Xu Miaojin, who was wearing a skirt next to her.

Xu Miaojin looked normal and calm.But Zhu Gaoxu still can't forget the appearance of her agitated collapse that night, and she is still very confused... I don't know what happened to her that she couldn't survive.But now a few months have passed, isn't she alive and well?

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu and his concubine mother had talked for a long time, and they were about to leave.

At this time Xu Miaojin said: "I will send King Gaoyang out."

Seeing Princess Xu nodding, Zhu Gaoxu cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, little aunt."

The two walked out of the small courtyard from the corridor one after the other, and walked out along the road.Xu Miaojin walked forward, turning her head to look at Zhu Gaoxu from time to time, her face was still cold, but the way she looked at Zhu Gaoxu was quite different.

It's late spring and early summer, but spring in Beiping is a bit late, and the air is still filled with the scent of various flowers.People were also wearing thin clothes, and Zhu Gaoxu walked behind, admiring Xu Miaojin's twisting waist and round buttocks, while preventing her from looking back, he pretended to admire the pink petals floating down from the tree.

After being silent for a while, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to say: "I kept my promise about what happened that night, and I never mentioned it to anyone."

Xu Miaojin didn't respond, but looked left and right after a while and said, "I'm afraid that only you can wear the heavy armor worn by King Gaoyang?"

Wang Gui also said it at home.Zhu Gaoxu repeated casually: "Actually, I feel very heavy and tired when I wear it."

While speaking, as he moved, the thick iron sheet was making a "ding, jingle, jingle" sound.

It's rare that this noble little aunt is willing to pay attention to him, and she took the initiative to find a topic, so Zhu Gaoxu said a few more words, "Sometimes when marching and camping, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp, we don't have time to put on our armor when we come down in a hurry. We don't take off our armor when we sleep Yes. Every time I go to bed without removing my armor, I almost have nightmares."

The moon gate in front was already in sight, and Xu Miaojin, who was walking in front, slowed down a bit. She turned her head, looked up at Zhu Gaoxu's face, and asked softly, "What nightmare?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I dreamed of the scene when I was a few years old. I carried a bag of things and walked from the foot of the mountain to the mountain. Why did I carry those things? I have forgotten all about it. I only remember this part. The memory is very deep. I was very tired at the time. It is very heavy, but it must be carried up the mountain... Occasionally take a breath, and feel that in this world, as long as it is a little easier, it is the happiest thing."

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu probably remembered the cause and effect. He was talking about the past life... because adults are busy with farming, children also need to help. He carried sweet potato vines to feed pigs.

After hearing this, Xu Miaojin couldn't help but stop, and the bright eyes in her beautiful eyes flicked across Zhu Gaoxu's face again.Having known him for so long, Zhu Gaoxu reckoned that the total number of times Xu Miaojin saw him in the past few years was less than a day today.

Although she said angrily that night, don't care about her life, Zhu Gaoxu can now clearly feel that Xu Miaojin's attitude has changed a lot... At this time, his gaze is not as indifferent as before, and it seems that there is some kind of concern hidden.

"I didn't expect that you were born in the prince's family and could go through such hardships." After Xu Miaojin said, she started to walk forward slowly.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Little aunt is also from a very good background, don't you still have troubles? Many people look good, but they are not really like that. Dare to be in front of my little aunt, should I be carefree?"

Xu Miaojin groaned, not sure what it meant, did she agree with it or sneer at it?

Zhu Gaoxu even felt that he didn't understand Xu Miaojin's whole person, and she still seemed to be a mystery.Sometimes it seems to know her details, but sometimes not;

Even though the two walked very slowly, the door of the moon cave was still there, right in front of them.

Zhu Gaoxu exhaled, cupped his fists and said, "Farewell, I'm leaving."

Xu Miaojin nodded and responded: "As the princess said, you have to be careful when you go into battle."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the Moon Cave Gate, he heard her call "Hey"!He turned his head and heard Xu Miaojin say: "Then... thank you, King Gao Yang."

"Thank me for what?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

But at this time Xu Miaojin had turned around and walked away quickly, only her hurried back could be seen.The plain dress danced in the shade of the trees; the falling petals at this moment, although they tried their best to bloom their final soft and beautiful posture, suddenly faded away.

Chapter 69 Incredible

Hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers did not stop for a day, and many troops advanced northward one after another. The main force had just passed Hejianfu and was spreading to Xiongxian County.

General Pingan led the elite cavalry, and his position was at the northernmost point. As a forward, he was already close to the Baigou River.

On this day, the stocky Ping An rode a big brown horse with only a few riders, and ran to the riverside first to observe the terrain.After a while, I saw a small team of horses running towards this side.

The small cavalry came from the south, so it was unlikely to be enemy soldiers.Ping An waited and watched for a while, and sure enough, he saw that they were officers and soldiers; moreover, they were people he knew. Wasn't that guy in front of him Qu Neng?

Qu Neng clasped his fists immediately and said, "General Ping!"

"Captain Qu!" Ping An also returned the military salute.

Qu Neng didn't talk much, he patted his horse to catch up, then turned his head to look at the sparkling river, after a while, he said, "Baigou River, this place has fought a lot of battles."

Ping An smiled and said, "I didn't learn from Fu Wuche, but at least I know that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom fought big battles here!"

"That's right, all the soldiers from the south must pass through the Baigou River if they want to fight Beiping." Qu Neng had no smile on his face. Many people said that he was too serious. He said in a casual tone, "The current Baigou The river is even worse."

Pingan still had a smile on his face, clasped his fists and said, "Then I have to ask Dudu Qu for advice, what's wrong with it?"

Qu Neng stretched out his hand, pointed to the upper reaches, and said: "During the Hongwu period, the Yongding River was diverted, so the Baigou River can have such a large amount of water. The most important thing is that even seagoing ships can now go from the East China Sea."

Ping An's smile faded away, and listening to Qu Neng's words, it was obvious that today was not for entertainment.Pingan then said: "Then as long as we occupy this river, can't the food, grass and luggage come by sea?"

"Exactly. But the King of Yan probably thinks the same way." Qu Neng turned his head and said, "The King of Yan has 20 troops. I can assure you that he will definitely march into Baigouhe!"

Pingan said solemnly: "I heard that Governor Qu narrowly broke through the city of Beiping last year, so I naturally believe that Governor Qu has insight."

After hearing this, Qu Neng showed a look of relief, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "General Ping is a forward, if you can lay an ambush by the side of the Baigou River, you will surely gain something."

Ping An nodded, thoughtfully.

Qu Neng said again: "General Ping can speak to the commander-in-chief. First, put the army in the rear and set up the formation, and hide the firearms such as madan in the formation... When the Yan division's army arrives, you will pretend to be defeated and run to the central army. Yan When the master chases to the commander's formation, let's put the madan, enough for the king of Yan to drink a pot!"

Hearing this, Ping An asked, "Dudu Qu is in the Chinese army, why doesn't he speak to the general himself?"