Bright Spring

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a familiar person behind the fence, and thought about it for a while.The sitting soldier raised his head and shouted first: "King Gaoyang..."

"Stone... what kind of stone?" Zhu Gaoxu pointed at him.

The young soldier struggled to stand up: "The young one is called Jin Shitou."

"Yes, Jin Shitou." Zhu Gaoxu showed a forced smile, "You are not dead yet!"

Jin Shitou raised his black and dirty face, "My lord, when are we going to fight?"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, thinking in his heart, King Yan hadn't decided whether to continue to attack or not, and now he was on the battlefield again, he couldn't open his mouth to talk nonsense in front of the soldiers.So he said: "The city of Jinan should be conquered soon. There is a new strategy, but we can't talk about it yet."

Zhu Gaoxu walked around the city and saw similar scenes everywhere, so he stayed in place for a while, and asked Jin Shitou casually, "Have you been promoted?"

Jin Shitou kept shaking his head, with a sad face, "It doesn't matter if you get promoted or not. Many brothers I know are dead and disabled. I just want to go back alive."

"Living is the most important thing." Zhu Gaoxu said in agreement, shook the rein and left this place, leaving a sentence, "If you live and make meritorious service, you can still be promoted."

Jin Shitou opened his eyes wide, looking at the barren and smoky battlefield.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu heard Jin Shitou's voice behind him again, and turned his head on the slow-moving horse for a look, and heard Jin Shitou muttering to his companion next to him, "My family has a few acres of land, wheat Not long after it was harvested, there are steamed buns made of new noodles, which are golden, fragrant and crispy. The ewe has shed a few lambs, which are smooth and have goat milk. It's hot, bring it here and look at me sweetly and smile, I want to eat good things..."

The army seems to be gradually running out of food!

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu inadvertently remembered the time when King Yan first raised his army, the soldier was excited to make contributions, but unexpectedly, a year later, he turned into this appearance.

Listening to the sound of cannons near and far, he suddenly sighed inwardly: people are like this, after a long time of ordinary life, they want to do something big; Although light, it is very beautiful.

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, kicked his horse to speed up, led his own soldiers and rode a few horses, and went straight to the camp of the Chinese army.

But King Yan was not in the Chinese army. Zhu Gaoxu asked a general of the Chinese army, "Where is my father?"

The general said: "Going back to King Gaoyang, King Yan has gone to the Daji River."

Zhu Gaoxu heard that this person spoke clearly and his etiquette was strict, so he couldn't help but take another look.The military general was also very clever, and immediately said: "The last general first entered the command of King Yan, and he heard the legends about the heroic achievements of King Gaoyang from his brothers, which directly taught people to respect him!"

"Heh!" Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

The general said again: "The last general is called Ji Gang, if the king of Gaoyang has a mission, he can just give a word."

"Oh..." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a little familiar, and remembered that he had heard this name somewhere in his previous life. It seemed to be a villain?But in any case, those who can also leave a name in the previous life are definitely not ordinary people!

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "I think you are unusual, you will definitely do something in the future, do it well."

The general was overjoyed and said: "Thank you King Gaoyang for your kindness!"

Zhu Gaoxu then rode his horse and rushed to the Daji River not far away. Seeing the position of the soldiers and horses with banners and flags, he patted his horse and rushed up.Sure enough, I saw King Yan and a group of civil servants pointing with their fingers by the river.

When he came to the King of Yan, Zhu Gaoxu first went to see him.King Yan nodded and asked Zhu Gaoxu to follow.

A civil official was saying: "At the height of the Daji River, the city of Jinan cannot be flooded, it can only be soaked to the corner, and flooding for ten days will not be effective."

King Yan's face was very solemn, and a little tired.Zhu Gaoxu observed the King of Yan for a while, and then remembered that Jin Shitou had been talking about food, and felt that the military rations could not last long, and the King of Yan might have thought of retreating.

Zhu Gaoxu also turned his head to look at the Daji River. The waves on the water rushed towards the river in the wind, but soon hit the embankment, only splashing white waves.

There are thick dams blocking, no matter how the river surges, it can't break through the barrier. .

Chapter 77 Soldiers' tricks

King Yan finally withdrew his troops.

As soon as the people besieging the city withdrew, Li Jinglong immediately received an imperial edict from the capital, and was summoned to return to the capital immediately!

...A troop of cavalry escorted Li Jinglong's carriage, all the way south, paddy fields gradually appeared on both sides of the post road.The rice in the field has just been harvested, and the bare rice stumps are exposed in the muddy water, which is almost lifeless.

Or Li Jinglong in the carriage looks very haggard after a long day of exhaustion, and he has long lost his previous vigor.

His temple hair is messy, and it seems that many gray hairs have grown in a few months, which looks gray.The inner collar of the gown was still exquisitely embroidered, but it was wrinkled around the neck like a used handkerchief.

Opening the curtain woven of rushes, Li Jinglong saw a lonely white bird passing by on the desolate autumn field, and suddenly felt the loneliness of the world.Outside the window, the hustle and bustle of the torrents in the past is no longer there, and most of them have turned into ghosts, and a small group of cavalry looks so desolate.

In the evening, Li Jinglong and others passed by a posthouse, went in to hand over the official documents on the spot, and rested in the posthouse.

Not long after Fang stayed, someone knocked on the door of Li Jinglong's room.The one who came was a young and strong man in common clothes, he first presented the seal and letters, and then he said: "The last general is under the command of Zhao Hui from a thousand households in the Beijing camp, and Li Da from a hundred households."

"Oh..." Li Jinglong suddenly responded. Zhao Hui had been walking around his house for a long time. It was Zhao Hui who was the striker when he went to Henan to capture King Zhou last year.

Li Jinglong sighed: "To this day, it is rare that someone is willing to look for me."

Baihu Li Da took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "Zhao Qianhu has something to bring."

"What?" Li Jinglong asked.

Li Da's voice was even lower: "Many people in the court impeached Cao Guogong, Huang Siqing was the most indignant, she was the first to jump out, and asked the court several times to kill you to thank the world!"

"Ah?" Li Jinglong's face changed color.

He had already guessed that Huang Zicheng might not protect him this time... But he didn't expect that Huang Zicheng would be so ruthless after turning his back on him, and he did it so terribly!

Li Da's voice said: "Zhao Qianhu's mission is coming, remind Cao Guogong to be more careful when returning to Beijing!"

Huang Zicheng's heart-to-heart sweet words, which he regarded as a confidant in the past, still echoed in Li Jinglong's ears... So when he heard that the first person who stabbed a knife in the court was Huang Zicheng, Li Jinglong lost his mind for a while.

The old wooden windows, under the shaking oil lamp, seem to be haunted by ghosts.Li Jinglong seemed to smell the breath of death.

Li Da waited for quite a while, then cupped his fists and said, "The general's errands are over, please leave."

"Slow down!" Li Jinglong jumped up suddenly, and the depressed and depressed eyes suddenly disappeared, and his eyes became bright, "I can't accept my fate like this! Wait, help me take a letter back and send it to my brother Li Zengzhi's house." , tell him to find a chance to meet the Holy One no matter what.”

Li Da said: "The last general but obeys orders."

Li Jinglong quickly found out the pen and ink and began to sharpen the ink.

……

In autumn in the capital, the sky is high and the air is crisp.When Xu Huizu stepped out of the carriage, he was immediately a whole head taller than the followers around him.

He looked up, and there was a plaque above a gate: Fangfu.

Xu Huizu didn't ask someone to go up immediately, but walked back and forth in front of the door for several steps, rubbing his hands together, looking very conflicted.

Not long ago, Xu Huizu heard: Sheng Yong was in Jinan City, Shandong, and he actually made a blood alliance with Chief Minister Tie Xuan? !

That Tie Xuan belonged to Huang Zicheng, and Sheng Yong was run over by Huang Zicheng many times, so this play in Jinan really surprised people... But Xu Huizu thought it over and felt that it was reasonable again.

Sheng Yong gave Xu Huizu the impression that he had always judged the situation, was very calm and calm, and never acted rashly. This time he took the initiative to move closer to Huang Zicheng's party, and perhaps the expectations of General Ping Yan would be much less difficult.

... If Sheng Yong is allowed to lead the battle on the front line, the imperial court will have a great chance of winning this battle.