[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

On the day when the army returned, Zhao Yuan thought he was in a dream.

The mighty Cang Yun rides galloping in the desert, rolling up dust all over the sky.Their general did not ride a horse, but curled up in the emperor's chariot, frowned and rolled up his sleeves, staring at the fresh wounds on his body, without saying a word.Zhao Yuan raised his head to look at him, opened the curtain of the car again, looked at the desert outside the window, and muttered to himself: "So, is it over?"

The heavy cavalry raided thousands of miles, like a knife cutting tofu, it split straight into the heart of Xiliao.

But in just one month, the situation has completely reversed.

"Well, it's over."

The young general was lying on his side on the couch, holding the porcelain bottle in one hand, untied the silver armor with the other, picked up a little cold plaster with his fingertips and applied it on himself.The plaster was newly made, and it was said that a lot of strong medicinal materials were added. When it touched the wound, it immediately caused him to gasp in pain, and the color of his lips gradually faded to pale.

"Oh, don't panic!"

Di Ji, who was sitting dazed by the side, suddenly snatched the porcelain bottle impatiently, rummaged through the chariot for a long time, found a small piece of gauze from nowhere, and slowly wiped his wound with plaster.After all, women's movements are gentler than men's. After applying a thin layer of plaster, although the pain is still severe, it is much better than doing it yourself.The young man looked at her silently, stretched out his hand, brushed her hair from the sideburns, and said in a low voice, "I thought...you would avoid suspicion."

Zhao Yuan froze, blinked, and said very fast: "Oh, did I see anything? I didn't see anything..."

The young man let out a muffled laugh, stretched out his arms to wrap her in his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder, and sighed: "Well, you didn't see anything, and I don't know anything." He said, Suddenly he lowered his head and kissed her gently on the earlobe.

The lingering atmosphere slowly dissipated in the chariot, a little hot, but also a little strangely embarrassing.

Zhao Yuan coughed unnaturally, pushed him, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble, it's not good if the wound festers."

He hummed, put his arms around her waist, let her grope on his chest, and said in a low voice: "The officials have sent His Royal Highness to Shuozhou, saying that it is to reward the soldiers of the three armies, and by the way preside over you and me." wedding."

Zhao Yuan paused slightly, lowered his voice and asked, "And then?"

"What then?" He pretended not to know.

"Don't fool me." Zhao Yuan twisted his chest sullenly, with just the right amount of force, enough to punish him without hurting him, "How can a reward, a princess wedding, work hard for the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace?" ? One prince is enough. For example, my third brother."

The atmosphere in the chariot was a bit dull.

Zhao Yuan stopped talking, carefully picked out the ointment in the porcelain bottle, and carefully spread it on the wound.It was approaching midsummer at this time, and if the wound was not treated well, it would easily leave the root cause of the disease.She applied it carefully for a while, and suddenly felt that Zhong Yi's whole body stiffened, her Adam's apple rolled up and down, and her breathing was a little unsteady.

"What's wrong?" She raised her head and looked at him suspiciously.

The young man was leaning on the soft pillow, his thin lips were tightly pressed, his face was a little pale, but there was some inexplicable emotion in his eyes.He raised his hand, stroking the corners of her eyes over and over again, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "The official means that the prince should make a secret agreement with the Mongols in Shuozhou."

Zhao Yuan was taken aback, and even his voice trembled slightly: "Is he... crazy?"

"It's not." He shook his head slightly, whispered in her ear, "Shuozhou is the residence of Cang Yunqi, and the crown prince is in Shuozhou, which is the safest place. Throughout the ages, the pastures on the grassland Clan, who doesn’t have the heart to covet the south? The prince’s trip is for the purpose of probing, and the second is for defense.”

There was another sentence he didn't say: the prince brought a third of the newly formed Beijing camp.

Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

We must know that after a hundred years, Mongolia will develop into an extremely powerful kingdom.Others are not allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, especially Mongolia is not allowed to sleep soundly.Regardless of whether the future Mongols will do anything to Da Song, she must personally strangle this scourge in the cradle.

"And..."

He folded his arms, big beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, and even his chest was stained with a thin layer of sweat droplets, rising and falling along with his breathing, "Also, I want to get some ice cubes Come."

"Ice... block?" This person is talking about him again?

"You suppressed me just now." The young man closed his eyes and said with difficulty.

wait wait wait.

Zhao Yuan blinked, then blinked again, immediately threw the porcelain bottle into Zhong Yi's arms, got up and took two steps back, dumbfounded.

Zhong Yi smiled wryly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm afraid, sir."

——Where is he panicked!

——This person obviously has no intention of repenting at all, no!

Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth, grabbed his arm, pressed it on his wrist, and instantly sent him into the space, and said somewhat awkwardly: "You, you go in and calm down for a while, if you want to come out, call me."

There was a muffled answering sound in the space.

Zhao Yuan sat in the chariot blankly for a while, looking down at the scattered gauze and medicine bottles, his ears felt a little hot.

She is not a naive little girl.It was self-evident what his reaction just now represented.

She recalled what Zhong Yi said just now, the prince came to Shuozhou in person, rewarded the three armies, presided over the wedding for them by the way, and signed a contract with the Mongols.I really didn't expect that I was... actually going to get married.

Thinking about it carefully, she may not be able to do the ancient women's "always gentle and kind, gentle and cautious", on the contrary, she often performs some weird miracles. She is not a virtuous woman in the traditional sense, but she is good. Well... Fortunately, her fiancé doesn't seem to care much about this?

Zhao Yuan's mind was in a mess and she didn't know what to think, the sound of horseshoes trampling outside the chariot had already interrupted her thoughts.A while later, Renwai handed over a report, saying that the prince had arrived in Shuozhou ahead of schedule and was visiting at the master's house in the state capital. He hoped that the Western Army would be faster, because His Royal Highness had something important to do, and he was really waiting. Sorry.

Zhao Yuan put away those messy thoughts, thought quietly for a while, and said to the outside world: "I will discuss with the general for a while."

There was a yes from outside, and then there was silence.The chariot continued to move forward slowly, withstanding the baptism and worship of countless people's eyes along the way.Zhao Yuan felt a little uncomfortable, but all the soldiers of the Western Army said that this is what they should do, since they won the battle, they should return to the court in a graceful manner to stabilize the hearts of the people.

She gathered herself together, sent the report to the space, and called out "General" in a low voice.

After a while, the air suddenly twisted slightly.Zhong Yi stepped out of the space, put on his armor, held her shoulders, and said to her, "We have to take a quick step and go back to Shuozhou first."

"But your injury..."

"It's okay." He waved his hand and said indifferently, "Just bear with it and it will pass. The military affairs are urgent, and there should be no delay."

Immediately, the two of them removed all the heavy chariots, rode lightly, and galloped all the way to Shuozhou.As for the brigade, they continued to carry the empty Emperor Ji's chariot, and slowly returned to Shuozhou from the northwest to return to their orders.

When the general is serious, he has never been desperate.

The two rushed to Shuozhou day and night, and it only took five days in total.Zhao Yuan felt sorry for him, forced him into the space to cultivate himself, and rode his horse all the way.Letters from the prince came one after another from Shuozhou, with a somewhat anxious tone.Gradually, even Zhao Yuan felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly quickened his pace and went straight to Shuozhou.

Then, she saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing high on the city wall, looking forward to it.

"My aunt is finally here!"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw her, trotted all the way down from the city wall, grabbed the whip in her hand, helped her off the horse with his own hands, and dragged her all the way to the mansion.As he walked, he said in a rambling manner: "Gu originally thought that after subduing the thieves in the Northeast, he would immediately come to say hello to Auntie, but unexpectedly Auntie followed General Zhong to Mobei—"

That's the case, no wonder the prince came so fast.

"It just so happened that the father wanted to reward the three armies, so Gu asked for this job. Does my aunt know that when I was in the Northeast, Gu Ke encountered a huge problem. Before Wanyan Zongbi died, he had concluded a secret agreement with the Mongols— —”

So, it's no wonder that when she left Jin Kingdom last time, she felt that Wanyan Zongbi's behavior was a little weird.

"Alliance with Mongols to resist Song Dynasty! Later I found out that not only the Kingdom of Jin, but also the Kingdom of Liao and Xixia had concluded this secret treaty with the Mongols. The emperor was so anxious, the only one that could be used in the Song Dynasty The cavalry is stationed in Shuozhou again—" the prince said this, and looked back at Zhong Yi behind him, before continuing, "What good strategy does my aunt have?"

She quietly listened to the prince finish speaking in one breath, and the doubts in her heart were solved a lot.It turns out that there are traces of many things, but it is a pity that she acted too hastily in the past and did not investigate in detail, so she missed a lot of information.

But... Mongols...

"Aunt." The prince tugged at her sleeve and said in a low voice, "Gu came back this time to hide the truth from Mr. Xifu."

Zhao Yuan was startled.Hiding it from the Privy Council?Why?

"Father promoted General Zhong two more ranks, and the east and west mansions can no longer hold back. What Father means is that I hope my aunt can take this opportunity to settle the matter once and for all, which is better than him worrying about it in Bianliang."

——Zhao Huan is afraid?

——Could he have done something whimsical again?

"Over the years of Chunwei, Qiuwei, and Enke, the emperor has already recruited enough manpower, just waiting for a suitable opportunity. Aunt knows that the people who stayed from the previous dynasty are not as easy to use as their own. Father also said—”

The prince looked back at Zhong Yi, a strange brilliance gradually settled in his eyes.

"Raise the rank of all generals to three ranks, and abolish the stereotype of tattooing on the face."