[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

The Taihang Mountain stretching thousands of miles neatly divides the entire Yanyun Sixteen States into East and West.

Now the Yan and Ji prefectures to the east of the Taihang Mountains have all fallen into the hands of the Song army.Even if there is a small group of remaining Jin soldiers and Liao soldiers, it is no longer a climate.To the west of the Taihang Mountains, there are thousands of miles of plateaus with ravines and vast expanses of lofty mountains.If you want to win it successfully, you have to spend a lot of thought.

But Zhao Ji, who always "does what he wants", has done what he wants again in the past two days.

Without any preparations by the Song army, he ordered Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to take command, march westward to the Taihang Mountains, rashly attacked Xinzhou and Wuzhou, and tried to take the other half of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in one fell swoop.

Zhao Yuan was quite speechless about his actions, but he was helpless.

Because once Zhao Ji gets impulsive, he will often do some unreasonable things, and ten cows can't be pulled back.For example, being an emperor but indulging in calligraphy and painting, such as appointing Tong Guan to be in charge of the three armies, or promoting Yue Fei for nothing, and rushing westward to the Taihang Mountains.

Instead of trying to persuade him to give up this idea, it would be quicker to take Xinzhou by yourself.

So she resolutely left Yanjing and went west to Taihang.

Deep in the mountains, it is raining misty.

Probably because of the deep spring and warm sun, the vegetation all over the mountains and plains has sprouted new buds, and there is a fresh breath in the air.On the narrow mountain road, two vigorous white horses galloped all the way, followed by dozens of bay red horses far behind.The big red horses were all guards in black clothes and black armor. They looked neat and solemn, and there was a bit of killing intent in the drizzle.

"Di Ji's riding skills are getting better and better." The boy on the horse turned his head and smiled at the girl beside him.

"It's also thanks to Mr. Shaolang who taught you well." The girl also smiled, her body was slightly lowered, her slender legs clamped tightly to the horse's belly, and she galloped all the way in the dense forest woven by the drizzle, and she even faintly surpassed her. Teenage trend.

The young man let out a low "huh", and also leaned down slightly. His eyes showed a bit of lazy joy, like a vigorous and graceful black panther, it passed the girl's side like lightning, and galloped westward all the way.

"It seems that I really underestimated Mr. Young Master—" The girl's crisp laughter echoed far away in the dense forest.

"Well……"

Suddenly, the boy frowned slightly, and unconsciously tightened the rein in his hand.The crotch. The war horse was frightened, raised its head high, neighed, and almost threw the young man off its back.The young man was only stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses in an instant. Relying on his superb riding skills, he firmly controlled the frightened war horse in his hands, but his body trembled unconsciously.

"What's the matter?" The girl galloped forward and asked with concern.

"It's okay." The boy straightened up and smiled gently, "The horse was startled. Let's hurry up. If we can't cross this mountain before sunset, I'm afraid we will spend the night with wolves, tigers and leopards."

What he said was funny, causing the girl to laugh involuntarily.Looking up at the sky again, it was indeed getting late, so the girl whipped her horse again, "Drive—"

The boy intentionally slowed down, and followed the girl unhurriedly, his thin lips were tightly pressed, his face was pale, and there were large drops of water on the tip of his nose, whether it was cold sweat or cold rain.

Zhao Yuan's sudden disappearance from Yanjing City was actually planned long ago.

She didn't want to confront Zhao Ji head-on, and she didn't even want to stay by Zhao Gou's side for even one more day.Anyway, Yanyun sixteen prefectures are going to be taken back, Yue Fei hastily sent troops, the chances of winning are too small.She planned to rush to the Xin and Wu states before the Song army went west to the Taihang Mountains to arrange everything in advance.At that time, when the Song army came, with a slight push, the city wall would fall down with a crash, wouldn't it be wonderful.

After countless calculations, Zhong Yi followed her out of Yanjing.When she found him, he was already hundreds of miles away from Yanjing City.This young general who is good at horseback once again showed his courage and determination, he would go as soon as Zhao Yuan left, and stop as soon as Zhao Yuan stopped.In the end, she had no choice but to go on the road with him.

Now the two have crossed half of the Taihang Mountains all the way, and they can gallop all the way to Xinzhou in less than three or two days.

I heard that there are many Jin soldiers stationed in Xinzhou, and there are also many Liao soldiers stationed there. It would be very interesting to face each other head-on.

Zhao Yuan was thinking about how to deal with Xinzhou in his mind, and at the same time speeded up his horse riding forward.Suddenly, she found that the boy beside her had disappeared.Looking back, I found that the boy had fallen ten feet far away, his face was frighteningly pale, and there was a horrifying red mark faintly oozing from his shoulders to his lower abdomen, slowly fading away along the rain...

Blood!

Zhao Yuan broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't have time to think about when and how Zhong Yi was injured, he forcibly restrained the horse, turned the horse's head on the narrow mountain road, and galloped all the way towards Zhong Yi.

Dozens of cavalry guards who were following far behind also vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and rushed to catch up, followed by dozens of earth-shattering roars: "Young Lord——"

"……Well."

Zhong Yi frowned deeply, and waved his hands at the guards, "...It's okay, let's continue on our way."

"Hurry up!?" Zhao Yuan was impatient, wishing to knock open his skull to see what was inside, "You were injured! And it was a serious injury! And you dared to get wet in the rain! You, you, You guys, go look around to see if there are any caves, big rocks, or places where you can barely live, it's going to be dark."

She ordered a few guards casually, her eyes full of anxiety.

"It's going to be dark." Zhong Yi pressed the wound hard, and took a deep look at Zhao Yuan, "Therefore, Diji should not delay, and it is right to get out of Taihang Mountain as soon as possible. As long as you arrive in Xinzhou, I can find some wounds." With the medicine applied, it should be fine."

The guards of the Zhong family looked at this and that in embarrassment, and the bay red horse occasionally let out a few high-pitched neighs, but no one moved half a step.

"Didn't you hear—" Zhao Yuan suddenly raised his voice, stepped forward two steps forward, stroked the smudged red marks on his robe with his trembling fingertips, and said almost gnashing his teeth, "You—didn't listen Are you there? Go!"

She grabbed Zhong Yi's arm and grabbed his shoulder, and whispered threats in his ear, "If you dare to be brave again, Ben Diji will strip you naked on the spot!"

This threat was indeed effective, Zhong Yi's body froze when he heard the words, and the roots of his ears gradually turned red.

Zhao Yuan was very satisfied with his deterrent power, and then ignored the low laughter and whistles around him.Not long after, a black-armored guard came to report in a hurry, saying that he had found a cave that could barely shelter from the rain, and asked Zhao Yuan if he would bring his young master there.

Zhao Yuan almost didn't even think about it, so he nodded in agreement.

The cave is so small that it can barely accommodate three or two people.

The guards of the Zhong family automatically and consciously left space for their Shaolangjun and Diji, and even took the trouble to find a thick stack of hay.I don't know how these guys found these hay in the rain. In short, these guards who were beaten in the Western Army since childhood have extremely strong ability to survive in the wild.Zhao Yuan took off the bamboo hat and coir raincoat for Zhong Yi, and when he was about to untie his belt, Zhong Yi held down his hand:

"...Emperor Ji can't."

His hands were slender and strong, with well-defined joints, and a little cold blood remained.

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, nodded, got up and called a guard who was winking at her, and ordered him to clean the wound for his young master.There is no disinfectant or alcohol in the wilderness here, only some spirits carried by the guards.Zhao Yuan ordered them to burn the blade red and boil the spirits to disinfect Zhong Yi's wound.Intermittent groans gradually came from the cave, depressing and painful.

Such a long and deep wound, poured with boiling wine, must be excruciatingly painful.

Zhao Yuan stood motionless in the drizzle, with his back to the cave, thinking about something in a mess.She felt more than once that since she met Zhong Yi, something seemed to be broken in her.

"Di Ji."

A guard in black clothes and armor came to her and said in a low voice, "Mr. Shaolang's injury was in Jizhou..."

"……Well."

Zhong Yi's hoarse voice suddenly came from inside the cave, "Go down, I will tell Di Ji personally later."

The guard said yes, but did not leave. Instead, he scratched a line on the wet ground with his feet:

Mr. Shaolang went deep into the golden camp alone no less than a hundred times, new and old injuries on his body, not only this one, but also hoped that the Emperor Ji would take pity on him.

He quickly finished writing this line, quickly wiped it off with his military boots, bowed to Zhao Yuan, bowed and pushed away.Zhao Yuan looked at the rubbed marks at his feet, and his eyes felt a little prickly.

【I'll come for you and win the battle thousands of miles away. 】

The young man's hoarse voice was still in her ears, and the dampness of the drizzle made her feel as if she had fallen into a cellar of ice.Winning thousands of miles... She stared at the wet soil at her feet, and through the hazy water in front of her eyes, she vaguely saw a line of clear words: Mr. Shaolang went deep into the Golden Camp no less than a hundred times alone, with new and old injuries on his body, not just this one place , I still hope that the emperor will take pity on her.

Even these rough Guan Shan guys can't help but feel sorry for their young master.

What about her? ……she……

"……Well."

There was another suppressed groan from the cave, which was extremely subtle, as if the owner of the voice didn't want others to know his pain.But it was these intermittent and irrepressible voices, like the thin rain and thin silk threads, that tightly entangled her, making her unable to break free, almost suffocating.

This, idiot.

Zhao Yuan subconsciously stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, only then did he notice that there was a large dark red blood stain on the back of his hand.These bloodstains formed a stark contrast with her fair skin, which was extremely shocking.She stared blankly at the back of her hand, watching the rain curtain beside her wash away these traces little by little, the coir raincoat on her body was soaked and the bamboo hat was also soaked, the cold went from her skin to her heart.

Why...why do you do this...

She stood motionless, forgetting the continuous drizzle around her and the sunset in the distance.When the sky gradually darkened, and there was a faint light of fire in the cave, and the aroma of barbecue, it was suddenly realized that the sky was completely dark.

"Go invite Di Ji to come in." Zhong Yi's tired and slightly hoarse voice came from inside the cave.

Zhao Yuan wrapped up his wet coir raincoat, got up and went into the cave.It was already a mess inside.The blood-stained underwear was casually piled up beside Zhong Yi, a bright bonfire was burning at the entrance of the cave, and several iron jugs were scattered.The sharp knife that had been used to open the rotten flesh was lying at Zhong Yi's feet, and the blood on the sharp blade was shocking.Even though Zhao Yuan was always bold, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his heart.

She walked up to Zhong Yi, put her knees together, and sat down obliquely.

Zhong Yi's face was still a little pale, and he smiled at her, indicating that he was fine.The guards brought the barbecue and handed it to the two, Zhao Yuan took it and said thank you softly, but he didn't have much appetite.She asked the guards to bring a clean knife, carefully sliced ​​the barbecue into thin slices, and fed them into Zhong Yi's mouth piece by piece.

At first Zhong Yi struggled awkwardly a few times, but when Zhao Yuan silently gave him a gouging look, he obediently leaned against the haystack and did not move, only quietly looking at Zhao Yuan, his eyes as black as ink, gradually A somewhat pleasant smile appeared.

"Emperor Concubine condescends today, I really feel sorry..."

"To shut up."

"..." Zhong Yi really shut up obediently.He looked at Zhao Yuan silently for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Emperor Concubine doesn't need to feel sad or... embarrassing. I have fought in the battlefield since I was young, and there are seventy or eighty wounds on my body, if not a hundred. If one by one Counting in detail, I'm afraid thousands of places are possible. Well, this time it was only raining, but it caused the old injury to recur, and delayed Diji's trip, I am really sorry."

Suddenly, Zhao Yuan's eyes were a little bit astringent, and his heart was heavy and uncomfortable.She gently put down the blade and barbecue, looked into Zhong Yi's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Are you always like this?"

"I'm stupid, I don't know what Di Ji is referring to."

"Me." Zhao Yuan's voice was hoarse, "You know it, me."

Zhong Yi was silent for a moment.

"You know, you don't have to do so much for me, I will be sad." She lowered her head, took a deep breath, her eyes gradually turned red, "The more you do this, the more sad I am, I... ..."

"Don't cry." He sighed, stretched out his hand, and wiped her cheek lightly.A crystal teardrop was on his fingertips, crumbling.

"Next time... I won't do this again." He suddenly sighed.

"Huh?" Zhao Yuan was a little surprised.

"Next time, I will tie up the wound before going on the road, and I will never make things difficult for Di Ji." He looked into her eyes and said word by word, "Never make things difficult for Di Ji, and never make Di Ji feel guilty. Sin. Just let Diji—just let Diji not feel the existence of the minister, that's all."

Watching her quietly, looking at her peaceful face and bright smile, waiting until the day when he finally hired Sanqian Tiejia for thousands of miles, until the day when she finally didn't feel uncomfortable and could accept him calmly...

"No." She shook her head, "I didn't mean that..."

"I know." He looked at her quietly for a moment, then said softly, "Emperor Ji has always been soft-hearted."

"That's not what I meant—" She felt that the more she said, the more confused she became.

He looked at her with a smile, his dark eyes seemed to contain the deepest sea, embracing her bit by bit.Very warm, very gentle, but not uncomfortable.He said he didn't want to embarrass her, he said he wouldn't make her feel his presence, he said he...

"Why?" She raised her head and asked with tears in her eyes, "Why, did you treat me like this?"

"Well……"

Zhong Yi thought about it seriously for a long time.

In the end, he stretched out his hand, gently brushed the broken hair from her sideburns behind her ears, and said word by word:

"I... don't know the origin of the love, but it goes deeper and deeper."

Zhao Yuan looked at him quietly, tears streaming down suddenly.

Men here are usually not good at expressing, God knows how deep affection is hidden in these eleven words.

"I don't want to embarrass Di Ji." Zhong Yi suddenly sighed in a low voice, "It is precisely because I love Di Ji that I can't embarrass Di Ji. Anything that might hurt Di Ji, that is nothing I did it. But the minister is a military officer, destined to be as humble as dust, and also destined to bring great troubles to Diji. So..."

He looked at her, smiled softly, and said in a low voice: "So, thanks to Di Ji for not giving up."