The Red Mansion Becomes Lin Daiyu

It was raining in many areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lingzhou was no exception. The weather finally showed signs of clearing up today, and the soldiers all celebrated with their foreheads and hands.The five thousand Qingqi who followed the eighth prince had arrived for three days, and they were very familiar with the defenders of Lingzhou. The other five thousand crossbowmen also arrived yesterday.Plus the original defenders, exactly 3 people.

Lingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The reason why it was rushed at the beginning was because it was a dangerous pass and a place that military strategists must contend for.However, the guards are very weak. If the Nanyi army attacks, they may not be caught in a hurry, and they may lose their defense, so they must arrive before the Nanyi.

Now that the soldiers have gathered, and according to this dangerous pass, even if Nanyi comes to attack, there is nothing to be afraid of.The day before yesterday, Nanyi general Jin Shiyu had led an army of [-] troops and stationed outside Lingzhou city, the number was exactly twice the number of Lingzhou defenders.Due to continuous rainy days, no major official confrontation has taken place yet.However, since both sides are willing to test each other's strength, small frictions continue, and even the heavy rain can't stop it at all.

Rows of crossbowmen on the tower stood on the periphery holding spears, behind them were spear soldiers, all ready to go.These soldiers guarding the city gate were selected by Shuiri from tens of thousands of soldiers at noon, and all of them were experienced warriors.Once the enemy army strikes, they will turn into human Shura, harvesting the life of the enemy army mercilessly.

In the past few days, such a group of people repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again. Many of them looked a little messy in their clothes, and their armor was covered with messy scratches, but their eyes were piercing and fierce, and their bodies were full of blood. It's hostility, and it looks like he has experienced fierce fighting.Some of their clothes and faces were even stained with blood, like Shura who came out of hell.

Shui Rui was leading a few soldiers to patrol the city gate, shuttled through these crossbowmen and spearmen, and patted the dirt on the soldiers from time to time, saying a few words of encouragement.These people were selected by him personally, and they got along all the way. They are very familiar with each other, and he can name many of them.

After two days of fine weather, Nanyi carried out a few small waves of attacks from time to time, and many soldiers in the city were exhausted.Since Nanyi's attack does not divide time, it may happen in the morning, at mealtime, or even at midnight. After all, I am in the open and the enemy is in the dark, so I can't relax at all times.Then it had to be said that the army was divided into two groups, defending separately during the day and at night.

Needless to say, the hard work of the soldiers guarding day and night.As the prince and the head coach of Lingzhou City, he had to show his compassion. He often came to make inspections, which could not only encourage the morale of the army, but also keep abreast of the military situation and deter the enemy. It can be said to serve multiple purposes.The Nanyi people are good at climbing, and they may attack from all directions at any time, so they can't slack off at all.However, these can still be prevented as long as they are careful, but the most urgent task now is the problem of food and grass.

After days of heavy rain, the road leading to Lingzhou was blocked, and there was not much food in the city. It could last for two days at most. He had sent an emergency document to ask the rear to bring the food.But the road is far away, and it is still unknown when the military documents will be delivered, and the arrival of the food and grass is even more distant, and it is definitely impossible to wait.

All the food that can be levied near Lingzhou has been levied. Fortunately, the people here have been harassed by the Nanyi for a long time, and they have long been overwhelmed. Brought food from home.However, Lingzhou is a small city with few people on the isthmus, so the food that can be levied is limited. After all, some rations should be left for the people, or even if they win the battle, they will lose the hearts of the people.

If it goes on like this, there is only one way, that is to take the initiative to fight and fight head-on with the Nanyi soldiers.After all, it's better to give it a go than to stay at home and wait to starve to death.Lingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he is unwilling to give up the strong city unless he has to, and fight the enemy in the field. Even if he wins, his own side will be huge even though it is good.

Originally, the best way is to defend without fighting, so that the enemy's energy will be exhausted, and then they can easily win, or even win without fighting, so as to achieve the greatest effect with the smallest sacrifice, which is the best policy.But the lack of food and grass is a flaw, so let's wait for two more days. If there is no news about the food and grass, we have to take this bad policy.

While thinking about it, suddenly a long cry came from the air, Shuiri's heart moved, the corners of his mouth raised, and his eyebrows became lively, he was very familiar with this voice!

"Look, it's Harrier Eagle!"

"Wow, it's actually purple-headed and white-tailed, how strange!"

"Hurry up, shoot it down quickly, maybe it's the enemy's trick, and the release of the weapon should disturb the morale of our army!"

"No, my grandfather said that this kind of eagle is a spiritual creature, and if it is injured, its life will be shortened..."

Hearing the sound, all the soldiers looked up at the sky in unison. A pot exploded on the city tower. Everyone was chatting about something, some were amazed, some were frowning, and some even said that they wanted to roast and eat.

Stopping everyone's discussion, Shui Rui stretched out his right arm.But the little kitty eagle didn't land obediently, but widened its fierce eyes, and rushed straight at the fat sergeant who just said he was going to roast it to eat.The sergeant stared blankly at this scene, seeing the iron hook-like claws swaying in front of his face, he couldn't help closing his eyes in horror, the claws fell, his face would be dazzled.The expected pain did not come, only felt the hat shake a bit, opened his eyes cautiously, and saw the culprit who made him tremble arrogantly hovering in the sky and screaming.

"Sazi, don't mess around!" The eighth prince's slightly angry reprimand hadn't finished yet, Sazi flew up and landed on his shoulder accurately, and rubbed her flatteringly, as if it wasn't the one who did something bad just now.

It is different from the general Harrier Eagle, what's more, it has opened its spiritual roots at this time and stepped into the avenue of practice.Why can't I hear the discussion of the sergeants below, I wanted to listen to the master's teachings, and didn't care about it with ordinary mortals. What can't be tolerated!

It has been raised well by Lin Daiyu for a year, and it looks like an overlord in the Lin Mansion, let alone outside, those birds or animals that ignore it because of its size have been taught by him.In Suzhou, on the mountain where it often stays, even the tiger, the king of beasts, dare not mess with it, let alone this little soldier?But Sa Zi is not an eagle who doesn't care about the seriousness. He knows that doing too much will cause trouble for his master, so he just made a feint and grabbed the other party's military cap hard, until all the caps on it were smashed. Caught off.

Seeing this situation, everyone shut up one after another, reflecting on whether they had said anything excessive just now.Alas, it's too scary. Even if the Eighth Prince doesn't care about it, this eagle is not easy to mess with. At the same time, there is such a sentence in his head: the eagle is raised by the Eighth Prince. This, this is too exaggerated, even Can understand human language, is this about to become a master?Well, as expected of a royal thing, it would be great if I could have one myself!

The sergeant also reflected, his legs were trembling and he glanced at the Eighth Prince's shoulder, which provoked a provocative and threatening cry from the kite hawk. no!

Shui Rui touched Sa Zi, turned around and said sorry: "Brother, I'm sorry, this little guy is usually spoiled by me, I was just joking with you, there is no malice."

"No, no, Your Highness, it's the fault of the lowly position. If I hadn't said that I roasted it first, it wouldn't be like this..."

Hearing the word "roasted" again, Sa Zi cast her fierce eyes on the other party, causing the other party to tremble in fright.The soldiers next to him joked a lot, and the eighth prince also laughed and said: "Sazi is very smart, he can understand what you say, so it's best for you not to provoke him, if he is in a hurry, he won't even listen to the words of the hall." To be precise, except for Yu'er, no one listened to what he said, and of course he didn't say the second half of the sentence.

"Your Highness, this eagle is so smart, how did you train it, tell me about it!"

A soldier said that other soldiers and soldiers also echoed. These days, they fought side by side with the Eighth Prince, ate and lived together. , Everyone has no scruples when they speak.

Shui Rui deliberately sighed and said: "Oh, you are embarrassing this hall, I didn't train the eagle!"

"Who is that? Your Highness, please tell us. The person who can train this kind of eagle must be an expert. Let's visit some other day!"

Shui Rui became anxious when he heard that, and still visited, can his own Yu'er visit casually?He glared at the soldier who had just spoken, and resolutely refused: "This is not acceptable. At the beginning, the hall promised him not to reveal his name!"

When all the soldiers heard this, they lamented that it was a pity, but most of the high-level people have some eccentricities that people don't understand, otherwise they can't be called high-level people. High-level people are different people, which is also understandable.

"Okay, everyone go back to their seats, the hall is going back too!" Shui Rui said.

Normally, he would be happy to make jokes with them, and he could exchange more feelings and cultivate a tacit understanding with the soldiers.But today is different, the person who can let the eagle deliver the letter is undoubtedly Yu'er, why is he still in a hurry to go back and read the letter?This was the first letter he received from Yu'er after he left Suzhou. The military was boring, and he could only feel better when he was thinking about Yu'er. This letter was a long-awaited one.

Pulling out the bamboo tube, carrying the eagle on his shoulder, he turned to leave, but someone grabbed his arm.

"What is His Highness holding in his hand? Is it the latest pond newspaper? Is there any news about food and grass?"

Looking up, it turned out to be Lieutenant General Gao Wei, and Shui Rui suddenly had the urge to stroke his forehead.If others are okay, why did I meet him by accident? This big stupid man has nothing else but a tenacity. He is sure that no matter what happens, ten horses will not be able to pull him back. It's really hard to get rid of!

"No, this is a personal letter. If it is a Tang newspaper, it must have been sent by a postman!"

"Your Highness, you didn't even look at it, so how can you be sure it's not?" Gao Wei said grinningly, and stretched out his finger to Sa Zi, who was pecked on the back of his hand by Sa Zi, hissing air-conditioning, the mouth of this beast is really not ordinary Lee!

When Shui Rui heard it, it was also true that Yu'er was in Suzhou, and the food and grass must be transported from Suzhou. He knew that Mr. Lin did not hide many things from Yu'er, and it might really have something to do with the military situation.Forget it, let's take a look first, alas, he is really in a hurry to go to the doctor!

Shui Rui pulled out the silk cloth from the bamboo tube, and all the heads came together, the most exaggerated one was Gao Wei, who was about to meet him head to head, isn't this guy illiterate, what's the use of being so close?

His sharp eyes swept over everyone, and all of their protruding heads retracted, even Gao Wei was no exception.He has learned the way of the emperor since elementary school, and he doesn't know the importance of establishing prestige. It's not enough to just mingle with the people under him, the key is to have majesty.Just like now, as long as he handles his attitude well, the soldiers will not dare to behave beyond the norm.

Opening the cloth and looking at it, Shui Rui's eyes suddenly widened, as if something unbelievable was written inside.Then there was surprise, a blush slowly crept up his cheeks.Putting away the silk cloth and stuffing it into his chest, Shui Rui said calmly: "It has nothing to do with the military situation, everyone should leave!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and walked down the city regardless of the pulling of the soldiers, as if fleeing, leaving behind the soldiers who exploded.

"Hey, what's the matter with Your Highness? Why did you leave suddenly? Who wrote the letter?"

"I don't know, I wonder too?"

One of the veterans said with an inexplicable smile: "You don't know that!"

"You know what to say!" said the soldier who spoke first.

"Of course it was written by my sweetheart. Didn't you see the expression on the Eighth Prince's face after reading the letter? I saw it, and my whole face turned red!"

"That's right, I also remembered when you said that, when His Highness left, even his ears were red!"

"Oh!" The soldiers exclaimed in unison, no wonder they refused to read the letter in public at the beginning, it turned out to be written by a sweetheart.

"Hey, what do you think His Highness's sweetheart is like?"

"I guess she must be a beautiful woman..." said a soldier.

All the soldiers rolled their eyes at him in unison, nonsense, she is not a beauty, can our eighth prince, who is both civil and military, have a good taste in the wind, like him?

"Okay, okay, don't be poor, everyone takes your place!" The veteran guarding the city yelled, and the city gate became quiet.