Luoshui Dongliu

Sishui Pass is east of Luoyang, and it will arrive in one day and one night at high speed.Although the city here is inconspicuous, it is the gateway to the advance and retreat of Luoyang that can be retreated to defend Xudu and advance directly to Luoyang.Luoshui flows eastward through here, and because it flows through Si County, it is called Sishui in it.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the emperor once imprisoned a strange beast here to guard it. After the death of the strange beast, its body turned into a mountain, and its blood was injected into Luoshui.There are many persimmon trees in the area of ​​Sishuiguan, the leaves of which have been red for many years, like the red tide sunset glow at a glance, everyone said that the persimmon leaves were also stained red by the blood of the battlefield.

Zhao Shen and his entourage went to Sishui Pass and handed Gao Yuanan's letter to Wei Quan, then passed the pass and went back in the direction of Luocheng.Si County is on the side of the Si River, and the river bank stretches for forty or fifty miles. In this summer season, when the river is rising, the water is thick and mighty, heading east.

Luoshui is the name of the section of the river in the Central Plains. The river originates from the west and stretches eastward. The upper reaches of the river wash away the yellow mud on both banks and deposit it in the channel. .After turning into the Central Plains, the terrain dropped suddenly, the sediment of the big river sank, and the water flowed swiftly and violently for hundreds of miles.The wide surface of the Luoshui section of the river does not seem to be very fast-moving, and it is governed by the embankment that has been repaired over the years, so it does not often flood.Coupled with the large mountains on both sides, the scenery along the way is quite spectacular.

It was a fine day, the sky was blue, the clouds were sparse, Yuangui stroked the reins of the horse and said with a smile: "I have some free time, I still want to come here for a stroll, and then lead the horses into the river for a wash, it will be a pleasure." The guards laughed and said: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, the brothers will be happy in the river, and General Yuan will be worried about guarding on the shore. There is no such blessing."

Zhao Shen also smiled and said: "Le Tai is so excited, I will warn you at that time, and I will only teach you to have fun."

He begged for help this time, and felt a little more relaxed in his heart. When he raised his eyes, he could only see the mountains high and the water far away, and the day and the blue sky. , only to see the magnificent rivers and mountains as far as the eye can see.”

However, that night, the soldiers on duty at the east gate of Luo City suddenly saw flames ignited in mid-air several miles away, and hurriedly ran along the wall from one side to the other side and shouted: "General Sun, General Sun, you can see the guns outside the city!" Hearing the sound, Sun Wuda, the guard of the east gate, rushed over, grabbed the crenel of the city wall and leaned out to look out. He saw that the fire was burning in mid-air for a long time, and it was the messenger cannon burning. , couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the left and right to call Cheng Chude and Xie Rang, and hurried down the city to the cavalry barracks.

In the cavalry camp, just as Cheng and Xie arrived, there was no need to say much, Cheng Chude said: "As previously agreed, you take a hundred cavalry out of the city to meet the general, and I will supervise the infantry at the gate of the city. You hold your ground, and the archers are on standby in the city."

Xie Rang warned again: "General Zhao's horse is fast, and he likes to charge in person. It's dark now, you should protect him properly when you see him, and don't make any mistakes."

A hundred cavalrymen had already lined up, and Sun Wuda also hurriedly mounted his horse. When he reached the east gate and dropped the iron gate of the suspension bridge, the cavalry roared out.

But it is said that the guard on the east side of the Xiyan Army suddenly saw the gate of the city open at night, and a pair of men and horses rushed out of it.Before the team was in line, there was chaos in the east outside the camp.The general was also experienced, and suddenly understood that someone from outside was going to break into the city, so he hurriedly shouted: "The archers shoot arrows, stop the people coming in from outside, no matter whether they live or die, they cannot enter the city!"

For a while, the shield sergeants in the battalion covered the archers and blocked the camp, while the infantry on the other side held their spears and tripped the horse ropes to intercept the cavalry rushing out of the city;

It was Zhao Shen who came from the outside, seeing the chaos in the Xiyan camp, he knew that the supporters in the city had already come out, but the enemy army in front of him had formed a shield formation, and behind the shields stretched out a long spear with a barb, obviously aimed at stabbing the cavalry's horse legs of.I also saw rows of archers standing up and putting on their bows, shooting arrows like rain in an instant.Yuan Gui followed him closely, seeing the situation, he shouted to the crowd: "Enclose the general!"

Zhao Shendao: "Don't you all rush up and follow behind me," and said to Yuan Gui, "You open a path with me."

Before he finished speaking, he rushed out, Yuan Gui turned his head and shouted: "Follow!" After drinking, he picked up his horse and moved forward.

Zhao Shen's horse was fast, the arrows facing him were like flying squirrels, they all aimed at Qingchai's horse's head, but when the arrow arrived, the horse had already moved forward, and the arrows all shot on the horse's back and hip.In the blink of an eye, Qing Zhui had already galloped to the front of the shield armor. Zhao Shen saw someone raising a flag outside the formation to command archery and defense, so he took off the longbow from his back, raised his hand to set an arrow, and shot the man in the forehead with an arrow. The corpse turned over and fell.

The Xiyan army was in chaos immediately, Yuan Gui raised his long spear and swept forward with a loud shout, a gap was opened in the front of the shield armor, and the two cavalry behind it followed the trend, galloping to both sides after entering the formation, the gap instantly opened. After being torn apart, the people behind formed a half-moon fan and guarded Zhao Shen from both sides.

All these incidents happened in the blink of an eye, the general of the Xiyan army broke into the city without knowing how, and broke through the shield in the blink of an eye, only to see the leading white horse approaching in a blink of an eye, his voice was trembling with anxiety. Jing shouted: "The tripping rope, put the tripping rope quickly!"

The soldiers on both sides swarmed up, raised the iron chain as thick as an arm, and tightened it. Seeing that the white horse's hooves were about to kick on the iron chain, they suddenly heard the neighing of the horse, leaped up, and fell on the iron chain. The people on the chain galloped past, they didn't react, but they saw the man on the horse suddenly let go of the rein, Tie Banqiao leaned back and turned around to draw the bow. The moment the white horse's front hoof hit the ground, two arrows were fired in succession.Especially the head arrow was so powerful that it passed through the throat of a Xiyan soldier, spraying warm blood all over the ground.The besieging people were terrified, and when they were dazed, a dozen or so cavalry who broke into the camp roared in, and two of the soldiers who pulled the horse ropes were shot down, and the rest of them were already weak in hands and feet, and hadn't responded yet. They have all become dead ghosts under the spear.

Sun Wuda had heard the chaos in front of him, he raised his eyes to see that the leader who came was Zhao Shen, he said with great joy in his heart: "Follow me, welcome the lord to return to the city!"

Hundreds of cavalry rushed forward like fierce tigers descending the mountain, who could stand the pincer attack from both sides?The chaos in the Xiyan camp was out of control for a while, Sun Wuda led the people to surround Zhao Shen and return to the city.

But the chief secretary, Xie Rang, watched the rush outside the city from the top of the city and felt frightened. He watched Zhao Shen go back to the city, and Fang put his heart back into his chest. city.When they got to the bottom of the city, they heard the drawbridge of the city gate being pulled up again, and the torches were brightly lit, and they saw a white horse hugged by the crowd, and it was Zhao Shen at once.

Xie let here know that Zhao Shen is indeed safe and sound, he sighed in his heart, "God bless you, God open your eyes", seeing that Zhao Shen has dismounted from the horse over there, he hurried up to meet him, wishing he could pull Zhao Shen past him to see if there is anything there damaged.But in front of these people, after all, it hinders the difference between the general and his subordinates, so I don't know what to do for a while.

Zhao Shen also saw that his expression of concern was far more than usual, and he was also very moved.He went forward and took Xie Rang with one hand, and held Cheng Chude back, saying: "You two have worked hard here. I have also moved here for the rescuers from Xudu's side."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help cheering, and their morale was boosted for a while.

However, it was said that Lu Youzhi was sitting in the dark in the tent at this time, with one hand hugging his knees, and the other finger was scratching in the cracks in the plank on the ground, but unexpectedly, in a trance, he exerted so much force that he broke his nail inside.He withdrew his hand in pain, touched the edge of his tongue, only felt salty, knew it was bleeding from a nail cut.

For more than ten days, he tried his best not to think about the "what if". As far as he was concerned, no matter how bad things were, the word "death" was the most he could say, but he didn't dare to think about Zhao Shen. Turning a little thought will wake you up and make it difficult to fall asleep.But at this time, such a sudden incident happened, I only felt that the omen was not good, and my heart was pounding.

He was thinking wildly, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, like a group of people stopped outside the tent.It's no use to Lu Youzhi's upright concentration.He was stunned for a moment, then smiled sadly, thinking that he was upset and overheard.

Unexpectedly, when the door curtain was lifted suddenly, Lu Youzhi felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, only to hear someone whisper, "I'm asleep, everything is fine." Then another person gave a soft "hmm".

Rao it was just this sound, but Lu Youzhi heard that it wasn't Zhao Shen but who, he couldn't help feeling hot, and opened his mouth, "Ah Shen, I haven't slept yet."

The figure at the door was startled, and then stepped forward a few steps.After a moment of silence, Fang heard Zhao Shen ask: "Master Yuan, what did you call me just now?"

In the darkness, Lu Youzhi felt that the man's eyes were burning, and he almost wanted to ignite a fire to melt him into his eyes.The worries of the past ten days disappeared in an instant, and he said with a faint smile: "Ah Shen."

Seeing this, Zhou Qian came in and lit a candle, then went out to get hot water and new clothes.Lu Youzhi helped Zhao Shen take off his armor, but he didn't prevent Zhao Shen from taking it off and throwing it aside, then he wrapped his arms around his waist and said in a low voice, "It's done, thank you very much." Lu Youzhi felt his fingers clenched On my arm, it is solid and powerful, and there is an indescribable steadfastness in my heart.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Shen smiled shyly again, let go of his hands and took a step back, "I'm covered in dust, don't you think it's dirty."

Lu Youzhi saw that his smile revealed a row of white teeth, and his shy demeanor looked like a young man with curly hair.In the past ten days or so, Zhao Shen was a bit thinner than the pommel horse, and his lacquer-like eyes in the dim light were not as sharp and majestic as usual, but instead had the tranquility of a deep pool of autumn water.Lu Youzhi smiled slightly, raised his hand to hold Zhao Shen's hands, and fixed his eyes on Zhao Shen's. Although he didn't speak, it seemed that words were more powerful than words.

After looking at each other for a moment, Zhao Shen remembered something again, and took out a coil from his bosom.Youzhi took it and took a closer look, and couldn't help asking, "Is it a pipa string?"

Zhao Shen smiled and said: "I don't know when the pipa string in the house was missing a string, I always feel that it is wrong. This string was bought by my father from an old luthier in Xudu's family. It is made of deer tendon. It’s rare. This time I was in Xudu, and I sent someone to find one, so you can try it.”

After that, he went to fetch the pipa and held it to Lu Youzhi, and then pulled him to sit down and asked him to play.Lu Youzhi stretched out the hard strings on the pipa, raised his hand to make a round gently, concentrating for a moment, he felt his heart agitated and his fingers trembled slightly, finally he smiled at Zhao Shen: "Today my heart is in a mess of joy, I'm afraid I won't be able to play it well. "Put down the pipa, and said: "You wash up."

Hearing this, Zhao Shen got up and said: "I'll go outside to take care of it, you should rest first at night."

Seeing that he was about to leave suddenly, Lu Youzhi was puzzled, but saw Zhao Shenzhong's back hem with a sharp eye, and asked, "What happened behind you?"

Zhao Shen just said: "It doesn't matter." Seeing Lu Youzhi only raised his eyebrows and looked at him, he couldn't help but blushed, and his tongue seemed to be tied up and he couldn't speak.He hesitated for a while, but his heart moved, he simply fell down on the couch, and said with a smile: "You just... just look at it for yourself." He turned his face inward, and he didn't feel ashamed as he did just now, but his heart softened, even faintly sweetness.I felt that Youzhi gently lifted his shirt, even though his movements were gentle, but he couldn't help but let out a soft snort when he lifted the wound.

When the jacket was lifted up, Lu Youzhi was also startled when he saw the situation, he saw a large dark purple bruise on Zhao Shen's buttocks, the skin on it was worn out, that's where the blood on the shirt came from.He knew that the cavalry was on the road, and how many days and nights they did not disarm, so the inner sides of their legs would be worn out.But the place where Zhao Shen was injured obviously had been hit hard before, and it was due to the bumpy ride.He just heard Zhao Shen's words "it's done" which is an understatement, but he didn't know how many difficulties he encountered.

Lu You's heart was tense, but he didn't hesitate to ask more questions, he just wondered: "But there is no medicine for the wound right now."

Zhao Shen turned his head and said with a smile: "I'll beat you again one day, won't it be enough?" Seeing a slight resentment on Lu Youzhi's face, he shook his fingers again and said, "It's really all right, this little pain is nothing. With you here, everything is worth it."