Luoshui Dongliu

In the morning of this day, the scouts of the Xiyan Army saw a group of cavalry resting on the banks of the Luo River drinking their horses. The soldiers took off their armor and went down to the river to take a bath.The leader of the scouts was surprised and hurried back to the camp to report to Shangfeng.

At this time the weather is also very hot, Yu Chiyuan and Pei Yu's Chinese army tents have freshly drawn cool well water.Before noon, Yu Chiyuan had to wipe his face with cold water every few moments, wringing out a towel, and the neckline of the middle laner was also covered with sweat stains.Seeing that Pei Yu was still sitting upright, with no sweat on his face, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The supervisor is very calm, but I can't stand the heat, so don't laugh at me."

Pei Yu said: "It looks like I'm about to fall into ambush, so let's prepare soup and cakes on the stove to avoid evil."

Yu Chiyuan waved his hand and said: "Don't worry. I eat this hot soup cake to get sweaty from birth. No matter how hot Xijing is, the weather is dry after all. Occasionally there is a gust of wind, and the heat is carried away. Only then can the heat be dispelled. But in this area, the heat is also hot." , also damp and stuffy, eating soup cakes, if you can’t get out in hot sweat, it will really suffocate you to death.” After speaking, he sighed, “It’s hard work to go abroad, if you are here Xijing, thinking about this time of year, it’s time to take out the ice cubes stored in the warehouse in winter.”

Pei Yu smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "The general is still thinking about the servant Ji Xian fingering the ice water, let's just let the snowy lotus roots with bare hands."

Yu Chiyuan said hesitantly: "If I don't have these pastimes and pleasures, why am I fighting so hard?"

After hearing this, Pei Yu stopped talking, and said for a while, "Speaking of ice cubes for dispelling heat, I remembered something. I was on Xijing Street that summer, and saw a vendor pushing ice cubes hidden in winter. At that time, the heat was unbearable, and pedestrians were all scrambling to buy ice. When the merchants saw a market, they forced to raise the price. Everyone hesitated because they thought it was too expensive, but no one bought it after shouting for a long time. The ice cubes will turn into water in the blink of an eye."

Hearing what he said, Yu Chiyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "This matter does have some meaning."

Pei Yuman said: "I just remembered this and said it casually. However, everything in the world is roughly the same. There are always hidden dangers in being greedy, and everything is rare because of the word "just right."

While chatting, someone outside reported: "The scouts have military intelligence!"

The two men straightened their expressions, Yu Chiyuan said: "Come in."

The little leader of the scouts came in and reported all the situations that the cavalrymen of the Eastern Yan Army had seen drinking horses and taking a bath in the Luo River that day, both of them were amazed.Yu Chiyuan waved the scout out, then turned to Pei Yu and said, "Is Gao Yuanan going or not?"

Pei Yu stroked the black beard on his lips with a calm expression.

Yu Chiyuan hissed and said: "Two days ago, I heard Gao Yuan'an's order from the army, saying that if you don't understand the siege of Luocheng, you will not retreat, and whoever says it will beheaded. The supervising army said he was posturing, I think so too But looking at these two days, Gao Yuanan's soldiers have not moved at all, and now Zhao Shen is drinking horses and washing up by the river, it seems that he is going to stay permanently, what is going on."

Pei Yu pondered for a while and said, "I originally thought that if Gao Yuan'an's family withdrew their troops, Zhao Shen would have a rift with him. We just wait for them to mess up. But the current situation..." He slightly shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, it's a matter of life and death. Unpredictable... But now I can't see what Gao and Zhao are thinking..."

Yu Chiyuan said: "This day, Zhao Shen's army is resting, it is expected that he will not be on guard, you might as well lead a group of people to stab him, that is to attack, but also to test."

Pei Yu said: "That's fine, no one in the hatchback moves, and this matter is always at a stalemate. So I sent a team to be the vanguard, and ordered the whole army to be ready. If there is any movement, they will break out and head east."

In the afternoon, scouts came to report that the vanguard cavalry was going to the river bank. The cavalrymen of the Dongyan army took a bath and jumped on their horses one by one with their upper body naked. Moving forward, there seemed to be dust rising in the forest on the bank. Fearing that they would lure the enemy into ambush, they dared not pursue them again; at one time, it was reported that the enemy's movement could be seen on the flanks of the infantry of the Xiyan Army, but when they were in formation, there was no trace of the enemy.If it happens, it goes back and forth.Yu Chiyuan finally couldn't stop being anxious and began to scold his mother, Pei Yu also frowned.

When the two armies are facing each other, the most annoying thing is that the false and the real are repeated back and forth, and a loophole may be taken advantage of by a negligence.At three o'clock you hours, another scout reported that there was smoke rising from the direction of Gao Yuan'an's headquarters. Yu Chiyuan heard it and said angrily, "It's hard work. They're busy today, so they have to eat now." Hearing that, Pei Yu didn't move. , hurriedly said: "Go and explore again, it's okay to get closer, go and see clearly with me, there are really people or the space is empty!"

Yu Chiyuan also seemed to realize suddenly: "Gao Yuan'an is going to run away! This is the opposite way, follow Sun Bin's example of increasing troops and reducing stoves." After saying that, he summoned the official order, "Order the whole army to prepare. As soon as there is reliable news, we will raise troops. Chase."

But he said that everyone was working hard, and a scout came back to report: "The general is as good as a god, and it looks like everyone in the Dongyan barracks is packing up and preparing to leave." Turning around, I suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "It's the case in Gao Yuan's camp, but what about Zhao Shen? Any news?"

The scout said: "I withdrew into the woods in the afternoon, and I haven't seen him since."

After hearing this, Yu Chiyuan and Pei Yu couldn't help frowning.Pei Yu said: "Why did the thousand-odd troops disappear?"

The scout replied: "It is true that we have never seen each other again."

Yu Chiyuan looked at Pei Yu and said, "Look at the supervisor..."

Pei Yu thought for a moment and said, "Gao Yuan'an's fighter opportunity is fleeting, and I will never be reconciled to telling him to run away in vain."

Yu Chiyuan thought the same way, nodding his head again and again.Immediately organize the team, send the cavalry as the vanguard, and go straight to the direction of Dongyan's camp.When we got there, we saw that there were still two or three hundred soldiers in the camp, and some things were lying on the ground.Seeing the enemy approaching from a distance, those soldiers immediately became chaotic, shouting and fleeing westward.The footsteps of the Dongyan army were also fast, and they traveled far in a while.

The general of the Xiyan Army hurriedly urged his cavalry to chase after him, and the following infantry gradually fell behind.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a sloping field in front of me. On the road in front of my eyes, there were tree trunks and branches as thick as the mouth of a bowl. The Dongyan army was an infantry army.The leading general of the Xiyan Army was reining in his horse, hesitant to move the roadblock, when suddenly there was a burst of smoke and dust, and a column of cavalry flashed out from behind the slope.There was a flash of light in front of General Xiyan's eyes, before he saw the situation clearly, he felt a gust of cold wind rushing towards the front door.A long arrow pierced through the helmet and was nailed to the forehead between lightning and flint, the body wobbled a few times and fell off the horse.

The leading general died suddenly, and the Xiyan army was shocked and in an uproar, and there was no one to command.Seeing that the other party seemed to be about to charge down the slope immediately, there was a moment of confusion, and they turned their horses around and ran back.After running for a while, they met the infantry following behind.The infantry didn't know what was going on in front of them, and they were in a mess. They didn't dare to move forward when they heard the cavalry shouting that "the front is in an ambush, and the enemy is chasing up."

This is in chaos, someone behind shouted loudly: "No chaos, tighten the formation!"

When everyone looked back, it turned out that it was General Min Yu who was speaking.The Xiyan army was in disarray before, mostly because the cavalry lost its leader.The soldiers panicked, but now that they have someone in charge again, they all calm down again.Min Yu said: "Who is the leader of the cavalry, come up and answer."

Hearing the sound, a little leader-like figure came over.Min Yu briefly asked about the situation just now, and couldn't help scolding: "Whoever trains you on weekdays, you panic like this when there is chaos," and then said loudly, "Anyone who messes up in front of the battle and shouts in a hurry, will be shaken." Discuss the morale of the army. Listen to my orders and line up!" He originally followed the Chinese army behind, but Pei Yu suddenly told him to go forward.Unexpectedly, when I just arrived, I encountered this incident, but it happened by coincidence.He heard that the ambush was cavalry, and the leader was using bows and arrows. He immediately guessed seven or eight, and couldn't help but feel competitive, and said with a smile to himself: "It's just in time!"

He swept the terrain around, and saw that the terrain here was flat. The enemy cavalry came, and it was difficult for him to meet the enemy, so he said: "Retreat half a mile back, the infantry will find a mound and lie in ambush. Come."

Immediately, the whole team was led back, and the arrangement was completed and waited for a long time. The cavalry should have arrived long ago after this journey.Just when I was a little puzzled, a team of people came in front of me.Min Yu looked from a distance, and saw that the horse team was not in a hurry, and there were only dozens of people.The leader is riding a white horse, holding a bow in his hand, his face is sharp and angular, and his thick eyebrows seem to be frowning; beside him is a general with leopard eyes and beard, holding a long lance in his hand.Min Yu squinted his eyes to make sure, and suddenly opened his mouth and said loudly: "General Zhao came here on a horse so lightly, does it mean that he takes my Xiyan army so lightly?"

The young general on the opposite side raised one hand slightly, and the cavalry behind him stopped at the moment, but shook the reins with the other hand, and the white horse kicked a few steps forward, and it only stopped within a stone's throw away. Looking at Min Yu, he said, "So it's you."

Min Yu cupped his hands on the horse and said, "I'm Min Yu, an unknown soldier, thanks to General Zhao for remembering me."

Zhao Shendao: "Before this battle, I could laugh from time to time, except for your honor, I have never seen anyone else."

Min Yu replied with a smile: "I just had a smile on my face, but I didn't dare to fool around in my heart."

Zhao Shen looked at the people behind him, thinking secretly.In fact, it was true that Gao Yuan's Anba battalion withdrew his troops, he was just taking cover from the rear, and pretended to set up an ambush to counterattack.At this time, he circled here and led the enemy troops to the vicinity of Gaoyuan's camp, and the brigade escaped their shells and rushed to the ferry.The boat arranged by Wei Quan was already waiting, and the Dongyan army drove away when it was full.He handed over most of the cavalry to Du Rong to stay a little west of the ferry, waiting for boarding while guarding, but he actually only had a hundred cavalry with him.Gao Yuan'an was afraid that the play would not be real, so he was given another [-] infantry troops, intending to put Luocheng's cavalry in front and Xu Du's infantry in the rear, luring the enemy into a decisive battle.It's just that this matter can be bluffed for a while, and you always have to get rid of it, but you try your best to delay it and buy time for the main force to retreat.At this time, seeing the pioneer of Xiyan, I don't know how long it will take for the team to arrive. There are thousands of calculations in my mind, and there is only one word "drag".

Having made up his mind, he turned the horse around again and said, "General Gao and I are going to find Wei Chiyuan. Why do you have a small group of people standing in the way to make you feel uncomfortable? It's better to get out of the way."

Min Yu looked at his words, felt weird, but couldn't tell the reason, he just thought it was Zhao Shen who provoked him, and said: "If the general can't even pass me, there is no need to go to our chief general."

Zhao Shendao: "I'm trying to persuade you, you see that I have few people, but the rear team will arrive in a blink of an eye, so you can't leave even if you want to."

Min Yu smiled and said, "You said you'd be there in a blink of an eye, but I didn't see a single person."

When Zhao Shen heard this, he was afraid that he would have doubts, so he had an idea, and sneered loudly: "I didn't see it? When you look back at your team, what is it?"

The Qing Yue's voice was smooth, everyone in the Xiyan army heard it, they couldn't help but turned their heads to look back, Zhao Shen saw Min Yu was in a daze, raised his hand without even looking at it, and shot an arrow.

He tried this trick repeatedly before, and now he thought that he would lead the army to disperse the group of people when Min Yu fell off the horse.Unexpectedly, the arrow was about to arrive, but Min Yu suddenly dodged to the side and back, and the arrow hit the throat of a soldier behind him.

Although Min Yu was bluffed by Zhao Shen just now, he actually took precautions.Seeing Zhao Shen shooting the arrow from the corner of his eye, he tried his best to dodge it, but the arrow feather still caught a little on his face, making a shallow cut.He was very annoyed in his heart, he saw the soldiers behind him fell to the ground, and the people around him looked terrified, and shouted sharply: "Steady your ground, anyone who moves will die!"

Sergeant Xiyan saw that although his expression was stern, he remained calm. There was a bloodstain on the white jade face, and a few drops of bright red stains dripped down to catch the eye. Nothing moved.

Seeing this, Zhao Shen couldn't help but secretly looked at Min Yu a few times. Seeing that he was so young but with such a strong momentum, he nodded secretly in his heart.Immediately turned the horse's head towards his own formation, Yuan Gui had already picked up his horse and came up to meet him and asked: "General, do you want to fight?"

Zhao Shen said in a low voice, "Put the formation down first, and then ask someone to come over from behind and shout out orders, saying that General Gao ordered all the troops to gather to the north, and we will lead him to the north again."

Yuangui laughed "hey" and said, "Okay, since the general is interested, I'll play with them today." After saying that, he raised his long spear and said, "Form up!"

The two sides prepared separately, Zhao Shen saw that the sun had set to the west, no matter how long the summer sky was, it was almost dark.I don't know whether the progress at the ferry is going well, and I was thinking in my heart, suddenly there was dust rising half a mile behind the Xiyan army, and it seemed that a group of infantry came rushing from the northwest.Zhao Shen was in a bad mood, thinking that the rear of the Xiyan army had arrived, he said to the left and right: "You can't stay here until his rear arrives. Let's pretend to charge, and then turn back to avoid the sharp edge."

Over there, Min Yu has already begun to suspect that Zhao Shen is a lone army. Normally, he should have continued to suspect the intention of this lone army going deep into the back, but he is a young man, and when he sees a strong enemy, he only thinks about what is going on now. win.Now that the backup came, they were confident, and they wanted to surround Zhao Shen and capture him alive.Seeing that Zhao Shen was about to go north, he sneered and ordered: "Since reinforcements are coming from the northwest, he still puts on a posture to go north. He must be suspicious of the tactics of the soldiers, and ordered the ambush infantry to block the southward path and run away. One, I take them as questions."

After saying that, seeing Zhao Shen coming towards him, he just watched quietly and didn't move, as expected, seeing the horse team turn around, Fang sent an order: "Intercept to the south!"

Zhao Shen originally wanted to take advantage of Min Yu's gap in the north to get out of the block, but seeing that Min Yu was not fooled, and on the way to the south, a group of infantry rushed out from behind the mound to ambush.Seeing the long halberds and iron chains in their hands, Zhao Shen was clearly prepared.But the situation is so strong, you can't hesitate, gritted your teeth and said: "Shrink the formation and rush over with me."

Just as he was holding on to the hope of breaking the net, he suddenly saw another cavalry army coming from the slanting spur from the south. Although there were not many in number, they were swift and fast. He was caught off guard by a sudden sneak attack, and was rushed to pieces in a blink of an eye.Over there, Zhao Shen saw that this was the uniform of his own cavalry, and was also surprised.Before he could think about it, he moved forward, and the two of them joined together, throwing off Min Yu and galloping south.

At this time, Zhao Shenfang couldn't help being even more surprised when he saw Du Rong coming.Before the division of troops this morning, he had already asked Du Rong to take care of the Luocheng cavalry in front of Gao Yuanan from now on, why is he here now.I became worried for a while, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the withdrawal of troops?"

Du Rong said with a smile: "General Gao quietly dispatched the camp before dawn, and the infantry scattered to board the boat at several ferries. By the afternoon, only a few people were left in the camp to lure the enemy. The three thousand infantry had already crossed. In the middle of the day, at noon, General Gao gave another order, saying that it was enough for him to put people on alert, and told the Los Angeles cavalry to go first. I have seen more than 1000 cavalry board the ship, and I think they are out of danger."

Zhao Shen heard the words "Escape from danger without hindrance", and felt his heart fluttering lightly, as if thousands of shackles around him were suddenly broken together, he didn't know whether it was relief or melancholy.He also thought about how he started out as an ordinary cavalry soldier in the army when he was young, how many brothers in the army got along with each other for more than ten years, how happy they were in the past; later he became a general, and they never alienated each other.But now before we parted, we never even said goodbye.As for where they will go in the future, I don't know if I will see these people again.

He didn't want to think about it anymore, so he turned to comfort himself, at least those brothers have not left, and although they are no longer Zhao's subordinates, they can still train and fight.Thinking about it, the Gao Brothers will not treat them badly if they take the iron cavalry they have been thinking about for many years under their command, and there may be a day when they grow stronger.Thinking about it like this, it seems to be a little more relaxed; but the center of the chest feels empty and aching.Looking up at the setting sun, the sky is dyed with light cinnabar, the distant mountains are like clouds, and the nearby Luoshui seems to be sprinkled with broken gold.The sound of the waves bursts, and the leaves of the forest rustle, all caught in the wind.After a long while of silence, he finally smiled shyly and said, "Very good."

Seeing his expression, everyone knew that he handed over a thousand cavalry troops to others in order to preserve the system, and said that "only the army is the protection", so how could they not feel sad.They didn't dare to persuade them, but only urged the horse to move forward.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Shen suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to Du Rong and asked, "But why didn't the general leave?"

Hearing this, Du Rong said loudly: "The cavalry army in Luo City is strictly regulated, even if no one is in command, the combat power is not weak at all, and I don't need anything at all. I asked General Gao to show me, and came back to Luo with the general. city."

Zhao Shen couldn't help being even more surprised, and said: "Come back to Luo City with me?"

Du Rong smiled and said: "The general said that day that it is the duty of a military general to die in battle. I deeply believe it. Now I am a member of the Los Angeles defenders. The general is still there, but I slipped away alone. I don't want to be human. ridicule."

Zhao Shen didn't really have any friendship with Du Rong in the past, unexpectedly at this moment he instinctively escaped but he didn't leave. Seeing him talking and laughing generously, he was also secretly moved, he didn't know what to say for a while.

But Du Rong took another thing from the back of the saddle, offered it with both hands, and said, "General Gao also said that he took this cavalry army to Xudu to rest and don't need to go to Yecheng. One day when the siege is resolved, it will be returned to the general. Please take the sword bestowed by the Taizu, the general himself."

I saw Du Rong holding a flat-stem saber in his hand. The sword was decorated with a horse head pattern, the hilt was decorated with a tiger, and the scabbard had a pattern of a beast face and a cirrus cloud.It was the saber bestowed by the Taizu when Zhao Yan, the ancestor of Zhao Shen, was bestowed with this sword to show the Zhao family's right to dispatch cavalry.One day ago, Zhao Shen enshrined this saber to Gao Yuan'an, expressing his sincerity in entrusting the cavalry.At this moment, when everyone saw Du Rong returning the sword, they were all startled.

Du Rong smiled and said: "General Gao said that the general is a magnanimous gentleman, and he is not easy to be a villain. Since the general is willing to trust him, he will live up to his entrustment. He understands the painstaking efforts of the general to protect his subordinates. One day he will Now, no matter who gives orders to this cavalry army, he will ensure that it will not be dismantled." After speaking, he raised his hand again and said: "Please put it away, general."

There was a slight flush on Zhao Shen's face, a gleam flashed in his eyes, he took the saber with both hands, held it in his palm and said with a smile: "Thank you."

The author has something to say:

The soup cakes are mentioned in Jing Chu Sui Shi Ji, "Slim fingers adjust ice water, plain hands snow lotus root" copyright is Lao Du's "The son adjusts ice water, the beautiful woman snows the lotus root"

The story of the ice cube is from the people of the Tang Dynasty, so I borrow it from time travel.

Out of selfishness, well, I just want to make Xiao Zhao lose the cavalry decently, the process is actually a bit inexplicable...