Luoshui Dongliu

At this time, the sky was dark and sinking, Pei Yu stood at the ferry of Luo River, the river was rushing eastward in front of his eyes, and the guards beside him lit torches, and the flames swayed and trembled in the wind, and he couldn't see anything on the river.When the army rushed to the river just now, they saw that the wooden stakes for the cables were still there, but they were empty.Some abandoned military supplies and traces of horse manure were scattered on the ground. Searching around, they found dozens of scattered Dongyan soldiers. When they arrested them and questioned them, they found out that Gao Yuan'an's troops had boarded the boat and escaped.

Yu Chiyuan stomped his feet bitterly and said: "They were made to run away from under their noses, and the captured Dongyan prisoners said that there are cavalry soldiers on board!"

Pei Yu listened silently, without comment, and finally said calmly: "I was negligent in this matter, which caused the enemy to escape. If I handled it improperly, I will expressly ask the Grand Master for responsibility."

As soon as these words came out, no one made a sound.It stands to reason that the arrangement of the march is the responsibility of the general, and now that the enemy army is missing, it is not the turn of the supervisor to come out to take care of it; hearing what Pei Yu said, everyone felt a lot of unspeakable feelings in private, and they were all a little embarrassing.Pei Yu had no expression on his face, he flicked his cuffs lightly, and walked away.After a while, someone called Wei Chiyuan in a low voice, and said: "Do you have any orders from the general here?" Yu Chiyuan's face twitched a few times, and suddenly he said angrily: "The enemy has escaped, what more orders do you have if you poke here If you can attract Gao Yuanan to come back, poke him, that's the order."

The Xiyan army had set up camp nearby, and when Pei Yu returned to the camp, he didn't show his face, but he didn't hesitate in his heart.Originally, it was not that he had never thought that Gao Yuanan would retreat by water, but after thinking about it, he thought that even if the Gao and Zhao families did not fall out because of the withdrawal, how could Zhao Shen help Gao Yuanan escape again.In addition, the mobile forces in hand were insufficient, so all the troops surrounding the Dongyan Army's retreat were lined up next to the main road in the north, and no precautions were taken in the south.Unexpectedly, not only Gao Yuan'an left by water, but even the cavalry from Luocheng boarded the boat. What is the key here, even though he claims to know people's hearts, he really didn't understand for a while.

He provoked the Ye City Incident to force Gao Yuan'an away. Although he didn't get a bargain this time, he achieved his goal after all. At this moment, the most important thing to worry about is Zhao Shen's whereabouts.It stands to reason that since it is known that the cavalry troops have withdrawn, Zhao Shen should be with them, so Luo City has no generals, so it would be easy for him to take the city.From this verse, what happened today is a good thing.But when I think about it more deeply, I always feel that something is wrong.

He walked in the camp with his hands behind his back, thinking and walking, and the guards followed him from a distance for fear of disturbing him, until he came all the way to the tent.Li Ji was already waiting for him, Pei Yu glanced at him and said, "Why are you so attentive today?"

Li Ji smiled in agreement, and then said in a low voice: "General Min has been waiting for Mr. for a long time, I think it's not right for him to stand at the door of the tent all the time, so I asked him to wait inside the tent."

Pei Yu glanced at him, said "Yes" and walked into the tent.

Sure enough, seeing Min Yu standing beside him with his head bowed, Pei Yu said indifferently, "You're not in your own camp, why do you want me?"

Min Yu stepped over and still bowed his head and said, "Apologize to sir."

Pei Yu said, "For what?"

Min Yu said: "Just now Zhao Shen was told to run away."

Pei Yu listened to Hua Tou, but remembered something, and asked, "Where did he escape to?"

Min Yu said: "Southwest." Before the words fell, Pei Yu called Li Ji and said: "The cavalry in the battalion were ordered to go out in groups and search along the river. Those who find Zhao Shen's trace will be rewarded; those who can stop him will be rewarded." I will do it for him general."

He heard from Min Yu that Zhao Shen and his party were going west, and if they turn back to the ferry, they must be behind the Xiyan army, but just now there is no sign of ships moving on the water.Thinking about it this way, Zhao Shendang is still here.At this time, there are only dozens of people beside him, and it is a good time to capture and destroy them.

After the arrangements were made, when he turned around, he suddenly saw Min Yu looking at him while he was about to speak, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Min Yu said: "The last general invites you to fight."

Pei Yu said: "Now you are only thinking of catching Zhao Shen in your heart. You are already impatient, and you are bound to make mistakes. Forget it." Seeing the scratch on Min Yu's face, he smiled again, "Besides, you died today too. Cai, how can I send you there?"

The tone was indistinguishable, and Min Yu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said after a while: "Mr. wants to be beaten and punished, and the general is willing to accept it."

Hearing this, Pei Yu said, "I don't know why I want to punish you?"

Min Yu said: "This time the enemy general escaped because I did not handle things properly and was willing to be punished."

Seeing his anxious and embarrassed expression, Pei Yu still only said indifferently: "When will it be your turn to take care of this?"

These words seem to be careless and neither serious nor serious, but the intention is not good.Min Yu also felt that what he said was inappropriate, and his face gradually turned red even behind his ears.He thought that the things that Pei Yu entrusted to him these two times had gone wrong, and at this moment his words were so blunt, he lowered his head and said: "If you are annoyed by me, sir, please teach me a lesson, just don't think I am stupid and refuse to teach. I."

After a pause, I heard Pei Yu say: "Wen Ran, you keep saying you'll take care of me, but you can't even take care of me. What else do you want to take care of? There are many embarrassing things in this world." Stop raising his finger and pointing at Min Yu's chest, "You can't do it without sharpening your character."

Pei Yu knew that no matter how strict the family discipline was, a child from a family like Min Yu had never suffered from wind and rain; .For a while, he said again: "You only said that you begged me not to annoy you, but you didn't think about why I didn't annoy you? Now that you have seen Gao Yuan'an's dispatch and withdrawal of troops, you should understand that the world is so cold, and no one is willing For you."

Seeing Min Yu frowned slightly, he said leisurely: "When I was young, I felt harsh when I heard these comments on people's self-interest. Afterwards, after a painful lesson, I realized that if you want to be reliable, you can only rely on yourself. Others will Helping is a matter of affection, and not helping is a duty. Of course, in this world, you can't rely on your own strength for everything, but you still need a little courage to take on the two ends of the honor and favor." Turning to look at Min Yu, " This is a bit far-fetched. However, the responsibility for today's incident cannot be assigned to you anyway, and you don't have to ask for it."

Min Yu listened silently, his father and brother would never teach him these words, but after listening to them now, he recalled the audible little things of the past, and suddenly felt touched.

Pei Yu saw that he remained silent for a while, and when he raised his head again, his face was clear again, and he answered "yes" clearly, then smiled slightly, and said no more.

When Min Yu left, Pei Yu caught a glimpse of Li Ji's sideways glance at his back, so he said to himself, "You think I'm really old, and now I'm so lenient to younger generations?"

Li Ji smiled and said, "Sir, I'm joking, I just think... this General Min is interesting."

Pei Yu said indifferently: "He has just passed the age of the crown, and he has such a background. In terms of perseverance, let alone now, he is incomparable to you back then." Seeing that Li Ji just nodded in agreement, he said again, "Are you thinking about how harsh I was to you at that time?"

Li Ji hurriedly waved his hands and said, "This is the teacher's advice. It's just that I don't want to be on the stage. It's a hard hammer to beat the drums to others, after all, it's a painstaking effort."

But Pei Yu said: "Don't think I don't know, you are all talking about how I am not open to Lu Youzhi. You were close to him back then, and you also reported how many grievances for him?"

Li Ji thought to himself: "He's dead, so what's the good and bad of the old days?" He said, "This is only due to Yuan Chang's temper; if he is half as flexible and well-behaved as General Min."

Pei Yu didn't know if he heard it, and said: "Go and watch the report, and report to me as soon as you hear about Zhao Shen. I have something to think about."

It was the second half of the night, and the clouds gradually gathered, the stars and the moon were all covered, and the road was somewhat unclear.Zhao Shen and his party sneaked westward for dozens of miles in the middle of the night, but they never encountered any danger.As he walked along the way, he also thought about the countermeasures when he entered the city. This time, when he broke out from the siege, he met Yuchizhong face to face. He thought that the east side of Luo City must have been strictly guarded at this time. If he wanted to enter the city, it would be inevitable. A fierce battle.When he was at Sishuiguan, his scouts only reported that there was still a stalemate inside and outside the city, but at this time the situation at Sishuiguan was over, and he was afraid that the Xiyan army who stayed behind would take the opportunity to suddenly attack the city, so he only hoped that it would be sooner. arrived.

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Du Rong whispering beside him: "There is someone up ahead."

Zhao Shen took the reins of the horse, and saw that there was indeed some shaking in the dark place among the trees in front of him, and it disappeared in a flash.Yuan Gui said, "I'll go and have a look."

Zhao Shen raised his hand to stop his horse's head and said: "In such a dark night, everything can't be seen clearly, don't be rash."

Yuan Gui said: "That's why I'm going to take a look, just to give the general a trip."

Zhao Shen didn't have the heart to chat with him, just looked again, with the faint light, he saw another gust of wind passing by, blowing the shadows of the trees, but he didn't see anything unusual in the shadows on the ground, so he whispered: "Let's go."

Although he didn't know what he saw here just now, he had a slight premonition in his heart.There are more than ten thousand troops from Xiyan at the beginning and end of this road, but he has less than a hundred people here, so he can't do it by force, but how to return to the city safely, I can't think of an idea for the time being, and can only deal with it step by step.

He wants to return to Los Angeles, and his future is doomed to be dangerous, everyone knows this.Just the day before yesterday, Gao Yuan'an had gently persuaded him, saying that even if Los Angeles was lost, the prime minister would not have nothing to say, and it might not be of great benefit if he insisted on going back.Zhao Shen was silent after hearing this.When his father passed away suddenly, he was so injured that he could not speak. He just held his wrist and wrote the word "horse" back and forth in his palm tremblingly.Zhao Jing loves horses all his life, and once said with a smile to him: "People say that I live in a muddle and don't care about anything, but I don't know that as long as I can get on the horse and hold the reins, I feel that the king of heaven and I don't want to change, and the rest is even worse. What is there to worry about?" He said to him from time to time, "If a warrior only makes a living by beheading people in battle, what is the difference between him and a butcher? This bloody murder must be for the sake of something in his heart. I have something to cherish, and I can't let go of something. No matter how others look at me in my life, I have been benevolent and righteous with a clear conscience."

He was still young at that time, although he was still a little ignorant, his father's words were deeply rooted in his blood.Until Zhao Jing's sudden death, he hastily took over Los Angeles. Gao Yuanchong suppressed him everywhere just to force him to hand over his military power. No one from his father's former troops in the camp thought he was young and immature, and they all sincerely helped him through the difficulties.At that time, he suddenly understood that commanding the army is not just about dressing and eating in leisure time, but pulling out to work hard during the war, but there is so much heroic friendship between the two sides; now that several years have passed, he is no longer twenty When he was a reckless young man, many generals in the camp also had frost on their temples.Looking back at the past suddenly at this moment, I feel that there is nowhere to go.

The gold and iron horses are naturally for the sake of making contributions, but running on the battlefield is not just for the glory of the battle; for him, the most important thing at this moment is to protect the army and the people of a city in troubled times, and what he cannot give up is this arrogance and dignity. For the two, he would be willing to be smashed to pieces.If you want to use an isolated city to defend against a powerful enemy, even if you hesitate for a moment, it will not work.Zhao Shen thought about this matter clearly at this moment, his heart is already determined.

Only one thing, he forgot.If one day, what he holds dear and what he cannot give up is difficult to balance, what should he do?

It was cloudy and rainy again that day, and when the white belly appeared in the east, the raindrops were already pattering down, before the sky became bright, several people were drenched to the skin.Zhao Shen recalled that when he came from Los Angeles, it was also a heavy rainy day, although it was only about ten days ago, but he couldn't remember clearly what his state of mind was at that time.Since he had made up his mind to live and die with the city, at this moment his heart was relaxed and he didn't feel any sadness or melancholy.At this time, although the cavalry had turned their backs, Yuan Gui was still beside him when he turned his head, and for a moment he remembered that he gave Yuan Gui a whip when he was rushing on the road.

Before dividing the troops, he originally wanted Yuan Gui to lead the army to the east on his behalf, but Yuan Gui said: "The generals are not willing to go, why bother me? I would rather die in Luo City than see Gao's face aggrieved Live." He was anxious when he heard this, and scolded: "Whoever told you to withdraw here is aggrieved, you just want to hurt the hearts of brothers by talking like this. What do you compare with me? Luocheng, I'm just going back to do my duty." Yuan Gui laughed after hearing this: "The general said that Luocheng is the Luocheng of the fourth generation of the Zhao family, but I said that the former Luocheng was the Luocheng of my Yuan family. Mile."

At this time, seeing Yuangui riding a horse and holding a lance, his beard has not been trimmed for days of battle, the roots are as straight as steel needles, and will not fall down even when soaked in rain, he pondered for a while and said: "The sky is bright, and everything can be seen clearly. It is also convenient to guard. Since yesterday afternoon, people and horses have not rested, so let's stand here now."

The words were not finished yet, but all of a sudden, half a mile away, Xiyan soldiers flashed in all directions, and the leader smiled and said: "This night, if you hurry up and catch up, you will always catch up with General Zhao." Because of the small road, they took some time to detour. It seems that these ambush soldiers came from the main road.

Zhao Shen raised his eyes and glanced over, seeing more than a hundred cavalry on the opposite side, he only sneered and said, "Your Majesty thinks that you can stop me with a few troops?"

The enemy general said: "General, if you can pass this way, there will be another one. If you can pass these obstacles, you may not be able to enter the city. Even if you can enter the city, what will happen next? It can be seen that this is just a case. It’s better to put your hands down at this moment if you’re so anxious to solve the previous wrong thing.”

Zhao Shen saw his car talking in circles like the wheels of a cart, but from the corner of his eye he saw that the formation around the other car was gradually tightening towards the center.So he urged the horse to take a few steps forward, the enemy general on the opposite side was startled, the horse retreated a zhang, but Zhao Shen said: "Why are you panicking, I think what you said is reasonable, I would like to hear more about it if you get closer .”

The leader of the Xiyan army couldn't tell whether he was real or not, but just a few steps back, the encirclement circle was pulled into a gourd shape, and the formation that had been secretly gathered just now dispersed again.At that moment, Yuan Gui suddenly appeared from behind Zhao Shen, Ting Leng shouted loudly, and said, "I'll listen too!" The enemy general was guilty at first, but the protruding Tathagata was frightened, almost fell off his horse, managed to stabilize himself Stopped, the soldiers following around were already in chaos, and after a rush, they scattered and fled in all directions.

Zhao Shen didn't expect this, he was taken aback when he saw this, Yuan Gui had already laughed out loud, his voice was hearty and open, as if he wanted to shake off the rainy sky.When everyone saw him, they couldn't help laughing, as if it was just hunting for fun at this time, rather than being trapped in a deep siege.After laughing for a while, Zhao Shen waved his hand and said: "Stop it, what should you do if you are so loud and loud, the enemy soldiers on all sides will be frightened and dare not come to make trouble?"

In this way, the drowsiness of not sleeping at night is also relieved.When he was about to go again, Du Rong raised his horse to Zhao Shen's side and asked in a low voice: "I just listened, the Xiyan army has already taken precautions in front, and they can't go the same way."

Zhao Shendao: "I know, but if you don't take this road, which one should you take?"

Du Rong smiled and said softly, "It's dark under the lamp."