Luoshui Dongliu

More than ten days ago, Yu Chiyuan received a letter saying that a nephew had been caught in the city and his head had been beheaded and hung on the top of the city. It was Zhao Shen's enlisted army named Lu Youzhi.Later, another Dongyan general who had no ears came to him crying and crying. After asking for details, he found out that Gao Youan was also beheaded at the same time.

Yu Chiyuan sneered at Yu Chizhong: "This Gao Youan didn't write you a letter a few days ago to reminisce about the past, saying that he promised you some treasures, this time you will not get rich."

Yu Chizhong snorted, "I don't even bother to take his things. He is the younger brother of Gao Yuan's favored clan, so it's ridiculous that he is so courageous. Before we seriously attacked the city, he was anxious to find a way out after the city was broken. Last time he gave I wrote a letter but ignored him, I heard that this time I was writing to you brother again, but Zhao Shen caught me right now, I went to see King Hades earlier, so I don’t worry."

Yu Chiyuan also despised him as a human being, and he didn't want to mention it again, but instead said: "This Lu Youzhi is the internal response that Zhang Di went to the city to find? He was an official to join the army. It's a pity to die."

Yu Chizhong frowned and said: "Lu Youzhi... the name sounds familiar..." After thinking for a moment, he slapped his thigh and said, "I remember, when the grand master was still the general of Zhenxi, he used to be a secretary in front of the grand master, People are still good-looking, but I haven't seen them in the past few years, so they are here."

Yu Chiyuan nodded slowly: "Yes, it is indeed this person. I heard that this person was redeemed by the Grand Master from Hu Shang in the early years. Later, when he was older, he took him with him to practice. The document has seen the world."

Yuchi Zhong doubted: "I didn't pay attention before, and I don't know why the Grand Master values ​​a Hu merchant's slave so much?"

Yu Chiyuan sneered and said, "You don't know? He is Zhu Wen's grandson."

Yu Chizhong was startled: "Then Zhu Wen was not killed by Zhao Shen and his grandfather? The strange way sent him here." After thinking about it, he said, "Could it be that the grand master had the intention to use him at that time?"

Yu Chiyuan said: "The grand master's mind has always been..." He let out a long breath, and said leisurely, "It's so deep and difficult to ponder..."

The two talked about this, Yu Chizhong suddenly remembered something, said: "The Grand Master sent someone from Xijing."

Yu Chiyuan said: "It may not be a good thing that he sent Pei Yu."

Yuchi said in the middle: "But what's the good thing? I sent my confidant, seeing that he was suspicious, and asked him to come and watch us."

Yu Chiyuan said: "If he doesn't send someone, he won't be suspicious? The supervision system has always been like this for generals in command. Besides, Pei Yu is also very reliable."

Yuchi Zhong wondered: "Is he reliable? He is not one of us."

Yu Chiyuan said: "Because of this, he is reliable. If someone who is close to you and me reports to the Grand Master, the real thing will become a fake. Therefore, Pei Yu is very reliable."

Yu Chizhong sighed: "How easy is it to ask him to speak well for us?"

Yu Chiyuan flipped the hairpin on the helmet with his hands and smiled, "It doesn't matter what he wants to say, anyway, Luo City is already in his pocket, and he will take it down sooner or later."

Yuchi raised his eyebrows and asked, "But why?"

Yu Chiyuan sneered and said: "Gao Yuanchong is the most narrow-minded person. He always wants others to bow down in front of him, and kneel down. Zhao Shen killed Gao You'an, of course he had a reason to suppress his subordinates, but Gao Yuanchong must be annoyed." He used Gao's family to attack. Zhao Shen hoped that the rescuers would not be able to wait. Without foreign aid to rescue the siege, defending the city would be an impossible game."

What Yu Chiyuan said was true, Zhao Shen sent several people to break out of the siege at night, and went east to Yecheng, Xudu and other places to ask for help, but no one came back with good news.At the time when Gao Youan was executed, he was also worried that Gao Yuanchong would be dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to do so because of the prohibition of his conduct; another, he was young and vigorous, and felt that since it was the public will, the Gao family should not harbor personal anger Moreover, the importance of Los Angeles is related to the situation in the Central Plains, so he has a heart of self-reliance.Unexpectedly, the rescue soldiers did not come for a long time, and there was no news of sending troops.

Zhao Shen didn't want to show anxiety, but the corners of his mouth were frothing with anxiety.He still has a little fantasy, maybe these people died on the road, maybe the court is preparing?

On this day, he was leading people to inspect the repair works, and a guard rushed to report: "Someone who went out of the city to report is back!"

Everyone was shocked, although Zhao Shen was anxious, he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Take him to rest first." After saying that, he was still on the spot, after the inspection, the supervisor reported the details, and gave some instructions before leaving .When he went straight back to the camp, he saw that the chief secretary Xie Rang, Chief Shi Li Shoude and two or three important staff members had already arrived. At this moment, he couldn't hide his anxiety, and before he had time to take off his helmet, he asked, "Where's the man?"

The guard came up with one person, and Zhao Shen saw that it was a cavalry junior sent out half a month ago.He saw that the schoolboy had washed his head and face, but his face was still full of dust, with a few bruises on his face, and he seemed about to cry out of frustration. Tell the truth."

The little principal choked up without saying a word, Zhao Shen couldn't bear it at this time, and couldn't help but angrily said: "Why are you crying!" He was originally a violent and resolute character, but after getting older, he knew that every important event should be calm He was angry and tried to restrain himself from time to time, but after all, his cultivation level was not enough, and he couldn't suppress it when he was really impatient.Under his furious anger, no one in the room dared to speak out to persuade them, but they couldn't help but think: "Only when Lu Youzhi was there on that day can the flames be extinguished with water, four or two thousand catties."

There was a moment of silence in the tent, but Zhao Shen turned around for a moment, annoyed that he lost his composure in front of others, so he calmed down and said softly like a schoolboy: "I lost my sense of proportion, it's none of your business, don't worry about it." Then he said, "You are slow Take it easy."

Seeing that the Lord General was willing to treat him so frankly, the little school came up with all the hardships and grievances of these days, plopped on the ground and said: "General, the Prime Minister refused to send troops, and even detained all the people we sent. The younger one is Taking advantage of lax guards, I tried my best to escape!"

Everyone in the room took a deep breath, Zhao Shen frowned, and said, "What did the Prime Minister say?"

The little principal said: "Where can we see him? The post station received the order, saying that everyone who came from Luocheng would be detained. I heard from the postman that it was rumored in Yecheng that General Zhao had killed the prime minister's brother, and there were people around him. He is a spy of Xiyan, and he may surrender to the enemy someday."

Zhao Shen's breath became heavier, he tightly grasped the hilt of the saber, his knuckles turned white, but he only said: "Go down," and said to Xie Rang: "Give him a credit, and reward him well." Xie Rang replied, and quickly gave the guards in the house a few winks, ordering them to take the little school out.

When the guards in the tent led all the people back out, Zhao Shen still tightly gripped the hilt of his sword, without saying a word, the muscles at the corners of his lips were tense like an ax chisel.Li Shoude called tentatively, "General?"

Zhao Shen glanced slowly across the people in the room, sneered sadly, and said, "I never imagined that such a thing exists in the world." He always felt that there should be justice in the world, but he didn't expect Gao Yuanchong to care about the overall situation and only vent his personal anger. He was really able to ignore Luo Cheng, and it was because of such a spineless person like Gao Youan.The anger in his heart was hard to calm down, and even more stubborn and arrogant, he said again: "I don't mean to rely on his rescue, so Luocheng can't hold it?"

Seeing what he said, Xie Rang hurriedly said: "General, don't say such angry words. It's not just a matter of a day and a half that Gao Yuan doesn't want to see our Luocheng defenders. My worries are elsewhere." He saw Zhao Shen staring intently. He said again: "No matter how annoyed General Gao is to kill Gao Youan, he will not suspect that the general has [-] intentions. One is that Gao Youan is indeed wrong, Gao is a brother of his clan, how can he not know what he is like? Two Then, if the Gao family really feels that the general is unreliable, he should rush to send someone to supervise the battle, otherwise it will be even more impossible to coerce him? The Gao family is a hero in troubled times, and he will definitely not be confused about these two things."

Zhao Shen listened silently, and said slowly: "Then he will do this..." He met Xie Rang's eyes, and couldn't help saying suddenly: "He wants to motivate me to stay here to the end, and then I will collapse here, Xiyan The army is also exhausted, so he will come to clean up the mess?"

Xie Rang said: "He believed that the general would stick to it, so he resorted to such an idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone. In Gao's eyes, Yuchi's in Guanlong, there is nothing he can do for a while. Heartache."

Zhao Shen gritted his teeth and said, "But he doesn't want to guard this dangerous city, there will always be a day when there is insufficient food and grass, there will be a famine, and people will starve to death. In the past hundred years, the number of people who have starved to death during the siege of Luocheng is not enough?" Is it because I don't want to believe that there are really people in this world who are willing to sacrifice thousands of bones for the sake of success?

Xie Rang sighed, it was because Zhao Shen was different from his father, or it was just because he was still young.He still doesn't understand, in this chaotic world,

Morality is really the least valuable thing.

At this moment, Li Shoude muttered to himself, "We can't wait for that day to come. So the only thing we can do now is to ask for foreign aid no matter what."

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the map on the ground: "Actually, there is no need to send troops from Yecheng. There are defenders in Xudu and Yangcheng around here. If they can come to reinforce and form a pincer attack with us, the siege will be fine." Solved. It's just...just how to ask for this rescue..."

Zhao Shen stared at the map for a long time, then suddenly said, "I'll go there myself."

Several people were shocked when they heard this, and said one after another: "No matter how anxious the general is, he can't take such impulsive risks."

Zhao Shen waved his hand to stop them and said: "The current situation, if I don't personally take care of this matter, who will buy it outside, if I don't go, who will you?"

Li Shoude on the other side said proudly: "The general is slapping us in the face by saying that. If he is not good at keeping morals, he is willing to drive away. As long as things are done, it is not a pity to die. But if the general goes wrong, we are here There is absolutely no hope for those in the city.”

Seeing his serious and passionate expression, Zhao Shen was also grateful in his heart, and said: "Don't try to persuade me first, I'm not trying to be quick with my tongue at this moment. It's a big matter, so of course we have to plan and think carefully."

Seeing that he was resolute, they couldn't persuade him anymore, so they first discussed the details of the cities around Luocheng with garrison troops, how to go about the roads, drawing out them, and so on.

Zhao Shen took Zhou Qian to the cavalry camp.Along the way, I saw soldiers practicing long halberds, and some recruits were practicing getting on and off their horses, so they went straight into the stables and asked, "Where is Qing Zhui?"

When the horsemen saw that the Lord was coming, they led their horses forward wisely.When Zhao Jing was alive, he often bought good horses from Hu merchants, and he was also an expert in horse hunting.This green chai was pale and variegated, it was not very eye-catching at first, but Zhao Jing saw at a glance that it was a famous species from the Great Qin Dynasty, so he bought it for Zhao Shen.It was Zhao Shenchu ​​who rode in the battle against Woye Town. It was really an ashigaru movie, a BMW with a genius and a priceless price.

Zhao Shen stepped forward to stroke the reins, and put his hand into the horse's mane, the horse knew it was the owner and turned its neck to rub against him, Zhao Shen could feel the warm breath of the steed on his hands, and suddenly felt relieved.After being intimate for a while, Fang said to the horseman: "In the past two days, feed it some bean cakes and millet, and take good care of it."

Before the words were finished, someone laughed and said: "The general is going to fight?"

Zhao Shen saw that the person who came was Yuan Gui, a cavalry general.This Yuan Gui was born with leopard eyes and beard, majestic and majestic, he is a brave general.Speaking of his Yuan surname, he also has a lot of background.The original surname of the royal family in the former dynasty was Tuoba, which was a Xianbei surname. Because Emperor Wen admired the culture of the Central Plains after moving his capital from Pingcheng to Luocheng, he changed Tuoba to the Sinicized Yuan surname.Therefore, the Yuan clan in Luo City are actually all clans from the previous dynasty who moved the capital with Emperor Wen.

Yuan Gui has been under the command of the Zhao family in Luocheng since his ancestors, and the two families are considered family friends in private.Yuan Gui is honest and honest, not scheming, when Zhao Shen heard him ask this question, he didn't comment, he just smiled and said: "Le Tai, you will learn to pinch and count at any time."

Yuan Gui let out a "ha" and said, "How can I figure it out? I just saw that the general wanted to feed the horses, so I guessed that the general was going to fight."

Zhao Shendao: "If I go to battle, you are willing to go with me."

Yuan Gui laughed loudly and said, "The general holds a bow and I hold a spear. What's the point of having thousands of troops in front of you?"

What he said came from the bottom of his heart, he didn't show any pretentious arrogance, he just had a sense of righteousness, Zhao Shen couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness, nodded and smiled, "Well said, happy battlefield, that's it! "

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