Jiang Qing

Five days later, Ren and Yu Shunjiang fought against Mei Shao.

Hundreds of huge ships lined up one after another, and went down the river, colliding with Meishao's water army. Meishao fought with small boats from the state capital, surrounded by five ships, and scattered to attack.

The five ships have their own duties, the second is the fire ship, one tail and one head. After the giant ship is forced to stop, it is loaded with fire oil and burned. With the cover of smoke, the soldiers use arrows to attack its weak points according to the diagram of the bow and crossbow in Sun Zhe's letter. Take the vital point first, cut off the long-distance worries of Ren and Yu, break up the trapped boat in a corner, and cannot take care of each other, and then cast a heavy anchor on the huge ship, and the soldiers board the ship to fight, turning the long-distance attack into a melee battle, changing the water battle into a deck kill, blood flow smoothly On the river, the broken boat reflects the sun, and it will not stop until evening.

The corpses fell into the water and floated on both sides of the bank. Under the night, it was like widening the bank. Looking at the water, it is difficult to distinguish the color of the water from the land. Ren Heyu's hundred boats came, ten boats returned, and returned to the road, no longer able to fight by water.Mei Shaotong suffered heavy losses, the ships were damaged and could no longer be used, and one-third of the soldiers were killed or injured, so Ming Jin returned to the camp for repairs.

Since then, in World War II in Nanyang, both sides were injured on the east bank of the Shunjiang River, and each retreated ten miles.

During the thirty days, Mei Shao led the army outside the city, and fought with Ren and Yu no less than ten times. The two fought against each other, each had its own losses, and the offensive and defensive forces were similar.

One day, the two armies confronted each other, each defending its formation, and the commander faced him first.

The two horses, one black and one white, were about a dozen meters apart. Mei Shao, Ren and Yu were both armored and unarmed. Before the confrontation, a hundred meters behind them, their respective troops stood in formation, with their flags flying.

Ren Heyu held the reins, and the horse under his crotch sneezed, breaking the long calm.

"The last time we bid farewell, I didn't expect to see General Mei again in such a scene."

"I didn't expect it to be me. Master Hou has been rebellious for a long time. How could he not have imagined such a day? What Master Hou could not have imagined was that you had raised your army for two months and failed to take half a step out of the Nanyang fiefdom." Mei Shao lowered her eyes, looked at him contemptuously.

Ren Heyu laughed lowly as if he had heard some joke, and said after a long time: "I originally thought that Zhao Zhen had some trust in letting General Mei lead the army. Why, at this time, General Mei is still I don't know, where is Zhao Zhen really afraid that I will capture it, and where is the place the general really wants to defend?"

Mei Shao looked at him coldly and didn't speak.

"Xie Huaide would not have passed this news to Mr. Mei, right?" Ren Heyu looked Mei Shao up and down, with a little appreciation in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up.

"Is Master Bai safe and well?" Ren Heyu stared at Mei Shao's expression and watched his reaction.

Mei Shao's eyes darkened for a moment, and she asked, "Master Hou, if you have something to say, you might as well just say it."

The people Mei Shao sent to Pingdu couldn't even enter the gate of the Bai Mansion. This was obviously ordered by Bai Bingchen in advance. He didn't know anything about Bai Bingchen's recent situation, and he was already uneasy. If it wasn't for the recent tense war, he couldn't leave , I went back a long time ago to see what Bai Bingchen was doing, but he didn't even hide it from him.Now Ren Heyu asked this question, obviously knowing some inside information, he couldn't help but frowned, feeling an ominous premonition.

"You really don't know?" Seeing his situation, Ren Heyu sneered twice, "The Jinxi Army is far smaller than ours, but you have been able to match me in recent battles. Do you know why? Because I Putting half of the troops in Wudu, as long as I have been in a stalemate with you, Wudu has been trapped by me for as long as possible, and your Lord Bai is currently in Wudu city."

Mei Shao turned her head abruptly, stared at Ren Heyu for a while, and then said: "Do you think I will believe it!"

The regulation of the Jinxi Army is not as good as that of the Nanyang Army. Mei Shao is well aware of this, but the two armies have different strategies for attacking and defending, and the number of soldiers cannot be the only criterion. Shao could feel that Ren Heyu did have some reservations.

Mei Shao had heard about Wudu from Zhao Zhen and Bai Bingchen before Ling Che rushed to help Shencheng, and knew that it was a place where Zhao Zhen privately raised an army in the East China Sea, so it was very hidden.If Bai Bingchen sneaked into Wudu to take care of Zhao Zhen on the grounds of demotion, it would also be in line with his style.

It's just that he went there alone, and he deliberately prevented himself from knowing...

Mei Shao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she was still tense in front of Ren Heyu, and she didn't show anything.

"Wu Du at this time is just like Shencheng back then. Is General Mei really relieved to let Mr. Bai guard that lonely city?" Ren Heyu asked.

Mei Shao's mind was a little confused, but he still listened to the direction of Ren Heyu's words. He seemed to know his relationship with Bai Bingchen, and kept talking about Bai Bingchen's current situation in front of him.

"Master Bai has his own reasons for doing things. As a subject, you only need to obey His Majesty's will." Mei Shao put aside her relationship with Bai Bingchen in a nonchalant manner, but her heart was agitated, and she wished to fly to Shencheng immediately. It's better to question the person who doesn't take himself seriously.

"I thought the two lords were very affectionate. Are you just colleagues?" Ren Heyu smiled at the corners of his eyes, adding fuel and jealousy: "If you are really just colleagues, then it's nothing. First of all, I spent all my heart and soul to send His Majesty to the throne, and I also suffered a lot of pain for him, and now I am willing to guard Shencheng..."

Ren Heyu snorted, and said with a light smile: "If I didn't feel that Mrs. Mei was close to him, I would think that he and His Majesty have a strong affection."

"Ren Heyu!" Mei Shao yelled, with veins popping out of her forehead, "If you invited me to the front of the battle today, just to talk about these children's love, then you don't need to say any more."

"Mei Shao, why are you pretending to be a loyal minister and good general in front of me?" Ren Heyu's eyes suddenly became dark, and he lowered his voice: "Ask your heart, do you really obey Zhao Zhen? You Dare to say that when you came back from Hancheng, you didn’t want to overthrow the Zhao family? If it weren’t for Bai Bingchen, you would have turned it back! What’s the difference between you and me?”

Mei Shao pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

Ren Heyu looked at him more and more satisfied, as if he was looking at a piece of beautiful jade that suits his own wishes. There was some madness in his words, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You and I are all the same way. Why did you take that step back? Why didn't you Dare to fight with Zhao Zhen, why did you not contact the old department when you went to Yanzhou, why did you willingly become a chess piece for Zhao Zhen to reorganize his military power? Because you dare not, you dare not stand on the opposite side of Zhao Zhen, because you are afraid It is His Majesty that Bai Bingchen chose between you and him, not you."

As if being poked into his mind, Mei Shao raised his eyes and glared at Ren Heyu, his breathing became short of breath, but he was powerless to refute.

"Didn't he make a choice this time? He guarded Wudu for Zhao Zhen and didn't tell you anything. There were many times before when he didn't tell you anything, but Zhao Zhen knew everything." Ren Heyu was like a devil peeping into the most insidious place of people's hearts, confiding in the most seductive words, "Even if you stand on Zhao Zhen's side, what will you get in the end? You want to be with Bai Bingchen, and you want to be with Bai Bingchen?" People monopolize him, and you want your relationship to be made public, but Zhao Zhen can't give you these, he won't allow his capable ministers to have the taint of Long Yang's goodness, you and Bai Bingchen can only be colleagues in front of you. Say Maybe in the future, in order to win over the courtiers, Zhao Zhen will point out a marriage between you and Bai Bingchen. You will naturally refuse, but what about Bai Bingchen? When Zhao Zhen proposes this method to stabilize the court, will he refuse Zhao Zhen? Didn’t he agree to marry the Cao family last year? In the end, Bai Bingchen’s nominal wife will have someone else, she will follow him into the mausoleum, follow him to the family tree, and follow him to leave history books, and you, but It's just a courtier of the same dynasty as Bai Bingchen, and that's all."

After Ren Heyu asked questions one after another, Mei Shao's eyes had gradually turned red. He held on to the reins tightly, and his voice became hoarse after enduring it for so long.

"My heart for Madam is no less than General Mei's for Lord Bai." Ren Heyu's eyes changed slightly, and he said bitterly: "Of course I know how rewarding it is when I look at it from a distance but can't get it." Excruciating."

Mei Shao took a deep look at him, saw the paranoia and madness in his eyes, grinned, and pointed out: "Perhaps what Hou Ye said is right, we may really be the same way."

"As a man, you either never have it, or you want everything, whether it's in name or in substance. If someone obstructs you, you just need to get rid of the person who obstructs it. Intermarriage between men and women is just a rule of ethics. If the Zhao family can do it, why can't my Ren family do it! As long as Mr. Mei can submit to me, wouldn't it be more realistic to change this morality with my own hands than to wait in vain?"

"What Zhao Zhen can't give me, can you give it? Heh, when Lord Hou becomes the leader, he has a lot of ambitions, and it's too late to appease the living people. How can he remember this small promise?"

Ren Heyu laughed when he heard the words, and said, "How did General Mei know that today's people are content with the constraints of ethics? They have just been suppressed and restrained for too long, and they have even forgotten the most primitive desires. It should be the law of the jungle. It is the king's rule that has imposed a shackle on the people. As long as you are strong enough, you can pick up what you want and like. Even if what you want is not human, who can stop it? Who dares to stop it!"

Ren Heyu looked at Mei Shao's increasingly loose eyes, and said with a chuckle, "Master Mei must have seen the scar on Fei Yongchang's face."

Mei Shao recalled Fei Yongchang's appearance and the same scar he carved on Lin Hu's face in Weihu Mountain, and vaguely felt that there was some connection between them.

"He was just an ordinary bodyguard, once he passed Weihu Mountain and had a conflict with Lin Hu, hurting Lin Hu's brother, Lin Hu took his sister to the mountain, and after a few days of marriage, His younger sister went crazy. Except for his elder brother, no man was allowed to approach her. Later, I took him in and cured his sister of her madness. But his younger sister couldn't get married anymore, so Fei Yongchang married her."

Mei Shao looked at him in shock, but Ren Heyu acted as if what he said was so ordinary, he smiled and added, "They are brothers and sisters."

The shock in Mei Shao's heart can no longer be expressed in words, he thought that after Ren Heyu's real identity, he was enough to shock the world, but his subordinates were even more frenzied.

"So, General Mei, what is the matter between you and Lord Bai? What Zhao Zhen can't give you, I can give. In his country, the relationship between you and Lord Bai is different, but in my Nanyang, You are a good couple." Ren Heyu stared into Mei Shao's eyes, pretending to be unintentional, and said, "Besides, General Mei doesn't want to see, will Bai Bingchen choose you or Zhao Zhen?"

"As long as you submit to me and go to Wudu together, you will know."

The author says:

Marquis of Nanyang, the master of emotion