I am fish

After the baptism of the battle between Meng and Liang, Zhen Wenjun and A Xin had already turned from a grudge to a sympathy for each other, but after a dispute, the two returned to the state of dislike each other, even if they met occasionally, they would not talk to each other .

After the Chongjin remnants rested in Ping County for 30 days, the leader Harz led an army of [-] and abundant food and grass to attack Mengliang again.

The Chongjin people had besieged Mengliang for more than a month, and Xie County was only a hundred miles away from Mengliang. Every day, there were eight or ten battle reports, but there was not a single victory report.

Ah Xin and Zhen Wenjun led their troops to defend the city desperately, and defended it for a month without letting the Jin people invade the city.The Jin people fought hard, and the soldiers and civilians of Mengliang defended even harder, but no one dared to take a step back.

When the news of the battle spread to Jiezhi County, Li Ju felt hesitant after a few days of happiness.The internal officer was quite proud of his foresight, and often nagged in front of Li Ju—look, luckily he didn't return to Mengliang, otherwise he would be trapped in Mengliang City now.

Li Ju also knew that the Chongjin people didn't have much food and grass left. As long as Meng Liang didn't lose it, they wouldn't last long before they had to retreat.There are still three counties on the northern line to rest after rushing to Jin, and Da Yu can't give Chongjin enough rest time, otherwise, when they gather food and grass to besiege the city again, Mengliang will definitely be ten times more difficult to defend than today.

Li Ju ordered that he would only eat one meal a day from now on, and the Huangmen who served him and the guards who guarded him would also save money every day, saving the remaining rations and sending them to the front to support the war.He also issued an edict to ask Xie County and the surrounding counties to donate as much food as possible to the soldiers on the front line of Mengliang, and the court will reward them after the enemy is defeated.

The available grain in Xie County had been sent to Mengliang half a month ago. The people in the city were dizzy with hunger, and even though Li Ju put down his words, they couldn't squeeze out another ten carts of grain.The internal officials came together and scraped off all the bark in the surrounding area for several miles, and only then did they gather twenty carts of rough noodles ground from bark.Xia Jing took the Huben soldiers and sent them to Mengliang to express the emperor's will.

When Li Ju was restless on the front line and could only do things in a hurry, he suddenly received a secret letter from Runing, saying that Concubine Hui was born, adding a prince to Da Yu.

Li Ju looked at it for a long time to make sure he was right, Prince!It's a son!God bless me!

At the end of the letter, Li Ju read another message.Feng Yiyi, who was locked in the cold palace, also gave birth to a freak, an ugly freak with a hare lip!

Li Ju's "freak" twitched in his heart, and after the heartache, he was extremely thankful that his decision was so correct at the beginning.If she hadn't promptly and decisively abolished her status as a queen, how should a freak come into the world and become the crown prince, it would definitely be the subject of Li Yanyi's attack on him for being stupid!

Li Ju immediately issued an imperial edict, ennobling Concubine Hui as the empress, and her son as Prince Da Yu. When he returns to Runing, a grand ceremony will be held!

As soon as the edict was issued, Li Ju asked the internal officials to pack up, and he wanted to return to Runing immediately!

The news of Li Ju's return soon reached Ah Xin's ears. Ah Xin, who had been guarding for many days, couldn't care less, let Guo Xiao guard the city, and immediately rushed to Xie County, where he stopped Li Ju's carriage at the gate of the city. .

"Presumptuous! How dare you obstruct the emperor's guard of honor! Do you know what the crime should be?!" The inner officer stood on the carriage and scolded her.

Ah Xin knelt on the ground without the slightest fear, and said loudly: "Your Majesty must not leave the northern line at this time! Once Your Majesty leaves, no matter what the reason is, the army's morale will be broken immediately, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the onslaught of Jin! Once Meng Liang loses you again Ning will be in a hurry! I hope His Majesty will put the overall situation first!"

Li Ju heard what Ah Xin said.

The fact that Feng Tuyi was injured by Li Yanyi and gave birth to a stillborn baby that day still makes Li Ju terrified when he thinks about it now. The thought of the prince he finally got is now under Li Yanyi's nose, which makes Li Ju feel anxious and confused. I want to hurry back to Runing.Mrs. Xie's words made him instantly alert. If Meng Liang was broken, the iron hooves of Chong Jin would go all the way into the Forbidden Garden. What are you talking about about the prince and prince, the future of Da Yu?

The internal officer was still scolding Ah Xin, and Li Ju, who was sitting in the carriage, came out and lamented: "Mr. Only the widows have the courage to go to battle to kill the enemy, so that they can strictly guard against Meng Liang. The widows can't just go back to see the widow's queen and prince and leave them alone."

"But Your Majesty, Ru Ning also needs you!" The internal officer had already had enough of the northern line, and when he heard that Li Ju was planning to return to Beijing, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night.In the end, he was about to leave, but there was an unsightly person who came to make trouble, how could he agree!The internal officials kept persuading Li Ju, and Li Ju was annoyed by the words, so he waved his hand and said:

"Don't say any more! Go back! I want to stabilize the morale of the army here!"

The carriage turned around and turned back, the internal officer was so angry that he stared at Ah Xin coldly.Ah Xin didn't care about him, and ordered her cronies to stay in Xie County secretly, and never let the emperor leave without her order.

No matter where the internal officials go, someone will watch them, and wherever they go, these burly men will stay close to each other.The county government office was surrounded by groups, and the internal officials couldn't even step out the door of the county government office.

"What do you mean you!" The internal officer was anxious, pointing at them and said, "Do you know who I am? And who is living in the house?"

"I know." Ah Xin's personal soldier said, "It is precisely because we know that we are guarding here day and night. Miss Ah Xin specifically told us to protect the safety of the emperor, we must stay close at every step. It is too dangerous outside the city, if we go out of the city..."

Before he could finish speaking, the internal officer stepped forward and slapped the soldier on the face, as if hitting a piece of hard wood, making his palm numb.The soldier didn't move, and after a short pause, he continued:

"If you go out of the city, you will be dealt with by military law."

"Military law?! How dare you speak military law to the emperor?!" The internal official pointed to the zenith and questioned, "You not only imprisoned the emperor, but also punished him by military law?!"

Five finger prints were clearly visible on the soldier's cheek, and he folded his palms together in front of him: "Naturally, I dare not talk about military law to the emperor. But to others..." He suddenly raised his eyes, which had been looking at the ground, Rising slowly from the overlapping palms, like a tiger about to prey, staring at the inner officer.

The internal officer was stared at so hard that his heart pounded.

"Big, bold!" Sensing the danger, the internal officer said nothing and returned to the county office.The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and the more I thought about it, the more wronged I became, so I ran back to complain to Li Ju.

Li Ju stayed up all night reading the military classics, and felt that many strategies were available, but after turning a few pages, he would find the solution from another allusion, which was unreliable.

They are all deceitful books!

Li Ju swept all the books on the ground angrily. When he was feeling uncontrollable, the internal officials ran in to complain, crying and making noise at Li Ju.

Li Ju didn't say a word and let him play tricks. After a while, the internal officials found that Li Ju looked at him exactly the same way that Xie's cronies looked at him just now.As if he had been stung, he quickly left Li Ju's side and backed out.

After Li Ju stayed alone in the room for a while, he picked up the books all over the floor, continued to read, and tried his best to read.

The offensive and defensive battle of Mengliang was fought very hard by both sides, but Ah Xin gritted his teeth regardless of the pain all over his body, and the city gate was never broken.

Seeing that Meng Liang was hard to get, Hartz received the news that Emperor Da Yu was holding the battle in Jie County. Hartz finally understood why these Da Yu people were so tenacious.

Hartz continued to attack Mengliang to attract the attention of Mengliang's main force, and at the same time divided 5 people to wading around Mengliang at night and quietly went to Xie County, hoping to capture Li Ju alive.

As long as the Son of Heaven is in his hands, not to mention Meng Liang, the whole Da Yu is under his control.

Although Xie County was also fortified and there were soldiers from Huben Army and Ah Xin here, a total of [-] soldiers were stationed in the city to protect Li Ju's safety.But after all, it was only a small village, and the city wall surrounded by earthen walls could not resist the army that raided at night.

It took only two hours for [-] soldiers to rush to Jin and the gate of Xie County was crumbling. After receiving the urgent battle report from Xie County, Ah Xin immediately led the troops to Xie County. Before leaving, he handed over the command of the army to Guo Xiao and Zhen Wenjun.

"Haltz will definitely take the opportunity to attack Meng Liang in one fell swoop, and you must not underestimate the enemy! Meng Liang must never be captured again!"

Guo Xiao knelt down and said loudly: "If you are in the city, you will be there! Girl, don't worry, save me!"

When Ah Xin helped him up, he glanced at Zhen Wenjun, and Zhen Wenjun finally spoke to her:

"Just go, I'm here."

Ah Xin led the troops and left. Unexpectedly, the Chongjin people, who had always been going straight, also learned to set up an ambush. The troops led by Ah Xin encountered snipers on the road and fell into a hard fight. It was difficult for them to reach Xie County for a while.Before Zhen Wenjun received the battle report, he and Zuo Kunda led three thousand Qingqi from behind to outflank and kill the Chongjin ambush soldiers. He was caught off guard, and A Xin flanked back and forth to wipe out all the ambush soldiers.

This time Zhen Wenjun expected something that Ah Xin hadn't expected. Ah Xin recalled that Zhen Wenjun not only anticipated the strategy of rushing to the Jin Dynasty in advance, but also used her as a bait to wipe out the enemy.

She found that although Zhen Wenjun's ideas were extreme, he was very calm at a young age, and he was able to penetrate the fighters and attack decisively at critical moments, just like a little strategist.But Zuo Kunda was a good spy on the military situation, and he was able to rush into the Jin camp three times and go out without being discovered.Both of them will have great achievements in the future.

Ah Xin was slowed down, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. After losing more than half of his own soldiers, he managed to get to Jiexian County. He saw that the county was already full of dead bodies.Li Ju tried to break out of the siege several times under the protection of the internal officials and the Huben army, but failed to find the opportunity and retreated.

Seeing that the Jin army was about to crush Xiaoxiaojie County into scum, Ah Xin's personal soldiers finally arrived. After entering the city desperately, he and Huben Lang Xia Jing made a plan to attack the west. The personal soldiers were responsible for attracting the attention of the enemy. Xia Jing took the opportunity to lead The emperor left Jiexian County.

Out of the two thousand Huben troops, there were only a dozen or so left, and they managed to get Li Ju out of the city.Xia Jing's back was full of arrows, and her horse was also shot to death, so she had to protect Li Ju, abandon the car and run away on the wild road.

In the process of rushing out of the city, Li Ju witnessed the tragic death of countless people with their heads in different places on the road, and the good city was destroyed like ruins.

His people and his country were trampled by foreigners, but he abandoned the city and fled.

The ambition before the personal expedition was still in his chest, but what did he do after he came to the front line?In addition to running away or running away.

I still remember that my mother told him that Emperor Wu had the power to kill thousands of miles. He was the emperor Li Ju admired and yearned for the most since he was a child.He wanted to fight the enemy himself like Emperor Wu, drive the Hu thieves out of the country, and let his people live and work in peace.

But now?How many people died to protect his safety?

Being an emperor is not for people to protect, he is the one who wants to guard Da Yu!

"go back."

Li Ju stopped suddenly and said these two words, causing the disgraced soldiers to look at him in astonishment, thinking they had heard it wrong.

"Go back. I can't leave." Li Ju pointed to the city of Xie County, where the war was raging. "I want to stay and protect my people! Go back!"

Ah Xin's eyes were red, the whole long sword was dyed red, and her long hair was messed up by the cold wind. She almost couldn't stand up, but she saw a group of people running in from the back door, thinking it was a rushing Jin army. , Raising the sword is about to kill.

"It's Your Majesty!" Xia Jing said hastily, her face blackened into carbon.

Ah Xin, who was already in a daze, took a look and saw that it was really Li Ju.

"You... why are you back again!" Ah Xin never expected him to do this.

Li Ju stepped forward and snatched Ah Xin's sword, raised his dragon robe, staggered up the city gate, stood on the highest point and shouted:

"Soldiers! I am here! Xie County cannot be lost, Meng Liang cannot be lost, and Dayu will not be defeated! Show your courage and let me kill you! Let me kill the thief!"

The emperor, who had been only hearing his voice but not seeing his people, suddenly appeared, and the remaining 2000 people became very popular.They finally knew why they were fighting and whom they were fighting for, and with their last strength, they formed a solid front and swept the Jin soldiers out of the city wall again.

The Jin army tried to rush in several times but failed.

Looking at the heroic Da Yu generals, Li Ju laughed heartily.

This is the country of the widow, this is the city of the widow, as long as the widow is still there, no one will be allowed to trample on the land of the widow!

"Kill—" Li Jujian pointed at the sky, before he could finish the ending of the word "kill", a cold arrow hit him in the abdomen.

Li Ju's face changed, and he swayed back a few steps.The internal officials and soldiers of the Huben army under the city wall were terrified. Seeing that he was about to fall, they immediately formed a network of people to catch him with their bodies.

No matter how broken the earth wall was, it would still be several feet high. He would definitely die if he fell like this, and several people would die.

Just at the very moment, Li Ju's leaning body stopped suddenly.

Someone grabbed him.

Looking up from under the city wall, no one can see who is holding the emperor, but this is not important, the important thing is that the emperor saved his life!

Just when everyone was overjoyed, the man suddenly let go of his hand.

With a cry of exclamation, Li Ju rolled over and fell right on top of the head of the eunuch.The internal officer yelled and wanted to dodge, but someone pushed him forward and put him under Li Ju.

"Your Majesty!" The crowd rushed forward, hurriedly lifted Li away, and covered him to retreat in the direction of the county government.The internal official was crushed to death on the spot, and his body was left unattended.

Ah Xin rushed up to the city wall, but there was no one there.

Another wave of attacks from the Jin army began. Countless brave soldiers built a human wall and climbed onto the city wall. Ah Xin picked up Li Ju's dropped sword and chopped them off one by one.

As soon as one end was cut off and the other rose again, just when Ah Xin was about to be unable to resist, there was a loud shout of killing from the city, and a chaotic dust head stretched from a distance to under the city wall of Jie County.Ah Xin looked down, there were at least [-] soldiers and horses coming to kill the generals, Ah Xin wondered, who are these troops?

The infantry in heavy armor was at the forefront, and the spear in the knight's hand behind him stabbed the rushing man in the head. There is a gap.

The mysterious troops took the opportunity to rush into the Jin army horses, break them up, and defeat them one by one.

Ah Xin saw a very eye-catching black horse heading straight in the melee. The knight on the horse was wearing a chain mail and a bird robe, with a shiny silver crown on his head.The pheasant at the back of his head follows his dashing left and right, and the ghostly face on the horse's bridle makes people feel terrified, like a devil who can take souls.

The blood spattered on his face from a round of beheading, he didn't even wipe it off, and when he looked up at the city wall, Ah Xin finally saw his face clearly.

He is Wei Lun's son, Wei Jing'an, and Wei Tingxu's second elder brother.

Wei Jingan drew a circle in the air with the spear in his hand, Ah Xin could almost hear the whistling wind.

"Chop off the head of a horse thief, and the young master rewards you with 100 taels of gold! There is no limit to the top! Kill or not?!" Wei Jingan reined in his horse and raised his head to the sky, and the private soldiers of the Wei family behind him shouted three times in unison, "Kill!" ", the sound of killing was so loud that even the remnant soldiers in the city were excited, surrounded and killed until the early morning of the second day, and finally wiped out all the raiding Jin troops.

This battle was fought extremely hard. If Li Ju hadn't suddenly turned back and stood on the city wall to support the delay, and then Wei Jing'an led the rescue in time, Xie County might have fallen already.

Xie County had been rescued, and Hartz's army at the other end of Mengliang took advantage of the situation to enter the army.Ah Xin asked her cronies to count the remnants and kill them immediately, but she couldn't go back immediately.

Ah Xin went to ask about Li Ju's situation. Xia Jing said that he was hit by an arrow and fell again, and fell into a deep coma. His situation is not optimistic.

That's why she wants to stay.

Although Meng Liang's situation is very dangerous, if she leaves, Li Ju will be handed over directly to the Wei family.It's not that Li Ju can't die. He must have explained everything when he left Runing and went to the front line. If something happens to him, who will inherit the throne.However, once the emperor star falls, the entire Da Yu will be shaken up and down, and the competition between various forces will become fierce, making the already anxious battle even more difficult to fight.If you want to keep Dayu, you have to keep Li Ju at this moment, no matter if he has one breath or half breath, as long as he can survive this battle alive, until he temporarily beats Chongjin back.

Ah Xin didn't go back to Mengliang, she didn't expect Wei Jingan to lead his troops to kill her.

That's right, why the Wei Family Army came to support them can be imagined with their knees.The Wei family army appeared early or late to take advantage of the depletion of the strength of both sides, because they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman.If they repel Chongjin in the northern border, they will win the hearts of the people for Li Yanyi.At that time, no one mentioned about Li Ju's defense of the city. When it comes to the emperor, everyone thinks of the embarrassing incident of being shot down by the enemy's arrow at the top of the city. He is still a useless emperor.As soon as Li Yanyi sent troops, he pushed Chongjin back, and it was obvious who the people would accept.

But Ah Xin has no other choice, as long as Meng Liang can be kept, Da Yu's throat can be kept, and Chong Jin can't be killed in Runing, the people of Da Yu can suffer less.

Wei Jingan left, but the other person stayed in Jiexian County.

"Be safe, Xin." Wei Tingxu sat on the four-wheeler, Lingbi and Xiao Hua stood behind her, and appeared behind Ah Xin without warning.

Ah Xin was covered in blood, and Wei Tingxu appeared just as he was going to see Li Ju's injury.

She actually met Wei Tingxu when she was hit by Furong San, but Ah Xin didn't remember, in her memory Wei Tingxu was still fifteen or sixteen years old.Now four or five years have passed, and the 20-year-old Wei Tingxu has shed the treacherous and sinister aura of the past, and put on a soft smile.The fragile skin is still there, but the lingering uneasiness in people's hearts is even worse.

Ah Xin didn't want to talk to her, it was not easy for her to stay awake and stand here.Getting entangled with Wei Tingxu is a very brain-consuming thing. She has no energy or physical strength, and she is about to leave after moving.

"His Royal Highness has a few things for me to tell Ah Xin." Wei Tingxu's words made Ah Xin hesitate a bit.Ah Xin took a step back and continued to leave without stopping.

Wei Tingxu didn't stop her.

What Wei Tingxu wanted was not that she really stayed and listened to something. In fact, Li Yanyi didn't have anything to tell her. Wei Tingxu just wanted to use the three words "Li Yanyi" to get the answer she wanted.

"She won't talk to you."

Before leaving Runing, Li Yanyi talked to Wei Tingxu, "It's too late for her to hate you, and she won't listen to what you say... well, in fact, she also hates me. It doesn't matter, she guards Zilian in Beijiang for support, and You and Sister Wenjun are guarding together, Mengliang is fine. I also want to go to northern Xinjiang to kill a few Hu thieves for fun, but I can't leave Runing. Once I leave Xie Fuchen, this old thief will take the opportunity to fight back, and your Wei family will It's his first target. I can't leave the Forbidden Garden just for a moment like Li Ju. Zi Zhuo, you know this is our best chance."

From Li Yanyi's hot eyes, Wei Tingxu understood her thoughts.

This is a dream opportunity. If Li Ju is allowed to return to Runing alive, they will be a group of stupid and blunt people.

Originally their plan was to let Zhen Wenjun mix in the private soldiers to assassinate Li Ju, but after several months, it can be seen from the letter Zhen Wenjun sent back that she had no chance.It happened that Wei Jingan was going to lead his troops northward, so Wei Tingxu wanted to go with the army.

Wei Tingxu was concerned about Zhen Wenjun's safety, Li Yanyi knew it well, but once Wei Tingxu left, Li Ju's death date was set.

"Zi Zhuo, you are weak, and the battlefield is chaotic and the sword has no eyes. Remember to put your own safety first." Li Yanyi assigned hundreds of doctors to let her carry it with her. On the surface, she wanted to take care of her along the way, but Li Yanyi How could Wei Tingxu not understand his thoughts?Even if she needs to take care of herself, she won't need hundreds of doctors. Li Yanyi's move is to ask her to share some doctors with Ah Xin.In this case, she borrowed flowers to present Buddha, and sent all the doctors to Ah Xin for a physical examination.

Seeing that a group of doctors came suddenly, Ah Xin arrived at the right time, and all the doctors on the front line happened to be dead, so she assigned them to the soldiers for treatment.

Li Ju had only one breath left, and several old imperial doctors used all the precious medicinal materials they brought, and pulled him back from the gate of hell.

Ah Xin breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Zhen Wenjun standing at the door and peeking inside.

"Above the city wall, you are the one who held the emperor and then let him go." Ah Xin and Zhen Wenjun stood in the corner of the county government garden and asked her straightforwardly.

Zhen Wenjun smiled: "So what if you are, so what if you are not? Why should I answer your question?"

"You really don't need to answer my question, you just need to think about it, if you really think he deserves to die, why did you hold him back?" Ah Xin said, "You understand what it means for him to die here."

A trace of hesitation flashed across Zhen Wenjun's eyes, and Ah Xin left without saying any more.