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The pouring rain was still pouring, and it was already late at night, Xie Qiao and Li Mingbei were still in the study dealing with various news from Bingzhou and Jizhou.Yan Ying looked worried, but kept silent, just kept putting hot tea and filling cakes by their hands.Seeing that the candle light was unstable, I went to add some lamp oil.

Bingzhou was flooded, and the disaster was serious. Seventy-eight out of ten of the troops accumulated by King An over the past ten years were flooded by the Yellow River. His lifelong ambition was completely destroyed by a natural disaster.However, the flooded river flooded not only King An's ambition, but also countless innocent people.They are the people of Dasheng, so naturally Dasheng can't sit idly by.

After reading another piece of news, Xie Qiao frowned, and looked at Li Mingbei: "Time is tight, we have to transfer people to Bingzhou." In the past few days, the best news is that the section of the Yellow River in Yanzhou is safe and sound , Just in case, Gu Wang and the people from the Yanzhou government guarded the dam day and night to strengthen the dam to prevent changes.

Li Mingbei squinted his eyes and looked at him, pointing it out: "We have no one to transfer. Yanzhou has no soldiers and horses, and it will take at least [-] days for the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and Xuzhou to get here." On the [-]th, deal with King An The rebellion is enough, but if it is to deal with the flood, [-] days is too long, because, during these [-] days, people will lose their lives due to the disaster every day.

The sooner disaster relief personnel arrive, the more people can be saved.

Xie Qiao frowned fiercely, and slammed his fist on the case, shaking the candles to flicker: This time, I really couldn't think of a way: King An was going to rebel, but almost all of his troops collapsed by the Yellow River. In this way, it is natural to expect King An to rescue the people affected by the disaster under his rule; the soldiers and horses of Qingxu Erzhou came to Yanzhou to deal with King An's rebellion, and the task at this time is to rescue the disaster, but it will take twenty at the earliest. Day, the people of Bingzhou can't afford to wait...

Unless——Xie Qiao closed his eyes, unless he dispatched troops from Jizhou to Bingzhou. Jizhou is close to Bingzhou. If he marches at full speed, he can reach Bingzhou in less than five days.However, at this time, the Northern Liang army Chen Bing was outside the city of Jizhou, and the troops in Jizhou could not be transferred at all.

In fact——Xie Qiao suddenly opened his eyes, staring blankly at the flickering candlelight in front of him, and the heavy rain hit the ground in the dark night outside the window, as if it wanted to smash the sky and the earth——Actually, there is another way, that is, First, most of the troops in Jizhou were transferred to rescue the floods in Bingzhou, and the troops in Qingzhou and Xuzhou were diverted to Jizhou to fill the gap in Jizhou to deal with the army in Beiliang.

Compared with Bingzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are naturally closer to Jizhou, but no matter how close, and no matter how fast the army marches, it will take at least [-] days to reach Jizhou.In these fifteen days, the generals guarding Jizhou will use the few remaining men to face the [-] soldiers and horses in Beiliang.This is to defend Jizhou City with his life.

Xie Qiao clenched his fist tightly, with no expression on his face, but the back of his fist was bulging with veins: The guard of Jizhou City is naturally Lu Jue.

But, but, Lu Jue will die like this.No matter how powerful Lu Jue is, he is still a human being.The sword can penetrate his body, and death can take him so easily.Xie Qiao stared unblinkingly at the candlelight in front of him, with boundless whirlpools in his eyes: he would like to live in ruins, but he absolutely cannot accept Lu Jue's death.

Xie Qiao could think of this method, so could Li Mingbei. Looking at Xie Qiao's enchanted face in the candlelight, he knew that he was having a hard time, but after a few moments of silence, he pointed it out and said, "You and I can think of it." Of course, Lu Huaiyu can do it too."

Xie Qiao's eyes widened, he stood up suddenly, his eyes were red, he looked at Li Mingpei, his eyes were full of helplessness and panic, his voice was already hoarse: "He...he can't. He can't This to me..."

It was the first time Li Mingbei saw Xie Qiao's face like this, and couldn't bear to make a sound for a moment.

"Report!"

A soldier in golden armor strode into the house, knelt down in front of Xie Qiao and Li Mingbei, and said, "Young Lord, my lord, there are people outside the mansion asking to see you, claiming to be under the command of the Great General, Ling Daoyuan."

Xie Qiao's body trembled suddenly, and finally fell down on the chair. Li Mingpei glanced at him, and then at the soldiers: "Quick pass!"

Ling Daoyuan was dressed in a battle armor, with bitter dampness and cold air on his body. He strode into the house, and when he saw someone, he simply knelt down and clasped his fists vigorously, and said loudly: "Most of the troops in Jizhou are already outside Yanzhou City. The troops from Xuerzhou have been diverted to Jizhou, please hurry up and lead the troops to Bingzhou for disaster relief!"

"pat"

There was a dull sound.Li Mingbei turned to look at Xie Qiao, and saw that the candle holder on Xie Qiao's case had rolled to the ground, the lamp oil leaked to the ground, and the candle flame spread along the small puddle of lamp oil.

Xie Qiao stood up, and the boundless darkness spread into a bottomless vortex in his eyes, which was shocking.His throat moved, and he finally spit out a word: "Okay."

After saying that, he stepped forward step by step, stamping out the flames on the ground with one foot.Walking to Ling Daoyuan's side, he bent down, helped the man up with all his strength, looked straight into the man's eyes, his face was expressionless, and his voice was terribly calm: "Jizhou, how many people are left behind?"

Ling Daoyuan's eyes turned red all of a sudden, his throat moved, and he still said, "Two thousand."

After hearing this, Xie Qiao shook his body, but there was still no expression in front of him. He asked again: "What did he say?"

Ling Daoyuan took a breath and choked up loudly and said: "The general said it! Please believe him! He will definitely defend Jizhou at all costs! He will defend Jizhou until the reinforcements from Qingzhou and Xuzhou arrive! He said, he is Lu Jue! He is the big brother!" Great General Sheng! He can hold it!"

Xie Qiao looked at him with those dark eyes: "What else?"

Two lines of tears finally flowed down Ling Daoyuan's rain-covered face. He lowered his voice, looked straight at Xie Qiao, and said, "He wants me to say sorry to you on his behalf."

"Okay." Xie Qiao said.

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the door, turned around when he reached the door, and said to the two of them, "Aren't you leaving? Since the disaster relief troops and food have arrived, we naturally have to hurry up and get to Bingzhou." After finishing speaking, he strode into the heavy rain that seemed to smash the sky and the earth.

Li Mingbei and Ling Daoyuan hurriedly followed.

……

Xie Qiao and Li Mingbei rushed to Bingzhou overnight with the troops and food brought by Ling Daoyuan.Bingzhou is adjacent to Yanzhou, so they hurried all night and arrived in the afternoon of the second day.

The heavy rain was still falling, and the long river was full of mud and sand, like a wild beast that had been released from the pen, gushing out of the river with earth-shattering anger, flooding the farmland, houses, and countless lives on both sides of the long river.

King An's tent on the shore was mostly submerged at this time. When Xie Qiao arrived, he was reprimanding the weak soldiers in the tent due to the flood.

"You must stand up!" He was in a mess, his eyes were bloodshot, and he grabbed a soldier by the collar, hysterically: "This king orders you to stand up! You must follow this king and drive straight into Jinling! Be the emperor! I want to take back my Dasheng Yanguan six counties!"

The soldiers were extremely weak, their food and grass and countless companions were drowned in the flood. They hadn't eaten for several days. At this time, they were so weak that they trembled: "My lord...we really can't stand up."

Xie Hong punched the soldier in the face like he was going crazy: "You must stand up! Stand up for me!"

Xie Qiao narrowed his eyes and looked at the man who seemed to have gone crazy, and was about to say something when a clear and sonorous voice sounded behind him.

"Uncle Huang, you can stand up naturally when you are full, but what about them, you want them to work hard for you, have you fed them enough?"

Xie Qiao opened his eyes wide, turned around and saw that the emperor who was supposed to be in Jinling was standing in the ferocious wind and rain, his face was full of chill, and the cloak on his shoulders was rolling up and down in the wind and rain.His eyes are obviously black and blue, and his body is also stained with muddy water, but his eyes are as bright as torches, like the sun in the torrential rain.

"Join Your Majesty!"

Li Mingbei and Ling Daoyuan knelt down to salute.

"Brother..." Xie Qiao looked at him blankly, "How did you come to Bingzhou..."

When Xie Zheng saw Xie Qiao, a warm smile appeared on his face. He stepped forward, rubbed Xie Qiao's head hard, and said, "Qiao Er, you did a good job. You have worked hard." After finishing speaking, he looked at Xie Hong who had been stunned, his face was cold again, and he said loudly: "Gu is the emperor of Dasheng! My people in Dasheng are suffering, how can Gu not come!"

He looked around at the soldiers with hunger and cold on their faces and Xie Hong who was about to go crazy, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Open your eyes and see! Soldiers, this flood is devouring my people in Dasheng. They are your relatives who are connected by blood! Soldiers, at the same time that you follow him to stir up civil strife in our Dasheng, Beiliang is staring at our Dasheng border! Soldiers, you must follow him!" Xie Zheng pointed to Xie Hong: "Become my Dasheng's eternal sinner?!"

When the emperor said these words in the midst of the wind and rain, it was like a scorching sun rising.The soldiers couldn't help crying when they heard this. They couldn't help but knelt down, looked at the emperor in the middle with teary eyes, and said in unison: "But it is sent by my lord! Please, my lord, save the people of Bingzhou!" People!"

The shouts shook the sky, as if to fight against the wind and rain.

Xie Zheng looked straight at Xie Hong, with a chill in his voice: "Uncle, are you going to be my Dasheng's eternal sinner? Answer Gu!"

Xie Hong stared blankly at the sun-like emperor, he couldn't help but put down the soldier's collar, and muttered: "No... no, I am not a sinner of Dasheng, what I want to do is obviously a hero of Dasheng, I want to take back the six prefectures of Yanguan and show it to my father, I want to be my famous hero who will last forever..."

The wind and rain hit his face, his eyes were red, and his eyes were wide open. He strode forward, came to Xie Zheng, looked straight at Xie Zheng with those hysterical eyes, and said word by word: "I Yes, the hero of Dasheng!"

Xie Zheng squinted his eyes, and punched him hard in the face. Xie Hong flew out and fell into the muddy water.