Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Yuan murmured in a low voice: "I'm serious too, what should I do?"

His words dissipated into the night wind, disappeared under the candles, no one heard, and no one knew the answer.

The next morning, Xiao Shan hesitated for a long time, but still went to find Zhao Yuan and waited for him to wake up.

But to Xiao Shan's surprise, Zhao Yuan was about to leave for Xiangyang, starting today.

Xiao Shan immediately dissuaded him, hoping that Zhao Yuan would not go, because according to the news he got, Wan Yanliang might have plans to besiege Xiangyang, and the road was very dangerous. If Zhao Yuan was besieged in Xiangyang, the consequences would be unimaginable.He hoped that Zhao Yuan could stay in Xinyang for a few more days and see the situation.

Zhao Yuan pulled his horse rein, with a firm look in his eyes: "The official's house is in Xiangyang City, and he let me go. It may be dangerous, but I have to go. I have been here for a long time, and I can't stay any longer. .”

Xiao Shan looked at Zhao Yuan, it was early morning, but Zhao Yuan's eyes were bruised, obviously he did not sleep well.Although the neckline of his middle coat is tightly attached to his neck, there is nothing abnormal, but Xiao Shan knows that under the neckline is the hickey mark left by himself.

Zhao Yuan showed a smile: "At a time like this, I have to go. You don't have to give it away anymore, there is always a separation."

Even though he said so, Xiao Shan still sent him [-] miles away from Xinyang City, and he came back reluctantly.

It wasn't until after Zhao Yuan left that Xiao Shan realized that life was actually a bit difficult. He was never a person who was afraid of being lonely, but now he finally understood that when he misses someone and cannot see him, loneliness will overwhelm him. Wrap yourself tightly.

It's just that after one day, Xiao Shan felt that it was longer than a year. He was a little listless all day long, and when he finished patrolling the border as usual, he was alone in the room.

The night time was infinitely prolonged, and when it was too difficult, he wandered alone in the street.There is no curfew in Xinyang City at night, some shops are still closed, Xiao Shan wanders around aimlessly, his eyes are suddenly attracted by a peddler on the street.

The peddler had a bunch of cheap jade wares, the color was not good, but there was a very strange jade ring among those jade wares.

The jade ring was as big as Xiao Shan's palm, and the big hole in the middle was different from ordinary jade rings. The edge of the hole was slightly higher than the edge of the jade ring, slightly raised.

Xiao Shan picked up the jade ring, looked at it, and asked: "What is this?"

Seeing that it was Xiao Shan, the merchant explained enthusiastically: "This kind is called yuan, with a big hole in the middle, which means taking the roundness of the sky and the place, a ritual vessel for the emperor. Two people hold each other, which means citing each other."

Even if it is an ordinary piece of jade, when Xiao Shan holds it in his hand, he will feel a little warm in his heart.Without thinking about it, he bought this jade yuan and put it on his chest.

When he was sleeping at night, Xiao Shan felt more at ease than the day before, but the same word could calm his restless mood a lot.

However, this situation did not last long. On the fifth day after Zhao Yuan left, he received the news.Wan Yanliang actually launched an attack on Xiangyang!

Xiao Shan was eating when he heard the news, the rice bowl fell to the ground with a slap and was smashed into pieces. For the first time, he felt a sense of being lost. Without even thinking about it, he got up immediately, summoned the army, and prepared to go to rescue Xiangyang.

Zhijun Zhang Xiaoxiang stopped him in time: "General Xiao, please be safe and don't be impatient. Xiangyang City is extremely strong, with sufficient food and grass in the city, and there are veteran Liu Qi and Chen Gui who are skilled in war, it will not be a problem to resist for half a year. I will wait for it It is the best policy to be stationed locally!"

Xiao Shan's head was a little clear, but his body still couldn't react correctly, he was still wearing his battle robe and holding his iron spear.

Zhang Xiaoxiang stopped Xiao Shan's horse who was about to summon the army, stared into Xiao Shan's eyes, and said word by word: "If there is real danger, Your Majesty will tell the world's soldiers and horses to go to serve the king. Now you move without an order, and military law should be at the forefront capital punishment!"

Xiao Shan's footsteps finally came to a standstill. He ordered the troops to be on standby in time, and reinforced the city, ready to fight at any time.

As expected, Wan Yanliang also sent some troops to attack Xinyang, hoping to stop the rescue army in Xiangyang.

On the night of the third day, Xiao Shan received a secret letter from a Xiangyang City soldier at Zhang Xiaoxiang's residence.

The soldier sealed the secret envelope in the wax pills, came out of the city in the middle of the night, hid the wax pills in his hair to avoid being chased, and rushed all the way to Xinyang.

Xiao Shan squeezed the wax pill, and the secret letter inside was in the form of the emperor's letter, requesting the surrounding states to send troops to rescue them.

Xiao Shan recognized the handwriting, although Zhao Gou was in charge, but it was written by Zhao Yuan himself, he couldn't sit still anymore.

Zhang Xiaoxiang pondered for a moment, and said: "I'm afraid something happened to Xiangyang City, the emperor's handwriting has never been written by someone else, why is it written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Xiao Shan also shook his head, not knowing what happened, he was even more worried about Zhao Yuan's comfort, even though he knew that the best way was to stand still in Xinyang City and hold back Wan Yanliang's army, but he still decided to lead the troops to Xiangyang City himself .

Zhang Xiaoxiang's persuasive persuasion is useless, no matter how he says Xiangyang City is safe, it can't change Xiao Shan's mind.

In the end Zhang Xiaoxiang could only sigh: "You can't take all of a thousand soldiers and horses away, otherwise Xinyang City will be hard to protect."

Xiao Shan nodded: "I'm really worried. I'll come back after I go and have a look. The war horses captured this year plus the ones we had before are also a hundred. I'll take a hundred people forward!"

Xiao Shan received the news in the middle of the night, and it was still dark when he rode out of the city.There were not many Golden Soldiers outside the city, and Xiaoshan had fewer people and was more mobile. Almost without encountering any obstacles, they had already rushed out of the border of Xinyang.

He galloped all the way with a hundred cavalry behind him. When he was about to arrive in Xiangyang City, he was worried that he would encounter a battle, so he specially used the soybeans he had prepared before to feed the horses, and he also got a lot of eggs from the nearby villages. Whisk the eggs together and feed the horse well.

After a short rest, Xiao Shan set off towards Xiangyang City again at dusk.He has been to Xiangyang City a few times, and he knows that the city here is strong, the reserves in the city are abundant, and the general Liu Kai who defends the city is by no means an idler. Although he knows that Xiangyang City will not be in danger, he is still very worried.

Xiangyang City was surrounded by mountains on both sides, and it was at the hub of traffic going south from the Central Plains. When Xiao Shan arrived about [-] miles away from Xiangyang City, he suddenly heard the sound of fighting.

He gestured to the cavalry behind him, and everyone drew their bows and arrows and took out their weapons, ready to fight at any time.

The two spies went first, and came back after a while: "General, a small group of people were besieged by the golden men, and they are about to lose their strength. Can you save them?"

Xiao Shan frowned slightly, who is leaving the city at this time?Have you even handed over the Jinren?

"How many golden men are there?"

"There were only about 40 to [-] people under siege, and there were three times as many Jin soldiers."

Xiao Shan rode his horse in front, rushed over a dirt bag, and could see it clearly from the top of the mountain.

Sure enough, a group of Song soldiers were besieged by Jin people, and the opponent was fighting to the death. Thirty or forty Song soldiers surrounded a man in a brown robe, because the sky was a little dark, Xiao Shan couldn't see who that person was.

At this time, a gray-haired soldier in the small group of Song troops suddenly rode out, drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot many Jin soldiers to death. The old soldier had already been hit by many arrows, and his leg was cut off by someone, but he continued to fight fiercely. The man was none other than Liu Kai, the general guarding Xiangyang.

Why did Liu Qi appear here?Or this kind of dress?Xiao Shan didn't have time to think about it, he shouted an order to the soldiers behind him: "Boys, get ready to attack!"

Amidst the shouts, a hundred cavalry rushed down from the hillside, swiftly inserting themselves into the ranks of the golden men.

The Song army who had been besieged earlier shouted in surprise: "Rescue soldiers are here, rescue soldiers are here!"

Xiao Shan once again smelled the smell of blood. Once he went to the battlefield, he no longer belonged to him.

He led the soldiers behind him to rush back and forth, shouting loudly, fighting with all his strength, showing all his ferocity and violence.

The two sides encircled each other inside and outside, and the previously besieged Song army quickly broke through the encirclement of the Jin people, formed a team with Xiao Shan's team, and joined the battle.

After fighting for half an hour, the Jin people quickly retreated, and the soldiers under Xiao Shan wanted to chase them, but Xiao Shan stopped them immediately: "We are few people, now is not the time to chase! Rescue the wounded and rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible The city is the best policy!"

Xiao Shan just got off his horse at this time. When he turned his head, he saw the shadow of a man standing in the darkness. It was Liu Kai with a broken leg. His face was full of feathered arrows, and a long spear was pressed against his back. died.

Beside Liu Kai was a man in a brown robe, crying bitterly while hugging Liu Kai's body.

Xiao Shan walked over and said: "Why are you crying, hurry up and transport Liu Xianggong's body back, the Jin soldiers will come over later, they won't even be able to collect the body!"

The man in the brown robe turned his head, with tears still on his face, and looked at Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan was stunned for a moment, this person was none other than Zhao Gou!

"Your Majesty! Why are you here?" Xiao Shan almost screamed.

Zhao Gou picked up Liu Kai's body, weeping uncontrollably: "It was I who harmed you... It was I who harmed you."

Xiao Shan hurriedly sent people forward, carried Liu Kai's body onto the horse, and said to Zhao Gou, "Where are the officials going?"

Zhao Gou was almost unsteady on his feet, and he had to be supported by Xiao Shan to get on his horse.When Xiao Shan handed the reins to Zhao Gou, he said: "I heard that the golden soldiers are coming, and I want to go. Liu Kai advised me not to go. Now I regret that I didn't listen to him at the beginning. Not only did I fail to escape, but I was killed. Let him die here."

Xiao Shan's heart almost jumped out of his throat. Liu Kai left Xiangyang City in order to escort Zhao Gou to escape. Now there is only one civil servant named Chen Gui stationed in the city.What happened to Xiangyang City?What about Zhao Yuan, where is he?

Xiao Shan didn't have time to think about it, he just said: "Now it's late at night, there are rangers of golden soldiers outside, let's go back to Xiangyang City first and make plans!"

At this moment, Zhao Gou completely lost his prestige in Lin'an, and he didn't have the slightest objection to Xiao Shan's proposal, he just said: "If Xiao Aiqing hadn't come here today, I would have fallen into the hands of the Jinren. You have done a great job in saving me, and I wouldn't Treat you badly!"

Xiao Shan didn't bother to pay attention to Zhao Gou's nagging at all, he just asked: "The official family is here... then... where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be very puzzled by Xiao Shan's question: "Yuan Yuan? Of course he is in Xiangyang City!"

After hearing this answer, Xiao Shan finally felt relieved. Zhao Gou seemed to be quite frightened. After Xiao Shan patiently comforted him a few words, he finally learned from other soldiers what happened in Xiangyang City. matter.

It turned out that when Zhao Gou was in Xiangyang City, he had already got the news that there were golden soldiers roaming around, so he didn't take it seriously at that time.When Zhao Yuan arrived and told Zhao Gou what happened, Zhao Gou couldn't sit still anymore and decided to run away.

Liu Kai, Zhao Yuan and others all tried to persuade them: "It was a good time to leave earlier, but now the Jin soldiers will arrive in Xiangyang in a few days, and it is dangerous outside the city, so it is better to stay inside the city."

However, Zhao Gou was afraid that what happened in Jingkang would happen again, so he insisted on leaving the city and fleeing despite everyone's dissuasion.

Liu Kai had no choice but to lead troops to escort him personally. Unexpectedly, Wan Yanliang seemed to have been waiting for this day. Xiangyang City was not attacked, but instead ambushed a large army to stop Zhao Gou outside.

Liu Kai led his men to fight the Jin people outside the city for two days and one night, and finally died of exhaustion, and the thousand soldiers he led also ran away to death. If Xiao Shan hadn't arrived in time, Zhao Gou would have been killed by Jin. The soldiers took him away and went to be with his elder brother.

When Xiao Shan heard that he accidentally saved Zhao Gou, he was really regretful. If he had known that there was such a guy among those people, he should have taken a detour!

Xiao Shan led Zhao Gou into the city from the south gate, and all the generals and soldiers in the city wept bitterly when they saw Liu Kai's body. Liu Kai fought against Jin Wushu in Yingchang, and defeated his Tiefutu and Kidnap Horse, which earned him a great reputation.But I didn't expect to die in such a situation.

Zhao Gou also wept, and cried several times in front of everyone.

How much of this is true and how much is false, only he knows.

As soon as Xiao Shan entered the city, he wanted to inquire about Zhao Yuan's news, but he couldn't express his urgency. He waited for a long time, and when he was about to ask questions, he suddenly saw Chen Gui, the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture, who was slightly fat, walking towards him. , said: "General Xiao, wait a moment, His Majesty will be there in a moment."

Xiao Shan glanced suspiciously at Zhao Gou next to him, then looked at Chen Gui, the magistrate of Xiangyang, and said, "What did you just say? Your Majesty is here!"