Tongshu with Mei

Yang Tao retreated all the way, and he believed the ballad somewhat in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only hesitantly say to Ling Shu: "Now that the war is urgent, we have no long-term plan in this palace. I think about it." Come and go, it is better to retreat to Jinling or Yangzhou, and then gather local officials and defenders from all over the place to wait for an opportunity to counterattack, it would be better."

This Taikang is flat and flat, with ventilation on all sides. It is definitely not a place where the emperor stays for a long time. Ling Shu said: "I listen to your majesty. Wherever your majesty goes, I will follow."

Yang Tao looked at the current situation in the world, and his desire to go back to Luoyang for the New Year died for the time being, so he decided to retreat to the southeast.But Yang Xi's army had already chased after them, and they were approaching fiercely like wolves and tigers. Rong Zhengfu led his soldiers and horses to fight and walk, and took in several batches of King Qin's division who came along the way.However, most of the defenders in various places are holding a wait-and-see attitude.

Not long after this, Yang Tao had to catch the news that most of the officials who stayed in the capital surrendered to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang.This was beyond his expectation. It turns out that perfunctory trends are a common problem of the world.But as long as there is no war, the people of Li can afford food and clothing, no matter who wants to be an emperor, anyone can be an emperor.

He had to retreat again and again, defeated all the way, and three months later, Yang Xi's army caught up with the slow-moving Yang Tao near Huaiyuan.

While Yang Xi marched across the board, he sent envoys to send Yang Tao a letter with a few words: "My brother invites the emperor to return to Beijing. The Qingxi Palace in the west of Beijing has a grand palace. Although the mountains and rivers are human, Do it, it's like the sky is opening, waiting for the emperor to move in, everything should be provided as before."

Qingxi Palace is located in the west of Luoyang, where the two Supreme Emperors of the Dayan Dynasty lived.Yang Tao received the letter, smiled instead of anger, gently tore the letter into pieces, and threw it at the feet of the envoy who sent the letter.But he has always been self-restraining, so he just said indifferently: "Go and tell King Zhao to let him die. If I can't return to Beijing as the emperor of the Dayan Dynasty, then I would rather die outside. Qingxi Palace, never Go live."

Yang Xi received the emissary's reply, chuckled lightly, and said: "Then send an order to the whole army to attack in an all-round way."

This time, since Yang Tao handed over the capital to Yang Xi, the two were closest to each other.Across the Huaihe River, Yang Tao saw Yang Xi's banner, and Yang Xi vaguely saw the bright yellow canopy behind the soldiers and horses on the other bank.

The spring rain is as continuous as silk, and the trees across the river are clustered, and the drizzle is wet and flowing.Bei Chenqing and Yang Ye looked as far as the sky in the watchtower car, but they couldn't see the emperor and the people around him clearly.Yang Ye began to jump: "Bring the bow and arrow!"

Wei Linxian beside him hastily offered his bow and arrow, and he handed the bow and arrow to Bei Chenqing: "Yunqi, shoot quickly, that seems to be the emperor!"

Bei Chenqing said: "It's so far away, how can I shoot? Why don't you shoot?"

Yang Ye smiled apologetically and said, "It's better for you to come. My bow and arrow skills are hehe."

Bei Chenqing looked at him sideways, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Ren has already seen it. It will rain for several days in a row, so we will take advantage of crossing the river tonight to attack at night. Don't rely on me. Your brother is looking for you, hurry up!"

Yang Ye shivered for a while, and said in a low voice, "No. He's been chattering a lot these days, and I'm bored to death. I won't go."

Ever since he sneaked out with his troops, he was chased by Yang Xi and Bei Chenqing within a few days, and Yang Ye was avoiding Yang Xi everywhere.But he was able to hide from the first day of the junior high school, but not the fifteenth day. In the end, he didn't dodge. After being caught by Yang Xi, he twisted his ears and gave him a good reprimand, which made him lose face.Yang Xi was still angry, and kept telling him to go back to Luoyang, no one could intercede.Yang Ye refused to go back, and he didn't need others to intercede, he just went around with Yang Xi and hid for a day.Later Yang Xi missed him again, but couldn't easily see him, so he couldn't help becoming anxious, Yang Ye just didn't know.

On this cold and rainy night, the sneak attacking troops unknowingly attacked outside the camp. In the chaos, Rong Zhengfu sent troops to resist, and at the same time hurriedly asked His Majesty the Emperor to withdraw first.Most of Ling Shu's injuries have healed, and he hides in the dark with Yi Zhenwei on weekdays, so he can't see people easily.But at this critical moment, he could only guard the emperor's side tightly. He heard the voices of people and rain intertwined in chaos, and couldn't figure out how many enemies had come. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, follow me to evacuate now." Bar."

Seeing that he was getting close, Yang Tao always felt a sense of fear towards Ling Shu, who was active and able to speak, and seemed to have accumulated strength all over his body, so he took a step back involuntarily.Then he realized that he had lost his composure, so he coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.Ling Shu was used to his appearance, so he didn't care, just let Yi Zhenwei clear the way, led him to go first, and came to the rear by himself.

In the night, Yang Tao led a group of relatives of the emperor and fled for his life in a panic under the escort of Yi Zhenwei.There was the sound of people shouting and neighing everywhere, and they didn't know which direction the enemy was, so everyone retreated to the place where there were few people.

Ling Shu brought dozens of Yi Zhenwei in charge of judging Yang Tao, and everyone wore green hats, black scarves covering their faces, and the black clothes blended into the dark night.Seeing the chasing soldiers approaching, they appeared to block them, and at the point where the sword energy was vertical and horizontal, they killed batch after batch of enemies.

After fighting like this for most of the night, Ling Shu's old injury hadn't healed, and he was exhausted by now. His subordinates also suffered a lot in the chaos, but he insisted on waiting for Yang Tao to go farther before he dared to catch his breath.Seeing a dark mountain in front of him, with dense forests at the foot of the mountain, he sent an order to take a rest in the woods.

Ling Shu leaned against a big tree by himself, gasping for breath.At this time, the rain was intensifying, piercing through the forest and beating leaves, making rustling noises, and it seemed to overwhelm the face.The rainwater flowed down the back of the bamboo hat, wet his back, and the wound was faintly sore and painful.He could only stretch out his hand to rub the wound, but it didn't help.

Just at this time, Yi Zhenwei beside him said in a low voice: "My lord, someone has come over again."

Ling Shu snorted and said, "Go and have a look."

The man went to spy on it, turned back after a while, and reported: "The enemy army is chasing them, and there are many people. Shall we kill them?"

Ling Shu also heard that a lot of people were coming here, thinking they followed the clues of Yang Tao and others leaving.During the time he fled with Yang Tao, his willful temper was worn down a lot and he became more calm. Yang Tao withdrew to the southeast, and he pointed to the northeast direction: "No, you retreat there and make some noise. Lead the soldiers and horses away."

Yi Zhenwei nodded in agreement, and when the pursuers got closer, he retreated as he said.Sure enough, the pursuers found their tracks, shouted a few times, and chased after them.

Ling Shu hid behind a tree, watching quietly, watching groups of sturdy men and horses rushing past, like ghosts and shadows in the dark night.

Suddenly, he saw Yang Ye, even in the dark night, he could see clearly.Yang Ye was riding on a horse, surrounded by a large number of guards and soldiers, still refusing to wear armor, his hair and clothes were soaked by the rain, a few strands of black hair stuck to the side of his face, his expression seemed a little anxious , looking eagerly ahead.While looking around, he ordered the soldiers to step up and move forward.

At this moment, the sword hissed sadly in the sheath, and the anger rolled vigorously in the chest. The surrounding sounds seemed to become very small, only the sound of raindrops was amplified indefinitely, crackling and roaring, hitting Ling Shuxin directly. superior.

He slowly clenched the hilt of the sword, and the bones of his knuckles made a slight slap, but he couldn't control his murderous aura.Gritting his teeth, he didn't know what to do. At this moment, Yang Ye was getting closer, and there was only a distance of five or six feet between the two of them. The man seemed to have sensed the murderous aura here, and his eyes suddenly swept over, with some Anxious, probing, unable to explain the meaning of the unknown.

What can be in the woods on this rainy night?What will happen?I thought there shouldn't be anything, even if there was, it was my own illusion.

In the end, Yang Ye hit his horse, continued to move forward, and passed by in a blink of an eye.

The rain was permeating, and the night was wild, Ling Shu huddled behind the tree and did not move, enduring the stiffness and pain all over his body, and the wound hurt even more untimely, and it hurt all the way to his heart.Even if he is mad with resentment, he still doesn't have the courage to face some things and some people, and he still can't sort out some feelings and hatred.This love and hatred turned into mixed flavors, and he watched Yang Ye leave helplessly, his back disappeared in the dark night, and finally disappeared.

The spring rain is rustling, and it seems to be a continuous autumn rain in a trance, and it really is a continuous autumn rain.By passing by, I missed half a year of time.

Within half a year, Ling Shu followed Yang Tao and retreated from Huaiyuan to Fengyang. After three months of confrontation between the two armies in Fengyang, Yang Tao crossed the mountain and lost to Dingyuan.The city of Dingyuan is small, and the walls and rivers are crude.Seeing that the army was approaching again, he had to leave the city and retreat to Chuzhou.During this period, he was bumpy and wandering, and suffered a lot, and the majesty and grandeur of the emperor had long since disappeared.Yang Lie, who followed the defeat, was already dissatisfied because of the sickness, death or escape of several concubines, and he was full of complaints behind his back.Yang Zhao's madness was sometimes good and sometimes bad, leaving the imperial doctor helpless.Yang Tao's princes couldn't stand the toss, and one of them died, which made him heartbroken, but he could only look up to the sky and sigh at the moon.

And Ling Shu has always been by Yang Tao's side, guarding his safety with all his heart and soul, and how many times he has saved Yang Tao from danger in times of crisis.

This day was approaching the Chuzhou area, seeing that it was getting late and everyone was exhausted, Rong Zhengfu called the soldiers to set up camp at the foot of a mountain, and temporarily settled down the emperor.

When eating at night, the meal was simple, so Yang Tao ordered Yang Zhao and Yang Lie to have a meal together.Yang Zhao was a little more sober at this time, it was fine, but when Yang Lie saw the food on the table, he became more dissatisfied, and started nagging: "Brother Huang, where are we going, and when will it end? ?”

Yang Tao was also upset, and said with restraint, "Go to Jinling. Jinling has the natural danger of the Yangtze River, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, the navy is strong, and it will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory. Besides, isn't Jinling's guard, Jun Wenzhe, your inner cousin? "

A trace of panic appeared on Yang Lie's face, he hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile: "Jinling? The land of willows in the Six Dynasties, how can it be used as a shelter? How can it compare to the wind and snow in Yangzhou? Why didn't the emperor go to Yangzhou? "

At this point, he still talked about the four words "wind, flower, snow and moon". Yang Tao became more irritable when he heard the words, and his face sank and he refused to talk to him. I think it’s not as good as Yangzhou. When my father was here, he sent General Shenwu to garrison Yangzhou at that time. He liked to repair the city walls. He built the city walls of Yangzhou to be unusually high and extremely strong. How can Jinling compare?”

Yang Tao stretched out his hand to slap the table, and said in a deep voice: "Dinner, let's talk about it after we finish it."

Not to be outdone, Yang Lie followed suit: "How do you eat this meal? How do you eat like pig food? Brother Huang, those civil and military officials and relatives who have not left Beijing are well supported now, and they will continue to enjoy their blessings in Luoyang! It’s not easy to have a loyal minister following you here. I will never go to Jinling. If you want to go, take Second Brother Brother and the others with you. I’ll go to Yangzhou!”

Yang Tao's hand trembled slightly, pointed at him and said, "You...are you going to deceive Jun Wang?" Jumping, it turned out that Yang Tao finally couldn't bear it, and hit people with a bowl in anger.Yang Lie was about to open his mouth to fight back, but he heard a "hula", Yang Zhao was unwilling to be lonely, took the opportunity to get sick, stretched out his hand and overturned the table, jumped up, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's fighting! Hehe, it's fighting! "

Then suddenly, Yang Lie's neck felt cold, and a long sword was raised up, and a cold voice shouted: "Don't be rude to Your Majesty!"

The figure holding the sword appeared like a ghost, and suddenly appeared. Yang Lie was stunned, and then his whole body was icy cold by the sword. He tremblingly said: "Cold...cold... scoop it up..." Yang Zhao He also looked over blankly, and followed suit: "Killed, killed!"

Ling Shu looked at Yang Lie coldly, but didn't speak.Yang Lie had never seen him before and didn't recognize him, so he thought Ling Shu was just an ordinary guard.I just felt that this person's eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to peel his own skin, he was scared out of his wits, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Huang, brother Huang, save me!"

Yang Tao looked at Ling Shu's tall and thin back, and finally let out a long sigh: "Forget it, let him go, he followed me, he really suffered for a while!"

Ling Shu obeyed his words and withdrew his sword, and stepped aside by himself.As soon as Yang Lie was free, he suddenly pointed at Ling Shu and burst into tears: "What are you? How dare you put a sword on my king's neck! Two of my four concubines died and one left. One of them has been sick and is about to die! What a life I am living! You slave who kills thousands of knives, when you arrive in Yangzhou, the king will not spare you!"