A Piece of Li Song Changting Twilight

Zhao Nanke ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed his reign name to the first year of Jianxing, and issued an order to recruit talents from all over the world to make up for the lack of officials in the court caused by the fall of Bianjing.

However, less than a month after the new emperor announced the New Year's title, the golden soldiers who had conquered all the way approached Ying Tianfu again.

Zhao Nanke sent someone to inform Zhao Pingzhen that he was ready to go south at any time, this time Zhao Pingzhen entered the palace himself, and pulled the busy Zhao Nanke out of various documents: "Brother Emperor, who do you plan to send to stay in Yingtian Mansion?

Zhao Nanke wondered, "General Zhang Jiu, what's the matter?"

Zhao Pingzhen was silent for a moment, then said: "I want to stay and defend the city with General Zhang."

Zhao Nanke was taken aback, and sized up his fifth younger brother from head to toe: "You? Defending the city?"

Zhao Pingzhen met Zhao Nanke's gaze without hesitation, without an explanation, but thousands of words were clearly written in his eyes.Zhao Nanke is his elder brother, and he understood his thoughts in a short while. After careful consideration, he patted his shoulder heavily: "Okay."

In a few days, Zhao Nanke named Zhao Pingzhen the Marshal of Hebei Bingma, promoted Zhangjiu as General Huwei, and ordered them to guard Yingtianfu in Nanjing.Two days later, Zhao Nanke led hundreds of officials and [-] guards to escort tens of thousands of catties of money, food, and iron, and marched out of Yingtian Mansion to Lin'an.

Before everyone went south, Zhao Pingzhen ordered Qin Xiaolou to send Qin Chengxue away. Although Qin Xiaolou was reluctant to part with his younger brother, under various considerations, it was true that Qin Chengxue stayed in Yingtian Mansion without any benefit. That night, he personally packed Qin Chengxue's luggage and prepared to send him out of Beijing.

Qin Chengxue has almost never been separated from Qin Xiaolou in the past 20 years. They endured the hard times together, and stayed together day and night in the good times. Naturally, they refused to leave Qin Xiaolou no matter what.

Sitting on the head of the bed, Qin Xiaolou carefully fed Qin Chengxue a cup of medicine.Qin Chengxue's illness has almost healed after this period of recuperation, but Qin Xiaolou is always worried, and feeds him some tonics every day to nourish his internal deficiency. "If you stay, when the golden soldiers come, even if we want to escape, you can't even ride a horse, so don't you want to drag everyone down?"

Qin Chengxue finished drinking the medicine, grabbed his arm and said stubbornly: "I don't care, I will be where you are."

Qin Xiaolou sighed and stroked his silky hair: "Cheng Xue, I promise you that you will never take any risks. You go to Lin'an first. If you can't hold the city, I will come to you immediately."

Qin Chengxue buried her head in his lower abdomen, as if a baby bird was attached to her mother: "I don't believe it. If it's not dangerous, why don't you let me stay?"

Qin Xiaolou said: "It's safe for me to be with His Royal Highness King Rui. I stayed because King Rui wanted to train me and gain experience in the army. But he doesn't like you, you are weak, It's better to go to Lin'an and wait for me first."

Qin Chengxue knew that Qin Xiaolou was weak on the surface, but in fact he always obeyed his words, so he could only say coquettishly, "Brother."

Qin Xiaolou patted his back and said softly, "Cheng Xue, Cheng Xue, don't make me worry all the time."

Qin Chengxue felt extremely helpless when he heard his tone, felt extremely uncomfortable, her nose was sour, and she finally relented and said, "Okay, I'll go."

Qin Xiaolou bent down and kissed his younger brother on the forehead: "My dear Cheng Xue."

Qin Chengxue took advantage of the situation and grabbed his neck, with a pleading meaning, she murmured in a low voice: "Brother, can you stay with me tonight?"

Qin Xiaolou froze all over, and immediately opened his hands and moved a lot to the side of the bed, saying coldly, "No."

When Qin Chengxue saw his reaction, her eyes were red with grievance, she choked twice, then turned over to face the wall, and said angrily, "Then you go, anyway, you have already disregarded my life or death."

Looking at his thin back, Qin Xiaolou felt a pain in his heart, but he endured the sadness and refused to approach him again: "You speak with conscience. If you are not afraid that I will be chilled, you can say more words like this." back."

Qin Chengxue turned her back to him and refused to turn around.

Qin Xiaolou got up in his clothes and walked out. Just as one foot stepped over the threshold, he suddenly heard the sound of turning over and getting out of bed behind him. Immediately afterwards, Qin Chengxue rushed forward and hugged him: "Brother, brother, I was wrong , don't be angry with me."

Hearing his voice choked up, Qin Xiaolou turned his head and found that Qin Chengxue's eyes were already red from crying, so he deliberately turned his back to him and refused to let him see.Qin Xiaolou felt his heart being pulled hard, and raised his sleeve to wipe away tears for his younger brother: "Don't cry, I will stay tonight and watch you sleep before you leave, and I will send you out of the city tomorrow."

Qin Chengxue went back to bed and lay down, Qin Xiaolou stood by his side and patted his back.The most embarrassing time for the two of them in the past was when they lived on the street without even a bed, and the night was cold, and it even rained icy cold.At that time, Qin Xiaolou held Qin Chengxue in his arms, used his body to protect him from the rain, and patted his back in the same way, no matter how difficult the conditions were, Qin Chengxue could still fall asleep.

However, this time, Qin Chengxue was still awake after more than an hour.Several times Qin Xiaolou thought he was falling asleep and was going to leave, but he grabbed the hem of his clothes just as he got up.Qin Xiaolou worriedly asked him if it was difficult to fall asleep because of discomfort, Qin Chengxue just shook his head.

Qin Xiaolou confirmed again softly: "Cheng Xue, are you asleep?"

Qin Chengxue took his hand silently.

Qin Xiaolou was suddenly a little annoyed, he shook off his hand and stood up abruptly, and said coldly, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Qin Chengxue was silent for a moment, then moved up to hold his hand again, and when she spoke, her voice was very dry: "Brother, I want you to spend more time with me."

Qin Xiaolou stood silently for a long time, finally sighed softly, untied his coat and lay down beside him: "I won't leave, I will sleep with you tonight."

Soon, Qin Chengxue fell asleep firmly holding Qin Xiaolou's waist.

The next day, Qin Xiaolou really sent Qin Chengxue out of the city in person, and asked Zhao Pingzhen to entrust several soldiers to take good care of him along the way.

Standing in front of the carriage, he watched thousands of people gradually turn into black dots on the plain, until the autumn wind messed with his hair, he finally got into the carriage and returned to the city.

As soon as the emperor and his important ministers left, the golden soldiers hit the city on their backs.

Zhang Jie is one of the few veterans in the court, and even one of the few veterans in the court who has won many battles.Da Mu placed great emphasis on culture and despise martial arts. If the military generals were not killed in battle, they would become victims in the coup d'état. Even if civil officials offended Tianwei, they would only be exiled. Therefore, experienced veterans almost became national treasures.

Zhao Pingzhen is nominally one level higher than Zhang Jiu, but the emperor intends to train him, but in fact the military power is in the hands of Zhang Jiu, Zhao Pingzhen also humbly learns military affairs and marching and fighting skills from Zhang Jiu; Zhao Pingzhen intends to experience Qin Xiaolou, So he was put in the military division institution and let him learn from his predecessors.

It was probably because the Jin soldiers had won all the way too easily, and this time they underestimated the enemy. Three thousand cavalry came to attack the city first, but the follow-up infantry couldn't catch up. Zhang Jiu easily won the first battle.

However, the next battle was not so easy to fight.

One day, two days, three days...

The swarming golden soldiers had an unstoppable momentum. Standing on the top of the wall, Zhao Pingzhen watched the golden soldiers cavalry approaching from a distance, and had the illusion that they could penetrate the city wall.The earth trembled for them, the rising sun was covered by them, and the overwhelming sense of oppression made all the soldiers guarding the city feel terrified.

Zhao Pingzhen finally understands why those low-level ethnic groups who have been discriminated against by their Damu people for hundreds of years can attack their land, rob them of their property, and violate their women so quickly—it is hatred!It is the hatred that has accumulated for hundreds of years!Every golden soldier who charged into the battle was desperate, their eyes were red with blood, and they wanted to stand up and become the masters of the Central Plains!

Siege battles happen every day, even though Zhang Chen has geniuses, even though Zhao Pingzhen is full of ambitions, they can only defend, not attack!No matter how beautifully they started this battle, the final outcome was already doomed to lose—Zhao Nanke had already set his capital in Lin'an, and Ying Tianfu had already been reduced to an abandoned city on the map when he left, and it would be impossible to defend for another day. It is to buy one more day to strengthen the southern defense line, and there will never be reinforcements to support Ying Tianfu!

On the 20th day of the day of defending the city, Zhao Pingzhen and Zhang Chen called together all the generals and officials who defended the city, and began to discuss the matter of abandoning the city and going south. In fact, the emperor even felt that this extremely prosperous company was not worth the general's burial for him, and it was also because Da Mu really couldn't afford to lose any generals.

The number of Jin soldiers is not large, because the front line is too long, so even less than 1 people participated in this siege battle.They didn't siege the city, but just attacked the city every day, not only because they didn't have enough numbers, but also because they had conquered all the way, they almost didn't bother to siege the city and fight a war of attrition.Therefore, it is not difficult to escape from the city.

Zhang Chen spread out a map and pointed out: "At that time, General Wang will lead the first team to take this road first to explore the way. If there is no accident, His Royal Highness King Rui will lead the second team to go south along this road. General Han then..."

After he planned his escape plan, a spy outside the army tent suddenly shouted, "Report—general! The gold thief is attacking the city again!"

Except for a few people present who hastily left to deploy troops, everyone else looked exhausted.The long-term war has exhausted all the enthusiasm, and nothing but boredom is left, especially on the premise that the back road has been planned-and this so-called long time is only 20 days.

Zhao Pingzhen sat silently for a long time, then suddenly grabbed an inkstone on the bank and threw it out, startling all the tired generals.

Zhao Pingzhen's forehead was bulging with veins, and he almost gritted his teeth and shouted in a low voice: "I'm not reconciled—I'm not reconciled!" This was the first battle he participated in. Although he already knew the ending, he didn't expect the process to be so aggrieved.

Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to do, Qin Xiaolou who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "Then fight."

For a moment, all eyes were on Qin Xiaolou.

Qin Xiaolou said calmly: "How many people are there in the enemy army?"

All the officers and men exchanged glances, and for a while there was a bit of sarcasm, only Zhao Pingzhen and Zhang Chen looked at him seriously.One person said: "The enemy has 1000 troops, [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] engineers. These days, [-] people have been lost."

Qin Xiaolou asked again: "How many people are defending the city?"

The man said again: "500, [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, [-] engineers. [-] people have been lost."

Qin Xiaolou continued: "How many days shall we defend the city? How many times will we fight?"

"20 days...just defend but not fight."

Qin Xiaolou stood up suddenly, and said impassionedly: "Sun Tzu said, the law of using troops is to surround them with ten, attack them with five times, and fight them if they are twice as many. The gold thief dares to attack my city guarded by 1 people with only 1 people." Why not fight this kind of battle that must be won!"

Everyone's expressions gradually became serious, and some who looked down on young people like Qin Xiaolou laughed and said, "Master Qin, how do you say to fight? Who will send someone to fight?"

Qin Xiaolou was not in a hurry to talk about tactics, and continued to say angrily: "Why did the Jin soldiers dare to use 1 people to attack my Da Mu's impenetrable companion capital! This is Nanjing Yingtian Mansion, which has been established since the time of Taizu! It's not just casual It is an abandoned city! Because they have conquered 37 cities, large and small, without success in the past two years! Because they know that sooner or later we will hand over Yingtian Mansion to them, because we are afraid!! We are afraid that we will collapse without a fight !!! But they are arrogant soldiers, proud soldiers will be defeated!"

Some of the people present were still disdainful, while others frowned, admitting that what he said was true: Yingtian Mansion was guarded by 4 garrisons, and the emperor fled with 20 before the confrontation.If the garrison does not leave, Ying Tianfu may not be lost.If they hadn't known early on that there was a way out, their fighting spirit should not have been exhausted in just [-] days.

Zhao Pingzhen spoke slowly: "How do you think about fighting?"

Qin Xiaolou looked at him as usual: "I will think about it."

Some people sighed in the seat, but Zhang Chen stared back one by one.Zhao Pingzhen smiled slightly, got up and said: "Come on, follow me to the city wall first."