fluttering night wind

Outside the city of Yuezhou, two snowflake horses walked side by side.After Bai Xiliu read the letter from Feige in the Qingshang Hall, Xie Yu asked, "Your Highness, where are we going?" Bai Xiliu tore the letter paper into pieces, Ren Qiufeng swept the shredded paper into the wind, and said boldly: "Go to Youzhou! Not long after my father withdrew his troops, Youzhou's defenses were slackened, and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

In autumn in Yizhou, the ginkgo leaves in Changle Palace turned yellow.Autumn fan-like leaves fall from the tree like butterflies.

Early in the morning, Xue Xueyi was summoned into the palace by the imperial envoy.She walked all the way to Qintai, and saw the emperor standing by the water staring at something, his back was vicissitudes and lonely.She suddenly remembered that on the Qianqiu Festival not long ago, there were two lines in a poem given to her by the emperor, "Fly to Brother Ying in snow clothes, and don't hold a pipa to cross another boat."Her eyes were sore and her throat was choked up. Before she could hide it, Meng Ziying had already seen her.

Xue Xueyi walked in front of the king, Meng Ziying frowned slightly, and asked: "What happened on the tenth day of the lunar new year? Xueyi, why didn't you report to me beforehand?" Xue Xueyi thought it was this embarrassing incident, although this It was Lei Fen and Lei Men who did it privately, but she, the head of the sect, couldn't escape the responsibility, so she knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Mencius quickly helped her up.If it was said that Xue Xueyi was completely ignorant of what happened before and after, he would not believe it either. He guessed that she wanted to turn a blind eye and close her eyes.If it doesn't work, she and Lei Fen are already old, relying on the old to sell the old, the emperor will at most blame them, and will not convict and punish them.Mencius sighed, took out an encrypted memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Xueyi.

This is a secret report from the commander-in-chief of the navy, reporting in detail the developments of the Jiangdong navy since July.After Xue Xueyi finished reading it, when it came to the matter of October, she immediately felt three points of mystery: "Your Majesty said that on the surface, Princess Wude was making trouble at the Dongting Junshan Music Festival, but in fact she was covering up the naval drills under the lake. "If the Cheng army wants to test the mines, the Yangtze River waterway has frequent shipping, and the rest of the lakes have fishermen coming and going, which is very inconvenient.Only Dongting Lake was sealed off on the tenth day of October. Although Yuezhou was under the jurisdiction of Xichuan, Dongting Lake was shared by both countries. "This concubine is going to Yuezhou now, and will definitely clear up the spies in Yuezhou for His Majesty."

"No need!" Meng Ziying shook his head and said, "They have been planning for a long time, and it is inevitable that they will hurt innocent people. It is not worthwhile for us to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. It is your haste to go down the river to demonstrate on the Qixi Festival. If there is no Qixi Festival What happened in October? I have repeatedly said that the relationship between the two dynasties is based on good neighborliness, and the three kingdoms should not resort to war. Safe and secure borders are the only way to gain strength."

As a ruler, you must pay close attention to the balance of power between the two sides. You must have the courage to fight decisively and the perseverance to wait.

Xue Xueyi stroked her gray hair, and her old voice echoed on the water: "Your Majesty can wait, but some people can't wait." Her meaningful words made Meng Ziying also fall silent.As the saying goes, it is not difficult to govern, do not offend the rich.The four big families of Xichuan, Shen, Meng, Xuelei are intertwined, and there are some things that even the emperor can't decide.After a while, Meng Ziying said helplessly: "Above the court, I can suppress it. Under the court, I have to worry about Xueyi. I have to wait until Xiliu gets married safely."

Xue Xueyi heard him mention this princess, suddenly remembered something, said: "Your Majesty, Lei Lei, Lei Fen's daughter, had seen Bai Xiliu and Xie Yu that day. Splitting into two swords, Lei Yin was knocked down. The qin in Xie Yu's hand is very similar to the Lei qin that His Majesty gave to Yujian Villa back then, but Xie Yu has no martial arts internal strength, but the sound of the qin can be transmitted to the river, resounding across the valley. It's quite strange." Mencius Ying said lightly: "The qin must have been remodeled, and the strings have been tampered with. There are many skilled craftsmen in Yujian Villa, and Xiliu loves ingenious things." Xue Xueyi said: "My concubine saw this girl on the river. She looks gentle on the outside, but hideous on the inside. Why does Your Majesty still want to..."

At this time, there was drizzle on the water surface, a stream of misty rain, and the city was full of wind.There was a smile on the corner of Mencius Ying's mouth: "You have to be glad that she is a woman. Otherwise, once she wears a dragon robe, she will destroy the world, let alone a little Xichuan? At this time next year, the princess will marry. There is no room for repentance..."

"Don't marry her alone!" Only a heavy shout came from not far away.The two turned their heads at the same time, only to see a fat young man of eighteen or nineteen years old walking from the side of Yudai Bridge, and behind him was a palace guard tightly pulling his sleeve.Xue Xueyi hurriedly bowed down: "His Royal Highness." Prince Meng Ting kicked away the blocking eunuchs, rushed to the emperor, and shouted: "Lei's family said that she looks like a monkey, so please don't marry her."

Meng Ziying's face became gloomy in an instant, and her voice was as cold as ice: "It's not your turn to talk about this matter. In the future, if you dare to show the slightest contempt and rudeness to the princess, I will never forgive you!"

Prince Meng Ting flinched.When he was born, Empress Liu died of dystocia.Father had never been kind to him, let alone hugging him when he was a child, even looking at him would be filled with disgust.He has always been submissive, not daring to say a word or take a step in front of Meng Ziying.But today, it was a matter of life, he finally couldn't help disobeying his father.He knelt down with a plop, hugged Meng Ziying's legs and cried loudly: "Father, I already have someone I like, I don't want to marry Bai Yansheng's daughter..."

Meng Ziying's eyes darkened, and she was about to faint from anger.Fortunately, Xue Xueyi had quick eyes and quick hands, and dragged the prince up and behind him, thus avoiding the fate of the child being kicked into the lake by Mencius Ying.Mencius Ying held the lion statue on the white jade railing, and wringed off the lion's head with a "click".The prince turned pale with fright.Meng Ziying sneered endlessly: "Xue Yi, tell them not to force me to do anything. From today to the day of the wedding, no one is allowed to enter the East Palace without my handwriting."

The prince has never seen Princess Wude before, and today's reaction is so intense, there must be some villain behind to provoke her.Those people are dissatisfied with the national policy they have set, and they do everything possible to provoke a war.

Xue Xueyi understood that it was useless to talk at this time, dragged the prince who was so frightened that he was about to lose control, and left the Qintai in three steps at a time.

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Under Xuzhou's black brick and stone city walls, the city gatekeepers are checking the documents for entering the city one by one.

A slender bench was placed under the wall far away from the city gate, on which sat a young general in thin armor.A long halberd was leaning on the city wall behind him, and he was holding a clay teapot in his arms, pouring himself a drink.The team entering the city gradually shortened, and the two horses at the end of the team jumped into sight.After Xuzhou General Pei Lie saw the face of the man on horseback, he immediately spit out a mouthful of tea.

Bai Xiliu was also looking around on the horse, when an armored general jumped up from the bench by the city wall, attracting her attention.She smiled at Xie Yu, turned the horse's head, slowly walked out of the team, and walked towards Pei Lie.

"Your Highness, what are you..." Pei Lie wanted to bow down when he saw her from a distance, but she winked and stopped him, and then he realized something.He went up to catch the horse's bridle, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, follow me to the garrison mansion to talk."

In the yamen of the garrison mansion, Bai Xiliu took the seat, Xie Yu was at the side, both of them were dressed in men's clothes, and there was no time to change.Pei Lie and his deputy Yan Bailu are next to him.Seeing the princess looking around leisurely, Yan Bailu felt very uneasy, and couldn't help asking: "Your Highness hastily arrived in Xuzhou, but the enemy's situation has changed?" "No." "So what is your majesty's order?" "No." "But what's wrong with the Garrison?" "No."

A more straightforward reply did not reassure Yan Bailu a little, on the contrary, he became more and more apprehensive, and said stiffly: "Then why did His Highness come to Xuzhou?" "I came to play." Bai Xiliu said boldly.Yan Bailu faintly revealed another wave of anger: "Your Highness, golden branches and jade leaves..."

"Okay, okay." Bai Xiliu interrupted him helplessly, and said to Pei Lie, "General Pei, let me ask you something, do you want to take Youzhou?" Deep, unmoved, he asked: "Is this your majesty's intention?" Bai Xiliu said: "The general will not accept the order of the king outside. How can there be a warrior who travels thousands of miles away? I just ask the general if he has such ambitions." Ambition. If you have one, bring Youxu's map."

Pei Lie sat still for a long time, even Yan Bailu gradually became suspicious.Bai Xiliu just looked up at the sky, feeling very leisurely.Xie Yu behind her was full of sadness.What they are discussing now, to put it lightly, is whether it is coercion to intervene in politics, or the most feared military politics!If you think about it in a bad way, it is an intention to rebel, to provoke border provocations, and a sinner for the whole country!But once this idea popped up, it was impossible to take it back!

Taking back Youzhou, what a tempting proposal!Since Pei Lie was stationed in Xuzhou with Bai Yansheng and Mencius Ying during the Chongming period, he stayed in the Youxu border for seven years, growing from an ignorant urchin to a handsome young man.The winger is in the northwest, the lake and the sea are dusty, and he has experienced countless battles. Only the battle of Xuzhou in the Chongnian period is still unforgettable.That was the first time his young heart felt the threat of death and the great fear from Rongdi outside Sewai.

After the Longmenshan League, Beiyan returned most of the cities within Yanmen Pass, but firmly guarded Youzhou City, choking the throat of the Southern Dynasty.What Xiao Yu meant was to use the strength of the northwest to control the strength of the southeast.He looked north from the top of the city countless times, and secretly made up his mind to tear down the last enemy's fortress on the land of the Central Plains.

The time cannot be missed.Pei Lie stood up, nodded and said: "The map is in Xie Kun's Beiming Hall, Your Highness, come with me." Yan Bailu looked at his back in astonishment.Bai Xiliu pursed her lips and smiled.

There is only one life, why not take the world as your ambition?

The Xie Mansion is opposite the Garrison Mansion.Xie's garden, chrysanthemums and solitary pines, water, stones, birds and fish, are ancient and clean, meaningful and eternal.Beiming Hall has gone through [-] years of cold and heat since its construction, and it still stands majestically, like a loyal minister and righteous man whose upright spirit will last forever.

Bai Xiliu walked into the study, paid homage to Xie Kun's spiritual tablet in the main hall, and turned into the inner room.I saw a dusty old painting hanging on the wall, with a few white plum trees and a beautiful woman under the plum tree. On a moonlit night at the 24 bridge, a pearl is held in the palm of your hand.That is still the appearance of Xie Hou when he was not out of the cabinet.

Pei Lie found a scroll of manuscripts, spread it out on the drawing table, looked around at the three people present, and said, "In the 15th year of Chongming, Your Majesty was ordered to guard Xuzhou. When the northern captives invaded, Xie Kun took away most of the soldiers, leaving only 5000 soldiers. People guard the city. Your Majesty and the Emperor of Shu broke out from the encirclement through a secret road and rushed to the outside of Youzhou City to relieve Xuzhou's emergency."

There was still hesitation on Yan Bailu's face, Bai Xiliu suddenly turned to him and said with a giggle: "General Yan, if you capture Youzhou, it will be your credit, if you fail, I will carry it." Yan Bailu His complexion changed, and he said angrily: "Your Highness, this is not a child's play, once you succeed in everything..."

Bai Xiliu said: "Xiao Yu is in Youzhou, I'll go talk to him."

After Pei Lie and Yan Bailu left, Xie Yu went straight to the "White Plum Picture" under the wall, and looked at Empress Xie's young appearance on the paper.Bai Xiliu seemed to understand her heart, walked behind her, and comforted her softly: "Yu Niang, I'll be fine." Xie Yu looked back at her with a sad expression, "Your Highness, Pei Lie is so bold, You must guard against it!"

Bai Xiliu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Daddy can safely hand over Xuzhou to him, there must be something special about him, not to mention the trustworthiness of the employer."

Knowing that he couldn't convince her, Xie Yu turned his head and looked up at the drawing paper, with tears in his eyes, "Your Highness, forgive me, I hope this battle will not succeed. Because if we win, you will go to Xichuan without any worries. gone."

Bai Xiliu's heart suffocated suddenly, being nailed to the floor tiles by her words, her mouth was full of bitterness.

The two stared at each other for a long time, Xie Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, bowed profusely and said, "Yu Niang is just joking. I wish your Highness good fortune."

In the early winter of the ninth year of Xuanwu, Princess Wude returned to the Youzhou battlefield.

In the field outside Youzhou City, people took away a year's grain and rode away their war horses, leaving only the desolate land after the harvest.Under Wanrenjian City, a white-clothed and white-horse army suddenly appeared. The leading general wore a big cloak and a Longquan sword on his belt.

The regent Xiao Yu was instructing the repair work in the city at this time.He was impeached last year and was imprisoned. This spring, the Southern Dynasty invaded with troops. Under the persuasion of Empress Xiao Danyue, the emperor released him again.He led troops to break the siege of Youzhou, and stayed in the city to take care of the aftermath.After autumn, it was rainy and rainy for days, and the progress of the fortifications was slow.

After hearing the sentinel's report, he didn't show much emotion on his face. He led a group of soldiers and went up to the watchtower at the top of the city.Xiao Yu looked at the group of enemy troops that suddenly appeared from the city, and there was an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth. "Interesting, take 100 people out of the city with me." The lieutenants at the top of the city stepped forward to stop them in unison: "My lord, it's dangerous, absolutely not!" out.

The two teams met under the city.Bai Xiliu lifted the helmet and said with a grin: "My lord, don't come here without any harm." Xiao Yu knew it was her, with a smile on her face and a warning on her face: "I didn't expect Princess Wude to be here, she was far away. You Is father okay?" Bai Xiliu nodded like a pounding garlic: "Excellent, excellent."

Xiao Yu suppressed the smile in his eyes, and asked with his sword: "What's the princess doing here?" Bai Xiliu took the reins and moved forward for more than ten steps, almost at the same head with Xiao Yu's horse.She was so bold, Beiyan's officers and soldiers all raised their eyebrows, and some were even more eager to try.Xiao Yu stared intently at her coming from the wind and dust, and vaguely heard Xiao Rongyue's hearty laughter.After drinking fine wine and being slightly drunk, the good flowers are half in bloom.The world always has more tolerance for capricious beautiful girls.

"Uncle," Bai Xiliu said with ventriloquism: "You had an appointment with your mother back then. If the reorganization fails in 20 years, Northern Xinjiang will be handed over. Please retreat to the north of Youzhou for a while, and wait and see how the situation in the world changes. "Your sinicization strategy has not yet cultivated a stable force, and my civilization has awakened.It's time to conform to the call of the times, your civilization needs to go dormant.

It seemed that something had fallen from the sky, Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that it was snowflakes as small as grains of salt. On a snowy night more than 20 years ago, in Lanruo's Nunnery in Youzhou City, her mother was murdered because she mistook Mencius for Ying.Witnessing this situation with his own eyes, all the snow in his life fell on that winter night.

Xiao Yu shook his head, put those past events behind him, and said loudly: "Youzhou City was taken by the Xianbei people with their lives. If your Highness wants to climb the city, you need to fight." I don't know, war can't breed civilization. Water the soul.Only peace will do.But Youzhou is not Luoyi.Even today's Luoyi was bought by your mother's life.

Bai Xiliu couldn't hide the disappointment on her face.She forgot that he is not an uncle when the two armies are facing each other, and there is no such thing as being a hero in the emperor's school.She put the helmet back on, and finally looked back at Xiao Yu in the wind and the untouchable city wall.

In the early winter of the ninth year of Dacheng Xuanwu, Princess Wude led Xuzhou's [-] troops to attack Youzhou.Taking advantage of the flooding of the autumn water, they dug up the Juma River, diverted water to irrigate the city, and threw thunderbolts, causing countless casualties.On the [-]th, captured Youzhou.

The next year, the princess married Xichuan.

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