fluttering night wind

Bai Yansheng has mixed feelings in his heart, political corruption has reached the extreme, and the army is not immune to it. Although it claims to have one hundred thousand elite soldiers, they lack training and are afraid of fighting in front of battle.

All the money in the world is lost to the capital. Once the people betray their relatives, the ordinary people will become enemies. Even if there are gold in the treasury and pearls to fill the house, who will guard it!

He forced to ask: "You haven't said how the navy is, how Xie Gong died."

The man wiped away his snot and tears, and continued to speak generously: "That day tens of thousands of remnant soldiers fled to the riverside, howling and shouting, asking the navy to release a boat to carry them across the river. Who knows that the gang of the navy are not things, afraid He was robbed by meng thieves on the way to release the boat, but he ignored it. Then someone got angry and went up to kill the man holding the boat and snatched the boat to cross the river. So half of the sailors were killed by their own people. Half of the people, hey, at this moment, the riverside and the river are in a mess. More than a hundred boats are robbing the river, you bump into me and you bump into you, and half of them are turned in an instant. At this moment, the Meng thief put down dozens of ships from the upper reaches. The boat went down the river and rushed into the government and army ships. The fire burned Chibi, and all the navy ships were wiped out after a meal."

Xiao Rongyue gave a thumbs up when she heard the words, and praised without hesitation: "Meng Ziyou, brilliant!"

Bai Yansheng glanced at her indifferently, Xiao Rongyue made a face at him, and then he turned his gaze to that person again.

The man was talking about his enthusiasm, and he didn't care that Xiao Rongyue was booing: "I had already fled to the north at that time. On the second day, they crossed the river to encircle Yongjing. But the defenders were all newly defeated and long-lost. When they approached the city, they were shocked and frightened. Who would want to defend the city? Han Xianzong beheaded three commanders and a lieutenant general before he was at the head of Yongjing city. The ground was barely full of people. There was a long shortage of food and pay, and the generals were fine, but the soldiers had no armor to cover them, and they were naked and shot by stray arrows. Countless people fell into the city. By the second day, no one dared to go to the city gate."

This person is also warm-hearted at first glance, if he hadn't been foolish and dry, and had nowhere to go, how could he become a deserter?At this time, it seemed that he had found a bosom friend, and told all the unimaginable things that happened in the past three or four days like beans in a bamboo tube.

"At this time, Xie Kun personally went to the gate of the city to supervise the battle, and even ordered his family to bring gold and silver belongings from Xie's mansion to reward everyone. Even Xie Kun's only daughter brought her dowry to the tower with her maid. Miss Qianjin is so deep Ming Dayi, how can a real bloody man not be moved? At present, thousands of dead soldiers are recruited to go to the city to kill the enemy, but the Meng thief's offensive is swift and fierce, and they are exhausted before noon."

Xiao Rongyue peeked at Bai Yansheng, when he mentioned Miss Xie, his eyelashes trembled and his complexion became paler.

"The bandit Meng is so powerful that even Han Xianzong is afraid at this time. He probably wants to give up Yongjing and follow the emperor. But Xie Kun desperately refused, so Han Xianzong accused him of spreading family wealth in the dangerous city, pleasing the people, buying people's hearts, and fighting with Mencius. You conspired to betray the capital. Some people said that Xie Gong killed himself in righteous indignation, and some said that Han Xianzong killed him, but I didn't see it personally, so I dare not say for sure. After Xie Gong died, everyone at the city gate dispersed. They all said: "With Xie Gong's loyalty, we can't avoid it. What are we doing here? At night, the gate of the city will be breached."

After the man finished speaking, he was still filled with righteous indignation and tears were streaming down his face.

Both Bai and Xiao had nothing to say.After a while, Bai Yansheng endured the grief and took off a short knife from his waist, held it in his hand, looked at the man and said, "Brother, do you want to make a fortune?"

The man blinked, and said obediently: "Grandpa, hero, hold your hands high, you won't let me jump into the frying pan, I won't go back to Yongjing. To enjoy happiness, you must have life."

Bai Yansheng reluctantly said with a pleasant face: "Don't worry, I don't want you to go back to Yongjing. You take this dagger to Shouchun and send a letter to the general guarding the city, saying that the owner of this dagger wants him to wipe out the remaining bandits within five days and march to Yongjing." Under the capital, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law. After you deliver the letter, ask the general who defends the city for a reward of 100 taels of silver, and tell me that I said it."

That man was a mediocre man, and he had already seen that Bai Yansheng had an extraordinary appearance and was not an ordinary person. Hearing this, his eyes immediately became more respectful, and he said, "Are you always?"

Xiao Rongyue kicked him impatiently: "Why so much nonsense? Get lost!"

Bai Yansheng divided the rations, and gave Zhao Yebai to the man for his legs.

Xiao and Bai looked at the back of the man going away, Xiao Rongyue said: "If he is a despicable villain, you may not come back."

Bai Yan said in a loud voice: "Although this man came from the grasslands, he seems to be greedy for life and fear of death, but he is actually an upright gentleman, he will live up to his trust."

Xiao Rongyue frowned again and said: "Your brother Shou Shouchun is well guarded, why are you so stupid? Those who are good at using soldiers should avoid their vigor and attack their laziness. If it were me, I would wait until the Shu soldiers looted enough in Yongjing , When everyone is drunk and dreaming, come to attack by surprise. Or simply attack Xiangyang and Jiangling, and plunder the enemy's retreat. The role of your brother's army outside is much stronger than defending."

Bai Yansheng smiled wryly and said: "Everything you said is reasonable, but the affairs of China cannot be deduced with common sense. Besides, he may not obey my orders when he is abroad."

"Well", Xiao Rongyue snorted, a little unconvinced in her heart, what can't be deduced with common sense, isn't it just because she is a child so easy to fool.

Bai Yan prestige looked at her only bay red horse, and said: "I must go to Yongjing now, if you are afraid, you might as well turn around and go back."

"Afraid? The Xiao family doesn't know these two words." Xiao Rongyue got on the horse first, and extended a hand to him.

Bai Yansheng supported her on the arm, touched the water like a dragonfly, and flew onto the horse.Both of them had their own concerns, and they didn't dare to delay any longer. They bypassed Chaohu Lake and arrived at the bank of the Yangtze River in a few days.

That man was right. Along the way, he saw remnant soldiers and defeated generals, all their weapons and armor abandoned. They looked panic-stricken, people and horses trampled on them, and the sound of wailing was endless.

Bai and Xiao caught a few more people on the road to ask about the situation of the battle. They vaguely knew that three days after the Shu soldiers entered the city and looted wantonly, Xie Rui, a son of the Xie family who was far away in Yuzhang County, led the troops to the city. Xie Feng, who was questioning the crime, was in a critical situation, and before the court had time to try him, he was released on the way, pardoned for his innocence, and ordered him to take the soldiers from Yangzhou to save Yongjing's emergency.Under the situation of two sides attacking, the soldiers of Shu withdrew from Yongjing, divided into two groups, one went into the sea by water, and the other by land, they pursued with all their strength towards Yuhang, where the imperial court was located.

The two rushed to the river, but under the chaos of the war, no ferry was intact, and there was not even a small boat to cross the river.The two of them went east along the river, from Yicheng to Caishiji, they were both sad, looking at the river and sighing in vain.

From time to time, you can encounter Shu soldiers sweeping the battlefield, or official troops who are scattered and fleeing.They were both wretched and listless, seeing the two of them alone, they showed a greedy and hungry look, and asked Bai and Xiao to send them away.

Xiao Rongyue came all the way to the south, seeing the soldiers in the Central Plains with incomplete weapons and the army in a state of disrepair, she was secretly happy, she only felt that the great cause of father and brother and the supreme cause was just around the corner.

After passing Caishiji one day, I saw a wooden boat floating with the current on the riverside. There were seven or eight corpses lying on the boat, with feather arrows stuck in their bodies.Bai Yansheng personally went into the water and dragged the wooden boat to the shore.Xiao Rongyue hurriedly helped to bring the corpses of the officers and soldiers off the boat, and the two of them were overjoyed to see that the wooden boat was intact.

Bai Yansheng got on the boat first, picked up the oars and tried a couple of strokes.Xiao Rongyue led the bay red horse to the boat, but the bay red horse was extremely restless, stomping on the ground, but refused to board the boat.Xiao Rongyue pulled it a few times, his hands were bleeding from the reins, the bay red horse just refused to give in.

Xiao Rongyue became anxious, raised the Fengming Sword in her hand, and said threateningly: "Don't you usually like Fushui? This place is only a little wider than Juma River. If you don't obey me, I will cut off your head. "

The bay red horse seemed to understand the words of the people, it raised its head to the sky and neighed, with tears in its eyes, it rubbed against Xiao Rongyue's neck, and then followed her obediently into the wooden boat.

Two people, one horse, one light boat and one leaf, headed towards the south of the Yangtze River with the wind and the water.

Bai Yansheng was apprehensive, thinking of Xie Kun who died in the city, and Xie Lianbi who was trapped in the city, his heart was in a mess.One is his father-in-law in name, and the other is his unmarried wife, they are both righteous people, and they are so kind to him. It is so embarrassing for him to watch them sit and wait to die.

Xiao Rongyue was also sitting on the side of the boat, resting her chin and meditating.

Both of them were so engrossed in their thoughts that they didn't even realize that the cabin had entered water.When the bay red horse kept neighing as a warning, the two of them looked down and saw that the water had already reached their ankles.

It was extremely bad. It turned out that the boat was shot by a feather arrow and leaked when it floated down from the upper reaches.

When Bai Yansheng looked at the river bank, he was still very far away, he could not see the sky or the sky, and he felt the danger, so he poured all his inner strength into paddling.

After a while, the river water reached their knees, Xiao Rongyue suddenly pointed to the river with a teary voice and said, "Look there."

Bai Yansheng turned his head when he heard the words, his face sank, a large black reef appeared on the river not far away, the river water formed a huge vortex near the reef, and the boat was being carried into the vortex. "Get on your horse and give me the reins."

Xiao Rongyue got on the horse and hugged the horse's neck tightly, Bai Yansheng held the rein in his hand, and shouted: "One, two, three, jump!"

The bay red horse struggled to jump into the icy river, while Bai Yansheng led the horse to swim to the bank.

The boat lost the weight of two people and one horse, and was immediately sucked into the vortex, and smashed to pieces on the reef in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Rongyue was drenched all over, her face pale with fright.

The two of them had no time to catch their breath, suddenly the bay red horse "咴咴" let out a long cry, Xiao Rongyue hurriedly comforted the horse: "What's the matter, what's the matter", but the tentacles were covered with blood.It turned out that when he jumped out of the small boat just now, something sharp happened to come from the upstream, cutting the horse's neck, and the horse's blood flowed out, staining the river surface beside the two of them red.

"Rongyue," Bai Yansheng couldn't bear to look at it, and said, "jump over from the horse."

"No!" Xiao Rongyue hugged the horse's head and cried loudly: "My General Yanzhi, my General Yanzhi!"

The horse was by Xiao Rongyue's side since childhood, and it was originally in love with its master, but now it desperately wanted to throw Xiao Rongyue off its back, but she hugged her tightly, and the buoyancy in the water was so strong that she couldn't shake it off no matter what.

"Rongyue! Do you want to live! Jump over!" Bai Yansheng shouted anxiously.

Xiao Rongyue turned her head and saw that the bay red horse and she were already surrounded by the river and heading towards the whirlpool, and the sound of the white goose at the other end of the reins was also dragged away from the direction.There was no time to wait, tears welled up in her eyes, she kissed and kissed on the horse's head, and finally patted the horse's back lightly, using her strength to jump to Bai Yansheng's side.

Seeing her leaving the bay red horse, Bai Yansheng immediately let go of the rein in his hand.

The bay red horse was instantly washed into the whirlpool by the flowing water, and its body floated up and down in the water for a while before it disappeared.

Bai Yansheng supported Xiao Rongyue to swim desperately towards the shore.The wind was strong and the waves were high, and one wave after another was coming. Both of them were full of water in their stomachs. They finally struggled to swim to the shore, and fell down on the mud and sand by the river.

"General Yan Zhi, woo woo..." Xiao Rongyue gasped for breath, then sat up and cried again.

Bai Yansheng looked helplessly at the sky, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and groups of sand gulls soared in the sky.

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