Chapter 5: Retreat
"It's rare that you are still so attentive when you are fighting, I heard that you are sick in Jiangnan, and you have been in a coma for a few days, right?"
The Queen Mother held the gourd in her palm and asked Yun Xiao with a kind face.
"There is Empress Dowager Lao who is concerned, Yun Xiao was indeed infected with wind and cold and became seriously ill for a few days in the battle of Gaoyou. In those days, the minister thought that he was about to die, and the newborn child had not yet met once, and he had not even had time to choose a name. The minister said something disrespectful, and at that time, his mind was full of what the minister's child looked like, whether he was fat, thin, beautiful or ugly.
The battle of Gaoyou was too tragic, and the 400 soldiers and horses of the minister and the Marquis of Jimo faced nearly 1,000 enemy troops. The cold wind was cold and the reeds were fluttering, and the ministers were surrounded by rebels in the reeds. The ministers were in danger of defending it, and the rebels had no choice but to try to set fire to Weichen. You can't imagine that the fire on all sides is burning with thick smoke. The fiery snake spitting out the core scurries around, and the fire is connected with the sky, making people feel like they are in hell.
The wafting reed ash drilled into the nostrils of the person, and the person could not breathe for a while. Both nostrils were black and black, and ten feet away they were so roasted that people did not dare to approach. The guards of the subordinate rolled in the fire with their bodies dipped in river water to extinguish the fire, and the eight-foot-tall man was burned alive to charcoal, and the screams made Weichen shiver all over his body when he thought about it, and the eight-foot-tall man was less than three feet long, and his face was as black as ink, and his face was distorted, which was really miserable.
In order to save me, the soldiers on the periphery tore and killed the enemy army exponentially. Only less than half of the minister's more than 100 personal guards survived, and most of them were incomplete. When the minister collected the body, one of the worst guards was actually cut into three pieces. It is said that he was cut off by the enemy and still fought to the death.
Half of the courtier's guards died. Most of the rest are disabled. The same is true of Jimo Hou's subordinates, who personally braved the rain of locusts and arrows. Two of the swords were cut off, and the third sword could be used as a saw. One arrow was shot in the shoulder and two in the thigh. This is fate, if this arrow is blown off by the wind by three inches, the person will be gone. When Wei Chen recalled that day, he was cold and scared in his heart.
There was also a time when his subordinates were raided by traitors at night, and the townsmen recruited by his subordinates fought to the death. Of the three thousand, less than a hundred survived. When one of the villagers saluted me, he lost his forearm in one arm and three fingers in his other.
There is also a village Yong who is only eighteen years old. Hit by an arrow in the thigh. Suppurated. There is no way, just the leg is rejected. I knocked my head with a stick, and I fainted after being bloodied. Halfway through the saw, he woke up in pain again, grabbed Wei Chen's hand and shouted that Hou Ye was in pain. A hole was scratched out of the minister's arm, and the minister also hurt. It's not that the arm hurts, but the heart hurts. He's only eighteen years old. ”
Yun Xiao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. The palace people and Aunt Ying in the main hall were also teary-eyed.
"When the minister went to Yueyang more than a month later, there were still corpses hanging on the city. The city walls are covered with bloodstains, do you say that when you encounter such a thing, can Weichen not want to seek revenge on the rebels? Don't kill Xiang Sanqiu. Don't kill those lake bandits who do evil. Can the heroic souls of these soldiers rest in peace, the Queen Mother, they are the best people of my Han Dynasty.
His Majesty was annoyed that I didn't rescue the king of Jiangdu in time, so the king of Jiangdu was in Jiangnan. But even if his subordinates went to rescue the king of Jiangdu, he would not be able to reach the whip. You must know that there are tens of thousands of rebels in the Xiang Division, and there are only more than 1,000 people in the Ministry of the Ministers. The people of the Jiangnan countries are different, and even some soldiers are related to the rebels. Where do ministers dare to use it.
The ministers didn't feel wronged, but the soldiers didn't live up to them, and they really fought hard. But because his ministers did not receive the reward they deserved, they were ashamed of them. ”
Yun Xiao said that at the end, he burst into tears, causing all the palace people in the Immortal Hall to cry and cry.
"Hey, there are difficulties with majesty. You take care of it, and I'll talk to him about it after a while. The royal family will not forget the meritorious ministers, and the majesty will not forget the meritorious ministers. Pick up your little girl one day and let the old body touch it. Did you choose a name? ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, the name was Yun Mi."
Yun Xiao was still sobbing, and there was no way to wipe too much ginger juice on the sleeves of his robe. His eyes were so hot that he couldn't stand it, and his tears flowed like water. I don't know if I will do the problem of tears in the wind.
"The name is good, Aunt Ying will pick some gifts in the palace and send them over."
"No"
"Empress Dowager Xie."
The Queen Mother gave a gift to a doll, which was a great honor, and Yun Xiao hurriedly thanked her.
"Don't be dissatisfied with your majesty in your heart, your majesty is the son of heaven. The Son of Heaven naturally has his reasoning, and it is not for you courtiers to speculate, you know? ”
Damn, the truth of the Son of Heaven, the truth of the Son of Heaven is that if you are disobedient, I will kill you. Yun Xiao thinks that this is the most shameless truth, and he still wants you to sing praises and say good things about him, but he has to say that it is from the bottom of his heart. The ghost doesn't believe such words, and I don't know if the emperor believes it or not, whether the emperor believes it or not, Yunxiao doesn't believe it anyway.
"How dare Weichen, thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces. It is naturally not easy for His Majesty to control the four seas, and those of us who are courtiers naturally have to share our worries for His Majesty. This is our duty as a courtier, and Yun Xiao does not dare to forget it for a moment. ”
Think one thing in your heart and say one thing in your mouth. The rules that must be followed by officials, Yun Xiao felt that his face had been polished thick enough to deal with this complicated situation.
"Thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces, which is a bit interesting. Your faithfulness is in the eyes of your old body, and loyalty is a good thing.
The faithful live a long time, and the faithful family prospers. And it will bless future generations, and it will last for all generations. Your family has a small population, so marry a few concubines to live. Don't mix the affairs of the court, you understand the meaning of the old body. ”
In an instant, the kind smile was replaced by a solemn expression, and the face really changed faster than turning a book. Yun Xiao didn't forget Jì, this is an old lady who has gone through the monstrous sea of blood in the Lu Clan's rebellion. This old face and one expression can determine the prosperity and disgrace of a person, even a family. As the first mother of the Great Han, she was qualified to issue a warning to a marquis.
The meaning is very obvious, that is, let go back to your fiefdom. Don't get involved in the affairs of the court in the future, it seems that the royal family is still not at ease with himself. It is also reasonable, the royal family will not be safe to use a person of unknown origin.
Wechen got it. Weichen returned to the fiefdom. ”
"Well, teach the three princes well. This is your future. ”
Yun Xiao was taken aback in vain, he suddenly felt that he still underestimated this old lady. In fact, she saw it more accurately than Yun Xiao, and Liu Rong would not sit in the position of the crown prince for a long time. And the most likely to succeed him are his three younger brothers who have not yet left Beijing. People are old and become fine, Yun Xiao believes that the blind old lady in front of him has become a spirit, and she is still a white-haired old monster.
I walked out of Changle Palace in fright, and I felt that my gnats were given away in vain.
Also, it is indeed difficult to impress the first mother of the Han Dynasty with a grasshopper. It seems that if you want to fight with this old lady, you have to practice for a few years. It doesn't matter, Lao Tzu is young and fights, but you rely on you and rely on you.
Said to return to the fiefdom immediately, then leave immediately. There is not the slightest dragging mud and water. Back at home, the celebrity who can't wait to load his luggage into the car. The wide four-wheeled carriages were covered with sheepskin mattresses. Fireplaces were lit all around, and the wide four-wheeled carriage showed his unrivaled superiority. The four horses no longer bear the weight of the wagon, and the heavy burden is carried by four wide wheels.
The use of the force box allowed the carriage to pull more things and lie on Yan Xian's lap. kept teasing the little girl.
I came back yesterday and was busy talking to my wives. Later, he got drunk again. didn't take a good look at the little girl. made Luan Ling very sad. thinks Yun Xiao doesn't like girls. swore that you must give birth to a boy for Yun Xiao, and after speaking, she straightened her belly, she was very confident in her belly.
Yan Xian was a little lost. Touching his shriveled belly, he loved and felt sorry for himself. If you have too many wives, this hand is not good, this has to be coaxed, and that has to be coaxed. It doesn't matter if the two vindictive women are the cutest, or the little girl. Lying in his arms, he spoke Martian dialect in ahhhhhh Yun Xiao also responded with ah, oh, oh, oh, and there was no obstacle for the two to communicate. I wanted a little girl in my last life, but I worked hard to create a bastard boy who was dead and dead.
At the age of eight, he became a Hutong skewer, and his Beijing accent was authentic. It's more authentic than what Yunxiao said, and whoever you say is from the capital. does not take into account the Liao in the household registration book and the nationality column.
The killers happily followed around the Yun Xiao car, and it was great that they could go home. Thinking that there was still a mother-in-law waiting for him at home, he thought that the carriage was going too slowly. The goshawk driving has been criticized by countless people, and if it were a different person, it would have been pulled down and beaten up a long time ago.
The snow-covered land was vast, and the two white-bearded old guys on the city tower watched the Yun family's convoy in the distance.
"He really didn't wait for His Majesty's reward to return to the fiefdom? There is actually such a person, with his merits to seal a general who leads the forbidden army, or the captain of the great feudal country. He just gave up, and needless to say, Majesty would also selectively forget about it. It looks like our arrangement is going to fall through again. ”
"You just calculate too much, this layout is like playing chess, and those who can see two moves are already good players. You look at too many steps, and it will naturally go wrong. Life is like chess, and the game is new. ”
Yun Xiao left Chang'an without waiting for His Majesty's reward, and did not cause the slightest wave in the imperial court. The ministers seem to have forgotten that there is this person, but Wei Dongbao goes to the houses of the courtiers from time to time.
A string of pearl necklaces appeared on Princess Guantao's neck, touching the round and jade pearls with pink streamers. Princess Guantao immediately forgot about the green beads and green stamen, and happily returned a cart of silk gifts to Yunxiao's little girl.
The same thing also appeared in Tian Wei's family, Liu's family, Liu's second family, and Liu San's family. Anyone who has helped Yunxiao has a precious gift for everyone. Or wealth or swords, anyway, they are all things that the lord likes.
The outline of the Yun family's Zhuangzi finally appeared in the field of vision, and the killers cheered. Yun Xiao opened the window of the carriage, and the cold after the winter snow instantly poured into the carriage.
"Beware of freezing children."
Luan Ling was so frightened that she immediately pounced on the window and closed the window. Then face to face with the little girl, feel the temperature. Lionesses will also reveal their motherhood to their cubs, a theory that has been verified in Luan Ling's body. No one could have imagined that this woman who loved children was once a fierce warrior on the battlefield with a sharp blade.
Yun Xiao reluctantly stepped out of the carriage, and the four three-story teaching buildings next to Yunjia Zhuangzi in the distance were very eye-catching. The reason why buildings were not built longer than three floors in this era is due to the compression resistance of the wooden structure and the termite erosion that is rampant in Guanzhong.
Reinforced concrete houses do not have this problem, except for the wooden doors and windows, everything else is something that termites can't chew.
Master Geng looked at the small gray building in the distance and was amazed. His apprentices also whispered, not knowing what kind of material made such a small building.
"Master Hou, is this the kind of thing called cement you said?"
Master Geng pointed to the building in the distance, and he couldn't wait to fly on his horse and rush over to see what was going on.
"Yes, there are steel bars in it, even if the earth dragon turns over, it can hold on. I just designed a sketch, but I didn't expect the old man to actually build it. ”
"Fisherman? But the fisherman of Momen? ”
"Exactly, you know?"
"In the past, when the fisherman traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he had a relationship."
"It's good to save me the trouble of introduction, you are all contemporary masters, and you must have a lot of common topics. Look, the fishermen are coming out. ”
The Zhuang households of the Yun family gathered at the intersection of Zhuangzi, and the old fisher and the Mo family disciples who stayed behind stood at the front of the line. The head of the family has returned from a big victory, although this is not the first time. But this time is the most creditable, and the people who came back said that tens of thousands of people were killed. The head of the capital is stacked as high as the city wall. I didn't expect that Hou Ye, who was usually such a kind person in Zhuangzi, would be so tyrannical when he went to the battlefield.
As soon as Yun Xiao stepped out of the carriage, a white whirlwind rose on the ground. A huge leopard swooped down, its aqua blue eyes unusually clear against the snow.
The newly attached Xiang Yong was just about to pick up a bow and arrow to shoot, but was hugged by the Hun man beside him. Damn, dare to move Xiaobai in Yunjia Zhuangzi, it's crooked.
Xiaobai, like a cannonball, pounced on Yun Xiao's body, and Master Geng next to him was so frightened that his face turned sallow. But looking at the one man and one leopard rolling on the ground, there are more jokes than fights. I saw the guards laughing and standing aside, and they didn't mean to do anything.
"General Dai, what's going on?"
Master Geng was very surprised by the scene in front of him, turned around and asked Dai Yu beside him curiously. Because of the fact that he is also from Wu Guo, Yun Xiao's subordinates, Master Geng, and Dai Yu can talk to each other the most.
"This is a leopard raised by Hou Ye, named Xiaobai. Quite human, more intelligent than some people. Mr. Geng is a newcomer, and he will naturally get used to it after a long time. ”
"Oh, I see."
Hou Ye is a big man, and the cats he raises are naturally bigger. (To be continued......)