In October of the fourth year of Wude, 100,000 troops marched east to Jianghuai Liyang City, besieged the city for more than two months, and only came back with less than 20,000 people.

As for the specific situation behind this fruitless return, no one has recorded it in detail, only that after the prince Li Jiancheng went back, his temperament changed greatly, and he made some actions that ordinary people could not understand, and whipped his subordinates at every turn, and I don't know when it started, there was a rumor circulating in restaurants and restaurants around the country that Li Jiancheng had been mad.

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On the city wall of Liyang, Zhen Mingku, who was wearing a fox fur coat, used his self-made high-powered glasses to look at the Tang Army, which was messy and gradually retreating, with a look of worry in his eyes.

He couldn't believe that Ling Shuang would be defeated in his hands like this, which was too different from the Ling Shuang he had come into contact with before.

The city gate under the city tower was opened, the moat was also lowered, and nearly a thousand cavalry, under the leadership of Liu Heimin, rushed out of the city gate and chased in the direction of the retreating Tang army.

Li Daliang walked up to the city tower, stood beside Zhen Mingku, and said with a smile: "General Liu said that he wanted to capture Li Jiancheng alive." ”

Zhen Ming looked at Liu Heimin's team of people who were far away, and suddenly said: "Second Brother Hei may not be able to catch up with Li Jiancheng this time, you lead two thousand locomotive soldiers to pick it up, although it is a lost dog, but after all, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops, if you are too anxious, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and bites back, Second Brother Hei may not be able to please him." ”

Li Daliang nodded: "I'll take people out of the city to pick them up!" ”

"Wait a minute," Zhen called out to him. "By the way, you can help me print a few more copies of this leaflet and distribute it to my brothers in the city."

As he spoke, he took out a leaflet from his bosom that had already been written. handed it to Li Daliang.

Li Daliang took it and took a look, only to see a woman's portrait printed on the leaflet, and a line of eye-catching big characters written underneath: "Offer a reward of 10,000 taels, capture Princess Pingyang, the general of the Women's Army, and not allow her to hurt half of her hair. ”

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Wude fourth year Chinese New Year's Eve. There was a little snow in the sky.

In the marshal's mansion in Liyang City, more than a dozen people are eating reunion hot pot around a large round table.

The dishes on the table were plentiful and steaming. The crowd talked and laughed.

A beautiful young woman with a slightly bulging belly was smiling as she brought the last dish and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Zhen Mingku held the little Zhen goose in his arms, greeted him, and said angrily: "You be careful of my son." It was said that let the next person do it! ”

Zhen Ge is already old. She looks white and fat, fat and pink, tender and cute, two little feet stand on the palm of Zhen Ming's bitter hand, jumping and jumping, her body is cute, seeing the person she is most familiar with, she giggles in her mouth, and mutters "Dad, Dad......

The eldest grandson, Belle, stepped forward and kissed Xiao Zhen Gee. Bai Zhen gave a bitter look: "It's only been two months, how can it be so delicate." ”

The people at the table looked back at these two couples who had been married for many years and were as tired as honey. Xing'er couldn't help pinching the Zhen Dengshan beside her, and said with resentment: "Look at people!" It's only been a long time since I gave birth, and I was pregnant with another one, and I didn't have to breathe, but you fought for breath! ”

Yu Dengshan muttered: "You don't have a stomach for yourself, can you blame me?" ”

"It's all the same as your thin bamboo pole, and you don't exercise, if you were as strong as Brother Zhen, people would have been pregnant a long time ago, you see, now Sister Lian'er has caught up with me!"

Xing'er looked at Huan'er and Luo Shixin sitting opposite with a little envy, Luo Shixin was putting vegetables in Huan'er's bowl, saying something in her ear, Huan'er's face was happy, her eyes were full of happiness and sweetness, and she covered her mouth and smiled from time to time.

Since Luo Shixin arrived in the Jianghuai Army, Zhen Mingku made a matchmaker for the two, got married, and only three months after they got married, Huan'er became pregnant, Luo Shixin hated to hold her in the palm of his hand, hold her in his mouth, and take care of her meticulously, basically responding to requests.

Zhen Dengshan shouted again and again: "You can't blame me, you are only compared to other people's husbands, and you are not compared to other people's wives, do you know that Huan'er stews supplements for General Luo every day, if you also stew supplements for me once a day, you will be pregnant." ”

"You still say! It's just that you don't fight. ”

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you, it's all you right anyway."

The more the two talked, the louder they became, causing everyone to snicker, and the atmosphere was very lively, and the room was full of laughter.

The eldest grandson Belle came over and persuaded: "Don't quarrel on Chinese New Year's Eve, Xing'er, don't be too anxious, there will always be something, you are still young, why rush for a while." ”

Zhen Ming came forward and said with a strange smile: "Girl, do you want to get pregnant?" Come and massage Brother Zhen every day to relax your tendons, maybe as soon as Brother Zhen is happy, he will teach you one or two practical moves, and guarantee that you will ......be pregnant in a month."

The eldest grandson, Belle and Xing'er, snorted at him at the same time.

Luo Shixin couldn't help but interject: "Zhen Ye is a famous Bodhisattva who sends children, I'd rather believe it than not!" ”

The crowd laughed.

At this time, I suddenly heard a report from the guards at the door.

"Report! General Liu and General Li returned victoriously and captured more than 2,000 enemy soldiers, including Princess Pingyang, the general of the Women's Army! ”

Zhen Mingbitter was shocked, hurriedly turned around, walked in front of the herald, looked a little excited, and asked excitedly: "Princess Pingyang?" Are you sure? ”

The herald said, "True! It was General Liu who personally grabbed it. ”

"Where!"

"I just entered Liyang City, and I'm still in the barracks."

Zhen Mingbitter hurriedly sent the little Zhen goose in his arms to the arms of the eldest grandson Belle, bowed his head and kissed the eldest grandson Belle, and said a little apologetically, "I'll go back", in her slightly worried eyes, she turned around and ran out of the door, rode a fast horse, and went straight to the barracks.

Xing'er's hand holding chopsticks was raised in the air, and she was stunned: "What's wrong with Brother Zhen?" ”

Everyone at the table was also puzzled.

The eldest grandson Belle quickly returned to her usual appearance, and said lightly: "Ling Shuang has been caught, let's eat first, regardless of him......"

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In the general camp tent of the Jianghuai Army, Li Daliang took off his snow-white robe and battle robe, and shook off the snowflakes stuck to it.

Dressed in armor, Liu Heimin sat on a chair in the tent, drinking hot tea.

A young woman with a rope tied up in a knot was sitting on a chair next to Liu Heimin, her face full of resentment and arrogance.

She was wearing luxurious clothes, and at first glance she was extraordinary.

There was a rush of horses' hooves at the door, the sound of the guards blocking and Zhen Ming's anxious inquiry sounded: "Where is Princess Pingyang!" ”

"Back to the king, it's in General Liu's tent......"

Before the guards could finish speaking, Zhen Mingku couldn't wait to jump off his horse and rush into the camp.

He didn't care about not saying hello to Liu Heimin and Li Daliang, and hurriedly walked towards the tied woman, when he saw the woman's appearance, his originally excited expression suddenly sank, and he turned his head to look at Liu Heimin: "Second brother Hei, didn't you say that you captured Princess Pingyang alive?" ”

"Isn't that what it is?" Liu Heimin pointed to the woman who was tied up.

"She's Princess Pingyang?" Zhen Mingku's face was incredulous.

"Can't be wrong, this is the handsome seal of the lady army found from her, I see that she keeps calling herself this princess, and she wants to bite her tongue and kill herself at every turn along the way, and it was not easy to tie her back!"

Zhen Mingku, with some disappointment, walked up to the tied woman, examined her carefully, touched her face from time to time to make sure that she was wearing some kind of mask on her face, as if he was identifying an object and not a woman, and his rudeness made the woman's face show a hint of humiliating anger.

Although the woman in front of her is beautiful and has clear eyebrows, she is a rare beauty, but compared to Ling Shuang's appearance of captivating the country and the city, she is not inferior to one or two.

Zhen Ming painstakingly ripped off the strip of cloth tied in the woman's mouth.

"Phew!" The woman spat out a mouthful of water, and Zhen Ming turned her head to dodge.

Li Daliang said with a smile on the side: "This princess of Pingyang has a big temper, thanks to her being a woman, otherwise General Liu doesn't know how many times he has beaten her along the way." ”

Zhen Mingku didn't care, stared at her and asked, "Are you Princess Pingyang?" What about Ling Shuang? ”

"Humph!" The woman looked disdainful.

Liu Heimin shouted on the side: "What questions he asks you, you'd better answer honestly, I'm not as pitiful as him!" It's a beating to catch! ”

The woman said proudly: "How can this princess be humiliated by you, and want to kill or beat you as you please, and want to extract any secrets from the mouth of this princess, but it is wishful thinking!" ”

Pei Xingyan threatened on the side and said, "This is called humiliation? It seems that you have not yet seen what a real insult is! The woman who fell into the hands of General Liu stripped naked and displayed in front of tens of thousands of soldiers for three days, which is considered light! Do you want to try it too? ”

The woman was obviously a little afraid of the fierce Liu Heimin, and trembled when she heard this: "You dare, I am the princess of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Liu Heimin sang and harmonized with Pei Xingyan, and sneered: "Here, you are a lowly captive!" A lamb to the slaughter! ”

The woman fell silent, her body trembling slightly.

Zhen Mingku watched the two of them take turns to intimidate, seeing that she was finally honest, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she saw that she was thinly dressed, obviously Liu Heimin stripped most of her clothes in order to prevent her from escaping, leaving only a thin underwear, which was so cold that he took out a dagger from his waist and cut the rope tied to her.

"Princess Pingyang, come with me, I hope you don't try to escape, you also heard the words of these two generals, if the female captive escapes and is caught, not only will she be stripped of her clothes and displayed in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies for three days, maybe she will also be shared as a prize for the soldiers who have made meritorious achievements, I don't think you should know how powerful it is, right?" (To be continued......)