Shu land.
The city of Jiangyuan was destroyed, and the defending general Zhang He could not escape, and was escorted by the insurgents to the commander Wang Wu.
During the siege of the city, Wang Wu was shot in the forehead, and he continued to fight for a while with his blood. Then, he quickly summoned the army officer and several famous doctors in the city to diagnose and treat, but the feather arrow hit the forehead, and he would die immediately if he pulled it out.
"Big brother..." Li Shun knelt in front of the bed, covered in blood, with tears all over his face. He grew up in the Wang family, and Wang Wu was both his brother-in-law and a good elder brother whom he regarded as his biological sibling. Before the expedition, my sister cried into tears, and told their brothers to take care of themselves, and they would rather be defeated than escaped.
"Okay, isn't it just death, before death can drink and eat meat, fight side by side with the second brother and the third brother, the eldest brother is worth it in this life." Wang Wu has a hearty temperament, and he is not afraid of dying, holding his brother-in-law's hand , while you still have strength, take the time to explain the funeral: "Take care of your sister for me, Liu'er has grown up, you can choose a good family for her..."
Li Shun shook his head and nodded.
Wang Wu slowly raised his eyes.
Guo Xiao walked over with a heavy expression, leaned over and looked at him.
For Guo Xiao, Wang Wu has the eldest brother's love for the younger brother, and the admiration of ordinary people for the powerful person. After spending half a year together, Wang Wu can actually see that his righteous brother has an extraordinary background. He and his brother-in-law can To break out of this world, it all depends on the help of nobles. Looking at those deep black eyes, Wang Wu said slowly: "Third brother, I, I can't do it, your second brother has never read a book, and in the future, I hope the third brother will help you..."
"There is no need for eldest brother to repeat, Song Zhang will do his best to assist the second brother, kill all the corrupt officials as soon as possible, and avenge the eldest brother!" Guo Xiao held Wang Wu's outstretched hand and assured in a deep voice.
Wang Wu smiled, and his eyes returned to Li Shun's face with difficulty.
"Big brother!" Li Shun threw himself on Wang Wu and burst into tears. Guo Xiao stood aside and recalled that Wang Wu was a simple and hospitable man, and although he was the commander-in-chief of the insurgent army, he never acted as a powerful man. A stern man. Clenching his fists with both hands, Guo Xiao suddenly looked at Zhang Xin, the general of the city who was being held and kneeling on the side.
"Second brother, what should I do with this person?" Guo Xiao reminded Li Shun coldly.
Hearing this, Li Shun stiffened for a moment, then stood up abruptly, pulled out his saber, cut off Zhang He's head on the spot, and ordered someone to hang it on the city wall to pay homage to his brother's spirit in heaven. The enemy was killed, but the grief in his heart could not be calmed down. Li Shun cried and restrained his brother. The next morning, according to the elder brother's previous plan, Li Shun led his troops and personally attacked the important town of Shu, Chengdu, to the east of Jiangyuan City.
Chengdu was the capital of the Shu Kingdom in the previous dynasty. The city walls were so high and solid that it was by no means comparable to other small cities. The rebel army attacked for one day and suffered heavy damage, so they had to return to Jiangyuan City. The elder brother died and lost the battle again. Li Shun suddenly lost his confidence and discussed with Guo Xiao, "How about we take the money we robbed and find a mountain to guard?"
The government is difficult to beat, anyway, there is money, Li Shun really wants to give up.
Guo Xiao pursed the corner of his lower lip, ordinary people have narrow vision.
"Zhanshan is the king, the money has been spent, and the food and grass have run out. How should the second brother deal with it?" Guo Xiao asked calmly.
Li Shun rubbed his head, and a word popped into his mind, but he felt inappropriate.
Guo Xiao knew what he was thinking, and sighed: "The government is forcing us to go on. Our three brothers raised troops and robbed the rich to help the poor, so the poor people in various prefectures and counties defected to us. If the mountain is king, it will inevitably be robbed in the future. What is the difference between that and bandits? Big brother is brave and courageous, knowing that you and I are oppressing the people, will definitely die. And the court will not give up. At this time, there are Liao soldiers in the north, and the court has no time to take care of us. If we don’t take this opportunity to capture the city Strengthen the military, once the imperial court is free, our 50,000 troops can only sit and wait."
Li Shun immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and Liushen Wuzhu said, "Then what should I do?"
Guo Xiao called him to the map and pointed to Shuzhou Road in the north of Chengdu: "Chengdu is difficult to attack, we can first break down the surrounding small cities one by one, and then turn around and take Chengdu in one fell swoop when our troops are sufficient." He pointed to several cities one after another. .
His voice was calm, and when he pointed the country, Li Shun calmed down and said with admiration: "The third brother is brave and resourceful, and he must be the reincarnation of the martial arts star in the sky!"
Guo Xiao smiled, but his eyes fell on the northeastern part of the map of Shu, the capital of Dazhou.
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In the capital, because King Shou attacked the Liao soldiers in Zhenzhou Mancheng, Emperor Xuande was refreshed for two days, but he was not happy for a long time, and he received the battle report from Shu. Knowing that the rebel army had grown to as many as 50,000, and that the officers and soldiers in Shu had been defeated, Emperor Xuande's good mood immediately flew to the horizon, and he smashed the memorial out: "Trash! It's all a bunch of trash!"
If he can't govern the people well, he can't even suppress them. What kind of mediocre officials has he raised!
"Royal father, my son is willing to lead the troops to quell the rebellion." Prince Rui came out first and took the initiative to ask Ying, his voice loud and clear. He did not dare to fight the Liao soldiers, and asked the third child to take the credit with the assistance of Li Long and Guo Boyan. Now the rebellion in Shu is like a chance for him to perform.
One son is more heroic than the other, and Emperor Xuande is relieved, but it is impossible to send two princes at the same time. Furthermore, Emperor Xuande still did not take the rebel army composed of 50,000 people into his eyes. Defeat, all generals and soldiers are incompetent. Emperor Xuande looked at the column of military attachés, and soon there was a candidate. He named Gao Zai, the prudent old man, as the inspector of Xichuan, and went to lead the counter-insurgency affairs.
Gao Zai left Beijing that day, Emperor Xuande took a breath and continued to pay attention to the battle report in northern Xinjiang.
King Shou's Mansion.
Song Jianing is also thinking about her husband. Last month, the prince left in a hurry, and Song Jianing didn't have time to do anything. After the prince left, Song Jianing thought and worried. If he sat idle and didn't do anything, he couldn't be at peace for a moment, so he asked the maids to prepare needles and stitches, and she gave the prince herself. Sew winter coats to keep out the cold.
On the warm couch in the autumn light, she lowered her head and was busy with needlework. Across a low mahogany table, Zhaozhao played with Brother You. Since she had a younger brother, Zhaozhao finally stopped pestering her mother all the time, and the little girl He became more and more sensible, and knew that his mother wanted to make clothes for the father and could not make trouble.
"Mother, my brother is booing!" Zhaozhao immediately shouted loudly when he saw a stream of water rushing out of his little brother's short legs.
Song Jianing laughed, the nurse had already rushed over to help Brother You change his pants and mat. Zhaozhao watched intently. When the nurse was laying the mat, she patted her in a dignified manner. Song Jianing saw it clearly, and thought that when he wrote a letter to the prince later, he must include this matter.
"Princess, the princess's hand stove is ready, do you want to take a look?" Shuang'er came in and asked. The small county master grows every year, and the small hands grow up.
Song Jianing just got tired of sewing, so she nodded, then put down her needle and thread, she went to play with Zhaozhao and Brother You. Shuang'er came in with two exquisite small copper stoves. The copper stoves were inlaid with a circle of gems. Any one of them was a rare thing that a wealthy businessman outside could not buy. utensils, often seen.
"This is a picture that my father specially drew for Zhaozhao, and then let the craftsman cast it. Does Zhaozhao like it?" Song Jianing asked her daughter with a smile, holding the white and plump Brother You.
Holding the round hand stove, Zhaozhao nodded as he looked at the new gadgets, and only after nodding did he try to pick out a gemstone, very seriously.
Song Jianing touched her daughter's head and taught her how to warm her hands.
Zhaozhao blinked, raised his head and asked, "Do you have one?"
Song Jianing nodded.
Zhaozhao was satisfied, seeing her mother looking at her brother with big black eyes in her arms, and asked, "Where's my brother?"
Song Jianing still nodded, her daughter was so cute, she couldn't help but kiss her.
Before Zhaozhao finished his question, he looked at the window and asked, "Where's your father?"
Song Jianing was stunned. The lord is hot. In winter, the lord always warms her hands, but he doesn't use it himself. Sometimes it's freezing cold. When he comes back from outside, she loves him and sends her over with the stove in hand, but the lord pulls her to her leg. The person who only cherishes her in her arms. The silent tenderness came to mind, and Song Jianing couldn't help but lose his mind.
"Mother, does your father have it?" Zhaozhao asked again.
Song Jianing woke up and nodded subconsciously.
Zhaozhao was happy and continued to play with her hand stove. Song Jianing looked at her daughter, and her mind flew to the prince again. Winter is coming soon. The princes are at the border, and they even have to go to the battlefield in person. Whether they are holding the reins or swords, their hands must be exposed. The north is cold, will they freeze their hands
Thinking of this, Song Jianing couldn't sit still, and called Liu Xi to prepare a box of plaster for cold hands.
The plaster was used to manage it, but it couldn't prevent it. Song Jianing touched his chin and began to think about how to help the prince to keep out the cold. After thinking about it for a long time to no avail, washing her feet at night, watching Shuang'er help her take off her long white silk socks, Song Jianing's heart moved, wouldn't it be enough to embroider something to wrap the prince's hand
With an idea, Song Jianing continued to think along this line of thought. If the prince wants to lead troops to fight, he can cover the back of his hand, but his fingers must be exposed, otherwise he will not be able to handle things flexibly. In the evening, I came up with a general appearance. The next day, Song Jianing was drawing pictures and selecting materials, and was too busy to coax the children.
At the end of September, the guards rushed to Zhenzhou to deliver the letter with the princess' family letter and burden.
Zhao Heng had been looking forward to it for a long time. After Eunuch Fu left, he opened the envelope first. Familiar delicate small characters, familiar and smart children's portraits, each stroke carries her unique tenderness. Zhao Heng looked at the beautiful daughter in the painting and the fat son who had grown up, but she was not there.
After all, Shou Wang was a Shou Wang who had cultivated immortality. He was so excited that he immediately picked up a pen and polished it. Following her painting, he repainted a picture. She was holding Brother You, and her daughter was leaning against her coquettishly.
After I finished drawing, I stared at her portrait for a while, and Zhao Heng finally remembered that she had sent something.
Putting down the paintbrush and putting away the family papers, Zhao Heng walked to the desk and opened the bag. Inside were a winter robe, a big cloak, and…
Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows, picked up a pair of strange objects placed on the cloak, turned it over and over, and found a note inside a cover: "My lord, this thing is like a sock, it fits on your hand to keep out the cold. Below the note, there is a line of smaller words: Winter is coming, I miss the big hand of the king.
hot big hands...
Zhao Heng stared at the small words, the scenes he had gotten along with her, hugged her, kissed her and asked her, all came to mind.
She only wanted his big hand, but he wanted her whole person, inside and out.
Carefully putting away this special note, Zhao Heng lowered his eyes and tried to put on the fresh gift that the princess gave him. The outside of the cover was deerskin, and the inside was covered with a layer of compact cotton. When you put your hand in it, it was really warm. The leather cover covered the first knuckle, and it disappeared. Zhao Heng clenched his fist and his movements were not affected.
Cold stuff.
Zhao Heng unconsciously clenched his fist and stretched it out again. After a few times, he suddenly turned around and summoned Eunuch Fu.
"My lord." Duke Fu rushed in on horseback.
Zhao Heng took off the holster on his hand and said to Duke Fu fairly: "Make a set and give it to Li Long to ensure that there will be one pair of bows and crossbowmen."