She was lost in thought, and her palms felt warm. It was her husband who held her hand.
Her palms were still cold and her voice was trembling: "Pengju, I was really worried before..."
Yue Pengju asked softly: "Are you worried that I will end up like Murong Jun?"
During those few months in Donglin Temple, the couple read history books at night and had a vivid impression of this period. Yue Pengju added: "At that time, I was thinking, if I encounter such a battle formation, how should I defeat the enemy? During the sand table deduction, It was found that cavalry must not be used at this time, on the contrary, only infantry can be used."
Hua Rong nodded happily, leaning against her husband under the moonlight, raising her head to look at him, and listened carefully to his explanation. On such a night with countless casualties, she realized more deeply that her hero, the only hero, could only be him! It can only be Pengju!
They spent two days in a row clearing the battlefield. On the third day, Yue Pengju received a report that the Jin army was advancing in three directions, attacking Lincheng, Yingshui, and Linshui. He convened a military meeting of the generals, and everyone I was surprised, because according to usual practice, the Jin army would retreat for a period of time after suffering a big setback, but now the Fourth Prince actually made a comeback.
Yue Pengju also judged that Jin Wushu's attack on Yancheng was a fake, and that Wang Gui's army was the real one to destroy Zhang Xian in Xingshui and Linshui. He immediately ordered the deployment to fight, and that night received an urgent report from Zhang Xian, saying The Jin army had gathered in Xingshui. Seeing that Zhang Xian was ready to fight, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to bed early that night.
As soon as he fell asleep, he was awakened by a knock on the door. He got up immediately. Outside the door, there were six people including Yang Zaixing. The other five were Yang Zaixing's sworn brothers. They were sworn brothers in their early years, but four of them died in battle. Yang Zaixing and Yue Pengju He was a fellow countryman and had followed him for many years. When he was injured this time, he was eager to avenge Han Yuan and urged him to go out to fight. He said, "The Jin army has come towards Yancheng. I have invited myself to be the vanguard to avenge Han Yuan."
Yue Pengju saw that he was determined and could not stop him, so he ordered him to lead 300 troops to explore the military situation first, and told him not to fight recklessly. To prevent him from being impulsive and losing his mind, Yue Pengju sent the steady Gao Lin with him.
Yang Zaixing and others led 300 troops to set off overnight to attack the Jin army heading towards Yancheng. On the evening of the second day, they pursued them to the vicinity of Bali Town and found that there were 300 Jin troops in front of them. Yang Zaixing immediately led his men to pursue them.
Three hundred Jin soldiers fled in a hurry. Yang Zaixing took the lead and chopped down a Jin soldier behind him with a machete. Others rushed up and started fighting with the Jin soldiers. In front of them was a small river with a small bridge on it, which the locals called Xiaoshang Bridge. .
The Jin army fled towards Xiaoshang Bridge. Yang Zaixing killed sixty-seven people in a row and chased towards the bridge. Gao Lin and others followed closely behind. But these 300 people were just bait for Jin Wushu, and there were still more people behind him. There was an army of 12,000 attacking Yancheng. As soon as Yang Zaixing and others rushed over, they fell into the encirclement of the Jin army.
Gao Lin was about to stop him, but Yang Zaixing was already furious. Most of the Yue family's army had already rushed over. He could not retreat before the battle, so he rushed into the battle formation to fight. The Jin army could not see a mere two or three hundred Song troops, but how dared to do so. He came to challenge him. To his surprise, he was slashed and killed by Yang Zaixing and others.
In this battle, Yang Zaixing and others had the idea of killing as many as they could, and fought dozens of times the enemy with their own lives. In the end of the battle, everyone was a bloody man, and the horse was a bloody horse. In the end, three hundred All the warriors died in the battle, and no one was spared. The Jin army was also killed by more than 2,500 people by the 300 Song troops.
It rained that night. By the middle of the night, the rain stopped, and the war was over. Corpses were everywhere on the ground. Jin Wushu, who arrived, saw the corpses of Yang Zaixing and Gao Lin. Although he had won, he was not happy. The three hundred Song troops, Each person has more than 70 or 80 scars and less than 10 or 20 wounds. It seems that people are no longer human beings, but a kind of beast that never tires. Tigers, Jin Army, Song Army, you and me. He is long-lasting. After passing through the battlefield, I was so stimulated by such brutal fighting that I couldn't even open my eyes.
On the afternoon of the second day, Yang Zaixing and others had not returned yet, and Yue Pengju could no longer sit down. Seven or eight spies were sent out one after another, and they all reported that there was no more news about Yang Zaixing and others.
Yue Pengju stood up and said, "I will personally lead people to find Yang Taiwei and others."
Zhu Fu, Sun Ge and others immediately dissuaded him: "You are the coach, you can't go out easily."
General Xu Qing came out of the battle and said, "I would like to go find Captain Yang."
Hua Rong was also restless. She had known Yang Zaixing for many years and immediately said to Xu Qing, "I'll go with you."
Yue Pengju was a little worried, but seeing that his wife was resolute and could not stop him at all, he agreed and ordered: "Xu Qing led five hundred troops to search. You can only inquire for information, not fight! Remember, remember!"
Xu Qing and Hua Rong both nodded. Yue Pengju, in front of all the generals, could not say goodbye to his wife alone. He suppressed the worries in his heart and whispered: "Sister Seventeen, please remember not to accept the challenge!"
"yes!"
Hua Rong and Xu Qing led their troops to pursue them non-stop. By evening, they had arrived at Bali Town. They saw all the dead bodies in the distance, from the Song Army and the Jin Army, including two sworn brothers of Yang Zaixing. Xu Qing said sadly: "It must be Taiwei Yang who went after the Jin army to avenge his sworn brother."
Hua Rong forced himself to remain calm and immediately said, "Let's go to Xiaoshangqiao to search."
"yes."
After the winter rain, the air is filled with the smell of blood. The closer you get to Xiaoshang Bridge, the stronger the smell of blood becomes. It is already late at night, and that day is the 16th day of the lunar calendar. After the heavy rain, the sky rises There was a big and round moon, but the cold wind blew and everyone felt even colder.
In front of them were dead bodies, so dense that even the horses could not move them. Everyone stopped, Hua Rong dismounted, and looked under the moonlight. He saw the densely packed corpses of Song and Jin, and immediately understood that Yang Zaixing and others had been wiped out.
Xu Qing has led his people to eagerly search for the bodies of Yang Zaixing, Gao Lin and others, and Hua Rong is also looking for them. After a while, Gao Lin's body is found first. He has long been beyond recognition, and there is no good spot on his body. Everyone can only rely on him. Recognizing him by the clothes he wore during the expedition and the weapons he used, he immediately hugged his horse. Everyone cried bitterly when they saw such a tragic scene. Hua Rong was also heartbroken, but he still retained a certain calmness and said in a deep voice: "Look for Lieutenant Yang quickly..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats behind her, and she said in surprise: "Hurry up and get on your horse, the Jin Army is coming to kill..."
Xu Qing looked frantically through the crowd. He and Yang Zaixing had a good personal relationship and couldn't bear to leave. Hua Rong shouted: "Lieutenant Xu, retreat quickly..."
He picked up a man from the ground, mounted his horse, turned over and ran away.
After running for a while, he realized that Hua Rong was falling behind. At this time, the Jin Army's cavalry was getting closer and closer. He became anxious and shouted: "Mrs. Yue, hurry up..."
Hua Rong hit the horse and fled desperately.
The men and horses chasing him were none other than Jin Wushu. The bloody battle at Xiaoshangqiao shocked him greatly. He asked others to retreat first, but he fell behind because of his confusion. At this time, he only had more than three hundred people around him. The soldiers did not expect that Song soldiers would rush to Xiaoshangqiao. At this time, they withdrew a few miles and returned after hearing the noise. For fear of being ambushed, they reined in their horses and waited until they found the moonlight. Next, there were only three to five hundred Song troops searching among the corpses, obviously looking for the corpses of Yang Zaixing and others.
Under the moonlight, he saw sparkling lights in the crowd in front of him, like ghosts in the dark night. He was shocked. These colorful arrow clusters and colorful feathers were like the call of hell -
Vixen!
Big Songhua!
It's her again, she's here to kill!
Without thinking, he chased after him and yelled: "Hua Rong, if you don't take the road to heaven, you will have to throw yourself into hell!"
Hua Rong, who was running for her life, almost lost her mind when she heard this familiar voice. However, after a brief moment of panic, she immediately calmed down. During these days, she had continuously experienced terrible battles, and her will had been extremely strong, and she did not respond at all. According to Yue Pengju's order was just to run for his life.
Xu Qing was inexplicably sad and angry. He bowed his head and turned around to fight to the death with the Jin army. Hua Rong roared: "Lieutenant Xu, retreat!"
"I want to avenge Captain Yang!"
The blood was so bloody that it made people crazy. Under the moonlight, Xu Qing was as powerful as a mad tiger. Hua Rong was shocked. He suddenly raised his small bow and struck him on his shoulder. He shouted sharply: "Xu Qing, do you dare to disobey Xianggong Yue's order? If you go, ,Who will collect the corpse for you?"
Xu Qing felt pain in his shoulder and woke up immediately. He paused for a moment, folded his legs around the horse, and said with a hint of gratitude in his voice: "Mrs. Yue, run quickly, I am in the rear..."
Hua Rong didn't say much to him, he just turned around and fired. The two or three Jin soldiers who had caught up to the front fell to the ground, and everyone ran wildly again.
Jin Wushu, who was chasing closely behind, heard the words "Mrs. Yue" and became even more crazy. He abandoned everyone and took the lead and chased after her.
The Song army ran out for a while first, and after crossing Xiaoshang Bridge, only Hua Rong and Xu Qing were left in the rear. On the other side of the Jin army, Jin Wushu was chasing after them.
The wind whistled past my ears, and there was a biting chill in the late night of early winter. After the heavy rain, the appearance was very slippery, and the horse was not running fast. Soon, Jin Wushu actually caught up with Hua Rong, who was lagging behind. , barely one or two feet away.
Hua Rong suddenly reined in his horse.
Jin Wushu's horse also neighed and fell behind.
Under the moonlight, the two of them could almost see the expressions on each other's faces. Both of them were wearing heavy clothes soaked with sweat, and their hair was messy, like wandering souls crawling out of a pile of corpses.
"Hua Rong!"
"Fourth Prince!"
The two spoke almost at the same time.
Xu Qing reined in his horse and turned around, overjoyed: "Mrs. Yue, wait until you kill the fourth prince and eliminate this culprit."
Hua Rong raised his hand to stop Xu Qing from bending his bow. At the same time, behind Jin Wushu, the army was approaching, and the two of them would become hedgehogs.
Jin Wushu also shouted: "Stop!"
The Jin army stopped outside the shooting range.
Their eyes met, Jin Wushu suddenly laughed: "Hua Rong, I, the prince, can capture you today. But because you stopped me from shooting me just now, I will let you go. Hua Rong, you are really smart. ! You need to know that you can’t kill me in this case, so I’m happy to give you a favor. But I still appreciate it and let you go!”
Hua Rong said calmly: "You and I are mortal enemies. In fact, there is no need to be polite at all."
"Dead enemy?" Jin Wushu chewed this sentence carefully, repeated it three times, and looked at the woman opposite him in the moonlight - the moonlight added a soft glow to her running face, a very strange and gentle look. beauty! —It formed a huge visual and psychological contrast with this cruel battlefield. He lowered his head and glanced at his disabled right hand, then raised his head again, thinking, why do he always feel that this woman is as beautiful as a fairy at inappropriate times? In the prosperous and peaceful times, she was not so beautiful!
This strange feeling made him speculate more strongly: If it weren't for the vixen, how could he have been so devastated? How could it be
The vixen must be allowed to show her true form so that she can no longer harm the world.