Bai Jiu's chess game suddenly rolled to the ground. Yubai's zigulu rolled under one person's boots, the person dropped his own zipper, leaned over to pick up Baijiu's zipper, squeezed it between his fingertips and blew it.
"What's wrong with King Pingding." It was Yan Jueshu who had a peachy face, and he turned the little white coin sleepily, "It looks like he's about to fall asleep."
Bai Jiu simply leaned on the back of the chair, raised his head and closed his eyes, "The game is very boring."
Yan Jueshu sighed: "Our small fish and shrimps' tricks can't catch the eyes of King Pingding." As he spoke, his soft eyes slanted, "However, there are quite a few adult ships that have turned over in the gutter since ancient times."
"Fish and shrimp follow the tide." Bai Jiu put his hands on his eyes, and said softly: "The big waves are coming, and the situation will change later, you should protect yourself first."
"I'm not afraid of death." Yan Jueshu put away the pieces on the chessboard one by one, and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of death. I've lived a luxurious life alone, and now death is worth it. In comparison, even Xiaoyan The king should be aggrieved. It is so easy to get out of the sea of suffering, and I have not yet formed a shape, so I should struggle in this huge wave." He continued to smile: "This is a hard life."
"The words are insincere." The narrow eyes of Bai Jiu's men half-opened, falling on Yan Jueshu's neck. At that moment, the hair on the back of his neck stood on end, and he was as shocked as if he was wrapped around his neck by a snake.
Bai Jiumo said in a low voice: "You have worked so hard to stir up the dark tide, and you have not hesitated to help Dayuan privately. In the end, success or failure will be nothing." As he said this, with contempt and sarcasm in his thick and beautiful eyebrows, he said word by word: "Xin Zhenxiao Already rotten in the soil, body and soul gone."
The chessboard suddenly fell to the ground, Yan Jue was expressionless, except for his chest heaving and falling.
"How dare you call His Highness by his first name?" He gritted his teeth with hatred, "Bai, Jiu, you, dare!"
Bai Jiu simply closed his eyes and ignored him, but the eyelids under his palms twitched slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Shangjin.
Xin Yi went up to the city wall.
The smell of kerosene made his stomach upset, and Xianglan's nightmare has always been accompanied by this smell, which is unforgettable. The little cub lay on his neck obediently, obediently, without saying a word, he didn't eat for several hours, and he didn't make trouble with Xin Yi.
Wu Yu's voice was already hoarse, and he lay listlessly on the wall, looking at the dark Dayuan soldiers below. Xin Yi also lay down on the ground, and didn't catch Arslen at a glance.
"Is there anything to eat?" Xin Yi rubbed the boy's head, "Anything is fine, give me some."
Wu Yu slowly pawed in his arms for a while, took out a bag of things and threw it to the brat in his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, "You really took him with you."
The boy consciously opened the paper, and it turned out to be beef jerky inside.
Xin Yi leaned his head against the wall, looked down, and hummed.
"What should we do?" Wu Yu squeezed his throat, "Should we keep going? Alslen left Mount Canaan, which means he is no longer afraid of the Beiyang Army. Look at his cavalry, well-equipped, we are like It's a beggar."
"Ah." Xin Yi replied in a low tone, and then seemed to fall into silence, and did not answer him immediately. Both of them were speechless, only the sound of the boy biting the jerky.
"We can't keep it." After a long time, Xin Yi said: "We can't keep Shangjin."
"Then where should we go?" Wu Yu smiled, "Lijin? Xiajin? When Rouhui breaks through, the entire Beiyang Realm will fall. Where should our Beiyang Army go to defend?"
"The soft back won't break." Xin Yi rubbed his forehead, he was uncomfortable with a strand of hair hanging down from it. He said: "Dayuan's main force is concentrated here, and Rouhui only has a small part. Ji Baiyue and Xu Hu will not let them step over."
"That's not even worse." Wu Yu wiped his face, and said in a muffled voice, "Arsel went straight to Shangjin, drove Duo Rou back and outflanked them. They didn't even have a chance to escape."
"Why did you let them get out of Shangjin?" Xin Yi moved his lips, and the boy stuffed him with a piece of beef jerky. But his stomach was hot, and his ribs were hurting, so he could only keep it in his mouth. "We don't guard Shangjin, we have to drive back the Dayuan soldiers."
"Us?" Wu Yu laughed with a sore throat, he said, "Just us?"
They can't even afford 30,000 cavalry, so why chase after hundreds of thousands of cavalry? Besides, is it really chasing rather than being chased
"Yes." Xin Yi swallowed the beef jerky, his stomach twitched and made him frown, "It's us. The Beiyang Army has dealt with Dayuan for several lifetimes, and the ones we are most familiar with are the Dayuan Cavalry and the Dayuan Grassland. Back off We won’t occupy anything, and we will even be affected by the south. Once the king of Tang moves, we can counterattack from the north. If we only defend Shangjin, I’m afraid we will be overwhelmed and even more desperate.”
"Then what about the reserve rations?" Wu Yu said, "Yan Jueshu won't give us rations, and the court's rations can't be allocated for a long time. Even if we chase them out, what will we eat?"
Xin Yi didn't say anything, he lay on the wall and fell silent again.
That's right, even if they rushed back hundreds of miles in one go, what would they eat? It is absolutely impossible to use war to support war, because Dalan has affluent towns, while Dayuan only has pastures. Before Arslen came, all the cattle and sheep in Dayuan would be moved to Mount Canaan. Would the Beiyang army follow him to eat weeds
what to do
what to do.
Jing didn't know what was going on, and suddenly began to urgently transfer money from the wealthy family, but the money was not given to the frontline Beiyang Army, but disappeared into the palace. It was cold and cold in winter, and the emperor's Qianqing Palace was so shabby that it leaked air and needed to be refurbished. But where they went, everyone knew it.
At this juncture, we should have united to the outside world, but unfortunately, Jingdu has not realized that Beiyang is in trouble. The emperor's military rations were allocated and passed through the hands of the prince several times, leaving only a thin layer, which had to be divided by the little ghosts below, and finally sent to Beiyang, which was not enough porridge for the generals for three days.
Let’s just say that the sky finally cleared up on this day, so Taipu Siqing and Zhongshu Jianjun met to go fishing in Luyi Lake at the foot of Luyi Mountain. The two held the poles on the shore, and first went to a courteous manner, greeting each other's parents and children, and then cut to the point of chatter.
Taipu Siqing stroked his goatee, and said sadly, "I heard that Beiyang is having a hard time these days."
Zhongshu joined the army tremblingly, putting bait on the hook, "No, I can't even eat enough."
"How can this be done?" Tai Pusi shook his stick, "King Ping Ding left the capital, and no one persuaded the emperor."
Zhongshu joined the army and said: "No, look at the transfer of money."
"Ah." Tai Pu Si Qing said: "There is no one who can talk."
"That's not true." Zhongshu joined the army and let out a cold breath, "It's so cold, the army can't stop the charcoal fire."
"Xu Hang and Jiangtang didn't make a sound?" Tai Pu Siqing stroked his beard again, "How can the granary pretend to be dead?"
"That's not true." Zhongshu joined the army and rolled up his sleeves, "The king of Tang didn't even mention the matter of soldiers." Then he slammed his lips and said, "But he is always timid, and people in Dayuan are like wolves. Sihu, he is afraid that it is obvious. Just this little King Yan, he is young, don't stay on the battlefield, after the end, his parents and brothers are still not cold enough!"
"Don't talk about it." Taipu Siqing frowned, "I think it's possible. How old is he? He can't speak. Right now the army is not strong enough, and the army rations are not ready. Alas, if the Shangjin is broken, Who can stop behind?"
"It's the people along the way who are suffering." Zhongshu Jianjun finally didn't say "No", but said: "Like Dalan's deep hatred for Beiyang, it is unreasonable for no one to kill people in the city. The capital is far away. Well, I think the emperor's behavior is also meant to be blocked by money. Although I can't bear any grievances at that time, I will always feel uncomfortable."
"Can this be comfortable?" Tai Pu Siqing repeated in a low voice, "Can this be comfortable?"
A dry leaf hung down on the surface of the lake, making a small whirl. The surface of the lake was still a bit chilly, and a small boat slowly came out from the back of the lake. The two of them immediately stopped talking, looked at each other, feeling very upset.
I saw that the boat was unsupported, just drifting carelessly along the small cold wind. Passing in front of these two people, the drooping thick-leaved Gebu cloth flickered, vaguely revealing a corner of the book holder inside, and the boat swung away again.
"That, that's not..." Taipu Siqing shrank his neck, and whispered his name to Zhongshu's joining the army. Joining the army also shrunk their necks, and the two old heads, like two quails, held their breaths and waited for the boat to disappear.
I don't know how much the man heard just now.
"The clear flow is like this, the clear flow is like this..." Taipu Siqing sighed: "It's a pity."
Zhongshu joined the army and raised the empty hook, and then echoed, "It's not..."
It was He Anchang.
He didn't know where the boat had drifted away, so he put down the book, made tea with the boiling water on the small red clay stove on one side, and sat comfortably in the narrow room on the boat.
It has been more than half a year since he gradually left the imperial court. Although Hou Ke, the young phoenix, took over the imperial court, he ended up acting differently from when he was there, and people often have to recall a few words. On the contrary, he himself, after returning home, either studies obscure ancient books behind closed doors, or goes fishing and leisurely. After calculation, it has been a long time since the people of Kyoto have not seen him.
Just talking about a visit today, I don't want to hear about Beiyang. He Anchang didn't hear anything outside the window, and although he knew intermittently that Dayuan committed another crime, he didn't know that Baijiu had left. But he guessed a thing or two, and he could also imagine what the situation is now.
He only returned to He Mansion when it was dark, entered through the back door, and his own servants were waiting here. He went straight back to his courtyard, took a shower and changed his clothes, and wrote a letter in handwriting under the lamp, and the lamp was not turned off until the middle of the night.
Early the next morning, the waiter pushed open the door, only to see that the couch was empty, with no trace of sleep at all. Young master Qingliu of his family has disappeared, and the pens that are often used on the cabinet are also gone.
With only a few rolls of thin shirts and a few taels of broken silver, He Anchang tried his best to dig out the wall of his house, and the dust flew out of Beijing. On the way, he took a donkey cart, and he sat among the piles of cabbage and radishes, planning his affairs all the way to Qingping in the cold.
Now King Pingding is in Qingping, and according to his enquiry, Yan Jueshu is also in Qingping. If you don't go to Qingping at this time, when will you stay
Xie Jingsheng was very busy in Qingping, he heard that someone was looking for him in front of the hall, he was only a friend, and he never saw him.
He Anchang's cold thin shirt was fluttering at the door, and when he couldn't hear him, he turned and left expressionlessly. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he met Yan Jueshu.
"He Anchang!" Yan Jueshu stared at the car window, and said, "What are you doing?"
He An's often frozen green, it was even colder when he looked at people, and it really made Yan Jueshu shiver from the cold.
These two people still have a little predestined relationship.
When Yan Jueshu was studying in the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Taiyan was often delayed in his lectures, so he asked He An to go often. Speaking of which, He Anchang can be regarded as half a gentleman of Yan Jueshu, but he used to love money, and privately resold He Anchang's handwriting paintings, and was often rectified by this Mr. He, so now seeing him, he wanted to express his anger, Deep down I was terrified again.
"A teacher for one day and a father for the rest of your life." He Anchang said indifferently, "What do you want your father to do?"
"..." This person is still so heart-wrenching. Yan Jueshu held back for a while, only lifted the curtain of his own car, and said impatiently: "What kind of prestige is there when you're frozen into a popsicle, come up quickly."
He Anchang rubbed the tip of his frozen nose, turned around and went up.
It was very hot inside, and Yan Jueshu wished he could cover it all with thick leather, so that he would make it so golden that it would shine brightly. As soon as He Anchang came back slowly, he raised his eyes and turned around the inside of his carriage.
Yan Jueshu hugged the sable and became lazy, "Isn't it insulting to the gentleman, you noble people don't have much character." Then he glanced at him with his peachy eyes, "I almost got a frozen bone. You come here What are you doing?"
"Eat buns." He Anchang sat upright, "What are you doing here?"
"Beat the dog."
He Anchang nodded and rubbed his eyes again.
"what are you doing?"
He Anchang said: "Dazzling." Then said: "Why are you surrounded by a peacock?"
"..." Yan Jueshu threw away the velvet, and said viciously, "I'm cold."
"It's really cold here." He Anchang nodded, then changed the topic the next moment, "If you don't release food to Beiyang, it will be even colder."
The smile in Yan Jueshu's eyes faded, and he hummed: "You are also here to be a lobbyist."
He Anchang paused, and said seriously: "No, I'm here to save you."