After that, the man flew away in the direction of Nanqi Pass, leaving only the army that looked at each other, Yu Yuan, who was trembling, and Yu Hao, whose face had lost his life. Yu Hao helped Yu Yuan up, a carriage, and summoned a doctor to stop the bleeding and bandage Yu Yuan. Then he turned over and got on the horse, and said with a pale face: "You can go back." ”

The army marched to the north in despair, and because of its low morale, the speed of the march was also extremely slow, and it could only walk less than thirty miles in a day. Even Yu Hao's urging didn't work.

As the army was marching, he saw a horse flying from the south, his body was also covered with blood, his body was in tatters, and his body was also full of scars. Seeing that Yu Hao was about to turn over and dismount, he fell straight off the horse, Yu Hao also hurriedly jumped off the horse when he saw this, helped this person up slightly and asked, "But General Ai Yong sent you." ”

The man said weakly, "Bing...... Your Highness, I am Nanqi...... The defenders of the Southern Qi Pass. 80,000 ...... in Nanqiguan None of the defenders were spared, and all of them were martyred. Originally, I was originally sent by General Lin Yi to ask for help, but ...... was ambushed, and Zheng Jieling was ordered to ...... They were all in danger, and General Ai Yong later rushed to help...... When you see that the enemy army is strong, it is ...... Ordered our army to fight to the death and win a retreat for the army...... Time. General Zheng Jieling and General Ai Yong...... All of them were martyred, and after General Xing Xian fought to the death, he ordered the remaining brothers to surrender, that is, he drew his sword and killed himself. The 7,000 forwards, including 5,000 reinforcements, made a total of 12,000 men, except for 200 who surrendered, all the rest were martyred. ”

After hearing this, Yu Hao said with tears in his eyes: "You rest first, and then report to me in detail later." ”

I saw that the man was looking up to the sky and shouting: "As a soldier, he didn't die on the battlefield." What a pity. Haha...... "If you say that, you will die laughing."

Yu Hao wiped his tears and said to the soldiers beside him: "Pass my order and bury this person." On the way back, if you want to leave, I, Yu Hao, will not stop you, but when you return to Moon City, Yu Hao also asks you to protect the health of the people of the city. As he spoke, he knelt down before the army. Yu Yuan had already bandaged his arms at this time, jumped out of the car with a sallow face, and knelt down against the army like Yu Hao.

Seeing this, the soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then, under the leadership of the leading generals, they also knelt down to Yu Yuan and Yu Hao and said, "We are willing to fight to the death to protect the safety of the people of Dayu." ”

Jin Yingwei's big pavilion leader helped Yu Yuan and Yu Hao up and said, "Please also ask the two highnesses to lead the army and continue to advance." ”

"Big brother, are you okay?" asked Yu Hao.

Yu Yuan nodded and said, "Although this arm is useless, it is still possible to ride a horse." All the soldiers followed me back to Moon City and held on. Saying that, the two brothers turned over and rode the army forward. After a little reorganization, the army also followed in the footsteps of the two and marched north.

That night

At this time, the Moon City was full of lights and a peaceful scene. Although the National Memorial Day is in Yuping Mountain, 30 miles south of the city, most of the dignitaries who come to watch the ceremony will still stay in Yuecheng, and then go to Yuping Mountain to watch the ceremony when the National Memorial Day begins. For a while, the inns and hotels in the city were full.

The area where Yanwangfu is located is not a bustling city, but at this time it is also full of people, and some vendors who do not occupy shops at the foot of Yuping Mountain have paid a fee to the household department to start a business in Yuecheng. Although there is an additional fee, the profits on these days are very attractive.

Yu Che was sitting on the steps in front of the Yanwang Mansion, the medical hall had already closed, because there were a lot of things in the past few days, Yu Che asked the doctors in the medical hall to go to various prosperous areas for consultation. Yu Che put his arms on his knees, his hands on his cheeks, and looked at the people coming and going on the street, but there was a little sadness in his heart, Qingyi was missing, Miao Qianren was nowhere to be found, and Yu Qin followed Liu Qianshan to cultivate. This national memorial day is really quiet, but fortunately, there are still cranes and vultures, and with the addition of Yurui and Su Meng'an, the Yanwang Mansion is not deserted.

Yu Che was thinking about it, but he felt that his left shoulder was patted again, so he looked back, but there was no one in sight, and he was surprised that his right shoulder was patted again. couldn't help laughing: "Senior sister, how old are you, and you still play this kind of child's trick." ”

Yu Rui walked out behind him angrily, sat next to him and pushed his head hard with his hand and said, "Good boy, dare to say that your senior sister is always wrong." You're three years younger than me, and even though you're thirteen years old, it's funny that you've always made yourself look like this?"

Yu Che smiled and hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare, senior sister is now in her twenty-eighth youth." ”

Yu Rui just gave up, and also learned from Yu Che to put his hands on his cheeks and looked at the people coming and going on the road and said, "Is the National Memorial Day so lively every year?"

Yu Che nodded and said: "The first few years of the National Memorial Day were not very lively, but some border generals came to watch the ceremony, except for General Zhou Dingshan in the north, who has not come back in the past few years. There are mountains in the north, and there is no way to come back often, so General Zhou Dingshan has not returned to China for nearly ten years. Some people say that he led an army of 100,000 men to set himself up as king in the north, but this seems to me nonsense. General Zhou's dedication to the country has been repeatedly suspected, which really shouldn't be. ”

"Then why has the National Memorial Day flourished in recent years?" Yu Rui asked with a sideways look at Yu Che.

"The eldest brother and the third brother have been fighting for power, and this national memorial day is a good opportunity to show their faces, so they are increasing the budget and expanding the scale year after year. That's what it is now, but this kind of national memorial day has lost its original true meaning. There is a great drought in the south, and it is not calm in the east. This so-called national memorial day should not have been held, and there was a rebellion in the south, but the third brother ignored these in order to pursue pomp and circumstance. It's chilling. Yu Che said.

Seeing this, Yu Rui didn't continue to talk down, but looked at the people on the road. The two of them watched like this, and they didn't know how long it had been. Yu Che said, "Senior sister, are you hungry?"

Yu Rui said a little strangely: "It's okay, dinner isn't good yet, are you hungry?"

"I'll take you somewhere. As he spoke, Yu Che grabbed Yu Rui's hand and ran towards the west of the city.

Yu Rui's face turned red at first, but she didn't break free, and let Yu Che hold her hand.

In a short time, the two of them came to a small alley, which looked extremely ordinary and very quiet, except for a large willow tree at the mouth of the alley.

"What kind of place is this?" asked Yu Rui.

Yu Che said: "This is a place I came to when I was a child, and I told you that the noodles here are delicious. ”

Yu Rui whispered, "Then can you let go of my hand?"

Only then did Yu Che realize that he had been holding Yu Rui's hand, and he was a little red. He hurriedly let go of his hand, scratched his head and said, "Let's go in quickly, but I don't know if there is anyone after all these years." ”

As he spoke, he walked towards the alley, and Yu Rui rubbed his hands and whispered, "Wood." He hurried to follow.

Yu Che walked to a courtyard, reached out and knocked on the door, but no one responded. Yu Rui looked at the small courtyard behind him. The small courtyard is already dilapidated, the courtyard walls are covered with weeds, and the wall skin in some places is peeling off, so it should have been uninhabited for a long time.

Yu Che was knocking on the door, but saw an old woman coming out of a house adjacent to this courtyard and said, "You are looking for Zhang Bao, he moved away the year before last." I said I went to the south, but I don't know what happened now. ”

Yu Che turned to the old woman and said, "Do you know why he moved away?"

The old woman sighed and said: "I can't go on, King Lu asked these veterans to pay a business fee if they were engaged in business, Zhang Bao really couldn't afford it, so he led his wife and children to the south, saying that there was any rescue for veterans over there, and I don't know what happened now." ”

Yu Che just nodded and didn't say anything, Yu Yuan told him before leaving, the rebellion in the south was led by veterans, and his Uncle Zhang would also be among them. At the moment, my heart was in a mess, and I bowed my head to the old woman and left.

Yu Rui followed behind him without saying a word, just quietly following him. The two of them walked out of the alley and stood under the willow tree. Yu Che said, "Senior sister, do you know what this place is?"

Yu Rui shook her head and said, "I don't know, but I know that this place should be important to you." ”

Yu Che smiled bitterly and said, "This is the first day I met Qianren, and he brought me here. This is a pastry shop, opened by a veteran, and is a comrade-in-arms of Qianren's father. At that time, Qianren told me that the protection of veterans in the Dayu Dynasty was insufficient, and I swore to him at that time that the situation of veterans would be improved. But I didn't expect that after so many years, I didn't do anything. And a rebellion broke out in the south, and Qianren was also lost. ”

Yu Rui stood aside but didn't know how to comfort him, so she could only stand with him and look at this little adult-like junior brother. He experienced a lot when he was a child, his mother died, his father ignored him, his eldest brother had a gloomy temperament, and he couldn't cultivate his fighting spirit, so he must have suffered from the strange eyes of others. He is only twelve years old, although he usually laughs and laughs, but his heart must be extremely fragile. Just thinking about it, he saw Yu Che turn around and said with a smile: "Senior sister, can you make me noodles to eat in the future?"

Yu Rui was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course you can." ”

(To be continued)