141. The death of Aju
By the time Azhu woke up from the severe pain, it was almost late at night. Before she could open her eyes, several mournful calls rang out in her ears.
"Azhu, Azhu, how are you?" The low timbre is Xiao Feng.
"Sister Azhu, don't die!" The one who cried bitterly was Ah Zhu's sister Ah Zi.
Ah Zhu struggled to open his eyes, and moved his gaze to Xiao Feng, who was still holding one hand on her vest and using his strength to renew her life. "Uncle Xiao......" she shook her head lightly, and said with difficulty. Life and death are fateful, don't waste your work anymore. ”
Ah Zhu said a word, Xiao Feng hadn't said anything, but Ah Zi cried "wow". After Ah Zhu was shot, he was bleeding and was seriously injured, and the doctors in the army were helpless, if it weren't for Xiao Feng's internal strength to prolong her life, I was afraid that Ah Zhu would have already died.
Xiao Feng spent several hours in a row to renew Ah Zhu's life, and at this time it was already the end of the strong crossbow, looking extremely haggard. Hearing Ah Zhu's words, he hurriedly choked up and said, "Ah Zhu, don't be afraid, I have sent someone to deliver a letter to Murong." He has always regarded you as his own sister, and he will definitely not die without help! ”
Hearing Xiao Feng mention Murong Fu, Ah Zhu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he said blankly: "Ah Zhu is sorry for his son, how can he have the face to see him again?" I saw her burst into tears and gasped again. Uncle Xiao, Azhu has always had something to say to you, but he can't find a suitable opportunity. …… Ah Zhu, Ah Zhu thought that the coming day would be long, but he didn't expect it...... Now I have to say......"
"No, no!" Xiao Feng didn't know that Ah Zhu was about to confess his last words, but he shook his head again and again with tears in his eyes. "Azhu, don't think nonsense! It's just a small injury, and it will heal quickly! ”
"Uncle Xiao," Ah Zhu was unmoved, only reached out and grabbed his sleeve and said slowly. "Ah Zhu and Ah Zi are orphans...... Childe, Childe found out for us a few years ago...... Our father is Duan Zhengchun, the king of the south of Dali Town, and our mother's name is Ruan Xingzhu. As soon as Ah Zhu died, Ah Zi was helpless from then on. Uncle Xiao and Ah Zi are different from men and women after all, if they are ...... If you feel that it is inconvenient to take care of it, please ask Uncle Xiao to send Ah Zi back to Dali in front of Ah Zhu......"
Ah Zi didn't know his life experience, and he was originally surprised. But when she heard Azhu's last words, she couldn't help but scream repeatedly. "Why? I want to be with my brother-in-law, why are you driving me away? You're dying, and you still want to manipulate me? ”
"Shut up!" Where did Xiao Feng endure Ah Zi cursing Ah Zhu like this, and immediately snorted. "Get out!"
Since Azhu Azi returned to Daliao with Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng has always been kind to the two sisters. How many times has Ah Zi seen Xiao Feng so angry? She was immediately shocked and frightened when Xiao Feng drank it, and she was stunned for a moment before she ran out crying.
Where could Xiao Feng still take care of Ah Zi, he only hugged Ah Zhu tightly and said bitterly: "Ah Zhu, you won't die!" ”
Ah Zhu smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Uncle Xiao, Ah Zhu doesn't want to die either...... It's a pity that providence is hard to disobey! It's not Azhu's, it's not Azhu's ...... after all"
Ah Zhu's two sentences are even more strange and inexplicable, but Xiao Feng seemed to suddenly realize something, and suddenly said loudly: "Ah Zhu, why did you change your name to call me 'Uncle Xiao' again?" Why are you asking me to send Ah Zi back to Dali? Aju ......"
Ah Zhu didn't hear it, only leaning on Xiao Feng's arms and staring at him deeply, with infinite tenderness in his eyes. "Uncle Xiao, Azhu begs you for something, are you willing to agree?"
Xiao Feng immediately said categorically: "Don't say one, a hundred and a thousand pieces will promise you." ”
"Uncle Xiao, Azhu, please reconcile with my son-in-law!" Having said that, Ah Zhu was already angry, and it was all thanks to Xiao Feng's internal strength to keep her from losing her strength. I saw her eyes half-open and half-closed, and murmured in a low voice: "...... The prince has been lonely since he was a child, and he can only smile at Miss Cousin. But after all, Miss Biao is young and is a daughter's family, and the son can only endure many things and say nothing to anyone. …… Until...... It wasn't until he met Uncle Xiao that Ah Zhu felt ...... Childe really came back to life. …… Childe really values you...... Uncle Xiao, the one who killed your biological mother is not a son-in-law after all, so you can forgive him! ”
Xiao Feng burst into tears in an instant, he really wanted to promise Azhu, but he really didn't know how to answer. After a long time, he choked up and said: "Ah Zhu, he clearly knew about this matter for a long time, even if he can't kill his relatives in righteousness, he shouldn't hurt my father again!" It's to revive Dayan......"
"Dayan has been dead for six hundred years, and the Xianbei people have long been integrated into the Han family...... Ah Zhu knows the impossible, how can the prince not understand if he is so smart? Azhu struggled and shouted. It's a pity that she is almost dying, and even though she has used all her strength, her voice is still as low as a mosquito.
However, even the sound of a thin thread in Xiao Feng's ears also has a deafening effect. For a moment, his mind was in turmoil, and he didn't know who to believe. Could it be that Murong really never thought about returning to the country? On the day he went down the mountain, was he also lying? …… So, what about Daddy? Is he lying, too? Who was telling the truth at that time?
"Uncle Xiao......" Ah Zhu shouted in despair again.
Xiao Feng saw that Azhu's face was like ashes, and suddenly knew that she had no luck, so he nodded hurriedly and responded: "I promise!" I promise you everything! ”
Ah Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally left a sentence: "Uncle Xiao, Ah Zhu wishes you to find the true love of your heart as soon as possible, and from now on you will never be separated from each other, and you will never be depressed again...... "
"What?" Ah Zhu's last words sounded like a thunderbolt in Xiao Feng's head, shocking him at a loss and scattered. "Azhu, what did you say? Azhu! ”
However, Azhu would never answer again.
Late at night on the second day, Yelu Moge quietly came to Azhu's camp and whispered to Xiao Feng, who was sitting at the head of Azhu's bed, "King, people can't be resurrected after death, so it's better to bury Azhu girl earlier!" Seeing that Xiao Feng had never reacted, he waved his hand. I saw that several soldiers immediately walked out behind him, and they wanted to come forward to move Azhu's body.
"Don't move!" Xiao Feng, who had become one with the darkness, suddenly spoke. After only one day, his voice was hoarse, and the words were like sand and gravel grinding on the ground.
Hearing this, several soldiers who came with Yelu Moge immediately stopped their hands and looked up at Yelu Moge one by one.
I saw that Yelu Mogo sighed softly, waved his hand, and ordered them to retreat. Yelu Moge has already had a wife and concubine, but he really doesn't understand how important a woman is, and she can make Xiao Feng lose his soul so much. He stood in place for a long time and didn't know how to comfort Xiao Feng, and finally could only say dryly: "King, although Wanyan Aguda has fled, the Jurchen rebels have not been completely defeated......"
Xiao Feng listened to it and didn't hear it, he just stared at Ah Zhu's remains, and said for a long time: "...... It's my fault, I should have married Azhu a long time ago......"
For a whole day and night, Xiao Feng pondered what happened after he returned to Daliao with Azhu, and finally realized clearly that he owed Azhu too much. Thinking that Azhu, a weak and slender daughter, can abandon the Central Plains and follow him, what kind of affectionate love is that? Outside the Yanmen Gate, when Xiao Feng reached out to hug her, it meant that he had accepted Azhu's affection and would be responsible for Azhu's happiness from now on. However, more than a year after they returned to Daliao, Xiao Feng never fulfilled the marriage contract. At the beginning, it was because he helped Yelu Hongji quell the rebellion and got a reward to recognize the Hui people, and he had no time to deal with marriage matters. But later, didn't you always have time to get married?
No! Xiao Feng sat all night and finally understood: No!
The real reason is that Xiao Feng still regards Azhu as a sister more than a lover in his heart, and he is more grateful to Azhu than in love. That's why he lightly agreed with those government affairs excuses that repeatedly delayed the marriage, so he would rather hunt and have fun with his subordinates than accompany Azhu more, so he left Nanjing for a few months but never thought of giving Azhu a word. And Ah Zhu has long understood his coldness. Until even his father was no longer optimistic about their marriage and wanted to find another wife for him, Azhu was finally disheartened.
Thinking of this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but hug his head and cry, and the remorse in his heart was indescribable. Xiao Feng understands that no matter whether he has the "true love" in his heart that even he can't figure out, but in this life and this life, he will be a negative Azhu after all!
Brother Yelu Mo saw that Xiao Feng's dignified seven-foot man was crying so miserably because of Azhu's death at this time, although he couldn't understand such feelings, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and couldn't help but persuade again: "King, Miss Azhu is kind by nature, she knows how to see you so sad for her......"
Before Brother Yelu Mo finished speaking, Yelu Renxian, who had also been waiting outside the house for most of the day, couldn't bear it anymore. I saw him kick open the door, strode in, and roared angrily with a calm face: "On the battle array, the sword and arrow have no eyes!" General Xiao, now that the Jurchen has not been destroyed, for the sake of a mere woman, do you want to give up halfway? ”
Yelu Renxian's violent drinking was like a shocking thunderbolt that fell on Xiao Feng's heart, teaching him to be full of spirits. I saw him look at Yelu Renxian in disbelief, and after a long time, he whispered in disbelief: "Give up halfway...... Halfway? ”
The Jurchen rebels, who were defeated by the Great Liao at Huanglong Mansion, did not flee back to Changbai Mountain in a hurry, but went all the way south in a vain attempt to attack and harass Liaoyang Mansion. Xiao Feng led an army of 100,000 in hot pursuit, and within three months, he defeated the Jurchen rebels twice in Yelude Guangcheng and near the Huiba River, wounding tens of thousands of enemies, and the Jurchen rebels' momentum plummeted, and they could no longer shake the Daliao regime.
At the end of August of the ninth year of Yuan You, the Liao army intercepted the remnants of the army led by Yan Aguda in Luzhou, and won the battle again. In this battle, the Liao army suffered less than 10,000 casualties, but tens of thousands of women and children were captured, and the living force of the Jurchen tribe has been swept away. Nearly half of the 12 Jurchen patriarchs were killed, and the rest were captured. Only Wanyan Agu dressed up in disguise, and led hundreds of cronies and soldiers to desperately tear open the encirclement of the leather room army and escape to Changbai Mountain.
When he learned the news, Xiao Feng was summoning the tribal chiefs of the Twelve Jurchen Tribes. Hearing that Yelu Moge stepped forward to report the news to him, he couldn't help but nod slightly, but still said slowly to those patriarch captives: "Your sins will come down by your majesty; And this king knows your suffering. This king has presented a mecca to His Majesty to intercede for you, and although he does not dare to guarantee your lives, he can save your people. ”
The patriarchs of the 12 Jurchen tribes have clashed with Xiao Feng in the past few months, and they have never relented in killing Khitan soldiers. Captured today, they also knew what would happen. But they never expected that Xiao Feng would plead with Lord Liao for them. They are now prisoners, and it is up to Xiao Feng to kill or kill them, and he has never had to use this kind of thing to entertain them. Several patriarchs looked at each other, all wept bitterly, and repeatedly kowtowed to promise that as long as the innocent clansmen were preserved, they would definitely know their kindness and be loyal to Da Liao for the rest of their lives.
Xiao Feng was kind after all, and he really didn't want to see these old people who could be his father kneeling in front of him to be grateful to Dade, so he waved his hand and said, "Stand down!" ”
After the soldiers around him took these patriarchs away, Xiao Feng immediately stood up from behind the military case and said: "Brother Mo, I will personally lead people to chase Yan Aguta, and the affairs here will be handled by Deputy General Yelu and you." ”
Brother Yelu Mo saw Xiao Feng sitting and acting resolutely, and hurriedly smiled: "If the king wants to take him, why do you need to go out in person?" It is better for subordinates to arrange soldiers to chase after them. "Thinking that searching for a person on the grassland is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, Yelu Moge hurriedly added another sentence." The Jurchens were defeated like a mountain, and they thought that they would not be able to make any waves in the future. ”
Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "If it's the patriarch next to him, it's just that, this person will have to take it." ”
Xiao Feng has commanded Ruo Ding to win every battle in the past few months, and Yelu Moge has unconsciously convinced his judgment. Hearing what he said, Yelu Moge couldn't help but wonder: "Why is this? ”
"The flintlock pistol on Wanyan's batter is inexhaustible, and behind him, there must be Song Jun to help." Xiao Feng said in a deep voice.
Yelu Moge hurriedly said: "Does the king mean to get evidence and ask Da Song for his guilt?" ”
Xiao Feng couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, and said in a low voice after a long time: "The flintlock pistol of the Great Song Dynasty is so powerful, there is no need to mention the guilt again." But it is...... If Wanyan Aguda can tell the tribes the causes and consequences of collusion with the Song army, or can alert future generations, the grassland can also be stable for a few more years. ”
As soon as Xiao Feng said this, Yeluren, who had always been sitting on the side, was also silent for a while. In the first battle of Huanglongfu, Xiao Feng blocked the Jurchens' gun team with the leather room army as the vanguard, and only then did he win. After this battle, Yeluren thought that the heavily damaged Jurchen Gun Team would disappear. Unexpectedly, in the battle of Emperor Tianxian City, Wanyan Aguda actually discharged a fire/gun team composed of thousands of people, and the ground room army was caught off guard. If it weren't for Xiao Feng taking the lead and leading the leather room army to charge into battle several times, I was afraid that the Liao army would have been defeated by the Jurchen rebels. Although the Great Liao put down the Jurchen rebellion, it was a miserable victory. In the face of flintlock pistols, no matter how brave the leather room is, it will lose to a weak soldier who is helpless. And how long can a victory filled with human lives last? Thinking of this, Yelu Renxian's heart was miserable.
Seeing that Xiao Feng was about to leave in a hurry, Ye Luren hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, and asked eagerly, "General Xiao, will you come back?" After Miss Azhu's death, Yeluren first persuaded the soldiers with their lives, and finally said that Xiao Feng arranged for Yanyun to escort Miss Azhu's coffin back to Nanjing for burial, while he himself stayed behind to continue presiding over the war. Now that he was able to put down the rebellion as he wished, Ye Luren watched coldly, and Xiao Feng had obviously become much depressed in the past few months. Xiao Feng doesn't love fame and fortune in the first place, and he is incompatible with this big Liao officialdom. Now that he has lost his beloved, Yelu Renxian is really worried that he will be disheartened and hang up the crown, but Da Liao has lost a genius.
Ye Luren asked this question first, Xiao Feng couldn't help but be stunned, and replied for a long time: "If I can catch Yan Agu alive, I will come back; If you can't ......, "Presumably, this person must have died at Murong's hands." "Then it makes no difference whether I come back or not."
"What do you mean, my lord?" Yelu Mogo exclaimed.
Xiao Feng was silent for a long time, and finally said weakly: "...... The Great Song Dynasty had already gained a chance to win, while the Great Liao was still ruling the world with tyranny. It's too late! After saying this, Xiao Feng didn't care what the faces of Yelu Ren and Yelu Moge were, and immediately ran out and shouted. Leather room army, bring dry food weapons, follow me to chase after Yan Aguta! ”
As soon as Xiao Feng gave an order, hundreds of leather room cavalry galloped out and followed Xiao Feng towards Changbai Mountain.