In the eleventh year of the great cause, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time in previous years, Luoyang City was full of brocade clothes, covered with streets, full of vitality.

This year has been very lonely. There were very few envoys who came to the court. Some didn't send anyone out at all, while others were killed by the rebels on the way out.

Luoyang City, inside the Imperial Palace.

The emperor stood with his hands in his hands and sighed, "It's really a defeat, and the general trend has gone!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't say such discouraged words. Let's go to the north of the frontier again before going south, so as to avoid the people and foreigners in the north from taking advantage of the situation after going south. What does Your Majesty think? Yu Wenshu next to him twisted his neck and looked at the emperor's nostrils and said.

"Why bother." Since the three conquests of Goguryeo, the emperor has much less trust in Yuwenshu. Many even said that he was one of the main culprits in this defeat.

Yuwen Shu knew that he was no longer convincing, but he finally tried again, "If Your Majesty goes to Jiangdu Palace, what will happen to the acting king who stays here when those Hu people call in the future?" ”

Originally, everything was already arranged. The emperor planned to leave his grandson, and Yang Yu, who was only a little more than ten years old, stayed in Luoyang.

Now hearing Yu Wenshu's words, his heart chuckled. Throw this mess to his young grandson, if he doesn't deal with the aftermath, he won't know what to do when the time comes.

"Then let's prepare for the northern tour!" The emperor dropped a sentence and went back to the dormitory.

"Your Majesty......" Yu Wenshu didn't expect the emperor to suddenly agree. He was left alone and stunned.

The decision on the northern tour was very sudden, and the preparations were hasty and crude.

The Emperor of Daye once again turned on his horse, but he was no longer as young and agile as he was. He frowned slightly, as if he was tired of life on horseback.

After a "go", the long line slowly moved north.

The weather queen was embroidering incense sachets in the dormitory, and suddenly her hand was pricked. She screamed "ahh

Man'er heard the shouting and hurriedly ran over to her and asked, "What's wrong with the queen?" ”

The queen put her finger in her mouth and sucked it. His eyes were full of worry, "Your Majesty, they don't know what the situation is on their northern tour?" ”

At this moment, the emperor was besieged in Yanmen by the Eastern Turk Shibi Khan, fighting alone. Precarious.

This Shibi Khan turned out to be the child during the Northern Tour. Back then, the Emperor of the Great Sui didn't look at him, and now he wants to have a decisive battle with him.

What was a child has now become an adult. And the Supreme of the year has now tasted enough of failure.

The two armies are facing each other, and the victory or defeat is decided.

In the lonely city besieged on all sides, the emperor hugged King Zhao and cried, "There shouldn't be any more wars!" There should be no more sacrifices! I've seen enough corpses in Liaodong. ”

Thinking of watching his son die in front of him, the emperor thought of the sons of those people, those soldiers who died on the battlefield in Liaodong.

The siege lasted for more than a month, and it was expected that the Turkic army would rush in and eat it alive at any moment. Every emperor has the same dream.

In the dream, the ghosts who died on the battlefield of Liaodong during the three expeditions to Goguryeo shouted around his bed: "Your Majesty, pay for our lives!" ”

During the day, I trembled listening to the sound of battle horns outside, and at night I was haunted by evil spirits and broke out in a cold sweat. There was a great crisis in the emperor's health.

"Am I going to die here?" He asked God to the empty room. "If I can break through this siege and get out alive, I will never start a war again!"

A month is too slow for those who are surrounded in the ancient city and fighting alone.

Just when they were not hopeful, with the efforts of Yun Dingxing, the father of Yun Zhaoxun, the beloved concubine of the former prince Yang Yong, Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin and Princess Yicheng, Yanmen Pass was lifted.

Originally, he fought with the ideal of ending the strife, but he didn't expect so many innocent people to die in Huangquan. Now that he is in a desperate situation, he understands a truth, maybe the strife can only be reduced, not eliminated. As a mortal, he has no authority to end the war.

After that, he will never start a war again for any reason.

On this day, the autumn is high and cool, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon.

The queen watched the sunset set again, "Your Majesty, they should also arrive!" ”

The next day, the Northern Patrol army slowly entered the city, and it was no longer as majestic as when it went out.

The queen has been waiting at the palace gate for a long time, "Your Majesty ......"

The moment the queen saw the emperor, she couldn't say anything. The eye sockets are deep-set, the two families are protruding, and the whole face has become a withered face, many years older than before the patrol.

The emperor silently took the queen's hand, tears rolling in his eyes. There were so many people watching around that he couldn't let the tears flow.

"Queen...... I thought I'd never see you again! As soon as he walked into the courtyard of the dormitory, the emperor hugged the queen and cried loudly.

The two stayed up all night and talked about the terrifying experience of the Northern Tour and the decisions they made in the process.

"I will always support Your Majesty!" The queen said, her eyes steadfast, and she could see her bright eyes sparkle even in the dark.

A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the new dragon boat was finally ready. According to the original plan, the emperor and they set off on a dragon boat and went to Jiangdu Palace.

In autumn, Yangzhou is breezy and warm, warm and comfortable. The small bridge and flowing water, the mist like smoke, all show the gentle embrace of Jiangnan.

The emperor stood on the commanding heights of the palace and looked at Yangzhou City, and it was not impossible to live here for the rest of his life.

"Your Majesty, your complexion has been much better these days!" The queen stood behind him at some point.

The emperor's face was delighted, "Yes, thanks to the tenderness of Jiangnan, there have been a lot fewer nightmares recently." ”

Since returning from the Yanmen Pass, the emperor has had nightmares every night, often roaring like a ghost at midnight. He refused to let anyone approach his bedchamber, not even the Queen.

Hearing the emperor say that there were many fewer nightmares, the queen cried with joy, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Just when they were rejoicing in these little things, all kinds of bad news came from all directions.

Li Mi, who committed a capital crime because of Yang Xuangan's crime, joined the Wagang Army. The Wagang army defeated the Sui general Zhang Xutuo in Xingyang.

Zhai Rang pushed Li Mi as the Duke of Wei, according to Luokou. In April, the Wagang army advanced to the eastern capital and held on to Wang Shichong.

In May, Li Yuan started in Jinyang. In July, it marched into Guanzhong. In November, he captured Chang'an and established Wang Yu as emperor.

When the generals heard the news, they advised the emperor to wave his troops north to exterminate these thieves.

The emperor always smiled faintly after hearing this, "Everything has its own providence, let them make trouble!" ”。 The ministers were full of grief and indignation, and they all discussed in private, "What's wrong with the emperor?" The decision to kill like that in the past is now frightened? ”

No one knew that he had already decided not to send troops to fight again, even if he lost this hard-won country.

He didn't want to see the deaths of the soldiers he dreamed of in the middle of the night.