In the third year of Jingguanghua, the seventh year of the reign of the young Emperor Jingai, Empress Dowager Wen and her father Wei Guogong and Prime Minister Wen Shuqi joined forces to control the ninth year of the government. This year is destined to be full of disasters and difficulties, and it is also destined to leave a "strong color" in the history books of future generations - in the bad aspects.

In the spring of the third year of Guanghua, Shi Wei's troops, who were beaten by the Red Turban Army, tried to go south to Yunnan after losing their hometown in Shuzhong, which was known as the "natural danger", and were blocked, so they could only go north.

If you go north, you will encounter the Dajing official army.

Maybe it was the endless road, Shi Wei's luck was not bad, he used a trick to open Tongguan, and Empress Dowager Wen hurriedly fled with Emperor Jingai when she heard the wind. As soon as the emperor fled, the ministers of civil and military affairs also packed up and fled with their families, and for a time the people's hearts were scattered, and the unscrupulous generals of Dajing commanded, a plate of scattered sand, scattered and fled, and the cities were surrendered to the wind, Shi Wei successfully occupied the capital of the Dajing Emperor with Shun lì that he couldn't believe: Haojing.

In that year, Sima Yu, the eldest princess of Dajing, led the army from Yunnan to Shu, and then from Shu to Qin, and entered Tongguan, knocked on the gate of the imperial capital with thousands of troops and horses, and pulled Emperor Jinghui off his horse, single-handedly supported the puppet emperor, and ascended to the regent throne above 10,000 people under one person. Shi Wei knew that he didn't have the strength to dare to be the king now, but he was full of thought that the trajectory of his current success was replicating that of the eldest princess regent, so he also wanted to taste the regent.

Shi Wei sat in Haojing, beckoned to the west, and "invited" Empress Dowager Wen and Emperor Jingai, who had fled west, back. Dajing's banner does not fall, but he must grasp the military and political power, and Shi Wei has to live the addiction of "regent".

But Empress Dowager Wen and Prime Minister Wen are not happy, although they do not have the name of regent, but they have the reality of regent, how can they be willing to give away this scepter for nothing?

So, Prime Minister Wen and Empress Dowager Wen came up with the idea of fighting Beihu. In today's Hexi Corridor, Beihu can come and go whenever he wants, and the Dajing royal family in exile does not feel humiliated, but feels that this is a good opportunity to negotiate a deal with Beihu. The Hexi Corridor and Haojing's hometown, they can all give in, drive away Shi Wei horizontally and vertically, and then use the power of Beihu to drive away the Red Turban Army, they can go to the east or south to find another feng shui treasure to build a palace, and continue to enjoy themselves!

Then, when the Red Turban Army was busy in Shuzhong, which was messed up by Shi Wei, the Dajing royal family took Beihu and Shi Wei up. Shi Wei thought that he was the eldest princess who could beat the steppe wolf to howl, but in fact he was just a slightly combative Shiba Inu, and when he encountered a wolf with real sharp teeth and claws, he quickly couldn't parry it after trying to support it for a while.

However, Shi Wei is very smart, he cleverly chose to negotiate peace with the Dajing royal family and Beihu, and the three parties will first eliminate the biggest threat to the south, the Red Turban Army, and then slowly take the territory of the Red Turban Army. When the time comes, whatever the Beihu people want, they can mention it as soon as they say it.

Therefore, in the autumn of this year, the whole situation suddenly took a dramatic turn, and the forces of the three parties with their own evil intentions suddenly united to deal with the Red Turban Army together.

When later history books recorded this event, they used irony to describe that when a family was fighting for a share of meat, someone led a jackal into the house, bitten his own family to death, and let the jackal get a large piece of meat and a small piece for himself, still complacent, thinking that he had taken advantage of the stupid gesture of taking advantage.

A dynasty that has run out of gas is so ugly at the last moment of its life.

However, no matter what, although there are few people in Beihu, it is very effective in boosting morale and serving as a vanguard, Shi Wei and Dajing have a lot of people and horses, the Dajing royal family has made great efforts this time to recapture half of the country, and all the large amounts of money at the bottom of the treasury box have been taken out to fund the army, and some generals who are still loyal to Dajing have seen that the royal attitude is so resolute, and their confidence has doubled, and they have taken the soldiers to fight with their lives, and they have really defeated the Red Turban Army several times and successfully recaptured more than a dozen cities.

"Stupid! Stupidity! ”

In the Jinguan City Lord's Mansion in Shu, Yi Cui is rarely angry. After reading the new battle report in his hand, he was so angry that he almost threw it out, considering that the news was top secret, he didn't lose it, endured it and endured it, couldn't help it, and directly smashed the jade lion paperweight that Shi Wei had used on the table. The jade lion fell to the ground, clattered twice, and magically did not shatter, but only cracked a few small cracks inside.

At this time, Gu Chaoge just walked in from outside, she picked up the jade lion with fangs and claws, wiped the ashes, and put it back for Yi Cui.

"To save money." She earnestly lectured the Red Turban Army's money and food steward, and then put the tray with the medicine bowl in front of him.

Yi Cui glanced at her, looking at her serious little expression, the burning anger in her heart suddenly extinguished a little, but she was still angry when she thought about it, so she simply picked up the medicine bowl on the table, the black medicine juice was steaming, and when she touched it, the temperature was just right. Itri tilted his head and drank it down.

"Bitter." He put down the bowl and frowned, the bitter taste lingering on the tip of his tongue, and instead of weakening as the liquid slipped into his stomach, it became more and more bitter. Gu Chaoge didn't feel strange when he looked at him, and explained: "I adjusted the recipe, and the few flavors of medicine added were a little bitter, and because licorice would affect the medicinal properties, I removed licorice, so it was slightly bitter." ”

Itri looked at her with a frown.

Gu Chaoge asked, "Still feel very bitter?" I'm going to the kitchen to get you some preserves? ”

Yi Cui shook his head and beckoned to her, Gu Chaoge saw his action, walked around the table very consciously and walked in front of him, squatting down to check his pulse: "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

Itri didn't want to say anything, the medicine was so bitter that his stomach was nauseous. Fortunately, someone in front of him was beautiful, he grabbed her wrist and took her into his arms, leaned over, pressed his lips, and kissed.

The kiss didn't last long.

Because......

It's bitter!

Gu Chaoge pushed Yi Cui away hard, but as a result, his center of gravity was unstable and he sat on the ground. She wiped her mouth, and her brows furrowed like Yi Cui: "It's really bitter!" ”

Yi Cui smiled, he reached out to pull her, and licked his lips by the way, still unsatisfied: "If the doctor who prescribes the medicine every day tastes it with me, I feel that this medicine is okay and not bitter." ”

The tasting he was talking about, of course, could not be Gu Chaoge's sip and he took a sip, but today's way of "tasting".

Gu Chaoge took his hand and stood up with a flushed face: "Don't do it, I'll prepare some candied fruit for you tomorrow." When she got up, she glanced at the battle report on the table by the way, and saw the words "thousands of miles of red land" and "starvation all over the wilderness", and felt shocked: "What's wrong?" ”

"Dajing and Shi Wei put the Beihu people into the pass, the Red Turban Army was not familiar with the tactics of Beihu, and they were defeated one after another, and wherever Beihu passed, it was like locusts crossing the border, killing all, burning all, and robbing all of them." Speaking of the battlefield, Yi Cui's feelings that had just been a little happier quickly fell again.

He looked at the pale blue sky outside the open gate, and felt the bleak autumn mood, and Yi Cui said, "Chao Xiaoge, this winter will be very cold. ”

Gu Chaoge didn't know how to comfort him, she walked around behind him, hugged his shoulders, and put her head against his head: "Brother Yi, it's going to be fine." It is said that if there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust, we will definitely win in the end. ”

"But the price is too great, Dajing and Shi Wei are so stupid to put a wolf into the flock, and they don't even know to tie an iron rope to it."

Gu Chaoge was silent.

"Over there of the Red Turban Army, are the casualties very serious?"

"We retreated in time, and the casualties are not ......" Yi Cui said this, suddenly thought of something, paused, and turned his head to look at her: "You don't want to go to the battlefield, I will never agree, it is too dangerous there now, who is Beihu, they will never let go when they see the Han girl." ”

Gu Chaoge bit his lip and nodded: "Got it." ”

"You stay with me, and heal my leg in peace." Itri looked at his right leg now wrapped around the white cloth, and felt a slight itch, which he knew was due to the rebirth of flesh and blood. However, during the treatment, he only complained about the pain, and when he washed his body, he had to lift the bandaged leg high, and he didn't know what this leg looked like now.

Only Gu Chaoge knows this best.

Thinking of the increasingly anxious battle ahead, Yi Cui's heart became anxious again: "Chao Xiaoge, when will my leg be healed?" ”

"At least we have to get through this winter, the speed of flesh and blood rebirth varies from person to person, so I can't rush it." After thinking about it, Gu Chaoge added: "You are past that age, and the bones of your right leg will not grow any longer, so even if the atrophied calf is completely recovered, it will not be completely the same as a normal person." ”

"Just be able to walk." Itri didn't really care about this, he thought it was a miracle that this leg could still be used in his lifetime, but it would take another winter...... He frowned: "Can't you speed up, it's too long." ”

"No, it depends on the individual's physique, and I can't help it," Gu Chaoge felt very strange, "Why are you in such a hurry, did the king give you any tasks?" ”

"No, it's just that the war is tight in the north. I'm worried that Song Wuyi alone won't be able to control the large-scale allocation of grain and grass, and the situation here in Shuzhong is getting better and better day by day, I want to ......" Yi Cui unconsciously grabbed the armrest of the chair, "I want to go back as soon as possible, Jun Shang's side seems to be under a lot of pressure, and his condition doesn't seem to be good recently." ”

Yan Zhao is not in good condition?

Gu Chaoge was taken aback: "Is there anything wrong with your body?" Do you want me to ......?"

"No, no, he's fine, it's just that the burden is on his body, and he can't bear it," Yi Cui hurriedly comforted her, "It's okay, you don't have to worry, don't worry." This was to comfort her, and as if to comfort himself, Itsuri turned to hold her face, a small kiss fell on her forehead, and he whispered, "You take care of me, and I'll take care of the rest." ”