On September 15 of the fourth year of Jianzhang, the army of King Jin went straight to Jinchuan Gate.

From Zhenjiang up, Zhao Zhu led the army to finally enter the Beijing Division.

Suffering this heavy blow, the southern army finally fell apart.

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the Jin army attacked and crossed the river from Guazhou. The Jin army was prepared for this move, but the situation on the other side of the river was diametrically opposite. Since Emperor Hongtai got the throne, in order to consolidate the Zhao family and avoid the military husband, he has been suppressing the development of military generals and supporting Wenchen for more than 20 years. After Zhao Mianze ascended the throne, under the influence of the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty, he also inherited the ideas of his imperial grandfather, and always walked on the road of "emphasizing literature over military force." No one thought that the consequences would be a naked rebuff to this policy. The Jin army killed, the door of the Beijing division was wide open, but there was no available general in the court, the Zhenjiang guard general heard that Zhao Zhu crossed the river on the day, he was already at home ready to pack and surrender, after the Jin army crossed the river, almost no resistance, and successfully recovered the Zhenjiang area.

"My home is on the other side of the river, your home is also there, and your relatives are waiting for you. Kill! ”

If he stops, how can he deal with Ah Qi? What will you take to take her back and marry her?

Half-bodyed, stepping on blood all the way to this day, half of the country was in sight, and he couldn't stop it.

But no one thought that in the end, Zhao Zhu, who couldn't bear it anymore, tore up the peace paperwork.

In the past half a month, the dispute has been in an uproar.

This may also be the real intention of Zhao Mianze's decisions, in the Jin army, there are always some people who don't want to fight, and those who don't want to fight and those who want to fight will have contradictions. The collapse and collapse of any organization has one common characteristic -- internal strife is very much external strife. If there is a factional dispute within the Jin army, even if they can't destroy their strong fortress, they can at least buy time for Zhao Mianze to transfer troops to help.

To fight or not to fight, to discuss or not to discuss? The first controversy arose among the Jin army.

Fighting a war is not a fun thing, it is to kill people, and many people are tempted.

The people of the world were in an uproar, and the Jin army also cheered.

Just the day before the Jin army tried to forcibly cross the Yangtze River, after urgent discussion and weighing in the Zhengxin Palace, Zhao Mianze had to follow the advice of the old minister and send Zhao Zhu a document to negotiate peace. Since it is called "peace discussion", it is the imperial court that recognized the status of the Jin army, and in the peace document, Zhao Mianze said, "Zhao only has one surname, and the country is one family." I am willing to cross the Yangtze River with the Nineteen Emperor Uncles, divide the north and south, and govern Dayan together. ”

The name Zhao Bottle resounded all over the world, from Nanyan to Mobei, all over the world, no one is afraid.

In the mouths of the people in the occupied areas, he is the god of war and a murderous devil.

Zhao Zhu is no longer the rebel who led tens of thousands of people when Beiping raised troops.

At this time, the Jin army had nearly one million horses.

A few years ago, the famous nineteenth son of the emperor, Zhao Zhu, the king of Jin, once sharpened his sword and heavy armor in order to maintain the integrity of this mountain and river, swept all directions, and fought bloodily. Now he has finally stepped on his former exploits, following the footprints of the past, to kill back to his starting point and the place where he was born and raised.

Since then, most of the Nanyan rivers and mountains have fallen, and the northern and southern armies are also "each occupying half of the country". The entire land of China, under the iron hooves of the Jin army, was trembling and moaning. From Lingbi to Jianghuai, the Jin army advanced all the way into the hinterland of Nanyan, almost a flat river. After crossing the river, the sword in Zhao Zhu's hand had been directly guided to Yan Jingshi.

At the end of July, after a short rest, the Jin army was bloodthirsty and armory, ready to cross the Yangtze River.

At the beginning of July, Zhao Zhu led his troops across the Huaishui River and captured Gaoyou, Taizhou and other places.

Zhao Mianze on the Jinluan Palace was furious several times, and the commander of the Southern Army was powerless. Then, he issued several holy decrees in a row, and dispatched troops from all over the south, wanting to fight the Jin army at the Huai River. However, since the Battle of Lingbi, the Jin army, under the leadership of Zhao Zhu, has been greatly boosted by the help of God, coupled with the occupation of the whole line of Beiping, and the continuous logistics support, it has become like an invincible army. At the end of June in the fourth year of Jianzhang, after dozens of days of fierce battles of blood and fire, the southern army was in Huaishui, and the army could not be formed, and it retreated again and again.

Originally, Geng Sanyou was stationed on the Huaihe River defense line, which was an excellent location. And here, it has almost become the last barrier of the Southern Army. However, the southern army, which had been defeated many times before the battle, was already in the situation of "the wind is loud, and the grass and trees are all soldiers", even if they see the banner of the Jin army, they will be nervous and afraid. With such a team, how can they go into battle to kill the enemy?

Blood washed the war horse, the bones sharpened the steel knife, and Zhao Bottle's iron hooves approached Huaishui.

As soon as the war passed, the Lingbi patches of fertile land, mountains and forests everywhere, were all traces of being trampled by horses' hooves. The smell of death and carnage in the air lingered for a long time in a drought-stricken land that had not seen rain for a long time. No one knows why Zhao Zun suddenly regained his vitality and murderous aura overnight. But they found that he seemed to be more ruthless, less talkative, and more aloof than before.

But the imperial court didn't see it that way, there was originally a lot of controversy over Geng Sanyou's leading troops, and this time he was defeated so badly, they would only think that he was incompetent. Even if Zhao Mianze wanted to protect him wholeheartedly, he couldn't. In desperation, Zhao Mianze immediately issued an order to order Geng Sanyou to unload his armor and return to Beijing, and Hou Long Chengfu, the right general of the Northern Army, took command.

From the perspective of fairness, it's not that Geng Sanyou can't do it, but that he met Zhao Zhu.

However, in five days, Geng Sanyou led his troops to fight Zhao Zhu three times, and lost all three battles. Not only that, but nearly 100 important generals and colonels of the Southern Army were taken captive, and the losses of the Southern Army were incalculable. As a last resort, Geng Sanyou could only lead his troops to retreat south of Huaishui again.

If you lose one battle, you will lose several battles.

Zhao Zhu, who fell off his horse, did not rest and recuperate in the camp. After the incident at the dock, his strange "divine possession" was like waking up drunk, indifferent as before, but his vitality increased greatly, and he organized the first attack on the southern army of Lingbi the next night. He personally led 150,000 soldiers and horses to attack Geng Sanyou's camp, and Chen Jing and Yuan You outflanked them on the left and right flanks. At that time, Geng Sanyou, who was furious about the deception and robbery of grain and grass, did not expect that Zhao Zhu, who was rumored to be sluggish, would regroup so quickly and hurriedly put on armor to meet the battle.

The battle of Lingbi was in the spotlight, and it finally started.

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It's just one step......

And he, it seems, is too late for every step, just one step away.

After all, he still fell in love with her. He was in love with her before he realized he was in love with her. Before he tried to tell her what he wanted, he was already in love and powerless. Tonight, she said to Zhao Zun that it was fate, and God did not arrange this fate for them. She didn't know how much he hoped that God would arrange such a bad relationship for him. Even if it's short-lived, in the end, you once had it.

But will he be able to start all over again? No.

"If I can start all over again, I will say to Dongfang Qingxuan, who is bent on revenge but can't do anything in the Royal Hunting Ground, kill her, kill her with one sword, and it will be a hundred from now on. If you are ruthless, why not be ruthless thoroughly? If I can start all over again, I will say to Dongfang Qingxuan, who wants to take revenge on her and tease Zhao Bottle, in Qinggang County, since there is hatred, why not kill her with one knife and kill her with one knife......"

Dongfang Qingxuan stood quietly in the shadow of the door panel for a while before speaking softly.

"I like him, I'm his...... Even if I turn back, even if I live again, I will still fall in love with him, I will still ......"

Amr cried, shouted, slowly squatted down, covered his face and wept bitterly.

The long back was under the moon, rich and handsome, Ruozhilan Yushu, but he went farther and farther away, and did not look back.

"Amu Gulang, brother, you are too cruel! I met Tianlu when I was seven years old, and I was given to marry him at the age of ten, so I fell in love with him, I liked him as a teenager, why did I give it to Xia Chu that slut? Why didn't anyone think about giving me a chance? I just like him, I like him. Hehehehe, I know what you think, isn't it just for her? But, brother, you are so biased, you let me turn back, what about you? You lost your hand for her, and even your life is about to die, don't you have no regrets? You tell me, can you do it, stop liking her, and forget about her again? ”

Looking at Dongfang Qingxuan's back farther and farther away, she broke down and cried uncontrollably.

Amur's body stiffened, stunned on the spot.

"Amur, turn back, you're still young."

Slowly pulling out the sleeve that was held in the palm of Amur's hand, Dongfang Qingxuan sighed and turned around.

Amr was stunned for a moment, but heard him laugh and say, "What's the use of that?" In his heart, she is the most beautiful. In her heart, he is the most handsome. ”

"Aren't I better than Zhao Zhujun?"

Dongfang Qingxuan lowered his head, looked at her face that was somewhat similar to himself, and smiled for a long time.

"Brother, I'm better looking than Xia Chu, more beautiful than her, isn't it? Isn't it? ”

Dongfang Qingxuan didn't answer, but only looked at her with a complex gaze similar to sympathy, and didn't move. Amur's shoulders shook slightly, and he already knew in his heart that what he said was true, so he couldn't help but be angry, gritted his teeth and pounced again, holding Dongfang Qingxuan's arm with both hands.

"No, you're talking nonsense, how could he kill me? He knew that I did it, but he was reluctant to kill me......"

Eye-catching to his burning gaze, Amr took a step back, his face paler than the moonlight.

"Brother! What are you talking about? ”

"Don't let me care about you?" Dongfang Qingxuan sneered, took a step forward, and forced his eyes into her eyes, "If I don't care about you, do you think you still have a chance to appear in Lingbi?" If I don't care about you, do you think Zhao Zhu will let you live until now? If I don't care about you, I would have died as early as when you sent someone to assassinate Xia Chu at the Jizhou Inn. Amur, again and again, enough is enough. Not to mention that he is enough, even I am enough. ”

"I don't. Amukuro, I've grown up, I don't need you to take care of me. ”

When Amr was at the dock before, she watched Zhao Bottle fall, she wanted to help him, but she was bombarded away by him, the depression is still in her heart, and it has never been dispersed, and now she has heard Dongfang Qingxuan's words, and it is like knocking over the five-flavor bottle, anger is rising up, and her willow eyebrows are raised, like a wounded little beast, roaring at him.

"Amur." Dongfang Qingxuan didn't blame, didn't explain, just slowly approached and choked her shoulder, let her face herself, hesitated for a long time, as if she had made up her mind, and said lightly, "I won't allow you to be willful anymore." Either you follow me, or I'll have Raghura send you to Uliang Khan. Don't bother him anymore. ”

"The things of this world are ridiculous. The man I regard as a treasure is so unbearable in her eyes, haha, why is she, why? ”

At this, she laughed as if she suddenly realized something.

"I don't understand, how she can be ruthless."

Shaking her head sarcastically, she looked up at the moon in the sky.

After a while, Amr spoke, "Yes, I went to the Jin camp in the guise of you, I tried to provoke him to sow discord with Xia Chu, and I did tell him that the woman was pregnant with your child." But you also saw it, he didn't believe it, he didn't believe anything I said, he only believed her. But what's the use? How ruthless is that woman Xia Chu? Cruel to you, even more cruel to him. He had fallen off his horse, covered in blood, and she hadn't looked back. Is such a woman worthy of your treasure? ”

The brother and sister looked at each other quietly, the same Chu Chu style, beautiful as a famous painting under the moon.

Dongfang Qingxuan stood silently, without a sound.

"In those dark nights of fleeing in the dark, it was with this belief that I had the courage to support the escape to Beijing with you. But brother, you have changed, from that Xia Chu back to Jingshi again, I found that you have changed, and you are no longer you. Brother, tell me, where is my brother who did anything for his sister? ”

Dragging her tired steps, she approached Dongfang Qingxuan.

"Our brother and sister are the same people, you know what is on my mind. From childhood, we lose too much and gain too little. escaped from Yinshan, had no identity, no relatives, no silver, suffered a cold reception, wandered in a foreign country, couldn't even understand the words of the Nanyan people, and no one knew him...... Brother, do you remember? At that time, you told me that one day, you will be so powerful that no one can beat you, but whatever I want, you will grab it, take it, and give it to me. ”

Originally, Dongfang Qingxuan sent another person to inform Zhao Zhu, she secretly wore Dongfang Qingxuan's clothes, pretended to be him, and went to the Jin army camp with the two guards. She hadn't informed Dongfang Qingxuan beforehand, she understood her brother's temper, so she was in a hurry to explain. But after saying that, he still had a cold face, as if he would not forgive, and she finally sighed and walked slowly towards him.

Amur tilted his head slightly, looked at the cold gloom on his face, and smiled, "You understand me, don't you?" ”

But after standing at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, he didn't move, and only asked, "Why did you do that?" ”

Dongfang Qingxuan was not surprised that she would be here.

"Brother, you're finally back. I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

There was only one lantern in the courtyard at night, glowing pale like a ghostly fire. The guards silently guarded around the courtyard, the courtyard was quiet, only Dongfang Amur was waiting there alone, with long flying hair, dancing skirts, and graceful posture, like a fairy under a lonely moon.

After settling her down, Dongfang Qingxuan didn't go to sleep immediately, but went to Lingbi's other courtyard.

On this night, Xia Chuqi slept early.

Because of this love for Zhao Zhu, she could be pregnant for more than six months, traveling thousands of miles from Beiping to Lingbi, regardless of her own life to step on the point, reconnaissance, planning, mobilize the people of the Jingong, not only robbed the grain and grass of the southern army, and gave the southern army the first blow, she also begged him in advance to send someone to tell Zhao Zhu, deliberately led him to the dock, pretended not to know, and gave him the grain and grass. Moreover, taking this opportunity to warn Zhao Bottle, it also gave Zhao Bottle a sufficient strength to support him in despair.

But he also understands that the relationship between her and Zhao Zhu is so strong that water can't splash it.

In fact, what she thought in her heart was that those words of Dao Chang were all heavenly opportunities and should not be divulged. Once leaked, what should I do if I get a bad luck out of the way? But the excuse she said with a smile fell into Dongfang Qingxuan's ears, but it was like a sharp knife, cutting his veins alive, and he could even feel the blood rushing coldly all over his body.

"This thing...... This is a secret between me and him, and I can't tell anyone else. ”

She smiled at Dongfang Qingxuan a little embarrassedly, sat upright, and brushed the hem of her clothes.

Without Zhao Shijiu by her side, she rarely let herself get out of control.

After a short period of crying and losing his soul, Xia Chuqi had already collected his emotions.

Dongfang Qingxuan looked at her radiant side face, the sweet smile that could still be happy after leaving, the emotions in her heart didn't know whether they were sour or bitter, and they spread out from the tip of her heart. He asked, "Why don't you let him know you're pregnant?" ”

"Yes, why am I crying? In any case, it is not the last moment, I will not give up, and my children will not give up. Zhao 19 he ...... Won't give up. She smiled weirdly and looked sideways, "Dongfang Qingxuan, in my heart, he is the best man in the world." ”

Every time Xia Chuqi cried, her brain would be dizzy and painful, she rubbed it, put her hand on her abdomen, stroked it gently, and lowered her head, looking at the bulging place, thinking of her and Zhao Shijiu's child, her face couldn't help but add a touch of brilliance.

Dongfang Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, and said with a slight smile, "Yes, you didn't cry, it's just raining." ”

"I didn't cry, I was just so happy."

The word crying was understood by Xia Chuqi. She grinned, wiped the liquid from her face, and smiled wryly.

Dongfang Qingxuanwan smiled, "I said don't cry, cry ugly." ”

After a while, the words are ineffective.

"What did you say?"

Seeing that he worked so hard to blacken himself, such an emotional confession, unfortunately, I don't know if his luck is always a little worse, the carriage is moving, the light just fell into a gray, Xia Chuqi sniffed, didn't see his words clearly at all, and couldn't help asking.

"Ah Chu ......" looked at her tears, Dongfang Qingxuan was not comfortable, his heart twitched, as if he had been scratched, and then sprinkled with salt to stir, slowly dried, and now repeatedly, after the pain was numb, his emotions were indifferent, and his tone even smiled, "I have to admit that he is better to you than I am to you." I also have to admit that I am more selfish than him. Achu, am I a complete jerk? Cruel, ruthless, indifferent, ruthless, deserving of loneliness until old age? ”

Xia Chuqi sniffed, looked at his bewitching lips, and shook his head, I don't know if it means that he didn't see it clearly, or if he doesn't understand.

The corners of his lips pursed into a straight line, and he did not answer. She didn't see his expression, and she cried to herself, bursting into tears. He looked at her for a long time, finally sighed, put his arms around her with trembling hands, and then showed a pale smile in the dim light, "I finally know that God let me lose to Zhao Zhu, not because he treated me slowly." ”

"Dongfang Qingxuan, did I do something wrong? Am I being too cruel. ”

Sad, painful, she kept sobbing.

When people are hurting, they are afraid to be comforted. At the beginning of the summer, Qi's strong emotions were comforted by him, like being dropped by a boulder in the heart lake, and the calmness that had lasted for a long time was finally completely broken. Tears finally slipped down the corners of his eyes, like rolling beans, and he couldn't stop no matter what......

"You never cry, what's the matter? I remember that he 'died' in Yinshan, and you didn't cry. ”

Feeling suffocated, he gently patted her shoulder and comforted her and handed over the silk scarf.

Dongfang Qingxuan realized that she had already burst into tears, but she was silent.

A lantern hung under the eaves of a silk shop, and the light flashed across her face.

Seeing that she didn't move, he paused, sighed, and reached out to pull her shoulder.

Dongfang Qingxuan looked at her face that was leaning outside the curtain and called softly.

"Achu ......"

The carriage shook slightly, her thoughts were floating and sinking, she didn't know Zhao Bottle's earth-shattering cry behind her, let alone how lonely the arc in the air was the moment he fell from the horse, she didn't know that the big bird raised its front hooves and screamed sadly, its feet were soft and prostrate on the ground, and the horse's mouth was arching its master, and she couldn't see the blood gushing out of Zhao Bottle's clothes after they were scratched on the hard green bricks......

The night breeze slowly blew in through the car window, with the unique sultry heat of summer, but the cold air on the seventh day of summer was permeated. Just when she said those words to Zhao Zhu before, the temperature on her body was pumped away. The pain of losing her beloved, she is no less than Zhao Zhu...... Even in this lonely world that didn't belong to her, she could feel more emotions than him.

If she unfortunately answered the prophecy, she really couldn't escape the fate of the world, and she no longer existed in this world, so she parted with him like this, and the ending would be the best. He wouldn't be so miserable without her.

A few months later, if she was still alive, she went to him with the baby in her arms.

I still can't put it down! She laughed at herself.

Leaving the dock, the atmosphere inside the car has been oppressive and low. Xia Chuqi's dim mind was blank. She knew that her behavior was bowing to fate, which could also be called "resignation", but she did not reach the level of complete resignation. Otherwise, she would not have deliberately provoked Zhao Zhu to forge ahead, and made a promise with him for a few months.

The carriage galloped by, and at night in Si County, occasionally a few lights flickered and flickered.