Chapter 21 Debt

The winter of Jinan City is worse than that of later generations, in the lobby of the Jinan Road Governor's Mansion of the Yuan people, there are several braziers, which still can't stop the cold wind that invades, and several generals wearing iron armor rub their hands and stomp their feet around the brazier, muttering in their mouths. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Straight lady thief, this weather, cold and cold, I don't know when it's a head."

"But no, I heard that the Daming Lake outside the city is frozen, and I can't dig it open, so I just slipped when I walked up." The speaker made a slippery gesture, causing the crowd to laugh.

"You're hungry again." Seeing that he shook his head and denied it, the man went straight to the bottom: "It's not a gluttonous fish, how can you dig that ice?" ”

"Hehe, don't say it, the fish in this lake is really delicious, a few years ago stationed here, the military camp was set up at the foot of Hanshan, our Shangguan asked me to take people to the lake to fish, a net can catch such a big and wide green chain, get it back and don't cook, go to the scales and eat it in the Mongolian way, sprinkle some salt and pepper, that taste...... Gee. ”

As he spoke, he stuck out his tongue and spun around, which fascinated everyone, as if the delicious grilled fish was right in front of him, exuding an enticing aroma.

"I just don't know if there is still a life to eat the lake fish at the beginning of spring."

I don't know whose words it was, which knocked everyone back to reality, and they all fell silent for a while, only the charcoal fire in the brazier burned "crackling".

"Who said that you won't live until the beginning of spring?"

A cold voice suddenly came into his ears, which frightened these generals and colonels, hurriedly left the brazier, stood in a row by the door, and did not look ahead, they clenched their fists and bowed their heads in unison, and sang a promise: "Welcome to Xuan Shuai." ”

Dressed in bright mountain armor, the pheasant slave in the canopy untied the strap under the chin as she walked, threw the big red cloak back, and was hugged by a thin personal soldier, who took the horsewhip and struck them one by one, and knocked them lightly on the iron helmets of these generals.

"You, let me say something, a little light is called I don't know what to say, a heavy one is to shake the heart of the army, even if I have the heart to spare, you command Ken?" As she spoke, she had already walked under the big case, but instead of going up to sit down, she turned around and looked at them with a pair of big sparkling eyes.

"The Yuan people can't cross the sea, so they have to go around a big circle, maybe they won't be able to get there in a month, how do you know that they won't be able to beat it?"

How dare these generals look at her, they also know that there must be a frost on that pretty face, that's all, the two soldiers next to him look young, their temper is not small, the master is not necessarily good, they will come out as soon as possible, but Xuan Shuai's question can not be answered, a few people have no choice but to push the greedy guy out, who made him arouse everyone's appetite.

"There are 200,000 of them, how many of us are there?" The guy still had his head down, and his tone was so light that it seemed to be squeezing out of his stomach.

"What about 200,000, when I was in Jiankang City, there were more than 400,000 Tartars, and they were beaten to the ground?" The contemptuous tone of the pheasant slave made these Han generals stunned, and they wanted to ask, did you also have a part in that battle? But no one dared to ask, but replied with their fists clenched.

"Xuan Shuai is right, his subordinates know that they are wrong."

The pheasant slave didn't intend to brag about anything with them, it was an experience that made her have endless memories but was heartbroken, and when she saw that they were soft, she stopped at the point, and she had been in the barracks for a long time, and she knew some of the royal strategies, and knew that this was not the time to establish power, and she had to concentrate on dealing with the invasion of the Yuan people.

"As many as they come, there are so many people who can go up the city wall, and if they come a few more times, they will lose their morale, and when our reinforcements arrive, they may not have no chance of victory, the important thing is that now, we must be prepared to be surrounded for several months." The pheasant slave can't fight a war, and you can't defend the city, so that these guys are awe-inspiring and obedient, because they are all experts, and when they hear it, they understand that this young sister is really not talking casually.

Before she came in, she was inspecting the city defense, the Song people have a complete set of city defense essentials, these days, after her guidance, no one is dissatisfied, the army talks about strength, no strength with who you are and no one obeys orders, once recognized, even if they are women, they can still be pointed to make them turn around, and they are as happy as Yi, perhaps it is the different version of the time and space that later generations said'men and women match, and they are not tired of work'.

"What about your command?" Her question made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, which means that the matter is over, to be honest, they are really a little worried that they will be judged by the young and vigorous Xuan Shuai in public.

The greedy brother hurriedly replied: "Not long after we came, Commander Qi asked people to leave, I heard that there was some news from the south, I was looking for you, because you went to patrol the city and did not return, and the matter was urgent, Commander Qi went with him, this time, I'm afraid it will be half an hour." ”

His words were echoed by everyone, and the pheasant slave nodded seemingly unconsciously, indicating that he knew, but in fact, he felt a little bad in his heart, his face suddenly sank, she didn't speak, no one in the hall dared to provoke the conversation, and in this slightly silent atmosphere, a tall figure hurried in.

Everything is a grass creation, she doesn't even have many guards here, so naturally she won't be able to call in and shout in the same kind of official authority, Qi Baozhu strode into the lobby, and at a glance saw that the commanders of the several armies under him lowered their heads, and looked cautious, they were all old brothers who were promoted together, how could he not know the virtue of these goods.

"What kind of mess did you commit this time? Needless to say, it must have collided with my sister, Xuan Shuai can rest assured that the lower officials will not spare them. ”

Unlike the pheasant slave, he came up with a kick, and a few people who couldn't dodge immediately complained bitterly, and the pheasant slave watched his performance expressionlessly, wanting to see what idea he had to play.

Qi Baozhu obviously didn't expect that his actions were a bit self-defeating, because the pheasant slave didn't think about punishing them at all, he kicked everyone a few times, and then smiled at her: "Why don't you let them go back to the camp and get ten military sticks each, okay?" ”

Without waiting for the pheasant slave to say anything, he glared at everyone: "Xuan Shuai spared you and waited, don't get out of here!" ”

These generals couldn't help but look at each other, they all looked at the pretty figure in the hall, the pheasant slave bowed slightly at them, and these people hurriedly saluted and retreated, for fear that there would be any more pond fish disasters.

When they left, Qi Baozhu glanced at the two pro-soldiers standing beside her, and the pheasant nu raised his chin indifferently: "Just say anything about it, they are fine." ”

Unable to resist her insistence, Qi Baozhu had to take out a few pieces of paper from his arms and hand them to her: "I just received an urgent report from Xuzhou, the army of the Yuan people has arrived near the city, and the number is not less than 30,000. ”

"So fast!" The pheasant slave was stunned for a moment, and quickly took it to see, the two pro-soldiers respectively held the candlestick on the big case, and the candlelight, the more she looked, the more frightened she became, and was forced to the city by the enemy to find that this was clearly a premeditated sneak attack, if the situation did not change, the defenders in the city were less than 10,000, and things were a little troublesome.

"The last general is thinking, if this is only the front of the Yuan people, how can the military horses behind be less than 30,000......" Qi Baozhu added, this is a natural thing, but that also means that Xuzhou will face hundreds of thousands of enemies, what is the result still need to be said?

For Jingdong Road, Xuzhou is equal to their back, and after losing this strategic place, they were cut off by the Yuan people and had to take the Yizhou detour to retreat to Haizhou, but at that time, would Haizhou still be Song Land? The pheasant slave is not optimistic at all.

"What shall we do?"

"Is there any news from Li Xiang's side?" The pheasant asked him rhetorically.

Qi Baozhu shook his head, what he wanted to ask was actually this, if Li Tingzhi came back to save him, would they go? In terms of the distance between the two, it is closer to Jinan Road, but if Li Tingzhi does not move or moves slowly, they will be plugged in their teeth.

"If Xuzhou is lost, what are your plans?" Since he didn't ask, the pheasant slave simply brought it up herself, no matter what the situation was, she wanted to know what these people thought, after all, tens of thousands of lives were at stake.

"The last general can't go back, the Tartar is cunning, even if he lets it go now, he will be liquidated in the future, if he can retreat into the Song realm, the last general will definitely follow Xuan Shuai." Qi Baozhu replied calmly, this is the truth, even if he is relieved of military power and becomes a rich man, I am afraid that he will not be at ease, he is not such a big family with a foundation, he was only a hundred households before the Song Dynasty, so no one will protect him, the feeling of life and death in the hands of others, people who have not experienced it can not imagine it at all.

The pheasant slave nodded: "Don't worry, we have to wait for Li Shuai's news before making a decision." ”

comforted the other party, in fact, the pheasant slave herself was also very anxious, how could she be the commander-in-chief, even if she pretended to be calm, Qi Baozhu gave her a salute and turned to retreat, and when he walked out of the gate of the governor's mansion, a thin figure passed by him, he recognized this person as one of the soldiers around the pheasant slave, but somehow did not wait in the mansion.

"Sister Wei, run slowly, pant out and speak again." Looking at this ten-year-old little follower, running with a little face full of redness, bending down to support his thighs, and panting with his mouth open, the pheasant slave couldn't help but be a little funny.

It's just that the first sentence of the little girl's words made her calm.

"Sister, Lang...... Lang Jun has arrived. The little girl didn't wait for her breath to get out of breath, because she understood how important this news was to the pheasant slave.

Sure enough, hearing her words, the pheasant slave pulled out his legs and rushed out, the little girl turned around, only saw a red shadow, and quickly waved her hand: "What are you doing in a daze, chasing it." Not only the other two, but even she limped out.

The Yuan people have a curfew, and this is especially the case in various parts of Shandong, after the incident, before they have time to make any changes, things are put in front of them one by one, so when the pheasant slave rode his horse and rushed into the street, the street was empty, and only the occasional group of lanterns appeared, which was beaten by the patrols all over the city.

"How's it going, are things going well?"

Liu Yu walked on the main street leading to the governor's mansion with a few spies, he didn't have time to talk to these people, but hoped to get the most authentic news from them, so as to decide what strategy to adopt next.

"It's okay, Yidu City fought a fight, a fight in the territory of Banyang Road, a fight at the foot of Mount Tai, all of them were waiting for work and surprise, our casualties were not big, but many Tartar foot soldiers were captured, and the city could not be closed, and I was afraid of trouble outside, and my sister was having a headache for this matter."

Hearing their words, Liu Yu estimated in his heart, except for Qi Baozhu's loyal left wing, which was thrown by Chuzhou, there were about 10,000 new troops recruited locally, all of whom were porters after the loss of time, for the Yuan people, they had already committed a capital crime, so it was easy to gather morale, which was 35,000 people, if they could digest nearly 7,000 prisoners of the Hebei Han army, it would be possible to organize an army of no less than 50,000 people in a short period of time, and almost all of them were locals.

Things may not be out of the question, these news made him feel at the bottom of his heart, and before he knew it, his steps became brisk, and at this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and several spies immediately instinctively surrounded him. In the winter night, a thin layer of mist floated in the streets of the city, and the crisp knocking sound of the shovel against the stone slab was getting closer and closer, and a shadow appeared in the mist.

People are like jade, horses are like dragons, this is Liu Yu's impression at first sight, and when the people and horses are getting closer, under the dim street lamp, a golden armor is inlaid on the red robe, and the whole person is like having a goddess halo, which is the kind of stunning that the beauty camera of later generations can't shoot, and someone has not made any movements except for stammering and stunned there.

"Phew!" The pheasant slave turned the horse's head when he was still about twenty steps away from them, and the horse's body made a nearly ninety-degree turn, which happened to hit horizontally in front of his eyes, and a long curved leg suddenly appeared in front of Liu Yu's eyes, wrapped in tight leather armor. When the person jumped off the horse, he immediately found that after more than four months of hard work, this little girl had been drawn again, and her beautiful curves could not even be covered by an iron armor, which reminded him of a sentence in later generations, there are legs below the chest, right...... It's the feeling of the moment.

"Coming?" The pheasant slave's eyes were so bright that it was impossible for someone to look directly.

"Here we are."

A thousand words, in the end, only two of the simplest words, I don't know when, the spies behind him are all gone, and the three girls who followed the pheasant slave also stopped dozens of steps away, without disturbing their encounter.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll take you away."

One asked stupidly, the other answered stupidly, but the two of them seemed to have the same mind, the pheasant slave shook his head, Liu Yu also shook his head, and froze there for a while.

The pheasant slave bit his lower lip and stared at his eyes, Liu Yu looked at each other without dodging, from the other party's eyes, he saw that the joy of reuniting after a long absence had faded, and what was left behind was an extremely complex emotion, like what he looked like when he faced a difficult choice.

"Don't be afraid, since I'm here, I won't let people hurt you." Liu Yu thought she was worried about Yuanren, but she didn't expect the pheasant slave to still shake her head.

"Follow me."

The pheasant slave jumped on the horse, but did not step on the pedal, stretched out a hand to him, Liu Yu took her hand, stepped on the horse and sat behind her, and hugged her slender waist through the armor.

"Drive!"

The pheasant slave's legs tightly clamped the horse's belly, the horse shouted lowly, and galloped long, although sitting behind her, the cold wind was still pervasive, Liu Yu had to close his eyes, listening to the echo of the horse's hooves, he guessed the pheasant slave's plan, and couldn't help but sigh for this stubborn girl.

Sure enough, when the horse stopped and Liu Yu opened his eyes, Jinan City had turned into a dark shadow behind him, and it was dark in front of him, and there was a sound of rushing water in his ears, and he didn't know which river he was on.

"Brother Yu, let's go, I won't ask for anything when I can see you." The two men dismounted, and the pheasant slave let go of the reins, and let the horse follow behind, and she faced the direction of the river, and spoke very clearly.

"Why?"

Liu Yu looked at her side, and in those jewel-like eyes, a little starlight was flickering.

"Because he's dead, that fool is dead." The pheasant slave cried and shouted at the river in front of him.

It was actually Jiang Ning, this reason made Liu Yu unprepared, and even a little overwhelmed, the pheasant slave still didn't look at him, rubbed the back of his hand against the corner of his eye, and said as if talking to himself: "That day, in Ninghai Prefecture, also by the water, I told him that I can't marry him in this life, he asked me if I belong to something else, I couldn't answer, and in the evening, he sent a letter of divorce." ”

The pheasant slave turned his head and looked at him with tears in his eyes: "Do you understand, Brother Yu, I owe him." ”

"Okay, Sister Pheasant, if you want me to go, you just need to answer, what is your answer to what Brother Ning asked?"

Liu Yu's straightforward question made her eyes panic for a moment, but in the face of this man, she couldn't tell a lie, the pheasant slave lowered her head, and suddenly a hand reached over and slowly lifted her chin.

"Is it me?" This is the first time that Liu Yu has decided to break this relationship, no matter what the outcome is.

The pheasant slave just looked at him in a daze, his mind was blank, and after a long while, he turned sideways, shook his head and said, "I...... I can't, you...... Youjing Niang......"

Liu Yu pressed her shoulders with both hands and pulled them towards him, staring into her eyes: "Is it me?" ”

"I don't know, I don't know."

The pheasant slave was forced by him to be helpless, and the crying voice made Liu Yu's heart extremely uncomfortable.

He hugged the pheasant slave into his arms, the cold iron armor couldn't freeze his thoughts, Liu Yu knew that he had guessed well, maybe she didn't know what love was at all, she just thought that she was the closest man to her, but he couldn't do it with peace of mind.

"In that case, then I can't go, because I owe him the same as you."