Chapter Twenty-Three: The Son Is Tied Up
At the Ningwu juncture, the war quietly stopped, the corpses on the head of the city had been dragged away and piled up outside the wall, and the soldiers and horses with no end in sight still rushed from the north again, and sometimes there were large groups of soldiers and horses entering the pass and merging into the camp of the Qi army.
The main force of the Qi army had already gone to Taiyuan, a hundred miles away, and the rear commander's tent was stationed in Shenchi County.
Shenchi County is a small border county, with a population of no more than 1,000 people, and the people who were suddenly affected by the war all hid in their houses, trembling with fear by the thunderous sound of horses' hooves outside.
However, as Xu Buling said, the Northern Qi army is 'returning to the country and returning to the hometown', and they looted and slaughtered the city as soon as they entered the customs, which was to boost the morale of Dayue.
Not only did he not disturb the people, Jiang Heng, the right prince of Northern Qi, also asked the soldiers to push the grain cart to distribute food from house to house, making a pro-people gesture, and then asked the civil officials to gather the people and tell about the evil deeds of the 'Song family usurping the country'.
Said that the Song family usurped the country, not the Northern Qi Dynasty bewitched the people's minds and made up nonsense, on the bloodline inheritance, the Northern Qi Jiang family is far more orthodox than the Song family, Zhou Tianzi divided the princes, the Jiang family was divided into the territory of today's Qingzhou, the country name is 'Qi', the first monarch is Jiang Ziya, it can be said that from the historical records, the Jiang family is the aristocratic class, although it has been up and down for thousands of years, but the bloodline inheritance is well documented, and it has never been broken. And the Dayue Song family claims to be a descendant of 'Song Xianggong', but there is no historical data to corroborate it at all, and no one can tell whether it is true or not.
The Jiang clan of Daqi has been established in the Central Plains for 300 years, and has also created an unprecedented prosperous era.
At that time, although the last emperor of Great Qi was a little mediocre, it had not yet reached the level of calamity to the country and the people, that is, simple ability was not enough, and the warlords in various places were too strong to suppress it, so civil strife broke out; happened to bump into Xu Lie, the god of war that he had not met for hundreds of years, and it can be said that he was suddenly destroyed when Daqi was at its strongest.
However, these old things of adulthood, for the common people facing the loess with their backs to the sky, naturally do not understand, anyway, it has nothing to do with them who is the emperor, as long as they don't kill people and don't rob food, seeing that the Northern Qi Dynasty even sent food, the panic in the small county town has slowly subsided.
The town was brightly lit, and many Northern Qi generals and staff members were running back and forth on the streets, conveying the battle situation and military information in various places.
In a small bean curd shop in the town, the young daughter-in-law, with black ash on her face, hid in the kitchen to make bean curd. The shopkeeper stood at the door tremblingly, keeping a smile and not daring to show the slightest disrespect, and people would shout "military master" when people came and went.
The shop is not big, just four small tables, next to the table by the window, the little girl with pigtails sat quietly, holding her chin with her hand, looking at the street market outside, a little sullen.
The man in the white fox fur sat directly opposite, with several plates in front of him, including steamed cakes, meat buns, sugar men, etc., all of which had just been found from the county seat.
"Little Peach Blossom, why don't you eat it? The osmanthus cake that has just come out of the cage will be cold later. ”
Little Peach Blossom pouted and snorted softly: "I fought just now and killed a lot of people." My mother doesn't like to fight and kill the most, and my father didn't come back because he was fighting with people, and my uncle was gone......"
Zuo Qingqiu, who was the national teacher of Northern Qi, sighed softly at the little apprentice's words:
"Your father is from the rivers and lakes, and my master and I are strategists, which is different."
"What's the difference? It's not all killing, when a person dies, there's nothing left......"
"The difference between public and private. The two armies have been facing each other for 60 years, and people are dying every day, and it costs a lot of money to raise so many men and horses, and this silver will eventually be evenly distributed to the uncles and uncles who farm the land. If you start an army to fight, you may die a generation, but if the world is unified, the life of the people will be much better, and you will fight now so that you don't have to fight in the future. ”
Xiao Taohua couldn't think about the problem from Zuo Qingqiu's point of view, and she didn't understand it a little, but she just hummed, and she was still a little sullen.
Zuo Qingqiu shook his head and sighed, but did not continue to preach, picked up the osmanthus pastry, broke off a piece, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, and accompanied the little peach blossom to look at all kinds of things outside.
Soon, the shopkeeper brought two bowls of bean curd and put them in front of the two distinguished guests.
Little Peach Blossom likes to eat bean curd very much, took the small bowl, and said very politely:
"Thank you, uncle."
"If you can't afford it, Miss, you eat slowly, if you need anything, you can tell the small ones to ......"
The shopkeeper was naturally frightened, and hurriedly nodded.
Little Peach Blossom grew up in the market and didn't like to be treated like this, so she pursed her lips, picked up the small bowl of bean curd, put it on the table behind her, and ate by herself with her back to the master.
The master and apprentice were eating in the small shop, and from time to time scouts came from the battlefield Pegasus to pass the military information to Zuo Qingqiu, the offensive was expected, but there was nothing to say, Zuo Qingqiu took a few looks, and then put it aside.
It's just that before the meal is finished, there was a slight noise on the streets of the small county town, and the little peach blossom who was immersed in eating bean curd raised his little face to look out the window, and suddenly rejoiced:
"Big Brother is back...... Yikes! Why did the elder brother vomit blood? ”
Zuo Qingqiu had already heard the movement, and he had already come to the street at this time.
Zuo Zhan was almost kicked to death by Xu Buling, the injury was not light, and Zuo Zhan, who was still oozing blood between his mouth and nose, Pegasus ran to Zuo Qingqiu, and fell down directly, and said urgently:
"Dad, His Royal Highness the Prince was kidnapped by Xu Buling......"
Seeing the many generals who were in a hurry to hear this, they were shocked and a little dazed.
When they saw Zuo Zhan running back covered in blood, they thought that the son of the world was killed in battle, what is this capture?
Could it be that the vanguard army failed to break through and was completely wiped out?
was tied up by Xu Buling......
Xu Buling......
My day!
Xiliang Little Yama!
The Xiliang army has come over?!
Many generals had different expressions, and Zuo Qingqiu was also inexplicable, he knew that it was impossible for the Xiliang Army to be in Taiyuan, and asked:
"You have 10,000 vanguard troops, can you still be allowed to break the formation alone?"
"No, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has caught up, not only have people been tied up, but the two chasing horses have also been snatched away, and the vanguard army is fine, leaving three thousand cavalry to chase after ......"
Zuo Qingqiu was slightly relieved when he heard this:
"Got it, the order to continue the march, I'll go and explain the matter to the prince."
Zuo Shixian was anxious: "What about His Royal Highness the Prince?" If the prince falls into the hands of Da Yue, the consequences will be unimaginable......"
Jiang Heng, the right prince of Northern Qi, has many sons, but Jiang Kai is the eldest son, and his mother is still the daughter of the Northern Qi Wang clan. Although it is impossible to stop the footsteps of the Northern Qi Dynasty to restore the country, it is still necessary to work hard to keep it, and it cannot be treated as if Jiang Kai is dead.
Zuo Qingqiu thought for a moment: "I'll arrange it, you go down to recuperate first." ”
"Dad, be careful, you don't want to make an extraordinary husband and ......"
"I know that if you are not an ordinary man, you still bring the son of the world to others?"
“……”
Zuo Zhan opened his mouth, but he had nothing to say. He didn't know that Xu Buling was so bold, there were princes on both sides, and the sons of his family were so stupid, what could he do?
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On the other side, the boat docked on the bank of the Liujiabao River, and many girls gathered on the deck, making a fuss and making trouble, discussing how to deal with it.
After Xiao Qi saw that the beacon tower was ignited, he knew that there was a big mistake in Ningwu Pass, and he didn't wait for half an hour, he directly lifted anchor and left, and came to Liujiabao, which had no strategic value, and waited for Xu Buling to turn back and come over to meet.
After waiting for a short time in Liujiabao, the nightingale ran over with a few girls, but Xu Buling was not there, saying that he had intercepted the pursuers.
A boatload of women waited for a long time, but they didn't see Xu Buling coming back, obviously in a hurry.
Lu Hongluan was most worried about Xu Buling, his face turned pale and he said nervously:
"Ling'er won't have an accident, right? What can I do......"
Ning Yuhe was even more worried: "And Qingye, this dead girl, who made her reckless......"
Xiao Xiang'er had a different family education, and she knew a lot about the situation between the two countries, so she was quite calm at this time, and comforted softly:
"Don't worry. Xu Buling's identity was there, stretching out his neck for Northern Qi to cut, Northern Qi was reluctant to cut, at most he was caught, and he would not worry about his life. In front of Xu Buling at night, Xu Buling will take care of her. ”
Xiao Qi knew that Xu Buling would not worry about his life, but this was obviously not good news, he was caught by the right prince of Northern Qi, and the Xu family directly changed from active to passive, and the follow-up plan can be said to be all bamboo baskets.
But a headache is a headache, Xiao Qi has never been a woman who suffers from gains and losses, no matter how difficult the situation is, she thinks about how to break the situation, instead of complaining.
Xu Buling didn't rush back for so long, it could only be that he didn't get rid of the pursuers and was caught by Northern Qi.
Xu Buling fell into the hands of the right prince, with his personal combat strength, it was not impossible to break through with Ning Qingye, the most important thing at the moment was that they should not be caught, if they were also caught, and threatened by their families, Xu Buling had the ability to pass through the sky, and it was impossible to get out with a boatload of people.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qi said very simply: "Don't wait, let's get out of danger first." Wait for the exact news to come, and then make plans. ”
The Fen River joins the Yellow River in Wanrong County on the north side of Fenglingdu, and as long as it reaches Fenglingdu, it is impossible for the Northern Qi to catch up no matter how fast it is.
Although many women were at a loss, only Xiao Qi could make up their minds at the moment, what they said was all chaos, and they didn't say anything more, watching the boat lift anchor, leave the banks of the Fen River, and go downstream......