"Where are your parents, your wives and children, and the tombs of your ancestors?"

This question repeatedly hit the hearts of the soldiers of the southeast battalion like a hammer. In order to prevent the unstable morale of the army, this is a matter of secrecy and even strict prohibition in the battalion. People are not plants and trees, and the heavy wounds in the hearts of many people were violently torn open at this moment. The river breeze blew whirring, with the smell of dampness. Thousands of military men were silent and depressed at this moment.

"Where are your fathers and mothers, your wives and children, and the tombs of your fathers? In-"

Zhao Xingde took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Jiangbei! He raised his right arm, his gaze slowly swept over the faces of thousands of soldiers, and said loudly, "Under the nest, how can there be eggs?" Liaokou went south to herd horses, and no one in the world could steal peace. As a warrior, I am willing to be a slave of Liaokou and disgrace my ancestors, but I am still willing to sacrifice my life to go to the country and fight to the death. How can Zhao be virtuous? A puppet and commanding the southeast battalion? Hebei has fallen, Henan has also fallen, Bianliang has fallen, this river is our last line of defense! Jiangbei is the hometown of all of you, wives, children, fathers, and ancestors, how can they give it to others? ”

"Big husband, you can make inches and inches, and you can't wrap your fingers around!"

"Today, Zhao crossed the river-" Zhao Xingde pulled out his saber, pointed towards Jiangbei, and said loudly, "If you don't break the Liao thief, you will not return it!" Feeling the excitement in his master's chest, the mount paced restlessly, and the eyes of the soldiers moved with the shape of the horse, revealing an incomparably hot and excited light, and the horse snorted and wandered in circles in the crowd restlessly. The soldiers made way for Zhao Xingde in awe.

"All the heroes in my camp, cross the river with me," Zhao Xingde shouted loudly: "If you don't break the Liao thief, you will not return to the army!" As soon as he lifted the reins of his horse, the white horse passed through the crowd and slowly walked towards the riverbank, and the soldiers of the southeast battalion surrounded by him, whether they were watching the excitement, or deliberately making trouble, or watching the success or failure, they were all dumbfounded. Taking over the position of commander is extremely important in the eyes of many people, and General Zhao did not mention a word! He just needs to cross the river! As long as you fight to the death with the Liao thief! Regain the homeland of Jiangbei, do not break the Liao thieves, and swear not to return to the army! Many raised their right arms like a forest, hiding people's expressions, some choked in their throats, some gasped, and some gradually turned red.

"If you don't break the thief, you will not return to the teacher!" Teng Ying said loudly, a stream of heat surging in his chest, and followed behind Zhao Xingde.

"Jiangbei!" "Jiangbei!" "Jiangbei!" Many soldiers of the southeast battalion followed behind Zhao Xingde's horse, and as they marched, they shouted rhythmically, "Jiangbei! "Jiangbei!" Countless right arms are waving vigorously, under the excitement of the crowd, the shouts are like a wave of anger, the scene is like a camp roar, there are more and more soldiers following Zhao Xingde, and the scene of the vow to go out just now is spread by word of mouth, and more soldiers are wrapped in the crowd, and even the officers can't control this face. Li Jing was originally going to ruin the deployment of the new capital, but at this time, he walked to the riverside with the flow of people, witnessed Zhao Xingde dismount, and then led the horse to walk more than a dozen steps onto a small boat that was originally parked on the bank of the river. When the soldiers on the small boat saw Zhao Xingde getting on the boat, they untied the cable, and the small boat carried a man and a horse, and slowly sailed away from the river.

Tens of thousands of soldiers crowded on the bank of the river, seeing the new appointers deploy a single person to cross the river alone, some people were in a complicated mood, some were dumbfounded, and some were excited, but no one thought why it was so coincidental that this small boat seemed to be waiting for Zhao Xingde here. The banks of the river were crowded with people, and countless people were looking at the center of the river, and the back of a leaf on the boat on the waves was fiercely engraved in the minds of many soldiers.

"Congratulations to Zhao Xianggong!" Someone fell to his knees and said loudly.

"The last general will send Zhao to control!" "Zhao Xianggong forgives the sin of the last general!"

"The villain sends Zhao Xianggong!" "Zhao Jieshuai, don't abandon me and wait!"

"Congratulations to Zhao Xianggong!"

Countless people got up, knelt on one knee, and acted according to the highest etiquette of picking up and dropping off the officials, and the shouts were chaotic at first, but gradually tidy later. The thousands of battalions shouted together, as if they had rehearsed in advance, and they seemed to call Zhao Xingde back from the river, but the boat did not leave any connection, and sailed straight towards the opposite bank. In the midst of the mighty waves, it seemed that the heavens and the earth were staring at his back. The war horses on the boat are still frequently reviewed, and the back is like a steel cast iron casting standing on the bow of the ship, always facing the north of the river, without looking back.

After Zhao Xingde crossed the river, on the south bank of the river, some brave soldiers jumped into the boat and shouted for the captain to ferry to the north bank.

"Hey-" Teng Ying slapped his waist knife and turned around, "Yu Dutou, I will follow General Zhao across the river, what are you going to do?" Yu Xitian said angrily: "What else to say, I will go back to gather my brothers when I wait for this, and I am lucky to be able to follow General Zhao." Then they turned back, pushed aside the crowd, and walked toward the camp. Like them, many soldiers did not immediately follow Zhao Xingde across the river, but they also made up their minds to simply pack up and cross the river, preferring to die in battle rather than break the Liao thieves and never return to the army. On the south bank of the river, the crowd has been dispersed for a long time.

Li Jing said to the people around him: "Tell General Tian that Li has crossed the river." He strode to the river, found a boat at random and jumped on it, and when the soldier on the boat saw him coming up, he raised his fingers and praised: "Good man! Li Jing said "um" at the end of his nose, which was regarded as a greeting, turned his face, looked at the south bank that was gradually moving away, a complicated look flashed on his face, and in his heart, it seemed that he was getting farther and farther away from himself yesterday, this step, I don't know if it was right or wrong.

"Ahh

Deng Su stood for a long time, the river breeze blew on his face, and a grain of sand blew into his eyes before he turned around.

In his surging mood, he sighed to the Xijing general beside him: "I have known Zhao Yuanzhi for more than ten years, and I only really know this person today." ”

The general was also moved, and sighed: "If the generals who command the army are like Zhao Xianggong, how can Liao Kou fight here." When he said this, he felt speechless and turned his head to look away.

Deng Su smiled slightly, and did not break it, sighing in his heart, he put the holy decree in his hand into his arms, and said secretly: "Zhao Yuanzhi just ignored it, and still left the big stall of the southeast camp, how to clean it up, leave it to Cao Di a headache." Seeing the scene just now, at this moment, he only felt that the holy decree in his hand was very light, and he was no longer worried about Cao Di's monopoly on military power.

On the north bank of the river, Zhao Xingde jumped on the board of the boat, walked ashore quickly, the war horse was humane, did not wait for others to lead, neighed softly, jumped into the water, and trotted a few steps behind him.

On the dock of Hanyang, Ouyang Shan saw Zhao Xingde crossing the river with a horse to appease, Ouyang Shan looked excited, knelt down on one knee and said: "The last general welcomes Zhao Commandery!" ”

A cadre of officers in Hanyang City has been waiting on the dock for a long time, just now the call on the other side of the river faintly came, and the officers were puzzled, but how to say, Zhao Xingde was willing to cross the river to appease, always comforting the hearts of the army, following behind Ouyang Shan, the troops knelt down on one knee one after another, and said loudly: "Welcome to Zhao Commander!" "The river wind is howling, and Hanyang City has fallen to Ezhou since today.

"No need to be polite." Zhao Xingde helped Ouyang Shan up, he looked at the generals and said, "Please get up, Zhao has sworn with the army, if you don't break the Liao thief, you will not return to the division." From now on, Zhao will be in the same boat with you. ”

His demeanor was kind, and the officers who were waiting for him were a little calmer, and they all gathered around to greet Zhao Xingde. Ouyang Shan quietly pulled aside the soldier who ferried Zhao Xingde across the river, and asked him what happened on the other side just now? After learning that the opposite side had just announced the decree, Liu Yanqing had lost his military power, and Zhao Xingde had deployed the southeast camp, Ouyang Shan was stunned for a while, and then came back to his senses, immediately put aside everyone, and bowed down again: "The last general, Ouyang Shan, see all the deployment of adults." ”

There are two fortresses in the north of the river, Hanyang City and Yangluo Fort, among them, Yangluo Fort is in a dangerous terrain, choking the waterway of the Han River into the big river, Hanyang and the Ezhou City of Jiangdong are opposite to each other, the three cities are full of three, it is the key to control the Jianghan waterway. Cao Di not only wanted to preserve his strength, but did not want to leave his cronies and subordinates to face the attack of the Liao State, and was reluctant to give up the important places in Jiangbei, so he handed over Hanyang City and Yangluo Fort to the southeast battalion for defense. After Liu Yanqing's army retreated across the river, most of the battalions left in Jiangbei were the battalions that were excluded from the southeast battalion, and the firecracker battalions were created by Wang Yan himself, and there were almost no Liu Yanqing's henchmen in it. Seeing that the building was about to fall, but he became an outcast, the soldiers of the battalions were cold, and under the instigation of Ouyang Shan and other Zhao Xingde's old departments, not only the generals of Hanyang, but even the battalions left behind in Yangluo Fort also decided to vote for Ezhou with Hanyang after discussion.

The generals were stunned when they saw that Ouyang Shan had changed his title, and Ouyang Shan introduced loudly: "From now on, Zhao Commander will be the deployment of our southeast battalion. He saw the disbelieving eyes of the generals, and said with a smile: "Zhao Tongzhi is the late Wang Jieshuai's favorite general, Fangling is famous all over the world in the first battle, and has repeatedly defeated the Liao soldiers, if he doesn't do it, who else can take over my southeast battalion!" ”

The other generals were pleasantly surprised, some saluted the capital again, and some whispered. Everyone celebrated, gestured, and was in high spirits. As for why Zhao Xingde was originally a guard general in Ezhou, why he was suddenly appointed to deploy the southeast battalion, no one asked for a while.

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In Fangzhou, a gray carrier pigeon with white dots landed lightly on the wooden platform of the pigeon's house, and the sergeant untied the reed pipe tied to the pigeon's leg, translated the numbers on the silk silk into Chinese characters with reference to a large book, and handed it to the marching commander Shi Gao Gongmao. When Gao Gongmao saw it, he was immediately shocked, and immediately went to find Wu Jie, and as soon as he saw him, he couldn't care about greeting politely, so he said loudly: "Things have changed, Ezhou and Cao Di are discussing peace and joining forces, Liu Yanqing is leaving, and Zhao Xingde is appointed as the southeast battalion is deployed." ”