Chapter 32: Ruby Night Runs to Spread the Bad News
Liang Hongyu rode a jujube red horse and galloped all the way to the north. She thought that her husband Han Shizhong was on the front line of the fight against the Jin army, and General Qu was on the way back to Beijing to rescue the driver, and the only way to find Qu Ping was to go to Qu Ping as soon as possible.
Li Gang returned home, read Liang Hongyu's report, and was shocked, but he didn't expect that Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan's wolf ambitions would take advantage of the chaos to rebel. Li Gang hurriedly instructed the generals to take his letter and go outside the city to meet the arriving rescuers, and asked them to hurry into the city to protect the emperor. Li Gang rode his horse and went to the palace to find the emperor in a hurry.
However, it was said that Li Gang's family would ride a horse and gallop south for twenty miles, and suddenly saw a big river in front of him blocking the way. The surrounding people said that water must have been released from the Yellow River.
The family general was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, there was no river nearby, and it was difficult to get a boat to cross the river when there was a river suddenly. He borrowed a large bathtub from a nearby resident's house, pushed it into the water, jumped in, and paddled desperately with a wide plank.
Li Gang entered the palace, and heard that the emperor was sleeping in Wu Wanyi's palace tonight, and he told the chamberlain that there was an urgent military situation of 100,000, and the chamberlain did not dare to slack off, so he took him to the emperor in a hurry.
Li Gang saw that the light was on in the room, thinking that the emperor had not gone to bed yet, so he shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty, the minister has 100,000 urgent military reports!" ”
Zhao Gou was working hard in Wu Wanyi's room, when he suddenly heard a shout outside, which frightened him, and his heart was broken.
Qu Ping marched at full speed, and at this moment he had passed Xiangzhou City, and as the night grew thicker that night, he set up camp on the spot and buried the pot to cook.
The front quickly reported that the two armies had faced off in Liyang, 500,000 against 200,000, and that the Jin army had won several small victories with superior forces. The Jin army further compressed the Song army to the Yellow River, and the Song army quietly prepared large ships, ready to retreat at any time.
There is really no chance of winning the last battle.
After a few days of holding each other, the Jin army divided its 150,000 troops and marched eastward, pointing directly at Yingtian. The 30,000 Song soldiers who went south from the Daimyo Mansion in Beijing saw that the Jin army was menacing, and the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, Du, took the opportunity to break the embankment of the Yellow River in Huazhou, in order to block the 150,000 Jin troops advancing eastward.
From this point on, the Yellow River divides from the southeast into Surabaya and Jishui into the sea, and from the north to the Bohai Sea to the south to the Yellow Sea.
The 50,000 horses of the Jin army were washed into the Yellow River and brought to the Yellow Sea to feed the fish, and at the same time, more than 200,000 people downstream were affected, and the casualties were counted. Ying Tianfu is surrounded by rivers on three sides at this time, and it is guarded according to natural dangers. The Jin army gathered 100,000 remnants of the army and continued to march eastward, reaching the north bank of the river to collect and build boats, preparing to kill Yingtian.
Qu Ping was studying the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" with the generals in the tent that night, and one of them came in to report that they had caught a sneaky spies. At this time, if the spy is caught, he will definitely be able to interrogate some useful things, so he will be brought up for interrogation immediately.
The "spy" was brought up with his hands tied, wrapped his thin body in ordinary men's clothes, and a few pieces of black ash on his face seemed to hide Bai Xi's handsome face.
"How did this spy twist and pinch," Qu Ping said, "and lift his face." ”
When Dutou heard this, he wanted to use his big hand to raise the chin of the "spy". The spy turned his face to avoid Dutou's big hand, and glared at Qu Ping with angry eyes.
Qu Ping looked at the man's face, and felt as if he had seen it somewhere, and then took a closer look, ouch, he thought, I don't have time to look for you, you have fallen into the net. Qu Ping walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "I don't know you if you pretend to be like this?" Then he walked up behind her and helped her untie herself.
The person who came was Xiao Lu, she had worked so hard to get here, but she didn't expect to be tied up. Xiao Lu pouted slightly, as if she was unhappy.
Qu Ping greeted everyone and said, "You continue to study, and I'll take this old friend to wash his face." ”
Li Cailian had seen Xiao Lu, and she had already guessed seven seven or eight at this time, she asked everyone to continue studying, and she went to find out if there was anything to eat, and then sent it to her.
Qu Ping took Xiao Lu to his tent, got water to wash her face, and Mingyue finally regained her brilliance. Qu Ping said: "Why are you dressed like this, you won't do any tricks, right?" ”
Xiao Lu said: "What is the scheme, I am desperate now, walking aimlessly, just when I saw your handsome flag here, I came to you." ”
"You can walk aimlessly and walk to me, it's really a fate to meet thousands of miles away! But I'm going to war now, and the future is uncertain, and the march is boring, and I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it. ”
"Are you going to chase me away?" Xiao Lu said, her eyes glistening with grievances.
"Ah, what's wrong, what a big grievance." Qu Ping saw that she was about to cry, and he didn't have a hand towel or anything, so he stretched out his sleeve to help her wipe it.
Xiao Lu took a step back, held back the tears that were about to fall, and said, "After the last separation, I returned to my hometown with Daqi to secretly collect the whole subordinates. ”
Qu Ping felt strange, Xiao Lu used to call Yelu Daqi "cousin", but this time he called him by his name, and there must be a secret in it.
Xiao Lu continued: "Later, Daqi considered entering the Jin Kingdom, so we made a meal for him, but who knew that he drank too much wine that night and said that he wanted to marry me. ”
"Brother Daqi has been in love with you for a long time, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it." Qu Ping's heart was gloomy.
"But I've always treated him like a brother! When he saw that I resolutely refused, he was about to force it, so I slapped him, and then he ran and ran all the way to this place. Xiao Lu said, and tears fell.
Qu Ping wiped her tears with her sleeve, and this time Xiao Lu didn't retreat. Qu Ping said: "Daqi will definitely regret it after waking up, maybe his intestines are green now." Just forgive him, after all, you still have a common goal, and you are still relatives in the end. ”
Xiao Lu said: "He already regards you as an enemy, and you still help him speak." ”
"No, aren't we the ones who fight gold?" Qu Ping said this on his lips, but in his heart he thought, "Do you regard me as a rival in love?"
Xiao Lu said: "You are like a pig, he thinks you like me." ”
Qu Ping was not thin-skinned, he said: "I like you!" He's envious and jealous and hates me, because you like me and don't like him, don't you? ”
Xiao Lu burst into tears and laughed: "You are so thick-skinned! I saw your previous behavior and thought that you were a righteous man and a gentleman, so I came to join you, don't think about it. ”
"Thank you for the compliment, do I still want to maintain the image of a decent gentleman?" Qu Ping said with a smile, his psychology was already full of sweetness.
Li Cailian coughed outside the account and said, "Dashuai, I prepared a meal for Miss Xiao to catch the wind." ”
The two pretended to be fine, as if they were afraid that Li Cailian would hear something.
"Come in." Qu Ping said.
Li Cailian put down the meal and said, "Miss Xiao is dressed as a man, but she still can't hide this beauty. ”
Xiao Lu said embarrassedly: "My sister made fun of it." Sister's uniform is called good-looking! You recognize me, so they won't all see that I'm a woman dressed as a man, right? ”
"Those big bosses, how can they think so much? Miss Xiao, you wear this men's dress generously, don't care about your face and smear yourself, isn't that trying to cover up? Li Cailian said.
Xiao Lu thought about it and felt that it made sense, "My sister is right. My sister will call me sister, the girl screamed, and it seemed to be raw. ”
Li Cailian smiled and said, "Yes, sister, everyone will be closer in the future." As he spoke, he glanced at Qu Ping.
Qu Ping said: "Sister Cailian, you chat, I'll continue to study with you." ”
When Qu Ping left, Xiao Lu said, "Sister, do you still want to study with you?" ”
Li Cailian said: "Of course, Dashuai treats people like relatives in life, is meticulous in his work, and there is no time to delay in learning. That's what he asks of us. In the future, you will see more advantages of Dashuai, and you will definitely like it very much. ”
"Does that sister like him too?"
"Don't worry, my sister likes older ones."
As soon as the hour of the second day came, the army continued on its march. Xiao Lu dressed as a scholar and followed Qu Ping on horseback, and the generals only knew that she was "Xiao Gongzi".
It's on the move. The former army came to report, and a woman who claimed to be Mrs. Han Shizhong came to Pegasus, saying that there was something urgent to report.
After listening to this, Qu Ping rode his horse to meet Mrs. Han.
Liang Hongyu saw a young and heroic general galloping in front of her, and thought that this was General Qu Ping, so she urged her horse away.
"Mrs. Han, why is it so urgent that you deigned to come?" Qu Ping Lema said.
Liang Hongyu said: "The emperor is in danger, what else is there to respect." I rode a horse for 300 miles overnight, and changed five fast horses in various post stations, just to inform you, hurry back to Beijing to save the driver, the emperor is in danger! ”
"What's the matter, has the Jin army already attacked Yingtian?"
"Woe to the wall!" Liang Hongyu made a long story short, and told everyone about Huang Qianshan's conspiracy to usurp power.
Qu Ping said hatefully: "When the national disaster is at hand, the important ministers of the court do not know how to fight against Jin, but they are bent on trying every means to make peace with the enemy, and they are in a corner of peace, and even the emperor has calculated it!" ”
Yue Fei said: "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and they will rebel tomorrow night!" ”
Liang Hongyu said: "If they collude with Miao Fu successfully, it will be tomorrow night!" Miao Fu has 10,000 forbidden troops in the city, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses outside the city to resist King Jin Qin have not yet arrived, and it is estimated that it will be today and tomorrow. ”
Yue Fei said: "Great Marshal, why don't you bring 8,000 cavalry to help first, and I will lead my troops to come later." ”
Qu Ping analyzed: "If you go south, you may encounter Jin soldiers, but these should have survived the water of the Yellow River, and there should be a shortage of armaments, grain and grass, and our army has General Yue, but there is nothing to fear." ”
"Thanks to the marshal's trust, Yue will not disappoint you!" Yue Fei said enthusiastically.
"With General Yue's words, I am relieved. Immediately prepare two days' worth of dry food, and I will personally lead 8,000 cavalry to rush to the aid of Yingtian! ”