Chapter 3 Encountering Famous Generals on the Road
Looking at Jiangdu, thousands of miles away, Yang Ying was relieved, thinking about the fear of the past two days, thinking that she had been desperately on the road for the past two days, and this crisis had been temporarily over. Although Yang Ying had never ridden a horse in his previous life, with some of his own memories, he was still very skilled at galloping on horses.
By sorting out my memories, I know that this is a world similar to "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", but it is also very different, there are many countries in this world, and I only know that the entire continent is surrounded by oceans, except for some nearby islands. And this continent has four major empires, namely the Great Sui, the Great Song, the Great Ming, and the Great Yuan, and there are some smaller countries around these four empires, such as Liao, Jin, Western Xia, Goryeo, and Wa.
As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the imperial court and the rivers and lakes on the mainland coexist, do not interfere with each other and depend on each other. For thousands of years, the martial arts have been constantly fighting, and some sects have gradually formed, including Cihang Jingzhai, which chooses the king for the people, and of course, there are demons that oppose it, of course, Shaolin and Wudang are indispensable, there are the beggars with the largest number of people in the world, and the Mingjiao who fought against the Yuan Dynasty.
Yang Ying understands that if you want to gain a foothold in this troubled world and live a stable life, you must have a strong force to rely on, or a gang, or a country, but it is a little unrealistic to rely on others in your own identity, after all, with the identity of an emperor, you may be tied up anywhere in exchange for a large amount of benefits, and even if you don't, you will lose your freedom and be slaughtered in captivity.
Now there is only a quick return to Chang'an, while it has not been occupied by the righteous army, and maybe it can still have a place in the war, with a goal, Yang Ying did not scurry around like a headless fly before, and told Yuwen Chengdu to find a place to rest, and then walked to the back carriage, only to see that the beauty in front of her was a little haggard, after all, the long journey and the fear of being frightened, Yang Ying gently patted her shoulder with guilt, "Let you suffer with me, I have never cried like this before."
"As long as Your Majesty doesn't abandon me, don't think I'm a burden, I'm willing to follow Your Majesty for the rest of my life" Xiao Meiniang said nervously, and leaned on Yang Ying's shoulder, staring at the man in front of her with beautiful eyes on her pretty face, although she is not a peerless beauty, but she is also handsome and chic, and her eyebrows are heroic.
Although Yang Ying only has two or three days of contact with Xiao Meiniang, she is deeply in love with this affectionate and beautiful woman, which may have some influence on Yang Guang's memory, and looking at her has a feeling as if nothing can stop the pace of progress.
The two snuggled up to a stream, listened to the sound of fairy-like water, gently sniffed the moving fragrance of Xiao Meiniang's fragrant body, the sky was full of stars, and the spring breeze passed by slightly, and suddenly Yang Ying seemed to have completely forgotten her own troubles, forgot all the disputes in the outside world, and didn't know where she was.
After a while, Yang Ying came back to her senses and looked at the beautiful woman in front of her, "Beautiful girl, don't call me Your Majesty when the two get along in the future, call me Xianggong, is it okay, lady." ”
"Xianggong" Xiao Meiniang shouted softly in her voice, the corners of her lips were slightly upturned, and her clear and bright eyes were gently closed.
Seeing the beautiful woman's shy appearance, a stream of blood filled his brain, making his whole body numb, and nameless ecstasy surged into his heart, which made his heart beat wildly, Yang Ying was pitiful and loving, and couldn't control himself to visit her fragrant lips......
In order to avoid encounters, Yang Ying led more than 100 Praetorian Guards to take a shortcut and walk through the inaccessible mountains and forests to prevent large-scale marches from being discovered.
Along the way, he heard that Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army had broken through Liyang, and Yang Ying knew that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous.
The fire light that can be seen everywhere, there is a faint sound of shouting and killing, in order to avoid the conflict can only be bypassed from afar, when it is dawn, just about to set off, the sound of hooves on the ground is loud, a team of people and horses sprinted from the hillside, Yang Ying and his guards hurriedly hid in the nearby grass.
This group of about 60 cavalry members, as soon as they saw their disorganized samurai uniforms, knew that they must be rebels, everyone wore green scarves on their arms, rushed into the village and killed a few vicious dogs that pounced out, and then searched house by house, driving out more than 100 men, women, and children in the village.
In these turbulent times, the power of the individual is simply insignificant. And the defenseless and defenseless people seem to be as fragile as ants.
The Green Turbans arranged the men and women in the village in two groups, and surrounded them in groups to prevent anyone from escaping. Seeing that those righteous soldiers with knives and halberds were all like murderous people without blinking, and the people did not dare to spit out half of their mouths, seeing this, Yang Ying couldn't help but feel sad, obviously the number exceeded the righteous army, but he didn't know how to resist, maybe this is the simplicity of the common people, but this inevitably lost the backbone.
One of them, who seemed to be the leader of the rebels, rode to the crowd of the villagers under the protection of four of his relatives, and drove the young men to the side, while others tied them together with ropes, which seemed very unruly.
When there was a resistant, the horsewhip was immediately pulled down and beaten half to death. Yang Ying's face was blue and her lips were white, but she was inexplicably angry, although she had seen a lot, she still felt a little emotional. When the mothers and wives saw their sons and husbands being dragged into the service of their husbands, they let out a burst of unbearable cries of sorrow.
But the so-called rebels were all fierce and had no compassion.
When the leader of the army had finished picking out the men, and as he passed by the women and children, he suddenly stopped his horse and pointed his whip at a plump village woman with some gestures. When the military leader was smiling obscenely, a young volunteer next to him said coldly: "Pray for the boss, the boss of Du has a life, and he must not bully women, and the boss is now on the precipice, and it is still too late." ”
This person is full of justice, and he dares to commit crimes, Yang Ying couldn't imagine that there was such a person in the righteous army. Boss Qi snorted coldly: "Li Jing, you don't meddle in your business, am I bullying women now?" I'm going to take this beauty home, Ming Media is marrying, take her as a wife, ha! Does the governor even have to take care of marriage? ”
Li Jing was about to speak, the village girl bit the back of the hand of the green turban soldier who was grabbing her, the green turban soldier was in pain, so he threw her aside, the village girl quickly got up and ran to Li Jing's side, and Li Jing quickly blocked in front of the village girl.
"Li Jing, don't tie this little lady over yet" Boss Qi shouted angrily, Li Jing just stared at him with both eyes, and didn't see any movement, "Okay, Li Jing, do you want to rebel if you commit a crime, don't think that you can ignore military regulations if you have a little talent?"
"When I go back, I will report to the chief steward truthfully, and I don't think I will resist if I am punished," Li Jing said calmly, and stretched out his hand to protect the village girl.
Boss Qi looked at Li Jing a little uncertainly, and after a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and shouted; "Everyone, you saw Li Jing committing the following crimes, and you didn't repent when you gave him a chance, and you didn't take it down for him quickly", after he finished speaking, these rebels looked at each other, and no one took the lead, Boss Qi saw that no one listened to him, and shouted "Take Li Jing, I will invite everyone to drink"
As soon as he heard that there was wine to drink, the rebels rushed to Li Jing, Li Jing made it easy for the rebels to fight together, although Li Jing fought bravely, but after all, he was not a master, after all, his fists were invincible to his four hands, leaving wounds of different depths on his body.
Yang Ying was also very angry when he saw this, although the people in front of him were likely to be enemies, but no one could look past this kind of thing, not to mention that Li Jing was a famous general through the ages, although he didn't know if Li Jing could fight well in this world, but his name was worth saving.
"Up, go and save the young general, fight quickly" Yang Ying didn't finish speaking and rushed out, Yuwen Chengdu saw that the emperor rushed up, so he immediately rushed to Yang Ying, and the guards also hurriedly protected Yang Ying.
Yang Ying carried a sword and cut it when he saw the rebels, although it was the first time to raise a knife to fight, but because Yang Guang had practiced martial arts, although he was not very clever, he still hacked a rebel to death in three or two strokes, the first time he killed someone, he felt excited to think about it, and he was covered with blood, but as soon as he saw the tragic situation of the rebels, he instantly felt a feeling of disgust, and walked to the side as if his intestines were going to vomit out.
After cleaning up the rebel army, Li Jing took the village girl to Yang Ying, hugged her fists and said: "Thank you for saving this son, dare to ask this son's name, if you can use it in the future, you will go all out." ”
Yang Ying hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to tell him his identity, and suddenly felt that he should not hide it, so he looked at Li Jing with a smile and said, "Listen, my name is Yang Guang." ”
"Yang Guang" Li Jing was a little puzzled, only felt that the name was a little familiar, and exclaimed: "You are the dog emperor?" ”
"Bold" Yuwen Chengdu stood in front of Yang Ying and scolded angrily.
"I am Yang Guang, the Emperor of the Great Sui," Yang Ying said solemnly, waving his hand to let Yuwen Chengdu back off, "Brother Li is willing to be a general under me and open up great rivers and mountains for me."
"I ......"
Seeing that Li Jing was a little hesitant, Yang Ying immediately understood that he was about to fall into the emperor of the Divine Hall in the eyes of others, so he immediately said: "Brother Li doesn't have to answer in a hurry, just follow me for three months, if you still want to leave, I will never stop you."
Seeing that Yang Ying made such a big concession, he knew that if he didn't agree, he might not be able to leave, "Okay, I'll follow His Majesty's orders for three months." Li Jing clenched his fists and replied seriously.
"Okay," he turned to the village girl standing beside Li Jing and said with a smile; "Little lady, can you tell me your name?"
The village girl glanced at Yang Ying, hurriedly lowered her head, and said tremblingly, "The maid's name is Susu"
Yang Ying glanced at the somewhat beautiful village girl and said: "Susu, your name is really good, I see that you have nowhere to go, you will stay by my wife's side and serve her in the future, and you will also have a place to settle down. After speaking, he looked at Li Jing and winked at Su Su again.
Su Su listened to his words as if she had something to say but didn't say it, so she secretly glanced at Li Jing's eyes, her cheeks turned red, she lowered her head again, and said weakly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Meiniang walked over from the grass where she was hiding just now, looked at Yang Ying, walked to Su Su again, took her hand, walked to the carriage, and whispered to Su Su: "Sister, don't be nervous, come and sit in the car with me, I'm a little bored alone."
After that, the group headed in the direction of Chang'an.