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Li Xu didn't know why Wan'er was suddenly angry, for the sake of Tang Gong's face, he didn't plan to worry too much about this matter. Brother Hongji once told him that the children of rich and noble families are a little weird, and those with such temperaments as the four sons of Tang Gong are already the most easy-going among them.

He was thinking wildly, but Liu Hongji next to him was surprised and inexplicable. Since coming to Liaodong, Liu Hongji has taken Li Xu to get used to fighting with Wan'er and Shimin, and has always regarded the three of them as his younger brothers. Only now did she suddenly realize that Li Wan'er was a girl, and she had already reached the end of the year last year, if she was allowed to go back and forth to the barracks so freely and Li Xu went crazy day and night, I am afraid that some accidents would inevitably arise one day. (Note 2)

Although he has a close relationship with the Tang family, Liu Hongji is still an outsider after all, and he knows that there are some things that he has no chance to beak. But he couldn't bear to let Li Xu make a mistake and ruin his future, thinking about it, and finally pretending to be very indifferent on the way back to the camp: "Wan'er's temper, if she marries someone in the future, I'm afraid she will be good to be fair!" ”

"It's okay, I'm usually very kind, but I may have seen too much bleeding today, and I'm a little bored! Besides, the person who can marry her will definitely be tolerant, so that he will not worry about everything with a woman! Li Xu smiled and defended Li Wan'er in good faith. Thinking about the situation carefully, he suddenly found that Wan'er looked very good when she was angry, and she had a kind of ordinary taste of her daughter.

"Also, let Chai Gongzi ask for more blessings. Wan'er's passing through the door is estimated to be a matter of this year and next year! Liu Hongji shook his head with a smile, as if he saw how Wan'er's future husband was deflated in front of his wife.

"Chai Gongzi, I don't know if it's the son of the nobleman?" Li Xu was stunned and asked curiously, "Is Wan'er married, so why do you still play outside all day long?" ”

"Well, you don't know yet, this person's surname is Chai Mingshao. The son of Chai Shen, the prince of Julu County, is now the Qianniu of His Royal Highness the Prince, this long live the Eastern Crusade, leaving the prince in charge of the country, so Chai Gongzi did not follow the army to Liaodong. He and Wan'er have been married since childhood, and the current emperor has personally witnessed the exchange of gifts between the two families! Liu Hongji's words were plain, as if he was talking about a very ordinary idle matter.

"Oh, that's a good match!" Li Xu commented with a smile, the expression on his face was not shocked.

Seeing Li Xu's indifferent appearance, Liu Hongji secretly scolded himself for being troublesome. I think that Li Wan'er has always been a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go, although the girl's family understands things early, but she and Li Xu are close in age, and it is estimated that there is more brotherly love when they play together, and the love of children may not be real. As for his good brother, judging from his experience in the Su Si Department, I am afraid that he is very indifferent to the affairs of men and women. He probably didn't even care much about Wan'er's gender now, let alone think about anything wrong. Moreover, the two have the same surname, and they already have the status of brothers and sisters of the same clan, and the children of good families should understand the custom of not marrying between people with the same surname......

Thinking of this, Liu Hongji looked at Li Xu and felt a little apologetic. When I was thinking about how to change to another topic, I found that the latter was looking straight into the distance. He was stunned for a moment, followed Li Xu's gaze, and saw a few fires slowly approaching the position of the military camp in the east, which looked very strange in the dark night.

"Come with me and take a look, you follow me fifty paces, if there is anything wrong, immediately ride your horse back to the camp and call the police!" Liu Hongji drew a knife in his hand and commanded Li Xu in a low voice.

Li Xu nodded and quietly slowed down the pace of the war horse. After staggering the distance of about fifty steps with Liu Hongji, he slowly pulled out the horn bow. 'Brother Liu is still trying to protect me', Li Xu is very grateful for the friendship of the other party. Although Brother Liu pretended to say something unintentionally today, it made people feel a chill in their hearts when they heard it.

"I knew I couldn't climb high, but I didn't plan to climb at all!" In the dark, Li Xu's facial expression changed rapidly. Liu Hongji didn't expect that no matter how stupid a child is, he will slowly learn to cover himself. Not to mention that he was not the first person to mention these boring topics to Li Xu, as early as a few days ago, Yu Wenshi had already ridiculed Li Xu for trying to enter a wealthy family and climb high branches.

"You don't have to explain, if you associate with her, you will be thought to be clinging! Everyone, just trust your own judgment and listen to your explanation. Besides, who knows if you're telling the truth! In the darkness of the night, the words of the Yuwen Shiji spat out letters like poisonous snakes

Bitter, unruly, desolate, all kinds of sweet and sour tastes are intertwined with Li Xu's heart. He felt his nostrils sour, and something rolled in the corners of his eyes. But he tried his best not to let the tears roll down, what others say, that's someone else's business. The only thing he can do on his own is to keep things from going the way others think.

For a while, he felt a little self-pitying, and regretted that he didn't agree to enter his left guard that day. If he had promised the old general that day, one of the generals who would have fought on the other side of the river today would be himself, although the result was a little frightening to think about, but he would have saved himself from the boring humiliation in front of him.

Not far away, Liu Hongji's war horse was already approaching the visitor, and the lantern in the other party's hand had already illuminated their own clothes and carriages. It was a group of Goguryeo people, Li Xu's breathing instantly tightened, he bent his elbow and pulled the string, and put the feather arrow firmly on the bow arm. In an instant, all the unhappiness was forgotten by him.

"We are envoys, and the two countries will not fight each other. The Great Sui is the kingdom of heaven and the state of etiquette! Instinctively, the visitor sensed the danger in the darkness and shouted in fluent Chinese at the night behind Liu Hongji. Immediately afterwards, Li Xu saw countless lights flashing near him, and a Great Sui soldier and horse, which had been in ambush for a long time, quickly surrounded the Goguryeo envoys.

Goguryeo envoys came to negotiate peace, and their carriage was loaded with the body of General Qian Shixiong. After being searched by the night patrol soldiers and introduced into the barracks, the envoy presented a watch and seal to the Great Sui Emperor. On the seal, the Goryeo guard general Eulji Wenhui hoped that His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor would understand the panic of "a small country that is afraid of death and dare to be trapped with the beasts" and forgive them for their reckless behavior that they had to face today.

Qian Shixiong's body was carefully cleaned up by the Goguryeo people, and all the blood stains had been wiped clean. The Goguryeo people said they respected the warriors, so they did not withhold General Qian's armor and weapons. As for the old general Mai Tiezhu and the other nine Great Sui generals who died during the day, the Goguryeo people had also collected their remains. Yizhi Wenhui understood the feelings of the Great Sui soldiers, so he was willing to charge a transportation fee of 1,000 taels of gold to hand over these corpses to the Great Sui for burial.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty did not hesitate to agree to the envoy's request for ransom for the remains of the generals, and agreed with the Goguryeo people that tomorrow there would be a day of truce, and the two armies would drive a raft on the river to hand over the corpses. As for the Goguryeo people's request for retreat, Yang Guang only replied, "One day later, I will order someone to continue to build the bridge." Whether it is a battle or a surrender, you can figure it out for yourself! ”

The Goguryeo envoy also wanted to quibble, and the civil and military on duty drew their swords out of their sheaths at the same time. The messenger was so frightened that he had to crawl out with a roll. When the enemy envoys were escorted out of the camp, the generals asked the emperor to fight, demanding that they refuse to pay the gold for the purchase of the remains of Mai Tiezhu and others, and swim directly across tonight, razing Liaodong City to the ground. Yang Guang said: "In this Eastern Crusade, many Fanbang Khans followed me before and after the saddle. If you break your faith, how will you be able to convince them in the future! Goguryeo is a small barbarian country, and it is expected that it will not be able to play too many tricks. And give him the gold, and sooner or later I will take it back with interest. ”

The generals had no choice but to obey their fate. The next day, the Koreans brought the remaining ten bodies in wooden coffins. On behalf of His Majesty the Great Sui, Yu Wenshu sent a letter to the river to redeem the bodies of Mai Tiezhu and others with gold. Remembering his friendship with Mai Tiecane on weekdays, General Yuwen cried all the way back to the barracks.

At noon, Yang Guang was in front of the army and personally washed his face with a white silk rod. The edict praised Mai Tiecane and said: "Ambition is strong, longing for honors, accompanying the commander to ask for crimes, first to enter the battle, high righteousness and martyrdom, and his body has survived." Sincere words, mourning, and honor. Decorate with virtue. "Posthumously presented him in public as Doctor Guanglu, Duke of Su Guo, and Wu Lie. (Note 3)

More than 100 generals of Zuo Yiwei General Yu Wenshu, Zuo Tunwei General Xin Shixiong, Right Yiwei General Yu Zhongwen, and Zuo Xiaowei General Jing Yuanheng were all dressed in white and sent the coffin of the wheat iron rod to the suburbs on foot. The remnants of the left guard stabbed the arm with a knife and spilled blood for the old general. When the three armies saw this, they were all indignant.

On the third day, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui sent the crossbow carts in the army to line up on the riverbank. Then He Chou, the waiter of the Ministry of Labor, raised two more pontoon bridges. The pontoon bridge had just been halfway built, and the Goguryeo people sent ballistae to harass them, but they were smashed back by a burst of crossbowmen commanded by Yu Wenshu.

After noon, the pontoon bridge gradually approached the opposite bank, the Goguryeo people built an earthen fortress a hundred steps away from the shore, and shot the bridge builders after the archers ambushed the earthen fortress, and the soldiers of the Great Sui Prefecture carried a huge shield on a raft to protect the bridge. The two sides shot each other with feathered arrows and crossbows, and fought back and forth for a whole day, and at sunset, each of them withdrew his troops.

That night, Goguryeo sent dead soldiers to destroy the unfinished bridge, and was caught by the soldiers and horses ambushed by Wang Rengong, the general of the Right Yiwei. Rengong and Qian Shixiong had an old relationship, and wanted to avenge it, so they tied the captured Goguryeo dead soldiers to sandbags and threw them into the Liao River.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, He Chou continued to supervise the craftsmen to build the bridge, and Goguryeo saw that the pontoon bridge was gradually completed, so the trick was repeated, and the fireboat was lowered upstream again. As a result, before the boat could float near the pontoon, it was stopped by the wooden stakes and iron cables in the river. It turned out that although the progress of the construction of the bridge during the day was slow, He Chou secretly erected hidden piles on both sides of each pontoon bridge, and also raised dead soldiers to swim across the river with a lot of money, and connected iron cables between the rocks and the wooden piles and the wooden piles on the shore as the base.

The pontoon bridge stretched steadily under the light of the fire, and the giant tree at the very edge was once again set up on the river beach on the east bank of Liaoshui.