"Yes, this is the token of love I gave you, you have to take it!"

Hua Mulan felt happy when she heard this, hung the phoenix dagger on her waist, and turned around and left with a smile on her face.

Guo Yi watched Mulan leave and walked over, he had been in charge of military intelligence collection for more than a year.

"Young master, there is news from Yuzhou that the Southern Dynasty has sent troops!"

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he beckoned to Guo Yi, and the two entered the lobby of the town guard mansion one after the other.

"Tell me more!"

Guo Yi hugged his fists, "On the fifth day of the first month of March, the generals of the Southern Dynasty went to Yanzhi and Tan Daoji to wave their troops to the north, and to Yanzhi led an army of 100,000 from Huaibei to Surabaya to attack Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and Tan Daoji led an army of 50,000 from Jingzhou to attack Yuzhou!" ”

"Now most of Qingzhou and Yanzhou have been captured by Yanzhi, only a few important towns on the south bank of the Yellow River such as Huatai are still holding on, Tan Daoji led the army to advance step by step, Sima Chuzhi, Wang Huilong and others are weak, there is no backup, and they have retreated to the front line of Xingyang, Tiger Prison and Luoyang!"

Zhao Junsheng sighed after listening to Guo Yi's report: "Now that the two emperors are vying for the throne, I am afraid that it will be difficult for reinforcements to send reinforcements, and it seems that the south of the Yellow River will not be able to hold it!" What about Liang County, what is the situation in Suiyang now? ”

Guo Yi said: "Fell into the hands of the Southern Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng had long known that once there was civil strife in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Liu Yilong, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, would never let go of this opportunity, this person was not inferior to the emperor of Tuoba Tao, and his military talent may not be as good as Tuoba Tao, but his political talent and scheming skills were only surpassed.

Zhao Junsheng was already glad that he had discussed with Hua Mulan at this time and took over the Hua family early, otherwise the soldiers would be in danger in the war, and Huajia Fort would definitely be difficult to preserve.

When Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were working hard to run Wuchuan Town, the two brothers Tuoba Jian and Tuoba Pi were also busy grabbing territory, and by the second half of 430 AD, Tuoba Jian possessed the entire territory of Bingzhou, the Guanzhong region, the Hetao area, and the north and south of Yinshan; Tuoba Pi occupied the northern part of Hanoi, Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou north of the Yellow River.

In August, the general of the Southern Dynasty also led the army north of the Yellow River to attack the Yellow River, but Tuoba Pi soon organized troops to carry out a large-scale counterattack, and the cavalry commanded by the generals Tuoba Qi, Yizhan and Si Chu Kujie went south in three ways to outflank the army of Yan Zhi.

The Xianbei people were numerous, and on the Hebei Plain, the cavalry rushed back and forth, and the Southern Dynasty army, which was dominated by infantry, was naturally difficult to resist.

At this time, Sima Chuzhi, Wang Huilong and others also led the army to retreat to the front line of Hedong, which can be regarded as officially taking refuge in Tuoba Jian. Tan Daoji went all the way north, subdued a large area of land and many cities in Henan, divided troops to garrison, wanted to cross the Yellow River to attack Hedong and was slightly insufficient, and was worried that the leopard in Guanzhong led the army to the east to fight with Sima Chuzhi, Wang Huilong and others, so he had to stop in Luoyang and Shaanzhou.

To Yanzhi and Tan Daoji are both the founding generals and heroes of the Southern Dynasty Liu Song, as the so-called heroes in troubled times, it is said that they are the kind of people, both of them have been poor since childhood, and they were born in poor families.

The three brothers of Tan Daoji died of both parents when they were young, and they were raised by his cousin Tan Pingzhi, he was luckier than Yan Zhi, he was the eldest of the three brothers, and was taken care of by his two elder brothers when he was a child, and his cousin Tan was an officer under Liu Yu, and he had received some military education since he was a child with his two elder brothers and his cousin.

Who came first of the 36 schemes? It is Tan Daoji, he summed up the thirty-six strategies according to his many years of experience in leading the troops, but he did not write a book, and later generations repeatedly used it, and it was not officially written until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

To Yanzhi is a dung picker, is a real flat-headed common people, neither ancestral glory, nor relatives who can be officials to rely on, in order to add some capital to himself, he also told people everywhere that he is a descendant of Qu Yuan, but unfortunately the world does not believe it, and it is a joke.

When you are away from home, sometimes your fellow villagers can also rely on and borrow for help. When Liu Yu crusaded against Sun En's rebellion, he went to join the army before Yan, and when he learned that Liu Yu was also from Pengcheng and was his fellow countryman, he immediately seized this opportunity to ask for a meeting, Liu Yu learned that Yanzhi was his fellow villager who took good care of him and made him a personal soldier, so he followed Liu Yu and made a fortune.

From ancient times to the present, there have been many famous ministers who have followed the big names as fellow villagers, and Zhi Hikozhi is by no means the first and not the last.

In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn harvest season, Hua Mulan was busy organizing people for the autumn harvest, and Zhao Junsheng was busy with military affairs all day long.

After being busy for more than half a month, the grain, forage, reeds and hay by the river in the field were finally harvested and put into storage, the soil in the field was also turned over, and the planting had been sown, and in five days it was the day when Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan got married.

In the evening of this day, Zhao Junsheng returned from the military camp outside the city to go to the Hua family's compound, and when he walked to the door, he happened to meet Hua Mulan coming back from the grain and grass warehouse.

"Why are you here again?" Mulan frowned.

Zhao Junsheng smiled: "I'm here to eat!" ”

"A month before getting married, men and women can't meet, otherwise it will be unlucky, why don't you know?" Mulan said unhappily.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Who said that?" I don't believe that! ”

"If you don't believe me, I believe it!" Hua Mulan said and pushed Zhao Junsheng out.

"Don't push, don't push, can't I go?"

Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to turn around and plan to go back, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Mulan's mother for the past few days, so he turned his head and asked, "Why haven't I seen our A-Niang and Xiaoxiong in the past few days?" ”

Hua Mulan said: "My mother's family is from Huaishuo Town, there is an uncle who lives at the foot of the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the east of Huaishuo Town, A-Niang has not returned to her mother's house for many years, we are not about to get married, so she took a carriage to visit her parents' house a few days ago, and wanted to pick up her uncle's family to come over for a wedding wine, and the younger brother said that he was bored at home, and he went with him noisily!" ”

"Don't you say that I don't know that Ah Niang's maiden family is from Huaishuo Town!" Zhao Junsheng stopped, turned around and frowned: "There is news that Rouran Khan Wu Ti has pacified the civil strife, and now that the autumn harvest has passed, I am worried that the Rouran people may go south to loot at any time, in the past two days, we have sent back news from the scouts outside that we have found traces of the Rouran rangers on the edge of the desert, how can you let A-Niang and the little brother go to Huaishuo Town?" It's too dangerous! ”

Hua Mulan also frowned, and there was some worry on her face, "They didn't tell me when they left, I didn't know about it when I was in the field, and I didn't hear Grandpa talk about it until I came back in the evening." With Huahai escorting eight personal soldiers along the way, it shouldn't be fine, right? You can't be so coincidental with the Rouran Ranger, right? ”

"Don't worry too much, their luck shouldn't be that bad! Well, tomorrow morning I will order some more patrols on the edge of the desert to strengthen our defenses! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to go back to the town guard's mansion.

"Wait, where are you going?" Mulan stopped him.

Zhao Junsheng turned around and said, "Go back to the town guard mansion to eat and sleep!" ”

"It's all here, let's eat here!" Mulan dropped a sentence and walked towards the house.

Zhao Junsheng had a smile on his face, turned around and came back and quickly followed Mulan, and the two entered the Hua family's mansion together while talking.

After nightfall, the lights are lit up inside and outside the flower house.

In the dining hall, Hua Arc sat in the main seat, and Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat on both sides of Hua Arc facing each other.

There are four dishes and a soup on the table, Hua Arc eats very slowly, since he suffered a stroke two years ago, his mobility has been greatly reduced, although his language function has recovered a lot, but there are still a few communication problems, and he still has to hold on to the auxiliary frame when he walks on weekdays.

Hua Arc ate very slowly, and asked as she ate: "Mulan, how many days have your aunt and Xiaoxiong been there?" Why haven't you seen a turnaround yet? ”

Mulan smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's a two-day journey from our Wuchuan City to my uncle's place, her old man and Xiaoxiong have been gone for two days, they always have to stay at my uncle's house for a day or two, and it may take two or three days to come back!" Don't worry! ”

Hua Arc still looked a little worried, obviously worried about the safety of Hua Yuan's mother and son.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were eating and talking about farming, animal husbandry and military affairs.

As he was talking, he saw a man covered in blood and staggered in and fell to the ground.

Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng were shocked, and immediately sent over to help people up to take a look, but it was Hua Hai, didn't he take his own soldiers to escort Hua Yuan's mother and son to visit relatives?

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan both had a premonition that something was wrong.

Zhao Junsheng went through a series of rescues such as artificial respiration and pinching, and finally woke up Huahai with great effort.

Hua Mulan asked anxiously: "Hua Hai, are you back alone like this?" What about my aunt and little brother? ”

Huahai opened his eyes and saw clearly that it was Mulan and Zhao Junsheng, and he cried on the spot, "Little, miss, Huahai can't stand you, I'm sorry for the old castle master, the master mother and the little master were kidnapped by the Rouran people······"

"What ······" Mulan was like five thunderbolts, and the whole person's mind was blank.

Hua Arc got up suddenly, his eyes widened, his face turned red, his body kept trembling, his raised arm trembled, he opened his mouth but couldn't speak, and his body fell straight down.

"Plop" sound.

The sound of falling to the ground came, Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at it, and exclaimed: "Uncle! After shouting, he dropped the sea of flowers and ran to the flower arc.

"Uncle, uncle, wake up, wake up! Someone, go and call the medic—"

Zhao Junsheng's roar woke Hua Mulan up, she cried and ran to Hua Arc's side and hugged him and kept shaking: "Grandpa, grandpa, wake up, wake up, wake up······"

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly rescued, pinched the person, artificial respiration, and rubbed his chest, all of which worked.

When the medical officer ran in quickly with the medicine box on his back, Hua Arc's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and the whole person was already out of breath and out of breath and out of breath.

The medical officer quickly took the pulse of the flower arc, and then performed the gold acupuncture point as quickly as possible.

A moment later, the medical officer rolled his eyes, called the pulse again, sighed, looked up at Zhao Junsheng with a serious face and Hua Mulan, who was like a tearful pear blossom, got up and said: "The two generals forgive their sins, their subordinates are not good at learning, and they are really powerless to return to the sky, the two generals should prepare for the future!" ”

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