Chapter 165: Victory or Defeat (2)
Gao Cheng suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and slashed at Chen Yuankang.
"Think twice, General!" Chen Yuankang was motionless, watching the sharp blade roaring, and exclaimed bitterly. He clenched the reins tightly in his hand, but he wouldn't let go.
"Shizi!" Cui Jishu also exclaimed.
Cui Xian stood motionless behind his uncle.
Hou He is still calm.
The sword roared, of course, it wouldn't be here to slash and kill Chen Yuankang. The silver light flashed and the reins were broken, Chen Yuankang pulled it into the air, and Gao Cheng had already galloped away.
"Brother Changyou, I must decide with Yuwen Black Otter whether I win or lose." Gao Cheng's voice echoed from the dust, and his horse had already run away.
"General! Shizi!! Chen Yuankang was shocked, looked back at Cui Jishu and the others and shouted angrily, "Quick! Don't hurry up and chase the son back! If the son of the world makes a mistake, you don't want to leave your life. "Then he was the first to chase after him.
Cui Jishu and others reflected at this time, shouting and chasing in a hurry. The Eastern Wei army was already in chaos at this time.
Where can Chen Yuankang catch up with Gao Cheng. Gao Cheng was already furious at this time, and he wanted to take Yuwentai's life immediately.
"Shizi! Shizi! Chen Yuankang ran wildly all the way. Based on what he had discovered, and if he thought about it carefully, he would know that Yuwentai's army would arrive immediately, and Zhao Gui might also appear at any time. If Gao Cheng continues to be so reckless, he will really have a big disaster.
Chen Yuankang was desperate to pick up his bow and take arrows, aim all the way, and shoot an arrow at Gao Cheng's mount in a ruthless manner. Seeing the feather arrow hit Gao Cheng's horse's leg, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. If Gao Cheng's horse galloped like this again, he couldn't catch up, and he might not even have a chance to shoot down. At that time, the prince didn't have a few people around him, and it was unimaginable that he really wanted to meet Xikou.
Gao Cheng's mount was suddenly frightened by the arrow and ran wildly, Chen Yuankang knew that it would not last long, and chased after it with all his might. Gao Cheng tried to stabilize his horse, but it was all in vain. Seeing Chen Yuankang catching up, knowing that it was the arrow he shot, he drew his sword in anger and slashed at Chen Yuankang.
"Chen Yuankang, who let go of Yuwen Black Otter?" Gao Cheng shouted angrily.
Chen Yuankang flashed his sword and reached out to grab the reins in Gao Cheng's hand, "The minister must find out this person for the prince." ”
Gao Cheng's mount finally couldn't hold on anymore after the frenzy, and the horse's legs were bent and he fell to the ground, and Gao Cheng was also thrown off the horse.
"Shizi!" Chen Yuankang immediately reined in the horse, jumped off the horse himself, and helped Gao Cheng up from the ground. Gao Cheng has already fallen off the hood. "Son, the coming day is long, don't worry about this time. Presumably, Yuwentai was just waiting for the prince to be angry and reckless at this time, and the prince must not fall for the trick. ”
Chen Yuankang was supporting Gao Cheng, but he was actually afraid that he would become willful again if his anger had not subsided, and at the same time he whistled, and his own horse ran lightly.
"The prince of the world, please get on the horse, and Changyou will escort the withdrawal of the prince." Chen Yuankang handed the reins to Gao Cheng.
Gao Cheng didn't take the reins, looked at Chen Yuankang, and hesitated to leave.
"The son of the world is a person who has achieved great things, there is no need to rush for a while, please ask the son of the world to get on the horse!" Chen Yuankang knew that Yuwentai was coming at this time, but he didn't dare to hurry.
Gao Cheng finally got on the horse.
"Brother Changyou......" When Gao Cheng wanted to say something, Chen Yuankang had already whipped his horse fiercely.
"The prince forgives the ministers for being rude!" Chen Yuankang's horse immediately took Gao Cheng and galloped away in the opposite direction just now.
The Eastern Wei army at Pujin Pass abandoned the camp silently, and Chen Yuankang withdrew all the way back with the Eastern Wei army's escort general Gao Cheng. At the same time, he was afraid that Situ Gao Aocao would go all the way alone, so he also sent a letter to Gao Aocao, ordering him to return to his division and return to China.
At this point, the Western Wei army won a great victory at Xiaoguan, but Yuwentai and Zhao Gui's strategy of pinching Gao Cheng failed to materialize, and Yuwentai deeply regretted it.
The Eastern Wei Dynasty Daxingtai and the governor Dou Tai were annihilated, and the main general committed suicide and died. The general Gao Cheng evacuated the border of the Western Wei Dynasty. Situ Gao Ao Cao, who had gone deep into the hinterland of Guanzhong and had reached Lantian Pass, could only be ordered to withdraw in the end. At this point, the Western Wei Dynasty, which was already poor and weak, could be regarded as temporarily breathing.
The news of the victory came back to Chang'an, in fact, who would care after everyone was happy? The disaster in Guanzhong is still unsolved, whether it is the victory of the Eastern Wei Dynasty or the victory of the Western Wei Dynasty, the people who have been famine in Guanzhong for a long time are still in dire straits. The rise and fall of the Western Wei Dynasty was a war between meat eaters, and who could the people who were sparse eaters hope to relieve the difficulties in Guanzhong?
In the Chang'an Wei Palace, the joy of Xiaoguan Dajie was short-lived, more like a moment. The short-lived heroic spirit of the emperor's Yuan Bao Torch was deeply hidden, and the Son of Heaven in the Wei Palace was not the legendary Xianbei hot-blooded man who was good at riding and shooting, but more like a quiet and weak Confucian who had been admiring the literary spirit for a long time. The prime minister of the Great Wei Dynasty has tried his best to protect the Great Wei Sheji, where can the Wei Palace still tolerate the anger of the Son of Heaven? Needless to say, this is also something that everyone in the Wei Palace understands.
The quietest is the Great Prime Minister's Mansion in Chang'an, which quickly changed back to its previous appearance. Mrs. Dacheng, the eldest princess Yuan Yuying is no longer the young girl with her hair tied up, two crotches, and heroic posture, but has returned to the matriarch with dignified clothes, thoughtful etiquette, and graceful behavior, and once again returned to her Buddhist hall to be silent.
The **** in the Buddhist hall is so quiet that it seems that even the sound of sweet rosin burning can be heard.
Prime Minister Yu Wentai won a big victory in Xiaoguan, and after the withdrawal of the Western Wei army, he returned to Guangyang and returned to Chang'an on a certain day. The emperor will go abroad to greet him. The days are getting closer and closer, but there is news of Mrs. Yan's illness in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and later, even the slaves and maids in the inner courtyard are difficult to see the master and mother again. After that, not only the main mother, but also the eldest princess's maidservant Nan Qiao also stopped showing up in order to serve the sick lady. It's just that only the chanting in the Buddha hall is more sound than before.
Prime Minister Yu Wentai ordered everything to be simple. Because he knew that this was not the time to breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the victory, and that the situation was still in trouble. And he has a new idea for the next step in his heart, but he is still temporarily in his heart, except for a few words to his henchmen Yu Jin and Zhao Gui, not too many people know. He needs to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, take the opportunity of the suspension of the war to arrange disaster relief, and arrange peace and harmony...... Governing the country with talents is not something that can be immediately effective overnight, he is really worried about Zuo Cheng Susu's illness. When the war came, all attention was focused here, and as soon as the war stopped, there were countless tedious tasks waiting for him.
The night is in Cambodia, and the lights are on. The Prime Minister's Mansion, which had been quiet for many days, secretly suppressed a kind of excitement on this day, and that kind of noise was silent.
Rouran Shizi Bald Tujia didn't feel anything, but after living here for a long time, he also knew that there were people looking forward to waiting for Lord Lang to return quickly.
But this hope is invisibly lengthened. The emperor welcomed the prime minister back in the suburbs and entered the palace together, and the red tape was subtracted a lot in the secret instructions of the prime minister, but the prime minister ignored the fatigue and set up the two ceremonial palaces in the court, which was discussed a lot, and waited until the scattered dynasty went out of the palace and then returned to the house, it was already night.
Bald Tujia was not in a hurry to see Yuwentai, he knew that Yuwentai would definitely take the initiative to meet him. His father, Rouran Khan Anagui, took advantage of the battle of the two Wei Dynasty a few days ago to raid the Eastern Wei border, and has not returned from his patrol, and it is estimated that in the court of Yecheng, his newly acquainted brother, the general Gao Cheng, also has a headache. As for the Western Wei Dynasty, how to marry, Bald Tujia already has a clear plan in his heart.
In fact, there is another person, who should be regarded as the person who is most looking forward to the quick return of Lord Lang.
The prime minister has not returned, and Yun Jiang already knows when he will return. Almost counting the days I was looking forward to, maybe because the lord of Lang was not in the house, so the study was boring for a long time. Before I knew it, the harsh winter had passed, and after the news of Xiaoguan's great victory came, Chang'an seemed to be about to reach spring all of a sudden. This year's spring came exceptionally early.
The study sprinkler is set up clean and comfortable. Yun Jiang was a little unsettled. I always think of the night before Lord Lang set out on the expedition. The owner of the bowl of red date corn porridge didn't eat a bite, and she felt sorry for it when she thought about it. His eyes, so big, so dark, so deep, made her heart beat and scared her when he stared at her so bluntly. But when he wasn't there, she couldn't help but reminisce.
"Yun Jiang!" A clear call interrupted her memories.
Yun Jiang woke up from the dream and hurriedly greeted her, her heart beating so hard that it seemed that Lord Lang would appear in front of her immediately.
The little slave maid was rough in the study, running with a smile on her face, her hair was a little fluffy, "Sister, you don't have to wait, Master Lang has already gone to Madame's Buddha Hall." She ran away again. I thought I had done a good deed, and I didn't let Yun Jiang work and wait. I don't know why I'm happy, or I'm happy when I'm happy about a little thing, but the little slave is actually a little girl.
Yun Jiang's heart was cold. The inspection portal came in again. When I did all this, my hands trembled a little, and I became inexplicably sad, and even tears flowed down. In fact, the tears are really inexplicable, and I can't even understand why. It's like you've got some treasure, but you're worried you're going to lose it. Thinking about it again, I forgot to ask just now, I didn't see my wife today, and the garden was as quiet as before, didn't my wife go to welcome the prime minister back to his home? The eldest princess has good manners, if she can't do this, is it because the lady's illness has worsened?
Yuwentai was not washed, and when he returned home, he went straight to the back garden. He already knew how Yuan Yuying presided over family affairs, how he helped the Son of Heaven, and how he was calm and calm in these days when he was out to fight thieves. There are things he knows, and there are things he doesn't. He just wanted to see her soon. I've never missed her so much. But he was disappointed, and when he returned home, he didn't see what he originally envisioned, and she called his husband with a smile and welcomed him back to the house. His house was so quiet.
Yu Wentai's heart couldn't calm down like a fire, and he couldn't bear it. He had to see her quickly. Hurried to the back garden, without any intention of talking to anyone, completely ignoring the servants and slaves to greet him. He doesn't want them.
It seemed that it was already spring, but the garden in the back of his house was still declining as it was in winter. I don't know if it's because he never cared about the prosperity and decline here before, and let it fend for itself. But now he can't stand such loneliness anymore, he feels that his heart is hot and there is nowhere to rely on, and that empty mood is very uncomfortable.
The door of the Buddha hall was still hidden, which made him happy, and even his heart began to beat faster, but he didn't dare to reveal the mystery so quickly. He stared at the hidden door and slowly walked up step by step, smelling the slightly bitter and cool sweet pine fragrance inside. Suddenly, through the crack in the door, I saw a person kneeling on the futon facing the Buddha statue in the Buddha hall, and my heart suddenly settled down. Then he asked again, why didn't she greet him at the gate of the mansion? She always did this when she was in Luoyang. Now they can't go back?
Yu Wentai raised his arm and stretched out his hand towards the hidden door of the Buddha hall, his hand trembling slightly, but finally pushed it open with force.
The Buddha hall is not large, and at a glance, you can see people kneeling on the ground behind the curtain raised inside. Draped in hair and white clothes, it seemed to sting his eyes all at once, and he involuntarily stepped in. Slowly walked behind the man, and flipped the plane in a trance. The things that have been accumulated in the deepest part of the heart, the things that have been accumulated for the longest time are not because they have been forgotten, they are dormant, and if they are dormant for too long, they will have a terrible explosive power.
Yuwentai exploded at this moment, he lost control of himself, leaving everything behind him, nothing existed. Before the man who heard the sound could get up and turn around, he had lifted her up from the futon and hugged her tightly from behind, and they were close to each other.
The man struggled to break away and half-turned his head to say something, but Yuwentai hugged her firmly, gasped and lowered his head, and couldn't help but plug her lips with a kiss.
He knew very well in his heart that the person in front of him was not the person in his heart. But he would rather she be, Jiankang is in his heart, and he only wants her in his arms.
The strange thing is that the person is firmly controlled by him, but he still refuses to accept the grace, and is still struggling.
"Lord Lang!" Finally, in the interval after his long kiss, she cried out.
Yuwentai was startled and immediately let go of his hand.