Chapter 213 Funeral incense and mud
Gu Xin looked at the six roads, listened to all directions, and saw the enemy attacking the two of them from left and right, snorted coldly in his nose, turned the reins, and rushed to the right to meet He Renke.
He Renke was a little surprised when he saw Gu Xinben coming by himself. Obviously, it was Tian Ling who fought with him, why did he come back to him. Thinking about it, the two horses galloped, and in an instant, He Renke took out a knife from below, and picked it up when he was wrong.
Gu Xin knew the strength of the two of them, and if the two of them attacked together, he would inevitably be in trouble. Make up your mind at the moment, welcome He Renke, and after the two horses are staggered, he will turn around and kill Tian Ling in the shortest time, and then fight He Renke alone.
Gu Xin saw He Renke's big knife attacking from below, pressed the big knife, and with the help of horsepower, the two horses staggered.
He Renke originally wanted to reverse when Gu Xin's big knife was pressed, swept his waist from the side, and slashed him under the horse. It's just that he didn't expect him to be pressed, but instead avoided his big knife, and when he wanted to cut it again, the two horses had already staggered, and he had rushed to Tian Ling's horse.
Tian Ling chased after him, saw the two of them staggered, and ran after Gu Xin. After Gu Xin missed He Renke, he hurriedly turned his head and rushed towards Tian Ling.
Tian Ling didn't expect Gu Xin to return to the horse so quickly, and raised the big knife to slash head-on. Gu Xin raised the knife with both hands, and immediately took his knife.
The two war horses neighed, and Tian Ling took the initiative to take the knife, and from top to bottom, he took advantage of his strength. It's just that Gu Xin is powerful, even if he is passive, the intersection of the two knives still takes advantage.
Tian Ling's mount was shaken and raised its front hooves, hissing loudly, and the big knife in his hand was also shaken to the side. Gu Xin didn't pause after catching the knife, and slashed at Tian Ling's waist with a horizontal knife. Tian Ling was holding the knife in one hand, and the other hand was holding the reins, and the front hooves of the mount had not yet landed, and if he did not grasp it, it would be overturned.
Seeing Gu Xin's big knife sweeping, Tian Ling couldn't take care of his mount, and hurriedly held the knife with both hands and pushed forward, wanting to block Gu Xin's big knife.
"When." Again, this time Tian Ling was unstable, and was shocked off the horse by Gu Xin's knife, and the big knife in his hand also flew out.
After He Renke and Gu Xin mistook their horses, they ran out for a while before reining in their mounts, and then turned around, seeing that Tian Ling and the enemy general had already fought each other, they hurriedly beat their horses and rushed over again.
Only halfway through the run, Tian Ling had been knocked off his horse by Gu Xin, and He Renke reacted that the enemy general deliberately missed him and wanted to kill Tian Ling first.
Gu Xin saw Tian Ling fall off the horse, He Renke rushed over from that side, lifted the horse forward, saw the opportunity, raised the knife in his hand, and slashed at Tian Ling's neck. The unlucky Tian Ling was dizzy after falling from the horse, and barely stood up, before he could see where the enemy would be, he was slashed by Gu Xin and lost his life.
Seeing Tian Ling being beheaded, He Renke gritted his teeth angrily, slapped his horse and rushed over to slash with a knife. After Gu Xin beheaded Tian Ling, he dragged his knife to meet He Renke, and the two of them fought with all their might.
"Marshal, the enemy's martial arts are strong, and General He is afraid that he will not be defeated." A general beside Chi Fei saw that He Renke was already tired, and hurriedly said to Chi Fei.
Chi Fei had already seen it in his eyes, and said sideways: "Mingjin, pretend to retreat from the city and lead the enemy to attack." ”
He Renke and Gu Xin had been fighting for more than a dozen rounds, and they couldn't stand it anymore, so when they heard the sound of Mingjin, they hurriedly shook their knives, and then turned their horses and ran back.
Gu Xin was just about to chase after him, and the sound of gold also sounded in the Liang army. Gu Xin looked back, didn't dare to disobey the military order, but turned around and ran back into the formation.
"Marshal, the enemy army has retreated, why Mingjin?" Gu Xin ran to Situ Haoma and asked with a puzzled expression.
Situ Hao stared at the enemy soldiers retreating towards the city, pointed and said: "How can there be such a slow speed of returning to the city, the enemy army is feintting, aiming to lead our army to attack in an all-round way, I am afraid that a strong bow will be fired*." ”
Gu Xin looked back and said, "Even if this is the case, our army will attack and attack the city." ”
Situ Hao nodded, and ordered to shout: "The whole army will attack, and the shield hand will be in front to capture Jiangzhou." ”
A shout shook the sky, and the soldiers of the Liang army rushed forward. Sure enough, rushing out of a distance of less than 100 meters, the front rows of soldiers in front of the enemy suddenly dodged backwards, and hundreds of powerful bow carts were revealed, and the crossbows had already been deployed on the carts, facing the Liang army.
"Shoot the arrows!" The merchants' powerful bows were fired in rows, and the crossbow arrows were long and heavy, flying parallel to each other.
"Block!" The Liang army was also on guard, and the first few rows were shield hands, connecting the shields and standing on the ground, forming a long dragon of shields from east to west, blocking the soldiers behind them.
"Whoosh...... The speed of the strong bow of the merchant army is extremely fast, and the power is so great, some bows and arrows actually pierce the shield, and more are the shield hand can not withstand the force, and retreats back again and again.
"Marshal, the enemy is on guard." He Renke retreated into the formation, leaned beside Chi Fei, and gritted his teeth angrily when he saw that Liang Jun was still carrying a shield when he charged.
Chi Fei also did not expect that the Liang army would send shield bearers in front, and the charge was mostly cavalry, followed by infantry. Originally, he planned to feign a retreat and lead the enemy army to rush in, and a strong bow could kill and injure the Liang army in large numbers. Now it seems that Liang Jun has already estimated that in this way, the power of the mighty bow will be much smaller.
"Damn." Chi Fei scolded hatefully.
The powerful bow was too powerful, and even though the Liang army was prepared, hundreds of people were still wounded. After a round of arrow rain, Situ Hao hurriedly ordered the whole army to attack quickly and kill the Shang army.
"Chong, recapture the ...... of Jiangzhou"
Dozens of generals of the Liang State rushed over first, and the soldiers were encouraged to rush behind the merchant army as if they were overwhelming.
"Attack the enemy." Chi Fei saw that the Liang army had rushed over, pulled out his saber and pointed forward, and the merchant army also rushed out, and the two black cloud-like soldiers and horses quickly blended together.
In an instant, the sky was dark, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the dust and smoke that stepped on it enveloped Jiangzhou City.
This battle was the largest number of troops, the longest battle, and the most tragic battle in the history of the two countries. In this battle, the Liang State sent 270,000 troops, and the Shang State sent 230,000 troops. From the beginning of the war in Chen to Shen, the two sides lost more than 200,000 soldiers, including 130,000 dead and wounded in Shang and 110,000 killed and wounded in Liang. Because Liang vowed to recapture Jiangzhou, fighting to the death, the Shang army had no city to defend, so in order to preserve its strength, it had to order the withdrawal of the army, abandon Jiangzhou and return to Yanshun Mansion to complete the army. Since then, this battle has been talked about by later generations, because this battle took place in Duping outside Jiangzhou City, so it is called the Battle of Duping. After the battle, outside the city of Jiangzhou, three steps and a corpse, two steps and a head, the entire Duping was flooded by the fire, and it is said that the corpse burned for three days and three nights.
Jiangzhou was recaptured by the Liang State, and after sailing into the city, he couldn't care about fatigue, and hurriedly went to the garrison with a few guards.
"Wen'er, Wen'er......" Yuanhang shouted around the mansion, he thought that Du Wen would be fine, he must have found a chance to get out, and then returned to the mansion to hide, but he shouted everywhere, but he didn't find half a figure.
"Your Excellency." Dao Zi and Meteor found out the news and knew that Liang Jun had fought back, and came out of Doctor Gu's house and rushed to the garrison mansion.
"Are you all right?" Yuanhang was very happy to see them, stepped forward to hug Dao Zi, and reached out to pat Meteor's head.
Meteor laughed and said, "We're fine, so we know that the adults will call back." ”
Yuanhang let go of Dao Zi and asked, "Have you ever seen the fifth young grandmother in the city?" ”
Dao Zi shook his head and replied, "I hid with Meteor in Qingxiang's house for a whole day and never came out, and I never saw it. ”
Yuanhang fell into contemplation, the Liang army recaptured Jiangzhou, and the people in the city already knew that it was going to be dark today, but the people were still cheering on the streets. If Wen'er is in the city, she will definitely know that she will come back to find herself, is she no longer in the city? Maybe...... Thinking of this voyage, my heart hurts, I have lost Yilan, Du Wen must not have anything to do.
All the people in Jiangzhou City cheered, and the people went to the streets to celebrate, fetch food to reward the soldiers of the Liang Army, and more chickens, ducks, fish and meat were sent to the garrison mansion, everyone laughed, but the voyage was sad alone in the mansion.
Wuying transported Yilan's body to the mansion, Yuanhang and Sixin changed Yilan into her favorite white dress, Yilan lay quietly in her room, Yuanhang sat on the edge of the bed and wept secretly.
"My lord, Marshal Situ is here." Shadowless whispered in front of the door.
"Oh." Yuanhang replied and said slowly: "Please come in, you can retreat." ”
"Take care of yourself, sir." Wuying didn't know how to persuade him, so he sighed and turned back to ask Situ Hao.
Slow footsteps came, and Situ Hao walked in. Yuanhang held his head in his hands and didn't get up, Situ Hao walked to the side of the bed and pulled a chair to sit beside him.
"Don't be too sad, life and death are destined, maybe this is Yilan's fate." Situ Hao's expression was solemn and he said strongly, but tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.
"Father-in-law......" Yuanhang looked sideways at Situ Hao, and was speechless after only saying a word.
Situ Hao wiped the corners of his eyes, sighed, and said: "The enemy army has retreated to Yanshun Mansion, and I have arranged it in the city. ”
Yuanhang nodded and said fiercely: "The Shang Kingdom has harmed Yilan, I want to avenge Yilan and destroy the Shang Kingdom." ”
Situ Hao asked with concern: "I heard that Du Wen ......"
Yuanhang shook his head and said, "When Wuying last saw her, she was surrounded by enemy troops, and now she is missing. ”
Situ Hao stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry too much, I have ordered the soldiers to search the corpse in the city, and if I don't see Du Wen, it means that she is still alive, and as long as she is alive, she will always be found." ”
Yuanhang nodded lightly, looked back at Yilan, and said softly: "Father-in-law, I want to bury Yilan in the bamboo forest in the house, I can go to see her often in the future, can I?" ”
"This ......" Situ Hao originally planned to come to discuss with Yuanhang and send Yilan's body back to Qianling, and then retreat back to Qianling after he finished this battle.
Yuanhang continued: "Father-in-law, Yilan is quiet, loves bamboo forests the most, and I loved it when I first arrived in Jiangzhou. ”
Situ Hao thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Well, since you are buried here, then hide the news of Yilan's death and don't let the old man know." ”
sailed away Situ Hao, and sat on the edge of the bed and guarded Yilan all night.
The next day, in the bamboo forest by the spring, Yuanhang chose a quiet place, and asked craftsmen to build a large tomb for Yilan, and the tombstone was engraved with the tomb of his beloved wife Situ Yilan, and the voyage stood respectfully.
For several days in a row, Yuanhang would sit in front of Yilan's grave, reminiscing about the bits and pieces since he met her.
"Yilan, are you satisfied that Xianggong chose this place for you?" Yuantu threw incense paper into the mud basin, smiled bitterly, and said: "That side is the spring water, and you will not be lonely if there is some sound." This side is all bamboo forest, and it won't heat you in summer. ”
"Ten years of life and death, without thinking, unforgettable. Thousands of miles of lonely graves, nowhere to talk about desolation. Even if you don't know each other, your face is dusty, and your temples are like frost.
At night, I suddenly returned to my hometown, and I was dressing up in the small window. There are no words for each other, only a thousand tears. It is expected that the intestines will be broken every year, the bright moon night, and the short Matsuoka. Yuanhang whispered Su Shi's Jiang Chengzi and gently read it to Yilan to express his longing.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the bamboo forest, and Yuanhang looked back, and ran over in a hurry.
"Your Excellency." Wuying shouted and ran to Yuanhang, Shi Li said: "My subordinates have found out some news about the fifth young grandmother. ”
"Oh? Where is she? Yuanhang's eyes lit up, and he stood up from the ground and hurriedly asked.
Wuying took a breath and said, "My subordinates went to the place where they were separated from the fifth young grandmother in the morning, and they visited the surrounding people, and it happened that an old man saw him, and his subordinates had brought him to the mansion. ”
"Let's go." Yuanhang was just about to leave, but he stopped again, turned around and looked at Yilan's grave, and said, "You have a good rest, I'll go find Wen'er back, and come to see you again." ”
The two ran back to the living room, an old man was sitting on a chair nervously, Sixin was standing on the side, and when he saw Yuanhang coming in, Shi Li said, "My lord." ”
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly got up from his chair, knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Old man see my lord." ”
Yuanhang took two steps forward and picked up the old man, helped him back to his chair, and said, "You don't have to be polite, uncle, please sit down quickly, and tell me what you see truthfully." ”
The old man looked down at the shadowless, the shadowless nodded lightly, the old man looked back at the voyage, and said: "The day before yesterday, the enemy army broke through the city, and my old son was terrified at home, afraid that the enemy army would burn and kill, so I led my grandson to hide in the cellar." When I entered the cellar, I remembered some of the small things I had forgotten in the house, so I crawled out and tried to retrieve the ......"
"Uncle, you say something important, what do you see?" The old man was in a hurry to make the voyage so anxious that he interrupted his words and asked.
"Oh, oh." The old man nodded and said, "I heard a fight in the street, and when I looked through the crack in the door with curiosity, I saw a girl fighting with a soldier, and a girl lying on the ground. ”
The old man swallowed his saliva and looked at the teacup on the table.
Yuanhang personally brought the cup, and the old man continued to preach after drinking: "Later, one of the enemy soldiers came out, and the girl beat him, but the man called out the girl's name, and sent the soldiers to find the carriage, saying that he would send her to Yanshun Mansion. ”
"Yanshun Mansion?" Yuanhang was surprised when he heard this, who was that person? Knowing Wen'er's name, why did she send her to Yanshun Mansion?
"Did you hear the girl's name called?" Yuanhang was worried that he had made a mistake and asked.
The old man shook his head and said, "I only heard that person call that girl Miss Du." ”
"It's really Wen'er." After hearing this, Yuanhang determined that Du Wen was not dead, but was captured by the enemy and taken to Yanshun Mansion.
After the voyage rewarded some silver taels, he ordered someone to send the old man out of the house. He silently thought in his heart, "Wen'er, you must hold on, Xianggong will come to save you soon." ”