The wind and drizzle shrouded Macheng.

The ancient city walls were sleeping in the wind and rain, the camps under the city were not even repaired, and there were hardly many soldiers coming and going above and below the city.

"A rain, whether it rains, washes away the smoke and dust, and pays tribute to the loyal soul." Lu Xiufu sat under the low eaves of the city tower and said softly.

The corpses of the more than 10,000 Mongolian soldiers under Macheng were burned for several hours, and the billowing smoke and scorching smell made many local villagers who had not been on the battlefield couldn't help but vomit, and even the wounded of the various units who had been killed in the bloody battle had no appetite to eat. It's just that God seems to care for Song Jun in everything, after burning the corpse on the front foot, a rain fell on the back foot, and all these problems were solved.

It's just worrying that the three thousand elites brought by Ye Yingwu and Su Liuyi will finally return because of this sudden and long-lasting rain?

"Smack!" Wen Tianxiang landed the chess pieces on the chessboard, looking at the chess game, Wen Tianxiang had a vague tendency to trap Lu Xiufu's big dragon: "Brother Junshi is really worried about something, Yu is also clear about one or two, but at this time everything is resigned to fate, I am just an outsider, it is better to play this game of chess with peace of mind." ”

"This time, I think Yu lost." Lu Xiufu smiled bitterly, and fell casually, his own big dragon can't be saved anyway, but I don't know if there can be a miraculous breakthrough in other directions, "Maybe Yu's current state of mind is the same as those who are fighting in front of him, and he always wants to find a ray of light that shines on himself in the depths of the dark clouds." ”

"Brother Junshi wants to think about it, I'm afraid it's more than just a ray of light, right?" Wen Tianxiang smiled knowingly, but twisted the chess pieces with his hand and did not fall, "This half of the sky of the Great Song Dynasty, the days shrouded in dark clouds are inevitably too long, and the light of the official saint does not know when it will shine on the north and south of the river again." ”

Before the words fell, Wen Tianxiang had already fallen, and he was still aggressive.

Lu Xiufu smiled bitterly, and his brows furrowed even tighter: "Brother Song Rui has such great ambitions, in this Macheng, you and I can be regarded as immersive, how about the Tartars, what about this Great Song, can't Brother Song Rui understand?" Unless there is a genius who can really save the sky, where can he expect this light to illuminate the mountains and rivers? It's good to be able to keep half of the country. ”

"Smack!" Lu Xiufu's chess pieces undoubtedly took a defensive position, as if they wanted to break through the trapped beast that was always helpless but had nothing to do. In the first battle of Macheng, the Anji Army, which was originally a strong force in Huaishang, and the Tianwu Army formed by the desperate old man of Jiangnan West Road fought hand in hand, and they barely forced back Ashu, but the northern country is tens of millions of miles, how can there be only one Ashu?

Wen Tianxiang stared at the chess game in front of the two of them, and the cold rain swept in his face, but the white-clothed scribe who looked thin and weak did not move at all. On the chess game, the attacking side is naturally aggressive, and the defending side is also not giving up an inch of land, but according to the development of such a situation, the defending side will inevitably be difficult to maneuver due to the lack of space on the chessboard, and finally end up in a fiasco.

Could it be that this is the fate of the Great Song Dynasty in the future? This world is really like this chess game? Is his ambition just a martyrdom for this Chinese garment in the end?

Just when Wen Tianxiang was thinking, Zhang Cheng, Ma Tingyou and Guo Chang, the three generals of the Tianwu Army who stayed behind in the rear, walked quickly onto the city wall, even if they were as steady as Zhang Cheng, their hands were already trembling, and their faces were full of joy that could not be concealed.

Seeing the three of them coming quickly, Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang were stunned, and they didn't care about the chess game that was temporarily stuck in front of them, and stood up.

Zhang Cheng opened his mouth rarely, and laughed loudly: "Two brothers, on the bank of the Han River, a big victory!" Ah Shu was defeated and fled, more than 2,000 Tartars were beheaded, and the Mongolian sailors were wiped out! The casualties of our army are minimal, negligible! ”

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu glanced at each other in surprise, and immediately a look of joy appeared on their faces!

And on the city wall, the soldiers who heard this sentence once again burst into earth-shaking cheers!

"This battle is fought with momentum!" Wen Tianxiang also laughed heartily, "General Su, Zhang Dutong, and Ye Yuanjun have played the momentum of our Huanghuang Yan Song, so that those Tartars also know that our Great Song is not so easy to bully!" ”

Lu Xiufu also slapped the chess table with a smile, and stretched out his hands to directly disrupt the chess game that had become a foregone conclusion, and the black and white chess pieces rolled off the table and sprinkled all over the ground, but no one cared about those. Lu Xiufu looked at the ups and downs and the cyan mountains outside the eaves almost frantically, and muttered:

"There is a world of difference between this world and this chess game!"

Wen Tianxiang looked back at his best friend who was fascinated, and also smiled comfortably: "This light is not just a wisp, it will become the most brilliant sun after all." ”

I don't know the cause and effect of the matter, Zhang Cheng and the three of them naturally heard that the second monk was puzzled, Ma Tingluan coughed lightly, and then said: "Two brothers, this battle report has been sent to various places, and how to act and arrange it after that, please ask the two brothers to decide." ”

"Send it, send it, this time it's a headache for Jia Xianggong in the court, let's see what kind of reward he gives!" Wen Tianxiang hadn't been so happy for a long time, if Ye Yingwu's words and deeds were just to tell him that there was an oasis in front of this traveler who had been trekking alone in the desert for too long, and now the oasis was already in front and appeared in front!

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng and the others didn't know the reason, and they laughed out loud.

This time, the ministers in the court are worried!

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Xing**, Yefu.

Huangzhou Macheng to Hanshui is full of rain, but Yongxing County, where the Xing** Mansion is located, is sunny.

The fifth month of the lunar calendar is already the time when the summer is coming, but because there is living water in this house, the pavilions and trees are covered, it is just like the Suzhou garden, and there is a gentle breeze blowing, so it is not too stuffy.

Luo curtain light yarn, blocking the passage of the Jiuqu corridor and the small pavilion in the lake, this Ye Mansion is now a veritable big girl bell with a few mothers-in-law outside the light yarn, not daring to relax at all. And several entourages dressed as maidservants are also standing at the corner of the corridor farther away, but the logo on their clothes is not the word "leaf", but the word "Zhang" is embroidered, and the word "Lu" is embroidered on the clothes of several people.

After the curtain, the pieces landed on the board with a crisp sound.

Qiqin leaned against the pillar, and Qianqiansu gently held a chess piece in her hand, frowning slightly. And on the opposite side of this Lin'an Oiran is a beautiful girl, staring at the chessboard in full swing with sheared water and autumn eyes.

If the soft red of the three zhang in the drunken spring breeze makes Qiqin always carry the slightest wisp of fascinating fireworks in addition to the simple and dignified, then the little lady opposite her is really like the orchid in the empty valley, pure without the slightest filth, as if the difficulties of the world have not carved traces on her delicate heart.

The Lu family of Chuzhou can be regarded as a wealthy family, I am afraid that it is the mountains and rivers that can only give birth to such a beautiful woman, right? Qiqin secretly thought, but the chess pieces in his hand are always hesitant, these days the two of them are playing against each other, their own family is always restless, and the superb chess skills can't be played four or five percent, so they always fall behind, the root of it is because their own beloved is far away in the front line of bloody fighting, how can people put their minds at ease?

On the side of the two, a middle-aged woman is concentrating on embroidering a handkerchief, it is the eldest sister of the Ye family and Ye Yingwu who has not yet seen, and it is the wife of Zhang Shijie, the commander of the two Huaishui masters.

"Yikes!" When Qiqin inadvertently looked at the lady of the Zhang family, the lady of the Zhang family was also pricked by a needle, and the instant stinging pain made this woman with superb embroidery skills taste the pain again, and naturally couldn't help but exclaim.

"Sister, is there a big problem?" Qiqin hurriedly stood up, although the age difference between the two people is more than twenty years old, but they are people of the same generation, if you really want to talk about the credit, it can only be said that the old man Ye Mengding is capable.

The lady of the Zhang family waved her hand, but it was difficult to hide the faint sorrow and lovesickness between her eyebrows, but she still smiled reluctantly: "Fighting geese every year, this time it is a peck for the geese, don't worry about me, you can continue to play chess." ”

On the contrary, the little lady of the Lu family, who is not deeply involved in the world, held the chess pieces and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the elder sister of the Ye family has always lost chess these days, and the eldest sister of the Zhang family also let the needle prick her hand, presumably the two sisters are because they are worried about it." ”

The lady of the Zhang family and Qiqin both blushed, and they were said to be in their hearts, although they were both women, they were also very ashamed. The lady of the Zhang family took a breath lightly, and finally couldn't help laughing: "There is a little truth in what I said, when the lady of the Wen family was here yesterday, wasn't she also unwilling, and the people here are you, a little girl, who has no heart and lungs, and your brother is not life and death on the front line, but you don't care about it here." ”

The little lady of the Lu family spit out her fragrant tongue: "My brother and the beloved person of the Wen family lady are real civil officials, and if they hide in the city and don't come out, no matter how powerful the Tartars are, they can't break the city wall, so what is there to worry about." ”

"What if the lady of the Wen family is here, and don't watch her settle this account with you?" The lady of the Zhang family stretched out her finger and pointed at the little lady of the Lu family, "The mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are beautiful, and you have bred a little girl like you, the Lu family has traveled to Chuzhou and Zhenjiang, and it has been passed down for three generations, but it can't change the stubborn arrogance of your ancestors. It's just that I don't know if such a strange elf girl will be able to withstand it when the time comes. ”

"Big sister laughs at me again!" The little lady of the Lu family didn't follow, and she was about to pounce on her when she got off the stool, "Let the eldest sister take a look over there, and you can't say anything to fall into the prestige of the ancestors." ”

"The Lu family has been a civil official for generations, how did you come to be such a heroic female general?" Qiqin couldn't help but interject, and then covered her lips and chuckled. Compared with the Zhang family's lady, Qiqin and the Lu family's little lady have less age difference, so they don't have so many scruples when they laugh.

The little lady of the Lu family is even more red, like a peach blossom blooming in March, look at the two sisters who always bully themselves, but the helpless family members are powerful, and they are all good mouths with sharp teeth, and they can't beat what they say, so they can only stomp their feet and sit back dejectedly.

Seeing that she was quiet, the lady of the Zhang family couldn't help but sigh softly, as if recalling the youth and beauty that she had once had. And Qiqin blinked her starry eyes, just looking at the trees and courtyard walls in the distance, and her heart must have flown to the place where the sound of waves was still loud and the sound of killing was still shaking the sky a hundred miles away.

The pavilion was quiet again, and the little lady of the Lu family didn't dare to provoke these two sisters anymore, so she could only carefully look at the chess game in front of her, stretching out her fingers and couldn't help but compare.

The footsteps sounded suddenly, and the three people in the pavilion were all startled, they were used to the deliberately light footsteps of their own servants, so when they suddenly heard such footsteps, they were naturally flustered, and the lady of the Zhang family immediately said:

"If you come, you must only be Master Xie."

Qiqin nodded slowly, among the entire Xing** men, only Xie Fang was qualified to enter the backyard of the Ye family, Xie Fang suddenly appeared, and there was only one possibility, that is, the victory and defeat ahead were already known.

Seeing that the two sisters couldn't help but inhale lightly, the little lady of the Lu family was the first to stand up, after all, it was also about the life and death of her brother, about the life and death of her siblings, not to mention that the brother loved himself, otherwise he would not have traveled thousands of miles to visit him. If I was still at peace just now because my brother was a civil official and other weird excuses, I couldn't help but feel troubled now.

The lady of the Zhang family smiled reluctantly: "Someone has already been exposed." ”

But Qiqin and the little lady of the Lu family were not in the mood to say anything.

Through the light veil of the Luo curtain, Xie Fang's steady voice came: "I've seen a few ladies." ”

Whether it is victory or defeat, it should be reflected in his words, but his current voice is still as steady as usual, which shows that this person is also an extraordinary person, but I don't know how much effort Ye Yingwu and Wen Tianxiang put into bringing such a rare talent to their side, and even entrusted them with the important task of staying in the rear.

"I'm sorry to thank you, please come and hear it." After all, the lady of the Zhang family has gone through many tests of this kind of life and death, so she is still calm as usual. It stands to reason that with the status of the lady of the Zhang family, even if Xie Fangde sees it, she should salute respectfully, so the sentence "Lord Xie" in her words is also quite respectful to Xie Fangde.

Xie Fangde's heart warmed, and it was no longer possible to hide the joy in his heart: "A few ladies should listen well, Ye Yuanjun led the Tianwu Army and the Anji Army commanded by Su to force back the Tartar Marshal Ashu in a battle under Macheng, and later Ye Yuanjun led three thousand elites to the north, and the two Huaishui divisions led by Zhang Dutong attacked each other, and the bank of the Han River was another great victory!" The envoys, the capital, and Lu Sima are unscathed, waiting for the holy decree to be issued, and after the meritorious deeds are rewarded, they will return safely in a few days. ”

The words had fallen, but it was calm.

"Smack!" The chess pieces that Qiqin had been twisting in her hand for a long time did not fall on the chessboard after all, but fell to the ground. The little lady of the Lu family subconsciously looked up, but found that there were two lines of tears slowly flowing down the pretty face of this beautiful sister.

"It's good to come back safely." The lady of the Zhang family shook her body, stepped forward and hugged Qiqin's slightly trembling shoulder, "It's good to come back safely." ”

And Xie Fangde, who was outside the light veil, had gradually calmed down in his heart.

This battle is finally over, and this catastrophe has finally survived peacefully, but there are countless layers of calamities in the future.

Since you have chosen this path, there is no other choice to go on that side.

On the chessboard in this world, the black and white chess pieces have a different pattern between the silent advance and retreat, all of which are forged by countless loyal bones, but in this world, where can I find so many chess pieces?

From now on, it must be a battle for every inch of land. From now on, on this chess game, I am afraid it will be difficult to find another idle man, and being in it will no longer allow him to wait and see what happens. Since it's in this era, it's good to do everything you can.

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