From Hebei to Jiangnan, a heavy snow swept through most of China overnight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Compared with the fine snow fluttering on the Xizi Lake in Lin'an in the south, it is not an exaggeration to call the snow in Huaibei goose feathers. The deserted wilderness caused by years of bloody fighting has been covered with ankle-deep snow. There was no trace of any living creature on the snowy field, only the grass shivering in the cold wind.

A few black shadows appeared on the ridgeline in the distance, but soon these black shadows galloped down the hillside, and although the snow covered the entire field, the war horses could still walk fast along the official road. And after these few cavalrymen, there was a slight shaking in a barren grass.

Carefully stuffing a handful of snow into his mouth, the young sentry who was already buried in the wild grass and muddy snow said softly: "Chief, this is the third group of Mongolian Tartar cavalry, but each group has only a dozen or so people, so many people can't make up a hundred-man team in the past, this Mongolian Tartar should just want to patrol back and forth." ”

"You kid is honestly lying on your stomach." The ten generals who were also ambushed in the snow let out a low sigh, stretched out his hand to remove the wild grass in front of him that blocked his vision, and looked at the field that left a string of horseshoe marks: "These three groups of people, one batch is more than the other, and they are all in one direction, indicating that there must be ・・・・・・ behind."

Before the words fell, the black figure appeared on the ridge just now, and the whole earth slowly trembled at this moment. The young sentry who was still complaining about the cold and hungry lying here with a bitter face just now was suddenly frightened, he was only a recruit who had been in the army for two months, and even this was only the second expedition to the north, and he had never seen so many cavalry in his life.

The horses' hooves shook the snow, turning up the mud in the depths, and in the cold wind howling, these cavalrymen only urged their horses silently, each of them was ordinary in black leather armor, carrying sabers and bows and arrows at their waists, and in this procession, banners were waving in the wind.

"The steppe cavalry of the Mongol Tatars." Seeing the words on the flag, the pupils of the ten generals contracted suddenly.

The young soldier next to him looked at the silent and majestic array in front of him in a daze, and waited until the cavalry of six or seven thousand people passed through before taking a breath: "This ・・・・・・ the Mongol Tartars have transferred troops from the north?" ”

"It's not the cowardly Xue army, and now the only thing that the Mongolian Tatars can use in the Central Plains is the Han family foot soldiers, so these cavalry must be the cavalry that has just been transferred from the grassland, and it may even be the headquarters cavalry of the Mongolian Tatars, according to legend, the Mongolian Tatars swept across the Western Ocean, and they were invincible with only 20,000 such cavalry." The voice of the ten generals trembled a little, "No wonder there were three groups of sentry cavalry passing by before, I'm afraid that the Mongolian Tartars also regarded these cavalry as treasures, and they didn't want to lose anything or be found out by us." ”

"So・・・・・・ what should we do?" The young soldier subconsciously wanted to find the knife buried in the snow, but his hand was held down by the ten generals.

"Boy, you're in luck." The tenth general said softly, "No wonder the rest of the sentries have not heard from me in the past two days, it is estimated that nine times out of ten they have been folded in the hands of these people, and the Mongolian Tatars have made a big fuss in Chenzhou for some reason before, and it may also be to cover the whereabouts of this cavalry." ”

The young soldier's back felt a chill: "Then just watch them pass?" ”

"Don't act rashly." The ten generals buried their whole bodies in the snow nest, and their voices were so soft that they were almost blown away by the howling cold wind, "The sentinels along the way with us are all the best in the Tianwu army, and they have all been killed, which shows that this Mongolian Tatar cavalry must not be so easy to deal with." ”

Before the words fell, a full hundred figures appeared in the place where the Mongolian cavalry had traveled just now, and spread out and slowly advanced from the wasteland. The young soldier, who was a little surprised just now, suddenly understood, and hurriedly shrank in the snow, at this time, he couldn't care about hunger and cold, and saving his life was the most important thing.

It's no wonder that none of the previous sentinels have heard from them, because for most normal people, when they see such a powerful enemy that appears so suddenly, their first reaction is to hurry up and go forward to report, but this will happen to be discovered by the hundred-man team that is following closely behind, after all, it is not difficult for these Mongolian warriors who shoot eagles on the steppe to see two moving black dots on the white wasteland.

Waiting until these Mongolian cavalry passed leisurely, the barren grass shook again, and the ten generals looked up at a deep horse's hoof mark in front of the barren grass, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, if it wasn't for the fact that they found the abnormality, and the snow nest dug was very deep, people buried in it could not see the traces at all, I am afraid that just now there is no place to bury.

"Let's go." The ten generals dragged a handful of young soldiers, and the two of them cautiously crawled from the grass nest to a small hill not far away. Fortunately, it is necessary to train to crawl forward on weekdays, and it is said that this is also a tradition that has been handed down since His Royal Highness King Ming was in charge of the army in Xingzhou.

It wasn't until he leaned against a large rock on the hillside that the Ten Generals pressed their hands to their chests and gasped for breath, while the young soldier beside him had obviously not recovered from the shock just now. After all, being in such a dangerous situation, anyone would have to be scared half to death.

Poking his head out to look at the wasteland that was once again empty, only densely packed with horses' hooves, the ten generals were silent for a moment, and muttered: "What are the Mongolian Tartars trying to do, are they really ready to fight?" ”

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Carefully blowing the hot porridge in the spoon, Ye Yingwu sent it to Lu Wanyan's lips.

Wanniang's belly was only slightly bulging during the southern tour, but now it is like a hill, and it is about to be the time to give birth, which also makes the old and young in the back house very worried. Although Ye Yingwu thought that he was usually honest and had never done anything out of the ordinary, but subconsciously looked at Qiongluan and Yang Xu, whose eyes did not leave him at any time, Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Could it be that he is such a naughty child in his mother's heart, just to come to see Wan Niang, he has to send two people to keep an eye on it, one of them is still Su Niang who is dancing with a knife and a gun, as if he is afraid that Ye Yingwu will make some trouble, and looking at Su Niang's murderous eyes, Ye Yingwu is sure that if he spills this bowl of soup on Wan Niang now, this crazy woman will be able to copy the knife and chop herself.

Wanniang obediently drank the porridge, looked at Ye Yingwu with a nervous look, and smiled gently, since she was pregnant with the child, Lu Wanyan's girlish agility that Ye Yingwu was originally familiar with has disappeared, replaced by the maternal brilliance between a smile and a smile. Reaching out and pressing on Wan Niang's high bulging lower abdomen, Ye Yingwu was reluctant to part for a long time.

After all, this is his only blood and blood in this era, and the only heir of the Ming royal family.

"I haven't been by Wan'er's side in the past few months, Wan'er won't be angry." Ye Yingwu said seriously.

Lu Wanyan glanced at him, but looking at Ye Yingwu's obviously tanned skin, as well as the tired look in his eyes that he had just returned home, he felt a pain in his heart, and stretched out his hand to gently rub Ye Yingwu's cheek: "How can it be, the husband's southern tour is for the Ming Dynasty, and it is also for this family, since the concubine body is the queen, she naturally has the heart of the mother's honor for the world, if she is angry with her husband because of this matter, then how will these sisters in the back house look at the concubine, and how will the hundred officials and the people look at the concubine?" What's more, since the husband has the courage to let the concubine be the head of this family, you must know it very well in your own heart. ”

Ye Yingwu chuckled: "What if you meet someone unladylike?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Wanyan subconsciously wanted to twist Ye Yingwu: "It was obviously you who snatched people into the door, even if you met someone who was unladylike, what could you do?" ”

Ye Yingwu suddenly smiled, and Su Niang and Qiong Luan glanced at each other behind him, both showing helpless expressions. The back house of his husband is basically either abducted or robbed, and it can't help but make people laugh when he says it. Unexpectedly, Ye Yingwu held Wan Niang's hand and said solemnly: "Yes, someone snatched you, and he also paid the price, someone robbed you, and you robbed someone's heart." ”

"Flutter!" Yang Xu was the first to laugh.

Wan Niang was a little helpless, but the thickness of her husband's skin was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

And Ye Yingwu didn't care about the white eyes thrown from several directions, just tugged Wanniang's quilt corners, and then leaned into Wanniang's lower abdomen: "Wanniang forgave so-and-so, but the child hasn't yet." ”

"What can you hear?" Wan Niang looked at Ye Yingwu, who was pretending to be serious, with great interest.

Ye Yingwu stood up and nodded: "The child said that he wants his father to kiss him." ”

Wan Niang was stunned for a moment and showed a smile. originally thought that Ye Yingwu would rarely be so serious and be able to say something, but in the end, it came down to this. But before Lu Wanyan could come back to her senses, Ye Yingwu had already kissed her lightly on the lips.

"Shame on you!" The pretty face turned two flushes, Lu Wanyan reached out and pressed on Ye Yingwu's chest, but in the end, he didn't have the strength to push this guy away. However, Yang Xu and Qiong Luan still stood up and walked outside with more interest, and the two of them also knew very well that if they stayed longer, they didn't know what kind of moth this scoundrel was going to make, so it was better to protect themselves first.

Ye Yingwu rolled his eyes and sat back down: "It's all children, what else is there to be ashamed of." What's more, you sisters in the back house, sooner or later, you will get ・・・・・・"

Feeling Lu Wanyan's obviously cold gaze, Ye Yingwu swallowed this sentence stiffly, but he nodded heavily, looking like he would not give up until he reached his goal.

Wan Niang shook her head helplessly, and just wanted to speak, a piercing pain suddenly rushed up, and she subconsciously reached out to cover her lower abdomen, she looked at Ye Yingwu in a panic: "Husband, it hurts!" ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned and jumped three feet high: "You're coming out?!" ”

"I guess the kid is kicking!" Xiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and beads of sweat were already on Wanniang's forehead. Even in winter, I sweat so much, the pain can be imagined.

"Quick, call the imperial doctor, call Wen Po, and call Lao Tzu all the people who can be sent by the back house!" Ye Yingwu shouted loudly while holding Wan Niang's hand tightly.

Qiong Luan and Su Niang, who had just gone out, had already broken in quickly, and they already understood the situation as soon as they saw it, Su Niang immediately turned around and called someone, while Qiong Luan picked up the wet wipes in the basin next to her and stepped forward, carefully wiping the sweat beads on Wan Niang's forehead.

"Husband!" Wan Niang let out a long moan.

Ye Yingwu's brows were furrowed, his eyes looked at Wan Niang without blinking, the hands held tightly by the two were almost slipping away because they were full of sweat, Ye Yingwu simply interlocked his fingers with Wan Niang. The panicked footsteps are getting closer and closer, Wan Niang is already about to give birth, the queen is pregnant with the only heir of Daming, for her hospital is naturally waiting, originally the imperial doctor in the hospital is best at gynecology, and there are also a large number of stable women in charge, but because of the grass creation of the hospital, the level of the imperial doctor is inevitably uneven, just in case, Chen also specially recruited the best gynecology doctors and stable women in Nanjing and the surrounding state capitals, and stayed directly in a specially opened courtyard in the palace on weekdays, You can reach the palace where Lu Wanyan is recuperating as quickly as possible.

"Your Highness, please go out first." Several elderly women came over tremblingly.

Ye Yingwu was stunned, and just as he wanted to refuse, the Chen family had already grabbed him: "Yuanlie, you go out and wait, there is a mother here to watch, it's okay." It's ominous for women to give birth, and for men to stay here. ”

Slowly letting go of Lu Wanyan's hand, Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment, but turned around and walked out. And the Chen family glanced at Su Niang and Qiong Niang, asked them to follow and watch, and then didn't care about anything else, and got busy with the stable women, she gave birth to so many children to the Ye family in her life, and even Ye Yingwu is still old, so the Chen family is definitely an "experienced person", and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is half a stable woman, so with the Chen family in charge, Ye Yingwu can rest assured.

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While rubbing his hands and walking into the lobby with hot air, Wang Anjie looked at Yin Yu who was sitting by the stove and roasting the fire, and couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately took off his cloak and said with a smile: "What kind of wind blew Yin Yuhou here?" ”

Both of them are calm temperaments, because the two Huai armies and the Tianwu army are not far from each other, and in the days of confrontation with the Mongolian Tatars, it is naturally impossible for the two main armies of the Ming Dynasty to be idle, and the easiest way is naturally to pull the two armies out to practice confrontation, and to contact each other, Yin Yu and Wang Anjie are already familiar with it. Although Yin Yu came up step by step from the position of the minister of the dragon and the front of the Tianwu Army, which was appreciated by Ye Yingwu, he was originally low-key and calm, and he didn't like to swagger, and although Wang Anjie was a descendant, he was a real relative of the emperor, so Yin Yu often regarded himself as a junior.

Yin Yu hurriedly stood up and arched his hand at Wang Anjie, but he said: "General Wang, it's too late to be polite, I came here this time, and I have something important to discuss." ”

Usually Yin Yu is polite, but seeing him straight to the point today, Wang Anjie was also taken aback, because this is often Jiang Hao's way of doing things, how can today, Yin Yuhou, who has always been unhurried, rarely have an anxious look on his face?

Walking straight to the side of Yutu, Yin Yu stretched out his hand and re-emphasized the position of Bianjing: "I just received the news that a Mongolian Tatar cavalry of six or seven thousand people has gone south at night, and the sentinels of the Tianwu Army sent out ten groups of twenty people, and in the end, only two people were alive to bring the news back." Moreover, when this cavalry was discovered, it was already in the southernmost part of Bianjing, which means that if I am not mistaken, this cavalry should have reached Chenzhou by now. ”

Wang Anjie suddenly took a breath of cool air and walked over quickly: "Where did the Mongolian Tatars get the cavalry from?" In the entire Central Plains, Kublai Khan only has the Cowardly Xue Army to mobilize, and in addition to those guarding the capital, the main force of the Cowardly Xue Army has been targeted by us in Chenzhou, how can it be ・・・・・・"

Stretching out his hand to point up, Yin Yu frowned and said: "Their outfits are the most orthodox Mongolian cavalry, nine times out of ten are from the grassland, and more importantly, the Mongolian Tatars took advantage of this heavy snowfall, the weather was cold, and they took the opportunity to cross the frozen river and move the soldiers and horses on the grassland to the south, the big river is so long, and the river can be crossed everywhere, so it is not clear how many Mongolian Tatar cavalry are going south, and it is not clear what their intentions are." ”

"Even on the steppe, how can the Mongolian Tatars have so many elites?" Wang Anjie barely calmed himself down, he has been in the army for many years, and he has not seen the world, not to mention that his father Wang Jian was a hero who repelled Mongolia in the first battle of Diaoyu City and turned the tide, so for Wang Anjie, Mongolia is the enemy of the entire family for two generations, and the opponent of fate.

He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Looking at Wang Anjie, Yin Yu shook his head: "I don't know, before the Battle of Xiangyang, the cavalry of the Mongolian headquarters suffered a lot of losses, and it stands to reason that they are not capable of sending out so many people, but you must know that the Mongolian Tatars have not only fought in the south and the former Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in recent years, but also expanded westward. ”

Wang Anjie nodded, his fists clenched slowly. (To be continued.) )