When the princess heard that Zhe was ill, she asked for a visit to the south, and Emperor Yong allowed her to bring the county lord of Zhaohua and the Duke of An Guo to Xuzhou to serve the sick. Zhe's illness will be cured, there is a royal history to admonish, with Zhe supervising the army outside, the princess can not leave Beijing, Emperor Yongdi stayed in the middle and did not ask, not a few to the queen mother slightly ill, Yizhi Zhao princess returned to Beijing.

――"History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties - The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"

In late spring in April, Fangfei is approaching, the green trees are in the woods, it is a good season in the world, but the post road from Zhongli to Shouchun is bleak and deserted, the roadside is often dry bones and corpses, and the trees in the forest are full of crows and birds. Suddenly, there was a sound of hooves like thunder in the distance, and the crows flew, but it was the two armies fighting in the wilderness, one was the banner of the Chu army's flying cavalry battalion, and the other was the cavalry of the Yongjun army in black clothes and black armor.

From February of the eleventh year of Dayong Longsheng, Dayong launched a fierce attack again, but this time it was several armies marching together, Qin Yong attacked Ba County, Changsun Ji attacked Jiangling, Jing Chi attacked Zhongli, Pei Yun attacked Sizhou, the war continued, and the rebirth was in the past, but Nanchu lost the first person in the military, Lu Can, and almost all the battlefields went their own way. It's okay elsewhere, Huaixi is the most critical, Shiguan is dead, the new general Cai Quncai is mediocre, he only knows how to defend Shouchun, and he is jealous of Lu Can's flying cavalry battalion, and he always forces them to engage with the main force of the Yongjun. Although the flying cavalry battalion is elite, but after all, there are less than 10,000 cavalry, and now it has lost the main generals Lu Yun and Shi Yujin, and it is even more difficult to win against the Dayong iron cavalry that once crisscrossed the northern frontier, only two months, it has lost most of its strength, in mid-March, Zhongli was lost, but the flying cavalry battalion was ordered to hinder the Yongjun army's advance, and the losses were more and more heavy.

This cavalry is not an ordinary cavalry battalion against the enemy of the flying cavalry battalion, and the black clothes and black armor in Dayong are not worn by ordinary soldiers, this cavalry is the personal army of Li Lin, the king of Jiajun, and Emperor Yong personally allowed the use of black armor. In fact, in the eighth year of Longsheng, when Li Xian supervised the army in Jiangnan, Li Lin came south with his father and followed the army to intern military affairs, but although he wanted to go to the battlefield and fight with Lu Yun, he was vetoed by Li Xian's glare, in Li Xian's original words, isn't it that we have no one in Dayong, let you go into battle to kill the enemy, and the generals in the army actually had a look of approval when they heard it, which made Li Lin depressed, and could only secretly slander, didn't the emperor's uncle and father go into battle to kill the enemy when they were teenagers?

It wasn't until this spring that Li Lin, who had turned fifteen, finally got the permission of the King of Qi to lead the army into battle, and the emperor's uncle Li Zhen even ordered his pro-army to wear black armor as a sign of honor. Although Li Lin was in battle for the first time, he had been in the army for many years, and after only a few battles, Jing Chi relieved him to be a pioneer. It's a pity that Lu Yun is no longer in Zhongli, and even Shi Yujin, the young general in the Huaixi Army who is said to be better than Lu Yun, is nowhere to be found, and he can't compete with them, but Li Lin is choked.

Unhurriedly drove the battle formation, chased behind the flying cavalry battalion, strangled the cavalry behind the flying cavalry battalion, and resolved several counterattacks of the flying cavalry battalion one by one. Seeing this, the Yongjun stretched out their wings, faintly wanting to surround the Chu army, and after the battle array was ready, Li Lin took his horse out of the battle, and laughed loudly: "This king has always heard that the flying cavalry battalion is good at fighting, and today it seems that it is really famous as meeting, you still abandon your weapons and surrender, for the sake of your general Lu Yunlu, this king will treat you well." ”

Seeing that this black-clothed young general was so arrogant, the flying cavalry battalion was full of righteous indignation, but they were fighting alone, and the enemy army was a hundred battles of iron cavalry, although this young general was arrogant, he commanded the battle formation like an arm, handy, and his heart was full of death, and the general led by him was about to come out to respond, when suddenly a cold and pleasant voice came from the wind: "Who said that the flying cavalry camp is not worthy of its name, so let me Shi Yujin teach one or two." The flying cavalry battalion was almost stunned when he heard the sound, if the Yongjun army attacked at this time, he would be able to be caught off guard, but the main general of the Yongjun army was also stunned, and he didn't expect to order an attack.

The soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion were silent for a few breaths, and then cheered loudly, and the battle array was divided like a tide, and a young general with a white horse and silver spear calmly rode his horse through the battle array, mighty and handsome, and majestic, although he was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but he saw that he was calm and murderous, and he knew that he was a good general, and there was an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in cloth clothes beside him, riding a jujube red horse to follow, the girl was holding a baby in her arms, and the horse was high, although she was dressed ordinarily, and the description was even a little embarrassing, But her bearing is calm, her eyes are bright, and she smiles lightly, just like Miss Youchun's daughter. This pair of golden boys and girls also appeared on the battlefield, how can it not be jaw-dropping.

The young general's cold eyes glanced coldly at Li Lin, and said, "It's just that you are not ashamed, do you dare to ask the flying cavalry camp to surrender?" ”

Li Lin looked at the young general with blazing eyes, his eyes were full of appreciation, and he said in his heart, no wonder this person's reputation is still above Lu Yun, it is really Nan Chu Junjie, and the idea of winning was born in his heart, he stepped forward and said: "Is Your Excellency Major General Shi Yujin Shi?" If the young general thinks that what this king said is wrong, can he dare to fight with this king? ”

As soon as this remark came out, Li Lin's personal guards were in an uproar, most of them were warriors personally selected and promoted by Li Lin, loyal to King Jiajun, not to mention that they had received strict orders from the prince and the king of Qi, even death could not let King Jiajun be in danger, Shi Yujin was a famous young brave general in the Chu army, and he once beheaded the general of the Yongjun army, and he was even more famous in Huaixi over the years. So without waiting for Shi Yujin to agree, several pro-guard warriors had already rushed forward on horseback, shouting: "If you want to fight with the prince, you must pass our level first." ”

Li Lin watched the guards rush up, so angry that he was furious, but it was inconvenient to reprimand them, so as not to weaken his own morale, only to see Shi Yujin laugh loudly, take off the saddle before the silver gun to meet him, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion are all sending out a long howl to cheer, not thinking that Shi Yujin will be outnumbered There will be any danger, when the horses of the two sides are staggered, I saw the silver spear fast, like the shadow of a pear blossom, Ruixue one after another, but more than ten rounds, those Yongjun guards have been forced to retreat by her, and two of them have been shot, it is difficult to fight again, although these people are elite warriors, but in front of Shi Yujin's tempered silver spear, it was dwarfed.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion all cheered loudly, Li Lin frowned and was about to step forward, but there was a girl's laughter like a silver bell in his ears, his heart moved, and he stared at it, but saw that it was the girl in cloth who came with Shi Yujin, who was cheering loudly, and looked at Shi Yujin with admiration in front of the two armies to show off his might. Just now, Li Lin only noticed Shi Yujin, and he didn't see this girl, but at this moment, he felt that his mind was blank, and he only had the girl's stunning fairy posture in his eyes.

At this moment, the baby in the girl's arms cried loudly, and the girl skillfully patted the baby's swaddling clothes, and said crisply: "Bao'er is hungry, hurry up and repel them." ”

Shi Yujin frowned, and said sharply: "Leave a few people to protect Mei'er, and the gentlemen will come with me." After that, he raised his gun and rushed up, behind her, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion shouted and cheered, and at the beginning there were some scattered formations, but less than a hundred steps away, they were already like one person, thousands of people formed a formation, rushing like thunder.

Seeing that the morale of the enemy army was like a rainbow, Li Lin retracted his thoughts that had already been out of the world, roared like a roar, raised his lance to lead the army to meet the battle, somehow, he was very angry in his heart, he had long been fascinated by the two famous young generals of the Huaixi Chu Army, Lu Yun was his old acquaintance, Shi Yujin was the son of Shiguan, Lu Yun married the daughter of Shiguan, the two should be Uncle Lang's closest relatives, and last September, Shi Yujin escorted Lu Can's daughter Lu Mei to escape from Shouchun is also well known, so think about it, this girl must be Lu Mei, the two of them are relatives, There are all kinds of kindness and righteousness, and they will definitely kiss and kiss each other when they think about it, but when they think about it, they will be angry in their hearts. As for the baby in Lu Mei's arms, it shouldn't matter if you think about it, Li Lin has already automatically omitted him.

The two armies have not yet been handed over, but they saw the flying cavalry battalion turn sharply to the left, Li Lin was stunned, the flying cavalry battalion had rushed into the left flank of the Yong army, Shi Yujin led the army to rush into battle, and the Yong army was in chaos, Li Lin had not been in battle for a long time, where was Shi Yujin's opponent, not to mention that Shi Yujin was now a little less impulsive, a little more calm, left and right, and had the upper hand in less than a moment, but Li Lin made a quick decision, immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, pressed the formation by himself, and retreated in the direction of Zhongli. Although the flying cavalry battalion won, it was weak after all, so Shi Yujin did not lead the army to pursue. When the Yongjun retreated, the soldiers of the flying cavalry battalion surrounded Shi Yujin and cheered, congratulating their respected young general on returning to the army, and led them to defeat the vanguard of the Yongjun army, washing away the humiliation of successive defeats.

Shi Yujin looked nervous, and immediately stepped forward to meet Lu Mei, took the baby in her hand, and visited her before she was relieved. Lu Mei complained: "Sister-in-law, Engong said that you should recuperate well, and it is best not to fight within a year, but you refuse to listen, what if you get sick again." ”

Shi Yujin smiled and said, "Yes, I know it's wrong, I won't dare next time." ”

At this time, all the generals in the flying cavalry camp stepped forward and said: "Major General, why don't you stay in the army and don't leave, let's just help you regain the military power in Huaixi, so as not to suffer from the nest of Cai Qun's thieves." ”

Shi Yujin said gloomily: "Now that Yujin is already a prisoner of the imperial court, how can I lead the army to fight again, this time I am just passing by here, and I am about to take Mei'er to Nanmin, I think I can't fight side by side with the monarchs anymore." ”

Everyone was dejected when they heard it, but they also knew that what Shi Yujin said was right, if they really had to do that, wouldn't they be guilty of chaos, but if the flying cavalry camp went on like this, it would be a ruin, and they hated the Southern Chu court very much for killing Lu Can, and there was a humane among them: "Instead of dying here in vain, why don't we escort the young general to Southern Fujian." As soon as these words came out, there were many responses, even Shi Yujin also felt that the road to Nanmin must be difficult and dangerous, and if there were some handy personal guards to protect it, it would be much better. Thinking that the flying cavalry battalion is a descendant of the Lu family, it must be crowded out and embarrassed now, rather than letting them die in Huaixi, it is better to abandon the military and open the sky from now on. Shi Yujin's temperament is like fire, and he has long hated the Southern Chu court, and he has no will to defend Sheji, so he said: "If you want to go, come with me, let's go south in batches, so as not to alarm the traitorous henchman." If you don't want to go, go to Huaidong to join the army, and don't send you to death here. ”

After the discussion of the remaining 4,000 soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion, some of them were still concerned about the crisis situation in Huainan, and about 2,500 people decided to transfer to Huaidong and no longer be controlled by Cai Qun, and more than 1,000 people were already disheartened, so they agreed to disperse south and go to Nanmin to serve the Lu family. Shi Yujin's appearance is not very disguised, and it has already alarmed all departments of the Huaixi Army, but everyone cares about Lu Can and Shiguan's kindness, Shi Yujin is their compatriots, and they all secretly help each other, and some of Shiguan's former pro-army henchmen have no intention of fighting, so they also abandoned their military membership and went to Southern Fujian with Shi Yujin. By the time Cai Qun noticed it, the elite of the Huaixi Army had already gone to two or three out of ten. Shi Yujin acted like this, but she didn't take into account the overall situation, but with her temperament, she didn't raise troops to take revenge, which is already very rare. It's just that the strength of the Huaixi army has been greatly damaged, and Cai Qun is a mediocre person, the Yongxi army is like a broken bamboo in Huaixi, and there is no obstacle at all, and in less than a year, Huaixi has fallen into the hands of the Yongxi army. This kind of situation is not something that Lu Can could have predicted before his death, if Shiguan did not die, the situation in Huaixi would definitely not have eroded to this point, even if Shi Yujin abandoned the army and left, there would not be so many people with him.

Li Lin naturally didn't know what would happen next, but returned to Zhongli dejectedly, feeling annoyed in his heart, unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the city, he saw the city gate wide open, and a young man in Tsing Yi came out to greet him, Li Lin couldn't help laughing when he saw this person: "Brother Huo, why are you here?" Jumping off the horse and galloping to meet him, the young man also walked out of the crowd quickly, and the two looked at each other, both of them were very happy.

Li Lin handed over the military affairs to the adjutant general, and he pulled Huo Cong towards the city, and asked as he walked: "Didn't Brother Huo follow the imperial brother to sit in Chuzhou, why did he come to Zhongli to see me, how could the imperial brother let go of you, your right-hand man?" ”

Huo Cong smiled and said: "I'm just sorting out some paperwork with His Royal Highness the Prince, where can I talk about any arms, today His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that the prince of the county led the army into battle, and he was uneasy, and ordered me to escort a batch of grain and grass to Zhongli, by the way, to see you, and also told you to be careful, not to take life and death lightly." ”

Li Lin said with a smile: "The imperial brother always thanked the imperial brother for me when I didn't grow up, by the way, is Roulan okay, there is chaos here, don't let her walk around, if there is any mistake, I am afraid that my imperial brother will die of heartache." ”

Huo Cong's eyes flashed, since October last year, Princess Changle led Roulan and Shen'er to Xuzhou to visit Jiang Zhe's condition, at first Roulan still stayed in Xuzhou obediently, and later Jiang Zhe's condition improved, Roulan couldn't stay, and often found a reason to go to Chuzhou to see the prince Li Jun, everyone knows this matter, and they all know that the lord of Zhaohua will marry into the royal family as the crown princess sooner or later, only Li Lin always insists on not wanting to let go, and refuses to admit that Li Jun and Roulan are in love. It's rare that there is no jealousy in his tone today, it could be that something has happened. Thinking of this, Huo Cong deliberately asked Li Lin about the recent battle situation, Li Lin was straightforward after all, and it didn't take long for him to be out of the style, and because he knew that Huo Cong was well-informed, he asked: "Brother Huo, have you heard about Miss Lu, does she have a marriage match?" ”

Huo Cong secretly almost burst his belly with laughter, knowing that Li Lin misunderstood the relationship between Shi Yujin and Lu Mei, it is no wonder that the Southern Chu Imperial Court has always been accustomed to covering his ears and stealing bells, intentionally or unintentionally, he regarded Shi Yujin and Shi Xiu as two people, and in Yongjun's opinion, no matter whether Shi Yujin is a man or a woman, the most important thing is that she can fight well, and naturally she will not deliberately spread this matter, and although Li Lin is noble, he is just an ordinary general, since he didn't think of that aspect, naturally no one will tell him Shi Yujin's true identity.

But even so, Huo Cong is not optimistic about Li Lin's mind, even if Southern Chu is destroyed, the Lu family will not surrender willingly, at most he will ignore it, hide in the people, and will definitely not give birth to the idea of clinging to the powerful, if Li Lin wants to pursue Lu Mei, it will be even more difficult to ascend to the sky, but thinking about it, it is better than Li Lin's heart always tied to Roulan, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Lord Jun, you probably don't know, that Major General Shi Yujin Shi is the wife of Major General Lu Yun Lu, The baby was the son born to General Shi two months ago, his milk name was Bao'er, and he had not yet been named, but General Shi Shao was a military general after all, so the child was taken care of by Miss Lu. ”

Li Lin only felt ecstatic in his heart, at this moment he didn't think of the humiliation of being defeated by a woman, he just thought that Lu Mei and Shi Yujin were not a couple, so he had a chance, and he didn't bother to ask Huo Cong how he knew so much, he just pulled him and stammered: "Brother Huo, can you help me think of ideas, I, I really want to marry Lu Mei as a wife." ”

Huo Cong looked Li Lin up and down for a moment with bad intentions, and saw that Li Lin's heart was furious, and after a long time, Huo Cong smiled and said: "I will think about this matter for you, but I'm afraid that it will be very difficult, you are the dignified King of Yongjun, but Miss Lu Mei is the general of Southern Chu, and the hatred of the country is in the way, if you don't have the courage to break the cauldron, I'm afraid there is no hope." ”

Li Lin hurriedly said: "Brother Huo, don't worry, if the emperor's uncle and father stop me, at most I don't want this title, if the people of the Lu family are unwilling, I am willing to die in front of them, and I also ask for their understanding." ”

Huo Cong said solemnly: "Are you sincere in wanting to marry Miss Lu?" ”

Li Lin pointed to the sky and swore that "if you have two hearts, let Li Lin die under the sword, and there will be no bones left." ”

Huo Cong said in his heart, if this matter is successful, it will not only avoid the conflict between Li Lin and His Royal Highness the Prince, but also ensure the peace of the Lu family in the future, Mr. will be happy, even the emperor and the king of Qi will not object, but if you want to get the Lu family's marriage, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, after thinking for a long time, Huo Cong said ruthlessly: "Don't worry, the prince of the county, I will definitely think about this matter to help you, but you also have to think clearly, I am afraid that without ten years and eight years of water mill kung fu, you don't want to succeed." ”

Li Lin said: "Sincerely, the gold and stone are open, and this king will never give up." But I secretly thought to myself in my heart, for such a long time, I have to pay attention to someone who takes the lead, and when I go back, I will beg my father to think of a son, and although Brother Huo agreed, it was not enough, I had to ask my brother-in-law. At this moment, Li Lin naturally couldn't imagine how arduous his road to chasing his wife would be.