Chapter 504: Substitute for the Dead Ghost

Maybe it was the immortal naivety who abandoned the Turks, only to the middle of November actually fell heavy snow, for the Central Plains people and horses this snow is good news, but for the Turks this is fatal, Ashina Jishi's Turkic army has been blocked in Taiyuan for more than a month, originally two consecutive years of natural disasters and man-made disasters on the grassland have made many herdsmen unable to eat, this time Ashina Jishi poured south, and almost all the cattle and sheep that could be mobilized on the grassland were brought over, for him, this is a battle against the water.

Ashina Jishi launched this war is also a helpless move, if you want to let the herdsmen on the grassland survive this winter, you must rely on plundering a large number of materials to transport back to solve the urgent need, Li Yuan raised troops against Sui, and hit Chang'an in one breath, which made Ashina Jishi see the opportunity, he thinks that although the current Great Sui still looks like a giant elephant, this giant elephant is terminally ill.

Before going south, he sent people to seriously and carefully probe the situation of the Great Sui, the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang, who had made him fearful, was trapped in Jiangdu, and the emperor's life was not even a hundred miles, the emperor had become a poor man who fantasized about the prosperous world of Qingping in the land of a city, and in the eyes of the steppe people, the originally high heavenly khan became a cowardly clown, and they lost their deep awe.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, stayed in the eastern capital as a prisoner, but the eastern capital has been surrounded by the righteous army of Wagangzhai, and Wang Shichong, who is the self-proclaimed great Sima, controls the government, and the prison country is in vain, Yang Tong can only be submissive in front of Wang Shichong, and the prestige of the son of heaven of the Yang family has long been trampled on. And Wang Shichong was busy dealing with Wagangzhai, just killed the ministers who opposed him in the eastern capital, the civil strife has not completely subsided, and he is unable to deal with Wagangzhai, he has been defeated repeatedly, and the troops are getting smaller and smaller, so he can only retreat in the eastern capital, relying on the tall and strong walls of the eastern capital to resist.

In Chang'an, Li Yuan supported Yang Yu as the emperor, changed the name of the year to Yining, and honored Yang Guang in Jiangdu as the emperor. Li Yuan proclaimed himself the prime minister, the king of Tang, and the commander-in-chief of the country's military and horse affairs, and monopolized power. Yang Dong in the Eastern Capital and Yang Yu in Chang'an have become puppets, and their lives are generally hard and bitter. These two young men are actually extremely smart and wise people, but they were born at the wrong time, if they change the Taiping world, no matter which of the two of them inherits Yang Guang's throne, they will not be a generation of Ming monarchs. It's a pity that there is Li Yuan in Chang'an and Wang Shichong in the east, and their brothers have become supporting roles of the times.

Luo Yi's tentacles in Youzhou continue to expand, and the entire Zhuo County, Yuyang, and Boling have become his private property, and Luo Yi at this time is no longer the original daunting Great Sui Great Wall, and he has changed from the guardian of the Great Sui to the gravedigger of the Great Sui in such troubled times. Although Dou Jiande fell behind everywhere in the battle between Yanyunzhai on the south side of the Yellow River and is now fighting with Xu Shiji, the foundation of Hebei Zhaozhou is still there, and it should not be underestimated.

Xue raised 100,000 troops, always threatening Li Yuan's back, Li Yuan dispatched a large number of men and horses to the north to resist the Turks going south, and the remaining troops could only ensure that they could hold on for the time being, and they were unable to expand their territory outward.

The Great Sui has been eroded like this, what else does Ashina Jishi have to worry about?

He originally thought that with the combat power of the wolf horse, coupled with the weakness of the Great Sui, even if he could not drink the Yangtze River this time, there would not be much obstacle to conquer half of the Great Sui. But after Taiyuan was blocked for more than a month, Ashina Jishi suddenly figured out one thing in his sorrow, which made him even more painful.

He figured out why it was like this, and the answer made him seem to fall into an ice hole and almost suffocate.

The Great Sui is indeed eroded, and the rebels are fighting each other everywhere.

It seemed to be an opportunity, but after Ashina Jishi went south, he realized that he was wrong, and his mistake was outrageous. The weak Han people, whom he thought would only kill each other, were hostile to each other and wanted to break each other's bodies into pieces, but when the Turks moved south, these hostile forces showed a shocking unity, a terrible unity.

The news that the scouts heard about it made Ashina Jishi want to scold the sky, but although he felt more and more that Changshengtian had abandoned their Turks, he still didn't dare to accuse Changshengtian of anything.

After November, more and more people came from all over the country to support Li Yuan's army in defending Taiyuan. The Turkic scouts found that men and horses under various banners were arriving one after another, including reinforcements sent by the rebels from all walks of life in the north, and even Yanyunzhai on the south side of the Yellow River, and Dufuwei sent men and horses even farther away. What made Ashina Jishi feel most desperate was that Luo Yi's elite rider from Youzhou rode out of Yanshan and entered the grassland, and then went around in a circle to enter the customs, blocking his retreat.

Ashina Jishi suddenly found that he had fallen into a deep well. And those damned Central Plains people stood on the edge of the well with bows and arrows in hand, and had already aimed the cold and faint cluster of arrows at him.

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The snow had been falling since yesterday evening, and at first it was just a snow foam that could easily get into the collar of a person's clothes, but by the time the lamp was held, the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, and a thick layer had been laid on the ground. By the time Li Xian walked out of the military tent the next morning, the snow was already a foot thick.

Draped in a precious pure black mink velvet, Li Xian's straight black hair was casually tied behind his head. The whole person looks very cheerful and handsome, with some easy-going things that make people look comfortable.

Stretching out his hand to catch a snowflake, Li Xian watched the beautiful snowflake slowly melt in his palm.

Unconsciously, the smile on the corner of his mouth grew thicker and thicker.

"Why, I thought of something happy early in the morning."

A very pleasant female voice sounded opposite Li Xian, this voice was not the crisp and pleasant sound of a little girl, a little hoarse, but it was heard in the ears with a unique flavor of mature taste.

Li Xian raised his head, looked at the beautiful figure that had walked in front of him and smiled.

"Why do you wake up so early?"

Li Xian asked.

"I drank too much wine last night and couldn't sleep, your wine is really good and has some strength, I also drank it for the first time so strong, I burned all night, and it was only when the day was about to ease down, I washed my face with cold water and drank a cup of warm tea, which is very energetic at this time."

She said with a smile, but from the faint tiredness between her eyebrows, she could tell that she really didn't sleep well last night.

Li Xian remembered that when she galloped in the snowstorm yesterday evening with dozens of female soldiers, he was really taken aback. Although he heard Li Jiancheng say when he saw Li Jiancheng, Li Huining knew that Li Xian was coming, so he rushed over from the pass overnight, but Li Xian didn't care, he thought it was just Li Jiancheng's kind words. After all, he and Li Huining have only met twice, once by Poyang Lake and once in Yuncheng, and he doesn't think that people from big families will really make friends.

But Li Huining is obviously different from her family, this woman's personality is stronger than Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

After arriving at the Yanyunzhai camp last night, Li Xian set up a banquet to entertain her, and the strongest pot of wine was actually drunk by herself, and in the end it seemed that she was still unsatisfied, her face was red and slightly lazy and said Li Xian was stingy, why didn't you take out such a good wine when it was in Poyang Lake, and the grilled fish that day was really perfect if it was paired with this spirit.

Obviously, she drank so much wine last night, and it is estimated that she would not be able to get up if she were Li Xian, but when she walked slowly in front of Li Xian, the tiredness on her face was almost invisible.

"You should call me sister."

Li Huining didn't answer Li Xian's words, and she didn't mind that Li Xian didn't answer her words.

She smiled and said: "We are all descendants of General Fei from the Li family, I am two years older than you, no matter what, you will not suffer if you call me a sister." Besides, you called it last night. ”

"I called you sister last night?"

Li Xian frowned slightly, but he couldn't remember such a thing.

"You forgot?"

Li Huining smiled intoxicatingly: "It seems that you were even more drunk than me last night, and you forgot what you did or said." But I haven't forgotten that since you called me sister last night, then you have been my brother since last night, and no one can change it. ”

Li Xian smiled bitterly and asked, "Are you sure you didn't drink too much?" ”

Li Huining shook his head and said: "Since I escaped from Chang'an to the present, I have never been drunk once, and it is strange to say, no matter how much I drink, I can't get drunk, my body is numb and I don't obey the call, but I still understand it very well in my heart." I can't remember wrong, and you don't have to think that I was dreaming, because I didn't sleep at all. ”

She tilted her head and glanced at Li Xian and asked, "Why, do you think it's a loss to have a sister like me?" ”

"It's not a loss!"

Li Xian shook his head and said, "It's a big loss." ”

Li Huining laughed and asked, "Give me a reason why you lost a lot." ”

Li Xian thought for a while and said seriously: "I don't want to have anything to do with your Li family for the time being, your Li family's water is so deep that it can drown people, if a little person like me falls in, he can't even make a splash, he can't be reincarnated if he is trapped in the water, and he has to wait for the next person who drowns to be a substitute for the dead." ”

"It's not as deep as you think, and besides, you're not here?"

Li Huining asked.

Li Xian said: "I came, but it wasn't because of your Li family, although I promised to form an alliance with your Li family, but I don't want to be swallowed by your father in one bite, and there is no scum left." It's just taking advantage of each other, and you should know that. It may hurt a little bit for me to say that, but I'm undoubtedly not wrong. If I were not the master of Yanyun Village, King Tang would not recognize me as a nephew. In other words, if he wasn't the King of Tang, would I let him recognize me as a nephew? ”

"Very utilitarian and direct!"

Li Huining nodded and said, "But to be honest, and I'm not angry." ”

She looked at Li Xian and said, "Anyway, you called me sister last night." If one day you really fall into the puddle of the Li family and can't get out, I'll jump in and be your substitute ghost. ”

These words were naturally not pretentious at all, so Li Xian was shocked.

But just when he was surprised, shocked and even at a loss, Li Huining took the initiative to stop the topic: "You haven't told me yet, why are you smiling so proudly early in the morning?" ”

She gestured and said, "Do you know that your smile just now looks a little ...... Insidious? ”

"Uh......"

Li Xian smiled and said, "It's snowing." ”

He turned his head to look at the north and said word by word: "Because it's snowing, Ashina Jishi is crying, I naturally want to laugh, say something that is not pretentious or hypocritical, this time I came to Taiyuan to support your Li family is secondary, what I want to see is Ashina Jishi die." ”

Li Huining walked to Li Xian's side and looked north, and whispered through the snowflakes falling in the sky, "You will see, brother." ”

PS: The red ticket is over 100,000, and today is a day of code words, and how much to write before 12 o'clock in the evening.