A month ago. Hulu (Note 3) There was a commotion in the Song camp. The soldiers in the camp looked at the two inhuman-looking corpses and were carried into the main tent.

"General, the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty sent two corpses and said...... said, said that it was the girl and Zimo. ”

Tan Daoji, who was discussing with several generals in the tent, trembled when he heard this, and the wooden card representing the main ship fell into the sand table.

Before Tan Daoji could speak, a young general suddenly walked over, grabbed the collar of the messenger, and yelled, "Nonsense! My sister's martial arts are unmatched in the world! Which bastard is spreading rumors here? What about people? Ben Langjun chopped him off! ”

"Cang'er, stand down!" Another slightly older general next to him ordered.

Seeing that Tan Cang let go of his hand, he had no intention of retreating. Tan Zhi, who had just spoken, arched his hand to Tan Daoji and said, "Father, son go out and have a look." ”

Tan Daoji waved his hand, "Where is the corpse?" Someone brought in. ”

When the two bodies were brought in, they were covered with a white cloth and constantly emitted a foul smell, apparently dead for some time.

Tan Zhi stepped forward and lifted the white cloth on the shorter corpse, only to see that below was a female corpse that had been tortured, and it had decomposed to the point of decay.

Even Tan Zhi, who went to the battlefield to fight with his father since he was a child, felt the acid water in his stomach tumbling at this time, and he endured it so he didn't vomit it.

Tan Cang on the side saw it, and he was even more angry, "If you look for such a pile of rotten meat, you want to say that it is my sister!" These brutes, when we are fools, we can't do it! ”

Tan Daoji turned out from behind the sand table at this time and walked to the corpse. Ignoring the stench and decay of the corpse, he reached out and pressed it everywhere in the corpse.

Then he raised the corpse's left hand again, and saw that the fingers were all black, apparently poisoned.

He pulled the corpse's sleeve down again to see if his arm was also black, but he revealed a gold bracelet of twisted wire on his wrist.

Tan Daoji hurriedly removed the gold bracelet from the corpse's hand and looked at the inside of the bracelet by the light.

When he saw the word "rain" on the inside of the bracelet, he couldn't stop staggering back a few steps.

Tan Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to protect his father and helped him sit down at the desk. took the bracelet from Tan Daoji's hand again, and when he also saw the word "rain", he couldn't help but redden.

"It's Big Brother's fault. Before leaving, my mother told us to take care of you. But who would have thought ......" Tanzhi, who has always been calm, couldn't help but cry at this time.

Tan Cang was in a hurry at the moment, "Dad! Eldest brother! Don't follow the way of the barbarians, how can this be rain! After he finished speaking, he was going to go to the person who came to deliver the body from the Northern Wei Dynasty to ask for clarification.

"Cang'er! Sit down! Tan Daoji shouted.

"Dad-" Tan Cang's face was unwilling, but in the end he didn't dare to disobey his father, and sat on the ground, and then his eyes were red.

"Everyone," Tan Daoji stabilized his mind, stood up and said to the rest of the generals, "This matter is about the little girl, please stay away for the time being." The matter of destroying the enemy, let me wait for tomorrow to discuss it. ”

Several other generals present could not help but sigh when they saw this.

The new emperor took advantage of Tan Daoji's defense of the Southern Song Dynasty against foreign enemies, and exiled his youngest daughter, so that she died tragically in a foreign land. Whoever this kind of thing is put on, I'm afraid it's hard to settle down.

So after all the generals said "General's Day mourning", they all said goodbye one after another.

When everyone else left, Tan Daoji saw that Tan Cang was still crying, and couldn't help but scold, "Don't cry." It's so easy to be led by the nose, how can you lead the troops to fight in the future? ”

When Tan Cang heard his father's words, with tears on his face, he raised his head and looked at his father and brother in amazement.

Tan Daoji had an expression of hatred on his face, and his brother, brother was actually snickering!

"What's going on!" Tan Cang jumped up from the ground at once.

He glanced at the two corpses on the ground again, and then lowered his voice and said, "Sure enough, it's fake?" ”

Tan Zhi smiled and nodded, "You're not stupid enough to go home." ”

Tan Cang was anxious, "You, you already knew? ”

Tan Daoji waved his hand, and Tan Zhi hurriedly covered the body with a white cloth again.

Tan Daoji frowned and said, "Your sister's bones are amazing, how can you just find someone to replace them." Although the body was decomposed, the bones were still intact, and when you touched it, you knew that it was not her. This kind of trick is also blinded to the layman. ”

Tan Cang was puzzled, "The gold bracelet...... I remember you bought it for her thirteenth birthday. ”

Tan Daoji heard him ask about the bracelet, so he threw the bracelet to him, "I bought it for your sister, and it is engraved with peace." This is engraved with the word 'rain'. It is estimated that the girl asked Zimo to imitate it. ”

Tan Cang went to see Tan Zhi again, "Then how do you know about the big brother?" ”

Tan Zhi seemed to be a little sad and said, "The corpse didn't have the jade pendant that her mother gave her. She will never leave the pendant. ”

Tan Cang's face was indignant, "Then why don't you hint at me?" Just look at me and cry! ”

"Because you're going to show your stuff." Tan Daoji slapped Tan Cang with a word.

"Cang'er, like Yu'er, is a character that can't be hidden. Father, don't discipline him anymore. Tan Zhi saw that Tan Cang was wronged, so he stepped forward to intercede.

Tan Daoji still pointed at Tan Cang and scolded, "Hmph, don't train him well at this time, he will suffer in the future!" ”

Tan Cang secretly stuck out his tongue unconvinced, his eyes fell on the two corpses again, and said in disgust, "Quickly find someone to move out, otherwise I will be smoked to death first!" ”

Tan Daoji couldn't wait to stretch out his hand and beat him, "I just finished training you, and in the blink of an eye, you didn't use your brains again!" Others think it's your sister, how can there be any reason to dislike your sister's body! ”

Tan Zhi saw that Tan Daoji was really angry, and hurriedly blocked in front of Tan Cang and said, "Father, but you want to plan it?" ”

Tan Daoji sighed, "Wei Thief's move is nothing more than trying to hold me back. They must have tried to take advantage of my dissatisfaction with the new emperor and have other plans. ”

Tan Daoji walked to the map to observe carefully, and muttered, "The tiger prison has been broken, but it's a pity for the old General Mao Dezu." I think I was a father and was guided by him......"

The grain and grass of the imperial court have never been distributed, so that there are obviously people and horses of the third-line Song army near the tiger prison, but no one dares to send troops to rescue.

Tan Zhi sighed, "I heard that in the last twenty days, the soldiers of the Tiger Prison all relied on eating rats and ants to satisfy their hunger, and their eyes were sore, and their faces were like dry bones. Dad, do we really have to wait like this? I am afraid that the grain of the imperial court will never arrive. ”

Tan Daoji slammed the map with his hand, "If the first emperor is still ......" he couldn't say anything more, because if he continued to say it, he would be guilty.

Seeing that his father and brother were in a low mood, Tan Cang cautiously interjected, "Dad, now the barbarians can't attack the Eastern Front, and almost all of the troops have been transferred to the Western Front. You said that the Wei thief sent a fake corpse to deceive you at this time, did he want to go further west? ”

Tan Daoji's gaze returned to the map again, "Liu Can is now stationed in Xiangcheng, and if he wants to go west, the Wei thief will have to send more troops." However, the spies came to report that Emperor Wei had returned to Pingcheng a few days ago, and it was estimated that it was unlikely that additional troops would be sent. ”

He knocked on the map again, and the area of Qingzhou, where Hulu was located. Although Tan Daoji used the waterway to defend against several attacks by the Wei army. But now that the Tiger Prison and the Slipway have been lost, the Wei army's encirclement of Qingzhou is increasingly taking shape.

"If I passively prepare for war because of the tragic death of my beloved daughter, the morale of the army will be low. At this time, if the Wei army comes to attack, it will definitely be like a bamboo......"

Tan Daoji's spirit was shocked, "Pass the order to go down and collect grain on the spot." Collect as much as you can. We may have a war with the Wei thieves soon, and I am afraid that the food from the imperial court will not be able to wait. ”

Tanzhi commanded, "Yes." Then the son commanded him to go down. ”