Chapter 283: Southern Country, Defeated.
"How many times have I told you, I have been discussing the military situation with the three of them for a long time, and you don't go to rest earlier, you always have to wait for me."
"If I don't wait for you, who can keep the carbon burning in the brazier? I don't wait for you, who can help you to rest in your clothes? If I don't wait for you, who can watch you drink that bowl of cold medicine? I asked three questions in a row, and he stared at me in amazement, not knowing what to reply for a while.
Pulling out a hand to brush the hair that had fallen from his sideburns, I pursed my lips and smiled, "I'll go and heat up the medicine."
"It's late at night, don't go."
"It's already cold."
"Bring it here."
Seeing his domineering and firm tone, I couldn't resist him, so I got up and ran to the table and handed him the cold medicine bowl.
He didn't answer, just raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't you feed me?" ”
I didn't expect him to have such an expression, I was instantly amused by his expression, and I picked up a spoonful of black juice and handed it to his mouth, "You really look like a child now." ”
He didn't argue with me, he just drank it all in one gulp, but frowned bitterly, "It's so bitter." ”
I squirted, "Could it be that you really want to learn how to add sugar to children?" ”
With that, I scooped up another scoop and handed it to his lips.
Xiao Jincheng didn't speak, and drank it all again.
Under his burning gaze, the cold potion had bottomed out, and my cheeks were already red.
I didn't look at him, and ran to press the bowl with the heart of the fawn, and then I looked back and crashed into a strong embrace.
The clothes were full of familiar light fragrance, "Jincheng, go and rest early." I leaned on his arms and reminded him in a low voice, seeing that there were bloodshots in his eyes, afraid that his body would not be able to support him.
"If a wife can be like this, what more can a husband ask for?" His low, hoarse voice crossed my ears, "It's time to officially engage them in a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold you like this again." Life is born together, and death is also death. You can see how heavy that sentence is on my heart. ”
"Don't be heavy, you just need to know that An Huaixin has been waiting for you to return."
I accepted my fate, I recognized the unknowable future, I figured it out, and I saw it......
I smiled lightly, leaned against his chest and spat out the soft, firm words.
He slowly let go of me, took my hand and lifted the curtain out, and led me into the snow.
The bright moon reflects the white frost, the strong wind blows away the red dust song, and the sound of snow falls without a trace.
"After so many years, you and I are no younger than we are, we are gradually entering middle age, and our minds are much calmer." He always held my hand tightly, and said softly to the bright moon hanging in the sky above my head, I didn't know what he wanted to say and stood quietly side by side with him, letting the snowflakes drift around me.
Hearing this, he continued to speak, "I can't give you any more promises, because I can't give you any more promises, and I don't dare to give them." I can only promise you one word, Xiao Jincheng will never fail you again in the future. ”
I exhaled softly and looked at the bright moon with him, "I don't need to promise anymore, promise that this thing is what Fang Jixing's girls want." As long as I want you to be good, this is the biggest promise you have given me. ”
He suddenly laughed, and a loud and high-pitched voice resounded through the silent snowy night, "Xin'er, I'm really glad to meet you in this life, even if you die on the battlefield, there is no way to die." ”
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In January, the drums of war are noisy, the horns are flying over the vast wasteland of northern Xinjiang, and the wind and winter snow are flicking to a thousand passes.
The emperor of the southern kingdom went into battle with injuries, waved 200,000 painful troops to build cloud ladders to attack the city wall, and the remaining 100,000 or so were ambushed on all sides, and the remaining 200,000 were stationed in the rear to respond.
The war horse was scattered, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the emperor of the southern kingdom only supported it for an hour, his injuries worsened, and the blood in his lower abdomen did not stop. Surrounded by the generals, he returned to the military tent, and the morale of the southern country was instantly low.
In March, the Khitan defended the city wall, and it could not be conquered for a long time, the fire shimmered, and the long arrows rained down.
The siegers of the southern country suffered heavy casualties, and the sun was full of devastation and smoke billowing from the bloody blades of the lonely city.
In April, the city wall was opened, and the Khitan general Che Rufeng led an army of 150,000 to confront it head-on.
The snow-capped mountains were shaken, heavy snow covered the roads, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. General Xiao Zuo of the Southern Army went into battle with a big knife to kill the enemy, blood spattered silver helmets, and beheaded thousands of people, and then personally took the head of the Khitan military vehicle like the wind, and the Khitan was frightened and retreated into the city.
In July, the purple sky was dry and the murderous aura filled the wasteland, and the emperor of the southern kingdom recovered from his injuries, put on heavy armor, held a spear, and sat down to wave the army to the Khitan army. The momentum is like a bamboo, and it is unstoppable.
In October, the war continued, and the southern army rushed to mobilize grain and grass in the country's 800 li three times, but the people were already hungry and cold, and there was no more food to collect.
The remaining 400,000 troops of the Southern Army were in dire straits, thirsty for snow and hungry for bark. Eventually, it caused civil strife, and the soldiers of the Southern Army frantically fought each other, drinking blood and eating meat.
In November, the Southern Army was forced to send Prime Minister Mu Cheng to the Khitan to negotiate with him, and the king was defeated and the battlefield was defeated.
Khitan Yun, the whole army of the two sides was dispatched to fight a decisive battle in the wasteland.
Jin Ge iron horse, mountains and rivers beating, blood splashed snow corpses all over the field.
In December, the South was defeated.
The dispute between the Khitan and the Southern Kingdom, which lasted for nearly four years, finally came to an end.
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It's another year, and my time here flies very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, time has passed......
I accompanied Xiao Jincheng to stay at the border for a whole year, and I witnessed the cruelty of the war, the bloody killings, and the devastation.
What shocked me the most was the internal changes in the army, because there was no food, I couldn't stand the hunger and cold, and the soldiers who originally fought side by side fought each other. The weak ones were cooked in boiling water, and a dozen warriors gathered in a circle to eat with relish.
Seeing such a scene, I knew that the saddest thing must be Xiao Jincheng, but he protected me in his arms and forbade me to watch the scene that exterminated humanity.
I could feel his thick, cold hands caressing my back, and I wanted to cry in his arms, but I couldn't. for his heart aches more than I do, and they are his people.
I really don't know how to write the author's wind direction, I can only know that Xiao Jincheng sent Tianyan and Xiao Zuo to negotiate with Liancheng in a desperate situation, asking for a quick solution.
Lian Cheng thought about it for a moment, and then accepted the proposal of a quick victory, and he didn't want to delay it any longer, I knew that the Khitan's money and food would also be empty. In that war, the southern kingdom was defeated, somewhat unexpected but expected.
I created this book, and I would never write the male protagonist so miserable, but, since I lost my memory, I was also at a loss about the final ending of this book.
Seeing that the soldiers of the southern kingdom were no longer united, they only sought food and clothing, and their fighting spirit had already been cultivated and polished by those days of hunger and cold, I had already guessed that the outcome had far exceeded the outline I had expected.
In this war, we were equal to losing without a fight, and Liancheng's 300,000 army easily defeated Xiao Jincheng's 400,000 army.
In the end, we were captured, and I, Xiao Jincheng, Mu Tianyan, Zhao Zhirui, and Xiao Zuo were closely escorted to the Khitan, while the southern army fled, scattered, surrendered, and died in battle. The five of us were imprisoned in the same Khitan prison, and this was the second time I had stepped into this cold prison.
The difference is that I have Xiao Jincheng by my side, and he has always held my hand and never let go.
Sitting with him in a cold corner, he was surprisingly calm, and he hadn't said a word along the way.
I leaned against his solid chest, and I didn't speak. Xiao Zuo and Mu Tianyan sat on the corner of the other end of the prison, and Zhao Zhirui sat alone on the other side, all with messy hair and cheeks. Only the vicissitudes of life can describe us at this moment, we have been locked up for two days, there is no word for each other, now we are prisoners, and it is in vain to say what we say, all we can do is face it, face the coming of death.
This war is lost, and he is as proud as Xiao Jincheng, can he accept it?
I know that he can't accept it, he is so arrogant, so powerful, he is the male protagonist in my book, and he has never lost in this life, whether it is war or court struggle. Only this time, not only did he lose, but he lost so badly.
I vaguely resented the warmth of continuing to write this book, if she knew that I was in this book, would it have fulfilled us?
I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head deep in his chest, his body was very cold, I wanted to warm him up, but it didn't seem to be warm at all.
Suddenly, Zhao Zhirui in the corner laughed loudly, laughing so wildly and really, I was stunned, and my eyes fell on him laughing at the sky.
"Mu Xiang, the two of us have been in the court for nearly four years, and today we have become prisoners together. I thought that the old man's daughter Zhao Ziyan was not willing to marry you, but I didn't expect that in just two years, my granddaughter was two years old, it seems that at the beginning, the emperor chose a good son-in-law for my Zhao family, only blame me for ......" Zhao Zhirui's rough voice forced towards Mu Tianyan.
Mu Tianyan also smiled, Junxuan's face was full of helplessness, but he quipped, "Old man Su, you won't be afraid of death, right......?"
"The old man has been fighting on the battlefield for nearly 20 years, which time has he not fought bloody battles with his head? It's just a little regrettable that I didn't see my granddaughter...... The old man has never regretted anything in his life, but this is the only one. His eyes flashed with sorrow, the only time I saw the sadness on the face of the arrogant General Zhao.
Mu Tianyan smiled, "I did have some prejudice against Zi Yan at the beginning, but after a long time, I found that she was indeed a rare woman. ”
Zhao Zhirui stood up, walked to Mu Tianyan's side, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled regretfully.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to see the two of you reconcile in my lifetime, it's really ......" Xiao Zuo thought of something, and halfway through speaking, he actually laughed along.
"What's the noise, it's time to eat." The cell boss knocked on the door with an iron whip, gave him a shout, and then left the meal for five people outside the cell and left.
Xiao Zuo's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up and brought in the pot of wine next to the meal, "This cell boss actually sent us wine this time." After speaking, he raised his head to drink, but Mu Tianyan threw out a cold sentence, "You are not afraid of the poison in it." ”
Zhao Zhirui also laughed a few times with Xiao Zuo when he heard this, "We have fallen to this point, are we afraid that it is poisonous inside?" Come on, come on, even if you die, be a full ghost! General Xiao, don't be greedy by yourself. After speaking, he snatched the wine from Xiao's left hand, tilted his head, lowered the pot, and spilled the wine into his mouth.
"Hey, here's my wine." Seeing this, Xiao Zuo was so busy that he stepped forward to fight.
"How did you two drink all the wine?" Mu Tianyan was not to be outdone, and stepped forward to snatch the pot from Zhao Zhirui's hand, and some wine was sprinkled on the withered yellow straw.
Xiao Jincheng leaned stiffly against the cold wall, motionless, ignoring them.
I was afraid of him like this, so I reached out and stroked his cheek, "Jincheng, do you want to eat something?" You haven't been in a drop of water for days, and if you continue like this, something will happen to you. ”
He was dazed by daylight, as if he was immersed in his own thoughts, and there was no one else in his mind.
Seeing him like this, my chest hurts for a while, Xiao Jincheng, you must not be able to accept such a defeat now that you are in decline. Not because you don't have the talent of an emperor, but because you don't have food.