The summer seems to be extraordinarily long.

In August, although the summer is more than halfway through, it is still as difficult as roasting in a furnace. The air had already become a little hazy in the heat, and the leaves on the roadside had been burned yellow by the summer. How long has it been since it rained? The crowd hurrying up the hill didn't know the answer, and the summer heat seemed to burn away the patience and hope that these people had left.

At this time, it was the sixteenth year of the Yue Ming Dynasty.

The unification of the north and the south of the country by the Vietnamese country lasted for 276 years, and now the general trend has passed. The army continued to attack for a long time, and finally fought all the way to Beijing, and the 300,000 army of Emperor Yue Ming was finally defeated by the enemy's fierce pursuit, and now he had to take the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to abandon the capital to the south. The soldiers held high the banner with the word "Yue" written on it were also dilapidated at this time, and their country, like those flags, was shaky, and they did not know what the scene would be tomorrow.

"Brother Huang, how long are we going to go?" A girl in tattered clothes, shook the hand of the man next to her, her soft voice was full of exhaustion, her lips were chapped, although her appearance had not grown, but she could still see how stunning she would be in the future.

She is the youngest daughter of Emperor Yue Ming, who has just turned five years old at this time, and is titled "Yongning", a few months ago Emperor Ming also celebrated in the palace for her birthday, and at this time, she has already left behind the pampering of being a princess, wearing linen clothes, and I don't know how many pairs of shoes have been worn along the way, but she is still holding her brother's hand tightly, stumbling on the rugged mountain road that is somewhat dry.

"Someone will come and pick us up after we climb this mountain."

The man's name is Dong Rong, he is sixteen years old, he is the eldest son of Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming has five sons, and the remaining four are left to their mother concubines when they fled for their lives, and they went south with five routes, while Emperor Ming fled to the south with the queen, Dong Rong, Yongning and a group of important ministers. Dong Rong couldn't resist the elegant nobility on his body even though he was dressed in tattered linen clothes at this time, he licked his chapped lips, untied the water bladder around his waist, shook it, and put it to his mouth, but hesitated to just soak his lips, and then gave it to her, and fed her carefully, Yongning drank the water happily, although he was separated several times, his little face was still healthy and ruddy, which showed that he was well taken care of.

"Then let the nurse make me a sugar cake, okay?" Dong Rong carefully put away the rest of the water, squatted down and picked up Yongning on his back. Emperor Ming originally wanted to take advantage of the complex mountain situation of Luoshan to hide, at this time they were about to cross the mountain to reach the Luohe River, Emperor Ming had already sent a message to the sixteen southern provinces that had not yet fallen, ordering them to quickly send troops to reinforce, but whether the sixteen southern provinces would respond is not yet known.

"Newspaper—"

As soon as he carried his sister on his back, a small soldier behind him ran forward with a shout, the soldier who was protecting them in the rear, and the armor on his body was already in tatters. The group all stood in place, nervously watching him run all the way to Emperor Ming.

"Report! Yao's army is pressing all the way and has reached the bottom of the mountain!" As soon as his words fell, everyone nervously held their weapons, as if the Yao army was about to chase after him. And the queen finally fainted again. When Emperor Ming heard this, he closed his eyes and sighed, and dropped the sword in his hand as if he was a little deflated. However, at this time, a white dove fell, standing on the saber and walking around, the sharp-eyed man picked up the white dove, untied the note tied to the white pigeon's leg, only a cursory look at the eyebrows were full of surprise, and then knelt on the ground again, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the sixteen southern provinces are all welcoming Your Majesty's holy car, at this time have led troops to break out of the encirclement, arrived at the Luoshui River, now we only need to go down the mountain and meet them to break out of the encirclement, reorganize morale, and rejuvenate my Dayue prosperous world!" ”

The people who had been tired for many days could not hide their joy, and they knelt on the ground and shouted long live. Hearing this, Yongning also jumped off Dong Rong's back, "Brother, brother, are you coming?" Is it coming? He touched his sister's head, thinking that he also felt bitter, and nodded happily.

However, before everyone's joy faded, they heard an exclamation in the distance: "Yaojun has gone up the mountain!" ”

Emperor Ming was also very excited when he heard the news of reinforcements at this time, picked up the sword on the ground, and took the generals beside him to resist. "Take the queen, princess, and prince to leave first! Let's meet at the bottom of the mountain! At this time, the general hurriedly picked up the queen, Dong Rong blocked behind the general, picked up the sword at his waist with one hand, and pulled his sister tightly with the other.

Ahead is the Luoshui River, soon can be with the escort of the sixteen southern provinces of the 50,000 troops, they saw in the distance on the river parked a few big boats, the boat planted in the Vietnamese army flag shining in the wind, all the original lead-like legs and feet at this time are also full of strength, everyone struggled to run towards the river army, they firmly believe in their hearts, as long as they get on the boat, they will escape from such a long-term nightmare. Everyone threw off their armor and rushed to the riverbank, and the deck of the ship was slowly lowered. Before everyone had yet to run, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves and the shouts of the crowd coming from the valley! It's a few elite troops of the Yao Army! They actually rushed out of the valley, and at this moment all the way to the Yue army has long been collapsed, the first to go down the mountain is also the queen and many ministers' relatives, looking at the well-equipped, dragon and tiger Yao army, although there are only 5,000 people, but gradually defeated, and at this time, Emperor Ming finally led everyone down the mountain, while resisting the attack of the Yao army, on the other hand approaching the riverside.

At this time, Yao Jun, a general in silver-white armor, holding a soft sword with cold light, flew up and captured Emperor Ming! This person is the general who led the Yao army to rush into the pass - Wang Wenchong. After Yaojun entered the customs, Situ Qing officially announced the unveiling of the uprising, and named Wang Wenchong as the founding general, hereditary throne, and was favored for a while. This time, Situ Qing and Wang Wenchong and others waved their troops south to hunt down Emperor Ming, and he was also determined to kill Emperor Ming, and after trying to kill Emperor Ming, the sixteen southern provinces could return to Yaoguo and no longer resist stubbornly. Wang Wenchong just grabbed Emperor Ming, a young general with a silver gun quickly flashed to Wang Wenchong's side, he is Wang Wenchong's deputy general, only fifteen years old, is Wang Wenchong's eldest son of the Chen family, his family has been in business for generations, but Chen Bozhan has loved dancing knives and guns since he was a child and the city is very deep, he joined the army at the age of twelve, and at the age of fourteen, he asked his father to donate an official for him, and went out with the army several times. Wang Wenchong is nearly fifty years old, but he only has one son, and he has been in poor health since he was a child. The grandson is seven years old, with wonderful roots, a soft sword has made a bit of grandfather's style, and is proficient in poetry and books, and the strategy of military books is also memorized, just because he is too young to join the army with his grandfather, he was raised in a small town in the north. When Wang Wenchong saw Chen Bozhan at a young age, he seemed to see his grandson, so he felt more and more sorry, and he personally taught martial arts and the art of war.

At this time, Chen Bozhan saw that Wang Wenchong had kidnapped Emperor Ming and was besieged by everyone, so he also rushed into the battle group and stayed behind Wang Wenchong. The Vietnamese army has been traveling long distances in recent days, and its physical strength has long been unable to keep up with the enemy's offensive, so it can only retreat and fight, and at this time Wang Wenchong has already brought Emperor Ming to the rear with the assistance of Chen Bozhan, and the Vietnamese army is no longer able to rescue, so it has to continue to protect the prince, the queen and a group of ministers, and approach the Luo River.

On the other side, the Vietnamese army in the sixteen southern provinces saw that Emperor Ming and others were gradually defeated, and quickly disembarked and regrouped, but as soon as they joined the people under the boat, Emperor Ming had been taken away by Wang Wenchong and Chen Bozhan, and everyone had to surround the queen, the prince and others to cover everyone on the boat.

Yongning already knew that this time was not the same as before, and it would never be like hunting with her father and brother again, she saw that Emperor Ming was arrested, she had already cried silently, and the queen fainted again. Dong Rong called out "Father" in a low voice, and he couldn't speak anymore, so he had to rush to the boat docked on the shore with Yongning fighting and retreating.

Chen Bozhan saw that Dong Rong and the others intended to leave, holding a spear in his hand, and flew past the soldiers who were fighting each other. Although Chen Bozhan was a general, he was very good, and he rushed straight to Dong Rong's side and stabbed Dong Rong fiercely. Dong Rong held the sword and tried his best to block it, and protected Yongning behind him with one hand.

Chen Bozhan is already outstanding in martial arts, Dong Rong has always been obsessed with poetry and books, and has never worked hard in martial arts. Seeing that Chen Bozhan's knife was getting faster and faster, Dong Rong, who was already tired, could no longer resist Chen Bozhan's surging attack. Suddenly, Yongning jumped out from behind Dong Rong and hugged Chen Bozhan's thigh.

"Brother, let's go!"

Dong Rong wanted to save Yongning, but was stopped by the guards and dragged back to the ship. Seeing that Dong Rong was about to get on the boat, Chen Bozhan didn't care about anything else, and split Yongning into the air with one palm, and Yongning fell straight into the water.

At this time, Emperor Ming, who had already been bound, watched from afar as his little daughter fell into the water and could no longer hold on, struggling to let go of the hands of the soldiers who were guarding him, "Why did you give birth to my family!" Why did you give birth to my family-" The army on the side kicked him to the ground, and Emperor Ming's face was planted in the dry grass, and after a while, Emperor Ming struggled to get up and straightened his clothes.

Everyone fought fiercely, and suddenly heard Emperor Ming shouting: "I was taken captive this time, it is really my own fault, and the eldest son of the emperor is Dong Rong, and I hope that he will seek a new rule and be ashamed of today." After saying that, two lines of tears flowed out, and he shouted: "I am not the king of the dead country!" I will not be the king of the dead country! And he fainted.

At this moment, Dong Rong suddenly found out how much he hated his father - he was cowardly, greedy for life and afraid of death, he had never known only pleasure, and listened to his ministers, coupled with the continuous natural disasters in recent years, the treasury had long been empty, and the soldiers were arrogant and lascivious, lacking leading talents, so in just 20 years, he was forced to retreat to the sixteen southern provinces, and now the great enemy is now, and he doesn't know what tomorrow and night, but it is rumored to be in himself.

Dong Rong was already pulled onto the boat by a group of cronies when Chen Bozhan was in a trance, Chen Bozhan saw that the time was not there, and finally sighed and flew back behind Wang Wenchong. Everyone had already boarded the boat, leaving only some soldiers who were dead guarding, Wang Wenchong had to order a quick killing, withdraw the troops back to the camp.

Dong Rong stood at the bow of the boat, watching Yao Jun happily carrying Emperor Ming, singing all the way away, leaving all over the dead bodies of the Vietnamese army, the broken banner of the Yue army had already been cut to the ground by the Yao army, far away, can only see a desolation, this year, he swore that the soil that the blood of the Vietnamese generals sprinkled will one day return to his banner, and the man who killed his sister, he will ask him to repay the humiliation and pain given to him today a hundred times.

It was night, the tent of the Yao army was full of sheng songs, Wang Wenchong held his wine glass high, sat on the top with a red face, and the generals below said congratulations, I don't know who changed the words, and talked about the matter of Chen Bozhan beating Yongning into the Luohe River during the day.

"The young general is young and promising, this time he assisted the marshal to capture Emperor Ming alive, and killed the princess to severely defeat the spirit of the Vietnamese army, the future is really limitless!"

"When you saw that girl fall into the river, their prince wanted to eat the young general alive......"

Before everyone finished speaking, Chen Bozhan put the wine glass on the table with a "bang", and everyone looked at him puzzled, and he had to stumble to justify: "I...... I want to go to the toilet. After saying that, he fled out of the tent, and everyone's happy laughter came from afar in the tent, Chen Bozhan silently walked to the barracks where Emperor Ming was held, greeted the two soldiers who were guarding Emperor Ming, and entered the tent.

Wang Wenchong did not treat Emperor Ming lightly, the items in the tent were readily available, but it was a little more elaborate than when Emperor Ming fled, Emperor Ming sat on the couch, and his mouth was still muttering "I am not the king of the dead country", and the whole person was a little stunned. Chen Bozhan sat silently on the side, not knowing what to think. At this time, a man dressed as a small man entered the camp tent and handed a piece of paper to Chen Bozhan, who opened the paper, glanced at it, and held it tightly in his hand, as if he wanted to integrate the note into his body.

Wang Wenchong saw that Chen Bozhan had not returned for a long time, and knew that Chen Bozhan must have felt guilty for beating Princess Yongning into the water during the day, and he knew that Chen Bozhan was pure and kind, and he did not like to kill innocents indiscriminately. When Wang Wenchong walked into the tent, he saw Chen Bozhan looking at Emperor Ming who was babbling nonsense in a daze.

"But are you still worried about the things of the day?" Wang Wenchong sat opposite Chen Bozhan and patted Chen Bozhan on the shoulder as if soothingly.

"Grandpa, I was raised at home by my father since I was a child, and I also helped the victims with my grandmother when I was young...... I've killed a child now, I, I'm ......," he choked up.

Chen Bozhan is somewhat similar to Wang Wenchong's grandson, Wang Wenchong recognized his grandson, when there is no one, both of them are commensurate with their grandchildren, at this time Chen Bozhan's eyes are red, which reminds him of his grandson's appearance, and he is more empathetic, and unconsciously regards himself as Chen Bozhan's grandfather. "If you don't kill her today, and don't severely defeat the morale of the Vietnamese army, won't their comeback become a big trouble for you and me in the future? Besides, this move, I will give the emperor, you will definitely add officials to the knighthood, you are young, grandpa is old, in a few years, grandpa will hand over this military power to you and Qian'er, as long as you assist Qian'er wholeheartedly, the future is bound to be limitless. ”

When Chen Bozhan heard this, he didn't speak, he still lowered his head, but his hands were held tighter.

"Now all the generals are celebrating in the tent, if you hide, the people who do good things will say that you have made great achievements, and people are also frivolous, let's go, go back with grandpa."

After Wang Wenchong finished speaking, Chen Bozhan got up and helped him up, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa still treats me sincerely." Wang Wenchong smiled when he heard this, and was about to walk out of the barracks. Unexpectedly, Chen Bozhan suddenly took out a short dagger and plunged it straight into Wang Wenchong's heart, and kicked it on Wang Wenchong's leg as hard as he was angry. Wang Wenchong looked at Chen Bozhan with wide eyes in disbelief, and shouted: "Beast! ”

Who knew that Chen Bozhan smiled, pulled out the dagger, and inserted it into Wang Wenchong's heart again, "Grandpa, you also said that my future is limitless, but there is your tiger in front of me, and your grandson's evil wolf in the back, I have to guard against it!" Wang Wenchong's voice was hoarse, but he couldn't scream, Chen Bozhan smiled "hehe" and said: "Don't waste your efforts, I have already drugged the wine you drank, in order to protect everything, since you entered the barracks, the guards have also been replaced by my people, I have been in the army since I was a child, in order to shine on the lintel, my Chen family is rich in the first side, but I did not come to the army to assist your grandson!" As soon as the words fell, he directly cut Wang Wenchong's neck with a dagger, and the blood flowed like an infusion, and Wang Wenchong lost his breath in an instant. Chen Bozhan gently patted Wang Wenchong's face and said softly: "Grandpa? From ancient times to the present, who has recognized his godfather? ”

At this time, Emperor Ming suddenly shouted like crazy: "Killed!" Killed! And Chen Bozhan stood up, looked at Emperor Ming fiercely, raised the dagger, Emperor Ming was frightened and constricted, but Chen Bozhan only cut the ropes of his hands and feet. Seeing this, Emperor Ming ran out of the barracks like crazy. Chen Bozhan picked up Wang Wenchong's soft sword, stabbed a few swords on his body fiercely, but he didn't feel enough, gritted his teeth and stabbed the sword into his abdomen, but avoided the vital point. After everything was done, he rushed out of the barracks with a dagger covering his stomach, shouting: "Emperor Ming ran away, Emperor Ming was let go by General Wang!" "While performing light skills, he went straight to Emperor Ming.

At this time, the generals heard the shouting and walked out of the tent one after another, just to see Chen Bozhan, who was covered in blood, stabbing the dagger into the vital point of Emperor Ming, and Emperor Ming fainted all of a sudden. Everyone immediately rushed over, Chen Bozhan bit his lip in pain at this time, covered his injured abdomen with his hand, and his face was pale.

"Who released him?" A black-faced man hatefully kicked Emperor Ming like a dead corpse, this person and Wang Wenchong have always been incompatible, this time he didn't even participate in the celebration banquet, and his temperament was impatient, seeing that Emperor Ming almost ran away, he kicked Emperor Ming a few times in anger.

"Yes...... It's General Wang, I have nothing to do, and when I came back from the toilet, I saw General Wang actually ...... Before he finished ......his words, Chen Bozhan fainted. Everyone hurriedly carried Chen Bozhan and Emperor Ming back to the room for treatment, and on the other side, someone carried Wang Wenchong, who was already dead, over, and also found a note written on Wang Wenchong's body, "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan".

Seeing this, the black-faced general spat at Wang Wenchong's corpse fiercely, and sneered: "I didn't expect that the dignified founding general turned out to be the meticulous work of the Vietnamese army, I am really blind!" I will definitely go to the emperor to check how many lackeys of the Vietnamese army are in our battalion! ”

I don't know who said: "What should General Xiao Chen do?" ”

I saw that the black-faced general's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "This time, General Xiao Chen has made great contributions, and he has captured the fine work of the Vietnamese army, and I will ask the emperor for him!" ”

Everyone knows that Chen Bozhan has always been in the same breath as Wang Wenchong, and he is not in agreement with the black-faced general, but now the black-faced general ignores his past suspicions, and everyone shouts "General is wise", and gradually disperses. Seeing that everyone had dispersed, the black-faced general also came to Chen Bozhan's camp, and saw that although Chen Bozhan had woken up, his face was pale, and he only pulled down his face and retreated.

Seeing everyone retreating, Chen Bozhan struggled to get up, and called: "Uncle......" The two were silent for a long time and fell silent.

The army eventually left the camp. On the day the army left, heavy rain suddenly fell on the long-arid continent.

Luoshan gradually returned to greenery, and the Luohe River is still turbulent. The torrential rain washed away all the traces left by the war, and the indelible national hatred and conspiracy were finally buried in this pine and cypress.

Ten days later, on August 15, the army moved slowly due to the injury of Emperor Ming, and at this time news came from the capital, Yao Taizu Sima Qing was proclaimed emperor in Yaojing, and the capital was Yaojing, and the country name was changed to Yao. Sima Qing secretly ordered Emperor Ming to be killed halfway, and his body was hung on Cuiwei Mountain, disguised as a self-hanging. Wang Wenchong betrayed the country because of collaborating with the enemy, and after his death, his body was dismembered and thrown into a mass grave and could not be buried, and the whole Wang family was beheaded. The black-faced general Jiang Lin replaced the position of the former marshal and commanded the three armies, and Chen Bozhan had meritorious service in pursuing Emperor Ming and was promoted to three levels in a row.

On August 18, the prince of Yue Dongrong was called the emperor in Chili, and the Ming Emperor was posthumously crowned as the emperor, and the crown mound was set up, and the princess Yongning was posthumously crowned as the princess Yongning of filial piety and virtue, and the mound was moved into the imperial mausoleum.