"Your Majesty, no matter how good the Song Land is, it is not the homeland of my Tang people, Xiao Tao really doesn't want to go. ↗ Search for "lazy book", and see the drunken new chapter "Xiao Tao's eyes are a little red, whether it is to escape, or to be a fine work. Xiao Tao was reluctant to take another step in Kaifeng.

"I won't force you." Li Yu said with a bit of difficulty. Looking at Xiao Tao's thin figure, Li Yu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Unspeakable emotions. He was supposed to be able to protect her and his people.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Tao bowed again and again, she knew that Li Yu was embarrassed. At this time, the disparity in strength between the Tang and Song dynasties was too great, and the Song Dynasty was looking for the mistakes and omissions of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Alright." Li Yu leaned over and stopped Xiao Tao, his eyes were a little dazed, and the fingers holding Xiao Tao were as cold as ice, and he didn't know what to think.

After a long time, Xiao Tao seemed to be infected by Li Yu's cold, and her whole body became cold. Whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty"

Only then did Li Yu come back to his senses, let go of his hand, and smiled reluctantly: "Stand down." ”

Li Yu didn't know how he refused Zhao Guangyi. His mood is mixed. As a king, refusing to offer a woman should be righteous and strict, but the country is weak and helpless, and he longs for a stable peace.

Zhao Guangyi didn't get angry, but just glanced at Li Yu coldly, and arched his hand: "Since that's the case, then I'll talk about it next time." On the matter of sacrificing to the sky, I also hope that the lord of the country will officially reply to the letter of state. ”

Kaifeng is categorically impossible to go. Li Yu officially replied to the letter of state, saying that he could not go to Kaifeng to worship the heavens due to illness.

Zhao Guangyi looked at the national letter handed over to him by Li Yu, hooked his lips and said lightly: "The lord of the country has thought about it?" ”

Li Yu's face was pale: "For the Great Song Dynasty, my dynasty has done its best." If you have to be strong, there is no other way than to seek peace by death. ”

"The arrogance of the lord of the country is admirable." Zhao Guangyi was still faint, "Take care of the country." I believe we will be able to meet again soon. With that, Zhao Guangyi withdrew. Women's Association.

Li Yu slumped in his chair. Looking out the window at the late autumn.

Ten days later, the water fortification area in the area of Quarry Rock found someone with a serpentine copper talisman asking to enter, and immediately arrested the person. But when he was to be arraigned the next day. The man was taken away by someone else. The local defenders hurriedly reported the incident.

After Li Yu received the secret report, he began to panic in his heart. The people holding the bronze talismans were by no means ordinary people, and they had another purpose to go to the quarry rock. Li Yu hurriedly issued an order to summon Qi Zhengxiu back to Jinling to discuss the rearrangement of the naval army in the area of Quarry Rock. But it was too late.

Soon after Zhao Guangyi returned to Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin sent hundreds of thousands of troops in the name of Li Yu's will to resist his will, marched in three ways, and officially attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty. Donglu ordered Wu Yue to respond from the area of Hangzhou to the north and attack the area of Changzhou bordering Wu Yue; The middle road was the main force, led by Cao Bin and 100,000 sailors and armies from Jiangling to the east along the Yangtze River, and Zhao Guangyi supervised the army; The western route was to Wang Ming to ensure the dispatch of warships, contain the Southern Tang Army, and ensure the eastward advance of the main force.

Runzhou is a more important border than Quarshiji, and when Qi Zhengxiu received Li Yu's will, the troops of Wuyue East Road had already attacked. Qi Zhengxiu couldn't return to Jinling, and desperately defended the area of Changzhou and Runzhou, fighting against Wu Yue.

And it took only one month for the Song army to go from the Hukou victory in the first battle to the capture of Chizhou. After another eight days, Wuhu and Dangtu have been captured.

Li Yu was shocked when he received the military report, he didn't expect the Southern Tang team to be so vulnerable. At this moment, I regretted the severe physical and mental pain, I knew this, I regretted that I shouldn't have fought hard, and I regretted that I shouldn't have killed Lin Renzhao. Shen Tong came in to tell the matter, Li Yu was still sitting on the chair, his slender fingers clasped the table, and looked at Shen Tong with blank eyes: "If you don't kill Lin Renzhao, will the Chizhou area still be able to carry it for a year and a half?" ”

Shen accompanied Li Yu along the way, and felt a little unbearable in his heart: "Whether Lin Renzhao is anti-minded or not, it may not be known." Since Your Majesty has taken precautions, there is no need to regret it. ”

"But who else can be sent to stop the Song thief?!" Li Yu, who has always been gentle and moderate, suddenly felt a little irritable uncontrollably, which was an emotion that had never been before. Li Yu looked at the map hanging in front of him, closed his eyes in pain, and his voice was hoarse, "Song Thief's next step is to go to Quarry Rock, you tell me, who should I look for?" Who should I call to defend the city? After a pause, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw that Shen Tong was a little crazy, "Let Qi Zhengxiu go, let Qi Zhengxiu go to guard the quarry!" "Quarry Rock is very close to Jinling, and Quarry Rock is the last Yangtze River barrier, if you pass Quarry Rock, Jinling is in danger, Li Yu has been unable to sleep all night recently.

Shen Tong sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty's words are wrong. Lord Qi doesn't have the skill of doppelganger, if you let Lord Qi go to Quarry Rock, then who will guard Runzhou? If Runzhou is captured, then Jinling will also be in danger. ”

Li Yu closed his eyes sadly. Is Datang really so vulnerable? Why, why is this happening? After more than ten years of hard work, how can it still be such a result?

Suddenly, a eunuch came in and said, stating that he wanted to see him, saying that he had something important to say.

Li Yu frowned, not knowing what he was stating for entering the palace at this time. The eunuch announced his order. After meeting Li Yu, he took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report sent by Zijie from Runzhou. ”

Li Yu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly opened the letter, Qi Zhengxiu's intelligence, there must be a way. Certain! But under the candlelight, Li Yu first glanced at the letterhead, and then carefully looked at it word by word, and his face turned cold.

Shen Tong saw the change in Li Yu's face and wanted to take the letterhead to take a look, but Li Yu quickly put the letterhead away. Qi Zhengxiu, Qi Zhengxiu, now finally can't help it? For so many years, he knew that Li Hongji was not dead, but how many Qingyu guards he sent, he couldn't find where he was. first suspected that Li Hongji was in Zizhutai, and then suspected that he was with Lin Renzhao, and finally the most uneasy was Qi Zhengxiu, but no matter how Qingyuwei investigated, he could never find the slightest connection between Qi Zhengxiu and Li Hongji. So much so that Li Yu himself was confused, and he even convinced himself that Qi Zhengxiu was desperately loyal to him, and he had nothing to do with Li Hongji.

But now Qi Zhengxiu is finally willing to jump out. In fact, if it weren't for Qi Zhengxiu's brain, who would have hidden Li Hongji so impermeable? Li Hongji must have a relationship with Qi Zhengxiu.

Now at this moment of national crisis, Qi Zhengxiu told himself in his letter that Li Hongji is alive, but his sanity is sometimes confused, but if there is a military advisor to assist him in marching and fighting, there will be no problem. Li Hongji once was before becoming the crown prince, but he was still facing Hou Zhou, and he successfully defended Runzhou. Now that the two places are in danger, Qi Zhengxiu implored Li Hongji to guard Runzhou and go to Quarry Rock to defend the invasion of the Song army. begged Li Yu to give him the right to transfer troops in the Quarry Rock area.

This idea, as it sounds, seems to be feasible. Li Hongji has successful experience in defending Runzhou, while Qi Zhengxiu is good at leading the navy, and he has a brilliant mind that adapts to the situation, and he can definitely carry it in the battle in Quarry Rock. But who is Li Hongji? A person who wants to be the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Qi Zhengxiu is really crazy when he says he is crazy? Li Yu couldn't believe it.

The statement looked at Li Yu's uncertain spirit, and he didn't know what the situation was for a while, so he said: "Your Majesty, although the minister doesn't know what Zijie said in the letter, but Zijie asked the minister to give a word to Your Majesty, the country is in danger, and the people who are jealous in Your Majesty's heart are all people who can risk their lives to defend the country, and I beg Your Majesty not to hesitate anymore." ”

Li Yu's heart stirred fiercely. Qi Zhengxiu is really good at figuring out people's hearts, this sentence really made Li Yu's heart hesitate for a long time, if Li Hongji wanted to act, he would indeed have acted a long time ago.

But Li Yu looked at the statement he spoke, and his newly settled heart began to wander again. Statement? The bronze talisman was lost in his hand, he sent someone to check it secretly, it was not borrowed by Xiao Tao at all, but in the hands of a person named Fan Ruoshui, that Fan Ruoshui, now in the Song Dynasty has received Yulu, this time to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, Fan Ruoshui is also under the hands of Cao Bin of the Song Army. That's a coincidence. Statement, Qi Zhengxiu, and Li Hongji are people who wear a pair of pants. Was it a coincidence, or was it a ploy they put together? Who can guarantee that Li Hongji and Qi Zhengxiu will not take advantage of the Song army's attack to collude with the Song army to rebel?

At this moment, countless thoughts were already rushing in Li Yu's mind, and both the statement and Shen Tong looked at Li Yu with concern. After a long time, Li Yu said: "You guys retreat first, and I'll think about it again." ”

The statement and Shen Tong retreated, and Li Yu stared at the candle and thought all night. Li Hongji, this name is both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar. Originally, his name was Li Congji, but since he became the prince, he changed it to Hongji. Among these brothers, unlike Li Yu's feminine and gentle, Li Congshan's cowardice and grace, Li Hongji is the most fierce and brave. Since childhood, he has followed him to the battlefield and won many battles. Although Li Hongji has no strategy, he has a bold personality, and he is the most backbone, he refused to admit defeat in the face of Hou Zhou, and Li Jing had to ground Li Hongji in the East Palace in order not to offend Hou Zhou. Some people also say that Li Hongji's death that year was done by the Zhou people, but they just didn't want this hardliner to be the next monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

If he said so, Li Hongji would never have colluded with the Song army to destroy his own country. However, who can be sure that Li Hongji will not change?

Li Yu thought about it all night, but he still didn't make up his mind. For a while, I thought about the defense of Quarry Rock Wuqiang, and I was uneasy in my heart, and for a while, I recalled what Li Hongji had done since I was a child, and judged whether he would take advantage of the national crisis to rebel, and for a while, I began to figure out Qi Zhengxiu's character. I wandered all night in such a tangled way, until dawn, and I lifted it several times to take out the talisman that dispatched the Quarry Rock troops, but I never took it out. He didn't dare, he didn't believe it. And Li Yu was lucky, the water flow of Quarry Rock was turbulent, and the Song army had no way to cross the river?

Qi Zhengxiu waited in Runzhou for three days, but did not wait for Li Yu's will. couldn't help but look at Jinling on the map and smiled sadly, he still refused to believe him. Turning to look at Quarry Rock, Qi Zhengxiu hooked his lips painfully. Legend has it that Li Bai died fishing for the moon in Quarry Rock, and it seems that Datang will also die in Quarry Rock. As soon as the Song army crossed the river, everything would be over.

In less than ten days, Li Yu received a report on the battle of Quarry Rock, and the Song army had built pontoon bridges along the river, and all the river crossings had been completed, defeating more than 20,000 Tang troops and more than 500 warships. Li Yu fell on the dragon chair, his hands and feet trembling slightly: "How can it be so fast?" ”

Shen Tong reluctantly said: "I heard that some people in the Song army are extremely familiar with the hydrology and water potential of Quarry Rock, and it took three days to build a pontoon bridge for two miles, and not an inch is bad. And so he crossed the river. Moreover, the Song army seems to have long been familiar with the deployment of our army, and it was only so quickly that the defenders were defeated by a sneak attack overnight and hit the vital point. ”

"I don't want to hear that." Li Yu stroked his forehead, his fingers became more and more pale and weak, how could it be so fast? I knew that this would be the case, should I let Li Hongji guard Runzhou, let Qi Zhengxiu guard the quarrying rock, he would definitely not let the Song thief set up the pontoon bridge, and he would definitely not Li Yu closed his eyes in pain.

In the month of Layue, the Song army had already captured Ezhou and other places all the way, and the garrison was ten miles south of Jinling City.