The Song army, which had already been in the city, had a six-month truce from Jinling, which was a big enough temptation for Li Yu. ~Blue~~.. For six months, you can prepare for war, you can transfer grain and grass, you can request reinforcements, and you can dispatch troops and horses. There are so many things that can be done to rearm.

But Li Yu and Xiao Tao mentioned this matter, and it was difficult to be at ease after all. He was a man, and he was the king of a country. This made him embarrassed. But even if it's hard to speak, you still have to speak.

Xiao Tao's head is a little dizzy, Zhao Guangyi came to ask her again? What should she do? Promise Li Yu and send a letter to the Khitan? Or refusal? Xiao Tao was at a loss, and after a while, she only said to Li Yu: "What Your Majesty said is too sudden, let me think about it." ”

"Okay." Li Yu's voice was dry, "However, don't think about it too long, the war can't be delayed." After saying that, he reluctantly squeezed a smile and left. Only Xiao Tao was left sitting in a chair, her mind confused.

The country is in danger, and it should be incumbent on Xiao Tao to ask for reinforcements. She's not afraid of hardship. It's not that I'm afraid of death. However, this process of asking for reinforcements must be done with the help of Zhao Guangyi, how to use it? Xiao Tao can use tricks against others, but with Zhao Guangyi. How does she use it? Little Momo's hands and feet are cold.

This Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Tao had a hard time. The sound of firecrackers outside didn't shake her back.

One day, two days, three days, Xiao Tao has not heard back, and Li Yu is waiting anxiously in the palace. The war was urgent, and every day of waiting made Li Yu uneasy. He is not good at urging Xiao Tao. Xiao Zhouhou saw Li Yu's anxious appearance, and knew why he was worried, so he sneered: "Your Majesty, why should you be indecisive, the kindness Your Majesty has given to Tao Si Wu over the years is enough for her to repay her, but she still pushes back at a critical moment." If you want me to say, Your Majesty is just too used to her. ”

"What do you say?" Li Yu looked at Xiao Zhouhou coldly.

"Your Majesty should show some majesty, if you don't go, let her accompany Lord Lin Renzhao." Xiao Zhou Hou smiled lightly. She said this sentence after thinking about it for a long time, first, to test Xiao Tao's position in Li Yu's heart, and secondly, to talk about Lin Renzhao. It is also urging Li Yu to be decisive and decisive as he did when he dealt with Lin Renzhao.

Li Yu's cold eyes became sharp, and he looked at Zhou Jiamin and shouted, "Presumptuous! Then he said in a rare voice: "The same woman, how can you be so stupid now!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Li Yu has never been so fierce to Xiao Zhouhou, Zhou Jiamin fell to the ground, tears falling down. Intestinal death.

Li Yu, who has always been gentle, was furious, Lin Renzhao was a pain in his heart, but as a king, he couldn't openly admit his mistakes, but he had already regretted that his intestines were broken when no one could defend Quarry Rock, and now Zhou Jiamin actually used this to poke his heart.

Over the years, Zhou Jiamin has dominated the harem, and the women close to him have been bombarded, and even the cautious lady was expelled by her to the moon platform far away from her. State affairs are troublesome, and he doesn't have time to worry about these things for her. It's just that sometimes he wonders, where is the Yingying woman who was dressed in blue water at the beginning? She is much younger than him, he has always let her spoil her, she likes luxury, he uses jewelry and jade to dress her up "Jindongtian", he just wants to make up for all the debts to Emperor E. But she is becoming more and more strange to him. When the country was short of salt and money, a prostitute was trying to find a way to donate money to develop the salt pans, and his queen was still suggesting to him to build a palace for night feasts. At this moment, he has such a bad idea, not to mention that he can't bear to kill Xiao Tao, but he can't bear to do it, can Qi Zhengxiu spare him? Or can Zhao Guangyi spare him? The people will also rebuke him for being a faint king.

Thinking of Qi Zhengxiu, Li Yu frowned slightly, should Qi Zhengxiu be blindfolded about giving the little peach to Zhao Guangyi, or should he tell him the truth? After thinking about it, he still sent a letter to Qi Zhengxiu, explaining the reasons and disadvantages. only said that Zhao Guangyi was an important person, and did not say that Xiao Tao went to Khitan for help. I'm afraid that Qi Zhengxiu will obstruct it.

I don't realize that it has come to the Lantern Festival, these days Xiao Tao is still muddy, in addition to going to the temple every morning to see the situation of giving porridge, that is, at the request of the guest officer to jump the new Changhong lying wave. Thinking about everything is confused. In the Lantern Festival of Huayuefang, except for those who were lit by the guests, the rest of the women went to the street to see the lanterns.

Xiao Tao finished jumping Changhong and was about to go back, when the next person said, "There is a young son who asks to see him." As he spoke, he took a token and showed it to Peach. Xiao Tao saw that it was Shen Tong's order, and hurriedly asked people to invite him to the box.

Xiao Tao pushed the door in, and inside was a young man in a azure robe, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a Pisces jade pendant swaying around his waist, showing that the identity of the owner was either rich or expensive. Xiao Tao carefully looked at her facial features, which were somewhat similar to Shen Tong, and then bent her knees slightly and said, "Shen Gongzi." ”

The boy was slightly stunned, and hugged his fist at Xiao Tao and said: "Tao Si Wu is really smart and smart, and he is under Shen Wei." The father is Shen Tong. ”

Xiao Tao invited Shen Wei to sit down, ordered someone to serve tea, and asked, "I've never seen a son." But the first time you came to Huayuefang? ”

"Not really." Shen Wei smiled, "It's just that I came with friends in the past, and I never bothered the peach dance." Today, when I saw the Changhong Lying Bo of the Taosi Dance, it was even more amazing, and Shen Wei admired it. ”

Xiao Tao smiled: "That son will come to cheer more often in the future." ”

After a few words of greeting, Shen Wei took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Tao: "In the afternoon, Your Majesty was anxious to find my father to enter the palace to discuss important matters, and when my father came back, he said that he was going to send an important letter to Tao Siwu, but when he just went out, he was found by Lord Feng in a hurry, so he had to ask me to send the letter quickly." I hope that the peach dance will not be surprised. ”

Xiao Tao smiled faintly: "How come." As he spoke, he opened the letter, and inside was familiar handwriting. Qi Zhengxiu's handwritten letter is not long:

"Little Peach: Seeing words is like faces. In the midst of the urgency of the war, I received an urgent letter from His Majesty, asking you to go to Song. I hope you will be able to do it as soon as possible. First, you are a woman, and there is no need for family and country grudges. Yu Tang, you have no relatives and friends, and you have no favor. It has nothing to do with Your Majesty, with me, with anyone. More you don't benefit, less you don't complain. And you are alone, living in Goulan, mixed with fish and dragons, **filthy, physically and mentally exhausted, why are you reluctant? Second, the Song army is willing to exchange you for six months to stop attacking Jinling, if you really cherish the people, the Tang Dynasty, and sacrifice your life to go to the Song Dynasty in exchange for the peace of Jinling and the turn of the war, why not? Don't hesitate. Zijieshu. ”

Qi Zhengxiu's letter was very short, but the words were as cold as ice and sharp as a knife, which stabbed Xiao Tao's heart painfully. Qi Zhengxiu's ruthlessness, she is not the first time she has been taught, but this time it is the most thorough. He completely cut off all the strands, collectively known as "nothing to do with it". She is not important to Datang, she has nothing to do with him, if it is according to the logic in his letter, she should immediately pack her luggage and go to Songdi, she will stay in Datang for a lot, she will not be much, she will be a lot, and she will be able to exchange Jinling for peace if she leaves. It's incredibly smooth logic.

When Shen Wei left, Xiao Tao was not conscious. I read the letter several more times and shook my head helplessly. Even if there is no love over the years, there is always some affection, but Qi Zhengxiu is so neat and meticulous. It seems that she should really go to Songdi?

Xiao Tao hadn't thought about it yet, but Zhao Guangyi couldn't wait. Seventeen, Cao Bin led the Song army to attack the city of Jinling. More than 100,000 troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty defended it, relying on the Qinhuai River in front and Jinling City in the back. Zhao Guangyi was full of energy, and without waiting for the boats to cross the river, he led the cavalry to directly wade through the water to attack. The rest of the infantry also crossed the river by boat and forced directly to the city of Jinling.

Cao Bin asked Zhao Guangyi: "King Jin, the morale of the generals is high, and they should continue to attack." Now the weather is dry again, and it is best to attack the city with fire. Now the Don Army is on the defensive in two layers. The first floor is under the castle and the second floor is above the castle tower. It is better for us to shoot the soldiers on the city wall directly with a cluster of arrows with fire, and we can't help but extinguish the soldiers, and the rockets accumulate into more and start a fire, and Jinling City will be difficult to defend. ”

Zhao Guangyi looked at the Tang and Song armies fighting in front of him, and was noncommittal.

On the tower of the city, Li Yu wore a golden rat cloak, and his face turned pale when he looked at the war under the city. After a while, the soldier came in and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Momosi Dance has been brought." ”

Li Yu nodded, Xiao Tao came in with the soldiers, and was about to salute, Li Yu waved his hand, walked forward to the south side of the arrow tower of the city tower, pointed down and said, "Look at it." ”

Xiao Tao walked to Li Yu's side, and after a while, he bit his lip tightly and his face turned pale. Xiao Tao Suri is only in the city, and she doesn't know about the war outside the city, she only knows that there are fewer guests in Huayuefang in the past two days, and there are often queues of sergeants rushing forward on the streets. But standing on the tower at this moment, she knew how tragic it was.

The soldiers under the city, from time to time, some people were hit by arrows and knives, some fell into the Qinhuai River, some fell from horses, blood, corpses, more and more, in the blink of an eye, a fresh life may no longer move. Momo's hands and feet were cold.

Li Yu's voice was desolate: "According to such an attack, I don't know how long Jinling can last." I transferred some men and horses from eastern Anhui, but unfortunately I am afraid that I will not be able to solve the predicament of Jinling in time. ”

Xiao Tao stood there, her heart pounding violently. After a while, Xiao Tao knelt in front of Li Yu, and his mind was clear: "Your Majesty, Xiao Tao is willing to go to Song Land." ”

"Really?" Li Yu was stunned, but his voice did not have much joy.

"Yes." After Xiao Tao finished speaking, he walked out of the arrow tower. Outside the arrow tower is the city wall, the little peach stands on the city, the clothes flutter in the wind, and the expression is a determination to look at death.

Cao Bin under the city saw that Zhao Guangyi didn't say yes, nor did he say no, and said tentatively: "Then, why don't you release the arrows first?" After saying that, the soldier set up his bow and arrows and was about to fire, when he suddenly saw a slender figure coming out of the city wall, not like a soldier in armor, but like a woman, Cao Bin rubbed his eyes and was about to take a closer look.

Zhao Guangyi shouted: "Put down all the arrows for me!" ”