Qi Zhengxiu felt the soft and budding power, and suddenly melted his heart as if something had melted him. For so many years, he has been busy with wars, struggles, and power schemes, and his heart has long been tempered numb and hard. There had never been a moment, as it was now, when his heart thumped slightly. With the power of that little life, a warm current gushed out from the soles of his feet to his limbs. And the little peach under the candlelight, the corners of his lips are raised, which is a beauty he has never seen. Xiao Tao's appearance, he has seen the delicate, cheerful, shy, affectionate, but he has never seen this kind of gentleness now, with a strong strength.

If Qi Zhengxiu said that in this life, there was a moment of regret that his life should not have been like this, maybe it was this moment. If this person and this child are his, it will be the greatest happiness in the world. Qi Zhengxiu smiled faintly. Reluctantly put his hand down, and said softly to Xiao Tao: "He is very energetic, he will be a boy." ”

Xiao Tao also responded softly: "I hope it's a boy." That way it won't be like me, and my fate will not be up to me for the rest of my life. ”

Qi Zhengxiu's heart trembled and he sighed softly. How could the boy's fate be left to his own? I only hope that when the child is born, Datang can usher in peace, and in the prosperous world, fate can be freer after all.

Qi Zhengxiu stayed in Taiwan for half a month. Li Yu not only added many guards outside. Guards and palace maids were also added to serve inside. They also sent people to repair the station. The ruins of the old wells and dilapidated buildings have been renewed.

Qingqing was so happy that she ran around to play, and Xiao Tao sometimes went out for a walk with her. In addition to practicing his skills every day, Qi Zhengxiu has been living upstairs next to Xiao Tao's bedroom, sometimes chatting with Xiao Tao, sometimes reading, and sometimes being distracted. Qingqing sometimes said to Xiao Tao: "That son is so strange, isn't he bored when he is locked up in it every day?" ”

Xiao Tao chuckled and teased Qingqing: "Then do you want to ask him if he is bored?" ”

Qingqing's face flushed: "I don't want it." I don't dare. ”

"What are you afraid of? Childe is so gentle, can you still eat it? Little Peach continued to tease.

Qingqing held back for a long time before whispering, "Childe." Childe is so good-looking, I don't dare to talk to him. It made Little Peach laugh.

After a long time, Qingqing secretly said to Xiao Tao again: "Childe is not here, and he is not in the yard, I don't know where to go?" ”

Xiao Tao pursed her lips and smiled: "Aren't you afraid to talk to your son?" What to do with him? "Take the bowels and rest the rows.

Qingqing was anxious, and her face flushed: "Didn't you ask me to ask him if he was bored!" After saying that, he ran away angrily, and Xiao Tao laughed again.

When he went back, Xiao Tao deliberately glanced at Qi Gongzi's top, and it happened that Qi Zhengxiu was standing by the window and looking down, and when he saw Xiao Tao looking up, he gently hooked his lips and smiled. Xiao Tao also smiled back, and secretly laughed at Qingqing's poor eyes in her heart.

The Song army provoked the Southern Tang in three separate places, mainly to test the forces of the Southern Tang in the three places. Now that Qi Zhengxiu is not there, the navy army doesn't know how to deal with it, and the deputy general ordered to postpone the dispatch of troops first, and wait for Qi Zhengxiu to come back.

And the Song army did not react when they saw that the Southern Tang army. More presumptuous. Some of the narrow rivers and weakly guarded places have even been attacked by the Song army, looting and looting the villages along the border, burning and looting, and then running back to the Song land by boat. And each time it is more rampant, and the army is coming more and more every time.

Li Yu was disturbed by the successive battle reports on the border, and Qi Zhengxiu did not make any progress here, so he had to slam the battle report on the table. frowned and said: "Hurry up to Taiwan, pass on my message, and let Qi Zhengxiu go to Changzhou to prepare for the war!" ”

Li Yu's dictation arrived in the middle of the night. Hearing the movement, Xiao Tao hurriedly got up with her clothes on, her long hair didn't have time to pull up, and she hurriedly walked out of the room before she had time to put on her shoes, not knowing what the urgency was. When he knew that Qi Zhengxiu was allowed to fight, he was relieved.

Qi Zhengxiu was about to set off immediately after receiving the holy edict, Xiao Tao couldn't help but take two steps forward, and said anxiously: "Childe, why rush for a while, let the people prepare some dry food, so that they can be brought on the road." As he spoke, he hurriedly instructed his subordinates, "Go and prepare some dry food for your son." ”

Qi Zhengxiu wanted to get on the horse and leave immediately, but when he saw Xiao Taoyin's gaze, he still couldn't bear it. He is very afraid of parting with Xiao Tao, and every time he is separated, he is a little unbearable and worried in his heart, so he prefers to say goodbye without saying goodbye. Qi Zhengxiu walked next to Xiao Tao, and couldn't help but raise his hand to put it on the right side of Xiao Tao's stomach, and the occasional rhythm made him even more reluctant. After a long time, he looked at Xiao Tao and said, "Take care of yourself." Write to me if you have something. ”

Xiao Tao nodded: "Childe is ahead, pay attention to safety." ”

"Okay." Qi Zhengxiu's gaze was as soft as the moonlight in the night, "If you give birth, you must tell me." At this time, I saw Xiao Tao's feet exposed under her long skirt, and hurriedly strode up, hugged Xiao Tao in his arms, and scolded in a low voice, "Why don't you take care of yourself so much." ”

Xiao Tao was a little embarrassed: "I heard the midnight emergency just now, and I was a little scared." Just let me down."

Qi Zhengxiu hugged Xiao Tao tighter, and it was only a hundred steps from outside the house to the house, Qi Zhengxiu walked very slowly, hugged Xiao Tao very tightly, and could feel Xiao Tao's breathing when he leaned down. Let him be willful again, just once. Just like the night in the bamboo forest many years ago, he was willful.

The Song army saw that it was okay to attack secretly a few times, so they simply gathered most of the naval army and prepared to come by surprise and on a large scale. This time, the target is to attack Changzhou. If Changzhou is captured, it will be connected to Wu Yue's territory. In the future, if you attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, you don't have to worry about the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and you will directly have a springboard to cross.

Qi Zhengxiu sent a navy out to inquire about the news of the Song army, and heard that a lot of ships had gathered in Baigu Gorge on the other side, and Qi Zhengxiu made a decision. The Song army was also inquiring about Qi Zhengxiu's movements, but it was only reported that Qi Zhengxiu did not react, did not gather troops, did not cast weapons, and just ordered soldiers to do carpentry every day. The generals of the Song Army scoffed: "The Southern Tang Dynasty is also this talent." At this juncture, you still do carpentry and shipbuilding? It's late! ”

Ten days later, the Song army took advantage of the heavy fog in the night to secretly start crossing the river from the north bank, one, two boats were very regular, under the cover of the fog, slowly began to approach Changzhou on the south bank. Because of the fog, it was impossible to see how many ships were behind on the south bank.

But Song Jun also felt strange, there was no movement at all on the Southern Tang side. Therefore, he couldn't help but slow down the speed of the boat to avoid fraud. But the other side seems to be coming soon. This is also a canyon, and further ahead is a deep pool, if the Southern Tang naval army guards at that end, then the Song army will pass the boats one by one, and they will only be broken by each one. Therefore, the ships of the Song army gradually stopped, and the ships behind them followed, and they attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty in parallel.

After more than an hour, twenty warships of the Song army were close together, ready to attack in the direction of Southern Tang.

Suddenly, the torches around him lit up as if it were day. The warships of the Southern Tang Dynasty came out of nowhere like heavenly soldiers and generals. And surrounded the Song army on three sides. It seems that the number of warships in the Southern Tang Dynasty is more than twice that of the Song army.

The generals of the Song army took a closer look and couldn't help but pat their thighs. It is said that the Tang people are cunning, and it is really good! No wonder that Qi Zhengxiu was busy doing carpentry, it turned out that he had already estimated that there was a fog, and the Song people would take advantage of the fog to cross the river, so he simply came to fight poison with poison, and also took advantage of the fog to use the mountain and stone barrier made of carpentry to push the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty ten miles into the river. The hateful fog was too big, and the Song army sneaked across the river and didn't dare to light the torch, and he didn't find out that he hadn't reached the boundary of the Southern Tang Dynasty at all. And behind the canyon barrier made of carpentry are tens of thousands of sailors in the Southern Tang Dynasty!

But I have already reached the middle of the river, and there is no way. The generals of the Song army gritted their teeth and ordered, "Go to war!" ”

Because Qi Zhengxiu used a blindfold to make the Song army mistakenly think that this was the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he pushed the battle site ten miles to the center of the river. The closer you are to the center of the river, the faster the water flow becomes. It was night again, and the tide caused the warship to be unstable and swayed back and forth. Where is the Song army, which is not good at water warfare, the opponent of the Southern Tang Water Division.

In less than half an hour, it has been beaten by the Southern Tang Dynasty. And in the fog, the advantages of the Southern Tang Navy Division were fully exerted, dexterous and light. Surprise and attack unprepared. And the Longxiang army trained by Qi Zhengxiu is the elite of the Southern Tang Dynasty Water Army, and the formation arrangement and siege are all completed in an instant, and the attack power is even more rapid. The Song army gradually became unable to resist and gradually retreated.

The generals of the Song army saw that they could not be defeated, and soldiers continued to fall into the water, wailing and roaring endlessly, and several warships were also sunk, while the Southern Tang Navy Division was almost unharmed. The generals of the Song army were distracted, decided not to entangle anymore, and ordered a retreat.

Nantang asked Qi Zhengxiu what to do, and Qi Zhengxiu, who was standing on the bow of the boat, only had one word: "Chase!" ”

The Southern Tang Navy Division took advantage of the victory to pursue and chased to Baigu Gorge in one go. Baigu Gorge is the place where the Song army came out, but the canyon is narrow, and when it comes out, it goes smoothly one by one, but when it goes back, it is busy wandering, and there is no more rules, and it is crowded in one place, and no one can squeeze it back. Before the generals of the Song army had time to arrange the order, Qi Zhengxiu had already chased after him with the sailors of the Southern Tang Dynasty and killed the Song army crowded in Baigu Gorge without leaving a piece of armor.

This war was the happiest one in the Southern Tang Dynasty for decades. When the news came back to Jinling, Li Yu slapped his hands happily and laughed: "Sure enough, it was Qi Zhengxiu, who lived up to my efforts to save him from the battlefield in Chuzhou." And the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty are even more smiling, how many years of grievances, and finally have a day to stretch.

Xiao Tao heard Qi Zhengxiu's good news, and she was also very happy. Hurriedly ordered Qingqing to prepare pen and ink, and prepared to write a letter of congratulations to Qi Zhengxiu. Qingqing smiled and asked, "Childe won the battle, is he coming back?" ”

Xiao Tao smiled and said nothing, and ordered: "You go and tell the Yueniang of Huayuefang, just say my orders, Huayuefang will go to the two performances outside this month, and no money will be charged." Congratulations to Lord Qi. ”