CHAPTER XXIII

Kaifeng Province.

Xiao Yu has already made the handover, he is wearing a black battle armor, holding a saber on his left, his face under the helmet is handsome and resolute, his eyes are resolute, standing on the city wall and looking at the 12,500 Kaifeng Mansion defenders below.

He saw himself who had just stepped into the barracks, a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and saw the momentum of defending his family and the country.

"Soldiers! When I stepped into Kaifeng Mansion, I was not a royal family, not a prince, and now I am like you, I am my thousands of border soldiers! Soldiers to defend the country, die on the battlefield as the highest glory, I will witness this glory with you in the future, and then we will live and die together with Kaifeng Mansion!" Xiao Yu shouted loudly above, and his eyes were ready to defend Kaifeng Mansion.

"Defend the family and the country!"

"Defend the family and the country!"

"Defend the family and the country!"

Twelve thousand five hundred people shouted in unison, and the sound resounded through Kaifeng Mansion, and the people in the city were also set on fire.

An hour later, the 10,000 defenders were already in full array, preparing for Nan Chen's attack.

The remaining 5,000 cavalry lay in ambush outside the city.

Xiao Yu stood at the south gate of the city, and there was no grass outside the city all the year round, so it was not desolate.

"Wang Ye Nanchen's 300,000 army has advanced fifty miles and is stationed, and it will be attacked today." The scouts rushed to report it.

"Get the soldiers ready."

"Yes!"

At this time, in the western military camp of Nan Chen, the main general will be a veteran who has been fighting for decades, a famous general of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wang Di.

He looked at the map, domineering, not angry and arrogant, "100,000 troops are divided into two ways, attacking Luoyang and Kaifeng, : after attacking Luoyang, the Tiger Prison Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, no need to attack, the remaining 20,000 soldiers will hold Luoyang, and the rest will go out of Luoyang to besiege Kaifeng Mansion, who is the defender of Kaifeng Mansion?"

A lieutenant replied: "King Yan of Northern Liang, Xiao Yu".

Wang Di's eyes flashed with a hint of jealousy, "Four years ago, the first emperor of the Northern Liang Dynasty drove his own expedition and was besieged by us in Dangshan, and the first emperor of the Northern Liang was also shot and wounded, when Xiao Yu led five thousand cavalry from Qingzhou, broke through Dangshan, and rescued the first emperor of the Northern Liang, at that time my son also died under his cavalry, but God bless me Da Chen, the first emperor of the Northern Liang was too seriously injured and died in Shandong, and then the vitality of the Northern Liang was greatly injured, and he did not dare to violate my Dachen border for four years, but this Xiao Yu is not a good stubble, we have to be cautious." After speaking, he quickly turned around and continued: "Order the 150,000 army to immediately start and attack Beiliang!"

"Yes!"

On February 20 of the fifth year of Shunning, the Southern Chen Northern Expedition, the 150,000 troops in the west attacked Luoyang and Kaifeng, and the next day the 150,000 troops in the east also set out from Xuzhou to attack Shandong, and the war began.

At this time, Chen Tianyu also rushed to Handan.

Three days later, the Northern Liang border army suffered heavy losses, Jining had become a lost position, and the 10,000 troops stationed in Handan immediately set out to support Shandong.

At this time, Lingjing City was also very depressed, and the secret guards were arresting Wu Desi's people, and one by one the secret agents were found out and beheaded.

In Chen's mansion, Chen Xinyu paced back and forth in the room, waiting for Ning Shu to come back.

At this time, Ning Shu rushed in and reported: "Niangniang, Jining has been lost, the 10,000 troops of Handan have rushed to Shandong to reinforce, and the defenders of Luoyang and Kaifeng have also suffered heavy losses! ”

Chen Xinyu took a deep breath and closed her eyes to let Ning Shu retreat.

Da Liang will definitely win, and the second brother and the prince will definitely be able to come back safely. She could only pray, it was too torturous to be here, and Chen Xinyu still decided to take Ning Shu to walk on the street.

Dali and Xiao Yunchun are investigating the case in Ningfu, Xiao Yunchun is bored, just wandering around Ningfu, swaying in the garden, bored looking at the flowers, then Xiao Yunchun's eyes lit up, and he found a thing, he rummaged through the bushes and found a token: Forbidden Army General.

Xiao Yunchun was puzzled, the forbidden army now has only one general, Chen Dagongzi, why is his token here, isn't it?

Xiao Yunchun was very entangled with the token, and finally hid it on his body. Then he took leave from Dali Siqing and left with his two guards.

At this time, Chen Tianwen in the palace also reported to Emperor Shunning that the token was lost, and he was afraid that someone would take it to do evil, so Emperor Shunning secretly guarded him to find it.

Xiao Yunchun was walking on the street with two guards, when one of the guards asked, "Second Highness, are we going back to the house?"

"Go to Chen's Mansion."

met Chen Xinyu on the way, Chen Xinyu just wanted to say hello, but was pulled into the dark by Xiao Yunchun.

"Fifth aunt, I was wandering around in Ning Mansion and found Chen Gongzi's token, why is his token in Ning Mansion?" After speaking, he took the token to Chen Xinyu.

Chen Xinyu picked it up and looked at it, he hadn't seen it before, and he wasn't sure if it was true, "The eldest brother has already entered the palace to report after he found out that he lost it, and now he has found it, but the eldest brother has never been to the Ning Mansion, how can it be?"

"It's not that simple, let's go to the palace and hand over the token to the emperor." Think for a moment and say.

"Okay."

After a while, the two came to the palace, Ning Shu waited outside the palace, Chen Xinyu waited outside, and Xiao Yunchun entered the imperial study to report.

Emperor Shunning took the token and said, "Where did you find it?"

"Back to my father, in the garden of the Ning Mansion." Xiao Yunchun replied

Chen Tianwen was puzzled, "Your Majesty, I haven't been to Ning Mansion." ”

Emperor Shunning frowned, "Who has Aiqing been in contact with these days?"

Chen Tianwen thought for a while, "It doesn't seem to be, there is only one of my soldiers, he said to invite me to drink that day, and the token disappeared after I sobered up." ”

"Aiqing, do you remember the name?"

"Remember, it's called Xu San."

"That's him, tell the guards to find him." Emperor Shunning commanded.

Zhao Xin was ordered to go out.

Chen Tianwen was taken aback, "There are people from the Wude Division in the Emperor's forbidden army, and I'm afraid I can't find them anymore if I look for them now." ”

Emperor Shunning looked at Xiao Yunchun and said, "Tell Dali Siqing to check this Xu San." After speaking, he looked into the darkness again, "Send someone to keep an eye on the forbidden army." There was a sound in the shadows.

"Chen Aiqing go back and check on your subordinates, you all step down, and let the commander of the forbidden army come to see me." Emperor Shunning continued, and after speaking, he gave the token to Chen Tianwen.

"Yes."

The two retreated.

Chen Xinyu watched the two come out and ran over, "What's the matter, big brother?"

Chen Tianwen sighed and said, "There are traitors in the forbidden army, the emperor asked us to investigate carefully."

Chen Xinyu was a little surprised, "Is Wu Desi's hand stretched out so long?"

At this time, Xiao Yunchun said: "As long as there are clues, Dali Temple and the secret guard can find out." ”

Chen Xinyu returned to Chen's Mansion with Ning Shu, and Chen Tianwen went to the forbidden army with the gold medal.

Chen Xinyu sat in the courtyard and asked Ning Shu, "Ning Shu, have you ever been on the battlefield?"

Ning Shu's expression became lonely, "No, but my father died on the battlefield, after my father died, my mother was humiliated by the big man in the village, my mother was humiliated and hanged, I was only five years old at that time, it was the first emperor who found me, brought me back to the secret guard, and brought the big man to justice." Ning Shu clenched his fists after speaking.

Chen Xinyu looked at Ning Shu apologetically, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it." ”

Ning Shu put away her lonely expression and said, "It's okay, mother." ”

Chen Xinyu sighed, the soldiers died on the battlefield, but their families did not get preferential treatment, wouldn't it make the soldiers underground feel cold.