Li Xiuning asked someone to find Yang Man and the eldest grandson and little sister, and the three of them bathed and changed clothes together, and then came to Li Yuan's Guogong Mansion banquet hall.

Qiu'er wanted to take care of the women army who came with her, so she didn't call her over, not to mention, her arm injury had not healed, and she was not fit to come to the banquet.

Li Yuan had already heard Li Xiuning talk about Yang Man's choice, and now Yang Guang was drunk and dreamed of death in Yangzhou, and he had forgotten that he was the Emperor of the Great Sui, and he no longer cared about the smoke everywhere.

It is understandable that Yang Man chose to come to the Women's Army, but Li Xiuning can't always fight on the battlefield, she is a woman and always has to get married.

Xiuning and Luo Yu's true relationship has been tested, and after careful consideration, she feels that her daughter's happiness is the most important, and she has done too much for the Li family, so let's return her love for the rest of her life.

Now that the people of the world can take charge alone, filial piety is also a rare general, and Daozong, Shubao, Qu Tutong and others have all emerged, so there is no need to let her daughter fall into endless battles again.

Li Yuan sat on the Taishi's chair and thought about the reason for Li Xiuning's disarming, which was a bit far-fetched, but it was a father's true words.

Li Xiuning walked in in a sky-blue silk suit, followed by Yang Man in a lake-green girl's costume and the eldest grandson and little sister in a white girl's suit, and the three daughters appeared in front of Li Yuan like flowers.

The wine and food were served, the aroma was fragrant, and after the people retreated, there were only four of them left in the banquet hall.

Li Xiuning pulled Li Yuan, who had just come back to his senses, and said coquettishly: "Father, if you don't go over, we will be hungry......"

Li Yuan stood up and wanted to greet Yang Man, but he didn't expect Yang Man to salute first: "The subordinates of the Women's Army have seen Tang Guogong. ”

The eldest grandson and little sister saluted, and said with a smile: "Uncle, do you believe that I can eat a sheep now?" ”

It turns out that the two brothers and sisters of the eldest grandson Wuji have been living in the Tang Mansion since their parents passed away, and they are inextricably linked with the Li family.

Acquaintances like to laugh, and in the face of this identified future daughter-in-law, Li Yuan was also helpless, and said with a smile: "Xiao Nizi, you are really so able to eat, I'm not afraid that your in-laws don't want you." ”

The eldest grandson and little sister poured a glass of wine, and brought it to Li Yuan, who had just sat down, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, Brother Shimin said that he will support me for a lifetime!" ”

The three of them all laughed after hearing this, and Li Xiuning said with a smile: "Your brother Shimin also said that he would support his sister for a lifetime, but I can't eat a sheep in one meal......"

Another burst of laughter, Yang Man had been in the Li family before, at that time, it may have been that his father watched too closely, and the Li family did not have this atmosphere, or it was possible that she was sent by Yang Guang to spy on the Li family, and she would not show anything in front of her.

In terms of appearance, the eldest grandson and the little sister are equal to her, and in terms of ability, it is not good to compare with the twelve or thirteen-year-old her, but if it is about intimacy, she can't catch up with the eldest grandson and the little sister.

I only heard the eldest grandson and little sister fight back: "Sister Xiuning, of course Brother Shimin can support you for a lifetime, hehe, brother-in-law will be easy......"

Li Yuan heard that the three of them were arguing endlessly, and interrupted: "Let's eat, otherwise the old man will be able to eat the next sheep later." ”

The dinner began with a moment of laughter that left all joy and sorrow behind, after all, in this troubled world, it is lucky to see each other alive.

Songta Town Lieutenant's Mansion, after the eldest grandson Wuji arranged many wounded soldiers of the Women's Army, he also came to Niu Jinda's residence, he smelled the smell of wine and roast sheep, and saw that Luo Yu and the three of them were discussing something in a low voice, so he strode in.

After he came in, he saluted Niu Jinda, and sat down in Li Shizhen's position just now, and his mind was already attracted by the half bowl of spirits that Li Shizhen had just drunk, and he took a big sip when he took it.

As you can imagine, another person who was choked, he didn't drink as well as Niu Jinda, so he tilted his head and spit out half of the ground on the side.

Li Shimin raised his left hand, and before the action he wanted to stop was finished, the eldest grandson Wuji had already choked.

Luo Yu smiled: "What's the hurry, there is still outside, eat a piece of mutton to press the wine first." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was choked with tears, finally stopped coughing and turned around and said, "What kind of wine is this?" ”

Li Shimin said: "Uncle Niu named it Burning Knife, how, do you dare to brag about not getting drunk with a thousand cups now?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji recalled the feeling of the liquor entering his throat, which was really like a knife, and Niu Jinda's name was too apt.

He looked at Luo Yu and wondered, "This is what you made that still to be steamed?" ”

Luo Yu nodded, just as he wanted to speak, there was a sound of Zhang Yang shouting a report from the patio, Luo Yu had to get up and come to the door to see why Zhang Yang just shouted the report and didn't go in.

Under the moonlight, Zhang Yang held a torch in his left hand and a few pieces of letterhead written on it in his right hand, with a sad face.

Luo Yu "chuckled" in his heart, what happened? Could it be that something happened to Li Xiuning on the way?

Suppressing his anxiety, he walked quickly to Zhang Yang's side and asked in a low voice, "What happened?" ”

Zhang Yang said with a crying voice: "Instructor, eighteen members of the first generation were left on the road from Zhuozhou to Changshan, and in order to cover the people fleeing south of Zhuozhou City, they were ambushed by the enemy in Baoding Mansion and sacrificed nine people......

After Luo Yu heard this, his heart was hit hard, and after calming down, he hurriedly took the battle report handed over by Zhang Yang and read it.

It turned out that this happened two days ago, the battle to defend Zhuozhou had begun, and the guard general Hou Junji might be short of food and grass, and he couldn't afford to support so many soldiers and civilians, so he had to divert the people.

And the people of Changshan who fled south will naturally return to their hometown under the escort of a few Zhuozhou soldiers and horses, although Changshan is not necessarily better than Zhuozhou now.

The five-person special operations team that stayed in Zhuozhou divided into three people and followed the people south to Dingxing, and when they met three members of the team here, they drew two of them to go south together.

When he arrived at the outskirts of Baoding, he encountered the Turkic cavalry stationed in Baoding, and the five members left in Baoding took out four more members to mix with the people to help organize thousands of people who had fled into a rout.

In order to cover the people, nine special combat soldiers used what they learned to set traps on the plains, but in the end, due to the flat terrain and unfavorable terrain, they were outnumbered and overwhelmed by the Turkic cavalry, and all of them died heroically.

The information was sent by the last member of the team who stayed in Baoding through the code, and the words in his letter were full of tears and blood.

This was the worst incident since the establishment of the special combat team, with nine people killed at one time, and the first generation of members has lost 11 people.

Before the sadness passed, Lu Xiao came over with the battle report again, he should have known what happened in Baoding, and his face was sad and angry.

came to the two of them and whispered: "Instructor, today, the Mongolian cavalry in the north of Changshan was attacked by the Turks and suffered heavy losses. ”

He handed over another battle report and said: "At noon, the Turkic cavalry in the northern suburbs of Yangquan retreated to Changshan, and the Mongolian cavalry in Yangquan City then pursued away, and the two armies also gave up their baggage, and General Shouyang Gao has sent troops to Yangquan. ”

Before he finished speaking, Liu Hao came over again, his face was also full of sadness, he also held two battle reports in his hands, and handed them to Luo Yu with both hands: "Instructor, the general has arrived in Taiyuan safely, and is waiting for the second prince and the instructor to return to Taiyuan in the Guogong Mansion." ”

After a pause, he said: "The other copy was sent from Yangzhou in the form of an express five days ago, and the students dare not say it lightly, you can see it yourself." ”

Luo Yu can probably guess what the content of Yangzhou intelligence he dare not say lightly is, Yang Guang's fate has arrived in advance, and a more complicated situation will appear with Yang Guang's death.

Luo Yu took a deep breath, abandoned all distractions, and ordered: "Pay attention to the news of the civil strife in Turbulence and Mongolia at any time, report it in time, and send a corresponding number of team members between Zhuozhou and Changshan to collect military information and report it as soon as possible." ”

After thinking about it, he then ordered: "In addition, the Linfen Xue Li Office will select outstanding students to fill the vacancies in various places, and transfer five groups of second-generation team members from the south, and three people in each group will go to various counties in Hebei to collect intelligence, and report back to me after sorting it out." ”

After speaking, he sighed and said: "The remains of the nine brothers will be recovered as much as possible, and they will be buried in a place first, and then they will be moved into the Heroic Cemetery when the time is right in the future." ”

looked at the expressions of the three people, and continued: "The Tumeng cavalry in the north of Changshan retreated, and they will not leave any more people in Baoding City, Changshan Luo Yi should send troops to seize Baoding, and there must be team members who take the opportunity to enter the Baoding defenders and report the movements of the Baoding defenders at any time." ”

The three of them received so many military orders at once, and they were also a little uncomfortable, but they would be assigned well, and Luo Yu was still confident in this.

Looking at the backs of the three of them, Luo Yu returned to the house with all the battle reports, and Niu Jinda and the three of them saw that his face was pale, and his sadness was overflowing: "Uncle Niu, I'm so tired!" ”

Niu Jinda and the three of them had already heard a rough idea in the house, Luo Yu had to face so many emergencies at once, and he had to come up with a way to deal with it, which was indeed not something ordinary people could do.

Listening to Luo Yu say that he was tired, Niu Jinda said: "Boy, the bowstring will break if it collapses, it's strange if you don't say that the old man is tired, but there may be emergencies next, are you sure you can handle it in your current state?" ”

Luo Yu was stunned and said: "The kid doesn't dare to let go of the strings, there are still a lot of things to deal with." ”

Li Shimin said: "Brother Yu, do you think we can't handle it or can you turn things around by yourself?" ”

Luo Yu was stunned, yes, there are Li Shimin, who is comparable to the first emperor of the ages, Qin Shi Huang, and the first hero of Lingyan Pavilion, and there is also a general who has experienced a hundred battles, can't they handle it better than themselves?

Think too highly of yourself, why do you have to bear all the disputes in this time and space? It's not necessary, ready-made talents don't need it, what's the trouble here?

Thinking of this, he unloaded his burden and said: "It's me, the current situation is changing three times a day, the Turkish-Mongolian coalition forces have turned against each other, chasing each other and retreating northward, which means that the siege of Changshan has been resolved, and the results of the Battle of Zhuozhou will soon be known." ”

Picked up the Yangzhou report: "I haven't read this Yangzhou intelligence sent over, Uncle Niu, why don't you take a look at it first?" ”

Niu Jinda nodded, pulled the information, and opened it by candlelight.

The expression on his face had been changing from the moment he opened the information, from shock to anger, then from anger to sadness, and then from sadness to worry......

When Li Shimin and eldest grandson Wuji saw him like this, they guessed in their hearts that something big must have happened, and they didn't dare to disturb, so they had to wait for him to finish reading and then ask.

Two pages of letterhead, Niu Jinda looked at a cup of tea before slowly putting it down, his hands bursting with green tendons, clutching the letter that had been crumpled by him, his eyes turned from confused to firm, as if he had made up his mind.

Luo Yu saw him behaving like this, he should have guessed correctly, Yang Guang had been killed by Yu Wenhua, the three brothers of the prince had all died before Yang Guang, and the Yang family of the Great Sui Dynasty now only left Yang Yu alone, and he was still a missing child, so it can be said that the Sui Empire has died.

Niu Jinda still has feelings for the Great Sui, his grandfather is Wenchen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his father is the general judge of Xuzhou when Emperor Wen, he was the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen's reign when he was a Wenchen, and later because of the Northern Resistance to the Turks before he put pen to paper from Rong, and fought for more than ten years.

It can be said that most of what he has now was given to him by the Great Sui, a good picturesque country, a prosperous era of the strong Sui, just like a flash in the pan, disappeared in the long river of history.

Time is also fate, merits and demerits, all end with the three-foot white silk, which may not be a relief for Yang Guang.

Luo Yu said softly: "Uncle Niu, what is written in the letter, is it that His Majesty has died in Yangzhou Palace?" ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji exclaimed: "Your Majesty has died? ”

Niu Jinda nodded, put the letter lightly on the table, stood up, and walked out slowly, the originally straight back was now bent.

The eldest grandson Wuji wanted to help him, but Luo Yu stretched out his hand to stop him, shook his head and said, "Give Uncle Niu a little time!" ”

Li Shimin picked up the letter and handed it to the eldest grandson Wuji, just wanted to speak, but saw Zhang Yang hurrying over with a torch, holding an urgent information with a red envelope in his hand.

Where is the emergency military situation again?

(The first volume is almost over, I really can't imagine that I have typed out nearly 300,000 words with my mobile phone, but the results are really a bit bleak, I don't know what to write before readers will be interested in reading it, but, hold on, it will be a victory to finish the book...... ）