Chapter 209: Expedition to Hedong
Early the next morning, Le Yuan still went to the barracks as usual. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lin Hanrou was restless all day long. Seeing that his mother was different from usual, Le Yiyang ran over and lay down in her arms, and asked with concern: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Lin Hanyan replied with tears in his eyes: "Child, my mother is nothing, I just hope that your father will come back as soon as possible, and our family can be together forever." Le Yiyang didn't understand his mother's words, and said with a smirk: "Daddy will be back soon." As he spoke, he fell asleep. Lin Hanyan looked at his sleeping son, sighed softly, and said to himself: "Child, my mother doesn't expect you to get ahead in the future, but I hope you will accompany your family well." ”
Until the evening, Lin Hanyan still did not see any trace of Le Yuan. At this time, a light rain fell outside, and the weather gradually cooled, and it didn't take long for the catkins to be raised in the sky. When it snowed, people inside and outside the house cheered and ran out into the streets to see the snow. Lin Hanyan closed the door tightly, lit the fire in the fireplace, and sat at the table quietly waiting for her husband to return.
It was late at night when Le Yuan got home, and his head was covered with white snowflakes. Lin Hanyan took a clean white towel and handed it over. Le Yuan took the towel, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Le Yuan said: "Sister Yan waited for me until now, which makes me feel guilty." Lin Hanyan saw that his face was full of exhaustion, and asked with concern: "Lelang, you only came from the barracks so late, is there any change in the border?"
Le Yuan asked Lin Hanyan to sit down, took a sip of hot tea, and then said: "I received a battle report today, the Khitan army has begun to attack Daizhou, although the soldiers on the front line resisted, but the command of the assassin Shi Du Chongwei was not effective, and the soldiers had to retreat to Daizhou City. At present, the Khitan army is in full swing, and if Daizhou is lost, they will be able to attack Taiyuan in a few days. Hedong Jiedu makes Shi Jingjiao an ant on a hot pot now, presumably his brother-in-law Liu Zhiyuan is also restless now. It seems that my 50,000 Anxi troops must leave for Daizhou at once. Lin Hanyan was shocked: "Lelang, do we have to go?" Le Yuan replied helplessly: "The holy decree cannot be violated." However, life and death have fate, and wealth is in the sky. Let's hope our family survives this. ”
Le Yuanyou asked about his mother Zhang's situation, and Lin Hanyan replied: "Since the holy decree came down, my mother has not thought about tea and dinner. Le Yuan said: "In a few days, we will leave Luzhou, Han Yan, this is more than auspicious, have you thought about it?" Le Yuan and Lin Hanyan looked at each other for a while, hugging each other, what happened later, they could not predict, but they knew that if anything happened, the two of them would not be separated.
The two took their son to Zhang's room to say goodbye, and Zhang wiped away the tears in his eyes and said, "Aid your son, the matter of the holy decree is already known to the mother." A good man should really aim in all directions. I heard that Han Yan and Yang'er are going to Daizhou with you, and you have to use more snacks on their mother and son. Le Yuan said: "The child should follow his mother's teachings. Lin Hanyan was moved in his heart and said, "Mother rest assured, I will take good care of Le Xun in Daizhou." Zhang said loudly: "Seeing that your husband and wife are so affectionate, my wife is relieved." Yuan'er, you go to Daizhou to teach me a good lesson for those Tartars, and I am waiting for you to triumph as soon as possible in Luzhou. Le Yuan promised again and again, but his heart was extremely sad.
After a few days, the army was ready to go. The night before leaving, Lin Hanyan first put Le Yiyang to sleep, and then was busy packing up the things to bring on the road. Le Yuan looked at his wife's busy figure and suddenly felt tears in his eyes. He hugged Lin Hanyan from behind, Lin Hanyan turned his head, looked at him affectionately and said, "Lelang, there are still a lot of things that haven't been cleaned up." Le Yuan held her hands, saw that she had extra calluses on her hands, and said distressedly: "There are some things that can be left to the people in the house." Lin Hanyan smiled: "There are some things that are better done by yourself." Le Yuan said softly, "When the battle is over, I will definitely accompany you." ”
This night, Lin Hanrou was busy until he went to sleep. The next morning, she got up very early and arranged the affairs of the house. After Le Yuan got up, he hurriedly ate breakfast, and went to the barracks with Lin Hanyan's mother and son in a carriage. When the soldiers saw the general's wife, they were very excited, and they said: "With the wife and the little general seeing us off, we will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy on the frontier." Lin Hanyan said with a smile: "I came here today, not to say goodbye, but to get together with everyone." I have already discussed with the general, although your wife and children cannot go to Daizhou with you, Yang'er and I will rush to the front with you. ”
All the soldiers were greatly touched when they heard this. After the three armies were assembled, Le Yuan stood on the general platform and said loudly: "Soldiers, the Central Plains has been in chaos at present, and the Khitan is taking advantage of the danger of people and intends to attack my great rivers and mountains." The enemy army on the front road has forced the modern state city, and Taiyuan is in danger. This time, we must break the cauldron and sink the boat, repel the enemy army, and defend the land of Datang!"
When the soldiers listened to the heartfelt words of the soldiers, their whole bodies felt their blood boiling, and they couldn't go to Daizhou immediately. After the swearing-in ceremony, the three armed forces set off for the front line together. Le Yuan, Lin Hanyan and Le Yiyang sat in the carriage and reluctantly looked at the houses, fertile fields, mountains and rivers in Luzhou. From time to time, there are family members of soldiers who come to see off on the roadside. Le Yiyang leaned on the window of the car, his eyes full of curiosity.
The 50,000 Anxi army traveled on the road for half a month and arrived in Daizhou City on the day of the winter solstice. Le Yuan governed the army strictly, and the army did not commit any offences to the people along the way.
When the Khitan commander Yelude saw the Tang reinforcements coming, he immediately retreated thirty miles, and the two armies formed a confrontation. Daizhou City has been besieged for nearly a month, and now it is finally as calm as ever, and the officers and soldiers who were still rumored yesterday and are all soldiers can finally rest a little tonight. The former military yamen in the west of the city has been changed to the Anxi General's Mansion at this time. After more than ten days of hard work, Le Yuan and Lin Hanrou finally put down their tense nerves and slept peacefully.
In the Daizhou Thorn Mansion in the south of the city, Du Chongwei was like an ant on a hot pot, tossing and turning back and forth in the hall of the mansion, sometimes glancing out of the door, as if waiting for something. He regretted that when he took office, he disliked the remoteness of Daizhou and did not take his wife, children and mother from Luoyang. He just received the news that Luoyang was besieged by the rebels today, and now he doesn't know the life and death of his family. But that's not all. At the same time as receiving the news that Luoyang was trapped, he also received a holy decree from the emperor. He trembled and took the holy decree, and respectfully bid farewell to the envoy eunuch who announced the decree. Before leaving, the lieutenant envoy threw down a sentence: "Lord Du, the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is in your hands." ”