Chapter Twenty-Three: Brotherly Love

Lai Kezhong patted Xie Tong's arrow, and said firmly, "Good brother, we must avenge him." ”

Everyone simply held a funeral for Duan Yuanjing, and buried them in the open space in the east of Jiankang City together with those dead brothers.

This series of bad news hit Xie Tong very hard, he almost lost all his faith, Duan Yuanjing died tragically in Hangzhou, Shang Caiwei ignored him, and what was even more infuriating was the cold-blooded ruthlessness of the friendly army, those high-ranking big people, for their own selfish desires, for the sake of greed for heaven, actually made such a stupid deployment, tired hundreds of thousands of troops died in the fire, Cao Pingyang and others were even more intolerable, actually killed each other, Xie Tong felt lonely and helpless, the righteousness and belief of his master instantly became difficult to touch, Unattainable dreams, he first had the belief of giving up.

These series of blows made him unable to extricate himself from his depression, and he sat in front of the graves of Duan Yuanjing and others in a gloomy manner, deeply blaming himself.

The funeral had just ended, Hong Shan rode a horse from the north, she was dressed in a fiery red cloak, pedaling strong boots, and rushed over heroically, and everyone who saw it was bright.

Xie Tong hadn't seen this beautiful woman for a long time, and his heart was full of longing. She had just dismounted, and Xie Tong had already poured her into his arms. This is no longer Chang'an, and he no longer has the slightest scruples.

Huo Zixin and the others suddenly shouted, Hong Shan blushed and said, "Death, so many people!" After that, he gently pushed him away. smiled and said, "Little girl Hong Shan has seen all the big brothers!"

Xie Tong introduced the brothers to Hong Shan one by one, Yi Wudauntless Hong Shan had already known each other before, and when he arrived at Huo Zixin, this kid said openly, "Junior brother is not the first time to see his sister-in-law?"

Hong Shan was surprised: "How could it be!"

Huo Zixin said treacherously: "As early as Chang'an." Zixin knew that Xie Xiaozi and his sister-in-law were dating, in that dark night. Sister-in-law got off the carriage."

Xie Tong kicked Huo Zixin's ass. "Where is the nonsense less!"

Of course, Hong Shan knew what Huo Zixin was referring to, and that intimacy was hit by him. I couldn't help but blush again.

Huo Zixin covered his ass and said, "Kid, I didn't say anything, ha! Brother Xie, didn't he admit himself?"

Lai Kezhong smiled and said, "Don't watch what you shouldn't see, don't say what you shouldn't say, Zixin committed this taboo at the same time, and he should be beaten", he said this very humorously, which was not fun.

Everyone laughed, and the sadness that floated in everyone's hearts seemed to be reduced.

Xie Tong said, "This is Brother Lai!"

Lai Kezhong smiled and said, "Call me Lao Lai."

Hong Shan respectfully said, "Shan'er has seen Brother Lai, and Brother Lai's archery skills are unparalleled in the world, which makes Shan'er deeply admire."

Lao Lai glanced at Xie Tong. said, "Shan'er, don't you use my old lai as a stepping stone, and flatter Xie boy!"

These words once again caused everyone to laugh.

Xie Tong and the beautiful woman rarely met, so naturally he would not waste this time, he confessed and hurriedly pulled Hong Shan out of the camp.

The two walked hand in hand on the empty field outside the city, which was already full of chaos due to the baptism of war, and there were no flowers and beautiful scenery here. But both of them feel very happy at the moment. Along the way, there have been many difficulties, not only the secular forces are hindering the two, but also huge political factors are involved. In such a difficult situation, now that the two can join hands again, it really makes Xie Tong feel deeply comfortable......

Neither spoke. Move forward silently and enjoy the different taste of silence is better than sound.

Finally, Hong Shan was tired of walking. The two sat side by side under a large tree. Her eyes widened with moving beauty. looked at Xie Tong quietly. "Brother Hitomi, Shan'er followed her brother-in-law down the river and heard a lot of news about you, are those true?"

Xie Tong closed his eyes, painfully recalling every detail after going south, although he achieved incomparably brilliant results and reversed the entire battle situation of the Southern Expedition, but in exchange for the bitter result, the shocking tragedy of Jiankang City, Duan Yuanjing's heroic righteousness, and Shang Caiwei's bizarre traces, all filled his brain, he didn't dare to think about it, although in the eyes of outsiders, he created one miracle after another, but the result was absolutely unacceptable to him, the Southern Expedition was like a nightmare for him! He hugged Hong Shan tightly and didn't say a word.

Seeing Ailang's painful expression, Hong Shan hugged him tightly and asked, "Brother Hitomi, what happened!"

Xie Tong finally told the story of what happened after leaving Chang'an, Hong Shan listened to it, it was shocking to her soul, she couldn't understand why Ai Lang had such a colorful experience, and it was thrilling and exciting, until he finished speaking, Hong Shan came back from the horror, she spit out a few words from her mouth, and said" Brother Tong, Shan'er knows that you are an ambitious person, but many things are involuntarily, the tragedy of Jiankang City was not caused by you, it was these ill-intentioned people, in order to seek the merit of greed, they fell into Zhu Wen's trap, and Brother Duan's tragic death is not worthless, without his dedication, where will there be a reversal of the situation, as for Miss Caiwei, Shan'er doesn't know what happened to her. Instead of blaming himself here, Brother Hitomi should catch up and find out the situation!"

After being comforted by Hong Shan, Xie Tong's heart felt better, and at the same time, a glimmer of dawn rose in his heart, and he hurriedly said, "Shan'er, you are really a good girl, Xie Mou can win the favor of the girl, it is really a blessing for three lives!"

Hong Shan said, "Brother Tong, when are you going to find Miss Caiwei, Shan'er is willing to go with you." ”

Xie Tong wanted to speak and stopped, and said, "Whether Cai Wei is found or not, Xie will continue to go south, this time he will definitely kill the enemy, Lao Tzu will definitely not let the head of Huang Chao fall into the hands of others, after all, are you my wife?"

Hong Shan smiled and said, "Brother Tong has finally regained his previous self-confidence and vitality, your previous appearance scared Shan'er to death, Shan'er has never seen you so lost, even in such a difficult situation in Chengdu, you have never given up, this is Shan'er's good husband!"

Xie Tong hugged his beloved woman, and his heart was moved, since he met Hong Shan, she has been encouraging him, comforting him, and persuading him, just hoping that he will one day become a hero who stands up to the sky, thinking of this, he hugged her tightly and felt the love of the beauty for him.

After a long time, Xie Tong suddenly smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you, I have killed Chen Daoting, which can be regarded as avenging the sword master, and the next one is Meng Kai."

Hong Shan cried with joy, and immediately offered her fragrant kiss, and after a long time, she said faintly, "Brother Tong, thank you."

After such a crushing victory, although the city of Jiankang was laid, but what was obtained was a lonely city that became a ruin, which was strategically meaningless, not only did not capture the Yellow Nest alive, but also lost a large number of troops, which was an extremely heavy blow to the commander Huaiwang Li Zhaorun, the southern expedition to this point, the three-way army fought for several months, except for the Song army on the west road, all suffered heavy losses, more than 400,000 troops when they went out, only 200,000 people remained, but the war is not over, in the face of such a result, the saint will not accept it, just like this, if the class returns to the court, I am afraid that the saint will peel his skin。

After two days of repair, King Huai finally decided to join forces, attack south, follow the route of Huangchao's retreat, and continue the pursuit.

In the meantime, Song Wenyuan came to see him once, the two have not seen each other for a long time, this former good brother has completely departed from the immaturity of the year, after these few months of the career of the commander, he has become more and more mature, with a kind of majesty that is customary to big people.

Xie Tong didn't like his posture very much, but he also knew that he had to become like this, to deal with powerful people like Sima Xuan, Li Zhaorun, or Tian Gonggong, and play tricks, he had to be tougher, Xie Tong also felt that this brother had a lot, and the two of them seemed to have no topics in the past, and they were more about discussing the policies and strategies of going south, Xie Tong faintly felt that he had changed, but he couldn't say where the change was. The two didn't talk for a long time, after all, Song Wenyuan was the commander-in-chief, and he was busy with military affairs, so he left in a hurry after talking for a while.

Two days later, news came from the army that Huang Chao had retreated to Suzhou and was gathering troops and horses to prepare for a battle.

Wang Daoxun urgently summoned Xie Tong and others, and Hong Shan also participated in this secret meeting.

In the small tent, Wang Daoxun said with a displeased face, "This fiasco has made the Holy Lord extremely angry, and he has asked King Huai to end the war within two months. King Huai has planned to send troops within three days, directly approaching Hangzhou, this time by the prince personally led the troops to attack, ordered Song Wenyuan to be the forward general, and we were merged into the Chinese army, in order to see the changes. On this expedition, he was not entrusted with a heavy task, and he was dissatisfied.

Xie Tong pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, I'm afraid the last general won't be able to go out with the army."

Wang Daoxun wondered, "Why is this? Doesn't the virtuous nephew want to take revenge on the Yellow Nest?"

Xie Tong said, "After thinking about it, the last general felt that there was little hope of going out with the army, Huang Chao was scheming and treacherous, and he must have thought of many ways to retreat, and when my army attacked, he had already fled, rather than waiting here, it was better to take the initiative to attack and take risks, and see if he could seize the opportunity." ”

Wang Daoxun was shocked and said, "How can this be done, although the virtuous nephew is strong in martial arts, but the masters around Huang Chao are like clouds, this time the soldiers are dangerous, it may not be a wise move, I am afraid that the assassination will not succeed, but will fall into the hands of the enemy."

Hong Shan said, "Don't worry, adults, if Shan'er goes with him, he will definitely be able to avoid evil and turn danger into disaster."

Yi Wuxing and Lao Lai said in unison, "My lord, the last general is willing to go with Xie Tong and help him."

Xie Tong turned around, looked at Huo Zixin with a smile on his face, and said, "Huo Boy is the most adventurous, how to do it this time, the turtle is here!"

Huo Zixin said, "Hey." It's not a good thing to go out with your kid, the surprise attack on the Great Wall of Heaven injured Brother Yi, and the sneak attack on Hangzhou City caused Lao Duan to die in another country, the first two times were okay, at least there were many brothers with him, this time it was so big, just a few of us, hey!" (To be continued.) )