Lonely King and Widow

Chapter 1326 The pit is 313 meters deep, I miss it very much
Jinzhou is the most important thing in Nanrong, how dare Song Xi lose it?

After retreating to the Jiangling Mansion, Song Xi started recruiting troops again, and in less than half of the army, he gathered millions of kings.

At the beginning of February, after the purge of Nanrong's army was completed, they drove straight along the lower reaches of the Han River and attacked Jinzhou.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, the Nanrong army approached the city of Jinzhou and attacked the east gate of Jinzhou.It took several hours, but it was not broken.

After three days of rest, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, the South Rongjun attacked the north gate again and harassed the west gate, but did not break through.

Another five days.At night, heavy rain.The South Rongjun once again attacked the city from the front of the east gate.This time, Song Xi personally led the army, raised his sword on the horse and shouted, "Fight for this, if you don't break it, you won't return it." The army was ordered, and the tide was generally not afraid of life and death, and swarmed towards the gate of Jinzhou City like ants.At about the time of Hai, Xiao Qian led his troops to fight, climbed the city wall, and then left, leaving Gu Liyang to fight hastily.

At Maoshi the next day, after a night of hard work, Nan Rong's soldiers finally led the ladder up to the city wall.Xiao Qian hesitated again and again, leaving [-] elite soldiers to deal with him, and took the rest of the soldiers and horses across the river to retreat to Jingzhao Mansion and stationed in Dengzhou, Tangzhou and other places.　
Things have come to this point, one south and one north, finally a clear distinction between Wei and Wei.

The two armies are separated by the Huai River, looking at each other and talking to each other——

Now the areas north of the Huai River are all in the hands of Xiao Qian, and the areas south of the Huai River, including Jinzhou and Junzhou, which were just captured, are still in the hands of Nanrong.However, Mianzhou, Huizhou, Longzhou, Qianzhou and other places in the western region are in the hands of the North Meng Suhe army.A triangle is formed.

After Song Xi regained Jinzhou, he did not go north again, but rested his troops on the spot.

Xiao Qian retreated to Jingzhao Mansion, and he did not look like he wanted to fight Song Xi to the death.

A situation that seems to be stalemate among the three parties has made everyone in the world wait and see.

At this precarious time, an unexpected turning point pulled the tense strings of people all over the world.

At the end of February, Beimeng envoys brought two messages from Hara and Lin.

The first one is Meng He's letter of credence to Xiao Qian.In the letter of credence, apart from expressing full admiration for Xiao Qian's crusade against the Nanrong court and congratulating him on making himself king, the envoy also conveyed a very interesting message - the people of Beimeng respect Xiao Qian's courage. To be a great hero who dares to do something, Meng He Da Khan is willing to make friends with him and form a friendship with him in Jinlan, hoping to work together to create the world.

This is embarrassing.

Come to Jinlan again?

This profuse sweat not only lacks sisters in the five elements, but also lacks younger brothers?

Xiao Qian sneered, but he was "flattered" and replied to the envoy: "My brother is disrespectful."

After recruiting Xiao Qian, the envoy left happily, and at the same time conveyed another purpose of Meng He to Su He.

In the imperial decree, Meng He did not pursue the crime of disrespecting Su He's resistance to the decree, nor did he say a word about his aggressive move of not attacking Dali, but instead attacking Nigu. There is no suspicion.Not only did he not blame him, but he also praised Suhe in words, and then sent a general to join him, sending some food and grass and a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

When the large army of grain, grass and supplies passed through Bianjing, they specially gave Xiao Qian some benefits.

After that, of course Su He was ordered to send troops to Dali again.

This time, in addition to the rhetoric of "entering Dali from Western Shu and encircling Nanrong", Menghe also had a more sufficient reason-he wanted to conquer Nanrong himself.

Ever since, the news came that Menghe wanted to personally conquer Nanrong, and the turbulent world situation became more complicated and confusing.

With the sound of horns and the beating of war drums, in the chaotic world, the heroes compete for the deer in the world, who is in charge of the ups and downs?
At the end of February, the climate starts to warm up.

The spring breeze greens the south bank of the river, and so do the people on the north bank.

Trees and grass unyieldingly spit out green buds one after another, and the whole world seems to have put on new clothes, slowly changing the world.

In the Chinese military tent, there was nothing but a table and a chair, and it was so empty that it was chilling.

This place is now the highest command center for Xiao cadres.Xiao Qian said that he did not live in the more comfortable towns of Bianjing or Jingzhaofu, but lived in the camp like everyone else, or trained soldiers, or discussed military affairs. This kind of life is what he is used to. It is also very convenient when fighting.

Xiao Qian stood in front of the tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the map hanging on the wall.

"My lord, Brother Shengdong is here."

Hearing Xue Fang's voice, Xiao Qian didn't turn his head back, but only gave a faint "um" without changing his expression.

Soon there was movement at the entrance of the tent, Zhao Shengdong had lost a lot of weight these days, he was wearing a black suit with a waist, and his eyes were shrewd.As soon as he entered the account, he bowed his hands and said, "My lord."

Xiao Qian turned his head slowly, glanced at him, and sat on the nanmu chair.

"Looking at you, it seems that there is good news?"

"Yes. There are a few things." Zhao Shengdong pursed his lips, glanced at Xiao Qian, lowered his voice, and spoke cautiously, "According to our information, this time Menghe's personal expedition to Nanrong seems a bit hasty, and he did not communicate with him beforehand." The ministers discussed that the deployment of troops only started three days after the decree was issued. This move caused an uproar in Hara and Lin. Many old ministers objected to this, and Meng He seemed to have a headache..."

But Menghe is used to going his own way, and the opposition from those veterans will only encourage his idea of ​​going to war.

Therefore, this time the Southern Expedition, he will definitely come.

Xiao Qian pursed his lips and smiled coldly, "Is there any more?"

Zhao Shengdong cupped his hands with a smile, and said: "Report to my lord, the good news from Lord Su He!"

After receiving the imperial decree from Menghe, Gu Er, in the capacity of Su He, and the general of Hehetai, sent troops to the south in two routes, east and west.On the eighth day of February, Gu Er led his troops across the Dadu River and arrived at the Jinsha River on the [-]th. Many local chiefs led their troops to express their attachment, and the morale of the Beimeng Army was greatly boosted.On the twelfth, Gu Er led the troops to Lijiang and sent envoys to Dali to persuade the Duan court to surrender.Dali refused and slaughtered Beimeng's emissary.When this incident was reported, Gu Er was furious. On the [-]th, he led his troops straight into Longshou Pass and killed them all the way.

On the [-]th, Gu Erbing approached the city of Dali.

At the same time, the West Route Army led by Hehetai had just crossed the river and arrived in Tacheng.

Xiao Qian's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded, "Good job."

Zhao Shengdong continued: "Five days have passed, the Dali Kingdom must have been destroyed by this time—my lord, if we launch the Huai River Battle at this time, and cross the river to respond to Gu Er, wouldn't it be the right time?"

Xiao Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why do you think I gave up Jinzhou and retreated to the north of Huai River?"

Zhao Shengdong was startled.

Since Xue Fang's return, he has been mainly in charge of intelligence affairs in the army, and has seldom been involved in combat matters.At this time, after hearing Xiao Qian's words, he just realized that the battle in Jinzhou was not because Xiao Qian lost to Song Xi, but because he deliberately let him out.

After thinking about it carefully, he understood a little bit: "My lord, is this move to prevent Menghe?"

With a sound, Xiao Qian nodded, "The Huai River is a natural barrier that can be advanced or retreated. Meng He came from Harlem and Lin this time, and he will definitely use all his strength to encircle him. When the horse turned over, he reaped the profit and ate us in one bite. He has a big appetite, and he has a good plan. I have to guard against it. Instead of being stalemate with Song Xi in Jinzhou, losing troops and losing generals, and winning the war, But if you lose the barrier, why don't you recuperate in Huaibei first and wait and see how the situation changes."

"No wonder——" Zhao Shengdong seemed to understand something, and suddenly realized, "I just said, you two seem to agree. You don't move, and Song Xi stays in Jinzhou, and you don't move. I speculated about him before." Maybe a big move is brewing, but I didn't expect—"

"There is a big move." Xiao Qian interrupted him, "Short-term calm, isn't it just for the next wave of more violent offensive?"

"The lord is right."

When Zhao Shengdong said this, he thought for a while, then took out a note from his pocket, and handed it to Xiao Qian.

"My lord, I'm from Xinglong Mountain."

"En." Xiao Qian took the note, and was not in a hurry to unfold it, but glanced lightly at Zhao Shengdong and Xue Fang, "It's getting late, you two should go down and have a rest. These days, everyone is tired, so take advantage of this With these calm days, I can rest well. Next, I am afraid there will be fierce battles to be fought."

"Yes."

"Leader!"

With a splash, the tent door fell.

The space became cold and silent, only Xiao Qian was left.

He looked down at the note in his palm, his eyebrows relaxed, and his face gradually became gentle.

There was only one line of writing on the note, in the silk script he was familiar with.

"The begonias in the courtyard were planted on the third day after you left. When I got up this morning, I found that the begonias were blooming."

Begonias are about to bloom, but you haven't returned yet——

well!Xiao Qian seems to have read Mo Jiu's loneliness when he wrote the book.

It's almost March.

After careful calculation, her pregnancy has entered the sixth month.

So... How big should her belly be now?
Xiao Qian frowned slightly, and raised his hands to make gestures in the empty space.Shaking his head, he narrowed the distance between his hands a little, and shook his head again, several times, as if he couldn't imagine what Mo Jiu would look like with a big belly, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.

"Ah Jiu, I miss you so much—"

A sigh.

All sorrow.

……

……

The birds "tweeted" in the mountains, and the cold air that had been frozen all winter slowly dissipated.But the years in the mountains are still colder than outside.Even if the sun is high and warm for a while, and a little rain falls, it is still chilly and biting.

Wrapped in a thick wind cloak, Mo Jiu walked on the trail under the setting sun, gently holding his raised belly with both hands, and brushing his long hair from time to time, watching the farmers below the mountain road busy spring plowing, with their eyes up and down Turn left and right.

"I feel like my eyesight has recovered a bit?"

Since she was pregnant with a child, Xiao Qian basically didn't prescribe any medicine for her eyes, and most of them only had the effect of conditioning, so her vision was always blurred.But the self-healing ability of the human body should not be underestimated. She insisted on doing eye exercises, went out to look at the green plants in the distance in her spare time, and ate vegetables and fruits desperately. Slowly, not only the skin became much better, but the eyes also felt comfortable Quite a lot.Maybe it has a psychological effect. She always feels that her eyesight has improved.

"It will be fine, girl, don't worry."

Mei'er and Shen Xinyue followed her one by one.

A little further behind was Chi Xi, who was holding a long sword and pouting.

Since the last time she came back with Mo Jiu, she was pointed out by Xiao Qian to be Mo Jiu's bodyguard.But her person was in Xinglong Mountain, but her heart was not there at all. When she was free, she ran to the mountain pass to wait and see. Finally, when the messenger came, she rushed over to ask him if there was any letter from her.

However - no.

Every time a letter was sent to Xinglong Mountain, it was Xiao Qian who sent it to Mo Jiu.

The person he was looking forward to never came.

"He can't read, right?" Chi Xi pursed his lips, completely oblivious to the fact that the three Mo Jiu in front of him had stopped and were staring at her with interest, only thinking about things on their own. He happily kicked a small stone blocking the way away, and then sighed, "Forget it, why do you want to be such a heartless bastard? I eat delicious food and drink spicy food on the mountain, but he is suffering and drinking cold wind. Think about it." , or I'm luckier..."

While muttering, he suddenly saw a pair of feet on the ground.

She was startled, and raised her head suddenly, "Master Jiu... ouch, you are so scared to death. What are you doing, why are you all looking at me so strangely?" She touched her face, She was suddenly extremely shy, "Could it be that Chixi has grown pretty recently?"

"Ouch—" Mo Jiu made a vomit, and then patted him on the shoulder seriously, "Fool, don't come here to wait in the future."

"Oh." Chi Xi felt aggrieved.

Seeing him drooping his head and losing his energy, Mo Jiu held his lips again and sighed.

"If you behave well, I will send you to deliver the letter next time."

Chi Xi was really excited, "Really?"

"really."

"really?"

"really."

"Not fake?"

"Not false."

"You won't lie to me, will you?"

"If you ask one more word, I will take it back—"

"Don't, don't, my Ninth Master." Zha Zhu quickly grabbed the words, and graciously supported her shoulder: "Ninth Master, please go slowly! Yes, are you hungry? Would you like some food? What? Cold fungus from Xinglongshan Town? Braised pork trotters? Boiled beef..."

Mo Jiu rolled his eyes to look at the sky, and shook off her hand.

"I'm going to see my brother, don't follow me, Tang Seng!"

"Uh! Tang Monk?"

Chi Xi didn't understand what Tang Seng was, but he still followed along.

This is Mo Jiu's daily routine.

After eating, I go out for a walk, and after the walk, I will go to see Mo Wang and serve his decoction in person.She was inconvenient to be pregnant, so everyone didn't allow her to do these menial tasks first.But no matter what others tried to stop her, she would not listen and had to come by herself.Then slowly, everyone fell silent.

Mo Wang's small courtyard was still immersed in a thick and gloomy atmosphere.

The method of decocting the medicinal soup is all done according to Xiao Qian’s instructions before he left. Dr. Zhong from Xinglong Mountain is also a master of Chinese medicine. Although his medical skills are not as good as Xiao Qian’s, he only needs to record the patient’s condition if there is a prescription. But it is overkill.

Every day, he would record Mo Fan's condition in detail, and send it to Xiao Qian every three days, and then report back after Xiao Qian read it.That is to say, every three days, Xinglong Mountain will exchange letters with Xiao Qian, so that Mo Wang's condition will not be delayed, and Mo Jiu is more at ease.

But Mo Wang never woke up.

He took a lot of soup and medicine, but his body was getting weaker and weaker while lying on the bed.The originally thin cheeks were so thin that there was no flesh, the cheekbones were high and bulging, the eye sockets were deep-set, and the lips were dry and cracked. Even though the Mohist disciples took good care of them every day, for a person who could not eat by himself, in such a Under such medical conditions, it is not easy to maintain body functions, so how can we guarantee good health?
"Senior brother—" Mo Jiu stirred the black soup, brought it to his lips and blew, and then slowly sent it to Mo Wang's mouth, coaxing him like a child, "I'll feed you medicine , it’s a bit bitter, bear with it. When you get better, we won’t take medicine anymore, and I’ll cook something delicious for you.”

Shen Xinyue supported Mo Wang's back, and Mei'er stood beside him, pressing down the collar of his clothes.

Both girls stared wide-eyed, watching as Mo Jiu frowned and poured the decoction into Mo Wang's mouth with a spoon...

It's a tough process.

Because he himself doesn't know how to swallow, and has no swallowing reaction. As soon as the juice enters his mouth, it will flow out, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.Every time he fed the medicine, Mo Jiu had to endure the piercing pain, and kept telling himself that this was only temporary, and Mo Huang would definitely get better.

If he had never seen Mo Dan before, he might not be ashamed of Mo Dan now.

But unfortunately, the previous Mo Wang was so good and perfect that every time he looked at him, the sourness that filled his heart deepened.

"Is Juzi here?"

Just after feeding the medicine, Cao Yuan's voice came from outside the door.

Mo Jiu was slightly startled, and replied, "I'm here."

Cao Yuan lifted the curtain and came in, glanced at Mo Wang who was lying flat on the bed, and frowned.

"The disciple has something important to report."

With a hum, Mo Jiu's expression sank slightly, and he also looked at Mo Wang on the bed, and slowly raised his hand to tuck the quilt for him.

"Don't disturb senior brother's rest, let's talk in class."

Going to the lobby, Mo Jiu waved his hands to let the disciples who were sweeping back to retreat, and frowned at Cao Yuan.

"What's the matter?"

Cao Yuan took a step forward, leaned forward and said: "Juzi's judgment is correct. The bird got the news, and it really started to get into the cage. Today, Uncle Liu Wu of Xinglong Mountain Town saw a sneaky stranger and came up the mountain to report. The disciple caught the first judge, They are indeed from Beimeng."

Mo Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly, stroked his belly with one hand, turned around slowly, took a few steps, walked to the hanging picture of wild geese flying south in the hall, and snorted coldly: "Since you're here, Master Jiu We have to let him come and go!"

"This..." Knowing that she had many ideas, Cao Yuan was puzzled and did not dare to ask further questions.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked for instructions: "Dare to ask Juzi, how to deal with this spy?"

Mo Jiu turned her head, frowned and looked at his face, and lowered her voice to an extremely low level.

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)