Volume 1 Wars and Chaos Chapter 49 Grief and Anger
Li Xiuning called for Yang Man and Changsun Xiaomei. The three of them bathed and changed clothes together, and then went to the banquet hall of Li Yuan's Duke's Mansion.
Qiu'er wanted to take care of the Detachment of Women who were following them, so he didn't ask her to come over. Besides, her arm injury had not healed yet, so she was not fit to attend the banquet.
Li Yuan had heard Li Xiuning talk about Yang Man's choice. Now Yang Guang was living in a drunken dream in Yangzhou. He had forgotten that he was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. There were wars everywhere, and he no longer cared about it.
It is understandable that Yang Man chose to join the Detachment of Women, but Li Xiuning cannot always fight on the battlefield. She is a woman and must get married.
The true love between Xiuning and Luo Yu has been tested. After careful consideration, she feels that her daughter's happiness is the most important. She has done too much for the Li family, so let's return her lifelong love.
Now that Shimin can take charge of his own affairs, Xiaogong is also a rare general, and Daozong, Shubao, Qu Tutong and others are all emerging, there is no need for his daughter to be trapped in endless battles.
Li Yuan sat on the Grand Master's chair and thought about the reasons for Li Xiuning to disarm. It was a bit far-fetched, but it was the true words of a father.
Li Xiuning walked in wearing a sky blue silk outfit, followed by Yang Man in a lake green girl's outfit and Changsun Xiaomei in a white girl's outfit. The three girls appeared in front of Li Yuan like flowers competing for beauty.
The food and wine were served, and the aroma was fragrant. After the servants left, only the four of them were left in the banquet hall.
Li Xiuning pulled Li Yuan, who had just come to his senses, and said coquettishly: "Father, if you don't come over, we will starve..."
Li Yuan stood up and wanted to greet Yang Man. Unexpectedly, Yang Man saluted first and said, "The subordinates of the Women's Army have met Duke Tang Guo."
The eldest grandson's little sister followed suit and said with a smile: "Uncle, do you believe that I can eat a sheep now?"
It turns out that in this time and space, Changsun Wuji and his two siblings have been living in the Duke of Tang's Mansion after their parents passed away. They are inextricably linked to the Li family. The things that Luo Yu was worried about about Li Shimin and Changsun's little sister were simply a matter of care.
Acquaintances like to joke around. Facing this identified future daughter-in-law, Li Yuan was helpless and said with a smile: "Xiao Nizi, you are so good at eating. I'm not afraid that your husband's family won't want you."
Changsun's little sister poured a glass of wine and gave 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 the rest of his life!"
The three of them all laughed after hearing this. Li Xiuning laughed and said: "Your Shimin brother also said that he would support his sister for the rest of his life, but I can't eat a sheep in one meal..."
There was another burst of laughter. Yang Man had stayed in the Li family before. At that time, maybe her father paid too close attention to the Li family. The Li family did not have such an atmosphere. It may also be that she felt that she was sent by Yang Guang to monitor the Li family, and he did not behave in front of her.
What will it show?
In terms of appearance, the eldest grandson's little sister is on par with her. In terms of ability, it's hard to compare with her when she was twelve or thirteen years old. But in terms of closeness, she can't even keep up with her eldest grandson's little sister.
I only heard the eldest grandson's little sister retaliate: "Sister Xiuning, of course brother Shimin can support you for the rest of your life, haha, brother-in-law will have an easy time..."
Li Yuan heard that the three of them were arguing and interrupted, "Let's eat, otherwise I can eat a sheep later."
The dinner began with laughter that temporarily put aside all joy and sorrow. After all, in this troubled world, we are lucky to be alive to see each other.
After Changsun Wuji arranged for the many wounded soldiers of the Detachment of Women at the school captain's mansion in Songta Town, he also came to Niu Jinda's residence. He smelled the aroma of wine and roasted sheep, and saw Luo Yu and the others discussing something in a low voice, so he strode away.
Come in.
After he came in, he greeted Niu Jinda and sat down in the seat where Li Shizhen had just taken. His mind had already been attracted by the half-bowl of strong wine that Li Shizhen had just taken a sip from, so he picked it up and took a big sip.
As you can imagine, another person was choked. He didn't have a good drink capacity like Niu Jinda, so he turned his head and spit out half of his mouthful on the ground beside him.
Li Shimin raised his left hand, and before he could finish what he wanted to do, Changsun Wuji was choked.
Luo Yu smiled and said: "What's the hurry? There are still things outside. Let's eat a piece of mutton and drink some wine first."
Changsun Wuji, who was choked to tears, finally stopped coughing, turned around and said, "What kind of wine is this?"
Li Shimin said: "How about Uncle Niu's name Shaodaozi? Do you still dare to boast that you won't get drunk after a thousand cups?"
Changsun Wuji recalled the feeling of strong alcohol entering his throat, like a knife cutting through his throat. Niu Jinda's name was so appropriate.
He looked at Luo Yu and asked doubtfully: "Is this what you steamed with that still?"
Luo Yu nodded and was about to speak when Zhang Yang shouted a report from the courtyard. Luo Yu had to get up and go to the door to see why Zhang Yang just shouted a report and didn't go in.
Under the moonlight, Zhang Yang held a torch in his left hand and several pieces of writing paper in his right hand, with a sad look on his face.
Luo Yu's heart skipped a beat, what happened? Could it be that something happened to Li Xiuning on the way?
Suppressing his anxiety, he quickly came to Zhang Yang and asked in a low voice: "What happened?"
Zhang Yang said with a cry: "Instructor, eighteen first-generation team members were left behind on the road from Zhuozhou to Changshan. In order to cover the people fleeing south of Zhuozhou City, they were ambushed by the enemy in Baoding Prefecture, and nine of them died..."
After Luo Yu heard this, his heart felt as if he had been hit hard. After calming down, he quickly took the battle report handed over by Zhang Yang and started reading it.
It turns out that this happened two days ago. The Zhuozhou defense battle has begun. The defender Hou Junji may be short of food and cannot support so many soldiers and civilians, so he has to divert the people.
The Changshan people 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 members of the special operations team who stayed in Zhuozhou were divided into three people and followed the people south to Dingxing. When they met three team members from here, they discussed and selected two to go south together.
When they arrived at the outskirts of Baoding, they encountered the Turkic cavalry stationed in Baoding. The five remaining team members in Baoding picked out four more team members to mix among the people and help organize the thousands of people who had already fled.
In order to protect the people, the nine special operations team members used what they learned to set up traps on the plain. However, due to the flat terrain and unfavorable terrain, they were outnumbered and were overtaken by the Turkic cavalry. All of them died heroically.
The information was sent by Chang Shan via password from the last team member left in Baoding. Every word in his letter was full of tears and every sentence was bloody.
This was the most tragic incident since the establishment of the special operations team. Nine people were killed at one time, and the first generation members had already lost 11 people.
Before the sadness had passed, Lu Xiao came over again with the battle report. He must have known what happened in Baoding, and his expression was sad and angry.
He came to the two men and said softly: "Instructor, at 1:00 today, the Mongolian cavalry in the north of Changshan was attacked by Turks and horses. They suffered heavy losses. Both armies abandoned their baggage and headed north to fight at full speed."
He handed over another battle report and said: "At noon, the Turkic cavalry in the northern suburbs of Yangquan retreated towards Changshan. The Mongolian cavalry in Yangquan City then pursued them. Both armies also gave up their baggage. General Shouyang Gao has sent troops to station in Yangquan."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Hao came over again. He also had a sad face. He also held two battle reports in his hands. He handed them to Luo Yu with both hands and said: "Instructor, the general has arrived in Taiyuan safely and is waiting for the return of the Second Young Master and the instructor at the Duke's Mansion.
Taiyuan.”
After a pause, he added: "The other copy was sent by express from Yangzhou five days ago. Students dare not say it lightly. You can read it yourself."
Luo Yu could roughly guess the content of the Yangzhou intelligence that he did not dare to say lightly. Yang Guang's fate had arrived in advance, and a more complicated situation would arise with Yang Guang's death.
Either this information would not come, and it would pile up as soon as it came. Luo Yu took a deep breath, abandoned all distracting thoughts, and ordered: "Pay attention to the news of the civil strife in Tumen at all times and report back in time. Then send a corresponding number of team members between Zhuozhou and Changshan to collect military information.
Report back immediately."
After thinking for a while, he then ordered: "In addition, the Xue Li Department in Linfen will select outstanding students to fill the vacant positions in various places, and transfer five groups of second-generation team members from the south. Each group of three people will go to various counties in Hebei to collect intelligence, sort it out, and report back to
I."
After finishing speaking, he sighed and said: "Try your best to recover the remains of the nine brothers, choose a place to bury them first, and then move them to the Cemetery of Heroes when the time comes."
After looking at the expressions of the three people, he continued: "The Tumon cavalry in the north of Changshan have retreated, and they will not leave any troops in Baoding City. Changshan Luo Yi should send troops to seize Baoding, and some team members must take the opportunity to break into the Baoding defenders."
, report the movements of the Baoding garrison at any time."
The three of them were a little uncomfortable receiving so many military orders at once, but they would distribute them well. Luo Yu was still confident about this.
Looking at the three people's retreating figures, Luo Yu returned to the house with all the battle reports. Niu Jinda and the others saw that his face turned pale, and their sadness was beyond words: "Uncle Niu, I'm so tired!"
Niu Jinda and the other two people in the room had already listened to the general idea. Luo Yu had to face so many emergencies at once and had to come up with ways to deal with them. It was indeed not something ordinary people could do.
Hearing Luo Yu say he was tired, Niu Jinda said: "Boy, the bowstring will break if it becomes too tight. I would be surprised if you didn't say you are tired. But there may be emergencies next. Are you sure you can handle it in your current state?"
Luo Yu said in a daze: "Young man, don't dare to let go of the string. There are still many things to deal with."
Li Shimin said: "Brother Yu, do you think we can't handle it or can you turn things around on your own?"
Luo Yu was stunned. Yes, there are Li Shimin and the number one hero of Lingyan Pavilion who are comparable to Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages. There is also a general who has experienced hundreds of battles. Can't they handle it better than himself?
You think too highly of yourself. Why do you have to bear all the disputes in this time and space yourself? It's not necessary. Ready-made talents are not used. Why bother here?
Thinking of this, he said as if he was relieved of his burden: "It's me. The situation is changing three times day by day. The Tunmung coalition has turned against each other and is chasing each other and retreating to the north. This means that the siege of Changshan has been solved and the outcome of the Battle of Zhuozhou is imminent.
We’ll see what happens.”
Picking up the Yangzhou intelligence report: "I haven't read the Yangzhou intelligence report that was rushed over. Uncle Niu, why don't you take a look first?"
Niu Jinda nodded, pulled the information, opened it by candlelight and read it.
The expression on his face has been changing since he opened the information, from shock to anger, then from anger to sadness, and then from sadness to worry...
When Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji saw him like this, they guessed that something big must have happened, and they didn't dare to disturb him, so they had to wait until he had finished reading before asking.
There were two pages of letter paper, but Niu Jinda read it for a while before slowly putting it down. Veins popped out in his hands, and he clutched the crumpled letter tightly. His eyes turned from confusion to determination, as if he had made some determination.
Luo Yu saw him acting like this, and he must have guessed correctly. Yang Guang had been killed by Yu Wenhuaji. All the three prince brothers had died before Yang Guang. The Yang family of the Sui Dynasty only had Yang You left, and the child was still missing.
In this state, it can be said that the Sui Empire has perished.
Niu Jinda still has feelings for the Sui Dynasty. His grandfather was a civil servant of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his father was a general magistrate of Xuzhou during the reign of Emperor Wen. When he became an official as a civil servant, it was the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen's reign. Later, he joined the army because of the resistance against the Turks in the north and fought for ten years.
How many years.
It can be said that most of what he has now was given to him by the Sui Dynasty. The picturesque country and the prosperous Sui Dynasty were just like a flash in the pan, disappearing in the long river of history.
Time and destiny, merit and demerit, all end with the three-foot white silk. This may not be a relief for Yang Guang.
Luo Yu said softly: "Uncle Niu, does what is written in this letter mean that His Majesty has passed away in Yangzhou Palace?"
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were surprised: "Your Majesty has passed away?"
Niu Jinda nodded, placed the letter lightly on the table, stood up, and walked out slowly. His originally straight back was now bent.
Changsun Wuji wanted to help him, but Luo Yu reached out to stop him, shook his head and said, "Give Uncle Niu some time!"
Li Shimin picked up the letter and read it before handing it to Changsun Wuji. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Yang hurried over again holding a torch, holding an urgent message in a red envelope.
Where did the emergency military situation arise?
(The first volume is almost over. I really didn’t expect that I have typed out nearly 300,000 words on my mobile phone, but the results are really bleak. I don’t know what I should write so that readers will be interested in reading it. However, keep at it, I will finish it.