Shen Yuyu pulled Ji Xun over and rubbed him with some cold water distressedly.
"It's getting very late. Man, go take a hot bath and rest early. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."
"Okay." Ji Xun responded softly, stuffed Shen Yuyu's delicate hands into the quilt, and left the room to ask his servants to send hot water upstairs.
After taking a bath, he got into bed warmly, held his wife in his broad arms, gently reached for her belly with his big hands, and whispered softly.
"How many brats can you take advantage of? Have you kicked me yet?"
Relying on this warm and solid embrace and smelling the delicious fragrance of her husband, Shen Yuyu felt that her chest was filled with happiness.
"Of course I kicked it, but it became more lively. Here~~you feel it, right?'
Ji Xun clearly felt a little foot kicking on the palm of his hand through his belly, and he immediately hugged Shen Yuyu tightly in distress. "Does the kick hurt you? You brat is so hard!"
Shen Yue hugged her husband's neck and acted sweetly.
"It hurts so much. Husband, please give me a kiss."
Ji Xun slowly lowered his head and kissed her lovingly for a long time.
Ji Xun went to the military camp early the next morning.
In order to free the people of the world from the chaos of war, Ji Xun only wanted to end this war quickly.
He led a group of generals to the Jinzhou River again and frowned as he looked at the extremely wide river filled with ice floes.
"Do you have any good ideas for crossing the river?" Ji Xun looked at the ice floes floating on the river and the bare bridge piers, and asked Wang Chang and other generals.
"Is it feasible to build a bridge? The bridge piers are all there." He Mang suggested.
"Building a bridge? Are you kidding me? Unless you can build it overnight, Zhu Xiangyu is not blind. Can he watch you build the bridge and kill them?"
"Hehe." He Mang scratched his forehead in embarrassment, ""With my little intelligence, I think there is no other way but to build a bridge."
At this time Wang Chang answered, "I also think we can only build a bridge~~ But we can build a pontoon bridge and find a remote and narrow river channel. It should be able to be built in a few days...'
"This won't work." Niu Zhi shook his head, "Firstly, a few days is not a short time, and it is impossible for Zhu Xiangyu not to discover it. Secondly, the pontoon bridge is narrow and swaying and it is difficult for soldiers to pass. Once the enemy notices it, they will go over and die."
"What about crossing the river by boat?" Wang Chang said.
Lin Yi immediately replied, "Heavy snow has blocked the river, and we don't even have a boat!"
Wang Chang, "There are always common people's fishing boats along the river, right? Buy them from the people or requisition them."
"You can try this method." Ji Xun nodded when he heard this, and told Lin Yi and He Mang, "You two take people to borrow boats and see how many boats you can borrow."
"Yes." Lin Yi and He Mang responded, leading people to look for boats in the east and west directions.
Ji Xun, Wang Chang, Niuzhi and others stood by the river for a while.
Ji Xun picked up an ice floe from the river and asked Niu Zhi, "General Niu, you are from the north. Do you think it is possible that the surface of this river will be frozen by ice and snow again?"
Niu Zhi looked at the bright sun in the sky and shook his head.
"With the weather like this, if we don't use boats to break the ice, the river will probably melt. How can it be frozen? Unless there is a sudden drop in temperature and a blizzard~~ But it seems likely that it will be warmer in the north than in the south this year."
Ji Xun nodded silently, and the group came up from the river and returned to the camp.
In the afternoon, Lin Yi and He Mang came back, opened the tent curtain and reported with sad faces.
"Your Highness, Zhu Xiangyu should have been prepared. All the fishermen's boats along the river were robbed by him. Even the small boats were smashed. No matter how big or small, not a single boat could be found.
Ji Xunjun's face couldn't help but sink, and he said quietly for a long time, "In this case, we can only wait until the river opens to navigation in the spring of next year before we can attack Jinzhou."
"This will take at least three or four months, which is what Wei Xuanyuan wanted." Wang Chang also looked helpless, "It is easier for him to give him such a long time to recruit troops and recuperate."
Before he finished speaking, a clear and bright voice came from outside the camp.
"Axun, I don't want to wait until next spring to go to Beijing. I want to spend the New Year in the capital this year."
Following the sound, Shen Yuyu opened the curtain and came in. She held her pregnant belly and was supported by Ling'er. The smile on her face was calm and calm, glowing with a maternal brilliance.
Ji Xun looked at his wife and couldn't help but sigh secretly. His woman had finally grown up. He quickly got up and helped Shen Yuyu to sit by the stove.
"Why are Yu Yu here?" Ji Xun asked softly while warming her hands.
Shen Yuxi looked at Ji Xun with a smile, pouted her lips and said softly, "I can't get used to being in Liyang City where I'm unfamiliar with the place. I want to go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year~~"
Seeing Ji Xun's expression of embarrassment, Shen Yuyu hurriedly smiled and said, "By the way, Ah Xun, the temperature will drop sharply in a few days. By then, the river will definitely be frozen again. Isn't that right?" Can we capture Jinzhou in one fell swoop and enter the capital to celebrate the New Year?"
"Yu Yu are you sure?" Ji Xun's eyes glowed with light after hearing Zhu Xiaoyou's words, and he shook Shen Yu's hand heavily.
"Sure." Shen Yu'an replied very definitely, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed into a smile.
At this time, Niu Zhi asked cautiously, "The princess is good at observing the sky, so how many days can we tell how long this cooling will last? Will there be a heavy snowstorm?"
Shen Yuyu said, "Two or three days, it won't be too long.'
Niu Zhi frowned and shook his head, "It won't work for two or three days. It won't be frozen if it doesn't freeze. Even if it's frozen and hit with a boat, it will break open again. It's useless."
"General Niu, do we want to make a bet?" Shen Yuxi narrowed her almond-shaped eyes and looked at him with interest, "How about we bet a hundred taels and see who wins and who loses?"
"Okay, let's bet." Niu Zhi looked determined, and then explained with a smile, "But this doesn't mean that I don't want to see the river freeze. My relatives are all in the north, and I want to attack early. The capital is celebrating the New Year with them."
"I know, I know." Shen Yue looked at him with a smile, "It's just to satisfy my gambling mentality, haha." They just bet. Each of them took out one hundred taels and handed it to Ji Xun for safekeeping. This bet was That's it.
On the way back to Liyang City after leaving the camp, Ji Xun held Shen Yuyu in his arms and asked her, "The river will definitely not freeze in two or three days. Yuyu, tell me what else needs to be done?"
Shen Yuyu leaned into Ji Xun's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Ji Xun couldn't help but smile. He reached out and pinched Shen Yuyu's pink cheeks lovingly.
"How can it take three days? The river should be passable in a few hours."
"Yeah." Shen Yue raised her eyebrows proudly.
"Precisely because it only takes a few hours, Zhu Xiangyu will never discover it and cannot take precautions. He will be caught off guard by then."
"He must be captured alive and handed over to the people he murdered.'
