Chapter 104: Battle of the Praying Mantis

Jiang Xuanjin looked at the four words quietly, her dark eyes blinking extremely slowly.
It's not easy. I taught her calligraphy in Feiyun Palace. After teaching her for several months, she didn't make her write a word seriously, but these four words are stroke by stroke, very correct.
It means that I really miss him.
With a sour heart, he closed the letter and put it back neatly in the letter box.
"Master, pen and ink." Chengxu sent things up very considerately, and put them beside him, thinking that he could send them away immediately after he wrote a reply.
However, Jiang Xuanjin looked down, but waved: "No need."
Shocked by falsehood.
Open the camp. Looked at the soldiers dressed up on the low ground. There were a lot of injuries in the last confrontation, and there were not enough medicines in the army. Many people were only slightly injured. However, after falling asleep, they couldn't get up again. On the way to Cangju Mountain, I don't know how many people were buried.
The Northern Wei Dynasty was in chaos, and it was not the time for his children to have an affair.
"Master." Yu Feng returned from the outside, frowning, "Liu Jun letter."
The two sides fought, attacked the army, then attacked the exchange, then attacked the army, and then attacked the city. He and Liu Yunlie had been fighting secretly, and he wanted to talk to him, but Liu Yunlie had been reluctant to negotiate. Since she took the initiative to write, Jiang Xuanjin naturally wanted to answer.
After reading the letter carefully, he said: "Go and invite General Wu, and let him go to the mountainside pavilion with my monarch."
Chengxu was very worried: "The Lord will go personally?"
"There is a pioneer camp to explore the way, why is this monarch afraid?" Jiang Xuanjin took the armor and put on it, "Furthermore. Liu Yunlie has known each other for many years, how he will act, this monarch knows very well."
Liu Yunlie would not use this kind of pretense to scold him. He knew that he couldn't be scolded, so if he wanted to see him, he would definitely attend the appointment seriously.
The mountain breeze is quite strong, it is May, and Cangju Mountain is still cool. Liu Yunlie prepared a tea set in the pavilion on the mountainside, pouring water with his sleeves up, looking extra leisurely. If it weren't for the numerous soldiers behind him, Jiang Xuanjin would really think he was a young man who was tired of climbing and resting here.
"I haven't seen him for a long time, why doesn't Ziyang Jun's demeanor lose two points?" Liu Yunlie turned his head and smiled when he saw him coming, "Brother Yu couldn't help being embarrassed in this way."
"Liu Duwei is humble." Jiang Xuanjin entered the pavilion indifferently and sat down. "The previous battle on the mountain road, Duwei was really impressive."
The emperor fled to Feng Yi, and Liu Yunlie named himself the captain of the Wanjun army. Although everyone in his army called him this respect, Liu Yunlie felt that he was inexplicably sarcastic when he heard the title from Jiang Xuanjin's mouth.
Putting out the teacup, he said: "Ming people don't talk secretly, your lord, you and I are fighting against each other, and all the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty are injured. Let's stop the war first and join hands to repel Xiliang, how about?"
Jiang Xuanjin glanced at him.
Liu Yunlie smiled honestly: "We can't let Xiliang sit back and reap the profits."
Pointing his finger on the stone table, Jiang Xuanjin said: "If I remember correctly, Du Wei's sister is married to the general of Xiliang."
"Oh, don't talk about it anymore." With a smile on his face, Liu Yunlie frowned, "At the beginning of the marriage, it was your Majesty's will. I couldn't stop it. Now Xiliang enters the Wei Dynasty. Everyone calls me a traitor. Who knows my suffering? My sister-in-law was young, and she was convinced when she was married, and she did not want to let her go home. I also got angry and broke off the relationship with her brother and sister. She turned her head and went directly Xiliang."
The wind came over, blowing away a few strands of Liu Yunlie's ink hair, making his face a little more desolate.
"I was born in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and death is also the soul of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Let me watch the Northern Wei Dynasty being occupied by the Xiliang people. I am 10,000 unwilling!"
Every word and every word is full of pride, and Wu who heard it later wanted to beat him to a big show.
There was a faint flash of light in the ink pupil, and then it went dark again. Jiang Xuanjin pressed her lips and said nothing.
Liu Yunlie knows him a lot. When he saw his look, he knew that he was moved by himself. He quickly said, "I was planning to your Majesty to Lidu. Who ever thought that your Majesty insisted on sending me troops to help the people of Xiliang break through Kyoto? , I didn’t want to, so your Majesty took Concubine Ning to Feng Yi. Otherwise, you think, how could your Majesty part ways with me?"
This was very convincing. Jiang Xuanjin nodded slightly and asked: "How does Du Wei want to fight the enemy together?"
Taking out the prepared map and placing it on the table, Liu Yunlie pointed it to him: "Now Kyoto is surrounded, but you and I are east of Kyoto. If Xiliang kills backhandedly, the king will suffer from the enemy. On the contrary, you and I will truce. The Ziyang army returned to Kyoto from the Changhuai River area, and I took the people back from Luoshui all the way back. You and I will meet in the suburbs of Beijing, and you can help Lin Jun and others to drive away the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Xiliang."
Eyes brightened, Jiang Xuanjin nodded: "Yes."
Liu Yunlie was overjoyed, and took out his inscription on the table: "Exchange tokens and use this as proof."
Jiang Xuanjin touched her waist. He was wearing a thick amulet given by Huaiyu.
"Disrespectful." He said, "Ming Pei below was taken to play by two unknown children."
Liu Yunlie's gentle smile showed a trace of cracks.
Taking a deep breath, he gritted his teeth: "If you want to show off that Mrs. Zun has a baby, you can just say it."
"Lieutenant Du is so well informed?"
nonsense! On the day Li Huaiyu gave birth, this man opened the warehouse and put food in a crazy manner. The entire Northern Wei Dynasty knew that he had a wonderful daughter-in-law, and he had both children in one child!
Is it amazing? Dignified Ziyang Jun, I am not afraid of embarrassment for this little thing to disturb the world! Like who would envy him, hum, he won't envy him!
Blue veins on the forehead jumped straight. Liu Yunlie said: "Congratulations, you are here."
"It's not a big deal either." Jiang Xuan Jinyun curled her lips lightly.
With a "click", the tea cup in Liu Yunlie's hand broke.
Wu looked at Liu Yunlie's distorted face and thought for a while. This man seems to be in his thirties and yet has no heirs. Alas, it is not easy for him to plot the world. In case of any accident, he will directly cut off his children and grandchildren.
The two chatted for a long time in the pavilion. You come and I go, openly and secretly, finally ended the conversation smoothly.
"See you in Kyoto." Liu Yunlie smiled and clasped his fists.
Jiang Xuanjin gave him a salute, took Wu and left.
The smile on his face got bigger and bigger, Liu Yunlie hurried down the mountain, muttering in a low voice: "It's been so long, and it's time for me to win."
This Cangju Mountain was occupied by Jiang Xuanjin in a good position. He also hurt the enemy 800 and one thousand. It would be easy to trick him into going to Kyoto. When he arrives in Kyoto, he will understand what a real enemy is!
"Mr Ziyang agreed?" The military teacher asked in surprise.
Liu Yunlie smiled and nodded: "This person is good everywhere, but it's too easy to trust others. The pit I tailored for him, he won't fall."
With the armistice right now, the pressure on his side is also much less, and he is comfortably dressed up and on the road. At least one month's birthday can be passed, and I feel happy to think about it.
However, somehow, luck on the way to Kyoto was extremely bad, and several military camps in the branch encountered many ambushes. The other party said it was an uprising person, always intercepting the backward small forces by surprise, and disappeared without a trace after they were eaten.
There were only a few hundred people lost at one time, but the more times Liu Yunlie got annoyed, he found a city to repair, and waited until the people behind could learn from him before continuing.
The battle report said. The Ziyang Army's speed is similar to theirs, and it is estimated that they will arrive in the suburbs of Beijing three days later.
Therefore, Liu Yunlie calmly adjusted his head and cleaned up these few people from unknown sources.
When he arrived on the outskirts of Beijing, he was planning to send people to contact the nearby Xiliang Army, but unexpectedly, a large number of soldiers and horses rushed in from all around and surrounded them fifty miles east of the outskirts of Beijing.
The trembling drums made Liu Yunlie stunned.
The historian of the Northern Wei Dynasty referred to this battle as the "War of the Praying Mantis", because Ziyang’s 100,000 troops arrived in Kyoto at an alarming speed and successfully supported Lord Changlin and Lord Nanping, and quickly swallowed the west with a mantis hunting cicadas. Liang Sanwan's siege crew then turned around and directly greeted Liu Yunlie, who came here and thought he was a "Oriental bird".
How Ziyang Jun learned exactly how Liu Jun’s marching route was, the later generations never knew it, but after half a month of the battle, the land on the outskirts of Beijing was soaked with blood. Ziyang Jun took the lead and killed seven with a long sword. Eighteen heads greatly invigorated the military.
Taking this battle as a turning point, Xiliang and Liu Yunlie were defeated steadily.
Li Huaiyu lay down at the window and waited, but couldn't wait for Jiang Xuanjin's letter.
She was a little aggrieved, her eyes were red, and she turned her head to ask Qing Si, "Does he miss me at all?"
Qingsi pinched the grate and combed her long hair: "You must be thinking about it."
"Then why doesn't he give me a letter? Even a single word is fine." Huaiyu pouted, "I look forward to it every day I wake up, hope and hope, and hope until dark..."
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved, she hugged her knees and sucked her nose: "I didn't know how it was so uncomfortable to wait for someone."
Qing Si didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only bite the bullet and said: "There is a good news from the front, Xiliang has already begun to withdraw troops and leave the country."
"and then?"
"...Then, the emperor wanted to build a new capital in Feng Yi, but he didn't know what resistance he was able to build."
"anything else?"
"...Also, your skirt today is very beautiful." Qing Si turned her head away.
Li Huaiyu bulged. Very angrily, he hugged the little and the little scourge on the soft couch and lined them up.
"Mother tell you! Your dad is really a jerk!" She broke her fingers and sue her daughter and daughter, "Being cold, easy to get angry, and not easy to coax you when you are angry. You will be six hundred and seventy when you leave. Two hours! He used to bully your mothers, and kill me if you don't love me or love me, but now it's hard for my mother to be magnanimous and don't care, and he doesn't even give me the letter of the family!"
Little Scourge stared at her blankly, and the little let out a bubble. The expression is innocent.
Qingsi was speechless: "His Royal Highness, this... isn't it right?"
"What's wrong, I'm their mother, what I said is right!" Huaiyu continued to complain with an angrily, starting from Jiang Xuanjin not talking to her when he was eating, until he was sleeping with his arm around her neck Up.
Qingsi looked out the window silently, thinking that it would be better for Jun Shang to come back a few years later. The two children must think that their father is a heinous monster.
Lu Jingxing took the time to visit the princess's mansion and met with a grudge face.
He stretched out his fan and laughed: "The beauty rolls the bead curtain, sitting deeply with frowning eyebrows. But seeing the tears wet, I don't know who I hate?"
Li Huaiyu rolled his mouth and spit out: "Whoever his grandma comes to provoke Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu hates whom!"
Lu Jingxing: "..."
Women are so unreasonable!
"Why are you free to come over?" Huaiyu squinted at him, "Isn't business busy lately?"
"Yes." Lu Jingxing said. "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, the situation in various places has settled down, I think, the silver thing is really good."
Li Huaiyu gave him a white look: "Only you, the treasurer of Lu, can tell this."
The war broke out and business was not easy to do everywhere. Many merchants went bankrupt and fled, so he was bold enough to buy in large quantities when no one was interested in the shops. Once the situation was stable, the price was raised and the money was poured into his pocket. Liu, seeing others blushing, they can't help him.
"Here, your family is very helpful, and I have to give a gift in return." Lu Jingxing waved his hand and asked the person behind him to hand over a long sandalwood box, "Accept it."
Huaiyu took it and glanced at it, and found that it was a good jade, carved with a beautiful person. This man wears a fox fur cloak, holds a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and his back is straight and vigorous.
Regardless of who he said it was, Li Huaiyu's eyes became red after seeing it twice.
"Did you deliberately?" She gritted her teeth, "Knowing that Lao Tzu thinks he can't think of it too much, he still sent this?"
"Hey, don't get excited." The fan closed, and Lu Jingxing smiled, "This was opened in Hanshan Temple, and the host said. This jade has spirituality, you only need to sleep for seven or forty-nine days, jade carving People will appear in front of you."
A fool will believe this kind of lies!
Li Huaiyu looked at it for a while, but couldn't help asking, "Really?"
Lu Jingxing took a deep look at her and nodded, "Really."
Reaching out and holding the jade carving in his arms, Huaiyu said to him viciously: "If it's fake, I'll break your leg!"
So Qing Si found out that her Royal Highness no longer sighed every day, but she held the jade sculpture wherever she went, even if she ate or slept, even took a bath, and once even wanted to take it to the latrine, she tried her best to stop it.
Aside from being funny, she felt a little painful.
Jiang Xuanjin held the brush and looked at the letter paper in front of her, hesitating for a long time.
"Master." Chengxu came in to report, "Liu Yunlie fled to Feng Yi."
After a slight pause, he put the pen in his hand, got up and asked, "Can you catch up?"
Chengxu shook his head.
Liu Yunlie was defeated like a mountain, and was pursued by the monarchs from all walks of life. He turned his head and went straight to Feng Yi.
Her eyes sinking slightly, Jiang Xuanjin remained silent for a long time.
Li Huailin is an orthodox emperor, even if he has no real power right now, he still holds a jade seal.
"Fine." He said, "Even if you can't catch up, go and have a look."