The struggle of the reborn prince

Jian Xi looked at the awkward smiles of the two of them, but Taiyuan's courier repeatedly told him to hand it over to the prince immediately after receiving the letter, so he rushed in rashly. Just act as if you didn't see anything. -

"Don't miss this opportunity, never miss it again!" Xin Zhao picked up the lantern and held it up high, Jianxi tore off the seal, leaned under the lantern, and read.

"No more?" Zhao Tang was still waiting for the next sentence, but Jianxi didn't say anything, he frowned and asked.

"Second Master, it's gone, just these eight words, if you don't believe me, look at it!" Seeing that the prince didn't believe it, Jianxi hurriedly handed over his hands.

"What the hell is this old thing doing..." Zhao Tang took the letter and glanced at it. As expected, there were only eight large characters on a piece of paper, but the characters were not wrong.

"Where's the messenger, didn't he say anything?" Zhao Tuo was puzzled, turned around twice and asked.

"Second Lord, the messenger sent me to arrange for him to rest. He only said that he would present the letter horse to you, but he didn't say anything!" Jian Xi hurriedly replied, "If Second Master sees him, it's best to wait until tomorrow. The messenger will change horses from Taiyuan." I rushed here without changing people, I am already exhausted and paralyzed!"

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Tun suddenly said after listening to it and pondering for a moment, "It's true that wicked people have to be tortured by wicked people, and these two old things are still powerful!" His face that had been lusting all day finally cleared up.

"Second Master, what does this mean?" Zhao Xin was delighted to see the prince, but he was at a loss when he heard it, and asked in bewilderment.

"Hehe, the two old guys are bad, they mean to let me seize the opportunity. Cook the raw rice into cooked rice. If no one can take me, there is nothing I can do!" Zhao Tong stared at Xin Zhao and said with a grinning face.

"Second Master...you are bullying people again!" Xin Zhao was startled when he heard this, and said angrily, he has been in the army all day, how could he not think of another meaning of this sentence.

"Haha, what were you looking for just now?" Zhao Tun saw Xin Zhao's face flushed against the lantern, as if he had taken advantage of it, and asked with a satisfied smile.

"I was looking for a spider, but I just found it, and I was scared away again, the second master will pay me!" Xin Zhao said with a pout.Women in the Song Dynasty often catch a spider and put it in a box on this night, and check it the next day. If the web is round and upright, it is called skillful, and it is also an important activity on Qixi Festival.

"Okay. Tell me what the spider looks like. See you, you must gather all the officers and soldiers of the Guards and surround the entire courtyard. Even if this courtyard is demolished tonight, you must also help Xin Zhao capture that spider!" Zhao Tong immediately Agreed, said with a straight face 'seriously'. !.

"Second master!" Xin Zhao shouted, grabbing the prince's hand, if the guards knew that their beloved captain was as good at catching spiders as a woman, they would laugh their jaws off.

"Second Master, everyone has been tired all day, so don't bother them. Just help Xin Zhao catch one, I'm sleepy too, go to bed first!" Jian Xi was really sensible, and replied solemnly, calling He yawned and turned his head to go out without waiting for the prince's consent, but Xin Zhao clearly heard the suppressed 'chi chi' laughter coming from outside the courtyard. . .

The sentries and patrols on duty have all received Xiye's "strict order" that no one is allowed to enter the prince's yard without an emergency or the prince's call, otherwise he will be sent to sweep the stables.But the prince's smirk and the captain's exclamation could be heard continuously from the yard, and he didn't know what game the prince and the captain were playing.Wanting to see what happened, but afraid of being caught by Mrs. Xi, it made everyone feel itchy and uncomfortable. They all stretched their necks and stared to find out, but the door was tightly closed.Not even a crack was left for them.

"The Altair is far away, the Han girl of the Jiaojiao River. Slender and plain hands. Thumbs and sticks. All day long, weeping like rain. The river is clear and shallow, how far away is it? There is a gap between the water, and the pulse is speechless." After a lot of tossing, Zhao Tun finally helped Xin Zhao catch a satisfactory spider. The two put the spider around the waist and big butt into a small exquisite box, sat down again and looked up at the Cowherd and Vega in the sky, who seemed to be close at hand, silently. Speechless, Zhao Tun suddenly felt as if there was a 'Tianhe' between them.

"Second Lord, have you seen the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in your sleepwalking?" Xin Zhao asked the prince innocently, resting his chin on his hands.

"Of course I have. The cowherd is simple and honest, the weaver girl is beautiful, and the two children are cute!" Zhao Tang nodded and said, but secretly smiled in his heart. These two stars can be seen every day, but they are several light-years away from the earth. How do they look like? I really don't know.

"They are so pitiful. They are separated by the Milky Way, and they can only reunite once a year. Riri suffers from lovesickness!" Xin Zhao said with a sigh.

"I think they are very happy!" Zhao Tama said leisurely.

"Second Master, riri lovesickness can't meet each other, how can it be happiness?" Xin Zhao said in surprise, looking at the prince, he doesn't seem to be joking.

"Although they are far away from each other, they can feel each other's longing. Isn't it happiness to have someone who misses and thinks about themselves every day? I don't want some people to be under the same roof, but they have different dreams in the same bed. Even if they meet every day, Can you say he is happy, just like..." Zhao Tang looked at the sky and then at Xin Zhao, taking off his coat and putting it on him, then left his seat with a smile.

"Second Lord, what does it look like?" Zhao Xin stopped after hearing what Wang Ye said, and asked hastily.

"Don't miss this opportunity, don't miss it!" The prince said a confusing sentence from the room. Didn't this sentence be said to the prince by Huang Daguan just now? Who did he say it to? Is it me or him, Xin Zhao Thinking about it, I smiled, but the smile was full of bitterness. Could it be that the prince and I can only be like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, destined to be separated by the Milky Way?

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The sun rose again, but Brother Kecha didn't want to go out. He didn't want to hear the miserable neighing left by the horse when it was about to be slaughtered, he didn't want to see the chaotic and lifeless eyes of the soldiers, and he didn't want to smell the soldiers from the Song Army. The smell of rice wafting from the direction of the camp.

In fact, Xia Jun's food shortage was even more serious than Zhao Tun had imagined. In Liangu they only got a few thousand stones of overcooked food, which tasted burnt in their mouths, but this was their last reserve, and it was also An important reason why Cha Ge was eager to lead his army to break the siege of Fengzhou.Thousands of shi grains were eaten by horse chewers, and they would have bottomed out after a few days. Now they have to kill horses for food. If the whole army is to be fed, thousands of horses are killed every day.

Horses are the lifeblood of soldiers, and they are their own property. They don't get paid for war, and the rewards for military exploits are only a catty of wine and a few catties of cheese. Looting is where they get their money.Now blocked by the Song army in this big ravine, except for the sand and stones, the grass roots are all eaten up, who will go to plunder, and now they have to ride their own horses, who wants to!

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Brother Cha had to use his own horse first, and personally killed his beloved horse that had followed him in charge for many years in front of all the troops. rations.Although killing horses is a helpless move, it is also necessary. In addition to supplementing the army rations, it is also because their territory is getting smaller and smaller, and the pasture that can feed the horses is getting less and less. Over time, they will inevitably starve to death. Strength, his elite horses must have food, so they can only kill a batch.

The Song army surrounded them but still adopted the old tactics-shallow attack. In addition to sending a small group of troops to sweep and harass them every day, they kept repairing fortifications, digging trenches, limiting the range of activities of their own cavalry, and eating away at their camp bit by bit. Make your defense depth shrink continuously.What is even more hateful is that Song Jun moved the kitchen to the front of the position. Every day, he steamed steamed buns, made steamed buns, and yelled while eating. There are crowds.Brother Cha could only be strictly restrained, and he started to sit and run and kill one team, so as to barely maintain the situation.

"Report to the lord, the messenger you sent has returned!" Just as Brother Cha was worried, the soldiers entered the account and reported.

"Let him in!" Brother Cha was overjoyed, the bitter days were finally over, once the reinforcements arrived, he would be able to turn the tide of the battle.

The courier was quickly brought into the account and delivered to the letter box. Brother Cha checked the seal, opened the letter box and took it back, but the more he opened his face, the worse he looked, "Can you deliver my king's letter?" He put down and asked standing Messenger in the account.

"My lord, I crossed the Quye River that day, escaped the pursuit of the Song army, did not dare to stop all the way, and sent the letter from the lord to the tent of the deputy commander Wuli!" The messenger didn't know why the lord would ask this, but Still answer truthfully.

"Have you heard any rumors?" Brother Cha asked again.

"My lord, my subordinates have heard complaints from the army under his tent that Xiazhou was attacked, and all the grain and grass in Qiliping Guojiao were looted. Xingqing Mansion ordered all the military divisions in the left wing to retake Xiazhou..."

"You secretly voted for the Song Army, yet you still dare to come back and lie about the military situation and pass on fake news!" Brother Cha didn't wait for him to finish his sentence and jumped up, drew his knife and walked towards the messenger.

"My lord, if you are not an official, you will never dare to communicate with the Song Dynasty..." Seeing that something was wrong, the messenger retreated while talking, but his defense was interrupted by the lord.

"My lord, why is this?" Everyone in the tent asked in shock when they saw the lord suddenly killed the messenger.

"Huh, the little prince of the Song Dynasty is now repeating his old tricks and sending people to disturb our army's morale. Fortunately, I was prepared for it. The other messenger has returned to the camp yesterday, and the deputy commander of Wuli has ordered [-] soldiers and horses from each army division in the left wing." , bring food and grass to help!" Brother Cha said, pointing to the headless corpse on the ground.

"Report to the lord, the Song army is very abnormal today, and the soldiers and horses are frequently mobilized, which seems to be against us!" At this time, Tan Ma came to report.

"Investigate again!" After hearing this, Brother Cha said, his eyes darkened, and he supported the case.But he felt bitter in his heart, his opponent was too ruthless, he wanted his own life, and even more so Xixia.

In fact, Brother Cha knew that what the messenger said was all the truth, and he killed him himself just to stabilize the morale of the army. Wu Li's letter made it clear that now that Xiazhou has been lost, the Privy Council has sent orders to all military commanders after learning that Brother Cha was besieged. The soldiers came to help Xiazhou, but Xiazhou was accidentally attacked by the Song army. The reinforcements were blocked under the city of Xiazhou, and it was impossible to mobilize food and grass. Dare to move lightly.And they received the report that the Song Dynasty was ready to start peace talks again, so as long as Brother Cha persisted for a few more days, once the imperial edict of the Song Dynasty arrived, the siege would be relieved. Do it!To be continued. .