Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 366 Han Jialian Hu Bing (4)

Although there was no change in the Liao army camp in the north, Zhao Xingde still did not dare to take it lightly. When he got the news that Han Ningshuang had returned to Tieshan Commander's Mansion, he only nodded slightly to show that he knew.The courier sent his wife's letter, and Zhao Xingde opened it at the top of the city to read it. After reading it, he folded up the letter and put it close to his body.He set an example like this, and the defenders also guarded their positions, and did not take it lightly because of last night's big victory.The wind was strong in the city, and the soldiers straightened their bodies, a bit more mighty than usual.

The camp of the Liao army in the north seemed calm, having experienced a major defeat. Facing the situation where the sea ice passage was cut off and the main force of the Han army returned to Suzhou, the generals of the Liao army seemed to be reconsidering their countermeasures.A large group of Liao army cavalry was on guard far outside the range of Nanshan City, while infantry were building antlers in an attempt to connect the artillery forts in front of the camp. Some Liao troops even tried to dig trenches, but because the land was still Did not fully defrost and gave up.

"General Zhao, this is the military newspaper of the Huguo Mansion."

Zhao Xingde took over a thick stack of military newspapers, and in the past three months, although he communicated with the navy through semaphore.But the semaphore can't express too complicated meaning, and, whether it is intentional or not, the navy has not informed Nanshan City of the outside situation.Zhao Xingde flipped through these military newspapers one by one. Some of the news was very old, such as the Anbei Army Division sent troops to Xijing Road. Although the writing was brief, there was still a sense of confidence in victory between the lines.Soon, Zhao Xingde frowned.He even had the urge to 'crumple' this stack of paper into a ball and throw it down from the top of the city.The mood that was relaxed just now because of the victory suddenly became heavy.

"Two peaches kill three warriors." Zhao Xingde slammed his fist on the icy city wall, "Those who use things will bring disaster to the country!"

A glimmer of gloom flashed in his eyes, Xia and Song had become enemies, and Liaodong and Shandong were just separated by a river... Zhao Xingde shook his head, and then thought: "The Liao is victorious, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be ready at any time. Going south. If you bypass the three towns in Hebei, you will be able to reach Bianliang overnight. Once the Liao Kingdom survives, the Song Dynasty will not take the initiative to fight against the Xia Kingdom for a day, so that it will be enemies. This is a simple truth. Don’t Chen Dong and others see it? come out?"

"Youyun, the Liao Kingdom relies on it as the heartland. The 'nature' of Khitan tigers and wolves, the so-called delivery of Youyun's words, are just borrowing the old wisdom of the Warring States strategists to deceive our dynasty, just like Zhang Yi deceived King Huai of Chu, how can you trust him. The situation in the north of Hebei has not yet settled, and they are greedy for small profits again to form grievances with their neighbors in the west, causing the country to suffer from enemies. Who will take charge of this strategy? Please kill it to thank the world!"

Chen Dong wrote angrily.This is already the third memorial that has been played in the past few days, and the tone has become more and more excited every time, hoping to impress the emperor, and realize that this move is enough to lead to the danger of subjugation of the country.A cup of soup and tea was gently placed beside the case. Chen Dong subconsciously raised the tea cup, put it to his mouth and took a sip, sighing: "These people, even though they are famous and ambitious, how can they ignore the safety of the country." He put the tea The lamp was placed heavily on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Liao and Xia are fighting each other. I only guard the side walls outside and repair the armor inside. I may wait and see the success or failure, or I may contribute to the flames. Waiting for the opportunity, I can receive the effect of Bianzhuang stabbing the tiger with one move. Considering that we have a lot of soldiers in our dynasty, it is not impossible to hope for a world. However, this good situation was ruined randomly by these fools, and finally turned into a sinister situation. It is really lamentable! Sad! Sad! !"

He let out the lump in his chest in one breath, and then smiled apologetically.Mrs. Chen also smiled, although she didn't quite understand why he was so angry, but at this time, she always felt that the officials still had a bit of true nature, unlike the usual clay sculptures and wood carvings where emotions are invisible appearance.

"If Mr. Zhao is here, he must agree with your husband."

Mrs. Chen said softly, and gently wiped away the tea that was spilled just now.With such a lady around, no matter how angry Chen Dong might be, it would be invisible.He also nodded and said: "If Yuan Zhi is in the court, you should work together with me!" After finishing speaking, Chen Dong sighed regretfully.He also knew a thing or two about the war in Liaodong. The Liao Kingdom launched an army of more than [-] in the northern expedition, and the Jin Kingdom, which the court had placed high hopes on, had been wiped out.Zhao Xingde mentioned that a brigade was hanging alone in Liaodong, and they didn't know their safety, life or death for several months.Thinking of this, Chen Dong temporarily forgot his anger, and a trace of worry appeared between his brows.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen also sighed.Although Chen Dong never leaked it, Zhao Xingde's description of the "Liaodong Weeping Blood Record" is well known in the world. During the period, the soldiers fought fiercely, the lives were devastated, and the ten rooms and nine empties were described as if they had seen it with their own eyes.Everyone has their own guesses about his whereabouts.Since Chen Dong left Beijing and sent to Guangzhou, it seems that there are fewer and fewer friends who can truly be called life-and-death friends.

After Deng Suquan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, had disagreements with Chen Dong, more and more people in the Neo Confucian Society favored Deng Su.Some even sow discord among them, making the knot between the two deeper and deeper.Zhu Sen gave lectures in Lujielu, Fujian Province, devoted himself to preaching and teaching, and did not do much to mediate the growing estrangement between Chen and Deng.

Chen Dong arranged refugees to go out to sea for reclamation in the Shipping Department of Guangzhou City, and trained the Xiang army to protect the refugees. He originally intended to do something beneficial to the country.Unexpectedly, Qian Gui, the eunuch of the Shibo Department, was greedy for profit and took power. Not long after he took office, an overseas barbarian king bribed Qian Gui through a businessman, and sued that Xia's overseas territories oppressed the indigenous barbarian country.Seeing the opportunity, Qian Gui had an idea, and suggested that instead of wasting time and energy to reclaim the islands, it is better to rely on the hundreds of thousands of manpower from Guangzhou and Qiongzhou Laochengying to subdue those overseas Han people's reclaimed lands. After putting in a lot of effort in land reclamation, we were able to kill two birds with one stone, taking over the territory and at the same time taking over the hearts of overseas barbarians.

Chen Dong has always been tolerant towards Qian Gui, but when it came to the matter of enmity against Xia Guo, the two started arguing. Who knows, not only the villain Zhou Cong, the commander of the Henghai Navy, blindly flattered Qian Gui, but even Chen Dong had placed high hopes on him. Yue Pengju didn't stand with him.Yue Peng made every effort to train his troops through battle, so that the strength of the Henghaixiang Army could be rapidly expanded.In order to counteract Qian Gui's influence in the reclamation affairs, Chen Dong vigorously strengthened his ties with the scholars in the reclamation army and civilians, and even deliberately brought many people into the Neo-Confucian Society.Whenever Qian Gui used troops, these scholars ran to oppose them. As a result, Yue Pengju, the leader of the army, severely punished several of them with military law. This action disappointed Chen Dong greatly, and the friendship between the two quickly faded.

In Guannan, Suzhou, the atmosphere is no longer as tense as it was a few days ago.The Liao army in Guanbei has not changed, and the main force of the Han army has gradually completed its defense in Suzhou.Nanshan City also began to allow other people to enter. For the past few days, Li Ruoxue had been living in Tieshan Castle, and it was only now that she was able to meet Zhao Xingde.The two of them are husband and wife, and they naturally have a beautiful scenery that is better than a newly married couple.After the tenderness, Li Ruoxue leaned in Zhao Xingde's arms, put her bare hands on Zhao Xingde's heart, felt his "thumping" strong heartbeat, and suddenly asked: "Husband thinks, what about Miss Han?"

The beautiful woman smiled lightly, her fingertips were warm and greasy, Zhao Xingde was feeling a little dizzy, and suddenly hearing this question, her heartbeat also slowed down by half a beat, and said in a deep voice, "What about Miss Han is none of my business." Li Ruoxue's eyes A complex expression flashed across her face, and then she smiled slightly and said, "Really? Not honest."

Zhao Xingde became anxious when he heard it, and said in a low voice: "Of course it's true, you and I are very affectionate husband and wife, Madam don't have to be suspicious."

Li Ruxue said angrily, "What are you suspicious of? It makes me feel like I'm jealous of a 'wife'." She shook her head slightly, and said in a low voice, "Miss Han is gentle and generous, and she is also affectionate towards her husband. If the wife who started first agrees, she can marry another wife." There was a faint smile on her lips, but her eyes were a little complicated, obviously this decision was not so easy to make.

Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "I've never had sex in my life, otherwise, God..." Before he finished speaking, his mouth was covered, and he said angrily: "It's sunny and white, can you swear carelessly?" Li Ruoxue sighed, and said in a low voice: "Although you say that, your heart beats very fast!" She took her palm from Zhao Xingde's chest, and poked his heart with her slender fingers.

Zhao Xingde blushed unconsciously, and argued forcefully: "The heart beats so fast, if you don't believe me, let me 'touch' 'touch' yours." He said as if to reach out his hand.Li Ruoxue pushed his hand away in shame, rolled her eyes, and said angrily, "Teacher Deng." As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that something was missing.