This mountain is mine

Chapter 259

The snow was dense and urgent, and all the blood on the ground was covered up on the first night. Except for soldiers splashing water on the road at the gate of the city from time to time, forming a thick ice surface, everything was white, dirty and bloody. It was all covered under the snow.

After taking the medicine, Yu Miaomiao fell asleep with a puppet she made for Xiaodao earlier.

Lying on the bed, I thought that Zhao Man would be back soon. I don't know what his situation is. I haven't seen him for half a year.

Thinking about Zhao Man and thinking about the knife, I don't know if I haven't seen her these days, will I cry?Although the child has a bad temper and gets angry whenever he is provoked, he still sticks to her heart. In the six months since Zhao Man was gone, he was accompanied by a knife every day. After the child went out to have fun, the first thing he said when he came back was to shout She, she always needs to be hugged when she sleeps...

Xu Shi was really tired, and it was quiet outside this night, so she fell asleep in a daze.

But there was something in her heart that she couldn't rest assured about. After all, she couldn't sleep well. She woke up at dawn.

It was quiet outside the house, she breathed a sigh of relief, just turned over and got out of bed, when she saw Wen came in with a broken bowl of medicine, and sighed: "Madam, please rest for a while, you have to think about the child if you don't think about yourself, it's all It’s almost eight months, so be cautious.”

Yu Miaomiao took the medicinal soup that made her mouth taste bitter after smelling it, and it wasn't very hot anymore. Wen Shi should have been waiting at the door, and she brought the medicine in after hearing her noise. She smiled gratefully at her , Drink up the concoction in one gulp.

His body became hot immediately, and his face turned a little bloody because he had just drunk the hot soup.

Wen Shi was about to say something to let her rest, but she shook her head.

Why doesn't she know that she needs to rest, but if someone really invades, her child will definitely not be able to be born, and what she can do is limited, so why isn't it just for the child?
If Song Bing attacked the city like crazy again, every time he defended the city, he would suffer losses, and he didn't know how long he could last. She didn't want to give up Fangling unless it was absolutely necessary...

Thinking of this feeling heavy in my heart, I just said, "I'll tell you if I'm really uncomfortable."

Wen shi sighed leisurely, changed the subject, and said good news: "There is no movement outside the city today."

The heavy snow fell for three consecutive days before it stopped, and the Song soldiers did not attack the city again for some reason.

Taking advantage of these few days, the soldiers can also breathe for a few days.

Yu Miaomiao also rested at home for three days, and Li Pengju took care of many things in the city to calm people's hearts and deal with the aftermath.

When Fangling was in the war, some big and small things happened in Bozhou, because most of the Zunyi army was transferred away, and only the Yang family army was left in Bozhou. The Yang family army clashed with the rest of the Zunyi army. Every year there will be small conflicts, but this time it almost turned into a mutiny.

On the fourth day, among the garrison troops besieging Fangling, the Zunyi Army left the camp. Because they could not receive any news from the outside, they did not know what the reason was, but it made people feel relieved. is a good thing.

Yu Miaomiao rested for a few days, and when he came to the gate of the city this day, he heard the other party's mighty shout.

"The Liao Kingdom is gone, Zhao Man and other rebels in Tongliao are dead. You won't have any more reinforcements. Quickly open the city gate and surrender. You will be exempted from the death penalty. The people in the city will not be held accountable, regardless of who opened the city gate. Whoever gets promoted to a noble rank will receive a reward of one hundred taels."

Hearing this, Yu Miaomiao tightened her hands tightly in her sleeves, and frowned slightly.

Zhou Xiuwu was behind her, fearing that she would listen, he said: "Ma'am, the prince will definitely be fine, this is a commonly used trick on the battlefield."

Yu Miaomiao nodded, calming down her restless heart. There was only one thought in her mind, it was impossible, she didn't believe that Zhao Man was dead.

After that, Zhou Xiuwu also organized people to shout and curse outside the city gate, but he said that the prince was "fake benevolence and righteousness. He killed the people who went out of the city and used them to demonstrate. He didn't even let his own brothers go. How could he let the people in the city go."

He also exaggerated the old affairs between Zhang Jian's family and the prince, and scolded the prince for condoning the collusion between officials and businessmen, killing donkeys, and colluding with Xixia for evil intentions.How ugly how to scold.

The Zhang family suddenly became the richest man in Fangling, and all the valuable antiques in the family were indeed gone. Now people scold the prince for taking them away, and it's not wronging him.

Half-truths make people believe more.

After a few more days like this, the two sides did not start a war, they still scolded each other, and the soldiers cursed even more viciously, and they would say anything, which was unsightly, and Zhao Chi had never appeared before.

Zhou Xiuwu wondered what must have happened to the soldiers of Song Dynasty, otherwise he would not have suddenly dispatched troops to leave and would not have attacked the city, so Zhao Chi was very conceited and wished that the matter of Fangling would end a year ago so that he could go back and claim credit.

He also didn't want Yu Miaomiao to dirty his ears.

Yu Miaomiao also didn't want to hear what happened to Zhao Man from the other party. Although she didn't believe it in her heart and the other party had no evidence, she still had nightmares for several days at night and almost got pregnant.

After being raised at home for a few days, I finally recovered.

At this time, it has entered the twelfth lunar month.

On this day, after Yu Miaomiao got well, she just walked to the gate of the city when she heard the other party shouting.

"The Liao Kingdom has perished. When Emperor Tianxi fled to Xixia, he was captured by the Jurchens and wrote the surrender edict. Now it has been announced to the world. Zhao Man was the minion of the Liao Kingdom and was also executed. It is well known in the world. The imperial court stationed soldiers and horses in Yunzhou I will return to the defense in a few days, increase troops to Fangling, the prince is merciful, I will give you one last chance! Hand over Zhao Man's wife and children to be promoted!"

"No matter how many rebels there are, the first [-] people who left the city and surrendered will not be blamed. The fines from [-] to [-] people will always be exempted from crime, and the rest will be executed for treason!"

This time the tone was more certain, the evidence was more abundant, and the conditions were more generous, even the rebels could be let go.

Zhou Xiuwu was furious when he heard the words, and cursed a few times loudly.

Yu Miaomiao's eyelids twitched wildly when she heard this.

Lu Lingzhi looked at her worriedly, and held her arm tightly.

Suddenly there was the sound of arrows piercing the air, and the soldiers under the city gate immediately waited seriously, but the sound of shooting arrows stopped again. There was the sound of bamboo arrows falling on the ground, but an arrow got stuck in the gap of the city gate. A piece of paper was revealed.

Immediately, a soldier took out the piece of paper from the crack in the door and came in.

At this time, another member of the Song army shouted loudly: "If you don't believe me, take a look, there is the surrender edict of Emperor Tianxi inside the Kongming lantern!"

"Sister Yu, look!"

Yu Miaomiao looked in the direction of Lu Lingzhi's finger, and saw that there were many Kongming lanterns in the sky at some point, and they floated in from outside the city along with the wind, and some of them were about to fall when the wind blew them.

Yu Miaomiao suddenly panicked, and seeing Zhou Xiuwu's expression was not good.

At this time, a soldier took a piece of paper from the gap and handed it to Zhou Xiuwu. Zhou Xiuwu opened it expressionlessly, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Put away all the Kongming lanterns in mid-air or hanging on the trees.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the edict of Emperor Tianxi's surrender in his hand. There was a scarlet seal at the foot of the page, which was an official document issued by the imperial court.

Yu Miaomiao's mind suddenly exploded, as if it was about to explode, and his limbs seemed to be frozen. He only felt those words flying in front of his eyes, making him dizzy.

She doesn't care how Emperor Tianxi speaks about her absurdity and shamelessness, and she is willing to be a minister of Tang Quotesha and entrust Jurchen to educate the Khitan people.

But there is a sentence in it, "The minister and Zhao Man, the crime king of the Song Dynasty, went out of Jiashan together, and wanted to find a place for the clansmen to live in the west. In death..."

Yu Miaomiao's footsteps swayed, and Lu Lingzhi quickly wrapped her around her. Most of her weight was almost on Lu Lingzhi's shoulders. When she retracted her fingers, her knuckles turned white, crumpling the paper.

At this time, Zhou Xiuwu gave the order and had already returned.

Lu Lingzhi didn't read the content on the paper, and she also had many words she didn't understand. At this moment, she was dragging Yu Miaomiao hard, her face flushed from the cold, and she just looked at Zhou Xiuwu worriedly and questioningly.

Zhou Xiuwu said: "Madam, these things should be used by Song soldiers to disturb the morale of the army and the people."

Yu Miaomiao asked, "Really?"

Zhou Xiuwu didn't know whether he was persuading himself or Yu Miaomiao, and he answered very loudly: "Yes."

Yu Miaomiao said in a daze, "Emperor Tianxi's letter of surrender may have been fabricated by the court, right?"

Seeing Yu Miaomiao like this, Zhou Xiuwu said in a deep voice, "Ma'am, it's the most important thing to hold on now. If the people in the city believe it, if our soldiers believe it, the consequences will be disastrous."

After a pause, he said again: "Now is not the time to be sad."

Yu Miaomiao saw how determined he was, and thought of the current situation, she managed to pull herself together, "General Zhou, let's talk inside. I have a few questions to ask the general, so I know what's going on."

The Kongming lanterns in the sky are scattered everywhere, it is impossible to shoot all of them down, not to mention some of them have already landed on the roofs of people's houses, and the news will soon spread throughout Fangling City.

Zhou Xiuwu originally planned to deal with the message from the Kongming Lantern, but seeing Yu Miaomiao's insistence, he could only follow her into a hut under the city gate. It used to be used by the soldiers guarding the city, but now it also serves as a command post.

After entering the door, Zhou Xiuwu let the two soldiers on duty go out, and closed the door. The house has no windows, so it was a little dark at this moment. He took a fire pocket and lit a candle.

Lu Lingzhi helped Yu Miaomiao to sit down, but she didn't dare to speak at this moment, and she didn't know what happened. Seeing that Zhou Xiuwu's expression was not good, his two bowl-sized fists were tightly clenched, making subtle cracking noises from time to time. The sound seemed to erupt at any moment to beat someone, and she became more and more anxious.

"Does General Zhou have a map of the Northern Territory?" Yu Miaomiao asked after exhaling slowly, suppressing the trembling in her voice.

Of course there are. A few years ago, Zhao Man had sent people into the Liao territory to redraw the map.

Zhou Xiuwu took out a roll of paper from a bamboo tube on one side, and spread it out in front of Yu Miaomiao. The map was not all lines like modern maps, but showed mountains, rivers, and especially places that could be attacked or retreated.

Yu Miaomiao felt her heart was about to jump out. The place names on the map were spinning before her eyes, and she didn't bother to look for them, so she simply asked, "Where is Jiashan?"

Zhou Xiuwu's eyes darkened, and he pointed to a place.

Jiashan is located in the eastern section of the Yinshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains, and is located in Yunnei Prefecture on the border of Liaoxia and Xia.

Turkic, Tuhun, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Hexi, Xixia and other opposing forces are active near Yinshan Mountain, and the population is mixed.

"How's the terrain here?"

"The danger is unpredictable." Zhou Xiuwu said.

"It's a good place to retreat and avoid the sharp edge." Yu Miaomiao murmured.

If Zhao Man's troops were insufficient to fight head-on, would there be a better place to hide and escape than here?

"If the prince wants to retreat, where will he retreat from?" She stared at Zhou Xiuwu and asked again.

Zhou Xiuwu turned around and wanted to go out, almost extinguishing the flickering candle.

"My lord will definitely come back."

Zhou Xiuwu didn't answer directly. Hearing this, Yu Miaomiao immediately pinched her palm hard, and her lower abdomen felt like a needle prick. For a moment, she felt the surroundings were silent, without any sound.

Only one sentence echoed repeatedly, he would really go to Jiashan and come back around Xixia, so the edict was true, he died, and he would not be able to come back during the Chinese New Year.

"哐" the door was pulled open, the room suddenly lit up, and a gust of wind blew out the candles in the room.

Yu Miaomiao sat quietly on the chair, she couldn't cry, and she didn't want to cry.

She was even more unwilling to believe that it was true, she just felt it was untrue, but there were evidences telling her that it was true, she didn't know why she had to find evidence to prove the words in the so-called imperial edict, and she was asking for trouble.

Now, she racked her brains to convince herself that the imperial edict was fake, that Zhao Man was the lone star of Heavenly Evil, who specialized in subjugating others, and once he went to the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom would perish. She was his closest person, and she He was still sitting here, how could he die?

She didn't cry at all, so it can be seen that he is not dead, and this is the evidence.

She didn't speak for a long time, as if she had lost her soul.

Lu Lingzhi was present the whole time, but she didn't know what they meant. She didn't understand, but she also knew that something was wrong, so she quietly sat in the room with her.

It wasn't until she heard deafening footsteps outside the house, and the door was full of soldiers, that she held Yu Miaomiao's hand and said, "Sister Yu, is the other party going to attack the city?"

Yu Miaomiao didn't answer, and she didn't lift her eyelids. Lu Lingzhi saw Zhou Xiuwu coming through the open door, wearing armor and holding a spear, and didn't bother Yu Miaomiao anymore, feeling agitated.

But Yu Miaomiao suddenly came back to her senses, and cursed fiercely: "Zhao Man, I'm fucking you, if you die so aggrieved and can't come back, I swear I will dig up your old Zhao family's ancestral grave." !"

When Lu Lingzhi heard this, her heart skipped a beat, she looked at Yu Miaomiao in amazement, saw that she had stood up, and hurried over to help her.

Seeing the battle at the door, Yu Miaomiao narrowed her eyes, she had already lost the ruthlessness just now, and walked out holding Lu Lingzhi's arm.

Zhou Xiuwu also heard Yu Miaomiao's words at the door, and was taken aback.

Although what they are doing now is the same thing as the people of the old Zhao family, but the old Zhao family is also the prince's blood relatives. I really don't see that the lady who seemed to be frightened and stupid since Fangling was besieged was able to say Come on.

(End of this chapter)