Chapter 117

King Jing and King Yu led hundreds of thousands of rebels to fight and retreat, while Ling Rucheng led the imperial army to fight and chase.

In mid-August, on the way to retreat, the rebel army was ambushed here in advance by a total of 150,000 coalition forces from the five provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, Shandong, and Nanzhili, and lost most of their troops.Guo Jixian took a risky move and led more than 60,000 elite soldiers to support the two kings and rushed out of the encirclement of the imperial army. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain in He Nan, they threw off the imperial army several times and escaped.

As the defeat of the rebels was determined, the imperial court ordered the coalition forces of the five provinces to withdraw to the original place, and Ling Rucheng led the 140,000 troops in Northern Zhili to continue to pursue the rebels.

This pursuit lasted from August to the beginning of October.

During this period, Guo Jixian repeatedly arranged several teams of hundreds of people to pretend to escort the second king to escape first. Ling Rucheng knew that there was a fraud, but he had to send soldiers and horses to intercept them, in case the second king was really hiding in which team.

Guo Jixian's tactics could only slightly delay the speed of the imperial army's encirclement and suppression. By the beginning of October, only 40,000 of the rebels' 60,000 elite soldiers remained, and they might be wiped out at any time.

King Jing, King Yu, and Guo Jixian were all unwilling to be put to death, and still stubbornly resisted. Finally, the rebel army rushed all the way into Wuduo Mountain in the northwest of Nanyang Mansion.

Night fell again.

In the commander's tent, after dinner, Ling Rucheng stood in front of the sand table, Zhao Zeqing, Huang Lang, Chen Jingzong and other generals stood around the sand table.

Ling Rucheng pointed to the large mountains behind Wuduo Mountain and said: "This is Funiu Mountain, and the terrain is steep. Once the rebels escape, the end of this battle will have to be postponed for at least two or three months, so our army must send severalA vanguard army diverted to the Heilongtan between Wuduo Mountain and Funiu Mountain to gather, strictly guarding against death, and not giving the rebels any chance of life."

All the generals are willing to go.

Wuduo Mountain should be the last battle to quell the rebellion. Ling Rucheng deliberately let young generals like Chen Jingzong and Qi Jin do meritorious service, and appointed six other commanders around 30 years old, and asked them to lead 5,000 people each., Tomorrow at dawn, we will go around to the meeting point along different mountain roads.

Because the mountain roads are rugged and even dead ends need to be turned back to change roads, the 40,000 soldiers and horses keep a certain distance and spread out, the marching speed will be faster, and it will be easier to find the hiding place of the rebels.

"In case any team of soldiers and horses encounters the main force of the rebel army, don't touch them head-on, let off smoke as a warning, and join the nearby soldiers and horses first, and I will immediately lead the army to outflank it."

"yes!"

Chen Jingzong's eight commanding envoys withdrew from the commander's account first, and went to notify the guards they were leading respectively.

The preparations are complete, and the rest is to recharge your batteries. When Chen Jingzong walked back, he wanted to talk to her, but he saw that the lights in the long princess's tent had been turned off and it was pitch black.

Chen Jingzong shook his head and returned to his tent.

Almost as soon as he came in, Zhou Ji came over after drinking a pass of water.

After entering the camp, seeing the son-in-law, Zhou Ji took out another set of official uniforms commanded by the long princess's personal soldiers from his bulging arms, and explained to the puzzled son-in-law: "The princess has something important to do with you tonight."In order to avoid misunderstanding, the consort asked the consort to pretend to be a subordinate."

Chen Jingzong understood, and took off his armor and robe without expression, and changed into Zhou Ji's suit.

Zhou Ji asked Chen Jingzong to go first.

After Chen Jingzong was invited by Wu Run to enter the long princess' tent, Zhou Ji calculated the time to reappear and stood outside the camp devotedly, on duty for the long princess.

The tent was pitch-black, and after the eyes got used to the darkness, they could see some things clearly.

Chaoyun and Chaoyue's mattress beds were spread out in the outer tent, and the two servant girls knew that the son-in-law was coming, so they stood there and signaled him softly to go in directly.

Chen Jingzong inexplicably has a strange sense of having an affair, and it is clearly the princess he is marrying.

Fortunately, Chen Jingzong is a contented person, some stealing is better than nothing.

He picked the curtain and walked in.

Sitting on the bed, Hua Yang watched the tall black shadow walk in, knowing that it must be him, she was still a little nervous and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Chen Jingzong walked to her bedside, looked at her dark figure and asked, "So what if I haven't eaten, what's the matter if you make me another?"

He would sneak around whenever he saw each other, and he didn't believe that she could order the maids to cook for him.

Hua Yang pointed to the table next to him: "Your birthday is the day after tomorrow. It stands to reason that longevity noodles should be prepared for you tomorrow, but I speculate that tomorrow you will go into the mountains to search for the rebels. Maybe you will go out after the fight, so I will prepare them for you first.".”

Chen Jingzong was silent, and after a while he said frivolously, "I forgot, but you still miss me."

At another time, Hua Yang would definitely not admit that the excuse was made by Wu Run or the maids without authorization.

But tonight, she was willing to make him happy.

"Eat it quickly, it may be a little sticky."

Chen Jingzong was not used to her like this, walked to the table, opened the food box, and could see a small bowl inside.

He subconsciously said with disgust: "This is not enough for me to fill the gap the between teeth."

Hua Yang: "I know you've eaten, I'll prepare a big bowl for you, in case you won't be able to fall asleep."

Chen Jingzong was noncommittal. Because the bowl was small, he didn't find a chair to sit on. He held the bowl in one hand and the chopsticks in the other.

"There is everything over the wash shelf, just clean it up and come up."

Hua Yang lay down and said.

Chen Jingzong's only response was his sudden heavy breathing.

Hua Yang saw him take off his clothes in twos and twos, and watched him walk to the sink, brush his teeth, wash his face, wash his hair, and wipe his body, all in one go.

He wiped his hair half dry indiscriminately, and tied it on the top of his head again, so as not to get in the way when the long hair fell down later.

When he walked towards the bed, Hua Yang could almost hear his own heartbeat.

She moved inside.

Even if she had a noble status, it would be impossible for her to bring out the big bed or Babu bed from the mansion with the army. Now she is using a narrow wooden bed, which can be disassembled when camping out and assembled again when camping.

When Chen Jingzong lay on it, the wooden bed, which seemed not very strong, creaked.

Hua Yang's heart tightened: "How about you lie down on the felt blanket?"

Chen Jingzong pulled her into his arms and gasped, "Don't worry, your bed is stronger than mine. My bed creaks every day, and it's still firm after sleeping for three months. You're sureIt can't collapse. Besides, you can't ask me to do anything."

He was still talking, Hua Yang was already in his arms, his deep voice came from the top of his head, it was the intimacy she was already familiar with.

Hua Yang hugged him.

When met him during the day, could see that he was dark and thinner, but it was only when touched his shoulder that realized that he was still as strong and strong as remembered.

What surged in her heart was tenderness, but Chen Jingzong suddenly turned over, grabbed her two wrists and lifted her up.

Hua Yang doesn't quite understand why he always likes this. If she would push him in disgust when they first got married, she would not have done so in this life.

"Miss me to death."

After kissing her around, Chen Jingzong whispered in her ear.

Hua Yang's whole body was hot, he grabbed his hand and said, "Are you going to go into the mountains tomorrow? Go to bed early."

Chen Jingzong: "You really want me to go to bed early, so you shouldn't have called me over."

Hua Yang: ...

Whatever he does, Hua Yang tries to talk to him: "What's Ling Shuai's arrangement for tomorrow?"

Chen Jingzong mentioned it absently, and felt that she was stiff for a moment. Chen Jingzong kissed her: "Don't worry, the rebels will definitely not be able to escape this time. We will go to Black Dragon Pool to intercept them, let alone encounter any danger."

Hua Yang hugged his hand, trembling slightly, said: "Do you know why I have to call you over tonight?"

Chen Jingzong supported the bed board with one hand, and did not move the other hand, looking at her eyes that were shining with pearls in the darkness: "Why?"

Hua Yang also looked at him, and said in a low voice: "In addition to celebrating your birthday, what's more important is that your old lady gave me another dream last night. In the dream, you were going to Heilongtan as Ling Shuai arranged, butIn a place called Bai Heling, you encountered an ambush by rebels..."

At this point, there was a hint of choking in her voice.

Chen Jingzong seemed unaware: "Is something wrong?"

Hua Yang: "Well, I saw you lying in a pool of blood, and those people you brought along also died."

Her breathing was obviously not right, Chen Jingzong touched her face, it was wet, and the teardrops were like rain, flowing continuously.

Chen Jingzong picked her up, he was sitting, she was pillowing his arm.

He wiped her tears with his cuffs, until the cuffs on both sides were wet a lot, she was still crying.

Chen Jingzong coaxed: "It's just a dream, it's not real."

Hua Yang didn't like his tone: "Why isn't it true? You forgot the flood in your hometown and the account book in your second aunt's hand? How dare you say that your old lady is not working?"

Chen Jingzong: "Well, well, she is smart, she is smarter than gods."

Hua Yang: "Then what are you going to do tomorrow? In the dream, the reinforcements arrived too late, so they couldn't make it in time."

Chen Jingzong thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know how many people Bai Heling ambushed?"

Hua Yang: "I can't see clearly. The old lady said that they have 10,000 people, 3,000 of them are lying in ambush on the cliffs on both sides and shooting arrows, and 7,000 of them are intercepting and killing."

Chen Jingzong: "That's easy. I will arrange 10,000 more people. We will pretend to have fallen into a trap in front, and the other 10,000 people will be orioles."

Hua Yang: "Where did you get 10,000 people?"

Chen Jingzong: "We have four guards in the vanguard on the right. After we set off, I asked two of them to follow me. It's a life-and-death relationship. With your relationship, they will definitely listen to me. If they don't listen,I have the cheek to follow one of the guards, and then avoid the Bai Heling road, it is still safe."

Hua Yang still felt that he was not at ease.

Chen Jingzong: "Don't worry, I believe in the old lady, she won't take her own life for nothing."

Hua Yang wanted to say something more, but Chen Jingzong kissed him very forcefully.

In the end, Hua Yang was exhausted by him and fell asleep, but even when she fell asleep, she still leaned tightly in Chen Jingzong's arms. Chen Jingzong tried to move out, and she immediately moved over.

Chen Jingzong smiled and touched her messy hair.

After two months of guessing, he had guessed all the good-looking and important people in the barracks. Seeing that the war was about to end, Chen Jingzong would think that he was thinking too much and wronged her.

Unexpectedly, the person who made her foolishly follow the army for so long was himself!

It's a pity that didn't hold a lamp, and didn't see her teary eyes.

After regretting, Chen Jingzong looked at the dark roof.

Bai Heling?

There are a total of eight guards, and Daxing Zuowei is walking on a road outside Wuduo Mountain. Why did the rebels lie in ambush on his only way?

The next day, it was still pitch black outside, Chen Jingzong was about to get up, and he had to sneak back to his tent.

It's just that he just tried to get his arm out of Huayang's arms, and Hua Yang woke up.

Chen Jingzong explained: "I should go."

Hua Yang quickly regained his clarity, and hugged his arms tightly again: "Do you remember what I told you last night?"

Knowing that she cared about it, Chen Jingzong said seriously, "Remember, I will definitely come back with my whole body intact, and I will definitely not let you be a widow for me."

It was obviously a very serious tone, but Hua Yang still felt that he was teasing her.

Hua Yang interrogated him again, making sure that he remembered the location of Bai Heling, as well as the location and number of ambush soldiers, Hua Yang slowly let go of his hand.

Chen Jingzong went to rinse his mouth, and when he came back, he lifted her into his arms and kissed her fiercely.

When Hua Yang couldn't stand still, Chen Jingzong held her hot face and said: "If I come back after making meritorious service, will you make an exception and give me one?"

Hua Yang didn't speak.

Chen Jingzong: "If you agree with me, I will have a broken leg..."

Hua Yang covered his mouth.

He doesn't need to break his leg, as long as he comes back properly, she will give it as many times as she wants.