Chapter 4 National Memorial (Part 4) Li Xu didn’t know why Wan’er was suddenly angry. For the sake of Duke Tang, he didn’t plan to care too much about this matter. Brother Hongji once told him that the children of wealthy families are often a bit eccentric, like
The four direct descendants of Tang Gong have such temperaments, they are already the most easy-going among them.
While he was thinking wildly, Liu Hongji next to him was inexplicably surprised. Ever since they came to Liaodong, Liu Hongji, Li Xu, Wan'er, and Shimin were used to living together, and they had always regarded the three of them as his younger brothers. Until now,
Only then did she suddenly realize that Li Waner was a girl, and she had already grown hair last year. If she was allowed to go back and forth freely between the military camp and Li Xu day and night, some trouble would inevitably arise one day (Note 1) with Mr. Tang’s family.
Although they were close, Liu Hongji was still an outsider after all. He knew that there were some things he had no chance to say, but he couldn't bear to let Li Xu make mistakes and ruin his future. After thinking about it, he finally mentioned it casually on the way back to the camp: "Wan
With my son’s temper, if I get married in the future, I’m afraid it will be hard for her to be my father-in-law!”
"It's okay. I'm usually very kind. I may have seen too much blood today and I feel a little upset! Besides, the person who can marry her will definitely be tolerant and won't worry about everything with a woman!" Li Xu smiled.
He smiled and defended Li Wan'er kindly. Thinking carefully about the situation, he suddenly found that Wan'er looked very beautiful when she was angry. She had a daughter's flavor that was rarely seen in her.
"That's right, letting Mr. Chai seek blessings for Wan'er will probably happen in the next two years!" Liu Hongji smiled and shook his head, as if he saw how Wan'er's future husband would be embarrassed in front of his wife.
"Master Chai, I wonder if he is a descendant of that noble family?" Li Xu was stunned and asked curiously, "Is Wan'er engaged? Then why are you still playing outside all day long?"
"Well, you don't know yet. This man's surname is Chai, and his name is Shao. He is the son of Chai Shen, the Duke of Julu County. He is now the crown prince's Qian Niu Guards. This Long Live Eastern Expedition, the crown prince was left to supervise the country. That's why Mr. Chai did not follow the army.
When he came to Liaodong, he and Wan'er were engaged since childhood, and the current emperor personally witnessed the exchange of gifts between the two families!" Liu Hongji's words were plain and calm, as if he was talking about a very ordinary matter.
"Oh, that's a good match!" Li Xu commented with a smile, the expression on his face was calm.
Seeing Li Xu's indifferent look, Liu Hongji secretly scolded himself for being too meddlesome. Li Waner has always been a woman who doesn't give way to women. Although girls know things early, she and Li Xu are close in age, and they are probably brothers when they play together.
There is more love, the love between children may not be real. As for his good brother, judging from his experience in Su Chuanbu, I am afraid that he is very indifferent to the matter of men and women. He probably doesn't even care about Wan'er's gender in his heart now.
, let alone having any wrong thoughts. Moreover, the two of them have the same surname. They have already been named as brothers and sisters of the same clan. Children of good families should understand the custom that people with the same surname cannot marry...
Thinking of this, Liu Hongji looked at Li Xu with a somewhat apologetic look. When he was thinking about how to change the topic, he found that the latter was looking straight into the distance. He was stunned for a moment and followed Li Xu's gaze.
When I went there, I saw only a few lights slowly approaching the military camp in the east. In the dark night, it looked particularly strange.
"Come with me and take a look. Follow me fifty steps. If anything unusual happens, immediately ride back to the camp and call the police!" Liu Hongji drew the knife in his hand and whispered to Li Xu.
Li Xu nodded and quietly slowed down the pace of his horse. After staggering about fifty steps away from Liu Hongji, he slowly drew out his horn bow. "Brother Liu is still trying to protect me." Li Xu was very grateful for the other party's friendship.
Today Brother Liu pretended to mention it unintentionally, which made people feel chilly after hearing it.
"I know I can't reach that high, but I never planned to reach that high!" In the darkness, Li Xu's facial expression changed rapidly. Liu Hongji didn't expect that no matter how stupid the child was, he would slowly learn to hide himself after suffering a lot, let alone
, he was not the first person to bring up these boring topics with Li Xu. A few days ago, Yu Wenshiji had ridiculed Li Xu for trying to marry into a wealthy family and cling to high branches.
"You don't need to explain. If you date her, you will be considered clinging to her! Everyone just trusts your own judgment and listens to your explanation of what you do. Besides, who knows if you are telling the truth!" In the dark night, Yuwen Shiji's words
Breathing out words like a poisonous snake, various flavors of depression, defiance, desolation, sweetness, bitterness, and sourness flowed into Li Xu's heart. He felt his nostrils were sour and something was rolling in the corners of his eyes. But he tried his best not to let the tears roll down. What did others say?
, that is other people’s business. The only thing he can do is to prevent the situation from developing as others imagine.
For a moment, he felt a little sorry for himself. He regretted not agreeing to let Mai Tiejian enter his Zuowuwei that day. If he had agreed to the old general that day, he would be one of the generals fighting against the bandits on the other side of the river today. Although he thought about the consequences
It's a bit scary, but it saves you from the boring humiliation in front of you.
Not far away, Liu Hongji's war horse was already approaching the visitor. The lantern in the other party's hand had already illuminated their own clothes and the carriage. They were a group of Goguryeo people. Li Xu's breathing tightened instantly, and he bent his elbows to pull the strings and pulled the feathers.
The arrow was firmly placed on the bow arm. In an instant, all the unhappiness was forgotten by him.
"We are envoys. The two countries are at war and the Sui Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven and the state of etiquette!" The visitor instinctively felt the danger in the darkness and shouted in fluent Chinese into the night behind Liu Hongji.
, Li Xu saw countless lights flashing near him, and a long-awaited Sui army quickly surrounded the Goguryeo envoy.
The Goguryeo envoys came to negotiate peace. Their carriage carried the body of General Qian Shixiong, who was searched by the night patrol soldiers. After being brought into the military camp, the envoys presented a seal to the Sui Emperor. On the seal, the Goguryeo guard
General Eulji Moonhui hopes that His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty can understand the panic of "small countries are afraid of death and dare to fight with trapped beasts" and forgive them for their reckless behavior that they have to fight today
Qian Shixiong's body was carefully packed away by the Goguryeo people, and all blood stains had been wiped clean. The Goguryeo people said that they respected warriors, so they did not withhold General Qian's armor and weapons. As for the old general Mai Tiezhang and the other nine Sui generals who died during the day,
, the Goguryeo people have also collected their corpses. Eulji Wenhui was considerate of the mood of the Sui soldiers, so he was willing to charge a thousand taels of gold for transportation to deliver these corpses to the Sui Dynasty for burial.
Sui Emperor Yang Guang agreed without hesitation to the envoy's request to redeem the general's body, and agreed with the Goguryeo people that there would be a day's truce tomorrow, and the two armies would drive a raft on the river to hand over the body. As for the Goguryeo people's request to withdraw, Yang Guang only answered:
"One day later, I will order people to continue to build the bridge. Whether to fight or surrender, you can decide for yourself!"
The Goguryeo envoy still wanted to quibble, but at the same time the civil and military officials drew their swords from their sheaths. The envoy was so frightened that he had to crawl away and retreat. When the enemy envoy was escorted out of the camp, the generals petitioned the emperor to fight, demanding that he refuse to pay for the ransom of wheat iron. The gold from the remains of Zang and others was directly swam across tonight, razing Liaodong City to the ground. Yang Guang said: "In this eastern expedition, many foreign khans followed me and broke their trust. How can I convince them in the future! Goguryeo is It is expected that this small barbarian country will not be able to play many tricks and I gave him the gold. Sooner or later I will get it back with interest."
The generals had no choice but to obey their orders. The next day, the Koreans used wooden coffins to transport the remaining ten corpses. Yu Wenshu, on behalf of His Majesty the Sui Dynasty, went to the river to redeem the bodies of Mai Tiezhang and others with gold. He remembered that he had been with Mai Tiezhang on weekdays. General Yuwen cried all the way back to the military camp.
At noon, Yang Guang stood in front of the army. He personally held a white silk cloth for the Mai Iron Staff and washed his face. He issued an edict to commend the Mai Iron Staff and said: "He has great ambition and bravery. He has served as a hero for a long time. He accompanies his subordinates to answer questions. He was the first to enter the battle. His integrity is high and righteous. His merits will be preserved in his death." Sincere words, mourning and mourning, it is appropriate to honor the honor and show virtue." He was posthumously awarded in public as Guanglu doctor, Su Guogong, posthumous Wulie (note 2) Zuo Yiwei general Yu Wenshu, Zuo Tunwei general Xin Shixiong, General Yu Zhongwen of Yiwei on the right, General Jing Yuanheng of Xiaowei on the left, and more than a hundred generals all dressed in white, walked to deliver the coffin with wheat iron staff in the suburbs. The remaining soldiers of Wuwei on the left stabbed their arms with knives and sprinkled blood to pay farewell to the old general. Seeing this, all the three armies were shocked. indignant
On the third day, His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty mobilized all the crossbow chariots in the army to line up on the river bank, and then sent He Chou, the minister of the Ministry of Work, to build the pontoon bridge again. The two pontoon bridges were just half built, and the Goguryeo people mobilized the crossbow chariots again to harass. Yu Wenshu commanded the crossbow soldiers for a while. The shot was smashed back
After noon, the pontoon bridge gradually approached the other side. The Goguryeo people built an earth fort a hundred steps away from the shore. Archers ambush the earth fort and shot the bridge builders. Sui soldiers used rafts to carry giant shields to protect the bridge. Both sides used feather arrows to crossbow each other. Shooting and fighting continued all day, and at sunset, everyone stopped.
That night, Goguryeo sent dead soldiers to destroy the unfinished bridge, but was captured by the soldiers and horses ambushed by General Wang Rengong of Youyiwei. Rengong had an old relationship with Qian Shixiong, and wanted to avenge him, so he tied up all the captured Goguryeo dead soldiers. Wear sandbags and throw them into the Liao River
On the morning of the fourth day, He Chou continued to supervise the craftsmen to build the bridge. Goguryeo saw that the pontoon bridge was gradually completed, so he repeated the trick and lowered the fireboat upstream again. As a result, before the ship could reach the pontoon bridge, it was hit by wooden piles and iron cables in the river. It turned out that although He Chou's bridge construction progress was slow during the day, he secretly erected bridge protection piles on both sides of each pontoon bridge, and also recruited dead men with heavy sums of money to swim across the river, using the rocks on the shore as a foundation, with iron cables connected between rocks, wooden piles and wooden piles.
The floating bridge stretched forward steadily under the blazing fire, and the giant tree at the edge once again rested on the beach on the east bank of the Liao River.
Note 1: Ji (ji), when a woman in ancient times reached fifteen years old, she would tie up her hair and wear a hairpin, which was called Ji (ji), which meant she was an adult and could get married.
Note 2: The deeds of Mai Tiezhang and others can be found in "Book of Sui? Biography of Mai Tiezhang". The original text is as follows: Before Jiji, the bridge was not completed, and it was still a few feet away from the east bank. The thief was so big that Tiezhang jumped ashore, fought with the thief, and Wu Benlang died. Generals Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha also died, and the emperor, who was even more inferior to his left and right, shed tears for them and purchased their corpses...
The drunkard thought that although Yang Guang was a confused emperor, Mai Tiezhang and others fought for the country, and their deeds should not be buried in history.
Note 3: The chapter number is wrong. The War of the Nation (Part 3) will be followed by The War of the Nation (Part 4), The Fault of a Drunkard. Sorry, please don’t forget the VIP recommendation ticket. Your support is the motivation for me to write the book.
