On the ninth day of April in the 24th year of Jiahe, General Zhenwei led an army of 300,000 troops to attack Baili City in Linhuai Pass. The enemy generals on the other side were killed in the battle, and there were 100,000 prisoners of war. The gates of Baili City were wide open, but General Zhenwei could not bypass them.
When we entered, everyone was confused, but a fire broke out in the city. It turned out that the enemy was pretending to surrender, intending to catch turtles in the jar and burn the Qi army to death. Fortunately, General Zhenwei had foresight and sent people to investigate first. If we entered the city rashly, our army would definitely suffer serious casualties.
According to historical records, the prince of the Northern Kingdom abandoned the city and fled. General Zhenwei personally led his troops to pursue him. When he arrived at the Valley of Thousands of People, he captured the Prince of the Northern Kingdom, Yeluhong. The news spread to Qi State, and the whole country was overjoyed.
The night was as cold as water. Ning Guang was sitting on the wall of Baili City. There was a plate of beef and a pot of wine in front of him. Opposite him, there was a round white porcelain jar. In front of the porcelain jar, the same thing was placed.
A jug of wine.
After uncorking the wine, the strong aroma of wine hit his nostrils. Ning Guang did not use a wine glass, but directly poured the wine into his mouth from the wine bottle. The wine flowed down the corners of his mouth, and he just wiped it with the back of his hand.
"This is the first time for me to sit and appreciate the scenery outside the Great Wall in the North. In fact, it is really not as good as our Daqi." Ning Guang spoke slowly, not knowing who he was talking to.
But if you look carefully, you will find that his eyes are fixed on the white porcelain jar opposite him.
"You once said you longed for freedom outside the Great Wall, but in the end, you have to return to Daqi. After all these years, what did you say you wanted? Why bother going back to where you came from?"
Ning Guang looked at the porcelain jar intently for a long time, and the scene before Hu Sandao's death appeared before his eyes.
"I lost and am tired. I don't want to continue the competition." Hu Sandao said: "The city has been filled with kerosene by Yeluhong. Once you enter the city, you will be buried in a sea of fire."
He took out a piece of brown paper from his arms and handed it over, saying: "This is the defense plan for Yeluhong to hide archers in the city. Also, when he abandoned the city this time, he must be heading to Licheng, passing through the Valley of Thousands of People.
Cough cough cough.”
"Why?"
"Consider me repaying the lives of those three thousand brothers." Hu Sandao fell to the ground, looked at him and said: "For the sake of past friendship, I finally beg you to take me back to Daqi."
The expression on Ning Guang's face was complicated and difficult to understand. He was speechless as he looked at him. Hu Sandao's pupils gradually became dilated, but he still looked at him stubbornly, waiting for his consent.
"rest assured!"
Hearing these two words from Ning Guang, Hu Sandao smiled. The smile was as pure and bright as when Ning Guang first saw him.
"I will take you back." Ning Guang took another sip of wine and said lightly.
"General, the envoy from the Northern Kingdom has arrived." Tietou climbed up the city wall in a hurry and said cheerfully: "We can return to Qi soon."
The Prince of the North was captured, and so many cities were occupied in the North. The King of the North would definitely not be able to fight back. If he wanted to sue for peace and redeem the Prince of the North, he would definitely have to send an envoy.
Of course, Ning Guang was only involved in the war, and the ambassador of Qi was naturally responsible for the negotiations.
Ning Guang drank the last bit of wine in the pot, threw the pot off the city wall, stood up high, looked into the distance, and murmured: "Yes! We can finally go back!"
On April 20th of the 24th year of Jiahe, the Northern Kingdom sued for peace from Qi, willing to become a friendly state, and signed a peace treaty. They would not fight for twenty years, and they would cede territory and pay 8 million taels in compensation, and redeem the prince of the Northern Kingdom. In the same month, the army returned
towards.
But in Cao's house in Changping, the main courtyard was busy. The servants walked in quickly carrying hot water, but they were silent. From inside the house, a small moan of pain could be heard.
"Why haven't you given birth yet? It's been three hours." Cao Kui clenched his fists and walked around the yard with a look of anxiety on his face. He looked into the house from time to time, and even wanted to rush inside a few times.
"It's only three hours. There are many people who can't give birth in one day. Don't worry." Mrs. Song stopped with a smile.
Knowing that Mrs. Chen was due to give birth in the past few days, and that there were only two unmarried girls in the house, it was not a big deal, so Mrs. Song came here specially. It was a coincidence that she only arrived yesterday, and Mrs. Chen took action today.
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Su Xiaoyi's face turned pale when she heard that, and she said in horror: "No way, one day and one night, it won't hurt..." Before the word death came out of her mouth, she hurriedly covered her mouth, and made two bah-bah sounds on the ground,
He clasped his hands and said: "Bodhisattva Empress, I have no words to hide my belief. I hope that I will not blame you and bless my mother and son to be safe."
Seeing this, Su Liu smiled and said: "If you are really scared, just sit in the main room and swing around. I will feel dizzy."
"I don't want it." Su Xiao immediately protested and said, "I want to be the first to see the baby born."
"There are all the midwives in the room. If you want to be the first, what will everyone in the room do?" Mrs. Song said with a smile.
Su Xiaoyi thought that this was indeed the case, and couldn't help but grimace, and said: "That's true, but at least I am faster than Chen Ye and Sister Mingzhu, hehe."
Mrs. Song and Su Liu couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard her childish words.
After another half an hour, there was still no movement inside, but the moans of pain became louder. This time, not to mention Cao Kui and Su Xiao, even the calmest Su Liu and Mrs. Song were a little worried.
After all, Mrs. Chen is getting older. Giving birth at this age is several times more dangerous than the average woman. She is naturally worried because she has not been able to give birth for so long.
Cao Kui couldn't help but walked to the window and said loudly: "Mei Niang, Mei Niang, are you okay? I'm right here, don't be afraid."
After waiting for a while, there was no sound inside. Cao Kui was about to speak when Chen said, "I'm fine."
Cao Kui breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As long as everything is fine, just call me if anything happens. We are all here."
"Oh, ma'am, please stop talking and wait until you try harder." The midwife's voice came from inside, saying: "Hurry, open it all the way, madam, just use harder when I tell you to."
"It's time to give birth, it's time to give birth." Cao Kui suddenly started dancing with his hands and feet.
Mrs. Song clasped her hands together. Su Liu, who was closest to her, heard her chanting Buddha's prayer for blessing and became nervous unconsciously. Su Xiao also subconsciously grabbed Su Liu's hand and looked into the room.
Time passed bit by bit, and there was no other sound except for the screams of pain mixed with the sounds of cries for strength getting louder and louder in the room.
Another half an hour passed, and the people waiting outside the house turned pale, fearing they would hear bad news. Su Liu and Su Xiao leaned together, as if they could find each other's strength in this way.
As for Cao Kui, he had already collapsed on the ground. If a few strong women hadn't pulled him forcefully, he might have rushed into the house long ago.
"Why does it take so long, sister, will mother..." Su Xiao's eyes were slightly red, and she pinched Su Liu's hand tightly.
"Don't talk nonsense." Su Liu glared at her and sternly scolded: "Mother and son will be safe."
As soon as Su Liu finished speaking, a scream came from the room, followed by a cry of joy: "It's born, it's born!"
"It's happening, it's happening!" Su Xiao jumped up.
Su Liu and Mrs. Song breathed a long sigh of relief, and their minds relaxed, and then they felt their legs became weak. Only they knew what a long process this was, and it was really torturous.
Cao Kui's face turned pale and his forehead was covered with sweat. Then as if he thought of something, he got up and rushed into the house.
"Oh, sir, you can't come in yet!" Several ladies hurriedly stopped him.
"Why didn't you cry?" After Su Xiao was happy, she suddenly thought of another question.
After everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly lifted, and they all looked into the room. Cao Kui's face suddenly turned ashen.
Just then, a baby's cry came from the house, and everyone's hearts dropped.
"You girl, I'm going to be scared to death sooner or later." Mrs. Song glared at Su Xiao.
Su Xiao stuck out her tongue and smiled coquettishly: "Aren't I worried?"
Within a moment, Nanny Cui walked up to Cao Kui with a red baby in her arms, smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, sir, congratulations, sir, my wife has given you a son."
Cao Kui was stunned, looked at the baby in her arms, and murmured: "Son, is it a son?" He took two steps back and said in disbelief: "It's a son. I, Cao Kui, have a son. Haha, I do.
My son!"
After feeling happy, he hurriedly asked: "Where is Madam? How is Madam?"
"Master, except for being a little tired, everything is fine." Aunt Cui said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, I'll go see her." Cao Kui's heart really dropped this time, and he rushed inside quickly.
"Look at your father, he was so happy that he even forgot to reward him." Mrs. Song smiled and said to Su Liu and the others.
"Reward, reward all! Those who serve in Madam's yard will be rewarded with two months' monthly payment, and the rest will be rewarded with one month's monthly payment." Su Liu said with a smile.
The servants were all as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year!
Hearing that he was a younger brother, Su Xiao had already happily approached Grandma Cui. Looking at the red and wrinkled child, he frowned and said, "How ugly!"
"Girl, newborn babies are like this. They will grow white and tender in a few days." Aunt Cui said with a smile.
Su Liu and Mrs. Song also came over to take a look. Mrs. Song simply hugged her and looked at her carefully before saying, "She is a decent person. I think she looks more like your sister Mingzhu."
Cao Mingzhu is well-known as a beauty. Mrs. Song said that this boy will also be a handsome guy in the future.
"That mouth looks like mine," Su Xiao said sourly.
"They look alike, they all look alike, they all take the advantages of you and Sister Mingzhu, okay?" Su Liu joked with a smile, and Su Xiao smiled sheepishly.
"Take it back quickly, don't catch the wind." Mrs. Song looked at it lovingly for a while, then handed it back to Aunt Cui, and said to Su Liu: "We have to go to each house to announce the good news. You can make arrangements, and I will go to the kitchen to give instructions.
Make some supplements and let your mother take them."
Su Liu nodded with a smile and said: "I know, it has been arranged a long time ago. First of all, Sister Mingzhu has to inform me first, and Brother Ye also needs to let me know."
At this moment, a boy ran in quickly and shouted to Su Liu: "Girl, good news, good news, General Zhenwei won the battle, and the army has returned to the court!"
"Sister!" Su Xiao pulled Su Liu excitedly after hearing this.
Su Liu was a little stunned. Looking at the young man's happy smiling face, tears suddenly flowed down his face.
