Tongshu with Mei

Now that Tongguan was in his hand, Yang Xi was in a good mood. With a chuckle, he stretched out his hand to stroke Yang Ye's messy hair: "Some people should keep it. Look at the Yellow River, which gathers snow water from the high mountains in the west. It flows here. When it comes out of the mountain, it must be crystal clear and clear to the bottom. Along the way, there are Kuye River, Wuding River, Fen River and Wei River. It is not clean, and other things are not clean and thorough, but the Yellow River accepts it in this way. This river water is not pure Yellow River water, it is the confluence of rivers from all over the world, which makes it have such a large water potential, although it is not as good as before. Coming towards the sky as the poet said, it is also galloping and roaring, with great momentum. Therefore, although the Yellow River is vast, it is actually chaotic and dirty, hiding filth. But if it is not like this, it may dry up and disappear when it passes through the desert. .How can it flow to the vicinity of Tongguan? Of course, it cannot enter the East China Sea."

Yang Ye was silent for a long time after hearing the words, and then slowly said: "I killed Xiao Nan'an. If I had known what my brother said, I would have kept him first."

Yang Xidao: "Is it because of the ambush in Huanglongling? It doesn't matter if you kill him, just be careful in the future." He looked at Beichenqing under the tower again. Beichenqing had already boarded a warship and headed for the middle of the river.Yang Xidao: "Yun Qi told me to take down Fenglingdu before the Dragon Boat Festival, so that we can eat zongzi with peace of mind."

Now there are only four or five days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Bei Chenqing has always followed his word, and he can't compare to Yang Ye who loves to talk nonsense.So Yang Ye followed Yang Xi back to the city tower, and Yang Xi summoned the generals to arrange various matters at the Tongguan Pass, and he and Bei Chenqing deployed troops and horses.But Yang Ye nestled himself on a long couch behind him, and fell asleep peacefully.

After Yang Xi arranged everything properly, he asked Ren Guan to come over and chat.Seeing Yang Ye sleeping soundly curled up behind Yang Xi, Ren Guan waved a broken cattail fan and praised: "This little prince can eat and sleep, and he is really blessed to be with the prince! Of course, this is also the prince's. Blessing. Is General Beichen still busy outside? That is a natural hard work, thank you for your hard work."

Yang Xidao: "Yes, Yun Qi plans to take Fenglingdu in one go. Then Xiao Wang wants to advance from Tongguan, divide his troops into Hebei, and approach Luoyang from the north. What do you think?"

Ren Guan laughed and said: "If the prince can get Jinzhong and Hebei, why worry about Luoyang? Now that Tongguan has been obtained, the old man, that little apprentice, must have caught the news. Let's see how he reacts."

While chatting, someone begged to see Yang Xi. It turned out that someone from Prince Cen's mansion came to deliver things from Chang'an to Tongguan overnight.That was when Bei Chenqing wanted a batch of kerosene, so Cen Jin bought it from merchants in Longshang, and then sent his subordinates to deliver it.Then there are two big food boxes of rice dumplings, each of which is small and exquisite, tied with colorful silk threads.The accompanying servants of Prince Cen's mansion reported to Yang Xi earnestly: "Over there in Chang'an, the princess is in charge of the affairs of the palace and has always been very busy, but everything is safe, so the prince can rest assured. The princess is very concerned about the prince. Let the villain come to ask about the safety of the prince. The little princess relieved the big princess, and went to the kitchen to make a lot of rice dumplings and bring them to His Royal Highness Zhao to taste."

Yang Xi smiled and said, "It's the zongzi made by Xiaomei, so you really have to try it." He first picked up a plate and brought it to Ren Guan. Eat, and sleep after eating."

Yang Ye was awakened long ago, but continued to pretend to be asleep.Hearing Yang Xi's call at this time, he could only get up lazily, glanced at it, and said indifferently: "I don't like eating zongzi."

That servant is the deputy manager of Prince Cen's Mansion. He has always been serious and cautious in his work, so he turned to Yang Ye: "Then, does the Lord like to eat meat? I remember that at the banquet in Prince Cen's Mansion, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang said that Lord Hou likes to eat meat." , so this time the zongzi is meat zongzi. We have always used red dates and white rice to make zongzi in Guanzhong. This meat zongzi is originally made in the south of the Yangtze River. Fortunately, there are some masters from the south in the chef of Cen Wangfu, and the little princess went to ask for advice. It's only because of this that I made these meat dumplings, I wonder if the Marquis of Huainan would like it?"

Yang Ye looked back at the manager, suddenly shocked, but frowned slightly, slowly lowered his face, and said impatiently after a while: "I don't like meat dumplings either. I don't mean to give it to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang. What are you asking me for?"

The servant could only say: "Yes, Lord Hou can do as he pleases."

Yang Xi coughed twice, and said: "Little wolf..." Yang Ye had already cut off his words: "Is Yun Qi not there? I'll go and see what he's up to." He stretched out his hand and pulled one of his cloaks to wrap around his body , turned around and went out.

There was a lot of traffic outside the door, it was Bei Chenqing leading the soldiers to check barrels of kerosene.Yang Ye leaned over and said, "Yun Qi, what do you want this kerosene for?"

Bei Chenqing said: "Come and see this pontoon bridge." He led him around the Yellow River, at this time the east had turned slightly white, and most of the three pontoon bridges had been built, he said: "General Yuan is holding back at the Jinyue Ferry." We stopped the enemy army, but it is estimated that Wei Mengduo will soon find out that we are diverting the tiger away from the mountain, so I must build the pontoon bridge before tonight. Then hide the fire oil barrel in the boat and sheepskin raft under the pontoon bridge, Later, I lure the opponent's soldiers and horses onto the pontoon bridge, and set fire to the bridge."

Yang Ye frowned and said, "Burn it after it's built?"

Bei Chenqing said: "According to common sense, it is not easy to spend manpower and material resources to build these three pontoon bridges. Of course, they cannot be burned. However, Prince Cen has a strong family business. He took out money and collected a lot of boats and sheepskin rafts. , I have prepared all the things to build the pontoon bridge again. Besides, this is really a drop in the bucket for him, and Prince Cen will not care if he thinks about it. As long as His Royal Highness Zhao Wang can live in the world, it is nothing. So we don’t have to Distressed."

Yang Ye laughed and said: "You prodigal son, what you lost was other people's property, so of course I don't feel bad about it."

Bei Chenqing smiled and said, "Follow me to the east to see the warships." Yang Ye took him to the east along the river, and Beichenqing pointed to the warships on the bank and said, "I'll move the trebuchet to the warship. Here comes the boat, taking advantage of the good wind on the river, since you plan to use fire to attack, use it thoroughly." He hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and his eyes were black now, but he was still pointing vigorously.

Yang Ye stretched out his hand to rub his forehead, his tentacles were slightly feverish, and he asked in surprise, "Are you sick?"

Bei Chenqing said: "I have a cold, but it doesn't matter, I can last until I win Fenglingdu." Yang Yehang hurriedly took off his cloak and wrapped him up, sighing: "The so-called skillful man is laborious, and the wise man is worried. Sorrowful. Sigh, when Fenglingdu is captured, you should take a good rest."

Wei Mengduo was not at Fenglingdu, he had been organizing troops in the rear of Hebei, and came here in a hurry after hearing the news that Tongguan had been attacked, but he was one step too late, and by the time he arrived at Fenglingdu, Tongguan had already fallen , He heard the lieutenant report that the people who were going to guard against the sneak attack at Jinyuedu did not respond for a long time, he was not alert, and shouted at the lieutenant: "Hurry up and get the people from Jinyuedu back!"

The lieutenant hurriedly sent someone to send a message, ordering the navy general to get rid of Yuan Ouming's entanglement and return quickly.Bei Chenqing had already taken the opportunity to command the warships to attack Fenglingdu. The warships lined up in several pairs, guarding soldiers from both sides of the pontoon bridge and marched over. Not as strong as Fenglingdu's side, seeing the loss, he retreated slowly, but lingered on the river, obviously very unwilling.

Bei Chenqing's soldiers also retreated from the pontoon bridge in a hurry. Under the chaos, some were killed, some fell into the water, and they retreated across the bridge in disorder, looking very embarrassed.

Because of the fall of Tongguan, Wei Mengduo, as a general for many years, was also impetuous. Seeing Bei Chenqing retreating, he ordered soldiers to chase him from the pontoon bridge. Bei Chenqing on the ship suddenly waved the flag in his hand, and all of a sudden, ten thousand rockets on the warship fired at the small boats and sheepskin rafts under the pontoon bridge.The wind on the river was strong, and the wind helped the fire. In an instant, the three pontoon bridges became three fire dragons. Suddenly, blue smoke rose from the water, and the river was full of wailing and shouting.

Taking advantage of the other party's panic, Bei Chenqing lined up the warships and drove over. When the distance was shortened, the trebuchet turned, and what was thrown was not boulders, but barrels of kerosene. The wooden barrels were specially made Yes, it hit the opponent's ship and was instantly shattered, with kerosene flowing on the deck.Wei Mengduo watched from behind, only yelled badly, and ordered to back away quickly, but it was already too late.

As the rockets shot up from here, the big ships burned one after another, and the soldiers had nowhere to hide, and many had to jump into the water.

On this day, countless corpses of soldiers and wreckage of boats floated on the Yellow River. Seeing the redness of the river, Bei Chenqing said to Yang Ye: "Actually, sometimes, fighting is fighting for money. In ancient times, when two armies fought, there was nothing to do with schemes or anything." It cannot be used sparingly, but military strength and financial resources are the most important. If you have money, you can conquer the world, but if you don’t have money, you can’t move an inch. Am I right?”

Yang Ye said with a smile: "No, you are relying on Lord Cen's wealth to dare to order soldiers and horses like this and ruin things like this." Bei Chenqing had worked hard for a few days, and suddenly felt exhausted, so he slowly leaned on him, bowing his head. Said: "My ambition in life is to lead soldiers and horses to conquer the world. In the future, if His Royal Highness Zhao Wang can really get this ten thousand li country, I still want to continue to open up the territory for him. At that time, Lord Cen will not take money, little wolf, you have to Take out the silver for me, you have to make money for me."

Yang Ye said: "My ambition in life is to carry tens of thousands of taels of silver bills in my pocket and sleep on top cards all over the world. When I have silver, I have to go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion first, and I will never let you waste my money!" The two laughed casually, While watching his soldiers rebuild three pontoon bridges, Bei Chenqing said, "If Wei Mengduo dares to come over, I don't care about burning three more bridges..."

The great victory at Fenglingdu, Wei Mengduo saw that the navy had suffered heavy losses and was in danger, when Bei Chenqing led his troops to attack, he chose to avoid his front, withdrew from Fenglingdu, and withdrew his troops to Hebei.

This day happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival.

Successive defeats on the battlefield did not prevent His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in the capital, from spending the Dragon Boat Festival with his courtiers and the people of the capital.There are dragon boats of various colors in the Yihe and Luohe rivers, decorated with colorful flowers, and the tide-playing athletes are ready to go, and they want to win a good fortune.The shore is crowded with people, and flower sellers shuttle back and forth, making it very lively.

A colorful building has been set up on the bank near the dragon boat race, dotted with calamus and mugwort leaves, and guards in bright armor guard the largest colored building.

Yang Tao sat upstairs, looking at the unbearable prosperity in front of him. There were various fresh fruit snacks on the table, and a large plate of rice dumplings in different shapes.The courtiers followed him happily.On this Dragon Boat Festival, he considers himself a benevolent monarch, and he doesn't want to be disappointed all the time, so he slowly puts an urgent residence report in his hand into his sleeve, and then forces a smile on his face, but his heart is like frying oil. , restless.

His favored minister Jing Huaiyu was sitting closer to him, and his ability to read words and expressions was even more outstanding. Seeing that his complexion was not good, he whispered: "Your Majesty is tired, do you want to go back to the palace to rest?"

Yang Tao pondered for a moment, and said: "It's okay to have a rest, you can help me greet all the ministers here, and you must return home with all your heart."

He stood up slowly, and the eunuch and others hurriedly followed him and followed him back to the palace.

The emperor sat in a walking chariot, swaying through the streets and alleys of Luoyang. After turning a few turns and walking in a street, Yang Tao suddenly said: "Stop."

The official office of Dali Temple was right in front of him. He looked at it quietly for a while, got off the car and went directly into Dali Temple, and went around to the backyard.

Still in that secret courtyard, Ling Shu was wearing a light yellow thin silk singlet, and was sitting on a bearded bed under the corridor of the upper room in a daze.There is a Xifu crabapple tree in front of me, with clusters of blue crabapple fruit hanging on it, and a few white-eye birds are jumping and chirping on it.Seeing Yang Tao walking around the chaoshou corridor, bowing his head and walking slowly, he got up and knelt down to meet him, but lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

Yang Tao also stopped, saying: "Get up and go into the room."

Ling Shu followed him into the room, and the two remained far away. Yang Tao sat down at the head of the room, and Ling Shu stood at the head of the door.The inner eunuch who followed brought tea, Yang Tao waved the rest of the people to retreat, Fang said: "How about this year's zongzi, is it to your taste? I remember that you like to eat loose millet rice dumplings and sweet-scented osmanthus rice dumplings since you were a child, so Just give these two."

Ling Shu said: "Yes, thank you Your Majesty."

Yang Tao went on to say: "I just received a residence report..." But he sighed softly and didn't go on.

The two were silent for a moment, Yang Tao raised his long eyebrows and said in surprise: "Don't you ask what is in the mansion newspaper?"