phoenix knot

The next day, Shen Chenghao led his army across the Yellow River to the north and marched towards Dingzhou for more than a hundred li. The king of Liao panicked and entered the city.

When the front line was so busy, Liang Guanjing didn't go to see it. She took Su Mingyue for a walk on a small hillside. In summer, the trees are lush and the grass is deep, and it's better to blow the wind outside than in the post house. Stuffy and stronger.On the other side of the Yellow River, gunpowder smoke rose everywhere, and the sound of guns rumbled like thunder.

"There is a grass pavilion over there, let's go and have a seat, I have to wait for someone."

Su Mingyue picked up the teapot and followed her. The thatched pavilion was already very dilapidated, and the wooden sign on it was engraved with words, which were already mottled and mottled.

The two chatted for a while, but saw a small group of about twenty people, wearing armor and carrying weapons, galloping towards this side.Su Mingyue raised her heart, but fortunately Liang Guanjing remained calm, it seemed that this was the person she was waiting for.

The person at the head turned out to be Chen Chunhe, the commander-in-chief of the Jinwu General who betrayed Emperor Hongxi.

Chen Chunhe got off his horse and knelt down on one knee to salute Liang Guanjing, "See the queen."

Liang Guanjing helped him up, "Good job, I didn't expect you to really come."

"I will be ashamed at the end."

"There is no need to be ashamed. You were originally a member of Emperor Huiwen, and you were loyal to him. I am already very grateful that you honor me as a queen."

"Where is the emperor now?"

"Which emperor are you talking about?"

"..."

Liang Guanjing waved his hand and told everyone to retreat. Su Mingyue was hesitating whether to retreat a little like others, but he heard that Liang Guanjing had already finished speaking. "General Chen, you should know that one minister does not matter to two rulers, and one woman does not matter to two husbands. I may not agree with the second half of the sentence, so you don't have to mind the first half of the sentence."

"..."

"Emperor Hongxi is going to kill Emperor Huiwen."

"..."

Seeing that Chen Chunhe still didn't speak, he obviously guessed the point, "But my people put him in a proper place."

"your people?"

Liang Guanjing nodded, "Yes, my people are not those of Emperor Hongxi. I don't want him to be charged with murdering his nephew, just like when I prevented him from entering Beijing, I didn't want him to be charged with conspiracy to usurp the throne. General Chen, we I give you two choices, the first way, I will tell you where Emperor Huiwen is now, you continue to be your loyal minister, but from then on you go back to the mountains and forests, the two of you are dead in the world. There are 29 people in your family , I will also send it over."

"Haven't they been killed?"

"The emperor ordered to kill your three clans. I can't save everyone, but I can still save your flesh and blood."

Chen Chunhe fell to his knees again, "Thank you, ma'am! I'm just like a cow or a horse..."

"Repay in the next life?"

"..."

Liang Guanjing continued, "The second way, you go back to King Liao, be my internal response, help me conquer Dingzhou in one fell swoop, and flatten Liaodong." At this point, she paused, "It's just that no matter what the current King Liao It is still impossible for the future Hongxi Emperor to trust you and reuse you. The 29 members of the Chen family I saved cannot be let Hongxi Emperor know. To you, they are all dead people, and you must not see each other again See you. I can only allow you to return to your hometown on the day you die in battle with the shroud of horse leather, and be buried in one place a hundred years later. How about it?"

"Chen Chunhe, relying on the orders of the empress alone, will repay the favor of rebirth!"

Liang Guanjing helped him up, and took out a letter from his arms, "This is a letter written by your wife." After speaking, she took Su Mingyue out of the grass pavilion, and walked slowly towards the depths of the dense forest.

"Why didn't you let me avoid you discussing such a confidential matter?" Su Mingyue said cautiously.

Liang Guanjing glanced sideways, "Didn't I resign everyone? Who told you to be so ungrateful and linger."

"..." Su Mingyue stuck out her tongue, "Then you want to kill me?"

"I'm thinking about it."

"I will be loyal to the Empress!"

"Why do you think I will believe you?"

"Look, I'm new here, I have no one to rely on, I'm not a villain, I don't want to be rich, I just want to live in peace, so why should I betray you?"

"Yes, you have no ambitions, you can be strong without desire. But what if someone tortures you? Will you betray me?"

Su Mingyue thought about those tortures, and felt scared, "I...I still keep the red pill that day."

Liang Guanjing looked at her, surprised at the poison she kept, "The situation is not so bad. You are just an insignificant person with no value. In the future, if you are in a high position, you will harm me." Power. People are like this. When they are insignificant, they will not think of ways to harm others. When they have power, they can kill people with a single blow. We have just met, and I am hesitating whether to pass you the knife. "

Liang Guanjing turned up a high slope, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked into the distance.

"Back when Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were sworn brothers in Taoyuan, they met for the first time, and they became life-and-death friends. Why can't we?" Su Mingyue blushed and panted heavily. She was eager to gain Liang Guanjing's trust. .

Liang Guanjing said: "I have entrusted you with my most important secret at present. In other words, I have entrusted you with the sharp blade. You can stab me at any time. This is trust."

Tears welled up in Su Mingyue's eyes.

"You can use this secret in exchange for glory and wealth. If you don't do this, it's trust. I'll see your performance."

Su Mingyue was overjoyed, "What virtue can Yu'er do?"

"My vision has always been good, don't let me down."

Su Mingyue followed to see the bloody sun, the two of them had spent most of the day outside, they had a heart-to-heart talk, she didn't know how to express her sincerity to Liang Guanjing, the sun and the moon should not be a lesson to her, she could feel that Liang Guanjing also suffered helplessly trust her.But if she doesn't trust herself, she can turn around and find another person to replace her, and what about herself?The world is so big, where can a weak woman go?

"I saved 29 members of the Chen family to buy people's hearts. I don't know what I can give you to buy you." Liang Guanjing sighed.

She was quite right, because even Su Mingyue herself didn't know what she wanted, "It's okay, when I want it one day, I will naturally ask you for it. Didn't you say that day? You can give me whatever you can afford, this is your promise."

Liang Guanjing smiled.

"It's just that I don't know. Is my sincerity important to you?"

"I'm going to keep you by my side. Loyalty is of course very important to me."

Su Mingyue thought to herself, she already has such dead soldiers as Lianxiangxiyu by her side, and she is not a famous virtuous minister and general, so why is it so important?But she didn't dare to ask, and she didn't want to ask. She didn't know why, but she felt that she didn't need to ask, and she shouldn't ask.

When the two enjoyed the setting sun together and returned hand in hand, Shen Chenghao sent someone to report that the Liao king's army had left the city, and they were going to cross the south and attack Kaifeng.Fortunately, the Queen had the foresight to send the Central Route Army to cross the river in advance, to intercept and ambush in the rear, and the left wing went around to the north of Dingzhou overnight.

It's just that the King of Liao now has 30 troops, and there are 20 in the west of Taihang. In addition, Chen Chunhe's 12 surrendered troops make up the number. This mighty hundreds of thousands of troops, relying on Kaifeng's less than [-] defenders, is really hard to resist. .Now the reinforcements from the imperial court have not yet arrived. After preventing the Liao King from crossing the river, they also suffered heavy casualties and retreated to the south of the Yellow River. I would like to ask the Queen to express their plans for tonight.

Knowing that King Liao was holding a false emperor, Liang Guanjing felt very guilty now, so he was eager to cross the Yellow River and wanted to point his sword at the capital. As long as he defeated Emperor Hongxi, the cities behind him could be recovered one by one.Anyway, whether the real emperor or the fake emperor is just a pawn.While Emperor Hongxi and Emperor Huiwen were still staring at each other, they took advantage of the speed of their soldiers and took them down in one fell swoop.

Liang Guanjing summoned the soldiers guarding the city overnight, this time in the meeting hall of the Chinese army in the city.

When the soldiers discussed how to fight in the Yellow River, Liang Guanjing shook his head.

"Don't worry, if he wants to cross the river, he will cross the river. Let the whole army take food and grass to garrison outside the city to preserve their strength, and then send people to put up notices along the way in Kaifeng Mansion, saying that the Liao thieves killed the king and ancestors and tried to usurp the throne in vain. A counterfeit said that he had found the missing Emperor Huiwen, and the imperial court ordered Huiwen’s biological mother, Empress Dowager Xu, to come and recognize him, but was detained by him, and now his life and death are uncertain, and he was asked to release him.”

"Is this notice so useful?"

"It can definitely disturb the morale of the army!" Liang Guanjing said firmly.

"Surrender without a fight and give him the Kaifeng mansion?! What about the people in the city?"

"I didn't let you surrender. The defenders are stationed ten miles outside Kaifeng, ready to fight at any time. The king of Liao will not stay in Kaifeng for a long time. Before that, he was in Dingzhou. He had no worries in the rear. After crossing the river, he would never go back, so he was hesitant. As for the people in the city, he came to usurp the throne, not to massacre the city. That would be insane. We only need to burn his food and cut off his retreat, and he will not dare to move forward tomorrow, no matter how big Kaifeng is. There is no room for more than 40 troops to eat and drink day and night. He has to borrow food from the merchants in the city and collect food from the people. After the food is collected, he will immediately set up camp and pull out the camp. As soon as he leaves the city, he will meet him One blow, let him be the turtle in the urn."

"If he thinks that he is singing an empty city strategy, he dare not enter the city? The Liao king is suspicious by nature, and he may pass the city gate and not enter. How to resist when the army marches south?"

"So let your people station in the outskirts and fight at any time, lest the flames of war spread to the city and kill or injure innocent people."

One of Shen Chenghao's lieutenants volunteered to be the vanguard and took the head of the King of Liao among the ten thousand troops.

Liang Guanjing looked at him with a smile, "Young man is full of vigor, very good, just don't worry about tomorrow. When King Liao enters Kaifeng Mansion, he will give you this chance."