Two years have passed, and the wing room where Du Qianrui lived is still there, and even the furnishings have not changed. She picked up the bronze mirror on the dressing table, blew on the mirror, and wiped it with a handkerchief. It was still so blurry, and the mirror had not been polished. She sat down on a waist-round stool with great familiarity, and looked up. The purple curtain in front of the carved window was still there; the futon on the stool was made of Shu brocade, and she had carefully examined it two years ago.
Du Qianrui had only lived here for a few months, but she suddenly felt like she was back home. It was said that girls from wealthy families would stay in their boudoirs for a long time even after they got married.
She sat on the stool, resting her elbows on the table, supporting her delicate chin, and was in a daze for a while. After many days of bumpy rides, she felt very tired, but when she arrived at the Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion, sh
The weather was getting warmer, and I didn't know when the insects started to make noise. By the time I noticed the sound, it could be heard everywhere in the grass and in the corners of the walls.The flowers in the garden of Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion had withered, the leaves on the treetops had grown lush and dense, and weeds had grown out of the cracks under the stone path. Zhu Gaoxu walked along this stone path, looking at the rippling lake surface.It was indeed a bit difficult to build this garden in the past, but Zhu Gaoxu seldom visited it, and it looked almost abandoned.There was still no news from the Prince of Yan at the front, and there seemed to be no major battles recently. Without the order from the Prince of Yan, Zhu Gaoxu did not plan to go south on his own, and staying in Beiping was a rare opportunity for him to have some free time.General Wang Bin and others seemed to be dissatisfied with the Prince of Yan, but Zhu Gaoxu kne
At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to hear Xu Huizu's voice again: Perhaps because we don't know everything and can't confirm other people's ideas, it is safer to do a little bit, observe a little bit, and constantly speculate and verify...Those inappropriate fantasies ruined the mood for a moment.Zhu Gaoxu looked at Chi Yue's flushed face like a drunken one and her tangled and confused eyes, but he still couldn't help but test her.He gradually approached Chi Yue, walking very slowly, for fear of scaring her. The cold and aloof look on her face was gone, and her beautiful eyes were filled with a pitiful look, and seemed to be a little charming."King Gaoyang..." Chi Yue sat on the chair, grabbing the corners of her clothes with both hands. Her whole body seemed to be tense, and even her voice changed. "What did you misunderstand or think of? Let me tell you now." ”"I misunderstood your feelings." Zhu Gaoxu spoke softly and moved slowly. Chi Yue
The Yan army suddenly moved south, captured several counties in succession, and then crossed into Shandong. Xuzhou and Pei County were in a state of emergency.At that time, Qi Tai was still in Zhejiang. Upon hearing the news, he immediately rushed to the capital.In the Jiahe War at the beginning of the year, the government army was defeated. In order to slow down the attack of the Yan army, the court dismissed Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others on the surface, so that the King of Yan had no excuse to "pacify the rebellion". However, it did not work later, and Qi Tai took the opportunity of leaving the post of Minister of War to go to various places to raise troops and food.The government troops suffered several defeats on the front lines, and it became increasingly difficult to dispatch troops to various places. Local civil and military officials took a wait-and-see attitude, and the court's policies were progressing slowly. Qi Tai and others had to go down
At the end of July in the third year of Jianwen, the King of Yan led an army of more than 200,000 soldiers to surround the county town of Pei County, and tried to persuade them to surrender by shooting arrows into the city, but was rejected. Then he fired more than a thousand large and small cannons on all sides, and the whole county was filled with smoke.The Prince of Yan believed that the county seat of Pei could be captured at any time, so he sent Zhu Gaoxu as the vanguard and led 5,000 infantry and cavalry from his own army and 3,000 cavalry from the vassal states to march south, with the vanguard approaching Xuzhou.Zhu Gaoxu received the order and led his people to leave Pei County. After walking for half a day, they could still vaguely hear the sound of cannons coming from the north.A large number of troops and horses were moving on the road like a black dragon. No civilians were seen on the plains. They probably hid after hearing the cannon fire. Z
A few days later, the Prince of Yan captured Pei County and immediately led his army south to Xuzhou. At that time, the Xuzhou government troops had lost the battle with the vanguard Zhu Gaoxu's troops and had closed the city to defend it. So the northern army surrounded Xuzhou and built siege fortifications.Two days after the artillery fire, the Northern Army did not use infantry to attack the city, but sent cavalry out to collect food. It was just as Zhu Gaoxu had expected...an army of more than 200,000 soldiers could not march south without food!One day, Zhu Gaoxu led his personal soldiers to inspect the four fields, but he saw a busy farming scene. In the rice fields that had not yet been harvested, many militiamen were busy working, and there were some cavalrymen with bows and arrows wandering around on the ridges of the fields to supervise.Zhu Gaoxu could not help but stop his horse and watch, and was also surprised... After six hundred years, the m
"Even your uncle praised you highly for the battle in Xuzhou." Prince Yan looked at Zhu Gaoxu.Xu Huizu praised him, how did the Prince of Yan know? Zhu Gaoxu immediately thought of the traitor, the news came really fast... My father was not only good at fighting on the battlefield, but also played a big role in arranging spies, and he could often know the deployment of the government troops in advance.Before he could speak, the King of Yan paused for a moment and said, "Gao Xu is good at using cavalry. You have too few soldiers, Zhang Wu!"Zhang Wu stepped out and said, "I will be here."King Yan said, "You and the twelve elite cavalrymen of our army will follow Gao Xu and be under his command."Zhang Wu clasped his fists and said, "I obey your command!"Zhang Wu is no longer a captain of the guards. Because Zhu Gaoxu had tried his best to commend him and he made meritorious contributions several times later, he was promoted to the positi
In mid-October, although the Suishui River had not frozen, it was still damp and cold.Jin Shitou was in He Fu's army. He stood on the north bank of the stream, jumping repeatedly to shake off the cold water on his body. Not long ago, before dawn, he was laying wooden boards on the pontoon bridge. He couldn't see clearly and accidentally fell into the river. Fortunately, he grabbed the wooden stakes and climbed up. His lower body was completely wet, and he was shivering with cold."Bang! Bang..." The sound of hammers hitting wooden piles was scattered and even, and the brothers on the bridge were still reinforcing the wooden piles. The water in the creek was not deep, and the soldiers used ropes to secure the boats. Since the Northern Army had more cavalry, they rammed wooden piles in the middle of the river to stabilize the pontoon bridge, so that the cavalry could also cross the river quickly."Jin Shitou is a tough guy, you better warm yourself up by the
Jin Shitou reached out his hand and wiped the eyes of the man on the ground, then stood up, followed the direction the wounded soldier was facing, and glanced at the sun in the sky.At this moment, a voice said, "General Chen Wen, the deputy governor of the right wing, was beheaded in Ping An's battle!"Captain Wang's voice said, "Shut up!"There were loud footsteps coming from the front, and from the sound, it was known that a large number of government troops were approaching. According to the generals' previous discussion, the people coming from the south should be the troops of He Fu, the general of the government army.Jin Shitou was choked by the smell of gunpowder in the air and coughed twice. The soldiers around him also coughed, but no one said a word. The atmosphere was very dull and weird. Jin Shitou stared, swallowed his saliva, and listened to the footsteps and drums in the distance.Captain Wang shouted, "Prepare for battle!"