Harue Kagetsu - Chapter 118

Luoshen has been serving Ajia in Jingkou for several months in the blink of an eye. One day, Mrs. Lu called her in front of her and said, “Ami, your mother is about to give birth, and Gao Xianggong wants to pacify the chaos again. Everything is fine here, you don’t need to leave me around, go back earlier and serve Your mother, I can feel at ease.”

My mother’s due date should be at the end of this month. Luoshen has been thinking about this for the past few days, and was just looking for an opportunity to explain to Lu, she didn’t want to wait for her to speak, she thought of it first, and took the initiative to call herself back. She was very moved, agreed, and said: ” Ah Jia, why don’t you go to Jiankang with me, how about you?”

Lu Shi smiled and said, “Jingkou Taiping, Ajia won’t go there to cause you trouble, you can go back by yourself. When the eldest princess gives birth, remember to send a letter to Ajia.”

The rebellion of the Heavenly Teachers started in Sanwu, and within a short period of time, it swept across the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that there were hundreds of thousands of people in the chaos.

Since the founding of Dayu, although civil strife has continued, such turmoil is unprecedented.

Jiankang, as the capital of the country, has flat terrain and no danger to its surroundings. In order to prevent the religious chaos from spreading to Jiankang, Gao Qiao sent Gao Yin to lead troops in Piling, Qu’a, Jurong and other places in the southeast of Jiankang to build a strict triangular military defense line to block the spread of the Tianshi religion. the possibility of the capital.

Jingkou is not only within this military line of defense, but also as the most important ferry that has always been used to connect Jiangbei and Jiankang. Recently, due to the frequent dispatch of troops from Guangling to the south to deal with rebellions in various places, Gao Qiao is also stationed here. An army of about 500 men was used to protect the ferry. In addition, in the past, Jingkou Ling and Li Mu had completely driven out the forces of the Heavenly Teachers here, so now, although the chaos outside has turned upside down, it is still very peaceful here. In the streets and alleys, except for the people talking about religious chaos everywhere, the days are the same as before.

Luo Shen is not reluctant. Just considering the chaos outside after all, before leaving, he specially summoned the deputy general of the Guangling Army named Fan Wang, who was stationed here on the order of his father, and explained it. Fan Wang naturally agreed. Luoshen was relieved at this time. In the early morning of the next day, he said goodbye to Lu Shi and A Ting, and under the **** of Fan Cheng, boarded the ship and returned to Jiankang.

Jingkou is in the lower reaches of Jiankang, and the return trip is originally a boat against the current. In addition, the wind is not good today. Although the sailors are paddling with all their strength, they are not walking very fast. After a day, they only go out of the waterway for dozens of miles. At this speed, at least It takes six or seven days to arrive at Jiankang.

Luoshen knew that his father was not in Jiankang now, and his mother was about to give birth. He was worried and wanted to arrive earlier. In the next few days, the boat was sailed before dawn, and the sail was set after it was completely dark. After walking for two days, the wind turned better, and finally I was able to speed up. After another day of sailing, I found that the waterway seemed to be halfway through the journey. Blocked, the front boat went slower and slower, gradually piled up, and finally stopped completely, unable to move forward at all.

Above the river, there were all kinds of blocked boats, large and small. On the shore, an army was dispatching to pass by, and the army messengers on horses kept going back and forth, and the atmosphere was very unusual.

The surrounding boatmen came to the bow one after another and inquired about each other. Some people said that there was news from the front that the river was cut off by the army. Except for the boat, the rest of the ships were not released, and they were all ordered to turn around and leave immediately.

Most of these ships are merchant ships full of cargo. They have been traveling for many days. They will arrive in Jiankang in less than two days. When they suddenly heard the news, they were in an uproar and were extremely dissatisfied. Yes, there are also people discussing the inside story they just inquired about. It is said that the imperial army could not beat the Tianshijiao. Those people have the body of the gods, and they can pass through the walls and pass through the walls. So there was a lot of scolding, and they scolded the incompetence of the imperial army.

Luoshen was anxious, and sent Fan Cheng to go ashore to ask what happened. Not long after, he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the shore.

Luoshen looked out from the cabin window and saw the direction of Jiankang on the shore, and a group of soldiers and horses galloped towards here, all wearing helmets and armor, and the man in front was actually Gao Yin.

Gao Yin had been stationed in Guangling before. A few months ago, due to the outbreak of the Tianshi Revolt, he led his troops across the river from Guangling. When passing through Jingkou, he met Luoshen briefly, but he did not expect to meet him here again at this moment.

Luoshen immediately went out of the cabin to welcome him.

Gao Yin stopped his horse on the shore and rolled over.

The people on the nearby boats saw a young officer who seemed to have a high status on the shore, with a grim face, and hurried towards the big boat. They guessed that the waterway in front should be cut off by his order, and they were very dissatisfied. Not daring to protest loudly, he pointed at him and talked in a low voice.

Gao Yin turned a blind eye and went straight to Luoshen’s boat. When the brothers and sisters met, it was too late to greet each other, Luoshen immediately asked: “Brother, my mother is about to give birth, and I want to go back to Jiankang. I’m here today, why don’t you let pass?”

“Uncle thought you were still in Jingkou. The day before yesterday, he asked me to send someone a letter to you, telling you to stay there temporarily and not go back to Jiankang.”

Gao Yin answered the question.

“What happened?” Luo Shen thought of the army that hurried past on the shore just now, and also thought of the boatmen’s comments, and his heart suddenly raised.

“Could it be that Tianshijiao is really calling?”

Gao Yin shook his head, his expression solemn.

“It’s not Tianshijiao. It’s more troublesome than Tianshijiao. Xu Mi rebelled. In extraordinary times, the land and water roads leading to Jiankang have been ordered to be closed and not allowed to pass through!”

Luoshen was taken aback: “What? Xu Mi also rebelled?”

Gao Yin nodded: “The news from a few days ago. Xu Mi gathered a number of troops, no less than 100,000, from the upper reaches and Xuancheng, west and south, and sent troops at the same time, calling Jiankang…”

He paused, frowning.

“Jiankang has no reliable terrain, and the fact that Tianshijiao is too rampant is a huge constraint. Uncle is afraid that if something changes, he asked me to send a letter to you. Don’t go back to Jiankang, just stay in Jingkou. Jingkou. Under Jiankang, now it is safer than Jiankang. If there is another change in the future, it will be convenient to send you across the river to Guangling to avoid chaos.”

If it was said that he was only surprised just now, then at this moment, when he heard what his father had arranged for him from his brother’s mouth, Luoshen became extremely shocked.

The Guangling Army was stationed in Jiangbei, facing Northern Xia, and was tasked with guarding the gateway to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was impossible to transfer all troops across the river.

Dealing with the hundreds of thousands of celestial teachers who were surging from all over the country was already a bit of a stumbling block. Now, adding another 100,000 are the well-trained Xu Mi rebels who have experienced the battlefield. There is no doubt that the situation has worsened.

No wonder my father wouldn’t let him go back to Jiankang.

“Where’s Auntie? Is she all right?”

Luoshen’s face was slightly pale, and he immediately asked.

“No matter how fast the rebels were, they couldn’t have called so quickly. As soon as my uncle got the news, he was on his way back to Jiankang. He went back to settle the city defense and arrange for his aunt. Uncle will take good care of her. Don’t worry, go back by yourself. You send Fan Wang’s orders on my behalf and ask him to be more careful. I’ll call some people here, and Fan Cheng will take them back to Jingkou with you.”

Luoshen was stunned for a moment, remembering that Gao Yin was in a hurry, obviously he had urgent military affairs.

She looked at the boats on the river in front of her that were so piled up that she couldn’t see the end, and knew that if the situation was not really serious, her father would never have made such an arrangement for her.

At the mother’s place, it is expected that the father will also arrange it.

As Brother A said, if she doesn’t listen and goes back forcibly at the very moment, maybe it will become a burden.

“I understand, I’ll go back to Jingkou.”

Seeing that she had agreed to go back, Gao Yin breathed a sigh of relief, and comforted: “Uncle thinks so, it’s just a precaution. Amei doesn’t need to worry too much.”

Luo Shen nodded. Watching him go ashore, he called a lieutenant, ordered a team of troops and handed it over to Fan Cheng, and warned him.

“Brother, my lord! You tell Aye to send him a letter quickly! He knows that the situation in Jiankang is urgent, and he will definitely bring troops back to help Aye!”

Luoshen leaned out and shouted at Gao Yin on the shore.

Gao Yin turned his head and nodded.

“Also, there is a Qin Building next to Qinhuai, and there is a woman named Lvniang in it! If something happens to Jiankang, brother, remember to ask someone to protect her!”

Gao Yin was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t ask any further. He just flicked his hands to Luoshen, indicating that he had written it down, and motioned her to go back to the cabin, then mounted the horse and took the people away.

Just as he came in a hurry a moment ago, he left in a hurry now. Soon, his group of figures disappeared at the end of the river bank.

Luoshen suppressed his confusion and told Fan Cheng to make a U-turn and go back to Jingkou.

The return journey was downstream and the speed was very fast. Within two days, the ship returned to Jingkou.

Before Jingkou and Luoshen left, they looked the same, except for the figures of the hundreds of defenders near Jundu. Looking from the boat to the shore, the scene was peaceful, and there was no tense atmosphere at all.

The boat gradually came to shore, and Luoshen was about to go ashore when suddenly, someone on the shore called out to him loudly.

The visitor was one of Fan Wang’s personal attendants. When Luoshen summoned Fan Wang that day, this man was also there, so he recognized him.

The man rushed to the pier in one breath, and without waiting for the boat to stop, he jumped onto the bow of the boat, knelt down to Luoshen, and said that General Fan was looking for her. .

It turned out that last night, Fan Wang received a letter saying that someone was going to hurt Mrs. Li, and he asked to be more careful. In addition, there was nothing more to say, and there was no sign, the messenger handed the letter, and then left. Fan Wang was at a loss for a moment. He didn’t know what the details were, and he didn’t know who wanted to harm the old lady, but after receiving the warning, he immediately sent troops to guard the Li family last night, and then sent people to Jiankang overnight. Go, transfer this news to Luoshen.

Luo Shen’s heart skipped a beat.

Her first reaction was that Xu Mi wanted to threaten Li Mu with Ajia. Immediately went ashore, hurried to the house, saw Lu Shi, saw that she was safe and sound, he was relieved, and immediately summoned Fan Wang and Jing password to meet Gao Yin on the road, and learned that Xu Mi had rebelled a few days ago. Then, he turned to Fan Wang to ask Gao Yin to guard the ferry.

Fan Wang, Jing Password, and Fan Cheng then left in a hurry and deployed to deal with it.

Luoshen and Lu discussed it and decided to move to the manor. There is a solid door and a large area. Even if something happens, there is still room for change.

Lu Shi refused to accept it. So that day, things were packed up, the upper and lower people waited, and they all lived in together. Since then, in addition to arranging guards day and night, Fan Cheng, who was born in the army, as if preparing for war, also led people to dig trenches around the manor and lay down beating stones, just in case.

After temporarily settling down, Luoshen began to wait anxiously.

Although the words of my brother that day made her feel very worried, but subconsciously, she still looked forward to it, those were just her father’s worries.

Jiankang, as the capital since Dayu Nandu, has developed to the present, with more than 40 miles from east, west, north and south, with solemn castles and magnificent palaces. There are more than 200,000 households in the city, densely populated, and the mountains are warm and the water is soft. A place to grow up and live.

She really didn’t want to see that now it would be ruthlessly devastated by the fire of war.

But the bad news came quickly. Judging from the continuous southward transfer of the Guangling Army in Jingkoudu recently, one can also guess what a huge dilemma my father is facing now.

But for about ten days, the army from Jingzhou moved eastward along the Yangtze River, and successively captured Dongting and Xiakou, where the defenders were insufficient, and now it has been pushed to the area of ​​Wuchang County.

The governor of Wuchang is a student of Gao Qiao, and he is now leading the soldiers of the county. With the help of the strong city, he is still struggling to defend the city.

And the rebel army from Xuancheng, which was closer to Jiankang downstream, took advantage of the madness of Tianshijiao and waited for an opportunity to pounce on Jiankang. It took only ten days to hit the Liyang area.

If the city of Liyang is destroyed, the rebels will be unimpeded, and it will take seven or eight days to reach Jiankang.

Jiankang is in jeopardy.

Gao Qiao had already transferred all the available troops from Guangling, only the last 20,000 troops were left, led by Gao Yun, barely resisting the troops of Beixia.

In the face of the menacing Xuancheng rebels, he had to shrink the front line, gave up the attack on the Tianshijiao in some counties and counties, and ordered Gao Yin to defend the triangular line of defense in the southeast of Jiankang. All the rest of the troops were put into Liyang.

Gao Qiao went to Liyang in person and took command of the town. In a **** battle, the rebels in Xuancheng were defeated. The rebels were beaten to the core and retreated hundreds of miles in one breath. When the upstream army arrives, they will attack Jiankang together.

In this battle, the reason why Gao Qiao transferred the army and personally came from Jiankang to sit in the town was to completely destroy the arrogance of the Xuancheng rebels, so that the rebels would not dare to act rashly in a short period of time, so that they would not dare to act rashly in this densely populated area. In the middle of the rainy battle, get a temporary respite to plan the next step.

The goal was achieved, he left the garrison and ordered his subordinates to hold Liyang firmly without taking a rest. That night, he rushed to Jiankang again.

In Jiankang City, there are many things waiting for him.