Jinjiang Literature City welcomes you a few days ago. News came that the rebellion of the King of Linchuan, which lasted for more than half a year, was finally put down. In the last battle, the King of Linchuan was defeated and was forced to retreat to the city. After the city gate was broken, the King of Linchuan ran away on a horse, fell off his horse, and surrounded him, stabbed him to death by scattered swords. The rest of the counterattacks were also killed. The Gan River Basin, which had been turbulent for more than half a year, was finally restored to peace.

People in Jiangnan now know that the situation in Jiangbei is tense, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and war may break out at any time. The idle people sitting in the tea shop in Danyang County City are talking the most about how cruel Jie Hu is. According to people who escaped from the north in the past, red hair and fangs are like evil spirits, and eating human flesh is commonplace. If you talk too much, everyone will be in danger. Children cry at night, and their parents will scare the Hu people. When they mention the Gao family, who is now recruiting troops to prepare for war in Guangling, Jiangbei, everyone praises them. When they mention the Linchuan King who rebelled in chaos, they gritted their teeth. After all, the country's fortune is already difficult. If the rebellion of the Linchuan King is worse than injury, the court will be unable to deal with Jiangbei. If Jie Liao really crosses the river to the south, the common people will still suffer. Therefore, when everyone heard the news, everyone was relieved.

Today, the uncle Xu Situ led his army to Danyang, and Xianggong Gao would also come from Jiankang to personally welcome the soldiers who have been rewarded with meritorious soldiers.

Such an opportunity is rare on weekdays. People come here early to wait. In addition to judging the military prestige, they also want to see the legendary style of Prime Minister Dayu with their own eyes.

As the sun gradually rose, a commotion suddenly broke out near the city gate. Everyone looked up and saw that on the tower above the city wall, a few more figures appeared on the previous row of armored soldiers holding spears and halberds, all of which looked like imperial officials.

A middle-aged man in the middle, wearing a Jinxian black hat and a crimson official uniform, with a clean face as jade, his phoenix eyes slightly raised, his eyes as clear as if he was looking into the distance. The black beard under his jaw fluttered gently in the wind, standing there, his abyss and his mighty power without anger.

"Gao Hunter is here!"

Someone exclaimed on the way.

One passes through ten, ten passes through hundreds, and soon everyone knows it. The middle-aged man who just climbed the city was the famous Prime Minister of the Gao family. As expected, he was well-known and had a transcendent demeanor. The crowd was immediately excited, and passers-by rushed over, wanting to get closer and see more clearly.

There was a commotion under the city gate.

"The army has arrived! The army has arrived!"

At this moment, a few people ran over the road opposite the city gate and shouted loudly.

Everyone became more and more excited, and then turned around and looked around. Sure enough, in a short while, they saw a team of shadows slowly appear at the end of the road in the distance, and flags fluttered in front of them.

It was the national uncle Xu Mi who led the soldiers who had made great contributions to suppress the rebellion and arrived.

Amid the cheers, Gao Qiao showed joy on his face, quickly got off the city, walked out of the city gate, and quickly met the army that was heading on the opposite road.

The team was first in the middle of the arrival of the yellow horse. A man with a full yellow beard was riding on his head. He followed the army, with the deputy generals and ceremonial guards in advance, and was full of power. He came all the way and saw the people greeting each other, with a faint look in his eyes.

He saw Gao Qiao leading a group of Jiankang officials to walk to greet him from afar, but deliberately slowed down the horse speed. When the two ends were only a few feet apart, he rode over and got closer, turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Gao Qiao: "Dynasty Jing entrusts me his nephew, but I have given up my entrustedness and almost lost my nephew! It was all my fault! If my nephew is wrong, I will die, and I will be able to blame!"

How could Gao Qiao ask him to worship him? He stepped forward and lifted the man up with laughter.

"How did Brother Xu say this? Life and death are destined to be true, not to be able to fight, let alone in a fierce battle? I have never thought about Brother Xu. When Brother Xu was trying his best to suppress the rebellion, he still had to be distracted by my Lun nephew, which made Brother Xu in a dilemma! I am ashamed of me!"

The man with yellow beard is Xu Mi, who was born in the Xu family, one of the three major overseas Chinese gentry families of the dynasty, and the eldest brother of Empress Xu today.

"It's not a big deal about depth of field, it's my great blessing!"

Xu Mi held Gao Qiao's hand and was extremely intimate.

The few generals who followed him nearby, except for a man with a black face and beard, were all from a gentry. Everyone knew that Gao Qiao dismounted and greeted him one after another.

Gao Qiao was in a happy mood and comforted him one by one.

The people watching could not hear clearly what they were saying. They only saw Gao Xianggong and Xu Guojiu talking and laughing from afar. The generals were in harmony. The crowd was excited, and there was another cheer on the side of the road.

After Gao Qiao finished his condolences, he kept in mind the matter in his heart, so he said, "My stupid nephew, was lucky enough to come back this time. I heard that he was rescued by a man from your army, Li Mu. Can this person be returned with the army today?"

Xu Mi smiled and said, "Natural!" He looked at the strong black-faced man beside him.

The strong man had heard of Gao Qiao's name, but he saw his true face for the first time. He hurried forward and bowed respectfully to Gao Qiao.

"The last general Yang Xuan has met his husband. Li Munaimo will be a member of the Sima of the tent. The last general will call him to pay homage to him!" He said that, and hurried away.

Gao Qiao looked forward. After a moment, he saw Yang Xuan bringing someone back. The soldiers nearby looked at the man with admiration and took the initiative to give in, knowing that the man should be Li Mu.

He looked closely and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Although Sima of other troops is only a fifth-rank military officer, and his private soldiers are often only a few hundred. However, unlike the children of the gentry who joined the military camp, the children of the gentry can often be awarded the title of Duwei or even the fourth-rank general, such as the Central Army, when they first joined the army, it is not easy for ordinary soldiers to be promoted to the fifth-rank Sima of other troops who can have private soldiers with military merits.

When Gao Qiao led his troops in the past, the youngest Sima of other departments was often nearly thirty years old.

However, the officer who followed Yang Xuan in front of him looked very young, but he was only in his early twenties, with sword-eyed eyebrows, starry eyes, heroic and steadily steps, and was just coming.

A young man of fifteen or sixteen years old was walking with him, with a beautiful and beautiful face. He clearly looked like a young man from a tall family, but he was wearing military armor and his shoulders, and his broad armor made him look thinner. He was his nephew Gao Huan, who had not seen him for more than half a year.

Gao Qiao looked at the young military officer who was getting closer and was surprised at first, but then he thought of the scene where he saved his nephew alone in front of the formation, and his confusion disappeared.

If he did not have extraordinary courage, martial arts, and even murderous aura, how could he have entered the enemy formation with his own strength and swept across all directions?

Since he has such extraordinary ability, he is naturally promoted to Sima, at his early twenties.

"uncle!"

Gao Huan was so excited that when he followed him, he said something to the young military officer beside him from time to time. However, the military officer seemed a little silent and did not respond much. He didn't care. Suddenly, he saw Gao Qiao's eyes lit up and rushed towards him. When he got closer, he saw him staring at him coldly, without saying a word. He was a little embarrassed, slowly lowered his head, stood aside, without saying a word.

Yang Xuan led his men closer.

The young military officer saluted Gao Qiao, knelt on one knee, and his breath was calm: "Sima Li Mu from another department, pay homage to you!"

Gao Qiao smiled, looked at him for a while, said a silence, then stepped forward, helped him up in person, and said with a smile: "You entered the enemy formation alone in front of the formation and saved my nephew. Such a brave man without stopping, even if you are the ancient Meng Ben and Xia Yu, you may not dare to fight! I am very grateful. I heard that your ancestors are the Li family of Xuyi. Although my Gao family has no close friendship with your father and grandfather, I have heard of the deeds of your father and grandfather in Jiangnan, and I have heard of them in Jiangnan. I respect them very much."

Gao Qiao praised this in public without any concealing his appreciation and love for this young military officer who was a descendant of the Li family.

"My husband praised his humble position, but he dared not take the humble position. He also respected and thanked his husband for his humble position on behalf of his first."

The position of Sima of another department was several levels away from the lowest level of general, so this young military officer claimed to be a humble position in front of Gao Qiao.

His reply seemed ordinary, but he was quite particular about it.

Qian Ci Gao Qiao praised himself, but he obviously respected his father and grandfather's affairs and did not bury them.

Anyone with clear ears can understand it.

Gao Qiao admired it even more and nodded, "You are a member of Xu Situ. All the promotions of military ranks are from Situ. With your ability, Situ also knew the wise eyes of the pearl, so I won't be too troublesome. Apart from this, how much reward you want, just tell me!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Mi on the side: "Brother Xu, Li Mu has great kindness to me, Gao. I will give you a little reward. You won't blame me for stealing your limelight, right?"

Xu Bi laughed: "How dare? Brother Yu is also lucky. There is such a capable person under his tent. Today I can let me meet you."

He turned to Li Mu: "Your husband spoke like this, and it is rare to have a chance. What kind of reward do you want? Just speak!"

The surroundings became quiet, and countless envious eyes turned to the young military officer named Li Mu.

"I have no other requests for my humble post. Thank you for your kindness."

The young military officer responded.

Everyone around was surprised.

Yang Xuan was a little anxious and quietly winked at him.

Not only Yang Xuan, Gao Huan was also puzzled, as if he couldn't help but speak. He glanced at his uncle, closed his mouth again, but his eyes showed confusion.

Li Mu seemed to have not realized it, and his expression was as normal.

Gao Qiao was stunned and then smiled and said, "Rewarding is a rule in the army, otherwise, how can we inspire the soldiers to advance through the sword? With your achievements to me, Gao, today, no matter what you ask for, you deserve it. I must reward you! If you ask for anything, just tell me, don't be ashamed to speak out!"

The surroundings calmed down again.

Yang Xuan coughed a few times quickly.

Li Mu was silent for a moment, raised his eyes and met Gao Qiao's two smiling gazes: "My husband is given the order, and he dare not refuse to respond to the position of humble position. But today, there is no need for the position of humble position. If the position of humble position is not surprising, can you stay and reward it later? In the future, if you have something to ask for, you must dare to ask for it."

Gao Qiao was stunned again, then nodded, and said, "Okay! If you have something to ask for in the future, just speak!"

Li Mu knelt down on one knee again and saluted solemnly.

"Thank you, my husband, I keep my humble post in mind. When I think of it, I will ask you for it, and I hope you will agree to it at that time."

He said in a deep voice, with a respectful tone.

Gao Qiao was in a happy mood and laughed loudly, "Natural! No matter what happens in the future, I will agree whenever you speak!"

On the banks of Bailuzhou, Taicheng is in deep spring.

Another year is the apricot rain and pear clouds in the south of the Yangtze River, and the bees and butterflies love the fragrance.

Gao Luoshen sat quietly in the Taoist temple quiet room where he had lived alone for ten years.

"You go. You can escape as far as you can."

She said to several Taoist nuns who had not left in front of her.

Before she finished speaking, accompanied by a burst of rapid footsteps, a guard rushed in from outside the threshold.

"Madam! The Jie people have broken through the city gate! Rumor has it that His Majesty the Empress Dowager was captured on the way south! Rong Kang led the Jie soldiers to come here, and it is probably not good for the wife! If the wife doesn't leave, it will be too late!"

Everyone knows that the Jie army is tyrannical. Every time they break through a city in the Southern Dynasty, they will burn, kill, rape and loot, and do everything they do. Today's Jie emperor is even more inhumane. It is said that he once cooked female prisoners of the Southern Dynasty with venison in the same pot, and ordered diners to distinguish the taste and enjoy.

The Taoist nuns were already panicked, and when they heard this, they looked disgusted and cried bitterly. A few timid people were almost unable to stand and were trembling.

Gao Luoshen closed his eyes.

A candlelight swayed, casting her lonely and thin figure in Taoist clothes onto the wall, adding to the desolation.

***

The iron hooves of the foreign race took turns trampling on the old land of the two capitals.

Under the anticipation of the elders in the north, the southerners made northern expeditions again and again, but the ending was either back in vain or failed halfway, and the result was a failure.

When the dream of regaining the country and the mountains of our hometown was completely shattered, the southerners could do was to settle down in the Yangtze River. In the last sense of superiority of claiming to be the orthodox Chinese, they only looked at the two capitals, borrowing the ritual system of clothing and savoring the remaining glory of the past.

However, today, even this is impossible.

I once thought that the impregnable natural barrier could not stop the Jie people from invading the south.

Rong Kang was once a local vassal state in Badong. After losing his wife a few years ago, he relied on his strong soldiers and horses because of his strong military power. The court relied on him so much that he proposed to her.

With the noble family of Gao, how could he marry a military general like Fang Bo like Rongkang?
To be continued...