Changliu didn't agree or speak. He just looked at Shen Yu steadily, with a terrible guess in his heart about what the letter was.
"I won't leave." Changliu said after a long time: "You can let Xi Xi see her off. I have to listen to the prince and take care of the princess here. Let's wait for the prince to come together."
Shen Yu's throat felt sore and she pretended to be serious: "He asked you to listen to me, do you listen?"
"Listen." Chang Liu said, "But I'm not stupid. You want to take me away."
"Don't you want to go back and see your little turtle?"
"I thought about it." Chang Liu lowered his head and said, "I want to go back with the princess to see the little turtle."
Changliu shed tears again as he spoke, "If the city is really destroyed, I will carry the princess on my back and leave. I am very good at qinggong and no one can catch up with me."
Shen Yu sighed softly and listened to the sound of gunfire outside.
She now finally understood why her father insisted on fighting no matter how she tried to stop him.
That was the military spirit engraved in his bones.
There is a fire burning in the bodies of the soldiers. If the fire is not extinguished, they will not retreat.
Now, she will not retreat because Shen Zhongan's blood is flowing in her body.
"I can't leave, and the soldiers can't abandon the city and flee, but Changliu, you are still young."
Changliu just shook his head, "I helped evacuate the people, but many people refused to leave. There are wars here all year round. Why don't they move to other places?"
"Because this is their home." Shen Yu said slowly: "No one would be willing to leave their homeland unless they have to. They have food to eat and land to grow here, but when they go to other places, they become refugees. You may not be able to survive, everyone is just trying to survive.”
"There are also people who don't think so." Changliu muttered.
Shen Yu turned her head, "Huh?"
"Cao Datou." Chang Liu said, "Cao Guangjin is already packing his bags. I saw many carriages parked in his backyard. He is preparing to abandon the city and escape."
The people can evacuate, but Cao Guangjin cannot escape. As a parent official, if he escapes first, the people will be afraid and may cause riots.
Shen Yu gave the food box to Chang Liu, but she also had to arrange for someone to keep an eye on Cao Guangjin to prevent him from running away.
……
The wind and snow outside made it difficult to see the road.
Han Jiwu dismounted and threw his helmet on the ground when he entered the tent, "Your Majesty, Huyantuo bullies the weak and fears the strong, and will not fight us head-on."
Han Jiwu fought very hard in these successive battles. When they caught up with the Beirong people, they retreated. Once they stopped pursuing, the Beirong led a small group of light cavalry to harass them and started a guerrilla fight with them.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were dark, "They want to hold us back and give Boda enough time to break through the city."
Han Jiwu and Chang Heng looked at each other. They did not dare to ask about the situation at Yanliang Pass, for fear that mentioning the princess would upset the prince.
It was very warm in the camp, and the snow on Han Jiwu's body and eyebrows turned into water. He stretched out his hand and wiped his face and said: "We can't afford to delay, we must fight quickly, and we have to find a way."
The lamp oil in the military tent was replenished again, but a countermeasure had not yet been discussed.
Xie Tingzhou was in poor health in the winter and had been traveling for several days. Doctor Yu said that his physical condition was not very good and he needed to recuperate.
Chang Heng and Han Jiwu did not want to disturb his rest, so they exited the military tent and returned to their own tents.
After a while, I heard the sound of horse hooves. When I went out to take a look, I saw Xie Tingzhou, wearing a big cloak and leading his guards on horseback, out of the camp through the wind and snow.
"Your Majesty." Chang Heng shouted after him, but his voice was drowned in the wind and snow. Xie Tingzhou didn't look back at all.
"With such heavy snow, will the prince return to the palace?" Chang Heng asked worriedly.
Han Jiwu's expression was heavy as the two of them walked into the military tent and said, "Your Majesty can't sleep in the camp. I guess it will be better if you go back to the palace."
After all, it is the home of the prince and princess.
While the goat milk was heating up on the stove, Han Jiwu poured a bowl for Chang Heng, "You don't know, the prince ordered to return to Beilin that night. I was shocked. I thought the prince would send half of his troops to rescue, but he only sent He paid two thousand, but what should the princess do? The prince is thinking about the soldiers and the people, but he is taking his own life. He actually pushed himself to such a point. I really can’t think of it..."
Han Jiwu shook his head helplessly and said, "What should the prince do if something happens to the princess?"
Chang Heng held the bowl but did not drink. "On the surface, the prince seems fine, but I heard from the guards that he has been unable to eat for the past few days and cannot sleep at night. Some people even saw the prince walking back and forth in the yard in the middle of the night."
Both fell silent.
Xie Tingzhou made the decision he should make as the King of Beilin, and no matter what decision he made, he would be criticized.
Regardless of whether he gives up his wife or the people, he will be called cold-blooded and ruthless.
Early the next morning, the generals and staff were in the meeting hall.
"Xifeng and Qingyun Guards were blocked by Xuanping Hou on the way to Yanliang Pass. The numbers were so disparate that they couldn't fight head-on, so they could only take two thousand Qingyun Guards to hide in the mountains. They wanted to go around. Fortunately, Nanda Wei The battalion arrived in time and held off Marquis Xuanping."
Chang Heng scolded: "This Marquis Xuanping, I asked him why he rested for so long. It turned out that he was waiting here, but why did the imperial court suddenly mobilize troops again?"
One of the officials said: "This time, we have to thank Jiang Ji, the Minister of Household Affairs."
Han Jiwu said: "Sir, please give me some advice."
The staff member said: "Don't take this advice seriously. Jiang Ji originally went to Yanliang Pass to negotiate peace. Emperor Yongning was seriously ill in the capital. The elder Jiang Yuanqing also fell ill after he prepared a coffin and wrote a letter. It is said that Jiang Ji rushed back to Sheng from Yanliang Pass without stopping. In Beijing, I only saw Mr. Ge for the last time. On that day, Jiang Ji entered the palace and knelt down to Emperor Yongning to request troops to send troops to the Marquis Xuanping."
"That's because Mr. Jiang Ge gave the task to Jiang Ji before he died."
The staff member touched his beard and said, "It is unknown what Mr. Ge talked about with him before he died."
Chang Heng thought for a moment, "But didn't the imperial court cry about being poor and having no money?"
The staff said: "The family has been standing for hundreds of years with the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the wealth accumulated cannot be underestimated. Jiang Ji requested that the wealth accumulated by the Jiang family for several generations be used as military expenses for the South Camp."
Someone in the room gasped. He didn't expect that the aristocratic family was so rich.
The staff member added: "Jiang Ji can be considered a figure. Someone in the Jiang family is dissatisfied with this. It is said that he was the master of the third room. That man died suddenly at home that night. Everyone knows who did it, but there is no evidence to accuse Jiang Ji." There is nothing you can do, this is just killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, so no one will dare to object again."
Chang Heng nodded, "Ruthless man."
