Chapter 374: All the heroes (54)

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the fifth year of the Hanxing year, the sun was shining, and all things grew and flourished.

The eunuch Yang suddenly grew old in the past two years. Not only was he dazzled, but his legs were not easy. Hou Dayong specially ordered him to take good care of his old age in the palace, and he was spared from serving in front of him. However, today, when he heard that Concubine Liu was about to give birth, he didn't care about his happiness. He came to Concubine Xian's palace. When he entered the palace, he saw Fu Ying standing outside the courtyard with a pale face, and the other concubines looked nervously at the room.

The imperial physician Han Qi, several of his great disciples, as well as the famous Tao Qilang in the capital, also stood outside the courtyard. They stretched their necks and pointed ears, listening to the movements in the house.

There were bursts of painful screams from inside the house, and Eunuch Yang comforted: "Empress, don't worry, Concubine Liu Xian is a good person and a heavenly person. I believe it will be born soon."

Since Hou Dayong personally wrote the "Twelve Rules for Delivery", the infant mortality rate in Daliang City has plummeted. Hou Dayong invited the best midwife in Daliang City to train three smart palace maids, always preparing to deliver babies to the concubines, and also let Tao Qilang, who is skilled in gynecology, become an imperial physician, personally guide these three palace maids to learn the treatment of gynecological diseases.

There were these three palace maids guarding the palace. When Liu Jiangjie was about to give birth, Hou Dayong felt much more at ease. He went to the newly built Zhengde Hall with confidence and warmly met with Li Yu, the former king of the Southern Tang Dynasty. For an emperor, this was the greatest honor. He also had a strong sense of satisfaction and success.

After destroying the Southern Han Dynasty, the Great Zhou army was too tired and stopped moving forward and began a rest and training for nearly a year and a half.

The newly formed 60,000 Black Eagle Army has stepped up pre-war training. Each unit is equipped with Hou Family Knife, Qing Party Armor, barrel mines, sky-rushing cannons, catapults, five tiger general crossbows, Western Shu crossbows and chariots and other Black Eagle Army standard weapons. Middle and low-level officers also went to Songshan Academy for a short training for half a year.

After the training, the New Black Eagle Army reached 150,000. This is also the largest amount of equipment that the Great Zhou Dynasty could bear.

The Black Eagle Army is divided into two parts: water and land. The army consists of six parts: Tiger Wei Army, Leopard Wei Army, Wolf Wei Army, Xiong Wei Army, Lion Wei Army and Long Wei Army. Each army has 20,000 people. The lower part is divided into left and right horns, with each horn of 10,000 people.

The Longwei Army was originally a naval army, but at this time it had become a complete cavalry and infantry army. The navy was composed of three divisions of the Bian River Navy, the Yangtze River Navy and the Marine Navy. The Bian River Navy had 20,000 people. There were 300 warships of all sizes, 20,000 Yangtze River Navy, and 400 warships of all sizes. The Marine Navy was a total of large Xuanlong ships with a maximum number of 2,000 troops each. A total of fifteen large ships, 10,000 sailors and combat soldiers.

The commander of the Black Eagle Army was Guo Jiong, with three deputy commanders, one of which was Shan Zongyuan and also served as the governor of Lingzhou; the second was Shi Ying, and also served as the commander of the Bianhe River Naval Army; the third was Kuang Cao, and also served as the guard of Daliang City, Tiechuanyuan as the deputy guard of the palace guard, and Liu Heiqi as the deputy commander of the guard.

The quartermaster officer is Bai Linhua, and the quartermaster officer is Li Man.

The newly-rise Confucian general Liu Chengtong was appointed commander of Huwei Army, and Zhou Qing was appointed commander of the Left Xiang Army. Wang Jiang, the commander of the Yizhou victory, was appointed deputy commander of the Left Xiang Army, and Wu Jiaqiang was appointed commander of the Right Xiang Army, and the Dangxiang Renfang was appointed commander of Zhijin, and the right Xiang Army was appointed commander of Zhixiang;

He Wulang was desperately appointed as the commander of Baowei Army, Chen Meng was the commander of the Left Xiang Army, Wang Yanchao's son Wang Lantian was the deputy commander of the Right Xiang Army, Duan Wuwei was the commander of the Right Xiang Army, and the powerful general Wang Yan was promoted to the deputy commander of the Right Xiang Army.

Wang Tengxiang was transferred from Lingzhou to serve as the commander of the Langwei Army, Xiang Shan acted as the commander of the Left Xiang Army. Luo Qingsong was the commander of the deputy commander of the Right Xiang Army. Guang Zitu was the commander of the Right Xiang Army, and Zhang Jie was the deputy commander of the Right Xiang Army.

Cao Bin, a hero of destroying Shu, served as the commander of Xiong Wei's army. Hu Li served as the commander of the Left Xiang Army. Xiang Shan acted as the commander of the Left Xiang Army. Cao Han's guard served as the commander of the Right Xiang Army. Ma Renyu served as the commander of the Right Xiang Army.

The general of Fuhu, Jiang Hui, was appointed as the commander of the Shiwei Army, Liu Jiangqing, was appointed as the commander of the Left Xiang Army, was cautious in acting as the deputy commander of the Left Xiang Army, Su Wensen was appointed as the commander of the Right Xiang Army, and Yang Tianpan was appointed as the deputy commander of the Right Xiang Army,

Hu Li was appointed as the commander of the Longwei Army, Pan Mei was appointed as the commander of the Left Xiang Army, Cao Renda, a native of Shazhou, was the deputy commander of the Left Xiang Army, Wu Guisi, one of the philosophers of Richie, was the commander of the Right Xiang Army, and Zhang Jingding, the brave general of Jinghu who surrendered to the Black Eagle Army, was the commander of the Right Xiang Army.

The absolute main force of the Great Zhou Dynasty was these 150,000 Black Eagle Army. The generals in the Black Eagle Army were all the direct descendants of Hou Dayong, and the veterans of the Chai Rong era gradually faded out of the Great Zhou army.

After a year and a half of rest, in July of the fourth year of Hanxing, the Black Eagle Army, which was raising taxes, launched a full-scale attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Before the attack, Qian Xiangnan Xianghou Dayong offered a counter-espionage plan to eliminate Lin Renzhao, a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Lin Renzhao's status in the Southern Tang Dynasty was like Pan Chongche of the Southern Han Dynasty. It can be said to be the Great Wall of the country, but these monarchs did not regard them as the Great Wall.

Qian Xiangnan sent someone to bribe Lin Renzhao's servants, steal his portrait, and then hung it in the side hall in the palace. Then he carefully designed to deliberately let the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty see the painting, and hang a plaque of General Lin's mansion on the gate of a mansion outside Daliang City. Although this plan is simple, Li Yu was scared out of fear under the power of the Great Zhou army, allergic reactions, and acted in a dilemma. As soon as Lin Renzhao died, Shi Hu personally led the Yangtze River Navy, the Shi Wei army, the Long Wei army, and the local troops of Chuzhou, Shouzhou and other prefectures, a total of 100,000 troops to launch a full-scale attack on the Southern Tang along the line of the Yangtze River.

On July 10, Shi Hu led the Yangtze River Navy and went downstream along the north bank of the Yangtze River. The Southern Tang Dynasty defended the Yangtze River Navy actually thought that the Yangtze River Navy was a routine patrol and ignored it. When he found that the situation was wrong, he had lost the opportunity. The Yangtze River Navy easily broke through Hukou, a key defense of the 100,000 troops in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and occupied Xiakou Village. The Chizhou defender abandoned the city and surrendered.

After capturing Chizhou, Shi Hu adopted Yang Lehe's suggestion to connect the ten Xuanlong warships of the Yangtze River Navy into a floating bridge, and then the entire army rushed to the east. He captured Tongling, Wuhu, Dangtu, and advanced to Caishi.

Quarrying is an important ferry in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the gateway to the west of Jinling. The Southern Tang Dynasty garrisoned 20,000 troops here. Yang Lehe led the Yangtze River Navy to attack Caijing at night. 20,000 quarrying navy fled in sight and threw the quarry to the Yangtze River Navy. The Yangtze River Navy moved the Xuanlong ship to form a floating bridge to quarry, and then passed the command of Huo Zhixing, a civil engineering expert in the army. The floating bridge connecting the two banks of the Yangtze River was successfully built.

The Southern Tang navy did not expect that the Great Zhou army could build a floating bridge. When they woke up one night and found that the floating bridge had appeared by the river, the Black Eagle Army's infantry and cavalry had quickly crossed the river. By October, the Black Eagle Army had captured Xinlinzhai, Baizhou and Xinlin Ports in the southwest of Jinling. At the end of October, they captured the drifting water in southern Jinling. More than 20,000 Tang troops were wiped out.

In November, an attack on Jinling land was launched.

Three months after the besiege of Jinling, the Southern Tang army was repelled several times of rescue. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Li Yu was forced to surrender to Shi Hu. When Li Yu and Xiao Zhou Hou were escorted to Daliang, it happened to be the seventh day of the seventh month.

Although Hou Dayong is a soldier and is not familiar with literary and historical facts, he is not unfamiliar with Li Yu. The main reason is that Li Yu's lyrics are too famous. The most familiar one is "When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come, how much will it be known in the past? The small building was windy again last night, and the homeland was unbearable to look back at the moonlight." This lyric was once composed into a song in another world, and Hou Dayong's wife Xiaolin also liked this song very much.

When he came to this world strangely, the original author actually became a prisoner of Hou Dayong. This kind of thing sometimes makes Hou Dayong feel that even the boldest and most bizarre fantasy stories are not as bizarre as real life.

Li Yu sat down at the lower head with a dejected head. He wore a small round hat, which was a common hat in the Jiangnan people. He had short beards and a little fat, and his expression was indescribable grievance and grief. Xiao Zhouhou, who was sitting next to him, dressed very simply. He took off all the precious jewelry and faced the sky. His body was slim, which was in line with the saying "good looks but plain dress", giving people a beautiful and refined beauty.

Hou Dayong couldn't help but look at the little Queen Zhou more. In the palace, Fu Ying was the daughter of the general, Ajige and Shi Gao Yueming were Hu girls riding horses and arrows. Although Liu Jiangjie was not Hu girls, she was a martial artist, better than Hu girls. Only Qiu Ju was a little weaker. However, she was used to physical work as a maid since she was a child and had some physical strength. In front of her, the little Queen Zhou had a soft waist as boneless. I looked worried and pity, and she could break the ground's skin. She brought the softness and comfort of a woman to the extreme, which was very different from Fu Ying and others.

Li Yu loved Queen Xiao Zhou deeply. He noticed with great sensitivity that Hou Dayong was staying on Queen Xiao Zhou's eyes. His inner fear made his body tremble: The country has been lost. If Queen Xiao Zhou is taken away by Hou Dayong again, what's the point of living?

Fortunately, Hou Dayong quickly turned his gaze to Li Yu. He stared at Li Yu with interest and complex expressions for a while. After a long time, he said, "The elegant and handsome layman in Lianfeng is really well-known." Li Yu did not expect Hou Dayong to say such a non-simple word. He was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to deal with the emperor who destroyed his country. The corners of his mouth twitched and whispered: "Your Majesty is a real wise ruler. I will lead my army to resist the army. I deserve to die for thousands of people."

Although Li Yu was the king of the country that destroyed, he was not the extremely vicious monarch and had no evil deeds. Hou Dayong destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty and was not prepared to kill the captured famous writer. He smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Mr. Lianfeng did not want to be the lord of Jiangnan. Is there any such thing?"

Li Yu was the sixth son. Since Li Jingdi's second son and fifth son both died early, Li Yu's elder brother Li Hongji was the de facto second son when he was the crown prince. The crown prince Li Hongji was suspicious of Yan Ke. Li Yu, who was the Duke of Anding, dared not participate in political affairs and just read every day to enjoy studying. When Li Yu ascended the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty was already facing a huge crisis under the pressure of the Great Zhou army. Just like a big ship, it had reached the brink of sinking. Li Yu was an alien in history. He truly expressed his feelings in mountains and rivers and was reluctant to succeed the throne. However, the general situation was like this. As a prince, he had no right to choose.

Unable to guess Hou Dayong's thoughts, Li Yu changed his mind and said, "I am a scattered man in the mountains and rivers. I have no ability to govern the country. It's so good, so good."

Hou Dayong had a rough judgment on Li Yu's character, and then said with a smile: "The world's general trend, long-term division will lead to unity, long-term division will lead to unity, and long-term integration will lead to division. The Tang Dynasty was overthrown. The Great Zhou rose, and the heavens were tyrannical, which was beyond human resistance." He pointed to the Queen of Xiao Zhou and smiled: "It is said that there are two most beautiful women in the world, one is Mrs. Huarui and the other is Empress Xiao Zhou. Now Mrs. Huarui is with Meng Chang, chanting the brilliant poems of the Tang people every day. The Queen of Xiao Zhou accompanied Mrs. Lianfeng to write some long and short sentences to praise the literary and military achievements of the Great Zhou."

Li Yu was outstanding in talent. If he was not the king of a country, he might have left more good reputations in history. Unfortunately, he was born in the royal family and was burdened like a mountain. Then he ended up as a prisoner. At this time, facing Hou Dayong's free and easy, Li Yu, a poet with extremely sensitive heart, was deeply traumatized, and suddenly he was a little distracted. He couldn't help but think of the desolate scene of leaving the palace. Some words and sentences were like drizzle that was as good as a drizzle, soaking his eyes: "The most time I left the temple in a hurry, and the Jiaofang played the farewell song solo. Tears were facing the palace maids."

Looking at Li Yu's dim expression, Hou Dayong said, "Liu Changwude has been executed in front of the white marble stele and apologizes to the people of the world. Meng Chang and you, the people under your rule, are not considered good monarchs, but you two have no evil deeds. You have no worries. I will also give you the title of the Marquis of Obedience and live well in Daliang. When the day I defeat the Khitan, I will fill in a wonderful poem for me."

When Li Yu learned that his life was saved, he felt relieved. He and Queen Xiao Zhou looked at each other, and his eyes showed a moment of ease to escape from the disaster.

At this moment, Shi Gao Yueming rushed over. She said to her face in panic: "Your Majesty, Concubine Liu Xian, Concubine Liu Xian has not been born yet?" When Hou Dayong went to the hall to meet the king of Jiangnan, Li Yu, Liu Jiangjie's stomach was faintly attacked. Thinking of the three well-trained delivery maids in the palace, he went out to work with confidence. At this time, seeing Shi Gao Yueming's expression, Hou Dayong immediately knew that he was in trouble and said hurriedly: "Where is Tao Qi, and where is Han Qi?" Shi Gao Yueming hurriedly said: "Here."

"Why didn't Tao Qi enter the house?"

Shi Gao Yueming said in a little embarrassedly: "How can Tao Qi deliver the child to the Virtuous Concubine give birth?" Hou Dayong interrupted and said: "Who can care about this at this time?" Shi Gao Yueming said again: "I asked just now that although Tao Qilang is good at treating diseases, he has never delivered a child. He is not as good as three palace maids."

Hou Dayong thought about it and said, "What are you talking about? Why don't you go there right away?" He stood up from the dragon throne and walked to Li Yu. Li Yu had already stood up. Hou Dayong was 1.82 meters tall and tall, while Li Yu was only 1.65 meters tall, as weak as a scholar. Although the little Queen Zhou knew that Hou Dayong was not the king of a country and would not kill people in the hall, Hou Dayong seemed to have murderous aura on his body, and he couldn't help but weak his legs and sat back on the Hu Chair.

Hou Dayong glanced at the weak beauty, and for no reason he was disgusted. He said to Li Yu: "I have left in advance, and if I have time, I will ask the Marquis of obedience and the Marquis of obedience. By the way, I have appointed Meng Chang as the Marquis of obedience. You are honest and naturally nothing will happen. If there is no collusion between the foreign ministers in the original place, you will be killed without mercy."

Li Yu was coaxed and frightened by Hou Dayong, and was like a ball of dough that had been rubbed for a long time. Seeing Hou Dayong quickly walked out of the hall, his whole body was already wet. He sat on the Hu chair and looked at Queen Zhou in front of him.

When he arrived at Concubine Liu Xian's palace, Hou Dayong immediately felt the tension in Concubine Xian's palace. He asked Shi Gao Yueming, "Where is Fu Ying?" Shi Gao Yueming said nervously: "I was in the yard just now, so I guess I entered the house."

Hou Dayong didn't say anything else, and walked towards the main house. Hearing the cry of "Wow" came from inside. Hearing this cry, Hou Dayong and everyone outside the house breathed a sigh of relief. After entering the house, Hou Dayong saw a palace maid carefully holding a light red child, and asked, "The man is still a woman." The palace maid looked shocked and said, "Your Majesty, it's a little princess."

Hou Dayong didn't expect her to have such an expression. When he shook his heart, he saw Fu Ying standing in front of the bed with a strange green face.

"Xiao Jie." Hou Dayong saw the messy bloody color in front of the bed and the terrifyingly pale Liu Jiangjie, whose face was so white that he sank, his heart sank. "Xiao Jie, what's wrong with you? Talking, look at the child, the beautiful little princess."

However, Liu Jiangjie would never respond to Hou Dayong's call and wade quietly, just like after a hard battle on the battlefield, she was tired and fell asleep.

Liu Jiangjie has been in the palace for two years. In the past two years, she has always wanted a child, but her belly never sounds. She finally got pregnant. Unexpectedly, the day when the child was born was the day when the mother and daughter parted forever.

Hou Dayong knelt beside Hu's bed, and he said in a low and strict manner: "Go out, you all go out." When the palace maids, Fu Ying and the little princess retreated, he leaned on Liu Jiangjie, sobbed in a low voice, and tears were lying on his face. It took him a long time before he raised his head and still held Liu Jiangjie's unanimous hand.

Since becoming emperor, Hou Dayong has been almost omnipotent. However, Liu Jiangjie's death not only made him feel sad but also made him feel deeply powerless. Even if he becomes emperor, even if he has the power to move mountains and fill the sea, he cannot save Liu Jiangjie's young life.

Hou Dayong thought of another world. If he had followed the medical skills there, such a thing would not have happened. Then, he resented Li Yu very much. If they had not been taken to Daliang today, he would have stayed in Liu Jiangjie's palace. If he had asked the doctors from Lingzhou School to learn caesarean section, if it were...

Han Qi, Tao Qilang, Fu Ying and Shi Gao Yueming were all guarding the yard. They were waiting for Hou Dayong in a complicated mood. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, having a baby was like passing the gates of hell. It was not a small matter to die of dying from labor. However, Liu Jiangjie left everyone so quickly, which made everyone present very nervous.
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