After leaving Liu Yan, Yuan Xi went straight to Gao Yue's room.
Among the women, Gao Yue has the deepest and purest relationship with him. The other women are either in the nature of marriage, or they were obtained through unconventional means. Only those who are passionate about Gao Yue are polite and unpretentious, just like Murong Xuehen. As for Ye Wudao.
"Wugu, I'm here." Yuan Xi pushed open the door of Gao Yue's room and said softly.
Gao Yue endured her shame, stood up from the bed, walked slowly to the table, poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Yuan Xi and said, "Husband."
Yuan Xi took the teacup, looked at the pink-faced Gao Yue, and smiled softly: "Madam, are you very shy?"
Gao Yue said "Ah" and her face turned redder, but she didn't know how to answer Yuan Xi's words.
Although she is usually quite open-minded, this is her first wedding, which makes Gao Yue somewhat nervous and looking forward to it.
"Husband, I..." Gao Yue stammered, with a charming look with lowered eyebrows and lowered head, which made Yuan Xi move his index finger.
He drank half of the tea and put it on the table aside. He also sat next to him. Although it was not the first time for Gao Yue and him, they were getting married today. It would be strange for a woman not to be nervous when facing such a thing. . Compared with ordinary love, this has a sense of ritual.
"Madam, please sit down, let's chat." She hasn't chatted with Gao Yue much today. Yuan Xi wants to comfort her more. This is his eldest grandson, the Queen. After some makeup, the woman in front of her looks like the one in the Moon Palace. Even though Yuan Xi was accustomed to the beauty of Chang'e, he couldn't help but admire her in his heart.
"Yeah." Gao Yue felt slightly relaxed. If Yuan Xi couldn't wait to have sex with her as soon as he came in, she would probably be embarrassed to death. Although it is not that I have not performed the courtesy of Zhou Gong before, today is a special moment after all.
Yuan Xi took Gao Yue's hand, caressed it gently, and said casually: "When did Madam come here?"
Gao Yue replied softly: "I walked for a long time on the road this morning. First I arrived at the Gao family's new residence, and then I rushed over and arrived at Yecheng. My husband must have gone out."
"It's quite similar to what I calculated." Yuan Xi smiled and said: "I wanted to wait for you all to come over before going to my father's place, but my anxious elder brother plotted against me, so I have wronged my wife for so long."
Gao Yue covered her mouth and smiled softly, and said softly: "My husband is going to do serious things, and I am waiting at home with all my sisters by my side. I don't feel any grievance in my heart."
"That's good," Yuan Xi said, "Zhaoji, Xiu'er, Mi'er, and Yan'er are all very good. Madam, please take care of them a little more. Wugu, you are the master of the backyard. I'll worry about Wugu from now on."
"Thank you for your understanding, husband, I understand." Gao Yue responded in a low voice.
"Madam, why don't we take a rest now?" Yuan Xi stood up and said.
Gao Yue suddenly made a big fuss, but she couldn't hide from him. She responded with a voice as loud as a mosquito, lowered her head and stood up from her seat.
Yuan Xi found her shy look more and more cute, and couldn't help but reach out to lift her chin, and said with a smile: "Madam, are you still shy? We are an old couple."
These words were almost ignored. Yuan Xi looked at her for a while, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her bright red lips gently.
Yuan Xi ate all the rouge on her lips before giving up. Looking at the delicate Gao Yue, he held her waist with one hand and her legs with the other, and picked her up.
Among those who like to eat women's rouge are Jia Baoyu, Ye Wudao, and Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi, which became popular after the founding of the Jin Dynasty.
"Husband!" Gao Yue whispered softly, her hands wrapped around Yuan Xi's neck, her face could not be redder.
"Madam, let's go to the bridal chamber. There is a saying that a moment of spring is worth a thousand pieces of gold, so don't waste this great time."
Although Gao Yue had long known that this moment would come sooner or later, looking at the man in front of her and thinking that she would face the rest of her life with him, a trace of nervousness and expectation suddenly arose in her heart.
She finally became Yuan Xi's official wife, feeling somewhat relieved in her heart. After all, the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family had no shortage of women. Fortunately, she and Yuan Xi met early in Luoyang, knew each other, fell in love, and stayed together.
Yuan Xi gently hugged Gao Yue on the bed. Gao Yue didn't know whether he had forgotten or what happened, but his arms were still wrapped around Yuan Xi's head and neck, and he would not let go.
"Madam?" Yuan Xi called softly.
"Husband, will you, will you be good to me in the future?" Gao Yue boldly asked this question that all women wanted to ask.
Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "You are my wife, if I am not good to you, who will I be good to? Others dare not say, but since you have married into my house, you will be my most beloved woman from now on. , this will never change. My Wu Gu will always be the wife of the Yuan family."
Although I don’t know whether it’s true or not, what a woman wants is peace of mind when faced with this matter.
"Yeah." Gao Yue could feel Yuan Xi's love for her in her heart. Although she was nervous, she felt a little sweet. Sure enough, her husband was very good to her.
Covering her body with a thin quilt, Gao Yue only exposed her head. She squinted her eyes and looked at her husband with hot cheeks. Seeing that he was about to go to bed, she hurriedly requested in a low voice: "Husband, concubine. I'm afraid, can you blow out the candle?"
Yuan Xi actually refused in her heart, but after thinking about it, she felt that she was really shy. Although the beauty was beautiful, it seemed that she could only wait until today to appreciate her.
Gao Yue looked at Gao Yue deeply for a few times. Gao Yue didn't know why he was staring at her like this, but she couldn't hide anywhere. She could only half-smile her eyes and said unusually shyly: "Husband, you, what are you doing?" Are you looking at me like this?"
Yuan Xi sighed: "My husband will no longer be able to see my wife's beauty in the dark night. Now I have to imprint her deeply in my mind."
"Ah," Gao Yue heard such explicit words of love and immediately pulled the bright red brocade quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks over her flaming red dimples in shame. I was still very happy inside.
Yuan Xi actually likes shy women, but if the atmosphere is too intense, he should stop at it, otherwise it will be over.
Usually Gao Yue is very open-minded, but on the wedding day, she was uncharacteristically different. She must be making up for it, silly girl.
He turned around and blew out the candle, then walked towards the bed...the bed was turned over. . Spring tide wireless. .
In this way, Yuan Xi took possession of Gao Yue and Liu Yan that night, both emotionally and legally.
On the morning of the second day of the wedding, the newlyweds have to meet their parents. After Yuan Xi consummated his marriage with Princess Wannian and Gao Yue, he naturally had no more energy to make out with Zhen Mi. But out of etiquette. Gao Yue, Liu Yan and Zhen Mi all want to meet Yuan Shao and his wife with Yuan Xi.
When he came to the courtyard and saw Zhen Mi being brought out by the maid, Yuan Xi suddenly felt amazed. Zhen Mi is only a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, but she has a beautiful appearance, a slim figure and a sense of charm all over her body.
She is already a little beauty, even better than Princess Wannian, and can rival Gao Yue. Zhen Mi's beautiful eyes were slightly red, obviously she had cried and had not rested well. But such softness and haggardness makes men feel a sense of love and care!
Yuan Xi's heart skipped a beat. Luo Shen's reputation was well-deserved. She was indeed a stunning beauty. In another year or two, even Diao Xiu'er might not be able to surpass her.
Under the leadership of his servant, Yuan Xi and his three wives came to Yuan Shao and his wife. Under the guidance of the butler, the newlyweds performed a complicated set of rituals.
Among them, only Yuan Xi, Gao Yue, and Zhen Mi knelt down. As a member of the royal family, Liu Yan naturally did not have to kneel down.
Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, she is indeed the daughter-in-law of my Yuan family. I hope you will get along well with each other in the future and contribute more to the Yuan family."
The three girls nodded repeatedly, and Yuan Xi replied: "I will definitely live up to my father's expectations."
Yuan Shao was very satisfied that his son married a princess and two ladies from aristocratic families. But Mrs. Liu frowned secretly. Originally, she thought it was a great honor for her son to marry a royal princess, and she felt proud.
But just now Princess Wannian didn't have to kneel down to worship her aloof status, and she was very uncomfortable because she was used to being arrogant. Zhen Mi's gorgeous and charming appearance and Gao Yue's graceful and luxurious temperament made Mrs. Liu who was very confident in her appearance even more jealous.
"Mother, please speak." Yuan Xi reminded.
Mrs. Liu came back to her senses and saw that several people were looking at her. She quickly said: "Xianyi, after your wedding, you can live in Jizhou and let your mother take good care of you so that you can give birth to a baby for the Yuan family. You see, your eldest brother already has two children."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao shook his head and said with a smile: "You need to pay more attention to cooking, how can you say that you have to have it? Didn't Xiansi have two children just two years after getting married?"
Mrs. Liu glared at Yuan Shao and said, "Didn't I get pregnant with Xian Yi back then?"
Yuan Shao smiled awkwardly and said no more. But Yuan Xi had one more thing to worry about. Yuan Tan gave birth to a son at the beginning of the year, which made him more advantageous in competing for the heir position.
Don't you see, Emperor Yongzheng had a good son, Qianlong, so he would have more advantages in the fight for his direct descendant. This is the convenience of incense.
Bingzhou, Shangdang.
The autumn wind brings yellow sand all over the sky. Although it is not as bad as outside the Great Wall where "a river of gravel is as big as a bucket, and the ground is covered with stones in the wind", it is still very bitter and cold.
Hao Meng's thousands of people could not stop Lu Bu. He himself was almost killed by Lu Bu on the spot. But besides Hao Meng, Guo Tu also had other plans. More than 4,000 Jizhou elites, led by Ju Yi, secretly marched to the Shangdang Party, and with the cooperation of Hao Meng, they simultaneously attacked Changzi County. The number of defenders in the city was no less than that of the Jizhou Army.
Ju Yi and the others could not capture the county seat for a while. But Ju Yi asked his soldiers to seize the treasury and move all the grain and grass.
Because the eldest son was in disrepair for a long time, the dilapidated Tucheng could no longer withstand the war. Most of Lu Bu's troops were stationed outside the city, so Lu Bu ordered his soldiers to build fences and earthen walls in the camp to resist the Jizhou troops.
Ju Yi is a veteran general who has experienced hundreds of battles. He did not occupy the dilapidated county seat. Instead, he asked his soldiers to occupy the high ground with water sources in the north and build a camp to confront Lu Bu's army.
With the food and grass seized from his eldest son, Ju Yi was not in a hurry to attack. He wanted to drain Lu Bu's army of energy.
Lu Bu held a painted halberd and glared angrily at Ju Yi's camp of the Jizhou army in the north.
Gao Shun, who looked resolute and honest, advised: "Marquis Wen, we only have two days of food and fodder left in our camp. We should return to Hanoi immediately. Get the food and fodder before recovering the eldest son."
Lu Bu snorted coldly and said: "Those brats in Jizhou only have a few thousand people, look at how I can take back the food and grass in one sprint!"
"Marquis Wen. They took the food and fodder and then occupied the high ground to defend themselves. They clearly want to kill us! Besides, there is no guarantee that they will have reinforcements!" Gao Shun advised.
Lu Bu ignored him, waved his hand and said loudly: "The whole army attacks and captures the Jizhou military camp!"
Generals Cao Xìng, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu received their orders and mobilized their troops to assemble in front of the Jizhou military camp.
In the camp, Han Meng looked at Lu Bu's army of six to seven thousand people, and his hands were sweating slightly unconsciously. Lu Bu's reputation is really great, and his records often win with less. In the past, the Kwantung Allied Forces, which numbered hundreds of thousands, were forced to move forward by Lu Bu and more than 10,000 cavalry.
Previously, more than 4,000 Jizhou troops were engaged in a surprise attack, and there was internal support from Lu Bu's army. So you can get it quickly. But with these more than four thousand people. Han Meng really wasn't sure how long he could resist Lu Bu.
"Why, is General Han afraid of Lu Bu?" Ju Yi asked with a smile.
Han Meng raised his eyebrows. Said: "The general is not afraid of Lu Bu, but the camp is entrenched like this. It is better to burn the grain and go south to Hanoi. In this way, Lu Bu's army has no possibility of taking back the grain and grass. They will definitely flee elsewhere to find food. When Lu Bu's army is hungry and weak, Our army can defeat them in one attack. However, General Ju Yi, you have hoarded a large amount of food and grass here, didn't you encourage Lu Bu's army to risk their lives to seize it?"
Ju Yi laughed and said, "I just want him to seize it! We are in a condescending position, and we have water and food. With the bravery of our army, it will not be a problem to hold on for several days. We can also kill a large number of enemy troops here. Wait for Lu Bu's army to attack several times. If he loses, he will collapse without a fight, so why let him flee elsewhere? Besides, Mr. Guo must have succeeded in Hebei and held Lu Bu back, waiting for them to raise their troops and move north to attack him."
Because Ju Yi was the commander in chief, Han Meng didn't want to be spied on by him, so he didn't say anything else. Ju Yi's confidence is not unreasonable. Among the four thousand Jizhou elites, there are one thousand "first warriors". These thousand elites are not only good at charging into battle, but also their strong point in holding on to danger.
Lu Bu was riding on a flaming red dodder. He was like a fire god of war, glaring at the enemy.
More than two thousand Bingzhou cavalry held down the position on the left and right wings. In the middle were Gao Shun's eight hundred "trapped camp" and the Chinese army's four thousand infantry.
Ju Yi gave an order and asked the Jizhou soldiers to take up positions behind the earth wall and prepare their bows, crossbows and shields. The second wave of spearmen lay on the ground, ready to step forward to fill the gap.
Han Meng had restrained his armored steel sword. Since he wanted to hold on, he would risk his life and fight to the death.
Ju Yi smiled faintly: "General Han, that guy Lu Bu is indeed a brave man. He was fooled!"
"General Ju, do you still have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Han Meng asked.
Ju Yi looked at the busy soldiers behind him and said, "Don't blindly fight back Lu Bu's men. Let them feel that they are about to break through our camp. As long as we drag him until dusk, I will have a clever plan to defeat the enemy!"
Han Meng was shocked and doubtful, but he wanted to stick to it anyway, so he agreed.
The horns were blown and the drums were beating. Lu Bu's two thousand Bingzhou cavalry were divided into left and right sides and moved around the Jizhou military camp. Suddenly, they galloped up to the high ground. When they were some distance away, they bent their bows and nocked arrows. A wave of arrows came towards the Jizhou army!
The Jizhou soldiers behind the earthen wall in front lowered themselves. Hold the shield high above your head.
"Thum! Duh!" The arrows were easily blocked by the shield. The Jizhou Army occupies a favorable geographical location, and the cavalry effect of the Bingzhou Cavalry is not great.
Han Meng roared. The order was given: "Fight back with crossbows!"
The Jizhou soldiers put aside their shields and pointed their strung crossbows at the cavalry below.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The power of the crossbow arrows was reflected, and they easily penetrated the armor of the light cavalry.
However, the Bingzhou cavalry were so skilled that they were out of the range of the Jizhou soldiers' crossbows in a single spin.
In the first round of probing attacks, Lu Bu's army made unfavorable progress. The combat power of Jizhou's troops also made Lu Bu wary.
The war drums beat again, and more than a thousand archers walked out of Lu Bu's army. They quickly took up positions and waited to fall into the camp. After the other Thousand Sword Shieldmen were ready, the two types of soldiers took turns to cover, braved the crossbows and rushed forward to fight with the Jizhou soldiers.
The most important thing about a crossbow is its range and power, while the most important thing about a bow is its shooting speed. Jizhou's army is equipped with many powerful crossbows. Because Lu Bu's army had no foundation and could not afford many crossbows, it had no choice but to retreat and equip itself with strong bows.
Lu Bu was born as a border warrior. He attaches great importance to cavalry and shooting, and he also attaches great importance to the training of archers in his infantry. The archers he selected can shoot strong bows of more than 150 steps.
Because of the cover of the archers, the crossbowmen of the Jizhou Army could not attack without restraint. Following the sword and axemen, the trapped camp also quickly rushed to the Jizhou military camp. The terrain of the Jizhou military camp was not very high, and soldiers from both sides quickly engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
The greatest threat to the Jizhou Army is Gao Shun's trapped camp. They are all heavy infantry. Not only do they have excellent weapons, they are also extremely well trained and know how to alternate and cooperate. The trapped soldiers holding shields at the front are responsible for blocking the crossbow arrows.
When he got closer, the spearman stabbed hard. They concentrated their attack on one place and caught the Jizhou army by surprise!
Ju Yi was shocked. Let your own elite soldiers make up for it. For the sake of defense, the soldiers who entered the camp first also wore elite armor, and the elites from both sides immediately killed them together.
