From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 662

"Liar!"

"Mad man!"

There was food on the small table. Zhou Yuan and Wanyan Daichan cursed each other after eating a bite. They didn't get along.

Li Yu'an was just watching a show. She ate a few bites and walked out.

She came to the wall of Jizhou and looked around. She saw the Donglu soldiers in the distance were densely packed and seemed to be training.

Huang Taiji really kept his word. He said he would wait for ten days, and he really waited for ten days.

But Li Yu'an couldn't figure out what conspiracy was behind all this.

At some point, Zhou Yuan walked up to her and asked softly, "Do you have any clues?"

Li Yu'an shook her head and said, "I can't guess. I'm not good at this. Maybe Huang Taiji can give the horse wings and fly over Shanhaiguan."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "You don't have any clues, but I seem to have guessed something, but... even if I guessed it, what can I do? Many things may have been destined from the moment Huang Taiji proposed to bet."

Li Yu'an looked at Zhou Yuan and glared, "You mean, Huang Taiji Jizhen has a way to escape? And we can't stop it?"

Zhou Yuan did not answer, but sighed and said: "Liu Fang is back. He arrived at the north gate this morning. This is the eighth day of the bet. The speed of the Fifth Army Camp returning is faster than I thought."

Li Yu'an said: "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Send Daichan away. Her dream should end."

Li Yu'an smiled helplessly. To be honest, she was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it, it seemed that everything was not up to her.

So she looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "It's only the eighth day since we agreed on ten days."

Zhou Yuan said, "Xu Dasheng has 40,000 infantry left and has rushed to Xuanfu. My old father-in-law has also returned with another 40,000 Xuanfu troops. Together with Ji Shan's Huguang troops, there are 110,000 troops stationed in Xuanfu."

"The Fifth Army Camp has arrived in Jizhou. Although we have sacrificed more than 10,000 people, we still have 50,000 people to cooperate with the 30,000 cavalry, a total of 80,000 people."

"Wu Dingzhong and Xingyao are guarding Shanhaiguan, and Min Tianrui's Northwest Army and Huguang Army also total 80,000."

"Sister Saint, what does this mean? This means that the Great Jin has almost emptied its national strength. Together with the 20,000 cavalry of the Yehe tribe, it has gathered a full 310,000 troops, blocking all the roads in three directions."

"We have almost spent all the money for the Jiangnan salt patrol, which has led to the current situation. Every day of delay is an unimaginable consumption."

"It's time to end."

Li Yu'an did not answer, but slowly turned back and looked behind him.

Noticing her movements, Zhou Yuan also looked back and saw Wanyan Daichan standing behind him, distraught.

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "You should go back too."

Wanyan Daichan said, "You won't even give me two days?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Huang Taiji is waiting for you too."

"But he will be disappointed!"

Wanyan Daichan choked up and said, "I didn't get it done. I couldn't convince you to accept our surrender. We are destined to be eaten by your 310,000 troops."

"Even if I give you everything, you still don't let me have an easy life."

Zhou Yuan spread his hands and said, "Is there a possibility... Huang Taiji asked you to come to Jizhou, but he didn't want you to..."

"Zhou Yuan!"

Li Yu'an interrupted, "Don't talk nonsense, Daichan tried her best, she did a good job."

Wanyan Daichan didn't say anything, she just walked silently down the tower.

Her back was so thin and so lonely.

Li Yu'an sighed and whispered, "Little nephew, Daichan is not a fool, she just got stuck in a dead end and can't get out of it."

"I'm a woman, I know what she's thinking."

Zhou Yuan frowned and didn't speak.

Li Yu'an said: "She has feelings for you in her heart, but because of her position, she destroyed this love. In Shanhaiguan, you gave her a dream, and then shattered it."

"She has long been trapped in distortion, and the contradiction between reality and emotion has been tormenting her."

"Did Huang Taiji ask her to persuade you to accept surrender? Perhaps not, but she is willing to understand it that way, giving her emotions a step and a dream."

"Even if this dream is twisted and short-lived, only ten days, she wants to be carefree and risk it once."

"How can she deal with it if you expose her?"

Zhou Yuan was silent for a long time before saying: "I'll see her off."

He followed Wanyan Daichan down, and the two were about ten feet apart, one in front and one behind, and slowly walked out of the city gate.

It was January 12, and the weather was still cold. There was a cold wind blowing outside the lonely city, and the land was barren. The vitality of spring was far from coming.

Wanyan Daichan did not look back, she walked forward, her steps getting slower and slower.

Zhou Yuan was also getting slower and slower, butFollow quietly.

The camp of the Eastern Tartars was in sight, and two people on horseback approached slowly.

So Wanyan Daichan stopped, and Zhou Yuan also stopped.

Wanyan Daichan turned around, and the wind blew up her skirt and her long hair.

There was a lonely regret on her face. She looked at Zhou Yuan and said softly: "Okay, my dream has woken up. In the past year and a half, I seem to have only lived like a human for these eight days."

"Zhou Yuan, what do you say is reality? What is a dream? Why is happiness always in illusion, while torture accompanies reality forever."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "I don't like this statement, because it is too literary. Literature is a good thing, but it is more often close to moaning without illness."

"Daichan, if you look at reality more optimistically and look further ahead, you may break the shackles."

"After all, no one can predict the ending of the Great Jin and the Jurchens. Maybe a few hundred years later, it will become We are a family as close as brothers. "

This sentence obviously could not comfort Wanyan Daichan. She just smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that I don't have that ability. I can't see that far. I just want to ask you, do you regret accompanying me to go crazy and dream with me for these eight days?"

Zhou Yuan said, "I did it, and I don't regret it."

Wanyan Daichan said, "So, what is the fate waiting for us?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "No one can say for sure, but I always think optimistically about everything."

"Just like the country of Dajin, it is obviously rotten to the extreme, but I have been optimistic from the beginning that it will slowly get better."

Wanyan Daichan looked at him, but tears flowed out.

She stopped talking because her dream was over.

Huang Taiji had arrived.

He got off the horse and came to Wanyan Daichan's side.

He didn't care what Wanyan Daichan's expression was. He just looked at Zhou Yuan calmly and said, "It seems that the Fifth Army Camp has arrived. Your troop deployment has been completed."

Zhou Yuan said, "Yes."

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "The Xuanfu Army and the Northwest Army went to Xuanfu. You will lead the Fifth Army Camp in person. It is in Jizhou."

"Yes."

Huang Taiji said, "So, Xuanfu has 110,000 people, Jizhou has 80,000 people, the west has 80,000 people, and the east has 40,000 people. There are a total of 310,000 troops. I must be unable to escape."

Zhou Yuan looked at him, but didn't say anything.

Huang Taiji smiled and squinted his eyes and said, "It seems that you have guessed something, even guessed why I bet with you."

Zhou Yuan said, "There is no point in betting with me."

"Yes, there is no point."

Huang Taiji said, "I could leave eight days ago, and now, I can still leave. There is no other meaning in betting. I just want to win you once. I want you to feel that you have taken out all your strength, but still can't keep me."

"I want you to use all your strength, but still taste the taste of failure."

"Zhou Yuan, you have won for too long, it's time to lose once."

"You are not the only smart person in the world."

Zhou Yuan said, "So, when will it start?"

"Now!"

Huang Taiji said proudly, "My army will set sail immediately, waiting for you to hunt thousands of miles away!"

"Okay!"

Zhou Yuan turned around and went straight to the Jizhou tower.

He shouted, "Liu Fang!"

"I am here!"

Liu Fang stood up and half-knelt down.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Order the five military camps and Xuanfu cavalry to chase Huang Taiji with all their strength and stick to him."

"The 110,000 troops of Xuanfu, all of them, march towards the southeast, and deploy over a large area, leaving no gaps for Huang Taiji."

"Send a pigeon to Min Tianrui, asking him to hold the gap to the west and push all the way over."

"Tell Wu Dingzhong to hold Shanhaiguan and be prepared for Huang Taiji to fight to the death."

Liu Fang said loudly, "I obey your order, I will arrange it now!"

Li Yu'an saw that Zhou Yuan's expression was not right, and asked in a low voice, "It's already a decisive battle, but you are in a bad mood?"

Zhou Yuan said, "No matter what the outcome is, I have to go and see it."