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Chapter 37 Lake Army Battalion
a month ago.Hulu (Note 3) There was a commotion in the camp of Song Dynasty.The soldiers who were practicing in the battalion looked at the two ugly corpses and were carried into the main army tent.

"General, people from the Northern Wei Dynasty sent two corpses, saying...say, they belonged to the girl and Zimo."

Tan Daoji, who was discussing matters with several generals in the tent, trembled when he heard this, and the wooden sign representing the main ship fell into the sand table.

Before Tan Daoji could speak, a young general rushed over, grabbed the scout by the collar, and shouted, "Nonsense! My sister's martial arts is unmatched in the world! Which bastard is spreading rumors here? Who? Mr. Ben Lang killed him!"

"Can'er, step back!" Another older general next to him ordered.

Seeing Tan Can let go of her hand, she didn't intend to back away.Tan Zhi, who had just spoken, cupped his hands and said to Tan Daoji, "Father, son, go out and have a look."

Tan Daoji waved his hand, "Where is the body? Someone bring it in."

When the two corpses were brought in, they were covered with a layer of white cloth, emitting a foul smell. They had obviously been dead for a while.

Tan Zhi stepped forward and lifted the white cloth from the shorter corpse, only to see a tortured female corpse underneath, which had already rotted beyond recognition.

Even Tan Zhi, who went to the battlefield to fight against his father when he was a child, felt sour water in his stomach at this moment, and resisted it so as not to spit it out.

Tan Can, who was on the side, was even more furious when he saw this, "If you find such a pile of rotten meat, you want to say it's my sister! These savages, you can't think of us as fools!"

At this time, Tan Daoji turned out from behind the sand table and walked to the corpse.Completely ignoring the stench and decay of the corpse, he stretched out his hand and pressed all over the corpse.

Then he raised the corpse's left hand and saw that the fingers had turned black, obviously poisoned.

He pulled down the sleeve of the corpse again, wanting to see if there was black air on the arm, but revealed a twisted gold bracelet on the wrist.

Tan Daoji quickly took off the gold bracelet from the corpse's hand, and looked inside the bracelet through the light.

When he saw the word "rain" on the inside of the bracelet, he couldn't stop staggering back a few steps.

Tan Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to protect his father and helped him to sit down at the desk.He took the bracelet from Tan Daoji again, and when he also saw the word "rain", his eyes turned red.

"It's the elder brother's fault. Mother told us to take good care of you before she left. But who would have thought..." Tan Zhi, who has always been calm, couldn't help but shed tears at this time.

Tan Can became anxious immediately, "Father! Big brother! You don't follow the barbarian's way, how could this be Yu'er!" After he finished speaking, he wanted to ask the person who brought the corpse in the Northern Wei Dynasty to find out.

"Can'er! Sit down!" Tan Daoji ordered.

"Father—" Tan Can's expression was unwilling, but in the end he still didn't dare to disobey his father, and sat down on the ground, and his eyes turned red immediately after.

"Everyone," Tan Daoji calmed down, stood up and cupped his hands and said to the other generals, "This matter is about my daughter, so please avoid it for now. Let me discuss the matter of defeating the enemy tomorrow."

The other generals present couldn't help but sigh when they saw this.

Taking advantage of Tan Daoji's defense against foreign enemies for the Southern Song Dynasty, the new emperor exiled his youngest daughter, causing her to die tragically in a foreign land.Whoever puts this kind of thing on, I'm afraid it's hard to calm down.

So all the generals said "sorry for the general's day" and left one after another.

After everyone else had left, Tan Daoji saw that Tan Can was still crying, and couldn't help but blame him, "Don't cry. It's so easy to be led by the nose, how will you lead the army to fight in the future?"

When Tan Can heard his father's words, with tears all over his face, he raised his head and looked at his father and brother in astonishment.

Tan Daoji had an expression of hating iron for nothing, but brother, brother was actually laughing!
"What's going on!" Tan Can suddenly jumped up from the ground.

He glanced at the two corpses on the ground again, then lowered his voice and said, "It really is fake?"

Tan Zhi smiled and nodded, "You're not too stupid."

Tan Can was anxious, "You, you already knew?"

Tan Daoji waved his hand, and Tan Zhi hurriedly covered the body with a white cloth again.

Tan Daoji frowned and said, "Your sister's skeleton is amazing, how can anyone just find someone to replace it. Although the corpse is rotten, the skeleton is still intact, so you can tell it's not her by touching it. This kind of trick is also foolish." layman."

Tan Can was puzzled, "That gold bracelet... I remember you bought it for her on her thirteenth birthday."

When Tan Daoji heard him ask about the bracelet, he tossed it to him, "I bought it for your sister, and it was engraved with the word 'Peace' inside. This one is engraved with the word 'rain'. I guess that girl asked Zimo to imitate it."

Tan Can went to look at Tan Zhi again, "Then how did you know, big brother?"

Tan Zhi seemed a little sad, "The body didn't bring the jade pendant that my mother gave her. That pendant, she will never leave her body."

Tan Can had an angry face, "Then why didn't you hint at me? Just watch me cry!"

"Because you will reveal your secrets." Tan Daoji's words made Tan Can wilt.

"Can'er, like Yu'er, has a temperament that can't be hidden. Father, please stop scolding him." Seeing Tan Can's grievance, Tan Zhi stepped forward to intercede.

Tan Daoji still pointed at Tan Can and cursed, "Hmph, if you don't train him well at this time, he will suffer in the future!"

Unconvinced, Tan Can stuck out her tongue secretly, her eyes fell on the two corpses again, and she said in disgust, "Find someone to move out, or I will be smoked to death first!"

Tan Daoji couldn't wait to reach out and beat him up, "Just after training you, you can't think about your words in a blink of an eye! Others think it's your sister, so there's no reason to dislike her dead sister!"

Seeing that Tan Daoji was really angry, Tan Zhi hurriedly stood in front of Tan Can and said, "Father is going to use his tricks?"

Tan Daoji sighed, "Wei thief's move is nothing more than trying to hold me back. They must have other plans while I am dissatisfied with the new emperor."

Tan Daoji walked to the map and observed it carefully, and murmured, "The tiger prison has been broken, it's a pity for old General Mao Dezu. I think I was taught by him when I was my father..."

The court's food and grass were never distributed, so that there were obviously third-line Song army troops near Hulao, but no one dared to send troops to rescue them.

Tan Zhi sighed, "I heard that in the last [-] days, the soldiers in the tiger prison had to eat rats and ants to satisfy their hunger. All of them had sore eyes and dry faces. Father, do we really have to wait like this? The imperial court's food, I'm afraid it will never come."

Tan Daoji slammed the map with his hand, "If the first emperor is still there..." He couldn't say any more, because it would be an offense if he continued.

Seeing that his father and brother were in a low mood, Tan Can cautiously interjected, "Father, now the barbarians can't attack the Eastern Front, and almost all of their troops have been transferred to the Western Front. You said that the Wei thief sent a fake corpse to deceive you at this time, do you want to Further west?"

Tan Daoji's eyes returned to the map again, "Liu Can is now stationed in Xiangcheng, and if he wants to go west, the Wei thief will send more troops. But the spies came to report that Emperor Wei returned to Pingcheng a few days ago, and it is estimated that the possibility of sending more troops Not big."

He tapped on the Qingzhou area where Hulu was located on the map.Although Tan Daoji used the water channel to defend against the Wei army's attacks several times.But now that the Hulao and the sliding platform have fallen, the Wei army's encirclement of Qingzhou is taking shape day by day.

"If I passively prepare for the battle because of the tragic death of my beloved daughter, the morale of the army will definitely be low. If the Wei army comes to attack at this time, it will definitely be like a broken bamboo..."

Tan Daoji's spirit was shaken, "The order will be passed on to collect grain on the spot. As much as can be collected. We may have a battle with the Wei bandits soon, and the imperial court may not be able to wait for the grain distribution."

Tan Zhi took the order, "Yes. My son will give orders now."

　Remark 3: Qingzhou Hulu, Shandong Weifang to Jinan.

　　For this chapter, I spent 2 days looking at the map materials of the Song and Wei dynasties.The eyes are almost blind.But I don't want to write indiscriminately, even if it is half overhead, it can't be hydrological, can it?I will scan the map later and put it in the book review area for everyone. Interested readers should take a look with a magnifying glass.

　　
　
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