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Outside the gate of Qiuxuguo, who is crying in the cold food family?

The wind blows paper money in the wilderness, and the ancient tomb is full of spring grass.

The pear blossoms reflect the poplar trees, and they are all partings of life and death.

The dark and lonely spring cried without hearing it, and the people returned from the tomb rain.

The Cold Food Day poem "The Ambition of Cold Food" written by Bai Juyi describes the situation where every family goes to the grave to worship on the Cold Food Festival. This day is the Cold Food Festival. The willow trees in Changde Palace began to sprout tender yellow buds. The palace maids hung colorful ropes in the garden, swinged on swings, and laughed and joking. Facing the spring scene, Li Yu, the king of Jiangnan, recited this sad poem.

On Zutang Mountain to the southwest of Jinling, two generations of the Southern Tang emperors were buried. In previous years, Li Yu led civil and military ministers to hold a grand memorial ceremony. However, this year, due to the Song army besieging Jinling, the camp was set up in Niushou Mountain north of Zutang Mountain. Li Yu wanted to worship the king of the previous generation but could not do it. He was depressed and was unable to win. Therefore, he summoned Chen De, the Duke of Shenwei, to discuss.

Seeing Li Yu's frown, Chen De thought that his evaluation of this person's pure filial piety in history was pertinent, and bowed: "Does Your Majesty miss the previous kings in his heart? Do you want to go to Zutangshan to pay homage?"

Li Yu sighed and nodded, "When the former king was there, although he had never thought about spreading it to me at first, he was the most kind to me. When he was having a banquet with famous officials such as Han Xizai and Feng Yanyi, he loved to let me write poems on the spot, and then he would give me some precious calligraphy, painting and calligraphy to me. Now when I think back on these scenes, I still remember them vividly."

Chen De also sighed: "Everyone in the world says that the family affection of the Tian family is weak, but the late emperor and His Majesty are both people who value love."

Li Yu looked at Chen De in surprise and said for a while: "Chen Qing is really a straightforward person. Although I feel that the family affection of the emperor's family is weak, this is the first time I hear it from my ministers."

Chen De woke up with a slight mistake and hurriedly bowed his head to sue him. Li Yu waved his hand and said, "You say that everyone in the world says this, that must be a circulating word in the market, but others dare not speak in front of me." After that, he stared at Chen De and said slowly, "When the Song army invaded, I don't know if I am still in Jinling at this time next year. Chen Qing, can you protect me and go to the ancestral hall to worship the two emperors?"

Chen De smiled bitterly and said, "Although the enemy has suffered a great loss just now, a 50,000 army is entrenched outside the city. His Majesty's body is worth ten thousand gold. Even if he is a little scared, will the Prime Minister kill the nine tribes of the last generals?"

Seeing that he did not refuse, Li Yu deliberately acted like this and said with a smile: "You are the official to be the Duke of the God Guard. Even if the Prime Minister wants to touch you, he would describe himself as pitiful as the six subordinates. Besides, you came to Jiangnan alone, where are the nine clans coming to kill you?"

Chen Deyou clasped his fists and said, "Since the sage order cannot be violated, I have to obey the order. However, Your Majesty needs to be in vain for the time he leaves the city this time, and you cannot use the Tian Family Etiquette."

Li Yu nodded and agreed, so Chen De went down to find Xin Gu and took a hundred cavalry to accompany Li Yu out of the city and Wangzutang Mountain.

It is said that after the Song army's floating bridge was burned by Chen De, morale was frustrated, and the Jiangnan camp was short of food and grass. Although the camps were deployed by Cao Bin, the plunder outside the city was much restrained. Therefore, Chen De escorted Li Yu from the east gate of Jinling and went around to Zutangshan, and did not encounter any Song army along the way.

Chen De sent 30 soldiers to guard the cemetery, while waiting for Li Yu, he looked at the surrounding terrain. Qin Tomb of the first lord Li Bian and Shun Tomb of the middle lord Li Jing were both here. The two tombs are adjacent to each other, along with Hongshan in the east, Baishan in the north, and valleys in the west. Looking at the mountains from afar, it looks like a dragon. Zutang Mountain is the dragon head, and the second tomb is located at the Longkou location. It is really a Feng Shui treasure land.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was not destroyed, and the Song army, who were determined to attack Jinling, did not expect to invade the tombs of the ancestors of the Jiangnan Kingdom. Therefore, the maintenance of the two tombs was quite good. The surrounding pines and cypresses exuded a faint ancient meaning. The Enjoy Hall and the Zhai Palace were magnificent and strict, the stele pavilion, the Imperial Bridge, the Huabiao and the Stone Man, and the Stone Beasts stood within the mausoleum area of ​​several miles.

Chen De thought to himself that Jinling is a place where dragons and tigers are lying on the ground, but even the Southern Tang, which has a very good location, has only lasted for three generations. To be honest, the three emperors of the Southern Tang Dynasty were really not considered tyrants or foolish monarchs among the kings of all dynasties in China. Even Li Yu, who was widely criticized by later generations, was not only a little stronger than Zhao Kuangyin's tyrants, but was more than a little stronger than Song Huizong later. Could it be that Qin Shihuang sent Jin here to suppress the royal aura?

I saw Li Yu in front of the tombstone suddenly silent for a long time, and muttering to himself again. After a while, he burst into tears. Chen De couldn't bear it and walked away. When he met Xin Gu who was coming in a hurry, he asked, "Why are you panic?"

Xin Gudao: "The whistle detective came to report that there were about 2,000 Song army cavalry, and they rushed here all the way."

"What?" Chen De was shocked. There were very few such cavalrymen in the Song army that were dispatched together. Could it be that they had done a detailed job of sending the news to the Song army? He hurriedly walked behind Li Yu and whispered: "Please mourn your Majesty. Now there are cavalrymen in the Song army approaching this place. I am afraid that the visitor is not good, so please move back to the palace quickly."

Li Yu turned around, his face was miserable, and he whispered: "I remember the ancestors, and I have lost my inch. Everything is up to you."

Chen De immediately asked Li Yu to get on the horse, and Xin Gu led seventy cavalry to escort the south gate of Jinling, while he took thirty cavalry to the Song army to investigate the truth and reality.

Li Hanqiong, the capital of the horse army, led two thousand cavalry toward Zutangshan, and looked around. In Li Hanqiong's opinion, this trip was somewhat ridiculous. It was okay for Cao Bin to win the war. I heard that many people in Jiangnan spontaneously went to the second tombs of Tang State to pay homage to the Tang State, and suddenly became angry and wanted to capture all the people who were interested in Tang State to serve in front of the army. Logically speaking, such an inexplicable errand should be handed over to Zhong Meng, and ordinary imperial guards such as Guangde, but he asked himself to bring two thousand dragon cavalry out, and repeatedly reminded that if he met the Jiangnan people who came out of Jinling City, he would definitely capture them all, and not let them go.

What a joke. The 50,000 army attacked Jinling day and night, but did not surround Jinling. The people in Jiangnan looked and had the same accent. Could it be that they could not arrest them one by one? Thinking of this, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Li Hanqiong's mouth. Cao Bin, this man, is not easy to fight, and he really relies on bowing with the civil officials every day to reach his current high position. However, he is also frustrated in the camp, so it is better to go out and take a look. Li Hanqiong couldn't help but breathe everywhere. Looking into the distance, the spring river is warm, and the willow branches are hung with new green everywhere. Unfortunately, the farmland in the fields is a bit deserted. The field where crops should be planted in the north is now full of lush weeds.

Suddenly, dozens of horses appeared in front of them. The cavalrymen in the popular paper armor stood or lie down. Seeing that their squadrons were not at all panicked, Li Hanqiong was suspicious and raised his hand, and the two thousand cavalry stopped their horses.

Chen De saw the Song army's cavalry coming straight to Zutang Mountain. Xin Gu and Li Yu had just left. If the Song army had let this go, they might have happened to run into it. In desperation, he thought of an empty city strategy used by Li Guang in the Han Dynasty and ordered thirty cavalry to dismount outside a nearby forest and rest on the spot. When the Song army approached within 500 meters, they would get on the horse and retreat into the forest, and then return to Jinling with the camera.

Seeing that the Song cavalry stopped a thousand meters away, Chen Dedao encountered a cautious one today and had to sell this plan. He was nervous and secretly happy. He had a stick of incense with the Song cavalry. It was estimated that even if the Song army chased with all their might, Xin Gu and the others could enter the city safely. Chen De stood up and prepared to lead the remaining thirty cavalry away. Suddenly, a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed over from the rear of the Song cavalry.

On this day, Cao Bin received a secret report from Wang Hui, the chief supervisor of the Right Army. The detailed work of this dynasty's potential Jinling, known as the little elder, was released to the court officials who were interested in peace in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It also brought amazing news that the king of Jiangnan Li Yu actually went out of the palace in vain to worship the tomb of the former king. His entourage guards were only 100 people. The generals accompanying him were the Duke of the Shenwei, who suffered a great loss to the Song army twice, and Chen De, the commander of Jinfan.

When Cao Bin received this news, he was overjoyed. If he could successfully ambush Li Yu, he would take down Shitou City without bloodshed. But then he thought that the Tang army was going to burn the floating bridge last time, and the news given by Wang Fu made him laughed at by all the generals. Especially after the Southern Army succeeded, his prestige in the army almost fell to the bottom. If he had not been tolerant in recent days, several powerful generals would have contradicted him when he was dispatching military orders on the spot. The information given by the king this time was too incredible. If he had truthfully explained the details to the generals in the army, if the matter was not true, he would probably have a laughing stock again. In recent years, His Majesty has become more and more afraid of forming a clique in the army, and he has served him more and more carefully. But now, there is no confidant among the generals in the Southern Expedition who can hold secret matters.

After thinking about it, Cao Bin finally decided to send a veteran Li Hanqiong, who had always been cautious in using troops, to lead two thousand dragon cavalry to search for all the people who worshiped the tombs of the former kings of the Tang Dynasty. It would be best if Li Yu could be caught. Even if he could not catch him, he would not lose his prestige.

Shortly after Li Hanqiong set off, Wang Qi, the chief supervisor of the Right Army, went to Cao Bin's tent to discuss how to contact the surrendered ministers in Jiangnan. Cao Bin said that he had sent Li Hanqiong to arrest a grave sweeper. Wang Qi was shocked and said: "Guohua has been wrong this time. Chen De has always been cunning and tricks. This time, the few soldiers he brought out will inevitably try to bluff and cover Li Yu to escape. Li Hanqiong has always been cautious and is most likely to fall into this suspicious plan. If he sends former soldiers Cao Han, East and West squads, Li Huaizhong and other powerful generals, it will be easier to defeat them with his strength."

Cao Bin regretted it when he heard this, and hurriedly led 300 personal soldiers and followed Wang Zhi to chase Li Hanqiong. He went to the foot of Zutang Mountain and saw the two thousand cavalry led by Li Hanqiong hesitating in front of a forest. Cao Bin was a familiar man who read the history of the military. As soon as he asked about the situation, he knew that Li Hanqiong had fallen into the empty city. At present, the 30 elite cavalry of the enemy were still 1,000 meters away, and there were woods behind him to retreat. Even if he tried his best to chase him, he would probably only catch some shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

While Cao Bin was depressed, Wang Fu, who was behind, stepped forward and smiled meaningfully towards the woods, whispering to him by the ears.

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